GU Mutual Aid Confronts Economic Disparities Through Radical Community Care
Rallying students through grassroots organizing, the Georgetown University Mutual Aid Network has redistributed over $85,000 to students in need over the past year and advocated for student solidarity and community care amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Old Dogs, New Clicks: Senior Auditors Hit the Books, Make Online Friends in Year of Zoom
Though sometimes known to sit quietly in the back of classes, members of Georgetown University’s Senior Citizen Non-Degree Auditor Program have taken advantage of a virtual learning environment to speak up, make friends and, yes, learn how to use a computer.
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During the 2016 presidential campaign, professor Michael Czinkota, a self-identifying conservative who teaches classes in international trade and international business in the McDonough School of…
Like many other freshmen, Emma Chowdhury (COL ’23) took “Problem of God” her first semester at Georgetown University. For the course’s first homework in the…
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