Student Leaders Work To Support Survivors, Struggle To Navigate Current Title IX Policies
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Peer-to-peer and faculty mentorship help MSB students, especially women, feel supported and ready to break into male-dominated spaces.
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As a first-year student, Toni Marz (MSB ’26) has given the usual back-and-forth Georgetown introduction countless times to other new students since the start of …
By noon it was sunny, and Red Square was predictably bustling with students excited about the weekly Georgetown University Farmers Market, where several local vendors …
Shelbi Nahwilet Meissner, one of Georgetown University’s only two Indigenous professors, grew up believing that her tribe’s language, ‘atáaxum pomtéela, had died out.
“When I was …
Shortly after being accepted to Georgetown University during her senior year of high school in spring 2021, Nori O’Shea (SFS ’25) opened her financial aid …
When Georgetown University announced in December 2021 that the first three weeks of spring semester classes would be online, exchange student Odelia Kamhi became concerned …
One night during the fall semester final season, a picture of over 100 sticks of Land-O-Lakes butter in a fridge appeared in a Georgetown University …
In fall 2020, Felicia Miller (COL ’23) began working on a solution for a problem she had identified in Georgetown University’s disciplinary process — a …
Caitlin McDermott (COL ’23) was hoping for a Zoom class environment that was educational, interesting and respectful of her identity as a deaf student when …
Around 1 a.m. on Sept. 19, an unknown perpetrator approached a resident of the New South dorm in a third floor women’s bathroom, repeatedly asking …
Despite Georgetown’s commitment to divest their endowment from fossil fuels by 2030, a lack of transparency on their progress has led to concern from student …
About one week after Georgetown University finance professor Reena Aggarwal gave birth, she was back teaching in the classroom.
It was 1987, and Georgetown, like most …
On a sunny fall day at Georgetown University, a large blow-up cat strangled an inflatable construction worker outside the front gates. Three real protesters sat …
Since arriving at Georgetown University, Arjun Badami (COL ’24) has tried to take advantage of courses that focus on diversity and culture. So when he …
As Georgetown University track and field runner Malachi Quarles (COL ’23) puts on his uniform before a competition, he feels conflicted. His uniform is blue …
For over 30 years, the Turkish government-funded Institute of Turkish Studies (ITS) was the only U.S.-based nonprofit that supported the development of Turkish studies in …
One night in January 2021, Chelsea Smith (COL ’21) was scrolling through Instagram in her childhood bedroom when one particular post began to tie her …
Leyla Hagan (SFS ’24) ordered the tofu teriyaki dish at 5Spice, a meal station in Leo J. O’Donovan Dining Hall, for dinner on Aug. 24. …
For a year and a half of concert choir rehearsal, Zoe Corrigan (MSB ’23) saw her fellow choir singers on Zoom — but she could …
Heading into Leo J. O’Donovan Dining Hall shortly after move-in, Isabel Janovsky (COL ’23) stepped into the building only to immediately walk back out. The …
“Would you rather leave someone at the altar or be left at the altar?” The answer to this question and 49 others matched Georgetown University …
When insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol, many Georgetown University students living in the District found themselves in emotional and financial distress as they watched stores …
On the very first day Georgetown University classes went online in the spring 2020 semester, Ori Soltes, a professor at the Center for Jewish Civilization, …
What happens to a club known for handing out free contraceptives when campus life grinds to a halt because of COVID-19? To Josie Mills (COL …
When Samantha Helffrich (COL ’22) was waiting on her COVID-19 test results from Georgetown University, she received an email from a university employee instead of …
Amid the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic, Carly Kabot (SFS ’23) found solace in her weekly Spanish language lessons, where she would have hourlong conversations …
To Marya Hannun, an eighth-year Islamic studies doctoral student, the lack of institutional support for graduate students at Georgetown University became clear when she found …
For first-year student Brandon Wu (SFS ’24), who lives in the suburbs of Houston, finding a space for schoolwork has not been easy, especially as …
Although Jenny Chung (NHS ’23) spent this Lunar New Year quarantining at her home in Seoul, South Korea, being able to spend extra time with …
After the abrupt shift to online learning in March, theology professor Erin Cline found herself stretched thin between teaching classes at Georgetown University, caring for …
As Washington, D.C., enacted COVID-19 shutdown orders last March, John Tran, the owner of the Vietnamese restaurant Simply Banh Mi on Wisconsin Avenue, was left …
As Georgetown University first-year Dylan Arkowitz (COL ’24) watched his high school friends’ universities announce plans over the summer to allow first-years back on campus, …
When Tristin Sam (SFS ’23), a member of the Navajo Nation, first came to Georgetown, University, he was familiar with the East Coast from his …
Prior to March 2020, Joey Edmundson (SFS ’22), eagerly anticipated experiencing the 2020 election in Washington, D.C.
Instead, Edmundson, an international economics student, faced a largely …
During the two years Samantha Panchèvre (SFS ’19) served on Georgetown University’s Committee on Investments and Social Responsibility, the committee’s passivity and misguided priorities prevented …
When Nolan Peacock (COL ’21) and his two housemates received a non-COVID-19-related noise complaint from the Student Neighborhood Assistance Program for hosting three guests at …
Starting her college career from home, Rita Alan (SFS ’24) began doing Zoom baking sessions with friends as a new way to connect with fellow …
For the first time since she joined the Georgetown University community in 2011, Rabbi Rachel Gartner’s annual “Welcome Back” Shabbat on Aug. 28 did not …
