Previously Undisclosed Georgetown University Investments Specify School’s Multimillion Dollar Stake in Fossil Fuel Corporations
Georgetown University has previously invested millions of dollars in three American fossil fuel companies with track records of violating environmental regulations and polluting the communities they operated in, according to previously confidential investment information disclosed to the federal government this summer.
Upperclassmen nursing students returned to campus to participate in clinical rotations in hospitals to stay on track academically, despite their fear of contracting the coronavirus. Students reported delayed access to personal protective equipment and a lack of contingency plans should they fall ill.
GU Professors Teaching Classes On China Take Online Learning Precautions in Light of Possible Security Threats
Some Georgetown professors teaching classes with content that the Chinese government may find objectionable are taking precautions to protect students and faculty from retaliation under the latest Chinese national security law, whose broad and vague restrictions against anti-government content have affected students and faculty even at American universities.
Former US Foreign Policy Leaders Stress Importance of Rebuilding Country’s Global Reputation
With a new administration set to enter the White House in January, the United States must rebuild its tainted global image, three former U.S. foreign…
Graduate Students Angered by Spring Plan Priorities
Graduate student organizations allege Georgetown University did not adequately address the needs of graduate students and graduate student workers in its newly released plan for…
Survey Reveals Faculty Concerns With Admin COVID-19 Response
Many Georgetown University faculty members are frustrated about a lack of transparency from administrators surrounding the university’s COVID-19 response planning, according to a recent survey…
GUSA Creates Student-Run GUPD Oversight Committee
The Georgetown University Student Association unanimously voted to create a student advisory committee that will oversee the Georgetown University Police Department at a meeting Nov.…
On-Campus Students Identify COVID-19 Tracker Badge Defects
Many on-campus Georgetown University students have had to resort to photo editing and negotiations with health screeners to enter campus buildings after identifying glitches with…
Syrian Refugee Who Survived Imprisonment Under Assad Accepted to Georgetown
Omar Alshogre (GRD ’25) was driving through the mountains of Norway when he received an email notifying him he was accepted to Georgetown University just…
Georgetown Invites 500 Seniors Back to Campus, Will Offer All Classes Virtually for Spring 2021
Georgetown University announced virtual learning will extend into the spring, though some hybrid classes will be available to seniors and graduate students living on campus…
GU Qatar Grad Launches First Independent Iraqi Film Festival
Growing up, Israa Al-Kamali (SFS-Q ’17) dreamed of being a writer. But the more she wrote, the more she realized how much better the stories…
GU to Power Over Half of Campus With Energy Sourced from Solar Plants
Georgetown University announced a new 15-year Power Purchase Agreement under which the university will source two-thirds of its energy needs through energy produced by solar…
Georgetown Faculty and Graduates Appointed to Key Positions on Biden Team
President-elect Joe Biden named several Georgetown University faculty and graduates to serve as advisers or to play prominent roles in his administration this week, including…
Previously Undisclosed Georgetown University Investments Specify School’s Multimillion Dollar Stake in Fossil Fuel Corporations
Georgetown University has previously invested millions of dollars in three American fossil fuel companies with track records of violating environmental regulations and polluting the communities…
DC Drops Restrictions on Psychedelics
Thirteen years after Melissa Lavasani emerged from Macalester College as a star on her tennis team, she was crawling up her stairs at the end…
SFS Adds Former FBI Agent From Mueller’s Investigative Team to Faculty this Fall
The Georgetown University School of Foreign Service hired former FBI agent Peter Strzok (SFS ’91, GRD ’13) as an adjunct professor this semester to teach…
Nearly 200,000 More Children Lacked Insurance in 2019 than in 2018, GU Report Finds
The number of uninsured children in the United States increased dramatically during the Trump administration, with 2019 showing the largest single-year increase in uninsured child…
GU College Webinar Series Features Professors Relating Academic Research to Anti-Racist Work
The Georgetown College held weekly conversations throughout October in a webinar series that invited faculty members to discuss how their research furthers the cause of…
Georgetown Experiments With Hybrid Courses To Test Spring Options
Georgetown University has implemented a hybrid learning pilot program this November, which includes three undergraduate courses and 14 graduate courses of varying sizes to assess…
Ferretti, Badger Reflect on a Term Filled With New Advocacy and Unprecedented Challenges
Despite facing a host of new challenges because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ferretti-Badger administration says it has stayed committed to advocating for students, addressing…
Georgetown Report Finds Large Disparities, Racial Inequity in US Women’s Well-Being
Women in the United States vary significantly in terms of well-being depending on the state they live in and their racial identity, according to a…
Undergrad launches company, matching Gen Z influencers with brands they want to promote
If there is one thing that Ava McDonald (COL ’24) values most, it is authenticity. Almost two years ago, as a junior in high school,…
3 Student Business Pitches Win Annual Student Entrepreneurship Contest
Three Georgetown University entrepreneurs tied for first place at this year’s student business pitch competition. The Bark Tank competition, which took place virtually Oct. 27,…
Pinto Clinches Reelection After Contentious Race for Ward 2 D.C. Council Seat
Incumbent Democrat Brooke Pinto (LAW ’17) handily won reelection to keep her seat as Ward 2’s representative to the Council of the District of Columbia.…
Parent Facebook Group Goads University To Reopen in Spring, Attacks Community Compact
As the community awaits Georgetown University’s spring semester plans, a group of parents now call not only for students to live on campus this spring…
Department of Education Implicates Georgetown for Failure To Report Foreign Gifts
Georgetown University received improperly disclosed gifts and contracts from Chinese, Saudi Arabian and Qatari foreign entities, a recently released report from U.S. Secretary of Education…
Proposed DHS Rules Curbing Visas for International Students and Faculty Prompt Pushback from GAGE, Administration
Georgetown University administrators and organizations have called for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to retract new proposed rule changes to visa programs they say…
Grad Student Union Negotiations with Administrators: Where Are We Now?
Georgetown University formally denied the Georgetown Alliance of Graduate Employees’ grievance motion Oct. 8, setting up an arbitration process set to play out in the…
Georgetown Aims to Bring More Students Back To Campus this Spring, GUSA Reports
Georgetown University plans to bring back more undergraduate students and release another round of housing applications for the spring 2021 semester, according to Georgetown University…
Ward 2 Election Reaches Heated Climax Before Election Day
On the eve of Election Day, candidates for the Ward 2 seat on the Council of the District of Columbia are finishing up their campaigns…
Law Center Circulates Pamphlets Against Militia Groups and Voter Intimidation
Professors at the Georgetown University Law Center compiled fact sheets about how to counteract private militias’ ability to perpetrate domestic terrorism during the Nov. 3…
Barred From the Ballot Box, International Students Watch Election With Unease
By Nov. 3, thousands of Georgetown University students will have cast their ballots for the 2020 presidential election. In the meantime, ineligible students must sit…
Anxious Students Weigh Spring Housing Plans
While most Georgetown University students moved home in March after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mark Agard (SFS ’23) stayed on campus instead of…
Sore Eyes and Tired Minds: Students and Professors Struggle With ‘Zoom Fatigue’
Freshman Leathan Posey (COL ’24), like many other students grappling with virtual learning, has grown tired of taking classes over Zoom. “No matter how you…
With a Week Until Election Day, Undergrad Campaigns to Get More Youths the Right to Vote
Five years ago, if someone asked 13-year-old Arianna Nassiri (COL ’24) if teenagers three years her senior should be allowed to vote, she would have…
GU Report Highlights Predatory DC Eviction Practices
Twenty landlords executed nearly half of all eviction filings in the District of Columbia in 2018, according to a report published by Georgetown University graduate…
GU Report: Biden College Plan Could Pay for Itself Within Decade
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s free college plan could pay for itself within ten years, despite its multi-billion dollar price tag, according to a recent…
Despite Online Manipulation and Misinformation, Voters Should Still Turn Out, Former DHS Secretaries Say
The American public should expect election interference from both foreign and domestic actors in the 2020 U.S. presidential election but should not be discouraged from…
Longtime African Studies Professor Promoted to Director of Program
The Georgetown University School of Foreign Service named professor Lahra Smith as the new director of the African Studies Program. Smith hopes to bring an…
University Yet to Bolster Funding, Personnel at Academic Resource Center in Month 8 of Hiring Freeze
The university has not provided the Academic Resource Center the funding and employees it needs to serve the Georgetown University community as the universitywide hiring…