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Nora Toscano

Nora Toscano, Executive Editor

Nora Toscano is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences from Wantagh, N.Y., studying government with a minor in journalism. She has watched all of “Veep” eight times and can quote the entire show.

Email: [email protected]

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Flyers Related to Kirk’s Assassination Reported to FBI, GU Says

Flyers Related to Kirk’s Assassination Reported to FBI, GU Says

By Patrick Clapsaddle and Nora Toscano
As the federal takeover of Washington, D.C.'s police department ended, some Georgetown University community members remained concerned over the future of the District's autonomy and policing.

GU Community Concerns for DC Future Persist Despite End of MPD Federalization

By Ajani Stella and Nora Toscano
Ajani Stella/The Hoya | At a vigil for Gaza by a faculty group, faculty read out names of children killed.

GU Community Commemorates Children Killed in Gaza, Petitions for Town Hall

By Nora Toscano and Ajani Stella
Ricardo Ortiz, Beloved GU Advocate, Professor and Mentor, Dies at 63

Ricardo Ortiz, Beloved GU Advocate, Professor and Mentor, Dies at 63

By Nora Toscano, Executive Editor

Spring 2025 News Recap

By Nora Toscano, Executive Editor
In a photo taken by a member of The Hoya, six federal agents appear to be patrolling campus. Other federal agents have been spotted in the Georgetown neighborhood in the days since President Donald Trump federalized the D.C. police and activated the National Guard.

Federal Agents Appeared to Be Present on GU Campus, Neighborhood

By Nora Toscano, Maren Fagan, Ajani Stella, and Ruth Abramovitz
Groves Testifies Before House Committee

Groves Testifies Before House Committee

By Maren Fagan, Paulina Inglima, Ajani Stella, Aamir Jamil, Nora Toscano, and Evie Steele

GU Announces New Dean of the Library

By Nora Toscano, Executive Editor
Khan Suri’s Lawyer Says Case Principles Entrenched in US History

Khan Suri’s Lawyer Says Case Principles Entrenched in US History

By Nora Toscano and Maren Fagan
BREAKING: Judge Grants Motion to Release Khan Suri Without Bond

BREAKING: Judge Grants Motion to Release Khan Suri Without Bond

By Nora Toscano, Maren Fagan, and Paulina Inglima
Paulina Inglima/The Hoya

Judge Denies DOJ Motion to Move Khan Suri’s Case to Texas

By Maren Fagan, Aamir Jamil, and Nora Toscano
Protesters Demand GU Honor Divestment Referendum

Protesters Demand GU Honor Divestment Referendum

By Ajani Stella and Nora Toscano
FILE PHOTO: MOIRA RITTER FOR THE HOYA | Five Georgetown parents and a former GU tennis coach were implicated in a Tuesday indictment for falsely designating applicants as athletic recruits to secure admission.

GU Legacies’ Admission Rate Three Times Non-Legacy, According to Internal Presentation

By Evie Steele and Nora Toscano
Maren Fagan/The Hoya | Georgetown University students will face a referendum April 14 to 16 on university divestment from companies and academic institutions engaged with Israel’s government. The referendum will have no binding effect on university policy. Georgetown students have previously called for divestment, including at campus-wide protests in April, 2024, such as the protest pictured.

GU Graduates, Current Students Publish Open Letter in Support of Khan Suri

By Nora Toscano, Executive Editor
Aamir Jamil/The Hoya

GU Community Prepares for Divestment Vote

By Nora Toscano and Jack Willis
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Federal Government Terminates About Six GU Community Members’ Immigration Statuses

By Nora Toscano, Senior News Editor
Publicly available flight logs suggest that the Georgetown University men's basketball team flew aboard the ICE-contracted charter airline GlobalX to reach away games — flying aboard aircraft which later carried deported migrants to Central America.

Inside GU Basketball’s Links to ICE Deportation Planes

By Evie Steele, Nora Toscano, Jack Willis, Caleigh Keating, Sophia Lu, Aamir Jamil, and Maren Fagan
Maren Fagan/The Hoya | Georgetown University students will face a referendum April 14 to 16 on university divestment from companies and academic institutions engaged with Israel’s government. The referendum will have no binding effect on university policy. Georgetown students have previously called for divestment, including at campus-wide protests in April, 2024, such as the protest pictured.

GU Students to Vote on Israel Divestment

By Evie Steele, Nora Toscano, Jack Willis, and Maren Fagan
Georgetown University administrators and a Federal Impact Working Group revealed plans to lessen the impacts of federal cuts to academic research funding through growing enrollment in master’s programs and conducting outreach to lawmakers at a March 13 town hall.

GU Community Reacts to University Joining Common App

By Nora Toscano, Senior News Editor
Georgetown University| Federal immigration agents detained a Georgetown University postdoctoral researcher March 17, accusing him of opposing U.S. foreign policy and seeking to deport him. The researcher, Badar Khan Suri, is in the U.S. legally on a student visa.

DEVELOPING: GU Admits 12% of 2029 Applicants

By Nora Toscano and Aamir Jamil
Aamir Jamil/The Hoya

GU Community Protests Khan Suri’s Detention

By Aamir Jamil and Nora Toscano
Georgetown University | Federal immigration agents detained a Georgetown University postdoctoral researcher March 17, accusing him of opposing U.S. foreign policy and seeking to deport him. The researcher, Badar Khan Suri, is in the U.S. legally on a student visa.

Who Is Badar Khan Suri?

By Nora Toscano and Ajani Stella
ALEXANDER BROWN/THE HOYA Washington, D.C. area colleges, including Georgetown, have come under fire for being exempt from $111 million in local property taxes.

Khan Suri’s Detainment Sparks Concern, Outrage Among GU Community Members

By Nora Toscano, Ajani Stella, and Maren Fagan
Georgetown University | Federal immigration agents detained a Georgetown University postdoctoral researcher March 17, accusing him of opposing U.S. foreign policy and seeking to deport him. The researcher, Badar Khan Suri, is in the U.S. legally on a student visa.

GU Researcher Detained By Immigration Agents

By Evie Steele, Nora Toscano, Ajani Stella, and Maren Fagan
GU to Reduce Graduate Program Tuition for Students, Federal Employees

GU to Reduce Graduate Program Tuition for Students, Federal Employees

By Patrick Clapsaddle and Nora Toscano
Georgetown University students highlighted an emphasis on inclusion, loyalty to Jesuit values and dynamic responses to the current presidential administration as the university continues to search for its 49th president.

GU Students Seek Accessibility, Innovation in New President

By Nora Toscano and Jack Willis
Georgetown community members protested the federal detention of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian student organizer and activist at Columbia University, at a March 11 rally in Red Square.

GU Community Protests Detention of Columbia Protestor

By Nora Toscano, Senior News Editor
The Hoya toured the newly renovated Henle Village, which offers apartment-style living and aims to draw Georgetown seniors back to on-campus housing options

Exclusive: Henle Village To Open August 2025

By Nora Toscano and Jack Willis
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From Callbacks to Callouts, ‘SNL 50’ is a Truly Well Done Tribute

By Nora Toscano, Senior News Editor
The Georgetown Center for Faith and Justice and Georgetown Law's Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection filed a lawsuit against the rollback of federal policies that protect places of worship from immigration raids.

GU Institutes File Freedom of Religion Lawsuit

By Nora Toscano, Senior News Editor
The incoming class of Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service (GU Politics) fellows sat down with The Hoya Jan. 24 to talk youth voters, electoral trends and the presidential transition. / Courtesy of Anna Canizales

“Really, Truly, Anything Could Happen”: GU Politics Fellows Talk Trump, Media

By Nora Toscano and Jack Willis
The Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service (GU Politics) partnered with MSNBC to host leadership forums for the Democratic National Committee ahead of its February elections. / MSNBC/Youtube

GU Politics Hosts DNC Leadership Forum with MSNBC

By Nora Toscano, Senior News Editor
GU Names Presidential Search Committee

GU Names Presidential Search Committee

By Nora Toscano, Senior News Editor
Georgetown University Law Center announced it will meet with students and update its accommodations and Title IX policies following backlash for initially denying a pregnant student accommodations for her final exam.

GU Law Center Title IX Policy to Change

By Nora Toscano, Senior News Editor
Georgetown University / Georgetown named Robert M. Groves interim president Nov. 21 and Soyica Diggs Colbert (COL ’01) interim provost Nov. 26 following the retirement President John J. DeGioia (CAS ’79, GRD ’95) retirement.

GU Names Groves Interim President, Colbert Interim Provost

By Nora Toscano, Senior News Editor
Ruth Abramovitz/The Hoya | Georgetown Scholars Program, a program that provides resources and support to first-generation and low-income (FGLI) students at Georgetown University, honored its 20th Anniversary with a kickoff celebration.

GSP Kicks Off 20th Anniversary Celebration Week

By Song Lim and Nora Toscano
Nora Toscano/The Hoya | GU Pride hosted a vigil to honor transgender lives lost from October 2023 to September 2024 on Nov. 20, the Transgender Day of Remembrance.

GU Pride Hosts Transgender Day of Remembrance Vigil

By Nora Toscano, Academics Desk Editor
Omer Bartov, a Brown University history professor and Holocaust scholar, asserted Israel is committing genocide in Gaza during a talk hosted by Georgetown Nov. 11.

Brown Professor Says Genocide Committed by Israel, Analyzes Future Possibilities

By Nora Toscano, Academics Desk Editor
Courtesy of Braedon Troy | Hundreds of Georgetown University students attended Vice President Kamala Harris's rally at the National Mall Oct. 29, where she attracted up to 75,000 supporters delivering the closing remarks of her presidential campaign.

Hundreds of GU Students Among Thousands Attending Harris Rally at National Mall

By Ruth Abramovitz, Patrick Clapsaddle, and Nora Toscano
Francesca Albanese, the United Nations independent expert on human rights in Palestine, asserted that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza at a talk hosted by Georgetown University’s Gaza Lecture Series on Oct. 28.

UN Expert Says Israel Committing Genocide, Calls for International Response

By Nora Toscano, Academics Desk Editor
Georgetown’s Global Irish Studies (GIS) and Center for German and European Studies hosted Irish Taoiseach Simon Harris to celebrate the centennial anniversary of U.S.-Irish diplomatic relations on Oct. 10.

Irish Prime Minister Talks U.S.-Irish Relations, Diplomacy at GU

By Nora Toscano, Academic Desk Editor
Georgetown University received a $10M donation from the Leonsis family to be split evenly between MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and Georgetown Entrepreneurship.

Leonsis Family Donates $10 Million to MedStar and Georgetown Entrepreneurship

By Nora Toscano, Academic Desk Editor
Georgetown recognized three associate professors with the inaugural Magis Prize, which grants them $100,000 each for research.

Three GU Associate Professors Receive Inaugural Magis Prize

By Nora Toscano, Academics Desk Editor
Three anthropology students received the Stapleton Award, which enables them to pursue anthropological research with a $2,500 grant.

Anthropology Students Receive Stapleton Award, $2,500 in Grant Money

By Nora Toscano, Academics Desk Editor
Nora Toscano/The Hoya | GU Politics hosted a watch party for the presidential debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris on Sep. 10.

GU Politics Hosts Presidential Debate Watch Party, Analyzes Campaigns with Students

By Nora Toscano, Academic Desk Editor
Georgetown University | A Georgetown psychology professor released a book that explores the impacts that omniculturalism has on overcoming societal differences.

GU Psychology Professor Launches Book on Omniculturalism

By Nora Toscano, Academics Desk Editor
Georgetown Athletics | Two Georgetown alumni, Julia Leas (COL ’22, GRD ’23) and Parker Stokes (CAS ’23, GRD ’24), were named the 2023-2024 Big East Scholar Athletes of the Year.

Two Georgetown Alumni Named Big East Scholar-Athletes of the Year

By Nora Toscano, Academics Desk Editor
Courtesy of Georgetown University | The Pathways to Social Justice Curriculum went into effect this school year with the class of 2028 as the first class to follow the updated curriculum.

New ‘Pathways to Social Justice’ Requirement Launches With Class of 2028

By Nora Toscano, Academics Desk Editor
Courtesy of Nicoletta Pireddu | Dominic Pham (CAS '23) received the Undergraduate Presidential Prize from the American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA) for his honors thesis.

GU Graduate Wins Presidential Undergraduate Prize for Thesis

By Nora Toscano, Academics Desk Editor
Jinwoo Chong/The Hoya | GU Jewish Life hosted the Passover Seder on April 22, the first Seder many students attended at Georgetown.

Jewish Life Hosts Passover Seder, Welcomes Students for Their First Seder

By Nora Toscano, Academics Desk Editor
Nora Toscano/The Hoya | 15 undergraduate researchers presented their findings during the 2024 Colloquium for Research in the Social Sciences and Humanities.

GU Students Present Humanities Research Findings

By Nora Toscano, Academics Desk Editor
SAPE/Facebook | Georgetown Sexual Assault Peer Educators (SAPE), an organization that aims to cultivate students’ awareness for sexual assault and sexual violence, will host programming such as Denium Day and Survivor’s Circles for Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) during April.

SAPE Pushes for Survivor-Centric Campus During Sexual Assault Awareness Month

By Nora Toscano, Hoya Staff Writer
Courtesy of Steven Hansen | Georgetown students joined rallies on the steps of the Supreme Court on March 26 during a hearing about abortion medication that sparked continued dialogue from pro and anti-abortion students about abortion access on campus and beyond.

Georgetown Students Rally For and Against Restricted Access to Abortion Pill on Supreme Court Steps

By Nora Toscano, Hoya Staff Writer
Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy | Karl Rove, a a senior adviser and deputy chief of staff for President George W. Bush, discussed the role and change of the Republican Party for the upcoming election on Feb. 28 as part of a series titled “Free Exchange with Michael Strain,” which promotes conversations with differing political points of view.

Former Senior Adviser Discusses the Future of the Republican Party

By Nora Toscano, Hoya Staff Writer
GU Politics | GU Politics will have five new members of their advisory board, including Cristόbal Alex, Patti Solis Doyle, Mike Dubke, Katie Harbath and Katie Walsh Shields, join the 13 other members who include four previous Fellows, according to a Feb. 14 press release.

GU Politics Advisory Board Gains Five New Members

By Nora Toscano, Hoya Staff Writer
@guagainstsb | In a Feb. 6 proposal, Georgetown Students Against Starbucks (GSAS) formally requested to university administration that Georgetown terminate its contract with the on-campus Starbucks and divest from its stock share in the corporation due to allegations of union busting against the coffee chain.

Georgetown Students Continue Fight to Kick Starbucks Off Campus

By Nora Toscano, Hoya Staff Writer
Panel: Experts Discuss Free Speech, Refugee Crisis

Panel: Experts Discuss Free Speech, Refugee Crisis

By Nora Toscano

H*yas for Choice and Georgetown University College Democrats Host Reproductive Rights Panel

By Nora Toscano
The Georgetown Best Buddies International living community, which provides joint housing for people living with and without intellectual and development disabilities (IDD), is looking to expand its community and its connection with the university Best Buddies chapter, in order to promote the independence and inclusion of people with and without IDD alike.

Best Buddies Offers Unique Living Opportunities

By Nora Toscano
Students Join National March for Israel

Students Join National March for Israel

By Nora Toscano

MSB Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows Present Findings

By Nora Toscano
Three Georgetown Graduate Students Named Newmark Scholars

Three Georgetown Graduate Students Named Newmark Scholars

By Nora Toscano
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