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VIEWPOINT: Work Smarter with AI

VIEWPOINT: Work Smarter with AI

By Nhan Phan February 28, 2025

There’s sort of an unspoken rule in academia: If it feels too easy, then it’s probably wrong.  Using artificial intelligence (AI), with its ability to summarize complex readings in mere seconds,...

BAGARIA: Redefine Failure at Georgetown

BAGARIA: Redefine Failure at Georgetown

By Aashi Bagaria February 14, 2025

One of the first things every new student hears at Georgetown University is that this is a safe space to fail. You’ve likely heard that it is an inevitable part of the Georgetown experience, which will...

PETERS: Overcome Imposter Syndrome with Compassion

PETERS: Overcome Imposter Syndrome with Compassion

By Mansi Peters February 14, 2025

When I was feeling sorry for myself, I thought about how tiring doing that really is — always doubting myself, constantly comparing myself to the classmate who never seems to get a question wrong and...

PETERS: Step Back from GU Hustle Culture

PETERS: Step Back from GU Hustle Culture

By Mansi Peters January 31, 2025

The phrase “I need a break” is a familiar one, especially on campus, where there are few restful moments for students. Even when there is a chance for a break, thoughts of your next assignment or internship...

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 September 6, 2024

A professor in the Georgetown University psychology department published a book exploring how omniculturalism has the power to unite humanity, the university announced Aug. 14. Dr. Fathali Moghaddam’s...

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 September 6, 2024

The Big East, the athletic conference in which many of Georgetown University’s intercollegiate athletic teams play, named two alumni its scholar-athletes of the year Aug. 27.  Julia Leas (COL ’22,...

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 April 25, 2024

The American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA) awarded Dominic Pham (CAS ’23) with the presidential undergraduate prize at the organization’s annual conference in Montreal, Canada from April...

Georgetown University Lauinger Library | Four students won The Bernard M. Wagner Medal, The Annabelle Bonner Medal, The Lynch Pendergast Medal and The Ora Mary Pelham Poetry Prize as part of the 2024 Creative Writing Awards given through the English Department to be honored on April 30.

English Department Announces 2024 Creative Writing Award Winners

By Maren Fagan, Senior News Editor April 23, 2024

Georgetown University’s English department announced April 17 four student winners of the department’s 2024 creative writing awards, which celebrate student writers for their achievement in short stories,...

KENNEDY: Dismantle the Student-Athlete Stereotype

KENNEDY: Dismantle the Student-Athlete Stereotype

By Ashley Kennedy March 21, 2024

As an athlete who went through the intensive recruiting process at Georgetown University, I can assure you that stereotypes about student-athletes being accepted solely to play a sport are simply untrue....

Nola Goodwin/The Hoya | Author Orit Avishai, a professor of sociology and women’s, gender and sexuality studies at Fordham University, discussed her book “Queer Judaism: LGBT Activism and the Remaking of Jewish Orthodoxy in Israel” during a Feb 20 book talk hosted by the Center for Jewish Civilization (CJC).

Author Talks Queerness, Ethnography Within the Jewish Orthodox Community

By Nola Goodwin, Hoya Staff Writer February 23, 2024

The author of a book examining the evolving relationship between the queer community and Orthodox Judaism shared insight about her ethnographic research and writing process at a Feb. 20 event. Orit...

Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Carlos M. Vazquez II/Wiki Commons | General Mark A. Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, being the top adviser to the President and highest-ranking military official, will join the SFS Security Studies Program as a distinguished fellow in residence beginning this semester, according to a Feb. 13 press release.

General Milley to Join SFS as Distinguished Fellow in Residence

By Maren Fagan, Academics Desk Editor February 22, 2024

General Mark A. Milley, formerly the nation’s highest-ranking military officer, will serve as a Distinguished Fellow in Residence in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS) beginning this...

Maren Fagan/The Hoya | Six professors from different universities discussed the role of Black women’s influence and participation in the field of politics during a Feb. 5 panel co-hosted by the government department, department of African American studies and women’s and gender studies.

Panel: Professors Discuss Research, Role of Black Women in Politics

By Maren Fagan, Academics Desk Editor February 8, 2024

Six professors discussed the role of Black women as leaders and mobilizers in voting, their influence in past elections and their role in the upcoming 2024 presidential election in a Feb. 5 panel. Georgetown...

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