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GU Professors Teaching Classes on China Take Online Learning Precautions in Light of Possible Security Threats

GU Professors Teaching Classes on China Take Online Learning Precautions in Light of Possible Security Threats

By Hansen Lian August 29, 2020

Some Georgetown University professors teaching classes about China are taking precautionary measures to protect students and faculty from possible security threats during online learning in the fall.  Some...

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James Gathany

This photograph depicted an exterior view of Building 21, located at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC, headquarters, also referred to as the Roybal Campus. Situated in Atlanta, Georgia, this view was from the campus’ entrance.

From downtown Atlanta, the CDC moved its location to Clifton Road after earlier construction had been completed in 1960. In 1947, Emory University donated the land on Clifton Road for the organization’s new headquarters.

Students Alter Spring Plans After Coronavirus Outbreak

By Ashley Zhao February 7, 2020

Georgetown University and many of its study abroad partner programs in China have worked to coordinate new spring semester plans for students affected by program cancellations after rising concerns about...

Senators Warren and Markey Urge Lius Release From China

Senators Warren and Markey Urge Lius’ Release From China

By Jaime Moore-Carrillo January 17, 2020

Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) released a statement and contributed to legislation this week supporting the release of Cynthia Liu and Victor Liu (COL ’21) from China.  Chinese...

VIEWPOINT: Recognize Impact of Hong Kong Protests

VIEWPOINT: Recognize Impact of Hong Kong Protests

By Valerie Ma November 22, 2019

The timing was a little too perfect. The Georgetown University Hong Kong Student Association hosted Robert Delaney, U.S. bureau chief of the Hong Kong-based English language news outlet South China Morning...

JAIME MOORE-CARRILLO FOR THE HOYA | Students and faculty appealed to the university for help in facilitating the return of Liu and his sister.

Students, Faculty Urge GU To Work To Return Liu Siblings to US

By Jaime Moore-Carrillo November 22, 2019

Georgetown University students and faculty deliberated over strategies and encouraged the university to attempt to accelerate the return of Victor Liu (COL ’21) and his sister, who are being prevented...

OLIVIA CHUANG FOR THE HOYA | Hong Kong activist Jeffrey Ngo called for continued public demonstrations in Hong Kong at an event Sept. 25

Public Demonstrations Promote Democracy, Hong Kong Activist Says

By Jaime Moore-Carrillo September 27, 2019

During ongoing political turmoil in Hong Kong, continued public demonstrations are necessary to emphasize democratic values, activist Jeffrey Ngo said in an event Sept. 25. The event, titled “History...

SUBUL MALIK / THE HOYA | Activists chalked opposing messages in Red Square regarding ongoing demonstrations in Hong Kong about the citys relationship to China.

Anonymous Chalk Messages Debate Hong Kong Protests

By Riley Rogerson September 6, 2019

Anonymous chalk messages supporting ongoing Hong Kong protests were left in Red Square late last week, leading to a series of back-and-forth notes debating Hong Kong’s relationship with China.  A...

ROCHELLE VAYNTRUB FOR THE HOYA | Slow economic growth has made emerging African economies skeptical of Western markets, economist Dambisa Moyo said.

Chinese Growth Model Appeals to African Nations, Economist Says

By Victoria Liu March 22, 2019

Developing countries have less incentive to model their economies after the United States and allies following the success of China’s economy amid global stagnation, according to international economist...

SFS Alum Wookjae Jung Wins Schwarzman Scholarship

SFS Alum Wookjae Jung Wins Schwarzman Scholarship

By Dustin Hartuv January 18, 2019

Wookjae Jung (SFS ’15) is one of 147 students worldwide to win the Schwarzman Scholarship, which provides recipients with full tuition to attend Tsinghua University in Beijing for a yearlong master’s...

Sophomore Prevented From Leaving China

Sophomore Prevented From Leaving China

By Maxwell Sheremeta November 30, 2018

Members of the Georgetown University community, including students and administrators, are urging the return of Victor Liu (COL ’21), along with his mother and sister, who have all been prohibited by...

LEVY: Clipping Americas Wings

LEVY: Clipping America’s Wings

By Joshua Levy October 10, 2018

Bald eagles can be fiercely territorial birds. When challenged, they lock talons with their foes high above the earth and together plummet toward the ground below. In this aerial game of chicken, the first...

KISHORE MAHBUBANI Kishore Mahbubani, former Singaporean diplomat and professor at the National University of Singapore, critiqued Western policies towards China at an event on Monday.

Trump Transformed US China Policy, Former Singaporean Diplomat Says

By Riley Rogerson October 4, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump’s China policy transforms the West’s historic attitude toward China, former Singaporean diplomat and professor at the National University of Singapore Kishore Mahbubani...

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