This week, Georgetown University students registered for spring 2022 classes. Among the myriad considerations students take when constructing their future schedule is the core curriculum. The core curriculum...
Visitors to the Tidal Basin on Sept. 22 might have spotted an unexpected sight: a seemingly half-submerged house could be spotted floating in the water.
Extinction Rebellion D.C. (XRDC), an environmental...
Georgetown student activists took to the streets of D.C. last weekend to demand that President Joe Biden’s administration take immediate action to combat the climate crisis.
Activists organized...
With the Biden administration’s announcement of ambitious new emissions reduction targets and climate anxiety on the rise, Georgetown University students and administrators must commit to sustainability...
Happy Earth Day, Hoyas. Despite all the apocalypticism embedded in my column, I have yet to acknowledge the most apocalyptic subject of all: environmentalism. There is at least one — glaring — observation...
If the United States had taken decisive actions to prevent the spread of coronavirus when it was first discovered here, such as mandatory mask-wearing and social distancing, the country’s total number...
The media often portrays climate change as an inescapable cycle of natural disasters. Intense heat waves and forest fires are followed by hurricanes, heavy rain and mudslides, which in turn are followed...
Microsoft founder Bill Gates discussed the challenging problem of combating climate change in a Zoom webinar event promoting his new book that outlines his plan to avoid a climate catastrophe.
In...
The COVID-19 pandemic has completely upended life as we once knew it, infecting over 104 million people and claiming the lives of over 2.2 million worldwide. While the current vaccine rollout makes the...
As the pandemic dragged on, I tried hard to avoid downloading TikTok. I honestly thought the app was pointless. As I researched how to make wildlife conservation content more accessible and appealing...
When Georgetown University announced its intention to fully divest from fossil fuels in February, Caroline James (COL ’16) received the news while enduring heat waves in Mozambique, a direct product...
