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Georgetown, Please Offer Better Electives

Georgetown, Please Offer Better Electives

By Abigail Weintz and Abigail Weintz May 2, 2021

Finals season may be upon us, but our fall classes are right around the corner, and hopefully, next semester won’t be over Zoom! While Georgetown students have just registered, it’s clear there needs...

Logistical Hurdles, Inconclusive Results at COVID-19 Testing Sites Complicate Students’ Lives Around Georgetown

Logistical Hurdles, Inconclusive Results at COVID-19 Testing Sites Complicate Students’ Lives Around Georgetown

By Allie Altshule March 26, 2021

When Samantha Helffrich (COL ’22) was waiting on her COVID-19 test results from Georgetown University, she received an email from a university employee instead of a typical One Medical app notification...

D.C. Expands Vaccine Eligibility to Residents With Qualifying Medical Conditions

D.C. Expands Vaccine Eligibility to Residents With Qualifying Medical Conditions

By Anna Ferrazzi March 4, 2021

Washington, D.C. expanded COVID-19 vaccination eligibility March 1 to include residents aged 16-64 with qualifying medical conditions amid complaints of technical difficulties with the District’s vaccine...

Georgetown Restaurants Fight For Survival as Pandemic Wears On

Georgetown Restaurants Fight For Survival as Pandemic Wears On

By Joyce Yang February 12, 2021

As Washington, D.C., enacted COVID-19 shutdown orders last March, John Tran, the owner of the Vietnamese restaurant Simply Banh Mi on Wisconsin Avenue, was left scrambling as uncertainty swirled and customers...

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GU College Webinar Series Features Professors Relating Academic Research to Anti-Racist Work

By Adam Hamdan November 13, 2020

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 racial justice. ROCHELLE VAYNTRUB...

GU Nursing Students Juggle Health Concerns, Academic Commitments

GU Nursing Students Juggle Health Concerns, Academic Commitments

By Claire Stowe October 8, 2020

While most Georgetown University students are taking classes at home, Alice Lei (NHS ’22), a nursing major, not only returned to campus but spends 16 hours a week in a local hospital fulfilling clinical...

TULSAPUBLICSCHOOLS/FACEBOOK | The study, headed in part 
by two Georgetown psychology 
professors, found that parents and teachers alike faced 
financial insecurity during the 
pandemic that translated to stressful 
learning environments for kids in Tulsas school district.

Low-Income Families and Teachers Hit Hardest by Pandemic, Psychology Professors’ Study Says

By Brian Ely September 17, 2020

During the COVID-19 pandemic, low-income families with children have faced reduced work hours, lower household incomes and food insecurity, according to a survey of over 500 parents of low-income students...

GUPOLITICS/FACEBOOK | The fall 2020 class of GU Politics fellows spoke with campus media outlets at a press event about how anti-racism protests and the COVID-19 pandemic have affected the political landscape and will affect how they approach their own conversations with students this semester.

GU Politics Fellows Discuss COVID-19, Black Lives Matter and the Future of American Politics During Interview

By Harrison McBride and Clara Grudberg September 11, 2020

Anti-racism protests and the COVID-19 pandemic have transformed the 2020 political landscape permanently, according to the new class of Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service fellows, who...

NATALIE ISE || THE HOYA The Academic Resource Center works with faculty members in order to make classrooms more accommodating for students with disabilities, however some students still report inadequate support.

Academic Resource Center Underresourced and Understaffed Heading Into the Fall, Students Say

By Moira Ritter and Liana Hardy August 14, 2020

Amid Georgetown University’s ongoing hiring freeze, employees at the Academic Resource Center are stretched thin, and the Georgetown Disability Alliance fears the ARC’s current lack of resources will...

A Sneak Peek Into Your Semester Online

A Sneak Peek Into Your Semester Online

By Abigail Weintz and Abigail Weintz August 13, 2020

Due to the ongoing public health crisis, Georgetown has decided the majority of students will remain home for the fall 2020 semester. Hoyas received a taste of online learning during the spring of 2020,...

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Two bias related incidents have been reported over the last two days.

The Class of 2024 Faces Disappointment After Georgetown Reverses Fall 2020 Plan

By Moira Ritter August 12, 2020

Many incoming first-year students are struggling to quickly revise their plans for the fall after Georgetown University announced it would no longer be allowing the Class of 2024 to live on campus for...

Cornered by COVID-19 and Tight Finances, GU Students Struggle To Pay for Off-Campus Housing

Cornered by COVID-19 and Tight Finances, GU Students Struggle To Pay for Off-Campus Housing

By Harrison Lee August 3, 2020

With their fall plans thrown into disarray by the COVID-19 pandemic, some Georgetown University students find themselves stuck in untenable leases for off-campus housing.  The university announced...

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