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Georgetown Restaurants Adjust to New Business, Dining Realities as District Gradually Reopens

By Clara Grudberg July 25, 2020

Months after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic left their dining rooms abandoned, local Georgetown restaurants are seating customers once again and adjusting to a new reality under Phase Two of the Washington,...

FILE PHOTO: KIRK ZIESER/THE HOYA The University submitted its comment to the proposed changes to Title IX regulations after giving students 8 days to review and submit responses to their initial draft.

Amid a Global Pandemic, Twin DACA Advocates Share Their Story

By Grace Buono July 17, 2020

In April, after losing their uncles Javier and Martin Morales to COVID-19 within 24 hours of one another, twin sisters Melanie (COL ’22) and Sheila Cruz-Morales (COL ’22) faced one of the darkest...

Georgetown Rejects Hundreds for Fall On-Campus Housing, Leaving Many Students in Difficult Living Situations

Georgetown Rejects Hundreds for Fall On-Campus Housing, Leaving Many Students in Difficult Living Situations

By Jaime Moore-Carrillo July 16, 2020

Hundreds of Georgetown University students have been denied on-campus housing for the fall semester, with some being rejected despite living in insecure home conditions, according to students familiar...

Fauci Urges Americans To Trust Medical Authorities as COVID-19 Pandemic Grinds On

Fauci Urges Americans To Trust Medical Authorities as COVID-19 Pandemic Grinds On

By Giulia Testa July 15, 2020

Americans must trust health experts’ advice and make personal sacrifices to effectively combat the spread of COVID-19, Dr. Anthony Fauci said in a Tuesday Zoom event. Fauci is one of the country’s...

DC Universities Plan to Reopen in the Fall: How Their Reopening Strategies Compare

DC Universities Plan to Reopen in the Fall: How Their Reopening Strategies Compare

By Jaime Moore-Carrillo July 13, 2020

This article was last updated July 13. Universities' reopening plans may have changed since then. Georgetown University administrators published the university’s plan for the fall semester July...

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Washington, D.C. area colleges, including Georgetown, have come under fire for being exempt from $111 million in local property taxes.

Georgetown International Students Confront New Fall Semester Uncertainty

By Hansen Lian July 9, 2020

Georgetown University international students are reckoning with a new phase of uncertainty after the Department of Homeland Security introduced new regulations Monday limiting international students’...

Georgetown To Allow Freshmen, Certain Upperclassmen on Campus in the Fall

Georgetown To Allow Freshmen, Certain Upperclassmen on Campus in the Fall

By Jaime Moore-Carrillo July 6, 2020

First-year students and select upperclassmen will be allowed to live on campus during the fall semester, Georgetown University administrators announced in an email Monday detailing the plan for fall 2020. The...

VIEWPOINT: Value Student Input

VIEWPOINT: Value Student Input

It is June. The fall semester begins in two months. Students are anxious. We have nothing. The unprecedented nature of the situation is clear, but unclear are Georgetown University’s plans for the fall....

Diverse Representation Essential for American Democracy, Nevada Senator Says

Diverse Representation Essential for American Democracy, Nevada Senator Says

By Grace Buono June 3, 2020

Public officials have a responsibility to account for all perspectives and identities by giving them a place at the table in government, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) said in a virtual conversation...

International Students Continue Push for Accommodations, GUSA Rallies To Support

International Students Continue Push for Accommodations, GUSA Rallies To Support

By Liana Hardy May 30, 2020

The Georgetown University Student Association Senate voiced support for a growing petition that pushes for increased academic and logistical accommodations for international students during the COVID-19...

Rising GU Freshman Questions University Presidents on New ‘Meet the Press’ Segment

Rising GU Freshman Questions University Presidents on New ‘Meet the Press’ Segment

By Connor Thomas and Jaime Moore-Carrillo May 29, 2020

Incoming Georgetown University freshman Gabe Fleisher (COL '24) joined a panel of student journalists on a “Meet the Press” roundtable May 28 to scrutinize universities’ plans and policies for the...

Amid Economic Downturn, Student NGO Connects Struggling Farmers and Food Banks

Amid Economic Downturn, Student NGO Connects Struggling Farmers and Food Banks

By Jaime Moore-Carrillo May 26, 2020

Unlike many of his peers in the McDonough School of Business, Cooper Adams (MSB ’21) spent the first weeks of May cold-calling farmers across the country. Adams is a member of the farm engagement...

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