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Vaccination Rollout Concerns DC Residents

Vaccination Rollout Concerns DC Residents

By Sarah Conner February 11, 2021

As the COVID-19 vaccine rollout continues in Washington, D.C., community members are frustrated over vaccination sign-up protocols and a lack of racial equity in distribution.   Some D.C....

D.C. Businesses Remain Boarded Following Capitol Insurrection, Pandemic Struggles

D.C. Businesses Remain Boarded Following Capitol Insurrection, Pandemic Struggles

By Rachel Won February 5, 2021

Several downtown Washington, D.C. storefronts remain boarded with plywood as businesses struggle amid the COVID-19 pandemic and continued political unrest. Businesses began putting up boards prior...

Faculty Continue Raising Concerns Over University Response to Dependent Care Support Requests

Faculty Continue Raising Concerns Over University Response to Dependent Care Support Requests

By Helena Jensen February 4, 2021

Georgetown University faculty have called for increased action from the administration as they struggle to balance the full-time responsibilities of caring for children, conducting research and teaching...

Georgetown Aims to Bring More Students Back To Campus this Spring, GUSA Reports

Georgetown Aims to Bring More Students Back To Campus this Spring, GUSA Reports

By Ella Castanier November 2, 2020

Georgetown University plans to bring back more undergraduate students and release another round of housing applications for the spring 2021 semester, according to Georgetown University Student Association...

KIRK ZIESER/THE HOYA | The summer semester at Georgetown is split into two 6-week sessions, with the first having begun on May 18 and the second set to begin June 29.

GU Provides Extra Financial Support for Faculty Juggling Work, Caregiving Responsibilities

By Kelly Anderson October 23, 2020

Following firm pressure from dozens of faculty members, Georgetown University expanded its emergency stipend for faculty and staff who are incurring extra caregiving costs because of the COVID-19 pandemic.  In...

Uncertainty Looms Over Spring Study Abroad as COVID-19 Remains Global Threat

Uncertainty Looms Over Spring Study Abroad as COVID-19 Remains Global Threat

By Kelly Anderson October 22, 2020

Georgetown University students who hope to study abroad spring 2021 face uncertainty about whether their study abroad plans will be complicated by coronavirus-related travel restrictions.  Although...

FILE PHOTO: ALEXANDER BROWN | Georgetown is one of eight universities under investigation by the Department of Education for potentially violating education regulations tied to the admissions bribery scheme.

GU Parents Pressure University To Bring Students Back for Spring Semester

By Moira Ritter October 22, 2020

Georgetown University parents have flooded social media and administrators’ inboxes with messages urging the university to reopen campus for Zoom-weary students in the spring.  The effort...

First-Year Students Organize Regional Meetups To Forge Friendships Off Campus

First-Year Students Organize Regional Meetups To Forge Friendships Off Campus

By Noa Bronicki October 1, 2020

Unable to form friendships through late-night excursions to Epicurean and other popular on-campus activities, Georgetown University freshmen have put together small meetups with nearby classmates this...

FILE PHOTO: THEO SYMONDS/THE HOYA | TK

Amid Prolonged COVID-19 Crisis, GU Professors Recommend Policies to Combat Future Pandemics

By Ella Castanier September 30, 2020

Domestic and international governance failures have prolonged the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and needlessly exasperated its human cost, two Georgetown University Medical Center professors found in a recent...

Georgetown Clubs Get Creative to Maintain Virtual Community

Georgetown Clubs Get Creative to Maintain Virtual Community

By Caitlin McLean September 25, 2020

In past semesters, members of the Georgetown Parliamentary Debate Team spent their evenings practicing in windowless ICC classrooms before trouncing their opponents at tournaments across the country.  This...

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION | tk

Alumna Raises Money to Produce Potentially Lifesaving COVID-19 Oxygen Monitors

By Grace Buono September 18, 2020

When Shavini Fernando (GRD ’18) developed a wearable oxygen monitor to live independently despite her life-threatening heart condition, she did not imagine two years later her invention would aid patients...

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 Tulsa's 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...

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