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Georgetown students Arun Sood (CAS ’26), Maya Belorusskiy (SFS ’28) and Jackson Smith (SFS ’28) founded Interreligious Dialogues for Engagement and Awareness (IDEA), a group that aims to foster productive discussions across religious beliefs.

New Group Promotes Interreligious Understanding Through Conversation

By Bridget Galibois, Hoya Staff Writer February 13, 2025

Georgetown University students founded a group that aims to foster collaborative discussion across religious beliefs and hosted their first meeting Feb. 10. Arun Sood (CAS ’26), Maya Belorusskiy (SFS...

VIEWPOINT: Recognize Legitimate Backlash

VIEWPOINT: Recognize Legitimate Backlash

By Chase Dobson October 4, 2024

It’s all too easy to doze off and imagine that ideological debates take place in a realm disconnected from our everyday lives, a social universe characterized by engagement without burdensome emotional...

VIEWPOINT: Embrace Interreligious Dialogue

VIEWPOINT: Embrace Interreligious Dialogue

By Teddy Tibbs September 5, 2024

At 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 30, Georgetown University informed its community that two acts of anti-Catholic violence had taken place on campus the night before. Both a crucifix — which the Catholic...

EDITORIAL: Contraception Personalis

EDITORIAL: Contraception Personalis

By The Editorial Board February 4, 2023

While Georgetown University’s Catholic, Jesuit values guide its mission of education and advocacy, it is also using these values to support its stance on unpopular, unsafe campus policies. Georgetown’s...

Professor Discusses New Findings On China’s Rising Economic Power

Professor Discusses New Findings On China’s Rising Economic Power

By Brian Li October 28, 2022

The Georgetown Initiative for U.S.-China Dialogue on Global Issues hosted a discussion on China’s economic strategy and its implications for domestic politics.  David Steinberg, an associate...

Professors Collaborate on New Book About Race, Religion and Democracy

Professors Collaborate on New Book About Race, Religion and Democracy

By Laetitia Haddad February 17, 2022

Georgetown University professors collaborated on a book that examines the complex relationship between Black and Jewish communities in political and religious life.  The book, titled “Blacks...

EDITORIAL: Emphasize Accountability in Higher Education

EDITORIAL: Emphasize Accountability in Higher Education

By The Editorial Board January 16, 2021

Like many people in the United States and around the world, the Editorial Board was disturbed by last week’s violent attempt to overturn the presidential election results through an insurrection that...

Q&A: Spring GU Politics Fellows Welcome Opposing Views

Q&A: Spring GU Politics Fellows Welcome Opposing Views

By Riley Rogerson and Clara Grudberg January 24, 2020

This semester’s five Georgetown University Institute of Politics and Public Service fellows discussed their hopes to gain new perspective by engaging with students and help guide future generations...

BIGGIO: Dialogue Without Disclaimers

BIGGIO: Dialogue Without Disclaimers

By Rachel Biggio March 7, 2019

Extremely sensitive, pathetically coddled, and excessively concerned with social justice vernacular — you need only spare a passing glance at the internet to know that these descriptions represent some...

LIU: Cooperate for Positive US-China Relations

LIU: Cooperate for Positive US-China Relations

By Victoria Liu December 7, 2018

Two of the largest economies in the world, the United States and China, have a contentious relationship. These two powerhouses, the United States as a dominant power and China as a rising power, have divergent...

Interreligious Dialogue Key After Charlottesville, Religious Leaders Say

By Megan Carey September 21, 2017

Open dialogue and intercultural engagement can mend social flaws exposed by last month’s events in Charlottesville, Va., argued campus religious leaders at a series of panels hosted in Gaston Hall on...

VIEWPOINT: Affirm Life Above Discord

VIEWPOINT: Affirm Life Above Discord

By MyLan Metzger April 11, 2017

Each year, Georgetown Right to Life, a group on campus that opposes abortion, euthanasia and the death penalty, among other issues that threaten the value of human life, hosts Life Week in the spring....

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