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BELDING: Resurrect Latin in the Core

BELDING: Resurrect Latin in the Core

By Brinley Belding February 15, 2024

Cura Personalis, Utraque Unum — two phrases that lay the foundation of Georgetown University’s values and Jesuit identity. These sayings predate the university as their Latin origins indicate long-standing,...

Jesuit Prison Education Network, PJI Discuss Humanity Through Education

Jesuit Prison Education Network, PJI Discuss Humanity Through Education

By Aamir Jamil January 19, 2024

Two experts on prison education discussed the injustices of incarceration in the United States and the importance of education at a Jan. 16 presentation.  Fr. Thomas Curran, S.J., the founder...

SPOTLIGHT: Planet Word Features Dyslexia Exhibit Co-Developed with Georgetown Professor

SPOTLIGHT: Planet Word Features Dyslexia Exhibit Co-Developed with Georgetown Professor

By Audrey Twyford November 29, 2023

Planet Word, a museum in downtown Washington, D.C. that explores the history and power of language, collaborated with a Georgetown professor to create “Inside Look: Dyslexia,” an interactive exhibit...

VIEWPOINT: Empower the Incarcerated Through Education

VIEWPOINT: Empower the Incarcerated Through Education

By Arlando "Tray" Jones III November 3, 2023

When most university students think about their graduation, they picture a college lawn packed with friends and family, their caps aloft high in the air. And accompanying that is the expected movement...

VIEWPOINT: Understand Asian Perspectives

VIEWPOINT: Understand Asian Perspectives

By Haan Jun (Ryan) Lee September 15, 2023

Trending on Twitter: “Asians.” As soon as I saw it, I knew it was about affirmative action. And as an Asian student who applied to college just a year and a half ago, I’ve got a lot to say. On...

VIEWPOINT: Protect LGBTQ+ Stories From Censorship

VIEWPOINT: Protect LGBTQ+ Stories From Censorship

By Grace Rivers September 1, 2023

The United States faced its largest ban of books recorded in any year from July 2021 to June 2022. There were more than 2,500 individual book bans across the nation in that period according to Pen America’s...

VIEWPOINT: Don’t Follow Curriculum Mindlessly

VIEWPOINT: Don’t Follow Curriculum Mindlessly

By Lindsay Eiseman April 17, 2023

Lazy, deceitful and freeloading. These words have been used to describe unemployed people in my economics class. Last semester, when I enrolled in my first economics course, I anticipated boredom,...

PODCAST: Undergraduate Bridges Educational Divide with Ed-Tech Startup

PODCAST: Undergraduate Bridges Educational Divide with Ed-Tech Startup

By Grace Buono September 22, 2021

https://soundcloud.com/multimedia-editor/podcast-undergraduate-bridges-educational-divide-with-ed-tech-startup Growing up in India, Kartikay Uniyal (SFS-Q ’23) spent his weekends in high school...

VIEWPOINT: Stand With Syrian Citizens

VIEWPOINT: Stand With Syrian Citizens

By Omar Alshogre March 18, 2021

This piece discusses violence, police brutality and incarceration. Please refer to the end of the article for on- and off-campus resources. For people around the world, March represents the changing...

MARCHL: Confront QAnon Disinformation

MARCHL: Confront QAnon Disinformation

By Lea Marchl January 28, 2021

At Georgetown University, an institution dedicated to the pursuit of truth, it can be easy to dismiss the disinformation and conspiratorial thinking that has taken over much of the United States. However,...

VIEWPOINT: Embrace Academic Exploration

VIEWPOINT: Embrace Academic Exploration

By Brandon Lee November 20, 2020

Ever since freshman year of high school, I envisioned my first day of college as large lecture halls, new friends across the dorm floors and, ultimately, the first step into adulthood. However, the reality...

VIEWPOINT: Revamp Civil Service

VIEWPOINT: Revamp Civil Service

By Trey Di Bona January 14, 2020

As the United States faces increasing political polarization, we must look to specific policy ideas that will help to foster a sense of national unity. Voluntary civil service — the expansion of a national,...

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