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Although the university has taken strides to improve women's sports at Georgetown, significant gaps in funding persist. | Design by Aria Zhu

Leveling the Playing Field: Data Reveals $32.5 Million Gap Between Men’s, Women’s Sports Funding at GU

By Sophia Lu and Evie Steele March 28, 2025

As Georgetown University women’s basketball star guard Victoria Rivera (MSB ’26) scored a 4th quarter 3-pointer to lead the Hoyas to a 60-48 win over the Providence Friars on Jan. 18, the crowd of...

Georgetown basketball fans cheer on the team at Capital One Arena.

COMMENTARY | Rebuilding the Georgetown Basketball Fanbase

By Evie Steele and Sophia Lu, Editor-in-Chief and Senior Sports Editor November 1, 2024

In the past few years, neither the Georgetown University men’s nor women’s basketball teams have reached the NCAA tournament. Attendance at men’s home games during the 2023-24 season matched these...

Following the Supreme Court's ruling against affirmative action, Georgetown has begun considering Pell Grant eligibility in admissions.

GU Admits Fewer Students of Color in First Post-Affirmative Action Class

By Evie Steele, Editor in Chief October 18, 2024

In the first class of Hoyas admitted without race-based affirmative action, Georgetown University enrolled fewer students of color than in previous classes, according to data from an Oct. 9 university...

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Seven Georgetown Students Among Arrested at GWU Pro-Palestinian Encampment

Seven Georgetown University students were among 33 protesters Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers arrested in the early hours of May 8 at George Washington University’s (GWU) pro-Palestinian...

Courtesy of Evie Steele

Evie Steele to Serve as The Hoya’s Next Editor in Chief

By Michelle Vassilev, Editor in Chief April 30, 2024

The Hoya selected Evie Steele (SFS ’26) as its new editor in chief. Steele, a regional and comparative studies major with a minor in Chinese, is the 151st editor in chief of The Hoya, Georgetown University’s...

Aamir Jamil/The Hoya | Students voted to pass a referendum that would encourage the university to establish gender-inclusive housing.

Students Endorse Gender-Inclusive Housing in Referendum

By Evie Steele, Executive Editor April 19, 2024

Georgetown University students voted to approve a referendum that would encourage the university to establish gender-inclusive housing by the Fall 2025 semester, according to results the Georgetown University...

Darnell Haney will be Georgetown women's basketball's next full-time head coach after leading the Hoyas to their winningest season in over a decade.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL | GU Athletics Taps Haney to Lead Hoyas

By Evie Steele and Jack Willis March 12, 2024

Darnell Haney, the current interim head coach of the Georgetown University women’s basketball team, will be promoted to permanent head coach, according to a March 11 tweet from @GeorgetownWBB and an...

Michelle Vassilev/The Hoya | After taking the lead several times during the game, The Hoyas lost 86-78 to St. John's at Madison Square Garden in their last regular-season game.

MEN’S BASKETBALL | Late Mistakes Cost Hoyas in Road Loss to St. John’s

By Michelle Vassilev and Evie Steele March 11, 2024

In a tight affair, the Georgetown University men’s basketball team (9-22, 2-18 Big East) failed to fend off the St. John’s Red Storm (19-12, 11-9 Big East) in their last regular-season game, falling...

WAMU Shutters DCist, Fires 15 Journalists

By Jack Willis and Evie Steele March 6, 2024

Executives at WAMU, the Washington, D.C. station of National Public Radio (NPR) based at American University, announced Feb. 23 that the station would cease to fund DCist, a news outlet that covers local...

Georgetown University / Forty Georgetown students and graduates won Fulbright U.S. Student awards, marking the second consecutive year that Georgetown University produced the most Fulbright Scholars of any U.S. university.

For Second Straight Year, Georgetown Tops Fulbright Scholars Rankings

By Evie Steele February 16, 2024

For the second consecutive year, Georgetown University produced the most Fulbright Scholars of any U.S. university, according to a Feb. 13 university press release. Forty Georgetown students and graduates...

Spring 2024 GU Politics Fellows Talk Persuading Young Voters, Presidential Campaigns

Spring 2024 GU Politics Fellows Talk Persuading Young Voters, Presidential Campaigns

By Evie Steele January 25, 2024

The Hoya sat down with the Georgetown University Institute of Politics and Public Service (GU Politics) fellows for the Spring 2024 semester Jan. 19 to discuss the ongoing presidential campaign, Gen Z’s...

Students Host Vigil to Remember Gun Violence Victims During National Gun Violence Survivors Week

Students Host Vigil to Remember Gun Violence Victims During National Gun Violence Survivors Week

By Evie Steele and Maren Fagan January 25, 2024

CW: This article references and discusses gun violence and intimate partner violence. Please refer to the end of the article for on- and off-campus resources.  Georgetown University’s chapter...

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