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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

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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 womens basketballs 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. Johns 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...

Matteo Sachman, ‘Carefree, Spontaneous’ Hoya First-Year, Dies at 19

Matteo Sachman, ‘Carefree, Spontaneous’ Hoya First-Year, Dies at 19

By Evie Steele January 19, 2024

Matthew “Matteo” Sachman, a first-year in Georgetown University’s College of Arts and Sciences who impressed his friends with his good humor and cheerful energy, died Jan. 1 in his hometown of New...

Storm Cancels Classes, Spurs Students’ Snowballs

Storm Cancels Classes, Spurs Students’ Snowballs

By Evie Steele January 19, 2024

Georgetown University students took to campus outdoor spaces to sled and hold midnight snowball fights following a rare snowstorm Jan. 15.  The storm saw 3.4 inches fall at Reagan National Airport,...

Social Justice Course to Replace ‘Engaging Diversity’ Requirement

Social Justice Course to Replace ‘Engaging Diversity’ Requirement

By Evie Steele March 3, 2023

A revised “Pathways to Social Justice” requirement will replace Georgetown University undergraduate students’ “Engaging Diversity” core requirement, which has been in place since 2016. The new...

GUSA Urges Laundry Price Reduction, Approves Bylaw Changes

GUSA Urges Laundry Price Reduction, Approves Bylaw Changes

By Evie Steele January 27, 2023

The Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) Senate approved unanimously a resolution urging Georgetown University to lower the cost of on-campus laundry services and confirmed a streamlining...

Disability Groups Sue DC Over Bike Lanes

Disability Groups Sue DC Over Bike Lanes

By Evie Steele December 2, 2022

Disabled individuals sued Washington, D.C., on Nov. 21 for allegedly violating the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with the construction of new protected bike lanes. The Nov. 21 lawsuit filed...

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