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Survey Reveals Faculty Concerns With Admin COVID-19 Response

Survey Reveals Faculty Concerns With Admin COVID-19 Response

By William Kim November 20, 2020

Many Georgetown University faculty members are frustrated about a lack of transparency from administrators surrounding the university’s COVID-19 response planning, according to a recent survey of hundreds...

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DataRefuge launched an effort to save government climate research data on the fifth floor of Lauinger Library on Feb. 18.

On-Campus Students Identify COVID-19 Tracker Badge Defects

By Caitlin McLean November 20, 2020

Many on-campus Georgetown University students have had to resort to photo editing and negotiations with health screeners to enter campus buildings after identifying glitches with the university's digital...

GUSA Voices Support for GAGE Amid Ongoing Dispute Between Union and University

GUSA Voices Support for GAGE Amid Ongoing Dispute Between Union and University

By Ella Castanier October 9, 2020

Amid a continuing contractual dispute between Georgetown University's graduate student union and the administration, the Georgetown University Student Association Senate rallied to support the union’s...

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Two GU Students Hop Off the Grid, On the Sled in Alaska

By Grace Buono October 2, 2020

While most students spend their days hopping from Zoom to Zoom, Colton Scrudder (MSB ’22) and Maddox Angerhofer (SFS ’22) are learning a new routine: a 6 a.m. wake-up call to a kennel full of 60 dogs,...

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Georgetown Student Tenant Association To Revive Operations Amid Student Housing Difficulties

By Harrison Lee October 2, 2020

The Georgetown Student Tenant Association plans to enhance its operations to aid students experiencing housing uncertainty and grappling with untenable leases because of the COVID-19 pandemic. After...

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...

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Low-Income Students Utilize University Resources To Navigate Virtual Learning Challenges

By Samuel Ahmed September 25, 2020

Low-income Georgetown University students struggling to balance school and home life under the added pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic have leaned on university resources during the virtual semester.  Students...

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GU Students Share More Spring Storage Debacles Following Report by The Hoya

By Casey Ferrante and Moira Ritter September 25, 2020

Earlier this month, The Hoya revealed that several Georgetown University students had belongings they had left on campus for storage thrown away or lost on the university’s watch. Several other students...

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The Office of Undergraduate Admissions, housed in White-Gravenor Hall, accepted 13 percent of early applications for the Class of 2019

GAGE Turns to Arbitration To Resolve Contract Dispute With GU

By Samantha Sinutko September 19, 2020

Georgetown University’s graduate student union plans to enter arbitration proceedings with the school to resolve a contractual dispute, union leaders announced Friday afternoon.  Members of...

FILE PHOTO: NATALIE REGAN/THE HOYA | Twelve candidates, mostly BIPOC students and sophomores, joined ballots by petition. Heated criticism of the student government body surfaced in GroupMe chats and on social media leading up to the influx of candidate petitions.

Polls Open for GUSA Senate Race as New Wave of Candidates Joins the Contest by Petition

By Liana Hardy September 18, 2020

The polls for this fall’s student government senate elections opened Thursday night, after a week of competitive virtual campaigns that largely focused on financial aid reforms and accommodations for...

FILE PHOTO: NATALIE REGAN/THE HOYA | Despite students efforts to forge friendships over social media and professors efforts to reach out to students personally, first years have still found it difficult to find normality in their first semester.

First-Year Students Struggle To Connect With Georgetown From Home

By Moira Ritter September 17, 2020

First-year students have started to adjust to college life, navigating long hours on Zoom and difficulties establishing community in the virtual learning environment by connecting over social media. Georgetown...

Despite Online Setting, GU Students Foster Community During Virtual NSO

Despite Online Setting, GU Students Foster Community During Virtual NSO

By Giulia Testa and Kelly Anderson September 10, 2020

First-year and transfer students and upperclassmen organizers kicked off the fall semester with a virtual New Student Orientation, an experience that exceeded the expectations of many participants.  This...

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