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Students Report Facilities Issues, Slow Response from University Maintenance

Students Report Facilities Issues, Slow Response from University Maintenance

By Liana Hardy September 29, 2022

Two weeks after Kat DeMaret (SFS ’24) moved into her Village A apartment, she noticed water steadily leaking from the ceiling. She called facilities and immediately set up buckets to collect the water. On...

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,...

EDITORIAL: Prioritize Donations for University Maintenance

EDITORIAL: Prioritize Donations for University Maintenance

By Editorial Board September 20, 2019

As students on Georgetown University’s campus face constant health and safety hazards from crumbling infrastructure, pervasive mold and archaic lead water pipes, donations to the university continue...

EDITORIAL: End Lead Exposure

By Editorial Board September 13, 2019

Elevated levels of lead identified in several water sources in a recent study conducted by Georgetown University graduate students means that members of the Georgetown community are subject to potentially...

VIEWPOINT: Take Individual Responsibility in Recycling

By Emily Mazur April 24, 2019

Hanging from a tree above Red Square earlier this month, aluminum cans, water bottles and plastic containers clashed sharply with Georgetown University’s manicured landscape of and drew people’s attention...

WILL SIMON/THE HOYA | Georgetown Universitys board of directors approved a $75 million maintenance plan, which will be allocated to facilities repairs, including the roofs of Alumni Squares apartments and renovations of Alumni Square west. 

Board of Directors Allocates $75 Million for Repairs, Maintenance

By Anya Howko-Johnson February 22, 2019

A five-year, $75 million maintenance plan to alleviate building maintenance issues — including those in student residences — was approved by the Georgetown board of directors Feb. 14. A portion...

CARLO RATTI ASSOCIATION Italian Architect Carlo Ratti said at  an event that urban spaces will adapt to the ways technology changes human behavior.

Technology Reshapes Urban Spaces, Architect Says

By Amy Li December 3, 2018

Technology that reduces energy consumption and informs consumers about sustainable products should be used to make improvements to urban infrastructure, Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor...

EDITORIAL: Collaborate to Reconstruct

By Editorial Board February 14, 2017

As Georgetown finds itself embroiled in a former employee’s lawsuit over health hazards relating to mold exposure in Village C West, students have long taken to social media to document the perils they...

EDITORIAL: Transparency in Tuition

By Editorial Board January 24, 2017

Although last Thursday’s announcement of a 3.5 percent tuition hike for the 2017-18 academic year will undoubtedly introduce renewed grumbling from students and families who foot the bill, this communication...

Noah Taylor

Our Closing Words

By Editorial Board April 29, 2016

Throughout the 2015-16 academic year, the Georgetown community saw a range of issues sparking activism and dialogue across campus. From continuing efforts to memorialize the university’s history...

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Obama delivered a speech focused on the importance of infrastructure funding Tuesday afternoon on the Georgetown Waterfront.

Obama Enjoins Congress to Fund Infrastructure Improvements

By Ben Germano July 1, 2014

President Barack Obama called upon House Republicans to rally around a new “economic patriotism” with him Tuesday afternoon at the Georgetown Waterfront Park. Although he began on a light note,...

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