By Lena Maillet, Hoya Staff Writer
• April 3, 2025
A visiting researcher in Georgetown University’s justice and peace studies (JUPS) program defended humanism, a philosophical movement emphasizing common human needs, as a tool for addressing global issues...
By Ajani Stella, Hoya Staff Writer
• October 31, 2024
The Justice and Peace Studies (JUPS) program celebrated its 10-year anniversary as a major and honored the retirement of its founding director with a panel of graduates and professors Oct. 25.
JUPS,...
Today’s prisons are breeding grounds for COVID-19. There are many reasons: crowded dormitories; shared lavatories; limited sanitation, medical and isolation resources; daily entry and exit of inmates...
Postsecondary education can have a crucial role in suppressing authoritarian tendencies, particularly in the United States, according to a report published by a nonprofit research and policy institute...
Students often depend on the mentorship and guidance of a close faculty adviser as they explore complex topics for their senior thesis. For some students, this long and stressful year of research and writing...
Extensive renovations to the Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching and Service’s home in Poulton Hall will be completed in October, providing expanded space for CSJ programs and staff.
Once...
Last spring, I took “Introduction to Justice and Peace Studies,” a course that was informative beyond my expectations. As we moved beyond theory and examined institutions and movements ranging from...
In recent years, the College has introduced a number of majors and minors in response to student interest, but many academic departments find themselves unable to accommodate the growing demand. Administrators...
Georgetown College approved justice and peace studies as an official major Tuesday, after a yearlong campaign by the program’s students.
“We see our transition into a justice and peace studies major...
