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The Booth Family Center for Special Collections, which houses rare materials in Lauinger Library, hosted an open house featuring its newest collections to celebrate its 10th anniversary March 25.

Booth Center Celebrates 10th Anniversary

By Ajani Stella, Academics Desk Editor March 26, 2025

The Booth Family Center for Special Collections, which houses rare materials in Lauinger Library, celebrated its 10th anniversary with an open house March 25. The Booth Center, on Lau’s fifth floor,...

A Cross-Disciplinary Undergraduate Research Exhibition, celebrating student researchers’ achievements, launched in Lauinger Library for the first time Jan. 31, which will stay on display until Mar. 31.

Lauinger Library Features Undergraduate Research in New Exhibition

By Luke Suko, Special to The Hoya February 7, 2025

Georgetown University’s Lauinger Library is hosting an inaugural Cross-Disciplinary Undergraduate Research Exhibition to celebrate the achievements of student researchers from Jan. 31 to Mar. 31.  The...

Harriette Hemmasi, dean of Georgetown University’s main campus libraries, will retire Aug. 29, marking the end of her seven-year tenure at Georgetown and 27-year career in library administration.

Library Dean to Retire in August

By Bridget Galibois, Special to The Hoya January 28, 2025

Harriette Hemmasi, dean of Georgetown University’s main campus libraries, will retire Aug. 29 according to a Jan. 14 email Interim Provost Soyica Diggs Colbert (COL ’01) sent to university faculty...

Georgetown University | Lauinger Library’s third floor Pierce Reading Room closed Jan. 14 for a yearlong renovation project that will introduce views of the Potomac River and a new digital lab to the enlarged space, making the popular study spot unavailable until the project’s completion.

Pierce Reading Room Renovations Begin at Lauinger Library

By Bridget Galibois, Special to The Hoya January 16, 2025

The Pierce Reading Room on the third floor of Lauinger Library closed Jan. 14 for a yearlong renovation that will redesign and expand the physical space as well as introduce new technology.  In...

VIEWPOINT: Admire Lau's Brutalism

VIEWPOINT: Admire Lau’s Brutalism

By Saahil Rao April 25, 2024

I often hear my friends complain about the stained unpleasantness of Lauinger Library and sigh.   Youth should once again value revolutionary art. It feels as if popular architectural discourse often...

Maren Fagan/The Hoya | Lauinger Library hosted the third Edible Book Festival to unite the community with food and baked goods inspired by literature with judges and attendees voting on their favorites, giving awards to the winners and selecting a people’s choice award on April 8.

Edible Book Festival Celebrates Literature With Cakes, Community

By Maren Fagan, Academics Desk Editor April 11, 2024

Lauinger Library hosted its third Edible Book Festival to showcase student, staff and faculty members’ literature-inspired baked goods and food on April 8.  The festival featured 14 cakes, cookie...

Lauinger Library Launches Three New Technology Spaces

By Kate Hwang October 21, 2023

Georgetown University Library’s Digital Scholarship Services, which provides technological resources for teaching and learning, launched three new technology spaces in Lauinger Library this semester. The...

Disability Culture Art Display Opens in Lauinger Library

Disability Culture Art Display Opens in Lauinger Library

By Anna Lim and Olivia Noreke October 13, 2023

The Disability Cultural Center (DCC), the department of art and art history and the Georgetown University Library jointly hosted the opening reception of an art exhibit on Oct. 11. The exhibit, titled...

Georgetown Library Features Book Exhibit for Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month

By Hayley Young September 28, 2023

Georgetown’s Lauinger Library celebrates Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month with an exhibit of books purchased at the International Book Fair of Bogotá (FILBo). The book exhibit, titled “Lecturas...

Students Receive Free New York Times, Washington Post Access

Students Receive Free New York Times, Washington Post Access

By Georgia Russello January 20, 2023

Following months of student advocacy, Georgetown University students, faculty and staff now have free access to The New York Times (NYT) and The Washington Post.  Lauinger Library staff and the...

Suspension of Hybrid Classes Extended to March 8 as COVID-19 Cases Rise

Suspension of Hybrid Classes Extended to March 8 as COVID-19 Cases Rise

By Caitlin McLean February 26, 2021

Georgetown University undergraduate hybrid courses will remain fully virtual until March 8 as COVID-19 infections among students remain high. The university originally moved graduate and undergraduate...

2 Exhibits Celebrate 50th Anniversary of Lauinger

2 Exhibits Celebrate 50th Anniversary of Lauinger

By Giulia Testa February 21, 2020

Lauinger Library is celebrating its 50th anniversary with two exhibits honoring the evolution and history of the building since its opening in 1970. The main exhibit on the fifth floor of the library...

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