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GORAL: Understand Seasonal Affective Disorder

GORAL: Understand Seasonal Affective Disorder

By Dylan Goral March 28, 2025

CW: This article discusses suicide. Please refer to the end of the article for on- and off-campus resources.  I hate the term “seasonal depression.” Every spring, as the days grow longer and the...

A virtual panel event hosted academics and social care experts to explain how social environments, politics and global issues are the roots of the mental health crisis, focusing on systemic issues often overlooked, on Jan. 22.

Panel Considers Role of Social Environment, Politics in Mental Health

By Ajani Stella, Academics Desk Editor January 29, 2025

Academics and social care experts outlined how social environments, politics and global issues affect mental health during a virtual panel event Jan. 22. Titled “Minding the World’s Mental Health,”...

GORAL: Support Mens' Mental Health

GORAL: Support Mens’ Mental Health

By Dylan Goral November 1, 2024

Like many of my friends and classmates, I spend far more time scrolling on TikTok or Instagram between classes or before starting homework assignments than I would care to admit. Along with the lighthearted...

VIEWPOINT: Support the Resident Assistant Union

VIEWPOINT: Support the Resident Assistant Union

By Nico Reyes April 4, 2024

CONTENT WARNING: This article discusses suicide. Please refer to the end of the article for on- and off-campus resources. For more than a hundred students on campus, anxiety will plague the next two...

The new class Hoyas Connected and student groups on campus work to connect students and provide them with support amidst the stresses of campus life.

Hoyas Connected, Mental Health Groups Offer Reprieve From Rigorous Academic, Extracurricular Environment

By Nola Goodwin March 15, 2024

Every week, students gather in a Georgetown University classroom — not to discuss international politics or to complete a biology lab, but instead to talk about themselves and their relationships with...

KENNEDY: Prioritize Student Mental Health

KENNEDY: Prioritize Student Mental Health

By Ashley Kennedy March 14, 2024

It can be challenging — and extremely stressful — to balance life as a student-athlete: practice, classes, studying, extracurriculars and even just spending time with friends. After all, there are...

GUSA Passes Dining, Flex Dollar Resolutions

GUSA Passes Dining, Flex Dollar Resolutions

By Aamir Jamil, GUSA Desk Editor February 15, 2024

The Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) Senate passed seven resolutions to improve student dining and support experiences at its Feb. 11 meeting. The Senate passed resolutions calling for...

School of Health Inaugurates New Mental Health and Well-Being Initiative

School of Health Inaugurates New Mental Health and Well-Being Initiative

By Lucia Lavallee February 15, 2024

A new initiative, which plans to unite Georgetown University students, faculty and the local community around mental health research, held its inaugural event on Feb. 8.  The Global Mental Health and...

VIEWPOINT: Make Campus a Kinder Place

VIEWPOINT: Make Campus a Kinder Place

By Komal Samrow November 3, 2023

CW: This article discusses eating disorders. Please refer to the end of the article for on- and off- campus resources. Seven years is a long time to live with a mental health condition. From...

Active Minds Hosts Speaker Event on Stress, Emotion Regulation in College Students

Active Minds Hosts Speaker Event on Stress, Emotion Regulation in College Students

By Anna Tsioulias November 1, 2023

Casey Brown, an assistant professor of psychology at Georgetown University, discussed the biology of stress and anxiety-management techniques at an event on Oct. 24 titled “Stress and Emotional Regulation...

Office of Student Ombuds Celebrates Ombuds Day with Students at Lauinger Library

Office of Student Ombuds Celebrates Ombuds Day with Students at Lauinger Library

By Yolanda Lu and Harry Yang October 20, 2023

The Georgetown Office of the Student Ombuds (OSO) celebrated National Ombuds Day with students Oct. 12 to spread awareness about the confidential academic and personal counseling services they provide....

PHILM AND FILOSOPHY | The Fundamental Misunderstandings of ‘Literally Me’ Cinema

By Luke McMahan September 27, 2023

In a time of rising male suicide rates, a decreasing male college population, and the growing popularity of misogynistic figures like Andrew Tate, many young men find refuge and inspiration in the masculine...

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