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Director Rahab Nazzal showcased her two short films “Canada Park” and “Vibrations from Gaza” which focus on the ongoing conflict in Palestine, and engaged in a talk with two disability and ecology experts, at a Georgetown University event on January 17.

Over 300 GU Community Members Denounce Cuts to Staff Benefits

By Sophia Lu, Senior Features Editor May 10, 2025

Over 300 Georgetown University community members signed an open letter criticizing the university’s change in staff benefits policies that will leave administrative employees with limited paid time off...

Maren Fagan/The Hoya | Georgetown University students will face a referendum April 14 to 16 on university divestment from companies and academic institutions engaged with Israel’s government. The referendum will have no binding effect on university policy. Georgetown students have previously called for divestment, including at campus-wide protests in April, 2024, such as the protest pictured.

GU Graduates, Current Students Publish Open Letter in Support of Khan Suri

By Nora Toscano, Executive Editor April 13, 2025

Over 400 Georgetown University graduates and current students signed an open letter demanding the release of Georgetown postdoctoral researcher Badar Khan Suri, who federal immigration officers detained...

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A ramp, scheduled to be completed by early 2019, is planned to increase access to White-Gravenor Hall.

More Than 1,200 Sign Open Letter Calling for Khan Suri’s Release

By Maren Fagan, Executive Editor March 23, 2025

More than 1,200 people, including Georgetown University faculty, staff, students and other community members, signed an open letter demanding the release of Badar Khan Suri, a Georgetown researcher detained...

AMBER GILLETTE/THEHOYA Students welcomed Georgetown’s announcement on the development of a Coordinated Community Response Team but criticized the university for a lack of transparency as it tackles sexual assault on campus

University to Form Sexual Assault Response Team

By Amy Li November 9, 2018

The Georgetown Sexual Assault and Misconduct Advisory Committee announced Nov. 2 the development of a Coordinated Community Response Team to focus on prevention and addressing the needs of survivors of...

An Open Letter to the New Uncommon Grounds

An Open Letter to the New Uncommon Grounds

By Sarah Reuter and Sarah Reuter September 28, 2017

Dear New Uncommon Grounds (which, as you may have heard, has been ~officially~ dubbed "NUG"), Congratulations on your recent move from the cozy bubble within the well-trafficked Sellinger Lounge to the...

Amy Schumer Acts After A Hoya's Open Letter

Amy Schumer Acts After A Hoya’s Open Letter

By Jenna Clifford and Jenna Clifford August 4, 2015

Yes, it is possible to love Amy Schumer even more than you already do. She is remarkable not only for her unapologetic boldness, humor, confidence and ownership of her sexuality in Hollywood, but for...

On Playing the Internship Game

On Playing the Internship Game

By Jenny Chen February 3, 2015

Dear Georgetown: After spending four months in a country on the other side of the world, I felt like a changed person. India had challenged me in many ways, pushing me outside of my comfort zone and...

Law Students Call for Institutional Response to Brown, Garner Decisions

By Kshithij Shrinath December 9, 2014

A coalition of Georgetown University Law Center students of color issued an open letter on Dec. 6 to criticize the law center for remaining silent in response to the grand jury decisions in the cases of...

An Open Letter to GUSA Campaigns

An Open Letter to GUSA Campaigns

By Alexis Oni-Eseleh and Alexis Oni-Eseleh February 24, 2014

Dear GUSA campaigns, I understand that all you want to do is impact change on the Georgetown community in your own respective ways, and I wholeheartedly support and appreciate your dedication to being...

An Open Letter to Mother Nature

An Open Letter to Mother Nature

By Courtney Klein and Courtney Klein February 20, 2014

To: Mother Nature Cc: Mr. Sun, Jack Frost, President Obama Bcc: Mom Subject: WWTWD? (What will the weather do? Duh.) --- Dear Mother Nature, As a D.C. citizen and a lover of weather-appropriate fashion,...

The Procrastinator's Guide to the Galaxy: McSweeney's Open Letters

The Procrastinator’s Guide to the Galaxy: McSweeney’s Open Letters

By KP and KP May 19, 2013

Well, Hoyas, that's all she wrote. Not only has everyone finished classes for the school year, but everyone (in the Class of 2013) has also graduated. You might be thinking that you no longer have anything...

An Open Letter to Mark Zuckerberg

By Shannon Walsh and Shannon Walsh December 4, 2012

Dear Mark Zuckerberg, When you were sitting in your dorm room at Harvard, writing out math calculations on a really cool glass whiteboard that I’m sure you didn’t actually own, (thank you David Fincher...

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