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Courtesy of Georgetown Global Health Insititute | The former White House COVID-19 response coordinator, Ashish Jha, discussed his lessons from the pandemic and his work in public health policy with students in a Jan. 30 global health class called Conversations in Health: Global to Local.

Former White House COVID-19 Coordinator Discusses Career, Pandemic Lessons

By Georgia Russello, Senior Features Editor February 2, 2024

The former White House COVID-19 response coordinator discussed his lessons from the pandemic and his work in public health policy with students in a Jan. 30 global health class. Ashish Jha, who was...

DC Expands Tutoring Programs After COVID-19 Learning Disruptions

DC Expands Tutoring Programs After COVID-19 Learning Disruptions

By Julia Butler February 10, 2023

Washington, D.C., announced Feb. 2 its third major investment in high-impact tutoring (HIT), a form of intensive individual or small-group tutoring. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) and the Office of the...

DC Opens COVID Centers Supplying Vaccines, Testing

DC Opens COVID Centers Supplying Vaccines, Testing

By Noelle Cook February 3, 2022

Washington, D.C., will open eight COVID Centers located in each of the eight wards to serve as hubs for District residents to get tested, vaccinated and boosted.  Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) announced...

Georgetown Course Highlights Diverse Perspectives of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Georgetown Course Highlights Diverse Perspectives of the COVID-19 Pandemic

By Minoli Ediriweera February 3, 2022

A course offered in fall 2021, titled “How To End A Pandemic,” highlights the impact individuals from various sectors had on the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.    Rebecca Katz,...

Hannah Laibinis/The Hoya | The Georgetown University Figure Skating Club will perform its annual winter showcase on Dec. 6 after last years was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

GU Figure Skating Club’s Holiday Showcase to Return to Georgetown Waterfront Rink

By Julia Kelly December 3, 2021

The Georgetown University Figure Skating Club’s (GFSC) annual winter showcase will return Dec. 6 to the Washington Harbour Rink on the Georgetown waterfront after the event was cancelled last year because...

YU: Expand Technology Access for Students

YU: Expand Technology Access for Students

By Angela Yu September 2, 2021

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to alter our online experience, accessing the digital world has become increasingly vital. Though many in the Georgetown community may take our online presence for granted,...

VIEWPOINT: Resume College Life in the Fall

VIEWPOINT: Resume College Life in the Fall

By Robin Brinkmann April 29, 2021

Transferring schools is hard. Leaving a familiar environment behind to stake out a place where the rest of your classmates are well established is intimidating, and a successful transfer experience requires...

VIEWPOINT: Look Forward to Post-Pandemic Memories

VIEWPOINT: Look Forward to Post-Pandemic Memories

By Sam Ahmed April 15, 2021

As of April 15, over 75 million Americans, or 23% of the population, have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. If Americans hope to get back to what life was like before March 2020, that percentage...

BAZAIL-EIMIL: Rediscover Georgetown After Pandemic

BAZAIL-EIMIL: Rediscover Georgetown After Pandemic

By Eric Bazail-Eimil April 15, 2021

In Poem XX of his iconic collection “Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada,” Pablo Neruda, yearning in vain for his departed lover, observes that though he sits under the same night sky...

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University Yet to Bolster Funding, Personnel at Academic Resource Center in Month 8 of Hiring Freeze

By Katie Bootsma October 29, 2020

The university has not provided the Academic Resource Center the funding and employees it needs to serve the Georgetown University community as the universitywide hiring freeze enters its eighth month,...

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Two bias related incidents have been reported over the last two days.

The Class of 2024 Faces Disappointment After Georgetown Reverses Fall 2020 Plan

By Moira Ritter August 12, 2020

Many incoming first-year students are struggling to quickly revise their plans for the fall after Georgetown University announced it would no longer be allowing the Class of 2024 to live on campus for...

GEORGETOWNBUTCHER/FACEBOOK | Wendell Allsbrook (second from left), having worked previously at The Organic Butcher of McLean, opened Georgetown Butcher March 9 across the C&O Canal at 3210 Grace St. NW.

How to Support Washington, DC Black-Owned Businesses

By Grace Buono June 10, 2020

Our list is still incomplete. Know a business we missed? Let us know at [email protected]. Amid protests focusing the nation’s attention on systemic racism, Black-owned small businesses will have...

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