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The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is one of the museums subject to the $2 billion Smithsonian renovation and restoration.

Smithsonian Slated for $2B Renovations

By Deirdre Collins November 21, 2014

The Smithsonian Institution will renovate museums and gardens on the South Mall campus to improve infrastructure, visitor services and accessibility in a multiyear project that will begin in 2016, the...

Campaign for SFS Study Space Succeeds in ICC

By Ashley Miller February 25, 2014

After the School of Foreign Service Academic Council rallied support through Georgetown Roundtables, an online forum where Georgetown students can pitch their ideas, renovation plans regarding the Intercultural...

Dance Space Scarce Amid Construction

By Ashley Miller October 1, 2013

Construction of the Healey Family Student Center in New South has left some student groups in the lurch. While many have found temporary accommodations sufficient, dance groups have struggled to make...

Library Renovations Add Study Space on Second Floor

By Mallika Sen September 10, 2013

As classes begin in earnest and students return to Lauinger Library this semester, the look of the second floor may be a shock to some. The library’s overhaul eliminated half of its shelving, leaving...

Dahlgren in Final Phase of Renovations

By Matt Walters January 18, 2013

The third phase of renovations to Dahlgren Chapel, scheduled to be completed this summer, will shift inside to focus on the worship space’s interior. Geier Brown Renfrow Architects, LLC, the...

Chapel Revamp Ongoing

By Bebe Albornoz September 7, 2012

Renovations to Dahlgren Chapel are well under way as the fall semester ushers the community back into the worship space. The two-year, $8 million restoration of the chapel began in 2011 with a...

Dahlgren’s Interior Plan Unveiled

By Daniel Corry February 10, 2012

The architects working to restore Dahlgren Chapel unveiled plans for renovations to the building's interior at a meeting Tuesday. Most of the intended changes, which include moving the organ from...

Renovations Planned for Fifth Floor of Lauinger Library

By Hiromi Oka January 20, 2012

The Special Collections Research Center at Lauinger Library is slated to undergo major renovations later this year, according to University Librarian Artemis Kirk. The Research Center, located on the...

Renovations to Dahlgren Chapel to Begin

By Upasana Kaku August 22, 2011

Construction on Dahlgren Chapel will begin this week, kicking off a major renovation project that is expected to last two years. The restoration, which has been planned for several years, will address...

SAFE Pitches Continue

By Kelly Church April 1, 2011

The GUSA Endowment Committee heard four more allocation proposals for the $3.4 million left in the Student Activities Fee Endowment on Tuesday, voting to keep talks of performing arts space renovations...

Renovating Nevils, Burning Bridges

By The Editorial Board March 29, 2011

Senior Week is a time for the university to show appreciation for its graduating class through shared celebration. This year, however, while most seniors will be indulging in their much-deserved revelry,...

Dahlgren to Undergo Repairs

By Upasana Kaku March 25, 2011

Dahlgren Chapel, the university's central location for Catholic worship, will undergo major renovations later this year to remedy water damage to its foundation. Fr. Philip Boroughs, S.J., vice...

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