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EDITORIAL: Reaffirm DeGioia’s Progress

EDITORIAL: Reaffirm DeGioia’s Progress

By The Editorial Board December 6, 2024

On Nov. 21, Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia (CAS ’79, GRD ’95) formally announced that he would step down as president. During DeGioia’s 23-year presidency, the university strengthened...

AMENDOEIRA: Rethink the American Ideal

AMENDOEIRA: Rethink the American Ideal

By Claudia Amendoeira February 8, 2024

My high school did not have a guidance counselor, but that didn’t stop me. I bought an SAT prep book on Amazon and religiously studied “How to Get Into Georgetown” YouTube videos. During my last...

VIEWPOINT: Resist Cultural Impacts of Legacy

VIEWPOINT: Resist Cultural Impacts of Legacy

By Annie Stegall January 25, 2024

“But you’ve moved up for them, why would you still wear that hat?” I finally understood. The middle-aged man in front of me, whose coffee order I was meant to be taking, was not questioning my...

Hoya Asks: What Podcast Would You Host?

Hoya Asks: What Podcast Would You Host?

By Valerie Blinder and Nicholas Lohman September 13, 2022

On this episode of “Hoya Asks,” Multimedia staffers Valerie Blinder (COL '24) and Nicholas Lohman (SFS '24) set out around campus to ask Georgetown students what topics they would want to host a podcast...

Georgetown Admits 12% of Regular Decision Applicants for Class of 2026

Georgetown Admits 12% of Regular Decision Applicants for Class of 2026

By Laetitia Haddad March 31, 2022

Georgetown University admitted 12% of regular decision applicants into the undergraduate Class of 2026, a slight increase from last year’s acceptance rate of 11.7%.  The university accepted...

GU Appoints New Interim Dean to Lead NHS

GU Appoints New Interim Dean to Lead NHS

By Laetitia Haddad September 24, 2021

Georgetown University’s School of Nursing & Health Studies (NHS) will have a new interim dean by the end of the month. John Monahan (CAS ’83, LAW ’87), who currently serves as a Georgetown...

JULIA ALVEY/THE HOYA The Office of Facilities and Management planning per the request of the student workers' petition, placed a new heater in the RHO.

New South RHO Workers Petition University to Fix Heating

By Ashley Zhao February 6, 2019

Following several months of heating concerns in the New South Residence Hall Office, several RHO student workers filed a petition to the Office of Residential Living urging it to address these concerns...

Local Environmentalists Oppose GU Solar Power Facility

By Josh Metzger February 6, 2019

Georgetown University’s plans to build a solar power facility in Maryland that would clear-cut 240 acres of forest have drawn calls from local environmentalists to change the location of the proposed...

AMBER GILLETTE/THE HOYA | Rosemary Kilkenny, left, and Todd Olson, right,

Georgetown to Begin Conducting Second Sexual Misconduct Survey

By Emma Wenzinger and Chelsea Hafer January 31, 2019

Georgetown University’s 2019 Sexual Assault and Misconduct Climate Survey is set to open to the student body Friday and run through March 1. The national survey is administered by the Association...

GAGE Georgetown Association of Graduate Employees has set Nov. 5 as the date for its upcoming election, where graduate students will vote whether or not to allow it to engage in collective bargaining on the students' behalf.

Graduate Students to Vote on Unionization

By Katrina Schmidt October 26, 2018

Georgetown University’s nearly 1,100 graduate student assistants are set to vote on whether or not to unionize, after a two-yearlong effort by the Georgetown Alliance of Graduate Employees for university...

UHUSTLE Christy Felix (MSB '20) is set to launch her own social media platformed aimed at aiding student entrepreneurs trying to expand their consumer base.

Student to Launch Social Media Platform

By Sana Rahman October 24, 2018

Christy Felix (MSB ’20) is preparing to relaunch UHustle, a social media and marketing platform she designed for students to advertise their entrepreneurial ventures on college campuses. The platform...

University Discourages Students From Social Greek Organizations

University Discourages Students From Social Greek Organizations

By Mason Mandell October 4, 2018

The university reiterated its disapproval of social Greek organizations Sept. 16 in a campus-wide email, which discouraged students from joining such organizations because of the organizations’ common...

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