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Q&A: DeGioia Discusses ‘Dreamers’ Advocacy, Free Speech and Gun Violence

By Ian Scoville March 23, 2018

Amid Georgetown’s most active year of advocacy in recent memory, The Hoya sat down with University President John J. DeGioia to discuss Georgetown’s role in national issues, free speech and the...

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Associate Vice President for Student Affairs Jeanne Lord, left, moderated a conversation with Vice President for Institutional Diversity and Equity Rosemary Kilkenny on Feb. 28.

Receiving Leadership Award, Kilkenny Promotes Role of Women in Education

By Olivia Eggers March 12, 2018

Women’s participation in politics is crucial to promote gender equality, Rosemary Kilkenny (LAW ’87), Georgetown’s first vice president for Institutional Diversity and Equity, said while accepting...

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University Continues Push for Dream Act as Senate Debate Stalls

By Sarah Mendelsohn February 14, 2018

As debate stalls in the U.S. Senate over a replacement to the rescinded Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, Georgetown University administrators and students are pushing forward with efforts...

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Republican tax bills in the House and Senate could threaten the affordability of higher education, said University President John J. DeGioia in a campuswide email.

DeGioia Raises Concerns About Republican Tax Bills

By Bella Avalos and Mariel Mendez November 30, 2017

University President John J. DeGioia raised objections to two Republican tax reform proposals in the House and Senate, writing in a Nov. 21 email to the community that provisions of the bills “reduce...

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Ceremony Highlights Challenges of Veteran Students

By Kara Tippins November 15, 2017

Nonmilitary students must create a more inclusive culture for veteran students, argued former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel at a ceremony Monday commemorating Veterans Day outside White-Gravenor Hall. Hagel,...

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University President John J. DeGioia received the Anti-Defamation Leagues 2017 Achievement award on Monday.

DeGioia Receives Anti-Defamation League Achievement Award

By Hannah Urtz and Jeff Cirillo September 21, 2017

The Anti-Defamation League awarded its 2017 Achievement award to University President John J. DeGioia on Monday, the highest award bestowed in Washington, D.C. by the Jewish advocacy and civil rights...

DeGioia Signs Letters Denouncing Trump Order

By Yasmine Salam February 7, 2017

University President John J. DeGioia announced Friday that he had joined hundreds of university presidents in signing two open letters attempting to dissuade President Donald Trump and Homeland Security...

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Former ABC “Nightline” anchor Ted Koppel discussed his book “Lights Out” and vulnerabilities in the nation’s electrical grid system in Riggs Library on Tuesday.

Koppel Warns of Electric Grid Cyberattacks

By Henry Greene February 26, 2016

ABC "Nightline" former anchor of 25 years Ted Koppel argued that the United States electrical grid is vulnerable to external attacks and the United States should take countermeasures to prevent this...

Verveer Talks Gender Parity

By Tara Subramaniam February 23, 2016

Executive Director for the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace Security Melanne Verveer (SFS ’66 and GRD ’69) celebrated her new book "Fast Forward: How Women Can Achieve Power and Purpose" while...

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Sexual Assault Climate Survey Opens

By Syed Humza Moinuddin January 15, 2016

Georgetown University’s first Sexual Assault and Misconduct Climate Survey opened to the student body yesterday to promote a better understanding of the prevalence of sexual misconduct on campus. The...

Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the Interfaith Gathering for Solidarity, Understanding and Peace in Gaston Hall on Wednesday. GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

Interfaith Gathering Encourages Solidarity

By Molly Cooke December 18, 2015

Vice President Joe Biden, national leaders of the Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, Muslim, Jewish and Sikh faith traditions and student speakers reflected on the importance of unity and the need for...

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