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New MedStar Pavilion Brings Resources, Opportunities to Georgetown

New MedStar Pavilion Brings Resources, Opportunities to Georgetown

By Isabel Liu January 24, 2024

The Verstandig Pavilion at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital opened its doors Dec. 10, 2023. The 477,000 square foot pavilion, which began construction in 2017, was made possible by the continued...

Annual Anti-Abortion Conference Sparks Campus Discourse

Annual Anti-Abortion Conference Sparks Campus Discourse

By Maren Fagan January 24, 2024

The 25th annual Cardinal O’Connor Conference on Life (OCC) united prominent Catholic clergy, advocacy experts and students to discuss the state of anti-abortion politics and the sanctity of human life...

ECO-HEALTH & EQUITY | Snowstorms and the Safety of D.C.’s Disadvantaged Populations

ECO-HEALTH & EQUITY | Snowstorms and the Safety of D.C.’s Disadvantaged Populations

By Naya Karam January 24, 2024

The snowfall that hit the Washington, D.C.-Maryland-Virginia area on Jan. 15 and Jan. 19 has become the talk of the town. There are those who reveled in it, but, for others, the extreme weather was a...

Matteo Sachman, ‘Carefree, Spontaneous’ Hoya First-Year, Dies at 19

Matteo Sachman, ‘Carefree, Spontaneous’ Hoya First-Year, Dies at 19

By Evie Steele January 19, 2024

Matthew “Matteo” Sachman, a first-year in Georgetown University’s College of Arts and Sciences who impressed his friends with his good humor and cheerful energy, died Jan. 1 in his hometown of New...

Storm Cancels Classes, Spurs Students’ Snowballs

Storm Cancels Classes, Spurs Students’ Snowballs

By Evie Steele January 19, 2024

Georgetown University students took to campus outdoor spaces to sled and hold midnight snowball fights following a rare snowstorm Jan. 15.  The storm saw 3.4 inches fall at Reagan National Airport,...

The McCourt School of Public Policy (MPP) named Anirudh Srivathsan (MPP ‘24), a second-year graduate student in the Master of Public Policy program, as the Whittington Scholar for the 2023-2024 academic year.

Graduate Student Named 2024 Whittington Scholar

By Anna Lim January 19, 2024

A second-year graduate student in the Master of Public Policy program received the McCourt School of Public Policy (MPP)’s Whittington Scholarship, which honors outstanding academic achievement and...

H*yas for Choice and Georgetown University College Democrats Host Reproductive Rights Panel

By Nora Toscano January 19, 2024

H*yas for Choice and the Georgetown University College Democrats co-hosted a panel discussion about the state of reproductive rights in 2024 on Jan. 17. At the event, five panelists discussed different...

Academic Community Hosts Vigil to Honor Palestinian Colleagues Killed in Gaza

Academic Community Hosts Vigil to Honor Palestinian Colleagues Killed in Gaza

By Jack Willis January 19, 2024

The Georgetown University Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine (GUFSJP) led attendees in a Jan. 18 vigil that honored the lives of Gazan academics whom Israeli forces have killed. Participants...

Georgetown Raises Undergraduate Tuition 4.5 Percent

Georgetown Raises Undergraduate Tuition 4.5 Percent

By Maren Fagan January 19, 2024

Georgetown University announced a 4.5% increase in undergraduate tuition for the 2024-25 academic year, the third increase in the past three years.  With the 4.5% increase, tuition for the upcoming...

The university is set to expand its East-end Capitol campus on 77H Street near Union Station and has been under contract to purchase the approximately $89 million apartment complex.

New Academic Spaces to Open With Capitol Campus Expansion

By Kate Hwang and Paulina Inglima January 19, 2024

Georgetown University is set to expand its Capitol Campus and enlarge its capacity for students to participate in its programs by acquiring an $89 million apartment complex on 77 H St. NW near Union Station. Georgetown’s...

The D.C. Council unanimously passed emergency legislation granting the Alcohol Beverage and Cannabis Administration (ABCA) the ability to penalize unlicensed cannabis gifting stores that have not yet completed an application for the city’s medical cannabis program.

DC Council Passes Emergency Legislation Regulating Unlicensed Cannabis Gifting Shops

By Anna Lim January 19, 2024

On Jan. 9, the Washington, D.C. Council unanimously passed emergency legislation granting the Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Administration (ABCA) the ability to penalize unlicensed cannabis gifting...

GEORGETOWN CAMPUS MINISTRY

Dahlgren Chapel serves as a physical reminder for the Georgetown community of the Ignatian and Jesuit commitment to interreligious collaboration for spiritual harmony.

Georgetown Community Remembers Professor John Hirsh

By Paulina Inglima January 19, 2024

Georgetown University students, faculty and alumni gathered at Dahlgren Chapel to celebrate the life of the late Professor John Campion Hirsh on Jan. 16.  Hirsh, who taught in Georgetown’s English...

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