Category: Facilities

Rafik B. Hariri Building Wins Design Awards

By Nathalie Lawyer | Mar 02 2010

On March 26, the Whiting-Turner Contracting Company will receive Craftsmanship Awards for its work on the Rafik B. Hariri Building from the Washington Building Congress.

Planned Campus Ministry Retreat Center Delayed

By Julie Percha | Feb 09 2010

Two years after the originally anticipated completion date of the university’s new retreat center in the Blue Ridge Mountains of northern Virginia, plans to begin construction remain at a standstill.

Davis Center Corp Café Behind Schedule

By Rebecca Nadler | Jan 26 2010

The Corp’s proposal to open a new café location in the Davis Performing Arts Center remains in the planning stages despite previous projections that the café would open in early 2010.

UIS Plans for Wireless in Dorms

By Amr Leheta | Jan 22 2010

On Wednesday evening, University Information Services and InterHall held a town hall meeting at which students and university officials discussed plans to install wireless infrastructure in residence halls on campus.

GUTS Seeks to Reduce Carbon Footprint With New Biodiesel Blend

By Timothy Buckey | Jan 15 2010

Georgetown students may have seen the Georgetown University Transportation Shuttle buses’ new paint job, but what students may not know is that the buses are now reducing the university’s carbon footprint by using an environmentally friendly biodiesel blend fuel.

Science Center Underway

By Dawn Hu | Jan 15 2010

After construction of the planned science center was halted amid the recession, the university has been given the green light to resume construction this semester as a result of a $6.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Standards and Technology.

Heat in Walsh, Village C Hinders Learning, Living

By Matt Joseloff | Dec 08 2009

Walsh Building and Village C East and West Halls have been experiencing uncomfortably extreme temperatures due to physical limitations in their heating and cooling systems.

Students Help Leo's Worker After Fire

By Avni Mehta | Apr 22 2008

Most days, when students walk into O’Donovan Hall, they greet Altragracia Sanchez, Leo’s well-known employee, with a smile ...

Library Renewal Overdue, Some Say

By Caitlin McDevitt | Jan 15 2008

Although wireless Internet upgrades at Lauinger Library were expected to take effect by the spring semester, the installation of the ...

Board Approves GU Facility Plans

By Lauren Zelt | Oct 23 2007

The District of Columbia Zoning Commission unanimously approved last night university plans for three university construction projects.

The Commission gave ...