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The new class Hoyas Connected and student groups on campus work to connect students and provide them with support amidst the stresses of campus life.

Hoyas Connected, Mental Health Groups Offer Reprieve From Rigorous Academic, Extracurricular Environment

By Nola Goodwin March 15, 2024

Every week, students gather in a Georgetown University classroom — not to discuss international politics or to complete a biology lab, but instead to talk about themselves and their relationships with...

Spain to Seoul: Religion and Reflection in Global Seminars

Spain to Seoul: Religion and Reflection in Global Seminars

By Jack Willis, Executive Editor February 23, 2024

After graduating from college in the 1970s, Fr. Ron Anton, S.J., spent the summer with his roommates traipsing through the Greek isles and sleeping under the stars on the beaches of the Aegean Sea. Anton...

Georgetown University / Leticia Bode, a professor in Georgetown University’s Communication, Culture and Technology (CCT) graduate program, is working to study misinformation and the changing political landscape ahead of the 2024 elections.

PROFILE: As 2024 Election Looms, Professor Leticia Bode Tackles Misinformation in Politics

By Erin Saunders February 16, 2024

From working on Capitol Hill to taking classes on congressional reporting, Georgetown University students often immerse themselves in the American political landscape.  In an increasingly digital age,...

From Downtown to the Hilltop: CALL Transfers Reflect on Campus Experiences

From Downtown to the Hilltop: CALL Transfers Reflect on Campus Experiences

By Hayley Young February 8, 2024

Of the new cohort of transfer students that joined Georgetown University this fall, eight began their academic journey beyond the Hilltop. The university accepts a small number of transfer students...

Bill Auth/The Hoya | Although sports may not be the main draw for some students applying to Georgetown today, many Hoyas look back fondly on the peak of Georgetown basketball in the 1980s.

Bleeding Blue, Gray: Tracing Georgetown School Spirit Through the Ages

By Luna Elkhoury November 30, 2023

Hopeful students, eager alumni and fervent sports fans come to Georgetown University from all over the country, hoping to glimpse the remains of the university’s athletic golden age in the ’80s, an...

Oh Rats! Hoyas Say Georgetown’s Rodent Problem Grows

Oh Rats! Hoyas Say Georgetown’s Rodent Problem Grows

By Alex Goodale November 17, 2023

On a late October night, Reesa Bhowmik (SFS ’26) and her friend were walking back to their Village C dorms from Lauinger Library when a rat jumped out of the bushes, scuttling directly over their feet. “It...

Grief, Justice, Hope: On-Campus Resonances From Israel and Palestine

Grief, Justice, Hope: On-Campus Resonances From Israel and Palestine

By Jack Willis November 3, 2023

Content warning: This article discusses violence and death. Please refer to the end of the article for on- and off-campus resources. U.S. college campuses have been at the center of a heated debate...

Georgetown Ranks in Bottom Four Colleges in Controversial Free Speech Rankings

Georgetown Ranks in Bottom Four Colleges in Controversial Free Speech Rankings

By Catherine Alaimo October 19, 2023

Georgetown University placed 245 out of 248 schools in the 2024 College Free Speech Rankings by College Pulse and the controversial Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), an organization...

Seeking Global Experiences, Hoyas Look Abroad

Seeking Global Experiences, Hoyas Look Abroad

By Sofia Nathoo October 12, 2023

The vast majority of the 57 percent of Georgetown University students who study abroad create life-long memories, like eating dumplings in Taiwan or enjoying tapas and sangria in Madrid. As the leaves...

Questions Remain After Jack the Bulldog’s Cause of Death Revealed

Questions Remain After Jack the Bulldog’s Cause of Death Revealed

By Lauren Doherty September 28, 2023

Separated by the distance of summer, Georgetown University students were suddenly united in grief over the loss of Jack the Bulldog, who passed away unexpectedly nearly three months ago. His death received...

The Many Problems of God

The Many Problems of God

By Jack Willis and Lauren Doherty September 21, 2023

Regardless of whether Georgetown University’s incoming first-years are studying hard science or humanities, all are united by a common obligation to the university’s core curriculum — in particular,...

New MSB Policies Seek to Combat Exclusive Club Culture

New MSB Policies Seek to Combat Exclusive Club Culture

By Georgia Russello September 14, 2023

On a particularly hot Saturday in August, a few weeks after the latest class of Georgetown University first-years descended upon the Hilltop, over 200 different campus groups and organizations flooded...

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