As the fall foliage peaks, a picturesque image of Georgetown University emerges, most notably on Wednesday afternoons when students flock to enjoy the Georgetown University Farmers Market (GUFM).
Multicolored...
On their way up to their dorms, residents of McCarthy Hall might run into Hugo and André, Professor Elizabeth Grimm’s (GRD ’10) two young sons, playing soccer in the lobby.
The family moved to...
Like countless other first-years, Vanesa Carrillo (MSB ’23) found herself carrying a lot of anxieties during her first weeks on the Hilltop.
“Freshman year, we’re all coming from different...
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When asked about her knowledge...
As a first-year student, Toni Marz (MSB ’26) has given the usual back-and-forth Georgetown introduction countless times to other new students since the start of the fall semester.
“They’ll...
When Rev. Jim Wallis, director and founder of Georgetown’s Center on Faith and Justice (CFJ), co-authored a letter urging the Russian Orthodox Patriarch to oppose the invasion of Ukraine, he put faith...
By noon it was sunny, and Red Square was predictably bustling with students excited about the weekly Georgetown University Farmers Market, where several local vendors come to sell food — including empanadas,...
Shelbi Nahwilet Meissner, one of Georgetown University’s only two Indigenous professors, grew up believing that her tribe’s language, 'atáaxum pomtéela, had died out.
“When I was a kid, in...
Shortly after being accepted to Georgetown University during her senior year of high school in spring 2021, Nori O’Shea (SFS ’25) opened her financial aid offer. She was surprised to find that the...
When Georgetown University announced in December 2021 that the first three weeks of spring semester classes would be online, exchange student Odelia Kamhi became concerned about a tougher transition to...
One night during the fall semester final season, a picture of over 100 sticks of Land-O-Lakes butter in a fridge appeared in a Georgetown University student GroupMe. The butter was up for grabs, and the...
In fall 2020, Felicia Miller (COL ’23) began working on a solution for a problem she had identified in Georgetown University’s disciplinary process — a fully punitive system with no opportunities...
