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Unionization a No Go for GSO

By Laura Owsiany February 4, 2014

As graduate students at private institutions across the country have begun pushing for recognized unions, the Georgetown Graduate Student Organization, which primarily concerns itself with community-building,...

Dinosaur Exhibit to Close for Renovations

By Ashley Miller January 31, 2014

Fossil fanatics and dinosaur devotees in Washington, D.C., will have to go elsewhere for their prehistoric proclivities when the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History closes its popular “Dinosaur...

DC Newest Hub for Cybersecurity

By Madeleine Thornburn January 31, 2014

While D.C. is known for its think tanks and consulting firms, a new niche might be making its mark on the D.C. employment scene in the near future: cyber security. In February 2013, President Obama...

Georgetown BID Launches 2028 Plan

By Suzanne Monyak January 31, 2014

The Georgetown Business Improvement District formally launched its 2028 15-year action plan and announced its intention to increase transportation between Georgetown and greater D.C. in a ceremony held...

Contraception Contested in District

By Johnny Verhovek January 28, 2014

A new Congressional act that aims to limit reproductive health services by disallowing Washington, D.C. tax revenue to pay for certain programs including abortions, has both sides of the aisle up in arms...

GCP Makes Progress With Neighbors

By Molly Simio January 28, 2014

Over the last semester, administrators and neighbors alike have noticed lessening tensions between the two groups, with many crediting the Georgetown Community Partnership for channeling frustration into...

Metro, MARC to Expand

By Suzanne Monyak January 28, 2014

New changes to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority will give Georgetown students increasing access to nearby Baltimore and Northern Virginia, albeit for an increased fee compared to current...

Candidates Sound Off on Marijuana

By Johnny Verhovek January 24, 2014

As legislation to both legalize and decriminalize marijuana makes its way to the Council of the District of Columbia, reform of laws regarding the drug has become an important issue for candidates in the...

Obama Task Force to Address Assault

By Suzanne Monyak January 24, 2014

President Obama formed a task force Wednesday to lead federal efforts to prevent and respond to sexual assault on college campuses — a move applauded by activists at Georgetown. The task force will...

First Lady Pushes Higher Ed

By Suzanne Monyak January 24, 2014

First lady Michelle Obama has shifted her focus from promoting healthy eating habits to reshaping the landscape of higher education by leveraging her position as first lady to change how lower-income students...

113th Congress Mired in Indecision, Disputes

By Matt Gregory January 24, 2014

Amid a two-week government shutdown and continued budget controversy, the 113th Congress is largely considered the least effective congress in recent history, but in the midst of the Capitol’s dysfunction,...

Creative Crowdsourcing for GUMC Researchers

By Gene Choi January 24, 2014

In response to federal funding cuts to research across the biomedical field, Georgetown University Medical Center created Partners in Research, a project that helps Georgetown researchers effectively crowdsource...

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