After a 1-0 victory over feisty Costa Rica on a snowy Friday night in Denver, some critics’ questions about the leadership of Manager Jurgen Klinsmann and the reasoning behind the U.S. lineup may...

Costa Rica might not observe Thanksgiving, but surviving a whole six months of the pura vida has given me plenty to be grateful for. I know that I might be a bit behind on my holidays, but I’m feeling...

Four months into my study abroad experience, I’ve come to realize that there is a lot about Costa Rica that I just wasn’t expecting. Sure, I had been warned about culture shock and how different classes...

When I was in middle school, I loved Anne Bradshaw’s Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series. Those books taught me a lot about things I just didn’t experience myself: divorce, the death of a close...

Two weeks into my study abroad in Costa Rica, I fully understood a joke that a native Tican — the local slang for Costa Rican — told to other Ticans. It had been a kind of depressing journey to...

This semester, I’m studying abroad in Costa Rica. I would say that since I arrived in July, I’ve eaten rice and beans an average of 15 times a week, leaving only six meals a week when it’s not served....

Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla Miranda (GRD '89) will be among a number of high profile speakers at Georgetown's commencement ceremonies next week. Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) and Harvard medical...