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CISR Recommends Against Direct Investment in Private Prisons

By Toby Hung March 2, 2017

The Committee on Investments and Social Responsibility plans to advise the board of directors to establish a policy of no direct investment in private prison companies and to avoid commingled funds...

GUFF Rallies for Reform

By Tara Subramaniam April 15, 2016

Approximately 30 Georgetown University Fossil Free members and supporters gathered to demand socially responsible investments and more transparency from the board of directors’ Socially Responsible...

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GUSA Rejects Divestment Referendum

By Jack Bennett November 23, 2015

The Georgetown University Student Association senate rejected an initiative that would have created a student referendum of support for GU Fossil Free’s divestment goals on Sunday evening, citing...

No to Divestment and Meaningless Solutions

By Deep Dheri November 10, 2015

Climate change is a real problem. Most people underestimate the consequences if human contributions are left unaddressed over the coming decades, but divestment is the wrong solution. Advocates typically...

Vote Yes to Divest

Vote Yes to Divest

By Theo Montgomery and Isaiah Fleming-Klink November 6, 2015

For too long, Georgetown University — and the vast majority of its peers — has invested in fossil fuels. For too long, these investments have given financial support to companies that significantly...

KHAN: Consider Dangers of Divestment

KHAN: Consider Dangers of Divestment

By Michael Khan November 3, 2015

Georgetown’s board of directors decided to end the university’s direct investment of endowment monies in coal this summer. Over the past few months, Georgetown University Fossil Free has committed...

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University Pulls out of Coal Investments

By Jack Bennett June 5, 2015

The decision came Thursday, as the third day of board meetings came to a close. GU Fossil Free, an organization dedicated to full divestment from fossil fuel companies, expressed disappointment...

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Members of GU Fossil Free, after the release of the boards decision.

Board Resolution Ends Direct Investment in Coal

By Mallika Sen June 4, 2015

The university's board of directors voted today to cease direct investment in coal companies, affirming the recommendation of the board's working group. According to the resolution, the...

Faculty Letter Backs Fossil Free

By Toby Hung April 24, 2015

GU Fossil Free submitted an open letter signed by 97 faculty members calling for the university to divest from the top 200 fossil fuel companies to the Office of the President on Wednesday. The letter,...

The Year in Brief

By Andrew Wallender April 24, 2015

July 2014 – DeGioia Becomes Longest-Serving President University President John J. DeGioia, the first layperson to occupy Georgetown’s presidency, surpassed his predecessors 13 years after he ascended...

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GU Fossil Free has orchestrated several rallies and protests to raise the profile of its divestment campaign.

BOD Committee Considers Divestment

By Jack Bennett April 14, 2015

The university’s board of directors established a working group on fossil fuel divestment this month, which will discuss divestment with members of GU Fossil Free and the Committee on Investments...

Study Wary of College Divestment

By Sara Kamouni March 27, 2015

Divestment from fossil fuels could negatively impact the financial returns for universities, according to a new report from an economic consulting company. The study, released by Compass Lexecon and...

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