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Georgetown University / Student interns, faculty members and graduate data fellows will now be able to help analyze the 2024 elections, including the primaries and general election, as part of a collaboration between Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy (MPP) and Decision Desk (DDHQ), an election results reporting website and service.

Decision Desk HQ Selects McCourt School as 2024 Election Hub

By Aamir Jamil February 23, 2024

Student interns, faculty members and graduate data fellows will now be able to help analyze the 2024 elections as part of a collaboration between Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy...

Georgetown University students and faculty joined protestors from around the country for the March For Life, which advocates for ending abortion in the U.S., Jan. 19 at the National Mall. Despite D.C.’s snowy conditions, thousands of people attended the annual march, the second since the Supreme Court  overturned Roe v. Wade. // Photo from Julian Jimenez

March for Life Highlights Spirited Campus Debate on Reproductive Rights

By Paulina Inglima January 26, 2024

Georgetown University students and faculty joined protestors from around the country for the March For Life, which advocates for ending abortion in the United States, on Jan. 19 at the National Mall.  Despite...

VIEWPOINT: Rethink Political Engagement

VIEWPOINT: Rethink Political Engagement

By Peter Sloniewsky December 1, 2023

It’s clear that the voting public does not win from political polarization.  Although those at the extremes of the Democratic and Republican parties are often seen challenging partisan leadership...

EDITORIAL: With Reservation, Vote Cobb-Mehta

EDITORIAL: With Reservation, Vote Cobb-Mehta

By The Editorial Board October 19, 2023

Polls for the Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) closed Oct. 7 at 10 p.m. Twelve days later, there is still no GUSA president or vice president. Following allegations of campaign fraud...

EDITORIAL: Get it Together, GUSA, Stop Playing Around

EDITORIAL: Get it Together, GUSA, Stop Playing Around

By The Editorial Board October 13, 2023

As Washington, D.C. erupts in chaos, with the House of Representatives finding itself in an unprecedented speaker-less state, the Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) similarly finds itself...

14 Students Seek GUSA Senate Seats

14 Students Seek GUSA Senate Seats

By Evie Steele November 11, 2022

Georgetown University students will vote to elect seven Class of 2026 representatives and four at-large representatives in the Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) Senate this week.  Ten...

GUSA Candidates Discuss Campaign Platforms at Town Hall

GUSA Candidates Discuss Campaign Platforms at Town Hall

By Olivia Macaulay November 11, 2022

Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) senate and executive candidates spoke to students about their plans for future legislation and answered questions from voters during a Nov. 4 town hall...

Georgetown, Fellow Universities Yet To Rescind Honorifics Awarded to Rudy Giuliani

Georgetown, Fellow Universities Yet To Rescind Honorifics Awarded to Rudy Giuliani

By Katie Hawkinson July 7, 2022

Georgetown University finds itself amid a nationwide debate among universities deciding whether to rescind honorifics from Rudolph Giuliani (H ’02) in light of his attempts to undermine the 2020 presidential...

GUSA Modifies Election Rules, Pays Election Commission

GUSA Modifies Election Rules, Pays Election Commission

By Samuel Yoo March 24, 2022

The Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) Senate unanimously passed a resolution making changes to GUSA election rules regarding payment structures at a March 20 meeting.  The changes include...

EDITORIAL: GUSA Ballot Proves Pitiful

EDITORIAL: GUSA Ballot Proves Pitiful

By The Editorial Board February 4, 2022

For Georgetown students, Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) executive elections ostensibly offer an opportunity for new, perhaps more promising leadership that best serves their interests....

Reflections on a Virtual Election Experience

Reflections on a Virtual Election Experience

By Lexi Nelson December 4, 2020

Prior to March 2020, Joey Edmundson (SFS ’22), eagerly anticipated experiencing the 2020 election in Washington, D.C.  Instead, Edmundson, an international economics student, faced a largely...

Despite Online Manipulation and Misinformation, Voters Should Still Turn Out, Former DHS Secretaries Say

Despite Online Manipulation and Misinformation, Voters Should Still Turn Out, Former DHS Secretaries Say

By Betsy Ratliffe October 29, 2020

The American public should expect election interference from both foreign and domestic actors in the 2020 U.S. presidential election but should not be discouraged from voting, panelists said at a conversation...

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