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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

President DeGioia Calls for Ceasefire in Gaza, Return of Hostages

President DeGioia Calls for Ceasefire in Gaza, Return of Hostages

By Jack Willis April 2, 2024

This story was updated April 5 to reflect ongoing developments. CW: This article discusses violence and death in Israel and Gaza. Please refer to the end of the article for on- and off-campus resources. Georgetown...

DeGioia Speaks on Abortion Access, the GU272+, Giuliani’s Honorary Degree

DeGioia Speaks on Abortion Access, the GU272+, Giuliani’s Honorary Degree

By Katie Hawkinson September 9, 2022

From the potential rescission of Rudy Giuliani’s (H ’02) honorary degree to Georgetown University’s lack of abortion care resources in the wake of Dobbs v. Jackson, university president John J....

Panel: Philanthropy Must Become More Proactive and Preventative

Panel: Philanthropy Must Become More Proactive and Preventative

By Akashdiya Chakraborty March 24, 2022

Philanthropists must shift strategies to address the root causes of inequalities in the United States, panelists said at a March 22 event.  The event, titled “Philanthropy and America’s Racial...

DeGioia Talks to The Hoya About Collusion Lawsuit, GU272 Progress, Virtual Classes

DeGioia Talks to The Hoya About Collusion Lawsuit, GU272 Progress, Virtual Classes

By Katie Hawkinson January 20, 2022

In the wake of an antitrust lawsuit, questions about progress on GU272, and the COVID-19 pandemic, Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia (CAS ’79, GRD ’95) sat down with The Hoya on Jan....

How to Seem Intelligent in the Upcoming School Year

How to Seem Intelligent in the Upcoming School Year

By Jolie Ouyang and Jolie Ouyang April 30, 2021

With the impending start of the fall semester, many of us are itching to just get back on campus. This also means in-person classes and activities, but with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we haven’t...

15 People Sexier Than Blake Shelton

15 People Sexier Than Blake Shelton

By Hoya Staff Writer and Hoya Staff Writer November 20, 2017

If you haven't heard, Blake Shelton was recently named the Sexiest Man Alive. We here at 4E are unsure if it's just us, or if everyone else also has trouble seeing what People Magazine and Gwen Stefani...

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President John J. DeGioia discussed Georgetowns legacy of slavery, the universitys role in national politics, and the mens basketball program.

Q&A: DeGioia Talks Georgetown’s Role in Politics, Reconciliation

By Toby Hung April 12, 2017

As the academic year comes to an end, The Hoya sat down with University President John J. DeGioia yesterday to discuss Georgetown’s role in today’s political landscape, the process of reconciling...

Things Worth Loving This Valentines Day

Things Worth Loving This Valentine’s Day

By Jenna Clifford and Jenna Clifford February 13, 2017

Down with capitalistic consumer culture that tells us that showering in materialism one day a year is a necessary approach to demonstrating our care for a significant other! Down with societal expectations...

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University Pledges Not to Renew Nike Contract Pending Compliance Agreement

By Tara Subramaniam and Jeanine Santucci December 9, 2016

Georgetown has committed not to renew its licensing contract with Nike unless the company allows the Worker Rights Consortium independent access and reporting of complaints regarding factory conditions,...

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Gymnasts Laurie Hernandez and Aly Raisman, left, joined their teammates in winning the Team of the Olympic Games award, while swimmer Katie Ledecky, right, won the Female Athlete of the Olympic Games Award.

Team USA Awards Bring Olympic Stars to Campus

By Aly Pachter September 30, 2016

Georgetown was abuzz with belated Olympic fever Wednesday when more than 500 Olympians and Paralympians came together in McDonough Arena for the first time since the conclusion of the 2016 Summer...

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Hours after the release of the report by the Working Group on Slavery, Memory and Reconciliation, President DeGioia gave an address to discuss how the administration would take steps to acknowledge the university’s slaveholding past and its debt to the descendants.

Georgetown Seeks to Make Amends for 272

By Ian Scoville September 2, 2016

Georgetown will undertake a series of efforts in order to reconcile with its slaveholding past, including providing descendants of the 272 slaves whose sale in 1838 benefitted the university an advantage...

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Luis Rosales (MSB ’18), a student who immigrated from El Salvador, received a full-ride scholarship from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, allowing him to transfer to Georgetown from Montgomery College this year.

Immigrant Student Receives Full-Ride Scholarship to Georgetown

By Cecia Soza September 2, 2016

When El Salvador was facing violence and economic turmoil in the late 1990s following a bloody civil war, a 9-year-old Luis Rosales (MSB ’18) was brought to the United States by his parents. “There...

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