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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Graduate Students Meet With GU Board of Directors, Discuss Student Experience, Racial Justice

Graduate Students Meet With GU Board of Directors, Discuss Student Experience, Racial Justice

By Caitlin McLean and Heather Doherty March 26, 2021

For the first time, the university invited graduate student government representatives to directly raise issues regarding racial justice, tuition discounts and financial aid at a meeting with key university...

GULC Elects First Black Woman Student Body President, All-Female Executive Board

GULC Elects First Black Woman Student Body President, All-Female Executive Board

By Samantha Sinutko March 18, 2021

Women hold the five highest-ranking positions in the newly elected board of Georgetown University Law Center’s student government, with Jade Baker (LAW ’22) becoming the first Black woman to serve...

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Recent Georgetown alumna Olivia Hinerfeld (SFS 17) has been appointed to a Biden Foundation advisory board.

Recent Graduate Appointed to Biden Foundation Council

By Meena Morar January 25, 2018

Anti-sexual assault activist and educator Olivia Hinerfeld (SFS ’17) has been selected to serve on the Biden Foundation’s advisory council for ending violence against women, the foundation announced...

CAPS Cuts Costs for Services

By Simon Carroll September 16, 2016

Georgetown Counseling and Psychiatric Services has reduced its fees starting in the fall 2016 semester by 89 percent for follow-up psychology visits and by 80 percent for follow-up psychiatric visits and...

Sexual Assault Task Force Meets

By Tala al Rajjal September 13, 2016

The Sexual Assault and Misconduct Task Force — a group of students, administrators, faculty and staff assembled to determine policy recommendations for the university following the release of the results...

One Year Later, Sexual Assault Reform MOU Examined

By Sarah Fisher September 9, 2016

A year after the university published a memorandum of understanding addressing sexual assault on campus — a three months after the university released the results of its climate survey in which over...

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Ari Goldstein (SFS ’18) chalks Red Square at a summer event geared toward garnering university administrators’ attention on sexual assault.

Sexual Assault Policy Reform Deal Reached

By Toby Hung September 18, 2015

After more than two months of negotiations between student activists and the university, the Georgetown University Student Association and administrators agreed upon policy reforms regarding campus sexual...

Account Pushes Policy Reform

Account Pushes Policy Reform

By Toby Hung September 1, 2015

A student movement advocating for better university management of sexual assault cases gained traction last week after the Georgetown University Student Association came to an understanding with administrators...

It Happens Here

It Happens Here

By KP and KP August 17, 2015

Within the past month, The Hoya has published the stories of Willa Murphy — in collaboration with Zoe Dobkin (SFS ’16) — and Olivia Hinerfeld (SFS ’17), two sexual assault survivors who have...

Impressions of a First-Year RA

Impressions of a First-Year RA

By Olivia Hinerfeld December 1, 2014

Wednesdays are the hardest day of my week. After six hours of class and three hours of meetings, all I want to do at night is to fall into bed. So, when my 20th birthday fell on a Wednesday this September,...

Water Refilling Stations Set for Freshman Dorms

By Jennifer Ding December 6, 2013

The Office of Sustainability and the Freshmen Sustainability Council have worked to introduce 10 water refilling stations next semester. The Freshmen Sustainability Council, an arm of the Georgetown...

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