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GEORGETOWN CAMPUS MINISTRY

Dahlgren Chapel serves as a physical reminder for the Georgetown community of the Ignatian and Jesuit commitment to interreligious collaboration for spiritual harmony.

Georgetown Community Remembers Professor John Hirsh

By Paulina Inglima January 19, 2024

Georgetown University students, faculty and alumni gathered at Dahlgren Chapel to celebrate the life of the late Professor John Campion Hirsh on Jan. 16.  Hirsh, who taught in Georgetown’s English...

Co-Founder of Black Lives Matter Discusses Movement’s Success, Optimism for Social Justice

By Maren Fagan November 3, 2023

Alicia Garza, the co-creator of #BlackLivesMatter (BLM) and Black Lives Matter Global Network, discussed the history and victories of the BLM movement as well as the need to continue making progress in...

CSJ Welcomes New Faculty and Research Director

CSJ Welcomes New Faculty and Research Director

By Mia Streitberger March 4, 2023

The Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching and Service (CSJ) announced the appointment of Arjun Shankar as its new faculty and research director Feb. 22. Shankar, a culture and politics (CULP)...

Disability Studies Director and English Professor Releases New Book On Embracing Disability Lineages

Disability Studies Director and English Professor Releases New Book On Embracing Disability Lineages

By Minoli Ediriweera March 31, 2022

A Georgetown University professor is releasing a new book, titled “All Our Families: Disability Lineage and the Future of Kinship,” about destigmatizing discussions on disability in familial lineages. Jennifer...

Georgetown Athletics Named Inaugural Recipient of John Thompson Jr. Award

Georgetown Athletics Named Inaugural Recipient of John Thompson Jr. Award

By Eli Kales September 8, 2021

The Georgetown University athletic department was named the inaugural winner of the John Thompson Jr. Award Sept. 2, honoring its commitment to social justice in Big East Conference athletics. The announcement...

Undergraduate Launches Clothing Line for Sustainability, Social Justice

Undergraduate Launches Clothing Line for Sustainability, Social Justice

By Casey Ferrante April 15, 2021

Despite harsh Midwest winters, Phillip Catanzaro (COL ’23) has been sporting surf wear both on and off his surfboard year-round since he was a kid. Growing up in Cleveland, Catanzaro spent much of...

VIEWPOINT: Empower Social Justice Movements

VIEWPOINT: Empower Social Justice Movements

By Juan Martinez Guevara May 26, 2020

During my time at Georgetown University, I witnessed firsthand the value marginalized students bring to our campus. Whether they are first-generation, low-income students; Black, Indigenous or other people...

OPONGO: Examining Jesuit Traditions Across Continents

OPONGO: Examining Jesuit Traditions Across Continents

By Fr. Elias Opongo, S.J. October 18, 2019

I arrived at Georgetown University in August 2019 to take on a semester-long position as the Jesuit chair of government department. Having taught for seven years at Hekima Institute of Peace Studies and...

MSFS Grad, CEO, Expresses Vision on Global Eye Care Issues

By Owen Eagan February 23, 2016

Vision for a Nation Foundation Chief Executive Officer Tom Rosewall (GRD ’78) highlighted the lack of proper eye care for individuals in developing nations and his work in Rwanda at an event hosted by...

FLEMING-KLINK: The Real Dangers Of Toxic Masculinity

By Isaiah Fleming-Klink February 9, 2016

On our way back from New York City over Christmas break, my family and I waited in line for gas at a major stop in Delaware. At one of the pumps was a pickup truck with six people — all Caucasian —...

Theater Explores Social Issues

By Emily Lett September 18, 2015

In high school, I didn’t really see myself going to college. Instead, I wanted to work at an elephant orphanage in Kenya. But when I got my acceptance letter to Georgetown, my parents made me go to a...

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