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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown Initiatives Receive $1 Million to Fund Research

Georgetown Initiatives Receive $1 Million to Fund Research

By Joe Egler August 31, 2018

A $1 million grant for research on the social enterprise movement and women’s economic mobility was awarded by the Bank of America Charitable Foundation to the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace...

LAUREN SEIBEL/THE HOYA Melanne Verveer (I ’66, MS ’69), left, moderated a panel of four of the School of Foreign Services first women graduates — Barbara Berky Evans (SFS ’58), Barbara Hammes Sharood (SFS ’58), Helene Gettler Mallett (SFS ’59) and Paula Wiegert Tosini (SFS ’60) — on April 18 in Fisher Colloquium.

First Female SFS Graduates Recall Obstacles, Opportunities at Georgetown

By Olivia Eggers April 22, 2018

Having a Georgetown University education provided critical career opportunities and professional development, despite some obstacles encountered on the path to obtain it, four of the School of Foreign...

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Former Ambassador Melanne Verveer, the executive director of the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security, promoted a new index measuring womens well-being worldwide.

Georgetown Institute Names Iceland Best Country for Women’s Well-Being

By Yasmine Salam December 1, 2017

Iceland is the best country for women’s well-being, according to a new Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security index that measures women’s well-being around the globe. The United...

Empowering Women Through Art at the Zenith Gallery

Empowering Women Through Art at the Zenith Gallery

By Maddie Finn October 31, 2017

Walking into the “Artists Femina” exhibit at Zenith Gallery is an arresting experience. The walls, floors, tables — every possible surface — are covered in an almost dizzying, captivating array...

HARDING: Closing the Academic Gender Gap

HARDING: Closing the Academic Gender Gap

By Taylor Harding October 16, 2017

I had a revelation at the start of this semester. As I thought back on the courses I have taken during my time as a government major at Georgetown University, I realized that I have only ever been taught...

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This statue of Confederate Gen. Albert Pike in Judiciary Square has been the center of D.C. leaders’ criticism. City officials have called on the National Park Service to remove it.

Council Considers Memorials to Minorities, Women

By Christian Paz September 29, 2017

  A bill proposing the construction of monuments to honor native Washingtonian women and people of color in each of Washington, D.C.’s eight wards will move forward to a public hearing on...

Women Through the Public Gaze

Women Through the Public Gaze

By Jose Villalobos April 7, 2017

In collaboration with the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, The Phillips Collection has assembled a special exhibition that brings together some of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s finest printed works. Running...

LUX: Trumps Gendered Hypocrisy

LUX: Trump’s Gendered Hypocrisy

By Emma Lux April 4, 2017

During Women’s History Month, the Trump administration frequently highlighted how much it values and supports women. However, it simultaneously proposed plans to undercut and defund important women’s...

OWN IT 2017 Sneak Peek

OWN IT 2017 Sneak Peek

By Maddie Schwartz and Maddie Schwartz March 12, 2017

The OWN IT Summit will be on March 18th with main stage speakers in Gaston Hall, breakout sessions around campus and a marketplace in HSFC. Do you find yourself asking what exactly is OWN IT? Well, here...

VIEWPOINT: Ministry and Motherhood

VIEWPOINT: Ministry and Motherhood

By Olivia Lane January 31, 2017

A Hindu priest, and Catholic priest and an imam walk into the office of a Protestant female reverend. This is not the beginning of a bad joke, but rather another Tuesday morning in my office in Healy...

VIEWPOINT: Fight to End Gender Violence

VIEWPOINT: Fight to End Gender Violence

By Carolina Sosa and Allison Pfotzer December 6, 2016

“Women’s rights are human rights, and human rights are women’s rights,” declared Hillary Clinton at the 1995 U.N. Council on the Status of Women. More than 20 years later, this pivotal speech...

I Owned It

I Owned It

By Maddie Schwartz and Maddie Schwartz April 12, 2016

This weekend, I owned it. To those of you who may have been living under a rock or may have thrown your phone in the Potomac, Georgetown hosted its third annual OWN IT Summit on Saturday. The summit...

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