After Georgetown theology professor Fr. Peter Phan did not comply with the requests of a committee of U.S. bishops to submit clarifications of his controversial book on Catholicism and interfaith dialogue, the committee took the task upon itself on Dec. 10.

Georgetown and the many Chinese universities with which it has partnered over the past few years have more separating them than just 7,000 miles and a 14-hour flight. For Georgetown students studying abroad in China and for Chinese students and scholars studying here, the cultural and academic differences are palpable.

On Aug. 31, Zhou Heng, a Chinese Christian house church leader, was accused of “illegal business operation.” Police officials detained Zhou for a month, reports say, during which time officials forced him to sleep on the concrete floor and instructed his 14 cellmates to physically assault him.

His alleged crime? Receiving a three-ton shipment of Bibles.

As China has increased its presence in global affairs over the past few decades, Georgetown has taken action.

Almost three months later, Georgetown is still remembering.

Facing growing criticism from a Law Center professor, University President John J. DeGioia has stood by his decision in recent weeks to criticize a proposed boycott of Israeli universities over the summer.

DeGioia’s criticism, which he expressed in an advertisement appearing in the Aug. 8 edition of The New York Times that included signatures from hundreds of university presidents across the nation, was in response to the University and Colleges Union, which represents more than 120,000 post-secondary educators in the United Kingdom that called for the boycott of Israeli universities as part of a protest of Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories.

To friends and family, he was Jimmy, the avid athlete with a passion for song.

To the world, at age 105, Fr. James Aloysius Martin, S.J., was the oldest living Jesuit.

But the life that spanned over a century ended on Monday, when, after battling pneumonia for several days, Martin died peacefully at Wolfington Hall.

Just three weeks earlier, Martin had enjoyed lunch off campus with friends, but after he was diagnosed with pneumonia on Friday, his health confined him to the Jesuit residence.

Theology professor Rev. Peter Phan has been under investigation over the last two years by the Vatican for authoring a book that the Church says may violate fundamental Roman Catholic doctrine.

Phan is being accused of disputing the notion of Catholic primacy after he wrote in a 2004 book that different religions offer similar paths to salvation.

In the 10 years since the release of a report on academic culture at Georgetown, the university has been struggling to answer the question: Is intellectual life at Georgetown lacking?

Back in 1997, the Executive Faculty appointed a Committee on Georgetown’s Intellectual Life to analyze the state of intellectualism on campus.

The committee’s findings — issued in the Intellectual Life Report in 1997 — critiqued the academic character of Georgetown and recommended a number of changes for improvement. Now, as the report reaches its 10th birthday, administrators are looking back on the report’s recommendations, and are still striving to realize the goals laid out in the report.