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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

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Fr. Boroughs to Be President of Holy Cross

By Upasana Kaku May 7, 2011

Vice President for Mission and Ministry Fr. Philip Boroughs, S.J., will take up the presidency of the College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts starting January 2012. University President John J. DeGioia...

Three More Fulbrights Awarded to GU Students

By Upasana Kaku May 6, 2011

Three more Georgetown students recently received Fulbright awards, bringing the total number of recipients of the prestigious scholarship to 16, with the university still waiting to hear back about six...

Office of Planning: GU Must House All Students On Campus by 2016

By Anne Skomba May 6, 2011

The District of Columbia Office of Planning's review of the 2010 Campus Plan to the DC Zoning Commission last night requires that Georgetown house 100 percent of students on campus by 2016. In its report,...

University to Launch $1.5 Billion Fundraising Campaign

By Mariah Byrne May 6, 2011

Georgetown's Board of Directors approved Wednesday a $1.5 billion fundraising campaign that will launch on October 28 and last through 2016. The project has been divided into four goals – ensuring...

Two Burglaries Strike 33rd Street

By Sarah Kaplan May 5, 2011

A forced and an unforced burglary occurred at two residences on the 1300 block of 33rd Street Tuesday morning, according to the Department of Public Safety. In a Public Safety Alert emailed to the campus...

Student-Run Committee Aims to Evaluate Campus Life

By Kelly Church May 5, 2011

The GUSA-sponsored Student Life Report 2011 Committee, which will evaluate the reform of advisory boards, university bureaucracy and intellectual life outside the classroom, accepted applications this...

Costa Rican President to Deliver Commencement Remarks

By Glenn Russo May 5, 2011

Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla Miranda (GRD '89) will be among a number of high profile speakers at Georgetown's commencement ceremonies next week. Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) and Harvard medical...

DC Schools Mailed Suspicious Powder

By Sarah Kaplan May 5, 2011

Mailrooms at more than two dozen D.C. public schools received packages filled with a suspicious white powder this afternoon. According to Pete Piringer, D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services spokesman,...

Fr. Boroughs in Talks to Be President of Holy Cross

By Upasana Kaku May 4, 2011

Vice President for Mission and Ministry Fr. Philip Boroughs, S.J., is being considered for the presidency of the College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts. Boroughs, who has served at Georgetown since...

Prince Charles Criticizes Government Subsidies at Food Conference

By Laura Engshuber May 4, 2011

Before launching into a dissection of problems and solutions facing sustainable food production at the Future of Food conference in Gaston Hall this morning, His Royal Highness Prince Charles could...

Fr. Boroughs in Talks to Be President of Holy Cross

By Upasana Kaku May 4, 2011

Vice President for Mission and Ministry Fr. Philip Boroughs, S.J., is being considered for the presidency of the College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts. Boroughs, who has served at Georgetown since...

Rep. Van Hollen Reflects on bin Laden Death, Budget Crisis

By Danny Funt May 3, 2011

Leslie Whittington was serving as associate dean of the Georgetown Public Policy Institute in 2001 when she, her husband and their two young daughters were killed in the attack on the Pentagon. "Last...

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