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VIEWPOINT: Step Outside Echo Chambers

VIEWPOINT: Step Outside Echo Chambers

By Daniel Brumberg December 1, 2023

Polarization is everywhere in our lives: It has poisoned American politics by turning democracy into an existential war in which each side sees the other as a threat to its most cherished values. For...

Georgetown Ranks in Bottom Four Colleges in Controversial Free Speech Rankings

Georgetown Ranks in Bottom Four Colleges in Controversial Free Speech Rankings

By Catherine Alaimo October 19, 2023

Georgetown University placed 245 out of 248 schools in the 2024 College Free Speech Rankings by College Pulse and the controversial Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), an organization...

Forced Online, Georgetown Professors Strived To Recreate Academic Life in a Virtual Space

Forced Online, Georgetown Professors Strived To Recreate Academic Life in a Virtual Space

By Annalise Myre May 12, 2020

As classes transitioned online this past semester, professors adapted to new software and sought to overcome technical difficulties to maintain a productive learning environment during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Amid...

Embody Engelhard

By The Editorial Board October 23, 2015

The Engelhard Project, a Georgetown program that incorporates health and wellness issues into the classroom, celebrated its 10th anniversary this month. The project encourages in-class project-based academic...

Mastering the Freshman Year Humblebrag

Mastering the Freshman Year Humblebrag

By D.J. Angelini and D.J. Angelini August 5, 2015

Congratulations to all first years on getting this far in your journey to the Hilltop! Trust me, I know it hasn't been an easy road. Tackling the various questions of your incoming summer is always painful....

From the Diamond to the Classroom

By Jimmy Howick January 16, 2015

Playing collegiate baseball gave me the most rewarding and influential years of my life. The best part of my day started after 1 p.m., when I would head down to the baseball field and put in my athletic...

Valuing Healthy Discourse

By The Editorial Board October 18, 2011

Conservative pundit Ann Coulter won't take the stage in Lohrfink Auditorium until Thursday evening, but her impending visit already has tensions running high. But even if some students can't stand the...

Blogs Becoming a Classroom Staple

By Jonathan Gillis February 15, 2011

Not just the tech-savvy take to the blogs at Georgetown. Required blogging has made its way into a number of classes in recent years, as professors find greater value in establishing a discussion forum...

Wikipedia: A Class Tool

By Gideon Hanft September 17, 2010

Students in Study of the Arab World or Theorizing Culture and Politics this semester will go where few professors have allowed them to go before. Since the rise of the online, community-based encyclopedia...

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