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Alum Donates $10 Million to Foster Diversity

By Emma Hinchliffe February 10, 2012

William J. Doyle (CAS '72) was received as a guest of honor at Georgetown Thursday in recognition of his recent $10 million gift to the university. Doyle, the president and CEO of fertilizer company PotashCorp,...

Applicants More Diverse, Dispersed in Record-Setting Year

By Braden McDonald January 24, 2012

This year's prospective freshman class set a record with 20,050 applications to the university's class of 2016. But they also set a record in diversity, as the numbers of African-American, Asian-American,...

TOPOROFF: Prayer Services Complement Our Classroom Experiences

By Andrew Toporoff November 17, 2011

Two weeks ago, Campus Ministry held its first religious services open house of the year, a week in which the ministry encouraged students to observe and participate in the services of other religions....

Singing a Cultural Tune

By Esteban Garcia October 25, 2011

A new breed of singing groups with unique cultural focuses are lending their voices to highlight the Hilltop's cultural diversity. Chutzpah, an a cappella group comprised of Jewish students, takes its...

GUSA: An Association Lacking Representation

By The Editorial Board September 27, 2011

Gerrymandering is frowned upon in representative government. Unfortunately, it seems the Georgetown University Student Association has forgotten the basic principles of this breed of political system. Thursday...

Faculty Diversity On the Rise

By Bebe Albornoz and Annie Chen September 20, 2011

Following a university working group's recommendation to increase the hiring of diverse faculty members, the percentage of minority faculty members on the main campus has jumped from 12 to 14 percent in...

Pluralism in Action: United by Differences

By Nicholas Nathan September 9, 2011

Any kind of conference that attempts to preach or inform on moral issues tends to provoke a degree of cynicism from students. As the freshman class recovered from Hurricane Irene and grew exhausted with...

Pluralism in Action: United by Differences

By Nicholas Nathan September 9, 2011

Any kind of conference that attempts to preach or inform on moral issues tends to provoke a degree of cynicism from students. As the freshman class recovered from Hurricane Irene and grew exhausted with NSO's enthusiastic...

Bolster Diversity With Expanded Criteria

By Patrick J. Deneen January 19, 2011

The first report from the Diversity and Inclusiveness Initiative has been released. While lengthy, its core recommendation is to increase campus diversity. In particular, it calls for increases from members...

Lines Drawn by Williams Firing

By Sam Dulik October 26, 2010

For 40 years, National Public Radio has been a national treasure. In an age in which the airwaves are inundated with bombast and spin by two-bit shock jocks, our national publicly funded radio station...

GU NAACP President Discusses Diversity Issues

By Stephen Levy October 19, 2010

The beginning of the semester has been a turbulent time for black students at Georgetown, with racist graffiti and a climbing rope that was initially deemed to be a possible noose found under Healy. The...

Black House E-mail Campaign Raises Diversity Awareness

By Kendra Jones October 15, 2010

In a letter-writing campaign held at the Black House Monday evening, participants responded to a string of diversity-related issues that have arisen on campus this academic year. Monday's initiative...

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