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Provost Names 5 Faculty as Distinguished Professors

Provost Names 5 Faculty as Distinguished Professors

By Grace Buono February 14, 2020

The Office of the Provost recognized five members of Georgetown University’s faculty as distinguished associate professors in a Feb. 5 announcement by Provost Robert Groves on his blog. Three of...

A 20-person Loyola University Chicago search committee selected Grzywacz to be the new LUC Provost after a 22-month hiring process.

Graduate School Dean to Serve as Loyola University Chicago Provost

By Grace Buono December 1, 2019

Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Norberto Grzywacz will step down in February to serve as provost and chief academic officer of Loyola University Chicago, the university announced in a...

MAYA GANDHI/THE HOYA |  A petition calling for increased campus resources for black female survivors of sexual assault was organized by the Georgetown S.T.O.P. Coalition and delivered to the office of University Provost Robert Groves after a walkout into Red Square on March 22.

Petition Urges Greater Resources for Black Female Survivors

By Taylor Kahn-Perry March 22, 2019

The Georgetown S.T.O.P. Coalition, which advocates for black female survivors of sexual assault, called for greater trauma support for black women and femmes on campus in a letter delivered to the office...

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Tuition Set to Fund Improvements to Student Housing, Administrators Say

By Amy Li November 7, 2018

Money from student tuition will fund financial aid, expand mental health resources and improve student housing, university administrators said at the Hoya Roundtable on tuition rate-setting in the...

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Sylvia Önder, left, Clare Fieseler (SFS ’06) and Astrid Weigert delivered the petition to the Office of the President on Oct. 12.

Faculty Petitions Provost, President for Equal Parental Leave

By Katrina Schmidt October 19, 2018

A petition to increase the parental leave of non-tenure-line faculty to equal that of tenure-line faculty is being “seriously considered” by the university, after 282 individuals signed the petition...

EDITORIAL: Streamline Student Input

By Editorial Board September 7, 2018

Georgetown University's current system of processing and implementing student input regarding academic curricula is ineffective. By assembling a semesterly forum for student input with a review board of...

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Members of Georgetown Alliance of Graduate Employees, pictured at a December rally on Capitol Hill, faced a setback in their unionization efforts after the university declined to recognize their union.

University Declines to Recognize Graduate Union, Students Protest

By Erin Doherty December 8, 2017

The Office of the Provost declined to recognize the efforts of a group of Georgetown University graduate student workers Monday afternoon, setting back nearly yearlong efforts to establish a union, after...

Brown House: An Institution of Student Life

Brown House: An Institution of Student Life

By Connor Rohan April 22, 2016

As of fall 2016, 3616 N St. NW will no longer be used for undergraduate student housing. Instead, Brown House is slated to be repurposed for Office of the Provost “strategic needs,” the purpose of...

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Joel Hellman, the World Bank chief institutional economist, will assume the deanship of the School of Foreign Service on July 1.

Hellman Chosen To Lead SFS

By Katherine Richardson and Kshithij Shrinath April 17, 2015

World Bank Chief Institutional Economist Joel Hellman was selected as the new dean of the School of Foreign Service, blending experience in academia and development practice to steer the school into...

Provost Supports Research

By Ashwin Puri February 27, 2015

The Office of the Provost announced on Feb. 18 a pilot program that serves to allocate funds to undergraduate students of all four Georgetown schools with the purpose of expanding research efforts through...

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Provost Robert Groves has created an committee to encourage campus-wide discussion about diversity and inclusion.

Committee To Address Diversity

By Ashwin Puri February 3, 2015

Provost Robert Groves announced Wednesday the establishment of a standing committee on diversity comprised of select students, faculty and administrators to be housed in the Office of the Provost. “The...

Past Provost Named ASU Librarian

By Katherine Richardson October 31, 2014

Former Georgetown University Provost Jim O’Donnell was named as Arizona State University’s librarian Monday. O’Donnell, who is currently a classics professor at Georgetown, will begin his new position...

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