Tag: Georgetown University
Georgetown Students and Faculty Sign Petition to End Legacy Admissions
Students, faculty, alums, and university affiliates at Georgetown University have banded together by signing a petition calling for the end of legacy admissions, or...
Georgetown, Jesuits Allocate $27 Million for Descendants of Enslaved People
Georgetown University and the Jesuits have pledged $27 million to a fund established for the descendants of enslaved people who were sold to settle...
New Toolkit Teaches Business Ethics
To share knowledge of business ethics more widely, Georgetown University McDonough School of Business has launched an open-access website to enable faculty and students...
Georgetown, Howard, and Morgan State Partner for Environmental Data Initiative
Howard University, Morgan State University, and Georgetown University School of Public Policy’s Massive Data Institute (MDI) are partnering on a data project to help...
Georgetown Law Lecturer Resigns Following Probe into Controversial Tweet
Ilya Shapiro, a senior lecturer at Georgetown University Law School, announced his resignation Monday following the school’s investigation into a controversial tweet he made...
Georgetown Opens Applications for Bachelor’s Program for Inmates
Georgetown University announced this week that applications are open for its expanded Prisons and Justice Initiative, which will allow a cohort of 25 incarcerated...
As Virginia Colleges Begin Restitution Plans for Slavery, Widespread Reparations Remain...
On a sunny morning in May 2021, a crowd gathered before the Memorial to Enslaved Laborers, a monument constructed last year on the University...
Georgetown and Howard Universities Form Partnership Focused on Public Policy
On February 1, leaders at the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy and Howard University signed a memorandum of understanding to work together...
Unauthorized Georgetown Medical Students Received COVID-19 Vaccine
Georgetown University (GU) officials confirmed on Tuesday that first- and second-year medical students who are not working in health care settings have recently been...
Academically Talented, Disadvantaged Students Face Extremely Low Chance at Success
In America, it’s better to be born rich than smart, a new report from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce states.
The...
Georgetown Students Approve Funding for Descendants of People the University Once...
Students at Georgetown University voted on Thursday, April 11, to raise the price of tuition in order to provide compensation for the descendants of...
