The reigning NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder selected forward Thomas Sorber, who dominated as a first-year on the Georgetown University men’s basketball team, with the 15th pick in the 2025 NBA…| The Hoya
Lawyers for a university academic association alleged the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) targeted Georgetown University postdoctoral researcher Badar Khan Suri for his academic research and political speech. These arguments, which lawyers explained July 10 in a Massachusetts federal court, are part of an ongoing lawsuit brought by the American Association of University Professors...| The Hoya
A federal appeals court ruled July 1 that Badar Khan Suri, a formerly detained Georgetown University postdoctoral researcher, can remain out of custody while his immigration case proceeds. Upholding the May 14 decision by a lower court to release Khan Suri, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Khan Suri’s case should remain in...| The Hoya
Georgetown University’s Micah Peavy became the second Hoya drafted into the NBA in as many days, with the graduate forward to join the New Orleans Pelicans after being drafted with the 40th pick in this year’s draft. One day after freshman forward Thomas Sorber went to the Oklahoma City Thunder with the 15th pick, Peavy...| The Hoya
Georgetown University finalized an agreement with the National Park Service (NPS) and Washington, D.C. officials to construct a university boathouse and develop the waterfront area along the Potomac River, the institutions announced June 10. The agreement, which the Council of the District of Columbia must approve, gives the university a parcel of federal land west...| The Hoya
Formerly detained Georgetown University post-doctoral fellow Badar Khan Suri spoke publicly about his experience in detention and called for continued advocacy at a June 3 event. One of Khan Suri’s lawyers, Hassan Minhaj Ahmad, and Nader Hashemi, head of Georgetown University’s Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (ACMCU) — where Khan Suri was a senior fellow...| The Hoya
Georgetown University community members praised the newly inaugurated Pope Leo XIV’s leadership, values and humility following the start of his pontificate May 18. After former Pope Francis died April 21, the College of Cardinals, the body that selects the next pope, elected Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a Chicago native who spent years as a missionary...| The Hoya
A federal judge granted Georgetown University postdoctoral researcher Badar Khan Suri’s motion to be released without bond at a May 14 hearing while he awaits further removal proceedings. After hearing arguments from Khan Suri’s and the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) lawyers, Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles granted Khan Suri’s motion to be released from detention,...| The Hoya
Over 300 Georgetown University community members signed an open letter criticizing the university’s change in staff benefits policies that will leave administrative employees with limited paid time off (PTO). The changes, which the university announced May 7, will transition staff PTO from an accrual model, which allowed staff to retain accumulated time off from prior...| The Hoya
A federal judge denied the Department of Justice (DOJ)’s motion to move detained Georgetown University postdoctoral researcher Badar Khan Suri’s case to a federal court in Texas, ruling May 6 to keep his case in the Eastern District of Virginia. Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles ruled after hearing arguments May 1 that the jurisdiction for Khan...| The Hoya
The Georgetown University men’s basketball team (17-13, 8-11 Big East) defeated the Villanova University Wildcats (18-13, 11-9 Big East) 75-73 in a thrilling last-minute comeback March 4. The game started close with both teams exchanging points, with sophomore guard Curtis Williams Jr.’s 3-pointer tying the score 5-5 at the 17-minute mark. After Villanova tied the...| The Hoya
