In the wake of Pope Francis’ death April 21, the Georgetown University community has continued to mourn his life and celebrate his legacy. Francis’ 12 years as leader of the Catholic Church left a legacy of his care for immigrants, refugees and underserved communities. Since his death, Georgetown students and faculty have praised Francis’ lifelong...| The Hoya
GU, Park Service Agree To Trade Land For Possible Potomac Boathouse Site By Tina Morin Hoya Staff Writer Georgetown University recently signed an agreement with the National Park Service to exchange university land holdings for space along the Potomac River, putting Georgetown one step closer to building a boathouse for both the crew and sailing...| The Hoya
Related Links- NCPC Delivers Setback to Boathouse, Nov. 18, 2003 -GU Boathouse Meets Opposition, Sept. 16, 2003-GU, Park Service Agree To Trade Land For Possible Potomac Boathouse Site, Nov. 20, 1998 The university agreed to a land swap with the National Park Service in 1998 on the condition that the university would receive approval from...| The Hoya
Now that the lawsuit involving Jack’s Boathouse, reopened on April 20 as “Key Bridge Boathouse,” has been dismissed, Georgetown is again considering feasible options for opening its own boathouse after 30 years of sporadically pursuing the project. The legal battle for rights to the Jack’s Boathouse site between Paul Simkin, who assumed control of Jack’s Boathouse...| 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 push to restructure the Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) failed Nov. 7 after student voter turnout did not meet requisite levels to implement the constitutional change. While 72.12% of students voted in favor of the referendum, only 20.11% of the student body, or 1,031 students, voted in the election, short of the 25% minimum...| The Hoya
If history is any indicator, then your Georgetown Hoyas might be playing in this year’s national title game. The Hoyas (1-0) pulled away late to score a victory in their season opener and escape an upset bid from the Lehigh University Mountain Hawks (0-2). First-year center Thomas Sorber (20 points, 13 rebounds), sophomore guard Malik...| The Hoya
Georgetown University men’s basketball star Thomas Sorber declared for the 2025 NBA Draft, he announced in an Instagram post March 27. Sorber, a first-year center who could be picked in the top half of the first round, averaged 14.5 points, 8.5 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 2 blocks per game in his first and potentially only...| The Hoya
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Tied at 88 with the shot clock ticking down in overtime, the Washington Mystics looked to rookie guard Sonia Citron — and she responded. Nailing her fourth triple with 12.2 seconds remaining, Citron gave Washington (6-8, 5-5 Eastern Conference) the lead and the 91-88 win over the Dallas Wings (3-12, 1-8 Western Conference) June 22...| 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
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 Draft. Sorber is the first Georgetown player to be drafted since Otto Porter Jr. in 2013. He will join Jeff Green (CAS ’12) and...| The Hoya
The Hoya sat down with five of the six incoming Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service (GU Politics) fellows for the Spring 2025 semester Jan. 24 to discuss the 2024 election, young voters and trust in the media. This semester’s fellows are Tony Fabrizio, chief pollster for Donald Trump’s 2016, 2020 and 2024 presidential...| The Hoya
Federal agents detained a Georgetown University researcher for, in part, having social media posts that allegedly promoted interests against U.S. foreign policy. A U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesperson said the researcher, Badar Khan Suri — an Indian citizen who resides in the United States legally under a J-1 non-immigrant visa for researchers —...| The Hoya
Federal immigration agents detained a Georgetown University postdoctoral fellow March 17, seeking to deport him and accusing him of opposing U.S. foreign policy. The researcher, Badar Khan Suri of the Georgetown School of Foreign Service’s Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (ACMCU), is an Indian citizen residing legally in the United States on...| The Hoya
Georgetown University will take steps to limit expenses and increase revenue, including a temporary hiring freeze for faculty and staff and pause on merit salary increases, as the federal government makes significant cuts to higher education. The cuts, which interim university President Robert M. Groves announced in an email to faculty April 29, will take...| The Hoya
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A year after voting to unionize and more than seven months after beginning bargaining, Georgetown University resident assistants (RAs) finalized a proposed contract with the university April 14. Members of the resident assistants’ union, the Georgetown Resident Assistant Coalition (GRAC), must next vote to approve the contract, with a vote currently planned for early May....| The Hoya
The School of Nursing and Health Studies appointed Carole Roan Gresenz as interim dean while the university begins its search for a permanent dean of the NHS. University President John J. DeGioia (CAS ’79, GRD ’95) announced that Gresenz began as interim dean at the start of September in an email to the Georgetown University...| The Hoya
Dean of the McCourt School of Public Policy Maria Cancian will step down Nov. 1 to focus on family care responsibilities, Provost Robert Groves announced in an email sent to the Georgetown community Oct. 15. According to the email, Cancian, who started in February 2019, is stepping down to focus on “urgent family care responsibilities.”...| The Hoya
Badar Khan Suri, the Georgetown University postdoctoral researcher whom federal immigration officials detained March 17, accusing him of promoting antisemitic rhetoric and “Hamas propaganda” and harming U.S. foreign policy goals, is a peace and conflict expert from India studying cooperation in religiously and ethnically diverse regions. Khan Suri joined Georgetown in 2022 as a postdoctoral research...| The Hoya
Around 9:30 p.m. March 17, Badar Khan Suri, a Georgetown University postdoctoral researcher, returned home from the university after teaching and attending iftar, the meal Muslims eat after a day of fasting, on campus. Just minutes later, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) detained Khan Suri. As of March 27, he is in a detention...| The Hoya
A federal judge remained skeptical of arguments that detained Georgetown University postdoctoral researcher Badar Khan Suri’s case should move to Texas after lawyers sparred over jurisdiction at a May 1 hearing in Alexandria, Va. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents detained Khan Suri, a senior fellow at the Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian...| 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’s Capitol Campus Department of Public Safety (CC-DPS) will increase campus patrols after a fatal shooting one block away from the campus, university officials announced May 22. A gunman fatally shot two Israeli Embassy staff members outside an event at the Capital Jewish Museum shortly after 9 p.m. May 21, according to the Metropolitan...| 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
One of the lawyers for formerly detained Georgetown University postdoctoral fellow Badar Khan Suri argued the detainment was an overreach of executive power at a May 14 event. Hassan Ahmad, one of Khan Suri’s lawyers, and Nader Hashemi, the director of Georgetown’s Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (ACMCU), explained the significance of the case following...| 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
Georgetown University will rename its School of Nursing (SON) the Berkley School of Nursing in Fall 2025 in honor of the Berkley Family Foundation’s $25 million donation to the SON, the university announced May 12. The donation will help expand enrollment, scholarships, programs and resources, including mentorship programs and support systems for students. The donors...| The Hoya
Georgetown University revised its staff benefits policy May 12, allowing staff members to retain paid time off (PTO) days after nearly 500 community members denounced the change that would have limited PTO. The original May 7 announcement for PTO would have transitioned staff members from the current accrual model, where staff could retain accumulated PTO,...| 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
Georgetown University resident assistants (RAs) voted in favor of a proposed contract with the university May 9, ratifying the tentative agreement reached with the university after 13 bargaining sessions. Out of the Georgetown Resident Assistant Coalition’s (GRAC) 169 eligible voters, the 60 members who voted all cast ballots in favor of the contract. GRAC leadership...| The Hoya
Carole Roan Gresenz, a public health scholar, will serve as dean of the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy starting Aug. 1, interim university President Robert M. Groves announced in a May 8 email to community members. Gresenz, who is a professor of health and public policy, joined the university in 2012 and currently...| 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 Student Association (GUSA) Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee (FinApp) cut student funding for the 2025 fiscal year for five out of the 11 club advisory boards, including the Media Board, Lecture Fund and Georgetown Program Board (GPB). The Media Board, which allocates funding to student media groups such as The Hoya and...| 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
The Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) Senate approved a resolution, 23-4, to hold a referendum on whether students support establishing gender-inclusive housing at an April 2 special session. The referendum, which will run April 11 through April 13, will ask students whether they support Georgetown “establishing comprehensive gender-inclusive housing,” including allowing students to live with...| The Hoya
