G.U. Celebrates Government and Community Partners
Retired ANC 2E Chair Rick Murphy was recognized for his leadership of the Georgetown-Burleith Advisory Neighborhood Commission and for his decade-long commitment to the work of the Georgetown Community Partnership, […]
G.U. Launches $400,000 Annual Fund to Support Descendants of the Enslaved
Georgetown University has created a new fund that will award $400,000 annually to community-based projects that can impact the descendants of the men, women and children enslaved on Jesuit plantations […]
Powerful ‘Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski’ Now a Film
Anyone who has seen the stage production of the overwhelming, extraordinary one-man play, “Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski,” featuring David Strathairn as Jan Karski — who witnessed the […]
GU’s Let Freedom Ring MLK Celebration Returns to Kennedy Center
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Jan. 16, Georgetown University’s Let Freedom Ring Celebration returned to the Kennedy Center to present an award in the name of John Thompson Jr. […]
ANC2E Commissioners Offer Goals for 2023
Five new Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners joined the Georgetown-Burleith-Hillandale ANC2E, which elected Elizabeth Miller as Chair and Gwen Lohse as Vice Chair. The two new commissioners representing Georgetown University were elected as […]
New 2023-24 ANC Chair Miller Manages Tight First Meeting
The newly chosen Chair of the 2023-24 Georgetown/Burleith/Hillandale Advisory Neighborhood Commission, Elizabeth Miller, ran a tight virtual meeting on January 9 getting through the swearing in of five new Commissioners […]
Exclusive Interview: Shirley Kwan-Hui, Head of New D.C. Agency Protecting Consumers and Licensing Businesses
There’s a new consumer-protection czar in town. And her skills and life experience are poised to help safeguard D.C. residents and visitors while ensuring safe and successful business practices in […]
Georgetown University’s Prisons and Justice Initiative Hires Adnan Syed
On December 12, when Georgetown University’s new Prisons and Justice Initiative (PJI) hired the key murder suspect featured in the most widely streamed true-crime podcast in history, the university’s Jesuit […]
ANC Notes, Dec. 2022: Hotel Construction on M St., Transformer Statues, New Commissioners
For their final meeting for the year, ANC 2E met virtually on Tuesday evening, Nov. 29 with Chair Rick Murphy (2E03) in a thankful, gracious mood chairing his final ANC […]
Mapping Georgetown: Thankfulness for Family, Georgetown and the Dalai Lama
At Mapping Georgetown, we continue to celebrate our gratitude during this special season of thankfulness. Today’s feature is from Georgetowner Brian Michael Smith whose story is a special meditation on […]