Weekend Round Up August 30, 2018

August 30, 2018

Labor Day weekend is also the weekend of the National Book Festival, taking place on Saturday. Feel like marching on Labor Day? Give your white clothes a wash and sign up for the Washington Revels’ parade.

A Summer Picnic and Pedal in Georgetown

August 9, 2018

The Rosewood hotel, located at 1050 31st St. NW, now allows guests to rent upscale bicycles packed with a picnic-basket lunch for an afternoon of self-guided touring.

DC Artswatch Aug. 8, 2018

August 8, 2018

A monthly compilation of cultural news in the Washington, D.C., area.

Aug. 7 Is National Night Out

August 6, 2018

Along with music and food, this year’s event at Georgetown University, 37th and O Streets NW, will feature a moon bounce, a game truck, clowns, face painters and information tables.

Obama, Biden Do Lunch at Dog Tag Bakery

July 30, 2018

The casually dressed duo greeted some of the Dog Tag fellows, who are learning about baking and cooking and how to run a business at the nonprofit bakery.

Warrior-Scholar Project Provides Education for Veterans

June 12, 2018

America is always looking for ways to help its military veterans — and education can provide one of the best. The Warrior-Scholar Project, headquartered in Washington, D.C., gives active veterans […]

GU Commencement Speakers Announced

May 17, 2018

Among the eight speakers will be Luci Baines Johnson, at the School of Nursing ceremony, and António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, at the School of Foreign Service ceremony.

GU Grad Students Can Hold Union Vote

April 18, 2018

By Peggy Sands and Robert Devaney Georgetown University administrators agreed April 2 that graduate students who are teaching and research assistants on campus will be allowed to vote this spring […]

G.U. Discusses Utility Upgrade in Time for Earth Day

April 16, 2018

In 2014, Georgetown University did what few other institutions and countries throughout the world were able to accomplish: It reached its goal to reduce its carbon footprint by at least […]

Georgetown U. Panel Reflects on School Shootings

March 26, 2018

Moderated by Mo Elleithee, executive director of the university’s Institute of Politics and Public Service, the panel included current student Sarah Clements, whose mother, a teacher, survived the Sandy Hook shooting.