Hillary Clinton: Back at the Hilltop

February 5, 2018

Clinton was at Georgetown University to present awards to former ISIS prisoner Nadia Murad, Rohingya advocate for peace in Myanmar Wai Wai Nu and BBC international correspondent Lyse Doucet.

Town-Gown Link: GU’s Office of Neighborhood Life

January 24, 2018

It is intentional that Georgetown University’s Office of Neighborhood Life sits “outside the gates” at 36th and N Streets, says Cory Peterson, director since 2013 of the office, which was […]

GU’s Atonement for Slave Sale Continues


In the last year or so, Georgetown University has earnestly taken on the task of righting an awful wrong — if such a thing can be done. The university is […]

Town Topics Jan. 24, 2018


By Peggy Sands and Robert Devaney Food Truck Scrimmage on T.J. St. It starts about 6 a.m. every morning on the corner of Thomas Jefferson and K Streets, across from […]

Town Topics Dec. 20, 2017

December 20, 2017

By Peggy Sands and Robert Devaney Dockless Shared Bikes Surge in Georgetown Bike enthusiasts, concerned citizens and advisory neighborhood commissioners from Foggy Bottom and Georgetown packed the meeting room of […]

Georgetown U. Event Celebrates Holidays, Accomplishments

December 11, 2017

One highlighted project was the Georgetown Health Justice Alliance, in which law and medical school students work together to help people living in poverty get access to needed health services.

Town Topics Nov. 8, 2017

November 8, 2017

By Peggy Sands and Elizabeth Pankova Ideas Unlocked at Public Meeting on Canal Plans  Some 150 persons concerned about the decline of the historic C&O Canal, an essential part of […]

ANC Monday: Streetlights, C&O Canal, Heating Plant, 1789

October 30, 2017

On tonight’s ANC agenda, a presentation about the C&O Canal master plan by Alison Greenberg, executive director of Georgetown Heritage, and Kevin Brandt, superintendent of the C&O Canal National Historical Park.

Remembering the Good Old Days at Georgetown

October 25, 2017

Last Thursday, Georgetown alumni who graduated this year were invited to come for an event called Welcome to the Neighborhood. The event took place at Mission restaurant in Dupont Circle. […]

Town Topics Oct. 25, 2017


By Peggy Sands and Robert Devaney Halcyon Introduces First Arts Lab Fellows On Oct. 16, Georgetown-based Halcyon, which evolved from S&R Foundation and began operating independently this year, introduced its […]