October 2024 Downtowner
• October 15, 2024

The Pandas are Coming! They’re baaack! If you’ve missed having pandas at the Smithsonian National Zoo, you’re in luck. Three-year-old pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao were set to arrive […]

News Bytes: Jack DeGioia, MacArthur HS, Ellington Field
, • September 9, 2024

Get Well Soon, President DeGioia   On the evening of June 5, Thomas A. Reynolds III, who chairs the board of directors at Georgetown University, sent an email to the GU […]

Georgetown University Students Return to the Hilltop
• August 22, 2024

As August slips away (into a moment in time?), a new academic year is about to commence at Georgetown University. While many first-year and transfer students have already arrived on […]

MedStar’s Verstandig Pavilion: An Interview With Dr. Lisa Boyle  
• August 14, 2024

By Paulina Inglima and Hailey Wharram   Seven years ago, if someone walked by the back entrance of Georgetown University, they would have seen a dining hall to the left and […]

Post-Memoir, Dr. Fauci Is Glad to Be at His Second Home: Georgetown  
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Talking one-on-one with Dr. Anthony Fauci is more like chatting with your highly intelligent, well-traveled grandfather. While the physician, scientist, immunologist and public servant directed the National Institute of Allergy […]

Congratulations, Graduates! Guide to 2024 Local Commencements
• May 16, 2024

We’re tipping our graduation caps to the class of 2024! Here are the highlights from commencements from local universities, with Georgetown and George Washington University’s taking place this weekend. Georgetown […]

Crime Report: Suicide, Arrests for Break-ins, Illegal Handguns
• March 11, 2024

Dead Body Near G.U. Campus   On March 1, a dead body was found near Georgetown University, south of the Village A apartment complex at 3773 Prospect St. NW. “The individual was […]

Biden’s Student Debt Forgiveness Plan Is Back in Play
• February 26, 2024

On Jan. 19, the Biden administration announced that it had approved $4.9 billion in student loan debt relief for 73,600 student borrowers: “These discharges are the result of fixes made by […]

Nina Richardson: 1944-2024
• February 20, 2024

Nina Leake Richardson of Washington, D.C., died Feb. 7 at the age of 79, following a two-year battle with glioblastoma.  The following was provided by the family to the media. […]

Outlook 2024: Looking Up   
• January 10, 2024

Community Groups Comment      Compiled by The Georgetowner editors     The Georgetowner asked top community groups to assess the year ahead. We’ll be asking these and other groups to report in throughout […]