Coach Tasha Butts (1982-2023) 
• October 26, 2023

Georgetown University is mourning the loss of their women’s basketball coach Tasha Butts after a two-year battle with breast cancer. Butts was just 41 years old.  The university hired former […]

Ukraine’s First Lady Enthralls GU Audience
• September 25, 2023

The stunningly beautiful Gaston Hall at the center of Georgetown University’s main campus was full of excited students on Sept. 20. “It’s so amazing!” a student told The Georgetowner. “I’ve […]

G.U. Launches $400,000 Annual Fund to Support Descendants of the Enslaved  
• February 6, 2023

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 […]

BellRinger Bike Ride to Support Georgetown Lombardi Cancer Research
• August 17, 2022

Earlier this summer, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center (GLCCC) launched BellRinger, a bike ride and community movement to end cancer, named for the tradition of cancer patients ringing a bell […]

G.U. and 15 Other Elite Universities Sued for Collusion
• January 11, 2022

Georgetown University has been named in an antitrust lawsuit alleging that it, along with 15 other prestigious mainly private universities, engaged in price fixing and unfairly limited student financial aid […]

Local Universities Announce Vaccine Requirement for Fall Semester
• April 19, 2021

Georgetown University will require both undergraduate and graduate students at the main campus, the medical center and the law school to be fully vaccinated.

Weekend Arts Round Up, December 10, 2020
• December 10, 2020

Politics and Prose will host an online talk about the late, legendary Hoyas coach John Thompson’s new autobiography. Also book-related: Planet Word is calling all crossword lovers!

In Sudden Reversal, GU Goes All-Virtual
• July 30, 2020

Georgetown University was originally supposed to bring 2,000 undergrads, including all freshmen, to the main campus this fall.