3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (568+ words) Georgetown University’s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy (ISD) welcomed its first cohort of former foreign service professionals following Trump administration restrictions, the university announced Aug. 31. Until last year, the cohort of serving diplomats and officers would spend a year…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (658+ words) Georgetown University will no longer authorize international students to work off campus unless it is required to graduate, blocking the vast majority of undergraduate international students from pursuing jobs and internships. Georgetown did not issue a formal announcement to affected…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (199+ words) Georgetown University will shrink administrative bureaucracy amid the university’s broader budget reduction measures with a new initiative launched Sept. 1. University President Eduardo Peñalver said the new initiative, Hoya Faster, emerged during his leadership team’s conversations with faculty and staff about…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (169+ words) The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) directed Georgetown University to review its financial and academic collaborations with 130 foreign institutions, a U.S. official confirmed to The Hoya on Aug. 18. Emil Michael, the DOD under secretary for research and engineering, said the audits aim…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (644+ words) Georgetown University aims to establish new academic initiatives in Athens, Greece, featuring graduate programs targeted toward Greek energy executives, a university dean confirmed to The Hoya March 11. Peter Marra, Earth Commons dean, said the institute has engaged in work in…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (1055+ words) For the many Georgetown University community members who have advocated for Badar Khan Suri, the researcher alleging immigration agents illegally detained him last year, a July appellate ruling offered new hope and some solace. Sixteen months after immigration officials detained…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (716+ words) Georgetown University advised international students and scholars to take additional caution in monitoring their visa status and planning international travel in a series of letters sent Aug. 3. Previously, international students and scholars were permitted to remain in the United States…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (333+ words) The inaugural executive director of the Georgetown University Institute of Politics and Public Service (GU Politics) will leave the institute in December, the university announced July 29. Mo Elleithee (SFS ’94), who has led the McCourt School of Public Policy political engagement…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (185+ words) Georgetown University backed Harvard University’s lawsuit against the Trump administration, in which Harvard claims the government’s federal funding freeze is unconstitutional and retaliatory, in a July 22 brief. The brief says scientific advancement and global leadership depend on federal research funding....

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (415+ words) Eduardo Peñalver began his term as Georgetown University president July 1, becoming the first person with Latino heritage and second layperson to lead the nation’s oldest Jesuit institution. Peñalver succeeded President Emeritus John J. DeGioia (CAS ’79, GRD ’95), who stepped down after…...