The Hoya

The Hoya is Georgetown University's longest-running and largest student newspaper, having been the official newspaper for the university since 1920. It is available online every day and in print every Friday throughout the academic year. Each printed edition features a lifestyle magazine called The Guide. Additionally, The Hoya runs a blog titled The Fourth Edition, offering a fun perspective on life at Georgetown. We distribute free copies at 30 spots around campus and in the surrounding Georgetown area during the school year, and we also maintain an online presence during the summer months.

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GUPD Investigates Antisemitic Graffiti Carved Into Campus Buildings

1 week ago | thehoya.com | Ajani Stella

The Georgetown University Police Department (GUPD) is investigating antisemitic graffiti discovered the night of June 16, university officials announced June 17. GUPD discovered two Nazi swastikas etched into pillars in Kennedy and McCarthy residential halls, according to the email. Rosemary Kilkenny, vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion, and Fr. Mark Bosco, S.J., vice president for mission and ministry, announced the incident in an email to community members.
GU Announces Deal for New Boathouse Along the Potomac

1 week ago | thehoya.com | Ajani Stella

Georgetown University finalized an agreement with the National Park Service (NPS) and Washington, D.C. officials to construct a university boathouse and develop the waterfront area along the Potomac River, the institutions announced June 10.
GU Law Group Sues Homeland Security Over Noncitizen DNA Collection

2 weeks ago | thehoya.com | Ajani Stella

A Georgetown University privacy law group alleged the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is obstructing information on DHS’s collection of noncitizens’ DNA in a federal lawsuit filed June 2.
GU Recommends Incoming Students From Banned Countries Defer Enrollment, Warns Current Students Not to Leave US

3 weeks ago | thehoya.com | Ajani Stella

Georgetown University encouraged incoming international students from certain countries to defer their enrollment and current international community members to remain in the United States in June 6 letters after President Donald Trump banned citizens of 12 countries from entering the United States.
Capitol Campus Increases Patrols After Downtown Shooting

1 month ago | thehoya.com | Ajani Stella

Georgetown University’s Capitol Campus Department of Public Safety (CC-DPS) will increase campus patrols after a fatal shooting one block away from the campus, university officials announced May 22. A gunman fatally shot two Israeli Embassy staff members outside an event at the Capital Jewish Museum shortly after 9 p.m. May 21, according to the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
GU Community Finds Joy, Promise in Pope Leo XIV

1 month ago | thehoya.com | Ajani Stella

Georgetown University community members praised the newly inaugurated Pope Leo XIV’s leadership, values and humility following the start of his pontificate May 18. After former Pope Francis died April 21, the College of Cardinals, the body that selects the next pope, elected Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a Chicago native who spent years as a missionary in Peru, as pope May 8.
GU Renames School of Nursing Following $25 Million Donation

1 month ago | thehoya.com | Ajani Stella

Georgetown University will rename its School of Nursing (SON) the Berkley School of Nursing in Fall 2025 in honor of the Berkley Family Foundation’s $25 million donation to the SON, the university announced May 12. The donation will help expand enrollment, scholarships, programs and resources, including mentorship programs and support systems for students. The donors — including William Berkley and his son W.
GU Limits Cuts to Staff Benefits After Community Outcry

1 month ago | thehoya.com | Ajani Stella

Georgetown University revised its staff benefits policy May 12, allowing staff members to retain paid time off (PTO) days after nearly 500 community members denounced the change that would have limited PTO. The original May 7 announcement for PTO would have transitioned staff members from the current accrual model, where staff could retain accumulated PTO, to an allotment model, where PTO expires at the end of each year, which would have started July 1 and cancelled any already accrued PTO.
Public Health Scholar to Become McCourt Dean

1 month ago | thehoya.com | Ajani Stella

Carole Roan Gresenz, a public health scholar, will serve as dean of the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy starting Aug. 1, interim university President Robert M. Groves announced in a May 8 email to community members. Gresenz, who is a professor of health and public policy, joined the university in 2012 and currently holds joint appointments with McCourt and the School of Health (SOH). Her appointment comes after former Dean Maria Cancian stepped down Nov.
Protesters Demand GU Honor Divestment Referendum

1 month ago | thehoya.com | Ajani Stella

After Georgetown University refused to implement a student referendum calling on the university to divest from companies associated with the Israeli military, around 60 Georgetown community members protested the decision and demanded divestment at a May 1 rally. Though over two-thirds of students who voted supported the nonbinding Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) referendum, interim university President Robert M.