MEN’S BASKETBALL | 2024-2025 Big East Power Rankings
Nov 1, 2024 · The Big East finished last season as one of the most competitive conferences in the country, sending three teams to March Madness and boasting six teams with over 20 wins in the regular season. This year is looking no different — while many stars have since graduated or been drafted into the NBA, high-level recruitment has brought in a total of 15 four and five-star recruits along with ...
Protests Erupt as Supreme Court Hears Case on Gender-Affirming …
Dec 7, 2024 · Georgetown University students joined hundreds of protesters outside the U.S. Supreme Court Dec. 4 for a rally in support of gender-affirming medical treatments as the court heard oral arguments in a high-profile case that challenges a state-level ban on gender-affirming care for minors.. The case concerns a 2023 Tennessee law which restricts medical treatments such as puberty blockers ...
MEN’S BASKETBALL | Hoyas Exhilarate Fans in Nail-Biting Season …
Nov 9, 2024 · If history is any indicator, then your Georgetown Hoyas might be playing in this year’s national title game. The Hoyas (1-0) pulled away late to score a victory in their season opener and escape an upset bid from the Lehigh University Mountain Hawks (0-2). First-year center Thomas Sorber (20 points, 13 rebounds), sophomore guard Malik Mack (15 points, 5 assists), graduate guard Micah Peavy ...
Georgetown Admits First Early Action Class Without Race-Based ...
Jan 18, 2024 · Georgetown University accepted 10% of early action applicants in its first admissions cycle following the Supreme Court’s decision in June to end race-based affirmative action in higher education. The university admitted 881 of 8,584 applicants, according to a university spokesperson. The number of applications increased by 4.7% from the early action Class of 2027, while...
EDITORIAL: Reaffirm DeGioia’s Progress – The Hoya
Dec 6, 2024 · On Nov. 21, Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia (CAS ’79, GRD ’95) formally announced that he would step down as president. During DeGioia’s 23-year presidency, the university strengthened its commitment to academic excellence and took notable steps toward cultivating an inclusive community, including founding the Georgetown Scholars Program (GSP), which supports first ...
GU Graduate Sues University Over Data Breach – The Hoya
Oct 19, 2024 · A Georgetown University graduate filed suit against the university Oct. 18 following its Oct. 16 and 17 data breach which exposed students’ and graduates’ personal information, including admissions, academic and financial aid details and social security numbers. Mary Margaret “Maggie” Cleary (COL ’14), now a prosecutor in Virginia, filed a …
VIEWPOINT: Let Opinion Be for the Georgetown Community
Dec 5, 2024 · To all of the readership of The Hoya, I have had the distinct honor of serving as The Hoya’s senior opinion editor throughout this now-fading fall semester. Two weeks ago, directing my final pages of Opinion, I edited, laid and printed a piece entitled “Strive for Better from Opinion” by columnist Saahil Rao (SFS ’27)....
Presidential Administration Change May Impact Scientific Research
Dec 6, 2024 · President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in November’s presidential election may prove to be a pivotal moment for the scientific community as his transition team begins to share its plans for scientific research funding and policy. Georgetown University scientists and policymakers are closely watching how a second Trump administration will impact scientific research and innovation.
Georgetown Admits 12% of Applicants to Undergraduate Class
Apr 5, 2024 · When Ethan Henshaw (CAS ’26) heard the Supreme Court had ruled against affirmative action, he saw Georgetown as facing a different issue from many other elite national universities. “I just remember being a student on the ground and seeing it,” Henshaw told The Hoya. “Certainly the problem at Georgetown is not that …
GU Names Groves Interim President, Colbert Interim Provost
Dec 5, 2024 · Following the retirement of Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia (CAS ’79, GRD ’95), Georgetown University named former Provost and Executive Vice President Robert M. Groves interim president Nov. 21 and Soyica Diggs Colbert (COL ’01) interim provost Nov. 26. Groves, a statistician, served as Georgetown’s provost and …