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Georgetown President John J. DeGioia called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza in an April 1 email to students and faculty

Georgetown University students announced the formation of Georgetown Students for Biden-Harris, a student coalition to help reelect President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in the upcoming November 2024 presidential election Feb. 11.   Students for Biden plans to connect students with opportunities to be involved in the Biden campaign this spring, as well...

CW: This article discusses violence and death in Israel and Gaza, as well as antisemitism. Please refer to the end of the article for on- and off-campus resources. Students and faculty groups gathered to protest a Georgetown University Campus Ministry event that brought three soldiers from the Israel Defense Force (IDF) to campus Feb. 27. ...

Content warning: This article discusses violence and death. Please refer to the end of the article for on- and off-campus resources. U.S. college campuses have been at the center of a heated debate over how students and universities should respond to the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas that is dominating global headlines. Walking through...

Content warning: This article discusses violence and death. Please refer to the end of the article for on- and off-campus resources. U.S. college campuses have been at the center of a heated debate over how students and universities should respond to the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas that is dominating global headlines. Walking through...

 

Douglas Bloomfield’s op-ed repeatedly misleads and misinforms readers, and ignores mainstream agreement with ZOA’s sensible views, to falsely label ZOA. 

As part of ongoing campaigns to protest Israel’s attacks, and pressure university action, student activists distributed fliers, raised signs, and dropped a banner.

A walkout for Gaza organized by Georgetown Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) drew  several dozen Georgetown students and faculty to Red Square on Oct. 26. Holding handmade signs and dressed in keffiyeh, black-and-white scarves symbolic of the Palestinian liberation movement, protesters gathered around a group of SJP-organized speakers that included Georgetown students and professors to call for action from university administration.

Sens. Ted Cruz and Marsha Blackburn have introduced a bill to repeal D.C. public school's vaccine mandate, to the protest of many.