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Georgetown law student among 157 killed in Ethiopian Airlines crash
A third-year Georgetown University law student was killed Sunday in Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 jetliner crash that killed 157 people.
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Maryland, Virginia counties top list of most expensive commutes in US
Commuters in Charles County, Maryland, and Fauquier County, Virginia, have the most expensive commutes in the country, according to Bloomberg analysis of census data.
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Should 210 acres of trees be cut down to put up solar panels in Charles County?
A Georgetown University solar project is drawing concerns since it includes a plan to cut down a large number of trees in Charles County, Maryland, to make way for the panels. A public hearing is scheduled next week on the plan.
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Georgetown University revokes former Cardinal McCarrick’s honorary degree
Georgetown University has revoked the honorary degree conferred on former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick following his defrocking by the Vatican.
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Baltimore mayor appoints new head of civil rights office
Mayor Catherine Pugh’s appointment of Darnell Ingram comes as the city battles with a police oversight panel that receives administrative support from the office.
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Georgetown students help free man wrongfully convicted of murder
Three Georgetown students re-examined Valentino Dixon’s 1991 second-degree murder conviction and helped him get exonerated after he served 27 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit.
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Georgetown University top-ranked area school in U.S. News rankings, again, while Howard jumps
Georgetown University has once again landed the highest ranking among Greater Washington institutions of higher learning in the annual U.S. News ranking of best colleges, while Howard University jumped 21 spots to come in at…
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Johns Hopkins climbs in annual college rankings from US News
Georgetown, Virginia and the Naval Academy are among the familiar local names that scored well. See how other area institutions fared.
6 months ago -
2018 DC-area college graduation: Dates, times and locations
Festivities are getting underway this weekend for several schools around the area. Here’s a roundup of dates, times and locations for graduation events that may impact traffic.
10 months ago -
Georgetown’s ‘lost’ slaves were closer to home than known
The Georgetown Memory Project has set out to find relatives of slaves who once worked on Jesuit plantations in Southern Maryland. Researchers estimate there are as many as 3,000 living offspring of the 91 slaves, many of whom are sprinkled throughout Maryland, the District and Virginia.
11 months ago -
As Amazon whittles down list of HQ sites, real work begins for DC region’s leaders
Leaders in D.C. and Maryland cheered news Thursday that sites in the capital region landed on Amazon’s short list for its second headquarters.
1 year ago -
In wake of Charlottesville, Georgetown University leads talk on free speech
As the question of what is considered free speech becomes increasingly contentious on college campuses nationwide, Georgetown University hosted a roundtable on the issue as part of their ongoing Free Speech Project.
1 year ago -
Marriage fuels debate, accusations on Georgetown campus
Definition of the word “marriage” has led to a war of words on the campus of Georgetown University, with allegations a student group that supports marriage between a man and a woman is a hate group.
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Gentrification, job requirements hurt African-Americans in DC
Many African-Americans in the nation’s capital are being left out of job sectors that are forecast to grow in coming years, according to a new Georgetown University study. A local professor says the city is to blame.
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DC-area college graduation: Dates, times and locations
The D.C.-area college graduation season kicks off Wednesday. Here’s a roundup of dates, times and locations for graduation events that may impact traffic.
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