The first African American to win a national championship in a major college sport, Georgetown University’s John Thompson, died Aug. 31 at age 78.
Famed Georgetown basketball coach John Thompson dies at 78
Georgetown University plans to divest from fossil fuels within a decade
Georgetown University is embarking on a plan to end new investments in fossil fuels companies, gradually divest from those firms and boost its endowment portfolio in renewable energy and energy efficiency.
Georgetown sets date to rename buildings honoring a slave, black teacher
Georgetown University has chosen April 18 as the date to rename two buildings on campus previously named for priests who sold 272 women, children and men into slavery for financial gain in 1838.
Georgetown University’s Religious Freedom Project marks six years
WASHINGTON (CNS) — All Americans should be “rooting” for President-elect Donald Trump’s “success and personal flourishing,” U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse said at a religious liberty conference […]
Georgetown announces beginning of reconciliation for its slaveholding past
Georgetown University last year stripped from a building the name of one of its past presidents, a priest who authorized the sale of 272 women, children and men — slaves sold to save the university from financial ruin in 1838.