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March 11, 2023
Patrick Ewing is no longer coaching the men’s basketball team at Georgetown University, as announced by the school on Thursday.
June 13, 2022
"GU272 and Ascension Parish: The Jesuit and Episcopal Connection to Slavery" is a project of the River Road African American…
May 13, 2021
For Brown University students, the Ivy League college’s next step in its yearslong quest to atone for its legacy of…
March 12, 2021
Ewing, the Georgetown coach and former New York Knick, said he was stopped by security in the building where his…
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March 12, 2021
Georgetown Law Dean Bill Treanor informed Professor Sandra Sellers that he was terminating her effective immediately.
March 11, 2021
Two Georgetown Law professors are under investigation after one expressed that all of her underperforming students are Black.
September 30, 2020
Dijon Williams, a Hoyas wide receiver, was taken into custody in Atlanta in connection with the death of Nurudeen Thomas…
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August 31, 2020
John Thompson, the Hall of Famer who became the first Black coach to lead a team to the NCAA men’s…
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August 26, 2020
Tiffany Trump spoke at the RNC, insisting that President Donald Trump was a champion of the people and that she…
April 12, 2019
On Thursday, nearly 66% of Georgetown students voted to raise tuition at the renowned university by $27.20 a semester. The…
January 22, 2018
Back in 1838, Jesuit priests sold 272 slaves to save Georgetown University from bankruptcy. Now, the descendants of those enslaved
April 23, 2017
Back in 1838, Georgetown University sold 272 slaves in order to pay off school debts. Now, all these years later,
September 1, 2016
WASHINGTON (AP) — Georgetown University will give preference in admissions to the descendants of slaves owned by the Maryland Jesuits…
February 14, 2016
A new study by Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce shows that African-Americans are overrepresented in lower-paying college…
March 29, 2013
NBC WASHINGTON - Former Georgetown basketball coach John Thompson stepped in to save a D.C. Boys & Girls Club scheduled…
March 30, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Dr. Alfiee Breland-Noble, professor of psychiatry at Georgetown University Medical Center, says dealing with high-profile tragedy can…
March 3, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Radio host Rush Limbaugh has apologized to a Georgetown University law student for calling her insulting names...
December 2, 2011
VIDEO - The record-setting rapper and hip-hop icon has become a business tycoon and best selling author. But now Jay-Z's…
October 14, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Hip-hop has become more than rap music and videos, it has become a culture; a way of…
October 7, 2011
VIDEO - Twenty years since the hearings to confirm Clarence Thomas, Anita Hill has returned to Washington...