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Hoya Harvest Festival Celebrates Sustainable Food Production on Campus
The Hoya Harvest Festival, an annual event organized by the Earth Commons to celebrate environmental and sustainability initiatives at Georgetown, brought community members…
October 25, 2024
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Planting Seeds: Sophia Rose Monsalvo (C’26) on Exploring Her Heritage and Environmental Interests in Colombia
Sophia Rose Monsalvo (C’26) is part of the inaugural class earning the B.S. in Environment & Sustainability, a degree collaboratively offered by the College of Arts & Sciences…
September 26, 2024
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Photo Essay: Hoyas harvest
The Earth Commons Institute celebrated its first planting party of the season on Sunday, Sep. 8 at the Hoya Harvest Garden, located on the fourth floor Regents.…
September 21, 2024
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GU Undergraduate Schools Welcome 26 New Faculty
Georgetown University’s undergraduate schools welcomed 26 new faculty members for the Fall 2024.…
September 19, 2024
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“Spotlight” on Magnetic High Entropy Alloys
Researchers in the Physics Department of Georgetown University have demonstrated a novel approach to achieve strong magnets using high entropy alloys, without relying on the…
September 11, 2024
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Three-Year Healy and Copley Lawn Sustainability Project Underway
Healy and Copley Lawns are under construction until Spring 2027 due to a phased project to replace aging underground utilities with more sustainable.…
September 4, 2024
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On the Ground in Greece with the Earth Commons
The Earth Commons pilots a model for international environmental collaboration in a climate change…
August 29, 2024
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Earth Commons initiative supports student mental health through nature exposure
Last semester, the Georgetown Earth Commons Institute, the university’s hub for environmental research and advocacy, launched Nature. …
August 29, 2024
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MS-ESM Student Creates Long-Term Community Sustainability Tool Through Class Project
In April, Emily Huang Javedan (MS-ESM‘24) received the Green Commons Award, which enabled her to team up with classmate Cameron Marcus to build "The True Price of a Mocha"—a…
August 21, 2024
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From Athens to Andros, Students Tackle Climate Change
Students from Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) reflect on a journey that had transformed their understanding of climate change. They had spent two weeks in Greece as part of…
July 4, 2024