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Georgetown

  1. Thanks to our emergency & facilities teams for keeping GU safe, & to our students for patience & understanding during a challenging weekend.
  2. Thanks @erikmercedes! Keeping our Hoyas safe is our number one priority.
  3. Hoyas, due to dangerous weather conditions, flying debris and downed trees around campus, STAY INDOORS for the duration of the storm.
  4. Update: Large roof shingles are loose at New Science Center construction site. Avoid the area. Updates at: bit.ly/oGNjVG
  5. Stay safe Hoyas. We’re suspending neighborhood shuttles and running SafeRides while weather permits. More info here: bit.ly/oGNjVG
  6. THANK YOU to @TheCorp for their hard work to keep services open despite the weather. Check campus food/retail hours: bit.ly/pWd3i3
  7. GU students & others on campus, click here for answers to FAQs & other safety information re: Hurricane #Irene bit.ly/mXzqgn
  8. A big welcome to all new students joining us this weekend on the Hilltop for @GeorgetownNSO! For GU's operating status: bit.ly/oGNjVG
  9. Five GU students traveled to Madrid to join almost 500,000 others at World Youth Day, an internat'l Catholic festival: bit.ly/pliEgB
  10. Healy clock tower gets a makeover: painting and aviation lights replacement! flic.kr/p/ag5Gth
  11. Check out GU alum Amanda Hamilton, who's working to empower speakers of disappearing aboriginal languages in Australia: bit.ly/qNHvBg
  12. As orientation nears, incoming students learn, first-hand, the Jesuit tradition of social justice: http://ow.ly/69L8c
  13. Pres. DeGioia talks intercultural exchange, sportsmanship & the global role of universities, today in Shanghai: bit.ly/pPX4iK
  14. Nine GU students recently won 2011 Boren awards, which fund language training and research related to nat'l security: bit.ly/nxNbSP
  15. You may have heard Thursday's game in China ended early. Here’s a statement from Coach John Thompson III: bit.ly/nROsYF
  16. Photo of the day: @VP Biden gives the Hoyas a pep-talk before their first game in China flic.kr/p/adVmzW #HoyasinChina
  17. The Healy Clock Tower is getting some maintenance work performed on it this week. Look at the size of that crane! flic.kr/p/adTapd
  18. Hoyas won against the Shanxi Dragons. VP Biden & Sec. Locke attended the game! RT @hoyasinchina: It's official 98-81 Hoyas! #HoyasInChina
  19. We just added photos from the Hoyas' tour of the Forbidden City in Beijing: http://ow.ly/64zfX. #HoyasinChina
  20. @harej Gaston Hall - more info: maps.georgetown.edu