DEVELOPING: Hariri Building Vandalized With Graffiti Related to Israel-Hamas War

Unidentified individuals sprayed graffiti appearing to relate to the Israel-Hamas war on the Rafik B. Hariri Building Oct. 16. According to an email that Rosemary Kilkenny (LAW ’87), the university’s vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion and chief diversity officer, and Jay Gruber, the associate vice president of public safety, sent to community members, three individuals wearing black sprayed graffiti on the building’s south entrance at around 5:09 a.m. The graffiti follows a similar act of vandalism Sept. 20, when a still-unidentified individual sprayed graffiti on the John Carroll statue and the temporary “Hoya Saxa” sign on Copley Lawn. The graffiti also appeared to relate to the Israel-Hamas war. “We condemn this act and are coordinating with the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) in the investigation of this crime,” Kilkenny and Gruber wrote in the email. “This incident, and a similar act that occurred on campus on September 20, 2024, are unacceptable and are contrary to our values as a University community. Anyone found responsible will be held accountable.” By 9:36 a.m. Oct. 16, facility and grounds workers had removed most of the graffiti.  Aamir Jamil/The Hoya The Instagram account @georgetownintifada, which says it is not associated with Georgetown or...