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Alumnus Sets New World Record Running While Dribbling Basketball

Dylan Sorensen (B’13, G’14), who ran track for Georgetown, runs a mile in 4:37 while dribbling a basketball, beating the world.…

June 23, 2020

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Georgetown Confers Degrees Online, While Family, Friends, Faculty and Alumni Tune In

Acknowledging the sacrifice and effort students made to overcome struggles associated with the pandemic, Georgetown conferred them with more than 6,700 degrees online May 16 and…

May 18, 2020

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Ph.D. Student Studies Psychology of Attitudes Toward Undocumented Immigrants

Mia Hendricks (G’22), after completing research on the perception of the threat of terrorism and how it leads people to reduce their support for human rights and civil,…

March 3, 2020

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Linguistics Student Hopes Research Improves Understanding of Salvadorans

Juan Manuel Menjívar (G’22), one of eight Patrick Healy Graduate Fellows at Georgetown, explores the rich linguistic abilities of Salvadorans in the United States and in El…

February 25, 2020

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National Science Foundation Names Astronomical Observatory for Notable Georgetown Alumni Vera Rubin

Renowned alumna and physicist, Vera Rubin (G'54), gets astronomical observatory named in her honor in.…

January 31, 2020

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Observatory Named for Georgetown Physicist Who Encourages Next Generation of Women in Science

The National Science Foundation names a telescope designed to conduct “a vast astronomical survey” after Vera Rubin (G’54), the renowned Georgetown alumna and.…

January 31, 2020

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100 Seconds: Global, National Leaders Answer Questions About Doomsday Clock

Students ask pressing questions of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, former Irish President Mary Robinson and former California governor Jerry Brown about the advancement of…

January 27, 2020

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Human Rights: Grad Student Hopes to Help Indigenous Women, Girls in Mexico

Yamel Sarquis (G’20), born in Mexico to a Lebanese family, wants to create communication strategies to alert indigenous women and girls in Mexico to their human rights to…

January 21, 2020

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Young Alumnus Works to Strengthen Museum Space to Underrepresented Communities

Recent graduate Kenlontaé Turner (G’19), a visual artist and gallery coordinator, wants museums to give underrepresented voices – particularly those of Native Americans and…

January 14, 2020

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Students Contribute to New Women, Peace and Security Index Launched at UN

Elena Ortiz (SFS’21) and Bryan Haiwen Zou (G’20) are among the several Georgetown students who played a role in the latest Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security…

November 19, 2019

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Graduate Student Awarded 2019 Tillman Foundation Scholarship

Tillman Scholar Kristi Pelzel focuses on data storytelling, interactive digital media, intercultural communication and media ecology studies at Georgetown while finding time for…

November 5, 2019

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Power Dynamics of Malawi Health Care System Subject of Grad Research

Sara Fischer (G’23) uses her Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad grant to investigate how health care workers in Malawi are impacted by structural power dynamics across the…

October 21, 2019

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Top Climate Change Concerns Voiced by Environmental, Global Experts

Five faculty experts weigh in on their top concerns for the environment and climate change in keeping with the university's commitment to sustainability and Pope Francis’…

September 16, 2019

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Georgetown Welcomes New and Returning Students

Georgetown welcomes new and returning undergraduate, graduate, medical and law students for the 2019-2020 academic year with programs, orientation, traditional ceremonies and…

August 21, 2019

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Alumna Who Discovered Evidence of Dark Matter Inspires Global Symposium

A symposium honoring Vera Rubin (G’54), one of the most important American astrophysicists of the 20th century, took place this week at Georgetown, where she received a Ph.D.…

June 28, 2019