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New Master’s in Global Infectious Disease Bridges Science and Policy
Set to launch this fall, the new Master of Science in Global Infectious Disease will offer specific, in-depth training in infectious disease modeling and science.…
March 27, 2019
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Ph.D. Candidate Looks to Build on Narratives of Enslaved Muslims in the Americas
Rahma Maccarone (G’23), a Patrick Healy Graduate Fellow pursuing her Ph.D. in Spanish literature and cultural studies, uncovers the stories of enslaved Muslims in the.…
March 25, 2019
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Technology for Public Good, Reducing Harm Aim of New University Network
Georgetown’s leadership in the emerging field of public interest technology and prime location in Washington, DC, has led it to co-found a network that will boost the field…
March 11, 2019
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Beyond Black Panther: Student Calls for More Fantasy Fiction By, About People of Color
Bezi Yohannes (G’20), an graduate student in the English department, hopes that one day a wide selection of fantasy and science fiction by people of color, about people of,…
March 4, 2019
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Human Habitats: Alumna Wins Scholarship to Study Eco-Cities, Moral Licensing
Yu “Angela” Bai (C’17) plans to pursue a career in sustainable urban planning after using a prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship to study at the the University of…
March 4, 2019
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Carnegie Renews Classification of Georgetown as ‘Very High Research University’
Georgetown has once again been classified by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education as an institution with “very high research.”…
February 26, 2019
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Politics of East African Languages Subject of Georgetown Doctoral Research
Andy Marshall (G'22), a Ph.D. candidate in government, compares and contrasts the role of roughly 40 different languages in Kenya and 120 languages in Tanzania as a Fulbright…
February 19, 2019
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Reducing U.S. Bioterrorism Vulnerability Goal of Biomedical Grad Student
Sally Huang (G’19), a student in the Biomedical Graduate Education program at Georgetown, studies biological agents and bioterrorism, and effective ways to detect, monitor and…
February 11, 2019
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Mysteries of Multiple Sclerosis Progression and Recovery Subject of Doctoral Research
George Melchor Jr. (G’22), a Ph.D candidate in neuroscience and Patrick Healy Fellow, researches molecular signatures that could one day to lead to developing therapeutics that…
January 18, 2019
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Foreign Service-Bound Grad Student Stars in Documentary on Underrepresented Students
Kalif Robinson, a student in Georgetown's Master of Science in Foreign Service program, is one of five individuals featured in the 2018 documentary Unlikely, which explores the…
January 14, 2019
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Life-Saving Device Being Developed by Grad Student with Heart, Lung Damage
Shavini Fernando (G'18), who suffers from life-threatening heart and lung damage, has won multiple prizes to develop a wearable device that would alert people when their vital…
November 29, 2018
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Ph.D. Student: Pharmacology at Georgetown Provides Science Environment Where He Can Be His Best
Eric Witherspoon (G'22), a Ph.D. candidate in pharmacology, reflects on why he chose Georgetown and his plans for a career in science.…
November 5, 2018
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Research by Georgetown Alumna, Professor Shows Kidney Donors’ Brains Are Different
Georgetown alumna Kristin Brethel-Haurwitz (G’16) is first author on a paper with psychology professor Abigail Marsh that for the first time shows that people who donate…
October 29, 2018
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Law, Psychology Professors Win Distinguished Scholar-Teachers Awards
A scholar of environmental law and a cognitive neuroscientist receive the prestigious President’s Awards for Distinguished Scholar-Teachers during Fall Faculty.…
October 23, 2018
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Biotechnology, Biochemistry Graduates Gain World-Class Research Experience at Livermore Laboratory
Recent biotechnology and biochemistry graduates gain valuable research access to the renowned Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California and an internship program…
October 22, 2018