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Rugby Organization for Libyan Youth Created by Grad Student

Mohamed Almenfi (G'20) co-founds a rugby organization for youth in.…

April 22, 2019

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Zimbabwean Native Studies History of Colonialism, Segregation of Indian Minority

Trishula Patel (G’22) conducts research in the United Kingdom and Zimbabwe using her Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad.…

April 15, 2019

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Marginalized Experience Expressed Through Art Exhibit Curated by Graduate Student

Ijeoma Njaka (G’19) uses art to build awareness about the experiences of traditionally underserved students on campus through her research and a campus exhibit she curated, …

April 9, 2019

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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