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  • A class of 11 students poses with their professor in a classroom.
    Hsu Tackles Question of Happiness in China
    January 29, 2019
    Professor Becky Hsu led a multi-institutional research project into happiness in China, which inspired her own book, Happiness in China: Family, Fate, and the Good Death, available later this year from the University of Chicago Press.
  • Three woman professors pose with gold medals against a white wall with photographs on it
    Withy, Hipwell, Woolard Receive 2018 Dean's Awards
    January 29, 2019
    Georgetown College Dean Chris Celenza presented three faculty members with the Dean’s Awards for Excellence in Teaching at the Faculty Convocation ceremony on Monday.
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    College Establishes Pilot Program for Service Career Development
    January 21, 2019
    Georgetown College is proud to introduce the Social Responsibility Network, a new program designed to help students pursue careers in nonprofit and public service fields.
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