Founded in 1789 as the nation’s first Catholic institution of higher learning, Georgetown College is committed to the Jesuit traditions of an integrated education and of productive research in the natural sciences, humanities, social sciences, and fine arts.
Dream Machine: Marshall Scholar Hopes to Use AI to Combat Climate Change
December 9th, 2019
Sally Matson (C’20), a Georgetown senior who wants to use machine learning to combat climate change, is one of two Georgetown students named a 2020 Marshall Scholarship recipient.
Georgetown Student Starts First-of-Its Kind Political Comedy Show
December 9th, 2019
Alexandra Bowman (C’22), a passionate viewer of political late-night TV shows and the television offerings of Monty Python, decided to start her own political satire webseries – the first of its kind – at Georgetown. Though the student-run group is in its first semester, it has already released five episodes as of December 9th, and has a steadily growing staff.
Georgetown Professor Discovers Key Findings to Stop Malarial Drug Resistance
December 4th, 2019
The malarial disease infects millions of people every year. Until recently, drugs like chloroquine (CQ) and piperaquine (PPQ) have been effective against the parasite that causes it, Plasmodium falciparum. New widespread resistance to these drugs lead Department of Chemistry professor Paul Roepe to research the mechanisms behind these new developments in an effort to stop the continued spread of the disease.
Justinianic Plague Not a Landmark Pandemic?
December 2nd, 2019
Until recently, the Justinianic Plague was thought to have killed up to half of the population of the Mediterranean between 541 and 750 CE. Departments of Biology and History professor Tim Newfield and a team of interdisciplinary researchers analyzed diverse datasets which evidence landscape, economic and demographic trends and found that this disease outbreak likely resulted in far fewer deaths than previously imagined.
