Archive: Faculty in the Media
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- Faculty in the Media
Expert Explains: President Trump AI Pic of Himself as Jesus, Tension With Pope Leo
Vanessa Corcoran, an advising dean and adjunct professor of history in the College of Arts & Sciences, explains the tensions between President Trump and Pope Leo, plus a…
April 14, 2026
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This Detox May Erase 10 Years of Social Media Brain Damage, Researchers Say
“All of us have a somewhat unhealthy relationship with our phones,” said Kostadin Kushlev, an associate professor of psychology at Georgetown.…
April 9, 2026
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‘The Nuclear Button for the Vatican’: Pope Leo Steps Into the Political Fray
It is only within the past two weeks — amid the U.S.-Israel war with Iran — that Pope Leo has mentioned Trump by name, according to Vanessa Corcoran, a church historian at…
April 9, 2026
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MS NOW To Host White House Correspondents’ Weekend Event To Connect Reporters With Journalism Students
"The next generation of journalists needs to hear from the humans making difficult decisions right now on the toughest beats," said Rebecca Sinderbrand, the director of the…
April 6, 2026
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Researchers Retract Multisensory Learning Paper After Failed Replications
The retraction was a good decision, says Isaac Cervantes-Sandoval, assistant professor of biology at Georgetown University, who was not involved in the. …
March 31, 2026
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There’s a Good Reason You Can’t Concentrate
Cal Newport, a professor in the Department of Computer Science, writes about "the negative impact of digital technology on our ability to think," in a New York Times Opinion…
March 27, 2026
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The Neuroscientist Who Wants Us To Be Nicer to Psychopaths
Abigail Marsh has found that many psychopaths don’t want to be cruel and uncaring, and argues in a New Scientist article that they deserve support to help them get…
March 19, 2026
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Is AI Making Us Stupid? Cal Newport Is Worried.
The Georgetown computer scientist talked to The Chronicle of Higher Education about resisting the temptation to automate hard.…
March 13, 2026
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Why Is Everyone Saying the Word Tranche?
Deborah Tannen, a professor of linguistics, told The New York Times that the word’s current prominence was reflective of a phenomenon known as “lexical touch-off,” which…
March 12, 2026
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28 Georgetown Alumni and Faculty Sworn Into 119th U.S. Congress
Georgetown's latest cohort of U.S. representatives and senators in Congress continues the university's longstanding legacy of alumni and faculty engaging in public.…
January 3, 2025