Archive: Faculty in the Media
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- Faculty in the Media
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
- Faculty in the Media
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
- Faculty in the Media
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
- Faculty in the Media
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
- Faculty in the Media
28 Georgetown Alumni and Faculty Will Serve in 118th U.S. Congress
More than two dozen Georgetown alumni and faculty will be sworn into the 118th U.S. Congress the first week in January, continuing the university’s long legacy of alumni…
December 8, 2022