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Junior Estefania Acosta Conducts Research on Colombia for First-of-Its Kind Database on Latin American Governments, Laws and Institutions
Estefania Acosta (C’23) is conducting research on Colombia for States and Institutions of Governance in Latin America (SIGLA), a multilingual database on legal and political institutions in Latin America. This database is one of the few that provides systematic and clear information on Latin American government, laws, or institutions, which Acosta says has led to challenges as an RA but also underscores the importance of the research.
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Teresita Fernández: Dark Earth opens at Georgetown University’s de la Cruz Art Gallery
This semester the Maria & Alberto de la Cruz Art Gallery hosts its first exhibit, Teresita Fernández: Dark Earth, after being temporarily closed due to COVID-19. Critically acclaimed Fernández is known for luminous works that poetically evoke the landscape while exposing the violent colonial histories that inform our ideas of place.
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Sabrina Wesley-Nero Create Curriculum for Literacy Program to Counteract Education Inequities
Sabrina Wesley-Nero, Ph.D., and director of the Education, Inquiry and Justice Program, oversaw and wrote the curriculum for the inaugural year of the 1619 Freedom School in Waterloo, Iowa. The school’s mission is to help children develop critical literacy skills through liberating instruction centered on Black American history and will serve low-income students with the widest disparity in their reading scores.
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Family of Henry J. Blommer (C’26) Donates $3M to Support Sustainable Business Education at Georgetown McDonough
The extended family of Henry J. Blommer—a 1926 graduate of Georgetown College, former member of the Board of Directors, and recipient of both a John Carroll Award and the John Carroll Medal of Merit—is honoring his memory by establishing the Henry J. Blommer Family Endowed Chair in Sustainable Business at the McDonough School of Business.
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Figge Fellows Research Program Welcomes Seven New Undergraduate Students
The Figge Fellowship Program, led by Drew Christiansen, S.J., Ph.D., and David J. Collins, S.J., Ph.D., recently announced its new cohort of fellows. This fellowship will allow the group of seven undergraduates to pursue research at the intersection of religion and issues of social, cultural and historic importance.
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A Trailblazing Conductor: Alumna Hannah von Wiehler (née Schneider) (C’15) Breaks Barriers with Baton
Though she is a recent graduate of Georgetown College, Hannah von Wiehler (C’15) has already created a name for herself as a conductor. In addition to her international work directing orchestras, the alumna is working to make music more accessible for all.
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Theatre and Performance Studies Alumni Reginald Douglas (C’09) and Alexandra Templer (C’15) Return to Campus Teach in Department
After graduating from Georgetown College, alumni Reginald Douglas (C’09) and Alexandra Templer (C’15) pursued their passions in directing and acting. Now they have returned to campus to share their knowledge and life experiences with current students.
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Prison Scholars Return to the Classroom
A group of Georgetown’s Prison Scholars gathered at the D.C. Jail’s library in early September to kick off the fall semester — and the first in-person class since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. As they stopped to sign their names in a log book at the library entrance, they noticed that theirs were the first signatures since March 26, 2020.
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Maureen Tibbetts (C’21) and Adam Epstein-Shuman (C’22) Contribute to Happiness Research on Impact of Online Interactions During Peak of Social Distancing
At the height of social distancing in the United States, a team of researchers led by Kostadin Kushlev, Ph.D. and professor in the Department of Psychology, examined the effects of online interactions on individuals’ happiness. Undergraduates Maureen Tibbetts (C’21) and Adam Epstein-Shuman (C’22), who contributed to the study, found that while online social interactions with strong ties are associated with higher well-being, online interactions with strangers were related to lower well-being.
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Our Class of 2025: Student Perspectives from the Newest Cohort of Hoyas
We are thrilled to welcome the newest members of the Georgetown community to campus this fall.
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