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Animals in Heaven? Jesuit Professor’s New Book Claims Catholic Theology Says Yes
Professor Christopher Steck of the Department of Theology published his book All God’s Animals: A Catholic Theological Framework for Animal Ethics, the first of its kind to claim through scholarly research that that Catholic theology does in fact show that animals will join people in heaven. Steck also outlines the importance of caring for the animal kingdom on earth due to their acceptance into heaven.
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Senior Spends Summer Building Program that Will Help Analyze 22 of the World’s Technology Giants
Prior to this summer, Gaby Walton (C’20) was eager to apply the coding skills she had learned beyond the classroom. In August, she developed a program that assists in the evaluation of 22 of the largest technology companies in the world.
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Georgetown Professor Launches Remembering YoU, a Community Archiving Initiative to Preserve Historic U-Street Neighborhood
Department of History Professor Ananya Chakravarti is working to preserve the rich history of one of Washington’s most culturally vibrant neighborhoods. She and Georgetown Professor Maurice Jackson have worked with students and various community partners to launch “Remembering YoU: A U Street Community Archiving Initiative” November 8 and 9 in the U Street neighborhood.
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Three College Professors Honored With Prestigious Research and Teaching Awards
Alison Mackey, Department of Linguistics, John McNeill, Department of History, and Cristina Sanz, Department of Spanish and Portuguese joined Italo Mocchetti, Georgetown University Medical Center, for the honors.
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Georgetown Student Worked to End Poverty in Mabule, Botswana
Mayesha Awal (C’20) traveled to Botswana as part of the Davis Fellows Program during the summer of 2019. Now that she is back, Awal is more motivated than ever to continue helping the people she met there.
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Martin Moreno (C’22) Meets Society of Jesus Leader During Internship in Rome
Martin Moreno (C’22) had a unique opportunity to intern this summer at the Jesuit Curia in Rome, where he met the Superior General of the Society of Jesus, Arturo Sosa, S.J.
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Deconstructing Walls —German Department Celebrates the 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall
Department of German Professors Astrid Weigert and Anja Banchoff are hosting a week-long event series to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall that will kick off on Monday, November 4. Students and faculty will jointly participate in several events that speak to the history of the Berlin Wall, its demolition, and the significance of walls, both mental and physical, that exist in society today.
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Esteemed Poet and Translator Gives Talk on New Book
Dick Davis, globally acknowledged leading translator of Persian poetry, gave a reading from his newly published book The Mirror of My Heart: A Thousand Years of Persian Poetry by Women at Georgetown on Thursday, October 24, 2019.
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Linguistics Workshop Examines Social Justice, Language Diversity, and Globalization
The research training workshop focused on multilingual practices and social justice and examined the contributions of different approaches to the analysis of multilingualism within contexts that are crucial to guaranteeing equity and access to all members of society, such as in court and health settings.
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American Studies Celebrates 50th Anniversary
The American Studies Program (AMST) is deeply invested in educating a cohort of students so that they will go into the world thinking critically about power, identity, and American culture. Participants in this program have fueled its growth since its founding 50 years ago
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