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Georgetown College Hosts Racial Justice Speaker Series to Promote Equity and Inclusion
Next week, Georgetown College will host its first event in the series “Such a Time As This”: Racial Justice and the University in order to explore how research by Georgetown faculty advances racial justice and how the university may continue to work for a more equitable community at the university level and beyond.
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Pia Bhatia and Grace Feagin named Clare Boothe Luce Undergraduate Scholars
Physics majors Pia Bhatia (C’21) and Grace Feagin (C’22) have been awarded Clare Boothe Luce Undergraduate Scholarships. This merit-based scholarship recognizes high-achieving undergraduate women pursuing degrees in science, math, and engineering fields.
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Senior Spends Summer Working at FairVote, Advocates for Ranked Voting Process
As we head toward Nov. 3, Georgetown student Cate Paterson (C’21) is doing her part to help ensure a fair 2020 election. A member of the Davis Fellows Program, Paterson worked as a summer intern for
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Weaving Your Paradise: Specialist Gives Talk on History and Design of Persian Rugs
As part of the Jalinous Lecture Series, the Persian Studies Program hosted Safoura Zoroofchi, a Persian rug specialist for a virtual presentation “Weaving the Dream: The Legacy of Persian Rugs.” The
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Junior in College One of 23 Selected for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Undergraduate Fellows Program
Miles Aceves-Lewis (C’22) was one of 23 undergraduates selected nationwide to participate in the Fall 2020 Congressional Hispanic Caucus Undergraduate Fellows Program. The government major is excited to apply his experiences in social justice from Georgetown to this program in order to make positive change in national policy.
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If You’re Religious, You Might Be Seeing More Than You Know
People who can unconsciously pick up on complex patterns are more likely to believe in God as the creator of patterns of events in the universe, according to a new, multicultural study by Georgetown psychology professor Adam Green and his research team.
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Senior Scholar Co-Authors Article Advancing an Ethical Framework for the Global Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccines
The Kennedy Institute of Ethics (KIE) senior research scholar Henry S. Richardson recently partnered with a global group of experts in co-authoring a new paper in Science entitled “An ethical framework for global vaccine allocation.”
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New College Faculty for 2020-2021
Georgetown College is pleased to welcome 24 new full-time faculty members with primary appointments in 16 College departments and programs. This cohort will help enrich the student experience through their varied and nuanced areas of study.
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Two Sociology Professors Teach Course that Examines Impacts of COVID-19 on Society
Due to the vast and pervasive effects of COVID-19, two sociologists are offering a new course about the social impacts of pandemics. This fall, Katharine Donato, interim chair of the Department of Sociology, and Becky Yang Hsu, professor of sociology, are co-teaching SOCI022, Social Problems: Pandemics and Society, a class that examines the consequences of the pandemic for social inequality.
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Performing Arts Department Adapts to Online Learning, Provides Space for Students to Heal and Grow
The Department of Performing Arts had planned for several events in the Spring 2020 semester, including a concert series, the continuation of the In Your Shoes Project and the theatre production of The Rover. After the transition to online learning due to COVID-19, the faculty and students not only continued with their assignments, but also found creative ways to adapt their projects to the new medium.
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