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Emanuela Del Gado Elected as 2020 Fellow of the American Physical Society

Emanuela Del Gado, a Provost’s distinguished associate professor in the Department of Physics has been elected as a 2020 Fellow of the American Physical Society. Less than one…

September 28, 2020

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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…

September 24, 2020

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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…

September 22, 2020

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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…

September 21, 2020

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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…

September 17, 2020

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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…

September 10, 2020

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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…

September 9, 2020

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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…

September 7, 2020

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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…

September 2, 2020

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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…

September 1, 2020