Archive: News Story

891 Articles

News Story

CAC Hosts Virtual Colloquium for Research in the Social Sciences and Humanities

Each year since 2017, the College Academic Council (CAC) hosts a Colloquium for Research in the Social Sciences and Humanities (CRSSH). This year the students presented their…

July 27, 2020

News Story

Late Congressman Lewis, Civil Rights Pioneer, Inspired Georgetown Community

U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-Georgia) spent his life fighting for racial justice and equality. As funeral arrangements for the civil rights icon and longtime Congress member solidify…

July 23, 2020

News Story

Data from 30-Year Study Examines Values of Parents from Different Socioeconomic Backgrounds

Rebecca Ryan, a Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Georgetown University, published Trends in Parental Values in a Period of U.S.…

July 6, 2020

News Story

Happiness Lab Director Says Interventions Can Lead to Better Health

Psychological intervention specifically designed to boost subjective well-being has positive effects on self-reported physical health, according to a new Georgetown. …

July 2, 2020

News Story

Young Alumnus Continues Fight for LGBTQ, Civil Rights During Pandemic

LGBTQ youth advocate Trevor O’Connor (C’20) believes fighting for civil rights in the time of COVID-19 is more important than ever, no matter how it is done. “A great…

June 26, 2020

News Story

Memoir by English Professor Carolyn Forché Shortlisted for Second Prestigious Award

Department of English professor and renowned poet Carolyn Forché was shortlisted for the esteemed James Tait Black Prize for What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and…

June 25, 2020

News Story

Goldwater Recipient Focuses on Protein Research to Improve Disease Treatment

Lydia Good (C’21), a biochemistry major and mathematics minor, has been awarded the Barry Goldwater Scholarship, which she will use to continue her research in protein…

June 24, 2020

News Story

Professor Featured in Series on Ulysses S. Grant Discusses Monuments, Movements and Memorialization

Marcia Chatelain, a Provost's Distinguished Associate Professor in the Department of History and African American Studies and author of Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black…

June 16, 2020

News Story

University Holds Racial Justice Dialogue in Wake of Recent, Past Police Brutality

The pandemic and its disproportionate effect on black people combined with new acts of violence against them have created deep pockets of pain in the university’s black…

June 15, 2020

News Story

Physic Professor and Graduate Student Publish Paper on New Imaging Method for Early Cancer Detection

One of the most important steps in the fight against cancer is the early detection of tumors in the body. Department of Physics professor and McDevitt chair Kai Liu and graduate…

June 10, 2020