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Book by Georgetown Professor Andrew Sobanet Spotlighted in Prestigious H-France Forum

French and Francophone Studies professor Andrew Sobanet was featured in the most recent edition of H-France Forum, an online digital platform that promotes scholarly work and…

January 6, 2020

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Lydia X.Z.Brown (C’15) Returns to Teach in Disability Studies for 2020

Brown, an internationally significant disability justice activist, currently co-leads a project on algorithmic fairness and disability rights at the Institute for Technology& …

December 17, 2019

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Disability Studies Learning in Practice Fellowships Awarded

With the support from the Provost’s Innovation in Teaching award, the Disability Studies program has granted three Learning In Practice Fellowships to Madeleine Gibbons…

December 17, 2019

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Ning Bao (C’20) Wins Scholarship to Study Global Affairs in Beijing

Bao, a political economy major from Zhejiang Province in China, wants to build bridges between China and the Middle.…

December 12, 2019

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Dream Machine: Marshall Scholar Hopes to Use AI to Combat Climate Change

Sally Matson (C’20), a Georgetown senior who wants to use machine learning to combat climate change, is one of two Georgetown students named a 2020 Marshall Scholarship…

December 9, 2019

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Georgetown Student Starts First-of-Its Kind Political Comedy Show

Alexandra Bowman (C’22), a passionate viewer of political late-night TV shows and the television offerings of Monty Python, decided to start her own political satire…

December 9, 2019

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Georgetown Professor Discovers Key Findings to Stop Malarial Drug Resistance

The malarial disease infects millions of people every year. Until recently, drugs like chloroquine (CQ) and piperaquine (PPQ) have been effective against the parasite that causes…

December 4, 2019

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Justinianic Plague Not a Landmark Pandemic?

Until recently, the Justinianic Plague was thought to have killed up to half of the population of the Mediterranean between 541 and 750 CE. Departments of Biology and History…

December 2, 2019

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Student Gains Valuable Experience Working in France, Contributes to Better Community

Alero Oyinlola (C’22) ­­has been passionate about economic development since before college. With the help of the Davis Fellowship Program, she was able to work with an…

December 2, 2019

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Physics Professor Awarded Prestigious AAAS Fellowship for Work on Nanomagnetism

Kai Liu, Georgetown professor and McDevitt Chair in the Department of Physics, has been elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science ). …

November 26, 2019