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Noted Filmmaker Ken Burns Talks to Undergraduates About Storytelling

Austin Riddick (C’20), who is working on a documentary to help garner support for a person he believes is wrongly convicted, got the chance to ask questions about storytelling…

March 2, 2020

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James Baldwin Play Marks New Trend in Classical Theater, Panelists Say

“It’s a huge-scale drama that requires a lot of economic resources,” said panelist Soyica Colbert, Idol Family Professor and professor of African American studies and…

February 27, 2020

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Senior Dedicated to Serving Campus and Local Community Receives Recognition

Emma Berk (C’20) has focused on being a person for others since her first year at Georgetown. Her work with four different service projects led her to receive the university…

February 27, 2020

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Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photographer Shares Work Featuring Immigrants from Border and Australian Wildfires

On Monday, photographer John Moore, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the World Press Photo of the Year, visited campus to show images from his recent work on immigration at the U…

February 27, 2020

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Book by Georgetown Professor Made into TV Mini Series

It’s not every day that your book is published, and it is an even more rare occurrence when it is adapted for the screen. For Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies professor…

February 26, 2020

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Department of African American Studies hosts lecture on Black Resistance in the Digital Age

The Georgetown College Department of African American Studies hosted a lecture on Thursday on how black activism can utilize the digital tools to promote their message and…

February 25, 2020

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The Dean’s Office and Cawley Partner Up to Hire New Career Counselor for Students in the College

Georgetown College, along with the Cawley Career Education Center, is excited to announce that Madison “Maddie” Gregory has been appointed as Assistant Director of…

February 24, 2020

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Student with Aspirations for Foreign Service Spends Year in Indonesia Practicing Foreign Policy

Unable to speak the language, Camille Bismonte (C’21) did not know that when she first travelled to Indonesia for eight weeks in the summer of 2018 that she would end up…

February 17, 2020

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Multimedia Artist DJ Spooky Collaborates with Georgetown Chamber Singers on New Performance Piece

Last week, Paul D. Miller, known more broadly as DJ Spooky, performed alongside the Georgetown Chamber Singers, a show that concluded his residency at the. …

February 14, 2020

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Facing Heartache on Valentine’s Day? Read a Poem

Elizabeth Velez (G’83) and her friend, alumna Mary Esselman (C’84, G’87), wrote The Hell With Love: Poems to Mend a Broken Heart (Warner Books, 2002) after Esselman…

February 14, 2020