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Professor Examines Pandemic’s Mental Health and Income Toll on Children and Families

Georgetown professor Rebecca Ryan says the COVID-19 pandemic has caused dramatic increases in income loss and food insecurity for over 200 low-income families living in rural…

January 26, 2021

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Linguistics Professor Wins Award for Social Justice for Her Work to Make Spanish Courses More Inclusive

Cristina Sanz, professor of linguistics in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese, was awarded the AAUSC Innovation in Language Program Direction Award for Inclusion and Social…

January 25, 2021

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Master’s Student Examines Effects of Slavery in History of the White House Through Fellowship

Tianna Mobley (C’20), a first-year master’s student in the Department of History’s Global, International & Comparative History program, is supplementing her research at…

January 22, 2021

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Soyica Colbert Shares Advice, Plans and Fun Facts in Her Introductory Interview as Interim Dean

We sat down for a welcome interview with Soyica Colbert who has started her term as interim dean of the College this spring. In our conversation, she shared her words of wisdom,…

January 22, 2021

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College Alumni and Senior Make Award Winning Documentary in Hopes of Freeing Wrongfully Convicted Man

Johnsenia Brooks (C’20), Cecily Burge (C’21) and Austin Riddick (C’20) recently released their documentary, Walk Tall: A Story of Innocence and Wrongful Conviction, that…

January 13, 2021

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Dean Colbert Issues Statement in Response to Capitol Riot

In response to the violence at the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2021, Soyica Colbert, Interim Dean of Georgetown College, Idol Family Professor and Professor of African…

January 7, 2021

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Two College Masters Students Inaugural Recipients of Georgetown’s Graduate Certificate in Gender, Peace and Security

Ndeye Radia Mbengue (C’20) and Emma Dorshimer (C’20) are the first students to receive Georgetown’s new graduate certificate in Gender, Peace and Security through the…

January 7, 2021

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Professor Curates Smithsonian Exhibit That Examines Impact of Young Women on Society Through Intersectional Lens

Mireya Loza, an associate professor in the Department of History, participated in the curation of an exhibit currently on display in the Smithsonian National Museum of American…

December 18, 2020

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Physics Professors Study Magnetism in 3 Dimensional Nanoscale Networks for Next Generation Information Storage

Three-dimensional (3D) assemblies of nanoscale magnets offer unique opportunities to explore magnetic phenomena in intriguing and complex configurations, with vast potentials to…

December 17, 2020

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Two College Alumni Elected to Hometown School Boards Hope to Make Education More Equitable

Nicolo Orozco (C’19) and Luisa Santos (C’14) were recently elected to the school boards in their hometowns. The alumni are now working to help their communities by applying…

December 16, 2020