Social Justice Advocate, Prize Winner to Address Incoming Class of First-Year Students
August 19th, 2019
Omoyele Okunola (C’20), 2019 McTighe Prize winner, will advise the incoming Class of 2023 on the importance of advocating for others and self-care during New Student Convocation.
Serious Declines in Butterflies Revealed in Extensive North America Study
July 9th, 2019
Biology professor Leslie Ries co-authors a study showing that common butterfly species in a Midwestern state have declined by one-third over more than two decades.
Georgetown Grad Who Discovered Dark Matter Inspires On-Campus International Symposium
June 28th, 2019
A symposium honoring Vera Rubin (G’54), one of the most important American astrophysicists of the 20th century, took place this week at Georgetown, where she received a Ph.D. and began her career as a researcher and professor.
New Book Examines Relationship Between R&B Culture, Black Aspirations
June 18th, 2019
A new book by Robert Patterson (C’02), chair of the Department of African American Studies, examines how post-Civil Rights era rhythm and blues culture articulates competing and conflicting political, social, familial and economic desires within African American communities.
Psychology Research Team Identifies Creative Anxiety
June 11th, 2019
A new study by a research team at Georgetown provides the first evidence of a form of anxiety that is specific to thinking creatively and points to ways that this kind of anxiety may limit an individual’s creative potential.
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