Archive: Awards

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Biology Ph.D. Student Recipient of 2020 GBIF Young Researchers Award

Vaughn Shirey, a PhD student in the Department of Biology, is one of two winners of the 2020 Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Young Researchers Awards. An expert…

October 13, 2020

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Social Impact Nonprofit Honors Disability Justice Advocate Lydia Brown (C’15) with 2020 Beacon Award

Los Angeles-based Social Impact Nonprofit Let’s Talk LD awarded Lydia Brown, faculty in the Disability Studies Program, this year’s Beacon Award for their work as an advocate,…

October 8, 2020

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Emanuela Del Gado Elected as 2020 Fellow of the American Physical Society

Emanuela Del Gado, a Provost’s distinguished associate professor in the Department of Physics has been elected as a 2020 Fellow of the American Physical Society. Less than one…

September 28, 2020

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Junior in College One of 23 Selected for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Undergraduate Fellows Program

Miles Aceves-Lewis (C’22) was one of 23 undergraduates selected nationwide to participate in the Fall 2020 Congressional Hispanic Caucus Undergraduate Fellows Program. The…

September 10, 2020

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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

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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 structure…

June 24, 2020

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Meet the 2020 Tropaia Award Winners

Georgetown College gathered virtually to celebrate the Class of 2020 and honor 41 exceptional seniors at the 101st annual Tropaia ceremony. The Cohonguroton address was presented…

May 15, 2020

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Professor Michael Kazin Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Department of History professor Michael Kazin was recently elected a member of the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The historian joins a group of accomplished…

May 4, 2020

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Mathematics Professor Chosen for College Honors

The College Academic Council (CAC) solicited nominations for the annual College Honors, an award that is bestowed to a faculty member who has dedicated themselves to enriching…

April 20, 2020

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Oladunni, Stanford Selected for 2020 Chester Gillis Award

Each year, the College Academic Council (CAC) recognizes two students who embody the values of a liberal arts education in the Jesuit tradition through the Chester Gillis Award.…

April 20, 2020