Archive: Biology
44 Articles
- CAS Magazine: Alumni
Medical Care Around the World: How Dr. Rasha Khoury (C’04) Works Alongside Communities Affected by Catastrophe
Dr. Rasha Khoury (C'04) has worked in emergency obstetrics around the world with Doctors Without Borders, providing care to those in communities affected by war, political…
September 26, 2024
- News Story
2024 Chester Gillis Award Recipients Expand Upon Personal and Academic Journeys Overseas Through Research and Service
This year's recipients of the Chester Gillis Award, Mary Nguyen (C'25) and Leah Chen (C'25) are expanding upon their academic journeys in Samoa and.…
July 11, 2024
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Dolphins in the Potomac? For This Georgetown Professor, It’s Her Life’s Work
Janet Mann's husband thought he could occasionally get her away from her research by getting a cottage down the Potomac River. Then the Georgetown professor found dolphins in…
June 10, 2024
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Biology Researcher Naomi Greenberg (C’24) Awarded Marshall Scholarship to Pursue Dual Passions in Genetic Research and Science Communication
Researcher and writer Naomi Greenberg (C’24) is one of five Hoyas to be named a 2024 Marshall…
December 11, 2023
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Summer Stories: Georgetown Team Shores Up Conservation Center in Coastal Kenya
This summer, a group of Georgetown undergraduates and professors traveled to the Diani Beach region of Kenya to bring their coursework to life by building out educational assets…
August 30, 2022
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Postdoctoral Fellow Maëva Millan and Professor Sarah Stewart Johnson Conduct First-of-Its-Kind Research Searching for Organic Molecules on Red Planet
In a paper published in Nature Astronomy, Georgetown Postdoctoral Fellow Maëva Millan and her advisor, Sarah Stewart Johnson, Provost's Distinguished Associate Professor in the…
November 16, 2021
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International Collaborative Research by Biologists Leslie Ries and Naresh Neupane Provides Key Insights to Decline of Monarch Butterfly
Leslie Ries and Naresh Neupane, professors in the Department of Biology, contributed to research published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution that revealed climate change…
August 30, 2021
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Anne Rosenwald Volunteers as QUBES Mentor for Leadership in Biology Education
Anne Rosenwald, Ph.D., director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Biology and professor of microbiology and immunology, recently served as a Quantitative…
August 11, 2021
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Bansal Lab Finds COVID-19 Transmission, Variant Risk Higher in Clusters of Unvaccinated U.S. Counties
A team of alumni, student and faculty researchers in the Bansal Lab is tracking COVID-19 vaccination in the United States, identifying five clusters of southeastern U.S. counties…
July 15, 2021
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New Study by Georgetown Scientists Shows Dolphin Personality Stable for Decades
While a few studies show that human personality traits last a long time, until now, the same has not been shown for wild animals. In a first-of-its-kind study published in…
June 18, 2021