Archive: Biology
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Goldwater Recipient to Use Scholarship to Continue Cancer Research
Biology major Jordan Kramer (C’22) has been awarded the Barry Goldwater Scholarship, which she will use to continue her work in cancer cell.…
April 15, 2021
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Creating Cicada Curiosity: Biology Professor Launches Children’s Resource on Upcoming 17-Year Emergence
In May of this year, the United States’ east coast will experience a recurring phenomenon that takes place nowhere else in the world: the emergence of the 17 year cicada.…
April 12, 2021
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Study by Georgetown Professors, Graduate Students Reveals How Societies Have Survived Climate Change
A team of Georgetown professors and graduate students recently collaborated with researchers in Europe and China on a paper that examines an interdisciplinary field of study they…
March 24, 2021
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Biology PhD 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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New College Faculty for 2020-2021
Georgetown College is pleased to welcome 24 new full-time faculty members with primary appointments in 16 College departments and programs. This cohort will help enrich the…
September 2, 2020
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Hidden Movements of Small Songbird Have Important Climate Change Implications
State-of-the-art tracking technology reveals previously unknown long-distance movements of Kirtland’s warblers during mating season that have important conservation and climate…
August 20, 2020
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Georgetown Creates New Course for Students Returning from Study Abroad that Analyzes COVID-19
Georgetown University was one of a few institutions to create a new academic term specifically for students who were asked to return home from their study abroads due to COVID. …
April 9, 2020
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An Infectious Disease Researcher Answers Questions About COVID-19
Department of Biology professor Shweta Bansal, head of the disease ecology and research lab at Georgetown, has created a list of answers to COVID-19 FAQs for our students,…
March 24, 2020
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Three College Professors Honored at Faculty Convocation & Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Awards
Nathan Hensley (Department of English), Catherine Keesling (Department of Classics), and Manus Patten (Department of Biology) will receive the prestigious Dean’s Excellence in…
January 13, 2020
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Justinianic Plague Not a Landmark Pandemic?
Until recently, the Justinianic Plague was thought to have killed up to half of the population of the Mediterranean between 541 and 750 CE. Departments of Biology and History…
December 2, 2019