Archive: Faculty Research

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Q & A: Women in Research

We caught up this week with Janet Mann of the Department of Biology and Garance Genicot of the Department of Economics to discuss their latest projects, the state of women in…

April 2, 2018

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Singer, Coelho Publish Influential Review of Parasite Research

Biology professor Steven Singer, postdoctoral fellow Camila Henriques Coelho and a team of Brazilian collaborators published an influential analysis of the spread of Giardia…

January 24, 2018

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Olmsted Co-Authors Paper in Nature Physics

A paper co-authored by Georgetown College physics professor Peter Olmsted has been published in the journal Nature.…

December 11, 2017

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Vaidya's Teenage Obesity Study Named Editor's Choice

A team led by Georgetown College Psychology Chair Chandan Vaidya has conducted the first study on the effects of weight-loss surgery on the brains of adolescents with.…

November 3, 2017

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Marsh Honored for Altruism Research

Last month, Prof. Abigail Marsh received a grant from the NSF to continue her research into the neurological basis of altruistic behavior. Earlier this month, she published a,…

October 26, 2017

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Bansal Leads Vaccine Hesitancy Study

Biology professor Shweta Bansal is leading a team that has been awarded a five-year, $1.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study trends in vaccine…

October 23, 2017

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Rediscovering a French Connection

A contribution from Emma Doerfler (C'18) outlines the history and connection between the town of Saint-Omer, France, and Georgetown founder John.…

October 5, 2017

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Hochman Receives NEH Public Scholar Fellowship

Georgetown College professor Brian Hochman has received a prestigious Public Scholar Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities in order to work on his upcoming…

August 15, 2017

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Urbach, Blair Publish Paper on Shear Thickening Fluids

Professors Jeff Urbach and Daniel Blair published a groundbreaking paper on shear thickening fluids — also known as non-Newtonian fluids — in the journal…

August 3, 2017

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Del Gado Team Makes Breakthrough on Abrupt Aging

Physics professor Emanuela Del Gado and her team landed a paper on abrupt aging in soft materials in the prestigious journal Nature.…

June 27, 2017