Archive: Faculty Research

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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

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Maillard Paper Named Editor's Pick

When chemistry professor Rodrigo Maillard’s manuscript was selected as an Editor’s Choice at the prestigious Journal of Biological Chemistry this month, it meant…

April 10, 2017

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Terrio Honored for Book on Immigrant Children

"Whose Child Am I? Unaccompanied, Undocumented Children in U.S. Immigration Custody" is Terrio’s exploration of the plight of undocumented minors who fall into the…

March 3, 2017

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Freericks Helps Tease Out Complex Electron Interactions In Superconducting Material

A team of scientists that includes College physics professor Jim Freericks has demonstrated a new technique for studying complex electron.…

December 20, 2016

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Psychology Professor's Findings on Corporal Punishment Decline Published in Pediatrics

Professor Rebecca Ryan’s paper found that American parents employed spanking or other forms of corporal punishment for children at a rapidly declining rate over the 1988…

December 13, 2016

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Olmsted Joins Hopkins, NIST in 3D Printing Research

Georgetown College physics professor Peter Olmsted will participate in a major research project to study the properties of polymers used in 3D.…

September 22, 2016

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Chemistry Department Shines in Grant Awards

Four professors from Georgetown College’s Department of Chemistry have received major grants from various branches of the U.S. government in the last two.…

September 20, 2016

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Marsh Delivers TED Talk on Altruism

Psychology professor Abigail Marsh gave a TED talk on the neurological basis for altruistic.…

September 20, 2016