Archive: Faculty

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Professor Featured in Series on Ulysses S. Grant Discusses Monuments, Movements and Memorialization

Marcia Chatelain, a Provost's Distinguished Associate Professor in the Department of History and African American Studies and author of Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black…

June 16, 2020

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University Holds Racial Justice Dialogue in Wake of Recent, Past Police Brutality

The pandemic and its disproportionate effect on black people combined with new acts of violence against them have created deep pockets of pain in the university’s black…

June 15, 2020

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Physic Professor and Graduate Student Publish Paper on New Imaging Method for Early Cancer Detection

One of the most important steps in the fight against cancer is the early detection of tumors in the body. Department of Physics professor and McDevitt chair Kai Liu and graduate…

June 10, 2020

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College Hosts Virtual Teach-In, From COVID to Minneapolis: Structural Racism in America

“It pains me that we gather under the context of COVID-19 and the ongoing structural violence of anti-black racism,” says Soyica Colbert, moderator of the panel, Vice Dean of…

June 4, 2020

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Non-Traditional Journalism Course Examines How to Cover Stories During a Pandemic

COVID-19 has touched every aspect of the news, whether it be politics, sports or even food. Britt Peterson, adjunct professor in the Journalism Program and contributing editor at…

May 22, 2020

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Puppet Shows and Presentations: Performing Arts Students Rise to the Zoom Challenge

When Georgetown transitioned to online learning in response to COVID-19, students in some Department of Performing Arts and other courses faced unusual obstacles completing their…

May 20, 2020

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Georgetown Professor Helps Create Workshop That Makes Quantum Education More Accessible

Jim Freericks, professor in the Department of Physics and McDevitt Chair, collaborated with the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the White House Office of Science and…

May 19, 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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Senior, Racial Justice Advocate Sets Sights on Nonprofit Work, Law School

Taurjhai Purdie (C’20) has developed a commitment to racial justice work through her service, advocacy and scholarship. She hopes to continue that commitment as she takes a gap…

May 15, 2020

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Transcription Event for Georgetown Slavery Archive Honors DC Emancipation Day

More than 100 Georgetown students, staff, faculty, alumni and descendants of individuals enslaved and sold by the Maryland Province of Jesuits in 1838 participated in a weeklong…

May 8, 2020