Archive: Faculty
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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
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Physics Professor Awarded Prestigious AAAS Fellowship for Work on Nanomagnetism
Kai Liu, Georgetown professor and McDevitt Chair in the Department of Physics, has been elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science ). …
November 26, 2019
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Georgetown English Professor Finalist for 2019 National Book Award
Department of English professor and renowned poet Carolyn Forché was a National Book Award finalist for a memoir detailing her experiences in El Salvador between 1978 and 1980,…
November 21, 2019
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Study Finds Children’s Math Learning Improves by Interacting with Intelligent Characters
In an effort to improve education in STEM fields, Georgetown Department of Psychology Professor Sandra Calvert and her colleagues conducted research, published in Child…
November 20, 2019
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Animals in Heaven? Jesuit Professor’s New Book Claims Catholic Theology Says Yes
Professor Christopher Steck of the Department of Theology published his book All God’s Animals: A Catholic Theological Framework for Animal Ethics, the first of its kind to…
November 12, 2019
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Georgetown Professor Launches Remembering YoU, a Community Archiving Initiative to Preserve Historic U-Street Neighborhood
Department of History Professor Ananya Chakravarti is working to preserve the rich history of one of Washington’s most culturally vibrant neighborhoods. She and Georgetown…
November 6, 2019
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Three College Professors Honored With Prestigious Research and Teaching Awards
Alison Mackey, Department of Linguistics, John McNeill, Department of History, and Cristina Sanz, Department of Spanish and Portuguese joined Italo Mocchetti, Georgetown…
November 5, 2019
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Deconstructing Walls —German Department Celebrates the 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall
Department of German Professors Astrid Weigert and Anja Banchoff are hosting a week-long event series to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall that will…
November 1, 2019
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Linguistics Workshop Examines Social Justice, Language Diversity, and Globalization
The research training workshop focused on multilingual practices and social justice and examined the contributions of different approaches to the analysis of multilingualism…
October 30, 2019
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First DC Musicians Census Led by Celenza to be Released at Summit
Music history and industry scholar Anna Celenza, who researches the significance and impact of music on culture, and the DC Mayor’s Office plan to release the results of a…
October 23, 2019