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McNamer Book Wins MLA Award

Georgetown College English and medieval studies professor Sarah McNamer was awarded the 2017 Modern Language Association's Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Publication Award for a…

March 26, 2018

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Ries Receives Three Grants for Ecological Research

Professor Leslie Ries of the Georgetown College Department of Biology has been awarded three grants to study the impact of climate change and natural disasters on springtime…

March 8, 2018

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McNamara Receives Distinguished Scholar Award

Congratulations to Georgetown government professor Kate McNamara, who has been awarded the International Studies Association’s 2018 Distinguished Scholar Award in…

March 7, 2018

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Mathematics of Planet Earth: Math Profs create symposium at AAAS conference

“People tend to think that nothing new in mathematics has happened since 1900, and that’s not the case,” Kaper said. “Mathematics is alive and well…

February 13, 2018

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In Anthropocene Seminar, Humanists Tackle Environmental Issues

Approaching the Anthropocene: Global Culture and Planetary Change is a series of lectures, art installations, and group discussions that critically examine the ways humans…

February 6, 2018

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Sabat Flips the Script on Alzheimer's, Dementia

Steven Sabat, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology, has published Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia: What Everyone Needs to Know, the latest in an Oxford…

February 2, 2018

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Women in STEM Fields Honored at Faculty Convocation

Georgetown College Dean Christopher Celenza presented the Dean’s Awards for Excellence in Teaching to three accomplished professors in the natural sciences at the 2018…

January 26, 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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Celenza Publishes Two New Books on Italian Renaissance

Celenza published his sixth book, Petrarch: Everywhere A Wanderer in December 2017; his seventh, The Intellectual World of the Italian Renaissance: Language, Philosophy, and the…

January 19, 2018

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Lifshey Receives Distinguished Research Award

Professor Adam Lifshey has traveled around the world to research Spanish-language literature far beyond what’s traditionally considered the Spanish-speaking world. His…

December 19, 2017