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Longtime Georgetown Professor, Administrator Named Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences
David Edelstein, vice provost for education and a veteran professor who’s taught at Georgetown for over 20 years, has been named the new dean of the College of Arts & Sciences.…
February 3, 2025
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Want a Happier 2025? It Comes Down to Two Words, a Neuroscientist Says
Helping others—even tiny acts of kindness—makes us happier, says Abigail Marsh, a professor in the Department of Psychology and the Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience…
January 10, 2025
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Literature Professors Pick the Best Books To Read This Winter
With so many books to choose from, we asked literature professors in the Department of English for their recommendations on what to read this winter. Whether you’re looking to…
December 20, 2024
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Bringing the Humanities to the Town Square: Ricardo Ortiz Champions the Intersection of Academic and Public Life
Professor Ricardo Ortiz has been named guest editor for a special edition of Public Humanities, a peer-reviewed journal from Cambridge University Press that publishes scholarship…
December 13, 2024
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Georgetown Historian Awarded €10 Million to Solve Enduring Mystery of the Black Death
In the early 14th century, pandemic plague emerged in central Asia. It arrived in the Mediterranean region and Europe in the late 1340s, spreading widely and killing millions.…
November 26, 2024
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Georgetown Names Soyica Diggs Colbert as Interim Provost
With 11 years on the faculty at Georgetown, Colbert is the Idol Family Professor who has taught in the departments of Black Studies and Performing Arts and most recently held the…
November 26, 2024
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Georgetown Neuroscientist to lead $2.5 Million National Science Foundation Project on Creativity in STEM
How does creativity enable innovators in science, technology, engineering and math to succeed and to find meaningful solutions to previously intractable problems? That’s…
November 22, 2024
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President DeGioia To Become President Emeritus of Georgetown
John J. DeGioia (C’79 G’95) announced he is stepping down from his role as president after 23 years and will become president emeritus and will continue as a faculty.…
November 21, 2024
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College of Arts & Sciences Welcomes New Faculty and Staff for 2024-2025 Academic Year
The College of Arts & Sciences is excited to welcome more than 48 new full-time faculty members and staff across 22 departments, programs and. …
September 26, 2024
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This One Habit Can Lead to More Productive Conversations on Polarizing Issues, A Sociolinguist Says
Sociolinguist Marissa Fond explains the importance of civil discourse and offers a few tips to have more constructive dialogues on divisive.…
September 26, 2024