Archive: Research
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Largest-Ever Donation for Psychopathy Research Bolsters Georgetown Lab
The Laboratory on Social & Affective Neuroscience is the recipient of a $500,000 donation from donor Lisa H. Michael, of Palo Alto, California, the largest private donation ever given for the research of psychopathy.
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How to Keep Students Engaged During Online Classes, According to Psychologists
A new paper from Georgetown psychologists examines how students are affected by turning their cameras either on or off during large online classes.
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Taking Neuroscience to School: Brain Scans Reveal the Hidden Shape of Thinking and Predict Students’ Learning Better Than Test Scores
A team of researchers, led by Georgetown neuroscientists, have documented a link between different modes of thinking.
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What’s Goo Got to Do with It? Georgetown Physicists Study Fundamental Structure of Flowing Cornstarch-Water Mixture
A team of Georgetown College of Arts and Sciences physicists has captured, in high resolution, video of cornstarch grains flowing through water and interacting to jump between solid and liquid behaviors.
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Georgetown Researchers Design Effective, Reusable Mask to Fight Airborne Threats
A team of Georgetown researchers are one of ten groups in the running for a $400,000 prize for designing an innovative, lightweight and reusable mask.
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Analyzing Ceramics Sheds Light on Xenophobia, 1300 Years Too Late
This spring, Xin Zheng, a double major in art history and history, presented his paper on the depiction of ethnic minorities in Tang Dynasty (618-907) pottery at the SUNY New Paltz Undergraduate Art History Symposium.
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Georgetown Physicist Studies Glass Transition in Polymers
A paper co-authored by Peter Olmsted examines how polymers become glassy at the molecular level.
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Colloquium for Research in the Social Sciences and Humanities Showcases Academic Tenacity
Students recently exhibited independent and mentored research at the Colloquium for Research in the Social Sciences and Humanities (CRSSH).
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History Professor Wins Guggenheim to Explore Japanese History
Jordan Sand, a professor of Japanese history and culture, has been named a 2022 Guggenheim Fellow. Japan, which has been around for more than 1,300 years.
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New Study Exonerates Urban Pests Like Rats as One-of-a-Kind Disease Reservoirs
An international research team led by scientists at Georgetown University has found that city wildlife might pose less of a threat for future pandemics than once thought.
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