Archive: Research

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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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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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Student Designs Better Way to Study Zebrafish

Alexander Brown (C’20) created a new product to help him research the brains of zebra fish. Due to the success of its design, further research on the neurobiology of zebra fish…

November 18, 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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Georgetown Student Worked to End Poverty in Mabule, Botswana

Mayesha Awal (C’20) traveled to Botswana as part of the Davis Fellows Program during the summer of 2019. Now that she is back, Awal is more motivated than ever to continue…

November 5, 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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Soyica Colbert Appointed Vice Dean

Soyica Colbert (C’01) has been appointed Vice Dean. Her appointment will start in January.…

October 11, 2019

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College Faculty Honored with President’s Awards for Distinguished Scholar-Teachers

These awards commend faculty who were nominated by their students and faculty peers for outstanding service to our community and to the Academy as exemplary scholar-teachers,…

October 7, 2019

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Pireddu to lead Georgetown Humanities Initiative

Nicoletta Pireddu, a professor in the Department of Italian and an expert in Comparative Literature, will be the inaugural director of the Georgetown Humanities Initiative…

October 1, 2019

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Scientists Mark First Evidence That Dolphins Give Birth in Potomac River

The first evidence that the Potomac River is a breeding area for wild bottlenose dolphins has been gathered by graduate students working with Georgetown biologist and dolphin…

September 30, 2019