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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

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Ecological Crisis: U.S., Canada Lost One in Four Birds in the Past 50 Years

Nearly 3 billion birds have disappeared from the United States and Canada since 1970, according to a study published today in Science, co-authored by Georgetown Environment…

September 20, 2019

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Top Five Climate Change Concerns Voiced by Environmental, Global Experts

Five faculty experts weigh in on their top concerns for the environment and climate change in keeping with the university's commitment to sustainability and Pope Francis’…

September 16, 2019

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Major Crises Can Turn Democracies Into Dictatorships, Book Claims

Crisis incidents have the potential to turn a democracy into a dictatorship, even in a country like America, Psychology professor Fathali Moghaddam contends in his latest.…

September 10, 2019

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Fulbright-National Geographic Storytelling Fellowship Goes to Surfing College Alumna

Georgetown College alumna and expert surfer Emi Koch (C’12), who was National Geographic 2018 Adventurer of the Year, is now a Fulbright-National Geographic Digital…

September 9, 2019

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Multitalented Senior Who Studies the Holocaust Hopes to Pursue International Law

Paul Rochford (C’20) has traveled to Eastern Europe to help identify previously unknown mass graves during the Holocaust under a Georgetown professor’s guidance, Rev. Patrick…

September 5, 2019

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English Department to Pilot “Flightless” Conference Format

“Ecology and Religion in the Nineteenth Century” is an experiment in the kind of carbon-neutral gatherings that will be necessary, organizers say, to take seriously the fact…

September 4, 2019

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New College Faculty for 2019-2020

Georgetown College is excited to welcome 34 new full-time faculty members with primary appointments in 19 College departments and. …

August 25, 2019