Archive: Research

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Rediscovering a French Connection

A contribution from Emma Doerfler (C'18) outlines the history and connection between the town of Saint-Omer, France, and Georgetown founder John.…

October 5, 2017

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Alumna's Original Play Read at Kennedy Center Festival

Landas, an original play by Cristina Maninang Ibarra (C'17), was read at the Kennedy Center's Page-to-Stage New Play Festival last.…

October 5, 2017

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Hochman Receives NEH Public Scholar Fellowship

Georgetown College professor Brian Hochman has received a prestigious Public Scholar Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities in order to work on his upcoming…

August 15, 2017

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Urbach, Blair Publish Paper on Shear Thickening Fluids

Professors Jeff Urbach and Daniel Blair published a groundbreaking paper on shear thickening fluids — also known as non-Newtonian fluids — in the journal…

August 3, 2017

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Del Gado Team Makes Breakthrough on Abrupt Aging

Physics professor Emanuela Del Gado and her team landed a paper on abrupt aging in soft materials in the prestigious journal Nature.…

June 27, 2017

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Mandal Wins Goldwater Scholarship

Neurobiology and biological physics major Ayan Mandal (C'18) is the first Georgetown student in three years to win the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship, awarded to about 300…

June 13, 2017

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Maillard Paper Named Editor's Pick

When chemistry professor Rodrigo Maillard’s manuscript was selected as an Editor’s Choice at the prestigious Journal of Biological Chemistry this month, it meant…

April 10, 2017

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Terrio Honored for Book on Immigrant Children

"Whose Child Am I? Unaccompanied, Undocumented Children in U.S. Immigration Custody" is Terrio’s exploration of the plight of undocumented minors who fall into the…

March 3, 2017

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Freericks Helps Tease Out Complex Electron Interactions In Superconducting Material

A team of scientists that includes College physics professor Jim Freericks has demonstrated a new technique for studying complex electron.…

December 20, 2016

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Psychology Professor's Findings on Corporal Punishment Decline Published in Pediatrics

Professor Rebecca Ryan’s paper found that American parents employed spanking or other forms of corporal punishment for children at a rapidly declining rate over the 1988…

December 13, 2016