Archive: Research
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New Report Encourages Tech Companies to Prevent Image-Based Abuse
A new report, co-authored by College of Arts & Sciences assistant professor Elissa Redmiles, encourages large tech companies to combat image-based sexual abuse on their…
October 23, 2023
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How One New Drug Can Be a Breakthrough for Late-Stage Multiple Sclerosis Patients
Jeffrey Huang, a provost’s distinguished associate professor in the College of Arts & Sciences’ Department of Biology, and his team have developed a new drug that reversed…
October 13, 2023
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Do Men Really Think About the Roman Empire Every Day? Classics Professor Josiah Osgood Sure Does
It’s been over 2,000 years since Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon and ushered in a civil war that would remake the Roman Republic and complete the transformation of the…
October 4, 2023
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Dismantling Systems of Oppression with Transformative Education: Kwabena Sekyere-Boateng (C’23) Wants to Start in the Computer Lab
Kwabena Sekyere-Boateng (C’23) completed a 10-week research fellowship examining the complex ways in which technology can both reinforce and tear down systems of hierarchy and…
September 22, 2023
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How Davis Fellow Nami Bolat (C’25) Tracked a Cult-Like Group of Artists Across Three Continents
In the waning days of the 19th century, a cult-like group of post-impressionist painters formed a secretive brotherhood in Paris called the…
August 25, 2023
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Five College of Arts & Sciences Alumnae Awarded Prestigious NSF Fellowship
This year, five alumnae of the College of Arts & Sciences were awarded fellowships through the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship…
August 14, 2023
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The Neuroscience Behind Superhuman Acts of Generosity
Why do some people go to extraordinary lengths to help strangers? Are they built differently? Researchers from the College of Arts & Sciences say.…
July 14, 2023
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Georgetown Linguist Awarded NEH Grant for Digital Coptic Project
Amir Zeldes has been awarded a grant of nearly $350,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities in support of his project Coptic Scriptorium, a website devoted to Coptic…
June 8, 2023
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How Elisia Bendy (C’23) Is Rewriting the Story of California’s Spanish Missions
A Californian who grew up in the shadow of Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, Elisia Bendy (C’23) wants to retell its…
May 17, 2023
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Senior Mythbusts the Metaverse and Its Promise of a New Reality
Grace Buono (C’23) just wrapped up her thesis on the false frontier of the metaverse and she’s excited for people to debate…
May 5, 2023