Archive: Students

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First-Year Student Balances School and Advocacy at Mi Familia Vota

Esme Vazquez (C’24) spent her first semester balancing her coursework alongside a full-time advocacy position at Mi Familia Vota. The first-year student says that she was eager…

October 27, 2020

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Ignatian Seminar Examines Effects of Sound on Society and Race, Builds Community from Afar

During a time when many students are isolated, Ben Harbert, a professor in the Department of Performing Arts, has worked to create unity and community in his Ignatian Seminar by…

October 21, 2020

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Senior Founds NGO in Brazil that Works to End Sexual Violence

Lucas Verardi Dal Corso Roos (C’21) from Guaporé, Brazil, founded the NGO Conte Comigo after returning home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The senior is working with a team of…

October 19, 2020

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Biology Ph.D. Student Recipient of 2020 GBIF Young Researchers Award

Vaughn Shirey, a PhD student in the Department of Biology, is one of two winners of the 2020 Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Young Researchers Awards. An expert…

October 13, 2020

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Jimmy O’Meara (C’23) Interns with Public Citizen Through Georgetown CALL Program to Make a Difference

Jimmy O’Meara (C’23) started his internship with Public Citizen with the Democracy is for People campaign through the Georgetown Capitol Applied Learning Labs (CALL). The…

October 5, 2020

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Senior Spends Summer Working at FairVote, Advocates for Ranked Voting Process

As we head toward Nov. 3, Georgetown student Cate Paterson (C’21) is doing her part to help ensure a fair 2020 election. A member of the Davis Fellows Program, Paterson worked…

September 21, 2020

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Junior in College One of 23 Selected for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Undergraduate Fellows Program

Miles Aceves-Lewis (C’22) was one of 23 undergraduates selected nationwide to participate in the Fall 2020 Congressional Hispanic Caucus Undergraduate Fellows Program. The…

September 10, 2020

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Two Sociology Professors Teach Course that Examines Impacts of COVID-19 on Society

Due to the vast and pervasive effects of COVID-19, two sociologists are offering a new course about the social impacts of pandemics. This fall, Katharine Donato, interim chair of…

September 1, 2020

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Performing Arts Department Adapts to Online Learning, Provides Space for Students to Heal and Grow

The Department of Performing Arts had planned for several events in the Spring 2020 semester, including a concert series, the continuation of the In Your Shoes Project and the…

August 31, 2020

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First-Year Student Presented Paper at Prestigious Computational Linguistics Conference

Even before receiving an offer of admission to Georgetown, incoming first-year student Aryaman Arora (C’24) was making waves as a budding computational. …

August 27, 2020