Archive: Students

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Georgetown Creates New Course for Students Returning from Study Abroad that Analyzes COVID-19

Georgetown University was one of a few institutions to create a new academic term specifically for students who were asked to return home from their study abroads due to COVID. …

April 9, 2020

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History and Science: Georgetown Professor Shows Why Collaboration Across Disciplines Important

Professor Kathryn de Luna is one of four faculty members in the Department of History to participate in the new HyperHistory Hub as part of the Georgetown Humanities Initiative.…

March 16, 2020

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Noted Filmmaker Ken Burns Talks to Undergraduates About Storytelling

Austin Riddick (C’20), who is working on a documentary to help garner support for a person he believes is wrongly convicted, got the chance to ask questions about storytelling…

March 2, 2020

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Senior Dedicated to Serving Campus and Local Community Receives Recognition

Emma Berk (C’20) has focused on being a person for others since her first year at Georgetown. Her work with four different service projects led her to receive the university…

February 27, 2020

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Observatory Named for Georgetown Physicist Who Encourages Next Generation of Women in Science

Sarah Jiang (C’21) says she’s thrilled that the National Science Foundation chose to name a telescope designed to conduct “a vast astronomical survey” after Vera Rubin …

January 31, 2020

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Department Highlight – Mathematics & Statistics Professor Kimberly Sellers Creates Varied Research Opportunities for Students

If the movie Hidden Figures taught us anything, it is that there are often forces in the background working to make anything possible. Though the study of math and statistics is…

January 27, 2020

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Disability Studies Learning in Practice Fellowships Awarded

With the support from the Provost’s Innovation in Teaching award, the Disability Studies program has granted three Learning In Practice Fellowships to Madeleine Gibbons…

December 17, 2019

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Senior Spends Summer Building Program that Will Help Analyze 22 of the World’s Technology Giants

Prior to this summer, Gaby Walton (C’20) was eager to apply the coding skills she had learned beyond the classroom. In August, she developed a program that assists in the…

November 11, 2019

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Martin Moreno (C’22) Meets Society of Jesus Leader During Internship in Rome

Martin Moreno (C’22) had a unique opportunity to intern this summer at the Jesuit Curia in Rome, where he met the Superior General of the Society of Jesus, Arturo Sosa, S.…

November 1, 2019

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Deconstructing Walls —German Department Celebrates the 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall

Department of German Professors Astrid Weigert and Anja Banchoff are hosting a week-long event series to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall that will…

November 1, 2019