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Georgetown Professors Publish Report on AI Model Results, Predict Potential Future SARS-related Virus Sources

Georgetown Professors Publish Report on AI Model Results, Predict Potential Future SARS-related Virus Sources

By Akashdiya Chakraborty January 21, 2022

A team of international researchers, including professors from the Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) worked with sources of past zoonotic viruses in order to develop models to predict where...

GU Professor Recipient of $4.5 Million DOE Grant

By Karena Landler September 28, 2018

The U.S. Department of Energy awarded a $4.5 million grant to Georgetown University physics professor James Freericks and a team of academics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University...

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The CDC granted $2 million to a multi-disciplinary team of Georgetown researchers to develop new HIV surveillance techniques.

CDC Grants $2 Million for HIV Research

By Grey Rosenzweig September 7, 2018

The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded a $2 million grant to Georgetown researchers to continue HIV surveillance and to develop a secure data-sharing tool for public health...

Georgetown Initiatives Receive $1 Million to Fund Research

Georgetown Initiatives Receive $1 Million to Fund Research

By Joe Egler August 31, 2018

A $1 million grant for research on the social enterprise movement and women’s economic mobility was awarded by the Bank of America Charitable Foundation to the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace...

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Karin Olofsdotter, Ambassador of Sweden, speaks at a Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security event last Wednesday.

Launching Research Project, Ambassadors Highlight Women’s Role in Peace

By Caroline Gardner January 24, 2018

Women’s civil society groups are crucial to promoting peace in Ukraine and Myanmar, said Melanne Verveer, the first U.S. ambassador-at-large for global women’s issues under the administration of former...

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Neuroscience professor Bill Rebeck received a $10,000 grant for Alzheimers research.

Q&A: Neuroscience Professor Bill Rebeck Talks Future of Alzheimer’s Research

By Meena Morar October 11, 2017

Bill Rebeck, professor of neuroscience at Georgetown, doesn’t normally win things — or so he says. Rebeck is one of three faculty recipients of the President’s Award for Distinguished Scholar-Teachers...

Georgetown University Researchers Return from Antarctica

By Patricja Okuniewska February 3, 2017

The first research team Georgetown sent to Antarctica returned Dec. 23 from a trip, marking them the first ever research team to bring next generation DNA sequencing technology to the continent. The...

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Professor Paasha Mahdavi, along with professors from UCLA, found that low gasoline taxes are hindering climate change progress.

Countries Fail to Curb Fossil Fuels

By Charlotte Allen January 27, 2017

Governments are not discouraging fossil fuel consumption, according to Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy professor Paasha Mahdavi and University of California, Los Angeles professor...

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University President John J. DeGioia and Executive Chairman Ana Botín signed a $2 million agreement with Santander Group on the field of social economy in 2015, pictured above.

Georgetown, Santander Sign $2M Partnership

By Paula Hong January 27, 2017

The banking organization Santander Group will support graduate-level research at Georgetown University in the field of social economy as part of a $2 million partnership agreement, according to a Jan....

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Economics, A Love-Hate Relationship

By Anirudha Vaddadi May 20, 2016

Thomas Carlyle first coined the phrase “dismal science” back in the 19th century to describe the field of economics. In a modern setting, the term aptly fits the majority of students’ relationship...

Equal Pay Day Study Reveals D.C. Gender Wage Gap

By Lisa Burgoa April 19, 2016

There is a $1 billion chasm between the collective annual earnings of working women and their male counterparts in Washington, D.C., according to a new report published by D.C.-based nonprofit National...

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The McDonough School of Business will debut its first undergraduate research journal exclusively online with its inaugural issue in April 2016.

MSB Research Journal Debuts

By Lisa Burgoa February 26, 2016

The McDonough School of Business will debut its first undergraduate research journal, the E-McDonough Undergraduate Research Journal, with its inaugural issue in April. The new journal will feature student-produced...

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