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Eco-Health and Equity | How D.C.’s Rising Rainfall Levels Impacts its Disadvantaged Populations

Eco-Health and Equity | How D.C.’s Rising Rainfall Levels Impacts its Disadvantaged Populations

By Naya Karam September 13, 2023

By this point, people have recognized the harm that climate change is causing on our planet. Every corner of the Earth is being ravaged by the effects of this environmental catastrophe. The effects of...

‘DC Art Science Evening Rendezvous’ Highlights Local Art and Science Collaborations

‘DC Art Science Evening Rendezvous’ Highlights Local Art and Science Collaborations

By Camille Vandeveer September 13, 2023

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) hosted their monthly D.C. Art Science Evening Rendezvous (DASER) Sept. 7, featuring artists and scientists involved in the Ocean Memory Project, a nationwide, transdisciplinary...

Biology JEDI Committee Supervises Restructuring of First-Year Biology Course

Biology JEDI Committee Supervises Restructuring of First-Year Biology Course

By Pallavi Bommareddy September 13, 2023

Biology Department Committee on Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (JEDI) supervised changes for the Fall 2023 “First-Year Seminar” course, which serves as an introductory seminar for freshmen...

Georgetown Students Discuss the Multifaceted Crisis in Maui’s Wildfire Battle

Georgetown Students Discuss the Multifaceted Crisis in Maui’s Wildfire Battle

By Ava Joulapour August 30, 2023

Students from Georgetown’s Hawaii Club are raising concerns about the lingering impacts of climate change and the tourism industry in Hawaii following Maui’s deadly wildfires, which resulted in the...

COVID-19 Cases Rise in DC with EG.5 Variant

COVID-19 Cases Rise in DC with EG.5 Variant

By Alexa Hill August 30, 2023

Washington, D.C. wastewater surveillance reports and increasing hospitalization rates since late June this year suggest an increase in COVID-19 cases in the District throughout the summer, potentially...

SON Dean Waite Earns Lifetime Achievement Award

SON Dean Waite Earns Lifetime Achievement Award

By Pallavi Bommareddy August 30, 2023

Roberta Waite, dean of the Georgetown University School of Nursing (SON), received the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Black Nurses Association (NBNA) at their 51st Annual Institute...

Georgetown Welcomes Larger Second Cohort for M.S. in Environment and Sustainability Management

Georgetown Welcomes Larger Second Cohort for M.S. in Environment and Sustainability Management

By Allie Stevens August 30, 2023

Georgetown University’s Master of Science in Environment and Sustainability Management (MSESM) Program Associate Director of Marketing and Recruitment, Lindsey Jamieson welcomed 53 new members to an...

Hoya Harvest Garden Plants the Seeds For a Successful Fall Semester

Hoya Harvest Garden Plants the Seeds For a Successful Fall Semester

By Audrey Twyford August 30, 2023

The Earth Commons Institute celebrated the start of a new season for the Hoya Harvest Garden, located on the outdoor patio of Regents Hall, at their Welcome Back Planting Party Aug. 27.  The event,...

Anthony Fauci Visits Campus, Discusses COVID-19 Policy, Preventing Future Pandemics

Anthony Fauci Visits Campus, Discusses COVID-19 Policy, Preventing Future Pandemics

By Minoli Ediriweera April 1, 2023

Dr. Anthony Fauci (H ’90), former White House chief medical advisor and former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, came to Georgetown University March 27 and spoke...

Art Meets Science in Rebecca Rutstein’s Immersive Exhibits

Art Meets Science in Rebecca Rutstein’s Immersive Exhibits

By Camille Vandeveer March 15, 2023

While on board a research vessel in the Galápagos Islands, Rebecca Rutstein sailed alongside oceanographers trailing through a hurricane to map the ocean floor. But unlike the scientists on board, Rutstein...

Georgetown Student Receives Award From Society of Physics Students

Georgetown Student Receives Award From Society of Physics Students

By Olivia Macaulay December 2, 2022

The Society of Physics Students (SPS) recognized Sophie Taylor (COL ’24) on Oct. 8 for her research on nanoparticles. Taylor, a physics major, won the award at the Physics Congress, which is held...

Four Georgetown Students Receive Goldwater Scholarships

Four Georgetown Students Receive Goldwater Scholarships

By Nina Raj April 7, 2022

Four Georgetown undergraduate students have been named 2022 Goldwater Scholars in honor of their research in the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering. The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence...

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