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Women on the Wall: Honoring an Underappreciated Legacy

More Than a Meal

Georgetown Magazine

Dec 2019

A Whole-Institution Approach

Committed to a whole-institution approach, Adanna J. Johnson leads the news Office of Student Equity and Inclusion

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Meghan Twohey at Sixth and I Synagogue in Washington DC

Oct 2019

Alumna Megan Twohey Broke the Harvey Weinstein Story That Helped Spark a Movement

Twohey and co-author Jodi Kantor exposed decades of alleged sexual harassment, abuse, and cover up by movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.

Georgetown Magazine

May 2019

Endogenous Protein May be Used to Reverse Metabolic Disorders

A study of obese mice by a Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center research team has found a natural protein to be a powerful regulator in metabolism.

Georgetown Magazine

May 2019

Georgetown University Alumni in Congress

More than two dozen Georgetown alumni were sworn into the 116th Congress on January 3, continuing Georgetown’s long legacy of alumni serving the public. A total of 28 alumni, who represent 21 states...

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Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Lucile Adams-Campbell

May 2019

Washingtonian Magazine Honors Epidemiologist for Alleviating Health Disparities in D.C.

Washingtonian magazine named Lucile Adams-Campbell a Washingtonian of the Year. She's a national leader in minority health and health disparities research.

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May 2019

Lives Well Lived

Lives Well Lived honors a few alumni who have recently passed away with short obituaries. We share with you these portraits of alumni beyond the headlines who have made an indelible impact living day...

Georgetown Magazine

May 2019

Alumni Bring D.C.’s Unique Jazz History Center Stage

With the recently released book DC Jazz: Stories of Jazz Music in Washington, DC, Georgetown alumni and faculty are shining a spotlight on the city’s important role in the genre’s development.

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May 2019

Georgetown Researcher Partners With NASA to Detect Alien Life

If life exists on other planets, would an Earth-bound scientist even be able to detect it? Georgetown Assistant Professor of Biology Sarah Stewart Johnson is throwing out all assumptions and building...

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Shavini Fernando (G’18) wears a first-level prototype of OxiWear, her invention to alert users with pulmonary hypertension when their oxygen levels drop critically low. Fernando has the condition herself.

May 2019

A Life-Saving Device That Could Save the Inventor

In fall 2018, Shavini Fernando (G’18) swept two Georgetown entrepreneurship pitch competitions, won four awards, and earned a total of $40,500 for her invention of OxiWear, a wearable tech device...

Georgetown Magazine

May 2019

‘Generation I’ Fosters Whole Selves and Vulnerabilities

For the growing number of Georgetown School of Medicine students who are the first in their families to pursue medicine, navigating the path into and through medical school can be especially...

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May 2019

‘If Not Me, Then Who?’

When Dr. Ayaz Virji (C’96, M’00) and his family moved to rural Minnesota, they were the only Muslims in their community. Things went well until the election of Donald Trump. Somewhat reluctantly,...

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May 2019

App Studied at Medical Center Empowers Women’s Fertility Planning

The Institute for Reproductive Health at Georgetown University Medical Center has completed an efficacy study of a new fertility-awareness app called Dot. Developed by Cycle Technologies, Dot uses...

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Women on the Wall: Honoring an Underappreciated Legacy

More Than a Meal

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A Whole-Institution Approach

Alumna Megan Twohey Broke the Harvey Weinstein Story That Helped Spark a Movement

Endogenous Protein May be Used to Reverse Metabolic Disorders

Georgetown University Alumni in Congress

Washingtonian Magazine Honors Epidemiologist for Alleviating Health Disparities in D.C.

Lives Well Lived

Alumni Bring D.C.’s Unique Jazz History Center Stage

Georgetown Researcher Partners With NASA to Detect Alien Life

A Life-Saving Device That Could Save the Inventor

‘Generation I’ Fosters Whole Selves and Vulnerabilities

‘If Not Me, Then Who?’

App Studied at Medical Center Empowers Women’s Fertility Planning

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Women on the Wall: Honoring an Underappreciated Legacy

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