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Women on the Wall: Honoring an Underappreciated Legacy

More Than a Meal

Dec 2019

Recent Graduate’s Play About Isolated Robot Garners Kennedy Center Attention

Rachel Linton’s (F’19) adaptation of Fandom for Robots appears in the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Page-to-Stage New Play Festival with characters played by Georgetown undergraduates.

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Elizabeth Nalunga and Kaya Henderson on stage at the Black Alumni Summit gala

Nov 2019

We, Too, Are Georgetown: Black Alumni Summit Attendees Discuss, Celebrate What It Means to be a Hoya

This year’s event spotlighted the passion, purpose, and impact of Georgetown’s Black undergraduate and graduate alumni community.

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Nov 2019

Veterans and Military at Georgetown

Georgetown honors its veteran and military-connected community by celebrating their stories and focusing on service and research related to their well-being.

Chris Mercado stands near the Peace and Security Studies building plaque.

Nov 2019

App Aimed at Preventing Miltary Member Suicide Created by Alumnus

A six-hour phone call with a suicidal friend and a commitment to helping veterans and military service members motivated U.S. Army Maj. Christopher Mercado (G’16) to create mobile app technology connecting the military community to peer support, wellness, and mental health resources.

Georgetown Medicine Magazine

Oct 2019

Priming Cells for Better Cancer Treatment

New research has uncovered a mechanism thought to explain why some cancers don’t respond to a widely used form of immunotherapy called “checkpoint inhibitors” or anti-PD-1.

Georgetown Medicine Magazine

Oct 2019

I found a home at Georgetown

When he finished high school in 1951, the fastest kid on Long Island had track scholarship offers from top schools around the country, allowing him an education his family could otherwise not afford.

Georgetown Medicine Magazine

Oct 2019

The Long Walk

Letter from the Editor

Georgetown Medicine Magazine

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Oct 2019

Justice and the Opioid Epidemic

Words from Regina LaBelle, JD (L’92), program director for the Addiction and Public Policy Initiative at Georgetown’s O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law.

Georgetown Medicine Magazine

Oct 2019

Alumni in the Field: Shireesha Dhanireddy

Based in Seattle, Shireesha Dhanireddy, MD (C’95, M’99), completed her internal medicine residency and infectious disease fellowship at the University of Washington.

Georgetown Medicine Magazine

Oct 2019

A Cup of Medicine

Fung-Lung Chung can’t wait to find out if his mother’s belief in the health-promoting properties of the hot green tea she served after meals will be scientifically validated by a new Georgetown...

Georgetown Medicine Magazine

Oct 2019

Shining a Light on Drug Industry Influence

As the impact of the opioid crisis continues to unfold, Georgetown convened health professionals in June for a hard look at what is happening now and what can we do better going forward, as a country...

Georgetown Medicine Magazine

AIDS Your Options are Improving Everyday

Oct 2019

A Call to Compassion

The Early Years of AIDS Care at Georgetown

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Women on the Wall: Honoring an Underappreciated Legacy

More Than a Meal

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Recent Graduate’s Play About Isolated Robot Garners Kennedy Center Attention

We, Too, Are Georgetown: Black Alumni Summit Attendees Discuss, Celebrate What It Means to be a Hoya

Veterans and Military at Georgetown

App Aimed at Preventing Miltary Member Suicide Created by Alumnus

Priming Cells for Better Cancer Treatment

I found a home at Georgetown

The Long Walk

Justice and the Opioid Epidemic

Alumni in the Field: Shireesha Dhanireddy

A Cup of Medicine

Shining a Light on Drug Industry Influence

A Call to Compassion

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Women on the Wall: Honoring an Underappreciated Legacy

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