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Women on the Wall: Honoring an Underappreciated Legacy

More Than a Meal

Georgetown Magazine

May 2019

Anger and Anguish

Georgetown's John Carr is a leading voice on the moral crisis of sexual abuse in the Church. He talks about how to address the devastation and how to move forward.

Georgetown Magazine

May 2019

Raising Children in the Digital Age

Children's use of digital media presents parents with lots of questions. Meet three Georgetown researchers who are working on science-based answers.

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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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Prisoners in Southeast Jail talking with professor

May 2019

Justice Served

Georgetown now offers full-time credits classes at the D.C. Jail. It's just one of the ways the Prisons and Justice Initiative is making an impact on mass incarceration in America.

Georgetown Magazine

May 2019

A Letter from Richard M. Hluchan (F’71), Alumni Association President

Academic excellence, a D.C. location, and service to the world are at the core of Georgetown's global identity, writes Rich Hluchan, alumni association president.

Georgetown Magazine

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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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.

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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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

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...

Georgetown Magazine

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,...

Georgetown Magazine

May 2019

An Innovative Way to Engage Students? What is Jeopardy! Style?

Professor Maria Trujillo came up with a fresh idea for educating at SCS while watching her husband and his daughter jockey to be the first to answer questions while viewing the TV game show Jeopardy!

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Women on the Wall: Honoring an Underappreciated Legacy

More Than a Meal

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Anger and Anguish

Raising Children in the Digital Age

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

Justice Served

A Letter from Richard M. Hluchan (F’71), Alumni Association President

Georgetown Researcher Partners With NASA to Detect Alien Life

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

‘Generation I’ Fosters Whole Selves and Vulnerabilities

A Life-Saving Device That Could Save the Inventor

App Studied at Medical Center Empowers Women’s Fertility Planning

‘If Not Me, Then Who?’

An Innovative Way to Engage Students? What is Jeopardy! Style?

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Women on the Wall: Honoring an Underappreciated Legacy

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