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Georgetown’s First VP for Interdisciplinary Initiatives To Promote Collaboration for the Common Good
Georgetown has appointed Soyica Colbert, former interim dean of the Georgetown College of Arts & Sciences and Idol Family Professor of Performing Arts and African American,…
January 24, 2023
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Understanding the 2020 U.S. Census: New Tool Helps Policymakers Dig Deeper into Data
Georgetown’s Massive Data Institute and the Urban Institute created a tool to help state and local officials explore 2020 Census data — and discover whether county counts…
January 18, 2022
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Georgetown Law’s Sheryll Cashin Says Racial Inequality Won’t End Until We Dismantle American Residential Caste
In her latest book, Cashin, the Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law for Civil Rights and Social Justice, describes the deliberate creation and pernicious persistence of what she…
November 29, 2021
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Starting Mammography at Age 40 Would Reduce Disparities in Deaths for Black Women
New research from Georgetown faculty and the Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network reveals that beginning screenings at age 40 would decrease disparities in…
November 29, 2021
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Jesuit Heritage Month 2021
Each November, our Hoya community celebrates Georgetown’s Jesuit roots and traditions, which continue to inspire and guide us today. During Jesuit Heritage Month, our Office of…
November 29, 2021
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Marcia Chatelain Awarded Prestigious Pulitzer Prize in History for Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America
During the 105th Pulitzer Prize ceremony, Marcia Chatelain was chosen as this year’s winner in the category of history for her work, Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black…
June 30, 2021
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Georgetown Takes New Steps to Advance Gender Equity Among Faculty Following Task Force Report
The Task Force on Gender Equity, charged with assessing institutional practices to promote gender equity among full-time faculty and senior academic leadership, shared its…
June 8, 2021
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Linguistics Professor Deborah Tannen Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Congratulations to our G+JI Advisory Board Member Dr. Deborah Tannen. The Linguistics professor was recently chosen to become a member of the prestigious American Academy of Arts…
May 28, 2021
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Georgetown Alumna Calls on International Community To Respond to Conflict in Tigray
Bserat Ghebremicael (B’17) is an advocate for women and girls caught amid armed conflict in Tigray, Ethiopia. Bserat’s advocacy is informed by her experiences at Georgetown,…
May 28, 2021
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New Women’s and Gender Studies Director Nadia Brown Answers Q & A
Nadia Brown, prize-winning political scientist, academic entrepreneur, will begin her tenure as director of the Women’s and Gender Studies Program this summer. Brown will also…
May 28, 2021