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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 Studies, to be vice president for interdisciplinary initiatives reporting to the provost.
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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 deviated from expectations.
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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 calls American residential caste. Watch her explain in a new video, and read an excerpt of White Space, Black Hood: Opportunity Hoarding and Segregation in the Age of Inequality.
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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 breast cancer deaths for Black women.
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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 Mission & Ministry offers opportunities for faculty, staff and students to deepen their connection to and understanding of our Jesuit values.
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Statements
Statement of Solidarity with AAPI Communities March 2021 On March 16, a white man killed eight people, six of whom identified as Asian women, in 3 Atlanta-area spas. Soon Chung Park, Hyun
Category: Statements
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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 America. The Pulitzer Prize is given annually to 21 individuals who have displayed excellence in journalism and the arts.
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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 recommendations in a new report. Faculty and senior administrators from across Georgetown’s campuses and from a variety of disciplines, perspectives and roles comprised the task force, which examined hiring and retention, compensation, work-life balance, climate and culture and other key issue areas.
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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 and Sciences. The linguist joins a group of accomplished individuals who are engaged in advancing the public good, which will enable her to continue achieving her goal of “figuring out and explaining how language works.”
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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, her day job at Google, and her work with the nonprofit Omna Tigray.