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Georgetown Professors Create Public Forum For Motherhood

Reading Motherhood, a digital resource launched by two Georgetown professors, is an online, public-facing extension of the eponymous class taught in the Women’s and Gender…

May 4, 2022

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Choreographer Jerron Herman Begins Residency in Disability Studies

Meet Jerron Herman, a dancer, playwright and advocate in the disability space. He's also the new artist/scholar/activist-in residence in the Program in Disability.…

January 18, 2022

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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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Celebrating Latinx Heritage at Georgetown

Georgetown community members connect with Latinx culture and heritage through teaching, research and scholarship and build community around shared identity and experiences. We…

October 5, 2021

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Nadia Brown Discusses History of Nineteenth Amendment and Existing Voter Suppression

Though this year marks the 101st anniversary of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, voting rights in the United States are still unaccessible for many. Nadia Brown, Ph.…

October 5, 2021

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Georgetown Law Clinic Targets Legal Doctrine that Allows Modern-Day Workplace Discrimination on Basis of Race, Gender

A Georgetown Law professor and students are taking aim at an entrenched legal doctrine — known as the “adverse employment action” doctrine — that courts are using to…

August 31, 2021

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Women’s and Gender Studies, Psychology Scholar Named Dean of Georgetown College

Rosario Ceballo, Ph.D., an interdisciplinary scholar with a demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion in higher education, will join Georgetown as dean of…

August 31, 2021