Archive: News Story
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Biology student and staffer Finn Thompson is headed to MIT!
The Department of Biology is incredibly excited to announce that Finn Thompson (COL '22) will head to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the fall to begin a Ph.D. program in Biology! A seni
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Assistant Research Professor Maryna Baydyuk is working hard to raise support for Ukraine
The recent Russian invasion of Ukraine has caused a catastrophic humanitarian crisis, forcing millions of Ukrainians to leave their country and threatening the safety and wellbeing of millions more.
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Biology senior Nam Vu reaches the semifinals of the Jeopardy! National College Championship!
A lifelong fan of Jeopardy!, Nam Vu (COL '22) proudly represented Georgetown University in the 2022 Jeopardy! National College Championship, filmed earlier in the year but aired over the past month.
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Biology student Jordan Kramer was featured in the Spirit of Georgetown series!
This February, Jordan Kramer, a senior in the College studying Biology, was featured in the College's Spirit of Georgetown series! The series serves as a spotlight for Georgetown students whose work
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Environmental historian Dr. Timothy Newfield published new research and was featured in the New York Times!
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, comparisons between current events and historical plagues have been widespread. Despite the tragic impacts of the current pandemic, its death rates are f
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Georgetown launches the GU Initiative for Maximizing Student Development!
This January, Georgetown received a competitive training grant from the National Institutes of Health to fund a new interdisciplinary training program for students from diverse backgrounds. When the
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Congratulations to Ph.D. student Jingwen Hu for receiving a Fall 2021 Conference Travel grant!
This past fall, Jingwen Hu, a Ph.D. student in the Huang lab, received a grant to support her presentation at the Society of Neuroscience's (SfN) 2021 annual meeting. Alongside Dr. Jeffrey Huang, Jin
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Dr. Shweta Bansal was featured in the New York Times!
On December 17th, commentary from our very own Dr. Shweta Bansal was featured in a New York Times article about the Omicron variant. A disease ecologist, Dr. Bansal studies disease transmission using
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Dr. Sarah Johnson and postdoc Maëva Millan make stunning findings in the hunt for life on Mars
This November, postdoctoral researcher Dr. Maëva Millan and Dr. Sarah Stewart Johnson published a new paper in Nature Astronomy entitled "Organic molecules revealed in Mars’s Bagnold Dunes by Curiosi
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Former student Dr. Kaela Singleton was named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list!
Designed to recognize the impact and excellence of incredible people under the age of 30, the Forbes 30 under 30 list is released yearly across several different fields, such as entertainment, health
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