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EMORY UNIVERSITY | Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, professor emerita of bioethics and senior advisor at the Hastings Center, emphasized the power of narrative in bioethics, arguing that storytelling offers a more holistic and human perspective on medical decisions than clinical data alone at an event hosted by the Disability Studies Program on Oct. 7.

Bioethics Speaker Event Spotlights the Power of Using Narrative Storytelling to Contemplate Medical Moral Dilemmas

By Mia Hoffman, Special to The Hoya October 16, 2024

Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, professor emerita of English and bioethics at Emory University and senior advisor at the Hastings Center, a leading bioethics research institute, explained how narrative storytelling...

WIKIMEDIA COMMONS | The 2022 SCOTUS decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health has significantly changed the landscape of care for pregnant people in the US, said legal and medical experts at a panel event hosted by Georgetown Law's O’Neill Institute, Sept 25.

GU Law’s O’Neill Institute Discusses Health Care Ramifications of the 2022 Dobbs Decision

By Ellie Ward, Special to The Hoya October 4, 2024

Legal and medical experts weighed in on the ramifications of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (Dobbs), a Supreme Court case that revoked the constitutional right to abortion, and on reproductive...

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY | International director of policy at Stanford University’s Cyber Policy Center and former member of the European Parliament Maria Renske Schaake, warned about the threat Big Tech poses in democratic societies at a discussion of her recently released book, “The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley” at Georgetown University’s Capitol Campus, Sept. 27.

Ex-European Parliament Member, Tech Policy Expert Condemns Big Tech’s Unchecked Influence on Democracy in Book Talk

By Allie Stevens, Science Deputy Editor October 4, 2024

Maria Renske “Marietje” Schaake, international director of policy at Stanford University’s Cyber Policy Center, international fellow at the University’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial...

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY | Princeton University professor Ian Bourg explained how per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), common environmental pollutants, contaminate air, water, and land through chemical partitioning at an ECo Talk, Sept 27.

Physics Professor Sheds Light on Chemical Dynamics Behind Environmental Contamination

By Amanda Lowe, Special to The Hoya October 4, 2024

Ian Bourg, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at Princeton University, presented his new research on how common environmental pollutants, known as per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances...

MIT | Robert Langer, a nanoscientist who pioneered the development technology eventually used in the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, was honored for his scientific contributions by the Carnegie Institution for Science, Sept 25.

Robert Langer, Nanoscience Pioneer, Honored at Carnegie Science Event

By Aya Fawaz, Special to The Hoya October 4, 2024

Robert Langer, a 2024 Kavli Prize laureate in nanoscience and Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor in the departments of chemical and biological engineering, presented his groundbreaking work...

Jay Liu (CAS '28) confronts the growing wave of generative AI technologies and what this revolution entails for the integrity of academics, research and creativity in his first column of the new series, "The Singularity."

THE SINGULARITY | What Artificial Intelligence Means for Academia

By Jay Liu, Science Columnist October 4, 2024

Like it or not, generative artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere. With just a few keystrokes, anyone can generate text, images or videos of any niche scenario they can imagine. While the sheer computing...

WIKIMEDIA COMMONS | The first case of avian flu in a Missouri patient who did not have any known exposure to animals was reported by the CDC on Sept. 6, setting a new precedent and igniting conversations on outbreak preparedness and mitigation.

First Patient With No Previous Animal Exposure Tests Positive for Avian Flu, CDC Confirms

By Eva Siminiceanu, Special to The Hoya October 4, 2024

A Missouri patient hospitalized with flu-like symptoms tested positive for the avian flu in the first known human case with no previous exposure to animals, as confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control...

WIKIMEDIA COMMONS | The biology department invited Tovi Lehmann, a facility head at the Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, to speak about mosquito survival at high altitudes on Sept. 19 as part of their seminar series.

Biology Seminar Tracks Mosquitoes and Pathogens on the Move

By Shivali Vora, Deputy Science Editor September 27, 2024

Tovi Lehmann, facility head at the Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, spoke to students and faculty Sept. 19 about new findings regarding...

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY | The Earth Commons welcomed Professor Valerie J. Karplus on Sept. 20 to speak about the importance of decarbonization for their EcoTalk series.

ECoTalk Discusses Importance of Decarbonization and Dangers of Steelmaking Industries

By Samantha Garcia, Special to The Hoya September 27, 2024

Valerie J. Karplus, founder and project director of the MIT-Tsinghua China Energy and Climate Project (CECP) and professor of engineering and public policy at Carnegie Mellon University, presented her...

NIH | Dr. Irwin Arias, emeritus senior scientist at the National Institutes of Health, highlighted the importance of studying the polarity of liver cells on Sept. 19, the latest installment in Georgetown University's Distinguished Scientist Seminar Series.

NIH Senior Scientist Illuminates Importance of Hepatocyte Polarity in Distinguished Scientist Seminar Series

By Intifa Biswas, Special to The Hoya September 27, 2024

Dr. Irwin Arias, emeritus senior scientist at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and a renowned doctor in the field of hepatology, the study of the liver, emphasized the importance of studying the...

In her first column of the semester, Minoli Ediriweera (CAS ‘25) compares the climate policies of the leading presidential candidates, Vice President Kamala Harris and Former President Donald Trump.

SCIENCE ON THE BALLOT: Harris and Trump’s Climate Agendas

By Minoli Ediriweera, Science Columnist September 27, 2024

Climate policy is on the minds of many U.S. voters in the upcoming presidential election, with scientists predicting that the destruction caused by climate change will be irreversible as soon as 2030....

The Intersection: New Golden Age of Big Pharma

By Keerthana Ramanathan, Science Columnist September 20, 2024

Despite its government spending more than any other on health care both per capita and as a percentage of GDP, spending over $4.5 trillion in 2022, the United States has the lowest life expectancy at birth...

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