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VIEWPOINT: Promote Research on Campus

VIEWPOINT: Promote Research on Campus

By Michael Parker February 8, 2024

I am a scientist turned academic advisor. At Georgetown University, I wear many hats: I advise a caseload of about 250 biology and chemistry undergraduate students in the College of Arts & Sciences...

Bark Tank finalist Enna Health, co-founded by Nirmal Maitra (NHS ’17, MED ’25), received $5,000 for the companys new app, which helps cancer patients log treatment-related symptoms and share this information with doctors.

Science Spotlight: Bark Tank Finalist Enna Health Wins $5,000 to Support Cancer Patients

By Riya Sanghavi November 15, 2023

Nirmal Maitra (NHS ’17, MED ’25), a third-year medical student, received $5,000 for his health startup, Enna Health, as a finalist in Bark Tank, Georgetown University’s annual pitch competition...

Spotlight: GU Professors Look to Future Lithography-Based Research

Spotlight: GU Professors Look to Future Lithography-Based Research

By Sam Buan November 15, 2023

A team of 12 Georgetown University professors will be adding a new three-dimensional nanolithography instrument, a tool used to create small structures that are measured in nanometers, to the university’s...

EcoReps Program Provides Opportunity for Students to Improve Campus Sustainability

EcoReps Program Provides Opportunity for Students to Improve Campus Sustainability

By Ruth Noll October 11, 2023

The Office of Sustainability is launching EcoReps, a program for students who wish to serve as ambassadors of sustainability.  As EcoReps ambassadors, students will receive opportunities to improve...

Biology Department Seminar Features Research on Nutritional Immunity to Bacteria

Biology Department Seminar Features Research on Nutritional Immunity to Bacteria

By Shiva Ranganathan October 11, 2023

The department of biology hosted a University of Florida professor at an Oct. 5 seminar, where he discussed nutritional immunity as a method to combat bacterial infections. José Lemos, associate professor...

Georgetown University Italian Research Institute Hosts Medical Robotics Seminar

Georgetown University Italian Research Institute Hosts Medical Robotics Seminar

By Taylor Young September 27, 2023

Georgetown’s Italian Research Institute highlighted the intersection of technology and health care at “Medical Robotics and Robotics Surgery”: a speaker event held Sept. 18. The event, a collaboration...

From Sentences to Insights: Massive Data Institute’s Text as Data Workshop Series

From Sentences to Insights: Massive Data Institute’s Text as Data Workshop Series

By Diya Patel September 27, 2023

The Massive Data Institute, a program in the McCourt School of Public Policy that researches data science methodologies to improve public policy, kicked off their “Text as Data” workshop series with...

CALL Launches “Health Equity for the Common Good” Course for Fall 2023

CALL Launches “Health Equity for the Common Good” Course for Fall 2023

By Audrey Twyford September 21, 2023

The Georgetown University Capitol Applied Learning Labs (CALL) introduced “Health Equity for the Common Good,” an experiential learning course beginning this fall that enables students to enrich their...

Earth Commons Hosts EcoTalk on High Seas Treaty

Earth Commons Hosts EcoTalk on High Seas Treaty

By Sahana Arumani September 21, 2023

Nichola Clark, senior officer of ocean governance at The Pew Charitable Trusts, presented her talk “The New High Seas Treaty: what’s in it, how we got there, and what’s next” Sept. 15, as part...

Physics Students Attend Women in Physics Summit at Johns Hopkins University

Physics Students Attend Women in Physics Summit at Johns Hopkins University

By Allie Stevens September 21, 2023

A group of 13 students from the Georgetown University physics department attended the inaugural Women in Physics Summit that Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg Center for Physics and Astronomy hosted...

LAB TO LIBRARY | ‘GENOME’ Decodes Life’s Basis for Every Reader

LAB TO LIBRARY | ‘GENOME’ Decodes Life’s Basis for Every Reader

By Naomi Greenberg September 21, 2023

A common analogy in biology compares the genome to a book, where chromosomes are chapters and genes are sentences. Unfortunately, that’s where the analogy ends; one cannot actually “read” the human...

Georgetown Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Hosts Data Science Conference

Georgetown Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Hosts Data Science Conference

By Georgia Russello September 13, 2023

The Masters of Science in Data Science and Analytics (DSAN) program, part of the Georgetown University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, hosted “The Evolution of Data Science” conference at...

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