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Best Bets: Let’s Dance!

By Alana McGovern and Alana McGovern October 19, 2012

The weekend’s coming up, and you know what that means? No, not studying for more midterms, but a break from the ones you just completed. Take a couple of study breaks for your own health and for the...

Off Campus Study Spotlight: Tryst

By Lindsay Lee and Lindsay Lee October 16, 2012

Do you have 6,000 pages of Plato’s Republic to finish by Friday? Are you sick of having people on Lau 3 glare at you when you rustle a page too loudly? Do you like animal crackers and lattes? If any...

Soundtrack to Success: Your New Study Playlist

By Allie Prescott September 14, 2012

You’re sitting in a study carrel in Lau, seemingly isolated from the world around you. The buzz of the florescent lights almost overpowers the frantic typing of your fellow miserable comrades. Pretty...

Finals Fixat10ns: The Best (and Worst) Study Songs

By The 4E Staff and The 4E Staff May 7, 2012

[8tracks width="300" height="250" playops="" url="https://8tracks.com/mixes/462383"] Throw on a pair of sweatpants, grab your 30-pound backpack, head to Lau, pull out a computer, slap in a pair of headphones,...

Balancing Culture and Morality

By Katrina Braun November 5, 2011

My host father was surprised when I explained where I had gotten the recipe for the French toast I had just made. "Men cook in the United States?" Here in Senegal, men don't cook. They also don't...

Chemo-Brain Study Kicks Off at Georgetown’s Cancer Center

By Anne Skomba February 4, 2011

Georgetown's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center announced the launch of a study that examines the effect of chemotherapy on the thoughts and memory of patients on Jan. 31. Researchers will interview...

First Lady Encourages Study Abroad

By Masha Goncharova January 21, 2011

As Chinese President Hu Jintao visited the White House Wednesday, first lady Michelle Obama stepped on stage at Howard University to encourage students to study abroad in the dignitary's home country. "Studying...

Last Name May Influence Reaction Time

By Heather Flynn January 21, 2011

Who knew the alphabetical order that students line up in during their early years may affect the way they make decisions for the rest of their lives? According to a paper recently released by the Journal...

GUMC Finds CT Scan May Lower Cancer Fatalities

By Johanna Caldwell November 11, 2010

A study conducted in part at the Medical Center's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center found that screening former and current smokers with a CT scan can reduce lung cancer deaths by 20 percent, according...

Professor Dives Into Dolphins’ Social Bonds

By Johanna Caldwell November 9, 2010

While the strength of the human-dolphin connection is evident for many familiar with the sea mammal - not to mention fans of the 1996 movie "Flipper" - a Georgetown professor's studies show that the bond...

Study: Jobs On Horizon

By Anonymous Submission October 22, 2010

A recent study heralds good news for Georgetown students: College graduates are going to be a hot commodity in the U.S. economy through 2018. A Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce study,...

Without Social Media, Students Experience Withdrawal Symptoms

By Nathalie Lawyer April 30, 2010

A recent study shows that students are finding it increasingly difficult to distance themselves from the extensive reach of social media as technology continues to develop in the Information Age, making...

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