Archive: Biology
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A team of alumni, student and faculty researchers in the Bansal Lab is tracking COVID-19 vaccination in the United States, identifying five clusters of southeastern U.S. counties鈥
July 15, 2021
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New Study by Georgetown Scientists Shows Dolphin Personality Stable for Decades
While a few studies show that human personality traits last a long time, until now, the same has not been shown for wild animals. In a first-of-its-kind study published in鈥
June 18, 2021
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Biophysics Major Who Hopes to Help Fight Climate Change Contributes to Interdisciplinary Oceanographic Research
Biological physics major Victoria Boatwright (C鈥22) has always been fascinated by the ocean. In a recent publication through the Georgetown Scientific Research Journal (GSR),鈥
April 30, 2021
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Senior Completes Two Theses on Women鈥檚 Health, Plans to Work in Medical Equity After Graduation
Biology of Global Health and Spanish double major Grace Keegan (C鈥21) is an unstoppable force. In addition to completing two theses that focus on women鈥檚 health, the senior鈥
April 26, 2021
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Two Georgetown Professors Receive Prestigious Whiting Award for Fiction, Nonfiction
The Lannan Visiting Lecturer in Creative Writing Tope Folarin and the Provost鈥檚 Distinguished Associate Professor of Planetary Science Sarah Stewart Johnson were selected for鈥
April 21, 2021
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Goldwater Recipient to Use Scholarship to Continue Cancer Research
Biology major Jordan Kramer (C鈥22) has been awarded the Barry Goldwater Scholarship, which she will use to continue her work in cancer cell.鈥
April 15, 2021
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Creating Cicada Curiosity: Biology Professor Launches Children鈥檚 Resource on Upcoming 17-Year Emergence
In May of this year, the United States鈥 east coast will experience a recurring phenomenon that takes place nowhere else in the world: the emergence of the 17 year cicada.鈥
April 12, 2021
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Study by Georgetown Professors, Graduate Students Reveals How Societies Have Survived Climate Change
A team of Georgetown professors and graduate students recently collaborated with researchers in Europe and China on a paper that examines an interdisciplinary field of study they鈥
March 24, 2021
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Biology Ph.D. Student Recipient of 2020 GBIF Young Researchers Award
Vaughn Shirey, a PhD student in the Department of Biology, is one of two winners of the 2020 Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Young Researchers Awards. An expert鈥
October 13, 2020
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New 海角论坛 Faculty for 2020-2021
Georgetown 海角论坛 is pleased to welcome 24 new full-time faculty members with primary appointments in 16 海角论坛 departments and programs. This cohort will help enrich the鈥
September 2, 2020