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Linguistics Professor Deborah Tannen Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Department of Linguistics professor Deborah Tannen was recently chosen to become a member of the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The linguist joins a group of鈥�
May 17, 2021
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Two 海角论坛 Professors Selected for Prestigious President鈥檚 Awards for Distinguished Scholar-Teachers
Department of Psychology professor Rachel Barr and Department of History professor Alison Games were chosen for this year鈥檚 President鈥檚 Awards for Distinguished Scholar鈥�
May 14, 2021
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Book by Philosophy Professor Uses Ancient Wisdom as Framework to Alleviate Problems of Today
At a time of extraordinary uncertainty and anxiety, we are all searching for ways to stay calm and remain positive. Nancy Sherman, University Professor in the Department of鈥�
May 10, 2021
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New Women’s and Gender Studies Director Nadia Brown Answers Q & A
Nadia Brown, prize-winning political scientist, academic entrepreneur, will begin her tenure as director of the Women and Gender Studies Program this summer. Brown will also be a鈥�
May 5, 2021
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Marcia Chatelain Receives 2021 Lawrence W. Levine Award from the Organization of American Historians
Marcia Chatelain, professor in the Department of History and the Department of African American Studies, is the recipient of the Organization of American Historians鈥� (OAH) 2021鈥�
May 3, 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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Lorraine Hansberry Biography by Soyica Colbert Listed as a Must-Read in Oprah Magazine
Soyica Diggs Colbert, interim dean of the 海角论坛 and Idol Family Professor of African American Studies and Performing Arts, recently completed her latest book Radical Vision: A鈥�
April 19, 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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Making Georgetown Communication More Accessible, Inclusive for All
As Georgetown shifted to an online learning environment last spring, there was an increase in virtual communication through websites, email and social media. Libbie Rifkin,鈥�
April 8, 2021
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Georgetown to Launch Bachelor’s Degree Program at Maryland Prison
The Georgetown Prisons and Justice Initiative (PJI) will introduce a full bachelor鈥檚 degree program for 25 aspiring students incarcerated at Patuxent Institution in Jessup,, 鈥�
April 7, 2021