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History and Science: Georgetown Professor Shows Why Collaboration Across Disciplines Important

Professor Kathryn de Luna is one of four faculty members in the Department of History to participate in the new HyperHistory Hub as part of the Georgetown Humanities Initiative.鈥

March 16, 2020

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Noted Filmmaker Ken Burns Talks to Undergraduates About Storytelling

Austin Riddick (C鈥20), who is working on a documentary to help garner support for a person he believes is wrongly convicted, got the chance to ask questions about storytelling鈥

March 2, 2020

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Chemistry, History, Psychology: 海角论坛 Professors from Varied Disciplines Recognized as Provost鈥檚 Distinguished Professors

Since 2016, a small group of faculty are selected each year to receive the honor of the Provost鈥檚 Distinguished Associate Professors. These educators have made a huge impact in鈥

February 7, 2020

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Golden Arches: New Book Explores McDonald鈥檚, Civil Rights and Politics

Department of History professor Marcia Chatelain, Provost鈥檚 Distinguished Associate Professor and author of South Side Girls: Growing Up in the Great Migration (2015),鈥

January 10, 2020

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Justinianic Plague Not a Landmark Pandemic?

Until recently, the Justinianic Plague was thought to have killed up to half of the population of the Mediterranean between 541 and 750 CE. Departments of Biology and History鈥

December 2, 2019

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Georgetown Professor Launches Remembering YoU, a Community Archiving Initiative to Preserve Historic U-Street Neighborhood

Department of History Professor Ananya Chakravarti is working to preserve the rich history of one of Washington鈥檚 most culturally vibrant neighborhoods. She and Georgetown鈥

November 6, 2019

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Alison Mackey, Department of Linguistics, John McNeill, Department of History, and Cristina Sanz, Department of Spanish and Portuguese joined Italo Mocchetti, Georgetown鈥

November 5, 2019

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海角论坛 Faculty Honored with President鈥檚 Awards for Distinguished Scholar-Teachers

These awards commend faculty who were nominated by their students and faculty peers for outstanding service to our community and to the Academy as exemplary scholar-teachers,鈥

October 7, 2019

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Five faculty experts weigh in on their top concerns for the environment and climate change in keeping with the university's commitment to sustainability and Pope Francis鈥欌

September 16, 2019

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Paul Rochford (C鈥20) has traveled to Eastern Europe to help identify previously unknown mass graves during the Holocaust under a Georgetown professor鈥檚 guidance, Rev. Patrick鈥

September 5, 2019