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Archive: Research

204 Articles

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Greater Distance Moved by Migratory Bird Has Large Implications for Conservation

It鈥檚 well known that birds fly south for the winter, but just how far do they go? New research by post-doctoral fellow Calandra Stanley shows that yellow-billed cuckoos travel鈥�

February 11, 2021

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Psychology Professor Examines Relation of Fear, Empathy Through Subject With Rare Brain Disorder

Psychology professor Abigail Marsh says fear is one of the greatest determining factors of our behavior and how we relate to those around us. She and a team of researchers鈥�

January 27, 2021

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Professor Examines Pandemic鈥檚 Mental Health and Income Toll on Children and Families

Georgetown professor Rebecca Ryan says the COVID-19 pandemic has caused dramatic increases in income loss and food insecurity for over 200 low-income families living in rural鈥�

January 26, 2021

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Master鈥檚 Student Examines Effects of Slavery in History of the White House Through Fellowship

Tianna Mobley (C鈥�20), a first-year master鈥檚 student in the Department of History鈥檚 Global, International & Comparative History program, is supplementing her research at鈥�

January 22, 2021

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海角论坛 Alumni and Senior Make Award Winning Documentary in Hopes of Freeing Wrongfully Convicted Man

Johnsenia Brooks (C鈥�20), Cecily Burge (C鈥�21) and Austin Riddick (C鈥�20) recently released their documentary, Walk Tall: A Story of Innocence and Wrongful Conviction, that鈥�

January 13, 2021

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Professor Curates Smithsonian Exhibit That Examines Impact of Young Women on Society Through Intersectional Lens

Mireya Loza, an associate professor in the Department of History, participated in the curation of an exhibit currently on display in the Smithsonian National Museum of American鈥�

December 18, 2020

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Physics Professors Study Magnetism in 3 Dimensional Nanoscale Networks for Next Generation Information Storage

Three-dimensional (3D) assemblies of nanoscale magnets offer unique opportunities to explore magnetic phenomena in intriguing and complex configurations, with vast potentials to鈥�

December 17, 2020

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21st Century Postdoctoral Fellow to Conduct Cutting Edge Research Across Labs

Louise Djapgne, a new 21st Century Postdoctoral Fellow for the Department of Chemistry, brings her skills as a molecular biologist to the field of biophysics at Georgetown in鈥�

December 2, 2020

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New Book by Linguistics Professor Gives New Insights to Field of Cognitive Science

David Lightfoot, a professor in the Department of Linguistics and co-director of the PhD-level Interdisciplinary Concentration in Cognitive Science, recently published Born to鈥�

November 23, 2020

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Spanish and Portuguese Professor Publishes Book on Noted Sociologist Orlando Fals Borda

Joanne Rappaport, a professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, published Cowards Don鈥檛 Make History in October of this year. The book follows the research-activist鈥�

November 16, 2020