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Physic Professor and Graduate Student Publish Paper on New Imaging Method for Early Cancer Detection

One of the most important steps in the fight against cancer is the early detection of tumors in the body. Department of Physics professor and McDevitt chair Kai Liu and graduate鈥

June 10, 2020

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Georgetown Professor Helps Create Workshop That Makes Quantum Education More Accessible

Jim Freericks, professor in the Department of Physics and McDevitt Chair, collaborated with the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the White House Office of Science and鈥

May 19, 2020

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First Generation 海角论坛 Student Studies Race, Identity and Community in Thesis on Ben鈥檚 Chili Bowl

Sonali Mirpuri (C鈥20) was interested in studying how first-generation Indian students such as herself navigated the intersections of race, identity and community at Georgetown.鈥

April 30, 2020

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Tips for Teacher-Parents During a Pandemic: Use Tools and Forget Being Perfect

With the closing of public schools across the country and the world, millions of parents must now supplement their children鈥檚 education while dealing with pandemic-induced鈥

April 30, 2020

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Ph.D. Student Matthew Johnson Speaks of the Importance of Studying the History of Our Earth

Ph.D. candidate Matthew Johnson studies modern environmental history, starting from the beginning of the second industrial revolution, when fossil fuels enabled people to鈥

April 24, 2020

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Professor Dagomar Degroot and Ph.D. Student Emma Moesswilde Podcast Their Way Through Climate History

Environmental historian Dagomar Degroot and Ph.D. student Emma Moesswilde have revamped Climate History, a podcast created by the Department of History professor that explores鈥

April 21, 2020

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Georgetown Professor Coauthors New Study That Finds EPA Mercury Analysis Is 鈥淪eriously Flawed鈥

Department of Economics professor Arik Levinson, in a new study with experts across prominent academic institutions, found that the Environmental Protection Agency鈥檚 (EPA)鈥

April 13, 2020

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Georgetown Physicist Helps Create New N95 Mask Decontamination Guidelines

A team of 60 scientists, engineers, students and clinicians that includes a Georgetown physicist yesterday unveiled N95decon.org, a website that synthesizes the scientific鈥

April 2, 2020

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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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Observatory Named for Georgetown Physicist Who Encourages Next Generation of Women in Science

Sarah Jiang (C鈥21) says she鈥檚 thrilled that the National Science Foundation chose to name a telescope designed to conduct 鈥渁 vast astronomical survey鈥 after Vera Rubin 鈥鈥

January 31, 2020