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The Hoya: Biology, History Professor Awarded $100K Magis Prize to Study Origins of Smallpox
Awardee Timothy Newfield, an associate professor in the biology and history departments, will investigate the origins of smallpox by tracing its historical and epidemiological roots.
Category: News
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Prof. Adam Rothman in The Hoya: Pursue Accountability and Justice
This year, Georgetown University added a new element to the core curriculum called “Pathways to Social Justice” (PSJ). This curriculum introduces students to the idea of justice that runs through Georgetown’s values, from community in diversity to faith that does justice.
Categories: Announcement, News
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In “Facing Georgetown’s History,” Student Artists Reflect on the GU272
Starting April 8, Lauinger Library will host an exhibition on its Fourth Floor Community Gallery reflecting on Georgetown University’s role in the injustice of slavery and the legacies of enslavement and segregation in our nation. “Facing Georgetown’s History Through Art” will showcase multifaceted artwork from the capstone projects of students in Prof. Adam Rothman’s History 099: Facing Georgetown’s History course from 2021 to 2023.
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History Alumnus wins Rhodes Scholarship
Thomas Batterman (C’22), a researcher who investigates war crimes at the Department of Justice and who made new discoveries about a medieval plague while at Georgetown, has won the 2024 Rhodes Scholarship
Category: Announcement
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Cosmic Luck: NASA’s Apollo 11 Moon Quarantine Broke Down
Low-likelihood and high-consequence risks really matter… mitigating them is one of the most important things that governments can do.
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Finding the Latinx City with Mike Amezcua and Pedro A. Regalado
One of the questions that guided me early on concerned the role of Latinx people as custodians of that space. What innovations did they mobilize to survive?
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In Conversation with Prof. Mike Amezcua
We look at urban space and ask “how did this come about?” The city and all that’s associated with it – from people, to buildings, to pigeons, to toxins, becomes the site of engagement for us
Categories: Announcement, News
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Spotlight on Xin Zheng: Phillips Collection
“Xin Zheng is the Makeba Clay Diversity Fellow, and will support The Phillip Collection’s Institutional History Project.”
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Prof. Dagomar Degroot Contributes to UN Human Development Report
Today’s climate crisis has no precedent in Earth’s history, owing to the combination of its speed, eventual magnitude, global scale and human cause.
Categories: Announcement, News
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The Frederick Douglass Anthology
History Major Dami Kim (COL ’24) has assembled a collection of the abolitionist, writer, and orator’s most prominent works.
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