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Military Medical Students Move to New Theatre of Operations

Seven newly minted physicians received promotions during a ceremony May 16, an annual tradition at Georgetown University School of Medicine for students who received a medical…

May 14, 2015

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Eighth Graders Have Science on the Brain at GUMC

With the help of Bill Rebeck, PhD, and several neuroscience PhD students, visiting middle school students learned about the human brain in the most authentic way possible &; …

May 11, 2015

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Medical School Graduates “Coming of Age in a Transformed System”

The 93 women and 93 men comprising the graduating class of Georgetown University School of Medicine assembled at Washington’s National Theater on Sunday morning, May 17,…

May 7, 2015

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BGE Graduates Receive Diplomas, Marking Thousands of Hours of Work

Collectively, it took the 250 students in the Biomedical Graduate Education (BGE) master’s program about 25,000 hours of work to complete their graduate degrees. They…

May 7, 2015

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Georgetown Lombardi is Top Fundraising Team at Avon Walk for Second Year

This past weekend Georgetown Lombardi once again distinguished itself as the lead fundraising team in the Washington region at Avon 39 The Walk to End Breast Cancer, raising $237…

May 6, 2015

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Georgetown University Announces Commencement Speakers

A global mental health expert, the CEO of a Catholic health care delivery system and a devoted “malaria fighter” have been tapped to deliver commencement addresses…

May 4, 2015

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GUMC Hosts “Gray Matters” Symposium on Ethics in Neuroscience

Stephen Hauser, co-author of a report by the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, joined a half-day symposium on neuroethics hosted by the Pellegrino…

April 29, 2015

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Georgetown’s Elissa L. Newport Awarded 2015 Franklin Institute Award

Recognizing her contributions to understanding the nature of human language, The Franklin Institute awarded Elissa L. Newport, PhD, with one of its 2015 Franklin Institute. …

April 27, 2015

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Georgetown is One of Six Institutions in New DC Center for AIDS Research

An interdisciplinary, city-wide consortium of institutions, including Georgetown University Medical Center, has received a significant National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant…

April 27, 2015

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Georgetown’s Jesse Goodman Elected President of United States Pharmacopeial Convention

Georgetown University Medical Center professor Jesse Goodman, MD, MPH, has been elected president of the 2015–2020 United States Pharmacopeial Convention (USP). Goodman,…

April 26, 2015