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Three Georgetown Medical School Faculty Members Inducted into the MAGIS Society of Master Teachers
On May 18, Georgetown University honored the newest MAGIS members, Amy Burke, MD, MPH, and Mary Furlong, MD, and inducted Donna Cameron, PhD, MPH, who was selected in 2022 but was unable to attend last year’s ceremony.
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Illuminating Influence: Insights from Biomedical Graduate Education’s Class of 2023
Students in Georgetown University’s Biomedical Graduate Education Class of 2023 share their insights on the nature of influence in the biomedical field.
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Lombardi Gala Celebrates Hope
Friends and supporters gathered for the 35th annual Lombardi Gala to celebrate life and hope in the face of cancer and rally support for funding cancer research at Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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Medical Students Make Connections Over Community-Based Learning
Young people from a DC primary school came to campus for a daylong experience with School of Medicine students in the Community Based Learning program. The April 14 visit came at the end of the community-based learning (CBL) course, a class that gets first-year medical students out of the classroom and into one of 24 community sites.
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Georgetown Lombardi Young Scholars Gain Hands-On Science Experience
A team of eager third graders from Van Ness Elementary in southeast Washington, D.C., recently teamed up with volunteers from Georgetown Lombardi for hands-on experiences with robotics, programming, biology and engineering designed to encourage students to think about careers in science and medicine.
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School of Medicine Students Build Community By Reflecting on What Drove Them to Pursue Medicine
Forty first-year medical students and Georgetown Experimental Medical Studies Program (GEMS) students gathered virtually April 13 for the seventh-annual “I, Too, Am Georgetown Medicine” event to remind themselves why they pursued careers in medicine and to reflect on how to remain their authentic selves in stressful environments.
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School of Medicine Expands Yellow Ribbon Program Scholarships To Cover Portion of Tuition for Military-Connected Students
In an effort to remove financial barriers for veterans seeking a medical degree and to honor the brave men and women who serve our nation, Georgetown University’s School of Medicine will expand scholarships of the Yellow Ribbon Program (YRP), effective August 1, 2023.
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School of Nursing Graduate Students Advance Jesuit Values Through Advocacy
Deepening their commitment to the Jesuit values of “people for others” and pursuit of social justice, graduate students from Georgetown’s Nurse-Midwifery/Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner (NM/WHNP) and WHNP programs took to Capitol Hill with a mission to advocate for babies and their birth parents.
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Student Fellows Connect Interprofessionally To Advance Global Health Research
The current cohort of Global Health Institute (GHI) student fellows embodies the university’s commitment to a cross-disciplinary approach to researching global health. Students and faculty from all three Georgetown University Medical Center schools, as well as the law center and main campus, partner across professions to advance global health projects.
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Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program Seniors Receive White Coats, Take Pledge After Pandemic Delay
Seniors in the School of Nursing’s bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) program celebrated their ceremonial first steps into their professional careers with a white coat and pledge ceremony on April 18 as faculty welcomed them to the nursing profession.
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