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From Patient Bedside to Boardroom: How Personal Experience Fueled a School of Health Student’s Journey
For many students, the path to a graduate degree is a straight line between their undergraduate studies and graduate program. For Kathryn (“Katie”) Kalhorn (C’23, G’27), a Master…
February 27, 2026
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School of Nursing Graduate Student Evaluates Novel Motorbike Ambulance Service To Improve Maternal Health in Rural Kenya
Alexandra (“Alex”) Jones (G’26), BSN, RN, a BSN-DNP and Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) graduate student in Georgetown’s Berkley School of Nursing, traveled to rural Kenya to…
February 20, 2026
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School of Medicine’s Rebekah Evans Encourages Collaboration in Research and Teaching
Rebekah Evans, PhD, assistant professor in neuroscience, researches the neural circuitry involved in the development of Parkinson’s disease while mentoring and training students…
February 17, 2026
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Undergraduate Nursing Students Gain Firsthand Experience in Health Policy on Capitol Hill
Undergraduate students from Georgetown's Berkley School of Nursing traveled to Capitol Hill in February to participate in the National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN)…
February 17, 2026
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What Repetitive Head Impacts Do to the Brain
Concussions and repetitive head impacts are common in sports. Neuroscience professor Mark Burns, PhD, explores what happens in the brain during head impacts and how to possibly…
February 12, 2026
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Innovative Biomedical and Genetics Research Projects Net PhD Students ARCS Scholar Awards
Four doctoral candidates at Georgetown University, including MD/PhD candidate Alexander Lekan (G’26, M’28) in the Tumor Biology Program at the School of Medicine, have been named…
February 9, 2026
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Two School of Health Graduates Earn Fulbright Awards to Advance Global Health Research
Two School of Health alumni have been awarded prestigious Fulbright grants to pursue research in New Zealand and India that blends rigorous science with community-centered public…
February 6, 2026
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‘We’ve Been Blessed’: Transformational Bequest Will Provide Scholarships for STEM Undergraduates, Medical Students
With a transformational bequest, School of Dentistry alumnus Richard Calabrese (D’77) and his wife, Angela, will establish two endowed scholarship funds designed to help aspiring…
February 2, 2026
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Beyond the Clinic: Georgetown Medical Student Trades Scrubs For Suit in Medical-Legal Partnership
Medical student Scott Nichols gained a deep understanding of the intersection of law and medicine in the Cancer Legal Assistance and Wellbeing (LAW) Project, which assigns fourth…
January 16, 2026
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4 Tips To Counter Brain Rot in 2026, According to Medical School Professors
Learn more about what brain rot is and how to combat it without having to commit to a full social media detox with these tips from professors at Georgetown’s School of.…
January 12, 2026