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Commencement 2012 at GUMC

Commencement week at GUMC is characterized by a succession of events and celebration recognizing achievement and culminating in the formal commencement ceremonies for students of…

February 19, 2014

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Values to Guide a Graduating Student's Career

Georgetown graduate Megan Berard (NHS’12) said she could not imagine having gone somewhere else for her bachelor’s degree. “Looking back I couldn’t…

February 19, 2014

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Timpone Receives Honorary Degree

This year at its 62nd annual commencement exercises, Fairfield University, in Fairfield Connecticut, bestowed an honorary degree on Joseph Timpone, M.D., Associate Professor in…

February 19, 2014

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The Third Annual School of Medicine Golf Invitational

The Third Annual Georgetown University School of Medicine (GUSOM) Golf Invitational will take place at Raspberry Falls Golf Club in Leesburg, Virginia, on Monday, June 25, 2012.…

February 19, 2014

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CBCC Personal Navigation Program Receives Boost from Komen

Imagine if every woman had access to personal, one-on-one help in navigating her way through the health care system. In the world of breast cancer prevention, this would mean…

February 19, 2014

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Vanessa B. Sheppard: Righting a Deadly Imbalance

Vanessa Sheppard, Ph.D., an assistant professor at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, is a population scientist, a designation that conjures up visions of a life…

February 19, 2014

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This Week Is Security Week at GUMC – Please Join Us

You are invited to join us for GUMC Security Week, Monday, June 18 –- Thursday, June 21 on the Medical Center campus. During Security Week, we will begin to implement new…

February 19, 2014

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Learning to Be a Teacher

As a fourth-year Ph.D. student in the Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience [at Georgetown], I have turned my curiosity about how the brain works into a single-minded pursuit…

February 19, 2014

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Green Initiatives Announced at GUMC Town Hall

Medical waste is a huge problem—four billion pounds a year in U.S. landfills—second only to the food industry. GUMC intends to begin to reduce its share of waste by…

February 19, 2014

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Georgetown Lombardi Breast Cancer Expert to Lead ASCO

Sandra “Sandy” M. Swain, M.D., a member of Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and a professor of medicine at Georgetown University Medical Center, assumed the…

February 19, 2014