All Posts: GUMC Stories

• School of Medicine Class of 2020 Carries on Storied Traditions Through Virtual Commencement Ceremony

  (May 17, 2020) — It may not have been the graduation day they had envisioned, but it was one to remember.  Social distancing requirements did not keep the Georgetown University School of Medicine Class of 2020 from carrying on time-honored graduation traditions. The students gathered virtually along with university leadership to celebrate the School of […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: School of Medicine, SOM Commencement 2020

• Facing Their Greatest Test, Medical School Graduates Prepare to Enter the Fray

  (May 17, 2020) — It’s a highly unusual time to be graduating from medical school. Just ask this year’s 187 graduates of Georgetown’s School of Medicine, who are making the transition from student to physician against the backdrop of a global pandemic. For the Class of 2020, the sacrosanct rites of passage that typically form […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: 2019 Novel Coronavirus, coronavirus, COVID-19, School of Medicine, SOM Commencement 2020

• Reflections of BGE First-Gens

  (May 15, 2020) — What does it mean to be a first-generation college graduate? It means making hard decisions, navigating unique paths, and working hard to accomplish your dreams. For the parents of first-generation students, their journey has not been easy. Some have experienced financial hardship, others have had to leave their home countries — […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: BGE Commencement 2020, biomedical education, Biomedical Graduate Education, student achievement

• Celebrating NHS #Hoyas2020

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: NHS Commencement 2020, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• NHS Alumnae Begin New Nonprofit to Support Doctorally Prepared Nurses of Color

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: diversity, health equity, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• HOYA Clinic Campaign Aids DC’s Temporary Housing Residents

  (May 8, 2020) — The risk posed by COVID-19 may have temporarily closed the physical doors of the Health Outreach for Youth and Adults (HOYA) Clinic, a free, medical student-managed clinic located in the Triumph temporary housing facility in Congress Heights in Southeast Washington, but it has not dampened the resolve of its student volunteers […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: community outreach, cura personalis, HOYA Clinic, School of Medicine, service to others

• NHS Alumna of the Classes of 1948 and 1950 Shares Memories about Georgetown and Career

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: alumni, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• The Storm Surge: COVID-19’s Deadly Weapon

  (May 7, 2020) — One of the most chilling aspects about being infected with COVID-19 is that for some people, the trajectory of illness can be highly unpredictable and they can go downhill quickly. For reasons that are not well understood, the immune system can go into overdrive, leading to a deadly cascade of events […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: biomedical research, comorbidities, COVID-19, cytokine storm, immune response

• Everything Old is New Again: Repurposing Drugs Against COVID-19

  (April 30, 2020) — Time is of the essence. With thousands of new cases of COVID-19 being diagnosed worldwide along with hundreds of deaths each day as the first wave of the pandemic spreads in the U.S., finding drugs that prevent or counteract the virus that causes the disease has tremendous urgency for the research […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: 2019 Novel Coronavirus, biomedical research, coronavirus, COVID-19, drug repurposing

• NHS Student Creates Virtual Music Initiative for Senior Community Centers

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: COVID-19, School of Nursing & Health Studies, service to others