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Robert Kraft To Receive NFL Players Association Georgetown Lombardi Award Nov. 3 in Washington
Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and the NFL Players Association will present the inaugural NFL Players Association Georgetown Lombardi Award to Robert Kraft, chairman and CEO of the New England Patriots on November 3 at the 26th Annual Lombardi Gala in Washington.
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Robert Kraft Named First Recipient of NFL Players Association Georgetown Lombardi Award
Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center in Washington, D.C., and the NFL Players Association have selected Robert Kraft, chairman and CEO of the New England Patriots, as the inaugural recipient of a new joint award. The presentation of the NFL Players Association Georgetown Lombardi Award to Kraft will take place during the 26th Annual Lombardi Gala on November 3 in Washington, D.C.
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Georgetown University and Catholic Health Initiatives Form Affiliation to Support Nursing Leadership, Quality of Care
Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies (NHS) and Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) – the nation’s second largest Catholic health care system – have formed an affiliation to support nursing leadership development and quality of care.
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Might Lefties and Righties Benefit Differently from a Power Nap?
People who like to nap say it helps them focus their minds post a little shut eye. Now, a study from Georgetown University Medical Center may have found evidence to support that notion.
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PNAS Study: Language Structure Arises from Balance of Clear and Effective Communication
When learning a new language, we automatically organize words into sentences that will be both clearly understood and efficient (quick) to communicate. That’s the finding of a new study reported today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) which challenges opposing theories on why and how languages come to be organized the way they are.
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Do re mi fa… How Do You Know What Comes Next?
How do you remember a song — and why is it that a beginning pianist who forgets the middle of a melody needs to start over again to recall the tune?
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What You Hear Could Depend on What Your Hands are Doing
New research links motor skills and perception, specifically as it relates to a second finding—a new understanding of what the left and right brain hemispheres “hear.” Georgetown University Medical Center researchers say these findings may eventually point to strategies to help stroke patients recover their language abilities, and to improve speech recognition in children with dyslexia.
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Art Exhibit at Georgetown Features Illustrations of Medicinal, Healing Plants
Peonies, wild ginger and the Madagascar periwinkle — these and many others plants have played a vital role in the treatment of diseases or in the promotion of healing.
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Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development Receives $17 Million Grant To Improve Child and Adolescent Mental Health Care
A Georgetown University Medical Center program that works in every state to improve the lives of children coping with mental health challenges has received a $17 million grant from Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
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First Huntington Disease Center Established in Washington, D.C. Area
Georgetown University Medical Center in collaboration with MedStar Georgetown University Hospital announce the launch of the Huntington Disease Care, Education and Research Center. With support from the Griffin Foundation, the Huntington Disease Center is the first comprehensive, multidisciplinary center to focus on treatment, patient education and research of the disease in the Washington, D.C. area.
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