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Georgetown Unveils Interdisciplinary Building in Downtown D.C.; Houses Several GUMC Grad Programs
Georgetown celebrated the opening of its new educational hub at 111 Massachusetts Ave. in downtown Washington, D.C., on the university’s Capitol Campus. The new building is home to the School of Health’s graduate degree programs and the Berkley School of Nursing’s PhD in Nursing and Doctor of Nursing Practice programs.
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Student Research Day Celebrates 40th Year at Georgetown
Student Research Day has given generations of biomedical scientists-in-training their start. This year, Student Research Day celebrated its 40th anniversary on Oct. 15 with a daylong celebration of scientific advancement that included, for the first time, two keynote speakers.
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Exploring the Symphony of the Human Mind
Shalin Bhatt (M’28), a second-year Georgetown medical student, says he couldn’t stop thinking about the question, leading him to develop a theory that was recently published in the October edition of Medical Hypotheses, a journal specializing in giving new ideas consideration.
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School of Health Associate Professor Awarded Magis Prize for Research on Protein Receptors
Blythe Shepard, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Human Science in the School of Health, received Georgetown University’s Magis Prize for her research on understudied proteins that may lead to new ways to treat disease.
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New Report from Capital Area Food Bank Identifies Troubling Trends in Food Insecurity
A new report on hunger from the Capital Area Food Bank found that the percentage of people experiencing very low food security in the Washington, D.C., area has increased to 22%, meaning that about 820,000 adults locally are skipping meals or eating smaller portions.
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From the Hospital to a Simulation Lab, a Nurse Finds Her Purpose and Passion
As part of Georgetown Faces storytelling series, meet Kelli Giffin, director of the O’Neill Family Foundation Clinical Simulation Center, a high-tech learning environment that gives nursing students simulated clinical training of real-life scenarios.
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Cultivating a ‘Get To’ Mindset, Honoring the Call to Serve
Health care leader, author and philanthropist Quint Studer delivered a lecture on September 4 in Gaston Hall, challenging attendees to cultivate what he described as a “get to” mindset.
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Ralph Lauren Center Pastoral Initiative Collaborates with Local Churches to Offer Cancer Education and Screening
Community outreach and engagement is a priority for the Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Prevention at Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, and as its pastoral initiative coordinator, Mireille Bright, PhD, MPH, connects with the leaders of local churches to offer cancer prevention education, screening and navigation services.
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PhD in Nursing Program Launches at Berkley School of Nursing
Georgetown’s Berkley School of Nursing celebrated the launch of its new PhD in Nursing program and welcomed the first student cohort during a reception at the University’s Capitol Campus in the heart of Washington, D.C.
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Why Research Matters at Georgetown
Georgetown researchers have made significant contributions to every academic field over the university’s long history, from the creation of a life-saving vaccine to the discovery of a new cosmic substance. Today, researchers at Georgetown push the boundaries in fields such as biomedical technology and microplastics while generating new insights in disciplines like business, international relations and the humanities.
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