All Posts: community outreach
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Zebrafish Research Strengthens Students’ Interest in STEM
(April 26, 2019) — Participating in high-impact studies, peering into a fluorescence microscope and tracking cancer cells in animal models are all things Eric Glasgow, PhD,…
April 26, 2019
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MCGSO Welcomes Hardy Middle School During Brain Awareness Week
(March 29, 2019) — In an effort to promote brain research and awareness, the Medical Center Graduate Student Organization (MCGSO) hosted more than 100 seventh graders from a…
March 29, 2019
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Walking Warriors Host Grand Start Party, Launching 2019 Fundraising Efforts
(January 19, 2019) — The sobering realities of breast cancer brought dozens of cancer survivors and their friends and family to an event at the Lombardi atrium on a…
January 19, 2019
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Seeking Social Justice for Patients, Medical Students Turn to the Law
(January 11, 2019) — A new program that allows Georgetown University medical students to complete an elective “rotation” in a law clinic is yielding immediate results…
January 11, 2019
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Experts and D.C. Residents Come Together for Breast Cancer Community Forum
(November 27, 2018) — District of Columbia residents shared their stories, concerns and fears at Environment & Breast Cancer: Transforming Data Into Action, a…
November 27, 2018
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Supporting St. Baldrick’s with Superheroes, Sumo Wrestling and More
With live music, a silent auction, pie- and donut-eating contests, sumo wrestling, superheroes, speeches, head shaving and more, the 2018 St. Baldrick’s fundraiser,…
April 16, 2018
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Junior Science and Humanities Symposium Brings High Schoolers to the Hilltop
While Georgetown students were on spring break, about 150 high school students and teachers from 26 local schools in the greater Washington metropolitan area came to campus March…
March 12, 2018
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Fitness Instructor and Former Felon Shares His Story With Medical Students
At a lunchtime talk hosted by the Inmate Wellness Interest Group (IWIG) on January 17, Dontrell “Trell” Britton spoke about his journey from prison to a career as a…
January 21, 2018