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Beneficial and Detrimental Effects of Inflammation: A New and Noteworthy Publication

After pouring sweat, blood, and tears into writing a thesis, every graduate student dreams of having their work accepted and publicized. Saumya Bollam, after recently graduating…

November 4, 2016

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The Tortoise Teaches Social Structure: A Publication by Pratha Sah

Pratha Sah focuses on the role of burrowing and social behavior of the desert tortoise in her article “Inferring social structure and its drivers from refuge use in the desert…

May 7, 2016

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Regents Science Scholar Program

The Regents Science Scholars Program, funded by a $1.2 million investment from alumni Joe Zimmel (C’75) and Alison Lohrfink Blood (B’81), serves to enhance Georgetown’s…

May 2, 2016

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Professor Mann Studies Dolphins in the Potomac

Janet Mann, who’s studied bottlenose dolphins in Australia for more than 30 years, is now literally examining them in the Potomac and the Chesapeake Bay. This is the first…

April 27, 2016

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Co-First Authors Jing Jin and Chao Chen Collaborate on Neurogenesis

Chao Chen and Jing Jin, Ph.D. recipients, are first-time co-authors. Their article is about a cross-species functional analysis, specifically the process of neurogenesis, from…

March 1, 2016

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Professor Armbrster May Help Fight Zika Virus

Biology Professor Peter Armbruster studies and raises tens of thousands of the Asian Tiger Mosquito in an effort to understand the process of diapause. Why, one might ask, would…

January 17, 2016

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Recent Graduate Spends Summer in Kenya

Collin Leibold is a graduate of Georgetown University College who recently participated in a service project in Kenya. He partnered with the Mother of Mercy Girls Secondary…

August 11, 2015

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Congratulations to Professor Leslie Ries

Professor Leslie Ries released two articles referencing her research on monarch butterflies. The first in the Washington Post quotes Professor Leslie Ries’s work and the…

August 5, 2015

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Excellence in Teaching Award to Prof. Manus Patten

Each year the undergraduate students of the Georgetown College have the opportunity to vote for a professor that deserves to be recognized. From his teaching style in class to…

May 1, 2015

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Kaley Beins and Sarah Kramer win Fulbright Fellowships, and Sarah Waye wins Goldwater Scholarship

Georgetown students go above and beyond, especially in the field of science. The most successful and driven students qualify themselves to be recognized for different,…

May 1, 2015