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Global Collaboration Results in New Open Online Course on Urban Health

This month, the open online course “Urban Health in Crisis: Response from Sub-Saharan Africa” launched on edX thanks to a collaboration among the University of Ghana, the…

June 9, 2021

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Former NHS Dean and Longtime Georgetown Professor to Retire at the End of June

Dr. Patricia Cloonan, who has been a faculty member at Georgetown for more than 25 years and served as the dean of the School of Nursing & Health Studies, is retiring at the end…

May 18, 2021

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Human Science Senior Founds Campus Shuttle Program to Support Students with Mobility Disabilities

Olivia Silveri (NHS’21) is a human science major and a disability studies minor. As an undergraduate, she founded HoyaLift, “an ADA accessible campus-wide shuttle initiative…

May 18, 2021

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Undergraduate Research and Faculty Mentorship Celebrated Virtually at Annual Georgetown Conference

Since 2003, the School of Nursing & Health Studies has hosted the Undergraduate Research Conference, one that has grown over time and invites student researchers from across…

April 26, 2021

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Global Health Senior Receives Fulbright Award to Teach English in Cambodia

Alyssa Erin Kardos Loera (NHS’21) is a senior global health major who has received a Fulbright Award. After graduation, she will be teaching English in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. …

April 22, 2021

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Health Care Management & Policy Major Writes Forthcoming Book on Innovation

Isayah Henry (NHS’21), a senior health care management & policy major, has authored the forthcoming book, "Innovator’s Clinic: How Small Innovators Are Positioned Best to…

April 14, 2021

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Rediscovering Georgetown’s Women Graduates of the First Decades of the 20th Century

As Women's History Month comes to a close this week, learn about the religious sisters who were receiving their Georgetown degrees in the first decades of the 20th century. One…

March 29, 2021

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Human Science Professor Develops New Course on Social Determinants of COVID-19

This semester, Dr. Debbie Barrington, assistant professor of human science, is teaching a new course she developed on the social determinants of COVID-19. As a social…

March 24, 2021

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NHS Students, Faculty, and Grads Support GU-Coordinated COVID-19 High-Capacity Vaccination Site

Georgetown and the District of Columbia recently partnered to coordinate a COVID-19 high-capacity vaccination site in Southeast DC. Among the participants at the weekend clinic,…

March 16, 2021

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Senior Contributes to City Planning on Food Security Through Internship

Health care management & policy major De’Ara Graves (NHS’21) has worked on food insecurity issues through her policy internship at the District of Columbia’s Food Policy…

March 5, 2021