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Professors Kai Liu and Gen Yin receive grants for sustainable magnet research

Profs. Kai Liu and Gen Yin have been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation on magnetic recording media studies using a high entropy route to achieve novel magnetic…

April 5, 2022

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James Malloy Won 2022 AAAS Student E-Poster Award

Graduate student James Malloy was selected as the Graduate First Place Winner of the 2022 AAAS Student E-Poster Competition in the Physical Sciences, for his presentation of …

March 2, 2022

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Georgetown’s New Institute Tackles Urgent Environmental Challenges

Georgetown has launched a new institute to accelerate action, research and education on the most pressing environmental and sustainability challenges both locally and.…

February 15, 2022

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Welcome to the Earth Commons

Founded in 2022, The Earth Commons—Georgetown University’s Institute for Environment & Sustainability—is transforming how our university thinks about, responds to, and…

January 1, 2022

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Massive Data Institute Receives $3.2M Grant to Help Reduce Environmental Inequities

Funding will support MDI in the development of an innovative data collaborative, serving communities most at risk of racial and environmental.…

December 6, 2021

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Sustainability Expert Working at ‘Intersection of Social Justice and Environmental Issues’ Joins Georgetown as V.P.

Meghan Chapple, Georgetown’s first vice president of sustainability, will build on Georgetown’s ongoing sustainability work and lead the university’s strategic actions to…

September 15, 2021

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Business and Science Converge in new Georgetown University M.S. in Environment and Sustainability Management

For those seeking to help organizations reduce their impact on the environment by harnessing the power of business, Georgetown University is offering a new interdisciplinary M.S.…

August 11, 2021

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Racial and Environmental Justice, Immigration Rights, Women in Leadership Subjects of Jesuit Higher Education Conference

The Commitment to Justice in Jesuit Higher Education conference, hosted by Georgetown and sponsored by the Association of Jesuit Colleges, virtually gathered Jesuit university…

June 29, 2021

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Alumna Finalist for Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for an Environmental Play

Theater and Performance Studies alumna Miranda Rose Hall (C’11) is a 2021 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize finalist for her work, "A Play for the Living in a Time of". …

April 22, 2021

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New Georgetown Value Highlights University Commitment to Planet

A papal encyclical calling humanity to responsibility and care for the environment has inspired the adoption of a new campus value at Georgetown, one that highlights the…

April 21, 2021