Archive: Media and Scholarship

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Media
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CITY LIGHTS LIVE! Aminatta Forna in Conversation with Eula Biss

Aminatta Forna in conversation with Eula Biss, discussing her new book, The Window Seat: Notes From a Life in Motion, published by Grove Press. This event was originally…

May 19, 2021

Media

“Hame”, Orion Magazine Publishes Excerpt of Aminatta Forna’s The Window Seat

Orion Magazine published an excerpt of "Hame", one of the essays that make up Aminatta Forna's most recent book, The Window Seat: Notes from a Life in.…

May 17, 2021

Media

“The Importance of Public-Private Partnerships and Preparing for the Next Pandemic,” Kayla Zamanian Writes about Natasha Bilimoria’s Contributions to the Conversations in Global Health Class

Kayla Zamanian (SFS’23) writes about the role of public-private partnerships and the importance of health system strengthening as a way of preparing for future pandemics, based…

May 3, 2021

Media

“Neurodata and Defence: Part II – Beyond NINA -The Need for Integrative Digital Biosecurity”, Defence IQ Piece Co-Authored by Dr. James Giordano

James Giordano, Joseph DeFranco, and Diane DiEuliis propose an integrative approach to digital biosecurity to address present and future challenges of the convergence of…

April 16, 2021

Media

“Neurodata & Defence: Part I – Realities and Risks”, Defence IQ Piece Co-Authored by Dr. James Giordano

In this piece published on Defence IQ, James Giordano, Joseph DeFranco, and Diane DiEuliis address the challenges arising from the development of newer techniques and…

April 14, 2021

Scholarship

“Flourishing: Migration and Health in Social Context”

Emily Mendenhall and other researchers draw on case studies from three world regions, to propose concrete steps clinicians and health institutions can take in order to better…

April 7, 2021

Scholarship

“Introduction: Migration and Health in Social Context”

Emily Mendenhall and Seth M. Holmes introduce the BMJ Global Health journal's issue on “Migration and Health in Social Context”, focused on the social, political and economic…

April 7, 2021

Scholarship

“Towards a Rigorous Understanding of Societal Responses to Climate Change”

The team of researchers that includes Timothy Newfield and Jakob Burnham proposes an interdisciplinary framework for uncovering climate–society interactions that emphasizes the…

March 24, 2021

Media

Georgetown College Writes About the Medical Humanities Initiative’s New Minor

Georgetown College shared the announcement of the launch of the interdisciplinary minor in Medical Humanities, Culture, and Society, which, in Nicoletta Pireddu's words, …

March 22, 2021

Scholarship

“On Symbols and Scripts: The Politics of the American COVID-19 Response”

Emily Mendenhall and her co-authors argue that, to unravel the American COVID-19 crisis —and to craft effective responses—, a more sophisticated understanding of the…

March 19, 2021