Archive: Media and Scholarship

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Scholarship

“Mapping the Past, Present, and Future of Brain Research to Navigate Directions, Dangers, and Discourses of Dual-Use”

Working towards the goal of fostering effective biosecurity strategies to include emerging fields like neuroscience and neurotechnology (neuroS/T), James Giordano and Joseph…

December 16, 2019

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“The Justinianic Plague: An Inconsequential Pandemic?”

Timothy Newfield and his co-authors challenge current consensus about the number of deaths and significance of the Justinianic.…

December 2, 2019

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“Progress and nostalgia in A Visit from the Goon Squad”

Dr. Daniel Marchalik and Ann Jurecic write about the tension between yearning for the future and nostalgia for the past in Jennifer Egan's A Visit from the Goon Squad, and how…

November 16, 2019

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The Hoya Covers the Development of the Medical Humanities Major

The Hoya introduces the future Medical Humanities major, expected to possibly launch in coming years, mentioning the Spring 2020 courses, and Dr. Lakshmi Krishnan and Dr. Daniel…

November 8, 2019

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The Hoya Covers How Students and Professors Are Pushing for Better Accessibility for Invisible Disabilities

The Hoya explores the barriers that exist for students with invisible disabilities in Georgetown, presenting insights from students from the Georgetown Disability Alliance and…

October 25, 2019

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“Physicians, Oaths, and Vampires”

Dr. Lakshmi Krishnan and Dr. Daniel Marchalik analyze John Polidori’s The Vampyre (1819). They assess the power of oaths, looking at the physicians’ burnout derived from the…

September 21, 2019

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The Hoya Writes about the Georgetown Disability Alliance and the Work to Address the Needs of Members of the Community with Diverse Abilities

On its covering of the of the development of the Georgetown Disability Alliance, the student organization founded to draw attention to issues affecting students with disabilities…

September 19, 2019

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“The Impact of Non-Medical Reading on Clinician Burnout: A National Survey of Palliative Care Providers”

The team of researchers that includes Dr. Daniel Marchalik and Dr. Hunter Groninger studies the impact of non-medical reading on burnout in hospice and palliative care. …

September 8, 2019

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BBC Radio 4 – Bookclub: Aminatta Forna – The Memory of Love

Aminatta Forna discusses her novel The Memory of Love with James Naughtie and a group of readers at the BBC Radio - 4 Bookclub podcast. The Memory of Love has as its background…

September 5, 2019

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“The Arts Through the Lens of Health Care at Georgetown Lombardi”, Lombardi Stories Features Julia Langley

This Lombardi Story talks about how the Arts and Humanities Program, directed by Julia Langley, has impacted the care provided to the patients of the MedStar Georgetown…

August 16, 2019