Archive: Media and Scholarship

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Media

“Soul-Searching and Suspense Carry a Riveting ‘Lesson of Jan Karski’ at Shakespeare Theatre”, The Washington Post Reviews Play Co-Written and Directed by Derek Goldman

The Washington Post reviewed "Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski," written by Clark Young and Derek Goldman and directed by Goldman. It refers to the play as "an invitation…

October 11, 2021

Scholarship

“Syndemics and the History of Disease: Towards a New Engagement”

Timothy Newfield looks at histories of disease and our understanding of current syndemics to think of epidemics through a syndemic.…

October 4, 2021

Media

“The Healing Power of the ‘Food is Medicine’ Movement” The Washington Post Talks with Dr. Christopher King about the Work of Food & Friends

On its coverage of the work Food & Friends is doing to tackle the issue of illness and food insecurity, The Washington Post speaks to Dr. Christopher King about the importance of…

October 1, 2021

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Past events

The Hoya Podcast: Community Corner: Upcoming Play Remembers Life, Legacy of Jan Karski, featuring Derek Goldman

The Hoya talks with Derek Goldman about Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski and the life of World War II hero, Holocaust witness, and Georgetown University professor Jan…

September 29, 2021

Media

Dr. Christopher King Leads the Development of Implicit Bias Education Module for DC Department of Health

Dr. Christopher King is amongst the experts of the Department of Health Systems Administration at the School of Nursing & Health Studies that contributed to the creation of a new…

September 29, 2021

Media

Dr. Toni-Lee Sangastiano’s Paintings on Display in the Permanent Collection Gallery of the Robert A. Facchina Italian American Museum of Washington DC (IAMDC)

On September 25, 2021, The Robert A. Facchina Italian American Museum of Washington DC (IAMDC) hosted a reception for IAMDC artists. Dr. Toni-Lee Sangastiano's paintings are on…

September 25, 2021

Scholarship

“Ukuphumelela: Flourishing and the Pursuit of a Good Life, and Good Health, in Soweto, South Africa”

Emily Mendenhall and her research team investigate how people residing in Soweto, located in South Africa's Gauteng province, define, experience, and express what it means to…

September 24, 2021

Media

“Now We Can All Hear You…”, Dr. Hunter Groninger Writes about Palliative Care Tele-Education for the Rohingya Humanitarian Crisis on PallCHASE

Dr. Hunter Groninger describes his experience of pivoting from traditional in-person teaching to the virtual world, in the context of his teaching of primary palliative care…

September 22, 2021

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An Evening with Acclaimed Writer Sofi Oksanen

Virtual reading and conversation with one of the most awarded literary authors in Scandinavia, Finnish-Estonian novelist and playwright , Sofi Oksanen. Moderated by Lannan Center…

September 21, 2021

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Infectious Historians Podcast, Episode #78: Covid in Iowa with Emily Mendenhall

Emily Mendenhall joins Merle Eisenberg and Lee Mordechai to discuss Covid in her hometown in northwest.…

September 17, 2021