Check your inbox Monday evening (May 20) for “Celebrating Commencement,” a special edition of GUMC Health Sciences Weekly, featuring the School of Health, School of Nursing, School of Medicine, and Biomedical Graduate Education. The special edition will include coverage of commencement exercises, awards ceremonies, graduate profiles and more. Relive the excitement of commencement and celebrate the Class of 2024!

Apply for Community Engagement RADIANCE Grants by May 31

GUMC faculty members (any track or rank, including faculty employed by our health system partners [e.g. MedStar] who hold Georgetown faculty appointments) are encouraged to apply for Community Engagement RADIANCE (Respect, Advocacy, Diversity, Inclusion, ANti-racism, Collaboration, Equity) Grants.

Proposals are due by 11:59 p.m. EST on May 31. Learn about the application process by reviewing the request for proposals and contact ofaa@georgetown.edu with any questions.

Drug Discovery News The History of the HPV Vaccine (Richard Schlegel) 

Nonprofit Quarterly Averting Disaster through Preparation: A Conversation with Rebecca Katz and Mackenzie S. Moore (Rebecca Katz, Mackenzie Moore)

Everyday Health Colon Cancer Rises Dramatically Among Children and Teens (John Marshall)

Today Bowel changes, abdominal pain, nausea can occur during pregnancy. For these moms they were signs of colon cancer (John Marshall)



OncLive Georgetown’s Cancer Center Awarded Top Designation by National Cancer Institute; Comprehensive Cancer Center Consortium Includes Hackensack Meridian’s John Theurer Cancer Center (Louis Weiner, Andre Goy, John DeGioia)

Find more Georgetown seminars, talks, concerts and other activities on the university’s events website.

Teaching, Learning & Innovation Summer Institute (TLISI) 2024

Monday, May 20 - Wednesday, May 22

Healey Family Student Center (select sessions via Zoom)

TLISI is a signature faculty and staff development event. Keynote speakers include Suzanne Nossel, chief executive officer of PEN America; Jeanine Turner, PhD, professor and director, Communication, Culture & Technology Program; and Cal Newport, PhD, Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor of Computer Science. Organized by CNDLS. Register.

GUFaculty360 Class - Updating Your Profile 

Monday, May 20

3:00 - 4:00 p.m. 

Via Zoom

Learn how to upload your CV, add your personal website information, upload a syllabus, publications and more.

I2I OTC Seminar Series: “Why is Entrepreneurship as American as Apple Pie?”

Wednesday, May 29

11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. 

Building D, Warwick Evans Conference Room

Elena Koustova, PhD, MBA, director, Office of Translational Initiatives and Program Innovations, National Institute on Drug Abuse, will share insights on the critical role of entrepreneurship in realizing scientific discoveries. Register.

MyNCBI and SciENcv

Wednesday, May 29

12:00 - 1:00 p.m. 

Via Zoom

Harness the power of PubMed with a personal My NCBI account and manage your profile with SciENcv. Presented by Dahlgren Memorial Library.

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