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Former Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball coach John Thompson Jr., shown here at a game in 2019, has died. He was 78.

John Thompson Jr., Legendary Georgetown Basketball Coach, Dies At 78

Aug 31, 2020
The Hall of Famer led the Georgetown men's team to 24 consecutive postseason appearances. He was the first Black coach to win a national men's college basketball title.
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Education
Rashema Melson gets a hug and has her photo taken with her cousin Anthony Young after the 2019 Georgetown University graduation ceremony.

Once A Homeless D.C. Teen, Now A Georgetown Graduate

May 21, 2019
In 2014, Rashema Melson was a homeless high school senior who was awarded a full scholarship to college. Now, she is a graduate of Georgetown University who hopes to return to help her community.
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Technology
In this Oct. 31 photo, a man has his face painted to represent efforts to defeat facial recognition. It was during a protest at Amazon headquarters over the company's facial recognition system.

San Francisco Considers Ban On Government's Use Of Facial Recognition Technology

May 14, 2019
The city is home to some of the world's largest technology companies, but it may ban the use of facial recognition software by police and city agencies.
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Code Switch
Melisande Short-Colomb, 63, is a descendant of slaves sold by the Jesuits to fund Georgetown University. She's enrolled as a freshman there and plans to major in African-American studies.

Starting School At The University That Enslaved Her Ancestors

Sep 19, 2017
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talked to Mélisande Short-Colomb, whose family was once enslaved by Georgetown University. Now, at 63, Short-Colomb has enrolled as a freshman there.
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Code Switch
Young Muslims find a middle ground for fostering romantic relationships between what is permissible and what is forbidden.

How Young Muslims Define "Halal Dating" For Themselves

Apr 20, 2017
Young Muslims find a middle ground for fostering romantic relationships between what is permissible and what is forbidden.
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The Two-Way
Patricia Bayonne-Johnson holds a photo of her great-grandparents and their son. The retired science teacher discovered that some of her ancestors were sold by the Jesuits of the Maryland Province in 1838, to pay off Georgetown University's massive debt.

Georgetown Will Offer An Edge In Admissions To Descendants Of Slaves

Sep 01, 2016
In 1838, 272 enslaved people were sold to fund the university. The school, grappling with that history, will give descendants of those slaves the same consideration as legacy students in admission.
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Shots - Health News
Dr. Richard Schlegel and postdoctoral fellow Nancy Palechor-Ceron use a microscope to look at human epithelial cells growing on mouse fibroblasts at Georgetown University Medical Center.

A Bed Of Mouse Cells Helps Human Cells Thrive In The Lab

Jan 07, 2015
Researchers have developed a powerful method for growing human cells in the laboratory that has led to some unusual findings. Cell tests suggest a malaria drug might work against cervical cancer.
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