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Congresswoman Underwood Speaks on Georgetown Panel Celebrating Nursing

A panel, hosted April 30 by the School of Nursing & Health Studies, featured several prominent nurses, including Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14), for a discussion…

May 1, 2019

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Humanitarian Leader Joan Rosenhauer to Reflect on Leading a ‘Values-based’ Life at NHS Commencement

Joan Rosenhauer, who is the executive director of Jesuit Refugee Service/USA, will receive the honorary degree at the School of Nursing & Health Studies’ Commencement,…

April 26, 2019

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Alternative Spring Break Experience Provokes Reflection, Introspection for NHS Student

As one of the immersion leaders in an alternative breaks program through the Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching & Service, Emily Graul (NHS'20), a global health major,…

April 1, 2019

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NHS Alumni at the School of Medicine Celebrate Match Day

School of Nursing & Health Studies graduates MaryJo Kramer (NHS’14, M’19), Nadeen Hussain (NHS’15, M’19), and Victor Wang (NHS’15, M’19) all participated in this…

March 18, 2019

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GU Nursing Leader, NYU Alumna Recognized by Alma Mater

Edilma L. Yearwood, PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN, chair of the Department of Professional Nursing Practice at the School of Nursing & Health Studies, has earned the Estelle…

March 6, 2019

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Georgetown Alumna Conducts C-Section Research as Fulbright Grantee

I have Georgetown’s Jesuit and globally minded education to thank for my post-college pursuits. . . . The international health major prepared me so well for this Fulbright,…

February 22, 2019

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Oral History Project to Shine a Light on Black History at School

Dr. Edilma Yearwood, chair of the Department of Professional Nursing Practice, and Mr. Brian Floyd, assistant dean, have been working on an oral history project featuring the…

February 8, 2019

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Undergraduate Leverages Research Opportunities as Global Health Major, Fellow

Emily Graul (NHS’20) is a junior global health major at the School of Nursing & Health Studies and a former fellow of the Global Health Initiative (GHI). She has conducted…

January 25, 2019

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Doctoral Student Seeks to Improve Prenatal Care in Rural United States

Nora Elizalde (G’14, G’20), MS, CNM, WHNP-BC, a graduate of Georgetown’s Nurse-Midwifery/Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner Program, is now back at the…

January 23, 2019

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NHS Scholarship Spotlight: June to December 2018

December 21, 2018