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Dissertation Award for BGE Students Will Honor Longtime Professor Stefano Vicini

The inaugural Stefano Vicini Dissertation Award will be presented in May 2026. Vicini, who retired in summer 2025, has been a Georgetown faculty member for 40 years and has mentored dozens of Ph.D. st…

Giving an Effective Presentation: Student Research Day Winners’ Advice

Student Research Day is an annual opportunity for BGE Ph.D. students to show off their work to biomedical peers, faculty, and the university community at large. The three winners of BGE’s 40th Stude…

Study Reveals New Ways the Brain Regulates Communication Between Neurons

A new finding from researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center shows that the learning process of associating cues with rewards can be altered by increased or decreased activity of a specific …