Archive: Environmental Health
10 Articles
- Climate Change
- Environmental Health
- Interviews
- Sustainability
- Ursula Gately
Rising Risk of Extreme Heat on Health in the District
Have you wondered why the summer heat in DC has increased so much? Undergraduate student Ursula Gately (COL'23) investigates rising heat in the district and the governmental, as…
October 15, 2022
- Climate & Energy
- Environmental Health
Preparing for Climate Disasters
All sectors are–and will continue to be–increasingly affected by climate change. The medical field is no exception. Whether responding to patients adversely affected by…
October 2, 2022
- Alannah Nathan
- Anthony Green
- Climate & Energy
- Environmental Health
- First Responders
- Interviews
An Australian Firefighter on the Frontlines of Climate Change
Anthony Green is a volunteer firefighter from the New South Wales Rural Fire Service, the largest fire service in the world with over 70,000 volunteers. We recently spoke with…
September 6, 2022
- Arts & Culture
- Environmental Health
- Melissa-Kelly Franklin
- Sadie Morris
To Plan a Family: Children, Hope, and the Climate Crisis
A discussion with playwright Melissa-Kelly Franklin on having children in a climate.…
August 25, 2022
- Biodiversity
- Environmental Health
- Interviews
- Spring 2021
- Sustainability
Hoya Hive
Georgetown students led by Lizzy Nguyen are buzzing with bee…
July 8, 2021
- Breakthroughs
- Environmental Health
- Sonia de Assis
- Spring 2021
How the Environment Shapes Us
Professor Sonia de Assis reframes genetic predisposition through DDT exposure…
July 8, 2021
- Breakthroughs
- Environmental Health
- Kai Liu
- Spring 2021
Turning Copper Against Covid
Georgetown scientists discover an innovative solution for effective and reusable N95 mask filtration…
July 8, 2021
- Biodiversity
- Environmental Health
- Peter Marra
- Spring 2021
Mapping the Mysteries of Bird Migration
Dr. Calandra Stanley and Earth Commons Directory Dr. Peter P. Marra use new satellite technologies to track birds over thousands of.…
June 17, 2021
- Environmental Health
- Food & Water
- Laura Anderko
- Spring 2021
Forever Chemicals
What synthetic chemicals are lurking in our water, frying pans, raingear, and fast food wrappers? Dr. Laura Anderko explains the dangers of…
June 17, 2021
- Environmental Health
- Food & Water
- Sheila Foster
- Spring 2021
- The Silo
- Tiffany Ganthier
The Silo: Toxic Racism
Georgetown scholars Tiffany Ganthier, Laura Anderko, and Sheila R. Foster share their perspectives on environmental…
June 16, 2021