Sharon Xie

Oct 11, 2024 | georgetownvoice.com | Sharon Xie |Sydney Carroll

Editor’s Note: This piece is published as part of The Homeless Crisis Reporting Project (HCRP), launched by Street Sense Media in 2016. HCRP is a multi-day collaborative effort between local D.C. outlets to spotlight homelessness and related issues in the District. Check out all the 2024 HCRP stories here. Every Sunday evening, the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Georgetown opens its doors to people experiencing homelessness for a family-style dinner.

Sep 21, 2024 | georgetownvoice.com | Izzy Wagener |Aashna Nadarajah |Sharon Xie |Yihan Deng

The Earth Commons Institute celebrated its first planting party of the season on Sunday, Sep. 8 at the Hoya Harvest Garden, located on the fourth floor Regents patio. Established in 2023, the garden supplies the Hoya Hub food pantry, a resource available to community members experiencing food insecurity, and some of the greens found in Leo O’ Donovan Hall. The garden also serves as a “living lab” to educate students on urban agriculture practices.

Aug 29, 2024 | georgetownvoice.com | Aashna Nadarajah |Sharon Xie |Yihan Deng |Katherine Landau

Last semester, the Georgetown Earth Commons Institute, the university’s hub for environmental research and advocacy, launched Nature Rx. Nature Rx is an initiative aiming to transform student mental health by encouraging students to spend time in outside. More than 10 years ago, a group of doctors with the National Parks Service in D.C., inspired by the researched benefits of exposure to nature for mental health, launched Nature Rx to alleviate student mental health concerns.

Jul 19, 2024 | medrxiv.org | Boram Kim |Holly Elser |Sharon Xie |Kaitlin Blam

EBL serves as a paid consultant to Wavebreak Therapeutics. DAW has served as a paid consultant to Eli Lilly, GE Healthcare, and Qynapse. DAW serves on a DSMB for Functional Neuromodulation and GSK. DAW receives research support paid to his institution from Biogen. TMP is founder of Penzymes, LLC; he is a consultant for Propella therapeutics and member of the Expert Panel for the Research Institute of Fragrance Materials. All other authors declare no competing interests.

Feb 23, 2024 | thehoya.com | Sharon Xie

The Fulbright Specialist Program selected an associate professor from the Georgetown University School of Nursing (SON) Feb. 8 to work as a specialist with the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population. Intima Alrimawi was chosen to join the program, which is a flagship international educational and cultural exchange program established in 2001 by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA).