Stories from McCourt
Alumni
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How I’m Finding My Career Path and Landing Dream Internships as a Grad Student
Priyasha Chakravarti (C’25) (MPP’27) is a second-year Master of Public Policy candidate who is interning at the Brookings Institution’s Governance Studies program this summer.
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How this McCourt Alumna is Helping Revive Local Journalism in Her Hometown
Erin Schrimpf (MPP’16) hosts a daily news broadcast for Missouri’s Jefferson City News Tribune, connecting communities to the public policy decisions that shape their lives.
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Class of 2025 Alumni Share Career Updates and Advice for Upcoming Graduates
Seven McCourt School of Public Policy alumni reflect on their current roles a year after graduating and what they learned along the way.
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How This McCourt Grad Helps Keep Metro Moving
McCourt School of Public Policy alumna Bela Walkin (MPP ’25), senior policy analyst at the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), was drawn to public transit policy by a belief that how cities move their people shapes the quality of their lives.
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Policy Impacts Tableside: A McCourt Alum’s Journey to Strengthen the Restaurant Industry
How managing a restaurant through COVID led Eric Jeffay (MPP’23) to seek new ways to support the industry.
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The View from Inside the Capitol
As floor director for Democratic leadership in the House of Representatives, Nnemdilim Ubezonu (MPM’23) has a front-row seat to how policy is made.
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How this master’s in data science for public policy alumna became a voice for responsible tech policy on Capitol Hill
With McCourt’s training, Amelie D’Hers is shaping national governance on AI, privacy and emerging tech as part of a US senator’s policy team.