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  • Policy Impacts Tableside: A McCourt Alum’s Journey to Strengthen the Restaurant Industry
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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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  • This Professor’s Course Aims to Ease Social Isolation
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    This Professor’s Course Aims to Ease Social Isolation

    Bradley Holst, assistant teaching professor at the McCourt School, delves into an overlooked public health risk: social isolation.

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  • This Public Policy Junior Drums for the Washington Commanders on NFL Sundays
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    This Public Policy Junior Drums for the Washington Commanders on NFL Sundays

    Emmanuel Assefa (C’27) performs music with multiple ensembles on and off campus. This season, he’s a part of one more ensemble: the Washington Commanders Marching Band.

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  • How Social Media Can Shape Public Opinion – and How We Can Build a Healthier Online Environment
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    How Social Media Can Shape Public Opinion – and How We Can Build a Healthier Online Environment

    Professor Renee DiResta explains how we got to our current social media landscape, the role influencers play in politics and potential solutions for a healthier online environment.

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  • She Transferred to Georgetown To Study Public Policy and Help Small Businesses Thrive
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    She Transferred to Georgetown To Study Public Policy and Help Small Businesses Thrive

    For Asha Gudipaty (C’27), enrolling in the McCourt School’s Joint Program in Public Policy is a step toward empowering small businesses.

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  • Leading through uncertainty: McCourt’s Executive Master’s program trains vision-driven policy leaders
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    Leading through uncertainty: McCourt’s Executive Master’s program trains vision-driven policy leaders

    The McCourt School of Public Policy’s Executive Master’s in Public Policy prepares senior leaders to tackle complex policy challenges with clarity, vision and skill through effective and ethical leadership.

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  • McCourt and Anthropic explore the promise and uncertainty posed by AI’s impacts on the economy
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    McCourt and Anthropic explore the promise and uncertainty posed by AI’s impacts on the economy

    The McCourt School of Public Policy hosted Anthropic, a leading AI company, for a half-day symposium exploring how rapid advances in artificial intelligence are reshaping the economy — bringing both opportunity and disruption.

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  • Meet the new Tech & Public Policy scholars shaping tech policy for the public good
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    Meet the new Tech & Public Policy scholars shaping tech policy for the public good

    The McCourt School of Public Policy’s Tech & Public Policy (TPP) program is pleased to announce Chirag Chinnapa (MIDP’26), Hannah Blair (MPP’27), Joya Wheatfall-Melvin (MS-DSPP’26) and Max Morgan (MPP’27) have been selected as TPP scholars for the 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 academic years.

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  • Introducing the 2025 McCourt Scholars
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    Introducing the 2025 McCourt Scholars

    From Ukrainian revolution to Indian renewable energy planning, a wealth of diverse experience drives these new policymakers to improve lives worldwide.

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  • National leaders in policy, governance and juvenile justice named Doris Duke Distinguished Visiting Fellows
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    National leaders in policy, governance and juvenile justice named Doris Duke Distinguished Visiting Fellows

    The McCourt School of Public Policy welcomes Robert Gordon, Liz Ryan and Shalanda Young as the 2025 Doris Duke Distinguished Visiting Fellows cohort. The Doris Duke Distinguished Visiting Fellows program provides senior public policy practitioners with research and community engagement opportunities at the McCourt School.

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