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McCourt School Professor Chris Warshaw Named 2026 Andrew Carnegie Fellow
Chris Warshaw, professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy, is one of 24 fellows selected to study the causes of polarization in the U.S. and how to strengthen American…
May 5, 2026
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McCourt Students Engage With Tech Policy Leaders at Microsoft and Meta’s DC Offices
McCourt students join Tech & Public Policy visiting fellows to meet with technology leaders at Microsoft and Meta's DC.…
April 30, 2026
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Cindy McCain, Executive Director of the World Food Programme, to Deliver McCourt School Commencement Address
Cindy McCain, Executive Director of the World Food Programme and Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, will deliver the commencement…
April 27, 2026
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Full-Spectrum Propaganda, Explained: A Conversation with Renée DiResta and Josh Goldstein
Renée DiResta and Josh Goldstein offers a framework for analyzing how nation-states wage propaganda campaigns in the social media.…
April 22, 2026
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- Policy Perspectives
From Service to Science
How Khai Booker, program coordinator at McCourt's Massive Data Institute (MDI), uses data to help 'those who need it.'…
April 20, 2026
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This Oncologist is ‘Restoring Trust’ in Rural Healthcare Through Public Policy
It was not one defining moment that led Dr. Wade Swenson (EMPL'26) to rural health policy advocacy, but an accumulation of life-changing diagnoses and patient. …
April 15, 2026
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A Fundación Coppel Future Leaders Scholar’s Mission to Give Back
The daughter of a Mexican Navy officer, Fundación Coppel Future Leaders Scholar Emilia Antúnez Marchetti (MPP’27), understood the meaning of public service at a young.…
April 6, 2026
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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…
March 30, 2026
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From the Mountains of Balochistan to Capitol Hill
Walwala Bashir’s interest in development policy started in the place she calls home. After her time at McCourt, she aims to address the challenges that first sparked that…
March 23, 2026
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Tour the Capitol Campus with a Junior Who’s Finding His Footing in Policy
Christopher Edwards (JPPP'27) shares how immigrating from Jamaica to the U.S. fueled his interest in policy and what it’s like living and studying in downtown.…
March 19, 2026