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The McCourt School’s Tech & Public Policy program fall 2026 cohort includes national and global AI governance leaders.
Ning Leng, assistant professor at the McCourt School, was awarded the American Political Science Association’s (APSA) Theodore J. Lowi First Book Award.
Through MIDP’s Summer Experience and gui2de summer internships, McCourt students spent their summers applying analytical methods at leading international development institutions.
Learn from a senior policy expert at the McCourt School of Public Policy’s Center on Education and the Workforce about the policy implications of recent federal changes to graduate student…
Distinguished University Professor George A. Akerlof retires after more than a decade at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy.
The new 15-credit executive program equips leaders, advocates and change agents with the skills to successfully shape public policy, build followership and drive lasting change.
Tejas Kaur (MPP’27) blogs her experiences as the Summer 2026 McCourt School Summer Storyteller.
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.
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.
The Massive Data Institute (MDI) at Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy welcomes Amy O'Hara as new Executive Director.