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Turning passion into action: A McCourt Center alum’s journey from nonprofit mentor to executive director

For almost 25 years, the Youth Leadership Foundation (YLF) has provided one-on-one mentoring and tutoring services to kids across the District. Under Janaiha Bennett’s…

November 1, 2021

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CMS Administrator Brooks La-Sure on the importance of health equity and putting people first

“It’s important to remember in all of our work that we’re including every voice. By listening to different voices you start to change how you think about things,” said…

October 25, 2021

Alumni
Discovery & Impact

McCourt School alums aspire to educate the next generation of policymakers and data scientists

While many McCourt School of Public Policy graduates pursue careers in the public, private and nonprofit sectors, others find their calling in academia. The McCourt School is…

October 18, 2021

Alumni
Discovery & Impact

McCourt alumni, representing 16 countries, rally together in support of displaced Afghans

On August 15, 2021, McCourt alums Andrea Vargas Delgado (MPP’19) and Peter Nouhan (MPP’19) were alerted that one their former classmates was impacted by the crisis in…

October 11, 2021

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Event — 2021-2022 Whittington Lecture with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure

Brooks-LaSure leads the federal agency responsible for overseeing public health insurance programs that support more than 149 million people across the country — including…

October 7, 2021

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McCourt Alumna Leads Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services

In May 2021, the US Senate confirmed McCourt School alumna Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid.…

September 1, 2021

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In Memoriam: Judge Robert Katzmann

The McCourt School community mourns the loss of Judge Robert Katzmann, a former member of our faculty at what was then known as the Georgetown Public Policy Institute (GPPI).…

June 11, 2021

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Event: Impatient Changemakers: A Conversation with Colombian President Iván Duque (MPM’07)

Event Details: On Friday, April 16, 2021 McCourt School Dean Maria Cancian joined the Latin American Alumni Network in a discussion with the President of the Republic of Colombia…

April 8, 2021

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$100M investment in McCourt School advances aspiration to be world’s most inclusive public policy school

March 25, 2021

Alumni
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Answering the Call: McCourt Alumnus Manages National COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution

McCourt Alumnus Army Maj. Doug Meyer (MPM’19) manages the United States COVID-19 vaccine distribution efforts supporting the federal response and progressing pandemic.…

March 15, 2021