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From classroom to community
Alum Catherine Lyons Applies McCourt Experience to Develop Human-Centered Policy and Empower Economic…
April 3, 2020
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Advocating for Voting Rights in Florida for People with Past Felony Convictions
For decades, civil rights advocates have been fighting to ensure that all Americans can exercise their right to vote. There are different types of systemic barriers that can…
February 20, 2020
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Combating Hunger and Homelessness in DC
As a licensed social worker, Adam Rocap knew he wanted to work in a space that created positive social change. When Cheryl Bell left the private sector, she was looking for…
January 20, 2020
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McCourt Alumni Bring Innovative Approach to Development Economics
This year, three economists were awarded a Nobel Prize for their rigorously analytical approach to international development – an approach that is also at the heart of the…
December 9, 2019
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- University News
Six McCourt Students and Alumni Named Presidential Management Fellows
The McCourt School of Public Policy is excited to announce that six students and alumni were selected as Presidential Management Fellows for the class of.…
December 6, 2019
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- Student Experience
Improving Voting Transparency
Anyone who voted in the District of Columbia last year might have seen one of the volunteers for a new project, Observe D.C. The first-ever sample-based election observation…
November 11, 2019
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- Student Experience
Police Officer to Policy Student
Sergeant Howard Singer (MPM'17), the communications advisor to the First Deputy Police Commissioner of the New York City Police Department, is leading a new initiative to…
November 4, 2019
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McCourt Alum Demonstrates What Data Science Can Do for Public Policy
Since graduating from the McCourt School of Public Policy, Alex Engler, MPP ’13, has made it his mission to improve policy and governance through the use of data.…
October 20, 2019
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A Legal Lifesaver for Venezuelan Refugees
Political and social unrest has forced millions of Venezuelans to flee their country, often by traveling through Colombia to Ecuador. Many are stuck at the border because they…
October 7, 2019
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Alum Devotes Her Policy Acumen to Hawaiian Entrepreneurs
Brittany Heyd (JD/MPP ‘13) was on the fast track for a high-powered law firm job when the lure of the startup world pulled her in another direction. For the past two years,…
September 23, 2019