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Ukrainian director general details digital transformation in war-time Ukraine

In conversation with the McCourt School, Gulsanna Mamediieva discusses the relationship between digital transformation and governance, and the future of democratization and anti…

March 27, 2023

Discovery & Impact
Student Experience

Bringing the numbers game to policy studies

A love of numbers is what originally lured Jake Kochmansky (MPP’23) to McCourt. As an undergraduate at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania — where he played…

February 20, 2023

Discovery & Impact
Faculty Impact

Breaking barriers and accelerating international problem-solving

Professor James Habyarimana knows that the solutions to address barriers to better health and education outcomes in developing countries will come in a matter of time. He…

February 6, 2023

Discovery & Impact
General News

McCourt School experts help prepare formerly incarcerated citizens for careers in law

As a partner to the Mayor’s Office on Returning Citizen Affairs (MORCA)-Georgetown Paralegal Program, the McCourt School’s Career Development team was tasked with preparing…

January 16, 2023

Discovery & Impact
Student Experience

National Urban Fellow Cecil Brooks Jr. looks to break cycles of poverty

Hailing from the South Bronx in New York, by way of Central America, National Urban Fellow Cecil Brooks Jr. has always obsessed over the intricacies underneath stable. &#…

January 9, 2023

Alumni
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McCourt School alum Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) elected to serve as House Democratic Leader

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) (MPP’94), who earned a Master of Public Policy degree from what was then known as the Georgetown Public Policy Institute, was unanimously elected to…

December 6, 2022

Alumni
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McCourt alumna wins big in Georgia House race

Born in Jordan, Ruwa Romman moved to Georgia with her family shortly before terrorists attacked the United States on September 11, 2001. Romman was just 8 years old, and as a…

November 28, 2022

Discovery & Impact
Student Experience
Tech & Public Policy

The unpredictability of life outcomes

This fall, the McCourt School’s Massive Data Institute (MDI) launched its Distinguished Lecture Series to bring leading scholars from around the world to Georgetown University…

November 18, 2022

Discovery & Impact
General News
Research

McCourt experts challenge the status quo in health equity research

The Center on Health Insurance Reforms (CHIR) at the McCourt School of Public Policy is an independent, nonpartisan policy and research center founded in 2011, where faculty and…

November 16, 2022

Discovery & Impact
General News

Rebuilding our economy: CEA Chair Rouse makes the case for public sector involvement

The McCourt School of Public Policy hosted Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) Chair Cecilia Rouse at the 2022 Whittington Lecture for a discussion on “Rebuilding Our Economy:…

November 10, 2022