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Discovery & Impact
Research

The cost of air pollution on your health… and the housing market

The Clean Air Act, the flagship federal legislation regulating air emissions, was first enacted in 1963. Since the 1970s, every decade has brought new regulation — from…

May 16, 2022

Discovery & Impact
Faculty Impact
Research

McCourt Professor reflects on 25 years of Hoya Kids and the importance of early childhood education

By the mid-1990s, a majority of women with children were in the workforce and companies were becoming particularly sensitive to the needs of working families. Those sensitivities…

May 2, 2022

Discovery & Impact
Student Experience

GU Politics student group represents Georgetown at Biden School conference on civility

A group of Georgetown students representing the McCourt School’s Institute of Politics and Public Service (GU Politics) was invited to attend the inaugural National Student…

May 2, 2022

Discovery & Impact
Research
Student Experience

McCourt student advocates to increase equity and inclusion for Disabled students on college campuses

The Georgetown University Gender+ Justice Initiative (G+JI) Fellowship is designed to support faculty and students (undergraduate and graduate) with research related to…

April 25, 2022

Discovery & Impact
Faculty Impact
General News

McCourt School professor delivers 2022 Herbert A. Simon Award lecture

The ​​Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) presented McCourt Chair Donald Moynihan with the 2022 Simon Award, named in honor of the late American social scientist and…

April 11, 2022

Discovery & Impact
Faculty Impact
General News

Is technology a dependency of public policy?

McCourt School Chair Donald Moynihan, Professor Pamela Herd, Associate Professor of the Practice Jasmine Tyler and Adjunct Professor Emily Tavoulareas joined CEO and Editor of…

April 8, 2022

Linkage Seminar

Bayesian Procedures for File Linking with Application to Health Services Research – Roee Gutman

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April 1, 2022

Discovery & Impact
Faculty Impact
General News

McCourt School ranks in the top 5% of all public affairs programs in the nation

In the latest U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools rankings, the McCourt School placed 12th overall, rising from 19th in the Schools of Public Affairs ranking.…

March 29, 2022

Discovery & Impact
General News

McCourt School establishes new community lecture series

As part of our commitment to inclusion, the McCourt School established a new public lecture series to provide a forum for community dialogue on a wide range of topics. Through…

March 28, 2022

Discovery & Impact
General News

DC Policy Center names new initiative in honor of late McCourt professor

The DC Policy Center officially launched the Alice M. Rivlin Initiative for Economic Policy & Competitiveness to conduct the first in-depth assessment of the District of…

March 24, 2022