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Discovery & Impact
General News

Inside the State of the Union Address

The annual State of the Union (SOTU) Address is considered to be the commander-in-chief’s largest captivated television audience of the year, typically tens of millions of…

February 28, 2022

Linkage Seminar

Hausdorff Distance: A Powerful Tool to Match Households in Record Linkage – Thais Menezes

February 24,…

February 24, 2022

Discovery & Impact
General News

Event — A People-First Approach: Improving Government Customer Experience Through Technology

McCourt experts were instrumental in driving discussion around the importance of making government services work. Their research and thought leadership helped inform the Biden…

February 7, 2022

Discovery & Impact
General News
Student Experience

Life after military service: Finding purpose and community at McCourt

Ahead of the fall 2021 academic year, the McCourt School named an inaugural class of Newmark Scholars , awarded through the Craig Newmark Veterans Scholarship Fund , which…

February 7, 2022

Linkage Seminar

The Decennial Census Digitization and Linkage project – Katie R. Genadek

January 27,…

January 31, 2022

Discovery & Impact
General News

McCourt School receives $200K gift from Craig Newmark Philanthropies

In April 2021, generous funding from Craig Newmark Philanthropies helped establish the Craig Newmark Veterans Scholarship Fund , which supports scholarships, experiential…

January 24, 2022

Discovery & Impact
General News
Student Experience

On a mission: An Army veteran and Newmark Scholar is taking on the policy world

Ahead of the fall 2021 academic year, the McCourt School named an inaugural class of Newmark Scholars , awarded through the Craig Newmark Veterans Scholarship Fund, which…

January 24, 2022

Discovery & Impact
Faculty Impact

Transforming the federal customer experience: What does it mean, and what’s next?

In December 2021, President Biden signed a new Executive Order (EO), directing federal agencies to put people at the center of everything the government does. In a fact sheet…

January 17, 2022

Discovery & Impact
General News

Meet the Spring 2022 GU Politics Fellows

Each semester, GU Politics brings in leading practitioners to explore with students how to do politics better. The Spring 2022 Fellows bring decades of experience in politics,…

January 11, 2022

Discovery & Impact
Student Experience

Achieving another first: What it’s like to be a first-generation graduate student

In 2016, only 23% of first-generation college graduates enrolled in a graduate program the following year, guaranteeing that those who pursued another post-secondary degree would…

January 10, 2022