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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
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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
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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
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McCourt professor among the top 200 most influential scholars in educational practice and policy
Education Week unveiled its 12th annual “Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings,” recognizing the foremost education scholars who move ideas from academic journals into the…
January 5, 2022
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Analyzing the quality of 2020 Census: Understanding the U.S. population puzzle
Although the Census Bureau’s goal is to take a snapshot of the population on April 1, the process to count every resident is closer to carefully gathering and organizing puzzle…
December 16, 2021
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New executive order takes aim at administrative burdens
A thread on the Biden Administration’s work to reduce administrative…
December 14, 2021
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A year in review: McCourt deepens commitment to transformational impact across the U.S. and around the world
This year, we welcomed our largest class of students to date, new faculty, fellows and researchers, and an inaugural Advisory Board. We brought Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (NY) …
December 13, 2021
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McCourt students fuel their passion for health policy with support from the George E. Richmond Foundation
Through a new partnership with the McCourt School, the George E. Richmond Foundation provides experiential opportunities to students with a demonstrated interest in health. …
December 13, 2021
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McCourt School’s Massive Data Institute receives $3.2M grant from the Bezos Earth Fund
The Massive Data Institute (MDI) at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy will partner with data scientists at historically black colleges and…
December 6, 2021
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Reducing your risk of cognitive disease: A $12M research study, 60 years in the making
In the early 1960s, a Wisconsin research team set out to learn how students that matriculated were performing and what might predict their future occupational success. With time,…
December 6, 2021