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This Oncologist is ‘Restoring Trust’ in Rural Healthcare Through Public Policy
It was not one defining moment that led Dr. Wade Swenson (EMPL'26) to rural health policy advocacy, but an accumulation of life-changing diagnoses and patient. …
April 15, 2026
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A Fundación Coppel Future Leaders Scholar’s Mission to Give Back
The daughter of a Mexican Navy officer, Fundación Coppel Future Leaders Scholar Emilia Antúnez Marchetti (MPP’27), understood the meaning of public service at a young.…
April 6, 2026
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How This McCourt Grad Helps Keep Metro Moving
McCourt School of Public Policy alumna Bela Walkin (MPP '25), senior policy analyst at the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), was drawn to public transit…
March 30, 2026
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From the Mountains of Balochistan to Capitol Hill
Walwala Bashir’s interest in development policy started in the place she calls home. After her time at McCourt, she aims to address the challenges that first sparked that…
March 23, 2026
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Tour the Capitol Campus with a Junior Who’s Finding His Footing in Policy
Christopher Edwards (JPPP'27) shares how immigrating from Jamaica to the U.S. fueled his interest in policy and what it’s like living and studying in downtown.…
March 19, 2026
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She wanted to be a doctor. Public Policy and Law Showed Her a Different Way of Driving Change.
Abbey Basa wanted to be a doctor. Now she is pursuing public policy and law degrees to tackle systemic challenges in education and.…
February 17, 2026
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Sparks Fly at McCourt: Three Georgetown Love Stories
In its fifth annual edition, “Love at McCourt” returns with stories of couples whose relationships have deepened through their connection to the Georgetown University…
February 13, 2026
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Guided by a ‘Mantra,’ This Student Is Reimagining Justice Through Data Science
Tech & Public Policy program Scholar Joya Wheatfall-Melvin (MS-DSPP’26) is using data to advance equity in criminal justice and.…
February 11, 2026
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This Howard Scholar’s Journey to Expanding Opportunity in Latin America and the Caribbean
Marlon Brooks (MPP-EP’28) is the McCourt School of Public Policy’s Howard Scholar, a full-tuition scholarship awarded to a Howard University student or alumnus to attend the…
February 2, 2026
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When Teaching Exposed Inequality, She Turned to Public Policy for Answers
As the 2025-2026 Whittington Scholar, Britney Cheung (MPP’26) is drawing on her experience as a teacher and a commitment to expanding opportunity for underserved.…
January 20, 2026