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Class of 2025 Alumni Share Career Updates and Advice for Upcoming Graduates
Seven McCourt School of Public Policy alumni reflect on their current roles a year after graduating and what they learned along the.…
May 11, 2026
- General News
- Student Experience
Cindy McCain, Executive Director of the World Food Programme, to Deliver McCourt School Commencement Address
Cindy McCain, Executive Director of the World Food Programme and Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, will deliver the commencement…
April 27, 2026
- Discovery & Impact
- Student Experience
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
- Discovery & Impact
- Student Experience
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
- Alumni
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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
- Discovery & Impact
- Student Experience
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
- Discovery & Impact
- Student Experience
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
- Discovery & Impact
- Student Experience
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
- Discovery & Impact
- Student Experience
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
- Discovery & Impact
- Student Experience
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