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- Student Experience
#McCourtVirtual: 3 Tips for Navigating the Fall Semester
As the Fall 2020 semester begins in virtual mode, some things will look a little different (one perk to virtual classrooms are the endless options for fun Zoom backdrops ), but…
August 21, 2020
- Alumni
- Student Experience
Advice to Incoming McCourt Students: ‘Explore your Interests’
Rachel Grich recently graduated salutatorian of the full-time MBA Class of 2020 and with a dual MPP/MBA degree. She works as the Strategic Initiatives and Finance Coordinator at…
August 14, 2020
- Student Experience
- University News
Three McCourt Students Awarded Bryce Harlow Fellowship for Government Advocacy
This year, three McCourt students, Adeline DeYoung (MPP’21), Lauren Fresconi (MPP’21), and Cesar Prieto (MPP’21), were awarded the competitive Bryce Harlow Fellowship for…
August 12, 2020
- Student Experience
Policy Innovation Lab Yearly Update
The McCourt School’s Policy Innovation Lab (the Lab) works with community partners to design human-centered public policy solutions to address systemic inequity, particularly…
August 10, 2020
- General News
- Student Experience
Policies and Principles for an Equitable Recovery and Beyond
As the public and governments at all levels focus their current efforts on containing the health impacts of the pandemic and stabilizing people economically, there is a yearning…
July 14, 2020
- General News
- Student Experience
- University News
RFK Stadium: An Opportunity to Invest in Affordable Housing in DC
Robert Francis Kennedy (RFK) Stadium on the banks of the Anacostia holds a special place in the hearts of longtime DC residents: the first home for the Washington Nationals, …
June 30, 2020
- Student Experience
EMPL Professor Leads Discussion on the 2020 Vice Presidential Race
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June 29, 2020
- Student Experience
Solidarity Series 1: Policy Innovation Lab in Solidarity with the Black Lives Matter Movement
Black lives matter. Together with Georgetown University, the Policy Innovation Lab at the university’s McCourt School of Public Policy is grieving the murders of George Floyd,…
June 19, 2020
- General News
- Student Experience
Congratulations to the 2020 McCourt Fund for Student Excellence Recipients
Launched in 2011, the McCourt Fund for Student Excellence provides financial assistance to students who are advancing their careers with substantive and meaningful internships…
June 2, 2020
- General News
- Student Experience
McCourt Students Issue $20,000 to Local Nonprofits Supporting Racial Equity and COVID-19 Response Efforts
Every year, Kathy Kretman and Tamara Copeland design a curriculum for their “Philanthropy, Power and Impact” class that allows students to experience grantmaking first-hand…
May 20, 2020