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Strengthening Our Foundation to Catalyze Transformational Impact

While the world grapples with intersecting health, economic, social and climate crises, strengthening the pipeline of future problem solvers and advancing solutions to meet…

October 9, 2020

Student Experience

Event: Common Sense – What’s Missing from Evidence-Based Education Policy

How can researchers make their work more valuable and accessible to practitioners and policymakers?  Common Sense: What’s Missing from Evidence-Based Education Policy convened…

September 17, 2020

Student Experience

Solidarity Series 2: Antiracist Policy Making

At the beginning of the summer the Policy Innovation Lab shared a first statement in its “Solidarity Series” to keep partners, stakeholders, and community members apprised of…

September 10, 2020

Centering Inclusion
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Student Experience

Building a Strong Foundation for a McCourt Education

This year, the McCourt School launched a new experiential learning orientation program called McCourt Foundations to facilitate the transition to policy school and introduce…

August 28, 2020

General News
Student Experience

2020 McCourt Leadership Fellows

The McCourt Leadership Fellows program helps students hone leadership skills while also mentoring incoming students during new student orientation. Fellows strengthen their…

August 28, 2020

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

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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