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What We’re Reading to Remain Resilient, Hopeful and Energized

As the coronavirus continues to spread, here’s what faculty and staff are reading, watching, and listening to right now to remain resilient, hopeful, and energized.  …

April 13, 2020

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Georgetown Students Win Public Policy Challenge for Proposal to Help Young Parents Experiencing Homelessness

Students Yamel Sarquis Elias (G’20), Kristi Pelzel (G’20), and Brittany Panetta (G’20), won this year’s Public Policy Challenge for their proposal to assist young parents…

April 8, 2020

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Student Group Analyzes Impact of COVID-19 on Communities in DC

In early April of 2020, Policy Director of the DC Fiscal Policy Institute, Tazra Mitchell, and Director of Policy at the DC Policy Center, Kathryn Zickuhr, joined Policy…

April 3, 2020

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Video: The Policy Innovation Lab

Launched in 2015, the Policy Innovation Lab is a special initiative of the McCourt School of Public Policy. Beginning as a pilot, the initiative set out to bolster McCourt’…

April 3, 2020

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Virtual Panel Explores Leadership, Communication During COVID-19 Crisis

GU Politics convenes a panel of experts to discuss next steps in addressing COVID-19.    Georgetown students got the chance to ask questions of COVID experts from in and…

March 20, 2020

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McCourt Rises in Speciality Rankings in Latest U.S. News & World Report

The McCourt School ranked 25th overall, putting it in the top 10 percent of public affairs schools nationwide. <>…

March 17, 2020

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2020 Whittington Scholar Winner is Committed to Giving Back to the Community

McCourt Student Madeline Pickens (MS-DSPP ‘20) awarded prestigious Whittington Scholarship for academic excellence and commitment to 

March 13, 2020

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Ph.D. Student Studies Psychology of Attitudes Toward Undocumented Immigrants

Mia Hendricks (G’22), after completing research on the perception of the threat of terrorism and how it leads people to reduce their support for human rights and civil,…

March 5, 2020

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Panel Shares Insights on Campaign Strategies and the Road to 2020

In advance of Super Tuesday, McCourt student Layla Oghabian shares a recap and reflections from a panel discussion on 2020 campaign strategies and election coverage. Last week,…

March 1, 2020

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Inside the Iowa Caucus

Six Hoyas went behind-the-scenes at the 2020 Iowa Caucus On January 31, six Georgetown students flew to Iowa to experience the first-in-the-nation presidential caucus. The…

February 4, 2020