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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
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McCourt Students Use Data to Improve Housing Inspections in DC
The city’s housing inspection process will be improved, thanks to a group of McCourt School of Public Policy students who designed new algorithms for the city’s Department of…
January 13, 2020
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Students Strengthen Voting Culture on Campus
GU Votes, part of the McCourt School’s Institute of Politics and Public Service (GU Politics), has a clear goal to make voting easy and accessible for students. Since its…
January 8, 2020
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Mark Zuckerberg Addresses Students at Georgetown Event Kicking Off New Series
Georgetown students got the chance to pose questions to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at an event today at Georgetown. The event, sponsored by Georgetown’s McCourt School of…
December 12, 2019
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Improving Voting Transparency
Anyone who voted in the District of Columbia last year might have seen one of the volunteers for a new project, Observe D.C. The first-ever sample-based election observation…
November 11, 2019
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One-Stop Shop: Students Can Register to Vote While Choosing Classes
For the first time in Georgetown history, students will have the opportunity to register to vote – almost exactly a year before the 2020 presidential election – at the same…
November 5, 2019
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Police Officer to Policy Student
Sergeant Howard Singer (MPM'17), the communications advisor to the First Deputy Police Commissioner of the New York City Police Department, is leading a new initiative to…
November 4, 2019