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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

Student Experience
University News

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

Student Experience
University News

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

Alumni
Student Experience

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

Discovery & Impact
Student Experience

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

Alumni
Student Experience

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

Discovery & Impact
Student Experience

McCourt Student Launched Free Tax Prep Service Led by D.C. High School Students

Seeing an opportunity to help D.C. taxpayers, Peter Nouhan (MPP ’19) founded a program to train Washington, D.C., high school students to facilitate free tax preparation for-…

September 9, 2019

Student Experience

McCourt Supports Students Working in Development, Social Impact, and Climate Change

The McCourt School is thrilled to support our students through the Fund for Student Excellence, which provides financial assistance to students who are advancing their careers…

May 22, 2019

Discovery & Impact
Student Experience

Seven McCourters Tackle Migration in Policy Simulation

The McCourt School was proud to serve as a host site for the 2019 NASPAA-Batten Student Simulation Competition. This year’s competition—a partnership between the University…

March 26, 2019

Student Experience

Latin American Policy Students to Tackle Corruption at Omnia Conference

The Latin American Policy Association (LAPA) at McCourt seeks to disseminate knowledge and awareness about Latin American issues and policies among the Georgetown community, in…

March 26, 2019