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Leveraging global experience, McCourt School student uses data for social impact
After earning a double major in economics and political science with a minor in statistics from the University of Toronto, Ibadat Jarg (MS-DSPP’26) sought a graduate program…
April 22, 2025
- Faculty Impact
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- Student Experience
McCourt School’s new research lab aims to reshape criminal justice policy
Founded by Dr. Andrea M. Headley , an assistant professor at the McCourt School and affiliate fellow at the Center for Innovations in Community Safety at Georgetown Law, the…
April 8, 2025
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- Student Experience
Georgetown Public Policy Challenge announces 5 finalists after historic application surge
Each year, Georgetown graduate students of all backgrounds and academic disciplines develop innovative policy solutions to issues in the Washington, DC, region. The annual…
April 1, 2025
- Discovery & Impact
- Student Experience
Inspired by pioneering female leaders, a policy student confronts gender equity across Africa
Driven to understand the economic forces shaping Africa, Nadia Baye (MIDP’26) earned an undergraduate degree in economics and francophone studies at Davidson College, where she…
March 31, 2025
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She wanted to have an outsized impact. She now leads impact management for a global development investor.
In reflecting on life post-graduation, Lillian Alexander (MIDP’20) shared the joys of living in DC and making the most of her proximity to Georgetown’s McCourt School of…
March 17, 2025
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McCourt School elevates its Leadership Fellows program
Since 2020, the McCourt School of Public Policy’s Leadership Fellows program has offered a small cohort of returning graduate students unique professional development…
March 3, 2025
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A new fellowship honoring Benjamin Franklin aims to empower future inventor-diplomats
The McCourt School of Public Policy’s new Franklin Fellowship , a unique interdisciplinary program created and supported by Hannah Hummelberg, Miles Taylor and Georgetown…
February 25, 2025
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- Student Experience
How poetry empowered a policy student to serve with compassion
Trinity Allen’s (MPP’26) commitment to public service began at the youth arts organization Teens With a Purpose, where she honed her creative voice and discovered her love…
February 24, 2025
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- Student Experience
Why an aspiring doctor left medicine behind to pursue global health policy
For Rosie Poling (MPP-E’27), health policy is personal. Growing up in North Carolina and later Marco Island, Florida, she witnessed firsthand the challenges of accessing…
February 18, 2025
- Alumni
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Head over heels for policy: Three McCourt School love stories
Skyller Cosme (MPP’24) and Jimmy Doucette (MPP’24) Skyller Cosme (MPP’24), an analyst supporting FEMA at Partner Forces, and Jimmy Doucette (MPP’24), an economist at the…
February 14, 2025