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Discovery & Impact
Student Experience

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
General News
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

General News
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

Alumni
Discovery & Impact
MIDP Student Experience

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

General News
Student Experience

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

General News
Student Experience

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

Discovery & Impact
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

Discovery & Impact
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
Student Experience

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