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Winning McCourt Thesis Connects Party Affiliation and Employment Outcomes in India

A faculty committee at the McCourt School of Public Policy this summer awarded its 2016 MPP Thesis Prize to recent graduate Amir H Jilani (MPP ’16) for his distinguished…

September 6, 2016

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Baker Innovation Grant Supports Big, Bold Ideas

In keeping with the Baker Center’s mission to cultivate the next generation of leaders, five students from the McCourt School will be selected as Baker Innovators and will be…

August 29, 2016

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McCourt Team Named Top Finalist at National Policy Competition

A team of five McCourt students last weekend was named top finalist in the National Invitational Public Policy Challenge, hosted by the University of Pennsylvania in.…

March 29, 2016

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Public Policy OUT Hosts Annual Networking Dinner

Public Policy OUT, the McCourt School's LGBT policy issues group, hosted its most successful networking dinner ever, with more than 60 students and alumni in.…

April 21, 2015

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McCourt Policy in Practice Raises Money for Service Learning Project

The McCourt School’s student-led sustainable service learning project, raised more than $6,000 at its annual service auction last.…

February 11, 2015

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McCourt School Names Whittington Scholar

Akshay Sinha (G’15) of New Delhi, India, won this year’s prestigious McCourt School Whittington Scholarship for academic and service.…

August 12, 2014

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McCourt Student Co-Publishes Gender Wage Gap Research

Men earn more than women in almost all of the 112 occupations for which the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes weekly full-time earnings data for both women and men,…

April 29, 2014

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McCourt Students Showcase Winning Case Studies at National Conference in D.C.

Stephanie Keller Hudiburg (MPP '15) and Xueting Wang (MPP '14) showcased their winning case studies at the 2014 American Society for Public Administration 2014 Conference in…

March 31, 2014

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2014 McCourt School Policy Conference Focuses on Immigration Reform

Join the McCourt School on Friday, February 28 for a conversation on U.S. Immigration Reform at the 20th Anniversary of the McCourt School Policy.…

February 20, 2014

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McCourt Students Raise over $8,000 for Development Projects in Honduras

The McCourt Policy in Practice (MPIP) student organization hosted the 11th Annual Service Auction to benefit service projects in developing communities like Roatán,.…

February 12, 2014