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A recipe for diplomatic success

Ideruugan Galbaatar  (MPP’23) hadn’t thought much about the role food plays in international diplomacy. But after 10 dinners with some of the world’s leading diplomats,…

November 27, 2023

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Active-duty McCourt student mentors young people in and out of uniform

Captain Matthew Manning (MPM’24) hails from a community where hope and opportunity were scarce. Manning, who was born and raised in Southeast Washington, DC, found an avenue to…

November 13, 2023

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Building bridges: GU Politics’ mission to break polarization

Dean Maria Cancian is on a mission to make the McCourt School the most inclusive public policy school in the country by increasing racial, geographic, socioeconomic and…

November 6, 2023

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McCourt School welcomes 7 new Richmond Foundation Fellows

The 2023-2024 Richmond Foundation Fellows , Zeynep Çelik (MIDP’25), Lindsay Cox (MPM’24), Madeleine Dimarco (MIDP’25), Maya Millette (MPP’24), Charlene Nguyen (MPP), …

October 30, 2023

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Uncovering sources of life-giving water

Serenity Fan knows (MIDP’24) that access to clean water changes everything. They are putting their passion for providing water security to communities across Southeast Asia…

October 23, 2023

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McCourt’s Tech & Public Policy program welcomes 3 new fellows

The McCourt School’s Tech & Public Policy (TPP) program initially launched and continues to proudly support paid fellowships for emerging technology policy leaders. In…

October 6, 2023

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National Urban Fellow Michelle Meza wants to reimagine our democracy

Public service has always been Michelle Meza’s North Star, so it’s fitting that she joined the National Urban Fellows (NUF) class of 2024 at McCourt. Fresh out of the Biden…

October 2, 2023

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McCourt School hosts founder of Innovations for Poverty Action

On September 26, 2023, the McCourt School of Public Policy’s Master of International Development Policy program hosted Dean Karlan, founder of Innovations for Poverty Action,…

October 2, 2023

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McCourt student explores passion for environmental conservation in Ecuador

The 2023 Colin McCollester Mission Fund scholarship was awarded to Nathan Lesch (MPP’24),  a second-year student at the McCourt School of Public Policy and managing editor of…

September 25, 2023

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Meet the 2023-2024 Newmark Scholars

Three incoming students at the McCourt School of Public Policy have been selected as Craig Newmark Scholars for academic year 2023-2024. The Craig Newmark Veterans…

September 11, 2023