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Event – Checks and Balances: A discussion with Frances Haugen about the future of the internet

The Tech & Public Policy program at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy invites the Georgetown community to a discussion with social media advocate…

March 3, 2023

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Policy Innovation Lab hosts launch event for Counties for Guaranteed Income

The Policy Innovation Lab hosted the launch of Counties for Guaranteed Income on Feb 12, 2023 featuring Former Sacramento Mayor Michael Tubbs and President of the Cook County…

February 22, 2023

Discovery & Impact
Student Experience

Bringing the numbers game to policy studies

A love of numbers is what originally lured Jake Kochmansky (MPP’23) to McCourt. As an undergraduate at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania — where he played…

February 20, 2023

General News
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Georgetown approves new undergraduate degree in public policy

The first cohort of Georgetown students will be able to start earning their undergraduate degree in public policy in the fall of 2023. A joint degree between Georgetown…

February 15, 2023

Alumni
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Love on the Hilltop: Volume II

Jannet Esparza (MPM’23) and Carlos Beltran (MPM’23) Jannet and Carlos, who met in an introductory political science course as undergraduates at California State University…

February 14, 2023

Centering Inclusion
Student Experience

Resiliency, patience and faith drive McCourt student’s commitment to community service

Sade Cole (MPP’24), a first-year student in the McCourt School’s Master of Public Policy program, devotes most of her time to social justice work. Her journey to McCourt…

February 13, 2023

Student Experience

6,500 miles from home, but closer to fulfilling a dream

Ideruugan Galbaatar doesn’t have much free time. From working as a graduate assistant in the McCourt School’s Office of the Dean to consulting at the World Bank, Galbaatar…

January 23, 2023

General News
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Tech & Public Policy

Tech & Public Policy Fellows partner with leading tech advocates

Technology impacts every part of our world, and having ethically-trained, data-driven leaders at the helm of policymaking is imperative. The Tech & Public Policy (TPP)…

January 18, 2023

Discovery & Impact
Student Experience

National Urban Fellow Cecil Brooks Jr. looks to break cycles of poverty

Hailing from the South Bronx in New York, by way of Central America, National Urban Fellow Cecil Brooks Jr. has always obsessed over the intricacies underneath stable. &#…

January 9, 2023

General News
Student Experience

5 must-read books for winter break

As the end of the semester approaches, we asked McCourt School faculty members to share their favorite books from 2022. Their recommendations, from suspense thriller to…

December 14, 2022