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McCourt School Celebrates the 10th Anniversary of the Master of Policy Management Program

The McCourt School celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Master of Policy Management (MPM) program on Monday, November 17th. The event was held in Georgetown’s Riggs Library.…

November 20, 2014

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Massive Data Institute Welcomes First Postdoctoral Fellow

Dr. Sood comes to the MDI from Sanford University, where he received his Ph.D. in Communication. He studies the role Americans’ partisan identities play in shaping how they…

October 8, 2014

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McCourt and World Bank Host Event for Students and Alumni

The McCourt School and the World Bank Group/IMF Staff Georgetown University Alumni Association hosted a networking event for McCourt students. The evening began with a panel…

October 8, 2014

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McCourt’s Massive Data Institute Awards First Research Grants

“The MDI is thrilled to support this research in four critical areas of health and health care,” said McCourt School Dean Edward Montgomery. “We hope this initial support…

September 30, 2014

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The McCourt School Welcomes Dr. Jane Hannaway

Dr Hannaway is an organizational sociologist whose work focuses on the effects of education reforms on student outcomes and school policies and practices. Her recent research is…

September 24, 2014

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University Holds Interdisciplinary Symposium on Ebola Crisis

The symposium included remarks via Skype from Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the president of Liberia, which is being ravaged by the Ebola.…

September 24, 2014

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Nobel Laureate in Economics to join McCourt School of Public Policy

GEORGE AKERLOF, A 2001 NOBEL Prize-winner in economic sciences and senior resident scholar at the International Monetary Fund, will join the faculty of Georgetown’s McCourt…

September 23, 2014

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Georgetown, Livermore Lab Sign New Agreement on Research, Teaching

Georgetown and the prestigious Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is enhancing a partnership that is likely to benefit research in Big Data, biosecurity, climate,…

September 22, 2014

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Video: The 2013 GPPI LEAD Conference: Sonja Sohn

The Georgetown Public Policy Institute (GPPI) is a community of scholars, students, and policy practitioners committed to identifying pressing policy problems and recommending…

January 24, 2013

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Video: The 2013 GPPI LEAD Conference: Mark Shriver

The Georgetown Public Policy Institute (GPPI) is a community of scholars, students, and policy practitioners committed to identifying pressing policy problems and recommending…

January 24, 2013