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- Student Experience
- University News
Mark Zuckerberg Addresses Students at Georgetown Event Kicking Off New Series
Georgetown students got the chance to pose questions to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at an event today at Georgetown. The event, sponsored by Georgetown’s McCourt School of…
December 12, 2019
- University News
Nobel Laureate Esther Duflo Discusses ‘Good Economics in Hard Times’
In a 2017 YouGov poll, public opinion in the UK rated weather forecasters as more trusted than economists. In the US, a survey asking a similar question also showed a lack of…
December 9, 2019
- Alumni
- University News
Six McCourt Students and Alumni Named Presidential Management Fellows
The McCourt School of Public Policy is excited to announce that six students and alumni were selected as Presidential Management Fellows for the class of.…
December 6, 2019
- University News
Leading Social Policy Researcher to Join McCourt
Gordon Berlin, the former President of MDRC, and a leading innovator in the field of public problem solving, will join the McCourt School on January 1, 2020, as a research…
December 3, 2019
- University News
FutureEd, Georgetown PPI Host Event on D.C. School Choice
FutureEd, an education think tank at the McCourt School, and the Georgetown University D.C. Public Policy Initiative hosted a policy forum Nov. 18 about the common lottery system…
November 22, 2019
- University News
A Q&A with Professor Barbara Schone
Barbara Schone is Teaching Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the McCourt School of Public Policy. She also serves as the Faculty Director of the Master of…
October 30, 2019
- University News
Latest Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service Battleground Poll to be Released Tuesday
Pollsters Ed Goeas and Celinda Lake to Discuss Results in Media Briefing at Debate…
October 15, 2019
- University News
Sheila Foster Installed as the Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Urban Law and Policy
Foster, who has a joint appointment in the McCourt School of Public Policy and the Georgetown Law Center, is an expert in the areas of property, land use, environmental justice…
October 11, 2019
- Alumni
- Discovery & Impact
- University News
A Legal Lifesaver for Venezuelan Refugees
Political and social unrest has forced millions of Venezuelans to flee their country, often by traveling through Colombia to Ecuador. Many are stuck at the border because they…
October 7, 2019
- Discovery & Impact
- University News
Ecological Crisis: U.S., Canada Lost One in Four Birds in the Past 50 Years
Nearly 3 billion birds have disappeared from the United States and Canada since 1970, according to a study published today in Science, co-authored by Georgetown Environment…
September 22, 2019