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Student Experience

‘Very DC’ love stories: 4 Georgetown couples share their charming meet cutes

Alex Brillman (MPP’19) and Anna Heard (MPP’19) Alex Brillman and Anna Heard met in the sandwich line on the first day of orientation at the McCourt School. “One of us was…

February 14, 2024

Alumni
Student Experience

Q&A: McCourt and National Urban Fellows alumna Regina Johnson

What drove you to apply to the National Urban Fellows program?  I felt stagnant in my role and was looking for an opportunity to expand my network and shake up my. …

January 21, 2022

Alumni
Student Experience

Q&A: McCourt and National Urban Fellows alum Omar Suarez

Imagine if you could take five year’s worth of career experience and boil it down to a 14-month period of time… That’s the kind of acceleration that NUF provides. Omar…

January 19, 2022

Alumni
Discovery & Impact
General News

Alumni spotlight: MPP graduates aspire to educate the next generation of policymakers and data scientists

While many McCourt graduates pursue careers in the public, private and nonprofit sectors, others find their calling in academia. The McCourt School is proud to share the stories…

October 18, 2021

Alumni News
Discovery & Impact

McCourt alumni, representing 16 countries, rally together in support of displaced Afghans

On August 15, 2021, McCourt alums Andrea Vargas Delgado (MPP’19) and Peter Nouhan (MPP’19) were alerted that one their former classmates was impacted by the crisis in…

October 11, 2021

Alumni
Discovery & Impact

Answering the Call: McCourt Alumnus Manages National COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution

McCourt Alumnus Army Maj. Doug Meyer (MPM’19) manages the United States COVID-19 vaccine distribution efforts supporting the federal response and progressing pandemic.…

March 15, 2021

Alumni
Discovery & Impact

McCourt Alumni Bring Innovative Approach to Development Economics

This year, three economists were awarded a Nobel Prize for their rigorously analytical approach to international development – an approach that is also at the heart of the…

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

Alumni
Student Experience

Improving Voting Transparency

Anyone who voted in the District of Columbia last year might have seen one of the volunteers for a new project, Observe D.C. The first-ever sample-based election observation…

November 11, 2019

Alumni
Student Experience

Police Officer to Policy Student

Sergeant Howard Singer (MPM'17), the communications advisor to the First Deputy Police Commissioner of the New York City Police Department, is leading a new initiative to…

November 4, 2019