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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
An interview with Regina Johnson 1. What drove you to apply to the National Urban Fellows program? I felt stagnant in my role and was looking for an opportunity to…
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