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U.S. Senator Chris Coons Urges ‘Opportunity, Security and Justice’ at Whittington Lecture

At the McCourt School of Public Policy’s 2025-2026 Whittington Lecture, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) offered what he sees as a forward-looking policy framework designed to…

February 5, 2026

Tech & Public Policy

Event — Tech & Public Policy Hackathon with Anthropic

Join the McCourt School of Public Policy’s Tech & Public Policy (TPP) program and Anthropic , a leading AI safety and research company, for an exclusive two-day policy…

March 14, 2025

General News

Event — 2025 Whittington Lecture with Governor Adriana D. Kugler

Gov. Adriana D. Kugler is a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. She previously served as the U.S. executive director of the World Bank, for which she…

February 4, 2025

2024-2025 McCourt Advisory Board Speaker Series

This series will feature a unique collection of off-the-record conversations with members of the McCourt School Advisory Board  covering a variety of timely policy and…

September 25, 2024

Tech & Public Policy

Event — Safeguarding Democracy: Protecting Elections and Election Workers

The event will focus on how prepared U.S. election offices are to handle the November 2024 presidential elections and feature a panel discussion, including experts in election…

August 21, 2024

General News

Event — Georgetown McCourt School Better Government Lab Convenes Researchers, Civil Servants, and Practitioners to Tackle the Time Tax

Governments around the world and at multiple levels in the United States have increasingly sought to better capture, calculate, and target administrative burdens (or “&…

March 26, 2024

Faculty Impact
General News
University News

Dr. Fauci to deliver Whittington Lecture on lessons learned and missed opportunities from the pandemic

Dr. Anthony Fauci will deliver the McCourt School of Public Policy’s 2024 Whittington Lecture in Georgetown University’s historic Gaston Hall. His remarks, Pandemic…

January 10, 2024

General News

Event — 2024 Whittington Lecture with Dr. Anthony Fauci

Dr. Fauci, a physician, leading immunologist and infectious disease researcher and advisor to seven U.S. presidents, most recently served as the director of the National…

January 10, 2024

General News
Student Experience

McCourt School hosts founder of Innovations for Poverty Action

On September 26, 2023, the McCourt School of Public Policy’s Master of International Development Policy program hosted Dean Karlan, founder of Innovations for Poverty Action,…

October 2, 2023

Fall 2023 McCourt Advisory Board Speaker Series

This series will feature a unique collection of off-the-record conversations with members of the McCourt School Advisory Board covering a variety of timely policy and…

August 4, 2023