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Tech & Public Policy Democracy Fellow highlights ‘invaluable opportunities’ to connect with election integrity experts
Georgetown University graduate student Nazli Togrul (CCT’25) shares her experience working on one of the most pressing challenges of our time: safeguarding election integrity…
December 11, 2024
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- Student Experience
McCourt School launches new visiting fellowship for Congressional Tri-Caucus members
Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy will further its commitment to provide more frequent and meaningful collaboration with the policy community through a,…
September 9, 2024
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- University News
Leading U.S. decision-desk operation selects Georgetown’s McCourt School as its 2024 election hub
Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ), a leading provider of real-time election results and race calls, will base one of the nation’s only decision-desk operations at Georgetown University…
February 12, 2024
- General News
Dystopian thrillers and ecological mysteries: The top 7 books of 2023 according to your professors
We asked faculty members at the McCourt School to share their favorite books from 2023. Their recommendations, from fictional universes to nature’s great mysteries, capture…
December 6, 2023
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- Policy Perspectives
- Student Experience
A recipe for diplomatic success
Ideruugan Galbaatar (MPP’23) hadn’t thought much about the role food plays in international diplomacy. But after 10 dinners with some of the world’s leading diplomats,…
November 27, 2023
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- Policy Perspectives
Transforming conflict into mutual understanding
Rachel Milner Gillers aims to help students learn how to transform conflict into mutual understanding — a key skill in academic, personal and professional life. As the director…
October 16, 2023
- Policy Perspectives
- Student Experience
Supporting student mental health
The messages arrive in the email inboxes of McCourt students every Wednesday morning. Hey, how has your week been? … Make sure to drink water today. … What have you…
August 31, 2023
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- General News
- Student Experience
2023 Policy Challenge winners brought home $3K and newfound passions for policymaking
The 2023 Georgetown Public Policy Challenge grand prize was awarded to William Macci (L’24) and Sparsha Muralidhara (G’23) for their proposal, E-QualityDC, which empowers DC…
April 24, 2023
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- Student Experience
Bringing the numbers game to policy studies
A love of numbers is what originally lured Jake Kochmansky (MPP’23) to McCourt. As an undergraduate at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania — where he played…
February 20, 2023
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- Student Experience
National Urban Fellow Cecil Brooks Jr. looks to break cycles of poverty
Hailing from the South Bronx in New York, by way of Central America, National Urban Fellow Cecil Brooks Jr. has always obsessed over the intricacies underneath stable. &#…
January 9, 2023