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Student Experience

Dual-degree student and inaugural Colin McCollester Mission Fund recipient will follow in the footsteps of the fund’s namesake

The inaugural stipend from the Colin McCollester Mission Fund has been awarded to Andrew Schlegel (MPP/MAGES’23), a dual-degree candidate in the McCourt School of Public…

August 25, 2021

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

Discovery & Impact
Student Experience

One-Stop Shop: Students Can Register to Vote While Choosing Classes

For the first time in Georgetown history, students will have the opportunity to register to vote – almost exactly a year before the 2020 presidential election – at the same…

November 5, 2019

Discovery & Impact
Student Experience

McCourt Student Launched Free Tax Prep Service Led by D.C. High School Students

Seeing an opportunity to help D.C. taxpayers, Peter Nouhan (MPP ’19) founded a program to train Washington, D.C., high school students to facilitate free tax preparation for-…

September 9, 2019

Student Experience

McCourt Supports Students Working in Development, Social Impact, and Climate Change

The McCourt School is thrilled to support our students through the Fund for Student Excellence, which provides financial assistance to students who are advancing their careers…

May 22, 2019

Discovery & Impact
Student Experience

Seven McCourters Tackle Migration in Policy Simulation

The McCourt School was proud to serve as a host site for the 2019 NASPAA-Batten Student Simulation Competition. This year’s competition—a partnership between the University…

March 26, 2019

Student Experience

Latin American Policy Students to Tackle Corruption at Omnia Conference

The Latin American Policy Association (LAPA) at McCourt seeks to disseminate knowledge and awareness about Latin American issues and policies among the Georgetown community, in…

March 26, 2019

Discovery & Impact
Student Experience

Students address community health, food insecurityand other issues affecting low-income Washingtonians

The 5th annual Georgetown Public Policy Challenge tasked graduate students with developing innovative policy solutions to address local or regional issues in the Washington, D.C.…

March 20, 2019

Student Experience

585 Students Around the World Compete in Host Nations: A Refugee Simulation

On February 23, McCourt will host graduate students from a cohort of 137 universities to participate in the 2019 NASPAA-Batten Student Simulation.…

February 11, 2019

Discovery & Impact

Network Analysis in Python

Last week, the Massive Data Institute held its second two-day data workshop that focused on teaching students, faculty, and staff about how to conduct network analysis in Python.…

February 8, 2019