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Tech & Public Policy

McCourt School tech policy experts train Ukrainian digital transformation leaders

Nearly 30 Ukrainian digital policy leaders participated in a week-long executive education program focused on shaping the digital future. The McCourt School of Public Policy’s…

August 15, 2024

General News
Student Experience
Tech & Public Policy

No more cheap dates: Kara Swisher on the value exchange of personal data

The McCourt School’s Tech & Public Policy program hosted Frank McCourt (C’75), founder of Project Liberty, the McCourt Institute and founding donor of the Georgetown…

November 9, 2022

Centering Inclusion
Discovery & Impact
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Student Experience

Rising the ranks: An Army officer’s journey from McCourt to the Pentagon

McCourt School: What motivated you to enlist in the U.S. Army? Kevin Marks (MPM’23): I grew up in a small suburb outside of Chicago, IL, in an environment where most of my…

November 6, 2022

Discovery & Impact
General News
University News

A year in review: McCourt deepens commitment to transformational impact across the U.S. and around the world

This year, we welcomed our largest class of students to date, new faculty, fellows and researchers, and an inaugural Advisory Board. We brought Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (NY) …

December 13, 2021

General News
Research
University News

2022 election cycle preview: Policies that will drive outcomes in the midterm elections

It seems almost certain that the midterms will continue to be a referendum on US institutions — born from a distrust that Mo Elleithee , executive director of the Institute of…

November 22, 2021

General News
University News

President Biden nominates McCourt Professor Adriana Kugler for U.S. Executive Director of the World Bank

President Biden has formally announced the nomination of McCourt Professor Adriana Kugler for U.S. Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and, …

August 31, 2021

Discovery & Impact
Student Experience
University News

McCourt Students Use Data to Improve Housing Inspections in DC

The city’s housing inspection process will be improved, thanks to a group of McCourt School of Public Policy students who designed new algorithms for the city’s Department of…

January 13, 2020

Discovery & Impact

Increasing Access to Asthma Education in DC

For many people in Washington, DC, breathing does not come easy. In fact, more DC residents report being diagnosed with asthma than U.S. residents overall, according to the’…

December 16, 2019

University News

Nobel Laureate Esther Duflo Discusses ‘Good Economics in Hard Times’

In a 2017 YouGov poll, public opinion in the UK rated weather forecasters as more trusted than economists. In the US, a survey asking a similar question also showed a lack of…

December 9, 2019

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