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- Discovery & Impact
Tracking Children’s Health Insurance Coverage
Kids and teens are quietly losing their health insurance at unprecedented rates across America. Sounding the alarm: McCourt’s Center for Children and Families, with recent…
September 30, 2019
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- Discovery & Impact
Alum Devotes Her Policy Acumen to Hawaiian Entrepreneurs
Brittany Heyd (JD/MPP ‘13) was on the fast track for a high-powered law firm job when the lure of the startup world pulled her in another direction. For the past two years,…
September 23, 2019
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- University News
Ecological Crisis: U.S., Canada Lost One in Four Birds in the Past 50 Years
Nearly 3 billion birds have disappeared from the United States and Canada since 1970, according to a study published today in Science, co-authored by Georgetown Environment…
September 22, 2019
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Presidential Candidates Explore Climate Change at Georgetown
More than 10 of the candidates running for U.S. president participated in a conversation with young voters on the issues surrounding climate change during a two-day forum at…
September 19, 2019
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CHIR Announces New Resource for Policymakers on Surprise Medical Bills
Surprise medical bills result in financial hardship for millions of Americans and top the list of health care costs that Americans are afraid they will not be able to afford.…
September 18, 2019
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Research Aims to Disrupt Traditional Thinking Around Development Funding
When it comes to development funding, would populations in need be better off if aid practitioners simply got out of the way and distributed aid in cash rather than in complex…
September 13, 2019
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Biden, Klobuchar rank highest among Presidential candidates in New Bipartisan Index Rankings of U.S. Senators
The Lugar Center and the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University today jointly released updated lifetime Bipartisan Index rankings of U.S. Senators who have…
June 11, 2019
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Leading Smithsonian Scientist to Direct Georgetown Environment Initiative
Peter Marra, a leading environment and conservation expert, has been named director of the Georgetown Environment Initiative, the Laudato Si’ Chair in Biology and the…
April 3, 2019
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The Lugar Center and McCourt School Unveil Bipartisan Index Rankings for 115th Congress
The Lugar Center and the McCourt School today jointly released their new Bipartisan Index rankings of members of Congress, completing the picture of the 115th Congress (2017).…
March 19, 2019
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GU Politics to Host Symposium on The Future of Diplomacy
Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service at the McCourt School of Public Policy and the Walsh School of Foreign Service to Host Symposium on The Future of Diplomacy…
January 22, 2019