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GU Politics Fellows offer strategies to safeguard voting and civil rights in U.S. elections
At the crossroads of technology and politics, former GU Politics Fellows and current Advisory Board members Cristóbal Alex, Katie Harbath and Katie Walsh Shields are the ideal…
October 7, 2024
- Discovery & Impact
- 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
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Georgetown alumni philanthropy supports GU Politics Fellows Program
Georgetown University’s Institute of Politics and Public Service (GU Politics) at the McCourt School of Public Policy named its newly renovated meeting and convening space…
January 24, 2024
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- Policy Perspectives
- Student Experience
Building bridges: GU Politics’ mission to break polarization
Dean Maria Cancian is on a mission to make the McCourt School the most inclusive public policy school in the country by increasing racial, geographic, socioeconomic and…
November 6, 2023
- General News
- University News
$250K gift expands research and policymaker engagement opportunities for students
With a generous gift of $250,000 from Gerri and Rich Wong, the McCourt School is creating opportunities for graduate students to engage with practitioners, gain vital research…
March 3, 2023
- Research
- Student Experience
- Tech & Public Policy
Misinformation lost in the 2022 midterms: What was different?
The lead up to the 2022 Midterm Elections was fraught with discussions about misinformation, conspiracy theories and the role social media companies play in limiting the spread…
December 5, 2022
- Alumni
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McCourt alumna wins big in Georgia House race
Born in Jordan, Ruwa Romman moved to Georgia with her family shortly before terrorists attacked the United States on September 11, 2001. Romman was just 8 years old, and as a…
November 28, 2022
- Alumni
- General News
Political pollster to professor: How a McCourt School alum is paying it forward
Alex Lundry (MPP‘04), the inaugural recipient of the Whittington Scholarship , was drawn to what was then the Georgetown Public Policy Institute (GPPI) for its …
October 31, 2022
- Discovery & Impact
- Student Experience
GU Politics student group represents Georgetown at Biden School conference on civility
A group of Georgetown students representing the McCourt School’s Institute of Politics and Public Service (GU Politics) was invited to attend the inaugural National Student…
May 2, 2022
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- General News
Six winners and losers from Biden’s first State of the Union
President Joe Biden used his first State of the Union Address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night to hold Russian President Vladimir Putin accountable for his…
March 2, 2022