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The 2024 Little League Coach of the Year’s day job may surprise you

The conclusion of Little League season means another summer has come and gone all too quickly. Like his players, the 2024 Little League Coach of the Year awardee Michael Umpierre…

August 20, 2024

Discovery & Impact
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Georgetown awards $2.3M in first round of research grants through partnership with McCourt Institute

In partnership with the McCourt Institute , an independent organization, Georgetown awarded the first round of grants, supporting the work of faculty across the University with…

March 10, 2022

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Student Experience

McCourt students fuel their passion for health policy with support from the George E. Richmond Foundation

Through a new partnership with the McCourt School, the George E. Richmond Foundation provides experiential opportunities to students with a demonstrated interest in health. …

December 13, 2021

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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

Faculty Impact
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Policy Perspectives
University News

Reverend Jim Wallis Joins Georgetown as Inaugural Chair in Faith and Justice, Will Lead New Faith and Justice Center

Georgetown and the McCourt School of Public Policy announced that Jim Wallis will join the McCourt School as the inaugural Chair in Faith and.…

August 16, 2021

Research

How to Lead Systems Change Work

What does it take to truly change the systems that perpetuate some of the greatest inequities in our country –education, healthcare, housing, food access, criminal justice? In…

January 27, 2021

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Research
University News

How Americans View Women in Politics, Examined in 6 Charts

A recent report from McCourt’s Center on Education and the…

March 6, 2020

Alumni
Discovery & Impact
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Combating Hunger and Homelessness in DC

As a licensed social worker, Adam Rocap knew he wanted to work in a space that created positive social change. When Cheryl Bell left the private sector, she was looking for…

January 20, 2020

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

Discovery & Impact

Helping Doctors Care for DC’s Most Vulnerable

For more than 15 years, the McCourt School’s National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health has been helping Washington, DC’s pediatric medical providers better…

November 24, 2019