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Georgetown awards $100k to McCourt School associate professor addressing global learning crisis

Georgetown University’s Magis Prize recognizes associate professors who are making an extraordinary impact in their field with $100K in research. …

October 2, 2025

General News

McCourt School announces the Joan Dougherty Endowed Scholarship Fund for undergraduate public policy majors

Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy is honored to announce the establishment of the Joan Dougherty Endowed Scholarship Fund, created to honor the memory and…

September 19, 2025

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Better Government Lab to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Social Programs Designed to Improve Economic Mobility

In August, Arnold Ventures awarded Georgetown University’s McCourt School Associate Professor Sebastian Jilke and the Better Government Lab (BGL) an $800,000 grant to fund…

August 25, 2025

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GU Politics fall 2025 fellows class includes former U.S. senator, leading political strategists and journalists

The Georgetown University Institute of Politics and Public Service (GU Politics) at the McCourt School of Public Policy is pleased to announce the fall 2025 fellows cohort. Over…

August 21, 2025

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Tech & Public Policy

TrueMedia finds new home at Georgetown’s McCourt School

As the information environment grows more complex and technological advances make it easier to manipulate content, knowing what’s true online has never been more difficult.…

April 16, 2025

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Tech & Public Policy

Tech & Public Policy program awards $1.5M in grants to 24 Georgetown researchers

The McCourt School’s Tech & Public Policy program (TPP) administers the annual Grants Program to support research that explores the role of emerging technologies in…

April 9, 2025

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McCourt School’s new research lab aims to reshape criminal justice policy

Founded by Dr. Andrea M. Headley , an assistant professor at the McCourt School and affiliate fellow at the Center for Innovations in Community Safety at Georgetown Law, the…

April 8, 2025

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Student Experience

Georgetown Public Policy Challenge announces 5 finalists after historic application surge

Each year, Georgetown graduate students of all backgrounds and academic disciplines develop innovative policy solutions to issues in the Washington, DC, region. The annual…

April 1, 2025

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Inspired by pioneering female leaders, a policy student confronts gender equity across Africa

Driven to understand the economic forces shaping Africa, Nadia Baye (MIDP’26) earned an undergraduate degree in economics and francophone studies at Davidson College, where she…

March 31, 2025

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How the McCourt School prepared an alumna for a White House communications role

Sneha Choudhary (MPP’24), the former White House’s associate director of regional media, was a force in tackling policy challenges with innovation. To the Office of…

March 24, 2025