McCourt School News

Graduate students from Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy and School of Foreign Service learn the secrets of dinner table diplomacy in a new, highly experiential course.

Child support payments are an essential resource for families in poverty. Maria Cancian and Robert Doar agree that state and federal governments need to do more to increase…

Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy and School of Foreign Service partnered with the Public Policy and International Affairs Program to help students from traditionally underrepresented groups…

Early-career technologists Alex Adams (MS-DSPP’22) and Louisa Sholar (MPP’23) will spend the next two years working with federal agencies to modernize and simplify government services for all Americans.

Captain Matthew Manning (MPM’24), a U.S. Army aviator and DC native, combines lived experience and a passion for policymaking to educate and inspire others in the military and…

Ken Falke (MPM’11) is one of five recipients of AARP’s Purpose Prize, which is awarded to people aged 50 or older who are using their life experiences to…

National political leaders foster conversations around public policy, process and service. Dean Maria Cancian is on a mission to make the McCourt School the most inclusive public policy…

Recent publications cover topics ranging from housing inequality and disaster preparedness to Christianity and time travel. A young reader’s novel from a former White House…

Graduate students in the 2023 cohort share a commitment to finding policy solutions focused on oral health’s role in comprehensive health care and health equity. The…

McCourt Ambassador Serenity Fan (MIDP’24) uses their interdisciplinary skills to help ensure people who live in South Asia have access to life-giving water supplies. Serenity Fan (MIDP’24)…