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Event — 2022 Whittington Lecture with CEA Chair Cecilia Rouse
Cecilia Rouse is currently serving as the 30th Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA). She was nominated by President Joe Biden in November 2020 and is the first African…
October 18, 2022
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McCourt School announces 4 new Advisory Board members
In October 2021, the McCourt School of Public Policy announced the formation of a new advisory board , 17 dynamic leaders in politics, policy, business and philanthropy, to offer…
October 12, 2022
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Preventing crisis from becoming catastrophe: How DOD protects the homeland
The McCourt School of Public Policy’s National Defense Policy Initiative (NDPI) hosted Juliette Kayyem , Belfer Senior Lecturer in International Security at the Harvard Kennedy…
October 11, 2022
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McCourt alumna recognized among the nation’s top technology talent
McCourt alum Sahithi Adari (MS-DSPP‘22) was selected as part of the inaugural cohort of the U.S. Digital Corps (USDC), an early‑career fellowship program designed for the…
October 11, 2022
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McCourt School’s development research center awarded $1.5M by USAID, $3M by FID
While school enrollment rates increase annually, the availability of qualified teachers is not keeping pace, resulting in below-grade learning levels. Policies that can improve…
October 6, 2022
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McCourt’s 2022 Newmark Scholars represent the U.S. Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Space Force
Alekhya Chaparala (MPP’24) Kory Hasenoehrl (MPP’23) Austin Henderson (MPM’23) Kristen Soderlund (MPP’24) Gabrielle Topacio (MPP)…
October 3, 2022
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Meet the 2022 McCourt Scholars
Sumin Lee (MPM'23)Born in South Korea and raised in Canada, Sumin Lee (MPM'23) spent the last seven years serving in the Canadian government on issues related to health and…
September 26, 2022
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Universal pre-K: The long-term benefits that exceed short-term costs
For more than two decades, Dr. Bill Gormley and Dr. Deborah Phillips , co-directors of the McCourt School of Public Policy’s Center for Research on Children in the United…
September 20, 2022
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Meet the 2022 Howard Scholar at McCourt
The McCourt School selected Ethan Rodriguez-Shah (MS-DSPP’24), an aspiring data analyst and researcher, as the 2022 Howard Scholar. As a graduate student, Rodriguez-Shah…
September 19, 2022
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What happens when developing countries take a gamble on their future?
The McCourt School of Public Policy’s Master of International Development Policy (MIDP) program hosted Stefan Dercon , professor of economic policy at the University of Oxford,…
September 19, 2022