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Discovery & Impact
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Event — A People-First Approach: Improving Government Customer Experience Through Technology

McCourt experts were instrumental in driving discussion around the importance of making government services work. Their research and thought leadership helped inform the Biden…

February 7, 2022

Discovery & Impact
General News
Student Experience

Life after military service: Finding purpose and community at McCourt

Ahead of the fall 2021 academic year, the McCourt School named an inaugural class of Newmark Scholars , awarded through the Craig Newmark Veterans Scholarship Fund , which…

February 7, 2022

Alumni
Alumni News
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McCourt alumna returns to the Hilltop as Associate Director of the Massive Data Institute

The Massive Data Institute (MDI) at the McCourt School of Public Policy recently welcomed McCourt alumna Anjelika Deogirikar Grossman (MPP‘14) as its new associate director. …

January 31, 2022

Discovery & Impact
General News
Student Experience

On a mission: An Army veteran and Newmark Scholar is taking on the policy world

Ahead of the fall 2021 academic year, the McCourt School named an inaugural class of Newmark Scholars , awarded through the Craig Newmark Veterans Scholarship Fund, which…

January 24, 2022

Discovery & Impact
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McCourt School receives $200K gift from Craig Newmark Philanthropies

In April 2021, generous funding from Craig Newmark Philanthropies helped establish the Craig Newmark Veterans Scholarship Fund , which supports scholarships, experiential…

January 24, 2022

Discovery & Impact
Faculty Impact

Transforming the federal customer experience: What does it mean, and what’s next?

In December 2021, President Biden signed a new Executive Order (EO), directing federal agencies to put people at the center of everything the government does. In a fact sheet…

January 17, 2022

Discovery & Impact
General News

Meet the Spring 2022 GU Politics Fellows

Each semester, GU Politics brings in leading practitioners to explore with students how to do politics better. The Spring 2022 Fellows bring decades of experience in politics,…

January 11, 2022

Faculty Impact
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University News

McCourt professor among the top 200 most influential scholars in educational practice and policy

Education Week unveiled its 12th annual “Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings,” recognizing the foremost education scholars who move ideas from academic journals into the…

January 5, 2022

Discovery & Impact
General News
Research

Analyzing the quality of 2020 Census: Understanding the U.S. population puzzle

Although the Census Bureau’s goal is to take a snapshot of the population on April 1, the process to count every resident is closer to carefully gathering and organizing puzzle…

December 16, 2021

Faculty Impact
General News
Research

New executive order takes aim at administrative burdens

A thread on the Biden Administration’s work to reduce administrative…

December 14, 2021