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Sheila Foster Installed as the Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Urban Law and Policy

Foster, who has a joint appointment in the McCourt School of Public Policy and the Georgetown Law Center, is an expert in the areas of property, land use, environmental justice…

October 11, 2019

Alumni
Discovery & Impact
University News

A Legal Lifesaver for Venezuelan Refugees

Political and social unrest has forced millions of Venezuelans to flee their country, often by traveling through Colombia to Ecuador. Many are stuck at the border because they…

October 7, 2019

Discovery & Impact

Tracking Children’s Health Insurance Coverage

Kids and teens are quietly losing their health insurance at unprecedented rates across America. Sounding the alarm: McCourt’s Center for Children and Families, with recent…

September 30, 2019

Alumni
Discovery & Impact

Alum Devotes Her Policy Acumen to Hawaiian Entrepreneurs

Brittany Heyd (JD/MPP ‘13) was on the fast track for a high-powered law firm job when the lure of the startup world pulled her in another direction. For the past two years,…

September 23, 2019

Discovery & Impact
University News

Ecological Crisis: U.S., Canada Lost One in Four Birds in the Past 50 Years

Nearly 3 billion birds have disappeared from the United States and Canada since 1970, according to a study published today in Science, co-authored by Georgetown Environment…

September 22, 2019

University News

Presidential Candidates Explore Climate Change at Georgetown

More than 10 of the candidates running for U.S. president participated in a conversation with young voters on the issues surrounding climate change during a two-day forum at…

September 19, 2019

Discovery & Impact

CHIR Announces New Resource for Policymakers on Surprise Medical Bills

Surprise medical bills result in financial hardship for millions of Americans and top the list of health care costs that Americans are afraid they will not be able to afford.…

September 18, 2019

Discovery & Impact

Research Aims to Disrupt Traditional Thinking Around Development Funding

When it comes to development funding, would populations in need be better off if aid practitioners simply got out of the way and distributed aid in cash rather than in complex…

September 13, 2019

Discovery & Impact
Student Experience

McCourt Student Launched Free Tax Prep Service Led by D.C. High School Students

Seeing an opportunity to help D.C. taxpayers, Peter Nouhan (MPP ’19) founded a program to train Washington, D.C., high school students to facilitate free tax preparation for-…

September 9, 2019

University News

Kugler Appointed to National Academies STEP Board

Adriana Kugler, professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University, has been appointed to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine’s…

September 4, 2019