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Student Experience

Latin American Policy Students to Tackle Corruption at Omnia Conference

The Latin American Policy Association (LAPA) at McCourt seeks to disseminate knowledge and awareness about Latin American issues and policies among the Georgetown community, in…

March 26, 2019

Discovery & Impact
Student Experience

Students address community health, food insecurityand other issues affecting low-income Washingtonians

The 5th annual Georgetown Public Policy Challenge tasked graduate students with developing innovative policy solutions to address local or regional issues in the Washington, D.C.…

March 20, 2019

Discovery & Impact

The Lugar Center and McCourt School Unveil Bipartisan Index Rankings for 115th Congress

The Lugar Center and the McCourt School today jointly released their new Bipartisan Index rankings of members of Congress, completing the picture of the 115th Congress (2017).…

March 19, 2019

Discovery & Impact

Technology for Public Good, Reducing Harm Aim of New University Network

Georgetown’s leadership in the emerging field of public interest technology and prime location in Washington, DC, has led it to co-found a network that will boost the field…

March 11, 2019

University News

Carnegie Renews Classification of Georgetown as ‘Very High Research University’

Georgetown has once again been classified by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education as an institution with “very high research activity.” A large set…

February 26, 2019

Discovery & Impact

Insuring Your Bitcoin: Creating More Efficient ZKPs

Georgetown’s Justin Thaler, an assistant professor in the department of computer science, has dedicated his latest research to develop new, more efficient ZKPs using his MDI…

February 19, 2019

Student Experience

585 Students Around the World Compete in Host Nations: A Refugee Simulation

On February 23, McCourt will host graduate students from a cohort of 137 universities to participate in the 2019 NASPAA-Batten Student Simulation.…

February 11, 2019

University News

University Mourns Loss of Longest-Serving Member of Congress, Alumnus John Dingell

Georgetown mourns the passing of former Rep. John D. Dingell (D-Michigan), the longest-serving member of Congress in U.S. history and a devoted Georgetown.…

February 11, 2019

Discovery & Impact

Network Analysis in Python

Last week, the Massive Data Institute held its second two-day data workshop that focused on teaching students, faculty, and staff about how to conduct network analysis in Python.…

February 8, 2019

University News

GU Politics to Host Symposium on The Future of Diplomacy

Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service at the McCourt School of Public Policy and the Walsh School of Foreign Service to Host Symposium on The Future of Diplomacy…

January 22, 2019