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- 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
- Student Experience
McCourt Students Tackle Automation and Job Loss at New America
Automation, and the threat it poses to workers, has become an incredibly salient issue for policy experts in the U.S. and around the world. Among the think tanks tackling this…
January 22, 2019
- Discovery & Impact
- Student Experience
McCourt Student Receives Gates Foundation Grant For Venezuelan Refugee Work
There is an ongoing humanitarian crisis in Venezuela. As the Venezuelan government clings to power and denies that its people are sick, starving, and saddled with an increasingly…
January 22, 2019
- University News
McCourt School Dean Named President-Elect of Public Policy, Management Organization
Maria Cancian, incoming dean of the McCourt School of Public Policy, has been named president-elect of the Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM). “It is…
January 10, 2019