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How this first-gen student found a passion for impact-driven policymaking

In September 2021, Diana Rivas Garcia (MIDP’24) embarked on her Fulbright journey in the city of Teziutlán, Mexico, located 500 kilometers from her hometown of Senguio. Having…

April 15, 2024

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Student Experience
University News

Trimming heart disease risk, one haircut at a time

Georgetown School of Medicine (SOM) students Ryan Braun (M‘26), Evan Czulada (M‘25), Stefan Prvulovic (M‘27), Holly Shan (M’25) and Mana Sheykhsoltan (M‘25) were…

April 11, 2024

Alumni
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Policy Perspectives

Georgetown alumnus develops innovative database to expose LGBTQ+ abuses

When Juan Pablo Delgado (MPP’19) started litigating cases in Mexican courts on LGBTQ+ rights abuses, local and national authorities often denied the existence of prejudice…

April 8, 2024

General News
Student Experience

13 international peers unite to solve a tech policy challenge in 5 days

In the last few years, we have been bombarded with headlines relating to artificial intelligence (AI) and emerging tech — from the Hollywood Strike and the European Union AI…

April 2, 2024

Student Experience
University News

5 Georgetown Public Policy Challenge finalists selected among 40 teams

Each year, Georgetown graduate students of all backgrounds and academic disciplines develop innovative policy solutions to issues in the Washington, DC region. The tenth annual…

April 2, 2024

Student Experience

Georgetown graduate student builds a career integrating international relations, data science and public policy

Maggie Sullivan (MS-DSPP’24), an international development specialist and emerging data scientist, has already lived and worked in three countries. She is well acquainted with…

March 25, 2024

General News
Tech & Public Policy

How to fix the internet: A thought-provoking conversation with Norah O’Donnell and Frank McCourt

On March 18, 2024, the McCourt School of Public Policy’s Tech & Public Policy program hosted Georgetown University alums Norah O’Donnell (C‘95, G’03), anchor and…

March 25, 2024

Faculty Impact
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Research

Research by McCourt School criminal justice policy expert targets police training efficacy

Andrea Headley’s previous work has focused on improving police-community relations in communities of color, assessing the effect of race during use-of-force encounters,…

March 11, 2024

General News
Tech & Public Policy

McCourt School and nonprofit media venture partner on new fellowship program for Georgetown students

The Tech & Public Policy program (TPP) at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy launched a new fellowship with Tech Policy Press , a nonprofit media…

February 26, 2024

General News
Student Experience

Against the odds: How a first-gen policy student became a voice for child welfare

Tony Parsons (MPM’24), a Master of Policy Management student in Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy, spent much of his childhood in foster care in, …

February 20, 2024