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- Discovery & Impact
- University News
Leading U.S. decision-desk operation selects Georgetown’s McCourt School as its 2024 election hub
Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ), a leading provider of real-time election results and race calls, will base one of the nation’s only decision-desk operations at Georgetown University…
February 12, 2024
- General News
- University News
Dr. Fauci presents the 10 most compelling lessons learned from COVID
On February 1, 2024, Dr. Anthony Fauci delivered the McCourt School of Public Policy’s 2024 Whittington Lecture , sharing lessons learned from COVID-19. Dr. Fauci, a…
February 7, 2024
- General News
- Tech & Public Policy
New Georgetown visiting fellows program welcomes experts in tech governance, law and media
The Tech & Public Policy program (TPP) at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy established a new visiting fellows program in January of 2024, drawing…
February 5, 2024
- Alumni
- General News
Georgetown alumni philanthropy supports GU Politics Fellows Program
Georgetown University’s Institute of Politics and Public Service (GU Politics) at the McCourt School of Public Policy named its newly renovated meeting and convening space…
January 24, 2024
- General News
- Student Experience
$200K gift from Craig Newmark Philanthropies expands pipeline to public service for veterans
Since 2021, Newmark has donated $575,000 to the McCourt School and played a direct and crucial role in the lives of dozens of talented veterans and military-connected students.…
January 22, 2024
- Faculty Impact
- General News
- University News
Dr. Fauci to deliver Whittington Lecture on lessons learned and missed opportunities from the pandemic
Dr. Anthony Fauci will deliver the McCourt School of Public Policy’s 2024 Whittington Lecture in Georgetown University’s historic Gaston Hall. His remarks, Pandemic…
January 10, 2024
- General News
- Student Experience
He had never lived in America. Now he’s a “big brother” at Georgetown.
For Anirudh Srivathsan (MPP’24), community matters. Whether it be a local dance chapter in Singapore, a hockey team in London or the student body at Georgetown University’s…
January 10, 2024
- Discovery & Impact
- Tech & Public Policy
- University News
Ukrainian government turns to Georgetown’s McCourt School to train senior government executives
Through a new collaboration with the Ukrainian government, Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy will host a weeklong training program for 30 Ukrainian…
December 20, 2023
- General News
- Policy Perspectives
Shaping tech for the common good: How Georgetown experts are limiting harms and maximizing benefits
Every day, humans and machines across the globe create 2.5 quintillion bytes of new data, according to IBM — enough to fill 20 billion file cabinets. Thanks to powerful new…
December 11, 2023
- General News
Dystopian thrillers and ecological mysteries: The top 7 books of 2023 according to your professors
We asked faculty members at the McCourt School to share their favorite books from 2023. Their recommendations, from fictional universes to nature’s great mysteries, capture…
December 6, 2023