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Discovery & Impact

MDI Welcomes Data Governance and Integration Expert Amy O’Hara

The Massive Data Institute (MDI) at the McCourt School of Public Policy is pleased to welcome data governance, data integration, and privacy expert Dr. Amy O’Hara. Dr. O’Hara…

October 30, 2018

Discovery & Impact

#METOO Movement Twitter Data Mined by Computer Science Professor

Lisa Singh, computer science professor and research professor in the McCourt School of Public Policy’s Massive Data Institute, works on numerous aspects of data-driven computer…

September 10, 2018

Discovery & Impact

McCourt Professor Receives New Grant to Advance Universal Pre-K Study

September, 2018 - McCourt School of Public Policy Professor William Gormley was recently awarded $460,000 in new funding from the Heising-Simons Foundation, to continue his…

September 6, 2018

Discovery & Impact

McCourt’s Massive Data Institute and Netherlands Central Bureau of Statistics Sign MOU

McCourt School demonstrates commitment to data-driven and global policy scholarship - Georgetown Provost and Executive Vice President Robert M. Groves and Netherlands Central…

February 15, 2018

Student Experience

Analytics and Public Policy Students Win 2017 Deloitte Foundation Fellowship

Analytics students have teamed up with McCourt School of Public Policy students to win the2017 Deloitte Foundation Data Analytics Fellowship. Tiankai Guo, Ruhan Wang (both MS…

October 6, 2017

University News

McCourt Opens Washington’s First Census Research Data Center

Georgetown’s McCourt School of Public Policy yesterday opened the first Research Data Center (RDC) in Washington, a joint project of the U.S. Census Bureau and the school’s…

April 26, 2017

Discovery & Impact

Massive Data Institute Awards New Grants, Hires Postdoctoral Fellow

Delaying or refusing vaccinations and examining the financial effects of Alzheimer’s Disease before diagnosis are among the faculty projects receiving support from the McCourt…

September 3, 2015

Discovery & Impact

Improving Government Performance in the Era of Big Data: Opportunities and Challenges for Federal Agencies

The McCourt School to co-host a big data workshop with the White House Office of Science and Technology.…

June 11, 2014