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“I had never heard of a business model like this”: The ambitious affordable housing solution for working-class Americans
With deep roots in San Francisco, Tim Szarnicki is leading an innovative, affordable housing business model aimed at a group often sold short: middle-income earners. As executive…
November 13, 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
- General News
- Student Experience
Active-duty McCourt student mentors young people in and out of uniform
Captain Matthew Manning (MPM’24) hails from a community where hope and opportunity were scarce. Manning, who was born and raised in Southeast Washington, DC, found an avenue to…
November 13, 2023
- Alumni News
- General News
Veteran McCourt School alum awarded AARP Purpose Prize
Ken Falke (MPM’11), a 21-year veteran of the U.S. Navy Special Operations Explosive Ordnance Disposal community and retired master chief petty officer, is the founder and…
November 10, 2023
- General News
- Policy Perspectives
- Student Experience
National Urban Fellow Michelle Meza wants to reimagine our democracy
Public service has always been Michelle Meza’s North Star, so it’s fitting that she joined the National Urban Fellows (NUF) class of 2024 at McCourt. Fresh out of the Biden…
October 2, 2023
- Centering Inclusion
- General News
Welcoming the inaugural Dr. Scholl Foundation Scholarship awardees
Made possible by a generous gift from the Dr. Scholl Foundation , the McCourt School created two $20,000 merit scholarships to be awarded to veterans, active-duty, reserve and…
June 5, 2023
- Centering Inclusion
- Student Experience
Graduating student-parents reflect on balancing their academic and personal lives
As the McCourt community has grown, so has its parent-student population, driving interest in community resources and guidance on everything from access to lactation rooms and…
May 15, 2023
- General News
- Student Experience
JCS Internship renamed Bradley Fellowship
The Bradley Fellowship , named in honor of General Omar N. Bradley, who served as both chief of staff of the U.S. Army and the first chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,…
April 26, 2023
- Discovery & Impact
- Student Experience
National Urban Fellow Cecil Brooks Jr. looks to break cycles of poverty
Hailing from the South Bronx in New York, by way of Central America, National Urban Fellow Cecil Brooks Jr. has always obsessed over the intricacies underneath stable. &#…
January 9, 2023
- Centering Inclusion
- Discovery & Impact
- General News
- Student Experience
Rising the ranks: An Army officer’s journey from McCourt to the Pentagon
McCourt School: What motivated you to enlist in the U.S. Army? Kevin Marks (MPM’23): I grew up in a small suburb outside of Chicago, IL, in an environment where most of my…
November 6, 2022