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National Urban Fellows renews agreement with McCourt School for another 10 years

Five years ago, National Urban Fellows (NUF) celebrated its 50th anniversary. “We were thinking a lot about the policy issues affecting the most marginalized communities and…

November 26, 2024

Alumni News
Discovery & Impact
Policy Perspectives

“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

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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