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McCourt students awarded prestigious Bryce Harlow Fellowships

McCourt students Robyn Engibous (MPM’23), Fiona Kohrman (MPM’23) and Rachel Martinez (MPP’23) were awarded the competitive Bryce Harlow Fellowship for the 2021-22 academic…

August 27, 2021

Answering the Call: McCourt Alumnus Manages National COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution

McCourt Alumnus Army Maj. Doug Meyer (MPM’19) manages the United States COVID-19 vaccine distribution efforts supporting the federal response and progressing pandemic.…

March 15, 2021

Classroom Connections: McCourt Student Advances Racial Equity at Google

When Cherizza Lundy (MPM ‘22) applied to be a McCourt Leadership Fellow , she knew she would acquire skills applicable to her job at Google. But, she did not expect that it…

January 14, 2021

McCourt School deepens commitment to increasing diversity in public service

The McCourt School of Public Policy has deepened its partnership with the National Urban Fellows program by committing to fund full tuition for the Class of 2022 Fellowship.…

January 8, 2021

A Wider View

If you took a snapshot of the McCourt School of Public Policy’s Master of Policy Management (MPM) program 10 years ago, you’d see a classroom full of mostly male, mostly…

November 20, 2020

Dr. Lisa Rawlings Named President and CEO of the National Urban Fellows

Dr. Rawlings is a dynamic leader, a skilled strategist, and a creative problem solver with a tireless work ethic. She brings two decades of experience in the nonprofit and public…

June 26, 2020

McCourt Students Advocate for Fair Housing in Virginia—And Win

In late 2018, MacBeth and Pruitt partnered on a project aimed at banning housing discrimination in MacBeth’s adopted hometown of Arlington County, Virginia. Specifically, the…

May 4, 2020

Advocating for Voting Rights in Florida for People with Past Felony Convictions

For decades, civil rights advocates have been fighting to ensure that all Americans can exercise their right to vote. There are different types of systemic barriers that can…

February 20, 2020

A Year of Growth and Impact at McCourt

The McCourt School of Public Policy has had a stellar year and grew in a variety of transformational ways in 2019, December 18, 2019

Police Officer to Policy Student

Sergeant Howard Singer (MPM'17), the communications advisor to the First Deputy Police Commissioner of the New York City Police Department, is leading a new initiative to…

November 4, 2019