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Why an aspiring doctor left medicine behind to pursue global health policy
For Rosie Poling (MPP-E’27), health policy is personal. Growing up in North Carolina and later Marco Island, Florida, she witnessed firsthand the challenges of accessing…
February 18, 2025
- Alumni
- Student Experience
Head over heels for policy: Three McCourt School love stories
Skyller Cosme (MPP’24) and Jimmy Doucette (MPP’24) Skyller Cosme (MPP’24), an analyst supporting FEMA at Partner Forces, and Jimmy Doucette (MPP’24), an economist at the…
February 14, 2025
- Discovery & Impact
- Student Experience
Meiman Hock Scholar aspires to improve human rights for women worldwide
Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy proudly recognizes Issabella Romo (MPP’26) as the 2024-2025 Meiman Hock Scholar for her commitment to advancing human…
February 5, 2025
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- Student Experience
Balkans-born youth advocate is fusing law and policy at the McCourt School
Filip Kulakov (MPP’25), a second-year student in the McCourt School’s Master of Public Policy program , was initially drawn to the legal field with aspirations of becoming a…
January 30, 2025
- Discovery & Impact
- Student Experience
From TikTok to Capitol Hill: A McCourt School student’s journey to transform immigration policy
Born in India and raised in the U.S. from the age of four, Srushti Patil’s (MPP’26) journey to the McCourt School of Public Policy is rooted in a deep empathy for…
January 27, 2025
- Discovery & Impact
What is public policy?
Public policy is everywhere and touches everything, from the water we drink to the air we breathe. When a systematic problem exists, policymakers seek to find an answer. …
December 18, 2024
- Discovery & Impact
- Policy Perspectives
Newmark Scholar Ryan Johnson transitions from the Army to data-driven public service
Each year, the Craig Newmark Veterans Scholarship Fund offers tuition assistance to as many as nine graduate students. The recipients, who are exclusively active-duty service…
November 11, 2024
- Discovery & Impact
- Policy Perspectives
- Student Experience
McCourt School’s Latin American initiatives soar, elevating global engagement
The McCourt School of Public Policy is deepening its engagement with Latin America, leveraging a century of collaboration between Georgetown University and the region to drive…
October 10, 2024
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- Student Experience
Fogel Scholars apply data analysis and military experience to pressing policy questions
Two graduate students in the McCourt School of Public Policy have been selected for the 2024–2025 Fogel Scholarship , which provides recipients with financial support and a…
September 30, 2024
- General News
McCourt School welcomes six distinguished McCourt Scholars
Reflecting on her own experience as an Afghan national who arrived in the U.S. in 2021, McCourt Scholar Marzia Azizi (MIDP’26) hopes her international development policy…
September 16, 2024