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- 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
- General News
- 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
- General News
- Student Experience
McCourt School graduate reflects on ‘a bittersweet end to an unforgettable three years’
Yash Dhuldhoya (MPP/MSFS‘24) began his career working in political risk in India, where he was born and attended university. In September 2020, he attended a professional…
May 6, 2024
- Alumni
- General News
- Policy Perspectives
Georgetown alumnus develops innovative database to expose LGBTQ+ abuses
When Juan Pablo Delgado (MPP’19) started litigating cases in Mexican courts on LGBTQ+ rights abuses, local and national authorities often denied the existence of prejudice…
April 8, 2024
- General News
- Student Experience
13 international peers unite to solve a tech policy challenge in 5 days
In the last few years, we have been bombarded with headlines relating to artificial intelligence (AI) and emerging tech — from the Hollywood Strike and the European Union AI…
April 2, 2024
- Alumni
- Student Experience
‘Very DC’ love stories: 4 Georgetown couples share their charming meet cutes
Alex Brillman (MPP’19) and Anna Heard (MPP’19) Alex Brillman and Anna Heard met in the sandwich line on the first day of orientation at the McCourt School. “One of us was…
February 14, 2024
- General News
- Student Experience
He had never lived in America. Now he’s a “big brother” at Georgetown.
For Anirudh Srivathsan (MPP’24), community matters. Whether it be a local dance chapter in Singapore, a hockey team in London or the student body at Georgetown University’s…
January 10, 2024