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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

Student Experience

Howard Scholar shies from the limelight, but accolades find her

Even as a young girl, Natalia Cooper (MPP-EP’26) knew she wanted to make a difference. While her childhood dreams of being appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court have changed, she…

January 8, 2024

General News
Research
Tech & Public Policy

The future of technology and its threats to education, elections and policing

Tech & Public Policy (TPP) Scholars Maitreyi Natarajan (MPP/MBA’24), Kevyanna Rawls (MPP’24), Talia Stringfellow (MPP’25), Sanha Tahir (MS-DSPP’24) and Santiago Vidal…

December 4, 2023