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‘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

Discovery & Impact
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

Alumni
General News

McCourt School alumni help drive America’s digital transformation as Digital Corps Fellows

Alex Adams (MS-DSPP’22) and Louisa Sholar (MPP’23), alumni of Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy , were selected among more than 1,300 applicants to…

November 14, 2023

General News
Student Experience

McCourt student explores passion for environmental conservation in Ecuador

The 2023 Colin McCollester Mission Fund scholarship was awarded to Nathan Lesch (MPP’24),  a second-year student at the McCourt School of Public Policy and managing editor of…

September 25, 2023

General News
Policy Perspectives

Meet the 2023-2024 McCourt Scholars

McCourt Scholars are a select group of incoming students who, through their admissions applications, demonstrate profound potential as future policymakers. Five students are…

September 18, 2023

Discovery & Impact
General News
Student Experience

Two McCourt students awarded prestigious Bryce Harlow Fellowships

The Bryce Harlow Foundation awarded a total of 27 fellowships for the 2023-2024 academic year, including McCourt students Mika Alvarez (MPP’24) and Ferdous Dehqan (MPP’26),…

September 5, 2023

General News
Student Experience

New MSA president brings leadership experience, bold vision to McCourt

Elsa Ingwersen (MPP’24) almost decided not to run for president of the McCourt Student Association (MSA). Despite an abundance of leadership experience, she struggled with…

August 28, 2023

Discovery & Impact
General News
Student Experience

McCourt School student publishes biography on President Garfield

Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, C.W. (Charlie) Goodyear grew up living between Australia and the United Kingdom before returning to the United States to attend Yale University.…

July 3, 2023