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Discovery & Impact

Bridging Harlem’s Digital Divide

LabGov Georgetown researches innovative ways to help people who live in cities enjoy and utilize shared living spaces and resources. Learn how the Harlem E-Project is working…

December 2, 2019

Alumni
Student Experience

Improving Voting Transparency

Anyone who voted in the District of Columbia last year might have seen one of the volunteers for a new project, Observe D.C. The first-ever sample-based election observation…

November 11, 2019

University News

A Q&A with Professor Barbara Schone

Barbara Schone is Teaching Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the McCourt School of Public Policy. She also serves as the Faculty Director of the Master of…

October 30, 2019

Alumni
Discovery & Impact

McCourt Alum Demonstrates What Data Science Can Do for Public Policy

Since graduating from the McCourt School of Public Policy, Alex Engler, MPP ’13, has made it his mission to improve policy and governance through the use of data.…

October 20, 2019

Alumni
Discovery & Impact
University News

A Legal Lifesaver for Venezuelan Refugees

Political and social unrest has forced millions of Venezuelans to flee their country, often by traveling through Colombia to Ecuador. Many are stuck at the border because they…

October 7, 2019

Alumni
Discovery & Impact

Alum Devotes Her Policy Acumen to Hawaiian Entrepreneurs

Brittany Heyd (JD/MPP ‘13) was on the fast track for a high-powered law firm job when the lure of the startup world pulled her in another direction. For the past two years,…

September 23, 2019

Discovery & Impact
Student Experience

McCourt Student Launched Free Tax Prep Service Led by D.C. High School Students

Seeing an opportunity to help D.C. taxpayers, Peter Nouhan (MPP ’19) founded a program to train Washington, D.C., high school students to facilitate free tax preparation for-…

September 9, 2019

Student Experience

McCourt Supports Students Working in Development, Social Impact, and Climate Change

The McCourt School is thrilled to support our students through the Fund for Student Excellence, which provides financial assistance to students who are advancing their careers…

May 22, 2019

Discovery & Impact
Student Experience

Seven McCourters Tackle Migration in Policy Simulation

The McCourt School was proud to serve as a host site for the 2019 NASPAA-Batten Student Simulation Competition. This year’s competition—a partnership between the University…

March 26, 2019

Discovery & Impact
Student Experience

Students address community health, food insecurityand other issues affecting low-income Washingtonians

The 5th annual Georgetown Public Policy Challenge tasked graduate students with developing innovative policy solutions to address local or regional issues in the Washington, D.C.…

March 20, 2019