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Discovery & Impact
Student Experience

How this master’s in data science for public policy alumna became a voice for responsible tech policy on Capitol Hill

With McCourt's training, Amelie D’Hers is shaping national governance on AI, privacy and emerging tech as part of a US senator’s policy.…

October 14, 2025

Discovery & Impact

McCourt and Anthropic explore the promise and uncertainty posed by AI’s impacts on the economy

The McCourt School of Public Policy hosted Anthropic, a leading AI company, for a half-day symposium exploring how rapid advances in artificial intelligence are reshaping the…

September 18, 2025

Discovery & Impact
Student Experience

Leveraging global experience, McCourt School student uses data for social impact

After earning a double major in economics and political science with a minor in statistics from the University of Toronto, Ibadat Jarg (MS-DSPP’26) sought a graduate program…

April 22, 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
Student Experience

McCourt School’s data science Career Lab provides a virtual forum and expert guidance for future policymakers

The story is in the numbers: According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, data science job creation is projected to surge 35% between 2022 and 2032. The McCourt School of Public…

December 9, 2024

Alumni
General News

Georgetown alumni appointed to U.S. Digital Corps for third consecutive year

Ellis Obrien (MS-DSPP’23), Grace Jensen (MS-DSPP’24), Jenny Park (C’24) and Maggie Sullivan (MS-DSPP’24) were selected from more than 2,000 applicants to join the U.S.…

November 4, 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

Discovery & Impact
Faculty Impact
Research

How nurse-led triage is better connecting DC’s 911 callers to appropriate care

According to DC’s Office of Unified Communications (OUC), the District’s 911 call center is one of the busiest in the country, historically ranking behind those of New York…

July 15, 2024

Student Experience

Georgetown graduate student builds a career integrating international relations, data science and public policy

Maggie Sullivan (MS-DSPP’24), an international development specialist and emerging data scientist, has already lived and worked in three countries. She is well acquainted with…

March 25, 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