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Student Experience

Solidarity Series 2: Antiracist Policy Making

At the beginning of the summer the Policy Innovation Lab shared a first statement in its “Solidarity Series” to keep partners, stakeholders, and community members apprised of…

September 10, 2020

Alumni
Student Experience

Advice to Incoming McCourt Students: ‘Explore your Interests’

Rachel Grich recently graduated salutatorian of the full-time MBA Class of 2020 and with a dual MPP/MBA degree. She works as the Strategic Initiatives and Finance Coordinator at…

August 14, 2020

Student Experience

Policy Innovation Lab Yearly Update

The McCourt School’s Policy Innovation Lab (the Lab) works with community partners to design human-centered public policy solutions to address systemic inequity, particularly…

August 10, 2020

General News

Unpacking the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Title VII

On June 15th, the Supreme Court ruled that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects LGBTQ people from workplace discrimination. The ruling is significant, particularly…

July 21, 2020

General News
Student Experience

Policies and Principles for an Equitable Recovery and Beyond

As the public and governments at all levels focus their current efforts on containing the health impacts of the pandemic and stabilizing people economically, there is a yearning…

July 14, 2020

General News
Student Experience
University News

RFK Stadium: An Opportunity to Invest in Affordable Housing in DC

Robert Francis Kennedy (RFK) Stadium on the banks of the Anacostia holds a special place in the hearts of longtime DC residents: the first home for the Washington Nationals, …

June 30, 2020

Student Experience

Solidarity Series 1: Policy Innovation Lab in Solidarity with the Black Lives Matter Movement

Black lives matter. Together with Georgetown University, the Policy Innovation Lab at the university’s McCourt School of Public Policy is grieving the murders of George Floyd,…

June 19, 2020

Student Experience

Student Reflection: Equitable Development Requires Sustained Community Engagement

There is a serious housing affordability crisis in the United States, and particularly in larger metropolitan areas like Washington, DC. In DC, like much of the rest of the…

April 24, 2020