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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