Policy Perspectives Fall 2020

The McCourt School is excited to welcome several new faculty members to our community, including experts in labor economics, faith and justice, social policy, environmental justice, criminal justice and conflict…

Equipped with quantitative and collaborative skills, Kamila Saldanha (MPP ’19) ventures into new territory. When Kamila Saldanha (MPP ’19) was selected for the Twitter Public Policy Fellowship, she was thrilled…

Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service celebrates half a decade at the McCourt School of Public Policy. Mo Elleithee, the founding executive director of Georgetown University’s Institute of Politics…

“Georgetown’s commitment to the common good starts right here in our hometown.” When the Washington Post and Washington City Paper published well-documented stories about poor conditions in public housing —…

From COVID-19 to Black Lives Matter, McCourt researcher Lisa Singh discovers substance in bits of information. Being on social media can feel like falling down a rabbit hole into a…

Since the early months of 2020, McCourt’s brightest minds have been accumulating a picture of the damage done by the COVID-19 pandemic that is lengthening and becoming more complex to…

A new cohort of students brings lessons of empathy and understanding to the Master of Policy Management. If you took a snapshot of the McCourt School of Public Policy’s…

McCourt policy center explores the future of standardized testing. Standardized testing has been a cornerstone of public-school reform for a generation. Federal and state policymakers ramped up universal testing in…

Lily Yue (MS-DSPP ’20) grew up traveling the world, encouraging the curiosity that inspires her dreams of using data science to improve lives. Lily Yue’s curiosity about the world and…

This summer, the McCourt School launched an inaugural summer workshop series with a broad range of course offerings designed to enhance skills in policy and political leadership and advance professional…