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Georgetown awards $2.3M in first round of research grants through partnership with McCourt Institute

In partnership with the McCourt Institute , an independent organization, Georgetown awarded the first round of grants, supporting the work of faculty across the University with…

March 10, 2022

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Analyzing the quality of 2020 Census: Understanding the U.S. population puzzle

Although the Census Bureau’s goal is to take a snapshot of the population on April 1, the process to count every resident is closer to carefully gathering and organizing puzzle…

December 16, 2021

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New executive order takes aim at administrative burdens

A thread on the Biden Administration’s work to reduce administrative…

December 14, 2021

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McCourt students fuel their passion for health policy with support from the George E. Richmond Foundation

Through a new partnership with the McCourt School, the George E. Richmond Foundation provides experiential opportunities to students with a demonstrated interest in health. …

December 13, 2021

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McCourt School’s Massive Data Institute receives $3.2M grant from the Bezos Earth Fund

The Massive Data Institute (MDI) at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy will partner with data scientists at historically black colleges and…

December 6, 2021

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Reducing your risk of cognitive disease: A $12M research study, 60 years in the making

In the early 1960s, a Wisconsin research team set out to learn how students that matriculated were performing and what might predict their future occupational success. With time,…

December 6, 2021

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2022 election cycle preview: Policies that will drive outcomes in the midterm elections

It seems almost certain that the midterms will continue to be a referendum on US institutions — born from a distrust that Mo Elleithee , executive director of the Institute of…

November 22, 2021

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Transforming taxes

As a graduate student, Manoli spent his free time doing what most Americans dread: filling out income tax forms. He became a volunteer income tax preparer in San Francisco as…

November 8, 2021

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Virtual Event — Democratizing Democracy: The Impact of DC’s Public Campaign Financing Program and The Future of Local Elections

The panel discussion featured Georgetown University’s Department of Sociology and McCourt School of Public Policy Professor Brian McCabe, At-Large DC Councilmember…

October 5, 2021

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Working backwards to move civil justice forward

A few months ago, Professor Amy O’Hara, a research professor at the Massive Data Institute at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy, was feeling a…

September 28, 2021