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McCourt Welcomes Organizational and Information Systems Expert William Rouse

The McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University is pleased to welcome organizational and information systems expert William B. Rouse to our faculty as a research…

July 1, 2019

University News

McCourt Welcomes Former CBO Director Keith Hall

The McCourt School of Public Policy is pleased to welcome economist Keith Hall, outgoing director of the Congressional Budget Office, as a professor of the practice. Hall will…

June 13, 2019

Discovery & Impact

Biden, Klobuchar rank highest among Presidential candidates in New Bipartisan Index Rankings of U.S. Senators

The Lugar Center and the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University today jointly released updated lifetime Bipartisan Index rankings of U.S. Senators who have…

June 11, 2019

Discovery & Impact

Teacher Mindsets: How Educators Perspectives Shape Student Success

A growing body of research shows that strong relationships with teachers & other adults are critical to academic success, especially for at-risk students. A new report from…

June 10, 2019

Discovery & Impact

Researching Poverty and American Housing with Big Data

Eva Rosen, an Assistant Professor at Georgetown’s McCourt School of Public Policy, is using her MDI Seed Grant to further her research in poverty and American housing.…

June 3, 2019

Discovery & Impact

Fixing the Digital Divide Focus of International Conference at Georgetown

Leaders of Georgetown’s recently-announced Initiative on Technology and Society host prominent international research, policy and practice thought-leaders on the subject of the…

May 24, 2019

University News

CCF’s Tricia Brooks Appointed to MACPAC

The McCourt School of Public Policy congratulates the Center for Children and Families (CCF) Senior Fellow Tricia Brooks on her appointment to the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and…

May 22, 2019

Discovery & Impact

Data Blending: Tackling the Obstacles

Last month, the Massive Data Institute (MDI) organized a two-part panel discussion on “Data Blending: Tackling the Obstacles” in the Bioethics Research.…

May 6, 2019

Discovery & Impact

Poor in Rural India Prefer Public Health Services to Cash Transfers

A study by two Georgetown professors and a World Bank senior economist shows that residents of rural Bihar, India, prefer public health services and infrastructure improvements…

April 25, 2019

Discovery & Impact

Satellite Imagery and GIS Software

This past month, the Massive Data Institute (MDI) collaborated with the School of Foreign Service (SFS) to organize a two-day workshop on Satellite Imagery and GIS.…

April 19, 2019