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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

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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

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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

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The Lugar Center and McCourt School Unveil Bipartisan Index Rankings for 115th Congress

The Lugar Center and the McCourt School today jointly released their new Bipartisan Index rankings of members of Congress, completing the picture of the 115th Congress (2017).…

March 19, 2019

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Technology for Public Good, Reducing Harm Aim of New University Network

Georgetown’s leadership in the emerging field of public interest technology and prime location in Washington, DC, has led it to co-found a network that will boost the field…

March 11, 2019

University News

Carnegie Renews Classification of Georgetown as ‘Very High Research University’

Georgetown has once again been classified by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education as an institution with “very high research activity.” A large set…

February 26, 2019

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McCourt Faculty Named to AEI’s Edu-Scholar Influence Rankings

Congratulations to McCourt professor Nora E. Gordon and McCourt affiliated professor Jane Hannaway, who have both been named to the American Enterprise Institute’s (AEI) Edu…

January 8, 2019

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MDI’s Laila Wahedi Wins Data Challenge on Russian Trolls

Dr. Laila Wahedi, MDI’s Postdoc Fellow, won an award for her work on Russian trolls at the International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA) North American Social…

January 2, 2019