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McCourt School fund reduces financial strain of unpaid internships

Each year, the McCourt School of Public Policy’s Fund for Experiential Learning provides financial assistance to more than 30 graduate students pursuing meaningful professional…

November 18, 2024

Discovery & Impact
Policy Perspectives
Student Experience

Georgetown Public Policy Challenge celebrates a decade of innovative policy solutions — and a growing future

While the participants and policy proposals arising from the Georgetown Public Policy Challenge have changed over the past decade, the core tenets of community-centered solutions…

November 18, 2024

Student Experience

Top 7 study spaces on Georgetown’s Capitol Campus 

McCourt School Commons: A favorite among students for group projects and collaborative work, the second-floor Commons at 125 E St. offers a comfortable, spacious environment.…

October 17, 2024

Discovery & Impact
Student Experience

McCourt School policy student leverages data science for social impact in the Philippines

With generous support from the Colin McCollester Mission Fund and the Master of International Development Policy program’s Summer Experience , Hannah Reynolds (MIDP’25)…

August 12, 2024

Discovery & Impact
Student Experience

Voices from the field: Policy students reflect on global internships

Lahore, Pakistan | July 2024 The extreme heat (113 degrees Fahrenheit on average) is finally dissipating as we enter the monsoon season. My colleagues at the Centre for Economic…

July 29, 2024

General News
Student Experience

McCourt School graduate reflects on ‘a bittersweet end to an unforgettable three years’

Yash Dhuldhoya (MPP/MSFS‘24) began his career working in political risk in India, where he was born and attended university. In September 2020, he attended a professional…

May 6, 2024

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Student Experience
University News

Trimming heart disease risk, one haircut at a time

Georgetown School of Medicine (SOM) students Ryan Braun (M‘26), Evan Czulada (M‘25), Stefan Prvulovic (M‘27), Holly Shan (M’25) and Mana Sheykhsoltan (M‘25) were…

April 11, 2024

General News
Student Experience

13 international peers unite to solve a tech policy challenge in 5 days

In the last few years, we have been bombarded with headlines relating to artificial intelligence (AI) and emerging tech — from the Hollywood Strike and the European Union AI…

April 2, 2024

Student Experience

Georgetown graduate student builds a career integrating international relations, data science and public policy

Maggie Sullivan (MS-DSPP’24), an international development specialist and emerging data scientist, has already lived and worked in three countries. She is well acquainted with…

March 25, 2024

Alumni
Student Experience

‘Very DC’ love stories: 4 Georgetown couples share their charming meet cutes

Alex Brillman (MPP’19) and Anna Heard (MPP’19) Alex Brillman and Anna Heard met in the sandwich line on the first day of orientation at the McCourt School. “One of us was…

February 14, 2024