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  • From Service to Science

    From Service to Science

    How Khai Booker, program coordinator at McCourt’s Massive Data Institute (MDI), uses data to help ‘those who need it most.’

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  • An Olympian’s Path to Improving Mental Health Outcomes Through Public Policy
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    An Olympian’s Path to Improving Mental Health Outcomes Through Public Policy

    How one student’s journey to the McCourt School to study mental health policy began as an Olympian.

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  • Policy Impacts Tableside: A McCourt Alum’s Journey to Strengthen the Restaurant Industry
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    Policy Impacts Tableside: A McCourt Alum’s Journey to Strengthen the Restaurant Industry

    How managing a restaurant through COVID led Eric Jeffay (MPP’23) to seek new ways to support the industry.

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  • This Professor’s Course Aims to Ease Social Isolation
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    This Professor’s Course Aims to Ease Social Isolation

    Bradley Holst, assistant teaching professor at the McCourt School, delves into an overlooked public health risk: social isolation.

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  • Newmark Scholar Communicates Public Policy
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    Newmark Scholar Communicates Public Policy

    Newmark Scholar Meghan Hall (MPP-EP’26) blends policy and public affairs, earning her degree at McCourt while continuing her work at the United Nations.

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  • Doctor pushes to improve health outcomes beyond the exam room
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    Doctor pushes to improve health outcomes beyond the exam room

    Changemaker Nicholas Mensah (MIDP’26) seeks policy solutions to the problems that affect us individually and collectively.

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  • How the McCourt School is reimagining youth justice
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    How the McCourt School is reimagining youth justice

    After 18 years, the McCourt School’s Center for Juvenile Reform has rebranded as the Center for Youth Justice, highlighting its transformative approach to serving young people and families.

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  • Introducing the 2025 McCourt Scholars
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    Introducing the 2025 McCourt Scholars

    From Ukrainian revolution to Indian renewable energy planning, a wealth of diverse experience drives these new policymakers to improve lives worldwide.

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  • Passionate Researchers: McCourt School welcomes new faculty driving research in criminal justice, education and state politics
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    Passionate Researchers: McCourt School welcomes new faculty driving research in criminal justice, education and state politics

    McCourt School welcomes assistant teaching professor Amanda Lu, professor Chris Warshaw and assistant professor Roman Gabriel Rivera.

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  • Right place, right time: Getting to know Dean Carole Roan Gresenz
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    Right place, right time: Getting to know Dean Carole Roan Gresenz

    Carole Roan Gresenz, The McCourt School’s new dean, talks about her earliest lessons, her career in research and the things that keep her grounded.

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