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Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy | The online Master’s of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) program recently expanded internationally to welcome students from Canada, Mexico and Central and South America in an announcement March 28.

International Expansion of MSBA Program Commits to Institutional Inclusivity

By Kate Hwang, Graduate Desk Editor April 10, 2024

The online Master’s of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) program announced March 28 that it has expanded internationally to welcome students from Canada, Mexico, Central and South America. The...

Lauren Doherty/The Hoya | The Georgetown McCourt School of Public Policy (MPP) announced the 2024 inaugural class of visiting fellows in their Tech and Public Policy (TPP) program last January, featuring an AI expert in the Department of Commerce.

McCourt School Introduces First Cohort of Tech and Public Policy Visiting Fellows

By Nola Goodwin, Special to The Hoya February 16, 2024

The McCourt School of Public Policy (MPP) announced its inaugural class of visiting fellows in the Tech and Public Policy (TPP) program Feb 1. This year’s fellows include Victoria Houed, director...

McCourt School Announces New Undergraduate Degree Program

McCourt School Announces New Undergraduate Degree Program

By Kate Loughran April 2, 2023

Georgetown University’s board of directors approved in February 2023 a new undergraduate degree program offered jointly between the McCourt School of Public Policy and the College of Arts & Sciences...

GU Politics Spring Fellows Discuss Rising Extremism

GU Politics Spring Fellows Discuss Rising Extremism

By Michelle Vassilev and Nina Raj January 29, 2023

The Georgetown University Institute of Politics and Public Service (GU Politics) fellows for the Spring 2023 semester sat down with The Hoya to explore the political lessons the next generation can learn,...

Proposal to End Opioid Epidemic Wins Georgetown Public Policy Challenge

Proposal to End Opioid Epidemic Wins Georgetown Public Policy Challenge

By Nina Raj April 28, 2022

Four Georgetown University School of Medicine students’ proposal to address the opioid crisis in Washington, D.C. won the 2022 Georgetown Public Policy Challenge. The annual competition, which is...

McCourt Launches Community Lecture Series on Inclusion

McCourt Launches Community Lecture Series on Inclusion

By Akashdiya Chakraborty April 7, 2022

The Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy launched a community lecture series that will focus on fostering community dialogue about inclusion as it relates to democracy, politics and policy.  Each...

Biden Nominates McCourt Professor for World Bank

Biden Nominates McCourt Professor for World Bank

By Samantha Sinutko September 10, 2021

President Joe Biden has nominated Georgetown University professor Adriana Kugler as the U.S. executive director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Kugler is a professor of...

CENTER FOR SECURITY STUDIES/GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY | Professor Rebecca Patterson draws upon her experience working at the State Department to inform her students on policy choices such as when intervention from the United Nations is warranted.

GU Professors Bridge Gap Between Academia, Policymaking

By Liam Scott January 17, 2020

During the 1990s and the early 2000s, high political instability in Liberia resulted in two civil wars that led to the deaths of over 250,000 people. These civil wars are estimated to have shrunk Liberia’s...

Advance Public Interest Through Technology, Panel Says

Advance Public Interest Through Technology, Panel Says

By Myroslav October 11, 2019

Technological development should focus on promoting the public interest, panelists said during the inaugural gathering of the Public Interest Technology University Network in the Rafik B. Hariri Building...

AMBER GILLETTE/THE HOYA | Chef and humanitarian José Andrés addresses graduates of the McCourt School of Public Policy on May 16.

Collaboration Enables Change, Chef and Humanitarian Advises McCourt Graduates

By Katrina Schmidt May 25, 2019

Internationally recognized chef and humanitarian José Andrés extolled the value of collaboration between insiders and outsiders in the public policy world at the McCourt School of Public Policy commencement...

University Launches New Masters Programs

By Matthew Larson February 3, 2017

Georgetown will launch the new Master of Arts in Educational Transformation and the Master of Arts in Learning and Design graduate programs in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in summer of 2017. The...

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Professor Paasha Mahdavi, along with professors from UCLA, found that low gasoline taxes are hindering climate change progress.

Countries Fail to Curb Fossil Fuels

By Charlotte Allen January 27, 2017

Governments are not discouraging fossil fuel consumption, according to Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy professor Paasha Mahdavi and University of California, Los Angeles professor...

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