Engaging Washington, DC

Experts at the McCourt School of Public Policy influenced the Biden Administration’s new executive order, setting in motion a plan to modernize government programs, reduce administrative burdens and increase accessibility.

Khari Brown, a leader who’s helped hundreds of low-income students graduate and excel in the workforce, is this year’s recipient of Georgetown’s John Thompson Jr. Legacy of a Dream Award.

Daelyn Waters (C’23) is applying her journalism classes in real-time, scoring digital media internships with the Washington Wizards, Baltimore Orioles and Georgetown Athletics.

The GU Politics Fellowship offers students a rare peek behind the curtain into the way DC actually works — brought to them by insiders actively in the arena.

The McCourt School of Public Policy’s first class of Richmond Fellows are breaking down barriers to oral health care and working to create meaningful change through health policy.

From taking advantage of Georgetown's location in Washington, DC, to practicing mindfulness and being more present, these students are setting goals to care for themselves and others in 2022.

Through Georgetown’s Prison Scholars Program, undergraduate students and 17 incarcerated individuals earned class credit through the university, finding academic success—and empowerment—along the way.

The White House Press Secretary shares the international challenges and her own personal experiences with disinformation on a podcast produced by Georgetown’s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy.

Georgetown’s Massive Data Institute and the Urban Institute created a tool to help state and local officials explore 2020 Census data — and discover whether county counts deviated from expectations.

Georgetown joined 20 colleges and universities in urging the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which protects undocumented young adults from deportation.