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Two MGS students were recognized for their significant contributions to public service.

John McCormack Dean’s Public Service Award 2023 Recognizes Michael Baker (Public Policy) and Taylor Jansen (Gerontology)

06/29/2023 | Adam Mooney

An alum of the McCormack School, JD Chesloff.

CEO of Massachusetts Business Roundtable (MBR) Maintains Connection With McCormack Through Intern Fellowships

06/29/2023 | Adam Mooney

Assistant Program Director, Muna Killingback (center).

Muna Killingback Helps Keep Gender, Leadership, and Public Policy (GLPP) Program on Course

06/29/2023 | Adam Mooney

Adam Hinds, the CEO of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute of the United States Senate, addressing MGS graduates.

“Achieving Cooperation, Consensus & Compromise”: EMKI CEO Adam Hinds Addresses McCormack’s 2023 Graduating Class

06/29/2023 | David Hackett

Carlos Lopes has impacted students like Elekwachi & Maqsood—who draw from his lecture in their own PhD research on the continent of Africa.

Former UN Economic Commission for Africa SG, Carlos Lopes, Provides Scholarship to UMass Boston Doctoral Students

06/29/2023 | Amadou B Jallow

Professors Edward Alan Miller, of the Department of Gerontology, and Mark Warren, of the Department of Public Policy and Public Affairs.

McCormack Faculty Named Among World’s Top-Cited Scholars

06/29/2023 | Adam Mooney

Dahlia Lithwick presenting her new book, Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America.

25 Years of the Wood Professorship: Featuring Dahlia Lithwick’s “Lady Justice”

06/29/2023 | David Hackett

The John Joseph Moakley Distinguished Professor of Peace and Reconciliation, Padraig O’Malley.

Moakley Chair Padraig O’Malley Celebrates New Book on Reunification of Ireland

06/29/2023 | Adam Mooney

Two doctoral students, Polly Cegielski and Nadezhda (Nadia) Filimonova, were selected for the GGHS Excellence in Doctoral Research Award.

Global Governance and Human Security Doctoral Students Awarded for Excellence in Research

06/29/2023 | Adam Mooney

Kelsey Edmond, Alejandra Palacios, & Maya Hancock Pezzati are among the several awardees for their outstanding academic work while at MGS.

Outstanding Students at McCormack 2023: Four Students Receive Dean’s Office Recognition

06/29/2023 | Adam Mooney

Cambridge Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui

Cambridge Mayor Addresses McCormack Faculty and Students on Sayed Arif Faisal and Other Issues

06/29/2023 | Adam Mooney

Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Ford Foundation Professor of History, Race, and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School.

Harvard Professor Khalil Muhammad’s 2023 Slomoff Lecture Invites McCormack Students to Learn Outside the Classroom

06/29/2023 | Adam Mooney

MOPC Staff: Rosalind Cresswell, Susan Jeghelian, and Madhawa Palihapitiya

In Biggest Fiscal Year Yet, McCormack’s Office of Public Collaboration (MOPC) Tightens Core Programming and Emphasizes Research Output

06/29/2023 | Adam Mooney

Interim Dean Rita Kiki Edozie addressing MGS community.

Orchestrating, Innovating, and Agitating: Celebrating McCormack Graduates in a Time of Pivotal Change

06/29/2023 | Rita Kiki Edozie

Founding member of the 9to5 association in the 1970s, Ellen Cassedy.

Policy Across Disciplines Speaker Ellen Cassedy Talks Working 9 to 5

06/29/2023 | Adam Mooney

Supporting Municipalities Through the Municipal Technical Assistance Program

06/27/2023 | Allison Novelly, Research Analyst

Jiedine Phanbuh, GGHS Ph.D. student (Left) and Brandon Sullivan, IRMA recent graduate (Right).

CRHSGG Ph.D. and MA students participate in UN conferences in Spring 2023

06/02/2023 | Lilian Sibanda

Interim Dean Rita Kiki Edozie addressing MGS community.

Be Agents of Change: Agitators, Innovators, and Orchestrators!

05/24/2023 | Rita Kiki Edozie

Author Dahlia Lithwick Calls for Courage in the Face of Political Turmoil

04/28/2023 | Danielle Bilotta

Webinar Highlights University’s Work on Marine Debris and Microplastics

04/14/2023 | Kristin Uiterwyk