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MDI Fall 2025 Research Showcase: Learning Across New Trails

By: Bhumika Nebhnani, MPP ’27, Fall 2025 MDI Communications & Events Assistant On December 10, 2025, the Massive Data Institute (MDI) at Georgetown University hosted…

December 24, 2025

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A Semester in Chapters: Learning Across MDI’s Fall 2025 Workshops

By: Bhumika Nebhnani, MPP ’27, Fall 2025 MDI Communications & Events Assistant Each semester, the Massive Data Institute (MDI) brings the Georgetown community together…

December 24, 2025

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Civic Technology and the Institutionalization of Human-Centered Data

By: Miranda M. Yarowsky, SFS ’26, Fall 2025 MDI Program Assistant The accelerating digitization of government presents not only an extraordinary opportunity for humanity but…

December 9, 2025

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Humans In the Loop: Building Trust in Elections With Bipartisan Messaging

By: Thessalia Merivaki, Ph.D., Associate Teaching Professor & Associate Research Professor, McCourt School of Public Policy & the Massive Data Institute While many state…

December 4, 2025

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Event — MDI Scholars Research Showcase Fall 2025

On Wednesday, December 10, 2025, the Massive Data Institute of the McCourt School of Public Policy will host the MDI Scholars Research Showcase Fall 2025. MDI Scholars will…

November 3, 2025

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MDI is Hiring: Spring 2026 MDI Scholars

We are pleased to announce a call for applications for the Spring 2026 cohort of the MDI Scholars Program. For full consideration, the priority deadline is Friday December 12,…

October 31, 2025

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Event – MDI Distinguished Lecture “Career Transitions: Impact and Interventions” by Susan Athey, Ph.D.

On October 22, 2025 from 3:00-4:00pm at Fisher Colloquium, the McCourt School of Public Policy’s Massive Data Institute (MDI) will host Susan Athey, Ph.D., Economics of…

September 25, 2025

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How State Education Systems Are Charting a New Data Privacy Frontier

By: Stephanie Straus, Policy Fellow, Massive Data Institute In recent years, state education departments have expanded their existing databases into integrated, multi-agency…

September 23, 2025

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Announcing Fall 2025 Research at MDI

The Massive Data Institute at the McCourt School of Public Policy welcomed the Summer 2025 Cohort of student.…

September 12, 2025

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Fall 2025 MDI Workshops

Each semester, the Massive Data Institute (MDI) at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University sponsors technical data processing and analysis workshops to…

September 11, 2025