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International internships on the rise
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Friday, June 11, 2010
In Timisoara, the second largest city in Romania, Ford School master's of public policy candidate Eric Burnstein is interning with the chief City Hall architect at the Atelier de Urbanism. The city is a cultural treasure—with dozens of museums and galleries, landmark architectural buildings, and a rich tradition of music and theater. Burnstein describes it as the most 'cosmopolitan' of Romania's cities, explaining that the historic region, full of stunning, 19th century Hapsburg-style buildings, draws youth culture from across Europe. However, Timisoara also has its challenges.
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Simulation introduces Ford School students to careers at the CIA
Friday, June 11, 2010
Ford School students got a glimpse into the work of one of the most elusive organizations in the world when representatives from the United States Central Intelligence Agency came to Ann Arbor on Saturday, March 20 to run a simulation exercise. While "the agency" has been conducting simulations on campuses across the country as a recruiting tool for some time, this was the first one held at U-M.
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2010 Commencement, by the numbers
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Friday, June 11, 2010
80,000 – 85,000. The number of students, alumni, family, faculty, staff, and friends who crowded into Michigan Stadium on Saturday, May 1, to hear President Barack Obama deliver the Commencement Address to the University's Class of 2010. Obama encouraged today's graduates to actively participate in the nation's democracy.
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Sociologist David J. Harding joins the Ford School faculty
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Friday, June 11, 2010
The Ford School is very pleased to welcome Associate Professor David J. Harding to the faculty. Harding has been an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Michigan since 2006. He retains his Sociology appointment along with his affiliation at the University's Population Studies Center.
Harding's research interests lie in inequality, poverty, urban studies, race, and qualitative and quantitative methodology. His current investigations include the effects of neighborhood disadvantage on education and teenage pregnancy, rampage school shootings, changes in the black-white incarceration gap, and methods for causal analysis for social scientists.
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Student-led conference introduces local high-school students to public policy
Friday, June 11, 2010
New voices filled Weill Hall on March 13 as high school students from southeastern Michigan gathered for Public Policy Connects (PPC), a conference aimed at introducing sophomores and juniors to the world of public policy and helping prepare them for the college application process.
"There is often a lack of opportunity to engage in understanding political issues and the policy process. Public Policy Connects attempts to fill that void and expose students to new areas and new ideas," says Taurean Brown, one of the PPC founders. Brown and Lishaun Francis, both master's students at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, started the conference just last year. Brown got the idea from Project WRITE (Writing and Reading as Integral Tools for Education), a program she established as an undergraduate at Stanford University. Project WRITE is a 10-week workshop designed to develop high school students' writing skills and Brown saw an opportunity to do the same for public policy.
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Ford School alum Sukhi Dosanjh (MPP '01) featured in Oakland Tribune article
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Sukhi Dosanjh, a 2001 Ford School MPP graduate, is profiled in an Oakland Tribune article titled "East Bay native helping farmers in Afghanistan." Dosanjh has been in Afghanistan since August 2009 managing a $225 million U.S. foreign aid program. The program, run by USAID, is designed to help Afghan farmers learn to grow and manage crops such as pomegranates, grapes, and apricots as an alternative to the lucrative poppy industry. Though her post is considered a "hardship post" and not without danger and a certain amount of isolation, Dosanjh told the Oakland Tribune that her experience has been incredible in terms of learning opportunities and she doesn't regret her time spent in Kabul.
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John Ciorciari pens op-ed about Khmer Rouge trials, "Justice for the Khmer Krom"
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Wednesday, June 9, 2010
In an op-ed appearing in AsiaViews, John Ciorciari discusses the controversial decision by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) to not charge members of the Khmer Rouge regime with crimes against humanity against the Khmer Krom people. Four Khmer Rouge leaders will instead face charges of genocide against Cambodia's Cham Muslim and ethnic Vietnamese minorities. This decision, according to Ciorciari’s op-ed, is partly based on a technicality that can be easily fixed. According to Ciorciari, "Bypassing the Khmer Krom case would deny this important and courageous community a sense of justice."
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Sheldon Danziger, Becky Blank named 2010 American Academy of Political and Social Science Fellows
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Monday, June 7, 2010
At a ceremony in Washington D.C., Sheldon Danziger and Becky Blank, former Ford School dean, were inducted as 2010 Fellows of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (AAPSS). Fellows are selected not only for their contributions to the field of public policy, but their dedication to sharing research with real world policy makers and the general public.
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Barry Rabe speaks with the New York Times about impact of elections on climate change policy
Friday, June 4, 2010
The New York Times interviewed Barry Rabe about the dimming prospects in several Midwest states for climate initiatives such as renewable energy programs and emissions regulation.
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Scott Atran quoted in AP article, "Analysis: High-seas raid deepens Israeli isolation"
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Scott Atran spoke to the Associated Press about the fallout from an Israeli attack on a flotilla of Turkish aid ships headed for the Gaza Strip. The flotilla, also carrying pro-Palestinian activists, ignored warnings that the Gaza shore was under an Israeli blockade and closed to maritime traffic.
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Joy Rohde quoted in Boston Globe article about avatar-based ‘human terrain mapping’
Sunday, May 30, 2010
John Rohde was quoted in a Boston Globe article about the U.S. military's use of reality-based computer modeling for intelligence analysis. Also called 'human terrain mapping,' this type of research creates models based on the behavior, beliefs, and habits of real people.
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Myers, Disney recognized for outstanding contributions to the school
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Friday, May 28, 2010
Chris Myers and Sharon Disney have been named recipients of the 2010 Ford School Staff Recognition Award.
The award is peer-nominated and peer-evaluated. It recognizes high standards of professional service and/or the outstanding contribution(s) of a staff member.
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Ford School joins other policy schools calling for end to "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Ford School Dean Susan M. Collins was among nine public policy school deans calling for the repeal of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy of the United States military forces.
A jointly written letter, delivered May 26 to members of the House and Senate committees currently debating the repeal, cites the deans' shared belief in the value of public service. "If we allow some of our bravest citizens to fight only if they are willing to compromise the very candor and character that the military seeks to instill," the deans write, "we put those values at risk." They go on to say that the policy "deprives our country of some of the brightest leaders, and deprives individuals of the opportunity to contribute to, and to benefit from, military service."
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Matthew Davis quoted in Chicago Parent about physical, verbal discipline strategies
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Matthew Davis was quoted in a Chicago Parent article, "Spanking is out, talking is in, for Midwest parents." The article explores the findings of a C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health about parents’ most common discipline strategies.
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CLOSUP report: Officials say federal stimulus package ineffective for local economies
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Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Some local government leaders in Michigan say the federal stimulus package has been anything but stimulating.
The stimulus package—also known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act—was designed to create jobs and spur economic recovery.
"When we talk to local officials across the state, we find that most of them feel that the stimulus has not helped improve their local economies so far, and is unlikely to help them in the future," said Brian Jacob, who directs the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy at the University of Michigan's Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.
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Brian Jacob quoted in Detroit Free Press article, "Should we pay kids to excel in school?"
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Brian Jacob spoke to the Detroit Free Press about proposed legislation to pay Detroit kids for doing well in school. Many disagree about whether an incentivized program, based on research conducted by Harvard University's Roland Fryer, is right for Detroit Public Schools.
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Matthew Davis quoted in UPI article, "Parents to doctors: Send e-mail"
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Matthew Davis was quoted in a UPI article about parents' willingness to communicate with their child's doctor through e-communications.
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Barry Rabe quoted in Washington Times article about proposed climate bill
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Barry Rabe talked to the Washington Times about a proposed climate bill that would allow coastal states to keep a portion of the federal revenue generated from offshore drilling. This incentivized plan would allow states to earn up to $500 million per year in exchange for underwater leasing rights. Concerns are being raised by senators from landlocked states, environmentalists, and others worried about the diversion of funds from the federal treasury.
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Research by David Harding featured in Boston Globe article
Sunday, May 16, 2010
David Harding's analysis of inner-city teen violence patterns is featured in a Boston Globe article called "Deadly streets: Addresses may dictate whether Boston’s boys live or die." Harding’s research, published in a book called "Living the Drama: Community, Conflict, and Culture Among Inner-City Boys," explores the cultural, economic, and social influences on violence in three Boston neighborhoods. "Violence in poor urban neighborhoods is socially patterned, not random,’’ Harding explained to the Globe. "Beefs between neighborhoods often go back years, before today's teens were even born, and their exact origins are almost always unknown by the current participants."
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John Ciorciari quoted in Voice of America article about Khmer Rouge tribunal, exhibit
Friday, May 7, 2010
John Ciorciari spoke to Voice of America Cambodia about a recent Ohio University exhibit and lecture series chronicling the United Nations-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal. The Documentation Center of Cambodia planned this event to raise awareness about Khmer Rouge, the communist ruling party of Cambodia from 1975-1979 accused of socially engineered genocide. As part of this exhibit, Ciorciari gave a lecture at OU about the importance of the tribunal. He explained that the United Nations-backed trials can bring about a sort of reconciliation that is “about personal healing and about spiritual, moral, emotional, psychological” renewal.
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