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STPP Graduate Certificate program

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Apr 21, 2017

New "teach-outs" pay homage to U-M's game-changing, Vietnam-era "teach-ins"

On March 24th, 1965 at 8:00PM, about 3,500 faculty and... more

Link to:DE&I: Building on the longstanding success of faculty research and policy engagement

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Apr 19, 2017

DE&I: Building on the longstanding success of faculty research and policy engagement

A key pillar of the Ford School’s recently released... more

Mar 17, 2017

Rabe in MLive on Trump's plan to review auto industry fuel economy targets

An MLive article published on March 15, “University of... more

Mar 14, 2017

U.S. News and World Report posts previously-released grad school rankings

In rankings originally published in March 2016, the Gerald... more

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Mar 02, 2017

Michigan News release: Axelrod on "the blame game" for measuring cyber attack response

Whether a nation should retaliate against a cyber attack is... more

Feb 17, 2017

National Academy of Sciences taps Rohde for SBS committee on national security research

The National Academy of Sciences has appointed Joy Rohde to... more

Dec 21, 2016

Parthasarathy in The Conversation: Obama’s socially engaged science and tech policy

Shobita Parthasarathy’s December 18 piece for The... more

Dec 20, 2016

Fulfilling the public good: Shobita Parthasarathy on innovation in science and tech

It seems like a straightforward question. If we produce... more

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Dec 18, 2016

Entrepreneurial alumni: Ford School alums share winning strategies in social innovation

Erin Zaikis "Make sure that you're curating people in your... more

Link to:Hacking for global health: Tackling wicked problems, like avian influenza, with creativity

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Dec 17, 2016

Hacking for global health: Tackling wicked problems, like avian influenza, with creativity

Chiang Mai wasn't Annie Maxwell's (MPP '02) first... more

Link to:Paul Courant to serve as interim U-M provost and EVP for academic affairs

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Dec 14, 2016

Paul Courant to serve as interim U-M provost and EVP for academic affairs

Yesterday afternoon, Ford School Professor Paul Courant was... more

Link to:On Mindpop, Rohde pushes for us to

Dec 06, 2016

On Mindpop, Rohde pushes for us to "not lose sight of humans" in the big data revolution

David Sehat, host of the Mindpop podcast, talks with Joy... more

Sep 21, 2016

Please join us in welcoming International Policy Center visiting scholar Tim Maurer

“The International Policy Center is pleased to host... more

Link to:Science, Technology, and Public Policy program announces new director, welcomes applications

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Sep 20, 2016

Science, Technology, and Public Policy program announces new director, welcomes applications

We are pleased to announce a new director of the University... more

Aug 01, 2016

Internship field report, Tachana Joseph (MPP '17) @ Verizon, Washington, DC

Tachana Joseph (MPP '17) is submitting this field report... more

Link to:Internship field report, Molly Welch-Marahar @ Breast Cancer Action, San Francisco

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Jul 21, 2016

Internship field report, Molly Welch-Marahar @ Breast Cancer Action, San Francisco

Maureen (Molly) Welch-Marahar (MPP '17) submits this... more

May 10, 2016

Michigan Radio features Parthasarathy on fostering grassroots innovation in Michigan

Shobita Parthasarathy’s research on grassroots innovation... more

May 01, 2016

Axelrod examines dynamic aspects of culture, finds increase in the use of causal language

An article by Rumen Iliev (Stanford University) and Bob... more

Link to:Catherine Hausman examines economic impacts of nuclear power plant closure

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Apr 07, 2016

Catherine Hausman examines economic impacts of nuclear power plant closure

Catherine Hausman's analysis of the economic impacts that... more

Apr 06, 2016

Parthasarathy discusses cracks in the patent system in The Conversation U.S.

On April 4th, The Conversation U.S. published Shobita... more

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Shobita Parthasarathy - Patent Politics: Life Forms, Markets, and the Public Interest in the United States and Europe