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Ciorciari and Tompkins-Stange promoted; noted expert Megan Stewart joins the faculty
On May 19, the Regents of the University of Michigan approved three faculty developments that further strengthen the Ford School faculty....
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Lessons learned: Michigan's Coronavirus Task Force on Racial Disparities
The final event in our COVID-19 reflections series will feature Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, the Vice President and Chief Health Equity Officer at CVS Health...
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Our community recognizes the urgent global climate crisis and is working on interdisciplinary policy solutions rooted in community engagement, economics, political science, psychology, and urban planning.
From cradle through career, education programs exist to help children and youth learn, grow, and succeed in school and in life. But how do decision makers know which interventions work? How can their investments address institutional and systemic...
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Throughout my career, I have been driven by a commitment to leveraging research, education, and public service to improve lives.
Provost Susan M. Collins, incoming president of the Boston Fed
As incoming president and CEO of the Boston Federal Reserve Bank, Collins—former dean of the Ford School and the Edward M. Gramlich Collegiate Professor of Public Policy—will also participate in national monetary policymaking on the Federal Open Market Committee.
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