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Soundbites, spring 2014

May 9, 2014
Overheard this semester: Policy Talks @ the Ford School "It seems to me that our efforts to narrow racial differences in schooling and other things, if applied too late, are almost doomed to fail." Kerwin Charles, deputy dean and Edwin and...
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Wanted: Alumni to join Centennial Reunion Committee

May 8, 2014
Remember the days of Lorch Hall? Or holiday skits? Or dreaded problem sets? The Centennial Reunion is the perfect occasion to come together as alumni and friends to remember times past, and look to the future.Consider joining the festivities by...
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The Last Word

May 8, 2014
Jennifer Niggemeier, director of graduate career services and alumni relations, and Elisabeth Johnston, alumni relations manager, sit down with State & Hill to preview The Centennial Reunion (October 31 – November 1, 2014). S&H: A centennial...
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Yu Xie study in LA Times, Washington Post, NPR

May 7, 2014
Max Ehrenfreund of The Washington Post reports on Yu Xie's recent study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, which sheds recent light on the causes of Asian-American academic success.In the May 5 article, "Study ties...
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What every alderman should know (about endowments)

May 7, 2014
We all know how tough it is to save—to choose between immediate needs and future ones. At the Ford School, we face a similar challenge in asking alumni to contribute to endowments rather than annual funds. But endowments have tremendous power. Like...
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Hybrid Justice and Armed With Expertise

May 6, 2014
Two new books from Ford School faculty members John D. Ciorciari and Joy Rohde deepen our understanding of international criminal justice systems and the role social scientists have played, for better or for worse, in American national...
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Bon voyage, and best wishes to the graduating class of 2014

May 5, 2014
"You are not just graduates of a great university," Senator Carl Levin told the Ford School's centennial graduating class. "You are graduates of a school of public policy, which implies that you—your ideas and passions, your hard work and drive and...
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Hauling charcoal, studying conservation in Kenya

May 5, 2014
By William Foreman Zach Petroni (BA '13) believes that to truly know something, you have to experience it. So that's why he spent some time working as a charcoal hauler in Kenya, loading huge bags of the fuel on a rusty fixed-gear bike and...
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Fighting poverty like an IPPSter

May 2, 2014
Peter Borish applies analytics and creativity to for-profit and not-for-profit endeavors alike "I was like every other kid," says Peter Borish (AB '81, MPP '82). "When I was growing up, I wanted to become a professional baseball player." Like...
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Sheldon Danziger to retire from the University of Michigan

May 1, 2014
This year, Sheldon H. Danziger took a leave of absence to serve as the tenth president of the Russell Sage Foundation, the premier foundation devoted exclusively to social science research. With great happiness for him, and an equal measure of...
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Bachelor's of public policy student off to serve Google Dubai

Apr 29, 2014
By Greta Guest, Michigan NewsAs Zouheir Al Ghreiwati prepares to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree in public policy from the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, he pinpoints what drew him to Michigan. There were two things, really: being...
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Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy 2014 Commencement

Apr 24, 2014
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. The Charge to the Class will be delivered by U.S. Senator Carl Levin (D-MI).Graduating students: please be at Rackham Auditorium by 4:15 p.m. on May...
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Collins Vereen family kick-starts new funds with $25,000 gift

Apr 22, 2014
New endowed funds for student support The Ford School has created two new permanent endowment funds to help commemorate the Ford School's Centennial; 100 years of public policy at UM. These funds give alumni and friends the chance to contribute...