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First Weston Education Policy Intern tackles NYC education reform

Dec 8, 2015
Matthew Mellon (MPP/MPH ’16), the first Ford School student to receive support from the recently established Margaret E. Weston Endowment for Education Policy, found the perfect internship. He interned for the city with the largest public school...
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DiNardo’s ‘defense against the dark arts’ of econometrics

Dec 7, 2015
John DiNardo (AB ’83, MPP ’84) has read J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series in every language he can comprehend—English, Italian, and French—so perhaps it’s not surprising that when DiNardo had to take time off from teaching to be treated for acute...
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Class notes

Dec 4, 2015
Bev Godwin (MPP ’82) recently began a new job as senior advisor in the U.S. Department of State. After 31 years at U-M (two as an MPP student; the rest as a professor of policy, economics, information, and computer science; and the last five as...
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Post-game analysis: Coach Beilein and Ray Batra on new fund

Dec 2, 2015
Coach Beilein and his family have made a series of gifts to establish the Beilein Family Fund for BA students like their son Andy, who earned his bachelor's in public policy at the Ford School in 2012. Here’s Coach B and Ray Batra, the first student...

Teens and parents agree: Electronic cigarettes need restrictions

Nov 30, 2015
As electronic cigarette use skyrockets among youth, even teens agree with parents that what’s known as “vaping” needs stricter rules.More than three fourths of both teens and adults say e-cigarettes should be restricted in public spaces, come with...