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Mary Corcoran: A force of nature

Apr 24, 2018

Being a tough editor... helping find financial resources needed to stay in school... lending support and encouragement: as a mentor Professor Mary Corcoran did all of that and more for the lives and careers of hundreds of alumni. Now, as she...

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Betty Ford's legacy celebrated on 100th anniversary of her birth

Apr 23, 2018

On Friday, 4/13/2018, the Ford School hosted a fun and festive dessert reception paying tribute to the legacy of Mrs. Betty Ford nearing the 100th anniversary of her birth. With remarks from Dean Michael Barr; eldest son of President and Mrs. Ford,...

In the Media

Knight Foundation grant to help project amplify Detroit voices

Apr 20, 2018

To help Detroit leaders better craft programs and policies that respond to community needs, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has awarded $761,000 to help University of Michigan researchers collect and report Detroit residents' opinions on...

Rabe: Is carbon pricing politically feasible?

Apr 20, 2018

When China formally announced plans to establish a national carbon market this past December, it was double the European Union's carbon market and 10 times the size of California's cap-and-trade system. With the launch, China became the latest...

Law enforcement increasingly intolerant of dissent image

Meghan Klaric’s (MPP ’18) “Villanova fans for Flint, MI” fundraiser featured in MLive

Apr 18, 2018

Passions were running high at the NCAA championship basketball game between the University of Michigan and Villanova University on April 2. But Meghan Klaric (MPP ’18) says some Villanova fans crossed the line when they hung a banner near campus...

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In new study, Raimi finds people with strongly held beliefs tend to overestimate knowledge

Apr 17, 2018

Michael Hall and Katilin Raimi have co-authored a forthcoming paper in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology: “Is belief superiority justified by superior knowledge?” The researchers find that individuals expressing belief superiority, or...

Michigan News release: Rate of dementia on the decline—but beware of growing numbers

Apr 17, 2018

The good news? The rate of older Americans with dementia is on the decline. The bad news? The number of Americans 85 and older will roughly double in the next 20 years, so even with a decline in the rate of dementia among older adults, the number...

In the Media

Experts divided on how new EPA fuel-efficiency rules will affect Michigan economy

Apr 16, 2018 The Center Square

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Jacob: Grow Detroit’s Young Talent benefits youth “long after they receive their last paycheck”

Apr 13, 2018

The administrators of Grow Detroit’s Young Talent, a youth summer employment program, always knew that the program made a difference in participants’ lives. Now, that intuition is backed up by data. Researchers at the University of Michigan,...

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Betty Ford at 100

Apr 13, 2018

In 1994, former White House photographer David Hume Kennerly asked former First Lady Betty Ford if he could publish a photo he had taken on her last day in the White House. In the photo, Ford was posed atop the Cabinet Room table. As Kennerly...

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Detroit youth summer jobs program boosts graduation rates, lowers absences

Apr 12, 2018 Michigan Public Radio

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Some Youth In Jobs Program Get More Than Paycheck

Apr 11, 2018 WKAR

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UM study: Detroit youth jobs program shows educational benefits

Apr 11, 2018 Crain's Detroit Business

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Prof. Brian Jacob says child abuse and neglect should be ‘central concern’ for state in new Brookings report

Apr 10, 2018

Late last month the Brookings Institution released a report by U-M professors Brian Jacob and Joseph Ryan. The assessment was the result of a partnership between the University and the State of Michigan, detailing the prevalence of abuse and...

Shipan receives Herbert Simon Award at Midwest Political Science Association meeting

Apr 10, 2018

Charles Shipan was awarded the Herbert Simon Award by the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) at the MPSA’s 2018 conference in Chicago last weekend. According to the MPSA, the career achievement award recognizes a scholar who has made a...

Rabe in NYT: Trump administration may be “dialing back” rewrite of car emissions standards

Apr 9, 2018

Barry Rabe is quoted in Hiroki Tabuchi’s April 5 column in The New York Times: “Quietly, Trump officials and California seek a deal on car emissions.” According to Tabuchi, the Trump administration, which aims to roll back federal auto emissions...

Seefeldt talks about financial advice for low-income families in MarketWatch

Apr 9, 2018

Typical financial advice doesn’t always apply to families under constant financial pressure, writes Maria LaMagna in her April 3 article for MarketWatch: “Low-income families are getting terrible financial advice online.” Families who experience...

In the Media

Quietly, Trump Officials and California Seek a Deal on Car Emissions

Apr 5, 2018 The New York Times

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Melvyn Levitsky on what happens next after Russia’s presidential election

Apr 2, 2018

Melvyn Levitsky makes an appearance in Paul D. Shinkman's March 19 article on “The consequences of Putin’s victory” in U.S. News and World Report. Following Vladimir Putin’s win in the Russian presidential election, Shinkman writes, “[I]t’s yet...

Deardorff in Consumer Reports: Tariffs won’t solve U.S. trade problems with China

Apr 2, 2018

Alan Deardorff talks trade relations in a March 22 Consumer Reports article by Octavio Blanco: “These products could get more expensive in a Trump trade war.” Blanco describes the Trump Administration’s proposal to impose tariffs on products from...

PhD candidate Christina Cross awarded for dissertation

Mar 29, 2018

Christina Cross, a joint-PhD candidate at the Ford School and in the Department of Sociology was awarded for her dissertation “Extended Family Households among U.S. Children: Differences by Race/Ethnicity and SES.”The first empirical chapter of the...

In the Media

Michigan Treasurer Nick Khouri looks to building more efficient economy

Mar 27, 2018 The Michigan Daily

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IPC hosts U.S. & Chinese scholars on China's international development

Mar 22, 2018

On March 16, the International Policy Center hosted distinguished guests from the United States and China for a research workshop entitled “China’s Impact in the International Development Arena.” The workshop series is a new initiative at the...

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The Ford School ranked number 5 program of public affairs in the U.S.

Mar 20, 2018

The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan continues to be recognized nationally as a top graduate program in public affairs, according to the latest U.S News & World Report rankings. In overall rankings for public...

Justin Wolfers’ social media engagement featured in University Record piece

Mar 19, 2018

A March 5 article by Safiya Merchant in The University Record, “#SocialScholars: Professors show power of public engagement,” highlights the growing use of social media among University of Michigan professors. Merchant writes that social media...

Goldenberg featured in New York Times piece on boosting student election turnout

Mar 16, 2018

In the last midterm election, just 14 percent of students at the University of Michigan cast a ballot. The shockingly low figure “was a wake-up call,” Edie Goldenberg tells Farah Stockman in the March 3 New York Times article: “How college...

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Ford School grows strength in international development with two key faculty hires

Mar 14, 2018

Two outstanding scholars will join the Ford School this fall as assistant professors, both with expertise in international development. Yusuf Neggers is a postdoctoral fellow at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs. He...

Dean Michael S. Barr writes Congress in American Banker op-ed to discourage re-write of Dodd-Frank Act

Mar 13, 2018

In a recent op-ed published in American Banker, Ford School Dean Michael S. Barr says the U.S. Senate’s new relief bill is a giveaway for large banks and weakens consumer protections.The bill is the first re-write of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, of...

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DeVos grilled over Mich. schools on ‘60 Minutes’

Mar 12, 2018 Detroit News

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Carbon tax fails to earn enough votes in Democrat controlled Washington legislature

Mar 10, 2018 The Westside Story

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