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When it comes to borrowing for college, it pays to do homework

Sep 3, 2019 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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With Grand Challenges come great responsibility, warns Weiss

Sep 3, 2019

Grand Challenges are a growing trend at public research universities, but faculty are faced with increased demands on their research efforts with these new initiatives. The quantity and structure of these larger-than-life initiatives can be...

Welcome, and welcome back, Fordies!

Sep 3, 2019

A letter from Dean Michael S. Barr to the Ford School communityDear friends,Good afternoon! My warmest greetings as we officially launch the 2019-2020 academic year. I’m incredibly excited to see our community come back together and to welcome our...

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Transformational research leading to evidence-based policymaking: fall 2019 faculty news

Sep 3, 2019

With so many wonderful faculty returning, and several new faces joining the Ford School, the stage is set for a great academic year. Our excellent leadership team remains in place: Paula Lantz is the associate dean for academic affairs, Elisabeth...

Parthasarathy talks algorithms place in the criminal justice system

Sep 3, 2019

Algorithms are making their way into public systems. They serve to make data-based, automated decisions when applied to public system models, but those computerized decisions don’t come without bias or ethical implications. In the podcast series...

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Weiser Diplomacy Center to host prominent speakers in new series this fall

Sep 2, 2019 The Michigan Daily

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In the Media

New Oakland exec David Coulter: No one can replace L. Brooks Patterson

Aug 29, 2019 The Oakland Press

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InternGram: Avril E. Prakash MPP/MBA ‘21

Aug 29, 2019

This summer students were scattered around the country and across the globe getting first-hand professional experience during their summer internships. Students are sharing their experiences through InternGrams, a recap of the what, where, and wow...

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Barr reflects on experience working with Sen. Warren

Aug 29, 2019

Presidential campaign season brings about many profile pieces on candidates, assessing personalities and backgrounds as a match for the Oval Office. In once such piece published August 27 by the Associated Press’ Sharon Cohen titled “Elizabeth...

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New U-M speaker series to feature Hillary Clinton, Samantha Power in Ann Arbor

Aug 27, 2019 Click on Detroit

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In the Media

Hillary Clinton among speakers launching University of Michigan’s Weiser Diplomacy Center

Aug 26, 2019 MLive

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Slate of prominent speakers launches Weiser Diplomacy Center

Aug 26, 2019

A lecture by Stephen Biegun, U.S. special representative for North Korea, will kick off a series of talks planned for the fall at the new Weiser Diplomacy Center housed at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of...

InternGram: Katharine Anderson BA ‘20

Aug 22, 2019

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Seefeldt joins Poverty Solutions as new associate faculty director

Aug 20, 2019

In some ways, Kristin Seefeldt’s (MPP '96, PhD '10) career will come full circle this fall as she takes on a new role as associate director for educational programs at the University of Michigan’s Poverty Solutions. Seefeldt served as assistant...

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Marianne Udow-Phillips: State should focus more urgently on public health

Aug 20, 2019 Crain's Detroit Business

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In the Media

These Detroit doctors help people with no insurance, high deductibles

Aug 20, 2019 Detroit Free Press

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EpiPen maker Mylan, Pfizer's Upjohn off-patent drug business to merge

Aug 20, 2019 USA Today

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Barr discusses fate of CFPB with CNBC

Aug 19, 2019

The fate of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is currently at the discretion of the Supreme Court. Hearing the case and a subsequent ruling would have big ramifications for consumers (i.e. all Americans), and likely on Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s...

Ali proposes a commission to fight domestic terror

Aug 16, 2019

Javed Ali, Towsley Policymaker in Residence, joined with colleague Josh Kirshner to write an op-ed urging the creation of an anti-domestic terrorism commission, like the one established after 9/11. In the CNN piece titled “We need a 9/11...

David Morse offers glimpse into his Values & Ethics course in Washington Post

Aug 16, 2019

In David Morse’s “Values & Ethics: Lying & Public Policy” course he assigns students to develop a lie with a political agenda. In a perspective for The Washington Post titled “I teach my college students to lie. Honestly. Whoppers. It’s good for...

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Hills draws parallel between Biden and Jeb Bush

Aug 16, 2019

After attending the democratic presidential debates in Detroit at the end of July, Rusty Hills, lecturer at the Ford School, shared some thoughts in The Detroit News about parallels between current frontrunner Joe Biden and 2016 republican primary...

MPPS finds divided government means divided opinions

Aug 15, 2019

With 2019 marking the end of eight years of Republican control of both the governor’s office and state legislature, a new University of Michigan survey shows divided opinions among Michigan’s local government leaders about where the state is...

Students get real-world learning through Strategic Consulting course

Aug 13, 2019

One of the cornerstone courses of the Ford School’s applied approach has a new name. Applied Policy Seminar will now be titled “Strategic Public Policy Consulting” (Strategic Consulting) to better exemplify the engaged learning students experience...

Ford School Writing Center team members recognized for writing pursuits

Aug 12, 2019

The Ford School’s Writing Center lecturers and instructors help students with everything from memo writing to cover letters, but their talents don’t end there. They are also successful writers themselves. Recently David Morse, lecturer in expository...

Levitsky warns of consequences from marijuana legalization in Michigan

Aug 12, 2019

The state of Michigan released the regulations for the legalized marijuana industry recently and those opposed to legalization are concerned about the ramifications. Among those voicing caution are Melvyn Levitsky, professor of international policy...

Stevenson debunks five myths about the Fed in Washington Post

Aug 9, 2019

Ford School Professor Betsey Stevenson tackled misconceptions about the Federal Reserve in a “Five myths” Washington Post column, published August 2, titled “Five myths about the Federal Reserve.” In the wake of the Federal Reserve’s recent...

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Detroit automakers face 'time of reckoning' in China

Aug 8, 2019 The Detroit News

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Ali shares counterterrorism expertise with media following mass shootings

Aug 6, 2019

After two mass shootings the weekend of August 3, 2019, Javed Ali joined with other former senior directors for counterterrorism at the National Security Council in a statement on domestic terrorism. The statement read in part “it has become...

InternGram: Aprisal Malale reflects on internship with Direct Relief in Indonesia

Aug 5, 2019

Ford School student Aprisal Malale (MPP ’20) had a summer internship experience that allowed him to apply his skills in public policy to help his home in Sulawesi, Indonesia—an area hit by an earthquake and tsunami last September. His experience is...

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I teach my college students to lie. Honestly. Whoppers. It’s good for them.

Jul 30, 2019 The Washington Post

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