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Brian A. Jacob quoted in Crain's Detroit Business article, "Snyder's plan stirs battle on teacher metrics: Education groups want flexibility for districts"

May 1, 2011

Brian A. Jacob was quoted in a Crain's Detroit Business article about Governor Snyder's plan to change Michigan's teacher performance evaluation system to one based on clear performance metrics.Snyder's plan calls for a new statewide system of...

Kathryn M. Dominguez quoted in Sunday Business Post Online article, "Dollar only heading one way: down"

May 1, 2011

Kathryn M. Dominguez was quoted in the Sunday Business Post Online in an article about the decreasing value of the U.S. dollar.With the recent drop in the dollar's value to its lowest point in over a year, opinions are differing on how this change...

Dean Yang receives grant to study subsidies, savings programs in Mozambique

Apr 29, 2011

Dean Yang received a grant from the University of Wisconsin and USAID to conduct field experiments in Mozambique.His project, titled "Savings, Subsidies, and Sustainable Food Security in Mozambique: 2011 Post-Harvest Survey Supplement," will assess...

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Ford School BA student wins undergraduate research paper competition

Apr 29, 2011

A research paper by Tommaso Pavone (BA '11) took first place in the 2011 Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Undergraduate Research Paper Competition.The ICPSR competition highlights exemplary research papers based...

Regents extend Paul N. Courant's appointment as University Librarian, Dean of Libraries

Apr 29, 2011

During their April meeting, the University of Michigan Regents extended Paul N. Courant's appointment as University Librarian and Dean of Libraries. Courant, originally appointed in 2007, will continue to serve in these two positions until August...

Brian A. Jacob research cited in Wall Street Journal blog about local, short-term effects of gun shows

Apr 27, 2011

Research by Brian A. Jacob was cited in a Wall Street Journal Ideas Market blog called, "Gun Shows Don't Increase Crime, Study Finds."In Jacob's forthcoming paper, "The Short-Term and Localized Effect of Gun Shows: Evident from California and...

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Nearly $14,000 raised during 2011 Class Giving Campaign

Apr 27, 2011

The 2011 Class Giving Campaign—"One Ford. One Community. One Pledge." —has ended with tremendous results, raising a total of $13,903 for the Graduate and Undergraduate Annual Funds. Nearly 76 percent of graduating MPP/MPA students participated in...

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State & Hill's Spring 2011 issue explores international economics, development, and growth

Apr 26, 2011

This issue of the Ford School's State & Hill presents a suite of articles on international economics, development, and growth. Faculty and alumni perspectives are explored in articles ranging from the use of remittances as a tool for combating...

Two Ford School doctoral students recognized for exceptional dissertations

Apr 26, 2011

Christopher Roberts (PhD '10) has been honored with Rackham's top doctoral award for his dissertation, "Exploring Fractures Within Human Rights: An Empirical Study of Resistance."The 2010 ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Awards are given to those...

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Sharpening a powerful anti-poverty tool

Apr 26, 2011

Development economist Dean Yang wields "gold standard" research design to boost the impact of the wages migrants send back home. Official development assistance, the amount contributed worldwide to promote the welfare and development of emerging...

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Undergrad covers big-time sports between Ford School classes

Apr 26, 2011

Writing concise policy memos was no sweat for Nicole Auerbach (BA '11), who covered U-M basketball, hockey and, in 2010, football for the Michigan Daily during her undergraduate career. Auerbach has interned at USA Today and freelanced for the Wall...

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Economist Jan Svejnar advises post-Soviet Bloc countries

Apr 26, 2011

Professor Jan Svejnar, the son of a prominent development economist, was forced to fee his home when the Soviets invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968. Svejnar, who lived through the rise of the Berlin Wall, and its undoing, is now an internationally...

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PhD student 'becomes the demand'

Apr 26, 2011

Understanding labor patterns in rural Malawi Jessica Goldberg understands the precepts of labor economics well enough to know when something doesn't seem right. "I see things all the time in Malawi where I observe someone's behavior and I...

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Michigander finds new reasons to love Detroit

Apr 26, 2011

Last summer, life-long Michigander Mynti Hossain (MPP '11) won a competitive internship with the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation (DEGC). The Ford School's longstanding partnerships with DEGC and other Motor City nonproft and government groups...

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Accounting for growth

Apr 26, 2011

Susan M. Collins and co-author Barry P. Bosworth, both senior fellows at the DC-based Brookings Institution, will release an update to their widely used growth accounts this spring. The data allow students, researchers, and policy analysts to...

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A thinner blue line, David Thacher on the growing gulf in public safety

Apr 26, 2011

David Thacher explores the growing gulf in public safety between haves, have-nots. Flint and Ann Arbor, Mich., are roughly equal in size. But that's where the comparison ends. Ann Arbor is home to a rapidly growing tech industry, a highly...

John Ciorciari quoted in Time about uptick in violence in Thai-Cambodian border dispute

Apr 25, 2011

John Ciorciari was quoted in a Time article called "Deadly Clashes as Thai-Cambodian Temple Tensions Reignite." The article discusses a new series of violent clashes that have erupted around the Preah Vihear Hindu temple, a UNESCO World Heritage...

Susan M. Dynarski makes recommendations for federal Pell Grant reform

Apr 18, 2011

Susan M. Dynarski weighed in on the Pell Grant debate by signing a letter with recommendations for how Congress, in an effort to reduce the federal budget, might wisely cut Pell funding.The letter was sent to the president of The College Board from...

Ford School Green Clean Day encourages reuse, recycling

Apr 15, 2011

On the last day of the U-M's spring break, while the building was still quiet, 31 Ford School staff and faculty members donned their comfy shoes and readied their cleaning supplies for the school's first Green Clean Day.The purpose of the Green...

Ford School BA student Zachary Berlin is editor-in-chief of student-run magazine

Apr 14, 2011

Ford School undergrad Zachary Berlin is editor-in-chief of Consider, a point-counterpoint publication that returned to campus after a two-year hiatus.This student-run magazine was created in 1983 by students from Hillel to initiate dialogue in a...

U-M ranked a top Peace Corps' Fellows/USA Graduate School

Apr 14, 2011

University of Michigan ranks No. 6 in the nation as a Peace Corps Fellows/USA school in the 2011 rankings of top Peace Corps' Master's International and Fellows/USA Graduate Schools. U-M has 25 Returned Peace Corps Volunteers currently enrolled in...

Susan Dynarski quoted in New York Times about rising "burden" of college loans

Apr 11, 2011

Susan M. Dynarski was quoted in a New York Times article called "Burden of College Loans on Graduates Grows." The article discusses the implications of the rise in student loan debt, a number that is increasing faster than credit card debt for the...

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Barry Rabe receives grant to study climate change policies in Canada, U.S.

Apr 7, 2011

Barry Rabe received a small grant from the Canadian Embassy to continue his research on climate change opinion and policies in the United States and Canada. Rabe's project, "Pricing Carbon: Provincial Formation of Climate Policy," will closely...

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2011 Ford School Charity Auction raises $11,000 for Detroit-based refugee organization

Apr 7, 2011

The Ford School community—at its 14th annual Charity Auction—raised $11,000 for Freedom House Detroit, a refugee organization helping those seeking legal asylum in the United States and Canada. The Ford School Charity Auction is a student-led...

Nature.com posts Parthasarathy op-ed, "Gene Patents and Democracy"

Apr 1, 2011

Shobita Parthasarathy's opinion piece, "Gene Patents and Democracy," was posted to Nature.com's online community for breaking news on science research and policy, "The Great Beyond".Parthasarathy penned the piece in advance of the April 4 U.S. Court...

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Paul N. Courant interviewed by American Libraries about Google Books U.S. Court of Appeals ruling

Mar 29, 2011

Paul N. Courant was quoted in an American Libraries article about a recent U.S. Court of Appeals decision regarding the Google Books settlement.The case's ruling judge, Denny Chin, rejected Google's proposal for how to handle the digitization of...

Ford School undergrads honored as Angell Scholars, Phi Beta Kappa members

Mar 28, 2011

Ford School BAs were recently honored as James B. Angell Scholars and invited to join the University of Michigan chapter of Phi Beta Kappa Academic Honor Society in recognition of their academic achievements.James B. Angell ScholarsOn March 20, 2011...

Matthew Davis quoted in Detroit Free Press article, "Patients, physicians turn to e-mail, Skype, texts to stay in touch"

Mar 26, 2011

Matthew Davis spoke to the Detroit Free Press about the increased demand for medically-related electronic communication options in an article called "Patients, physicians turn to e-mail, Skype, texts to stay in touch."A C.S. Mott Children's Hospital...

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Most communities in Michigan are working with others to increase efficiency, reduce costs

Mar 23, 2011

A new University of Michigan survey found that most communities statewide are already working together to increase efficiency and decrease costs.This cooperation is a process through which two or more units of government work together to provide...

Ford School International Economic Development Program studies, visits Grenada

Mar 23, 2011

In February, twenty-three graduate students from across the University of Michigan spent a week in Grenada as part of the Ford School's International Economic Development Program (IEDP). This annual program began in 1999 through the unique,...

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