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Susan M. Collins named dean of the Ford School

Jun 8, 2007
University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman and Provost Teresa A. Sullivan today announced the appointment of Susan M. Collins as the next Joan and Sanford Weill Dean of Public Policy. The five-year appointment, made in review and discussion...

Research in Action

Jun 1, 2007
Introducing a new multimedia feature from the Ford School—short video clips presenting our faculty discussing their recent research and policy activities. Our faculty are an interdisciplinary group who take seriously the implications of their work...
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Building Momentum in New Orleans

May 1, 2007
New Orleans knows about starting over. When the storm surge from Hurricane Katrina breached the city's levees and floodwalls, at least 1,800 people throughout the Gulf Coast died in the subsequent floods, with more than 1,500 of them in Louisiana....

Class of 2007 raises $15,000 for Student Support!

Apr 20, 2007
In the fourth year of the Ford School's class gift program, the Class of 2007 raised over $15,000 and gathered support from 70% of the graduating class. The total raised exceeded the campaign goal, as well as the amounts raised by previous class...
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Sheldon Danziger was quoted this week in two places

Apr 4, 2007
Sheldon Danziger was quoted this week in a New York Times article, "The End of the Line as Detroit Workers Know It" (registration required) and in a commentary in the Christian Science Monitor, "The war on poverty is...
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Charity Auction 2007

Apr 1, 2007
The Spring Charity Auction is the most important student-led annual event at the Ford School. This year's was the biggest, best-dressed and most lucrative so far. Over $15,000 was raised in a single night to help fund the Direct Action Centre for...
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Ford School celebrates Lunar New Year

Feb 13, 2007
Normally a place for quiet study, the 3rd floor reading room in Weill Hall was full of activity this past February 13th. Dozens of students packed in among tables laden with Asian foods, mahjong games, and cultural poster displays for two hours to...
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Annual D.C. trip connects students, alumni

Feb 1, 2007
Ann Arbor lies a short distance by air from a key hub of the public policy world in Washington, DC. Each February the Ford School's Graduate Career Services Office organizes a trip aimed at tapping, strengthening, and expanding the network of Ford...
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IPE 2007 Takes on IMF / World Bank Reform

Jan 1, 2007
In early January of each year the Ford School runs a distinctive policy simulation called the Integrated Policy Exercise. All current students are required to participate by researching and representing the role of a particular stakeholder within a...
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Ford School Dedicates Joan and Sanford Weill Hall

Oct 13, 2006
President Ford's son, Steve Ford, read his father's prepared remarks at the dedication. "& It is precisely because I have seen so much of our past, that I entertain no doubts about our future. Seventy-five years ago I learned to see possibilities...