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CLOSUP report: Michigan officials report housing shortages

Jun 22, 2018

Many local governments in Michigan feel they have a shortage of housing in their counties and cities, according to a survey from University of Michigan researchers. About 40 percent of local officials say they have too little single family...

Luke Shaefer appointed by Governor Rick Snyder to Commission on Community Action and Economic Opportunity

Jun 22, 2018

Governor Rick Snyder has appointed Luke Shaefer to the Commission on Community Action and Economic Opportunity. Shaefer’s appointment, announced on June 7, 2018, will last three years, until June 21, 2021. The commission serves to advise the...

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Lantz, Iovan, et al published in The Milbank Quarterly on using “Pay for Success” to finance childhood asthma interventions

Jun 22, 2018

“Pay for Success” (PFS) financing could help scale implementation of evidence-based childhood asthma interventions in the Medicaid population if legal and regulatory barriers can be overcome, write Paula Lantz, Samantha Iovan, and co-authors in the...

In the Media

Americans warm up (a little) to price tag on carbon

Jun 21, 2018 NPR Michigan Radio

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Shobita Parthasarathy’s book wins Robert K. Merton Book Award

Jun 13, 2018

Professor Shobita Parthasarathy’s book, Patent Politics: Life Forms, Markets, and the Public Interest in the United States and Europe, has been awarded the prestigious Robert K. Merton Book Award. The award, given by the Science, Knowledge, and...

Susan Waltz published in Washington Post on a proposal to loosen restrictions on exporting semiautomatic weapons

Jun 12, 2018

Susan Waltz published an essay in the Washington Post on Monday, June 4, in which she explains the implications of a rule change proposed by the Trump administration. The change would loosen the export requirements on semiautomatic weapons, such as...

A Q&A with John Ciorciari: U.S.-North Korea summit

Jun 8, 2018

Written by Mandira Banerjee, Michigan News John Ciorciari is professor of public policy and director of the International Policy Center at the Ford School of Public Policy. His research focuses on Southeast Asia and foreign policy strategies,...

Pfost, Thebaud, and Wiseley receive 2018 Staff Recognition Awards

Jun 8, 2018

Congratulations to Nick Pfost, Alex Thebaud, and Zuzana Wisely for receiving 2018 Ford School Staff Recognition Awards. The presentation of peer-nominated and evaluated Staff Recognition Awards are a highlight of the Annual Ford School Staff...

Alex Thebaud, Nick Pfost, and Zuzana Wiseley

In the Media

DOE chief spoons out Perry-isms to sweeten bitter battles

Jun 5, 2018 E&E News

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State & Hill

Thinking globally: BA seminar trip to Costa Rica

Jun 1, 2018

“Everything we did was informative and educational. I felt privileged to meet with the people [we did.] I also appreciated the time allotted for debrief and discussion (much of this was on the bus), [and] firsthand experiences of policy project...

Greetings from the Dean - Feed June 2018

Jun 1, 2018

Dear friends:Greetings from beautiful springtime Ann Arbor! We’re feeling tremendous pride and excitement in our newest alumni (view videos from a beautiful Commencement Ceremony here), our growing faculty, and in our school’s momentum and bright...

Stevenson on representation of men and women in economic textbooks

May 31, 2018

As part of the American Economic Association’s papers and proceedings from May 2018 Betsey Stevenson and Hanna Zlotnick reports on “Representations of Men and Women in Introductory Economics Textbooks.”Abstract: This paper examines the frequency and...

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A Q&A with Jackson Voss (MPP '18), the 2018 Riecker Fellow

May 31, 2018

Jackson Voss (MPP '18) was selected to serve as the 2018 Margaret Ann (Ranny) Riecker Michigan Delegation Fellow in the Washington, DC office of U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), ranking member of the Senate Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight...

Jackson Voss asks a question of a visiting speaker

WDIV ClickOnDetroit profiles student org WeListen

May 30, 2018

Student organization WeListen was featured in a WDIV ClickOnDetroit story titled "Meet the students leading tough dialogue at the University of Michigan," by Meredith Bruckner.In the article, recent Ford School graduate Gabriel Lerner (BA '18) and...

PhD candidate Jessica Gillooly writes op ed for Washington Post

May 30, 2018

This Sunday's print edition of the Washington Post included an opinion piece penned by joint doctoral student Jessica W. Gillooly. The post, titled "Want to stop more Starbucks scenarios? Train these people." suggested that 911 operators have a key...

State & Hill

Translating research into policy: lessons from simplifying access to financial aid

May 21, 2018

One lesson that Susan Dynarski learned from her long-standing campaign to simplify financial aid is that stubbornness—and a willingness to say the same thing over and over again—is critical to moving public policy. “As academics we are not...

State & Hill

Summers of opportunity: the Youth Policy Lab helps grow programs for Michigan's young people

May 21, 2018

The team at the University of Michigan’s Youth Policy Lab (YPL) is hard at work on exciting new projects to support Michigan’s low-income youth. The Lab is a partnership between the Ford School and the Survey Research Center at the Institute for...

State & Hill

Catch up on classmates with "Class Notes" from the Spring 2018 edition of State & Hill

May 21, 2018

Ari and Rachel Parritz Robert F. Goeckel (MPP ’74) is the author of Soviet Religious Policy in Estonia and Latvia: Playing Harmony in the Singing Revolution, Indiana University Press, 2018. He is professor of political...

State & Hill

Catch up on Ford School faculty news in the Spring 2018 edition of State & Hill magazine

May 21, 2018

Michael Barr and Joe Valenti (Center for American Progress) penned a Fortune op-ed: “How the CFPB fight is a sign of the next financial crisis.” Barr also wrote an op-ed in American Banker: “Dear Congress: Reg relief bill is a giveaway for large...

Shaefer in WaPo: Low federal spending on children in U.S. compared to other developed nations

May 18, 2018

H. Luke Shaefer is quoted in the Washington Post’s May 16 article, “The U.S. spends less on children than almost any other developed nation,” by Jeff Stein.The article presents the results of a new NBER working paper by Diane W. Schanzenbach and...

Faculty appointments, promotions grow and strengthen the Ford School

May 17, 2018

Earlier this afternoon, the University of Michigan Board of Regents approved several key faculty appointments at the Ford School, as we continue to grow and strengthen our outstanding faculty.Shobita Parthasarathy has earned a promotion to professor...

Behavioral Finance Symposium summary paper now available

May 17, 2018

On September 14-15, 2017, the University of Michigan’s Center on Finance, Law, and Policy and behavioral science research and design lab ideas42 brought together influential leaders from academia, government, nonprofits and the financial sector for...

State & Hill

Can We Price Carbon? Barry Rabe talks political feasibility and durability of a key tool for reducing emissions

May 11, 2018

Professor Barry Rabe is a national thought leader in environmental politics and policy. Rabe has received three American Political Science Association awards for his research in this area and was the first social scientist to receive a U.S....

State & Hill

PhD alum Jennifer Kavanagh explores the rot that threatens the marketplace of ideas

May 9, 2018

“Fake news!” Left and right raise the cry, and often, both are at least partially correct. But what is the source and substance of the fakery? And why is there so much of it now? Alumna Jennifer Kavanagh (PhD ’10) and her colleagues at the...

State & Hill

Nurturing the future: Luke Shaefer builds the case for a universal child allowance

May 9, 2018

“Raising kids is expensive!” says H. Luke Shaefer, Associate Professor of Social Work and Public Policy, and director of the University of Michigan’s Poverty Solutions Initiative. So what would be a quick, easy way to help parents and kids? Most...

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Sharon Disney, Beth Soboleski part of award-winning staff team

May 8, 2018

On May 7, President Mark Schlissel awarded the 2018 President’s Staff Innovation Award to the MSTAFF200 Planning Lead Team, which included the Ford School’s Sharon Disney and Beth Soboleski. Individual and team winners are selected each year,...

State & Hill

Detroit Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Project Expands

May 8, 2018

Under the high ceilings of a University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design classroom, surrounded by a semi-circle of design, accounting, and law students from U-M, entrepreneur and lifelong Detroiter Achsha Jones is reviewing dozens of sticky...

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CLOSUP report: Michigan officials report housing shortages

Luke Shaefer appointed by Governor Rick Snyder to Commission on Community Action and Economic Opportunity

Lantz, Iovan, et al published in The Milbank Quarterly on using “Pay for Success” to finance childhood asthma interventions

Americans warm up (a little) to price tag on carbon

Shobita Parthasarathy’s book wins Robert K. Merton Book Award

Susan Waltz published in Washington Post on a proposal to loosen restrictions on exporting semiautomatic weapons

A Q&A with John Ciorciari: U.S.-North Korea summit

Pfost, Thebaud, and Wiseley receive 2018 Staff Recognition Awards

DOE chief spoons out Perry-isms to sweeten bitter battles

Thinking globally: BA seminar trip to Costa Rica

Greetings from the Dean - Feed June 2018

Stevenson on representation of men and women in economic textbooks

A Q&A with Jackson Voss (MPP '18), the 2018 Riecker Fellow

WDIV ClickOnDetroit profiles student org WeListen

PhD candidate Jessica Gillooly writes op ed for Washington Post

Translating research into policy: lessons from simplifying access to financial aid

Summers of opportunity: the Youth Policy Lab helps grow programs for Michigan's young people

Catch up on classmates with "Class Notes" from the Spring 2018 edition of State & Hill

Catch up on Ford School faculty news in the Spring 2018 edition of State & Hill magazine

Shaefer in WaPo: Low federal spending on children in U.S. compared to other developed nations

Faculty appointments, promotions grow and strengthen the Ford School

Behavioral Finance Symposium summary paper now available

Can We Price Carbon? Barry Rabe talks political feasibility and durability of a key tool for reducing emissions

PhD alum Jennifer Kavanagh explores the rot that threatens the marketplace of ideas

Nurturing the future: Luke Shaefer builds the case for a universal child allowance

Sharon Disney, Beth Soboleski part of award-winning staff team

Detroit Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Project Expands

Most local jurisdictions follow master plan, but struggle with too few planners

Jacob quoted in Bridge Magazine’s report on Northern Michigan elementary school’s remarkable progress

New Ciorciari article: protecting survivors through the process of transitional justice