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Michigan’s local elected officials report positive working relationships

Jun 6, 2019

Michigan’s local government leaders report mostly positive relationships among officials on their local governing boards or councils, according to a University of Michigan survey that assessed the tone of discussions and how often they reach...

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Annual retreat brings staff to Detroit for service and fun

Jun 6, 2019

The 2019 Staff Retreat brought staff members to Detroit on June 5 for a day of service, reflection, and fun at the old Tiger Stadium site. In the morning, staff volunteered at Bennett Elementary School through U-M’s Readers & Best program and...

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Biden, Inslee, other 2020 Dems tout sweeping initiatives to combat climate change

Jun 4, 2019 MyCentralOregon

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Biden, Inslee, other 2020 Dems tout sweeping initiatives to combat climate change

Jun 4, 2019 ABC7

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Yusuf Neggers discusses latest research with VoxDev

May 31, 2019

Ensuring voters are well informed about candidates’ backgrounds is a hot topic of late, and in India that focus is on past criminality. There, upwards of nine percent of legislators have faced criminal charges, numbing people to the potential...

Conan Smith named CEO of Michigan Environmental Council

May 31, 2019

Conan Smith, lecturer at the Ford School, has been named the next CEO of Michigan Environmental Council. Smith was also interviewed for Bridge about his new position for the May 28, 2019, piece “New Michigan Environmental Council chief has deep...

Two MPP alumni named 2019 Victory Empowerment Fellows

May 31, 2019

On May 23, 2019, Victory Institute announced this year’s Victory Empowerment Fellows, naming two Ford School alumni, Brenda Duverce (MPP ‘16) and Preston Parish (MPP ‘18). Victory Empowerment is a national organization that strives to promote openly...

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Town hall on the integration of arts, humanities and STEMM focuses on collaboration and innovation

May 29, 2019 The Michigan Daily

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Bowdoin Marks Close of Academic Year with Baccalaureate Ceremony

May 24, 2019 Bowdoin

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Amanda Kowalski receives 2019 ASHEcon Medal

May 22, 2019

The American Society of Health Economists (ASHE) awarded Amanda Kowalski as this year’s ASHEcon Medal recipient. The ASHEcon Medal is “awarded to an economist age 40 or under who has made the most significant contributions to the field of health...

For moms, working multiple jobs can be depressing, Bruns and Pilkauskas finds

May 22, 2019

Working mothers who have more than one job have a higher risk of depression than those who don’t, say University of Michigan researchers.According to the U-M study, working multiple jobs is linked to a 3-4 percentage points increase in the...

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Commencement Speakers At The Forbes Top 30 Colleges

May 21, 2019 Forbes

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For moms, working multiple jobs can be depressing

May 20, 2019 Michigan News

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Ford panel addresses internment camps in China

May 18, 2019 The Michigan Daily

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Ford School faculty promotions approved by Regents

May 17, 2019

On Thursday May 16, 2019, the University of Michigan Board of Regents approved the promotions of Betsey Stevenson, H. Luke Shaefer, and Sarah A. Burgard. Betsey Stevenson was promoted to professor of public policy and professor of economics, College...

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Prison time has little or no bearing on long-term public safety

May 16, 2019 Berkeley News

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Ivacko discusses opioid interventions on Michigan Radio

May 14, 2019

Tom Ivacko, associate director of the Center for Local, State and Urban Policy (CLOSUP), housed at the Ford School, talks about Michigan’s relationship to the opioid crisis with Michigan Radio’s Paulette Parker. Published May 13, 2019 online, with...

Iovan and Lantz discuss their latest research on super-utilizers

May 14, 2019

On May 13, 2019, Michigan News published a Q&A with the Ford School’s Samantha Iovan and Paula Lantz, along with the Department of Emergency Medicine at U-M Medical School’s Mahshid Abir. The three, with help from student Katie Allan (MPP ‘19),...

Big Ten Voting Challenge team wins impact award

May 14, 2019

The Big Ten Voting Challenge (BTVC) team received the 2019 Staff Innovation and Collaboration Award from President Schlissel on Monday. The Ford School’s Edie Goldenberg and Alton Worthington were part of the award-winning team from the Ginsberg...

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Dynarski testifies before House Subcommittee on Education and Labor

May 10, 2019

College access has been getting a lot of buzz, but getting more people to enroll in higher education is only the first step. Helping people graduate is proving a larger hurdle, something the House Committee on Education and Labor’s Subcommittee on...

Joshua Rivera testifies before U.S. House Financial Services Subcommittee

May 3, 2019

On May 1, 2019, Joshua Rivera (MPP ’17), a researcher with U-M’s Poverty Solutions, testified before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee. The hearing, titled “Examining Discrimination in the...

Stevenson comments on farmworkers exclusion in labor statistics on Marketplace

May 3, 2019

Farm work was the heart of the American economy at one point, but the growth of cities and booming industrial revolution sent many flocking to cities, and farmworkers have been dwindling ever since. One stark illustration of this fall can be seen...

Drawing the Line: Chamberlin discusses redistricting with Bridge Magazine

May 3, 2019

District lines are a hotly debated and inherently partisan issue, but Michigan courts have sought to address these biases. On Thursday, April 25, Michigan judges unanimously ruled that “GOP insiders illegally gerrymandered dozens of state and...

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Small business, big impact: DNEP featured in “This is Michigan” video series

May 3, 2019

Small businesses can be a huge risk, with everything it takes to start one, especially when pitted against the success rate. But for Detroit-area entrepreneurs, a partnership has been helping jump that hurdle. University of Michigan’s Detroit...

Big lights, small city: Farley says small cities could be the new frontier for young professionals

May 3, 2019

Large cities are cast as meccas for young professionals, with their migration seen as a cultural inevitability. But with ever-increasing living costs and overcrowding, as well as technological advances that make proximity less of a necessity for...

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Joint-PhD Paul Atwell receives first Peter Eckstein Prize

May 2, 2019

Paul Atwell, a joint-PhD student in public policy and political science, along with his microeconomist co-authors Alex Armand and Joseph Gomes from the University of Navarra in Spain, are the inaugural winners of the Peter Eckstein Prize for...

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Changing neighborhoods: Building Detroit one entrepreneur at a time

May 1, 2019 University of Michigan News

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The Trouble with Carbon Pricing

Apr 29, 2019 Energy Institute at Haas

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Gerber recognized for innovation in the classroom

Apr 29, 2019

Elisabeth Gerber, the Ford School’s associate dean for research and policy engagement, has earned a Teaching Innovation Prize for her development of ViewPoint. The simulation software enables educators to create a simulation activity in their...

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Liz Gerber recognized with Provost's Teaching Innovation Prize

Apr 26, 2019

The work of associate dean Liz Gerber is among five projects being honored with the 11th annual Provost’s Teaching Innovation Prize for innovative approaches to improving student learning. The winning projects were chosen from among 47...

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