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Barry Rabe was quoted by the Chicago Tribune

Mar 2, 2007

Barry Rabe was quoted in a March 2 article titled "Big business sweats climate change laws." [U-M Affiliates can read the full, archived article through the U-M library...

Barry Rabe was interviewed on NPR's Talk of the Nation for the story, "What Will it Cost to Fight Global Warming?"

Feb 22, 2007

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Rebecca Blank testified at the House Financial Services Committee hearing, "The State of the Economy, the State of the Labor Market, and the Conduct of Monetary Policy"

Feb 16, 2007

Read Blank's full testimony. Her testimony was cited in a story on NPR's Marketplace.[Read...

Barry Rabe was quoted in the Columbus Dispatch article, "Too many people, not enough earth: scientists debate how much population the world can sustain"

Feb 13, 2007

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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...

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...

Justin McCrary's work was featured in the Slate.com article, "The Irrational 18-Year-Old Criminal: Evidence that prison doesn't deter crime"

Jan 30, 2007

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University of Michigan announces search for next Joan and Sanford Weill Dean of Public Policy

Jan 2, 2007

Established in 1914 as the Institute of Public Administration, the Ford School became the School of Public Policy in 1995 and was re-named in honor of President Gerald R. Ford in 1999. The Ford School has experienced unprecedented growth over the...

Weill Hall entrance with "Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy" etched into the glass

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...

The Ford School mourns the passing of our namesake, President Gerald R. Ford

Dec 26, 2006

The Ford School community has been enriched by our connections with President Ford. His name is symbolic of those things we most want our students to learn: a commitment to the common good and to the effective design and implementation of policy....

Barry Rabe discusses the Supreme Court case, Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at an AEI panel

Nov 21, 2006

On November 29, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In this much-watched case—part of a broader campaign for the regulation of carbon dioxide—several states and environmental...

Dean Rebecca Blank's comments on Proposal 2 and the Ford School

Nov 9, 2006

I am proud that one of the central characteristics of the Ford School community has been the diversity among our student body, faculty and staff. We value differences in educational and professional experience, political outlook, lifestyle, and...

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...

Lindsay Benstead, (MPP/PhD, Ford School of Public Policy and Department of Political Science) featured in the Ann Arbor News

Oct 8, 2006

In its Sunday, October 8th issue, the Ann Arbor News featured on article on the Ford School's own Lindsay Benstead. A joint degree PhD student with the Department of Political Science, Lindsey has been hard at work for the past 11 months in Algeria...

Op-ed from Anthony S. Chen in Sunday Detroit Free Press

Oct 2, 2006

Vote No: Affirmative action aims for healthy, fair diversity, not quotas. [U-M Affiliates can read the full, archived article through the U-M library...

Ford School Students Repel Invasive Species

Sep 1, 2006

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Profile of MPP alum, Dudley Benoit

May 1, 2006

There was a time not too long ago when major U.S. banks simply refused to extend loans into many poor urban and rural areas of America. If one wanted, for instance, to build a new shopping center or a movie theater in parts of Harlem or the South...

Rebecca Blank was elected a Fellow of the Society of Labor Economics

May 1, 2006

Blank recently authored an op-ed in the Sunday Detroit Free Press in March 2006, entitled "Should Michigan Raise the Minimum...

Robert Smolik

Sep 16, 2005

The Gerald Ford School of Public PolicyUniversity of MichiganContact: lklee[at]umich.eduRobert Smolik is the Diplomat in Residence and Visiting Scholar at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. A...

Charles Vest to deliver Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation Lecture October 12, 2005

Sep 8, 2005

The Gerald Ford School of Public PolicyUniversity of MichiganContact: lklee[at]umich.eduFormer President of MIT Charles M. Vest will deliver the Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation lecture October 12, at 3:30 p.m. in the Michigan Ballroom....

First response to the Hurricane Katrina disaster

Sep 7, 2005

The Gerald Ford School of Public PolicyUniversity of MichiganContact: lklee[at]umich.eduThe Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, the School of Public Health and the School of Engineering are co-sponsoring a panel discussion "First Response to the...

Sheldon Danziger has been appointed the Henry J. Meyer Distinguished University Professor of Public Policy at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.

Aug 16, 2005

The Gerald Ford School of Public PolicyUniversity of MichiganContact: lklee[at]umich.eduDistinguished University Professors are the highest honor the University can bestow on a faculty member. They recognize exceptional scholarly achievement,...

Janet Weiss is the new Dean of Rackham Graduate School.