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With $10 million gift from Ron and Eileen Weiser, Ford School to launch Weiser Diplomacy Center

Sep 5, 2018

The Weiser Diplomacy Center, housed at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, will bring a diverse cadre of seasoned diplomats and foreign policy experts to...

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From insight to impact: fall 2018 faculty news

Sep 4, 2018

Our top-notch associate leadership team remains in place, with Paula Lantz continuing on as associate dean for academic affairs, Elisabeth Gerber continuing as the school’s associate dean for research and policy engagement, and Ann Lin continuing to...

Welcome, and welcome back, Fordies!

Sep 4, 2018

A letter from Dean Michael S. Barr to the Ford School community Dear friends, Good morning! I write with great excitement to greet and welcome our community as we officially launch the 2018-2019 academic year. To our new students, faculty,...

Ford School launches powerful new degree: Master of Public Affairs

Aug 28, 2018

The Ford School is launching an exciting new graduate degree program, the Master of Public Affairs. This 9-month program is targeted toward individuals with 5 or more years of professional work experience related to public policy, public...

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Public trust in the media is on the rise: Brendan Nyhan co-authors new survey from The Poynter Institute

Aug 24, 2018

By The Poynter Institute ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Aug. 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- There's good news for journalists: three-quarters of Americans trust their local TV news and local newspapers. Trust is also on the rise for all types of news, despite...

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Making an Impact: Researcher Sarah Mills gives Michigan communities the straight story on wind turbines

Aug 24, 2018

By Terry Kosdrosky, Public Engagement & Impact A company wants to build wind turbines in your township and is offering landowners, many of them farmers, a sweet deal to lease property. Meanwhile, your board meeting is packed with strongly opposed...

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Trump administration proposes rollback of coal emissions standards

Aug 21, 2018 Umich News

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Brendan Boyd and Barry Rabe: Canada should not stray from climate commitments in face of criticism

Aug 16, 2018 The Province

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New Weiss report from IBM Center lays out “A Framework for Improving Federal Program Management”

Aug 7, 2018

“When something goes wrong in a federal program, it makes the news,” says Janet Weiss. Sometimes, that is the only picture that people see of such programs.That reality and the “crucial stake” that the public, Congress, and executive branch each...

Michael Barr's financial regulation textbook set for publication

Jul 31, 2018

Dean Michael S. Barr's textbook, Financial Regulation: Law and Policy 2d, written with coauthors Howell Jackson and Margaret Tahyar, will be released on August 6, 2018. Just two years after the publication of the first edition of Financial...

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New report from CLOSUP: Rising confidence in Michigan’s direction but partisan differences remain

Jul 27, 2018

An annual survey by University of Michigan researchers has tracked two straight years of improving evaluations for the Michigan legislature and the governor by the local government leaders of the state. About 56 percent of Michigan’s local...

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Trump officials eye new attack on car rules

Jul 24, 2018 The Hill

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Fifth annual BA yearbook released, celebrating undergraduate classes of 2018 and 2019

Jul 16, 2018

The Ford School's fifth annual BA yearbook—released on Monday, July 16—proudly celebrates the many undergraduate students who have enriched our community over the past year.Sent in an email from Dean Michael S. Barr to undergraduate students,...

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Hold on to your snowballs: More Americans accept the reality of climate change than ever before

Jul 12, 2018 Grist

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Rabe, NSEE: with warmest May on record, Americans' acceptance of global warming reaches new high

Jul 12, 2018

Over the last 10 years, the National Surveys on Energy and the Environment (NSEE) has fielded 19 surveys in which Americans have been asked if they believe there is solid evidence of global warming. In the latest version of this ongoing research...

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More Americans accepted global warming during hot spring

Jul 11, 2018 E&E News

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Students publish 15th edition of the Michigan Journal of Public Affairs

Jul 9, 2018

In June, Ford School graduate students announced the publication of the Michigan Journal of Public Affairs, Volume 15. The journal is available online here.MJPA is the Ford School's graduate student-run journal, dedicated to publishing innovative...

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Times of India publishes Q&A with newly-promoted Shobita Parthasarathy

Jul 3, 2018

The Times of India published a Q&A with Shobita Parthasarathy titled, "Indian-Americans need more role models in public policy, says Indian-origin professor at University of Michigan." The interview, written by Mandira Banerjee from Michigan...

Planet Money podcast on banking "stress tests" features Michael Barr

Jul 3, 2018

Dean Michael Barr is featured on a recent episode of The Indicator, a podcast from NPR's Planet Money. The episode, titled "Dungeons & Dragons & Balance Sheets," explored the origins, results, and future of annual "stress tests" for mid-sized to...

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Michael Barr quoted in Free Press on Bitcoin ATMs in low-income neighborhoods

Jun 29, 2018

Bitcoin ATMs in poor neighborhoods are "not a safe or sound way of providing financial services to low-income people," says Dean Michael Barr in an interview with Detroit Free Press journalist Susan Tompor. The article, titled "Bitcoin ATMs...

Dean Michael Barr reflects on Supreme Court decision on travel ban

Jun 27, 2018

Dean Michael Barr's message to the Ford School community, following the June 26, 2018 Supreme Court travel ban decision: Dear Ford School community,Yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling, which upheld the President’s authority to ban travelers from...

Lin provides analysis of Supreme Court immigration ruling, Trump response

Jun 27, 2018

Professor Ann Lin was interviewed about the Supreme Court's ruling in favor of President Trump's travel ban by Associated Press reporter Mark Sherman. The article, published in the June 26, 2018 edition of the Detroit News, outlines the...

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Green groups ditch Republicans

Jun 22, 2018 E&E News

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Rabe speaks with Michigan Radio's Environment Report on public support for carbon pricing

Jun 22, 2018

Professor Barry Rabe spoke on air with Michigan Radio's Rebecca Williams on June 21 about the tricky politics of climate change policies such as carbon taxing and cap-and-trade. The interview took place as the National Surveys on Energy and...

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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...

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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...

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