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Ford School welcomes 41st class of PPIA fellows

Jun 16, 2022
Weill Hall buzzed with excitement this week as the Ford School kicked off the 41st year of its Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) Junior Summer Institute – a program designed to build diversity in public service. Hailing from coast to...
Headshots of the 24 members of the Ford School summer 2022 PPIA cohort
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States can take advantage of energy price hikes - Raimi

Jun 12, 2022
While high energy prices are hurting consumers, there are ways in which state governments can benefit from the spikes to create more resilient communities in the long-term, Ford School lecturer Daniel Raimi writes in Resources. “For some states,...
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In the Media

Dominguez: Some positives in weakened dollar

Jun 12, 2022 China Daily
A recent panel of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal & Monetary Policy and the Brookings Institution featuring Ford School professor Kathryn Dominguez examined the potential softening of the U.S. dollar as the world's dominant currency. The China Daily...
Kathryn Dominguez speaks to prospective students at the Ford School's Spring Preview
In the Media

Catherine Hausman on the cost of soaring gas prices

Jun 10, 2022 Bloomberg
"There's very little the administration or Congress can do on gasoline prices. This is part of a world market. This is just basic supply and demand." Catherine Hausman discusses how high gas prices affect Europe's energy market and U.S. climate...
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Lewis to co-lead University's Inclusive History Project

Jun 8, 2022
The University of Michigan is set to begin a multifaceted, years-long project to study, document and better understand the university’s history with respect to diversity, equity and inclusion — with the history of race and racism at U-M as its first...
Earl Lewis
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Ali addresses broad range of domestic threats

Jun 7, 2022
Ford School professor of practice Javed Ali has been commenting on the wide range of domestic violent actions and threats that the United States has confronted in the past week, from a school shooting to domestic and international terrorism arrests....
Headshot of Javed Ali at Weill Hall's main staircase
In the Media

Campaigns need to reassess signature-gathering - Hanson

Jun 6, 2022 WXYZ
As five potential gubernatorial candidates lost their appeals to have remain on the ballot after they failed to submit the correct number of signatures, Ford School professor Jonathan Hanson said the campaigns were responsible for their own...
Jonathan Hanson
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Spring 2022 update from the Ford School Alumni Board

Jun 1, 2022
Greetings Ford School alumni,  The Ford School Alumni Board gathered for a hybrid board meeting on April 8, with half of its members joining virtually and the rest joining in-person at Weill Hall. The meeting coincided with Spring Preview, the...
Photo of Naomi Goldberg addressing attendees of the Class of 2020 Comeback Commencement reception in the Great Hall
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DNEP +ISLB intern, Samantha Lang, shares experience

Jun 1, 2022
Throughout my life, I never thought of myself as a numbers person. Yet, with my goal being to pursue consulting after I receive my Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy from the Ford School, I knew I wanted (and needed) to improve that “not a numbers...
Samantha Lang
State & Hill

Letter from Dean Barr

May 31, 2022
Dear Fordies, IPPSters, and friends, Wow! What a great five years it has been, in so many ways. I’ve loved being your dean. I’ve learned so much from you—our students, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends. At the same time, it’s been a hard...
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State & Hill

A program like no other

May 31, 2022
Parthasarathy and the Science, Technology, and Public Policy program chart a unique course for impactIn 2005, when Shobita Parthasarathy saw a position advertised to create a new policy program in science and technology at U-M’s Gerald R. Ford...
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State & Hill

Science and technology research in brief

May 31, 2022
Raimi, Rohde, and Hausman are among our dynamic STPP core faculty                                                                                                  Behaviors and climate change Kaitlin Raimi is a Ford School associate...
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State & Hill

No time to rest on our laurels

May 31, 2022
Diversity, equity, and inclusion work continues at the Ford School   Diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values of the Ford School. They’re inseparable from our pursuit of the public good. They’re essential to the character of the...
Illustration of roadways, with the Ford School logo and text that says "Building our on-ramp to DEI 2.0"
State & Hill

A conversation with Ann Chih Lin

May 31, 2022
By David Pratt In November 2021, longtime Ford School political scientist Ann Chih Lin was appointed as director of the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies (LRCCS). Established in 1961, the China Center is one of the nation’s most...
Photo of Ann Lin in her office at the U-M's Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies