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Soundbites, overheard @ Ford School events

Apr 30, 2015

“For all the young people who want to go and do something, you should all go do something. And put your heart into it. And continue doing it.… [M]ost of the places that you might go to work, people don’t expect outsiders to go in and save some...

Few local leaders satisfied with public transit options

Apr 29, 2015

By Greta Guest, Michigan NewsA minority of Michigan's local leaders say they're satisfied with public transit options in their communities, but a lack of funding and other issues present roadblocks to improvements, a University of Michigan survey...

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Battling pollution, Ford School alums clean up toxic chemicals, spearhead recycling

Apr 29, 2015

Madhu Rustagi Anderson (MPP ’84), Deputy Director, Economic and Strategic Initiatives, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Helped formulate a 15-point recycling plan for the State of Michigan. “Michigan’s 1979 bottle deposit...

Dynarski edits special journal issue devoted to promising new research enabled by longitudinal datasets

Apr 28, 2015

Susan Dynarski is guest editor of a special issue of Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. The May 2015 issue is dedicated to new and powerful longitudinal datasets that are helping educational researchers better understand how policies,...

Masters students produce powerful film on race and racism

Apr 27, 2015

Sixteen Ford School masters students speak about their experiences around race and racism on camera in a new student-produced film, "Walking the Line of Blackness". The students screened the film at Weill Hall on April 23 for a crowd of more than...

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Transforming transportation

Apr 27, 2015

Charles Henley (MPP ’00), Senior Manager, Capital Program Department, Metropolitan Transportation Authority Helps identify funding sources, and sets spending and investment priorities for the largest public transportation provider in...

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Edie Goldenberg on action, the academy, and the 10th anniversary of Michigan in Washington

Apr 27, 2015

“There’s a part of me that loves making things happen,” says Edie Goldenberg, “but then I miss the quieter, more contemplative life of the academy. And when I’m on campus, as much as I love teaching students and having time to think, I miss the...

In the Media

Redshirting: Should You Hold Your Kids Back a Year? The Great Debate

Apr 25, 2015 Yahoo News

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Ford School impact stories, helping communities adapt to a changing climate

Apr 25, 2015

Yohei Chiba (MPP ’12) surveys damage from the Tohoku earthquake during his 2011 internship with Direct Relief International Yohei Chiba (MPP ’12), Policy Researcher, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies Quantifying the...

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International economic development class visits Rio and Brasilia with former ambassador Mel Levitsky

Apr 24, 2015

By Miriam Wasserman International economic development students with U.S. Ambassador to Brazil Liliana Ayalde (center front, holding U-M flag) For the students of PubPol 674, the Ford School’s international economic development course, a...

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Find out what Ford School students, alumni, and faculty are doing to green the energy sector

Apr 23, 2015

Gerard M. (Gerry) Anderson (MPP/MBA ’88), Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, DTE Energy Diversifying and greening the energy portfolio of one of America’s largest electric utilities, with 2.1 million customers in southeast Michigan alone. The...

In the Media

‘I feel like a tourist’: Inside poor students’ Ivy League isolation

Apr 22, 2015 NY Post

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Sue Dynarski quoted in MarketWatch article on Ivy League's 'hidden poor'

Apr 22, 2015

Sue Dynarski was quoted in a MarketWatch story addressing the struggles of low-income and first-generation students at Ivy League schools. While Columbia University served as the backdrop for “The Ivy League’s hidden poor,” published today, the...

Dominguez talks China in Marketplace story comparing global economy today to 1993

Apr 22, 2015

Kathryn Dominguez lent her expertise in international financial markets to American Public Media’s Marketplace yesterday. In “Trade Agreement, then and now,” reporter Nancy Marshall-Genzer compared today’s global economy to the economy in 1993, the...

Ciorciari awarded Carnegie Fellowship to examine shared-sovereignty agreements

Apr 22, 2015

This morning, in advertisements in The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Chronicle of Higher Education, Chronicle of Philanthropy, New York Review of Books, and other print and online publications, the Carnegie Corporation of New...

Two Ford School students win 2015 Udall Foundation Native American Congressional Internships

Apr 21, 2015

Michon Johnson The Udall Foundation recently announced that 12 students from 11 tribes and 10 universities have been selected as 2015 Native American Congressional Interns. They were selected by an independent review...

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BA alum tackles preventable deaths in India, Uganda through social enterprise Sundara

Apr 21, 2015

By Mandira Banerjee for Global Michigan and Michigan Today As Erin Zaikis (BA ’11) lay sick with dengue fever in a Thailand hospital in 2013, she had an epiphany. She wanted to dedicate her life to helping others. Confined to her hospital bed...

Michigan Radio interviews Kristin Seefeldt for "Up by your bootstraps," a State of Opportunity special

Apr 15, 2015

In “Up by your bootstraps,” a State of Opportunity special that aired today on Michigan Radio, Sarah Alvarez interviews Kristin Seefeldt about “policymaking by anecdote.” “Seefeldt says the number-one myth about poverty she sees making its way into...

Photo of Kristin Seefeldt seated and working at a computer in her office

Dean Yang’s research featured in HuffPo story about increased access to banking in developing economies

Apr 15, 2015

Dean Yang’s research is featured in “More people in the developing world are getting bank accounts, but there’s an asterisk on that progress,” an article by Jonathan Cohn in today’s Huffington Post. Cohn is referring to a new report from the World...

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Inside Philanthropy profiles Russell Sage Foundation’s crucial role in "moving inequality to the center of politics and policy”

Apr 15, 2015

“The [Russell Sage Foundation’s] research has played a crucial, if subtle role in moving inequality to the center of politics and policy in recent years” writes David Callahan for Inside Philanthropy. The article, “Inside the Russell Sage...

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Class Notes

Apr 15, 2015

Jim Baker (MPA ’61) spent much of his career in developing countries and retired in 2006. His wife Fran has been a real estate agent for more than 30 years and will retire soon. They have been living in Potomac, MD and will relocate to Wilmington,...

Dean Yang speaks with PBS News Hour about new migrant remittance bill

Apr 13, 2015

Laura Santhanam’s PBS News Hour story, “How migrants control one of the world’s most powerful economic engines,” describes a bill before Congress that seeks to fine migrants who attempt to send remittances—financial gifts that support loved ones...

Levitsky quoted in IBT article, shares insight on controversial Ukrainian bill

Apr 13, 2015

Mel Levitsky was quoted in an International Business Times story, “Ukraine’s Controversial Bill Recognizing WWII-Era Partisans Draws Harsh Criticism From Russians,” about a contentious Ukrainian bill passed in parliament last week. The bill, led by...

New York Review of Books features Sheldon Danziger’s Legacies of the War on Poverty

Apr 7, 2015

This April, Christopher Jencks reviews Sheldon Danziger’s Legacies of the War on Poverty (Russell Sage, 2013) in a two-part series for The New York Review of Books. Jencks says Legacies’ chapters are “packed with evidence, make judicious judgments,...

WGPP hosts five powerhouse female policymakers for discussion on women in elected office

Apr 7, 2015

Women and Gender in Public Policy (WGPP – pronounced “whip”), a student organization at the Ford School, recently hosted five of Michigan’s leading female policymakers for a discussion on women in elected office. The April 2nd event was covered by...

Pictured (L-R): U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell (MI-12), former Michigan Senate Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer (D-East Lansing), Chairwoman of the U-M Board of Regents Kathy White (D-Ann Arbor); State Representative Gretchen Driskell (D-Saline), and State Representative Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit)

In the Media

Steyer Targets GOP 'Climate Deniers'

Apr 6, 2015 US News

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Applied Policy Seminar project cited in MLive story on economic potential of Kalamazoo River

Apr 6, 2015

An MLive story published this weekend on the economic potential of the long-polluted Kalamazoo River cited the work of a six-member team in Elisabeth Gerber’s 2012 Applied Policy Seminar (APS) course, now called Strategic Public Policy Consulting or...

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Soundbites, overheard @ Ford School events

Few local leaders satisfied with public transit options

Battling pollution, Ford School alums clean up toxic chemicals, spearhead recycling

Dynarski edits special journal issue devoted to promising new research enabled by longitudinal datasets

Masters students produce powerful film on race and racism

Transforming transportation

Edie Goldenberg on action, the academy, and the 10th anniversary of Michigan in Washington

Redshirting: Should You Hold Your Kids Back a Year? The Great Debate

Ford School impact stories, helping communities adapt to a changing climate

International economic development class visits Rio and Brasilia with former ambassador Mel Levitsky

Find out what Ford School students, alumni, and faculty are doing to green the energy sector

‘I feel like a tourist’: Inside poor students’ Ivy League isolation

Sue Dynarski quoted in MarketWatch article on Ivy League's 'hidden poor'

Dominguez talks China in Marketplace story comparing global economy today to 1993

Ciorciari awarded Carnegie Fellowship to examine shared-sovereignty agreements

Two Ford School students win 2015 Udall Foundation Native American Congressional Internships

BA alum tackles preventable deaths in India, Uganda through social enterprise Sundara

Michigan Radio interviews Kristin Seefeldt for "Up by your bootstraps," a State of Opportunity special

Dean Yang’s research featured in HuffPo story about increased access to banking in developing economies

Inside Philanthropy profiles Russell Sage Foundation’s crucial role in "moving inequality to the center of politics and policy”

Class Notes

Dean Yang speaks with PBS News Hour about new migrant remittance bill

Levitsky quoted in IBT article, shares insight on controversial Ukrainian bill

New York Review of Books features Sheldon Danziger’s Legacies of the War on Poverty

WGPP hosts five powerhouse female policymakers for discussion on women in elected office

Steyer Targets GOP 'Climate Deniers'

Applied Policy Seminar project cited in MLive story on economic potential of Kalamazoo River

Wolfers takes aim at recent study claiming parenting time doesn’t matter

Ford School students host annual US-Canada conference

Erin Flores featured in The University Record’s faculty/staff spotlight