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Soundbites, spring 2014

May 9, 2014

Overheard this semester: Policy Talks @ the Ford School "It seems to me that our efforts to narrow racial differences in schooling and other things, if applied too late, are almost doomed to fail." Kerwin Charles, deputy dean and Edwin and...

Wanted: Alumni to join Centennial Reunion Committee

May 8, 2014

Remember the days of Lorch Hall? Or holiday skits? Or dreaded problem sets? The Centennial Reunion is the perfect occasion to come together as alumni and friends to remember times past, and look to the future.Consider joining the festivities by...

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Matt Johnson's American Bureaucrat blog highlights the people and ideas public policy is meant to serve

May 8, 2014

By Thomas O'Mealia (BA '14) As deputy director of the Global Security Contingency Fund, Matt Johnson is doing what many Ford School alumni do—serving the public with innovative policy solutions. The Global Security Contingency Fund is a...

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U-M ranks eighth in nation for Peace Corps Paul D. Coverdell Fellows

May 8, 2014

The University of Michigan ranks eighth in the nation as a Peace Corps Paul D. Coverdell Fellows destination in 2014. Some 25 returned Peace Corps volunteers are currently pursuing graduate degrees in public policy or natural resources at the...

Potter publishes op-ed in The Guardian on increasing threat of terrorism in China

May 8, 2014

In the wake of three terrorist attacks by Uighur militants in China in the past two months, Assistant Professor Phil Potter authored an op-ed in The Guardian arguing that although the attackers may "have only carried knives and crude bombs…they and...

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The Last Word

May 8, 2014

Jennifer Niggemeier, director of graduate career services and alumni relations, and Elisabeth Johnston, alumni relations manager, sit down with State & Hill to preview The Centennial Reunion (October 31 – November 1, 2014). S&H: A centennial...

Yu Xie study in LA Times, Washington Post, NPR

May 7, 2014

Max Ehrenfreund of The Washington Post reports on Yu Xie's recent study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, which sheds recent light on the causes of Asian-American academic success.In the May 5 article, "Study ties...

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What every alderman should know (about endowments)

May 7, 2014

We all know how tough it is to save—to choose between immediate needs and future ones. At the Ford School, we face a similar challenge in asking alumni to contribute to endowments rather than annual funds. But endowments have tremendous power. Like...

Detroit Free Press publishes Matthew Davis op-ed; Davis argues for regulating e-cigarettes as tobacco products

May 6, 2014

Michigan's regulators agree that highly addictive e-cigarettes shouldn't be sold to minors. The question they now face is how to regulate them. "The simplest way to prohibit the sales of e-cigarettes to minors is to classify e-cigarettes as...

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Barry Rabe interviewed on Marketplace Morning Report about the challenges Obama faces on climate change

May 6, 2014

"Attorney General Greg Abbot, perhaps the most likely person to be the next governor of Texas, routinely says, 'I wake up in the morning, I sue the federal government and then I go home,'" Barry Rabe told Sally Herships during a May 6 interview for...

Three reasons why Gregory Holman (MPP/MUP '11) is listed among Crain's Detroit Business "Twenty in their 20s."

May 6, 2014

Chad Halcom, a reporter for Crain's Detroit Business, credits Ford School alumnus Gregory Holman (MPP/MUP '11), with: Clearing the way for the city to demolish thousands of abandoned homes, reducing Motor City blight.Helping to create Detroit's...

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Hybrid Justice and Armed With Expertise

May 6, 2014

Two new books from Ford School faculty members John D. Ciorciari and Joy Rohde deepen our understanding of international criminal justice systems and the role social scientists have played, for better or for worse, in American national...

Bon voyage, and best wishes to the graduating class of 2014

May 5, 2014

"You are not just graduates of a great university," Senator Carl Levin told the Ford School's centennial graduating class. "You are graduates of a school of public policy, which implies that you—your ideas and passions, your hard work and drive and...

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Zachary Petroni, inaugural Raoul Wallenberg Fellowship recipient, discusses the flawed conservation equation for Kenyan forest

May 5, 2014

By Zach Petroni (BA '13) Kenya's Arabuko-Sokoke Forest (ASF), the largest remnant of a hardwood forest that once spanned East Africa's coast from Somalia to southern Mozambique, is a refuge for dozens of endemic and endangered flora and fauna—the...

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Hauling charcoal, studying conservation in Kenya

May 5, 2014

By William Foreman Zach Petroni (BA '13) believes that to truly know something, you have to experience it. So that's why he spent some time working as a charcoal hauler in Kenya, loading huge bags of the fuel on a rusty fixed-gear bike and...

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Fighting poverty like an IPPSter

May 2, 2014

Peter Borish applies analytics and creativity to for-profit and not-for-profit endeavors alike "I was like every other kid," says Peter Borish (AB '81, MPP '82). "When I was growing up, I wanted to become a professional baseball player." Like...

Matthew Davis finds two out of three support Affordable Care Act's contraception coverage

May 2, 2014

In an April 28 Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) article, Ford School Professor Matthew Davis and colleagues released the results of a recent survey on public support for the Affordable Care Act's coverage requirements. Davis found...

Phil Potter quoted by Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Business News on Chinese terror attack

May 1, 2014

Philip B.K. Potter, assistant professor at the Ford School, was quoted in a May 1 Wall Street Journal article on the recent deadly bombing by violent separatist groups in the Xinjiang region of China. In "China President Xi Vows to Crush Separatists...

Sheldon Danziger to retire from the University of Michigan

May 1, 2014

This year, Sheldon H. Danziger took a leave of absence to serve as the tenth president of the Russell Sage Foundation, the premier foundation devoted exclusively to social science research. With great happiness for him, and an equal measure of...

Sue Dynarski's research discussed in congressional hearing with Education Secretary Arne Duncan

May 1, 2014

Ford School Professor Susan Dynarski's research on student loan default rates was cited by Representative Tom Petri while Secretary Duncan was testifying to the House Education and the Workforce Committee on Department of Education goals for...

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Skin in the game, Applied Policy Seminar puts students to work for local governments, NGOs

May 1, 2014

When Susan Pollay, executive director of the Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority (DDA), wanted to document the economic impact of her organization and others like it around the state of Michigan last fall, she sought help from the Ford...

Historical timeline celebrates centennial, more detailed online version in the works

Apr 30, 2014

The spring 2014 edition of State & Hill magazine features a ten-page, photo-rich historical timeline highlighting the history of America's first graduate-level training program in public administration. The Ford School is now preparing a longer,...

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Bloomberg features Yu Xie's research, reporting Chinese income inequality surpasses that of the U.S.

Apr 29, 2014

"The income gap between the rich and poor in China has surpassed that of the U.S. and is among the widest in the world," write Lorraine Woellert and Sharon Chen, reporters for Bloomberg, in the April 29 article, "China's Income Inequality Surpasses...

Bachelor's of public policy student off to serve Google Dubai

Apr 29, 2014

By Greta Guest, Michigan NewsAs Zouheir Al Ghreiwati prepares to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree in public policy from the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, he pinpoints what drew him to Michigan. There were two things, really: being...

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Undergraduate class uses $55,000 grant to study the art and impact of philanthropy

Apr 28, 2014

Students in Public Policy 475: "Philanthropic Foundations in the Public Arena" spent the semester getting a taste of what it means to be a philanthropist in a nonprofit organization. Taught by Lecturer Megan Tompkins-Stange, the class used a $55,000...

Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy 2014 Commencement

Apr 24, 2014

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. The Charge to the Class will be delivered by U.S. Senator Carl Levin (D-MI).Graduating students: please be at Rackham Auditorium by 4:15 p.m. on May...

Matthew Davis discusses short- and long-term benefits of investments in lead abatement

Apr 24, 2014

Ford School Professor Matthew Davis, who serves as chief medical executive for the State of Michigan, joined Michigan Radio on April 23 to discuss the continuing public health threat that lead poising poses to children in Michigan, and especially...

Isaac McFarlin discusses his research on Texas Top 10 Percent Plan with NPR

Apr 23, 2014

Isaac McFarlin, assistant research scientist at the Ford School, discussed his research on the Texas Top 10 Percent Plan with NPR's Dallas affiliate on April 22. The Texas plan is simple: if you graduate in the top 10 percent of your high school...

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Collins Vereen family kick-starts new funds with $25,000 gift

Apr 22, 2014

New endowed funds for student support The Ford School has created two new permanent endowment funds to help commemorate the Ford School's Centennial; 100 years of public policy at UM. These funds give alumni and friends the chance to contribute...

Wolfers to contribute to New York Times politics and policy website The Upshot

Apr 22, 2014

Professor of Public Policy Justin Wolfers will be a regular contributor to the New York Times venture The Upshot, which launched on April 22. Per the New York Times release, "the goal of [The Upshot] is to help readers better navigate the news using...

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