The latest edition of the Ford School feed, an email news source for alumni and friends of the school, arrived in inboxes today.Feed readers will learn about brownfield tax credits from Liz Gerber, network security from Bob Axelrod, a new Thurnau...
The Ford School Alumni Board is now accepting nominations for the 2011 Neil Staebler Distinguished Service Award. The Staebler Award recognizes a Ford School alumnus or alumna for outstanding professional achievement consistent with Neil Staebler's...
The 2011 University of Michigan commencement activities brought a long-awaited glimpse of spring to Ann Arbor, and opened the doors to a bright future for six Ford School PhD, 98 masters, and 57 undergraduate students.
Michigan Governor Rick...
The Ford School is pleased to announce our 2011 David Bohnett Foundation Leadership and Public Service Fellows, Stephanie Chang and Diana Flora.The Bohnett award is a prestigious, competitive fellowship that will provide two years of tuition support...
The Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy's Tom Ivacko wrote a guest column for The Center for Michigan's electronic newsletter called "With local tax votes, citizens are trying to stop the bleeding."In the column, Ivacko discusses the...
Matthew Davis was quoted in a Science News article, "Bacterial meningitis keeps falling: Vaccinations cut cases nearly one-third over past decade."Research published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that cases of bacterial meningitis in...
Barry Rabe was quoted in an Inside EPA's Clean Energy Report article called "Economic Benefits Seen As Basis For Ongoing State RPS, GHG Efforts." The story discusses the "Environmental Federalism: Current Issues and Opportunities" conference...
John Ciorciari was quoted in a Voice of America article about political pressures on the UN-backed Khmer Rouge Tribunal.Legal observers are concerned about the disagreement between the UN and Cambodian investigating judges and the international...
The Ford School is proud to congratulate Shobita Parthasarathy on her promotion to an associate professor of public policy with tenure, which was approved at University of Michigan Board of Regent's meeting on May 19.Parthasarathy was lauded for her...
Richard L. Hall was interviewed on NPR's nationwide broadcast of Morning Edition about Mitt Romney's recent health care speech at the University of Michigan.
In his presentation, Romney, an unofficial candidate for the 2012 presidential election,...
John Ciorciari was quoted in a Phnom Penh Post article about the jurisdictional debate between the co-prosecutors of the Khmer Rouges trials. The debate centers on the UN-backed tribunal's authority to proceed with its third case (Case...
Three Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) students/researchers have been awarded the 2011 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellowships.Chris Avery (PhD '10 in Chemistry, STPP certificate), Leah Nichols (STPP...
Jeffrey Aronoff and Lisa Nuszkowski (both MPP '03) were selected as just two of forty-six 2011 American Marshall Memorial Fellows (MMF) by the German Marshall Fund of the United States.This competitive program selects emerging leaders from across...
Ford School alum Kathleen Mogelgaard (MPP '04) presented at a University of Michigan Alumni Association Lifelong Learning event held in Washington, DC. The topic of this April 7 event was "Sustainability in Public Policy" and included guest speakers...
Susan M. Dynarski and Brian A. Jacob received a $250,000 grant from the Smith Richardson Foundation to study charter schools in Michigan.
Over the next two years Dynarski and Jacob will conduct a rigorous, Michigan-wide analysis of the effect of...
Elisabeth R. Gerber, Chris Miller (DDA director and economic development coordinator for the city of Adrian), and Daniel P. Gilmartin (CEO and executive director of the Michigan Municipal League) penned an op-ed for the Detroit Free Press called,...
A bronze statue of Michigan-native President Gerald R. Ford was dedicated in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. Ford, the nation's 38th president, was memorialized for his bipartisan leadership following President Richard Nixon's resignation and the...
Research by David Harding's was referenced in a CBS Detroit news story called "Unmasking Youth Violence."Harding's research, published in the 2010 book "Living the Drama: Community, Conflict, and Culture Among Inner City Boys," explores the patterns...
Research by Robert Axelrod was highlighted in a Defense Systems article called, "The wetware problem: Humans still the weakest link in network security."The article recaps a presentation Axelrod made at the Department of Defense Intelligence...
Joe Schwarz was cited in a Detroit Free Press column called, "Brian Dickerson: A pragmatist's radical vision—Rick Snyder has a messianic faith in markets and metrics."In the column, Dickerson described three recent decisions by the Snyder...
Brian A. Jacob was quoted in a Crain's Detroit Business article about Governor Snyder's plan to change Michigan's teacher performance evaluation system to one based on clear performance metrics.Snyder's plan calls for a new statewide system of...
Kathryn M. Dominguez was quoted in the Sunday Business Post Online in an article about the decreasing value of the U.S. dollar.With the recent drop in the dollar's value to its lowest point in over a year, opinions are differing on how this change...
Dean Yang received a grant from the University of Wisconsin and USAID to conduct field experiments in Mozambique.His project, titled "Savings, Subsidies, and Sustainable Food Security in Mozambique: 2011 Post-Harvest Survey Supplement," will assess...
A research paper by Tommaso Pavone (BA '11) took first place in the 2011 Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Undergraduate Research Paper Competition.The ICPSR competition highlights exemplary research papers based...
During their April meeting, the University of Michigan Regents extended Paul N. Courant's appointment as University Librarian and Dean of Libraries. Courant, originally appointed in 2007, will continue to serve in these two positions until August...
Research by Brian A. Jacob was cited in a Wall Street Journal Ideas Market blog called, "Gun Shows Don't Increase Crime, Study Finds."In Jacob's forthcoming paper, "The Short-Term and Localized Effect of Gun Shows: Evident from California and...
The 2011 Class Giving Campaign—"One Ford. One Community. One Pledge." —has ended with tremendous results, raising a total of $13,903 for the Graduate and Undergraduate Annual Funds.
Nearly 76 percent of graduating MPP/MPA students participated in...
This issue of the Ford School's State & Hill presents a suite of articles on international economics, development, and growth. Faculty and alumni perspectives are explored in articles ranging from the use of remittances as a tool for combating...
Christopher Roberts (PhD '10) has been honored with Rackham's top doctoral award for his dissertation, "Exploring Fractures Within Human Rights: An Empirical Study of Resistance."The 2010 ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Awards are given to those...
Development economist Dean Yang wields "gold standard" research design to boost the impact of the wages migrants send back home.
Official development assistance, the amount contributed worldwide to promote the welfare and development of emerging...
