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Ford School mourns loss of Ned Gramlich

Sep 5, 2007

Long-time Ford School faculty member Ned Gramlich died September 5, 2007 after a long battle with leukemia.Ned joined the faculty of public policy and economics at the University of Michigan in 1976. He taught macroeconomic policy and benefit-cost...

Ford School Students Help to Plant the Future in Detroit

Sep 2, 2007

Once the capital of the industrial world, Detroit has for the past four decades become one of the nation's pre-eminent symbols of urban decline. Globalization, deindustrialization and "white flight" ravaged once-proud neighborhoods and turned much...

Public Servants of the Corn

Sep 1, 2007

Over the past few centuries a strange and intricate tradition emerged in Europe: building labyrinths out of shrubbery. These "hedge mazes" became potent symbols of aristocratic privilege and idle leisure. In the long years since the implosion of the...

Tensions in the Israeli-Palestinian dispute could be eased if peace deals involve compromise and symbolic concessions, such as an apology, according to new research by Scott Atran and Bob Axelrod

Aug 28, 2007

The research was featured in the August 24 edition of Science, "Sacred Barriers to Conflict Resolution."[Read release][Read...

Sheldon Danziger was cited in an AP story about the 2007 poverty rate

Aug 28, 2007

Sheldon Danziger was cited in an AP story about the 2007 poverty...

Sheldon Danziger was interviewed by ABC World News for a story about the 2007 poverty report

Aug 28, 2007

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USA Today article features research by Barry Rabe, "More states harness power of renewable energy"

Aug 23, 2007

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Sheldon Danziger and Bob Schoeni were featured in a U-M video about the Census Bureau's annual poverty report

Aug 22, 2007

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Rebecca Blank was quoted in a Salt Lake Tribune article, "Utahns give mixed review to welfare reforms, question if they truly help the poor"

Aug 22, 2007

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The Urban Institute hosted a panel discussion last week about Ford School professor Ned Gramlich's new book, "Subprime Lending: America's Latest Boom and Bust"

Aug 7, 2007

In addition to Ned, panelists included Robert Reischauer, Craig Torres, Kurt Pfotenhauer, Michael Calhoun, and Sandra Braunstein. BookTV on CSPAN2 will be playing the panel starting this Saturday. [More...

Matthew Davis's research was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association and featured in Forbes and USA Today, "System Leaves Some Children Unvaccinated"

Aug 7, 2007

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Summer in the City has teens working up sweat for Detroit

Jul 28, 2007

Ford School student Ben Falik was interviewed by the Detroit Free Press about the service organization he co-founded, Summer in the City, "Energized, Giving Back." [U-M Affiliates can read the full, archived article through the U-M library...

Rick Hall cited in Washington Post column on legislative lobbying, "Campaign Contributions Change Priorities, Not Beliefs"

Jul 16, 2007

"The conventional view, at least implicitly, is that these donations are designed to sway candidates who win elections in the direction of groups who gave them money. Richard Hall used to think this way, too. But many years ago, Hall came to...

Allen and Lee Sinai have given $1.5 million to name the Allen Sinai Professorship of Macroeconomics

Jul 1, 2007

Allen and Lee Sinai have given $1.5 million to name the Allen Sinai Professorship of Macroeconomics, which will be a joint appointment between the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and the Department of Economics in LS&A. The gift is part of...

A new report from CLOSUP's Tom Ivacko warns that the state's negative self-image may be doing more harm than its very real economic challenges

Jun 22, 2007

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Susan M. Collins named dean of the Ford School

Jun 8, 2007

University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman and Provost Teresa A. Sullivan today announced the appointment of Susan M. Collins as the next Joan and Sanford Weill Dean of Public Policy. The five-year appointment, made in review and discussion...

Research in Action

Jun 1, 2007

Introducing a new multimedia feature from the Ford School—short video clips presenting our faculty discussing their recent research and policy activities. Our faculty are an interdisciplinary group who take seriously the implications of their work...

The National Academy of Sciences announced the election of two University of Michigan professors: Dr. David Ginsburg and James S. House

May 2, 2007

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Building Momentum in New Orleans

May 1, 2007

New Orleans knows about starting over. When the storm surge from Hurricane Katrina breached the city's levees and floodwalls, at least 1,800 people throughout the Gulf Coast died in the subsequent floods, with more than 1,500 of them in Louisiana....

Class of 2007 raises $15,000 for Student Support!

Apr 20, 2007

In the fourth year of the Ford School's class gift program, the Class of 2007 raised over $15,000 and gathered support from 70% of the graduating class. The total raised exceeded the campaign goal, as well as the amounts raised by previous class...

Shobita Parthasarathy, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Co-Director of the Science, Technology and Public Policy Program at the Ford School, has been awarded two prestigious research fellowships for the upcoming academic year.

Apr 16, 2007

The Gerald Ford School of Public PolicyUniversity of MichiganThe Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC has named Parthasarathy one of 25 residential fellows. The Max Planck Institute in München, Germany has also named...

Shobita Parthasarathy, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Co-Director of the Science, Technology and Public Policy Program at the Ford School, has been awarded two prestigious research fellowships for the upcoming academic year

Apr 16, 2007

The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC has named Parthasarathy one of 25 residential fellows. The Max Planck Institute in München, Germany has also named Parthasarathy a research fellow in residence. Candidates for...

The United States and Great Britain have taken profoundly different approaches in developing genetic testing for breast cancer

Apr 12, 2007

This has serious implications for users of health care, says University of Michigan professor Shobita Parthasarathy. [Read...

Sheldon Danziger was quoted this week in two places

Apr 4, 2007

Sheldon Danziger was quoted this week in a New York Times article, "The End of the Line as Detroit Workers Know It" (registration required) and in a commentary in the Christian Science Monitor, "The war on poverty is...

Op-ed from Richard L. Hall in Tuesday Detroit Free Press

Apr 3, 2007

A war tax would help clarify debate. [U-M Affiliates can read the full, archived article through the U-M library...

Ford School students Roland McKay and John Chin selected as 2007 Rosenthal Fellows

Apr 2, 2007

The Gerald Ford School of Public PolicyUniversity of MichiganOut of over 200 applicants from the top public policy and international relations programs in the country, two first year Ford School students were selected to spend their summers this...

Ford School Students Roland McKay and John Chin Selected as 2007 Rosenthal Fellows

Apr 2, 2007

Out of over 200 applicants from the top public policy and international relations programs in the country, two first year Ford School students were selected to spend their summers this year in Washington, DC as recipients of the prestigious Harold...

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Charity Auction 2007

Apr 1, 2007

The Spring Charity Auction is the most important student-led annual event at the Ford School. This year's was the biggest, best-dressed and most lucrative so far. Over $15,000 was raised in a single night to help fund the Direct Action Centre for...

Barry Rabe cited in USA Today story, "States work to reduce global warming"

Mar 25, 2007

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In the Media

Scott Atran was featured prominently by the New York Times Magazine in a cover article titled, "Darwin's God"

Mar 4, 2007 New York Times Magazine

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