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Greetings from the Dean

Jan 30, 2013
Dear Alumni and Friends: The holiday season has passed, taking with it the first half of the school year. Last semester was a whirlwind of activity, and we’re expecting even more excitement this semester, if January is any indication. Many of...
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Local leaders: Funding reforms needed to avoid service cuts

Jan 30, 2013
Local government leaders in Michigan report that the way their jurisdictions are funded requires significant reform to maintain services in the wake of the Great Recession, according to a University of Michigan survey.Fewer than half of local...
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Ford School students to visit Cape Verde in March for 2013 IEDP

Jan 30, 2013
In March, twenty-five graduate students from the Ford School and other programs at the University of Michigan will spend a week off the coast of West Africa in the island nation of Cape Verde to research social and economic issues. The trip will be...
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Terrorist networks and deadly force

Jan 25, 2013
When violent non-state organizations form alliances with each other, do they become more lethal? Ford School Assistant Professor Philip B. K. Potter and Associate Professor Michael Horowitz of the University of Pennsylvania seek to answer this...

Black and Blue documentary film screening and panel discussion

Jan 22, 2013
The Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy, the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and the Center for Public Policy in Diverse Societies will host a screening of the documentary titled Black and Blue: The Story of Gerald Ford, Willis Ward,...
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Michigan Chronicle interviews Rabe on fracking in Michigan

Jan 21, 2013
The Michigan Chronicle interviewed Barry Rabe for its story on hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking." Fracking is a process by which oil and gas companies inject chemical fluids or sand into underground shale rock formations in order to free deposits...
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Wolfers quoted in Marketplace segment on Fed transcripts

Jan 21, 2013
Justin Wolfers was quoted in a segment on American Public Media's Marketplace about Federal Reserve Board deliberations in the run-up to the Great Recession. The Fed recently released transcripts for its 2007 meetings that show substantial...
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Ford School alum Manny Teodoro to receive 2013 ASPA Book Award

Jan 17, 2013
Ford School alum Manny Teodoro (PhD '07) has been named the recipient of the 2013 Book Award presented by the Section on Public Administration Research (SPAR) of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA). The award is given to new works...
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Students flex policy muscles in Integrated Policy Exercise

Jan 15, 2013
Now in its 13th consecutive year, the Integrated Policy Exercise (IPE) has become a signature activity of the Ford School master's program. For three days during the first week of January, MPP and MPA students role play stakeholders in a...

An alum to watch: Naomi Goldberg (MPP '08)

Jan 7, 2013
Naomi Goldberg can hardly believe her luck.Newly married in May of this year, she and her wife Libby will welcome their first child next spring. And for the last four and a half years, she's been doing meaningful work and having fun doing it.A...

Setting priorities: Kim Stone (MS '94, MPP '93)

Jan 2, 2013
Kim Stone wants to make life in her community better. That's why she's chosen to run for public office."Over the last year or so," says Kim, "I realized that in order to have a more direct impact, I have to not just suggest policies, but actually be...

94 years of progress for women at work, but...

Jan 1, 2013
In her capacity as a member of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, Betsey Stevenson took over the White House's I Love Charts blog on August 26, Women's Equality Day, to post a series of graphs about women's progress in the...
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Washington Post quotes Betsey Stevenson on fiscal cliff deal

Dec 25, 2012
The Washington Post reports that it is unlikely that Democrats and Republicans will reach a deal an agreement on the looming fiscal cliff before Jan. 1. In what the article refers to as a "remarkable turnaround," Democrats want to make permanent the...
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