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Biegun’s talk on denuclearization efforts in North Korea catches international attention

Sep 10, 2019

Last week, Stephen Biegun (LSA ’86), U.S. special representative to North Korea, discussed the United States’ denuclearization efforts with North Korea during the Ford School’s Weiser Diplomacy Center launch series. Biegun emphasized the United...

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Borrowing student loans leads to higher academic performance, Dynarski explains

Sep 10, 2019

The threat of crippling debt creates hesitancy when students decide whether to borrow student loans. But recent research reveals that students who took out more student loans were less likely to default, had higher academic performance, and more...

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How has Michigan fared in Trump’s economy?

Sep 8, 2019 MLive

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Taking Out a Student Loan Is Better Than Dropping Out

Sep 6, 2019 The New York Times

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InternGram: Kyle Jarrett MPP ‘21

Sep 6, 2019

This summer students were scattered around the country and across the globe getting first-hand professional experience during their summer internships. Students are sharing their experiences through InternGrams, a recap of the what, where, and wow...

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InternGram: Tanvangi Tiwari MPP ’20

Sep 6, 2019

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Yasmeen Dohan: The threat to our democracy isn’t Citizens United

Sep 5, 2019 The Michigan Daily

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Withdrawing from the Flores Agreement could keep immigration lawyers in dark, Vieux says

Sep 5, 2019

Immigration policy has been rapidly changing for the past few years. From increasing caseloads to fast-paced legal changes and their implications on clients, immigration lawyers have a lot to juggle. The recent challenge to the Flores Agreement,...

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‘Nudging’ Looked Like It Could Help Solve Key Problems in Higher Ed. Now That’s Not So Clear.

Sep 4, 2019 The Chronicle of Higher Education

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When it comes to borrowing for college, it pays to do homework

Sep 3, 2019 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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With Grand Challenges come great responsibility, warns Weiss

Sep 3, 2019

Grand Challenges are a growing trend at public research universities, but faculty are faced with increased demands on their research efforts with these new initiatives. The quantity and structure of these larger-than-life initiatives can be...

Welcome, and welcome back, Fordies!

Sep 3, 2019

A letter from Dean Michael S. Barr to the Ford School communityDear friends,Good afternoon! My warmest greetings as we officially launch the 2019-2020 academic year. I’m incredibly excited to see our community come back together and to welcome our...

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Transformational research leading to evidence-based policymaking: fall 2019 faculty news

Sep 3, 2019

With so many wonderful faculty returning, and several new faces joining the Ford School, the stage is set for a great academic year. Our excellent leadership team remains in place: Paula Lantz is the associate dean for academic affairs, Elisabeth...

Parthasarathy talks algorithms place in the criminal justice system

Sep 3, 2019

Algorithms are making their way into public systems. They serve to make data-based, automated decisions when applied to public system models, but those computerized decisions don’t come without bias or ethical implications. In the podcast series...

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Weiser Diplomacy Center to host prominent speakers in new series this fall

Sep 2, 2019 The Michigan Daily

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New Oakland exec David Coulter: No one can replace L. Brooks Patterson

Aug 29, 2019 The Oakland Press

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InternGram: Avril E. Prakash MPP/MBA ‘21

Aug 29, 2019

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Barr reflects on experience working with Sen. Warren

Aug 29, 2019

Presidential campaign season brings about many profile pieces on candidates, assessing personalities and backgrounds as a match for the Oval Office. In once such piece published August 27 by the Associated Press’ Sharon Cohen titled “Elizabeth...

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New U-M speaker series to feature Hillary Clinton, Samantha Power in Ann Arbor

Aug 27, 2019 Click on Detroit

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Hillary Clinton among speakers launching University of Michigan’s Weiser Diplomacy Center

Aug 26, 2019 MLive

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Slate of prominent speakers launches Weiser Diplomacy Center

Aug 26, 2019

A lecture by Stephen Biegun, U.S. special representative for North Korea, will kick off a series of talks planned for the fall at the new Weiser Diplomacy Center housed at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of...

InternGram: Katharine Anderson BA ‘20

Aug 22, 2019

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Seefeldt joins Poverty Solutions as new associate faculty director

Aug 20, 2019

In some ways, Kristin Seefeldt’s (MPP '96, PhD '10) career will come full circle this fall as she takes on a new role as associate director for educational programs at the University of Michigan’s Poverty Solutions. Seefeldt served as assistant...

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Marianne Udow-Phillips: State should focus more urgently on public health

Aug 20, 2019 Crain's Detroit Business

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These Detroit doctors help people with no insurance, high deductibles

Aug 20, 2019 Detroit Free Press

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EpiPen maker Mylan, Pfizer's Upjohn off-patent drug business to merge

Aug 20, 2019 USA Today

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Barr discusses fate of CFPB with CNBC

Aug 19, 2019

The fate of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is currently at the discretion of the Supreme Court. Hearing the case and a subsequent ruling would have big ramifications for consumers (i.e. all Americans), and likely on Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s...

Ali proposes a commission to fight domestic terror

Aug 16, 2019

Javed Ali, Towsley Policymaker in Residence, joined with colleague Josh Kirshner to write an op-ed urging the creation of an anti-domestic terrorism commission, like the one established after 9/11. In the CNN piece titled “We need a 9/11...

David Morse offers glimpse into his Values & Ethics course in Washington Post

Aug 16, 2019

In David Morse’s “Values & Ethics: Lying & Public Policy” course he assigns students to develop a lie with a political agenda. In a perspective for The Washington Post titled “I teach my college students to lie. Honestly. Whoppers. It’s good for...

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Hills draws parallel between Biden and Jeb Bush

Aug 16, 2019

After attending the democratic presidential debates in Detroit at the end of July, Rusty Hills, lecturer at the Ford School, shared some thoughts in The Detroit News about parallels between current frontrunner Joe Biden and 2016 republican primary...

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