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U-M ranks seventh for Peace Corps Paul D. Coverdell Fellows

May 7, 2013
U-M ranks No. 7 in the nation as a Peace Corps Paul D. Coverdell Fellows university in the 2013 rankings of top Peace Corps Master's International and Coverdell Fellows graduate schools.U-M has 20 Returned Peace Corps Volunteers currently enrolled...
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Open House photo booth images online

May 3, 2013
Visit the Ford School's Flickr page to view and download photos from Friday's 2013 Graduation Open House. Directions for downloading will be in the album description field. Enjoy![Ford School on...

Assuming Success: Grant Erwin (MPP '09)

Apr 29, 2013
For seven days in September 2012, thousands of Chicago public school teachers walked off their jobs when contract negotiations with the city ground to a halt. Represented by the Chicago Teacher's Union (CTU), the striking teachers were the first in...

Yu Xie named 2013 Henry and Bryna David Endowment recipient

Apr 29, 2013
Yu Xie has been named the 2013 recipient of the Henry and Bryna David Endowment by the National Research Council's Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. The award is given annually to individuals performing innovative research in...

Axelrod to receive 2013 Skytte Prize

Apr 22, 2013
Robert Axelrod has been named the winner of the 2013 Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science. The Skytte Prize is among the most prestigious awards in political science and recognizes outstanding academics for their contribution to the...
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Urban policy-themed Spring edition of State & Hill published

Apr 22, 2013
Cities—in America and around the globe—remain vitally important in fueling economic growth, producing jobs, and cultivating innovation and creativity. This edition of State & Hill features insights into city policy from faculty, alumni, and friends...
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An engaged citizen

Apr 22, 2013
Barry Rabe on the future of CLOSUP A six-inch bobblehead of Ron Swanson, director of a fictitious Midwestern parks department in the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation, dominates the meeting table in Barry Rabe's office. The bobblehead is something...
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You can get there from here

Apr 22, 2013
RTA Board representative Elisabeth R. Gerber sees the possibilities transit can offer for Southeast Michigan-and for the region's hardest hit city Getting from Detroit to Ann Arbor is a trip in more ways than one. The two cities are 43 miles...
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All in the game

Apr 22, 2013
An interdisciplinary approach to urban policy "Aw yeah. That golden rule." -Bunk Moreland Dirty and disheveled, Dukie rocks up to his crew in an alley somewhere off Franklin Street in West Baltimore. It's the last day of a long, hot summer,...
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John Chamberlin retires, talks making a living, and making a life

Apr 22, 2013
This Saturday, John Chamberlin will board a plane for Paris. He's gearing up for new adventures in retirement. Over the past four decades, he's taught more core courses than any other faculty member at the school, served as interim and associate...
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Order maintenance in the eyes of Olmsted

Apr 22, 2013
In the center of our nation's most densely populated city - a city buffeted by noise and commerce and pollution - lies the oasis of Central Park, a lush landscape co-designed in the 1850s by America's most famous landscape architect, Frederick Law...
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Brian A. Jacob helps city schools become data driven

Apr 22, 2013
In an era of shrinking public education budgets, school districts cannot afford to make the wrong decision when they hire a teacher or cut a program. To make sure they reach the right answers, administrators are turning to Annenberg Professor Brian...
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A look back at Grutter v. Bollinger

Apr 22, 2013
Ten years after the U.S. Supreme Court heard Grutter v. Bollinger, we look back at President Ford's defense of affirmative action in higher education This June marks the 10th anniversary of the United States Supreme Court's decision in Grutter v....
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After war

Apr 22, 2013
Zouheir Al Ghreiwati looks toward the future of Syria Zouheir Al Ghreiwati's (BA '14) native land is a warzone. Hailing from Damascus, Syria, Al Ghreiwati lived in the now war-torn nation until his junior year of high school. Despite the...
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Alumna combats violence against women with GenderHopes

Apr 22, 2013
Knowledge is power for combatting violence against women "So far, there aren't reliable statistics on domestic violence in Monaco," says Vibeke Brask Thomsen (MPP/MA '06), founder and director of GenderHopes. "It doesn't mean they don't exist, we...
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Improving urban health through the power of community

Apr 22, 2013
Ruth Browne (MPP/MPH '83) just did the happy dance. She's celebrating a gift to the Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health, an institute she's directed since its founding in 1992 by the legendary African American tennis star and humanitarian. This...