Ford School News

Showing 1981 - 2010 of 5912 results

Publication

Stability, security at risk for half of children in shared, or doubled-up households, U-M research finds

Apr 16, 2021

Roughly half the kids in shared households may be living as “guests” in a less stable and secure environment, according to new research from the University of Michigan’s Ford School of Public Policy. The team of researchers from U-M, Cornell...

Publication

Raimi research on economic and environmental benefits of plugging orphan wells reflected in Biden infrastructure proposals

Apr 16, 2021

Hundreds of thousands--perhaps millions--of oil and gas wells in the U.S. have been walked away from by oil and gas companies over the past 150 years. Known as “orphan wells,” they represent a threat to the environment through leaking the greenhouse...

News

Ford School students examine food waste as part of U-M Carbon Neutrality Commission

Apr 16, 2021

What is the carbon footprint for all of the food the University of Michigan consumes? And how can that footprint be reduced? That was one of the many study areas the President’s Commission on Carbon Neutrality addressed in its final report,...

In the Media

Ayanian on the relationship between high blood pressure and structural racism

Apr 15, 2021 American Heart Association News

John Ayanian commented that "in well-organized health systems, we're doing a better job of monitoring and controlling blood pressure, but the U.S. has a fragmented health care system." In a recent news article, the American Heart Association cited...

In the Media

Increasing EVs will not be easy, says Rabe

Apr 15, 2021 E&E News

As the Biden administration looks to replace the federal government's fleet of cars and trucks with electric vehicles, Professor Barry Rabe commented, "This involves the entire supply chain from raw materials, including computer chips, to production...

In the Media

Stevenson discusses drop in labor force participation amongst women

Apr 15, 2021 DPTV

As part of a Detroit Public TV special segment on the brutal economic effect of the COVID-19 recession on women, Betsey Stevenson discusses the precipitous drop in female labor force participation over the last year — a shocking 57% drop, to the...

In the Media

Anti-COVID politics may not last, says Hanson

Apr 15, 2021 Holland Sentinel

In an article in the Holland Sentinel about whether or not the COVID-19 pandemic has permanently changed politics, Jonathan Hanson notes that “things do change much more rapidly in politics sometimes than we expect. Over the course of a year, the...

News

HUD competition second place for Ford School student's team

Apr 15, 2021

A team comprised of four University of Michigan graduate students from the Ford School, Taubman College, and Ross Business along with a student from Harvard University are the runners-up in the 2021 Innovation in Affordable Housing Student Design...

News

Spring 2021 update from the Ford School Alumni Board

Apr 13, 2021

Greetings Ford School alumni, The Alumni Board held its spring meeting on April 9, via Zoom. This was our third virtual meeting of the pandemic and while we have all missed coming to Ann Arbor for our meetings and the opportunities to interact...

News

U-M's Ford School to expand social policy, equity work, thanks to Kohn Charitable Trust

Apr 9, 2021

A set of gifts totaling $17 million from the Kohn Charitable Trust will establish a resource hub at the University of Michigan's Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy to catalyze interdisciplinary research on policy that promotes social equity and...

News

$750,000 Towsley Foundation grant expands Ford School Leadership Initiative

Apr 9, 2021

With a $750,000 grant from the Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation, the Ford School will grow its innovative Leadership Initiative. Launched as a pilot in the 2019-2020 academic year, the Ford School’s Leadership Initiative offers...

Ford School senior and former Fed Chair Janet Yellen

In the Media

Michigan's share of stimulus resources poses a welcome challenge, according to Leiser

Apr 8, 2021 Bridge Michigan

As the state of Michigan could receive as much as $10 billion from the Biden administration stimulus package, officials are planning how to allocate the resources in the best way. “It’s hard to exaggerate how big of a deal it is,” Brideg Michigan...

In the Media

Udow-Phillips discusses Governor Whitmer's nursing home policies during COVID

Apr 8, 2021 WDET

As of late 2020, nursing home residents accounted for one-third of Michigan's COVID-related deaths. Marianne Udow-Phillips joined NPR Detroit to discuss her research and said that "high rates [of COVID] in nursing homes was due to the population’s...

In the Media

Despite Biden's ambitious electric vehicle plan, challenges remain, says Rabe

Apr 8, 2021 E&E News

President Biden's infrastructure plan calls for $174 billion in spending for electric vehicles. Despite this ambitious plan, experts, like Barry Rabe, say that Biden's EV plan will nonetheless be difficult to implement: "However much money is in...

News

Ali leads U-M teach-out that delves into past, present of extremism, with tips for engaging conspiracy theorists

Apr 7, 2021

Online radicalism, political polarization, conspiracy theories and disinformation, and the political response to growing extremism both internationally and domestic, plus how to talk with loved ones caught in a web of conspiracy theories, are among...

In the Media

Udow-Phillips: COVID-19 surge related to youth sports

Apr 6, 2021 NBC News

“It’s not happening on the field,” Marianne Udow-Phillips said. “It’s happening in transit and afterward, when people are getting together and eating and not wearing masks. It’s happening at parties and where people are socializing.” Read the NBC...

In the Media

Daniel Raimi: Enbridge has strong incentive to keep Michigan's Line 5 flowing

Apr 4, 2021 Michigan Radio

"Growing opposition to new pipeline infrastructure could even protect Line 5’s profitability in the near-term by limiting the number of competitors able to transport oil from Alberta," said Daniel Raimi. [Enbridge] has a very strong incentive to...

News

Rabe discusses government's role in addressing climate change in NAPA spotlight

Apr 4, 2021 National Academy of Public Administration

Barry Rabe appeared in The National Academy of Public Administration's Fellow Spotlight to celebrate Earth Month. The full text of his interview is included below. How would you describe the government's role in the sustainable use of natural...

In the Media

Cooney and Shaefer: Pandemic shows government matters

Apr 4, 2021 Bridge Michigan

Patrick Cooney and Luke Shaefer write an opinion for Bridge Michigan. "While a lot of people are hurting right now, we have also found the data tell a pretty simple story: when government acts to buffer families by stabilizing their finances,...

News

The Conversation: Leiser backs Biden's plan to tax corporations for infrastructure improvements

Apr 2, 2021 The Conversation

In a recent opinion for The Conversation, tax policy expert Stephanie Leiser provides evidence to increase the corporate tax rate from 21% to 28% to pay for President Biden's $2 trillion infrastructure plan. This increase would still be below levels...

In the Media

Celebrating diversity appears to come at the risk of silencing continued adversity, says Alemu

Apr 1, 2021 Blavity

In his Blevity op-ed, PhD candidate Matthew Alemu wrote about two concerns that turn Vice President Kamala Harris' election as "the first" into a curse. "First, Harris must perform well because more is at stake....[If she performs poorly] her...

News

April 2021: Diversity, equity, and inclusion at the Ford School

Apr 1, 2021

Updates regarding faculty, staff, and student DEI-related activity at the Ford School Diversifying what and how we teach The Ford School launched a new predoctoral program — in partnership with a consortium of leading policy schools — that...

Publication

Surprising results in Yang study on HIV stigma in Mozambique

Mar 31, 2021

What happens when a public health program intervention actually works against the very problem it’s trying to solve? It turns out, that’s exactly the result a Ford School research team is confronting now. Ford School PhD student James Allen IV...

News

Mask use low when people visit with friends

Mar 31, 2021

While nearly all Americans use a mask at some point each week, very few consistently wear their mask during many common potentially risky activities. This is true even among adults whose older age or preexisting health conditions put them at...

In the Media

Billionaires not stepping into policy spotlight, says Tompkins-Stange

Mar 30, 2021 Vox

“Billionaires don’t have the same reverence in the eyes of the public that they had five years ago and so I think that some of their purchase in the policy process is not necessarily as palpable as it was even four or five years ago,” said Megan...

News

Panel explores disproportionate impact of pandemic on women

Mar 30, 2021

In recognition of Women’s History Month, and one year since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, University of Michigan faculty have shared diverse insights and expertise on how the pandemic has disproportionately impacted...

News

More Detroiters ‘very likely’ to get COVID-19 vaccine than 4 months ago, U-M survey finds

Mar 30, 2021 University of Michigan Poverty Solutions

Thirty-eight percent of Detroiters now say they are “very likely” to get the COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available, up from 14% who gave that response in the fall of 2020, according to a new survey from the University of Michigan. At the...

a Michigan Medicine official draws COVID vaccine serum into a needle

News

Ford School recognized again as the #1 program in social policy

Mar 30, 2021

The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan is recognized again as one of America’s top graduate programs in public affairs, according to the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings. According to the rankings, based...

In the Media

Leiser emphasizes the need to consider property taxes when moving

Mar 29, 2021 The Washington Examiner

As Pennsylvania considers legislation to cut the state's property taxes, which are some of the highest in the country, Stephanie Leiser commented that people need to consider property taxes when moving: "Every family will have different preferences...

Publication

New EPI report provides snapshot of pandemic challenges for early childhood education providers

Mar 29, 2021

Even in a steady-funded “best case” scenario, teacher turnover, decreases in enrollment, and new safety protocols strain resources and stall quality improvements. Early childhood education (ECE) centers across the country are facing unprecedented...

A parent/guardian and two young children in masks walking outdoors (Credit: Shutterstock)

Filter news