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Raimi: Americans are often scared of climate migrants

Aug 7, 2024 CoreLogic
Kaitlin Raimi, Ford School professor, discussed how climate change communications color how people view climate migrants. She explained, climate migration is "people moving because of climate change," either catastrophic events or slower effects...
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Rabe explains Tim Walz's position on climate and energy

Aug 6, 2024 Axios
Barry Rabe, Ford School professor, explained in an Axios article what Tim Walz's positions are on climate and energy issues. Rabe said that Walz "would be very comfortable talking about this and championing how he's reinvented or repositioned his...
Barry Rabe
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Rabe explains appeal of Harris Walz ticket for environmentalists

Aug 6, 2024 Inside Climate News
Barry Rabe, Ford School professor and environmental policy specialist discussed the meteoric rise of Tim Walz to the national democratic ticket. Rabe said it is Walz's "style and approach that vaulted him from relative obscurity nationally."...
Barry Rabe
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Stevenson: Risk of a recession is pretty low

Aug 6, 2024 CNN
Ford School professor Betsey Stevenson talked with CNN and discussed the outlook for the economy. She said, "What I see is an economy that has been slowing down for the last year." She said that the news about the economy on Friday was not very big...
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ASPIRE program bridges research and real-world impact

Aug 6, 2024
When Chaelee Farquarson learned about the Applied Social Policy Internship and Research Experience (ASPIRE), she applied out of curiosity. As a rising senior studying psychology at Spelman College, much of her research was theoretical.“I was drawn...
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PPIA JSI 2024: Students, faculty, and staff in their own words

Aug 5, 2024
Every year looks a little bit different, but the students are always smart, caring, and dynamic, said Alex Ralph, a teaching professor who just finished up his 12th summer with the Ford School’s Public Policy & International Affairs (PPIA) Junior...
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Ali: Always need a partner in prisoner swaps, Türkiye stepped up

Aug 2, 2024 TRT World Now
Ford School Professor Javed Ali explained the importance of the prisoner swap with Russia in such turbulent times, he said "I don't think it is going to have an impact in terms of the significant tension between the US and Russia, but yes I do agree...
Headshot of Javed Ali in Weill Hall's 2nd floor hallway
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Three assassinations by Israel in other territories - Ali

Aug 2, 2024 ABC Australia
Javed Ali, Ford School professor, talked with ABC Australia about the assassinations carried out by Israel, he said "The targeted killings of Fuad Shukr in Beirut and Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran this week do not represent a new methodology for Israel...
Headshot of Javed Ali at Weill Hall's 4th floor Whitman Lounge
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Rabe on Governor Josh Shapiro's position and image on fracking

Aug 2, 2024 Politico
Barry Rabe, Ford School professor, talked with Politico about the possibility of Governor Josh Shapiro "fixing" Kamala Harris's image and policy on hydraulic fracking should he join her ticket. Rabe said “Shapiro has found a way to play good cop and...
Barry Rabe
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Ali on how Iran may respond to Israel's strike against Hamas leader

Aug 1, 2024 ABC Australia
Javed Ali, Ford School professor, described the significance of the recent strikes in the middle east following the death of one of Hamas's leaders, Fuad Shuku. Ali said,  "the region is already so volatile, as we've seen, even outside the...
Headshot of Javed Ali in Weill Hall's 2nd floor hallway
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Wolfers on benefits of raising Michigan minimum wage

Jul 31, 2024 The New York Times
Ford School professor, Justin Wolfers, explained the benefits of the phase in period for the raised Michigan minimum wage, saying that this period is "so businesses have a long time to adapt.” Wolfers also said, “perhaps businesses have a bit of...
Justin Wolfers
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Shaefer on new guaranteed income study findings

Jul 30, 2024 Ms. magazine
Luke Shaefer, Ford School professor and director of Poverty Solutions, commented on the new findings of a study on guaranteed income programs. Shaefer said from the results of this study, “We can rule out the idea that if you give people money, they...
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Ali on possible escalations after Hezbollah attack kills children

Jul 29, 2024 WJR
Javed Ali, Ford School professor talked about the possibility of a two front war between Israel and Hamas and Hezbollah, after Hezbollah denied responsibility for an attack which killed twelve children. Ali said, "I don't believe that Hezbollah...
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Dominguez explains "maximum employment"

Jul 29, 2024 Marketplace
Ford School professor Kathryn Dominguez talked on market place about what the term "maximum employment" means and what and what it means for our economy. She said “It doesn’t necessarily mean that everybody is employed,” instead, “It means that...
Kathryn Dominguez speaks to prospective students at the Ford School's Spring Preview
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Dominguez: What is “maximum employment”?

Jul 29, 2024 Marketplace
Kathryn Dominguez, Marketplace: Generally speaking, if more and more people are employed and the unemployment rate drops and drops further, companies may have trouble finding workers, and they’ll raise wages to attract them. That would increase...
Kathryn Dominguez speaks to prospective students at the Ford School's Spring Preview
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Ali discusses possible perpetrator of attacks on French trains

Jul 26, 2024 PBS NewsHour
Ford School professor and counterterrorism expert, Javed Ali talked on PBS about the attack on French trains ahead of the Olympic opening ceremony. He said the attack had "interesting features, obviously, deliberate sequence for multiple trains to...
Headshot of Javed Ali at Weill Hall's 4th floor Whitman Lounge
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Ali comments on steps taken to protect Olympic opening ceremony

Jul 26, 2024 CBC
Ford School professor Javed Ali, discussed what measures would need to be taken to keep the Olympics safe after the rail attacks in Paris I would have to assume they further intensified the existing security posture" to make it safe for the opening...
Headshot of Javed Ali at Weill Hall's 4th floor Whitman Lounge
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A sustainable approach for a fairer future - Stevenson

Jul 25, 2024
At the AGSM 2024 Professional Forum hosted by the University of New South Wales in Australia, Ford School professor Betsey Stevenson gave the keynote address on sustainable leadership and how it can help address the world’s most complex problems....
Betsey Stevenson
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STPP awarded MIDAS grant to advance equitable AI research

Jul 23, 2024
A research project from the Ford School’s Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) program was selected by the Michigan Institute for Data and AI in Society (MIDAS) as part of its 2024 Propelling Original Data Science grants to accelerate...
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