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Gerber recognized for innovation in the classroom

Apr 29, 2019

Elisabeth Gerber, the Ford School’s associate dean for research and policy engagement, has earned a Teaching Innovation Prize for her development of ViewPoint. The simulation software enables educators to create a simulation activity in their...

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Liz Gerber recognized with Provost's Teaching Innovation Prize

Apr 26, 2019

The work of associate dean Liz Gerber is among five projects being honored with the 11th annual Provost’s Teaching Innovation Prize for innovative approaches to improving student learning. The winning projects were chosen from among 47...

Ali weighs in on the involvement of the Islamic State in recent attacks

Apr 25, 2019

The Easter bombings in Sri Lanka have been claimed by the Islamic State, despite the formal borders of the caliphate no longer holding Iraq and Syria. On April 24, 2019, Washington Post reporters Shane Harris, Ellen Nakashima, Souad Mekhennet, and...

NPR’s Michele Norris to deliver 2019 Ford School Commencement Address

Apr 24, 2019

This year the Ford School is honored to welcome noted journalist Michele Norris as the keynote speaker at the 2019 commencement for our graduating BA, MPP, MPA, and PhD students.Norris, born in Minnesota, graduated with a degree in journalism and...

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Brian Jacob honored as a Rackham Distinguished Graduate Mentor

Apr 23, 2019

Brian Jacob, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Education Policy at the Ford School, Co-Director of the Education Policy Initiative (EPI) and Youth Policy Lab (YPL), and faculty director of the Ford School’s joint-doctoral program, was named as a...

Joint-doctoral student Jasmine Simington receives two prestigious fellowships

Apr 23, 2019

On April 22, 2019, U-M’s Sociology Department announced many of its students had won competitive fellowships for the 2019-2020 year, including Ford School joint-doctoral student Jasmine Simington. Simington is the recipient of the National Science...

Former Ford School Dean Ned Gramlich's Federal Reserve Board oral history shared

Apr 22, 2019

The Gerald R. Ford School has long served at the forefront of a nexus of policy debates in the effort to raise the next generation of policymakers. Synonymous with the Ford School’s distinguished history is the late Edward “Ned” Gramlich—longtime...

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Dana Nessel, Michigan’s brash attorney general, plows through Lansing

Apr 19, 2019 BridgeMI

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Jessica Gillooly and Jieun Lee receive prestigious Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship

Apr 19, 2019

On April 18, 2019, Rackham Graduate School announced this year’s winners of their Predoctoral Fellowship, which included two Ford School joint-PhD students, Jessica Gillooly (sociology) and Jieun Lee (political science).Awarded across disciplines,...

Bias in bail: Parthasarathy cautions against new Public Safety Assessment tools

Apr 19, 2019

Tackling criminal justice reform requires a multi-pronged approach, and one of the most recent avenues gaining traction is an attempt to rework how pretrial decisions are made. The Michigan Supreme Court has its hands in this effort, launching a new...

Axelrod talks “don’t fall into the zero-sum trap” and other lessons on podcast

Apr 19, 2019

In hostile political times, it's no wonder the research into how to encourage cooperation is proving more and more alluring. On the April 11, 2019, episode of Science History Podcast, host Frank von Hippel digs into such questions with Professor...

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Daniel Raimi asks Barry Rabe: Can We Price Carbon?

Apr 19, 2019

In the April 16, 2019 edition of the Resource Radio podcast, Ford Lecturer Daniel Raimi interviewed his colleague Barry Rabe, Ford School professor and director of the Center for Local State and Urban Policy, about his book Can We Price Carbon?...

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Barry Rabe and climate change: the opinions of the 2020 Democratic hopefuls

Apr 19, 2019

While the field of 2020 Democratic presidential candidates grows and the first primaries approach, one of the top issues for the field is climate change. Since his inauguration, President Trump has reversed Obama-era environmental policies, focused...

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Sarah Mills work featured on This is Michigan

Apr 19, 2019

With bias and misinformation swirling around the consequences of wind turbine installation, local government officials are hard-pressed to find reliable information for themselves and their communities. Certainly there are tangible...

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Ford School Hosts Book Talk Promoting School Integration

Apr 17, 2019 The Michigan Daily

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Catch up on Ford School faculty news - Winter 2019 State & Hill

Apr 17, 2019

In August, John Z. Ayanian published a policy–focused article with colleagues in the New England Journal of Medicine titled “ Mitigating the risks of Medicaid work requirements.” Michael S. Barr teamed up with Howell E. Jackson and Margaret E....

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Predictive algorithms can speed up bail decisions, but not without shortcomings

Apr 15, 2019 Michigan Radio

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When retaining a young, creative workforce, Farley says urban amenities are key

Apr 12, 2019

What’s the future for Rust Belt cities? Claire Ballentine of Bloomberg News looks at revitalization projects attempting to answer this question in her April 8, 2019, piece titled “Rust Belt Turns to Munis to Breathe Life Into Old Factories,” talking...

Raimi et al. publish analysis on pro-environmental spillover behaviors in Nature

Apr 12, 2019

Assistant Professor Kaitlin Raimi co-authored a recent study published in the journal Nature Sustainability on April 9, 2019. The article addresses the presence of behavior spillover, or the likelihood that one behavioral change will lead to...

Professor Leahy's latest paper studies the economic effects of wishful thinking

Apr 12, 2019

In a new paper entitled “Wishful Thinking” published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, co-authors Andrew Caplin (a professor of economics at the New York University) and John Leahy from the University of Michigan, analyze the economic...

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Ivacko evaluates independence of Detroit's IG in lieu of Mayor Duggan investigation

Apr 12, 2019

An investigation into Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan has some questioning the impartiality of Inspector General (IG) Ellen Ha. The investigation in Mayor Duggan is looking into the appearance of preferential treatment of a nonprofit prenatal program...

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Professor Brian Jacob weighs in on proposals for Grosse Pointe public schools

Apr 12, 2019

For more than a decade, enrollment in Grosse Pointe public schools has been on the decline. As a result, most school buildings are only partially filled and the school district’s coffers lose approximately $1 million a year. Faced with budgetary...

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Catch up on classmates with "Class Notes" from the Winter 2019 edition of State & Hill

Apr 12, 2019

Alan Miller (MPP/JD ’74) spent February at the Rockefeller Bellagio Center in Italy, a wonderful experience with eleven other residents from all over the world. He is writing a memoir about his experiences working on protecting the ozone layer and...

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Barr introduces Winter 2019 State & Hill

Apr 12, 2019

In our rapidly changing world, tomorrow seems hard to predict—let alone the political, economic, and social landscapes we’ll face decades from now. But at the Ford School, we take seriously the responsibility of preparing the next generation of...

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U.S. diplomats talk Brazilian politics at Ford

Apr 11, 2019 The Michigan Daily

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Science History Podcast - Cooperation: Robert Axelrod

Apr 11, 2019 Science History Podcast

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U-M exploring possibility of hosting a 2020 presidential debate

Apr 11, 2019

The University of Michigan is exploring the possibility of hosting a presidential debate during the 2020 campaign.In an April 1 letter to the Commission on Presidential Debates, President Mark Schlissel said, “It is with great honor that the...

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Paula Lantz talks to State & Hill about new educational offerings

Apr 11, 2019

New educational offerings are coming for current and future Fordies, including a powerful new Master of Public Affairs degree and the opportunity for Master of Public Policy students to declare a concentration. Below, Paula Lantz, the Ford School’s...

Fordie Christina Cross wins sociology paper competitions

Apr 10, 2019

Christina Cross, a member of the Ford School’s joint-PhD program with sociology, earned recognition from two sociological societies for her paper, “Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Association Between Family Structure and Children’s Educational...

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Stephanie Leiser and Sarah Mills on perception versus reality in local government budgets

Apr 10, 2019

Local government officials’ assessments of their own fiscal health is often at odds with—and worse than—what their financial statements indicate, according to work done by Stephanie Leiser and Sarah Mills. The researchers note that this could be...

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