In February 2009, twenty-five graduate students from across the University of Michigan spent a week in the African country of Senegal as part of the Ford School's International Economic Development Program (IEDP). This annual program began in 1999...
For the last four years, Crain's Detroit Business has profiled twenty people under the age of twenty who are committed to empowering and revitalizing Detroit. Geoff Young, a 2007 Ford School MPP graduate, was named to Crain's "2009 Class."
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Robert Axelrod's book, "The Evolution of Cooperation," has been described as a "fascinating, provocative, and important book." Though the book was originally written over 20 years ago, Axelrod's ideas on cooperation—as described through game...
Each year, the University Record features stories of outstanding graduates in its pre-commencement issue. Beard was chosen as a representative of the Ford School's first undergraduate class because, according to Robert Axelrod, "The clarity, depth...
Blank was the Dean of the Ford School for nine years and was also co-director of the National Poverty Center; she is currently the Robert S. Kerr Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. The Under Secretary for Economic Affairs is in charge of...
Each year, The Statement profiles the "top headline makers and movers-and-shakers on campus" for the ending academic year. C.J. Lee, a first year MPP student, was recognized for his dedication and leadership as a walk-on captain of the U-M...
Phi Beta KappaSeven Ford School undergraduate students were recently initiated into the University of Michigan Chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Academic Honor Society.These students were juniors Lesley Plimpton and Rochelle-Leigh Rosenberg and seniors...
Sidney Brown, an Environmental Justice dual degree student, and seven School of Natural Resources peers were named 2008-2010 fellows because they show outstanding promise as future leaders in nonprofit or governmental conservation.
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U-M students invited to present their strategy for making comprehensive health curricula available as open educational resources (OER) to healthcare educators and students.Nejay Ananaba, School of Dentistry; Stephanie Munz, School of Dentistry; Matt...
What Does the Future Hold for the US-Brazil Relationship?Question: In a report released earlier this month entitled "A Second Chance: US Policy in the Americas," the Inter-American Dialogue said "neither Brazil nor the United States is yet ready to...
The Journal of Labor Economics (JOLE), published by the University of Chicago Press, is the top economics field journal that disseminates research related to the economics of education and employment. The Journal's contributors investigate various...
Nearly 200 Ford School and campus community members visited the school on March 12 as graduate and undergraduate students presented poster versions of some of the most exceptional student research and policy work completed over the past year.Ford...
Jan Svejnar and Marina v.N. WhitmanTwo Ford School faculty with deep expertise in economic policy were interviewed this semester in multimedia news releases produced by U-M News and Information Services.Jan Svejnar, the runner-up in last year's...
A new book by the Ford School's Kristin S. Seefeldt was featured in a recent edition of Dome magazine, an online publication that covers politics and policy in the State of Michigan.Seefeldt (MPP '96) is a Research Investigator at the Ford School...
Clay Sherkey, author of Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations, described Robert Alexrod's research on the evolution of cooperation as a potential answer to key questions about commerce and security on the...
On February 25, sixty alumni from the University of Michigan and other American universities gathered in Paris to network and to learn about European and United States leadership in this time of economic crisis from Jan Svejnar, Director of the...
Melvyn Levitsky, a member of the International Narcotics Control Board (ICNB), highlighted the success of multilateral drug control in recent years and discussed the need for further system improvements. According to the press release, a key report...
Faith Vlcek, a University of Michigan employee for over ten years, was killed in a car accident on February 10, 2009. Faith was currently serving as a Program Administrator for the International Policy Center at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public...
Greetings! I am very pleased to introduce The Ford School Feed – a new electronic publication designed to link our alumni and friends around the world to news and information about our community. We expect to distribute The Feed about four times per...
Gary Graca, Nate Sandals and Ben Simon discovered a comforting community when they joined the staff at The Michigan Daily. Common interests and a dedication to informing the University of Michigan campus quickly came to characterize The Daily's...
Newville, a 2008 MPP graduate, co-authored the article "In D.C., Opening Doors Even in Tough Times." The op-ed piece discusses options for low- and moderate-incomes families who are interested in purchasing homes in high-cost areas. Newville and...
As a second-year MPP student at the Ford School, John Schurrer expected to be knee-deep in data when his summer internship with Santa Barbara, California-based nonprofit Direct Relief International (DRI) began in early May. Less than three weeks...
In September 2007, University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman issued a challenge to spur support for graduate and professional education: she committed the University to making a one-to-two match for any size gift (up to $1 million) that...
The New York Times 8th Annual Year in Ideas features the research and issues that have shaped the past 12 months. Dynarski's paper explored "academic redshirting"—the idea of holding children, especially those in Kindergarten, back one...
