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Summer in the City has teens working up sweat for Detroit

Jul 28, 2007

Ford School student Ben Falik was interviewed by the Detroit Free Press about the service organization he co-founded, Summer in the City, "Energized, Giving Back." [U-M Affiliates can read the full, archived article through the U-M library...

Rick Hall cited in Washington Post column on legislative lobbying, "Campaign Contributions Change Priorities, Not Beliefs"

Jul 16, 2007

"The conventional view, at least implicitly, is that these donations are designed to sway candidates who win elections in the direction of groups who gave them money. Richard Hall used to think this way, too. But many years ago, Hall came to...

Allen and Lee Sinai have given $1.5 million to name the Allen Sinai Professorship of Macroeconomics

Jul 1, 2007

Allen and Lee Sinai have given $1.5 million to name the Allen Sinai Professorship of Macroeconomics, which will be a joint appointment between the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and the Department of Economics in LS&A. The gift is part of...

A new report from CLOSUP's Tom Ivacko warns that the state's negative self-image may be doing more harm than its very real economic challenges

Jun 22, 2007

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Susan M. Collins named dean of the Ford School

Jun 8, 2007

University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman and Provost Teresa A. Sullivan today announced the appointment of Susan M. Collins as the next Joan and Sanford Weill Dean of Public Policy. The five-year appointment, made in review and discussion...

Research in Action

Jun 1, 2007

Introducing a new multimedia feature from the Ford School—short video clips presenting our faculty discussing their recent research and policy activities. Our faculty are an interdisciplinary group who take seriously the implications of their work...

The National Academy of Sciences announced the election of two University of Michigan professors: Dr. David Ginsburg and James S. House

May 2, 2007

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Building Momentum in New Orleans

May 1, 2007

New Orleans knows about starting over. When the storm surge from Hurricane Katrina breached the city's levees and floodwalls, at least 1,800 people throughout the Gulf Coast died in the subsequent floods, with more than 1,500 of them in Louisiana....

Class of 2007 raises $15,000 for Student Support!

Apr 20, 2007

In the fourth year of the Ford School's class gift program, the Class of 2007 raised over $15,000 and gathered support from 70% of the graduating class. The total raised exceeded the campaign goal, as well as the amounts raised by previous class...

Shobita Parthasarathy, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Co-Director of the Science, Technology and Public Policy Program at the Ford School, has been awarded two prestigious research fellowships for the upcoming academic year.

Apr 16, 2007

The Gerald Ford School of Public PolicyUniversity of MichiganThe Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC has named Parthasarathy one of 25 residential fellows. The Max Planck Institute in München, Germany has also named...

Shobita Parthasarathy, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Co-Director of the Science, Technology and Public Policy Program at the Ford School, has been awarded two prestigious research fellowships for the upcoming academic year

Apr 16, 2007

The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC has named Parthasarathy one of 25 residential fellows. The Max Planck Institute in München, Germany has also named Parthasarathy a research fellow in residence. Candidates for...

The United States and Great Britain have taken profoundly different approaches in developing genetic testing for breast cancer

Apr 12, 2007

This has serious implications for users of health care, says University of Michigan professor Shobita Parthasarathy. [Read...

Sheldon Danziger was quoted this week in two places

Apr 4, 2007

Sheldon Danziger was quoted this week in a New York Times article, "The End of the Line as Detroit Workers Know It" (registration required) and in a commentary in the Christian Science Monitor, "The war on poverty is...

Op-ed from Richard L. Hall in Tuesday Detroit Free Press

Apr 3, 2007

A war tax would help clarify debate. [U-M Affiliates can read the full, archived article through the U-M library...

Ford School students Roland McKay and John Chin selected as 2007 Rosenthal Fellows

Apr 2, 2007

The Gerald Ford School of Public PolicyUniversity of MichiganOut of over 200 applicants from the top public policy and international relations programs in the country, two first year Ford School students were selected to spend their summers this...

Ford School Students Roland McKay and John Chin Selected as 2007 Rosenthal Fellows

Apr 2, 2007

Out of over 200 applicants from the top public policy and international relations programs in the country, two first year Ford School students were selected to spend their summers this year in Washington, DC as recipients of the prestigious Harold...

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Charity Auction 2007

Apr 1, 2007

The Spring Charity Auction is the most important student-led annual event at the Ford School. This year's was the biggest, best-dressed and most lucrative so far. Over $15,000 was raised in a single night to help fund the Direct Action Centre for...

Barry Rabe cited in USA Today story, "States work to reduce global warming"

Mar 25, 2007

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In the Media

Scott Atran was featured prominently by the New York Times Magazine in a cover article titled, "Darwin's God"

Mar 4, 2007 New York Times Magazine

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Barry Rabe was quoted by the Chicago Tribune

Mar 2, 2007

Barry Rabe was quoted in a March 2 article titled "Big business sweats climate change laws." [U-M Affiliates can read the full, archived article through the U-M library...

Barry Rabe was interviewed on NPR's Talk of the Nation for the story, "What Will it Cost to Fight Global Warming?"

Feb 22, 2007

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Rebecca Blank testified at the House Financial Services Committee hearing, "The State of the Economy, the State of the Labor Market, and the Conduct of Monetary Policy"

Feb 16, 2007

Read Blank's full testimony. Her testimony was cited in a story on NPR's Marketplace.[Read...

Barry Rabe was quoted in the Columbus Dispatch article, "Too many people, not enough earth: scientists debate how much population the world can sustain"

Feb 13, 2007

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Ford School celebrates Lunar New Year

Feb 13, 2007

Normally a place for quiet study, the 3rd floor reading room in Weill Hall was full of activity this past February 13th. Dozens of students packed in among tables laden with Asian foods, mahjong games, and cultural poster displays for two hours to...

Annual D.C. trip connects students, alumni

Feb 1, 2007

Ann Arbor lies a short distance by air from a key hub of the public policy world in Washington, DC. Each February the Ford School's Graduate Career Services Office organizes a trip aimed at tapping, strengthening, and expanding the network of Ford...

Justin McCrary's work was featured in the Slate.com article, "The Irrational 18-Year-Old Criminal: Evidence that prison doesn't deter crime"

Jan 30, 2007

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University of Michigan announces search for next Joan and Sanford Weill Dean of Public Policy

Jan 2, 2007

Established in 1914 as the Institute of Public Administration, the Ford School became the School of Public Policy in 1995 and was re-named in honor of President Gerald R. Ford in 1999. The Ford School has experienced unprecedented growth over the...

Weill Hall entrance with "Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy" etched into the glass

IPE 2007 Takes on IMF / World Bank Reform

Jan 1, 2007

In early January of each year the Ford School runs a distinctive policy simulation called the Integrated Policy Exercise. All current students are required to participate by researching and representing the role of a particular stakeholder within a...

The Ford School mourns the passing of our namesake, President Gerald R. Ford

Dec 26, 2006

The Ford School community has been enriched by our connections with President Ford. His name is symbolic of those things we most want our students to learn: a commitment to the common good and to the effective design and implementation of policy....

Barry Rabe discusses the Supreme Court case, Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at an AEI panel

Nov 21, 2006

On November 29, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In this much-watched case—part of a broader campaign for the regulation of carbon dioxide—several states and environmental...

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