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Rx Kids celebrates program's first birthday, shares milestones

Feb 7, 2025
More than 1,300 babies and families in the city of Flint have received nearly $6 million in cash prescriptions since Rx Kids launched in January 2024. A birthday bash complete with cupcakes, coloring pages, and other birthday fun, was held Jan. 29...
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Immigration policies: U-M experts can discuss

Feb 6, 2025
Immigration continues to be a priority in U.S. politics, with the federal government intensifying enforcement efforts through large-scale raids and with the transfer of certain detained migrants to Guantanamo Bay. These actions have fueled ongoing...
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Pilkauskas inducted to the National Academy of Social Insurance

Feb 5, 2025
Natasha Pilkauskas, associate professor of public policy at the Ford School, is one of 64 experts who were inducted into the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) this year. Approved by the NASI Board of Directors last week, Pilkauskas is...
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Hanson comments on the limitations Trump faces on immigration policy

Feb 4, 2025 France Info
Jonathan Hanson, professor at the Ford School, spoke with France Info on the checks and balances that persevere through the Trump administration. "The Trump administration would like local law enforcement to cooperate and identify people who are in...
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Concerns arise with Trump's director of OMB nomination - Moynihan

Feb 4, 2025 The New York Times
Donald Moynihan, professor at the Ford School, commented on President Trump's nomination for director of the Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought: “Vought is Trump’s Thomas Cromwell: the behind-the-scenes fixer who enables his master’s...
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Bagenstos on RFK Jr.'s threat to medicated abortion

Feb 4, 2025 HuffPost
With Trump's nomination for Robert F Kennedy Jr. to run the Department of Health and Human Services, many worry the drug used for medicated abortions is on the chopping block. “Under the statute that governs drug approvals, FDA is required to follow...
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The early abuses and limitations of Trump's power - Lowande

Feb 2, 2025 NPR
As President Trump rolls out slews of executive orders a day, news outlets are wondering how far Trump plans to stretch his power. Speaking with NPR, the Ford School's Kenneth Lowande offered his opinion on the multitude of executive actions taking...
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Viewing Asilomar from the Global South

Jan 31, 2025
Fifty years ago, the Asilomar Conference on Recombinant DNA convened 140 life scientists from the U.S. and the UK to anticipate potential risks in the emerging biotechnology field to help inform rules and regulations. The conference was celebrated...
Professor Shobita Parthasarathy leads a discussion in the Betty Ford Classroom
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Camara: ECOWAS departures create uncertainty

Jan 30, 2025 BBC News
As Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger depart ECOWAS, the Ford School's Kamissa Camara, a former foreign minister of Mali, tells the BBC, the formation of the Alliance of Sahelian States among Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali is "quite...
Kamissa Camara
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Resigning federal employees may be forced to work - Stevenson

Jan 29, 2025 Bloomberg
The Ford School's Betsey Stevenson spoke with Bloomberg following a recent email from the Trump administration encouraging many federal employees to resign. Some have called the offer a "buyout" though Stevenson has noted this is not the case. “If...
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Lowande: Trump "firehose" of activity is intentional

Jan 28, 2025 The Christian Science Monitor
President Trump's first week's his week’s furious pace is by design, presidential scholars say. “The fire hose is the point,” says Kenneth Lowande, a political scientist at the University of Michigan. “The point of all of it is to say he’s checked...
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Jacob questions efficiency in the use of tech in classrooms

Jan 22, 2025 The Wall Street Journal
The Ford School's Brian Jacob recently spoke with The Wall Street Journal regarding his 2023 research survey on the use of technology in classrooms. Jacob's survey was conducted among 1,000 educators and showed technology is used for completing...
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Greetings from the Dean - The Briefing, January 2025

Jan 15, 2025
Dear friends,Happy New Year! It’s a delight to see Weill Hall bustling with students once again, as classes kicked off last week. The excitement was further amplified by Secretary Pete Buttigieg's visit earlier this week. He delivered an insightful...
Celeste Watkins-Hayes