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PubPol 475.006: Racial Disparities in Policing: Causes, Consequences, and Correctives

Meet together with OS 460 Racial Disparities in Policing with Professor Nick Camp (previously offered as...

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Remembering former Dean Rebecca M. Blank

Feb 20, 2023

The Ford School mourns the loss of former dean Rebecca M. Blank, an economist and educator who served in high-level U.S. government and academic positions. Her tenure as dean from 1999-2007 was transformational: the school was officially named after...

Photo of then-dean Becky Blank and former President Gerald R. Ford, taken on the occasion of the naming of the Ford School

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Diversifying the STEM pipeline: Evidence from STEM summer programs for underrepresented youth

Nov 7, 2023, 12:00-12:50 pm EST

1230 Weill Hall

Underrepresentation of Black and Hispanic workers in STEM fields contributes to racial wage gaps and reduces innovation and economic growth. Billions of dollars a year are spent on "pipeline'' programs to increase diversity in STEM, but there is little rigorous evidence of their efficacy.

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Ford School lecturer brings personal touch to cherry farm

Feb 14, 2023

In 2019, Attia Qureshi started to feel something was missing from Wunsch Farms, her cherry orchard located north of Traverse City on the Old Mission Peninsula. As a child growing up in southern Michigan, she visited cider mills and cherry farms...

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Lewis addresses scholars on Inclusive History Project

Feb 13, 2023

A growing number of universities are working to critically engage with the uncomfortable truths of their institutions’ histories, including entanglements with slavery and racial discrimination. At the University of Michigan, historians, scholars...

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Ford School welcomes local and state elected officials to boost collaborative work

Feb 16, 2023

Elected officials from local, county, and state government came to the Ford School to hear about the potential for collaborations with their offices and the School’s faculty, research centers, and students. Fifteen members of the Michigan State...

Local Public Officials at the Ford School

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STPP receives Carbon Neutrality Acceleration grant, examining nuclear power

Feb 16, 2023

The Graham Sustainability Institute’s Carbon Neutrality Acceleration Program (CNAP) announced $1,160,000 in funding for six new faculty research projects. CNAP is a multi-year, multimillion-dollar program created in 2020 with a $5 million gift from...

The future of public policy in higher education: A leadership conversation

Feb 17, 2023, 2:00-3:00 pm EST

The Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley presents a special event to discuss the future of public policy in higher education featuring Ford School Dean Celeste Watkins-Hayes among other Deans of Public Policy schools.

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The Future of Public Policy in Higher Education: A Leadership Conversation

In the Media

Hanson discusses state of inflation

Feb 14, 2023 Wallet Hub

Jonathan Hanson, Wallet Hub: "The point of interest rate increases is to slow down the economy and thus cool demand. Pressure on prices thus falls. It’s effective for controlling the rate of inflation but does not come without some pain. I think the...

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Ali analyzes Chinese spy balloons with NPR Marketplace

Feb 14, 2023

In the last week, the U.S. has shot down four different objects in U.S. and Canadian airspace. One of those has been confirmed as a Chinese surveillance balloon. Javed Ali, associate professor of practice, provided his expertise to NPR Marketplace,...

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