| Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Ford School alumni reception @ APPAM

Nov 17, 2022, 7:00-8:30 pm EST

Washington Hilton (Room: Lincoln East)

Alumni reception in Washington, DC

Students and alumni networking at the Ford School's DC trip

The global implications of the war in Ukraine

Oct 13, 2022 1:28:51

A panel of former ambassadors hosted by the Weiser Diplomacy Center and the American Academy of Diplomacy will focus on the implications of the war in Ukraine globally and for NATO, Europe, Russia and China. October, 2022.

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University of Michigan partners with Google to offer job-ready tech skills program in public policy and data science

Oct 13, 2022

A new flexible online training program on data science will prepare job-seekers in Michigan and beyond to quickly enter one of the fastest-growing labor markets and advance their careers. Christopher Brooks, assistant professor of information,...

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Paid international internships expand opportunities for Ford School students

Oct 18, 2022

As the spring semester came to a close in April 2022, Ford School students pursued international public policy interests around the world. In total, the Weiser Diplomacy Center (WDC) and International Policy Center (IPC) funded 16 summer...

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Michigan local government officials cite good rapport with each other and public, despite divisive discourse

Oct 13, 2022

Michigan’s local government leaders report generally good relationships among officials and residents, despite well-documented examples of coarsening discourse and antagonism in public gatherings, according to a new University of Michigan...

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Practicing diplomacy: Diplomacy Lab, winter 2022

Oct 13, 2022

For the third year in a row, University of Michigan students tackled policy-relevant questions posed by the U.S. State Department officials in Diplomacy Lab (DipLab) projects. In the Winter 2022 term, graduate and undergraduate students formed...

Savit and Burton-Harris: Pursuing justice in the prosecutor’s office

Oct 14, 2022 1:00:00

Washtenaw County Elected Prosecuting Attorney Eli Savit and Chief Assistant Prosecutor Victoria Burton-Harris present as part of the Real World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions Speaker Series. October, 2022.

PubPol 475.005

PubPol 475.005: Topics: Governance for Human Flourishing

Jenna Bednar

We are accustomed to thinking of public policy as a remedy for social ills. We notice a problem---undereducated youth, roads in disrepair, or bureaucratic hurdles to small business---and we design and implement policy to remedy the...

PubPol 475.002

PubPol 475.002: Topics: Government Regulation of Industry & the Environment

Catherine Hausman

This course examines environmental and energy policies. We discuss the sources of environmental problems and what regulations are available to remedy these problems. We also cover energy markets, including fossil fuel extraction and...

PubPol 475.001

PubPol 475.001: Topics: Policy Frameworks in National Security

Javed Ali

The decisionmaking process for national security is a complex subject that involves the intersection of several factors to include the role of the President, the National Security Council,...

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