The Michigan Public Policy Survey, conducted last spring by U-M’s Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy, found most officials are unsure about the accuracy of public safety risk assessments made by automated tools such as AI. However, sheriffs...

Five University of Michigan professors distinguished in psychology, history, life sciences, public policy and sociology are among the nearly 250 scholars chosen for the 2025 class of the American Academy of Arts and...

Ford School professor and economist, Betsey Stevenson discussed what she thinks about the impact of Airbnb's and other short term rental and their impact on the Michigan housing market. Stevenson, suggested her own solution to the problem, "If you...

Javed Ali, Ford School professor and national security expert, explained how the FBI is likely to conduct their investigation into the man who shot Donal Trump. He said, "they're going to be looking at any social media and digital presence that he...

Ford School professor and former member of the FBI Javed Ali, said that while the FBI had been able to unlock the phone of Thomas Matthew Crooks, the man who shot Donald Trump, "yes the phone theoretically has a potential to have some insight into...

Javed Ali, Ford School professor and national security expert talked about the congressional oversight hearings with the Secret Service concerning the shooting of Donald Trump. Ali said, “The hearing today unified congress on this issue because...

Ford School professor and counterterrorism expert, Javed Ali talked on PBS about the attack on French trains ahead of the Olympic opening ceremony. He said the attack had "interesting features, obviously, deliberate sequence for multiple trains to...

Ford School professor and national security expert Javed Ali explained that two members charged in the plot to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Eric Molitor and William Null, are running for office, which highlights the rise of extremism in our...

Barry Rabe, Ford School professor, talked about energy prices this summer, noting that, “Right now, in an extremely hot summer, if you’re adding 20-30 percent more electricity use because it’s so hot and it doesn’t cool off, that’s going to show up...