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Greetings from the Dean - The Briefing, November 2022

Nov 17, 2022
Dear friends,  It’s been a wonderful, lively semester at the Ford School. So many of you have offered encouragement and support as I’ve had the honor of serving as interim dean. I’m so grateful! My faculty and staff colleagues have worked hard...
Celeste Watkins-Hayes

SAC town hall

Nov 30, 2022, 11:30 am-12:50 pm EST
1120 Weill Hall (Annenberg Auditorium)
We want to hear from you! Join the Student Affairs Committee—a sponsored student organization at the Ford School—for a town hall. 
students in the Annenberg room
In the Media

Bednar on Trump's influence in 2022 election

Nov 16, 2022 The New York Times
Jenna Bednar, The New York Times: "(Trump’s allure) has faded in many states. Even before the election, we saw signs of voter exhaustion with all things Trump. Here in Michigan, in the final weeks of the campaign many Republican candidates...
Jenna Bednar
In the Media

Ali provides insight on school threats

Nov 15, 2022 WXYZ Detroit
Javed Ali, WXYZ Detroit: "In advance of significant anniversaries, especially inside the U.S., we would really raise the security levels. We have to adopt the, ‘See something, Say something’ mantra or model that has become the post-9/11...
Headshot of Javed Ali at Weill Hall's 4th floor Whitman Lounge, speaking to someone off camera
In the Media

El-Sayed discusses "tripledemic"

Nov 15, 2022 America Dissected
Abdul El-Sayed, America Dissected: "If you talk to any pediatrician, there’s one big thing on their mind, RSV. Short for respiratory syncytial virus, RSV is a common virus that can cause serious illness and even death in young children. And that’s...
Photo of Abdul El-Sayed in front of a classroom of Ford School PPIA fellows
In the Media

El-Sayed analyzes results of midterms

Nov 15, 2022 Detroit Metro Times
Abdul El-Sayed, Detroit Metro Times: "Democracy was decidedly on the ballot these midterms. Dozens of election deniers were running for seats involving elections administration. Several won, just not in communities where they can influence important...
Abdul El-Sayed
In the Media

Wolfers compares corporate profits and inflation

Nov 15, 2022 NPR
Justin Wolfers, NPR: "Corporations have celebrated higher prices in their earnings calls ever since the history of the earnings call. Blaming inflation on greed is like blaming a plane crash on gravity. Corporations have always tried to raise prices...
Justin Wolfers
Adjunct faculty

Nirupama Rao

Sanford R. Robertson Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
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Nirupama Rao is an assistant professor of business economics and public policy at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business. Her research concerns the economic effects of fiscal policy, focusing on the impact of policy on firm production, investment and…
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