Technology writer and podcaster Kara Swisher will join the Ford School for the Fall 2025 semester as a Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation Policymaker in...

On an ABC Australia review on the current economic state of the U.S. and the outlook on what's to come for business owners and CEOs. the Ford School's Justin Wolfers stated the Trump Administration's economic policies have "raised the possibility...

Jazz musician Etienne Charles is combining his musicianship and passion about climate change and its impacts on vulnerable communities worldwide. Charles came to the Ford School January 17, 2025 and spoke with the Catherine Hausman, about the ways...

The Ford School will host a special screening of Oscar-nominated documentary SUGARCANE at the Michigan Theatre on Monday, April 14, followed by a Q&A with filmmakers Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie.SUGARCANE follows an investigation into the...

Planned gifts and endowments have tremendous power and leave a lasting legacy. Like savings, they're investments in the future and have a great impact for years to come.

Two second year master’s students, Hope Wang (MPP ‘25) and Julia Johnson (MPP ‘25), have been selected from a competitive pool of applicants for the Ford School’s prestigious 2025 Riecker Fellowship. They are spending the winter semester in...

In an effort to spark democratic engagement on college campuses, the University of Michigan’s Ford School of Public Policy and the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy co-hosted the Big Ten Democracy Summit in February. More than 150...

A University of Michigan professor offers insights on the Trump administration’s plans to cut the Social Security Administration workforce.Pamela Herd is the Carol Kakalec Kohn professor of social policy at the Ford School of Public Policy and a...

Ford School professor Jonathan Hanson says that "voters have largely felt the economic pain of the post-COVID inflationary period, and they're taking it out on Biden and Harris." Among other factors, this is what may have pushed latino voters to the...

Betsey Stevenson, Ford School professor and economist, talked with Michigan Public's Stateside about the claims Trump has made about Canada, she says Trump "has claimed it is because of drug trade or illegal immigration but we just don't have a lot...