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U-M Ford School welcomes renowned scholars and former city leaders

Aug 22, 2024

The Ford School successfully grew our faculty in 2024, bringing in experts to deepen our focus on early childhood education, health and aging, better government, and criminal justice policy. Additionally, we welcomed distinguished policymakers in...

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Support for carbon capture positive overall, but varies by group and aspect of technology

Aug 22, 2024

A range of technical and policy approaches are being considered to mitigate global climate change. Whether and how these approaches are prioritized or abandoned often depends directly on public approval.For one such technology—carbon capture and...

Aid & Development

Making International Development More Locally Led and Sustainable: A Practical Skills-Building Workshop

Sep 16, 2024, 11:30 am-12:45 pm EDT

Weill Hall 1110

The International Policy Center (IPC) is hosting this workshop as part of its Aid & Development series. At Aid & Development events, students build practical skills for future international development careers.

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Ford School celebrates University of Michigan legends

Aug 21, 2024

This fall, the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy is celebrating the careers of core faculty members: Paul N. Courant, Alan V. Deardorff, Edie Goldenberg, Barry Rabe, Carl Simon, Susan Waltz, and Janet Weiss.At a special event in mid-September,...

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Visiting faculty

Lori Lightfoot

Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence

Lori Lightfoot served as Chicago's mayor from 2019-2023. She is the second woman, first Black female and first openly gay person in that role. Before becoming mayor, Lightfoot served as senior equity partner in the Litigation and Conflict Resolution…

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Unequal Treatment Revisited: IHPI director helps renew focus on health care inequities

Aug 19, 2024

New National Academies report "Ending Unequal Treatment: Strategies to Achieve Equitable Health Care and Optimal Health for All" finds little progress in advancing health care equity, and presents recommendations to interveneA landmark report that...

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'Populist economics is the antidote to corporate avarice,' says Stevenson

Aug 20, 2024

Betsey Stevenson's commentary in Bloomberg this week highlights what happens when businesses make it hard for consumers to find low prices. Often, consumers don't have the time or energy to negotiate for discounts or insist on a refund and end up...

Ford School Fall Launch 2024

Aug 27, 2024, 4:00-5:30 pm EDT

Weill Hall Courtyard

Students, faculty, and staff: Join Dean Celeste Watkins-Hayes and the entire Ford School community in celebrating the beginning of the year and welcoming both old and new faces to Weill Hall. Food and festivities kick off at 4:00 p.m. in the courtyard, with remarks by the dean at 5 p.m.

Ford School students smiling and posing for a photo

Ford School alumni reception @ the APPAM conference

Nov 21, 2024, 7:00-8:30 pm EST

Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center Room: Azelea 1

Network, socialize, and connect with Ford School alumni, faculty, and friends!

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STPP weighs the costs of new policing technologies

Aug 20, 2024

Policing technologies are increasingly being used to surveil the public with the stated goal of making communities safer and decreasing crime.New policy briefs from the Ford School of Public Policy’s Science, Technology, and Public Policy program...

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