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BA in public policy application workshop

Jan 12, 2022, 5:00-7:00 pm EST
Weill Hall, Betty Ford Classroom (1110)
Applying to the Ford School's Bachelor of Arts in public policy program? Join us for an upcoming application workshop session.
Staff

Kristin Burgard

Partnerships Coordinator, Science, Technology, and Public Policy program
Kristin Burgard is the partnerships coordinator for the Science, Technology, and Public Policy program at the University of Michigan's Gerald R. Ford School of Public…

Election 20/20: Detroit to D.C.

Jan 6, 2022, 8:00 pm EST
Dean Michael Barr of the U-M Ford School of Public Policy and Detroit Free Press Editor and Vice President Peter Bhatia provide a thoughtful analysis of the issues posed by the election and its aftermath.
In the Media

Parthasarathy ponders cell "ownership"

Jan 5, 2021 NPR Planet Money
Ford School professor Shobita Parthasarathy believes that as a matter of public policy, people should have more control over what researchers can do with their cells. In a recent segment on NPR's Planet Money, she noted that you can find human...
In the Media

Wolfers argues Build Back Better is not inflationary

Dec 23, 2021 CNN
When West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin (D) announced he could not support the Biden administration's Build Back Better plan, one of the reasons he cited was the inflationary effect an injection of $2 trillion could have on the economy. Ford School...
In the Media

Ali warns of COVID-related military susceptibility to extremism

Dec 23, 2021 The Hill
As the Pentagon begins to separate out non-vaccinated personnel across different services for refusing to comply with the Defense Department’s COVID vaccine mandate, a risk exists that those people could become targets of domestic extremist...