Assistant Professor Joshua Hausman has won the 2013 Allan Nevins Prize in American Economic History for his dissertation titled "New Deal Policies and Recovery from the Great Depression."The Nevins Prize recognizes the best dissertation in U.S. or...

Marina v.N. Whitman has been selected as a member of the 2013 class of the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame. Honorees are chosen based on their service and accomplishments which have significantly advanced the status of women.Whitman was selected for...

The Ford School is delighted to welcome five new members to its faculty, starting this fall: Anmol Chaddha, Catherine Hausman, Joshua Hausman, Mara Otstfeld, and Joy Rohde. Anmol Chaddha Anmol Chaddha is a Michigan Fellow and an assistant professor...

Zachary Petroni (BA '13) is one month into his study of the relationship between conservation governance and human rights in Kenya. Petroni was interviewed by the Michigan Daily about his experience so far and his overall objectives.Petroni is the...

The Center for the Education of Women (CEW) has named the Ford School's Adrienne Call (MPP/MSW '13), Colleen Campbell (MPP/MA '14), and Kristin van Ausdal (MPP '14) among its 2013-14 scholarship recipients.The CEW Scholarship Program for returning...

The Detroit Free Press reports that new census data for Michigan shows an increase in households receiving retirement pay, while overall household income and poverty rates remain stagnant. Sheldon Danziger, former director of the National Poverty...

After months of debate over a potential taper, Chairman Bernanke announced that the Fed will hold off tightening the quantitative easing policies enacted after the Great Recession.A Washington Times article quoted Ford School economist Justin...

Sheldon H. Danziger's New York Times op-ed, "The Mismeasure of Poverty," suggests that the recent Census Bureau report on the 2012 U.S. poverty rate—at 15 percent—is inaccurate because it doesn't reflect the value of poverty interventions like food...

A photo of Senator Debbie Stabenow earns top prize in President Ford button contest....

Join us for a Citi Foundation Lecture, "What's gone wrong in Washington, and why it doesn't have to be this way," with Senator Olympia Snowe at 4:00 p.m....