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Nixon resignation anniversary - "The Day that Rocked America - And Began a New Era

Aug 8, 2024, 6:30 pm EDT

Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum

President Ford’s son, Steve Ford, and the Ford Presidential Foundation executive director, Gleaves Whitney, will talk about the momentous events of August 8 and 9, 1974. Steve will share how that 24-hour period changed his family, American politics, and world history.

Ford50 essay contest

Thank you current and incoming Ford School students and recent alums!

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Gerald R. Ford wreath-laying

Jul 14, 2024, 12:00 pm EDT

Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum

Annual wreath-laying ceremony at the Ford Presidential Museum

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50 years ago, Gerald R. Ford was sworn in as the 38th president of the United States. His dedication to public service can be seen throughout his life. In many ways it’s all of you—our alumni, students, and friends—who are carrying on President...

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NASEM committee including EPI’s Christina Weiland urges changes to preschool curricula to improve equity and support high-quality early education in the U.S.

Apr 18, 2024

A new report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) lays out a new vision for high-quality preschool curricula that support equitable early education for all children. The report recommends that in the next five...

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Fifty years ago, at a time of great division and turbulence in the U.S., Gerald R. Ford was sworn in as the 38th president of the United States.President Ford's legacy is very much alive here at the Ford School of Public Policy, and we are proud to...

News

Anna Pomper (MPP '24) receives 2024 Spectrum Center award

Apr 16, 2024

Ford School graduate student Anna Verduin Pomper (MPP '24) was among four graduating University of Michigan students and a student organization recognized by the Spectrum Center for their outstanding contributions to campus. Pomper received the...

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UM study: Detroit’s Black homeowners gained nearly $3B in real estate wealth from 2014-22

Apr 16, 2024

University of Michigan Poverty Solutions study released today shows Detroit’s Black homeowners gained $2.8 billion in home valueStudy based on 9 years or recorded home sales dataNeighborhoods with highest poverty and lowest home values in 2014 saw...

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Javi Piñeiro (MPP/JD’24) participates in Next Milan Forum

Apr 16, 2024

I don't think if you had told me when I was a teenager growing up in a very rural small town in Puerto Rico that one day, still being young and a student, I would be in a position to go to a conference abroad and meet with people from all over the...

Javi Pinero standing with his conference badge at the NEXT Milan Forum in Italy organized by ISPI, Università Bocconi, and the OECD

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Bold AI policy proposals awarded at Ford + Munk case competition

Apr 22, 2024

Fifty-one students engaged on pressing AI-related policy questions during this spring’s Ford+Munk case competition. Held annually, the Ford+Munk conference has students from the Ford School and the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global...

A group of students at the annual Ford+Munk conference

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