Ford School alum Kathleen Mogelgaard (MPP '04) presented at a University of Michigan Alumni Association Lifelong Learning event held in Washington, DC. The topic of this April 7 event was "Sustainability in Public Policy" and included guest speakers...

Susan M. Dynarski and Brian A. Jacob received a $250,000 grant from the Smith Richardson Foundation to study charter schools in Michigan. Over the next two years Dynarski and Jacob will conduct a rigorous, Michigan-wide analysis of the effect of...

Research by Robert Axelrod was highlighted in a Defense Systems article called, "The wetware problem: Humans still the weakest link in network security."The article recaps a presentation Axelrod made at the Department of Defense Intelligence...

Elisabeth R. Gerber, Chris Miller (DDA director and economic development coordinator for the city of Adrian), and Daniel P. Gilmartin (CEO and executive director of the Michigan Municipal League) penned an op-ed for the Detroit Free Press called,...

Joe Schwarz was cited in a Detroit Free Press column called, "Brian Dickerson: A pragmatist's radical vision—Rick Snyder has a messianic faith in markets and metrics."In the column, Dickerson described three recent decisions by the Snyder...

A bronze statue of Michigan-native President Gerald R. Ford was dedicated in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. Ford, the nation's 38th president, was memorialized for his bipartisan leadership following President Richard Nixon's resignation and the...

Research by Brian A. Jacob was cited in a Wall Street Journal Ideas Market blog called, "Gun Shows Don't Increase Crime, Study Finds."In Jacob's forthcoming paper, "The Short-Term and Localized Effect of Gun Shows: Evident from California and...

Brian A. Jacob was quoted in a Crain's Detroit Business article about Governor Snyder's plan to change Michigan's teacher performance evaluation system to one based on clear performance metrics.Snyder's plan calls for a new statewide system of...

Research by David Harding's was referenced in a CBS Detroit news story called "Unmasking Youth Violence."Harding's research, published in the 2010 book "Living the Drama: Community, Conflict, and Culture Among Inner City Boys," explores the patterns...

Kathryn M. Dominguez was quoted in the Sunday Business Post Online in an article about the decreasing value of the U.S. dollar.With the recent drop in the dollar's value to its lowest point in over a year, opinions are differing on how this change...