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2024 Spring Preview: Faculty panel

Apr 5, 2024 1:00:30

Ford School faculty discuss classes and life at the Ford School. March, 2024.

2024 Spring Preview: Career Services panel

Apr 5, 2024 1:01:13

Discover graduate career opportunities at the Ford School. April, 2024.

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Ford School named #4 public affairs program: #1 for social policy and #2 for policy analysis and for health policy

Apr 9, 2024

The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan is recognized again as one of America’s top graduate programs in public affairs, ranked #4 overall in the U.S., according to the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings.The...

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Giving Blueday 2024: a record-setting day of giving

Apr 3, 2024

On March 13, the Ford School community once again raised the bar for single-day donations and gathered over $47,000 in student support, as part of U-M’s annual Giving Blueday celebration.A record-setting 170 donors unlocked a $20,000 challenge gift...

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Students create public participation plan for the City of Chicago

Apr 5, 2024

By its very definition, democracy gives people a voice in the decisions that affect their communities, but the practice of incorporating citizen voices in government decisions can be complicated and challenging.Last semester, three students from the...

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PubPol 312

PubPol 312 Environmental Politics and Policy

Barry Rabe

This course is an advanced offering on environmental politics and policymaking, with a focus on the U.S. context. The course will focus most heavily in the area of climate and energy policy, though other topics may also be...

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Amy Beck Harris helps students understand the “how” of international development

Apr 4, 2024

Before becoming an academic, Ford School Lecturer Amy Beck Harris worked in international development and foreign assistance implementation across Latin America with Chemonics International, the largest international development firm that implements...

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Tour of Weill Hall

Apr 2, 2024 0:30:31

Join us for a walk around Joan and Sanford Weill Hall, home of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan.

Ibish and Miller: The Middle East crisis

Apr 3, 2024 1:19:53

The Ford School hosts a substantive policy conversation about the violence in Palestine and Israel, its broader implications, and the ways in which U.S. policy and policymakers are acting and reacting to the crisis. April, 2024.

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Renowned political scientist Richard L. Hall to retire from the University of Michigan

Apr 1, 2024

After 39 years at the University of Michigan, political science and public policy professor Richard L. Hall will retire on June 30, 2024.“Rick is an outstanding scholar and an excellent teacher and mentor who has helped guide countless numbers of...

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