A federal grant will fund a new postdoctoral training program at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and School of Education, providing fellows with rigorous training in the education research sciences.The program will train a total of five...

The Center for Public Policy in Diverse Societies is hosting a call for proposals for projects that contribute to academic research on diversity or enrich the broader community's engagement with issues of diversity. Two types of proposals will be...

Barry Rabe was quoted in a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article, "In State of the Union addresses, energy policies are bold—and familiar," that in part discusses President Obama's commitment to increasing the nation's use of clean energy to 80 percent by...

John Chamberlin was quoted in an Associated Press article about how Olympians Meryl Davis and Charlie White balance their academic pursuits with their figure skating careers.Davis and White, both students at the University of Michigan, were...

Susan M. Dynarski was quoted in a Detroit Free Press article about college-level financial aid. The article, called "More aid and debt relief set for cash-strapped college students," discusses the increased availability of financial aid—offered at...

The latest edition of the Ford School feed, an email news source for alumni and friends of the school, arrived in inboxes today.In this issue readers will hear from Alumni Board Chair Norm Bishara, watch an Out of the Blue episode featuring students...

What do Amnesty International, the U.S. Government Accountability Office, the City of Warren Michigan, and Direct Relief International have in common? They put the skills of Ford School graduate students to work. Could your organization use the...

  Two highly skilled professionals join the Ford School staff as we establish an innovative model for alumni engagement. The school's alumni relations function has been revamped and expanded to reflect our commitment to engaging Ford School alums...

Dear Alumni and Friends, Happy New Year! I am pleased to write to you with updates from the Ford School Alumni Board and provide some of the details of what you already know: Ford School graduates continue to be recognized as leaders in both the...

Professor Liz Gerber and students from the fall 2010 Applied Policy Seminar (now called Strategic Public Policy Consulting or SPPC) hit national airwaves as their work was featured on Out of the Blue, a University of Michigan-produced television...