Mel Levitsky supports intentions to try Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian man accused of attempting to blow up a Detroit-bound flight, in U.S. civilian courts. As Levitsky explained to the Detroit Free Press, “If a person violates our laws, he...

Updated January 5, 2010A memorial fund has been established in Kathy's honor. Learn more about the fund and how to make a contribution here.Kathy's Business School colleagues have set up a permanant web page to which people can post their memories,...

Matt Davis spoke on NPR's Tell Me More about the hard-hitting effects of the H1N1 virus on Native American communities. Davis discusses why Native Americans are up to four times more likely to be hospitalized with this...

The Ford School celebrates the achievements of the 14 students who will participate in the Winter 2009 Commencement activities having earned a degree in public policy.Olesya Tkacheva (PhD in Public Policy & Political Science) Yiwei Chen...

An article, "Deflating the Grade Inflation Scare," published on Miller-McCune.com, describes grade trend research by Paul N. Courant and Alexandra A. Killewald (PhD candidate). Courant and Killewald's research, originally published in the Journal of...

In an article called "Most back a treaty on global warming," Barry Rabe helped to explain the results of a recent USA Today/Gallup poll. The poll, which asked Americans about the need for U.S. climate change policy, produced mixed results. According...

In "To Beat Al Qaeda, Look to the East," an op-ed written for the New York Times, Scott Atran explains social structure commonalities between Al Qaeda and the Taliban and discusses how the U.S. can use these similarities to defeat violent extremism...

AnnArbor.com interviewed Ford School student Rebecca Lopez Kriss (MPP '11) about her involvement with a local networking group for young professionals, YP Underground. Lopez Kriss, a self-proclaimed "professional volunteer," is actively involved in...

Each year, the New York Times Magazine showcases ideas on research and issues that have shaped the past 12 months. Research by Dean Yang and Sharon Maccini exploring the long-term impact of early-life rainfall was selected as a "big idea" in social...

In December, Susan Dynarski gave the keynote address at a University College Dublin (UCD) conference called "Evaluating the Impact of UCD New Era Widening Participation Initiative." The conference examined the performance of this initiative in terms...