In a recent New York Times article, Barry Rabe spoke about the potential for farm groups to affect Senate negotiations on the current energy and climate bill. According to the article, the lag time between negotiations in the House and Senate might...

The Ford School is pleased to announce that two distinguished speakers will deliver addresses this fall as part of our Citigroup Foundation Lecture Series – Paul Krugman and Senator Chuck Hagel. On October 2, 2009, Paul Krugman will deliver a...

In a recent podcast, Sheldon Danziger shared his research on poverty levels and trends in the U.S. and made suggestions on what the Obama Administration could do to help bring people above the poverty line. Sheldon explained that anti-poverty policy...

Annie Maxwell (MPP '02) was one of 15 announced today as 2009–2010 White House Fellows. Selection as a White House Fellow is highly competitive and based on a record of remarkable professional achievement early in one's career, evidence of...

Kristin Seefeldt spoke to the Wall Street Journal about how the requirement to enter a job search program in order to receive welfare in Michigan is seen as a roadblock for those in need of assistance. [Read the...

The Ford School’s Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) received a W. K. Kellogg Foundation grant to survey local elected officials statewide. The Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) received a 12-month W. K. Kellogg...

Megan Piersma, the Ford School's Student Services Program Coordinator, was awarded a 2008 U-M Distinguished Diversity Leadership Award for her work with the Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) Junior Summer Institute.Megan coordinates the...

Shobita Parthasarathy participated in an NPR interview on intellectual property and gene patents as part of the Kojo Nnamdi Show on DC's NPR station, WAMU. The NPR panel was set up in response to a suit that was recently filed by the ACLU and other...

Skye Stewart (MPP ’10) wrote her op-ed “State constitutional conventions bolster democracy” for a Ford School class taught by Professor John J.H. Schwarz called “Topics in Public Policy: The Legislative Branch, Structure, and Current...

Matt Johnson wrote his op-ed, “Michigan can safely reduce prison population with planning,” during his time as the Upson-Miller Fellow with the Citizens Research Council of Michigan. Matt is currently pursuing his master’s in public policy at the...