Stephanie Parrish (BA ’11) was one of just five American college students selected to travel to Kenya with ONE, a nonpartisan, grassroots campaign and advocacy organization committed to the fight against extreme poverty and preventable disease,...

The 2009 Ford School Charity Auction hit home with amazing results, raising $12,000 for Operation Homefront. The annual charity auction, in its 12th year, is an entirely student-run event that raises money for a different local, national, or...

Robert Axelrod's book, "The Evolution of Cooperation," has been described as a "fascinating, provocative, and important book." Though the book was originally written over 20 years ago, Axelrod's ideas on cooperation—as described through game...

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An NPR Your Health segment revealed that many states do not have a defined aged at which children can be left home alone. Matt Davis discussed a University of Michigan survey on this topic and suggested guidelines for leaving children...

A feature article about Jan Svejnar appeared in the Spring 2009 LSA Wire, a publication of the U-M College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. The article describes Svejnar's academic interests, his desire to enter the realm of public service, and...

On February 25, sixty alumni from the University of Michigan and other American universities gathered in Paris to network and to learn about European and United States leadership in this time of economic crisis from Jan Svejnar, Director of the...

The Ford School Alumni Board is now accepting nominations for the 2009 Neil Staebler Distinguished Service Award. The Staebler Award recognizes a Ford School alumnus or alumna for outstanding professional achievement consistent with Neil Staebler's...

In February 2009, twenty-five graduate students from across the University of Michigan spent a week in the African country of Senegal as part of the Ford School's International Economic Development Program (IEDP). This annual program began in 1999...

For the last four years, Crain's Detroit Business has profiled twenty people under the age of twenty who are committed to empowering and revitalizing Detroit. Geoff Young, a 2007 Ford School MPP graduate, was named to Crain's "2009 Class." Young...