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Catherine Hausman: Nuclear closures magnify U.S. climate challenge for Trump

Nov 18, 2016

Peter Behr, E&E News Reporter, quoted Catherine Hausman in his November 17 article, "Nuclear closures magnify U.S. climate challenge for Trump." Behr reports that up to 15 percent of U.S. nuclear reactors may shut down over the next ten years...

Schwarz urges national unity, support for successful Trump transition post-election

Nov 18, 2016

Joe Schwarz was interviewed on WBCK’s The Richard Piet Show on November 26 regarding the election. A recording of the segment can be found on WBCK’s website: “Schwarz: The election is over, support Trump.”While the outcome of the election was...

50 years of civil rights leadership: U-M honors the Reverend Jesse Jackson

Nov 17, 2016

On November 16, "50 years of civil rights leadership: A U-M symposium in honor of Rev. Jesse Jackson" drew hundreds of guests and national media coverage. After a morning panel on "Transforming the party: The enduring significance of Jesse Jackson...

Mills surveys Michigan farmers, finds wind turbines have positive impact on landowners

Nov 17, 2016

Sarah Mills of the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy surveyed more than 1,200 farm landowners throughout 14 townships in Michigan to find out how farmers are impacted by wind energy turbines on their land. Mills found landowners with wind...

Barr, a key architect of Dodd-Frank, pens CNBC op-ed on Trump's financial plan

Nov 15, 2016

Michael S. Barr’s op-ed, “Why Trump’s financial plan is so dangerous,” was published on November 14 by CNBC.Barr worries that the Trump Administration will reverse the investor and consumer protections strengthened under President Obama, as well as...

Yang on Trump immigration policies and implications for migration to the U.S.

Nov 11, 2016

Dean Yang is quoted in Max Ehrenfreund’s November 10 article for the Washington Post’s Wonkblog, “One of Trump’s policies could spark a boom in immigration from Mexico.”Ehrenfreund speculates on the effect President-elect Donald Trump’s economic...

Pay-for-success: Paula Lantz on an innovative model for population health

Nov 11, 2016

A new study led by Paula Lantz is mentioned in Elizabeth Whitman’s Novemer 9 article for Modern Healthcare: “Initiatives to improve population health are disparate and face numerous hurdles.”Lantz’s study examines a new public-private funding model...

Students, community members pack into overflow rooms for post-election analysis

Nov 10, 2016

Over 600 people filled the Annenberg Auditorium, Betty Ford Classroom, Great Hall, and at least three other classrooms around the Ford School on Wednesday, November 9 to watch a panel of professors and policymakers unpack the results of the 2016...

Ford student groups host Día de los Muertos ofrenda and vigil for Black Lives Matter

Nov 8, 2016

Students of Color in Public Policy (SCPP) and Out in Public (OIP) prepared a Día de los Muertos ofrenda, or offering, to honor victims of systemic violence and to stand in solidarity with communities battling oppression.According to SCPP: “Día de...

Michigan Radio interviews Whitman on trade liberalization and the U.S. election

Nov 8, 2016

Cynthia Canty, host of Michigan Radio’s "Stateside," interviewed Marina v. N. Whitman about trade liberalization for the November 7 segment, “Nixon advisor: Regardless of next president, ‘hard to be optimistic’ about economic future.”Like many...

"To me, it is immoral to deny children a better education" - Dynarski featured in NYT

Nov 4, 2016

David Leonhardt’s November 4 New York Times op-ed, “Schools that work,” features charter school research and commentary by Susan Dynarski, co-director of the Ford School’s Education Policy Initiative. The op-ed concerns a controversial ballot...

Place patients at the center of the acute health care system, says Ayanian

Nov 4, 2016

The acute health care system – what patients seek when they encounter an unexpected health problem – is currently plagued by "inefficiency, fragmentation, redudancy, and often long waits," write Keith E. Kocher and John Z. Ayanian in their October...

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Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan announces two research grant competitions

Nov 2, 2016

Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan has issued two requests for proposals for action-oriented research. Junior faculty small grants competition The first request for proposals is intended for junior faculty at the University of...

Susan Dynarski in NYT, “A conveyor belt of dropouts and debt at for-profit colleges”

Oct 31, 2016

Susan Dynarski, in Sunday’s New York Times, describes for-profit colleges as having “a conveyor belt of dropouts and debt.”Dynarski points out that enrollment at for-profit colleges has jumped, especially since the Great Recession, when increased...

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CLOSUP survey: Local leaders concerned about property tax appeals, "dark stores" assessing

Oct 26, 2016

Findings from the most recent Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS), published by the Ford School’s Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP), reveal broad concern by local leaders and administrators over property tax appeals. The survey...

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Students explore opportunities for meaningful engagement in the City of Detroit

Oct 26, 2016

For more than 20 years, the Ford School has organized an annual pilgrimage to Washington, DC to help students explore career and internship opportunities in our nation’s capital. This fall, the Ford School offered an additional career trip—one much...

Media on Wolfers' research: “What financial markets think of the 2016 election”

Oct 25, 2016

According to most polls, public opinion shifted in marked favor of a Clinton presidency during the first Presidential debate of 2016, which took place on September 26. Justin Wolfers, who watched the debate while observing the real-time reactions of...

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Chamberlin quoted in Michigan reporters’ investigation of Detroit school board candidates

Oct 25, 2016

“You want people who are capable of understanding pretty big numbers, and understanding what the tradeoffs are, what’s a good risk and what’s not," says John Chamberlin of a recent investigation of Detroit school board candidates that found that...

Yes to free trade, but improve trade adjustment assistance, says Whitman in The Conversation

Oct 25, 2016

"If there’s one thing that nearly all economists agree on, it’s that getting rid of trade restrictions is generally good for a country’s economy," says Marina v.N. Whitman in her October 24 piece for The Conversation, “Want to help free trade’s...

In memoriam: Eunice Burns (MPA ’70), civil servant, community leader, environmental advocate

Oct 24, 2016

We are deeply saddened to report that Eunice Burns (MPA ’70)—an Ann Arbor civil servant, a long-standing community and environmental leader, and a beloved alumna of the Ford School—passed away on October 20, 2016 at the age of 93.Burns, a mother of...

Wolfers for Brookings: “What do financial markets think of the 2016 election?”

Oct 20, 2016

The Brookings Institution published a paper by Justin Wolfers and Eric Zitzewitz on October 20: “What do financial markets think of the 2016 election?”ABSTRACTOn September 26, 2016, Hillary Clinton was regarded by post-debate polls to have defeated...

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In New York Times, Luke Shaefer discusses new policy proposal on childhood poverty

Oct 19, 2016

With a forthcoming paper on childhood poverty about to be released by the Russell Sage Foundation, Luke Shaefer spoke with New York Times Economic Scene columnist Eduardo Porter for the October 18 story, “Giving Every Child a Monthly Check for an...

Luke Shaefer delivers a talk at the Ford School

U-M attracts 262 HAIL Scholarship recipients from 52 Michigan counties in first year

Oct 17, 2016

Enrolling at the University of Michigan seemed like a far-fetched dream for Devin Raymond.Despite his 3.9 high school GPA, being the president of student council, and his involvement in choir, band, musical theater and other extracurricular...

Ford School, Survey Research Center faculty launch Youth Policy Lab to improve young lives

Oct 13, 2016

Researchers at the University of Michigan have launched a new lab designed to help state and local agencies, social service providers, nonprofits and educators improve life outcomes for Michigan youth, from birth through age 25.The Youth Policy Lab...

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Barry Rabe on the re-emergence of state trust funds in the shale gas era

Oct 7, 2016

An article by Barry G. Rabe and Rachel L. Hampton, “Trusting in the future: The re-emergence of state trust funds in the shale era.” appears in the October 2016 volume of Energy Research & Social Science. Abstract Energy-producing states...

Mills and Gore: “Public and local government leader opinions on environmental federalism”

Oct 7, 2016

An article by Sarah Mills and Christopher Gore, “Public and local government leader opinions on environmental federalism: Comparing issues and national contexts,” was published in the September 2016 issue of State and Local Government...

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"Redline with Bankole Thompson," airs live from the Ford School's great hall

Oct 7, 2016

Bankole Thompson, host of “Redline,” a public affairs program that airs daily on 910 AM Super Station Detroit, delivered a live broadcast from the Ford School on October 7. Thompson interviewed a number of guests, including Josh Rivera (MPP...

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Washtenaw Reads selects $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America, for 2017

Oct 6, 2016

$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America, by Kathryn J. Edin and H. Luke Shaefer, has been selected as next year’s pick for the Washtenaw Reads community initiative. Washtenaw Reads aims to “promote reading and civic dialogue through the...

Jacob on technology and educational equality in Journal of the Social Sciences

Oct 6, 2016

"Can technology help promote equality of educational opportunities?" a journal article by Brian Jacob, Dan Berger, Cassandra Hart, and Susanna Loeb (MPP '94), has been published in the September 2016 edition of the Russell Sage Foundation's Journal...

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U-M launches new initiative to address one of humanity's most critical problems: poverty

Oct 5, 2016

The University of Michigan has launched a new initiative to address one of humanity's most critical and seemingly intractable problems: poverty. Called Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan, the initiative will explore and test models...