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Internship field report, Nadia Vandergriff @ World Bank, Global Climate Change Policy

Jun 14, 2016

As a dual degree student with SNRE [the School of Natural Resources and Environment] and Ford, I am interested in pursuing a career in international development within the context of climate change as a complex environmental, social, and political...

Melvyn Levitsky in The Conversation, “Brazil: No longer the country of the future?”

Jun 2, 2016

Melvyn Levitsky, former U.S. ambassador to Brazil (1994-98) and a professor of international policy and practice at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, writes “Brazil: No longer the country of the future?” for The Conversation.Levitsky, who...

Shanghai Jiao Tong University hosts dean's forum for schools of public policy and affairs

Jun 1, 2016

Dean Susan M. Collins has just returned from China, where she attended a May 28 dean’s forum for schools of public policy and public affairs. The forum was generously hosted by Shanghai Jiao Tong University.Deans and academic leaders at the forum...

Mel Levitsky in U.S. News & World Report, "The inevitable decline of Putin's Russia"

May 23, 2016

In “The inevitable decline of Putin’s Russia,” an article in U.S. News & World Report, Melvyn Levitsky describes the risks of escalating military responses to Vladimir Putin’s land grabs, military incursions, and aggressive rhetoric.“I just don’t...

Ford School students blog about their experiences during 2016 U.S.-China policy trip

May 23, 2016

Each year, more than a dozen Ford School graduate students travel to China to study the nation’s policy environment. During their trip, they meet with a cross-section of leaders in the policy community and experience the nation’s history and...

Internship field report, Tarlie Townsend @ United Nations Population Fund in Hanoi

May 23, 2016

I left my house in the dark this morning. The electricity went out at 7:30, which I later learned was because I made the very American mistake of having the air conditioner and hot water heater on at the same time. My host family, a Vietnamese...

Congratulations to John Ciorciari, now associate professor of public policy with tenure

May 20, 2016

John Ciorciari, who joined the Ford School as an assistant professor of public policy in 2009, has been promoted to associate professor of public policy with tenure.His promotion was approved at the May 19, 2016 meeting of the University of Michigan...

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Yazier Henry on transcending South Africa's violent, lingering landscape of inequality

Apr 26, 2016

Twenty years after South Africa ratified its post-apartheid Constitution, faculty member Yazier Henry reflects on the country’s painful, intractable inequality Last year, Yazier Henry paid $99 for a DNA testing kit, then dropped a saliva sample...

Ford School partners with INCAE Business School in Latin America

Apr 25, 2016

The University of Michigan will launch a new partnership that enables MBA students from one of Latin America's top business schools to earn a master of public administration degree at the Ford School of Public Policy.The dual-degree program, which...

As Brazil contemplates impeachment, former U.S. Ambassador Levitsky talks ethics, image

Apr 25, 2016

“All this has the feel of a telenovela, the soap operas so popular in Brazil,” Melvyn Levitsky, former U.S. ambassador to Brazil, told the press this week in a story about efforts to impeach Brazil's President, Dilma Rousseff, in the midst of a...

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Ford students take on income inequality at annual Ford + U. of Toronto case competition

Mar 16, 2016

On Friday March 11, 23 Ford School master’s students traveled to the University of Toronto’s School of Public Policy and Governance for "Ford + SPPG," our annual student-led policy conference and case competition. Each year, the event brings...

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In Brookings, Barry Rabe sees policy potential in renewed U.S.-Canada relations

Mar 10, 2016

Barry Rabe’s latest blog for Brookings explores how President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau might leverage their new relationship to make progress on climate, water and infrastructure. “Methane may offer some real opportunity for...

Raimi's NBER working paper assesses trends in the global energy sector through 2040

Mar 1, 2016

A working paper by Richard G. Newell, Yifei Qian, and Daniel Raimi, "Global energy outlook 2015," appears in the March 2016 National Bureau of Economic Research working paper series. Abstract This paper assesses trends in the global energy...

Levitsky quoted in global news coverage of Obama’s recently announced plans to visit Cuba

Feb 23, 2016

Melvyn Levitsky was quoted in news coverage of President Obama’s recent announcement that he and the first lady plan to travel to Cuba in March. Obama will be the first U.S. president to set foot on the island in 88 years.Levitsky, a former U.S....

Melyvn Levitsky on Brazil's Presidential Election

Ford alum, Fitzpatrick, investigating counterfeit medicines in Africa

Feb 15, 2016

Anne Fitzpatrick (PhD ’15) is furthering her dissertation by evaluating the prevailing perception that counterfeit and falsified medications are widespread in developing countries.“Previous research indicated that as many as one-third of...

Parthasarathy receives IRWG funding to investigate gender, caste and innovation in India

Jan 20, 2016

Professor Shobita Parthasarathy has received a 2016 seed grant from Michigan's Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG), which supports individual research activities and collaborative projects in the field of women, gender, and...

Catch up on faculty news with the Ford School's fall 2015 roundup

Dec 4, 2015

This spring, Robert Axelrod was one of ten distinguished honorary degree recipients at Harvard’s 364th commencement ceremony. The Carnegie Corporation of New York has awarded John Ciorciari its prestigious Andrew Carnegie Fellowship to examine...

Follow observations of Ford School students at UN’s 2015 Climate Change Conference

Dec 3, 2015

The Ford School's Matthew Bishop (MPP ’16) and Benjamin Morse (MPP/MS ‘17) are among 10 University of Michigan students and faculty members serving as official observers of the United Nations’ 2015 Climate Change Conference in Paris.The conference,...

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Renewing and strengthening the Ford School's long-term ties to China

Dec 3, 2015

Ann Lin on the Ford School's U.S.-China policy course and trip Each year, the University of Michigan offers dozens of courses focused on specific countries or geographic regions. Usually, these courses attract students with an ongoing interest in...

Waltz op-ed criticizes governor's efforts to halt Syrian refugee resettlement efforts

Nov 23, 2015

Susan Waltz's November 23 Lansing State Journal op-ed, “Waltz: Stop adding insult to injury, welcome Syrian refugees,” calls Governor Snyder’s hesitation to admit Syrian refugees “misguided.” She explains that refugees are a prioritized category of...

Ford School alum to publish plant-able coloring book, highlighting water security

Nov 20, 2015

Ford School alum Kathryn Curtis (MPA ’15), recently spent 12 months in Brazil as a Boren Fellow. In the process, she learned about water scarcity and security concerns, and has launched an indiegogo crowd-funding campaign for a plant-able coloring...

Rabe comments on new U.S. climate and security task force in VOA

Nov 12, 2015

In the lead up to the UN Climate Change Conference in December, the U.S. will organize a task force to incorporate climate and security analysis into its foreign policy agenda. Secretary of State John Kerry announced the new group at a speech in...

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Elective courses by new and returning faculty experts in health, social welfare, and more

Nov 11, 2015

This fall, the Ford School added six governing faculty members and two policymakers-in-residence while welcoming home three faculty members who had been on leave for high-profile policy service in Washington, DC. These new and returning faculty...

Ciorciari discusses historic China, Taiwan presidents meeting with Reuters et al

Nov 5, 2015

John Ciorciari spoke with members of the press about an historic meeting in the works for the presidents of China and Taiwan. In two November 4 stories run by Reuters and the Christian Science Monitor, Ciociari stresses the political risks involved...

Ciorciari quoted in The Cambodia Daily regarding threats to Cambodia’s internal peace

Oct 27, 2015

John Ciorciari, a Cambodia scholar and faculty member at the Ford School, is quoted in Monday's Cambodia Daily regarding recent threats to internal peace by Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen.With the potential for a power shift in the upcoming 2018...

Boren awards fund student travel, research relevant to U.S. national security interests

Oct 13, 2015

As a recent recipient of the Boren Fellowship, Kathryn Curtis (MPA ’15) spent twelve months in Brazil studying Portuguese, food security, and climate change. Today, she plans to produce a plantable coloring book that will combine her research...

Alumni-in-Residence program connects students with alumni in policy careers

Sep 15, 2015

Want to meet with alumni working in government, consulting, education policy and other fields? Join us for this fall’s Alumni-in-Residence program, where students will have the opportunity to engage with Ford School alumni through career...

The Economist cites Dean Yang’s research findings in “Like manna from heaven”

Sep 4, 2015

The September 5th print edition of The Economist cites Dean Yang’s work in “Like manna from heaven: How a torrent of money from abroad reshapes an economy.” The article describes how economic migration and the resulting remittances (contributions...

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Bob Axelrod on the takeaways from his year-long State Department fellowship

Aug 27, 2015

This summer, Bob Axelrod returned to the Ford School following a year-long Jefferson Science Foundation Fellowship at the U.S. Department of State. In this Q&A, he shares his take on bridging the gap between academics and policymakers, the rise of...

Internship field report, Luis de la Cruz @ Facebook's data center site selection team

Aug 10, 2015

When I graduated college, I decided to start my own consulting practice because I could not find an organization that carried out a mission that I believed in or identified with. Partnering with public and non-profit organizations, I worked to help...