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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...

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Liz Gerber's "Motivational crowding in sustainable development interventions," APSR

Aug 3, 2015

A research article by Arun Agrawal, Ashwini Chhatre, and Elisabeth Gerber, "Motivational crowding in sustainable development interventions," was published in the August 2015 edition of American Political Science Review. Abstract We used a...

Introducing Jonathan K. Hanson, incoming statistics instructor

Jul 21, 2015

The Ford School is delighted to announce that a number of faculty members will join our community this fall. To introduce them to the Ford School and University, we’re running weekly Q&As throughout the summer that touch on their policy and personal...

Internship field report, Lora Cirhigiri @ Imaflora, Sao Paolo, Brazil

Jul 20, 2015

After nine hours of driving down the Trans Amazonia highway, we reached our first stretch of paved road at the town of Apuí. This small town in the middle of the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest was our destination and point of research for the next...

Internship field report from Luis Salvador @ the United Nations ECLAC, Chile

Jul 20, 2015

Landing an internship at the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) was always a priority for me. ECLAC, which deals directly with an array of policy issues facing the region, is one of the most respected...

Internship field report, Nate Samuelson @ the U.S. Embassy to the Philippines, Manila

Jul 14, 2015

Since mid-May I have been working on political matters at the U.S. Embassy in Manila, Philippines. This amazing internship experience is where the practice of my academic studies in Public Policy, Political Science, and Southeast Asian studies...

Internship field report, Mika Koizumi works on gender equality @ OECD, Paris

Jul 10, 2015

Mika Koizumi (MPP '16) offers this field report from Paris, France. Koizumi is working on gender equality issues with the Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development...

In memoriam: Robert M. Stern, internationally renowned economist and trade economist

May 18, 2015

We are deeply saddened to report that Robert M. Stern, professor emeritus of economics and public policy, passed away yesterday after a week-long hospital stay for heart trouble.Bob joined the faculty of the University of Michigan in 1961 and the...

Read China trip blog for student insight on LGBT policy, Trans-Pacific Partnership, & more

May 13, 2015

China trip students blog about their experiences, covering LGBT policy challenges, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and moreEach year, 15 Ford School graduate students travel to China for two weeks to study the nation’s policy environment. In country,...

Students win grant to identify sustainable slum redevelopment challenges in India

May 11, 2015

Michelle Hindman and Sneha Rao, master’s of public policy students and 2015 Dow Sustainability Fellows, have won a $5,000 seed grant from the Dow Distinguished Awards competition to explore sustainability challenges in slum redevelopment in...

Nepal earthquake relief with Andrew Schroeder (MPP '07) of Direct Relief International

May 7, 2015

Andrew Schroeder (MPP ’07) knows disaster relief. As director of research and analysis for Direct Relief International, Schroeder has helped shape responses to dozens of calamities. He recites the biggies. Haiti, Sandy, Nargis, Tohoku, Haiyan, and...

Comparative Economic Studies publishes Applied Policy Seminar report, policy recommendations

May 4, 2015

The Applied Policy Seminar, now called Strategic Public Policy Consulting or SPPC, puts Ford School master’s students to work completing commissioned policy research projects for public-sector clients. Not only is the experience beneficial for...

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International economic development class visits Rio and Brasilia with former ambassador Mel Levitsky

Apr 24, 2015

By Miriam Wasserman International economic development students with U.S. Ambassador to Brazil Liliana Ayalde (center front, holding U-M flag) For the students of PubPol 674, the Ford School’s international economic development course, a...

Ciorciari awarded Carnegie Fellowship to examine shared-sovereignty agreements

Apr 22, 2015

This morning, in advertisements in The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Chronicle of Higher Education, Chronicle of Philanthropy, New York Review of Books, and other print and online publications, the Carnegie Corporation of New...

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BA alum tackles preventable deaths in India, Uganda through social enterprise Sundara

Apr 21, 2015

By Mandira Banerjee for Global Michigan and Michigan Today As Erin Zaikis (BA ’11) lay sick with dengue fever in a Thailand hospital in 2013, she had an epiphany. She wanted to dedicate her life to helping others. Confined to her hospital bed...

Dean Yang’s research featured in HuffPo story about increased access to banking in developing economies

Apr 15, 2015

Dean Yang’s research is featured in “More people in the developing world are getting bank accounts, but there’s an asterisk on that progress,” an article by Jonathan Cohn in today’s Huffington Post. Cohn is referring to a new report from the World...

Levitsky quoted in IBT article, shares insight on controversial Ukrainian bill

Apr 13, 2015

Mel Levitsky was quoted in an International Business Times story, “Ukraine’s Controversial Bill Recognizing WWII-Era Partisans Draws Harsh Criticism From Russians,” about a contentious Ukrainian bill passed in parliament last week. The bill, led by...

Dean Yang speaks with PBS News Hour about new migrant remittance bill

Apr 13, 2015

Laura Santhanam’s PBS News Hour story, “How migrants control one of the world’s most powerful economic engines,” describes a bill before Congress that seeks to fine migrants who attempt to send remittances—financial gifts that support loved ones...

Ford School students host annual US-Canada conference

Mar 31, 2015

The 6th annual Ford+SPPG Conference took place earlier this month at Joan and Sanford Weill Hall in Ann Arbor. The event brings together MPP candidates from the Ford School and the University of Toronto’s School of Public Policy and Governance...

Diana Won (MPP ‘15) selected as one of 18 Henry Luce Foundation Scholars

Mar 4, 2015

Diana Won (MPP ‘15) is one of 18 Americans selected for the competitive Luce Scholars program. Won was selected from 156 candidates who were nominated by 16 academic institutions (Won was nominated by Rutgers, her undergraduate school). Her...

Susan Waltz reviews the history of efforts to internationalize Amnesty International

Mar 2, 2015

In a March 2 story for openDemocracy, Susan Waltz writes about “Moving Closer to the Ground,” Amnesty International’s ambitious, multi-year initiative to “disperse many of the functions of its London-based International Secretariat to hubs around...

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Levitsky quoted in International Business Times article on Ukraine ceasefire agreement

Feb 13, 2015

Mel Levitsky was quoted in an International Business Times story on the recently negotiated cease-fire between Ukraine and Russian-backed separatists. While both sides gave concessions to end the fighting in eastern Ukraine, reporter Dennis Lynch...

Dean Yang explores policies to increase the development impacts of migration for World Bank

Feb 12, 2015

“Evidence on Policies to Increase the Development Impacts of International Migration,” co-written by Dean Yang, has been published in the World Bank Research Observer. Posted on January 20, Yang and co-author David McKenzie of the World Bank aim to,...

“Add [IEDP] to the list of nominees for coolest class of the year,” writes Michigan Daily

Jan 30, 2015

On January 29th, the Michigan Daily ran “Experiential learning class plans spring trip to Brazil” by Will Greenberg, describing the Ford School’s International Economic Development Program (IEDP). The course “consists of class work in Ann Arbor...

Michigan Daily covers “The refugee crisis: Who makes it to safety?”

Jan 13, 2015

“Award-winning journalist discusses Afghan refugees,” a January 12 article by Michigan Daily writer Joel Goldstein, highlights the policy talk with Luke Mogelson, New York Times Magazine author of “The Dream Boat.” Mogelson’s award-winning article...

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What good is history, anyway?

Dec 18, 2014

With public service in our DNA, what we’d really like to do is to peer into the future, to see and shape what’s coming around the bend. So we asked ourselves, ‘Can a deeper understanding of the past help to shape and inform the future?’ The myth...