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Wolfers for Upshot: Labor Market Dented, Not Broken

May 13, 2014

In his May 13 Upshot blog post for the New York Times, "Labor Market Seems Dented, Not Broken," Ford School Professor Justin Wolfers argues for a sunnier outlook on labor market prospects."The darker view," says Wolfers, "is that the Great Recession...

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Fighting poverty like an IPPSter

May 2, 2014

Peter Borish applies analytics and creativity to for-profit and not-for-profit endeavors alike "I was like every other kid," says Peter Borish (AB '81, MPP '82). "When I was growing up, I wanted to become a professional baseball player." Like...

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Skin in the game, Applied Policy Seminar puts students to work for local governments, NGOs

May 1, 2014

When Susan Pollay, executive director of the Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority (DDA), wanted to document the economic impact of her organization and others like it around the state of Michigan last fall, she sought help from the Ford...

Undergraduate class uses $55,000 grant to study the art and impact of philanthropy

Apr 28, 2014

Students in Public Policy 475: "Philanthropic Foundations in the Public Arena" spent the semester getting a taste of what it means to be a philanthropist in a nonprofit organization. Taught by Lecturer Megan Tompkins-Stange, the class used a $55,000...

Ford School MPP student among winners of 2014 Social Impact Challenge

Feb 26, 2014

Noelle Polaski (MPP, MA '16) is among four U-M graduate students whose team, Le Rouge, won the 2014 Social Impact Challenge based on their recommendations for Detroit Future City. The Social Impact Challenge asks multidisciplinary teams of graduate...

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Sausage-making for charity - Student-led auction wins Forever Go Blue award

Dec 16, 2013

Want to learn to curse in Bulgarian? Experience mixing, grinding, and stuffing your own sausages before you launch your career in DC? Challenge your school's dean to a game of Whirly Ball? Enjoy a momofuku-style Bo Ssam dinner with six of your...

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Chamberlin comments on Governor Snyder decision to close NERD Fund

Oct 21, 2013

On October 20, Governor Rick Snyder announced he will close his nonprofit, the New Energy to Reinvent and Diversify (NERD) Fund, saying that the fund, which has come under fire for not disclosing donors, has become "an unnecessary distraction." In a...

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The power of philanthropy to transform Arkansas communities

Oct 8, 2013

"I want change now," says Sherece West-Scantlebury (MPP '89). "I want the solutions now to solve old and difficult problems that keep Arkansas in the bottom five on indicators of children and family well-being. I want us to be number one on those...

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Putting out the flames: from the health of cities to the health care industry

Apr 22, 2013

In the summer of 1967, James B. Hudak (MPP '71) watched Detroit burn. He was between his sophomore and junior years as an undergraduate at Yale. A friend got him a summer job working the night shift at a Chrysler assembly plant in Detroit. He lived...

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It is a big tent after all: Don Borut and the National League of Cities

Apr 22, 2013

Public protests were common; drugs and riots weren't uncommon; and crowds of young people spent their summers in tents on city grounds - no jobs, no parents, no plans - simply because Ann Arbor was a happening place to be. "It was a very different...

Ford School MPP student among winners of 2013 Social Impact Challenge

Mar 18, 2013

March 18, 2013Lauren Sheram (MPP '14) is among four U-M graduate students whose team, Focus Education, won the 2013 Social Impact Challenge. Teams from ten U-M graduate schools competed in the case competition, which offers U-M students the...

NPM partners with Education Pioneers for 2013 Social Impact Challenge

Feb 20, 2013

On February 21, the Nonprofit and Public Management Center (NPM) will host Education Pioneers CEO Scott Morgan as part the organization's annual Social Impact Challenge. The NPM event is an annual case competition that offers U-M students the...

Tompkins-Stange receives Once Upon a Time grant for course on philanthropy

Feb 18, 2013

The Once Upon a Time Foundation (OUAT) has awarded a $50,000 grant to support a new Ford School course proposed by Megan Tompkins-Stange entitled, "Philanthropic Foundations in the Public Arena."The new course will focus on the merits and processes...

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A fair day in court: how one alumna works toward an impartial judicial system

Feb 7, 2013

Many Americans believe that justice is for sale—that judges, and their rulings, can be bought by special interests. It's a cynical view of the American judiciary, sure. But according to statistics compiled by Justice at Stake (JAS), a nonpartisan...

Ford School alum Manny Teodoro to receive 2013 ASPA Book Award

Jan 17, 2013

Ford School alum Manny Teodoro (PhD '07) has been named the recipient of the 2013 Book Award presented by the Section on Public Administration Research (SPAR) of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA). The award is given to new works...

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Having an impact now

Dec 18, 2012

When Jeff Kessner (MPP/MUP '14) joined the Nonprofit and Public Management Center (NPM) last year, he knew he would learn a lot about how nonprofits work. But he didn't know that he would soon be on the board of one. "I was a Board Fellow last...

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Community is an intervention: NPC panel on recession and recovery emphasizes collaboration across sectors

Dec 4, 2012

On November 19 at the U-M Detroit Center, the National Poverty Center (NPC) in conjunction with the C.S. Mott Foundation, hosted the panel discussion, "Michigan's Recession and Recovery: Opportunities for the Research, Non-profit, and Civic...

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Marina Whitman spoke with Crain's Detroit Business on future of business, post-election

Nov 26, 2012

Marina Whitman spoke on a panel of nonprofit and private sector executives, organized by Crain's Detroit Business and Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP, which focused on issues facing businesses in the wake of the recent presidential...

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CLOSUP poll on frequency of data-driven decision-making appears in Michigan news

Jun 22, 2012

The results of a Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) poll of local government leaders on the incidence of data-driven decision-making within their administrations appeared in several Michigan news sources, including CBS Detroit and...

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Starting over

Apr 26, 2012

Japan has known earthquakes—the Great Kanto quake of 1923, the Great Hanshin quake of 1995, the Fukui quake of 1948, and hundreds of others—but Japan had never known an earthquake like the 9.0 Tohoku quake that struck just off the northeast coast...

Susan M. Dynarski elected to Policy Council of the Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management

Jan 19, 2012

Susan M. Dynarski was one of seven new representatives elected to the Policy Council of the Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management. Her term expires in 2015.An Associate Professor at both the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and...

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PPIA: 30 Years of Preparing Leaders

Jan 5, 2012

Bright, energetic, and compassionate, Tosha Downey—one of more than 4,000 graduates of the national Public Policy and International Affairs program—is deeply engaged in Chicago's south side renaissance, and in dramatically improving educational...

Ford School MPP students selected as Nonprofit and Public Management Board Fellows

Oct 21, 2011

Thirty-five University of Michigan graduate students, including 12 from the Ford School of Public Policy have been selected to participate in the 2011-12 Nonprofit and Public Management (NPM) Center Board Fellowship Program.After a highly...

Steve Tobocman (MPP/JD '97) receives 2011 Neil Staebler Distinguished Service Award

Oct 5, 2011

The Ford School Alumni Board is pleased to announce that Steve Tobocman (MPP/JD '97) is the recipient of the 2011 Neil Staebler Distinguished Service Award.The Neil Staebler Distinguished Service Award is a program of the Neil Staebler Fund for...

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2010 Charity Auction raises $13,000 for local families

Apr 20, 2010

These are difficult days for fundraisers no matter how worthy the cause. But this March, the Ford School community beat the odds with a very successful 13th edition of its annual Charity Auction. Thanks to the generosity of the Ford School community...

Ford School MPP student team wins Nonprofit and Public Management Center competition

Feb 16, 2010

Four Ford School students won the first NPM-CCC Mini Case Competition sponsored by the Nonprofit and Public Management Center (NPM) and the Ross School of Business Community Consulting Club at the University of Michigan.As outlined by competition...

Janet Weiss is the new Dean of Rackham Graduate School.

Aug 16, 2005

The Gerald Ford School of Public PolicyUniversity of MichiganContact: lklee[at]umich.eduExcerpt from U of M news and information, 6/23/2005Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Professor Janet A. Weiss has accepted an offer to become the next Dean...

Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions

From Surviving to Thriving: The Importance of Engaging People with Lived Expertise

Nov 8, 2024, 12:00-1:30 pm EST

SSW ECC 1840

Real World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions introduces key issues regarding the causes and consequences of poverty through an in-person lecture series featuring experts in policy and practice from across the nation.

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Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions Speaker Series. Barbie Izquierdo, "From Surviving to Thriving: The Importance of Engaging People with Lived Expertise." November 8, noon ET. SSW ECC 1840 or watch online.

Leveraging the USDA to tackle nutrition insecurity and systemic racism in the food system

Apr 19, 2024, 3:00 pm EDT

Joan and Sanford Weill Hall, Annenberg Auditorium (Room 1120)

Join Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Ford School alumna, Stacy Dean, as she discusses her career and the challenges to improve nutrition for all Americans.

Restorative Justice and its Policy Implications

Mar 25, 2024, 11:30 am-1:00 pm EDT

Join Dr. Estelle E. Archibold, the Leadership Initiative and the Center for Racial Justice for this virtual session about restorative justice and its policy implications.