UPDATES REGARDING FACULTY, STAFF, AND STUDENT DEI-RELATED ACTIVITY
Focus on our goal: Promoting an Equitable and Inclusive Climate
2019-2020 DEI Coalition. In partnership with the Rackham Graduate School, each graduate program is asked to...
UPDATES REGARDING FACULTY, STAFF, AND STUDENT DEI-RELATED ACTIVITY
Focus on our goal: Promoting an Equitable and Inclusive Climate
During the January faculty meeting, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Paula Lantz, and DEI Officer,...
Following her public event at the Ford School this past Monday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Ambassador Susan Rice sat down with 20 Ford School students to discuss her career and leadership experiences working for the U.S. government. Students from...
Give today to the Ford School Fund for Student Support!
As of January 24, the Ford School exceeded the halfway mark in its Alumni Giving Challenge with 264 alumni gifts! This unlocked $25,000 in matching funds. Now let’s finish the job.
A...
Submissions are now being accepted for the Ford School’s top award for student work, the Peter Eckstein Prize for Interdisciplinary Research and Policy Analysis.
The second annual Peter Eckstein Prize will be awarded later this spring to a Ford...
UPDATES REGARDING FACULTY, STAFF, AND STUDENT DEI-RELATED ACTIVITY
Focus on our goal: Promoting an Equitable and Inclusive Climate
2019-2020 DEI Coalition. The Ford School DEI Coalition met on December 6. The Coalition reviewed DEI related...
UPDATES REGARDING FACULTY, STAFF, AND STUDENT DEI-RELATED ACTIVITY
Focus on our goal: Diversifying who we are
Sponsored by Students of Color in Public Policy (SCPP), the Pipeline Initiative aims to help prospective students navigate the...
UPDATES REGARDING FACULTY, STAFF, AND STUDENT DEI-RELATED ACTIVITY
Promoting an Equitable and Inclusive Climate
2019-2020 DEI Coalition
The first meeting of the Ford School DEI Coalition was Friday, October 25. The Coalition reviewed the...
ANN ARBOR—The University of Michigan will host a Presidential Debate on Oct. 15, 2020, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced today.
The debate, which will take place in the university’s Crisler Center, will be the second in a series of...
UPDATES REGARDING FACULTY, STAFF, AND STUDENT DEI-RELATED ACTIVITY
Promoting an Equitable and Inclusive Climate:
DEI Funding Request for Student Organizations
The Ford School is pleased to provide funding to student organizations whose...
On Thursday, September 19, Ford School Professor Susan Dynarski was named one of nine inaugural recipients of the University of Michigan Distinguished Diversity & Social Transformation Professorship.
The designation was recently created to...
UPCOMING EVENTS
Tuesday, October 8 | 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1110 Weill Hall | Betty Ford Classroom
"The Great Pretender: Imposter Syndrome 101"
Many students struggle with self-doubt and feeling inadequate despite outstanding professional and...
A letter from Dean Michael S. Barr to the Ford School communityDear friends,Good afternoon! My warmest greetings as we officially launch the 2019-2020 academic year. I’m incredibly excited to see our community come back together and to welcome our...
Greetings Ford School alumni,
Summer has FINALLY arrived in Ann Arbor! It has been a busy time at Weill Hall--the semester came to an end, the Ford School celebrated commencement, and the Alumni Board held its annual Spring meeting.
As your...
On Thursday May 16, 2019, the University of Michigan Board of Regents approved the promotions of Betsey Stevenson, H. Luke Shaefer, and Sarah A. Burgard. Betsey Stevenson was promoted to professor of public policy and professor of economics, College...
The University of Michigan is exploring the possibility of hosting a presidential debate during the 2020 campaign.In an April 1 letter to the Commission on Presidential Debates, President Mark Schlissel said, “It is with great honor that the...
New educational offerings are coming for current and future Fordies, including a powerful new Master of Public Affairs degree and the opportunity for Master of Public Policy students to declare a concentration. Below, Paula Lantz, the Ford School’s...
UPCOMING EVENTS
Wednesday, April 17 | 11:30 AM - 12:50 PM | 1110 Weill Hall (Betty Ford Classroom)
Children of the Dream: Why School Integration Works with Associate Professor Rucker C. Johnson
Please join us for a book talk by Rucker C....
The Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence Program, established in 2002, pops the academic bubble in its promotion of student, faculty, and policymaker exchange by bringing individuals with significant national and...
The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan is nationally recognized again as one of the top graduate programs in public affairs, according to the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings.
The Ford School is the...
UPCOMING EVENTSCritical Race Theory Discussion SeriesWith Faculty Discussant Phyllis MeadowsFriday, March 15 | 11:45 AM - 12:50 PM | 1110 Weill Hall | Betty ClassroomPhyllis Meadows, Ford School Towsley Fellow; Senior Fellow at The Kresge...
The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan is deeply saddened by the passing of Congressman John Dingell, an icon who represented southeast Michigan in the United States Congress for nearly sixty years.Dingell and his...
Lou Fintor is the Ford School’s new Diplomat in Residence (DIR), a U.S. State Department Foreign Service Officer offering State Department career, internship, and fellowship information.Joining the Foreign Service in 2002, Fintor served as U.S....
Poverty Solutions released its 2018 Impact Report earlier this week. The report chronicles the Presidential Initiative’s successes over the past year, including a deepening partnership with the City of Detroit.
Housed at the Ford School, Poverty...
UPCOMING EVENTSCritical Race Theory Discussion SeriesWith Faculty Discussant Margaret HickenFriday, February 1 | 11:45 AM - 12:50 PM | 1110 Weill Hall | Betty ClassroomMargaret Hicken, research assistant professor in the survey Research center,...
Two Ford School undergraduate students, Alexandra (Drea) Somers (BA ’19) and Ashley Tjhung (BA ’19), were among the winners who received the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Spirit Award. The MLK Spirit Award recognizes students who exemplify the...
Starting this semester, students will have a new opportunity to earn recognition for excellent interdisciplinary research and writing. The Peter Eckstein Prize for Interdisciplinary Research and Policy Analysis, will be awarded to a Ford School...
The Ford School partnered with five other public affairs schools across the U.S. to launch the Public Affairs Diversity Alliance. Through the Alliance, the schools commit to training, mentoring, and promoting diverse scholars and sustaining a...
UPCOMING EVENTS
Opening: Deported: An American Division
Tuesday, January 15 | 4:00 - 6:00 PM | Weill Hall Great Hall
A display of Rachel Woolf’s documentary photography capturing Lourdes Salazar Bautista and her family’s experience of...
Last week, Susan Dynarski, Ford School professor, and her fellow researchers released a new research study titled “Closing the Gap: The Effect of a Targeted, Tuition-Free Promise on College Choices of High-Achieving, Low-Income Students.” Since...
