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Cooney comments on surge in home remodeling and effect on low-income households

May 10, 2021 WDET Detroit Today

More people around the country are looking to remodel their homes, but because of disruptions in the global supply chain, the price of remodeling has spiked. Pat Cooney, assistant director of economic mobility at U-M Poverty Solutions, pointed out...

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Michigan's loss of a Congressional district has a variety of impacts - Ford School faculty

Apr 28, 2021

The U.S. Census Bureau announced Michigan will drop from 14 congressional seats to 13 due to sluggish population growth since the last count in 2010. “It does reduce the state’s influence and ability to get things done; not by a lot, but a little...

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Wolfers provides analysis, expectations for post-pandemic economy

Apr 22, 2021 NBC News

“Much of the gain of economic growth over recent decades has gone to capital rather than labor, and to the highly paid, rather than a broader group of workers,” Wolfers said. “A strong economy — and worker shortages — could help rebalance somewhat,...

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Chamberlin talks about Michigan's transparent redistricting process and census impact

Apr 22, 2021 Detroit News

New 2020 Census data means the loss of a Michigan Congressional seat, and redrawing the district lines will happen through a new citizen-driven process. "The process this year is radically different than the past," said John Chamberlin. "The public...

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Report leads to additional $5M investment in Detroit Land Bank Authority’s Rehabbed & Ready program

Apr 22, 2021

The Detroit Land Bank Authority’s (DLBA) Rehabbed & Ready program received good news recently in the form of a joint $5M new investment from the Rocket Community Fund, the philanthropic arm of Quicken Loans' Rocket Mortgage, and the City of Detroit....

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Chamberlin explains 'communities of interest' in Michigan redistricting process

Apr 20, 2021 Bridge Michigan

“The idea is to build districts that work for the citizens, and actually works for the representative,” Chamberlain said, adding that if a representative has a coherent district, it’s easier for them and their staff to actually serve their...

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Anti-COVID politics may not last, says Hanson

Apr 15, 2021 Holland Sentinel

In an article in the Holland Sentinel about whether or not the COVID-19 pandemic has permanently changed politics, Jonathan Hanson notes that “things do change much more rapidly in politics sometimes than we expect. Over the course of a year, the...

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Udow-Phillips discusses Governor Whitmer's nursing home policies during COVID

Apr 8, 2021 WDET

As of late 2020, nursing home residents accounted for one-third of Michigan's COVID-related deaths. Marianne Udow-Phillips joined NPR Detroit to discuss her research and said that "high rates [of COVID] in nursing homes was due to the population’s...

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Michigan's share of stimulus resources poses a welcome challenge, according to Leiser

Apr 8, 2021 Bridge Michigan

As the state of Michigan could receive as much as $10 billion from the Biden administration stimulus package, officials are planning how to allocate the resources in the best way. “It’s hard to exaggerate how big of a deal it is,” Brideg Michigan...

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Udow-Phillips: COVID-19 surge related to youth sports

Apr 6, 2021 NBC News

“It’s not happening on the field,” Marianne Udow-Phillips said. “It’s happening in transit and afterward, when people are getting together and eating and not wearing masks. It’s happening at parties and where people are socializing.” Read the NBC...

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Daniel Raimi: Enbridge has strong incentive to keep Michigan's Line 5 flowing

Apr 4, 2021 Michigan Radio

"Growing opposition to new pipeline infrastructure could even protect Line 5’s profitability in the near-term by limiting the number of competitors able to transport oil from Alberta," said Daniel Raimi. [Enbridge] has a very strong incentive to...

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April 2021: Diversity, equity, and inclusion at the Ford School

Apr 1, 2021

Updates regarding faculty, staff, and student DEI-related activity at the Ford School Diversifying what and how we teach The Ford School launched a new predoctoral program — in partnership with a consortium of leading policy schools — that...

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Celebrating diversity appears to come at the risk of silencing continued adversity, says Alemu

Apr 1, 2021 Blavity

In his Blevity op-ed, PhD candidate Matthew Alemu wrote about two concerns that turn Vice President Kamala Harris' election as "the first" into a curse. "First, Harris must perform well because more is at stake....[If she performs poorly] her...

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More Detroiters ‘very likely’ to get COVID-19 vaccine than 4 months ago, U-M survey finds

Mar 30, 2021 University of Michigan Poverty Solutions

Thirty-eight percent of Detroiters now say they are “very likely” to get the COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available, up from 14% who gave that response in the fall of 2020, according to a new survey from the University of Michigan. At the...

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Anti-racism faculty hiring moves forward, Ford School focus on racial justice in technology

Mar 25, 2021

Eight new University of Michigan faculty positions have been selected for funding in the first round of hires that will be a part of the Anti-Racism Faculty Hiring Initiative. One of those new hires will be at the Ford School, with a focus on...

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Stevenson and Wolfers' textbook praised for helping to modernize how we teach economics

Mar 20, 2021 The Economist

"Textbooks are evolving too. Last year, Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers of the University of Michigan published a tome that tries to avoid representation biases. Its description of the mechanics of monetary policy also scores well," writes The...

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Ford School in partnership to diversify and support PhD applicants

Mar 18, 2021

Pilot pre-doctoral program prepares policy school graduates to pursue academic careers, broadening and diversifying pipeline for future faculty The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy is launching a new pre-doctoral research program — in...

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Erb-Downward Q&A: What the American Rescue Plan means for children experiencing homelessness

Mar 15, 2021 University of Michigan Poverty Solutions

The American Rescue Plan Act, the latest $1.9 trillion pandemic stimulus plan, includes $800 million to support children and youth experiencing homelessness. Jennifer Erb-Downward, a senior research associate at the University of Michigan’s...

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Leiser and Ivacko opinion: The new COVID relief bill can be a rebirth for Michigan communities

Mar 10, 2021 Bridge Michigan

In a Bridge Michigan op-ed, Leiser and Ivacko call for COVID relief to foster greater cooperation, trust in government built at the local level. "Across the country, nearly three quarters of U.S. adults say they have a "great deal" or a "fair...

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Ford School involvement highlighted among growing U-M Detroit partnerships

Mar 8, 2021

The University of Michigan ramped up its collaborations on a multitude of projects in the city of Detroit during the pandemic, including outreach to residents on issues ranging from unemployment to the COVID-19 vaccine. Initiatives such as...

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Wileden examines COVID-19 racial disparities in Detroit

Mar 3, 2021 Brookings

"One in every 645 Black people in the United States can expect to die from COVID-19, per data from February 2021. Blacks are 2.1 times more likely than whites to die from the virus. In fact, if Blacks had the same death rate as whites from COVID-19,...

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March 2021: Diversity, equity, and inclusion at the Ford School

Mar 3, 2021

Updates regarding faculty, staff, and student DEI-related activity at the Ford School Diversifying what and how we teach Morela Hernandez adds leadership and diversity expertise to Ford School faculty. The University of Michigan Regents...

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Chamberlin weighs in on questions around State of Michigan separation agreement

Mar 2, 2021 Bridge Magazine

John Chamberlin, an expert in government ethics, notes, “Secrecy in state government is already a problem to begin with, and this is just one more thing on the...

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Wolfers co-authored paper looks at systemic sexism in economics

Feb 28, 2021

A paper on which Ford School economics professor Justin Wolfers collaborated (with Pascaline Dupas, Alicia Sasser Modestino, Muriel Niederle, and a broader set of 97 economist collaborators known as the Seminar Dynamics Collective), “Gender and the...

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Michigan's redistricting effort makes slow but steady progress, despite delayed data, other challenges - Chamberlin

Feb 25, 2021

John Chamberlin, Ford School professor emeritus of political science and public policy, describes himself as a "redistricting junkie." Not unexpectedly, he possesses a keen interest in and understanding of the efforts under way to develop Michigan's...

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Parthasarathy testifies about equity in innovation before key Congressional subcommittee

Feb 25, 2021

On February 25, Shobita Parthasarathy testified before the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies. The hearing included four invited experts to speak about energy and climate innovation issues....

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Morela Hernandez adds leadership and diversity expertise to Ford School faculty

Feb 18, 2021

Earlier today, the University of Michigan Regents approved the appointment of Morela Hernandez as professor of public policy with tenure at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, effective August 31, 2021. She will also hold a collegiate chair...

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Schwarz comments on medical group donations to Republican lawmakers

Feb 16, 2021 The Detroit News

Despite the fact that some Michigan Republicans flout health protocols promoted by the state, medical groups, and hospitals, health care interest groups still contributed more to Michigan Republicans than Democrats. Joe Schwarz, former Republican...

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Absent intervention, Ivacko expects Michigan redistricting commission will hear mostly from well-funded lobbyists

Feb 8, 2021 Detroit News

"Absent some kind of other intervention, it's most likely that commissioners will hear from folks who are well-funded with lobbyists," Ivacko said. Read the full Detroit News article on U-M's work to clarify the meaning of 'communities of...

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Ivacko: Spreading the word about Communities of Interest a challenge for redistricting commission

Feb 3, 2021 Lansing State Journal

Communities of interest "now have a very high priority to be kept whole, to not be cracked or split across different districts," Ivacko told the Lansing State Journal. "That's also going to significantly increase the challenge, I think, for the...