State & Hill
Out now: Stories of Ford School alumni and students who advocate, innovate, analyze and facilitate—who make governments work better and create vibrant, safe places we call home.
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State & Hill, the print magazine of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, is a bi-annual publication featuring stories about the school's students, alumni, and faculty. Feature articles vary in each issue, and generally highlight noteworthy alumni, faculty research and engagement, student activities, and school news.
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Past editions of State & Hill
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Fall 2024: Hey, we need to talk!
- Reactions: 2024 elections
- Behind the curtain: Fordies on the campaign trail
- Ford50 student essay contest
- Greater than its sum: an update on the Kohn Collaborative
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Spring 2024: Advancing the public good: Steady and true
- Faculty perspectives on good governance, principled service
- Unsung heroes: meet the public servant next door
- Gerald Ford: A life of public service, in quotes and pictures
- Public sector consulting
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Fall 2023: Social policy close to home
- Piloting guaranteed income
- Injustice of place
- Meet our new dean
- Resilient democracies
- Original IPPSter still making cities more equitable
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Spring 2023: International policy education
- International policy engagement grows here
- From grounded to global
- Global Fordies make the school a bigger, better place
- The Ford School: On the map
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- Dot to dot
- COVID-19, schools, and childcare
- An economic eye on ed equity
- Data for good
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Spring 2022: Science, technology, and policy
- A program like no other: STPP charts a course for impact
- Science and technology research in brief
- Observing climate change policymaking up close in Glasgow
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Fall 2021: Partnering and engaging community
- Of mutual benefit: Academic-community partnerships for better public policy
- Partnerships in focus: Learning and research collaborations that create better public policy
- Celebrating 40 years of PPIA
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Spring 2021: Governing, listening, and trust
- In government we trust?
- The federal civilian workforce
- Dream big, listen, and know when to compromise
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Fall 2020: Movements and moments
- Currents: Action on urgent issues (video)
- Preparing leaders for the public good
- Equal opportunity, equal talent
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Spring 2020: Leadership for a connected world
- Majoring in making a difference
- How the Ford School got its name
- Michigan Public Policy Survey at 10
- and more...
Winter 2019: Leadership rooted in service
Spring 2018: Public engagement
Fall 2017: Society's servant, society's critic
Fall 2016: Innovation for the public good
Spring 2016: Rising inequality
Fall 2015: Motor City Remix - An iconic American city races forward
- People-centered policy
- In the mayor's office and after
- Riverfront restoration and instrumental upcycling
- and more...
Spring 2015: Policy, Energy, and the Environment
Fall 2014: Policy's Power - Next century teaching, research, and action
Spring 2014: A Century of Impact - 100 Years of Policy at Michigan
- Skin in the game
- Fighting poverty like a IPPSter
- Hauling charcoal, studying conservation in Kenya
- and more...
Fall 2013: Catalysts for Change
Fall 2012: Human and Global Security
Spring 2012: American Electoral Politics
Winter 2012: Policy and Education
Spring 2011: All in the Same Boat?
Fall 2010: Roads to Better Health Policy
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