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Center for Racial Justice calls for inaugural visiting fellows applications

Jun 9, 2022

The Center for Racial Justice has opened applications for the inaugural cohort of the Visiting Fellows Program for the 2022-23 academic year. The program is a nine-month, non-residential fellowship that offers social justice leaders, activists,...

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A 20-year review of Flint finances shows consequences of lack of investment

Jun 8, 2022

The turmoil surrounding the City of Flint, MI – most infamously the Flint Water Crisis – has become a cautionary tale for other Rust Belt cities struggling to balance their budgets, provide services, and attract new business. A 20-year review of the...

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Center on Finance, Law & Policy releases do-it-yourself digital resource guide for small businesses

Jun 8, 2022

This digital resource guide is filled with links to resources in most of the areas affecting micro-businesses. It begins with some resources to help business owners get access to the internet. From there, it moves in a progression one might follow...

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Lewis to co-lead University's Inclusive History Project

Jun 8, 2022

The University of Michigan is set to begin a multifaceted, years-long project to study, document and better understand the university’s history with respect to diversity, equity and inclusion — with the history of race and racism at U-M as its first...

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Ali addresses broad range of domestic threats

Jun 7, 2022

Ford School professor of practice Javed Ali has been commenting on the wide range of domestic violent actions and threats that the United States has confronted in the past week, from a school shooting to domestic and international terrorism arrests....

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Stevenson on jobs, inflation, and the search for the Goldilocks economy

Jun 6, 2022

Ford School economics professor Betsey Stevenson was widely sought after for analysis after a strong monthly jobs report. Here are some excerpts of her appearances: Taming Inflation, CBS Face the Nation, June 5, 2022 It's important to realize...

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Stevenson balances inflationary pressure and employment in media commentary

Jun 3, 2022

The U.S. inflation rate continues to be at the highest levels in years, and the Fed has indicated it will raise interest rates to dampen those numbers. But taking action against inflation could hurt employment numbers, just when people are returning...

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Hernandez addresses polarization at the Mackinac Policy Conference

Jun 2, 2022

At the 2022 Mackinac Policy Conference, Morela Hernandez, Ligia Ramirez de Reynolds Collegiate Professor of Public Policy and faculty director of the Ford School’s Leadership Initiative, addressed the polarization that seems to be permeating every...

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Event advisory: What comes after Roe v. Wade? Michigan experts to discuss law, policy, health and economics

Jun 1, 2022

Date 2-3 p.m. Wednesday, June 8, 2022 Event "What comes after Roe? Michigan Experts Discuss Law, Policy, Health and Economics" Details The U-M Center for the Education of Women+, Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG) and...

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DNEP +ISLB intern, Samantha Lang, shares experience

Jun 1, 2022

Throughout my life, I never thought of myself as a numbers person. Yet, with my goal being to pursue consulting after I receive my Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy from the Ford School, I knew I wanted (and needed) to improve that “not a numbers...

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Spring 2022 update from the Ford School Alumni Board

Jun 1, 2022

Greetings Ford School alumni, The Ford School Alumni Board gathered for a hybrid board meeting on April 8, with half of its members joining virtually and the rest joining in-person at Weill Hall. The meeting coincided with Spring Preview, the...

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Nominate a Ford School alum for the Neil Staebler Distinguished Service Award

Jun 1, 2022

Ford School graduates help shape the policy decisions that affect their neighborhoods, their countries, and people around the globe. Launched in 1997, the Neil Staebler Distinguished Service Award recognizes a select few for their outstanding...

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Amidst mass shootings, assassination plots, abortion politics, and increasing domestic terror threats, Ali offers insights

Jun 1, 2022

The past two weeks have witnessed mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, among other gun violence. Questions about preventing those situations, as well as law enforcement response, abound as the country takes stock of the lost...

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Kopelman: How to win without winning

May 29, 2022

Written by Shirli Kopelman We are fortunate to have known leading intellectual and longtime Michigan faculty member Anatol Rapoport (1911-2007) as a father, friend, and colleague. He was a mathematical psychologist, philosopher, and pioneer of...

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CLOSUP survey looks at online government meeting quality, service disparities

May 26, 2022

More than half of Michigan's local officials say that moving government meetings online during the pandemic decreased the overall quality of such gatherings, according to a University of Michigan survey. The finding comes from the spring 2021...

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Ford School to expand anti-racism faculty, address environment and health disparities

May 26, 2022

The Ford School will participate in a cross-campus University of Michigan initiative to address environmental racism and promote health equity. Three tenure track faculty positions will be hired, one each in the Ford School, the School for...

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Hanson: What to know about fraudulent petitions for 5 gubernatorial candidates in Michigan

May 25, 2022

Five Republican candidates for governor in Michigan failed to file enough valid nominating signatures and should not qualify for the August primary election, according to state election officials. Two University of Michigan experts, Michael...

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Experts advisory: Ali and Hanson discuss prevention, aftermath of school shooting in Texas

May 25, 2022

Ford School professors Javed Ali and Jonathan Hanson are available to disucss school shootings and the community aftermath in the wake of the killing of 21 people at Robb Elementary School in Texas. Javed Ali Javed Ali, associate professor of...

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Andreas Hatzigeorgiou (MPP '08) wins Sweden's Fulbright Alum of the Year Award

May 23, 2022

The Fulbright Alum of the Year Award in Sweden for 2022 goes to Andreas Hatzigeorgiou, who received his Master's of Public Policy in 2008 from the University of Michigan's Ford School of Public Policy. Hatzigeorgiou is currently the CEO of the...

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El-Sayed testifies to Senate Budget Committee on Medicare for All

May 23, 2022

On May 12, Abdul El-Sayed, the Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence, testified before the U.S. Senate Budget Committee hearing titled “Medicare for All: Protecting Health, Saving Lives, Saving Money.” El-Sayed was...

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Jacob in the media discussing Flint academic performance study

May 22, 2022

The recent Education Policy Initiative study about Flint, which found Math achievement for school-age children in Flint decreased and the proportion of children with special needs increased as a result of the Michigan city's water crisis during...

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Watkins-Hayes and Ali comment on racial and domestic terrorism aspects of the Buffalo shooting

May 20, 2022

In the aftermath of the racially-motivated shooting spree in Buffalo that left 10 people dead, Celeste Watkins-Hayes, Ford School associate dean for academic affairs and director of the Center for Racial Justice, and professor of practice Javed Ali,...

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Barr speaks to Senate Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs Committee nomination hearing

May 19, 2022

Ford School Dean Michael S. Barr testified before the Senate Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs Committee at his nomination hearing for the position of Vice Chairman For Supervision on the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve. President Biden...

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Ciorciari and Tompkins-Stange promoted; noted expert Megan Stewart joins the faculty

May 19, 2022

On May 19, the Regents of the University of Michigan approved three faculty developments that further strengthen the Ford School faculty. Longtime faculty members John Ciorciari and Megan Tompkins-Stange received promotions: Ciorciari to full...

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Trish Fisher (MPP/MPH ‘23) awarded Peter Eckstein Prize for her examination of food systems and climate policy

May 18, 2022

Trish Fisher’s (MPP/MPH ‘23) paper, “The ‘Dark Horse’ of Climate Change: Agricultural Methane Governance in the United States and Canada,” earned her the 2022 Peter Eckstein Prize for Interdisciplinary Research. The Eckstein Prize is the Ford...

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Majority of Detroiters report stable, improved financial situation compared to year ago

May 16, 2022

Two years into the pandemic, 72% of Detroit residents say their financial situation has stabilized or improved compared to a year ago, and there's evidence that stimulus checks and the expanded Child Tax Credit played a role in reducing Detroiters'...

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Ford School experts comment on Buffalo shooting

May 16, 2022

Ford School experts are available to comment on the racially motivated massacre over the weekend at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York. Celeste Watkins-Hayes Celeste Watkins-Hayes is the associate dean for academic affairs and...

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Ford School welcomes 2020 alumni to Comeback celebration

May 13, 2022

The Ford School welcomed back the Class of 2020 at a reception in their honor at Weill Hall, in conjunction with the University of Michigan Comeback Commencement Ceremony. Some 100 alumni, faculty, staff and families attended the...

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Inflation rate is down but threats still loom, according to Stevenson

May 11, 2022

The April inflation rate was reported at 8.3%, slightly lower than March's number but still at a 40-year high. Ford School professor Betsey Stevenson told the Washington Post that while it’s hard to draw sweeping conclusions from one inflation...

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Wolfers and Stevenson comment on jobs and inflation

May 6, 2022

Inflation has been as high as 8.5% in recent months, and despite other positive economic factors, CNN reports that President Joe Biden may be “close to the point of no return with Americans on the economy.” Ford School economics professor Justin...