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New study explores the negative effects of housing instability on mental health

Aug 31, 2022

The Great Recession may have affected Americans’ well-being in ways previously not well understood. A new study has found that people who experienced housing instability as a result of the economic downturn during the 2007-09 recession were...

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Peter Vasher named Ford School director of career services

Aug 31, 2022

The Ford School of Public Policy today announced the appointment of Peter Vasher as the school’s director of career services, effective September 1, 2022. Vasher joined the Ford School in 2017 and has been the associate director for graduate...

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Stevenson analyzes uncertain markets

Aug 30, 2022

Ford School economics professor Betsey Stevenson has been commenting on the many confusions hitting the economy, given worries about inflation and recession, Fed interest rate hikes, and a shifting labor market. When the Job Openings and Labor...

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Ford School events for fall 2022 explore racial justice, international affairs, the state of democracy and more

Aug 30, 2022

The Ford School is pleased to announce an exciting lineup for the fall 2022 Policy Talks @ the Ford School series and other special public events hosted with partners from across campus. We are hosting distinguished policymakers, scholars,...

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Interim Dean Watkins-Hayes welcomes the Ford School community back for an exciting fall semester

Aug 30, 2022

Dear Fordies, It is my great honor to serve you all as interim dean this year, working alongside you to further the Ford School’s core mission of advancing the public good as the University conducts its search for the next permanent dean of this...

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CFLP welcomes Kathryn Dominguez as new co-faculty director

Aug 29, 2022

The Center on Finance, Law & Policy (CFLP) welcomes international economist Kathryn Dominguez as its new co-faculty director. Professor Dominguez joins Ross School of Business assistant professor Jeremy Kress as co-director. She replaces CFLP...

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Detroit housing loss prevention program yields 85% homeownership rate four years later

Aug 28, 2022

A program designed to help tenants in Detroit to purchase their homes helped 85% of participants sustain homeownership for four years, an important milestone as owners may start to see the wealth-building benefits and other advantages of...

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Erb-Downward comments on back-to-school adjustments for students

Aug 28, 2022

Jennifer Erb-Downward is a senior research associate at U-M's Poverty Solutions who studies child and family homelessness. Her research explores the connections between student homelessness and school discipline rates, academic proficiency,...

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Outstanding faculty join the Ford School, fall 2022 updates

Aug 26, 2022

This fall the Ford School welcomes a terrific group of new faculty members and visitors who will strengthen the connections between student education, rigorous academic research, and real-world policy impact. Sam Bagenstos has been appointed the...

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Sam Bagenstos appointed as the inaugural Arlene Susan Kohn Professor of Social Policy

Aug 25, 2022

The Regents of the University of Michigan have approved the appointment of Sam Bagenstos as the inaugural Arlene Susan Kohn Professor of Social Policy at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. Professor Bagenstos, who is currently on leave from...

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Judge Beatty Blunt joins the Ford School as Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence

Aug 24, 2022

Distinguished litigator, legal expert, and public servant Judge Laurel Beatty Blunt (Ohio Tenth District Court of Appeals) will join the Ford School faculty for fall 2022 as a Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence....

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Center for Racial Justice welcomes inaugural visiting fellows

Aug 24, 2022

The Ford School’s Center for Racial Justice proudly welcomes Atinuke (Tinu) Adediran, Makeda Easter, and Julian Brave NoiseCat as inaugural Visiting Fellows for the 2022-23 academic year. The visiting fellows program recognizes and supports the...

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U-M students put skills to work through summer internship program, helping Detroit communities

Aug 24, 2022

Each summer many students scramble for the chance to gain work experience through an internship, happy to get even one company or business to bite. But for Samantha Lang, a junior in the Ford School of Public Policy, the summer was rich with...

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Ford School announces plans for a one-year pause in MPA admissions as the school eyes potential growth in the program

Aug 22, 2022

The Ford School intends to pause admissions for its Master of Public Affairs program for one cycle (fall 2022)—pending approval from Rackham Graduate School—so that faculty and staff teams can devote time and resources to evaluating, optimizing, and...

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Stange joins U.S. Department of Education office of chief economist for year-long assignment

Aug 22, 2022

Ford School professor Kevin Stange, faculty co-director of the Education Policy Initiative, has joined the U.S. Department of Education’s (USED) Office of the Chief Economist for one-year. He will be joining Ford School alum, Deputy Under Secretary...

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Meet our new faculty: Megan Stewart

Aug 19, 2022

New Ford School associate professor Megan Stewart is an expert in international political conflict and revolutionary movements internationally and in the United States. Most recently, Stewart was an assistant professor in the School of International...

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U-M Youth Policy Lab and TRAILS to study effectiveness of student mental health programming

Aug 18, 2022

The University of Michigan’s Youth Policy Lab (YPL) and TRAILS (Transforming Research into Action to Improve the Lives of Students) have been awarded a $3.8 million grant by the U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences (IES). The...

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Rabe: Landmark U.S. climate bill addresses methane

Aug 12, 2022

The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to pass the Inflation Reduction Act today, which includes nearly $400 billion for clean energy initiatives. The legislation was approved by the Senate last weekend and, if signed into law, would be the...

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Recession fears dim amid strong job numbers, falling gas prices, passage of Inflation Reduction Act - Ford School economists

Aug 11, 2022

The flurry of major and surprising economic news in the past week has changed the outlook on inflation and the possibility of recession. Ford School professor Betsey Stevenson was one of 126 top economists who wrote a letter to congressional...

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Ali comments widely used on domestic and international national security issues

Aug 10, 2022

Ford School professor of practice Javed Ali tapped his knowledge as a former senior director for counterterrorism at the National Security Council for widespread commentary about the U.S. killing of Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri and also on the...

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Michigan primary election analysis by Hanson: GOP rift between “traditional” and Trump camps

Aug 7, 2022

Ford School professor Jonathan Hanson commented on the harsh rhetoric being used in the Republican primary race for governor of Michigan, noting that the long shadow of former president Donald Trump loomed as the candidates sought his...

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Ford School economists weigh in on inflation and recession fears

Jul 28, 2022

News this week that GDP had contracted for the second quarter in a row, combined with the Fed’s interest rate hike and persistent inflationary pressure, are creating fear that the U.S. economy is headed towards recession. Yet the picture is...

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Former Ford School deans make an immediate mark at the Federal Reserve

Jul 28, 2022

As the U.S. confronts historic inflation, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announced an interest rate hike of 75 basis points on July 27, for a second straight meeting, which is the most aggressive tightening since the 1980s, when Fed Chair...

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Morenoff Senate testimony highlights discrepancies in 2020 Detroit Census

Jul 26, 2022

The results of the 2020 Census have generated debate across the country, but perhaps nowhere as intensely as in Detroit. Michigan’s largest city, which has an overwhelming majority of African American and Hispanic residents combined of 85%, may have...

Jeffrey Morenoff testifying to Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

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Ali discusses January 6 committee hearings, domestic terror prosecutions

Jul 24, 2022

Ford School professor of practice Javed Ali has been analyzing the January 6 Committee hearings, telling CBC, that what had struck him was "the single-minded obsession to explore every official avenue to remain in power by this president and those...

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Wolfers sees signs of optimism amid high inflation numbers

Jul 21, 2022

The latest inflation rate numbers show an increase in prices of 9.1%. Ford School economics professor Justin Wolfers has been discussing the intricacies of elements and implications of that rate. Reacting to the inflationary pressure, the...

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Rabe insights on climate change political challenges

Jul 20, 2022

The political climate for action on climate change has become more difficult in the past few weeks, in light of a Supreme Court decision limiting the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) ability to limit greenhouse gases and the failure of a...

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Lantz and Udow-Phillips on the potential effects of the Roe decision

Jul 19, 2022

The progress that has been made in Michigan's child welfare system could be put at risk by a ban on abortion in the wake of the Supreme Court's Roe decision. The effects "could add thousands more children to the system in the coming years and...

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Alumni gather for 12th annual Worldwide Ford School Spirit Day, in pictures

Jul 19, 2022

On July 14, hundreds of alumni, students, and their families gathered in Washington DC, Detroit, Raleigh, Ann Arbor, and online to celebrate the Ford School’s shared community and enjoy trivia and conversation. Grace Evans (MPP ‘16),...

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Stevenson on inflation figures

Jul 18, 2022

Ford school professor Betsey Stevenson has been commenting on the latest inflation figures, which in the U.S. saw an annual rate of 9.1% in June. She told ABC Australia, "Heating your house, filling your tank — that's where Americans are really...