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A new professorship: giving voice to the voiceless

Apr 1, 2019

“They lost their voices, they lost control of their lives, they lost their home,” Hal Kohn says of his grandparents. “They fled from Germany to Amsterdam, but Hitler invaded the Netherlands and they were deported to Sobibór and murdered...

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Brendan Nyhan's quest for the truth behind fake news

Mar 28, 2019

After receiving his PhD in political science from Duke University in 2009, Brendan Nyhan came to U-M to study health policy as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholar. His mentors were the Ford School’s Paula Lantz and Rick Hall. Nyhan was then...

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Victors for Michigan Campaign Success

Mar 27, 2019

As the University of Michigan’s Victors for Michigan campaign comes to a close, we’re reflecting with gratitude, excitement, and optimism. Thanks to the generosity and vision of our alumni and friends, we’re poised to grow our impact in the...

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Discourse: Ford School faculty in the news from Winter 2019 State & Hill

Mar 26, 2019

It’s the polar opposite of affirmative action, which boosts applicants who have faced adversity. It’s unconscionable for a handful of elite colleges to amass enormous tax-advantaged endowments and use them to perpetuate privilege in this way. —...

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An idea whose time has come: practical engagement

Mar 25, 2019

Philip Power, class of 1960, served on the University of Michigan Board of Regents from 1987 to 1999. Power, his parents, and his wife Kathy have supported the U-M Museum of Art, U-M Student Publications, the University Musical Society and the...

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Studying and practicing diplomacy, from Ann Arbor to Asia

Mar 21, 2019

As a young lawyer in his first job out of law school, John Ciorciari made a choice that would alter the trajectory of his professional career. He had been the editor-in-chief of the Harvard International Law Journal and specialized in...

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Elizabeth Gerber on Detroiters' perceptions and priorities

Mar 8, 2019

To help produce more welcome, meaningful, effective investments in and around Detroit, U-M’s Detroit Metropolitan Area Communities Study (DMACS) aims to gather and disseminate “timely, relevant intel on Detroit public opinion.” Professor Elisabeth...

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Thinking globally: BA seminar trip to Costa Rica

Jun 1, 2018

“Everything we did was informative and educational. I felt privileged to meet with the people [we did.] I also appreciated the time allotted for debrief and discussion (much of this was on the bus), [and] firsthand experiences of policy project...

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Translating research into policy: lessons from simplifying access to financial aid

May 21, 2018

One lesson that Susan Dynarski learned from her long-standing campaign to simplify financial aid is that stubbornness—and a willingness to say the same thing over and over again—is critical to moving public policy. “As academics we are not...

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Summers of opportunity: the Youth Policy Lab helps grow programs for Michigan's young people

May 21, 2018

The team at the University of Michigan’s Youth Policy Lab (YPL) is hard at work on exciting new projects to support Michigan’s low-income youth. The Lab is a partnership between the Ford School and the Survey Research Center at the Institute for...

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Catch up on classmates with "Class Notes" from the Spring 2018 edition of State & Hill

May 21, 2018

Ari and Rachel Parritz Robert F. Goeckel (MPP ’74) is the author of Soviet Religious Policy in Estonia and Latvia: Playing Harmony in the Singing Revolution, Indiana University Press, 2018. He is professor of political...

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Catch up on Ford School faculty news in the Spring 2018 edition of State & Hill magazine

May 21, 2018

Michael Barr and Joe Valenti (Center for American Progress) penned a Fortune op-ed: “How the CFPB fight is a sign of the next financial crisis.” Barr also wrote an op-ed in American Banker: “Dear Congress: Reg relief bill is a giveaway for large...

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Can We Price Carbon? Barry Rabe talks political feasibility and durability of a key tool for reducing emissions

May 11, 2018

Professor Barry Rabe is a national thought leader in environmental politics and policy. Rabe has received three American Political Science Association awards for his research in this area and was the first social scientist to receive a U.S....

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PhD alum Jennifer Kavanagh explores the rot that threatens the marketplace of ideas

May 9, 2018

“Fake news!” Left and right raise the cry, and often, both are at least partially correct. But what is the source and substance of the fakery? And why is there so much of it now? Alumna Jennifer Kavanagh (PhD ’10) and her colleagues at the...

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Nurturing the future: Luke Shaefer builds the case for a universal child allowance

May 9, 2018

“Raising kids is expensive!” says H. Luke Shaefer, Associate Professor of Social Work and Public Policy, and director of the University of Michigan’s Poverty Solutions Initiative. So what would be a quick, easy way to help parents and kids? Most...

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Detroit Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Project Expands

May 8, 2018

Under the high ceilings of a University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design classroom, surrounded by a semi-circle of design, accounting, and law students from U-M, entrepreneur and lifelong Detroiter Achsha Jones is reviewing dozens of sticky...

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The Last Word: Elisabeth Gerber

Apr 25, 2018

A key Ford School priority is to engage more and better with external organizations and communities, leveraging Ford’s capacity and expertise, interdisciplinary approaches, and ability to assemble a network of policy-engaged university faculty....

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Mary Corcoran: A force of nature

Apr 24, 2018

Being a tough editor... helping find financial resources needed to stay in school... lending support and encouragement: as a mentor Professor Mary Corcoran did all of that and more for the lives and careers of hundreds of alumni. Now, as she...

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Betty Ford's legacy celebrated on 100th anniversary of her birth

Apr 23, 2018

On Friday, 4/13/2018, the Ford School hosted a fun and festive dessert reception paying tribute to the legacy of Mrs. Betty Ford nearing the 100th anniversary of her birth. With remarks from Dean Michael Barr; eldest son of President and Mrs. Ford,...

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Betty Ford at 100

Apr 13, 2018

In 1994, former White House photographer David Hume Kennerly asked former First Lady Betty Ford if he could publish a photo he had taken on her last day in the White House. In the photo, Ford was posed atop the Cabinet Room table. As Kennerly...

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Barr introduces fall 2017 S&H: The role of the university as "society's servant and critic"

Dec 30, 2017

I'm Michael Barr, and I'm pleased to introduce myself as the Joan and Sanford Weill Dean of the Ford School. While I'm new as dean, I've been working collaboratively with Ford School faculty members for 20 years now. And two decades in, I'm still...

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Catch up on Ford School faculty news in the Fall 2017 edition of State & Hill magazine

Dec 29, 2017

Tamar Mitts and Robert Axelrod participated in a trilateral workshop on the roots and trajectories of violent extremism. Mitts spoke about the radicalization of Islamic State supporters on social media; Axelrod about the strengths and weaknesses of...

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Paul Courant on the evolving/devolving relationship between universities and society

Dec 28, 2017

A conversation with Ford School professor Paul Courant, who has just returned to the school following an eight-month term as interim provost of U-M. S&H: You've just completed your second stint in the Provost's office. Did you notice any...

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Catch up with your classmates with "Class Notes" from the fall 2017 edition of State & Hill

Dec 27, 2017

Frank R. Spence (MPA '60) was recently elected president of the Astoria, OR Port Commission. Frank received the 2004 Neil Staebler Award for Distinguished Public Service and has served on the U-M and Ford School Alumni Boards. Alan Miller (MPP...

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Ford School faculty members share recent research findings in international security

Dec 26, 2017

Robert Axelrod on "the blame game" for responding to cyber attacks In a world where cyber attacks are both increasingly common and increasingly dangerous, deciding whether and how to respond to one is an estimable challenge for policymakers....

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"Discourse: Ford School faculty in the news," from the fall 2017 issue of State & Hill

Dec 25, 2017

With a series of regulatory changes, the Trump administration is taking us in the wrong direction, making student loans riskier, more expensive, and more burdensome for borrowers. Susan Dynarski on "The wrong way to fix student debt." The New...

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Donor-funded fellowship lets students serve Michigan’s senior representatives

Dec 21, 2017

Sam Geller (MPP '17) For Sam Geller (MPP '17), the Riecker Michigan Delegation Fellowship offered an opportunity to see the full scope of Congressional responsibility. Geller spent the first six months of this year in the Washington, DC...

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Low voter turnout? Introducing Turn Up Turnout and the Big Ten Voting Challenge

Dec 21, 2017

Voter turnout is abysmally poor," says Joe Schwarz, a Ford School lecturer and former U.S. Congressional representative (R-MI-7). "In general elections, you're lucky to get 50 to 60 percent of eligible voters—that just shows an embarrassing level of...

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Interning near and far: Ford School students internships--from DC to Phnom Penh

Dec 21, 2017

Will Feuer (BA '19) at the Southeast Asia Globe in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. With thanks to the BA Internship Fund. Gloriela Iguina-Colon (BA '18) at the Office of U.S. Representative Grace Meng (NY-6) in Washington, DC. With thanks to the BA...

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Michael Barr talks community development, consumer financial protection, and more

Dec 18, 2017

Service History Assistant secretary for financial institutions, U.S. Treasury Department (2009-10) Special advisor, President of the United States (1999-01) Deputy assistant secretary for community development, U.S. Treasury Department...