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Conversations Across Differences

The most difficult public problems bring different values, experiences, and perspectives to the table.Addressing them means listening carefully, examining evidence, and remaining engaged through disagreement. Conversations Across Differences brings s...
Brendan Nyhan, U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI), and U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI)
State & Hill

Spotlights, spring 2026

May 7, 2026
Over spring break, annual policy study trips took undergrads to Brussels for the BA Global Engagement Seminar (above) and graduate students to Colombia for the International Policy in Practice seminar (below).
A group of undergraduate students holding a Ford School flag at the European Parliament
News

Swisher Hosts Pete Buttigieg for Live Podcast Appearance

Sep 21, 2025
Kara Swisher, the award-winning journalist and current Ford School Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence, sat down for a conversation with Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to discuss “The State of U.S. Democracy,” for her On with ...
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Lessons from the Big Ten Democracy Summit

May 7, 2025
In an effort to spark democratic engagement on college campuses, the University of Michigan’s Ford School of Public Policy and the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy co-hosted the Big Ten Democracy Summit in February. More than 150 stud...
Three individuals wearing lanyards smiling at a conference event.
News

Bipartisan panel advocates for civic discourse and humility

Mar 23, 2025
“Civility is the bedrock of our free and democratic society,” Tonya Schuitmaker, a former Republican member of the Michigan Senate, told the recent panel on Promoting Civic Discourse - Democratic and Republican politicians on bridging the political d...
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News

One Year Later, No End in Sight for Mideast Wars

Nov 24, 2024
“Hamas has got the war they wanted.” That assessment came from Middle East scholar Hussein Ibish, who believes there has been a fundamental shift in the war between Israel and Hamas over the past year: from a more conventional airstrike campaign conc...
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News

Resources for understanding and engaging in the 2024 elections

Oct 28, 2024
The Ford School of Public Policy presents events, research, and ideas from faculty and other experts that shape our understanding of the people and issues that are influencing local, state, and federal 2024 elections. Read stories and watch video rel...
Several college-aged students line up along the hallway of the University of Michigan’s Central Campus Voting Hub. The walls are painted light green with large white and dark green text that reads, “Voting in Ann Arbor?” and “Register, Request a ballot…” alongside some other text that is obscured by the queuing students. Two students waiting in line in the foreground, look at each other talking and smiling.
Alumni spotlight

MPA grads continue to collaborate across differences

Nov 28, 2023
When Mallak Beydoun (MPA ‘22) and Jeff Pfeifer (MPA ‘22) met at the Ford School, they quickly bonded over their shared government and campaign experience. Although they have different political perspectives, they continue to collaborate post-graduati...
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“More is more”

May 31, 2022
In October 2021, the Regents of the University of Michigan approved Provost Susan M. Collins’ recommendation to reappoint Michael S. Barr as Joan and Sanford Weill Dean of the Ford School for a second five-year term, effective August 1, 2022.
Montage of photos of Dean Barr at commencement, in the Great Hall, and seated eating with students
In the Media

Dean Barr featured in DPTV special about Jan. 6 insurrection

Jan 6, 2022 Detroit Public TV
Commemorating the one-year anniversary of the January 6th insurrection, Detroit Public TV produced a special reflecting on the events of that day and their consequences, featuring an interview with Dean Michael Barr. "It highlighted a significant...
Image of a laptop, open, displaying a video with DPTV host Christy McDonald, Ford School Dean Michael Barr, and Detroit Free Press Editor and Vice President Peter Bhatia
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LSA graduate Tom Tuft invests in future policy leaders

Jun 10, 2021
Tom Tuft (LSA ‘69), discovered Ann Arbor when he came from Pennsylvania to visit his sister in Detroit. “I thought Michigan would be a special place to go to school,” he says, and so it was, though Tuft does not recall, at the time, being aware of th...
PPIA fellows on the U-M Diag
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Spotlights, spring 2021

Jun 10, 2021
At Comerica Park, Detroit News photographer Robin Buckson spotted sociologist and Detroit historian Ren Farley keeping score as the Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals. “I teach the course on Detroit so I have to keep up with what is going on there,” ...
Ren Farley in the stands at Comerica Park
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Soundbites: Policy Talks @ the Ford School

May 22, 2020
The Ford School’s Weiser Diplomacy Center officially launched last fall with visits from an all-star lineup of leaders in foreign affairs. Each visitor also met with students, faculty, and alumni in a variety of settings while in Ann Arbor.
Samantha Power

Michigan Secretary of State debate

Oct 8, 2026, 6:30-7:30 pm EDT
Weill Hall, Annenberg Auditorium
The campaigns of Michigan Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist II (Dem) and Macomb County Clerk Anthony Forlini (Rep) have agreed to a one-hour debate, to be held in the Annenberg Auditorium at the Ford School's Weill Hall in Ann Arbor.
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