by Jacqueline Mullen

The Social Science Bites podcast describes Scott Atran's research as sitting “at the intersection of violent acts and cognitive science.” Atran, an adjunct research professor at the Ford School, seeks to understand what motivates ‘devoted actors’ to...

Elisabeth Gerber, associate dean for research and policy engagement, has teamed up with Steve Tobocman (MPP/JD '97), executive director of Global Detroit, to lead an applied research course of 13 graduate students this semester.In December 2016,...

On March 10, the Ford School student group Association of Public Policy for Learning and Education (APPLE) welcomed 29 high school students from the Detroit Leadership Academy (DLA) and Washtenaw International High School (WIHI) for this year’s...

During spring commencement, the University of Michigan will forego its traditional honorary degrees to recognize ten young alumni with a special Bicentennial Alumni Award. Among the bicentennial honorees is Ford School alumna Annie Maxwell (AB...

A team of four researchers, including Susan Dynarski, published a working paper on income-contingent loan (ICL) systems this month for the Centre for Global Higher Education: “Getting student financing right in the US: Lessons from Australia and...

Imagine a collective funding force that transforms your monthly donation of $5 into a $1,000 gift for different organizations and causes.That’s exactly what Sarah Magnelia (MPP ’18) and five of her friends set out to create when they launched the...

Ashley Wilson (BA '18) speaking on behalf of Students for Choice at the Ann Arbor Women's March (photo credit: Ashley Wilson (BA '18)) While Fordies have been active in politics since the beginning of time (or, more...

The Ford School Committee is pleased to welcome three new members: Michael Fleming, Steve Hamp, and Peggy Thompson.Committee members support the Ford School in a number of ways, including raising the school's visibility among policy leaders,...

Michael Budros (MPH/MPP ’17) has been selected as one of two David A. Winston Health Policy Fellowship recipients for the 2017-2018 year.Budros will head to Washington, DC for the twelve-month post-graduate experience, which includes three months of...

Marina Whitman is featured in AP auto writer Dee-Ann Durbin’s January 24 article, “How a Trump tariff could sideswipe U.S. auto industry.” Durbin reports President Trump is considering a tax on Mexican-made cars to pressure U.S. automakers to keep...

Bloomberg View columnists, including Betsey Stevenson, issued an article on “17 metrics to watch in the Trump era” on January 20. Columnists each submitted benchmarks to watch for a sense of President Trump's performance. “His success, he...

The Ford School is home to six Paul D. Coverdell Fellows this academic year. The Coverdell program supports returned Peace Corps volunteers (RPCVs) as they pursue their education at graduate schools around the country. In addition to receiving...

Calling all alumni working in government, consulting, nonprofits, and other policy shops: consider dropping by the Ford School on your next trip to Ann Arbor to meet with students as part of our Alumni-in-Residence program. Alumni-in-Residence...

Poverty Solutions, a new initiative at the University of Michigan to prevent and alleviate poverty, recognized its first round of grant recipients today.  Read the University Record story, by Kristen Kerecman, "U-M announces new investments in...

Since Michigan’s Unemployment Agency switched to an automated system in 2013, more than 20,000 people have been falsely accused of unemployment fraud, writes Jack Lessenberry in his January 13 article for The Blade: “Michigan’s actions snapshot of...

In his January 11 article for The New York Times’ “The Upshot,” Justin Wolfers writes, “[A]t the annual conference of economists last weekend in Chicago, the major theme was a sense of anxiety about the incoming Trump administration. This foreboding...

Susan Dynarski is quoted in James S. Murphy’s January 10 piece for The Atlantic entitled: “The gaps in New York’s free-college plan.” New York Governor Andrew Cuomo recently unveiled a plan, called the Excelsior Scholarship Program, that would cover...

BBC’s “World Hacks,” a new weekly show dedicated to solving world problems, featured Dean Yang on its December 23 program: “Respect My Remittances.” Reporter Sahar Zand describes a tricky problem affecting 230 million migrant workers who send...

Shobita Parthasarathy’s December 18 piece for The Conversation is on “Obama administration’s big science and tech innovation: Socially engaged policy.” Parthasarathy says President Obama’s science and technology legacy should include “much more...

In the early 2000s, L.A. philanthropist David Bohnett noticed that Los Angeles City Hall was in need of mayoral staffers to work on salient policy issues such as housing and public transportation. At the same time, UCLA was training public policy...

President-elect Donald Trump and treasury secretary nominee Steven Munchin have both threatened to “dismantle” or “kill” aspects of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. In a December 8 op-ed for Fortune, Michael...

The fall 2016 issue of State & Hill magazine was mailed to alumni and friends of the Ford School on December 15, 2016. This edition of the magazine, titled “Innovation for the public good,” highlights faculty, students, and alumni who are...