Jacqueline Mullen

Goldenberg featured in New York Times piece on boosting student election turnout

Mar 16, 2018

In the last midterm election, just 14 percent of students at the University of Michigan cast a ballot. The shockingly low figure “was a wake-up call,” Edie Goldenberg tells Farah Stockman in the March 3 New York Times article: “How college...

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Complex and fragile: The university's dual role as society's servant and society's critic

Dec 14, 2017

It's been 200 years since the founding of Michigan's first and flagship university: ours. Every moment is a turning point. But this moment—our bicentennial—is particularly poignant. As schools and stakeholders across the University of Michigan...

Photo blog showcases the Ford School's 2017 U.S./China policy course and trip

Nov 13, 2017

A group of master’s students from the Ford School embarked on the school’s annual China Trip this summer, meeting with nonprofit, government, business, and academic organizations working in policy areas as diverse as technology, women’s rights,...

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Media highlights Global Detroit, Ford School study on economic impact of refugees

Nov 7, 2017

On October 17, Global Detroit and researchers at the Ford School of Public Policy released a study estimating that refugees in southeast Michigan contribute up to $295 million to the regional economy – leading to coverage by numerous media outlets,...

Global Detroit, U-M release study: Refugees infuse up to $295M/year in SE Michigan

Oct 17, 2017

Every year, refugees to southeast Michigan contribute up to $295 million to the region's economy, according to a new study led by Global Detroit and researchers at the University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy.The economic contributions...

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This year’s Charity Auction to benefit Foundation for Flint's 'Flint Kids Fund'

Jan 26, 2017

For more than two decades, the Ford School has hosted an annual student-led fundraising effort that spans both semesters and raises money for a nonprofit nominated and selected by students. The initiative is headed by members of the Charity Auction...

Seefeldt pens op-ed for Newsweek: “Meet the real ‘left behind’ voters: Black women”

Dec 13, 2016

Kristin Seefeldt's (MPP '96, PhD '10) December 9 op-ed, published by Newsweek, describes "the real ‘left behind’ voters: black women.” After the 2016 election, Seefeldt says, common wisdom among pundits was that Donald Trump won because of the...

Alan Deardorff in Reuters: U.S.-China trade tensions could hurt U.S businesses

Dec 13, 2016

A December 13 article from Reuters, “Trump’s tough trade talk makes U.S. firms fear China retribution,” features quotes from a number of foreign policy experts, including Professor Alan Deardorff of the Ford School. According to the authors Nick...

Wolfers on “Trump and Carrier: How a modern economy is like a parking garage.”

Dec 2, 2016

Justin Wolfers offers a tutorial on the contempoary labor market in his latest New York Times Upshot column: “Trump and Carrier: How a modern economy is like a parking garage.” Wolfers’ piece comes after president-elect Donald Trump’s victory lap...

Ford School launches Supplemental Studies in Public Policy Program for undergrads

Dec 2, 2016

This year, the Ford School is introducing a new Supplemental Studies in Public Policy (SSPP) Program for undergraduate students. The program will consist of a 10-credit course sequence for University of Michigan bachelor's degree candidates....

Dean Yang discusses new Mozambique intervention for orphans and vulnerable children

Dec 2, 2016

Dean Yang is the feature of a November 30 interview with Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Assets and Market Access (AMA) at the University of California, Davis. The “Q&A with Professor Dean Yang” centers on an evaluation Yang is conducting of a...

Preventing vote-selling in the Philippines image

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Ford School alum Hardy Vieux serving as Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence

Dec 1, 2016

Ford School alumnus Hardy Vieux (MPP/JD ’97) has returned for the winter 2017 semester to serve as the Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence. Vieux is the legal director at Human Rights First, “an independent...

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Michigan local leaders assess drinking water issues in latest Michigan Public Policy Survey

Nov 29, 2016

Over a quarter of local officials from Michigan jurisdictions that provide shared water infrastructure believe funding levels are not sufficient to maintain those systems, according to the latest Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS), "Local...

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Catherine Hausman: Nuclear closures magnify U.S. climate challenge for Trump

Nov 18, 2016

Peter Behr, E&E News Reporter, quoted Catherine Hausman in his November 17 article, "Nuclear closures magnify U.S. climate challenge for Trump." Behr reports that up to 15 percent of U.S. nuclear reactors may shut down over the next ten years...

Schwarz urges national unity, support for successful Trump transition post-election

Nov 18, 2016

Joe Schwarz was interviewed on WBCK’s The Richard Piet Show on November 26 regarding the election. A recording of the segment can be found on WBCK’s website: “Schwarz: The election is over, support Trump.”While the outcome of the election was...

Mills surveys Michigan farmers, finds wind turbines have positive impact on landowners

Nov 17, 2016

Sarah Mills of the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy surveyed more than 1,200 farm landowners throughout 14 townships in Michigan to find out how farmers are impacted by wind energy turbines on their land. Mills found landowners with wind...

Barr, a key architect of Dodd-Frank, pens CNBC op-ed on Trump's financial plan

Nov 15, 2016

Michael S. Barr’s op-ed, “Why Trump’s financial plan is so dangerous,” was published on November 14 by CNBC.Barr worries that the Trump Administration will reverse the investor and consumer protections strengthened under President Obama, as well as...

Yang on Trump immigration policies and implications for migration to the U.S.

Nov 11, 2016

Dean Yang is quoted in Max Ehrenfreund’s November 10 article for the Washington Post’s Wonkblog, “One of Trump’s policies could spark a boom in immigration from Mexico.”Ehrenfreund speculates on the effect President-elect Donald Trump’s economic...

Pay-for-success: Paula Lantz on an innovative model for population health

Nov 11, 2016

A new study led by Paula Lantz is mentioned in Elizabeth Whitman’s Novemer 9 article for Modern Healthcare: “Initiatives to improve population health are disparate and face numerous hurdles.”Lantz’s study examines a new public-private funding model...

Students, community members pack into overflow rooms for post-election analysis

Nov 10, 2016

Over 600 people filled the Annenberg Auditorium, Betty Ford Classroom, Great Hall, and at least three other classrooms around the Ford School on Wednesday, November 9 to watch a panel of professors and policymakers unpack the results of the 2016...

Ford student groups host Día de los Muertos ofrenda and vigil for Black Lives Matter

Nov 8, 2016

Students of Color in Public Policy (SCPP) and Out in Public (OIP) prepared a Día de los Muertos ofrenda, or offering, to honor victims of systemic violence and to stand in solidarity with communities battling oppression.According to SCPP: “Día de...

Michigan Radio interviews Whitman on trade liberalization and the U.S. election

Nov 8, 2016

Cynthia Canty, host of Michigan Radio’s "Stateside," interviewed Marina v. N. Whitman about trade liberalization for the November 7 segment, “Nixon advisor: Regardless of next president, ‘hard to be optimistic’ about economic future.”Like many...

Place patients at the center of the acute health care system, says Ayanian

Nov 4, 2016

The acute health care system – what patients seek when they encounter an unexpected health problem – is currently plagued by "inefficiency, fragmentation, redudancy, and often long waits," write Keith E. Kocher and John Z. Ayanian in their October...

Ford School PhD student receives 2016 Weiser Emerging Democracy Fellowship

Nov 1, 2016

Ford School PhD student Eitan Paul was awarded a Weiser Emerging Democracy Fellowship for the 2016-17 academic year for his work on emerging democracies in the Global South.The fellowship is sponsored by the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies,...

Yes to free trade, but improve trade adjustment assistance, says Whitman in The Conversation

Oct 25, 2016

"If there’s one thing that nearly all economists agree on, it’s that getting rid of trade restrictions is generally good for a country’s economy," says Marina v.N. Whitman in her October 24 piece for The Conversation, “Want to help free trade’s...

Ciorciari in Wall Street Journal: Thai crown prince faces challenges in succeeding father

Oct 18, 2016

John Ciorciari was quoted in the October 13 Wall Street Journal article by James Hookway: “After Thai king’s death, crown prince has a hard act to follow.”The highly-popular monarch of Thailand, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, died on Thursday at age 88....

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Washtenaw Reads selects $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America, for 2017

Oct 6, 2016

$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America, by Kathryn J. Edin and H. Luke Shaefer, has been selected as next year’s pick for the Washtenaw Reads community initiative. Washtenaw Reads aims to “promote reading and civic dialogue through the...

Luke Shaefer delivers a talk at the Ford School

Brian Jacob in Brookings: "The wisdom of mandatory grade retention" in Michigan

Sep 30, 2016

Brian Jacob's latest contribution to Brookings' Evidence Speaks focuses on “The wisdom of mandatory grade retention.”In the article, Jacob investigates whether it is sound public policy to require third graders who fall behind in grade-level reading...

Ford School faculty, alumnus on President Obama's higher education legacy

Sep 29, 2016

Jack Stripling of The Chronicle of Higher Education tells the story of “Obama’s Legacy: An Unlikely Hawk on Higher Ed.” In doing so, he seeks input from the “foot soldiers of Obama,” including two Ford School faculty members, James Kvaal and Betsey...

Ciorciari in The Conversation: Philippine President may affect regional security concerns

Sep 22, 2016

“How is incendiary rhetoric like [Philippine President Rodrigo] Duterte’s likely to affect a strong defense partnership and regional security more broadly?” John Ciorciari tackles this question in his September 21 piece in The Conversation, “Is...