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Fixing a broken health care system can help heal ailments, stem frustrations

Jan 20, 2025

Pamela Herd is the Carol Kakalec Kohn professor of social policy at the Ford School of Public Policy and a faculty associate at the Institute for Social Research’s Population Studies Center. Her research focuses on inequality and how it intersects...

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Exploring Carbon Pricing and Carbon Border Adjustments

Jun 8, 2023

Barry Rabe, PhD, joins this episode of Michigan Minds to talk about his recent paper, “Carbon Pricing Enters Middle Age,” and discusses how carbon border adjustments can link future carbon pricing to international trade. Rabe is the J. Ira and Nicki...

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Advancing Health Policy Research and Reducing Social Disparities in Health

Mar 13, 2023

Paula Lantz, PhD, joins Michigan Minds to discuss the social determinants of declining birth rates, the role of public policy in improving population health and reducing social disparities in health, and the particular importance of recognizing...

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Michigan Minds podcast: Addressing Systemic Inequities and Educational Disparities

Mar 1, 2023

Katherine Michelmore, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, and core faculty of the Education Policy Initiative (EPI). Her research examines the social safety net, education policy, labor...

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Puerto Rican Opinion Lab: Understanding how U.S. policies affect islanders

Jan 5, 2023

Mara Ostfeld, PhD, associate faculty director at Poverty Solutions, assistant research scientist at the Ford School of Public Policy, research director at the Center for Racial Justice, and faculty lead for the Detroit Metro Area Community Study,...

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Michigan Minds podcast: Weiland on how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted young students' learning

Aug 11, 2021

How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted younger students’ learning experiences? In this episode of Michigan Minds, Christina Weiland, Ed.D., associate professor at the School of Education and by courtesy at the Ford School of Public Policy, dives...

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Morenoff details How COVID-19 is Impacting Detroit Residents

Jun 19, 2020

The Detroit Metro Area Communities Study (DMACS) is a University of Michigan initiative that regularly surveys a representative group of Detroit residents about their communities, asking about their experiences, perceptions, priorities, and...

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COVID-19 Fiscal Strategy and Resource Guides for Local Governments produced by CLOSUP and partners

May 11, 2020

The COVID-19 crisis is having a dramatic impact on Michigan's local governments, and the fiscal implications — including emergency spending, revenue losses, and budget cuts — are already being felt. The Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy...

CLOSUP presents to lawmakers at Wolverine Caucus

Feb 28, 2020

Tom Ivacko and Debra Horner from CLOSUP presented findings from the Michigan Public Policy Survey at a Wolverine Caucus presentation on February 25. “Michigan is experiencing its longest–ever period of sustained economic growth, but because of a web...

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Michigan Minds

Fixing a broken health care system can help heal ailments, stem frustrations

Exploring Carbon Pricing and Carbon Border Adjustments

Advancing Health Policy Research and Reducing Social Disparities in Health

Michigan Minds podcast: Addressing Systemic Inequities and Educational Disparities

Puerto Rican Opinion Lab: Understanding how U.S. policies affect islanders

Michigan Minds podcast: Weiland on how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted young students' learning

Morenoff details How COVID-19 is Impacting Detroit Residents

COVID-19 Fiscal Strategy and Resource Guides for Local Governments produced by CLOSUP and partners

CLOSUP presents to lawmakers at Wolverine Caucus

Natasha Pilkauskas' research on three-generation household receives Michigan Minds spotlight

Edie Goldenberg shares voting challenge on Michigan Minds

Michigan Minds: Paula Lantz - Advancing health policy research and reducing social disparities

Michigan Minds: Kathy Michelmore - Addressing systemic inequities and educational disparities

Katherine Michelmore: Social disparity Michigan Minds episode preview

Kaitlin Raimi: Exploring belief superiority around climate change and environmental behaviors

Michigan Minds: Reduce chronic student absenteeism by addressing poverty