A new bipartisan bill aims to ensure that political donors-turned-ambassadors are qualified for the job.
Speaking to The Detroit News, Ambassador Melvyn Levitsky said, “There were some really embarrassing nominations during the previous...
"Attorney General Greg Abbot, perhaps the most likely person to be the next governor of Texas, routinely says, 'I wake up in the morning, I sue the federal government and then I go home,'" Barry Rabe told Sally Herships during a May 6 interview for...
In honor of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Gerald Ford, Don Gonyea of NPR's "All Things Considered" examines an incident at the U-M in 1934. Ford was a student and football player at the time, and the incident—and its outcome—not only reveals...
In a new installment of "Policy Points," Barry Rabe discusses the increasing belief among Americans in the existence of global warming."We've now seen in recent surveys a jump back up from levels of the last couple of years—where belief was around...
Southern California Public Radio interviewed John Ciorciari about the political context and motivations behind President Obama's five-day trip to Asia. The visit is part of a U.S. pivot to Asia that began when Obama first took office, Ciorciari...
Marina Whitman discussed her new book, "The Martian's Daughter", on American Public Media's Marketplace, which is carried on hundreds of NPR stations nationwide.In her book, Whitman, who served on the president's Council of Economic Advisers and was...
In a guest column for the Detroit Free Press, Marina v.N. Whitman, the first woman appointed to the President's Council of Economic Advisers by President Nixon, said the bipartisanship of that era has disappeared from today's politics."Campaigns are...
Highly regarded economists Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers have opined in a column for Bloomberg View that the divisive rhetoric between Democrats and Republicans on the U.S. economy is rooted in political posturing, not economic reality."In...
I am proud that one of the central characteristics of the Ford School community has been the diversity among our student body, faculty and staff. We value differences in educational and professional experience, political outlook, lifestyle, and...
Contact: Linda Packo, (734) 764-8593, lklee[at]umich.eduFrom the Michigan Record, 7/25/05.By Kim BroekhuizenOffice of the Vice President for CommunicationsU-M Professor Edward M. Gramlich, a Governor of the Federal Reserve Board, has been selected...
Contact: Linda Packo, (734) 764-8593, [email protected] ARBOR, Mich.--- Edward M. Gramlich, who announced today that he's leaving his post as Governor of the Federal Reserve Board effective Aug. 31, will return to the University of...
Professor Danziger is the Henry J. Meyer Distinguished University Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and Research Professor at the Population Studies Center. His research focuses on social welfare policies and on the effects of economic, demographic, and public policy changes on trends in poverty and inequality. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellow, Director of the National Poverty Center, and Director of the Research and Training Program on Poverty and Public Policy.
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Day 2: Exercise your brain at Math Camp, enjoy lunch with faculty and staff, advance job prospects with Graduate Career Services, get caught up in the Logistics Loop, and more!
