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Here are just a few of the international learning opportunities that Ford School undergraduate and graduate students have undertaken since 2020—travel courses, research projects, internships, externships, and simulations—all preparing students for...

"One positive international experience can flip a switch, change a student's academic and professional trajectory. You never know what that experience might be," says Dan Ellis, assistant director of the International Policy Center (IPC). He and...

As the spring semester came to a close in April 2022, Ford School students pursued international public policy interests around the world. In total, the Weiser Diplomacy Center (WDC) and International Policy Center (IPC) funded 16 summer...

For the third year in a row, University of Michigan students tackled policy-relevant questions posed by the U.S. State Department officials in Diplomacy Lab (DipLab) projects.  In the Winter 2022 term, graduate and undergraduate students formed...

Stephanie Gusching (BA '18) submits this field report from her internship in San Salvador, El Salvador, where she worked at the U.S. Embassy through the U.S. Department of State Student Internship Program.Review more internship field reports from...

Since mid-May I have been working on political matters at the U.S. Embassy in Manila, Philippines. This amazing internship experience is where the practice of my academic studies in Public Policy, Political Science, and Southeast Asian studies...