Changing rather than researching the world
As a faculty leader of GPS’s new MPP degree program, Professor Zoltan Hajnal is committed to shaping policymakers in the classroom and actual policy outside of it...
Ensuring students are ahead of the curve
Working behind the scenes, GPS’s Professional Development Committee is dedicated to dreaming up how to make students stand out in the workforce...
Variability biggest bane of water in the West
GPS’s Science Policy Fellows Program gathered scientists and policy experts from across campus and San Diego to traverse the hard-hitting topic of California’s water supply...
Korbel School Welcomes First US State Department Diplomat in Residence
We are honored to welcome our first U.S. State Department Diplomat in Residence, Mr. Stewart Devine, a career Foreign Service Officer....
Interning near and far: Ford School student internships in 2016
Read more about these and other policy-relevant internships at fordschool.umich.edu/careers-internships/field-reports...
More a spectrum than a switch: John Ciorciari talks shared sovereignty
If you don't talk about something, says Ciorciari, it's hard to improve it. And improving these arrangements—for host countries, and their citizens—is a worthwhile goal....
Spoilers to stability: Bob Axelrod discusses threats to the Iranian nuclear deal
This April, Bob Axelrod was invited to attend a closed-door workshop at Oxford University's Centre for the Resolution of Intractable Conflict. The focus: The 2015 nuclear deal with Iran....
Why GPS: Genuine support for your future career
As part of an ongoing series, we give students the creative liberty to opine on their favorite memories from the School and “why GPS” is a solid fit to pursue their graduate education...
Bush School Program on Women, Peace and Security Receives $100,000 Grant
The Program on Women, Peace and Security is recently established program in the Department of International Affairs at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University....
Bush School Students to Aid International Rescue Committee (IRC)
Eighteen students at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University will aid that effort by designing and preparing proposals for the International Rescue Committee (IRC)....
Microfinance breakthrough: Dean Yang uses fingerprints to boost microlending in Malawi
Yang's study is not only addressing a massive challenge in microfinance and international development, it's also providing rigorous empirical evidence of the importance of personal identification......
Hacking for global health: Tackling wicked problems, like avian influenza, with creativity
"It was a big, late-night conversation. We walked into the room with one view of the world, and we came out completely different, and totally for the better."...