Pandemic pushed half-million kids into grandparents’ homes - Pilkauskas
Grandparents appeared to serve as an important private safety net when COVID-19 first hit the U.S., according to a new study. ...
Ayanian, IHPI report provides key insights as Medicaid 'unwinding' continues and more states expand eligibility
At a pivotal time for Medicaid health coverage for Americans with low incomes, a report on the impacts of Michigan's Medicaid expansion shows very positive effects, as well as opportunities for…...
The Ford School, LSA, and Wallace House Partner for Public Discourse
On a Monday evening in late November, throngs of University of Michigan students, faculty, staff, and Ann Arbor residents waited expectantly outside the Michigan Theater to attend the premier showing…...
Reluctance to changes in Medicare and Social Security endure - Hanson
Jonathan Hanson, The National Desk: “While people certainly support the continuation of Social Security and Medicare, and don't want those programs to cut their benefits, people are also reluctant to…...
No fear for Halloween candy prices - Deardorff
Alan Deardorff, The Messenger: "For decades the U.S. policy on sugar has been to protect the sugar market to keep the price above the world price," said Alan Deardorff, a professor emeritus of public…...
Ciorciari on China's reaction to US-Japan-South Korea accords
John Ciorciari, VOA: John Ciorciari, professor of research and policy engagement at the University of Michigan, said in an email to VOA Khmer that in the short term, China will likely act assertively…...
Meet our new faculty: Mo Torres
Mo Torres returns to the Ford School (he graduated with his MPP in 2015) as one of six University of Michigan Society of Fellows for a three-year appointment. He will work closely with the Center for…...
Meet new postdoctoral fellow Catherine Owsik
Catherine Owsik is a postdoctoral fellow with the Ford School’s Leadership Initiative and the Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise at the Ross School....
Inaugural ASPIRE cohort enjoys rewarding summer research experience with the Youth Policy Lab
Summer 2023 proved to be eventful and rewarding for the inaugural Applied Social Policy Internship and Research Experience (ASPIRE) cohort. The program, a collaboration between the Gerald R....
This year in international policy at the Ford School – fall 2022
An impressive slate of core and visiting faculty help make the Ford School a hub for engagement with the foreign policy community and a national leader in international policy education. The Weiser Diplomacy Center (WDC) and International Policy Center have forged partnerships with the U.S. State Department, American Academy of Diplomacy, U.S. Army War College, Korea Foundation, and others to offer engaged learning opportunities for students. Students practice their strategic problem-solving skills in global simulations that clarify the importance of analysis and negotiation, attend one-of-kind events with high-profile leaders, and travel the world with their classmates....
Dramatic drop in remittances puts struggling communities around the world at risk
As the toll of the COVID-19 economic shutdown reverberates around the world, money sent home by foreign workers is drying up....
Ali examines rising U.S.-China tensions over COVID-19 origins
Blame narratives over the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic are deepening rifts between the U.S. and China, according to Javed Ali, Towsley Policymaker in Residence at the Ford School. In a co-authored op-ed featured in The Hill on April 23, Ali asserts that these rising tensions added to an already weak relationship, and “risks igniting a new Cold War.”...