Rabe discusses the impact of environmental legislation on the political landscape
Barry Rabe, the J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family Professor of Public Policy at the Ford School, has been widely quoted on the significance of recent environmental legislation for domestic politics and…...
New faculty, new courses for winter 2024 term
A former foreign minister to Mali, a leading educational economist, a former NYC mayor, and a tech entrepreneur who explores indigenous technoscience are among the outstanding new faculty that add…...
Lantz and Young among new senior fellows in Michigan Society of Fellows
The Michigan Society of Fellows is welcoming its newest cohort of 13 senior fellows, including the Ford School's Paula Lantz and Alford Young. The new senior fellows will join the 16 who were…...
Lyft Welcomes Betsey Stevenson to Board of Directors
Today, Lyft announced that Ford School economics professor Betsey Stevenson has joined Lyft’s Board of Directors, effective November 16, 2023. She will also serve as a member of the Nominating and…...
Former NYC mayor Bill de Blasio joins the Ford School as Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence
Former New York City mayor Bill de Blasio will join the Ford School faculty for winter 2024 as a Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence. De Blasio will teach a graduate…...
Mariel Borowitz Talks Space in New Journal Article and Book Chapter
"For years, the U.S. military has maintained the most advanced space surveillance system in the world, monitoring the status of human-made objects in space, and providing data and information to spacecraft operators around the world to help avoid collisions in space."...
Lawrence Rubin with The Nunn School Speaks to the World Affairs Council of Atlanta on the Conflict in Israel and Gaza
A virtual briefing on the Israel-Gaza conflict’s potential impact on the region and world, and pathways to peace...
Lawrence Rubin with The Nunn School Speaks to the World Affairs Council of Atlanta on the Conflict in Israel and Gaza
A virtual briefing on the Israel-Gaza conflict’s potential impact on the region and world, and pathways to peace....
Institute Partnership Creates Pathway to Diverse Academic Leadership
The Academic Leadership Institute (ALI) Summer Residential Program offered by the University of Michigan (U-M) and Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) equips diverse individuals with the…...
Introducing our GAs: Abhinav Singh
Hello! I’m Abhinav Singh. Following my undergraduate law degree in India, I’m now undertaking an LLM in International Law at...
Coming to HNC? Here are One Student's Tips!
Two months into living at the HNC, student blogger and Certificate+MAIR ‘25 candidate Sam Trizza shares his thoughts on a few things he wants prospective students to know about as they consider/prepare coming to the HNC. Visa ProcessThe process of......
Challenges continue for state-local relations, according to Michigan local government leaders
Over half of Michigan local officials currently rate their jurisdiction’s overall relationship with the State government as just fair or even poor, while 34% of local officials say it is either good…...