Communicating about climate change more effective when stories about those displaced hit 'close to home'
Concern for climate change grows—along with support for policies to reduce emissions—when people read about Americans being forced to move within the U.S. because of it. That's in sharp contrast to…...
Congratulations to our winter 2023 graduates
Twenty-one Ford School students were honored at the University of Michigan’s Winter Commencement on December 17, 2023. Ten MPPs, two MPAs, and nine BAs were conferred at Crisler Arena on December…...
Rabe comments on COP28 climate deal
At the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, nearly 200 nations approved a global pact that calls for transitioning away from fossil fuels—a first. The deal also calls for tripling the use of renewable…...
Yurtayeva calls for action against Russian cyber attacks
Russia is using “cyberaggression” as an essential element in its invasion of Ukraine. Cyber attacks have been targeted at critical infrastructure, at Ukrainian government agencies, and have been used…...
Seeking a resilient democracy
Of all of the recent headlines about U.S. government dysfunction, election denialism, and voter dissatisfaction, one in particular worries Ford School political scientist Jenna Bednar....
Snapshot: Associate Dean Jeffrey Morenoff
Sociologist Jeffrey Morenoff, associate dean for research and policy engagement Focus: neighborhood environments, crime and criminal justice, the social determinants of health, racial/ethnic/…...
The Rules of Attention: A poem by Airea D. Matthews (MPA ’07)
Philadelphia Poet Laureate and educator Airea D. Matthews (MPA ’07) returned to the Ford School this fall to discuss her memoir-in-verse with writing instructor Molly Spencer at an event hosted by…...
Our new dean, Celeste Watkins-Hayes
State & Hill sat down with the Ford School’s new dean to reflect on her scholarship, her mentors, and Gerald Ford State & Hill: Tell us about your intellectual journey to leading the Ford…...
Confronting the “Coup Belt” in Africa
Susan D. Page and Kamissa Camara in discussion An alarming number of countries in Africa have been experiencing coups over the past few years—a total of nine coups in three years—in Sudan, Burkina…...
Sherry Suttles (MPP ’71): An original IPPSter rides on
Sherry Suttles (MPP ’71) made history as the first Black woman city manager in the United States. That was a goal Suttles had set for herself soon after graduating in the first class of Master of…...
Injustice of place: Learning from history
A place-based view of the legacy of poverty in the U.S. At first glance, there's not much in common among the spinach fields of Crystal City, Texas; the cotton mills near Greenwood, Mississippi; and…...
Meet Megan Stewart
Expert on inequality and political violence now directs the Ford School’s International Policy Center As an undergraduate, associate professor Megan Stewart took a class on Middle East politics and…...