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Tompkins-Stange receives Once Upon a Time grant for course on philanthropy
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Monday, February 18, 2013
The Once Upon a Time Foundation (OUAT) has awarded a $50,000 grant to support a new Ford School course proposed by Megan Tompkins-Stange entitled, "Philanthropic Foundations in the Public Arena."
The new course will focus on the merits and processes of charitable giving. Students will also look at challenges foundations face in balancing competing priorities, such as generating concrete outcomes while also using processes that incorporate input from affected communities. Students in the course will also gain firsthand experience with philanthropy by directing actual grants to nonprofit organizations.
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Orszag cites Dynarski in Bloomberg column on college enrollment
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
In his regular column for Bloomberg View, former director of the Office of Management and Budget Peter Orszag drew upon the work of Susan Dynarski in suggesting ways to raise college enrollment and graduation rates.
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Rusty Hills op-ed on GOP State of the Union response published in the Washington Times
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
In an op-ed for the Washington Times, Rusty Hills proposes breathing new life into the Republican Party's response to President Obama's State of the Union address. The response, which is given by the opposition party immediately following the State of the Union each February, receives notoriously little media coverage.
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Tom Ivacko's guest column in Bridge magazine proposes dialogue on funding for local governments
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
In a guest column for Bridge Magazine Tom Ivacko makes the case for a statewide discussion about how local governments are funded in Michigan. The most recent Michigan Public Policy Survey from the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy found that 58 percent of local leaders in Michigan believe the state's funding system is broken.
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Justin Wolfers interviewed on NPR about happiness in America
Friday, February 8, 2013
NPR's Morning Edition interviewed Justin Wolfers in a segment about happiness in America and whether the U.S. should add such a measurement to its list of national statistics like GDP and unemployment.
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Sheldon Danziger named new president of Russell Sage Foundation
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Friday, February 8, 2013
Sheldon Danziger, the Henry J. Meyer Distinguished University Professor of Public Policy and director of the National Poverty Center, has been appointed the tenth president of the Russell Sage Foundation.
Russell Sage is the premier foundation devoted exclusively to social science research. Danziger will join the foundation on September 1, 2013.
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MPPS findings show desire for funding reform, Tom Ivacko tells Michigan Radio
Friday, February 8, 2013
The latest poll in the Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS), conducted by the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP), received coverage from Michigan Public Radio and other area media outlets for shedding light on issues of government funding in Michigan.
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Ford School mourns the loss of Michael D. Cohen
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Monday, February 4, 2013
Michael D. Cohen, a professor emeritus of public policy and of information, passed away on February 2, 2013 at the age of 67.
Michael was a founding faculty member of the Ford School's predecessor, the Institute of Public Policy Studies (IPPS), as well as the University of Michigan's School of Information. He retired from the university in August 2012.
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NRC appoints Barry Rabe to steering committee on shale gas development
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Monday, February 4, 2013
The National Research Council (NRC) has appointed Ford School Professor Barry Rabe to a steering committee that will organize two workshops examining the social and decision-making issues related to identifying, assessing, and managing risk in shale gas development.
In the first workshop, experts and practitioners will identify key issues regarding shale gas development and discuss the state and limits of scientific knowledge on those issues. In the second workshop, social scientists from several disciplines will apply a variety of insights about risk management institutions to the shale gas case, while interacting with each other and with practitioners.
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New York Times quotes Justin Wolfers on Fed's performance
Friday, February 1, 2013
Justin Wolfers was quoted in a New York Times article about efforts by the Federal Reserve Board to reduce unemployment and increase U.S. economic growth. While some economists have argued that the Fed has done all it can to improve the economy, Wolfers argues that it has not done enough.
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Rabe speaks with Bloomberg Businessweek on climate change perceptions
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Bloomberg Businessweek interviewed Barry Rabe in an article about the impact of Hurricane Sandy on oceanfront home purchases in New Jersey where damage from the storm was great. According to the article, home prices along the East Coast have continued to rise, despite the risk of damage posed by future storms.
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Ann Lin discusses latest bipartisan immigration reform for "Policy Points"
Thursday, January 31, 2013
The latest installment of "Policy Points," Ann C. Lin discusses new immigration reform legislation unveiled last week by a bipartisan group of eight Senators.
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Justin Wolfers discusses liability insurance for gun owners on NPR's Morning Edition
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Justin Wolfers spoke with National Public Radio's Morning Edition about requiring gun owners to hold liability insurance in order to help keep firearms out of the hands of individuals who may use them irresponsibly. By requiring gun owners to provide information about their gun-use habits, Wolfers said, insurers could identify individuals who pose the greatest risk and charge premiums accordingly.
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Local leaders: Funding reforms needed to avoid service cuts
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Local government leaders in Michigan report that the way their jurisdictions are funded requires significant reform to maintain services in the wake of the Great Recession, according to a University of Michigan survey.
Fewer than half of local leaders, or 43 percent, believe the system of funding local government in Michigan would allow them to maintain their current packages of services in the future, even if the economy continues to improve, according to the poll by U-M's Ford School of Public Policy.
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Los Angeles Times interviews Justin Wolfers on fourth-quarter economic slowdown
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
In a recent Los Angeles Times article Justin Wolfers commented on fears of a new recession following news that the U.S. economy contracted in the fourth quarter of 2012. Total economic output shrank by 0.1% in the last three months of 2012, causing some economists to speculate that the economy could be headed for another recession. Two straight quarters of contraction would officially indicate the start of another recession, the newspaper reported. Despite the disappointing figures, however, Wolfers said it is too soon to make such predictions.
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New paper from Jacob, McCall, and Stange analyses the "College as Country Club"
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
A new paper by Brian A. Jacob, Brian P. McCall, and Kevin M. Stange, published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, is receiving attention from The Chronicle of Higher Education and other publications for its analysis of the pressure facing universities to provide students with greater amenities.
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Elisabeth Gerber to represent Washtenaw County on Regional Transit Authority
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Monday, January 28, 2013
Elisabeth R. Gerber, the Jack Walker Jr. Professor of Public Policy, is one of two representatives for Washtenaw County on the newly instated Regional Transit Authority (RTA) for southeast Michigan. County Commissioner Conan Smith made her appointment, along with that of fellow representative Richard Murphy, program director of Michigan Suburbs Alliance, official in December.
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Terrorist networks and deadly force
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Friday, January 25, 2013
When violent non-state organizations form alliances with each other, do they become more lethal? Ford School Assistant Professor Philip B. K. Potter and Associate Professor Michael Horowitz of the University of Pennsylvania seek to answer this question in their article Allying to Kill: Terrorist Intergroup Cooperation and the Consequences for Lethality, published in The Journal of Conflict Resolution this month. The article explores the networks of violent non-state actors, and how these connections bolster their deadly acts.
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Black and Blue documentary film screening and panel discussion
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
The Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy, the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and the Center for Public Policy in Diverse Societies will host a screening of the documentary titled Black and Blue: The Story of Gerald Ford, Willis Ward, and the 1934 Michigan-Georgia Tech Football Game, followed by a panel discussion featuring former Senator Buzz Thomas (grandson of Willis Ward) and Steve Ford (son of President Gerald R. Ford) on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 in conjunction with the Martin Luther King Day events.
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Michigan Chronicle interviews Rabe on fracking in Michigan
Monday, January 21, 2013
The Michigan Chronicle interviewed Barry Rabe for its story on hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking." Fracking is a process by which oil and gas companies inject chemical fluids or sand into underground shale rock formations in order to free deposits of oil or natural gas. The article, "Fracking Put Pennsylvania on Top of the U.S. Gas Boom—Is Michigan Next?" considers how growth of fracking techniques may impact the economy and environment in Michigan.
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