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Boston Fed President & CEO Susan M. Collins Returns to the Ford School

Ibish and Miller: Perspectives on the Middle East crisis

Disillusioned: Five Families and the Unraveling of America's Suburbs

A Look at Latinx Voters and Voting

Former Governors John Kasich and Steve Bullock on Democracy and Civic Discourse

A Conversation with NYT Technology Reporter Kashmir Hill

War Game: Film Screening & Conversation

Jonathan Van Ness Gets Curious About Voting

Jonathan Van Ness: UMMA Visit

Policy & Activism at the Intersections

Brookings Institution Explores US Climate Policy

2024 Faculty Retirements Celebration

2024 Ford School Reunion

Ford School Fall Launch 2024

Returning Student Orientation 2024

ASPIRE Final Presentations 2024

ASPIRE 2024: Commission Chair Justin Hodge

2024 Worldwide Ford School Spirit Day

ASPIRE Welcome Reception 2024

2024 Ford School Commencement

Ford50: Wear One, Share One Button Contest

Students of Color in Public Policy Graduation Celebration

6th Annual Vandenberg Lecture: A view from Kyiv - U.S. Ambassador Bridget Brink

Food for Thought: Bill DeBlasio

International Travel 2024

2024 Dean's Symposium: Stacey Abrams - American Democracy at the Crossroads

2024 Dean's Symposium: Stacey Abrams

2024 Dean's Symposium: The State of Democracy around the World

2024 Dean's Symposium: Racial Justice and Public Policy - Complexities, Challenges, and Priorities for Reform

2024 Dean's Symposium: Communicating Climate Change - Policymakers, Advocates, and Public Opinion

2024 Dean's Symposium: New Policy in Support of Families and Kids

2024 Dean's Symposium: Alondra Nelson

2024 Dean's Symposium: Cecilia Muñoz

The Middle East Crisis: a policy discussion

Charles Luftig: Career Chat

Spring Preview Day 2024

CRJ Spring Showcase: Voices of Impact

Dr. Vera Songwe: Africa's Strategic Role in Charting a New Economic and Policy Path

17th annual Gramlich Showcase of Student Work

Michael Barr: A View from the Fed

Alejandro Mayoral Baños: Beyond the Digital Divide

Marc Goldwein: Fiscal Challenges Facing the Next Administration

Masterclass in Activism with Chloë Cheyenne

Spring 2024 Ford School Event in Washington, DC

Dr. Whitney Pirtle: Measuring Racism as a Cause of Health Inequities

Walk to the Polls

Lori Lightfoot: Challenges of Leading in Crisis

The AR-15: The Gun that Divides a Nation

Spring 2024 Integrated Policy Exercise

Celebration for Professor Earl Lewis

Mayor Steven Reed: MLK Day Lecture

Ford School Holiday Party 2023

Dr. Anna Branch: Work in Black & White - Striving for the American Dream

NAP Policy Simulation

Justice Kyra Harris Bolden: Justice Across Generations

Airea D. Matthews: Bread and Circus

Lourdes Rivera: Pregnancy Justice

Greg Harden: "Stay sane in an insane world"

Jake Tapper: Democracy in Crisis

Bill de Blasio: Are smart cities smart enough?

Visiting Guest: Fred Upton

Future of Work Institute 2023

The Love Jones Cohort: Kris Marsh

The Injustice of Place

Center for Racial Justice Open House 2023

Homecoming 2023

6th annual Ford School Policy Pitch Competition

Returning Student Orientation 2023

Ford School Fall Launch 2023

ASPIRE Final Presentations 2023

PPIA JSI 2023: Lelia Gowland

Pride Celebration 2023

Juneteenth Celebration 2023

ASPIRE Welcome Reception 2023

2023 Worldwide Ford School Spirit Day

Black perspectives in public policy

Ambassador Julianne Smith, "NATO today: Confronting the crisis in Ukraine and adapting to meet global challenges"

An evening with Governor Gretchen Witmer and CNN Anchor Chris Wallace

Restoring confidence in our democracy

Ford School Commencement 2023

International travel in 2023

16th Annual Gramlich Showcase of Student Work

Governing for environmental justice

Luncheon in honor of former dean Rebecca Blank

Kade Crockford: Technology, surveillance, and civil liberties

Public policy for good: Building a just and inclusive society

What policymakers need to know about the criminal justice system

A conversation with FBI Director Christopher Wray

Lead in the water: What are the educational impacts on Flint students?

Our DEI "why"

Jeh Johnson, Fmr. U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security

The war in Ukraine: Russia, the EU, and NATO (Policy Talks @ the Ford School)

Student internships around the world, 2022

Celebrating former dean Rebecca M. Blank

Leadership journeys dinner with Professors Morela Hernandez and Shobita Parthasarathy

Policy-focused solutions to the firearm epidemic: What we know works

Competition in the Arctic: U.S. Army War College policy simulation (2022)

Welcome HoMe celebration (Homecoming 2022)

Favorites 2022

Ford School fall launch and ice cream social (2022)

PPIA fellows tour of Michigan Stadium (2022)

PPIA session with U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell

PPIA class on statistics with Jonathan Hanson

PPIA class on healthcare with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Senator Chris Coons

12th annual Worldwide Ford School Spirit Day

Alumni Board meeting, spring 2022

Class of 2020 Comeback Commencement reception

IEDP 2022: Puerto Rico

Celebrate with SCPP and the Center for Racial Justice

Ford School Commencement 2022

Elissa Slotkin, "Shifting sands"

Spring Preview 2022

Anne Applebaum: The twilight of democracy

Cultivating socially responsible engineers: The role of universities and public policy

15th annual Gramlich Showcase of Student Work

Leadership in law and policy with Reginald Turner

Democracy: What it takes, with Molly Ball and Craig Gilbert

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren: Inequality

Cookie Day 2021

Holiday party 2021

Luke Shaefer: Lessons in using evidence to fight poverty

Ford School Fall Festival 2021

The road ahead for U.S.-Russia relations with Stephen Biegun and Alina Polyakova

Career Conversation with Penny Naas

2021 Ford School fall launch & ice cream social

2021 Commencement Swag Pickup and Photo Op

Our master's programs (2021)

Ford School in Asia: 2019

Favorites 2020

2018 Integrated Policy Exercise

New frontiers: Labor, immigration, and foreign policy with Denis McDonough

Integrating and Enforcing Labor Rights in Trade

Washington, DC Alumni-Student Career Networking Reception

Christopher Hart: Policy Talk on autonomous vehicles

Susan M. Collins

Susan Rice on "Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For"

Eric Schmitt and Ellen Nakashima Visit PUBPOL 750: National Security Council and Counterterrorism

Michigan's New Approach to Redistricting

Michael Breen: Human Rights on the Brink

Debbie Dingell visits PUBPOL 683: Elections and Campaigns

Dave Trott visits PUBPOL 683: Elections and Campaigns

Conversation on National Security, Service, and Policy

Ta-Nehisi Coates: The Case for Reparations

Population Health Disparities

Listening to Strengthen Democracy

Reflections on Foreign Policy: Defense, Diplomacy & Development with Hillary Clinton

Democracy and America's Foreign Policy Identity with Condoleezza Rice

2019 Ford School Reunion

Samantha Power: The Education of an Idealist

Diplomacy in a New Transatlantic Era

Stephen Biegun: International Diplomacy Challenges

Ford School Grad Open House 2019

Worldwide Ford School Spirit Day 2019

Dean's house lunch 2019

Ford School Commencement 2019

Ford School Grad Open House 2019 Photo Booth

Children of the Dream: Why School Integration Works

Katie Fahey: Lessons learned from Voters Not Politicians

Gene Sperling: Economic Dignity

Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Charity Auction 2019

Perspectives on the Future of Paid Family Leave with Dr. Andrew Biggs and Betsey Stevenson

American diplomacy with Ambassador William J. Burns

2019 NASPAA-Batten Student Simulation Competition @ Ford

12th annual Gramlich Showcase of Student Work

Racial bias and call-driven policing

Rep. Debbie Dingell & Fred Upton: Voices across the aisle

U.S. Science and Technology Policy: Past, Present and Future with Thomas Kalil

Washington, D.C. Alumni-Student Career Networking Reception

Gun violence in the US: Competing frames & policy tensions

Manny Teodoro: Water System Finance

John Dingell

Joan and Sandy Weill visit Ford School

One family's story: People, policy & politics of deportation

Exhibit opening -- Deported: An American Division

Virginia Eubanks: Automating Inequality

Faculty Roundtable with Senator Gary Peters

Jelena McWilliams: Functions and Firms

Masters Students Learn & Explore Careers in Detroit

2018 APPAM Fall Research Conference

Women Leading Local Government

Wallenberg Medal: Conversation with young activists

The U.S. at "endless war": Public policy and those who serve

8th annual Worldwide Ford School Spirit Day

Staying Healthy in a Stressful World

Conversation with Lisa McCubbin on new Betty Ford biography

Electoral Reform via Ballot Initiatives Panel

Hugh Sloan class visit

Counterterrorism in 2020: Future prospects and challenges

Barry Rabe: Can We Price Carbon?

FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel on Network Neutrality

Time and Chance: Gerald Ford's Appointment with History

Conversations Across Difference: William Kristol & Neera Tanden

A retirement celebration for Professor Mary Corcoran

Policy Engagement at the Ford School

Ford School Grad Open House 2018 Photo Booth

Ford School Commencement 2018

Ford School Grad Open House 2018

Ford School conversation with Coach Beilein

Pass it on: The humanitarian spirit of Betty Ford

The Affordable Care Act: Where do we go from here?

Kumi Naidoo, Next Secretary General of Amnesty International

11th Annual Gramlich Showcase of Student Work

Penny Pritzker on “America’s economic future”

2018 DC Trip and Networking Reception

Russia 2018: Preparing for the Post-Putin Era with John R. Beyrle

Ford School Presents: Ana Navarro

Daniel Raimi: "The Fracking Debate"

Innovative programs for youth and young adults

Federal tax reform: A dialogue

Community development finance: Responding to community needs

At the Intersection of Sports and Social Policy

T. Ramasami: Science and tech policy in developing countries

Conversation with Aaron Cutler and Daniel Silverberg

2017 Detroit career exploration trip and reception

Behavioral Finance Symposium

Escaping poverty through entrepreneurship with Arthur Brooks

Mental health: Personal and policy perspectives

“The depth of our divisions, the breadth of our communities”

Ford School Service Day 2017

Food and Fordies

Ford School Movie Night 2017

7th Annual Worldwide Ford School Spirit Day

PPIA Fellows 2017 - Tour of the Big House (Michigan Stadium)

A Celebration of the Deanship of Susan M. Collins

Retirement reception for Marina Whitman

Michael S. Barr

Ford School Commencement 2017

Ford School Grad Open House 2017

Fordie Grad Fair 2017

Student farewell to Dean Susan M. Collins

Ford School Grad Open House Photo Booth 2017

The Last Lecture (presented by Gamma Rho Phi)

Ford School Spring Preview 2017

Megan Tompkins-Stange, “Policy Patrons”

Patent Politics: Life Forms, Markets, and the Public Interest

Abandoned Families: Social Isolation in the 21st Century

A seat at the table: women of color in public service

Janet Yellen, Chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve System

2017 Ford+SPPG Conference

The intersection of national security and human rights

Annual Ford School Alumni D.C. Trip 2017

Sexual Assault on UM Campus: Challenges, Policy & Prevention

2017 Ford School student-led activities

Failure Factories-The Livingston Lectures

Ford School Holiday Party 2016

Our home, Joan and Sanford Weill Hall

2017 Integrated Policy Exercise

Gretchen Whitmer

Jason Furman, Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers

APPAM 2016 conference - Ford School alumni reception

The Outlook for U.S. Education Policy in 2017 and Beyond

The Economics of Wishful Thinking

The future of U.S.-China economic relations? with Justin Lin

50 Years of Civil Rights Leadership - Reception

50 Years of Civil Rights Leadership- Panel 2

50 Years of Civil Rights Leadership-Panel 1

50 Years of Civil Rights Leadership- Keynote

2016 Ford School student-led activities

2016 Decided: Post-election analysis panel

Community Perspectives: The Ongoing Flint Water Crisis

Exploring the BA in Public Policy degree

State Senator Rebekah Warren (D-Ann Arbor) guest lecture

Redline with Bankole Thompson, 910 AM Superstation

21st Century Public Leadership: Lessons from the Rustbelt

Ford School students in action: summer 2016 internships

Policy Talks @ the Ford School: Annie Maxwell

All-School Movie Night! Gerald R. Ford: A Test of Character

PPIA Fellows 2016 - Visit to the Chicago Fed, Detroit Branch

2016 Graduate Horizons

PPIA Fellows 2016 - Tour of the Big House (Michigan Stadium)

2016 Worldwide Ford School Spirit Day

Ford School Alumni Board Spring 2016

Ford School Grad Open House 2015

Ford School Commencement 2016

Ford School Grad Open House 2016

Ford School Grad Open House Photo Booth 2016

Troy Harden: Race, violence, public policy and social trauma

9th Annual Gramlich Showcase of Student Work

George W. Casey, Jr. "Weathering an era of persistent conflict"

Policy Talks @ the Ford School: Sister Simone Campbell

21st Century Policing

Book Talks @ the Ford School: Steven Radelet on "The Great Surge"

2016 Washington, DC policy event and networking reception

The J. Ira Harris Lecture: Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker

Policy Talks @ the Ford School: U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas E. Perez

Policy Talks @ the Ford School: Broderick Johnson

Policy Talks @ the Ford School: Christopher Hill

2016 Integrated Policy Exercise

Ford School Cookie Day 2015

Ford School Holiday Party 2015

Policy Talks @ the Ford School: A conversation with former Republican Congressmen Mike Rogers and David Camp

Policy Talks @ the Ford School: The Detroit Grand Bargain with Gretchen Whitmer

Book Talks @ the Ford School: $2 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America

Book Talks @ the Ford School: Beyond Obamacare: Life, Death, and Social Policy

Leadership Conversation with Harold Ford, Jr. and John Dingell

Policy Talks @ the Ford School: A conversation with Roger Ferguson, hosted by Justin Wolfers

Policy Talks @ the Ford School: Ambassador Thomas Miller on “The nexus between diplomacy and development: A practitioner’s perspective”

Policy Talks @ the Ford School: Erica Chenoweth on “Why civil resistance works: Strategic alternatives to violence in the 21st century” (Josh Rosenthal Education Fund Lecture)

Ford School Service Day 2015

Medicare/Medicaid and Social Security Anniversary

Kathryn Dominguez nominated to serve on Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors

2015 Worldwide Ford School Spirit Day

Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy 2015 Commencement

The Last Lecture (presented by Gamma Rho Phi)

2015 Graduation Open House

Policy Talks @ the Ford School: Melody Barnes on “Creating opportunity for America’s youth: Anatomy of a public policy challenge”

Policy Talks @ the Ford School: The “Healthy Michigan Plan” turns one

Policy Talks @ the Ford School: Daniel Geary on "Beyond civil rights: The Moynihan Report and its legacy"

Pathways to politics: Women in elected office

2015 Ford+SPPG Conference: Building Resilient Cities

Former Congressman Harold Ford, Jr (D-TN) guest lecture on nonprofit board governance

2015 8th Annual Gramlich Showcase of Student Work

CLOSUP press conference on MPPS and Michigan roads

2014 Ford Case Competition winners at the East Lansing City Council

2015 Washington, DC policy event and networking reception

Ta-Nehisi Coates on “A deeper black: Race in America”

Policy Talks @ the Ford School: Ruth C. Browne, CEO of the Arthur Ashe Institute

American Denial – Advance screening with Llewellyn Smith

Policy Talks @ the Ford School: Janet Napolitano, on “Public Service and Politics”

Policy Talks @ the Ford School: Luke Mogelson on “The Refugee Crisis: Who makes it to safety?”

2015 Integrated Policy Exercise (PUBPOL 638)

Alumni in Residence - Sean Jones - Dec. 4, 2014

Charity Auction 2015

Charity Auction 2014

MORE PhD Meeting - November 2014

2014 Ford Case Competition Showcase

Centennial Reunion: Centennial Lecture, featuring Steven D. Levitt (Policy Talks @ the Ford School)

Centennial Reunion: Go Blue Homecoming Tailgate

Centennial Reunion: Rackham Registration

Centennial Reunion: Open House & Reception

Centennial Reunion: Ford School Committee meeting

Centennial Reunion: Alumni Board Meeting

Centennial Reunion: Deans' Panel - "Ford School Leaders: What Do They Know?"

Centennial Reunion: Alumni Brunch with Steven D. Levitt

Ford School Centennial Reunion Photo Booth

University of Michigan Regents Candidate Forum 2014

2014 Ford School Diwali Celebration

2014 Bohnett Fellows Summit

Megan Comfort, PhD: Integrating social work and ethnography with hypermarginalized populations

Policy Talks @ the Ford School: "Is the utility of the future sustainable?" a lecture by Severin Borenstein

Ode to the blackboard

Book Talks @ the Ford School: "Hybrid Justice: The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia"

Policy Talks @ the Ford School: Alejandro Castillejo-Cuéllar

International student reception 8-22-2014

Ford School students and alumni in action: Internships and Careers

IEDP Trips 2000 - 2010

Alumni Board Members at Work

Centennial Worldwide Ford School Spirit Day 7-10-14

Ford School Staff Retreat 2014

Nationals Baseball Game 5-30-2014

Greater Chicagoland alumni and student reception

Dr. James House Symposium 06-02-2014

Honoring Ned Gramlich and the Importance of Policy Research

Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy 2014 Commencement

2014 Graduation Open House

Poverty, Policy, and People: 25 Years of Research and Training at the University of Michigan (2014)

Policy Talks @ the Ford School: Margo Picken on "Khmer Rouge Trials"

Ford School Spring Preview Weekend 2014

Ann Arbor 2014 Mayoral Candidates Town Hall

Armed with Expertise: Book Talk with Joy Rohde

Policy Talks @ the Ford School: Rebecca M. Blank, Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Policy Talks @ the Ford School: Christina Romer, former Chair of the President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers

Policy Talks @ the Ford School: Elisabeth Gerber on "Metropolitan areas, regionalism, and the politics of intergovernmental cooperation"

Policy Talks @ the Ford School: Carrie Hessler-Radelet, Acting Director of the Peace Corps

Lecture by Paul Rusesabagina, as part of the IPC commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide

Policy Talks @ the Ford School lecture by Kevyn Orr, Detroit Emergency Manager

Policy Talk @ the Ford School, held on Thursday, February 27, 201

Obamacare and Beyond: How to Reform the U.S. Health System

2014 Day of Thanks, thanking alumni for their chartiable donations

Take your professor to lunch with Luke Schaefer, Assistant Professor of Social Work

2014 Washington, DC Alumni Reception at APPAM Annual Conference

2014 7th Annual Gramlich Showcase of Student Work

2014 Policy Talks @ the Ford School lecture by Heather Gerken, J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law at Yale Law School.

MLK 28th Annual Symposium Event at the University of Michigan

Favorites from 2014

2013 Policy Talk @ the Ford School on Monday, December 2, 2013. Lecture by Alberto Trejos

2014 Annual MLK Symposium Event

Winter 2014: Great Lakes policy challenges in Integrated Policy Exercise

2013 Policy Talks @ the Ford School Lecture by Joshua DuBois, Spiritual Advisor to President Obama

Washington, DC Alumni Reception at APPAM Annual Conference

2013 Community Conversation with Carla Hills

2013 Policy Talks @ the Ford School lecture by Cecilia Munoz (AB ’84), Assistant to the President and Director of the Domestic Policy Council.

APPAM Reception Slideshow - November 2013

2013 Policy Talks @ Ford School lecture by Roberto Rodriguez (AB '97), Special Assistant to the President for Education Policy

2013 Michigan Women's Hall of Fame Induction

2013 Hamilton Project Forum

2013 APS Michigan House Commerce Committee Presentation

2013 Policy Talks @ the Ford School lecture by Olympia Snowe

2013 Ford School Picnic

2013 Policy Talks @ the Ford School Lecture by Alan Bersin

Winter 2013: Introduction to Chinese Policy course

2013 PPIA visit to the Chicago Fed in Detroit

2013 Worldwide Ford School Spirit Day

2013 Evening with Henry Kissinger and Paul O'Neill

2013 Staff Retreat

IPSA Photo Contest

2013 Graduation Open House

2013 Commencement

2013 Graduation Open House Photo Booth

2013 Funding local government in Michigan: A broken system?

2013 President Ford Statue Dedication

2013 Gramlich Showcase of Student Work

2013 4th Annual U.S.-Canada Policy Conference

2013 International Economic Development Program (IEDP) trip to Cape Verde

2013 Policy Talks @ the Ford School lecture by Helene Gayle

2013 Policy Talks @ the Ford School lecture by Ken Lieberthal, "U.S.-China relations in the second Obama Administration."

2013 Global repercussions: The impact of today's U.S. economy

2013 DC slideshow

2013 Black and Blue documentary film screening and panel discussion

2013 Integrated Policy Exercise

2013 Policy Talks @ the Ford School: A conversation with Ben Bernanke

Ford School student opportunities

2012 Ford School Fall Picnic

Winter 2012: Intro to Chinese Policy course

2012 Lecture by Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein

2012 debate: The Other America: Then and Now

2012 Lecture by Glenn Loury

2012 Lecture by Angel Harris

2012 Lecture by Lawrence Lessig

2012 Lecture by Roger Ferguson

2012 Lecture by Doug Elmendorf

2012 Lecture by General Michael Hayden

2009 Citigroup Foundation Lecture by Chuck Hagel

2012 Acting U.S. Secretary of Commerce Rebecca M. Blank

2012 Lecture by Dick Costolo, CEO of Twitter

Rajiv Shah, USAID

2012 The University of Michigan Tribute to Mrs. Betty Ford

PPIA @ the Big House

2012 Worldwide Ford School Spirit Day

2012 Staff Retreat

2012 Gramlich Showcase of Student Work

2011-12 Ford School Favorites

2012 Spring Preview

2012 Lecture by the Honorable Margaret Spellings

2012 Ford School Graduation Open House & Commencement

2012 Ford School Graduation Open House

2012 Michigan's Controversial Emergency Manager Law Panel

2012 International Economic Development Program: Colombia

2012 America the Unequal: A Ford School conversation on growing gaps in income, educational attainment, and more

2012 Lecture by Congressman Eric Cantor

2011 Alumni Reception at APPAM Conference

2012 Integrated Policy Exercise: U.S.-Mexico Border Policy

2011 Applied Policy Seminar