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Forensic anthropology in Guatemala

May 3, 2023

Lessons in restorative justiceBy Miriam WassermanIn spring 2019, Aprisal Malale (MPP '20) found himself at the side of an unmarked grave in Guatemala. Malale, along with Towsley Policymaker in Residence Hardy Vieux (MPP/JD '97), and three classmates...

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Paid international internships expand opportunities for Ford School students

Oct 18, 2022

As the spring semester came to a close in April 2022, Ford School students pursued international public policy interests around the world. In total, the Weiser Diplomacy Center (WDC) and International Policy Center (IPC) funded 16 summer...

Paid international internships expand opportunities for Ford School students

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Ford School experts weigh in on Russian invasion of Ukraine

Feb 25, 2022

As the Russian military surrounded and began its assault on Ukraine, Melvyn Levitsky, professor of international policy and practice, and Javed Ali, associate professor of practice, lent their expertise to numerous media outlets to break down the...

Engaged Learning Student Projects Catalog: Preparing Ford School students for leadership

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Internship field report, Heonuk Ha from United Nations ECLAC, Brasilia

Jun 18, 2015

Heonuk Ha, a dual-degree candidate in public policy and applied economics, offers this field report from Brasilia. Ha is working as an economic affairs intern with the United Nations Economic and social Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean...

Internship field report, Heonuk Ha from United Nations ECLAC, Brasilia

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Ciorciari awarded Carnegie Fellowship to examine shared-sovereignty agreements

Apr 22, 2015

This morning, in advertisements in The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Chronicle of Higher Education, Chronicle of Philanthropy, New York Review of Books, and other print and online publications, the Carnegie Corporation of New...

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Alum announces new UN strategy for fuel, energy

Jun 30, 2014

On May 13, Steven T. Corliss (MPP/JD '88) formally announced the UN Refugee Agency's Safe Access to Fuel and Energy (SAFE) strategy, a global initiative that will help meet the energy needs of refugees living in camps in Africa, Asia, and the Middle...

Alum announces new UN strategy for fuel, energy

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Internship Field Report: Michele Majors @ UNHCR, Geneva

Jun 30, 2014

An email interview with Michele Majors, interning with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees in Geneva, Switzerland.Review more internship field reports from Ford School students serving organizations around the world. Q. What do you love...

Internship Field Report: Michele Majors @ UNHCR, Geneva

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Close to the heart

Aug 19, 2013

The statistics are sobering: nearly half of every 100 children born in Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state in India, will be underweight; six will die before their first birthday. More than 80 percent of all children report repeated physical...

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John D. Ciorciari quoted in International Business Times article, "Sino-Vietnamese tensions boil over South China Sea"

Jun 10, 2011

John D. Ciorciari was quoted in an International Business Times article about rising tensions between Vietnam and China over drilling rights in the South China Sea.Vietnam accused Chinese ships of cutting cables of two Vietnamese vessels that were...

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John Ciorciari in The Economist, "When does a massacre become a genocide?"

Sep 17, 2010

John Ciorciari was quoted in The Economist in an article about the second trial of the United Nations-backed tribunal against Khmer Rouge leaders. Four former leaders—Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan, Ieng Sary, and Ieng Thirith—will face charges of war...

Fireside chat with Vera Songwe and Susan Collins

Feb 15, 2021, 8:30-9:20 am EST

Following opening remarks by President Mark Schlissel, U.N. Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa Vera Songwe and U-M Provost Susan M. Collins will kick off U-M Africa Week with a fireside chat.

Fireside chat with Vera Songwe and Susan Collins

Pursuit of Justice in Cambodia: A dialogue with Roger Phillips and John Ciorciari.

Mar 22, 2018, 6:00-7:30 pm EDT

1120 Weill Hall Annenberg Auditorium

Public event discussing Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia and the legacy of the tribunal.

Policy Talks @ the Ford School

The nexus between diplomacy and development: A practitioner’s perspective

Sep 11, 2015, 1:00 pm EDT

Weill Hall, Annenberg Auditorium

Thomas Miller is currently the president and CEO of International Executive Service Corps (IESC). Prior to joining IESC, Tom was president and CEO of the United Nations Association of the U.S. (2009) and from 2005-08, served as CEO of Plan International, a large NGO that works in 66 countries to improve the lives of children in developing countries.