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Fullerton Rico on the hidden hosts of immigration policy

Mar 19, 2026

"When I describe my research, I say that I study love across borders and creative uses of technology," Ford School sociologist Kristina Fullerton Rico said on a recent episode of Grief'd Up. "Over the past 40 years, immigration policies have made it ...

Fullerton Rico on the hidden hosts of immigration policy

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Ostfeld and Stragand discuss gun violence research in Detroit and lack of institutional trust

Mar 15, 2026

Between 2018 and 2022, firearm homicide rates rose 48% percent for Hispanic communities in Detroit, in contrast to only 22% for white, non-Hispanics. The community continues to face heartbreak and loss in the aftermath of gun violence as institutiona...

Ostfeld and Stragand discuss gun violence research in Detroit and lack of institutional trust

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Will Virgin Islanders vote? Report reveals major constitutional awareness gap

Mar 10, 2026

A new report from the University of Michigan's Center for Racial Justice and the University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras examines a critical disconnect in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Most residents believe the territory should ratify its own constitution,...

Will Virgin Islanders vote? Report reveals major constitutional awareness gap

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Adediran’s ‘Disclosureland’ explores the tension between corporate promises and racial progress

Feb 19, 2026

In the wake of George Floyd's murder in 2020, corporations and institutions across the United States released public statements about race at an unprecedented rate. "We've got work to do" pledges and "#Blackout Tuesday" posts began popping up on comp...

Adediran’s ‘Disclosureland’ explores the tension between corporate promises and racial progress

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New survey ahead of Sixth Constitutional Convention in the Virgin Islands

Oct 29, 2025

A new public opinion survey will be administered by University of Michigan researchers across the U.S. Virgin Islands in the weeks surrounding the territory’s Sixth Constitutional Convention. The survey will provide an independent read on how Virgin ...

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Center for Racial Justice welcomes 2025-26 visiting fellows

Sep 22, 2025

The Ford School’s Center for Racial Justice proudly welcomes R. L’Heureux Lewis-McCoy, Ayesha B. Hardaway, and Holly Bass as visiting fellows for the 2025-26 academic year. The Visiting Fellows Program, a signature initiative of the Center for Racial...

Center for Racial Justice welcomes 2025-26 visiting fellows

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Ostfeld conducting research on political status in Guam

Sep 10, 2025

Since the end of World War II, the United States has rhetorically championed the principle of “self-determination.” Yet today, more than four million Americans live in U.S. territories whose homelands are excluded from most maps and remain invisible ...

Ostfeld conducting research on political status in Guam

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U-M report exposes the hidden labor of families supporting formerly incarcerated women

Jun 19, 2025

A new report from the University of Michigan’s Center for Racial Justice at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy sheds light on the essential and largely overlooked role family members play in supporting women after incarceration. Drawing on or...

U-M report exposes the hidden labor of families supporting formerly incarcerated women

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Nueva encuesta sobre la opinión pública en Puerto Rico

May 27, 2025 Read on Sin comillas

El Laboratorio Puertorriqueño de Opinión Pública ha lanzado una nueva encuesta en toda la Isla como parte de un proyecto para comprender mejor las opiniones políticas y experiencias de los puertorriqueños. La iniciativa está liderada por investigado...

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Proyecto de encuesta nacional enfrenta desconfianza ciudadana pese a respaldo académico

May 27, 2025 Read on WAPA es Puerto Rico

Una encuesta a nivel de todo Puerto Rico que busca recopilar datos reales sobre las opiniones, experiencias y preocupaciones de los puertorriqueños, como parte de un esfuerzo respaldado por la Universidad de Puerto Rico (UPR), la Universidad de Michi...

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Trump's 100 days in office: Ford School experts available

Apr 29, 2025

In the first 100 days of his second term, President Donald Trump has unleashed a whirlwind of policy shifts that have sent ripples across the globe. The responses to his administration's actions have ranged from applause to skepticism. Ford School fa...

Trump's 100 days in office: Ford School experts available

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In Michigan, conspiracy thinking can be rooted in real historic harm

Apr 22, 2025

Franshelly Martinez Ortiz, a doctoral candidate in political science and public policy at the Ford School, recently wrote a blog post, "In Michigan, conspiracy thinking can be rooted in real historic harm" for U-M's Center for Political Studies based...

In Michigan, conspiracy thinking can be rooted in real historic harm

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Ford School to host screening of Oscar nominated documentary SUGARCANE

Mar 13, 2025

The Ford School will host a special screening of Oscar-nominated documentary SUGARCANE at the Michigan Theatre on Monday, April 14, followed by a Q&A with filmmakers Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie. SUGARCANE follows an investigation into the ...

Ford School to host screening of Oscar nominated documentary SUGARCANE

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Rico comments on Trump policies' impact on immigrant communities

Feb 23, 2025

Center for Racial Justice Postdoctoral Fellow Kristina Fullerton Rico explores what she calls the dangerous implications of President Trump's deportation policy in an essay in The Conversation. Citing extensive social science research on U.S. immigr...

Rico comments on Trump policies' impact on immigrant communities

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Government suspicion, conspiratorial thinking linked to historical harm in 3 Michigan communities, U-M report finds

Feb 20, 2025

More than half of residents surveyed in three Michigan communities believe significant events occur without public knowledge—a sentiment of government suspicion closely tied to conspiratorial thinking, according to a University of Michigan policy bri...

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Immigration policies: U-M experts can discuss

Feb 6, 2025

Immigration continues to be a priority in U.S. politics, with the federal government intensifying enforcement efforts through large-scale raids and with the transfer of certain detained migrants to Guantanamo Bay. These actions have fueled ongoing de...

Immigration policies: U-M experts can discuss

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Exciting events at the Ford School this January

Jan 10, 2025

The Ford School is pleased to announce an exciting lineup for our January 2025 Policy Talks @ the Ford School series and other special public events hosted with partners from across campus. Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise note...

Exciting events at the Ford School this January

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Detroit’s reparations task force's slow pace is not a bad thing - Ostfeld

Dec 20, 2024

Ford school professor Mara Ostfeld wrote with coauthors Kamri Hudgins, Erykah Noelle Benson, and Vincent Hutchings, in The Conversation about delays in the release of the Detroit Reparations Task Force report. She explains why it has been difficult f...

Detroit’s reparations task force's slow pace is not a bad thing - Ostfeld

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Making it: Snapshots from the Artist Pay Project explores the financial struggles facing artists

Nov 26, 2024

Chicago-based artist and journalist Makeda Easter explores the financial challenges facing artists across disciplines in her immersive exhibition, Making it: $napshots from The Artist Pay Project, currently displayed at the University of Michigan Ros...

Making it: Snapshots from the Artist Pay Project explores the financial struggles facing artists

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Transnational grief: Adding depth to Day of the Dead

Oct 9, 2024

Restricted by immigration laws, unauthorized immigrants in the United States face severe challenges, including the inability to visit family members left behind. This "slow violence" becomes most painful during times of death, causing "transnational ...

Transnational grief: Adding depth to Day of the Dead

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Center for Racial Justice welcomes 2024-25 visiting fellows

Sep 26, 2024

The Ford School’s Center for Racial Justice proudly welcomes Amanda Alexander, Charlene Carruthers, and Bianca D.M. Wilson as Visiting Fellows for the 2024-25 academic year. The Visiting Fellows Program, a signature initiative of the Center for Racia...

Center for Racial Justice welcomes 2024-25 visiting fellows

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Racial and gender bias in U.S. crime victim compensation programs highlighted in new report

Sep 18, 2024

Significant racial and gender disparities exist in U.S. crime victim compensation programs, revealing Black and Indigenous people as well as survivors of gender-based violence face unique challenges in obtaining financial support, according to a new ...

Racial and gender bias in U.S. crime victim compensation programs highlighted in new report

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Ford School panel examines immigration on the ballot

Sep 17, 2024

The Ford School’s fall event series kicked off with more than 115 people in attendance for Immigration on the Ballot, a panel discussion about the policy landscape and implications for the upcoming election, hosted by the Center for Racial Justice. “...

Ford School panel examines immigration on the ballot

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Hassan awarded U-M anti-racism grant

Sep 10, 2024

Ford School assistant professor Yousif Hassan has been chosen for a University of Michigan research grant for his work that explores how AI innovations and data can center social justice and address racial and economic inequalities in African societi...

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Ford School events highlight policy, civic engagement, and Conversations Across Differences

Aug 28, 2024

The Ford School has an exciting and diverse series of events this fall, designed to encourage policy debate, civic engagement, and Conversations Across Differences in a number of ways for students, faculty, staff, and the wider U-M and general commun...

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Highlights from the Dean's Symposium

Apr 21, 2024

Two days of panels, chats, and keynotes focused on examining and seeking solutions to some of the biggest challenges we face in Michigan, in the United States, and across the globe. More than 400 students, faculty, staff, and friends attended in pers...

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Stacey Abrams, other policymakers and leading scholars to join Ford School symposium

Mar 12, 2024

The Ford School of Public Policy is happy to announce the Dean’s Symposium, which will take place April 11 and 12 at Weill Hall, with the theme, “Policy Innovation for Our Times.” The two days will feature keynote appearances by voting rights advocat...

Stacey Abrams, other policymakers and leading scholars to join Ford School symposium

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IHP continues with university engagement efforts

Mar 6, 2024

The University of Michigan’s Inclusive History Project is continuing its efforts to engage members of the university community by developing a tri-campus student advisory committee and creating a research and engagement fund. The project is U-M’s mul...

IHP continues with university engagement efforts

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Julian Brave NoiseCat receives Sundance Directing Award for "Sugarcane" Documentary

Feb 1, 2024

Former Center for Racial Justice Fellow Julian Brave NoiseCat, along with co-director Emily Kassie, received the United States Directing Award for the Documentary Sugarcane at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. Sugarcane follows an investigation launch...

Julian Brave NoiseCat receives Sundance Directing Award for "Sugarcane" Documentary

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Flint high school students glimpse college life with 23Express

Jan 16, 2024

Michael Williams describes himself as a “closeted nerd.” Growing up in Flint, Michigan, he felt like he had to disguise his love of learning in order to blend in with his peers. “It wasn’t ‘cool’ to like school,” he explains. “You could be smart, but...

Flint high school students glimpse college life with 23Express