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Growing civic-minded technologists

May 19, 2020

“This was a game-changer for us,” said Kwaku Osei, the CEO of Farmacy, a food app startup focused on user’s dietary needs. Osei was one of five social entrepreneurs of color in the Detroit metro area matched with Masters students from the Ford...

‘Transportation is a form of freedom’: How to make it more equitable

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Public consensus on anti-COVID-19 measures risks being politicized, says Parthasarathy

May 14, 2020

Ford School professor Shobita Parthasarathy says Americans' consensus belief in the science behind anti-COVID-19 measures is at risk. In an article in Times Higher Education published May 14 entitled "Science ‘risks coronavirus backlash’ as it is...

The politics of inclusive innovation in international development: Menstrual hygiene management and sanitary pads in India

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Ann Arbor may repurpose streets to accommodate pedestrian and cyclist social distancing

Apr 28, 2020

Since the implementation of the governor’s stay at home order, Ann Arbor’s vehicle traffic has declined markedly. Ann Arbor city council members may consider vehicle street closures in an effort to expand space available for pedestrians and cyclists...

Ann Arbor may repurpose streets to accommodate pedestrian and cyclist social distancing

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Parthasarathy’s NSF grant will investigate how politics and public trust drive coronavirus response

Apr 20, 2020

It’s becoming clear that more diagnostic testing is key for the U.S. to stop the spread of COVID-19, re-open the economy, and better manage the next epidemic. Shobita Parthasarathy, director of the Ford School of Public Policy's Science, Technology,...

Parthasarathy named to prestigious French council

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Intellectual property research needs to take a broader view of how patents affect the public interest

Apr 17, 2020

Intellectual property, and patents, in particular, affect every level of society. Research interest in the area has expanded beyond just the legal community and now involves social scientists and humanists as well. In an article published on...

Parthasarathy discusses implications of Large Language Models

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Reflections on an Internship with the U.S. Climate Alliance

Apr 6, 2020

By Laura Grier, MS in Environmental Justice and Policy and STPP Graduate Certificate alum On any given day of the past winter semester, I got to work as a policy researcher, data tracker, event planner, team builder, and climate advocate. It is...

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Breaking Down the Expertise Barrier to Protect the Public from Science and Technology: Reflections on the 2019-2020 STPP Lecture Series

Mar 16, 2020

By Stephanie Sandoval-Pistorius, M.S., Neuroscience Ph.D. Candidate and STPP certificate student This year, I took the Politics of Public Policy and Introduction to Science and Technology Policy Analysis by Shobita Parthasarathy and Joy Rhode,...

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U.S. scientific advancements lack diversity, equity, and inclusion, says Parthasarathy

Mar 16, 2020

U.S. competitiveness in global research and development (R&D) is hampered by political bias and a lack of diversity, according to Ford School professor Shobita Parthasarathy. She spoke at a February 25 meeting of the National Academy of Sciences,...

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Science, technology, and society… Oh my!

Oct 2, 2019

Professor Shobita Parthasarthy and a colleague have launched “The Received Wisdom”, a new podcast that will explore the potential of science and technology by challenging commonly held wisdom.On Monday, September 23, “The Received Wisdom” launched...

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Hampshire receives National Science Foundation Convergence Accelerator grant, Admitted students

Sep 11, 2019

Robert Hampshire, associate professor of public policy at the Ford School and associate research professor at Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS), has been awarded a $948,182 grant by the National Science Foundation’s Convergence Accelerator...

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Parthasarathy talks algorithms place in the criminal justice system

Sep 3, 2019

Algorithms are making their way into public systems. They serve to make data-based, automated decisions when applied to public system models, but those computerized decisions don’t come without bias or ethical implications. In the podcast series...

Parthasarathy talks algorithms place in the criminal justice system

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Ali encourages collaboration to protect against AV terror in Detroit News

Jul 22, 2019

Each day tech and automotive companies are making advances in autonomous vehicle (AV) technology. With that innovation comes a new threat to our security, warns Javed Ali in a July 21 op-ed in The Detroit News titled “Collaboration key to preventing...

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Bike sharing research by Hampshire wins EURO Award

Jun 26, 2019

Robert Hampshire was part of the author team that won the EURO Award for the Best EJOR Paper announced today during the annual European Conference on Operational Research in Dublin. Conveyed by EURO, the Association of European Operational Research...

Hampshire receives PIT-UN challenge grant to create knowledge network, expand student opportunities

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Graduate Student Lobby Day in Lansing

May 8, 2019

by Lucca Henrion, Mechanical Engineering Ph.D. Candidate and STPP Certificate Student On May 8th, a coalition of 20 University of Michigan graduate students from Rackham Student Government, Graduate Rackham International, and Engaging Scientists...

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Consensus Conference on Water Quality

Apr 20, 2019

by Nocona Sanders, Materials Science & Engineering Ph.D. Candidate and STPP Certificate Student Across Michigan and throughout Washtenaw County, issues related to water safety, access, and usage have become prominent topics of public discussion....

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Bias in bail: Parthasarathy cautions against new Public Safety Assessment tools

Apr 19, 2019

Tackling criminal justice reform requires a multi-pronged approach, and one of the most recent avenues gaining traction is an attempt to rework how pretrial decisions are made. The Michigan Supreme Court has its hands in this effort, launching a new...

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Are We Ready? Science, Technology and the Future Latino Workforce

Apr 17, 2019

by Selene Ceja, MPP and STPP certificate student I am not a scientist. I am a first-generation, low-income Latina from South Central Los Angeles, and a policymaker-in-training, who seeks to understand how the ever-accelerating changes in science...

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Capitol Hill with the American Physiological Society

Apr 16, 2019

by Elizabeth A. Ronan, Molecular and Integrative Physiology Ph.D. Candidate and STPP certificate student Political lobbying is not an activity I would have initially thought to associate with a STEM career. Yet this past October I found myself, a...

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Reflections on the MIT Energy Conference

Apr 15, 2019

by Akin Olumoroti, MPP and STPP certificate student Thanks to the STPP career development grant, I was able to attend the student-led MIT Energy Conference in Boston, Massachusetts. Attending the conference was a very useful experience, since the...

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Leaders and Best: U-M joins new collegiate technologist network; Ford School's Joy Rohde to lead the way

Mar 15, 2019

Announced earlier this week, the University of Michigan will join the Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT), which is “a new partnership of 21 colleges and universities dedicated to building the nascent field of public interest...

Leaders and Best: U-M joins new collegiate technologist network; Ford School's Joy Rohde to lead the way

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The war against misinformation: Professor Nyhan's technological front

Feb 4, 2019

As misinformation and “Fake News” proliferates via social media, so too do the campaigns aimed to stop them. As the negative consequences of “Fake News” taint the content of public and private debate, the urge to regulate social media companies...

The war against misinformation: Professor Nyhan's technological front

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The Moral Divide: Parthasarathy investigates difference in U.S. and European patent systems

Dec 7, 2018

When it comes to the patent system, the U.S. and Europe are having very different conversations. As Professor Shobita Parthasarathy explains in her new book, Patent Politics, patents for biotechnology such as gene editing are approached from a...

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Ford School hosts faculty roundtable with Sen. Peters on issues related to emerging technologies

Nov 2, 2018

Faculty from the Ford School and around the University joined an expert roundtable with Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) on Wednesday. Sen. Peters called on faculty to provide insight into some of the rapidly-moving emerging technologies that intersect...

Ford School hosts faculty roundtable with Sen. Peters on issues related to emerging technologies

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Shobita Parthasarathy calls for patent regulation in rapidly-advancing gene editing

Oct 26, 2018

Shobita Parthasarathy, professor of public policy at the Ford School, is keeping tabs on the upcoming International Summit on Human Gene Editing in Hong Kong. In her October 23, 2018 piece for Nature titled “Use the patent system to regulate gene...

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Ford School's Molly Kleinman joins Ann Arbor Transportation Commission

Oct 19, 2018

Molly Kleinman, the Ford School’s Program Manager of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy program, is the most recent addition to the 11-member Ann Arbor Transportation Commission (AATC). The diverse group of commision members advise the city...

Ford School's Molly Kleinman joins Ann Arbor Transportation Commission

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Times of India publishes Q&A with newly-promoted Shobita Parthasarathy

Jul 3, 2018

The Times of India published a Q&A with Shobita Parthasarathy titled, "Indian-Americans need more role models in public policy, says Indian-origin professor at University of Michigan." The interview, written by Mandira Banerjee from Michigan News,...

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Shobita Parthasarathy’s book wins Robert K. Merton Book Award

Jun 13, 2018

Professor Shobita Parthasarathy’s book, Patent Politics: Life Forms, Markets, and the Public Interest in the United States and Europe, has been awarded the prestigious Robert K. Merton Book Award. The award, given by the Science, Knowledge, and...

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Michigan Alumnus profiles four Fordies in Detroit “Movers and Shakers” feature

Dec 14, 2017

In a recently published piece for Michigan Alumnus, the magazine of the University of Michigan Alumni Association, 20 Michigan graduates are recognized as Detroit “Movers and Shakers,” including four Ford School grads. Lisa Nuszkowski (MPP ’03)...

Michigan Alumnus profiles four Fordies in Detroit “Movers and Shakers” feature

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Nonprofit Quarterly highlights Parthasarathy in “Patents and profits in public settings”

Aug 10, 2017

This month’s Nonprofit Quarterly highlights Shobita Parthasarathy’s work in “Patents and profits in a public setting: Who should benefit financially?” The article quotes from Parthasarathy’s recent Conversation piece, “How to make sure we all...

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The Conversation: Parthasarathy proposes patent policy for nonprofit, university leaders

Jul 19, 2017

In a July 19 piece for The Conversation, Shobita Parthasarathy encourages research universities and nonprofits to establish “intellectual property governance committees.” These committees--comprised of patent lawyers; ethicists; citizens; and...

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