Peace Corps in the 21st Century
Free and open to the public. Reception to follow. Follow the conversation on Twitter: #policytalks From the speaker's bio: Carrie Hessler-Radelet is acting Director of the Peace Corps as of July 2013....
View ArticleConference on student loans: Opening plenary session
Free and open to the public Reception to follow Join the conversation on Twitter: #policytalks About the speaker: Roberto J. Rodríguez serves in the White House Domestic Policy Council as Special...
View ArticleMassachusetts Comes to Michigan: Lessons about Health Care Reform from...
Free and open to the public: Reception to follow. The Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation (CHRT) will bring together key Massachusetts and Michigan business leaders along with...
View ArticleThe U.S. and the ocean: Policy, politics, and the public by Jerry R. Schubel
The U.S. was founded as a maritime nation and was a world leader for most of the 19th and 20th centuries. We have lost much of that leadership. We have the largest Exclusive Economic Zone of all...
View ArticleNetworked Diplomacy: Exercising Influence in a Modern World
Free and open to the public. Reception to follow. Follow the conversation on Twitter: #policytalks From the speaker's bio: Richard Boucher comes to us following his tenure as Deputy Secretary-General...
View ArticleThe real problem with Citizens United: Campaign finance, dark money, and...
Free and open to the public. Reception to follow. Join the conversation on Twitter: #policytalks About the topic Few cases have generated as much controversy as Citizens United . The story told by...
View ArticleA Conversation with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke
Free and open to the public Join the conversation on Twitter: #fordschoolbernanke About the event: Please join us as Chairman Bernanke visits the University of Michigan for a conversation with Ford...
View ArticleLaw, policy, and the war on al-Qaida: An emerging consensus?
Lecture by General Michael Hayden , retired United States Air Force four-star general and former Director of the CIA and NSA.
View ArticleThe aftermath of financial crises: It doesn't have to be that bad
Free and open to the public. Reception to follow. Continue the conversation on Twitter: #policytalks About the lecture: In the wake of the 2008 crisis, many have concluded that financial crises...
View ArticleLessons from Youngstown – Planning for a Smaller, Greener City
Free and open to the public. Reception to follow. Discussants: Ian Beniston , Deputy Director, Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation Hunter Morrison , Director, Northeast Ohio Sustainable...
View ArticleMichigan's recession and recovery: Opportunities for the research,...
This event will bring together a variety of stakeholders to discuss what we know, what we are doing, and what can be done to address the continued hardships faced by many Michigan residents in the wake...
View ArticleRace, inequality, cultural deficiency narratives, and schooling
Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided. Angel Harris is an Associate Professor of Sociology and African American Studies at Princeton University. He is also a Faculty Associate of...
View ArticleObamacare and beyond: How to reform the U.S. Health System
Avik Roy and Jonathan Cohn debate over the viability of the Affordable Care Act.
View ArticleTransformation of America's metropolitan area economies: Lessons from four...
Free and open to the public. Read the working paper See the presentation slides Speaker: George Fulton , Director, Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics, Department of Economics, Research...
View ArticleIt's even worse than it looks: a conversation with Tom Mann and Norm Ornstein
Free and open to the public. Book sales and signing immediately following. Continue the conversation on Twitter: #policytalks Thomas Mann (MA '68, PhD '77) and Norman Ornstein (PhD '74) will discuss...
View ArticleChoices for federal spending and taxes
Policy Talks @ the Ford School Free and open to the public. Reception to follow. Join the conversation on Twitter: #policytalks About the lecture If we maintain our current spending and tax policies,...
View Article20 years after the Rwandan Genocide - with Paul Rusesabagina
Free and open to the public. Join in on the discussion on social media using #fordschoolrwanda This Keynote lecture is part of the IPC commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide.
View ArticleU.S. foreign policy towards Israel and the Middle East
Free and open to the public Join the conversation on Twitter: #FordPolicyUnion About the event: The United States has four stated policy goals in the Middle East. 1. Helping Iraqis build a unified,...
View ArticleBlack and Blue documentary film screening and panel discussion
Join the conversation on Twitter: #blackbluedocumentary 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...
View ArticleMichigan's Controversial Emergency Manager Law: A panel discussion on...
Free and open to the public. Auditorium doors will open at 3:30 PM on March 19. This event will be live web-streamed; a link to the web-stream will be posted here on the day of the event at least 30...
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