Please join the students of PubPol 475.005/750.005 as they showcase some of the art they created this semester. Ask them about how social science research and theory, UMMA's American Sampler Exhibit, the Arts Initiative, and the Labadie Collection informed their art.
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On April 15, 2026, CLOSUP celebrated 25 years of impact. The well-attended event featured approximately 75 current and former CLOSUP directors, staff, students, collaborators, and state legislators who gathered in Lansing to mark the milestone.
Join the Ford School's Center for Racial Justice for a conversation with our 2025-2026 Visiting Fellows. The Fellows will discuss their work challenging dominant narratives around race, power, and place, with perspectives on suburban life, policing, and the role of art in social change.
CEW+ presents a discussion of "The Double Tax," Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman's second book, which explores the costs women face, why the bill runs higher for women of color, and why closing the gaps helps everyone.
What does patriotism mean in today's America? Join Eric Liu, founder of Citizen University, for an evening of reflection and dialogue on the evolving meaning of patriotism and civic responsibility.
A timely discussion examining major national security developments across the Western Hemisphere, Middle East, Europe, and Asia, and how U.S. agencies in Washington are responding to evolving global challenges and strategic priorities.
Did you know there are more immigrants, Black, Latinx and poor people in the suburbs than in cities? What would it mean to look at the suburbs as a site of new possibilities rather than a place many have tried to escape?
Departments across campus are coming together to put on an interdisciplinary service design weekend. Public Service Design organizes how people, processes, and tools come together to provide government services.
Departments across campus are coming together to put on an interdisciplinary service design weekend. Public Service Design organizes how people, processes, and tools come together to provide government services.
Each spring, Ford School faculty and staff nominate dozens of outstanding student research and service projects for recognition at the Gramlich Showcase of Student Work. Established in 2008 to honor internationally renowned economist and former Ford School dean, Ned Gramlich, this event features exceptional student work on a broad range of local, national, and international policy challenges.
Dr. Corina Benjet (National Institute of Psychiatry, Mexico City) will present findings and share insights from her experience implementing large-scale clinical trials of digital interventions for university students with anxiety and depression across eight universities in Latin America.
Journalists Nolan Finley and Stephen Henderson, Civility Project founders, discuss how Americans can talk with another, and even disagree, but agree to keep the dialogue going.
Join Dr. Corina Benjet for a discussion surrounding her global health career and the importance of research for her current work at the National Institute of Psychiatry in Mexico City.
