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Admissions

Ford School BA Information Session

Oct 8, 2024, 4:00-5:00 pm EDT
Weill Hall, Betty Ford Classroom (1110)
Meet representatives from our admissions team and learn more about the Ford School.
STPP Lecture Series

A Conversation with NYT Technology Reporter Kashmir Hill

Oct 7, 2024, 4:15-5:15 pm EDT
Annenberg Auditorium, Weill Hall
Please join us for an engaging conversation with New York Times technology reporter Kashmir Hill and Shobita Parthasarathy, Faculty Director of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) Program. Our speakers will explore the intersection of technology and privacy, addressing some of today's most salient issues.Following the talk, Kashmir Hill will be available for a book signing of "Your Face Belongs to Us: A Secretive Startup's Quest to End Privacy as We Know It". 
Election issues

Jonathan Van Ness Gets Curious About Voting

Oct 4, 2024, 6:30-8:00 pm EDT
Michigan Theater
Join Jonathan Van Ness for a live recording of his "Getting Curious" podcast, themed on Getting Out the Vote, which will feature U-M scholars and students. 
Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions

A Fair Work Week: Raising the Floor on Precarious Scheduling

Oct 4, 2024, 12:00-1:30 pm EDT
SSW ECC 1840
Real World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions introduces key issues regarding the causes and consequences of poverty through an in-person lecture series featuring experts in policy and practice from across the nation.
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Info session: 2025 BA Global Engagement Seminar

Oct 3, 2024, 11:30 am-12:30 pm EDT
Weill Hall 3240
Learn more about PubPol 480, an advanced undergraduate seminar that challenges public policy majors to consider how policy issues are framed and addressed in a non-U.S. context.

Policy & Activism at the Intersections

Oct 1, 2024, 5:00-6:30 pm EDT
Weill Hall, Annenberg Auditorium (Room 1120)
Join the Ford School's Center for Racial Justice for a panelist discussion with our incoming Visiting Fellows cohort about the strategies, motivations, and lessons that shape the work of racial justice changemakers who work within and across various fields. 

To Stop a Tyrant: How Courageous Political Followers Make a Crucial Difference

Oct 1, 2024, 4:00-6:00 pm EDT
Weiser Hall, 10th floor
In the past twenty years, the world of leadership studies has been challenged to acknowledge its inseparable counterpart: Followership. Ira Chaleff, has been in the forefront of this movement with his classic work, The Courageous Follower: Standing Up To and For Our Leaders. In a politically polarized climate, he brings a refreshing non-partisan voice that invites us to better understand the dynamics of how we can create political leaders that use appropriate power for the public good.
Election issues

The White House and American Democracy

Sep 30, 2024, 4:00-5:30 pm EDT
Weill Hall Annenberg Auditorium (1120)
The White House is arguably the most important single organization in U.S. democracy. Why, then, is it often disorganized, inefficient, and scandal-prone? What can be done to make it more effective?  

Drop-in office hours & coffee with Prof. William Axinn, Interim IPC Director

Sep 30, 2024, 11:00 am-12:00 pm EDT
Weill Hall 3240
Join Prof. William Axinn, International Policy Center (IPC) Interim Director, for drop-in office hours to learn more about Prof. Axinn’s work, IPC offerings, and an exciting new Research Assistant opportunity with the Society, Population and Environment (SPE) program.
Conversations Across Differences, Election issues

Two Dads Defending Democracy

Sep 27, 2024, 4:00-5:30 pm EDT
Joan and Sanford Weill Hall Annenberg Auditorium (1120)
Have a question for our panel? Submit your question at: https://myumi.ch/4rPZ4Two high-profile advocates from opposite ends of the political spectrum seek ways to connect and communicate about the most important issues facing the country. 
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Admissions

Parents & Family Weekend

Sep 27, 2024, 1:00-2:30 pm EDT
Towsley Reading Room (Room 3110), Weill Hall
Turn Your Passion Into Action: Undergraduate Opportunities at the Ford School of Public Policy
Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions

Inheritance: 11 years in the life of one boy in the opioid epidemic

Sep 27, 2024, 12:00-1:00 pm EDT
School of Social Work ECC 1840
Real World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions introduces key issues regarding the causes and consequences of poverty through an in-person lecture series featuring experts in policy and practice from across the nation.
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Election issues

Special Ford School Community event at UMS presentation of "Fight Night"

Sep 26, 2024, 7:30 pm EDT
Power Center
The Ford School community will have access to tickets of the UMS production of Fight Night, an interactive drama experience that gives a new perspective about the democratic process. An exclusive discussion with the show's director and cast members will follow the performance.  On the brink of a presidential election that people on both sides have called the most consequential in history, Belgium’s extraordinary Ontroerend Goed offers a fun and thought-provoking, examination of free will and politics that puts electronic voting devices — and the candidates’ fates — directly into the hands of audience members.
Admissions

APSIA Graduate School Fair

Sep 24, 2024, 6:00-8:00 pm EDT
Bloomberg Hopkins Center, 555 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC 20001
Meet admissions representatives from member schools of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA), including the Ford School.
Election issues

FBI Perspectives on Election Security

Sep 24, 2024, 4:00-5:00 pm EDT
Annenberg Auditorium (Room 1120)
Join us for an inside look at how the FBI is tackling the evolving threats to U.S. elections, from cyberattacks to terrorism. Deputy Director Abbate will discuss the FBI's latest strategies and hard-earned lessons in defending democracy.
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Food for Thought

Food for Thought September 2024

Sep 20, 2024, 12:30-1:30 pm EDT
Food for Thought is a monthly lunchtime opportunity for Ford School students, faculty, and staff to come together and discuss the breaking news or most compelling policy issues of the day.
Election issues

Ballots and Battlegrounds

Sep 19, 2024, 6:00 pm EDT
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
Registration required. Photo ID required for entry. At the Ford Library, state and county election officials from six battleground states will convene for a first-of-its-kind forum on safeguards in the election process. The “Ballots and Battlegrounds” town hall will be an excellent opportunity in this historic election year to learn directly from election officials as they gather together. Secretaries, chief election officials, and county leaders will go through each stage of the election process and describe in detail the systems’ safeguards.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Higher Education: "All Progress is Precarious"

Sep 17, 2024, 3:30-5:00 pm EDT
Marsal School of Education Building, Prechter Laboratory (Room 2202)
Despite such benefits and positive outcomes of DEI, there is an active effort to discredit and dismantle the progress made by DEI informed practices. Panelists will discuss the current climate for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) within higher education and the challenges that scholars and practitioners face in employing the practices and principles of DEI.
EPI Speaker Series

The Need for Comprehensive School Safety Policy

Sep 16, 2024, 12:00-12:50 pm EDT
1210 Weill Hall
Despite the relative rarity of firearm-related violence and injury in U.S. schools, the salience of school shooting events can influence local-, state-, and even federal-level school safety policy. I discuss concerns related to such direction, including: 1) a lack of evidence-based strategies to prevent firearm injury in schools; 2) the disproportionate burden of students exposed to 'school hardening' strategies; and 3) student needs overshadowed by a focus on extreme violence.