Past events

Join the Program in Practical Policy Engagement as we host Detroit City Council President Pro Tem Mary Sheffield and Detroit Health Department Chief Public Health Officer Denise Fair for a discussion and updates on how COVID-19 is impacting Metro Detroit and its residents.

Join P3E for a Winter 2020 Practical Community Learning Project final student presentation by students Sharanya Pai and Leah Adelman.

Join us for a winter 2020 Practical Community Learning Project  final student presentation with Nick Najor (MPP '20). The PCLP is a semester-long independent study policy-based community project in Detroit that provides students with opportunities for dialogue, research, and service.

Join us for winter 2020 Practical Community Learning Project final student presentations. 

Please join P3E and SAC for a virtual brown bag with the Center for Local, State and Urban Policy (CLOSUP).

Join P3E and SAC for a virtual brown bag with Professor Luke Shaefer.

Join P3E Research Assistants Nathan Lindfors (BA '20), Brandan Pierce (MPP '20), and Monica Pagani (MPP/MSI '20) for a presentation of their work with the Port of Monroe, Michigan.

Join P3E and SAC for a virtual brown bag with Professor Shobita Parthasarathy on the comparative politics of COVID-19.

Social media platforms have become important tools for impacting public policy.

Join P3E and the Weiser Diplomacy Center for a Getting Stuff Done workshop with Shellie Bressler, a long-time Capitol Hill foreign policy staff member.

Due to COVID-19, this event has been canceled. We are working to reschedule for a future date or deliver this content in a different format.

Join us for a lunchtime webinar to learn more about the Ford School's research centers.

Due to COVID-19, this event has been canceled. 

Interested in community engagement opportunities this year?

Help boost voter turnout by registering U-M students to vote!

Learn about library resources, research guides, and methods of information gathering using the U-M library system.

Learn what makes a successful story and how to effectively pitch your story, work with reporters, and prepare for interviews.

Help boost voter turnout by registering U-M students to vote!

Interested in community engagement opportunities this year?

Join Ford School students for their final Strategic Public Policy Consulting student flash presentations.

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson will deliver opening remarks for a panel discussion on "Communities of Interest" and the important role they will play in Michigan's new redistricting process beginning in 2020.

Op-eds provide a chance for the writer to lay out an argument directly to the audience, making it a great way to advocate for a policy.

Interested in community engagement opportunities this year?

Please join us for a Getting Stuff Done workshop with Paul Hillegonds.

Meet the force of women leading communities in Michigan, engage with municipal issues, and learn more about the management profession in this interactive panel session.

We invite you to a student session with Congressman Ted Deutch and his Chief of Staff Josh Rogin.

The University of Michigan's Detroit Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Project is hosting its first Small Business Showcase. Meet some of the 30 Detroit small business owners who are working with University of Michigan marketing, communications, law, design, and accounting students this fall -- and a few of our superstar alumni businesses, too!  

  

Join the Program in Practical Policy Engagement, Office of Communications & Outreach, and Poverty Solutions for the first communications workshop of the semester.

We'll be celebrating this fall! Save the date and join us for the Ford School Reunion!