Past events

Roopali Phadke, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Policy & Politics, Macalester College Monday, 4:00-5:30 pm in the Betty Ford Classroom (1110 Weill Hall) at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy 12 February 2007. Commentator: Beth Diamond, School of Natural Resources and the Environment Co-sponsorship: Center for Local, State and Urban Policy (CLOSUP). For more details, contact Paul Erickson at [email protected].

Abstract: New investments in 'green' power are essential for mitigating the impacts of global climate change. While wind power is now considered both technologically mature and economically feasible, it faces bitter opposition from local communities on the grounds that wind turbines amount to visual pollution. This presentation will examine the role that visual imagery is playing in policy debates about the siting of new wind farms.

The Social and Political Implications of Hurricane Katrina: Looking Back and Looking Ahead University of Michigan. February 9, 2007. 1-3 p.m. Kuenzel Room, Michigan Union.

Catherine Bertini's career spans public service at international, national, state, and local levels and includes private sector leadership and university teaching.

Alumni in the Bay Area gathered for lunch in February to mingle and have a discussion about Professor Tony Chen's recent research on the advent of affirmative action policies in higher education.

Ron Haskins, The Brookings Institution.

Dr. Kathleen M. Vogel is Assistant Professor of Peace Studies/Science & Technology Studies at Cornell University's Einaudi Center for International Studies. Prior to taking her current position, she was a William C. Foster Fellow with the Bureau of Nonproliferation in the Office of Proliferation Threat Reduction at the U.S. State Department. She has also served as Ed A.

The Knight-Wallace Fellows at Michigan invite you to join nationally recognized journalists and experts as they examine restricted access to public information in an age of terrorism. Keynote Speaker: Bob Woodward, The Washington Post will be joined by journalists Jill Abramson, Managing Editor, The New York Times Jackie Northam, National Security Correspondent, NPR Robert Pollock, Editorial Board Member, The Wall Street Journal Tom Rosenstiel, Director, Project for Excellence in Journalism Greta Van Susteren, Host, 'On the Record,' Fox News Keynote

Overview The National Poverty Center (NPC), Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan and the Economic Research Service (ERS), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), sponsored a research conference to be held in Washington, DC, on November 16-17, 2006. The program, organized by Rebecca Blank and Sheldon Danziger on behalf of the NPC, and Dean Jolliffe and David Smallwood on behalf of ERS, consisted of eight to ten papers, with one discussant per paper.

Michael Barr, University of Michigan Law School.

Danny Leipziger is the Vice President for Poverty Reduction and Economic Management (PREM) and Head of the PREM Network of more than 700 economists and other professionals working on economic policy, lending, and analytic work for the World Bank's client countries. In this capacity he provides strategic leadership and direction to Regional PREM units as well as groups working on economic policy formulation in the area of growth and poverty, debt, trade, gender, and public sector management and governance.

José Miguel Insulza, Secretary General, Organization of American States. Co-sponsored by the Department of Political Science, the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and Latin American and Caribbean Studies. José Miguel Insulza took office as OAS Secretary General on May 26 of 2005. A lawyer by profession Mr. Insulza has a master's in political science from the University of Michigan. Mr. Insulza was Political Advisor to the Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Director of the Diplomatic Academy of Chile when Salvador Allende was president.

Hosted by the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan. Brief program at 5pm on the architecture and interior design of Weill Hall with remarks from Rebecca Blank, Dean of the Ford School, and Sue Gott, University Planner. Available for questions will be three key staff members from the U-M's Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Division: Doug Koepsell, Assistant University Architect. Janet M. Sawyer, Senior Project Manager, University of Michigan Construction Management.

Kemal Dervis, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme. 2006 Citigroup Lecture. Co-sponsored with the International Policy Center and the Turkish Studies Colloquium. Kemal Dervis will give the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy's Citigroup Lecture on October 25, 2006. Kemal Dervis was Turkey's Minister for Economic Affairs and the Treasury and is now the head of the United Nations Development Programme, the UN's global development network.

Dawei Liu is the Chief Financial Officer of China Development Bank and Professor at the Graduate School of China People's Bank.

Friday, October 13 7:30 pm: Alumni Get-Together at Arbor Brewing Company Taproom, 114 E. Washington Street Stop by and mingle with fellow alums at this popular gathering spot near downtown. Sponsored by Women and Gender in Public Policy (WGPP). a professional and social networking group of the Ford School. Saturday, October 14 10 am: Policy Discussion with Ford School Faculty at Weill Hall, 735 So. State St.

Alumni Dinner at Pizza House October 13, 2006 After the day long dedication of Weill Hall festivities, the Ford School hosted nearly 100 alumni and their guests at a nearby restaurant for a casual dinner of pizza and salad. Dean Blank thanked alumni for their support of the campaign to construct Weill Hall and for their ongoing support of the School. 'It's wonderful to have so many alumni here to celebrate with us today.

Panelists: Nancy Kassebaum Baker, United States Senator from Kansas (1979-1997). Alice M. Rivlin, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies Program and Director, Greater Washington Research Program, The Brookings Institution; The Honorable Steve Tobocman, Michigan House of Representatives (MPP/JD '97). Co-sponsored by the U-M Ethics in Public Life Initiative.

Friday, October 13 7:30 pm: Alumni Get-Together at Arbor Brewing Company Taproom, 114 E. Washington Street Stop by and mingle with fellow alums at this popular gathering spot near downtown. Sponsored by Women and Gender in Public Policy (WGPP). a professional and social networking group of the Ford School. Saturday, October 14 10 am: Policy Discussion with Ford School Faculty at Weill Hall, 735 So. State St.

Panelists included: Tony Pipa, Founding Member, Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation, and author of the Aspen Institute report, Weathering the Storm; Bernadette Orr, Gulf Coast Emergency Program Manager, Oxfam America; and Lynn McGee, Senior Program Officer, Foundation of the Mid South.Co-sponsored by the Nonprofit and Public Management Center, the Ross School of Business, the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, and the School of Social Work.

Presenter: Susan Kaufmann, Associate Director for Advocacy, Center for the Education of Women Panelists: Carol Hollenshead, CEW Director; Patricia Gurin, Nancy Cantor Distinguished University Professor Emerita of Psychology and Women's Studies; Faculty Associate, Research Center for Group Dynamics, Institute for Social Research, Research Director for The Program on Intergroup Relations, College of LS&A; John Matlock, Associate Vice Provost and Director, Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives Susan Kaufmann presented her research o

Lou Uchitelle, The New York Times. Jointly sponsored by the Knight Wallace Fellows at Michigan.

Read the paper. Harry Holzer, Georgetown University. Jointly Sponsored by Population Studies Center and the National Poverty Center.

Juan R.I. Cole, Professor of Middle East and South Asian History, University of Michigan. Professor Cole has written extensively about modern Islamic movements in Egypt, the Persian Gulf, and South Asia. Since the 2002 launch of his weblog, 'Informed Comment: Thoughts on the Middle East, History, and Religion,' Cole has become a prominent media commentator and has published political writings in The Guardian, the San Jose Mercury News, Salon.com, the San Francisco Chronicle, and The Nation.

Overview Traditional measures of poverty are based on income: if income is below a given threshold, then the family is determined to be poor. Some economists have suggested that a family's well-being is better measured by their total spending rather than their total income. That is, some families can have a satisfactory standard of living even if they have low current income. This may be due to the fact that the family can support consumption by drawing down assets.

Reception Immediately following at the Alumni Center Eligibility to participate at Ford School Commencement Students who will have graduated before or during the Summer or Fall 2005 terms, or Spring or Winter 2006 terms, or in April of 2007 are welcome to walk at the April 29th Ford School Commencement and the All-University Spring Commencement on Saturday, April 29, at 9:30 am in the University of Michigan Stadium. Students receiving a MPA or MPP during the Winter 2006 term also are invited to the University Graduate Exercises (Rackham), Friday, April 28, at 1:00 pm at Hill Auditor

Charles Murray, W.H. Brady Fellow, American Enterprise Institute.

Lieutenant General David Petraeus, Commander of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth. General Petraeus served in Iraq as the first commander of the Multinational Security Transition Command – Iraq from June 2004 to September 2005, during which he was responsible for helping organize, train, and equip Iraq 's security forces. He previously commanded the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) in the first year of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Scott Stanley, University of Denver and the Prevention andRelationship Enhancement Program.