Fordie festivities
A beloved tradition returned in December as Fordies gathered to celebrate the end of the fall semester at the school’s annual holiday party.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) joined Crystal Olalde-Garcia (MPP ’22), Janani Gandhi (BA ’22), and Dean Michael Barr on February 11 for a virtual conversation on inequality. With campus requiring face coverings at the time of the event, over one hundred masked students gathered in Annenberg Auditorium for live introductions and a warm welcome to the senator.
Making sense of the war in Ukraine
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, state, national, and international media have turned to Ford School professors Melvyn Levitsky, Javed Ali, and John Ciorciari to help inform the public about motivations, security, geopolitics, and more.
Live from Weill Hall, it’s the Gramlich Showcase!
Back in person, the 15th annual Gramlich Showcase filled the Great Hall and 2nd floor mezzanine with policy wonks and policy work. Several also went live on the school’s official Instagram for a special set of Story posts giving prospective students another look at life as a Future Fordie. The stories are available on the @FordSchool Instagram highlight row.
Democracy in crisis
We found no shortage of eager partners for an urgent event series on threats to American democracy. The Ford School joined Wallace House, the U-M Democracy & Debate initiative, the Gerald R. Ford Library and Museum, the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation, and Detroit Public Television to bring award-winning journalists Molly Ball, Barton Gellman, Sarah Kendzior, and Anne Applebaum to share their insights into the forces threatening and protecting American democratic structures and systems.
More in State & Hill
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