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Ford School sets $70 million goal in ambitious new campaign

Dec 3, 2024
This fall, the Ford School of Public Policy launched its bold, multi-year capital campaign with a transformative goal: to raise $70 million. These funds will enhance student scholarships, establish endowed professorships, support groundbreaking...

Radical Conversations

Oct 10, 2024, 5:30-6:30 pm EDT
Michigan Theater 603 E Liberty St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104
In a time of profound division, embracing diverse perspectives becomes a catalyst for meaningful change. How do we transcend boundaries to cultivate an environment committed to fostering honest, caring, and courageous conversations?
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Journalist Panel Takes on the State of the 2024 Election

Nov 1, 2024
“It’s an unhappy race in an unhappy country” opened New York Times opinion columnist Bret Stephens, “each side of the country thinks that if the other half wins, it’s somehow, in one form or the other, the end of America.” A sense of gravity and...
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One Year Later, No End in Sight for Mideast Wars

Nov 24, 2024
“Hamas has got the war they wanted.” That assessment came from Middle East scholar Hussein Ibish, who believes there has been a fundamental shift in the war between Israel and Hamas over the past year: from a more conventional airstrike campaign...

The Hazards of Reporting on Human Rights Abuses

Dec 4, 2024, 4:00-5:30 pm EST
Koessler Room (3rd Floor)
Please join Baktygul Chynybaeva (Kyrgyzstan), Kunāl Majumder (India), and Zahra Nader (Afghanistan), three of this year's Knight-Wallace Fellows, as they discuss the challenges of reporting on human rights abuses by governments and other actors.

The Future of Ukraine

Dec 3, 2024, 5:00-6:30 pm EST
Room 1010
International experts will discuss key challenges Ukraine will face after the war and provide recommendations to the incoming U.S. administration.