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The promise—and failure—of human rights

Jan 31, 2022, 4:15-5:30 pm EST

1010 Weiser Hall

The heyday of the human rights movement—the 1990s—is well behind us. At its peak, the human rights movement was the most captivating ideology of its time.

Makua Mutua, photo by International Development Law Organization

In the Media

Social and emotional learning especially important for students during pandemic - YPL

Jan 12, 2022 The 74

Social and emotional learning has become very important for schools as students adjust to the many changes they have had to endure during the pandemic. According to Robin Jacob, co-director of the Youth Policy Lab, Detroit students were experiencing...

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Publication

Student questions fuel productive change - Stevenson

Jan 12, 2022

How can professors encourage students to question them? In a recent article, “Sparking Student Curiosity,” Betsey Stevenson, professor of public policy and economics, lays out her philosophy on teaching and guiding critical thinking. Since they...

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In the Media

El-Sayed hosts Parthasarathy on 'America Dissected'

Jan 12, 2022 America Dissected

How are issues of equity addressed in health care innovation and in particular the patent process? Shobita Parthasarathy, professor of public policy and director of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy program, addressed the question on...

Professor Shobita Parthasarathy leads a discussion in the Betty Ford Classroom

Nationalist extremism in North America: The current threat landscape

Dec 10, 2021 1:13:32

This panel discusses how nationalism and extremism pose mounting challenges around the world, including in North America. December, 2021.

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Kumar Garg: Science for the people

Jan 26, 2022 1:01:38

Former assistant director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Kumar Garg and director of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy program Shobita Parthasarathy discuss deploying science, technology, and data for the p

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Road to economic recovery: Inflation, wages, and changing labor force dynamics

Jan 24, 2022 1:01:07

Ford School economists discuss inflation and labor market fluctuations threatening the fragile economic recovery. January, 2022.

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Michigan Redistricting: A Model for the Nation? Evaluating the State's New Maps and Process

Jan 19, 2022 1:30:53

Join us for a lively discussion on Michigan’s new redistricting approach and new maps that will shape elections and decision making in Michigan for the next decade. January 19, 2022.

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Don Graves: This is America (Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium)

Jan 17, 2022 0:45:15

University of Michigan Ford School Dean Michael Barr and United States Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves on working to revive the economy while combating the racist systems embedded within it. January 17, 2022.

Bill Bynum: Economic empowerment and racial justice

Jan 12, 2022 0:49:35

Faculty discussant Bill Bynum, Towsley Policymaker in Residence, will focus on the role of policy to advance economic opportunity for disenfranchised populations. January 12, 2022.