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CLOSUP Lecture Series

Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission working meeting on U-M campus

Nov 18, 2021, 10:00 am-2:00 pm EST

Michigan League Ballroom (2nd floor)

The Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission will be meeting on U-M’s campus during the 45-day period for public comment before they vote to adopt final district maps in Michigan.

Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation Lecture Series, Policy Talks @ the Ford School

Andy Slavitt: Preventable - COVID-19, healthcare, and the future

Nov 18, 2021, 4:00-5:00 pm EST

Andy Slavitt discusses the mistakes made, the larger picture of healthcare in America, and how to alleviate some of those problems, in conversation with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed.

2021 Distinguished University Professorship lectures

Nov 3, 2021, 4:00-5:30 pm EDT

Michigan League Ballroom

Three faculty members who have been recognized with one of the University of Michigan’s highest honors—including the Ford School's Earl Lewis and John Ayanian—will discuss their professional and scholarly experiences.

Photo of Burton Tower in the fall against a vivid blue sky

H. Luke Shaefer: Lessons in using evidence to fight poverty

Nov 3, 2021 0:55:00

Luke Shaefer gives the inaugural Hermann and Amalie Kohn Professorship in Social Policy and Social Justice Lecture. November, 2021.

Robin Wright and Jawad Sukhanyar: America's place in the post-Afghanistan world

Oct 27, 2021 0:55:00

Amid the continuing uncertainty in Afghanistan, journalists Robin Wright and Jawad Sukhanyar will give their perspectives on the evolving situation, in conversation with Lynette Clemetson, Director of Wallace House.

Robin Wright and Jawad Sukhanyar: America's place in the post-Afghanistan world

Rucker C. Johnson: Racial foundations of education policy

Oct 26, 2021 1:13:00

Dr. Rucker C. Johnson will join Dr. Celeste Watkins-Hayes in conversation on the Racial foundations of education policy. This talk is part of the Center for Racial Justice's Racial Foundations of Public Policy series. October, 2021.

Water diplomacy in the Middle East: Israel, Jordan and Palestine

Nov 8, 2021, 11:30 am-12:45 pm EST

Nov 12, 2021, 2:00-5:00 pm EST

3240 Weill (Monday) 1210 Weill (Friday)

Students will learn the laws that influence water diplomacy in the Middle East and later represent Israel, Jordan and Palestine in a simulation to identify mechanisms that can enable more sustainable water management in the region.

North American Colloquium

Historical drivers of nationalist extremism in North America

Oct 28, 2021, 12:30-1:30 pm EDT

Experts from the Autonomous National University of Mexico, University of Toronto, and University of Michigan discussed the local and transnational factors giving rise to far-right social movements and policies in each country.

In the Media

Shaefer applauds direct payments to address poverty

Oct 20, 2021 NC Policy Watch

“There’s a question of what we do during severe recessions: What we did [during the pandemic] worked, and it worked better than anything we’ve ever done before,” Luke Shaefer told NC Policy Watch. “… If we ever wondered if the well-being of families...

In the Media

Eisenberg comments on home repairs in Detroit

Oct 22, 2021 The Detroit Free Press

Home repairs are in high demand in Detroit, highlighted by 4,800 Detroiters applying for a roof repair program. Alexa Eisenberg, doctoral candidate and researcher with Poverty Solutions, weighed in on the issue. "Focusing on roof repairs is...

Photo of homes in Detroit's Chaldean Town neighborhood

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