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Cydney Gardner-Brown: 2021 Ford School Commencement

May 1, 2021 0:06:33

Cydney Gardner-Brown, student speaker elected by the BA class of 2021, speaks during the 2021 Ford School Commencement.

Yazier Henry: 2021 Ford School Commencement

May 1, 2021 0:04:51

Yazier Henry, Lecturer in Public Policy, speaks during the 2021 Ford School Commencement.

Graduate Slideshow: 2021 Ford School Commencement

May 1, 2021 0:16:09

We begin our celebration of the Classes of 2021 with slides submitted by our graduates.

Recasting the technologies of the carceral empire: India, South Africa, and the political paradoxes of post-colonial citizenship

May 14, 2021, 12:00 pm EDT

Keith Breckenridge (University of Witwatersrand) will deliver the opening keynote of the Behind Walls, Beyond Discipline: Science, Technology, and the Carceral State webinar series.

Creative art for the carceral state conference, featuring a surveillance camera and stylized broken shapes in front of an old prison cellblock

In the Media

Biden taking a "soft-shoe" approach to achieve his ambitious agenda - Bednar

Apr 29, 2021 AFP via Yahoo! News

U.S. President Joe Biden addressed Congress and passed the symbolic 100-day mark. AFP reports that now the real heavy lifting begins: convincing rival Republicans -- and some recalcitrant Democrats -- to sign on to his ambitious remaking of America....

News

Michigan's loss of a Congressional district has a variety of impacts - Ford School faculty

Apr 28, 2021

The U.S. Census Bureau announced Michigan will drop from 14 congressional seats to 13 due to sluggish population growth since the last count in 2010. “It does reduce the state’s influence and ability to get things done; not by a lot, but a little...

In the Media

Haverkamp says Biden's ambitious climate goals are technologically attainable

Apr 24, 2021 TRT World

"The goal is ambitious. There are several routes we can take to get there. But at the highest level what they have to do is to transform all the sectors of the economy away from their reliance on fossil fuels," Haverkamp said in an interview on TRT...

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International webinar series examines science, technology and the ‘carceral state’

Apr 29, 2021

The explosion of the prison population in the U.S. and around the world is seen by many as a crisis, as the growth is mainly attributable to high incarceration rates among low-income and minority communities. Science and technology lie at the heart...

In the Media

Environmental advocates should help implement Washington's cap-and-trade law, Basseches opinion

Apr 29, 2021 Washington State Wire

Washington will become second state to adopt cap-and-trade Law. But what happens next really matters Climate advocates in Washington are celebrating the passage of a second-in-the-nation economy-wide carbon pricing bill, which Governor Inslee is...

In the Media

Stevenson says policies should impact long-term growth and our well-being

Apr 29, 2021 Washington Post

"Everybody was running around in 2008 trying to save the banking system. Now there's a very different effort this time to save the day-care centers," said Betsey Stevenson. "We shouldn't just be asking what policies will do for long-run growth. We...

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