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Two additional Towsley Foundation policymakers in residence offer practical learning opportunities

Jan 11, 2021

Since 2002, the Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence Program has brought national and international leaders to campus as Ford School faculty. For the winter 2021 semester, the Ford School welcomes two additional...

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Developing Future Leaders in U.S.-Russia Relations

Supporting government transparency in Ukraine: The role of NGOs and EU policymakers

Jan 25, 2021, 11:30 am-12:45 pm EST

This workshop will have students analyze the role that international NGOs can play in raising awareness of, and advocating for, increased government transparency in Ukraine.

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Misinformation and false allegations drivers in political violence, according to Ali

Jan 7, 2021

Ford School Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence Javed Ali said the political violence at the U.S. Capitol on January 6 followed a tumultuous and politically-polarizing year in Michigan. He told Bridge the chaos was driven in many ways by the...

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Hanson gives historical perspective to violence in Washington

Jan 8, 2021

The seeds of the violence that took place in Washington, DC, on January 6, can be traced back to President Trump’s rhetoric in his 2016 campaign, his statements during the re-election campaign over the summer, and even to the Michigan statehouse...

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Watkins-Hayes: What the HIV safety net can teach us about the fight against COVID-19

Jan 9, 2021 Detroit Free Press

Read Celeste Watkins-Hayes' op-ed in the Detroit Free Press below. In winter 2021, Watkins-Hayes will teach a graduate course, PubPol 750: Interview Methods, and an undergraduate course, SOC 295: Pandemics: Social Dimensions of HIV and...

Visiting faculty

William Bynum

Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Policymaker in Residence

William (Bill) Bynum is a Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Policymaker in Residence at the Ford School and CEO of Hope Credit Union. For more than three decades, Bill Bynum has worked to advance economic opportunity for disenfranchised populations.

Winter welcome back: a Ford School community conversation

Jan 21, 2021, 12:00-1:00 pm EST

The faculty and staff of the Ford School are back at work after the holiday break, looking forward to welcoming our students back and getting started on the winter 2021 semester.

Admissions

Undergraduate application preparation and panel

Jan 22, 2021, 2:00-4:00 pm EST

Join Undergraduate Students of Color in Public Policy for an undergraduate application preparation and panel.

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CFLP Blue Bag Lunches

The macroeconomics of COVID-19

Jan 21, 2021, 12:00-1:00 pm EST

Professor Linda Tesar will review some recent evidence on the impact of COVID-19 on economic activity in the US and abroad and will discuss some of the ways that macroeconomists have begun to model the "COVID shock" and its economic effects.

In the Media

Rabe and Raimi review 2020 energy and environmental policy

Dec 29, 2020 Resources Radio

Barry Rabe joined Daniel Raimi on his Resources Radio podcast to review the most important energy and environmental policy developments of 2020. Rabe's take: "We can say that 2020 shows that climate change is visible. It's drawing more people in...

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