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Lantz calls on Michigan leaders to back a science-based approach to control pandemic

Oct 6, 2020

Associate Dean Paula Lantz and a coalition of 15 health experts call on the Michigan legislature and county/city governments to take a science-based approach to controlling the COVID-19 pandemic in an op-ed published in the Detroit Free Press. The...

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Michigan kidnap arrests show danger of domestic terror close to home

Oct 8, 2020

Ford School of Public Policy Towsley Policymaker in Residence Javed Ali says the arrests announced October 8 of anti-government plotters who they said were conspiring to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer shows the threat of domestic...

Christian Davenport: Political Conflict

Oct 7, 2020 0:55:00

Christian Davenport, Ph.D., professor of political science, faculty associate at the Institute for Social Research, discusses political conflict. October 2020.

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Parthasarathy says Nobel winners break barriers, court controversy with their discoveries

Oct 8, 2020

The winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize for Chemistry to the first all-female team for their development of the CRISPR genome editing technique shines a light on both the lack of women at the top ranks of science and technology and on the controversial...

Professor Shobita Parthasarathy leads a discussion in the Betty Ford Classroom

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A Q&A with Iqra Nasir, 2020 Riecker Fellow

Oct 8, 2020

Iqra Nasir (MPP/MS ‘21) was selected as one of the two 2020 Riecker Michigan Delegation Fellows. Named for Margaret (Ranny) Riecker, a longtime friend and generous benefactor of the Ford School, this fellowship sends competitively selected graduate...

Effective advocacy workshop

Nov 10, 2020, 4:00-5:20 pm EST

League of Conservation Voters (LCV) senior staff will discuss the steps to be an effective advocate and provide examples used by LCV during some of their successful campaigns.

Women Leading Local Government: An interactive seminar presented by the Michigan Municipal League

Nov 18, 2020, 11:30 am-12:50 pm EST

Women represent just 15% of Michigan's local chief administrative officers. Although women continue to be underrepresented as municipal managers, there is a growing contingent of dedicated women serving their communities and challenging the status quo in local government.

In the Media

Axelrod joins APSA opinion calling for coordinated media response to 2020 Election Results

Oct 7, 2020 The Guardian

"If the outcome is not going to be known on election night, play-by-play coverage on the model of past elections is unnecessary and, in fact, dangerously uninformative. All media should adopt the strict standard that no state winner should be...

Lawrence H. Summers and Maya MacGuineas: Is the federal deficit unsustainable?

Oct 7, 2020 1:00:00

The federal deficit has reached historic levels in recent years, even before Congress passed the $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) in March 2020. Join us for a conversation with Lawrence H.

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Ali: More objective, nonpartisan DHS homeland threat assessment encouraging

Oct 7, 2020 Washington Post

“Given the politicization that has occurred on so many issues within the department, it’s encouraging that the homeland threat assessment takes a much more objective and nonpartisan perspective on cataloguing all these threats,” said Javed Ali to...

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