A Tribute to Ned Gramlich

Nov 14, 2007, 4:00-5:30 pm EST
Please join the Ford School and the Department of Economics as we gather to remember and celebrate Ned Gramlich's many contributions to economics, policymaking, higher education, and the lives of his colleagues, students, and friends. Reception to follow. Open to the public. Read more about Ned and his legacy at the Ford School.
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Washington, DC Alumni Get-Together

Nov 8, 2007, 6:30-8:00 pm EST
Embassy Suites Downtown
The Alumni Board of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy hosted an Alumni Get-Together. Alumni, faculty and friends met the Ford School's new Joan and Sanford Weill Dean of Public Policy, Susan M. Collins.
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Reframing Sacred Values in Seemingly Intractable Conflicts

Nov 13, 2007, 4:00-5:30 pm EST
Robert Axelrod, Walgreen Professor for the Study of Human Understanding, Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan. Sacred values are values which drive behavior independently of prospects of success for achieving goals. Sacred values are often religious.
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Iraq: Beyond Benchmarks - A Regional Perspective

Nov 16, 2007, 4:00-5:00 pm EST
Ambassador Lawrence Butler is charged with overseeing U.S. policy creation and implementation efforts in Iraq, as well as staffing, financing, and management issues related to the U.S. Secretary of State Department's presence in Iraq. Lecture is free and open to the public. Co-sponsored by CMENAS.
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Loving Science to Death?: Why Politicians Embrace and Attack Science in Environmental Debates

Dec 6, 2007, 5:00-6:30 pm EST
School of Natural Resources and Environment
David Goldston is a Visiting Lecturer in the Science, Technology and Environment Program at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, and he writes the monthly column 'Party of One' on Congress and science policy for the journal Nature. From 2001 through 2006, Goldston was the Chief of Staff of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, which has jurisdiction over much of the federal research and development budget.
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The Missing Class: Portraits of the Near Poor in America

Feb 6, 2008, 4:00-5:30 pm EST
Weill Hall
Katherine Newman, Director of the Institute for International and Regional Studies; Director of Joint Doctoral Programs in Sociology, Politics, Psychology and Social Policy; and Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University. Professor Newman is the author, with Victor Tan Chen, of The Missing Class: Portraits of the Near Poor in America (Beacon Press) From the publisher: 'The Missing Class gives voice to the 57 million Americans-including 21
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Why Botswana is Africa's Ace of Diamonds

Feb 20, 2008, 4:00-5:30 pm EST
Stephen R. Lewis, Jr. Chairman of the Boards of RiverSource Funds, President Emeritus and Professor of Economics, Carleton College. Professor Lewis was elected Chairman of the Boards of RiverSource Funds, the Minneapolis-based mutual fund group, effective January 2007. He served as president of Carleton College from 1987 to 2002.
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