This is the first seminar in the 2005-2006 International Colloquia series. Program 9:00 AM - Coffee and muffins 9:30 AM - CRISTINA ARELLANO, Minnesota 'Dollarization and Financial Integration' (with Jonathan Heathcote) Discussants: Yui Suzuki Jing Zhang 11:00 AM - Coffee break 11:30 AM - GALINA HALE, Yale 'Are Private Borrowers Hurt by Sovereign Debt Rescheduling?' (with Carlos Arteta) Discussants: Yuriy Gorodnichenko Paolo Pasquariello 1:00 PM - Adjorn Everyone is invited to lunch immediately following the seminar.

What do hot dogs, policy wonks, and the Michigan Marching Band have in common? All will be out in full force at the Ford School's first-ever Homecoming Game & Tailgate Party on Saturday, October 8, 2005.   We have reserved a special section for Ford School alumni at the football game (Wolverines vs. Minnesota) and the enormously popular UM Alumni Association's 'M-Go-Blue Tailgate Party' before the game.

Lecture by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, Distinguished Visiting Professor, Georgetown University Click here for full event description The event was sponsored by CICS, Institute for the Humanities, International Institute, UM Law School, and Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.

Francisco Thoumi, Professor of Economics and Director and Founder, Research and Monitoring Center on Drugs and Crime, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá will speak on 'Institutions, Governability and Illegal Drugs in Colombia and Afghanistan: Why Traditional Policies Are Not Enough.' The event was sponsored by Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Emerging Markets Club, International Policy Center and the Hispanic, Latin American Business Student Association.

Presentation of paper 'Trading Partners and Trading Volumes' for EDTS by Professor Marc Melitz of Harvard University.

 October 28, 2005 University of Michigan Sponsored by the University of Michigan's Gerald R.

A public symposium featuring Derek Yach, Professor of Global Health at Yale University, speaking on 'The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.' A reception for Professor Yach to follow the lecture. This event is cosponsored by the UM Global Health Research Training Initiative (UM-GHRT), the Center for International and Comparative Studies (CICS), the UM Michigan Tobacco Research Network (UM TRN) and the International Policy Center (IPC). *This event formally opens the UM Global Health and Research Training Initiative. Background: Between 1995 and 2004, Professor Yach worked at the World

Alumni Dinner at Pizza House October 13, 2006 After the day long dedication of Weill Hall festivities, the Ford School hosted nearly 100 alumni and their guests at a nearby restaurant for a casual dinner of pizza and salad. Dean Blank thanked alumni for their support of the campaign to construct Weill Hall and for their ongoing support of the School. 'It's wonderful to have so many alumni here to celebrate with us today.

Friday, October 13 7:30 pm: Alumni Get-Together at Arbor Brewing Company Taproom, 114 E. Washington Street Stop by and mingle with fellow alums at this popular gathering spot near downtown. Sponsored by Women and Gender in Public Policy (WGPP). a professional and social networking group of the Ford School. Saturday, October 14 10 am: Policy Discussion with Ford School Faculty at Weill Hall, 735 So. State St.

As of October 12, the U.S. Congress has passed out of committee five health care reform bills, and members are poised to begin debating and reconciling these bills into one that may emerge for signing by President Barack Obama within the end of the year. This panel features five experts in the area of health care and health insurance reform. The panelists span the fields of public policy, medicine, sociology, political science, economics, and public health.