Open to the public.
Registration and registration fee is required.
About the conference and workshops
The University of Michigan is proud to welcome the political networks community to Ann Arbor for the 4th Annual Political Networks Conference and Workshops. The study of political networks serves a key role in understanding governance, as politics is largely driven by relationships between actors, agencies, and institutions.
Spring Preview is a weekend designed to give newly admitted students all the information they need to make a decision about pursing a Ford School MPP degree. Admitted students have the opportunity to meet with Ford School faculty, students, staff, and alumni, and get a chance to tour the University of Michigan campus and city of Ann Arbor. Admitted students will receive specific event details in their Ford School acceptance letters, mailed in March.
Spring Preview is designed to give newly admitted students all the information they need to make a decision about pursuing a Masters in Public Policy here at the Ford School. Admitted students will meet with our faculty, staff, students, and alumni and get a chance to tour the campus and the city of Ann Arbor. Admitted students will receive specific event details with the decision letters they receive from the school in March. More information about weekend events will be posted soon.
http://stpp.fordschool.umich.edu/Don't forget to get your STPP 'Complete the Puzzle' t-shirt before leaving town this summer! Your classmates designed this shirt in response to student demand, and we have lots left.
This Friday, March 25, Michigan Law's Mich. Telecom. & Tech. Law Rev. (MTTLR) will sponsor a 'Green Technology and Economic Revitalization' symposium to examine the future of sustainable economic growth in Michigan, focusing on the legal, business, and policy issues present in shaping the future of Michigan's green economy. The symposium will be held in Hutchins Hall, Room 100 beginning at 9:00 a.m. The event is free and open to the public.
http://www.mttlr.org/html/symposia.html
Dr. Patrick Clemins, Director of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Clemins will be discussing how President Obama's FY12 budget affects federal research and development programs. This information is important for each of us to consider as we pursue our research endeavors.
'Research and Development in the Federal Budget'
Patrick Clemins, Ph.D.
Director, R&D Budget and Policy Program
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
3:00 - 4:00 PM
BSRB Auditorium
For more information on Dr.
Jason Corburn, Associate Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning, and Co-Director of the Master of City Planning and Master of Public Health Degree Program, University of Berkeley
Commentator: Larissa Larsen, Associate Professor in the Urban and Regional Planning Program and at the School of Natural Resources and Environment
Co-sponsored
Judit Rius,Attorney and Foreign Law Advisor, Knowledge Ecology International With commentary by JESSICA LITMAN, John F. Nickoll Professor of Law Abstract: The current system to finance drug development based on strong intellectual property rights is failing many in both developing and developed countries. The system promotes monopolies that make products unaffordable, and fails to provide incentives for urgently needed diagnostics and treatments for neglected diseases.
Tuesday, April 12The Science, Technology, and Society Program
Presents Nancy Jacobs, Brown University
Two Aging American Ornithologists at the End of European Empire in AfricaCo-sponsored by the Africa Workshop
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Tisch Hall, Room 1014
