Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Where Law and Politics Intersect

Apr 10, 2012, 4:00-5:00 pm EDT
Free and open to the public. Reception to follow. As President of Earthjustice, the nation's premier public interest environmental law firm (www.earthjustice.org), Trip Van Noppen leads the organization's staff, board, and supporters to advance its mission of using the courts to protect our environment and people's health. From the speaker's bio: "In 2005 I was thrilled to join Earthjustice in the newly-created position of Vice President for Litigation.
Josh Rosenthal Education Fund Lecture, Policy Talks @ the Ford School

Law, policy, and the war on al-Qaida: An emerging consensus?

Sep 7, 2012, 1:00-2:30 pm EDT
Michigan League, Lydia Mendelssohn Theater
Lecture by General Michael Hayden, retired United States Air Force four-star general and former Director of the CIA and NSA.
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Virtual Reunification: Bits and Pieces Put Together to Form a Semblance of a Whole

Apr 18, 2012, 4:00-6:00 pm EDT
5670 Haven Hall (Eldersveld Room)
Virtual reunification offers new possibilities to create and assemble digital versions of archives, artifacts, rare books, manuscripts, and other literary or artistic works of common origin that have been geographically dispersed for historical, political, or cultural reasons. The ways that institutions with varying digitization programs, priorities, and strategies navigate this complex endeavor remain largely unexamined. What needs to be considered for multi-institutional, cooperative digital initiatives like virtual reunification to proceed?

Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Where Law and Politics Intersect

Apr 10, 2012, 4:00-5:00 pm EDT
Free and open to the public. Reception to follow. As President of Earthjustice, the nation's premier public interest environmental law firm (www.earthjustice.org), Trip Van Noppen leads the organization's staff, board, and supporters to advance its mission of using the courts to protect our environment and people's health. From the speaker's bio: "In 2005 I was thrilled to join Earthjustice in the newly-created position of Vice President for Litigation.

My Career and Title IX, Lecture by C. Vivian Stringer

Apr 18, 2012, 3:00-4:30 pm EDT
Weill Hall
Free and open to the public. C. Vivian Stringer is the Head Women's Basketball Coach at Rutgers University. With over 40 years of coaching experience, Coach Stringer's unique insights on how the world of sports continues to evolve, she'll share her history as a child growing up in Edenborn, PA, as a basketball/field hockey player at Slippery Rock University and as head women's basketball coach at three different Division I Universities (Cheyney State, University of Iowa and Rutgers University).
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2012 Graduation Open House

Apr 27, 2012, 3:00-5:00 pm EDT
All students, family, and friends are cordially invited to meet the faculty and staff of the Ford School and tour the classrooms, public spaces, and suites of Weill Hall, which opened its doors just six years ago. Spirit Store, prizes, photo booth, delicious food, and more! (See the event program for more details.)
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Risk Science Unplugged presents Just Unplug and Drive

May 18, 2012, 2:00-3:00 pm EDT
School of Public Health
Ninety-five Americans are killed on the road every day. Around 15 times that number are seriously injured and hospitalized. The personal and societal cost of this immense. Without innovative solutions and concerted action, this 'road toll' is estimated to climb.
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CLOSUP Lecture Series

The Effect of Basal Readers on Instructional Practice

Jan 18, 2012, 8:30-10:00 am EST
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy 3rd Floor Seminar Room
CIERS: Causal inference in Education research seminar Presenter: Mark White, Education CIERS Mission: The objective of the Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS) is to engage students and faculty from across the university in conversations around education research using various research methodies. This seminar provides a space for doctoral students and faculty from the School of Education, Ford School of Public Policy, and the Departments of Economics, Sociology, Statistics, and Political Science to discuss current research and receive feedback on works-in-progress
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CLOSUP Lecture Series

Research Partnership with Michigan's Community Colleges

Feb 1, 2012, 8:30-10:00 am EST
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy 3rd Floor Seminar Room
CIERS: Causal inference in Education research seminar CIERS Mission: The objective of the Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS) is to engage students and faculty from across the university in conversations around education research using various research methodies. This seminar provides a space for doctoral students and faculty from the School of Education, Ford School of Public Policy, and the Departments of Economics, Sociology, Statistics, and Political Science to discuss current research and receive feedback on works-in-progress.
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Choosing a Bandwidth for Regression-Discontinuity Designs: The Case of Academic Probation

Feb 8, 2012, 8:30-10:00 am EST
CIERS: Causal inference in Education research seminar CIERS Mission: The objective of the Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS) is to engage students and faculty from across the university in conversations around education research using various research methodies. This seminar provides a space for doctoral students and faculty from the School of Education, Ford School of Public Policy, and the Departments of Economics, Sociology, Statistics, and Political Science to discuss current research and receive feedback on works-in-progress.
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