Moderator Rick Ament, is Founder and CEO of Strategic Organizational Sustainability (SOS) Partners. Panelists will be offering thoughts on the key challenges faced by healthcare providers pursuing sustainability objectives from their discipline\'s perspective.

You are invited to attend a campus lecture delivered by Dr. Rajiv Shah Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Dr. Shah (B.S. '95) is an alumnus of the University of Michigan, and will discuss "Innovation in Development Strategy." Dr. Shah's visit is organized by ONE @ the University of Michigan and hosted by the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.

Presenters: Margaret Dewar, Professor, Urban and Regional Planning, University of Michigan June Manning Thomas, Centennial Professor, Urban and Regional Planning, University of Michigan Commentator: John Gallagher, Author, Writer, Detroit Free Press About the panel: Many American cities, especially those in the Northeast and Midwest, have lost jobs and population for decades.

Free and open to the public. Preceded by a reception in the Great Hall at the Ford School at 5:00 PM. Join the conversation on Twitter: #FordPolicyUnion. About the event This Ford Policy Union event will feature a debate on the policy of free trade, which is the elimination of import tariffs and other artificial barriers to international trade. Professor Alan Deardorff, a noted international trade scholar, will argue that the U.S.

Are you interested in a degree in public policy? If so, please consider attending our information session on the BA in Public Policy. The session will include an overview of the program, information about the admissions process, and time for questions. For more information, visit: ba/admissions

Join the conversation on Twitter: #blackbluedocumentary The Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy, the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and the Center for Public Policy in Diverse Societies will host a screening of the documentary titled Black and Blue: The Story of Gerald Ford, Willis Ward, and the 1934 Michigan-Georgia Tech Football Game, followed by a panel discussion featuring former Senator Buzz Thomas (grandson of Willis Ward) and Steve Ford (son of President Gerald R.

Free and open to the public. Book sales and signing immediately following. Continue the conversation on Twitter: #policytalks Thomas Mann (MA '68, PhD '77) and Norman Ornstein (PhD '74) will discuss their most recent book, the New York Times bestseller, It's Even Worse than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided with the New Politics of Extremism.

Join the conversation on Twitter: #fordschoolvotes Join Michigan Radio, The Center for Michigan, and the University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy for a special "Issues & Ale" event, as we watch the election results roll in from across Michigan and the nation. Host Lester Graham will be joined by experts and pundits who will handicap the races, and tell us what the results mean...for our state and the U.S.

Free and open to the public. About the speaker: At a young age, Daniel Lurie is an emerging voice for philanthropy and has started an organization called Tipping Point — named after the book by Malcolm Gladwell about how a small group of people can make a big difference. Tipping Point has raised over $50 million to fund the most effective poverty-fighting organizations in the Bay Area.

This event will bring together a variety of stakeholders to discuss what we know, what we are doing, and what can be done to address the continued hardships faced by many Michigan residents in the wake of the Great Recession and the current slow economic recovery. Researchers from the University of Michigan will set the context for the discussion through a presentation of results from the Michigan Recession and Recovery Study (MRRS), based on recent interviews with over 800 households in the Detroit area.