STPP 2009 Fall Lecture Series Michele Garfinkel, Policy AnalystJ. Craig Venter Institute Commentator: William K. Hall, Adjunct Professor of Strategy, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan 4:00-5:30pm in the Betty Ford Classroom (1110 Weill Hall) at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. Co-Sponsors: University of Michigan Life Sciences and Society Program, and the University of Michigan Center for Ethics in Public Life.

STPP 2009 Fall Lecture Series Kei Koizumi, Assistant Director for Federal Research and Development, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President Commentator: Jason Owen-Smith, Associate Professor, Sociology & Organizational Studies, University of Michigan 4:00-5:30pm in the Betty Ford Classroom (1110 Weill Hall) at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. Co-Sponsors: University of Michigan Office of the Vice President for Research, University of Michigan College of Engineering.

STPP 2009 Fall Lecture Series Daniel Carpenter, Freed Professor of Government and Director, Center for American Political Studies, Harvard University Commentator: Rebecca S. Eisenberg, Robert and Barbara Luciano Professor of Law, University of Michigan 4:00-5:30pm in the Betty Ford Classroom (1110 Weill Hall) at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. Co-Sponsors: University of Michigan School of Public Health, University of Michigan Department of Political Science, and the University of Michigan Robert Wood Johnson Scholars in Health Policy Research Program.

STPP 2009 Winter Lecture Series Jennifer SassSenior Scientist, Natural Resources Defense Council Commentary by :Mark Banaszak Holl, Professor of Chemistry & Macromolecular Science & Engineering Michigan Nanotechnology Institute for Medicine & Biological SciencesUniversity of Michigan Co-Sponsored by the University of Michigan Risk Science Center 4:00-5:30pm in the Betty Ford Classroom (1110 Weill Hall) at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.

STPP 2009 Winter Lecture Series Tania SimoncelliScience Advisor, American Civil Liberties Union Commentator: Eve Brensike Primus, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School Co-Sponsored by the University of Michigan Life Sciences and Society Program 4:00-5:30pm in the Betty Ford Classroom (1110 Weill Hall) at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.

Michael GoldmanAssociate Professor of Sociology, University of Minnesota Commentary by Jonathan Levine, Professor and Chair of the Urban & Regional Planning Program, University of Michigan Department of Urban and Regional Planning. Co-Sponsored by the University of Michigan School of Information 4:00-5:30pm in the Betty Ford Classroom (1110 Weill Hall) at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.

Daniel Lee KleinmanProfessor of Rural Sociology, University of Wisconsin - Madison Co-Sponsored by the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment 4:00-5:30pm in the Betty Ford Classroom (1110 Weill Hall) at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.

Tind Shepper RyenProfessional Staff, Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives Commentator: Richard Hall, Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan Co-Sponsored by the University of Michigan Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences 4:00-5:30pm in the Betty Ford Classroom (1110 Weill Hall) at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.

Paul EricksonPostdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program Commentator: Carl Simon, Director of the Center for the Study of Complex Systems and Professor of Mathematics, Economics, and Public Policy, University of Michigan Co-Sponsored by the University of Michigan Science, Technology, & Society Program 4:00-5:30pm in the Betty Ford Classroom (1110 Weill Hall) at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.

Frank LairdAssociate Professor of Technology and Public Policy at the Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver Commentator: Andrew Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, Associate Professor of Management & Organizations, Associate Professor of Natural Resources & Environment, Associate Director of the Erb Institute, University of Michigan Co-Sponsored by the Michigan Memorial Phoenix Energy Institute 4:00-5:30pm in the Betty Ford Classroom (1110 Weill Hall) at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.