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Lecture by Daniel Lurie, CEO & Founder of Tipping Point

Oct 30, 2012, 7:00-8:30 pm EDT
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.

Michigan's recession and recovery: Opportunities for the research, non-profit, and civic engagement communities

Nov 19, 2012, 1:30-3:30 pm EST
University of Michigan Detroit Center 3663 Woodward Avenue
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.
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Young scholars: Making science policy

Nov 13, 2012, 4:00-5:30 pm EST
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A panel of four former students in the Science, Technology, and Public Policy program will share insights they gained working at real science policy jobs. Three students received the prestigious AAAS Fellowships of Science and Policy, while the fourth was a professional lobbyist who now works in the office of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Anyone interested in the AAAS program, including STPP and science students, faculty, and advisors, is encouraged to attend.
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Policy Talks @ the Ford School

A Conversation with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke

Jan 14, 2013, 4:00-5:30 pm EST
Rackham Auditorium
Free and open to the public Join the conversation on Twitter: #fordschoolbernanke About the event: Please join us as Chairman Bernanke visits the University of Michigan for a conversation with Ford School Dean Susan M. Collins on monetary policy, recovery from the global financial crisis, and long-term challenges facing the U.S.

Graduate Internships with the UN

Nov 13, 2012, 4:00-5:15 pm EST
Each summer graduate students from a wide range of U-M programs accept unpaid internships with UN agencies in New York and around the world.
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6th Annual Gramlich Showcase of Student Work

Mar 26, 2013, 4:00-6:00 pm EDT
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An independent study on artisans in India. A report for Flint City officials on the use of liquor licensing as a tool to mitigate crime. A case study using the Michigan Daily to evaluate diversity in the newsroom.
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CLOSUP Lecture Series

Massachusetts Comes to Michigan: Lessons about Health Care Reform from Business Leaders

Feb 11, 2013, 4:00-5:30 pm EST
Weill Hall
Free and open to the public: Reception to follow. The Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation (CHRT) will bring together key Massachusetts and Michigan business leaders along with University of Michigan experts to explore lessons from Massachusetts' experience with health reform and what may be ahead as the Affordable Care Act is implemented in Michigan. Join us for an interactive panel discussion including: Thomas Buchmueller
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Film screening and discussion with Sophal Ear - End/Beginning: Cambodia

Jan 17, 2013, 5:30-7:30 pm EST
Weill Hall
Free and open tot he public. About the Film Telling the story of his family's escape from the Khmer Rouge, End/Beginning: Cambodia was commissioned by Channel News Asia (based out of Singapore and broadcasting all over Asia) after the 6-minute TED Talk in 2009 by Sophal Ear, Assistant Professor, Naval Postgraduate School. It has been broadcast a dozen times in 2011 and 2012 on CNA throughout Asia. In 2012, the film won a Gold World Medal in History & Society at the 55th New York Festival International Television and Films Awards.
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Aid dependence in Cambodia: How foreign assistance undermines Democracy

Jan 18, 2013, 12:00-1:00 pm EST
Weill Hall
Free and open to the public. About the talk The more a country depends on aid, the more distorted are its incentives to manage its own development in sustainably beneficial ways. Cambodia, a post-conflict state that cannot refuse aid, is rife with trial-and-error donor experiments and their unintended results, including bad governance—a major impediment to rational economic growth.
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A human rights initiative lecture: Challenges facing international justice

Jan 29, 2013, 1:00-3:00 pm EST
Free and open to the public. Followed by reception. Speaker David Scheffer, Professor and Director, Center for International Human Rights, Law School, Northwestern University About the lecture Professor Scheffer will address some of the key judicial, political, and financial challenges facing the international criminal tribunals and America's role in them.
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