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STPP Lecture Series

Post-Human Creativity: A Conversation

Mar 25, 2019, 4:00 pm EDT
Library Gallery, Hatcher Graduate Library
Join us for a live, unrehearsed, interdisciplinary conversation with faculty from diverse perspectives to explore the idea of Post-Human Creativity.
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Nuclear Technology: The Power and the Peril

Oct 10, 2013, 5:00-7:00 pm EDT
Weill Hall
Nuclear power is the primary carbon-free energy source technically capable of meeting the world's electricity needs. But current reactors use and generate special nuclear material that can be used for making nuclear weapons. Is it possible to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons and simultaneously develop peaceful nuclear power technologies? At the Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy Panel Discussion, experts will describe and integrate technical and policy aspects of the nuclear power and nuclear nonproliferation problem.
Ford School

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism

Mar 31, 2020, 7:00-9:00 pm EDT
Rackham Auditorium
Due to COVID-19, this event has been canceled. We are working to reschedule for a future date or deliver this content in a different format.
Ford School
Josh Rosenthal Education Fund Lecture, Policy Talks @ the Ford School

Managing global borders: In defense of big data

Sep 12, 2013, 4:30-6:00 pm EDT
Weill Hall, Annenberg Auditorium
Lecture by Alan Bersin, Assistant Secretary of International Affairs and Chief Diplomatic Officer for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Ford School

Changing the Global E-waste Cycle

Apr 24, 2018, 8:30 am-5:00 pm EDT
Rackham Graduate School, 4th Floor Amphitheater
Join us for an in-depth look at informal electronic waste recycling communities in Ghana, Thailand, and Chile.
Ford School

Alumni Board members

Alumni board members strive to increase the visibility of the Ford School; to strengthen the school's alumni network; and to assist the school with student recruitment, career services, and alumni relations activities. The board is comprised of 18...

Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) program

The Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) program is devoted to interdisciplinary research and teaching on the politics and processes of science and technology policymaking. STPP seeks to improve understanding, analysis, and intervention in...
PubPol 312

PubPol 312: Environmental Politics & Policy

This course is an advanced offering on environmental politics and policymaking, with a focus on the U.S. context. The course will focus most heavily in the area of climate and energy policy, though other topics may also be...