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Rebecca Cohen and Daniel Rivkin

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Rebecca Cohen
Senior Communications & Outreach Strategist
rebcohen@umich.edu

Daniel Rivkin
Senior Media & Outreach Strategist
rivkind@umich.edu
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The presidential transition and the first hundred days of the Biden administration

Contact: Daniel Rivkin, rivkind@umich.edu, +1-917-817-6323
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Ford School experts address Biden priorities, including COVID-19 vaccine distribution around the world and health care delivery in the U.S., expanding the Child Tax Credit, and restoring American foreign policy credibility

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Nicole Wells Stallworth
Jul 15 2021

Young Leaders in Public Service with Nicole Wells Stallworth, Oakland University Assistant Vice President for Government & Community Relations

12:00-1:00 pm
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Jul 15 2021

Worldwide Ford School Spirit Day 2021: Leading through crisis

4:00-5:30 pm
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Jul 15 2021

Infrastructure investment policies: The potential impacts for climate change and labor

6:30 pm

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Ford School assists American Heart Association of Southeastern Michigan on ‘Tobacco in Schools’ policies

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Stevenson marks the 'Age of (Re)Discovery'

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Teaching and incentives prove complementary to promote learning about COVID-19

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