Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power will reflect on her career and on her new memoir, Education of an Idealist (Harper Collins, September 2019): the third annual Vandenberg Lecture.
Conversations Across Differences,
Weiser Diplomacy Center Series
Former NSA Stephen Hadley, former assistant secretary of state Daniel Fried, and CEO of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition Liz Schrayer will explore evolving Transatantic relationships in an event launching the Weiser Diplomacy Center.
Conversations Across Differences,
Policy Talks @ the Ford School,
Weiser Diplomacy Center Series
Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun (LSA '86) discusses U.S. policy and strategy for achieving the denuclearization of North Korea and the transformation of U.S.-North Korean relations.
*Stream* Gene Sperling provides unique perspective and insights on the intersection between the U.S. and global economy and the most pressing economic policy issues of the day.
Walter and Leonore Annenberg Auditorium, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
Rich Cordray, founding director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Rohit Chopra, Commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission will keynote.
Policy Talks @ the Ford School,
Vandenberg Lecture
Please join experts Washtenaw County Sheriff Jerry Clayton; Professor of Law Barry Friedman, New York University; and Jessica Gillooly, PhD Candidate of the Ford School, in a panel moderated by Ford School Faculty David Thacher for a panel examining racial bias in emergency calls.
Conversations Across Differences,
Gilbert S. Omenn and Martha A. Darling Health Policy Fund,
Policy Talks @ the Ford School
WeListen hosts a conference for student leaders to work across political divides. Keynote discussion by William Kristol and Neera Tanden, hosted by Ford School dean Michael S. Barr.
Ross School of Business & Ford School of Public Policy
Friends, colleagues, students, and collaborators of John Enrico DiNardo are invited to attend a special conference at the University of Michigan that will celebrate his life and career.
The documentary was made by WGVU Productions and features interviews with a number of leaders including Jimmy Carter, Henry Kissinger, George H.W. Bush, Ted Kennedy, Colin Powell, and Dick Cheney.
Join us for a lively dessert reception (complete with a chocolate fountain!) as we celebrate the legacy of a woman whose advocacy, courage, and humor has helped so many others.
Distinguished Senior Policy Advisor Dave Camp and dean Michael Barr to discuss federal tax reform on Monday, Dec. 4. Dialogue to be moderated by University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel.
Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation Lecture Series,
Policy Talks @ the Ford School
The panelists will discuss their work in helping to deliver capital to America’s communities, the growth and transformation of the industry, headwinds the field faces and what’s in store for the next 40 years of community development finance.
In complement to the University Musical Society's performance of "Every Brilliant Thing," the Ford School will host a panel of university and local mental health policy experts moderated by Paula Lantz, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Professor of Public Policy.
Gilbert S. Omenn and Martha A. Darling Health Policy Fund
Out in Public hosts a panel with Douglas Brooks, Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy at the White House; Noël Gordon, Senior Specialist for HIV Prevension & Health Equity at the Human Rights Campaign; and K. Rivet Amico, Research Associate Professor at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. The panel will be moderated by Paula Lantz, Associate Dean for Research & Policy Engagement at the Ford School.
Authors Kathy Edin and Luke Shaefer discuss the majorn themes of their revelatory research on income inequality and extreme poverty in the United States.