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Public Perceptions of Renewable Energy: How to Constructively Advocate at the Local Level & Helping Communities Set Policies

Mar 10, 2020, 10:30 am-12:00 pm EDT
Weill Hall, Room 5240
As demand for renewable energy grows, wind energy and solar energy developers are looking for communities to host these projects.  In this session, Dr. Sarah Mills will talk about what we know about public perceptions of renewable energy in the communities where wind and solar projects are proposed.  She'll draw mostly on her research understanding community reactions to wind energy projects in Michigan, extrapolate what that means for solar energy.  
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Diversity, equity, and inclusion at the Ford School

A Lunchtime Conversation about History, Reparations, and Policy

Feb 26, 2020, 12:00-1:00 pm EST
1110 Weill Hall (Betty)
Please join us for a lunchtime conversation about History, Reparations, and Policy with Dr. Earl Lewis on Wednesday, February 26 from 12:00 - 1:00 PM in 1110 Weill Hall (Betty Ford Classroom). 
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Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation Lecture Series, Weiser Diplomacy Center Series

Integrating and Enforcing Labor Rights in Trade

Feb 19, 2020, 4:00-5:20 pm EST
Annenberg Auditorium, 1120 Weill Hall
This Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation Lecture will examine the nexus between labor rights and trade—a crucial topic as U.S. and global trade arrangements are being renegotiated. It will feature a conversation between two experts who have long worked to advance worker’s rights in the context of global trade—Dr. Bama Athreya, a visiting policy expert at the Weiser Diplomacy Center, and Ford School Professor of Practice Sander Levin. 
STPP Lecture Series

Graduate STEM Education for the 21st Century

Jan 22, 2020, 4:00-5:20 pm EST
Betty Ford Auditorium, 1110 Weill Hall
Layne Scherer is a senior program officer with the Board of Higher Education and Workforce at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
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Public Policy and Institutional Discrimination Series

Employment and racial discrimination

Nov 14, 2019, 11:45 am-12:50 pm EST
1120 Weill Hall (Annenberg Auditorium)
Featuring faculty discussant Fabiana Silva, an assistant professor of public policy at the Ford School. Part of the Ford School's Public Policy and Institutional Discrimination discussion series.

Donuts and deans (plus cider!)

Nov 4, 2019, 12:00-1:00 pm EST
Weill Hall, Great Hall (1100)
Enjoy one of the most delicious fall traditions in the Midwest: fresh apple cider and donuts. Open exclusively to the Ford School community.
CLOSUP Lecture Series, Conversations Across Differences, Policy Talks @ the Ford School

Listening to Strengthen Democracy

Oct 23, 2019, 4:00-5:30 pm EDT
Weill Hall, Annenberg Auditorium (1120)
The Local Voices Network is a community-driven listening network which aims to improve our understanding of one another through communication.  Kathy Cramer, one of the groups' founders, will talk about how it works and what 's coming out of  the chapters in Wisconsin, New York, Massachusetts, and Alabama.  
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Conversations Across Differences, Weiser Diplomacy Center Series

Democracy and America's Foreign Policy Identity

Oct 4, 2019, 4:00-5:30 pm EDT
Weill Hall, Annenberg Auditorium
The Ford School's Weiser Diplomacy Center hosts a Master Class with Condoleezza Rice, facilitated by John Ciorciari, discussing “Democracy and America’s Foreign Policy Identity.”