50 years ago, in a nation wracked by scandal and uncertainty, President Gerald R. Ford made the controversial decision to pardon former President Richard Nixon. How do we think about the implications of that historic pardon in a modern political...
U.S. democratic institutions are under attack. While law enforcement agencies and a Congressional committee still work to investigate the January 6, 2021, attacks on the Capitol, a wave of subsequent efforts have continued to seek to undermine the...
U.S. democratic institutions are under attack. While law enforcement agencies and a Congressional committee still work to investigate the January 6, 2021, attacks on the Capitol – political violence aimed at blocking or overturning the results of...
President-elect Joe Biden has tapped three University of Michigan faculty members to help review the operations of federal agencies as part of his transition team.
Michael Barr, dean of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, and Betsey...
Joan and Sanford Weill Hall
Annenberg Auditorium (1120)
The Ford School invites the U-M community -- students, faculty, and staff -- for an election debrief, analysis, and discussion with faculty experts J. Alex Halderman, Vincent Hutchings, Barbara L. McQuade, Javed Ali and Mara Ostfeld.
Joan and Sanford Weill Hall Annenberg Auditorium (1120)
On the 50th anniversary of Gerald R. Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon, a re-assessment of the relevance of that action in today's political landscape. After being vilified, and then lionized as a great act of patriotism, in this era of seeming impunity, what is the significance of that unique, historical pardon?
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author Barton Gellman in conversation with Michigan Law Professor from Practice Barbara McQuade, as part of the spring 2022 Democracy in Crisis series.
Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation Lecture Series,
Policy Talks @ the Ford School,
STPP Lecture Series
In this conversation, Paul Abbate, Associate Deputy Director of the FBI, and David Levy, Vice President of Amazon Web Services, will discuss some of the challenges in addressing current cybersecurity threats, formulating policy, and calibrating responses.
Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation Lecture Series,
Policy Talks @ the Ford School
Towsley Policymaker in Residence Javed Ali will moderate a panel discussion with three leading counterterrorism experts--Peter Bergen, Barbara McQuade, and Chris Costa.
Join us for Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author Barton Gellman in conversation with Michigan Law Professor from Practice Barbara McQuade, as part of the spring 2022 Democracy in Crisis series.
Paul Abbate, Associate Deputy Director of the FBI, and David Levy, Vice President of Amazon Web Services, discuss current cybersecurity threats, formulating policy, and calibrating responses.
Towsley Policymaker in Residence Javed Ali will moderate a panel discussion with three leading counterterrorism experts--Peter Bergen, Barbara McQuade, and Chris Costa.
