Civil Liberties

State & Hill

Our new dean, Celeste Watkins-Hayes

Dec 12, 2023

State & Hill sat down with the Ford School’s new dean to reflect on her scholarship, her mentors, and Gerald Ford State & Hill: Tell us about your intellectual journey to leading the Ford School. Celeste Watkins-Hayes: What you see in my...

Dean Watkins-Hayes and ASPIRE students gathering on the balcony overlooking the Great Hall

News

FBI Director Christopher Wray to visit the University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy

Nov 16, 2022

Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray will visit the University of Michigan Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy on Friday, December 2 as the 2022 Josh Rosenthal Memorial Speaker. In 2002, the Ford School received a gift...

FBI Director Christopher Wray speaking at podium

STPP Lecture Series

Chris Calabrese: Show your face? The pros and cons of facial recognition technology for our civil liberties

Nov 20, 2019, 4:00-5:30 pm EST

Weill Hall, Annenberg Auditorium (1120)

Christopher Calabrese, Vice President for Policy at the Center for Democracy & Technology will discuss the pros and cons of facial recognition technology, how it is changing many aspects of our lives, and how policymakers should address it.