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Highlights from the Dean's Symposium

Apr 21, 2024

Two days of panels, chats, and keynotes focused on examining and seeking solutions to some of the biggest challenges we face in Michigan, in the United States, and across the globe. More than 400 students, faculty, staff, and friends attended in...

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Stacey Abrams, other policymakers and leading scholars to join Ford School symposium

Mar 12, 2024

The Ford School of Public Policy is happy to announce the Dean’s Symposium, which will take place April 11 and 12 at Weill Hall, with the theme, “Policy Innovation for Our Times.” The two days will feature keynote appearances by voting rights...

Dean's Symposium - Communicating Climate Change: Policymakers, Advocates, and Public Opinion

Apr 12, 2024, 9:00 am EDT

Betty Ford Classroom (1110)

Climate change is often described as a wicked problem, one with many interdependent, changing, and thorny factors to solve. For policymakers, this often means balancing complex and sometimes competing preferences from a range of stakeholders, both responding to those voices and communicating about policies in ways that will resonate with a wide range of audiences.

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Dean's Symposium - Racial Justice and Public Policy: Complexities, Challenges, and Priorities for Reform

Apr 12, 2024, 10:45 am EDT

Betty Ford Classroom (1110)

In this session, five successful academicians from a variety of disciplines will discuss their work and perspectives regarding racial justice and public policy.

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Dean's Symposium - American Democracy at the Crossroads

Apr 12, 2024, 3:15 pm EDT

Joan and Sanford Weill Hall Annenberg Auditorium (1120)

Voting rights activist Stacey Abrams will address the challenges to American democracy, her work to guarantee voter access, and other civil rights battles facing the United States in 2024.

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Conversations Across Differences

Dean's Symposium - The State of Democracy around the World

Apr 12, 2024, 1:00 pm EDT

Betty Ford Classroom (1110)

Democracy around the world is both robust -- two billion people will be able to cast a ballot in 2924 -- and fragile, as threats to the voting process, to the structures of democratic society, and to the voters themselves afflict many nations.

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Dean's Symposium - New Policy in Support of Families and Kids

Apr 11, 2024, 1:30 pm EDT

Joan and Sanford Weill Hall Annenberg Auditorium (1120)

This session will examine innovative policies that promote direct cash transfers and tax credits to low-income families, new mothers, and other sectors of society.

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Dean's Symposium - The AI Bill of Rights and the Future of Technology Policy

Apr 11, 2024, 3:15 pm EDT

Joan and Sanford Weill Hall Annenberg Auditorium (1120)

A wide-ranging discussion with technologist Alondra Nelson, reflecting on her time in the White House, her role as a social scientist involved in shaping science and technology (and particularly AI), her insights into the policy process, and specifically her work on the open access and AI Bill of Rights initiatives.

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Dean's Symposium - Public Policy in the 21st Century: Charting the Course

Apr 11, 2024, 11:00 am EDT

Joan and Sanford Weill Hall Annenberg Auditorium (1120)

Cecilia Muñoz will reflect on her long career in social activism and policymaking, and on the challenges the U.S. continues to face regarding immigration and refugee affairs, social inclusion, and the role of public interest technology.

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Dean's Symposium - Social Policy in the 21st Century

Apr 11, 2024, 11:00 am EDT

Joan and Sanford Weill Hall Annenberg Auditorium (1120)

The opening session of the inaugural Dean's Symposium -- Policy Innovations for Today -- with a welcome from Dean Celeste Watkins-Hayes and a keynote address from Cecilia Munoz, national public policy leader and former director of the White House Domestic Policy Council.