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  In the past few years, we've hosted Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Secretary Hillary Clinton, FBI Director Christopher Wray, Secretary Condoleezza Rice, Secretary Jeh Johnson, Secretary Antony Blinken, Ambassador Susan Rice, S...
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on stage at Rackham Auditorium with Dean Michael Barr and Weiser Diplomacy Center director John Ciorciari
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‘Music is about people — it’s not about music’

Feb 21, 2025
‘Like a big gumbo pot’The way Branford Marsalis sees it, the world needs social activists and artists. Yet the Grammy-winning saxophonist said he has a hard time doing both.“Playing music is so hard — I don’t really have time for (activism),” Marsali...
An individual wearing a colorful sweater is speaking and gesturing, seated next to another person in a discussion at the Ford School of Public Policy.
State & Hill

Soundbites, spring 2023

May 3, 2023
The FBI does have national security concerns about [TikTok]. Its parent company is controlled by the Chinese government…. It gives them the ability to control the recommendation algorithm, which allows them to manipulate content and—if they want to—u...
Headshots of Christopher Wray, Judge Laurel Beatty Blunt, Jelani Cobb, Gretchen Whitmer, and Chris Wallace
State & Hill

Soundbites, fall 2022

Dec 19, 2022
The results of the Russian aggression—starving people, murdering people—from that perspective, we have to help (people) so that they survive. But the cause, the causes are really more important. The cause is the bad political system in Russia. It’s n...
Headshots of Walesa, Webster, Crockford, and Welch
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Ford School commencement ceremony to be held at Elbel Field

Mar 3, 2022
The Ford School will be celebrating the graduating Classes of 2022 on Saturday, April 30 at 4:30 p.m. at an outdoor commencement ceremony at the iconic Elbel Field. Just down the road from Weill Hall at the corner of S. Division and Hill, Elbel Fi...
Elbel Field sign
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Speaker series to address "Democracy in Crisis"

Feb 21, 2022
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 the...
Promotional graphic including a US Capitol Dome upside down

Welcome, and welcome back, to the Ford School

Sep 1, 2014
Members of the Ford School community—welcome, and welcome back! Summer tends to send us all around the globe—for family vacations, for research projects, for service engagements, for internships and jobs—but I love this time of year, when we recon...
Welcome, and welcome back, to the Ford School image

Major League Fun

May 30, 2014, 5:30-6:30 pm EDT
Nationals Park
A ballpark reception and Washington Nationals game (vs. Texas Rangers) for Ford School alumni and students Reception at 5:30 p.m. First pitch at 7:05 p.m. Reception Room: Roosevelt Conference Room (located between sections 202 and 203) This event is open to all Ford School alumni and students. RSVP below before May 22. About the event: Question: Why did we choose a baseball game for this festive addition to our school's centennial celebrations?  
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