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Getting curious about public policy with Jonathan Van Ness

Dec 17, 2024

Celebrated, Emmy Award-winning TV producer (Queer Eye), bestselling author, and host of the popular podcast Getting Curious, Jonathan Van Ness, who identifies as non-binary, has used their platform to champion a range of social issues close to their...

Getting Curious Live with Jonathan Van Ness

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Ford50 Essay Contest - The Nixon Pardon: A Study in Integrity

Dec 17, 2024

Fifty years ago, at a time of great division and turbulence in the U.S., Gerald R. Ford was sworn in as the 38th president of the United States. As part of our Ford50 commemoration, the Ford School challenged students to draft original essays on the...

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Former governors Steve Bullock and John Kasich reflect on a less partisan future

Dec 17, 2024

As the 2024 elections approached, former governors Steve Bullock (D-MT) and John Kasich (R-OH) modeled speaking and listening across political and policy fault lines. The talk was organized by the Ford School with support from the University of...

Kasich, Bednar, Bullock, and Watkins-Hayes

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Behind the curtain: Fordies on the campaign trail

Dec 17, 2024

Rusty Hills has taught nearly 1,000 students in the 20 years he's been teaching the art and science of political campaigning. Winning campaigns require strategy, voter insight, compelling communication, and a well-executed plan, he tells students. A...

Adam Bressler (BA ’23), Kate Anderson (BA ’20), and Governor Gretchen Whitmer

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Reactions: 2024 elections

Dec 17, 2024

In the days following the 2024 elections, we sought insights from Ford School faculty members: How did we arrive at this point? And where do we go from here?>>Jenna Bednar, professor of political science and public policy: “The election raised the...

Headshots of Jenna Bednar, Charlotte Cavaillé, Jonathan Hanson, Mara Ostfeld, Ambassador Susan D. Page, and Betsey Stevenson

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Letter from Dean Watkins-Hayes

Dec 17, 2024

Dear Fordies, IPPSters, and friends,As I write, it’s been less than a week since the U.S. election and Fordies were deeply engaged in the process: knocking on doors, serving as poll workers, registering people to vote, and inspiring participation on...

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Political cartoons of Pat Oliphant on view at U-M

Sep 17, 2024

The University of Michigan Clements Library and the Ford School of Public Policy will dive into the work of Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist Pat Oliphant.The Clements exhibit puts Oliphant’s cartoons in conversation with historic examples...

Election issues

A look at Latinx voters and voting

Oct 15, 2024, 4:00-5:30 pm EDT

Joan and Sanford Weill Hall, Betty Ford Classroom (1110)

A panel looking at the diverse range of voices, priorities, and voting patterns of Latinx voters and communities.

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Conversations Across Differences, Election issues

Former Governors John Kasich and Steve Bullock on Democracy and Civic Discourse

Oct 9, 2024, 4:00-5:30 pm EDT

Joan and Sanford Weill Hall, Annenberg Auditorium (Room 1120)

Former Ohio Governor John Kasich (R) and Montana Governor Steve Bullock (D) will address the threats to American democracy, and the need for civic discourse across party lines and around the country.

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Election issues

An assessment of the Nixon pardon

Sep 13, 2024, 4:30 pm EDT

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?

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