The University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning presents Building Better Futures: Innovations in Equitable Development

Cities have made a remarkable comeback, however large swaths of their populations are being left behind. Developers, lenders, advocates, and...

Book Talk and Signing - Sicker, Fatter, Poorer: The Urgent Threat of Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals to Our Health and Future... And What We Can Do About It

Leonardo Trasande, MD, MPP

The Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center (M-LEEaD) presents a book talk by Dr. Leo Trasande who will be speaking...

Poverty Simulation: Making Sense of Making it in America

Various

We hear a lot about the social safety net in America -- a patchwork of government programs that in theory help support individuals in our...

Food Literacy for All

Food Literacy for All is a community academic partnership course at the University of Michigan.  UM students can enroll in the course for...

What is Socialism and How To Fight For It

A lecture by Joseph Kishore, National Secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (US)

President Donald Trump’s fascist tirades against socialism show the ruling class fears the specter of revolution. “The twilight hour of...

Food Literacy for All

Food Literacy for All is a community academic partnership course at the University of Michigan.  UM students can enroll in the course for...

FIXED INTEREST

THE SYMPOSIUM ON DEBTOR URBANIZATION

Fixed Interest centers debt as a determinant of contemporary urbanization. We have assembled graduate students and leading scholars to...

Food Literacy for All

Food Literacy for All is a community academic partnership course at the University of Michigan.  UM students can enroll in the course for...

EITC Expansions, Earnings Growth, and Inequality: Evidence from Washington, DC

Bradley Hardy, Associate Professor, School of Public Affairs, American University

Betty Ford Classroom (1110)...

You Can Shake the World: My Ongoing Journey as a Development Economist

CEW+Inspire Workshop Series

Presenter: Achyuta Adhvaryu, Arnold M and Linda T Jacob Faculty Fellow, Assistant Professor of Business Economics, Stephen M Ross School of...

WORK / FORCE: Solving for Jobs, Mobility and Equity in an Era of Rapid Change

WORK / FORCE: Solving for Jobs, Mobility and Equity in an Era of Rapid Change...

Food Literacy for All

Food Literacy for All is a community academic partnership course at the University of Michigan.  UM students can enroll in the course for...

Food Literacy for All

Food Literacy for All is a community academic partnership course at the University of Michigan.  UM students can enroll in the course for...

ISR Expo

Projects and Programs

You are invited to the Institute for Social Research EXPO:...

Food Literacy for All

Food Literacy for All is a community academic partnership course at the University of Michigan.  UM students can enroll in the course for...

The Threat of Fascism and How to Fight It

Christoph Vandreier, author of “Why Are They Back? Historical Falsification, Political Conspiracy, and the Return of Fascism in Germany”

Across the world, the far-right occupies positions of power it has not held since World War Two. With social inequality reaching...

Board Fellowship Info Session for Nonprofits

Are you a nonprofit organization in Southeast Michigan that is curious about the Board Fellowship program? This session provides an...

Food Literacy for All

Food Literacy for All is a community academic partnership course at the University of Michigan.  UM students can enroll in the course for...

Food Literacy for All

Food Literacy for All is a community academic partnership course at the University of Michigan.  UM students can enroll in the course for...

Board Fellowship Info Session for Nonprofits

Are you a nonprofit organization in Southeast Michigan that is curious about the Board Fellowship program? This session provides an...

Midwest Mobility from Poverty Network Convening

Vairous

Are you interested in learning more about how to connect anti-poverty work and research to more stakeholders and deliver real-world impact?...

Symposium Workshop: Applying an Innovation Framework to Improve Health in Rural Populations

This 2-day state-of-the-science workshop is focused on identifying the most pressing gaps in the health of rural Michigan populations and...

Symposium Workshop: Applying an Innovation Framework to Improve Health in Rural Populations

This 2-day state-of-the-science workshop is focused on identifying the most pressing gaps in the health of rural Michigan populations and...

The Punishment Continuum: How Court Actors Sentence and Enforce Monetary Sanctions

Professor Alexes Harris

At this ISR Reads Event, hosted by The Institute for Social Research and the School of Public Health Epidemiology, Professor Alexes Harris...

Understanding Nutrition and Community Health: A Journey from Service to Research to Advocacy

CEW+Inspire Workshop Series

Presenter: Cindy Leung, ScD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Michigan School of Public Health...

International Conference on Population, Poverty, and Inequality June 27-29

Sponsored by the Institute for Social Research and the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population

This conference is organized by the Scientific Panel on Population, Poverty, and Inequality of the International Union for the Scientific...

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Conference / Symposium

International Conference on Population, Poverty, and Inequality June 27-29

Sponsored by the Institute for Social Research and the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population

This conference is organized by the Scientific Panel on Population, Poverty, and Inequality of the International Union for the Scientific...

conference
Conference / Symposium

International Conference on Population, Poverty, and Inequality June 27-29

Sponsored by the Institute for Social Research and the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population

This conference is organized by the Scientific Panel on Population, Poverty, and Inequality of the International Union for the Scientific...

conference
Conference / Symposium

Summer Youth Employment Program Mid-Summer Celebration

This celebration brings together youth participants, employers, organizers, and staff from the 2019 Summer Youth Employment Program....

Environmental Research Seminar "Health & Household-Related Benefits of Weatherizing Low-Income Homes & Affordable Multifamily Buildings"

Bruce Tonn, PhD (Bruce Tonn, PhD, Co-Founder & President, Three3, Inc./ThreeCubed)

The federal government, states, and utilities administer programs to improve the energy efficiency of low-income homes and affordable...

Intersections in Engaged Research

Linking research to action, collaborating for impact, applying interdisciplinary approaches, cultivating partnership...

Researchers and co-investigators from all three U-M campuses are invited to join us for Intersections in Engaged Research. This interactive...

Community-Based Participatory Research (Panel Discussion)

Expert panelists include: Neeraja Aravamudan, Barbara Israel, Erica E. Marsh

Three (3) U-M experts will lead a Panel Discussion on Community-Based Participatory Research, including: Neeraja Aravamudan, PhD (Assoc....

Health, Nature & Our Built Environment: Change through Radical Collaborations

Jack Spengler (Harvard) Environmental Research Seminar

The Integrated Health Sciences Core of the Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) presents an...

Central Bank of the Future Conference

Keynote Speakers: Mary Ellen Iskenderian, President and CEO, Women's World Banking; Jennifer Tescher, President and CEO, Financial Health Network; Stefan Ingves, Governor, Sveriges Riksbank; Njuguna Ndung’u, Executive Director, African Economic Research C

Traditionally, central banks have served three policy functions – monetary policy, payments systems oversight, and financial institution...

Central Bank of the Future Conference

Keynote Speakers: Mary Ellen Iskenderian, President and CEO, Women's World Banking; Jennifer Tescher, President and CEO, Financial Health Network; Stefan Ingves, Governor, Sveriges Riksbank; Njuguna Ndung’u, Executive Director, African Economic Research C

Traditionally, central banks have served three policy functions – monetary policy, payments systems oversight, and financial institution...

“Every Sector is Public Health Sector": Building Capacity to Address Environmental Health Inequities

Natalie Sampson presents an Environmental Research & Community Engagement Seminar

Dr. Sampson will discuss three examples of capacity-building to build and translate evidence, including:...

The Prosperity Paradox: How Innovation Can Lift Nations Out of Poverty

Efosa Ojomo

Efosa Ojomo, senior research fellow at the Clayton Christensen Institute, will give a talk titled "The Prosperity Paradox: How...

Health and Poverty: The Toll of Living with Less

Bridgette Brawner

Bridgette Brawner, associate professor of nursing at the University of Pennsylvania, will give a talk titled "Health and Poverty: The...

Poverty simulation

Students are invited to participate in a poverty simulation on Saturday, Oct. 19, hosted by Washtenaw County's Friends in Deed /...

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Workshop / Seminar

CEW+ Advocacy Symposium: Redefining Leadership

Join CEW+ for its annual fall symposium focused on redefining leadership. The 2019 Symposium includes a diverse group of scholars, community...

The Road to Hell: Why Serving the Poor Does Not Eliminate Poverty

Faith Fowler

The Rev. Faith Fowler, executive director of Cass Community Social Services, will give a talk titled "The Road to Hell: Why Serving the...

Film Screening: Circus without Borders

Circus without Borders is a documentary about Guillaume Saladin and Yamoussa Bangoura, best friends and world-class acrobats from remote...

INFORMATION SESSION: HEALTHCARE DELIVERY IN EMERGING MARKETS

This course provides students with the unique opportunity to examine business models for healthcare delivery in emerging markets. Join us at...

Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive

Stephanie Land

Author Stephanie Land will give a talk on her book, titled "Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive," as...

CEW+ Advocacy Symposium: Redefining Leadership

Join CEW+ for its annual fall symposium focused on redefining leadership. The 2019 Symposium includes a diverse group of scholars, community...

Special event with authors Stephanie Land and Joy DeGruy

Authors Stephanie Land and Joy DeGruy will discuss their work at this special event held as part of the annual Advocacy Symposium, hosted by...

Faculty Research for Impact: Addressing UN SDG #1 - Poverty Alleviation

How are Michigan Ross faculty members advancing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals through business research? Each month,...

The Hidden Rules of Race: Barriers to an Inclusive Economy

Dorian Warren

Dorian Warren, president of the Center for Community Change Action, will give a talk about his book, titled "The Hidden Rules of Race:...

The “Irrepressible Conflict”: Slavery, the Civil War and America’s Second Revolution

Speaker: Eric London

LECTURE 2 OF A 3-PART SERIES...

Beyond School: Where to Focus Collective Action to Support Children in Poverty

Greg Landsman

Greg Landsman, a Cincinnati city council member, will give a talk titled "Beyond School: Where to Focus Collective Action to Support...