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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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...

Focus Group Training Workshop

This free workshop is focused on providing the basics of focus group preparation and facilitation for community leaders and residents. We...

Dispossessing Detroit: How the Law Takes Property

Presented by the Michigan Journal of Law Reform

The goals of this Symposium are to provide historical and political context for current issues of property dispossession and to consider how...

Dispossessing Detroit: How the Law Takes Property

Presented by the Michigan Journal of Law Reform

The goals of this Symposium are to provide historical and political context for current issues of property dispossession and to consider how...

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Penny Stamps Speaker Series: Suzanne Lacy: We Are Here

Los Angeles-based artist Suzanne Lacy is internationally renowned as a pioneer in the field of socially engaged and public art. Her work...

From the Segway to Medical Devices: Inventing People-Centered Solutions

Dean Kamen

Engineer and inventor Dean Kamen, who is known for inventing the Segway and other types of appropriate technology, will give a talk titled...

PFAS in MICHIGAN: the state of Michigan's investigations and response

Betsy Wasilevich, PhD, MPH (Sr Epidemiologist, MI Dept of Health & Human Services)

Dr. Wasilevich will address the public health response efforts and how the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has, and will...

Faculty Research for Impact: Addressing UN SDG #10 – Reduced Inequalities

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

Detroit resident opinion survey meeting

The Detroit Metro Area Communities Study regularly surveys a broad, representative group of Detroit residents about their communities....

Biosciences Initiative Second Annual Community Celebration and Symposium with President Schlissel

Roger Cone, Ph.D., and Rebecca Cunningham, M.D., Ph.D.

Celebrating progress of the second year and introducing our 2019 Scientific Initiatives and Exploratory awardees....

Poverty Simulation

What choices would you make if you had little time and little money to spare?...

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+Impact Studio Winter Open House

The +Impact Studio space is a campus hub for design and impact, located on the second floor of the Executive Learning & Conference...

Igniting Impact: Enhancing Business Practice and Research Through Greater Collaboration

Focused on translating the UN Sustainable Development Goals into practical solutions to address global challenges, this conference will...

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Volunteer Abroad to Empower Communities and Reduce Inequalities: AIESEC x CEW+

Join AIESEC, the largest youth-led non-profit partnered with the UN, on January 28th at CEW+ to find out more about opportunities to...

Faculty Research for Impact: Addressing UN SDG #3 - Good Health and Well-Being

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

Designing Business Models for Carbon Capture and Utilization Technologies

The +Impact Studio at Michigan Ross in partnership with the U-M Global CO2 Initiative and the Erb Institute is excited to offer an...

Financial Inclusion: A Conversation with Adrienne Harris

Join the +Impact Studio at Ross and MBA Finance Club for a discussion on financial inclusion with U-M Ford School Professor and Gate...

No Defense: The U.S. Government's War on Water

Documentary Premier and Filmmaker Q&A!

In conjunction with the Feb 20 symposium, "From PBB to PFAS: Research and Action to Address Michigan’s Large-Scale Chemical...

From PBB to PFAS: Research and Action to Address Michigan’s Large Scale Chemical Contaminations

Symposium to Facilitate Community-Researcher Collaborations featuring Linda Birnbaum (former NIEHS Director)

The PBB to PFAS Symposium will provide a unique venue for fostering collaboration between researchers and community members with:...

Igniting Impact: Enhancing Business Practice and Research Through Greater Collaboration

Focused on translating the UN Sustainable Development Goals into practical solutions to address global challenges, this conference will...

Igniting Impact: Enhancing Business Practice and Research Through Greater Collaboration

Focused on translating the UN Sustainable Development Goals into practical solutions to address global challenges, this conference will...

Forum on "Climate Change and Health: Readiness and Resilience"

Keynote speaker Renee Salas, MD (Harvard Medical School) "Climate Action: Children’s Health Drives Need for Urgent Action"

Please register by going to http://mleead.umich.edu/Event_Climate_Change_and_Health_2020.php...

Local Businesses, Global Entrepreneurship: A Journey to Build Impact

Juan Carlos Thomas, Director of Entrepreneurship at TechnoServe

Juan Carlos Thomas, Director of Entrepreneurship at TechnoServe, a nonprofit organization focused on harnessing the power of the private...

Virtual Info Session for Fall 2020 +Impact Studio Course (BA 670)

Come to Ross’ +Impact Studio to learn more about the course that is actually taught there. Faculty and staff will gather at the +Impact...

Zell Visiting Writers Series: Jenny Zhang, Fiction Reading

Jenny Zhang’s story collection, Sour Heart (Lenny, 2017), centers on immigrants who have traded their endangered lives as artists in China...

CANCELED: CID Inaugural Lecture: Thomas Piketty, Capital and Ideology

The Center for Inequality Dynamics (CID) was founded at the Institute for Social Research (ISR) in 2019 as a partnership between ISR, the...

Truth in Sentencing Townhall

Learn about and discuss ways to bring back a sentencing credit system in Michigan prisons with state legislators....

Motor City at a Standstill: Measuring the Impact of COVID-19 on Detroit

ISR Insights Speaker Series

Wednesday, June 3, 2020...

The Poverty Narrative: A Midwest Perspective

Promoting in-depth, impactful, and solutions-oriented media coverage

The Midwest Mobility from Poverty Network is bringing together journalists and academic researchers from across the nation, with a focus on...

The Poverty Narrative: A Midwest Perspective

Promoting in-depth, impactful, and solutions-oriented media coverage

The Midwest Mobility from Poverty Network is bringing together journalists and academic researchers from across the nation, with a focus on...