Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Program Information Session (August 31, 2022 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/97159 97159-21794079@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 31, 2022 11:30am
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Program in International and Comparative Studies

Please register for this event here: https://myumi.ch/84AWD

The Rangel Graduate Fellowship Program aims to prepare outstanding young people for careers with the U.S. Foreign Service. Each year the program selects outstanding Rangel Fellows in a competitive nationwide process and supports them through two years of graduate study, internships, mentoring, and professional development activities. The program encourages applications from members of minority groups historically underrepresented in the Foreign Service, women, and those with financial need. Fellows who successfully complete the program and Foreign Service entry requirements will receive appointments as Foreign Service Officers.

The 2023 application deadline for Rangel Fellowship is Thursday September 22, 2022 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time. This information session is intended for incoming seniors, recent graduates and those with interest in another master’s degree. Incoming juniors interested in learning about the program are welcomed to attend.

Visit www.rangelprogram.org

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at is-michigan@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Presentation Fri, 19 Aug 2022 15:08:30 -0400 2022-08-31T11:30:00-04:00 2022-08-31T12:30:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Program in International and Comparative Studies Presentation Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Program Information Session
Board Fellowship Information Session for Students (September 7, 2022 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/96274 96274-21792220@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 7, 2022 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Business+Impact at Michigan Ross

Business+Impact’s Nonprofit Board Fellowship Program places top graduate students as non-voting members on boards at Southeast Michigan nonprofits. An application for the program will soon be available on our website, and is due Fri, Sept. 9 at noon.

You must attend an info session like this one in order to apply to participate in the program for 2022-23.

Fellows can provide valuable capacity in strategic adaptation, fund development, sustainability strategies, business plans, and dashboards. Session attendees will learn about the program and hear from former participants.

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Other Wed, 27 Jul 2022 12:45:32 -0400 2022-09-07T16:00:00-04:00 2022-09-07T17:00:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Business+Impact at Michigan Ross Other
Policy-focused solutions to the firearm epidemic: What we know works (September 22, 2022 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/98133 98133-21795629@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 22, 2022 4:30pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

In the wake of repeated tragedies and the firearm violence that has plagued our nation, the University of Michigan community is grappling with what can be done. There is an urgent need to address the firearm injury epidemic in America, and its social, economic, and public health impacts.

Please join us for a conversation about firearm violence and policies that can help prevent it. Four leading experts in firearm violence will offer their insights, then come together for a panel conversation on the big picture policy implications of and potential solutions for firearm violence.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 14 Sep 2022 10:15:07 -0400 2022-09-22T16:30:00-04:00 2022-09-22T18:00:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Rod Brunson, Sonali Rajan, Daniel Webster, April Zeoli
Social Policy is health policy: Lessons from the Pandemic (September 23, 2022 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/98135 98135-21795630@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 23, 2022 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Join Ford School Dean and founding director of the U-M Center for Racial Justice, Celeste Watkins-Hayes and Paula Lantz, James B. Hudak Professor of Health Policy, as they discuss the devastating structural inequities exposed by the COVID pandemic—and why all policymakers must now be equipped with a toolkit for navigating pandemics.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 06 Sep 2022 13:56:05 -0400 2022-09-23T16:00:00-04:00 2022-09-23T17:00:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Watkins-Hayes and Lantz
The war in Ukraine: Russia, the EU, and NATO (September 30, 2022 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/97437 97437-21794568@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 30, 2022 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Please join us for a discussion of the diplomacy between the United States, key NATO allies, and Russia surrounding the war in Ukraine. Genevieve Zubrzycki, University of Michigan Professor of sociology, will moderate an armchair conversation with three noted experts: former Polish Ambassador to Russia Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz, former U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Beyrle, and former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun. They will examine key Western interests at stake, the evolution of U.S. and NATO approaches to Russia, and evident Russian aims in Ukraine and the surrounding region. They will also discuss the road ahead, identifying realistic goals for diplomacy in the months and years ahead and ways to pursue those objectives most effectively.

This event hosted by the Gerald Ford School of Public Policy and the International Policy Center, and is co-sponsored with LSA’s Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies (CREES).

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 25 Aug 2022 14:44:53 -0400 2022-09-30T16:00:00-04:00 2022-09-30T17:30:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz, John Beyrle, Stephen Biegun
Racial Foundations of Public Policy: Health policy (October 13, 2022 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/99135 99135-21797615@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 13, 2022 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Racial Foundations of Public Policy is a speaker series hosted by the Center for Racial Justice that focuses on the historical roots and impact of race in shaping public policy as both a disciplinary field and as a course of action. Through it, we bring in renowned scholar-experts from across the country to be in conversation with Dean Celeste Watkins-Hayes, the founding director of the Center for Racial Justice at the Ford School of Public Policy. The series is open to all members of the University of Michigan community and the wider public.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 20 Sep 2022 22:38:42 -0400 2022-10-13T16:00:00-04:00 2022-10-13T17:15:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Dr. Steven Thrasher and Dr. Celeste Watkins-Hayes
The global implications of the war in Ukraine (October 13, 2022 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/98210 98210-21795722@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 13, 2022 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Weiser Diplomacy Center

The Weiser Diplomacy Center at the University of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and the American Academy of Diplomacy will co-host a discussion with four former ambassadors on the global implications of the war in Ukraine. Ambassador Susan Elliott will consider the war’s implications for NATO and the future of Europe, including whether NATO’s new unity and strength will hold and what the future security architecture of Europe will look like. Ambassador Robert Cekuta will discuss implications for Central Asia and Russia’s “near abroad,” discussing how the war relates to Russia’s imperial history, what it means for the former states of the Soviet Union, and the economic and energy questions it raises. Ambassador Richard Boucher will discuss implications for Asia, including China’s position in this evolving world and how the war in Ukraine will change China’s calculus for Taiwan. Ambassador Ronald Neumann will moderate the panel and provide a perspective on implications for the Middle East.

This event will be live streamed.
From the speakers' bios:

Ambassador (ret.) Susan M. Elliott has held a variety of leadership positions at the U.S. Department of State, including Civilian Deputy and Foreign Policy Advisor to the Commander of the United States European Command, Deputy Executive Secretary and Director of the Executive Secretariat Staff for former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, U.S. Ambassador to Tajikistan, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs.

Ambassador (ret.) Richard A. Boucher has served in numerous leadership positions at the U.S. Department of State, including Ambassador to Cyprus, U.S. Consul General in Hong Kong, and Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia. In his later career he became the longest serving spokesman in the history of the State Department, serving six Secretaries of State. After retiring from the State Department Ambassador Boucher served as Deputy Secretary-General for Global Affairs at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris.

Ambassador (ret.) Robert Cekuta served in the U.S. Department of State as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Resources, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy, Sanctions, and Commodities, and U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Azerbaijan. He established the Economic Policy Analysis and Public Diplomacy Office in the State Department’s Bureau for Economic and Business Affairs, and served on the boards of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative and the International Energy Agency.

Ambassador (ret.) Ronald Neumann is President of the American Academy of Diplomacy, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, and former Ambassador to Algeria, Bahrain and Afghanistan. Ambassador Neumann served in Baghdad with the Coalition Provisional Authority and as liaison with the Multinational Command. He also served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Near East Affairs and Director of the Office of Northern Gulf Affairs.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 23 Sep 2022 08:34:51 -0400 2022-10-13T16:00:00-04:00 2022-10-13T17:30:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Weiser Diplomacy Center Lecture / Discussion American Academy of Diplomacy
International Institute Boren Bash Info Session (October 20, 2022 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/99914 99914-21798878@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 20, 2022 11:30am
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: International Institute

Please RSVP at: https://myumi.ch/xdN4A

Have you ever wanted to work in the federal government, like the State Department? Are you interested in cybersecurity? Would you like to support efforts around the world addressing climate change? Public health? Human rights? Then the Boren Awards are for you! The Boren Fellowships & Scholarships provide unique funding opportunities for U.S. citizens to study critical languages in over 80 different countries. Following completion of their education, awardees are ensured opportunities to work with federal offices, contractors, and departments. This in-person information session will kick-off our advising period for this application. Undergraduates and graduate students of all levels are invited to attend! We will cover the application process, eligibility requirements, and other frequently asked questions. A light lunch will be provided.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at iifellowships@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Presentation Thu, 06 Oct 2022 16:17:45 -0400 2022-10-20T11:30:00-04:00 2022-10-20T13:00:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) International Institute Presentation International Institute Boren Bash Info Session
Ira Shapiro with Chris Marquette (October 24, 2022 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/100582 100582-21800098@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 24, 2022 6:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Democracy and Debate

Author, Senate commentator, and former Hill staffer Ira Shapiro joins congressional ethics and accountability reporter for CQ Roll Call, Chris Marquette, for a discussion on Shapiro’s new book, The Betrayal: How Mitch McConnell and the Senate Republicans Abandoned America, our current political climate, and the state of democracy in these fractious times.

About the Speakers

Ira Shapiro spent the first half of his 45 year Washington career as a Senate staffer and Clinton administration trade ambassador before writing a series of books about the Senate which William A. Galston, Brookings scholar, calls an “epic trilogy.” Mr. Shapiro’s current book is The Betrayal: How Mitch McConnell and the Senate Republicans Abandoned America. Robert B. Reich said: “Ira Shapiro holds Mitch McConnell and the Republican Senate accountable for their deliberate and catastrophic failure to stop Donald Trump even when American lives and American democracy were at stake. A gripping narrative and a must-read.” Ira’s first book, The Last Great Senate: Courage and Statesmanship in Times of Crisis (2012), was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Richard A. Baker, Senate Historian emeritus, described it as “a historically and politically artistic work of great brilliance.” Ira’s second book, Broken: Can the Senate Save Itself and the Country? (2018), also received critical acclaim. Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of State, called it “an unflinching account…which takes a wider lens to describe how dysfunction in the Senate helped open the door to Donald Trump.”

Chris Marquette is a congressional ethics and accountability reporter for CQ Roll Call, where he covers the U.S. Capitol Police, the Jan. 6 select committee, ethics investigations and House Republicans. He uncovered a disturbing pattern of Capitol Police officer misconduct in which accused officers received light punishments from top department officials. Marquette has also covered financial regulation in Congress and the Securities and Exchange Commission. Before joining CQ Roll Call, he covered education and government for Hearst newspapers in Connecticut. Marquette began his career at the Picayune Item in Mississippi. He is currently a Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellow at the University of Michigan.

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 22 Oct 2022 21:59:18 -0400 2022-10-24T18:00:00-04:00 2022-10-24T19:00:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Democracy and Debate Lecture / Discussion Ira Shapiro, Chris Marquette
Racial Foundations of Public Policy: LGBTQ rights (October 27, 2022 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/99183 99183-21797676@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 27, 2022 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Racial Foundations of Public Policy is a speaker series hosted by the Center for Racial Justice that focuses on the historical roots and impact of race in shaping public policy as both a disciplinary field and as a course of action. Through it, we bring in renowned scholar-experts from across the country to be in conversation with Dean Celeste Watkins-Hayes, the founding director of the Center for Racial Justice at the Ford School of Public Policy. The series is open to all members of the University of Michigan community and the wider public.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 22 Sep 2022 11:08:54 -0400 2022-10-27T16:00:00-04:00 2022-10-27T17:15:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Dr. Bianca Wilson and Dr. Celeste Watkins-Hayes
U.S. National Security Strategy: Lessons Learned from Truman to Today (October 31, 2022 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/100067 100067-21799059@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 31, 2022 11:30am
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Weiser Diplomacy Center

Please join Weiser Diplomacy Center for a seminar on U.S. national security strategy with Paul Lettow, Deputy Chief Counsel at the U.S. Chamber Litigation Center in conversation with Professor John Ciorciari, director of Weiser Diplomacy Center and International Policy Center.

*From the speaker's bio:*

Paul Lettow is Deputy Chief Counsel at the U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, where he helps direct the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s litigation program on behalf of U.S. businesses. He joined the Chamber from a large international law firm, where he had been a partner in the government regulation practice group. Paul served as the Senior Director for Strategic Planning on the National Security Council staff at the White House from 2007-2009. In that role, he led the long-range planning directorate within the NSC staff and helped establish and coordinated the interagency National Security Policy Planning Committee. He previously worked at the U.S. Department of State. He is the author of Ronald Reagan and His Quest to Abolish Nuclear Weapons and Strengthening the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime. He is the author of numerous book chapters and articles, including “U.S. National Security Strategy: Lessons Learned,” in the Texas National Security Review. Paul received a J.D. from Harvard Law School, a D.Phil. in International Relations from Oxford University, and an A.B. in History from Princeton University.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 13 Oct 2022 12:40:01 -0400 2022-10-31T11:30:00-04:00 2022-10-31T12:45:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Weiser Diplomacy Center Workshop / Seminar WDC Graphic
Disaster Response in South Asia, Pakistan and Nepal (November 3, 2022 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/100069 100069-21799096@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 3, 2022 11:30am
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Weiser Diplomacy Center

Join Weiser Diplomacy Center and American Academy of Diplomacy for a conversation with Ambassador Peter Bodde about his work helping lead international response in disaster areas, especially his involvement in earthquake response in Pakistan and Nepal as well as flood relief and making communities more resilient against flooding.

*From the speaker's bio: *

Peter William Bodde, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, was confirmed by the Senate as the U.S. Ambassador to Libya on November 19, 2015. Ambassador Bodde arrived in Tunis, Tunisia on January 21, 2016 (as Embassy operations in Libya are currently suspended). Ambassador Bodde served as U.S. Ambassador to Nepal from 2012 to September 2015. As such, he received the Secretary’s Distinguished Service Award for his work promoting democracy, protecting U.S. citizens, and helping lead the international response to the April 2015 earthquake in Nepal.

Ambassador Bodde is a strong leader who fosters productive interagency cooperation while maintaining high staff morale. His skills have proven invaluable in leading the USG response to the Nepal earthquake. His extensive experience in nascent democracies, especially in South Asia, makes him well qualified to serve as the U.S. Ambassador to Libya. He is particularly well regarded for his extraordinary efforts in mentoring his younger colleagues across interagency lines.

Ambassador Bodde previously served as Assistant Chief of Mission for Assistance Transition at U.S. Embassy Baghdad, Iraq (2010-2012) and as Ambassador to Malawi at U.S. Embassy Lilongwe (2008-2010). He also served as Deputy Chief of Mission at both U.S. Embassy Islamabad, Pakistan (2006-2008) and at U.S. Embassy Kathmandu, Nepal (1994-1997), as well as Principal Officer at the U.S Consulate General in Frankfurt, Germany (2002-2006). Prior to that, he served as Director of the Department’s Office of Management Policy (2000-2002), and as Administrative Counselor at U.S. Embassy New Delhi, India (1997-2000). Ambassador Bodde also served as Administrative Officer at both U.S. Embassy Copenhagen, Denmark (1990-1994) and at U.S. Embassy Sofia, Bulgaria (1988-1990). His early assignments in the Foreign Service included serving as Special Assistant in the Department’s Bureaus of Diplomatic Security and Administration, as Budget and Fiscal Officer, U.S. Embassy Kathmandu, and as Consular Officer, U.S. Embassy Georgetown, Guyana. Before the Foreign Service, he worked for the U.S. International Trade Commission in Washington, D.C.

Ambassador Bodde earned a B.A. from the University of Maryland in 1976. He has won numerous Department performance awards. He speaks German, Bulgarian, and Nepali.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 13 Oct 2022 12:37:47 -0400 2022-11-03T11:30:00-04:00 2022-11-03T12:45:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Weiser Diplomacy Center Workshop / Seminar Ambassador Peter Bodde
Racial Foundations of Public Policy: Housing (November 10, 2022 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/99185 99185-21797678@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 10, 2022 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Racial Foundations of Public Policy is a speaker series hosted by the Center for Racial Justice that focuses on the historical roots and impact of race in shaping public policy as both a disciplinary field and as a course of action. Through it, we bring in renowned scholar-experts from across the country to be in conversation with Dean Celeste Watkins-Hayes, the founding director of the Center for Racial Justice at the Ford School of Public Policy. The series is open to all members of the University of Michigan community and the wider public.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 22 Sep 2022 11:48:20 -0400 2022-11-10T16:00:00-05:00 2022-11-10T17:15:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Dr. John N. Robinson III and Dr. Celeste Watkins-Hayes
Civilian casualties and U.S. counterterrorism operations: Media-driven policy changes (November 14, 2022 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/100113 100113-21799225@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 14, 2022 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Weiser Diplomacy Center

Eric Schmitt and Dave Philipps will join Associate Professor of Practice Javed Ali in a conversation about their reporting, how it evolved, and the impact it has had on changing U.S. policy with respect to civilian casualties that now extends outside the realm of just counterterrorism operations.

*From the speakers' bios:*

Eric Schmitt is a senior writer covering terrorism and national security for *The New York Times*. Since 2007, he has reported on terrorism issues, with assignments to Pakistan, Afghanistan, North Africa, Southeast Asia among others. He is the co-author, with the *Times’s* Thom Shanker, of *Counterstrike: The Untold Story of America’s Secret Campaign Against Al Qaeda*, published in 2011. He was first appointed as a Pentagon correspondent for *The Times* in May 1990. Mr. Schmitt served this position until February 1996, and then again from Sept. 11, 2001, until 2006, covering issues of national security. Between 1996 and 2001, he worked as a domestic correspondent covering, among other subjects, Congress and immigration.

Mr. Schmitt has shared three Pulitzer Prizes. In 1999, he was part of a team of *New York Times* reporters awarded the Pulitzer for coverage of the transfer of sensitive military technology to China. In 2009, he was a part of a team of *New York Times* reporters awarded the Pulitzer for coverage of Afghanistan and Pakistan. And in 2017, he was part of a Pulitzer team that examined how Russian President Vladimir Putin projects power openly and covertly. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Dave Philipps is an investigative journalist and national military correspondent for *The New York Times*. His work has won nearly all of the major awards recognizing excellence in journalism, including The Livingston Award for young journalists, The Polk Award for investigative reporting, and The Pulitzer Prize for national reporting. He got his start in journalism working for his home-town paper, *The Colorado Springs Gazette*, where his work gravitated towards revealing the unseen toll of repeated deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan on soldiers are nearby Fort Carson. In writing about the military, he has always sought to focus on the rank and file, far from Washington, who are directly impacted by national policies. He lives in Colorado Springs with his wife and two sons.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 12 Oct 2022 11:06:58 -0400 2022-11-14T16:00:00-05:00 2022-11-14T17:30:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Weiser Diplomacy Center Lecture / Discussion Eric Schmitt, Dave Philipps
The National Committee on US-China Relations Presents | CHINA Town Hall - Local Connections, National Reflections (November 16, 2022 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101174 101174-21800905@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 16, 2022 7:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

Join communities across the United States in a national conversation on China.

7:00pm: Webcast
8:00pm: Panel Discussion

Please join us for an on-site webcast presentation by Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., former US Ambassador to Russia, China and Singapore, followed by a local panel discussion.

Register to attend here: https://myumi.ch/y9enX

Panelists include Jan Berris, Vice President of the National Committee for US-China Relations, John Ciorciari, U-M Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Weiser Diplomacy Center, and Ann Chih Lin, U-M Associate Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies.

This event is co-sponsored by the National Committee on US-China Relations in New York, the Weiser Diplomacy Center in the Gerald R. Ford School for Public Policy, and the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies of the U-M International Institute.
Free and Open to the Public.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Presentation Fri, 11 Nov 2022 09:40:56 -0500 2022-11-16T19:00:00-05:00 2022-11-16T21:00:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Presentation Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., Former US Ambassador
Lead in the water: What are the educational impacts on Flint students? (November 30, 2022 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101259 101259-21801118@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 30, 2022 4:30pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

In early 2016, the Flint Water Crisis captured national attention - major news outlets reported that the city’s tap water had been contaminated with lead since April of 2014. Given the well-documented detrimental effects of lead exposure in early childhood on cognitive development, many worried that the academic progress of Flint's youngest residents may have been impacted. Over the past few years, important data has become available, allowing researchers to rigorously study and measure effects of the lead water crisis on children in Flint.

Earlier this year, the University of Michigan’s Education Policy Initiative (EPI) produced a working report that linked household water pipe data to educational outcomes. Join the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and EPI on November 30 to hear key findings on the academic impacts of the Flint Water Crisis 7-8 years later, followed by a conversation to discuss the big picture implications for young people in the community. Facilitated by Ford School Professor Brian Jacob, the conversation features Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha - recognized as one of USA Today’s Women of the Century for her role in uncovering the Flint water crisis and leading recovery effort - alongside Dr. Sam Trejo, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Princeton University and Flint Community Schools Superintendent Kevelin Jones.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 17 Nov 2022 13:38:37 -0500 2022-11-30T16:30:00-05:00 2022-11-30T18:00:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Flint Water Tower
What policymakers need to know about the criminal justice system (December 8, 2022 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101065 101065-21800753@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 8, 2022 4:30pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Join Judge Laurel Beatty Blunt and Dean Celeste Watkins-Hayes for a conversation at the intersection of law, policy, and the criminal justice system.

As a 10th District Court of Appeals Judge for the State of Ohio, Judge Laurel Beatty Blunt will offer her perspective on what policymakers need to know about the criminal justice system.

Judge Beatty Blunt will offer firsthand knowledge about the criminal justice system, focusing on the inner workings of the local and national court systems, as well as the role of a judge as both a policy implementer and policy interpreter. Together, Dean Watkins-Hayes and Judge Beatty Blunt will discuss how social context--including race, gender, poverty, and education--shapes criminal justice pathways and outcomes.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 04 Nov 2022 11:21:25 -0400 2022-12-08T16:30:00-05:00 2022-12-08T17:30:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Laurel Beatty Blunt
Student conversation with U.S. Department of State Diplomat in Residence (January 10, 2023 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/100070 100070-21802928@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 10, 2023 11:30am
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Weiser Diplomacy Center

Join the Ford School of Public Policy's Office of Career Services and Weiser Diplomacy Center (WDC) for an information session with Lou Fintor, U.S. Department of State Diplomat in Residence (DIR) - North Central Region (MI, IN, OH, KY) to hear about career paths and upcoming opportunities at the State Department, including internships, fellowships, and scholarships. Discover opportunities that allow you to contribute your experience, knowledge, and expertise to work on foreign policy issues, public engagement through exchanges and cultural programs, information technology, security, facilities management, and more — in Washington, D.C. at U.S. diplomatic missions around the world.

Contact DIR Lou Fintor at dirNorthCentral@state.gov to schedule an appointment or ask questions.

*Speaker's Bio:*

Joining the Foreign Service in 2002, Fintor, a UM alumni and Detroit native, served as U.S. Embassy spokesperson in the Middle East, South Asia, and Europe. As Diplomat in Residence (DIR), Fintor provides information on State Department opportunities to students and professionals located throughout the North Central DIR region, which includes Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Michigan. The Ford School serves as one of 16 regional DIR academic host institutions in the United States.

DIRs attend local career fairs for students, alumni, and professionals, host career information sessions, and speak to organizations and groups located in each of the population-based geographic regions they serve. They provide information about U.S. Department of State Foreign Service and Civil Service careers, internships, fellowships, and scholarships.

In addition to scheduling regular travel to communities and recruitment events throughout assigned geographic areas, DIRs provide background materials, resources, and referrals to those residing in their regions.

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Careers / Jobs Fri, 09 Dec 2022 11:55:17 -0500 2023-01-10T11:30:00-05:00 2023-01-10T12:45:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Weiser Diplomacy Center Careers / Jobs Lou Fintor
Restoring confidence in our democracy (January 12, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102489 102489-21804127@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 12, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Democracy has been increasingly contested around the world. A majority of Americans are not satisfied with how democratic systems in the United States are functioning. In a climate of deep partisan antagonism and widespread misinformation, confidence in our elections has been declining for a myriad of reasons. The real-world implications of this moment cannot be overstated.

Join us for a conversation hosted at the Ford School by The Carter Center and the Gerald R. Ford Foundation that tackles how to buttress voter confidence in our democracy. Former Michigan U.S. Representatives Andy Levin (D-MI) and Peter Meijer (R-MI) and Amb (ret) Susan D. Page, Michigan Law and Ford School professor from practice and Carter Center trustee, will explore the bipartisan challenge of restoring faith in our democratic systems and highlight ways individuals can be part of the solution as we work together to uphold the standards of our democracy.

This event is hosted at the University of Michigan as a partnership between The Carter Center and the Gerald R. Ford Foundation. Political rivals and close collaborators, Presidents Carter and Ford held a shared understanding of the sanctity of our democratic systems. Since its founding in 1982, The Carter Center has focused its efforts outside the United States. Drawing from this expertise, the organization has shifted attention to the challenges faced in the United States. The Center’s Democracy Program supports U.S. elections by bolstering democratic norms and values, increasing trust and understanding of the electoral process, and responding to the challenges posed by mis-, dis- and mal-information. The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation has long partnered with the Ford School on educational programming that serves the public interest. The Foundation advances the principle that public order requires the cultivation of virtue within both the citizenry and political leaders. Its emphasis on civic education, civility, personal and political integrity, service to community and nation, political cooperation and compromise, and courage reflects the life and career of President Ford.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 21 Dec 2022 15:38:33 -0500 2023-01-12T16:00:00-05:00 2023-01-12T17:30:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Peter Meijer, Andy Levin
Jeh Johnson (January 16, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102328 102328-21803857@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 16, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Ford School welcomes former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson.

Johnson will kick off the event by reflecting on the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., and what that means to him as a fellow Morehouse Man. Following his remarks, he’ll sit down for a conversation with Dean Celeste Watkins-Hayes alongside Ford School faculty experts to reflect on his work with the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Defence through questions submitted from the Ford School community on policy issues ranging from immigration to civil liberties.

From the speaker's bio
Jeh Johnson is a partner in the law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP, who in public life was Secretary of Homeland Security (2013-2017), General Counsel of the Department of Defense (2009-2012), General Counsel of the Department of the Air Force (1998-2001), and an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York (1989-1991). As Secretary of Homeland Security, Johnson was the head of the third largest cabinet department of the U.S. government, consisting of 230,000 personnel and 22 components, including TSA, Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Services, U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services, the Coast Guard, the Secret Service, and FEMA.

As General Counsel of the Department of Defense, Johnson is credited with being the legal architect for the U.S. military’s counterterrorism efforts in the Obama Administration. In 2010, Johnson co-authored the report that paved the way for the repeal of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell by Congress later that year.

Johnson is a 2022 recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, a 2021 recipient of the American Lawyer’s Lifetime Achievement Award, as “an American statesman [who] has devoted his career to the public interest,” and a 2018 recipient of the Ronald Reagan Peace Through Strength Award, presented at the Reagan Presidential Library, for “contribut[ing] greatly to the defense of our nation,” and “guiding us through turbulent times with courage and wisdom.”

In private life, in addition to practicing law, Johnson is on the board of directors of Lockheed Martin, U.S. Steel, the Council on Foreign Relations, the 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York City, the Center for a New American Security, and is a trustee of Columbia University. Johnson is a regular commentator on NBC, CBS, MSNBC, CNN, FOX, Bloomberg TV and other news networks. Johnson is a graduate of Morehouse College (1979) and Columbia Law School (1982) and the recipient of 12 honorary degrees.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 16 Dec 2022 13:25:50 -0500 2023-01-16T15:00:00-05:00 2023-01-16T17:00:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Jeh Johnson
A MLK Symposium Event with Linda Villarosa (January 17, 2023 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101970 101970-21803005@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 17, 2023 4:30pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Wallace House Center for Journalists

Wallace House Presents educator and writer for The New York Times Magazine, Linda Villarosa, as she examines racial health disparities in America and the toll racism takes on individuals and the health of our nation.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 15 Dec 2022 11:20:06 -0500 2023-01-17T16:30:00-05:00 2023-01-17T18:00:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Wallace House Center for Journalists Lecture / Discussion Linda Villarosa, educator and writer for The New York Times Magazine
Teacher Diversity and Student Success: Why Racial Representation Matters in the Classroom (January 24, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102959 102959-21805617@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 24, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Education Policy Initiative

Dr. Gershenson, Dr. Hansen, and Dr. Lindsay address the historic and contemporary factors that have kept people of color out of teaching, synthesize the research showing the benefits of same-race teacher exposure, and argue that policies focused on improving teacher quality should take race explicitly into consideration. In their book, Teacher Diversity and Student Success: Why Racial Representation Matters in the Classroom, they present nuanced policy recommendations to increase teacher diversity in classrooms and promote more inclusive schools.

Free and open to the public.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 06 Jan 2023 15:05:07 -0500 2023-01-24T16:00:00-05:00 2023-01-24T17:30:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Education Policy Initiative Lecture / Discussion Teacher Diversity and Student Success
Cultural diplomacy and Bollywood's soft power in China (January 30, 2023 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/102467 102467-21804083@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 30, 2023 11:30am
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Weiser Diplomacy Center

At the height of the 2017 border skirmish between India and China over the disputed territory of Doklam, Bollywood megastar Aamir Khan’s film Dangal became a means to de-escalate tensions brewing on the Sino-Indian border. Dr. Swapnil Rai, Assistant Professor in the University of Michigan Department of Film, Television, and Media, will discuss how his reception reveals perceptions about China and India’s parallel modernities while also illustrating India’s intangible soft power through the circulation of Bollywood as a malleable cultural form. The case of Aamir Khan reveals an alternative framework for soft power that is neither hegemonic nor state-centric but marshaled by individuals operating within industry-driven frameworks.

Dr. Rai's research focuses on global media industries, networked cultures, and their intersections with questions of policy, politics, and audiences. Her research on Aamir Khan contributes to a novel understanding of stardom and cinema’s affective power within debates about global media flows, cultural diplomacy, and new cinephilia discourses.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 27 Jan 2023 09:12:19 -0500 2023-01-30T11:30:00-05:00 2023-01-30T12:45:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Weiser Diplomacy Center Lecture / Discussion Dr. Swapnil Rai
Indigenous DNA and Data: Community Approaches to Equity in Genomics and Health (February 6, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102955 102955-21805603@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 6, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) Program

Indigenous people still constitute <1% of participants in precision and genomic medicine research despite endeavors to increase inclusivity. Past ethical issues related to Indigenous genomics have not been adequately reconciled and are now being repeated in the new era of Big Data. Concerns persist about the collectivization of Indigenous data into open-access databases that circumvent tribal research oversight, the underestimation of socioeconomic and cultural factors contributing to health disparities, and continued biocommercial exploitation of Indigenous biomarkers.

Dr. Tsosie will describe community-engaged research and describe paths forward that center Indigenous people as the agents of access for their own genomic and health data. The future of Indigenous genomics is not mere inclusion but through recognition of Indigenous genomic and data sovereignty.

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Presentation Thu, 26 Jan 2023 17:49:10 -0500 2023-02-06T16:00:00-05:00 2023-02-06T17:30:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) Program Presentation Krystal Tsosie
Black Perspectives in Public Policy (February 9, 2023 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/104296 104296-21808799@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 9, 2023 11:30am
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Program in Practical Policy Engagement

Join the Ford School Program in Practical Policy Engagement (P3E) for a discussion on policy perspectives on contemporary and historical issues related to black Americans with P3E community engagement manager DeAndré J. Calvert; Patrick Wimberly, mayor of Inkster, MI; Alma Wheeler Smith, former Michigan state legislator; and Theodore Jones, Detroit Public Schools Community District project manager.

Our panelists will provide insight into whether current legislation meets the needs of America’s black population and will examine present-day and systemically inequitable policies in education, access to resources, and civil rights. By sharing the experiences and knowledge gained throughout their journeys, our panelists aim to inspire hope and action for the future of public policy for black Americans.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 01 Feb 2023 14:58:01 -0500 2023-02-09T11:30:00-05:00 2023-02-09T12:50:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Program in Practical Policy Engagement Lecture / Discussion Black Perspective in Public Policy Speakers
Armenia-Azerbaijan Relations and Implications for Peace and Security in the South Caucasus Region (February 13, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103535 103535-21807445@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 13, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Weiser Diplomacy Center

Updating wording as of 1/26

The disastrous war in Ukraine has focused the world’s attention on a horrendous conflict in eastern Europe that has pitted nuclear powers against one another. Like other conflicts in the region that once made up the Soviet Union, the war in Ukraine can be understood as the ongoing unraveling of the USSR. The spotlight on Ukraine has obscured another war not far from the killing fields of Kherson, Kharkiv, and Donbas – the Armenian Azerbaijani conflict in the South Caucasus. For more than thirty years two small former Soviet republics, Armenia and Azerbaijan, have been sacrificing their soldiers and civilians to control the disputed territory of Mountainous Karabakh, once an autonomous region in Soviet Azerbaijan. Karabakh was overwhelmingly Armenian in population, roughly seventy-five percent, but its territory was wholly inside Azerbaijan. After demonstrations and protests turned violent, and Azerbaijanis carried out pogroms of Armenians in Sumgait and Baku in the late 1980s, war between the republics raged until some 30,000 people had been killed. Armenians won on the battlefield and effectively controlled Karabakh from 1994 to 2020.

Despite the cease-fire of 1994 and skirmishes ever since, Armenians built a little state, which they call Artsakh, tied ethnically and culturally to the Republic of Armenia. But Azerbaijan never gave up its claims to the region. For three decades diplomats and presidents of the two republics negotiated futilely to bring the conflict to an end. Ultimately, neither side was willing to compromise. In a dispute between national self-determination and territorial integrity, the latter is taken more seriously by the international community than the former. International law therefore favored Azerbaijan’s right to rule the territory.

When a coveted indivisible good like the homeland is at stake, compromise becomes almost impossible. And when the nationalist rhetoric of each side depicts the other as demonic subhumans bent on your destruction, even negotiation with one’s opponents can undermine the people in power. The radical simplifications that flow from nationalism shrink the possibilities to understand the other.

Suddenly, without warning, on the morning of September 27, 2020, armed forces from Azerbaijan launched an offensive across the armistice line established in 1994. Backed by Turkey and deploying the lethal Bayraktar drones (the same ones that Turkey has sold to Ukraine) as well as Israeli weapons, the Azerbaijanis battered the less well-armed Armenian fighters. As the fighting raged for forty-four days, three attempts at ceasefires, brokered by the United States, France, and Russia, failed. Only after the Azerbaijanis captured the old capital of Karabakh, Shushi (Shusha), were the Russians able to secure agreement from all sides and end the war. Several thousand Russian peacekeepers were deployed to patrol the front between the two armies. It is estimated officially that nearly four thousand Armenians along with just under three thousand Azerbaijanis were killed. The casualty figures were likely much higher.

The war was vicious. It is still going on, as Azerbaijan violates the borders of Armenia.

This presentation will explain causes, contours, and possible outcomes of this largely unknown war.

This event is open to U-M students, faculty and staff, room capacity is 30. In the event of larger interest, participants will be emailed a Zoom link to join the hybrid session.

Ronald Grigor Suny is the William H. Sewell Jr. Distinguished University Professor of History and Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan and Emeritus Professor of Political Science and History at the University of Chicago. He was the first holder of the Alex Manoogian Chair in Modern Armenian History at the University of Michigan, where he founded and directed the Armenian Studies Program. Professor Suny’s intellectual interests have centered on the non-Russian nationalities of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, particularly those of the South Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia).

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 26 Jan 2023 12:05:30 -0500 2023-02-13T16:00:00-05:00 2023-02-13T17:30:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Weiser Diplomacy Center Workshop / Seminar Professor Ronald Suny
New Perspectives on College Choice: The Role of Family, Gender, and Career Planning in the Education Decision of College Ready Students from Families with Low Incomes (February 16, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104350 104350-21808854@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 16, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Education Policy Initiative

Stephanie Burland, PhD Candidate at the University of Michigan, and Dr. Stefanie DeLuca, Professor of Sociology and Social Policy at Johns Hopkins University, discuss factors involved in college decisions of students from low income families.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 01 Feb 2023 11:45:08 -0500 2023-02-16T12:00:00-05:00 2023-02-16T12:50:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Education Policy Initiative Lecture / Discussion
Governing for environmental justice (March 6, 2023 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104379 104379-21808979@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 6, 2023 4:30pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Whether efficient public transit, climate change, or air and water pollution, marginalized communities are regularly denied access to healthy environments. Differences in power and political voice create differential impacts of our changing environment—natural and built—on these communities, compromising access to basic necessities like clean water and breathable air. Legislation to redress these differential impacts requires policymakers to work hand in glove with the communities they represent.

Join Dr. Abdul El-Sayed - physician, epidemiologist, and newly appointed Director of the Wayne County Health, Human & Veterans Services Department, and a former Ford School Towsley Policymaker in Residence - for a conversation with policymakers at the intersection of social justice and environmental concerns. Dr. El-Sayed will be joined by Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib and Michigan Senator Stephanie Chang (MPP/MSW '14) to reflect on their work to address environmental injustice in Michigan and beyond, and the challenges and opportunities ahead.

At this event, the Ford School will also recognize Senator Chang with the prestigious Neil Staebler Distinguished Service Award for her dedication to excellence in public service. Read the announcement here.

Representative Rashida Tlaib is currently the Congresswoman for Michigan’s 12th Congressional District, which includes the city of Detroit and many surrounding communities. She made history in 2008 by becoming the first Muslim woman to ever serve in the Michigan Legislature.

Senator Stephanie Chang is a Ford School alumna and the first Asian American woman to be elected to the Michigan Legislature. Chang worked as a community organizer in Detroit for nearly a decade before serving two terms in the Michigan House of Representatives.

Co-sponsored by the Alumni Association of the University of Michigan.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 01 Feb 2023 14:34:10 -0500 2023-03-06T16:30:00-05:00 2023-03-06T18:30:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Stephanie Chang and Rashida Tlaib
The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, The Cold War, and the World on the Brink (March 9, 2023 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105252 105252-21811456@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 9, 2023 11:30am
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Weiser Diplomacy Center

William Inboden will discuss his new book *The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, The Cold War, and the World on the Brink*, which explores how Ronald Reagan and his national security team developed a multifaceted and successful Cold War strategy to win a peaceful victory over Soviet communism. Based on extensive archival research using many newly declassified sources, *The Peacemaker* is the first book of its kind to offer a comprehensive overview of the Reagan administration’s foreign policy, including important topics such as its policies in Asia, the Middle East, counterterrorism, and international economics.

From the speaker's bio:

William Inboden is executive director and William Powers, Jr. Chair at the Clements Center for National Security at the University of Texas-Austin. He also serves as associate professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, distinguished scholar at the Strauss Center for International Security and Law, and editor-in-chief of the Texas National Security Review. Previously he served as senior director for strategic planning on the NSC at the White House. Inboden also worked at the Department of State as a member of the policy planning staff and a special advisor in the Office of International Religious Freedom, and as a Congressional staff member in both the US House and Senate. He is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and member of the CIA Historical Advisory Panel and State Department Historical Advisory Council. Inboden's recent book, *The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan in the White House and the World*, published November, 2022 is an in-depth account of how Reagan's foreign policy won the Cold War and laid the foundations for the 21st century.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 28 Feb 2023 15:32:32 -0500 2023-03-09T11:30:00-05:00 2023-03-09T12:45:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Weiser Diplomacy Center Workshop / Seminar William Inboden
Women's Perspectives in Public Policy (March 13, 2023 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105429 105429-21811839@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 13, 2023 11:30am
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Program in Practical Policy Engagement

Women’s rights have been at the forefront of policy conversations over the past few decades, especially recently. Join P3E for a discussion of policy perspectives on women’s rights issues with:
- Christie Baer, Center on Finance, Law & Policy Assistant Director
- Mara Ostfeld, Associate Faculty Director, Poverty Solutions; Research Director, Center for Racial Justice; Assistant Research Scientist, Ford School; and Faculty Associate, Center for Political Studies
- Tonya Burns, Flint city councilmember
- Missy Stults, Sustainability and Innovations Director for the City of Ann Arbor

By sharing the experiences and knowledge gained throughout their journeys, our panelists aim to inspire hope and action for the future of public policy for American women.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 08 Mar 2023 17:44:03 -0500 2023-03-13T11:30:00-04:00 2023-03-13T12:50:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Program in Practical Policy Engagement Lecture / Discussion Women's Perspectives in Public Policy speakers
Ballots and Buttercream (March 15, 2023 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105768 105768-21812923@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 15, 2023 7:30pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Turn Up Turnout

Join us for this social event open to all students interested in promoting civic engagement on our campus! We will have cake, games, and conversation. Bring a friend to learn more about how you can get involved in Turn Up Turnout's efforts to register, educate, and turnout UMich Voters.

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Rally / Mass Meeting Sun, 05 Mar 2023 19:48:16 -0500 2023-03-15T19:30:00-04:00 2023-03-15T20:30:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Turn Up Turnout Rally / Mass Meeting Turn Up Turnout Logo
Dinner for Democracy: Your Vote and the Judicial System (March 16, 2023 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105993 105993-21813532@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 16, 2023 7:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Turn Up Turnout

Join us for an evening of learning about the Judicial System and how your vote can effect it. Dinner will be served!

Sign up on sessions here: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/session/64282

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Presentation Thu, 09 Mar 2023 11:20:43 -0500 2023-03-16T19:00:00-04:00 2023-03-16T20:00:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Turn Up Turnout Presentation Turn Up Turnout Logo
Dinner for Democracy: Voting Rights (March 22, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106382 106382-21814155@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 22, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Turn Up Turnout

Join us for an informational presentation and discussion about voting rights. Free dinner will be provided! Register at the Sessions link below.

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Presentation Fri, 17 Mar 2023 17:19:50 -0400 2023-03-22T18:00:00-04:00 2023-03-22T19:00:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Turn Up Turnout Presentation Turn Up Turnout Logo
Dinner for Democracy: Gun Violence Prevention (March 24, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106682 106682-21814692@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 24, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Turn Up Turnout

Join us for an informational presentation and discussion about gun violence. Free food will be provided.

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Presentation Fri, 24 Mar 2023 15:09:07 -0400 2023-03-24T15:00:00-04:00 2023-03-24T16:00:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Turn Up Turnout Presentation
Ambassador Julianne Smith, "NATO Today: Confronting the Crisis in Ukraine and Adapting to Meet Global Challenges" (March 28, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105256 105256-21811458@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 28, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

The Ford School is pleased to present Ambassador Julianne Smith for the 5th annual Arthur Vandenberg Lecture.

Register here to attend: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdOaFmeREWlloIfmaHRF2OyQIrcPRwcEg3xwjaDzS8DpLgYAg/viewform

Ambassador Smith has served as the U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO since November 2021. Prior to her current position, she served as a Senior Advisor to Secretary Antony Blinken at the Department of State, and previously served as the Director of the Asia and Geopolitics Programs at the German Marshall Fund of the United States.

Ambassador Smith will give brief remarks, followed by a conversation with Weiser Diplomacy Center director John Ciorciari.

From the speaker's bio
Ambassador Julianne Smith assumed her position as the U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO in November 2021. Prior to her current position, she served as a senior advisor to Secretary Blinken at the Department of State. Previously, she served as the director of the Asia and Geopolitics Programs at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. From 2014-2018, she served as the director of the Transatlantic Security Program at the Center for a New American Security.

From 2012-2013, she served as the Acting National Security Advisor and Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President of the United States. Before her post at the White House, she served for three years as the principal director for European and NATO Policy in the Office of the Secretary of Defense in the Pentagon. In January 2012, she was awarded the Office of the Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Public Service.

Prior to her government service, Ambassador Smith held a variety of positions at research institutions including the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the German Marshall Fund, the American Academy in Berlin, and the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik in Berlin. She has written extensively on transatlantic relations and European security.

Ambassador Smith is a recipient of the Richard von Weizsäcker Fellowship at the Bosch Academy in Berlin and the Fredin Memorial Scholarship for study at the Sorbonne in Paris. A native of Michigan, she received her BA from Xavier University and her M.A from American University. She spent a year learning German at the University of Munich. In 2017, she received the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.

About the Vandenberg Lecture
The Meijer Family established the Vandenberg Fund in 2017 to honor U.S. Senator Arthur Vandenberg, who served the State of Michigan in the U.S. Senate from 1928-1951. Senator Vandenberg forged bipartisan support for our country's most significant and enduring foreign policies of the twentieth century, including the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, NATO and the creation of the United Nations. The Vandenberg Lecture Fund has since featured some of the world's leaders in foreign policy including U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Ambassador Samantha Power, among others.

Thank you to our media partners with Detroit Public Television (DPTV), PBS Books, and One Detroit.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Mar 2023 09:45:13 -0400 2023-03-28T12:00:00-04:00 2023-03-28T13:00:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Julianne Smith
Dinner for Democracy: Judicial System (April 3, 2023 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106683 106683-21814693@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 3, 2023 5:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Turn Up Turnout

Join us for an informational presentation and discussion about gun violence. Free food will be provided.

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Presentation Fri, 24 Mar 2023 15:18:16 -0400 2023-04-03T17:00:00-04:00 2023-04-03T18:00:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Turn Up Turnout Presentation
An Ordinary Man: The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford (April 17, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107198 107198-21815614@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 17, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Join the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation and the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum for an event at the Ford School hosted as part of the long-awaited book tour for Richard Norton Smith's An Ordinary Man. Richard Norton Smith will be joined in conversation with Hank Meijer to explore Richard’s new book An Ordinary Man: The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford.

About the book
From the preeminent presidential scholar and acclaimed biographer of historical figures including George Washington, Herbert Hoover, and Nelson Rockefeller comes this eye-opening life of Gerald R. Ford, whose presidency arguably set the course for post-liberal America and a post-Cold War world.

For many Americans, President Gerald Ford was the genial accident of history who controversially pardoned his Watergate-tarnished predecessor, presided over the fall of Saigon, and became a punching bag on Saturday Night Live. Yet as Richard Norton Smith reveals in a book full of surprises, Ford was an underrated leader whose tough decisions and personal decency look better with the passage of time.

Drawing on hundreds of interviews and thousands of documents, Smith recreates Ford’s hardscrabble childhood in Michigan, his early anti-establishment politics and lifelong love affair with the former Betty Bloomer, whose impact on American culture he predicted would outrank his own. As president, Ford guided the nation through its worst Constitutional crisis since the Civil War and broke the back of the most severe economic downturn since the Great Depression—accomplishing both with little fanfare or credit (at least until 2001 when the JFK Library gave him its prestigious Profile in Courage Award in belated recognition of the Nixon pardon).

Less coda than curtain raiser, Ford's administration bridged the Republican pragmatism of Eisenhower and Nixon and the more doctrinaire conservatism of Ronald Reagan. His introduction of economic deregulation would transform the American economy, while his embrace of the Helsinki Accords hastened the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Illustrated with sixteen pages of black-and-white photos, this definitive biography, a decade in the making, will change history’s views of a man whose warning about presidential arrogance (“God help the country”) is more relevant than ever.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 04 Apr 2023 13:51:03 -0400 2023-04-17T18:00:00-04:00 2023-04-17T20:00:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Book cover featuring Gerald Ford