Earthfest celebrates sustainability initiatives across U-M and the surrounding communities, while providing an inclusive platform to educate and engage the campus community on opportunities to support sustainability and environmental justice on campus and in our daily lives. Come learn about sustainability on campus and participate in fun engagement opportunities.
Norma Rey-Alicea is the Executive Director and co-founder of NextGen Talent (NGT). NGT’s innovative web-based tools and training services empower low-income students and their counselors to identify postsecondary programs and career paths with strong labor market payoffs. Norma has dedicated her career to the development of new educational models and career advancement solutions to close the …
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 …
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. …
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 …
Dr. Stefanie DeLuca of Johns Hopkins University and Elizabeth Burland, PhD candidate, Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan discuss the role that family, gender and career planning plays in the educational decisions of students from low income families. Registration link
The Goldman School at UC Berkeley will host a meeting of the following group of Deans of Public Policy schools: Susan Gooden (Virginia Commonwealth University), Ian Solomon (University of Virginia), Nisha Botchwey (University of Minnesota), Roland Anglin (Cleveland State University), Scott Taylor (Boston University), and Celeste Watkins-Hayes (University of Michigan). As part of the meeting, there will be a special event to discuss the future of public …
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