Transforming Passion into Policy Study group type:  Past Study Group ...

Can't We All Just Get Along? Study group type:  Past Study Group ...

Study group type:  Past Study Group ...

STUDY GROUP LED BY IOP FELLOW MANNY DIAZ Day: Tuesdays Time: 4:00-5:30PM Location: L166 America is gripped by the Great Recession.  A collective mood of unrest has grown into dissatisfaction and disaffection with politics and the political process. There ...

STUDY GROUP LED BY IOP FELLOW JOHN SWEENEY Day: Wednesday Time: 4:00-5:30PM Location: L166 Today, our country has fallen into the grip of either ambivalence or anger about politics and the fundamental purpose of government.  This study group will be led b ...

STUDY GROUP LED BY IOP FELLOW M.C. ANDREWS Day: Tuesday Time: 4:00-5:30PM Location: Faculty Dining Room(FDR) “CAN YOU HEAR US NOW?” That is the rhetorical question that policymakers are asking about America’s international communications and public diplom ...

STUDY GROUP LED BY IOP FELLOW ERNEST ISTOOK Day: Thursday Time: 4:00-5:30PM Location: L166 The term "spin" is inadequate to describe how information is distorted in American politics. Increasingly, much of the public believe they are being delib ...

STUDY GROUP LED BY IOP FELLOW GREG NICKELS Day: Thursday Time: 4:00-5:30PM Location: Faculty Dining Room(FDR) Today for the first time in World History more people live in cities than do not. But how do our cities work? What role does leadership, innovati ...

Day: Thursdays Time: 4:00-5:30PM Location: Faculty Dining Room Beyond the obvious meaning of ethics, integrity and credibility, I will use real life examples to illustrate the point, such as the Michigan Gaming Control Board denying a casino license to th ...

Day: Tuesday Time: 4:00-5:30PM Location: Faculty Dining Room This study group will examine the upheaval in contemporary American politics, and particularly, how those trends are reflected in the 2010 mid-term elections. Typically, mid-terms are fairly pre ...