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HISTORY OF WOLVERINE CAUCUS PROGRAMS

Veronica A. Johnson, Director
University of Michigan Lansing Service Center

Tobacco Control in Michigan: Up in Smoke

Online Campaigning: Reaching Voters in Today's Elections

"This is Not Your Dad's Engineering School"

Science and Technology Driving Michigan's Economy

Hooray for Hollywood!
Wolverines on Stage and Screen

Tuesday, January 29
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Billie S. Farnum Building, Room 810, Lansing
Lunch will be served.

Speaker: Hollywood Screenwriter and UM Professor Jim Burnstein,
from the UM Department of Screen Arts and Cultures.

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Mackinac Room, Anderson House Office Building
124 North Capitol Avenue, Lansing, MI.
Featuring:
Dr. Lester P. Monts, Senior Vice Provost
Dr. Patricia Gurin, Professor Emerita
Maya Kobersy, Assistant General Counsel
More information about the speakers is available in a PDF flyer.

Proposal 2 and the University of Michigan: A Status Check

Tuesday, September 25, 2007
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Mackinac Room, Anderson House Office Building
124 North Capitol Avenue, Lansing, MI.
Featuring:
Dr. Lester P. Monts, Senior Vice Provost
Dr. Patricia Gurin, Professor Emerita
Maya Kobersy, Assistant General Counsel
More information about the speakers is available in a PDF flyer.

International Trade with a Focus on China

China is now the world's third largest trading nation and continues to grow at a rapid pace. Many are concerned that China's large bilateral trade surplus with the U.S. and rapidly growing auto industry threatens Michigan's economic interests. At the same time, China's rapid growth and other economic challenges present economic opportunities for their trading partners. In this talk, Professor Albert Park will analyze the nature of China's trade growth and other key dimensions of China's economic reforms to provide insights into how Michigan can position itself to respond to China's rise as a global trading power.
Please join us for this informative and timely discussion!

New Frontiers: The changing Face of Life Sciences at Michigan

March 21, 2007
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Room 810, Billie S. Farnum Building
Link to Brochure
Alan Saltiel, Director of the U-M Life Sciences Institute and John Jacob Abel, Professor of Life Sciences, Medical School, will discuss transformational change in science. The combinations of genetic, computational, biochemical and chemical tools now at our fingertips have generated many new ways to attack problems in biology, on a scale never imagined.  This paradigm shift brings with it new challenges, particularly the challenge of collaboration. The University of Michigan hhas recognized the importance of this challenge, and created the LSI as a hub for collaboration among outstanding scientists focused on problems of great importance to human health.

Value-Based Insurance Design

A potential solution to the health care financing crisis that threatens the health and economic well-being of all Michigan citizens. The University of Michigan Center for Value-Based Insurance Design engages in the design, evaluation, and promotion of health insurance products that achieve improvements in health outcomes while containing costs.

Dean G. Smith, Ph.D., Director of the Center; Professor, Health Management and Policy; and Senior Associate Dean for Administration at the University of Michigan School of Public Health;

A. Mark Fendrick, MD, Co-Director of the Center, Professor of Internal Medicine in the School of Medicine, and Professor of Health Management and Policy in the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan.

Allison B. Rosen, MD, MPH, ScD. Directs the Center's Clinical Core, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine in the School of Medicine, Assistant Professor of Health Management and Policy in the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan.

2006

• October: Public Health Collaboration

• September: Elections 2006: Are We United ... or More Divided?

  Are Americans prepared for another round of contentious, possibly nasty elections? Will the partisan stances resonate with a mostly moderate electorate, or will the posturing serve only to drive a deeper wedge between neighbors, families, and communities? Back by popular demand, Dr. Michael Traugott returns to Lansing for a Wolverine Caucus discussion on Elections 2006. You won't want to miss this opporunity to hear about what is in store this year in the electoral process!

  Michael W. Traugott, Ph.D., Professor of Communication Studies, Institute for Social Research.
  Tuesday, September 26, 3006 11:30 - 1:00pm
  Billie S. Farnum Building, Room 810
  123 West Allegan Street, Lansing
  Link to flyer.

• April: What Are Headlee and Proposal A Doing to Your Community?
  Speakers Dr. Liz Gerber (BIO), Director of UM Center for Local, State, & Urban Policy; Michelle Woolery, Research Associate.

• March: Who Knows Enough to Teach Third Grade Math (and How Do We Know)?
  Speaker Dean Deborah Loewenberg Ball, UM School of Education.

• February: A Tribute to Michigan in the Arts.
  Speakers Stephen Shipps, UM School of Music Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; Greg Poggi (BIO), Chair of Theatre and Drama; Professor Ellen Rowe (BIO). Featured students from UM School of Music.

• January: Avian Influenza: Are We Prepared?
  Moderator Craig Ruff; Panelists Rosemarie H. Rowney (BIO), MPH, RN, Director of Training, UM Biopreparedness Initiative; Dr. Dean G. Smith (BIO), PhD, Senior Associate Dean for Administration; Dr. Mark L. Wilson, ScM, ScD, Director of UM Global Health Program; Dr. Sandro K. Cinti (BIO), MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine.
  Power Point Presentation

2005

• September: The Alternative Energy Future: Michigan's Destiny.
  Moderator Craig Ruff; Panelists Ruth Hohl Borger, LCC Vice President of Advancement; Jerry Mader, Director of UM Energy Research; James A. Croce, CEO of NextEnergy; Dr. Christine Sloane, General Motors Global Lead on Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Vehicle Safety Codes and Standards; David Hollister, Director of Michigan Department of Labor & Economic Growth.

• April: From the Research Bench to a Start-Up Business; How it Works and Why the University of Michigan is Committed to It.
  Moderator Craig Ruff; Panelists UM Regent Katherine White (BIO); Marvin Parnes (BIO), Associate Vice President for Research; Ken Nisbet (BIO), Executive Director of UM Office of Tech Transfer.

• 
  March: Social Security Solvency: A Crisis?
  Speaker John Laitner, Director of UM Michigan Retirement Research Center.

• February: From the Ground Up: Building Interest in Higher Education.
  Speaker Dr. John Burkhardt (BIO), Director of National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good.

2004

• February: A Supreme Challenge: U of M Admissions & Outreach in a New Environment. Moderator Craig Ruff; Panelists Jonathan Alger, Assistant General Counsel; Theodore L. Spencer, Director of Undergraduate Admissions.
• March: Top Ten Myths of the Uninsured. Speaker Dr. Catherine G. McLaughlin, Director of Economic Research Initiative on the Uninsured.
• April: Powering Our Future: Hydrogen and Fuel Cells 101. Speaker Levi T. Thompson, Associate Dean of Engineering.
• September: Elections 2004: Too Long, Not Nice, Not Cheap. Speaker Michael Traugott, Department Chair of Communication.

2003

• March: New Perspectives on Mental Health and Well-Being of Michigan's Children & Families. Moderator Richard Tolman, Dean of Educational Programs; Carol Mowbray, Director of National Institute of Mental Health Research Center on Poverty, Risk, and Mental Health; Kathleen Faller, Director of Family Assessment Clinic.
• September: Genetics and Michigan Law: Responding to the Present & Preparing for the Future. Moderators Janet Olszewski, Director of Michigan Department of Community Health; Jean C. Chabut, Chief Administrative Officer of Public Health at Michigan Department of Community Health. Panelists Vence Bonham, National Institute of Health; Toby Citrin, School of Public Health; Dr. Frances Downes, Michigan Department of Human Health; Edward Goldman, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Health Management and Policy, Associate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Office of Vice-President and General Counsel; Dr. Gilbert Omenn, Professor of Internal Medicine, Human Genetics, and Public Health, and leader of the international Human Proteome Organization (HUPO) Human Plasma Proteome Project.

2002

• March: Improving Learning in an Era of Accountability: The Value of K-12 Testing. Speaker Karen K. Wixson, Dean of the School of Education.
• April: Life Sciences: Policy, Values & Ethics. Speakers Dr. Martin S. Pernick, Associate Director of History & Medicine; Dr. Richard O. Lempert, Director of Life Sciences, Values & Society Program; Karl Leif Bates, Director of Communication at the Life Sciences Institute
• September: Elections 2002 and The Political Ramifications of 9/11. Speaker Michael Traugott, Department Chair of Communication.

2001

• February: Political Parties, the Courts, and Legislative Redistricting in 2001. Speaker John Chamberlin, Professor of Public Policy.
• March: What Have We Learned from National Welfare Reform? Speaker Rebecca Blank, Dean of Ford School.
• April: Speaker Bill Martin, Athletic Director. May: Alumni Day in Lansing.
• September: State Sales Tax and the Internet. Speaker Joel Slemrod, School of Business Administration.
• December: Our Country at War: What Michigan Needs to Know. Moderator Craig Ruff; Panelists Mark E. Alley, Lansing Police Chief; Phillip Hanna, Assistant Professor of Microbiology & Immunology; Javed Nazir, Michigan Journalism Fellow; Raymond Tanter, Professor Emeritus of Political Science.

2000

• January: Reception with President Lee C. Bollinger.
• February: Land Use Issues. Speaker Douglas S. Kelbaugh, Dean of College of Architecture & Urban Planning.
• March: Life Sciences Initiative. Speaker Huda Akil, Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience, Co-Director of University of Michigan Mental Health Research Institute.
• April: E-Commerce. Speaker Donald E. Harter, Assistant Professor of Computer & Information Systems.
• September: Polling - Fall 2000. Speaker Michael Traugott, Department Chair of Communication.

1999

• March: The Internet 2: UM's Connection. Speaker Doug Van Houweling, President & Chief Executive Officer of the University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development.
• May: New Business Development at the University of Michigan. Speaker Ken Nisbet, University of Michigan Director Of New Business Development.

1998

• March: Diversity at the University of Michigan. Panelists Provost Nancy Cantor; Associate Provost Lester Monts, Dean Jeff Lehman.
• April: The World of UM Athletics. Speaker Tom Goss, Athletic Director.
• May: 1998 Election Preview. Previewers Michael Traugott, Professor Of Communication And Craig Ruff, Co-Chair of Wolverine Caucus.

1997

• February: Genetics and Society. Speaker Toby Citrin, Director of the Office of Community-Based Public Health.
• March: Education in the Next Millennium. Speaker Elliot Soloway, Profesor of Engineering.
• March: Intercollegiate Athletics: Education or Entertainment? Speaker Joe Roberson, Athletic Director.
• April: Guest of Honor Regent Shirley McFee.
• April: Policy Directions in Long-Term Care. Speakers Dr. Brant Fries, Chief of Health Systems Research And Dr. William Weissert, Professor and Chair, Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health.
• May: Alumni Day in Lansing.

1996

• February: Speaker David Cole, Director University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, and Automotive Industry Expert.
• March: Delivery of Justice to Michigan's Children: A Call to Legislative Action. Speaker Donald Duquette, Clinical Professor Of Law.
• April: Going Negative in '96: Impact of Negative Campaign Advertising. Speaker A. Trevor Thrall, visiting Professor Of Communication.
• May: Alumni Day in Lansing.
• July: First Annual Wolverine Caucus Coffee.

1995

• January: Preparing Tomorrow's Leaders. Panelists E. Royster Harper, Associate Dean of Student Affairs; Julie Neenan, Class of 1995 Student Assembly President; David Garcia, Class of 1995 co-coordinator of the Michigan Leadership Institute.
• February: Our Changing Philosophy About the Environment and its Management. Speaker James S. Diana.
• April: Speaker Edward M. Gramlich, Director of the Institute of Public Policy Studies (now Ford School of Public Policy)
• May: Alumni Day in Lansing.
• November: Reception with President Duderstadt.

1994

• February: Dinner with Joe Roberson. Guest of Honor Joe Roberson.
• March: Lunch and Health Care Reform. Speaker Catherine McLaughlin, Associate Professor of Health Management & Policy.
• April: Breakfast and Education Goals. Speaker Harold Stevenson, Professor of Psychology.
• June: Alumni Day in Lansing.

1993

• January: New Directions for the School of Natural Resources and Environment. Speaker Garry D. Brewer, Dean.
• March: The Revitalization of Undergraduate Education. Speaker Robert A. Weisbuch, Chairman, Department of English.