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Poverty Workshop- Long term follow up of Michigan SEED program participants: Tracking child development accounts from pre-school to high school
April 15, 2016 - 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM ET
During this workshop, Associate Professor Trina Shanks and doctoral student Anne Blumenthal will present prliminary results of the SEED Impact Assessment study, a quasi-experimental program that tests the impact of offering Head Start families 529 college education plans for their enrolled children.
Lunch will be provided. Please note any dietary needs in RSVP comments section.
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U-M Sexual Health Certificate Program 2016 Plenary: "Advocating Global Reproductive Justice in the Academic Space"
April 15, 2016 - 4:00 PM to 5:15 PM ET
The 2016 U-M Sexual Health Certificate Program (SHCP) Plenary speaker is Dr. Timothy Johnson, who will present on "Advocating Global Reproductive Justice in the Academic Space."
Dr. Johnson is the Bates Professor of the Diseases of Women and Children, Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Obstetrician-Gynecologist-in-Chief of the Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital at the University of Michigan. He is also Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Professor of Women’s Studies, and Research Professor in the Center for Human Growth and Development. He is active in international teaching and training especially in Ghana, Africa and is an honorary fellow of the West African College of Surgeons, honorary fellow of the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons, Fellow ad eundem of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (London) and honorary fellow of the International College of Surgeons.
Reception to follow.