Mark Rivett posted August 26, 2019
Common – an Academy Award, Golden Globe, Emmy and multi-Grammy award winning artist, actor, best-selling author, and activist – will be the guest speaker for
The Joseph and Sally Handleman Lecture Series.
The event is sponsored by the Ross School of Business and is scheduled for Thursday, September 26 at Hill Auditorium.
For the past few years, Common has been engaged in social justice and advocacy work around mass incarceration, mental health and voting. After the success and impact of his Imagine Justice concert in 2017 and his Hope & Redemption Tour to eight different prisons, Common launched Imagine Justice as a nonprofit in 2018, dedicated to leveraging the power of art to advocate for communities around the country to fight for justice and equality and to stand united against injustice wherever it appears.
The Joseph and Sally Handleman Lecture Series presents Common
Thursday, September 26, 2019
6:30 pm
Hill Auditorium
Open to the public
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Mark Rivett posted July 31, 2019
Tuesday, September 24, 2019
Mackinac Room, 5th Floor, Anderson House Office Bldg.
124 N. Capitol Avenue, Lansing, MI 48933
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
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It is widely known that diabetes is among the leading causes of death In the United States. And the American Diabetes Association estimated the total costs of diagnosed diabetes have risen to $347 billion in 2017. The financial burden, health resources used and lost productivity associated with diabetes continues to increase.
In this era of medical breakthroughs, new research suggests that those who have developed type 2 diabetes may actually be able to reverse the disease with weight loss, diet changes and exercise! Over the last 20 years, researchers have developed a more nuanced understanding of the role of dietary fats and carbohydrates in the development of diabetes. New lower cost technologies that provide users easy and accurate continuous glucose monitoring is dramatically changing the way type 2 diabetes is managed, and this bodes well for future prevention of this disease. Please join us for an enlightening discussion with Dr. Caroline Richardson as she provides us insightful research on the prevention and management of type 2 diabetes.
Dr. Caroline R. Richardson; Associate Chair for Research Programs
Dr. Caroline R. Richardson is professor and the Associate Chair of Research in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Michigan. She is also a health services and implementation researcher with a focus on incorporating physical activity promotion into primary care clinical practice for individuals with chronic diseases including diabetes, coronary artery disease, COPD and back pain. Until May 2015, Dr. Richardson was director of the VA Diabetes Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (DM QUERI), a national center that coordinates implementation research related to diabetes care and diabetes prevention nationally at the VA. Dr. Richardson received her B.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1986, and an M.D. from Harvard University in 1994. She was also a Robert Wood Johnson (RWJ) Clinical Scholar at the University of Michigan in 2001.
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Mark Rivett posted June 18, 2019
Michigan Ross believes in the power of bringing MBA skills to social entrepreneurs around the country.
Learn more about the program
Apply to the program
Read about the 2019 tour
Follow the program on social via #RossOpenRoad
In May 2019, three Ross teams – Team LOVA, Team MPower, and Team RAIK – embarked on journeys across America to partner with social entrepreneurs.
Within the Ross Open Road Program students initiate teams, plan journeys, and help social entrepreneurs implement impact at scale. Students have the opportunity to experience social entrepreneurship in practice while traveling to different communities across America. The program, in its fourth year, recently got support from the Ford Motor Company, and is co-sponsored by Business+Impact.
The 2019 tour destinations included:
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