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The School of Labor and Industrial Relations presents "Which Way for Michigan and the Auto Industry?"  The public forum will be held at 7 p.m.

Nov. 23 in the Kellogg Center Auditorium. Featured speakers include Charles Ballard (Economics), Tim Lee of General Motors Corp., Sean McAlinden, of the Center for Automotive Research, and Cal Rapson, of United Autoworkers. For more information, contact Kristi White, (517) 355-5071.

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Call for Proposals

Michigan Applied Public Policy Research Program

IPPSR is accepting proposals for funding research focused on tools, policies, or incentives that work on behalf of economic recovery overall or in a particular market or for a specified population. Awards will vary from $1,000 to $15,000. An additional $10,000 designated for survey research is available. Deadline for proposal submission is Monday, September 28, 2009.

Grant recipients will generate discussion of a policy-relevant issue and pertinent economic growth possibilities with a report of their work that will be published as a research brief in the policy arena. more...