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Green: "Antagonism toward data centers is real and organic"

Jun 10, 2026 Fortune

Ben Green, assistant professor of information at the University of Michigan, told Fortune there's meanwhile abundant signs that antagonism toward data centers is real and organic. "Anyone who doubts it should just show up to any of the communities wh...

Green: "Antagonism toward data centers is real and organic"

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State governments are experimenting with AI introduction - Kleinman

May 22, 2026 Michigan Advance

Molly Kleinman, the managing director of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy program at the University of Michigan's Ford School of Public Policy said while state governments are trying to be deliberate about their approach to AI adoption, the...

State governments are experimenting with AI introduction - Kleinman

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U-M experts explore benefits, harms of AI for people with developmental disabilities

Apr 20, 2026

WHAT'S THE STUDY: The Science, Technology, and Public Policy program at the University of Michigan's Ford School of Public Policy is embarking on a project to explore the potential benefits and harms of artificial intelligence to support people with ...

U-M experts explore benefits, harms of AI for people with developmental disabilities

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Green shares data center concerns with Michigan lawmakers

Feb 15, 2026

Members of Michigan's House Subcommittee on Oversight heard testimony on data centers, during which the Ford School's Ben Green was invited to offer his expertise. CBS Detroit, Bridge Michigan, and WWMT covered the meeting and Green's contributions.

Green shares data center concerns with Michigan lawmakers

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Green discusses local impacts of data centers

Nov 30, 2025

Ford School professor Ben Green's research on the impacts of data centers recently caught the eye of Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection, which asked him to deliver a presentation on the topic to its Citizens Advisory Council on Nov...

Using algorithms in government: Opportunities, challenges, and paths forward

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Hassan’s summer fieldwork explores politics and practice of AI development in Africa

Oct 17, 2025

The politics of AI and technology are tied to competing visions of a modern, postcolonial Africa, explained Yousif Hassan, assistant professor at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. Building on his long-term research on technology and decolon...

Hassan’s summer fieldwork explores politics and practice of AI development in Africa

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Owen-Smith presents alternative research methods for measuring AI’s economic impact

Oct 9, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the way we work. The technology’s rapid development and widespread adoption mean we still lack clear answers to fundamental questions: What kinds of human work can AI perform? Which employers are using it? Wh...

Owen-Smith presents alternative research methods for measuring AI’s economic impact

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Kleinman gives keynote on AI regulation at Michigan civil rights forum

Aug 6, 2025

Molly Kleinman, managing director of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy program at the Ford School, delivered the keynote address at “Local and State Government in the Age of AI: Innovation, Civil Rights, and Policy,” a forum hosted by the Mi...

Kleinman gives keynote on AI regulation at Michigan civil rights forum

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Hassan co-organizes workshop at University of Nairobi to chart Africa’s data future

Aug 6, 2025

Workshop brings together stakeholders to shape equitable AI and data governance across the continentBringing together experts in Kenya, Yousif Hassan, assistant professor at the University of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, co-orga...

Hassan co-organizes workshop at University of Nairobi to chart Africa’s data future

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Prestigious National Academies committee appoints Parthasarathy

Jul 25, 2025

Ford School professor Shobita Parthasarathy has been appointed to the Standing Committee on Advancing Science Communication, a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) committee that was established in 2016 to advance ethical...

Shobita Parthasarathy’s “Expert Voices” column in Science: Beware the drive to scale technology

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Growth of data centers requires new policies to mitigate local community impacts

Jul 17, 2025

The rapid growth of data centers, with their enormous energy and water demands, requires targeted policy interventions to mitigate environmental impacts and protect local communities. A new report by the University of Michigan’s Science, Technology, ...

Growth of data centers requires new policies to mitigate local community impacts

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Kleinman shares AI expertise with local policymakers

Jul 7, 2025

Along with public safety, budget, health, environmental, and other policy challenges, local governments now face the question of how to address the new and constantly evolving effects of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the adjacent explosive growth ...

Kleinman shares AI expertise with local policymakers

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Podcast: U-M experts explore AI and the responsibility of its creators in building, guiding it toward best uses

May 30, 2025

Artificial intelligence is often debated in terms of being a cure-all or chaos agent, as if independent of its human creators. Neither is the case, nor should we forget who makes it and why, and how it should serve humanity. That's the backbone of th...

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State-level AI legislation can guide fair housing practices

May 20, 2025

As the number of artificial intelligence (AI)-related measures introduced in U.S. state and territorial legislatures continues to grow, policymakers, advocates and consumers can seize the moment to assure that the technology is promoting fair housing...

State-level AI legislation can guide fair housing practices

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Hassan on AI, power, and decolonial possibility in Africa

Apr 29, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) is an increasingly defining force, shaping global advancements and influencing crucial aspects of society. Assistant Professor Yousif Hassan’s research examines the social, economic, and political implications of emerging...

Hassan on AI, power, and decolonial possibility in Africa

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U-M study highlights urgent need to train students about the ethical, social, and policy dimensions of STEM

Apr 2, 2025

A new STPP report, "Broadening Horizons," assesses the current landscape of STEM-in-society programs—systematic, multidisciplinary training that prepares professionals to understand how science, technology, engineering, or medicine intersect with eth...

A pile of parts: Ethical STEM training prepares students for the big picture

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Parthasarathy on AI running the government

Mar 13, 2025 Al Jazeera

Shobita Parthasarathy, Ford School professor, says "These workers have real expertise and a nuanced understanding of the issues, which AI does not. AI does not, in fact, ‘understand’ anything." So, she says, “It’s a very bad idea" to use AI to run t...

The politics of inclusive innovation in international development: Menstrual hygiene management and sanitary pads in India

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DOGE Plan to Push AI Across the US Federal Government is Wildly Dangerous - Green

Mar 6, 2025

Ford School assistant professor (by courtesy) Ben Green, wrote an essay for Tech Policy on Elon Musk's new “AI-first strategy” for the federal government, and commented, "unleashing AI to revolutionize the federal government is a recipe for disaster....

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Parthasarathy speaks at AAAS Annual meeting about Asilomar’s legacy

Feb 27, 2025

Earlier this month, Shobita Parthasarathy spoke at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting in a session titled, “Revisiting Asilomar Fifty Years Later: Who is in the room when we talk about AI?” The session exam...

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Podcast: Hassan explores risks, responsibilities in development and implementation of AI

Feb 26, 2025

Challenges abound in the development, implementation and effects of artificial intelligence. Yet people still have the power to limit risks and even foster positive integration of AI—should they choose to shoulder that responsibility. Listen to the f...

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Parthasarathy: AI energizes people to consider direction of science and technology

Dec 4, 2024 Nature

"Shobita Parthasarathy teaches graduate students about science policy at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. New technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) are 'really energizing people' to consider the directions of science and technolog...

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Q&A with featured Faculty Affiliate Salomé Viljoen

Dec 2, 2024

Assistant Professor of Law and STPP faculty affiliate, Salomé Viljoen writes about the law and political economy of data and AI and the role of law in structuring digital life. She is especially interested in platform power, how information law struc...

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Trevor Odelberg and AI in Local Government Handbook featured in story by Austin, Texas NPR station

Oct 21, 2024 Read the story on AI in Austin, Texas

A reporter from the NPR station in Austin, Texas, reached out to author Trevor Odelberg (PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering '24) after seeing STPP and the Michigan Municipal League's Artificial Intelligence Handbook for Local Government online. ...

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Hassan awarded U-M anti-racism grant

Sep 10, 2024

Ford School assistant professor Yousif Hassan has been chosen for a University of Michigan research grant for his work that explores how AI innovations and data can center social justice and address racial and economic inequalities in African societi...

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STPP weighs the costs of new policing technologies

Aug 20, 2024

Policing technologies are increasingly being used to surveil the public with the stated goal of making communities safer and decreasing crime. New policy briefs from the Ford School of Public Policy’s Science, Technology, and Public Policy program (S...

STPP weighs the costs of new policing technologies

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STPP awarded MIDAS grant to advance equitable AI research

Jul 23, 2024

A research project from the Ford School’s Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) program was selected by the Michigan Institute for Data and AI in Society (MIDAS) as part of its 2024 Propelling Original Data Science grants to accelerate respon...

STPP awarded MIDAS grant to advance equitable AI research

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STPP releases analysis of Biden’s Executive Order on Safe AI and the EU AI Act

Jul 8, 2024

As artificial intelligence technologies proliferate in industries across the globe, governments around the world are working to regulate how and when these technologies are used. In October 2023, President Joe Biden signed the Executive Order on Safe...

STPP releases analysis of Biden’s Executive Order on Safe AI and the EU AI Act

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Companies should take responsibility on deepfake pornography - Parthasarathy

Jul 2, 2024 Michigan Advance

Shobita Parthasarathy, Ford School professor director of Science, Technology and Public Policy Program, discussed the Michigan bill lawmakers are working on to address the rise of non-consensual deepfake pornography. She said, “I worry about placing ...

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STPP releases analysis of Biden’s Executive Order on Safe AI and the EU AI Act

Jun 13, 2024

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Prioritizing equity among the great challenges of AI, says Parthasarathy

May 29, 2024

As generative artificial intelligence becomes ubiquitous, University of Michigan expert Shobita Parthasarathy says technical revisions to the mechanics may address some harms built into the technology so far. Yet, she argues, “it will always be behin...

Prioritizing equity among the great challenges of AI, says Parthasarathy