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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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Parthasarathy proposes people-first technology regulation

May 21, 2026
In her latest column for Science, Ford School Professor Shobita Parthasarathy argues that while governments and tech industries oppose regulation in order to stimulate innovation, marginalized communities face compounding risks in the process, becomi...
Parthasarathy proposes people-first technology regulation
State & Hill

STPP: STEM-ming the gap

May 7, 2026
STPP’s post-graduate fellowship connects technical experts with Michigan lawmakersMost people with advanced STEM degrees expect to work in laboratories, manufacturing facilities, or design studios. This year, the University of Michigan is on the hunt...
STPP: STEM-ming the gap
Alumni spotlight

Q&A with STPP Alum Divya Ramesh

Mar 3, 2026
Divya Ramesh is an Assistant Professor of Human-Centered Computing and Education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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News

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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Shobita Parthasarathy on how to repair trust in science

Jan 26, 2026
In her second column for Science, Ford School Professor Shobita Parthasarathy argues that rather than treating the growing crisis of public trust as an information and communication problem, we should treat it as an innovation and expertise problem. ...
Shobita Parthasarathy on how to repaire trust in science
In the Media

Kleinman comments on DPD use of ShotSpotter

Dec 16, 2025 Michigan Advance
Molly Kleinman, the managing director of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy program at the University of Michigan, commented to Michigan Advance about the Detroit Police Department use of ShotSpotter. "In terms of the best practices for any c...
STPP brings interdisciplinary, historical perspectives to public interest technology issues
In the Media

Green addresses data center forum

Dec 4, 2025 Michigan Advance
Ben Green, an assistant professor at the University of Michigan School of Information and the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, explained that using programs like ChatGPT or video generation platforms requires a huge amount of energy, increasin...
Using algorithms in government: Opportunities, challenges, and paths forward
In the Media

Kleinman outlines potential effects of data centers

Dec 3, 2025 Michigan Advance
"Are the products that they're running – the sort of generative AI general use kinds of tools like ChatGPT – are those serving a purpose in society? Those start to become big questions, but when you think about the trade offs, I think they're worth a...
STPP brings interdisciplinary, historical perspectives to public interest technology issues
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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
In the Media

Green comments on community push-back on data centers

Oct 29, 2025 Gizmodo
“I don’t think that the case is super compelling for what these data centers are bringing to the table,” Ben Green, an assistant professor at the University of Michigan’s School of Information, told Gizmodo. “And I think that is borne out by just how...
Using algorithms in government: Opportunities, challenges, and paths forward
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Discussing "Competing energy futures" at the Ford School

Oct 26, 2025
Decarbonization initiatives and renewable energy investments are compatible with the massive new energy requirements of the data center age, according to a panel of experts who spoke at the Ford School. What is needed is government policy that can gu...
Discussing "Competing energy futures" at the Ford School
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MiST fellowship brings science research to the Statehouse

Oct 10, 2025
As a state, Michigan regularly creates rules, procedures, and laws about issues such as healthcare delivery, advanced manufacturing, autonomous vehicle rollout, energy transitions, PFAS and Pb contamination, Great Lakes restoration, and other complex...
MiST fellowship brings science research to the Statehouse
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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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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