The Ohio Urban University Program

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The Ohio Urban University Program's (UUP) fourth in a series of discussions with experts on timely topics affecting the State of Ohio's fiscal future.

Athletic Club, Columbus, OH | Crystal Room
136 East Broad St., Columbus, OH 43215
4:00-5:30 p.m. with reception immediately following
Check in for forum begins at 3:30 p.m.

Watch the video of this event. (QuickTime)

Welcome/Emcee: DR NEIL REID, Director, Urban Affairs Center, University of Toledo.
Dr. Reid Bio

DR. EDWARD (NED) HILL
Dr. Hill bio

Presentation: “What is going on? The macroeconomy in a turbulent time.”
The presentation is an update on the causes of the current recession, the impact of the recession on industries that are critical to Ohio, and a discussion of public policy challenges that face our state and the nation. This presentation is an update of a presentation that was given by Dr. Hill to new legislators in November 2008. The presentation will be followed by comments from a panel and audience questions and discussion.

Dr. Hill is the Chair of the Ohio Urban University Program, the Interim Dean at Cleveland State University’s (CSU) Levin College of Urban Affairs, and CSU’s Vice President for Economic Development. Hill is also a Non-resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and a Non-resident Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Urban and Regional Development at the University of California at Berkeley.

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The UUP Forums in Columbus are brought to you by the Ohio Urban University Program (UUP), a program of the University System of Ohio and the Ohio General Assembly. The UUP is a unique network linking the resources of Ohio's urban universities with the communities and students they serve, in a cooperative effort to boost economic development efforts in the state’s urban regions.

QUESTIONS Registration—Barbara Benevento at 216.687.2188 or email b.benevento@csuohio.edu
UUP Forum Programs in Columbus—Claudette Robey at 216.687.2188 or email c.robey@csuohio.edu.