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DTSTAMP:20120109T092807
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20120119T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20120119T090000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Dr. Charles Sykes
DESCRIPTION:University Health Service is hosting an early morning lecture with Dr. Charles Sykes\, the world's preeminent scholar on the history of Motown. He has been described as “one of the most riveting and sought-after  speakers among historians and music enthusiasts alike.” \n\nFor more information about Dr. Sykes: http://rosenplotdesigntestsite2.com/about.html
UID:7973-1137145@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/7973
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:multicultural,lecture,history,music,mlk
LOCATION:Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
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DTSTAMP:20110926T114316
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20120119T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20120119T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Face of Our Time: Jacob Aue Sobol\, Jim Goldberg\, Zanele Muholi\, Daniel Schwartz\, Richard Misrach
DESCRIPTION:Face of Our Time examines more than 100 works by five photographers–Jacob Aue Sobol\, Jim Goldberg\, Zanele Muholi\, Daniel Schwartz\, and Richard Misrach–who operate within what Walker Evans referred to as the \"documentary style.\" Sharing an interest in making pictures that capture what the world looks like\, they observe the sometimes volatile civil and political transformations facing society and look reflectively at contemporary culture\, recording history as it unfolds slowly over time. Aue Sobol's gentle and sculptural pictures reveal the hardships of life in the Arctic\; Goldberg's multilayered series includes fragmented narratives from the migration of illegal immigrants from Africa to Europe\; Muholi commemorates and celebrates the histories and struggles that black lesbians face in her native South Africa\; Schwartz reveals the overlapping narratives between the Silk Route's ancient history and the military and economic power struggles that it faces today\; and the Richard Misrach photographs\, from his recently published book\, Destroy This Memory\, are an informal\, yet personal collection of pictures taken in the aftermath of the Hurricane Katrina tragedy in New Orleans.\n\nFace of Our Time: Jacob Aue Sobol\, Jim Goldberg\, Zanele Muholi\, Daniel Schwartz\, Richard Misrach is organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Generous support is provided by Pro Helvetia\, Swiss Arts Council.\n\nFace of Our Time at UMMA is made possible in part by the Lois Zenkel Photographic Exhibitions Fund\, the University of Michigan Health System\, and the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and CEW Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund. \n\nImage caption: Jim Goldberg\, Making Fire\, Democratic Republic of Congo\, 2008\; chromogenic print\; 30 in. x 40 in. (76.2 cm x 101.6 cm)\; Collection SFMOMA\, purchase through a gift of Nicola Miner and Robert Mailer Anderson\;  © Jim Goldberg\n
UID:7040-1135273@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/7040
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:visual arts,umma,photography,exhibition,art
LOCATION:Museum of Art
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DTSTAMP:20111108T145002
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20120119T100000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Mark di Suvero: Tabletops
DESCRIPTION:Preeminent American sculptor Mark di Suvero (b. 1933) is best known for his dynamic and monumental works made of industrial steel and salvaged materials that populate museum grounds\, landscapes\, and urban environments around the world. In addition to countless exhibitions and awards\, in March 2011 di Suvero was honored with the National Medal of the Arts by President Obama in a White House ceremony. This exhibition\, organized by UMMA and on view exclusively in Ann Arbor\, features approximately 15 of di Suvero's rarely exhibited smaller scale pieces\, or tabletops\, from the 1950s to the present. The tabletops are not maquettes of larger-scale works but an expressionistic and engaging genre all their own\, an outlet for exploring ideas relating to the calligraphic nature of form\, balance\, proportion\, and movement. Drawing from numerous private collections as well as the artist's studio\, the exhibition offers the opportunity to experience this intimate work in the Museum's ground level\, glass-walled Irving Stenn\, Jr\, Family Project Gallery\, adjacent to the two di Suvero outdoor steel sculptures on the Museum's grounds–Orion (2006) and Shang (1984–85).\n\nThis exhibition is made possible in part by the Office of the President of the University of Michigan\, the University of Michigan Health System\, and Laura Lynch and Hugh McPherson.
UID:7534-1135981@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/7534
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:visual arts,umma,sculpture,art
LOCATION:Museum of Art
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DTSTAMP:20111108T145438
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20120119T100000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Recent Acquisitions: Curator's Choice\, Part I
DESCRIPTION:This is the first part of a two-part exhibition introducing exciting\, recently acquired works from UMMA's collections gifted to the museum during the past five years. Recent Acquisitions: Curator's Choice\, Part I presents a first look at artworks\, mostly prints\, drawings\, and photographs by artists as diverse as Annie Leibovitz\, Edward Steichen\, and Rembrandt van Rijn. Carole McNamara\, Senior Curator of Western Art\, chose works that focus on some of the enduring and compelling themes that have occupied artists in Europe and America. One is the preoccupation with the human form as an expression of ideas\, feelings\, and sensations. This selection begins with the tradition of the academic nude study and progresses to embrace different genres\, from both secular and religious contexts. Another selection-landscapes and cityscapes-are each opportunities for artists to speak to our relationship to the natural world-both in how we experience landscape as well as how we construct our own urban environments.\n\nThis exhibition is made possible in part by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost.
UID:7535-1136088@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/7535
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:umma,visual arts
LOCATION:Museum of Art
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DTSTAMP:20111213T145527
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20120119T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20120119T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Robert Wilson: Video 50
DESCRIPTION:The tiny dramas that comprise Robert Wilson's Video 50 contain aspects of his hallmark aesthetic: surreal or dream-like imagery\, the absence of a linear narrative\, the conflation of seemingly unrelated characters and micro-stories\, and a mesmerizingly slow pace. Video 50 consists of a randomly arranged set of 30-second \"episodes\,\" a few of which feature notable French personalities of the 1970s-perfumier Hélène Rochas stares down a mugger\, culture minister Michel Guy struggles to open a dresser drawer-and Wilson thought of these as miniature portraits or character studies. The creator and director of aggressively experimental theater\, Wilson first came to prominence with works from the mid-1970s such as The Life and Times of Joseph Stalin (1973) and Einstein on the Beach (1976). These lavish\, unusually long productions broke and then redefined every convention of theater. In Video 50 his shorter time-based portraits explore the intersection of narrative and still-life\, seductively dissolving the distance between viewer and subject.
UID:7837-1136697@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/7837
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:video,visual arts,umma,museum,exhibition,art
LOCATION:Museum of Art - New Media Gallery
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DTSTAMP:20120109T182735
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20120119T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20120119T140000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Hunt for Happiness
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UID:7993-1137220@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/7993
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:health and wellness,workshop
LOCATION:Michigan Union - 3100
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DTSTAMP:20120118T133916
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20120119T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20120119T160000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Knitting as Meditation
DESCRIPTION:Knitting workshop for beginners and those who want to share their skills. Let the act of “making” bring you into the moment and into a community of knitters. 
UID:8116-1137384@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/8116
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:health and wellness,workshop
LOCATION:Michigan Union - 3100
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DTSTAMP:20120112T131725
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20120119T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20120119T173000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Conversations on Europe. \"Pension Policy in Central and East Europe: Reforms and Reversals.\"
DESCRIPTION:Igor Guardiancich\, European University Institute Visiting Scholar\, University of Michigan.\nDuring the 1990s and 2000s\, most Central and East European countries radically reformed their  pension systems. In addition to changes in their social security systems\, many countries implemented  ”˜Chilean model’ defined-contribution schemes based on individual pension savings accounts. Many studies have explored why countries adopted these reforms\, but few have asked how stable they have  been.  This presentation analyzes political  stability from an institutionalist perspective.  It examines whether more majoritarian and polarized  countries experience greater change or fluctuation over time than consensus polities. One hypothesis is that majoritarian polities may adopt greater reform initially\, but fail to sustain it as excluded groups  later come to power. This proposition is tested with case study evidence from four countries: Croatia\,  Hungary\, Poland\, and Slovenia\, showing that more inclusive institutions  can support radical and durable change.\n\nIgor Guardiancich earned his PhD in Social and Political Sciences at the European University Institute in Florence. His doctoral dissertation and subsequent work are on the political economy of reforms in Central\, East and Southeast Europe as well as post-socialist and pan-European social policy. His most recent publications include articles in West European Politics\, East European Politics & Societies\, and International Social Security Review. His book\, Pension Reforms in Central\, Eastern and Southeastern Europe: From Post-Socialist Transition to the Global Financial Crisis\, will be published in 2012 by Routledge. During his residency at U”M\, Dr. Guardiancich will teach one course in the Department of Political Science titled\, \"Political Economy of Transition in Europe.\" The course will offer students an introduction to the transition from central planning to a market economy and from totalitarianism to democracy as well as further developments in Eastern Europe. It will also cover Europeanization and EU enlargement\, the financial crisis\, and the inception of various socioeconomic policies. \n\n
UID:8031-1137297@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/8031
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:eu,europe
LOCATION:School of Social Work Building - 1636
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DTSTAMP:20120103T141704
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20120119T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20120119T170000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:EEB Thursday Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:The recognition that incomplete lineage sorting is a common and expected pattern in comparative DNA sequence data has revolutionized the theory and practice of phylogenetics. This recognition was fueled in part by the realization that replicated sampling within lineages is necessary to fully describe evolutionary relationships and in part by the further realization that different genomic regions are expected to yield different gene trees despite the same underlying divergence history. As such\, most empirical studies\, especially those interested in the relationships among closely related species\, use multiple individuals per lineage in combination with multiple loci to make inferences about evolutionary histories. As these multilocus data sets increase coverage of the focal genomes\, however\, they are likely to include non-neutral regions. I examined the extent of this problem for inference of evolutionary relationships among 11 species of soft pines (Pinus subgenus Strobus) using a 167 nuclear gene data set. First\, patterns of non-neutral evolution were examined using standard tests of neutrality based on the site-frequency spectrum and polymorphism-to-divergence ratios. Second\, species-level phylogenies were inferred using standard approaches based on the reconciliation of gene and species trees. Finally\, effects of non-neutral evolution on the inference of species trees were examined empirically and through simulation. The results to date are consistent with the idea that non-neutral evolution impacts inference of species-level phylogenies and that the recalcitrancy of this clade to phylogenetic resolution is due partially to signals of natural selection. Future phylogenetic studies\, therefore\, need to consider carefully the effect of increased genomic sampling.
UID:7917-1137005@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/7917
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:evolutionary biology,ecology
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1200
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DTSTAMP:20120109T175741
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20120119T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20120119T173000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Having Difficult Conversations Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Being able to successfully navigate uncomfortable conversations is one of the highest level and most important relationship skills a person can possess. In this workshop you will learn how to share your thoughts and feelings in a clear\, respectful\, and persuasive manner\, even when the other person is on the defensive.
UID:7989-1137206@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/7989
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:health and wellness,workshop
LOCATION:Michigan Union - 3100
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DTSTAMP:20120112T113808
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20120119T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20120119T193000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Student Organization Roundtable
DESCRIPTION:To kick off the semester\, we will be offering another Funding and Fundraising Student Organization Roundtable!  Every group needs money\, so we thought a second SOR completely devoted to Funding would be appropriate!  Representatives from the Central Student Government's Funding Committee and the LSA Student Government Funding Committee will be there to talk!  We will also have a presentation from MESA on grant writing!  We will also begin the Roundtable with a discussion about Academic Advising Programming with Allison Friendly from the LSA Academic Advising Office.  Light refreshments will be provided.\n\nLike last semester\, we will be starting a semester-long raffle.  For every member of your organization who attends a Student Organization Roundtable\, your organization will receive one entry into our raffle. The grand prize will be $100 for your student organization!  We encourage you to attend every Student Organization Roundtable throughout the semester because the more you attend\, the better chance your group has at winning $100!\n\nWe hope to see everyone there!
UID:8027-1137294@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/8027
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:funding,student organization,student organization roundtable
LOCATION:Mason Hall - Room G325
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DTSTAMP:20110907T135038
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20120119T190000
SUMMARY:Performance:Martin Sexton
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UID:6786-1134630@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/6786
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:martin sexton,the ark,music,concert
LOCATION:Off Campus Location - The Ark- 316 S. Main St.
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DTSTAMP:20120109T204654
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20120119T190000
SUMMARY:Performance:Word of Mouth StorySLAM
DESCRIPTION:Ever gotten something from nothing? Come tell us about it! Join Word of Mouth Stories for its next slam. \n\nThis month's theme event is held in collaboration with UMMA and WCBN radio. The theme is \"Something from Nothing\,\" inspired by the Mark di Suvero exhibition \"Tabletops.\" Currently on display at the UMMA\, the exhibit is composed of \"dynamic and monumental works made of industrial steel and salvaged materials that populate museum grounds\, landscapes\, and urban environments around the world.\" \n\nNever been to our slams before? Audience members tell five-minute stories from their lives relative to a theme. Events are always free\, no experience necessary. Whether you come with stories or just to listen in\, we hope to see you there!
UID:7999-1137305@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/7999
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:community,literary arts,live performance,story telling
LOCATION:Museum of Art - Helmut F. Stern auditorium
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DTSTAMP:20120105T143151
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20120119T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20120119T210000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Author – Candice Millard – Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness\, Medicine and the Murder of a President
DESCRIPTION:Candice Millard\, author of Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness\, Medicine and the Murder of a President\, talks about her 2011 New York Times best seller. The book is hailed as “a first rate history\, political intrigue\, and a true-crime story all rolled into one\, capturing the zeitgeist of America during the 1880s\, when President Garfield was assassinated.”\n\nJoin us for this true presidential story of murder\, politics and medical mystery. \n\nA reception and book sales and signing will follow the program.  Free Admission. Open Seating. Free parking.
UID:7952-1137123@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/7952
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:presidents,booksigning
LOCATION:Gerald Ford Library
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DTSTAMP:20120119T000007
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20120119T193000
SUMMARY:Performance:Guest Recital:  Step Afrika!
DESCRIPTION:Step Afrika! is the first professional company in the world dedicated to the tradition of stepping\, where the body is used as an instrument to create intricate rhythms and sounds through a combination of footsteps\, claps\, and spoken word. The tradition grew out of the song and dance rituals practiced by historically African American fraternities and sororities in the early 1900s. Stepping comes from a long and rich tradition in African-based communities that use movement\, words\, and sounds to communicate allegiance to a group.    Co-sponsored by University Libraries
UID:8047-1137316@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/8047
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:music
LOCATION:Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
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DTSTAMP:20120119T000007
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20120119T200000
SUMMARY:Performance:Senior Recital: Samantha Luxenberg\, horn
DESCRIPTION:PROGRAM: Bach - Cello Suite no. 4\; Strauss - Horn Concerto no. 2 in E-flat Major\; Scubert - Auf Dem Strom\; Mozart - Horn Quintet in E-flat
UID:8124-1137402@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/8124
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:music
LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall
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DTSTAMP:20120116T162518
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20120119T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20120119T230000
SUMMARY:Performance:Performance Showcase: Images of Identities			
DESCRIPTION:Want a new way to escape the hustle and bustle of college life? Let Images of Identities Improv Comedy group provide laughter that is good for your soul. One Thursday each month\, join us for a night of laughs\, food\, fun\, and surprises.						
UID:8072-1137355@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/8072
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:center for community involvement,free,performance
LOCATION:Michigan League - Underground
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