Exhibition:Diversity of Nature in North America
2012-09-19 08:00 - 23:30 (America/Detroit) | Pierpont Commons - Wall Gallery (outside Commons Cafe)
Visit the Pierpont Commons Wall Gallery located just outside of the Commons Cafe to see this beautiful exhibit featuring framed photography of nature in North America.

”‹Photographs by Artists: Sue and Dick Rigterink

Artist Statement: These images communicate the diversity, characteristics, habitats, behavior, and beauty of the plants and animals with whom we share the earth. Rather than simply looking, we hope you will pause, observe and really see. By stopping movement, the patterns and grace of those around us are there for us to learn from, enjoy and protect.

The exhibit will be displayed until Friday, September 28th.

All pieces in the exhibit are for sale. Please contact the Center for Campus Involvement (uminvolvement@umich.edu) if you are interested in purchasing art from this exhibit.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents 25th Anniversary Employee Art Exhibition
2012-09-19 08:00 - 20:00 | Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery - South Lobby, Floor 1
This year, Gifts of Art celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Employee Art Exhibition! This eagerly anticipated annual event showcases the exceptional talent and creativity of the people who work at the University of Michigan Health System, and for the first time this year, family members too! There are ribbon awards for Best in Category and Best in Show, and a People's Choice award will be determined by the votes of visitors to the exhibit. Winners will be announced at the Artist Reception and Award Ceremony on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 from 11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m. in the exhibition gallery, which will be hosted by Dr. Ora H. Pescovitz, Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents A Study in Nature: Gelatin Silver Prints by Darryl Baird
2012-09-19 08:00 - 20:00 | Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery - North Lobby, Floor 1
Darryl Baird is Associate Professor of Art at U-M Flint in graphic design and photography. This body of photographic work is a series of highly magnified plant sections offered as homage to natural life cycles and the inherent potential for beauty in mature forms. These images are a means to explore the cycles of all living things and a way to find understanding through the process. For this series, Baird used antique lenses and the now discontinued Polaroid Positive/Negative 55 film. His work is included in the collections of the Detroit Institute of Art, Museum of Fine Art in Houston, Texas and U-M Museum of Art in Ann Arbor.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Connections: Linoleum Block Prints by Elizabeth Busey
2012-09-19 08:00 - 20:00 | University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery - Main Corridor, Floor 2
Elizabeth Busey has been inspired by global travel to explore the forces that shape our world – growth, pressure, erosion and decay. Through this exploration, she highlights patterns from many disparate perspectives in order to celebrate their universality in the natural world. Her work is created by printing multiple layers of ink onto cotton rag paper, where a single linoleum block is gradually reduced with each color layer. Busey is a primarily self-taught printmaker who produces her work in Bloomington, Indiana on a press made of recycled steel.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Expressions of Light: Photography by Monte Nagler
2012-09-19 08:00 - 20:00 | Cancer Center
A driving force in Monte Nagler’s artist quest is to have others see the world in a finer light and to appreciate life a little more. He has the ability to make visible what others can only sense, sharing with viewers the emotional beauty he experiences. Nagler’s photographs, which have won numerous awards, are found in many private and public collections, including the Detroit Institute of Art, the U-M Museum of Art and the Grand Rapids Art Museum. He is also a noted writer, lecturer and teacher of photography and the author of six highly successful photography books.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents French Connections: Polymer Clay Sculpture by Jean-Marc Fontaine
2012-09-19 08:00 - 20:00 | University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery - Main Corridor, Floor 2
By day, Jean-Marc Fontaine is a molecular biologist, and by night and weekend, he is an artist. He spent his childhood and youth in Normandy, France, and his dream of becoming a scientist grew together with his imagination and passion for oil painting and drawing. After moving to the US in 1998, Fontaine became fascinated with sculpting. This self-taught artist explores funny and familiar subjects, with close attention to details in human anatomy. Viewers will meet French, Belgian, British and American characters. Fontaine hopes that “”¦these cartoon characters will bring a smile to patients (children and adults, alike).”

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Love’s Emotion in Chinese Opera: Photography by Xu, Zengquan
2012-09-19 08:00 - 20:00 | University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery - Main Lobby, Floor 1
Traditional kunqu, a genre of classical Chinese theatre, comes alive in the large scale photographs of Xu, Zengquan. The viewer experiences the personalities of the characters and the spirit of the dance, opening a window into traditional Chinese culture and history. Now a local practicing engineer, Xu was born into a family of 10 brothers and sisters, in Jiangsu, China, and discovered his passion for photography in his teens. His work has been published by the Smithsonian Institution. Gifts of Art is pleased to present this exhibition in partnership with the U-M Confucius Institute.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Right Tool for the Job: Paint & Encaustic on Wood by Valerie Mann
2012-09-19 08:00 - 20:00 | Taubman Library
Valerie Mann has been showing her work professionally throughout the US and in Canada and Germany for 23 years. She grew up on a large family farm in Indiana, went to University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana to earn a BFA in painting, then to MSU to earn an MFA in sculpture. Now working and teaching in Ann Arbor, Mann’s use and study of tools inspired this body of work. Used every day and sometimes taken for granted, tools are indispensable in the making of art. These favorite tools are beautifully designed and well-thought out for their specific job.

Exhibition:Translating Homer: from Papyri to Alexander Pope
2012-09-19 08:30 - 18:00 | Hatcher Graduate Library - Audubon Room
The exhibit "Translating Homer: from Papyri to Alexander Pope" includes papyri and early printed books illustrating how the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems originally composed in the oral tradition, were first written down, edited, and eventually translated into the main European languages. This journey of transmission and interpretation throughout the centuries ends with the first editions of Alexander Pope’s renderings of the poems.

Visitors to the exhibit will hear a series of readings from the poems in the original Greek and in several other languages, including Latin, English, Dutch, and Spanish.

The exhibit is part of the LSA Fall 2012 theme semester, Translation.

Exhibition:Architecture+Adaptation: Designing for Hypercomplexity
2012-09-19 09:00 - 17:00 | School of Social Work Building - 1644
Call 734-764-0352 for exhibit availability.

Exhibition:Back to School Poster Sale
2012-09-19 09:00 - 17:00 | Pierpont Commons - Atrium
Are your walls looking a little bare? Check out the Back to School Poster Sale - the largest of its kind on campus all year. With the start of the school year, now is the perfect time to add some color to your walls. We have thousands of posters to choose from!

Exhibition:Beautiful Michigan
2012-09-19 09:00 - 23:30 | Michigan Union - Art Lounge
Visit the Michigan Union Art Lounge to see this art exhibit featuring landscape oil on canvas paintings from some of the most beautiful places in Michigan.

Exhibit: “Beautiful Michigan” - Landscape Paintings, Oil on Canvas

Artist: Anil Dhir

Artist Statement:
For a painter, Michigan offers one of the most beautiful landscapes, whether here in Ann Arbor, up-north or anywhere else. These paintings are my attempt to capture some of the Michigan beauty. I believe that a great painting is a like a beautifully composed piece of music. My wish is to create a painting with a simple aim of honestly capturing the very essence of what I saw, and be able to make the viewer feel what I felt. (To read the full artist statement, please visit campusinvolvement.umich.edu, it is also posted with the exhibit.)

The exhibit will be displayed until Friday, October 5th.

All pieces in the exhibit are for sale. Please contact the Center for Campus Involvement (uminvolvement@umich.edu) if you are interested in purchasing art from this exhibit.

Please note: The Center for Campus Involvement (CCI) provides opportunities for student and professional artists to display work suitable for a general audience. CCI hosting an artist’s work does not mean we endorse the artist’s point of view; we recognize the free speech rights of our exhibitors.

Meeting:Career Co-Advising at the Psychology Department
2012-09-19 09:00 - 10:30 | East Hall - Undergraduate Psychology Office
Schedule an appointment through the Psychology Department (call or schedule on-line) to meet with a Career Advisor and Psychology Concentration Advisor at the same time. Meet to discuss academic/career questions such as job search, exploring career options, graduate school, internships, etc.

Other:Organic Farms
2012-09-19 09:00 - 16:00 | Off Campus Location - Meet at Meijer, Ann Arbor-Saline Road
”¢ First travel to Dexter to visit the Cornman organic farm, a Zingerman’s Community business, growing fresh produce for Chef Alex Young’s Roadhouse.
”¢ Then Walter Hayes State Park (Irish Hills) for a picnic lunch.
”¢ Then to Frog Holler Farm in Brooklyn, a long-time vendor at Ann Arbor’s Farmers Market.
”¢ The trip involves a half-mile of easy walking on dirt roads at each farm. There will be presentations and demonstrations. Options are available for individuals to rest on benches.
”¢ This trip is a great introduction to the upcoming Thursday Lecture Series, "Our Food Supply: A Complicated Story."
Please register ASAP.

Meeting:Vanderbilt Law School Interviews
2012-09-19 10:00 - 16:30 | Student Activities Building - The Career Center
Interested students should sign up on the Vanderbilt's website at:
http://law.vanderbilt.edu/index.aspx

Exercise / Fitness:MHealthy Torch Relay
2012-09-19 11:20 - 12:00 | Regents Plaza
All faculty, staff and students are invited to walk, run or wheel alongside U-M leaders, fellow collegues and students. Relay routes start at both Regents’ Plaza and the Hospital Courtyard and end at Palmer Field where a ceremonial “passing of the torch” will take place marking the start of the MGames at 12 p.m.

Participants are encouraged to wear their Active U t-shirts during the Relay and sign up as a group representing their department or organization. Torch Relay participants and groups are asked to register.

Employees get a free t-shirt for participating(limited quantity available) and benefits-eligible employees will be entered into a drawing for a chance to win up to $500 in prizes.

Lecture / Discussion:CREES Noon Lecture
2012-09-19 12:00 - 13:30 | School of Social Work Building - 1636
Ekaterina Mishina, assistant professor of law, Vyshaya shkola ekonomiki; visiting professor of law, U-M.

The legal profession is very much sought after in modern Russia. In Soviet times there was a small number of universities and law institutes where one could get a legal education, today this is no longer a problem. There are law schools everywhere, but though their number has multiplied, the level of education has considerably decreased, and a legal profession brings with it a number of challenges. The tremendous changes of the last two decades and the Russian transition to a market economy have presented lawyers with new requirements and new problems. When it’s impossible to do legal business in Russia, when the courts have become political tools, when the accusatory bias is still one of the hottest issues on the agenda, what should the mission of a lawyer should be? Being a lawyer in today’s Russia involves many risks. More than a hundred lawyers have fled from the country, some have been incarcerated, while others have been mutilated or even killed. In her lecture, Ekaterina Mishina will analyze the reasons for the crisis of the legal profession in Russia.

Ekaterina Mishina holds a doctorate in law from the Law School of Moscow State University. She worked for the Constitutional Court of Russia, then headed the Legal Department of JSC “MOSTELECOM”. In 2002-05 she took part in the projects “Law-making” and “Club of Regional Journalism,” both of which were sponsored by the Open Russia Foundation. In 2007-10, Mishina worked on two large-scale projects for the INDEM Foundation. She participated in several World Bank, Ford Foundation, European Union, and USAID projects as general manager and legal expert. She was a visiting scholar in NYU (1990-91), had internships in the U.S. Congress and DC office of Gardner, Curton & Douglas (1993), and in 2006 took part in the U.S. Department of State Program “U.S.-Russia Experts Forum.” Since 2005 she has held an appointment as assistant professor of law at the National Research University – Higher School of Economics in Moscow, where she teaches comparative constitutional law. Currently she is a research scholar at the University of Michigan.

Part of the series Pluralism in Politics and Culture, a new initiative jointly sponsored by CREES and WCED that examines the foundations of free and open societies. The project builds on the university’s rich legacy of study and support of the dissident culture in the former Soviet Union and on several existing efforts at U-M. The series focuses on multiple facets of political pluralism, including its legal, cultural, and economic dimensions, and explore them in a broader historical context.

Fair / Festival:MGames Field Day
2012-09-19 12:00 - 14:00 | Palmer Field
Faculty, staff and students are invited to Palmer Field to enjoy outdoor fun and activity at the MGames Field Day, a combination of the Olympic Games and those fun-filled Field Days remembered from childhood. The event features inflatables, games and activities, information booths, on-site Active U Autumn registration, giveaways and more. No registration required, just come down and have fun!

Employees get a free t-shirt for attending (limited quantity available) and benefits-eligible employees will be entered into a drawing for a chance to win up to $500 in prizes.

Workshop / Seminar:M+Google Accessibility Support
2012-09-19 13:00 - 16:00 | Haven Hall - G-664 (ground floor)
What: Drop-in sessions to get one-on-one assistance with accessing Google Apps using assistive technology, exploring Google features that may provide accommodations, and any other topic of interest.

Who: For students, faculty, and staff with disabilities or others with accessibility-related questions. Registration with the SSD office not required. Please bring your laptop or mobile device.

Class / Instruction:Writing Memoirs--OLLI Study Group
2012-09-19 14:00 - 16:00 | Off Campus Location - Clarion Hotel & Conference Center, 2900 Jackson Ave
Participants will write about memories of times, people and places important to them. The stories will be read aloud to the group, discussed, and suggestions made. The discussions are lively, helpful, and they elicit additional memories. The class will be guided by Zibby Oneal, who has published books and stories based on her memories of earlier times.

Wednesdays, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. September 12 - December 12

Class / Instruction:Current Events II--OLLI Study Group
2012-09-19 15:00 - 16:30 | Off Campus Location - Turner Senior Resource Center, 2401 Plymouth Road, Suite C, Ann Arbor.
This discussion group is for people interested in what’s happening at the local, national, and global level. All opinions receive a courteous hearing. No materials or special expertise required. Just bring an open mind and a good sense of humor.

Wednesdays, September 12 - December 19, Norm McIver

Class / Instruction:Intermediate Spanish--OLLI Study Group
2012-09-19 15:00 - 16:30 | Off Campus Location - Clarion Hotel & Conference Center, 2900 Jackson Ave
This is a class for those who want to review the Spanish that they have studied and want to increase their ability to speak, read and understand the language. We will have oral practice, grammar exercises and reading. Please bring to class the following texts: “Complete Spanish Grammar” by Gilda Nissenberg (first edition, 2004) and “Better Reading Spanish” by Jean Yates (2003). Jeanne Van Ochten taught high school Spanish.

Workshop / Seminar:Library Basics – North Campus
2012-09-19 15:00 - 16:00 | Duderstadt Center - Windows Training Room #3, 3336
This workshop will introduce you to the University’s extensive library system so that you can start using library resources immediately, and will provide an introduction to databases for conducting online research. This session will be taught by engineering librarians, with a focus on engineering resources. All students who are interested in learning about the library are welcome to attend.

Class / Instruction:Presenting Your Story in a Resume
2012-09-19 15:00 - 16:00 | Off Campus Location
Students in an internship course offered through PiTE will engage in an interactive workshop designed to get them thinking about how they will present their story to potential internships. Students will walk away with a better understanding of what they want to present in their resume.

Lecture / Discussion:A Predicament Beyond Rights: Becoming a Residual Armenian in Turkish Anatolia.
2012-09-19 16:00 - 17:30 | Museum of Art - Multi-Purpose Room. The University of Michigan Museum of Art.
Hakem al-Rustom, Manoogian Simone Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Michigan.

Out of approximately two million Ottoman Armenians living in 1914, only 77,433 officially remained as Turkish citizens in the formative years of the republic. In this presentation Hakem al-Rustom analyses the predicament of the residual Armenian population in Turkey as a process of denativization. A concept helps to broach gaps in the literature on nationalism, demographic engineering, and citizenship rights which focuses on Turkish state policies. As such, it accounts for other important forces that worked in tandem with Turkish nationalist policies and resulted in emptying Anatolia of Armenians. These include post-World War I international diplomacy, everyday tension between Armenians and Kurds in southeastern Anatolia, and Armenian diaspora institutions in France. At a wider level, this paper considers the experience of a population whose destruction was foundational to the formation of a nation-state. It therefore shifts the debate away from exclusion from citizenship rights to the historical exclusion from the wider state project.

Presentation:Ever wonder how a law school admissions committee makes decisions?
2012-09-19 18:00 - 19:30 | Hutchins Hall - Room 100, Hutchins Hall, 625 South State Street
Join deans of admission from the University of Chicago, the University of Michigan, and the University of Pennsylvania law schools for a realistic look at how applications are reviewed. Panelists and student participants will debate the merits of actual law school applications to select the best. You'll learn what works and what doesn't in the competitive law school admissions process.

Film Screening:UMS on Film: Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense
2012-09-19 18:00 | Museum of Art - Helmut Stern Auditorium
Jazz is undergoing changes of monumental magnitude and importance. Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense is a documentary film that captures the metamorphosis of jazz by showcasing the words, music, and spirit of the artists that are paving the way for an unprecedented musical revolution. Through interviews and live performance footage, we explore the thoughts and lives of the musicians spearheading today’s jazz front lines. Directed by Michael Rivoira, Lars Larson, and Peter J. Vogt, Icons Among Us examines the jazz music scene today by focusing the spotlight on many current jazz icons including Terence Blanchard, Ravi Coltrane, Robert Glasper, Nicholas Payton, Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Donald Harrison Jr., Anat Cohen, Esperanza Spalding, and Medeski Martin & Wood. The film also features the legendary predecessors and influences of today’s contemporary jazz stars, including Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, and Wynton Marsalis.

This program is part of the UMS on Film series designed to expand understanding of the artists and cultures represented on the UMS season and reveal something of the emotions and ideas behind the creative process. For more information, please visit http://www.ums.org.

Performance:Pete Siers Organ Trio
2012-09-19 20:00 | Museum of Art
Like Clark Kent, jazz percussionist Pete Siers is soft-spoken and unassuming–but put him behind a drum set and a hard-swinging, intensely physical, dynamically sensitive drummer emerges. Pete has an international reputation for his “restless curiosity, attention to detail, and mastery of many different styles,” according to Mike Stratton, host of the FM 89.7 radio show, “The Vinyl Side of Midnight.” Siers has played with jazz luminaries such as Russell Malone, Mulgrew Miller, Marian McPartland, Lee Konitz, Benny Golson, James Moody, Kenny Werner, David “Fathead” Newman, Eddie Daniels, Frank Morgan, Scott Hamilton, Bob Wilber, and Barry Harris. In addition to his expansive performance career, Siers has played on over fifty recordings, including Russell Malone’s Black Butterfly on Columbia Records. He recently played Carnegie Hall, has toured Europe several times, and is a long-time favorite at many jazz parties and festivals across the U.S. Pete continues to perform orchestral pops shows such as trumpeter Marcus Belgrave’s Louis Armstrong Tribute and Dave Bennett’s Salute to Benny Goodman. In addition to his performance and recording career, Pete has taught percussion and jazz drumming for over twenty-five years. He teaches privately as well as having taught at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor School for Performing Arts, Emory University, Purdue University and Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. He was also an artist-in-residence at Interlochen School of the Arts. For this evening’s performance, Pete will be joined by Duncan MacMillan, playing the Hammond B3 organ, and by Ralph Tope on guitar.

This monthly series, curated by UM Associate Professor Adam Unsworth, presents outstanding local artists in an intimate setting and is made possible by the Doris Sloan Memorial Fund.

Performance:The Refugees
2012-09-19 20:00 | Off Campus Location - The Ark, 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor, MI
