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DTSTAMP:20160427T180008
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T235959
SUMMARY:Other:Free Tango Beginner Series! 
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday nights in 1401 Mason Hall from 8-9:30pm MATC offers free classes to those that have never danced before! Come join! No partner or experience necessary. The entire 8-week series is free\, in fact\, and includes the Wednesday night classes\, open practice that follows classes (9:30 - 11:30pm in 1401 MH)\, Monday night open practice off-campus\, and bi-monthly milongas (tango socials) in the MI union or league. Next series starts March 9th! Then May 4th!
UID:29501-3575025@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/29501
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:1401 Mason Hall
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160427T180009
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T235959
SUMMARY:Other:Wednesday Night Tango
DESCRIPTION:Join the Michigan Argentine Tango Club as we start a new series on March 9th! Dancers welcome until the 23rd.No partner or experience required. Open to students and non-students! We offer 3 levels of classes\, all from 8-9:30pm on Wednesday nights:FREE Beginners - 1401 Mason HallAdvanced beginners - 1339 Mason HallIntermediate - 3460 Mason HallPractica after classes in 1401 Mason Hall from 9:30pm - 11:30pmSeries pass: $20 for students\, $30 for non-students (free for beginners)Series pass includes: Wednesday classes and practica\, Monday night practica at the Pittsfield Grange\, and bi-monthly milongas in the Michigan Union/League 
UID:29582-3575076@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/29582
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Mason Hall
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20151208T153106
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T170000
SUMMARY:Other:CEW offers Funding for Event Co-sponsorship for 2016
DESCRIPTION:The Center for the Education of Women (CEW) is seeking opportunities to partner with units on campus via its Frances and Sydney Lewis (FSL) Visiting Leaders Fund.  This endowment fund brings visiting women leaders to campus who are distinguished scholars and/or practitioners in their fields.  Any U-M department\, unit or organization (student\, staff or faculty) may submit a funding request to CEW via our online Google application form.  Requests for event support will be evaluated based on their consistency with the purpose of the FSL Visiting Leaders Fund and should be submitted at least six (6) weeks before the proposed programming.  Please note that only those events submitted via the CEW online form will be considered.\n\nDEADLINES:\n2016 Winter Semester: December 15\, 2015\n2016 Fall Semester: August 1\, 2016\n\nIn addition\, CEW can provide promotional support for events by listing on our online calendar.  To learn more about how CEW can support your U-M event\, please refer to this CEW webpage: http://www.cew.umich.edu/RFP)\n\nQuestions about event co-sponsorship may be directed to Janice Reuben\, CEW Senior Associate for Programs & Outreach\, at 734.764.6005  (reubenjs@umich.edu).
UID:27093-2308781@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/27093
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Activism,Career,Community Service,Diversity,Inclusion,Leadership
LOCATION:Center for the Education of Women
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160418T110610
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibit: The Many Faces and Figures of the Four Sons in the Passover Haggadah
DESCRIPTION:The Four Sons of the Passover Haggadah can now be viewed in their many versions at a unique exhibit at the Jean & Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies. The exhibit\, featuring 29 Haggadahs from the Irwin M. Alterman Haggadah Collection\, will be on display through July.  It includes Haggadahs of various shapes and sizes\, ancient and modern\, and in a number of different languages.\n\nThe Alterman collection was acquired by the University of Michigan Library last year with the help of the Frankel Center\, and is housed in the Special Collections Library of the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library. It includes more than 1\,800 Haggadahs and is believed to be one of the largest Haggadah collections in the world. The unique compilation belonged to the late Irwin Alterman of West Bloomfield\, and was donated by his widow\, Marilyn McCall Alterman. \n\nPhoto courtesy of Luna Archey
UID:30296-3402246@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/30296
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Jewish Studies
LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Room 2000
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160325T124225
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Aging in America: Oil Portraits
DESCRIPTION:This show is a series of oil portraits by New Jersey based artist Janet Boltax of individuals who are 90 years of age and over. They are accompanied by excerpts of interviews with each person about their life and how they are coping with the aging process. Boltax is primarily a portrait painter who also does printmaking and mixed media. She teaches portrait painting\, color theory and composition at the Montclair Museum\, Montclair\, New Jersey\, and also works as a copy writer.
UID:29988-3284587@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/29988
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness
LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160325T125341
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Among the Lost & Found: Collage on Panel
DESCRIPTION:In his work\, David Criner transforms twentieth century collage material in pursuit of an image that celebrates the present moment. The antiquated \"pop\" sensibility imbued by his sourced matter is countered by gestural\, spontaneous mark making\, creating compositions that manage to reference the past while also feeling timeless. Criner works out of Chicago\, and teaches at Northeastern Illinois University.
UID:29992-3284987@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/29992
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness
LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2.
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160325T124859
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents K-12 Group Show
DESCRIPTION:Ann Arbor Public Schools has a comprehensive\, nationally recognized K-12 arts education program that encourages experience in a variety of media and subject matter. They also explore artistic historical and cultural connections. Finished pieces from students in all grades will be on display in both 2D and 3D. A variety of media and styles are represented including drawing\, painting\, printmaking\, ceramics\, sculpture\, photography and jewelry.
UID:29990-3284827@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/29990
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness
LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160325T125827
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Light Begins at 40: A Detroit Photographer Looks Back
DESCRIPTION:In a world beset with problems and heartache\, for this retrospective\, Philip Dattilo shares photographs of cheer\, amusement and inspiration. A professional photographer since the 1970s\, Dattilo searched through 40 years of his personal photographs as well as those for medical\, architectural and industrial clients (including U-M). The search uncovered a gold mine of happy memories\, suggesting “Life can sometimes be good.”  His work includes the photo booklet Enjoy Detroit\, It’s Your City\, a family photographic portrait for President Gerald Ford\, and work on display in the permanent collection of the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit.
UID:29994-3285147@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/29994
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness
LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Comprehensive Cancer Center, Level 1
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160325T124541
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Recent Work: Ceramics
DESCRIPTION:Jeri Hollister draws inspiration from her experience growing up in rural Michigan and her time as a student at the University Michigan studying art history and ceramics. She employs traditional ceramics tools and building techniques to create her horse sculptures allowing the process to be evident in the finished work.
UID:29989-3284747@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/29989
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness
LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160325T125604
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Surface & Structure: Jewelry & Metals
DESCRIPTION:Kristine Bolhuis is an independent jewelry maker working out of her studio in Ann Arbor\, Michigan. Her recent work has focused on lightweight metal constructions that move\, flex and collapse. She creates her work at the bench where it is conceived of and constructed from start to finish. She feels her process is one of exploration and discovery\, and it is full of surprises.
UID:29993-3285067@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/29993
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness
LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2.
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160325T125124
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Swimming Upstream: Quilts
DESCRIPTION:Self-taught textile artist\, author and curator Bonnie J. Smith lives and works in San Jose\, California. She attended Indiana University-Purdue University\, Indianapolis Campus (IUPUI)\; and Indiana Central College\; and has taken Master Dyeing Classes at Dartmouth College. Smith received the 2015 NICHE Award for design\, and her textile work was selected for exhibition in the United Nations\, Geneva\, Switzerland (2016). Swimming Upstream tells her personal journey with an injury that placed her temporarily in a wheel chair\, to finally finding the courage to start creating art and living life again.
UID:29991-3284907@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/29991
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness
LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1.
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20151211T113926
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Works by Belle Kogan: First Female Industrial Designer
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition presents industrially-produced art pottery pieces designed by Belle Kogan (1902–2000)\, for Red Wing Potteries in Red Wing\, Minnesota. Kogan is considered the first prominent female industrial designer in the United States\, a founder of the profession\, and one of the 20th century's most significant designers. Her design aesthetic was heavily influenced by the geometric and streamlined shapes of Art Deco. Belle Kogan Associates\, her New York–based studio\, was the first American female-led design firm. Her contracts with Red Wing Potteries produced over 400 different art pottery shapes from the late 1930s to the early 1960s\, as well as several dinnerware and kitchenware lines. Belle Kogan and her firm designed products not only in ceramics but also clocks and small appliances\, glassware\, and pieces in silver\, plastics\, wrought iron and wood.
UID:27190-2333995@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/27190
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness
LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Cancer Center Elevator Alcove, Level 2
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160310T165634
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T235900
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Intersections/Connections
DESCRIPTION:This International Studies exhibit focuses on materials from across the world\, including many nations and cultures. Rather than displaying each area separately\, the exhibit concentrates on the connections and intersections among disparate regions.
UID:29615-3148135@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/29615
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Library
LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library, 2nd Floor
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DTSTAMP:20160211T131722
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T220000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Jon Onye Lockard: Celebrating His Life and Legacy\, 1932-2015
DESCRIPTION:This exhibit\, on display in the Fine Arts Library\, honors the life and work of the late U-M Professor Jon Onye Lockard\, who was instrumental in the development of African-American arts and culture in Michigan. His distinctive style of artistic expression captured the spirit of civil rights and black pride.\n\nAs an artist and educator\, Lockard was a mentor to many on the University of Michigan campus and beyond. Among other accolades\, he was a founder of the U-M Department of Afroamerican and African Studies. His paintings can be viewed across the U-M campus\, including many of the murals in residence hall multicultural lounges.\n\nHours: Sun 1-10pm\, Mon-Thurs 8am-10pm\, Fri 8am-5pm\, Sat 1-6pm\n\nJoin us for a reception on Tuesday\, February 23\, 3-6pm in the Fine Arts Library\, with honored guest Mrs. Leslie Kamil\, the artist's widow. Light refreshments will be served.
UID:28912-2895385@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/28912
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Library,Multicultural,Visual Arts
LOCATION:Tappan Hall - Fine Arts Library
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160418T103502
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T100000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS)
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: This paper studies the existence and implications of fiscal competition and coordination. We first present a simple model of asymmetric fiscal competition where rent-maximizing jurisdictions compete for mobile labor. The model predicts that under fiscal competition\, the less productive jurisdictions would provide a higher level of public good (“tame Leviathan”) and have a lower level of population outflow (under migration)\; as compared to under fiscal coordination where a social planner makes a joint decision for multiple jurisdictions. In a novel empirical setting created by the combination of two national programs in China\, the “Rural School Consolidation” program and the “Special Economic Zones (SEZs)” program\, spatially adjacent townships have discontinuous incentives to compete\coordinate with a neighboring SEZ. We exploit such quasi-experimental variation using a spatial discontinuity design\, and find that those townships who compete with a SEZ provide more primary schools and have a lower level of population outflow\, as compared to those who coordinate\, consistent with our theoretical propositions. Further analyses check for robustness\, explore for heterogeneity\, and rule out alternative explanations.
UID:27796-2561863@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/27796
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Economics,Education,Research,seminar
LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - 3240
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160229T132551
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T163000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Raising Your Emotional Intelligence: The Workplace Success Advantage
DESCRIPTION:Research has shown that high levels of emotional and social intelligence (ESI) are twice as important as technical skills in the job performance of individuals and teams. While it may sound soft and fuzzy\, emotional and social intelligence is critical in managing and collaborating to drive results.\n\nYou will learn to:\n\nEvaluate your current personal level of emotional and social intelligence\nIdentify various emotional signals that can affect your interactions with others and how their behaviors or emotions may impact you\nRecognize how competencies like resilience and adaptability drive performance\nFind effective ways to channel emotions constructively during conflict to achieve collaborative outcomes\nApply the 18 ESI competencies to successfully build on your strengths\nRecognize the importance of empathy to better understand and motivate others\n\nYou will benefit by:\n\nUnderstanding how effective managers apply ESI and how you can use it to become star performer\nEnhancing your awareness of your strengths and weaknesses through emotional intelligence training\nIncreasing your ability to influence by leveraging your understanding of others and your knowledge of the organization to build strong collaborative relationships\n\nAudience:\n\nLeaders and professionals who want to increase their business and personal effectiveness by understanding and building their emotional intelligence
UID:29290-3058442@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/29290
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Career,Leadership,Networking,Professional Development,Workshop
LOCATION:Administrative Services Building
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20151118T141053
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T190000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Shakespeare on Page and Stage: A Celebration
DESCRIPTION:This exhibit is a historical journey through different versions of Shakespeare’s plays as they were edited for publication or interpreted  for the stage. Starting with the Second Folio (1632)\, our display includes a selection of landmark editions by authors and scholars like John Dryden\, Nicholas Rowe\, Alexander Pope\, Samuel Johnson\, and Edmond Malone. It explores the staging and costuming of productions such as Charles Kean’s archaeologically-informed\, elaborately-costumed 1856 production of The Winter’s Tale\, and Maurice Browne-Ellen Van Volkenburg 1930 production of Othello casting Paul Robeson as the first black actor to play Othello in a century.\n\nMost of the titles included in this display come from the McMillan Shakespeare Library. Materials are also displayed from the Maurice Browne and Ellen Van Volkenburg Papers\, 1792-1968 and the Zelma Weisfeld Archive\, 1954-2006. All these books and artifacts are held in the Special Collections Library.\n\nAudubon Room Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30 am to 7 pm\, Saturday 10 am to 6 pm\, Sunday 1 pm to 7 pm
UID:26647-2127367@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/26647
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Books,Exhibition,Free,Library
LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Audubon Room
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160309T163823
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:A Wall in Process
DESCRIPTION:This wall-in-process represents a snapshot into the year long collaborative project Humanize the Numbers at the University of Michigan. Led by Virginia artist and prison reform activist Mark Strandquist\, this campus-wide endeavor aims to link together community partners—prison reformers and advocates\, faculty\, staff\, students\, artists\, the incarcerated\, and their families—in various artistic outputs to foster knowledge and to reveal the human face of the Michigan prison system. \n\nWhat will emerge on this wall over the course of its eight week duration is the product of partnerships between the Institute for the Humanities and artists and prison reform activists. We have collected material from the Prison Creative Arts Program (PCAP)\, the Citizens’ Alliance on Prisons and Public Spending (CAPPS)\, Ana Fernandez’s undergraduate printmaking course in the Residential College\, Natalie Holbrook from the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)\, the AFSC’s Good Neighbor Letter Writing Project as facilitated by Ron Simpson-Bey\, and a quilting workshop in a Michigan girls’ treatment unit facilitated by Theadra Fleming and Heather Martin. \n\nThis wall is not static\, fixed\, or ever meant to be complete. Its appearance will change week by week\, both in an additive and reductive sense. The room will also serve as a meeting place for lectures and workshops by Humanize the Numbers partners throughout the exhibit’s duration. Displaying both the seemingly mundane and the extraordinary\, the wall aims to engage viewers and garner interest in the pursuit of knowledge on Michigan’s prison system\, acting as a humanistic lens into the lives affected by our prison system on a personal\, institutional\, statewide\, and nationwide scope.
UID:28555-2757594@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/28555
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Public Policy,Social Justice
LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Osterman Common Room
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160316T171311
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Accent Elimination
DESCRIPTION:About Accent Elimination\n\nNina Katchadourian’s work Accent Elimination\, the last installation in the Institute’s Year of Conversions\, meanders and parses through our notions of identity. Katchadourian considers the ongoing quandary of where we really come from\, who we are\, trying to isolate our sense of ourselves in counterpoint with the way people define or judge us based upon their assumptions. It is\, of course\, the unique combination of things that offers our most comprehensive and authentic self-reflection\, not one thing or another\, and this amalgamation is to some degree indecipherable.\n\n\nAlthough they have lived in the United States for over 45 years\, Katchadourian’s foreign-born parents both have distinctive but hard-to-place accents that the artist has never been able to imitate correctly. Inspired by posters around New York advertising courses in “accent elimination\,” Katchadourian decided to hire a professional who could teach her to speak in each of her parents’ accents and teach them to speak with a so-called “standard American accent.” Katchadourian and her parents took intensive lessons with accent coach Sam Chwat at his office every other day for several weeks\, and also practiced in the artist’s studio between lessons. They worked with two scripts: one written by her mother and the other by her father\, both modeled on the typical conversation that each of them has when talking with a stranger who notices an accent and is curious about its origins.\n\nKatchadourian plays the part of the stranger. The dialogues are first performed in everyone’s natural accents\, then at the end of the piece\, after much practice and struggle\, they attempt to perform the\nsame scripts—in the best version they can muster—of their new accents.\n\nIn light of recent and all-too-familiar seismic political shifts consumed with “otherness\,” and building walls rather than bringing them down\, Accent Elimination feels especially prescient. It reminds us there\nare so many layers that comprise our cultural identities\, stacked up like markers\, artifacts of our points of origin as well as our extraordinary journeys. It is an ongoing and painstaking process as to what we save and what we lose along the way by choice\, necessity\, or circumstance. And in all of this\, perhaps we discover ourselves on common ground.\n\nAccent Elimination was included at the 2015 Venice Biennale in the Armenian pavilion\, which won the Golden Lion for Best National Participation. Nina Katchadourian is represented by Catharine Clark Gallery.\n\nNina Katchadourian’s University of Michigan visit is the result of a collaboration between the Institute for the Humanities and the Armenian Studies Program.
UID:28557-2757640@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/28557
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Film,History,Language,Visual Arts
LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160512T143154
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Extreme Time
DESCRIPTION:Think you know all about time?  What about things that happen in femtoseconds or eons?  Time in the natural world is so extreme\, you can’t even perceive most of its scale unaided. You’ll be amazed by the types of time you can explore in our new exhibit\, and learn more about everyday time and how we measure it\, too!  The exhibit is open!
UID:27873-2579452@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/27873
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Family,Free,Museum
LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160319T130732
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T190000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Fellow Fellows
DESCRIPTION:The University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning presents...\"Fellow Fellows\"\, the Architecture Fellows Presentation and Exhibition Opening. \n\nThe exhibition of projects of the 2015-2016 Architecture Fellows opens on Wednesday\, March 23 and runs through the end of the Winter term (May 2). The Fellows will present their projects to the college at 6:00 p.m. in the Auditorium. The projects present their ongoing research during their yearlong fellowship. A reception will follow the presentations\, with exhibition on view in the college gallery.\n\n\nCyrus Peñarroyo - William Muschenheim Fellow\n\nBLDG_DRWG\nBLDG_DRWG recoups handwrought drawing effects and rearranges drawing conventions at the building scale in order to reorient the ways in which architecture is produced and consumed. Oscillating between analog methods (ink\, paint\, tape) and digital processes (scanning\, photoshop filtering\, milling)\, this project intensifies attributes of drawing otherwise lost in translation. A series of 1:1 investigations harnesses the potency of these effects and uses them to emphasize\, deemphasize\, or reconstitute existing architectural conditions. The results of these studies are reassembled in the gallery as a room––one fragment of an unfinished building––that speaks to the instability of its own representation.\n\nTeam members: Andrew Barkhouse\, Peter Watkins\nWith assistance from: Chris Campbell\, Samantha Eng\, Matt Culver\, Asa Peller\, Tafhim Rahman\n\n\nAshley Bigham - Walter B. Sanders Fellow\n\nSafety Not Guaranteed\nArchitecture is inseparable from defense. From its most primitive and revered “origins\,” architecture was rehearsed in environments of conflict. As an alternative to the term defense architecture\, a category which typically refers to forms and types (fortresses\, citadels\, bastions\, urban walls)\, this project proposes the idea of an architecture of defense. An architecture of defense sees all of architecture as a reaction to some measure of paranoia and studies the built environment to recognize measures and methods used to subdue these fears. Safety Not Guaranteed explores the architecture of paranoia through a series of design manipulations and exaggerations. Its setting is the network of suburbia and everyday domestic scenes—spaces most commonly associated with privacy\, safety\, and security and where fortification occurs on the scale of the front door\, the home\, the cul-de-sac\, and the neighborhood.\n\nTeam Members: Connor Brindza\, James Howe\, Neall Oliver\, Sasha Pfeiffer\, Mark Boynton\, Kamsy Anyachebelu\n\n\nDavid Eskenazi - Willard A. Oberdick Fellow\n\nFor the Trees\nAt first I noticed how naked the papers were\, since they didn’t seem to be acting like something else. I guess they were supposed to be models\, it was an architecture exhibit after all\, but they were missing all those things that point elsewhere: no doors\, no windows\, nothing that particularly looks like anything but itself. They were formed\, sure\, but that’s not really enough to point outwards. Or is it? Before you answer\, there was one more thing: some of the papers were near an enlarged duplicate. Actually\, maybe they were shrunken copies. It was a lot like that moment at the top of Runyon Canyon when you turn around and realize there’s an entire other\, slightly smaller Los Angeles behind you. Were you just looking at the original\, or the copy? I think the most interesting part is right afterwards when your focus shifts around you to the ground\, the dirt\, the trees.. all that stuff that frames what you’re looking at\, like the base of a model or scale figures or model trees. Come to think of it\, the papers did look like trees. But the resemblance is fleeting\, and now I’m certain the papers were in fact models pointing around at each other. Or were they in the background\, acting like a frame for something else\, something that wasn’t there?\n\n\nAbout University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning:\n\nThe Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan is a leader in interdisciplinary education and research with a focus on creating a more beautiful\, inclusive and better built environment. The college and its alumni are committed to pushing the boundaries of architectural practice\, advancing global engagement\, and significantly enhancing diversity in the profession. The college offers the following degrees: Bachelor of Science in Architecture\, Master of Architecture (currently ranked #6 nationally\; ranked #1 in 2010 by Design Intelligence Report)\, Master of Science in Architecture\, Master of Urban Planning\, Master of Urban Design\, and PhD programs.
UID:29842-3230278@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/29842
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Architecture,Education,Graduate,Graduate School,Lecture
LOCATION:Art and Architecture Building - Auditorium (Rm 2104)
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DTSTAMP:20170815T160036
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T170000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:II North American Symposium of Galician Studies
DESCRIPTION:Organizers: Cristina Moreiras-Menor (University of Michigan-Ann Arbor)\, Gabriel Rei-Doval (University of Wisconsin-Milwakee) y Benita Sampedro Vizcaya (Hofstra University).\n\nFor more information\, please contact Cristina Moreiras-Menor (moreiras@umich.edu)
UID:27162-2324553@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/27162
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Discussion,symposium
LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160516T143933
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T160000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Leisure and Luxury in the Age of Nero:  The Villas of Oplontis near Pompeii - February 19-May 15\, 2016
DESCRIPTION:Organized in cooperation with the Archaeological Superintendency of Pompeii and the Oplontis Project at the University of Texas\, this international traveling exhibition explores the lavish lifestyle and economic interests of some of ancient Rome’s wealthiest and most powerful citizens\, who vacationed along the Bay of Naples. Julius Caesar\, Cicero\, Augustus\, and Nero all owned villas in this region. With more than 200 objects on loan from Italy\, the exhibition focuses on two structures at Oplontis that were buried when Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79. One is an enormous luxury villa that may once have belonged to the family of Nero’s second wife Poppaea. The other is a nearby commercial-residential complex—a center for the trade in wine and other produce of villa lands. Together these two establishments speak eloquently of the ways in which the Roman elite built\, maintained\, and displayed their vast wealth\, political power\, and social prestige. In presenting a selection of impressive works of art along with ordinary utilitarian objects\, the exhibition also calls attention to Roman disparities of wealth\, social class\, and consumption. Such disparities were as problematic for Roman society as they are for ours today.\n\nThis exhibition in Ann Arbor will remain open to the public until May 15\, 2016. It will also be shown at the Museum of the Rockies at the Montana State University\, Bozeman (June 17-December 31\, 2016) and the Smith College Museum of Art in Northampton\, Massachusetts (February 3-August 13\, 2017).\n\nOplontis inv. 73412a: Image of gold and emerald necklace courtesy of Pio Foglia\, Fotographica Foglia s.a.s.
UID:27780-2561821@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/27780
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Museum
LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology - Meader Gallery, Second Floor of Upjohn Exhibit Wing
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160314T181550
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T190000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Mind Your Head: The 2016 Stamps Senior Show
DESCRIPTION:Mind Your Head: The 2016 Stamps Senior Show features work in a range of media by 92 graduating BFA\, BA\, and Interarts students at the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan. The exhibition unfolds over 17 days in five exhibition sites throughout the city of Ann Arbor: Michigan Theater\, Duderstadt Video Studio\, Slusser Gallery\, Work Gallery\, and Argus Building. Each space will be host to key exhibition events including film/video screenings\, live performance\, and opening receptions. The exhibition is free and open to the public.\n\nExhibition Openings & Events\n\nThursday\, April 14\nScreenings: Michigan Theater\, 603 East Liberty Street\, 4 - 5:30 pm\nLive performance and Screenings: Duderstadt Video Studio\, 2281 Bonisteel Boulevard\, 7 pm\n\nFriday\, April 15\nOpening Reception: Slusser Gallery\, 2000 Bonisteel Boulevard\, 5 - 8 pm\nLive performance and Screenings: Duderstadt Video Studio\, 2281 Bonisteel Boulevard\, 7 pm\n\nSaturday\, April 16\nOpening Reception: Work Gallery\, 306 South State Street\, 5 - 8 pm\nOpening Reception: Argus Building\, 400 Fourth Street\, 6 - 9 pm\n\nVenues\n\nSlusser\nOpen during exhibitions Monday through Friday: 9 am - 5 pm\, Saturday: 12 - 5 pm. Closed Sundays and Holidays.\n2000 Bonisteel Blvd. Ann Arbor\, MI 48109-2069\n\nWork: Ann Arbor\nOpen during exhibitions Tuesday through Saturday\, 12 pm to 7 pm. Closed Sundays\, Mondays and Holidays. \n306 State Street\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48104\n\nArgus II Building\nOpen during exhibitions Tuesday through Saturday\, 12 pm to 7 pm. Closed Sundays\, Mondays and Holidays. \n400 4th Street\, Ann Arbor\, MI
UID:29703-3187062@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/29703
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Film
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160311T101809
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T170000
SUMMARY:Other:Service Cords for Graduating Students
DESCRIPTION:Our goal is to recognize students at graduation that have -- through voluntary service\, activism and advocacy\, or other forms of civic engagement -- helped address or make positive change around a specific social issue in partnership with economically or socially marginalized communities beyond campus.\n\nLearn more and apply here: ginsberg.umich.edu/servicecords
UID:29629-3155175@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/29629
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Commencement,Community Service,Social Impact,Social Justice,Volunteer
LOCATION:Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20151215T142317
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T110000
SUMMARY:Meeting:African Politics Reading Group Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Held in the Library Room on the 5th floor of Haven Hall
UID:27260-2372655@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/27260
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Africa,Politics,Workshop
LOCATION:Haven Hall - Library Room (5639)
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160303T141620
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T111500
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Blue Jeans and Videoconferencing
DESCRIPTION:This class provides a quick-start introduction to Blue Jeans and other options available to you for live two-way connections. Bring guest speakers into your classroom. Teach your class remotely when you are on the road. Connect your students with students at other universities\, or with places and experiences they cannot otherwise access. Arrange meetings\, classes\, and special events without regard to the locations of the participants. Join us and explore the possibilities available with today’s technology.
UID:29380-3085034@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/29380
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Education,Information and Technology,International,Media,Workshop
LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - 2001B
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160229T085728
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T163000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibit: A Cloth of Earth and Sky
DESCRIPTION:Every culture has found ways to restore body\, mind\, and spirit in nature. In this exhibit\, African-American quilters from the Great Lakes region interpret how plants\, gardens\, and nature are embedded in cultural awareness and expressions of health. The exhibit includes contemporary works that express cultural legacy based in the art of quilting related to individual and shared healing. Students from Flint's Eagle's Nest Academy also contributed works for display in the exhibit. Sponsored by the Great Lakes African American Quilters Network & Matthaei-Nichols
UID:27086-3056204@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/27086
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:African American,Culture,Environment,Multicultural,Visual Arts
LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160323T081336
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T163000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibit: Hidden Worlds: The Universe of Pollen Revealed in Large-scale Ceramic Sculptures
DESCRIPTION:Inspired by the beautiful forms that pollen takes\, the amazing power of these tiny grains of life\, and the challenges that honeybees and pollinators face\, U-M Stamps School of Art & Design professor Susan Crowell fashioned large-scale ceramic sculptures of pollen. The sculptures will be displayed in the conservatory at Matthaei Botanical Gardens. As part of the exhibit Crowell has also created three sculptures of  pollen collected from the 80-year-old agave that bloomed at Matthaei in 2014. The agave pollen sculptures are based on scanning electron microscope images of the pollen taken by the U-M Hospitals imaging lab.
UID:27101-3065088@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/27101
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Environment,Visual Arts
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160419T101152
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T130000
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Finals Survival Breakfast To-Go!
DESCRIPTION:Finals Survival Breakfast To Go:\n\nStop by the Pierpont Commons Atrium on Wednesday\, April 20th anytime between 10am and 1pm for FREE FOOD (donuts\, muffins\, bagels\, fruit\, and snacks) to help get you through finals week!!\n\nRemember to bring your Mcard and good luck with finals!
UID:30457-3502965@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/30457
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Food,Free,Social
LOCATION:Pierpont Commons - Pierpont Atrium
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20151118T144634
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:From Christianity to Islam: Egypt between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages
DESCRIPTION:Selected papyri from the University of Michigan's Papyrology Collection illustrate the government\, society\, and religious culture of Egypt during its transition from Byzantine Christian to Arab Islamic rule (4th to 8th centuries AD). Texts Greek\, Coptic Egyptian\, and Arabic\, many never before on public display\, further highlight the richness and diversity of the U-M Collection.\n\nOn display Monday through Friday\, 10am to 5pm.
UID:26651-2127471@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/26651
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Free,History,Library
LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - 7th Floor Exhibit Space
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160404T105502
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Albert Kahn: Under Construction
DESCRIPTION:In the past two decades there has been a tremendous swell of interest in Detroit architect Albert Kahn (1869–1942)\, arguably the most important architect of American industrialization. Albert Kahn: Under Construction focuses on the remarkable archive of photographs assembled by Albert Kahn Associates while building the powerhouses of American industry\, from the Highland Park Ford Plant to the Willow Run Bomber Plant. Shot by an array of professional photographers based mainly in Detroit\, these often striking documentary images were a novel strategy for conveying information about the daily progress of construction to busy managers at the main office. The exhibition foregrounds the photographic series as a way of illustrating change over time—showing buildings as they grew on site—and Kahn’s innovative solutions to the architectural challenges of his day.\n\n**Special hours Sundays: 12–5pm\, CLOSED Mondays
UID:29456-3120405@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/29456
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Architecture,Art,Exhibition,Museum,UMMA
LOCATION:Museum of Art
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160308T121704
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Siebren Versteeg: LIKE II (2016)
DESCRIPTION:In Siebren Versteeg’s LIKE II (2016)\, a computer painting program creates a composition using a continuously changing algorithm\, and then runs a periodic Google search to find a matching image online. Every sixty seconds\, the painting made by the computer is uploaded to Google’s “search by image” feature\, and images that most closely match the composition are then downloaded and displayed.\n\nThe notion of abstraction plays a central role in this work. Throughout modernity\, artists have sought inventive ways to free painting from its tradition as a representational medium. LIKE II inverts this ambition\, finding the reality hidden within pure abstraction. Because the work evolves based on whatever content is available online at any given moment\, the artist relinquishes a certain degree of creative control. Versteeg says\, “As the nature of the images presented by the work is random\, the artist assumes both all and no responsibility for their presence and content.”\n\n**Special hours Sundays: 12–5pm\, CLOSED Mondays
UID:29503-3129489@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/29503
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Information and Technology,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts
LOCATION:Museum of Art - Media Gallery
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160202T134236
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Xu Weixin: Monumental Portraits
DESCRIPTION:The first major U.S. exhibition of the accomplished Chinese artist Xu Weixin (b. 1958)\, Xu Weixin: Monumental Portraits will focus on two of his acclaimed\, large-size portrait series: Miner Portraits and Chinese Historical Figures: 1966–1976. The subjects in Miner Portraits are coal miners working in harsh conditions in contemporary China. Chinese Historical Figures: 1966–1976 depicts people who lived—known and unknown\, and some of whom eventually perished—during the turbulent time of the Cultural Revolution. By portraying these individuals with monumentality and poignant realism\, Xu Weixin brings our focus to their lives and ordeals\, inviting an emotional connection. Reflecting the artist’s deep interest in the human condition\, these single-person portraits challenge our expectations and compel us to see beyond official narratives of historical events and social conditions. Xu Weixin is currently a professor of painting and the former executive dean of the School of Arts\, Renmin University\, Beijing.
UID:28691-2810509@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/28691
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Chinese Studies,Exhibition,International,Museum,UMMA
LOCATION:Museum of Art - A. Alfred Taubman Gallery
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160304T085836
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T130000
SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Food Allergy Center Spring Luncheon
DESCRIPTION:Proceeds from this event will benefit the University of Michigan Mary H. Weiser Food Allergy Center\, providing comprehensive care\, education and research to improve quality of life and ultimately find a cure for food allergies.
UID:29407-3091681@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/29407
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Activism,Community Service,Food,Health & Wellness,Medicine,Public Health,Social Impact
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160316T125430
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:COLOR CODE\, MARIANETTA PORTER
DESCRIPTION:Color Code: Conundrums and Complexities will be presented at GalleryDAAS\, located on the ground floor of Haven Hall on the University of Michigan’s central campus\, from March 11 to April 29\, 2016. The exhibition showcases the recent work of mixed-media artist and University of Michigan professor Marianetta Porter. Color Code celebrates the artistry and eloquence of the black experience in all its complexity--its brutal history\, the richness of its folklore and traditions\, and the beauty of its vernacular expression.
UID:29488-3138761@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/29488
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Africa,African American,Culture,Diversity,Exhibition,Social Justice
LOCATION:Haven Hall
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160419T154457
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T170000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Workshop on Large-Scale Land Transactions
DESCRIPTION:This workshop brings together a group of 14 scholars working on land transaction issues globally. Papers to be presented in this workshop investigate: 1) Land property rights and development\; 2) Variations in patterns and outcomes of land transactions\; and 3) Dynamics in causes and consequences of land transactions.\n \nApril 20\, Dow Commons in Dana Building (4th Floor)\n\n1:00 - 1:20 pm» Daniel Brown: Welcome and Introduction to NASA/NSF Projects at UMich\n\n1:20 – 1:30 pm» Chuan Liao: What Do We Know about the ‘Global Land Rush’ After a Decade?\n\n1:30 – 1:40 pm» Suhyun Jung: Quantitative Impact Assessment – Indicators and the use of observational and primary data\n\nSession 1: Land property rights and development in India and Africa\n\n2:10 – 2:25 pm» Namita Wahi: Understanding Conflict over Land Acquisition in India\n\n2:25 – 2:40 pm» Sai Balakrishnan: Politics of Land Value: Infrastructures of Mobility and Uneven Geographies in Urbanizing India\n\n2:40 – 2:55 pm» Alin Kadfak and Patrik Oskarsson: The Shifting Sands of Urban Governance: Coastal Land Struggles on a Peninsula of Peri-Urban Mangalore\, India\n\n2:55 – 3:25 pm» Discussion on papers (Leading Discussant: Miles Kenney-Lazar) \n\n3:40 – 3:55 pm» Kennedy Gastorn: The Legal Status of Intergenerational Equity on Clan Lands in Mainland Tanzania\n\n3:55 – 4:10 pm» Kelly Askew\, Jevgeniy Bluwstein\, Jens Friis Lund\, Faustin Maganga\, Christine Noe\, Rie Odgaard and Howard Stein: Enclosed communities: multiple land pressures in Tanzania\n\n4:10 – 4:25 pm» Laura German\, Eunice Cavane\, Carla Braga\, and Almeida Sitoe: The Emergent Properties of the State and the Troubled Path to “Tenure Security” in Mozambique\n\n4:25 – 5:00 pm» Discussion on papers (Leading discussant: Kelly Askew) \n\n\nApril 21\, Dow Commons in Dana Building (4th Floor)\n\nSession 2: Variations in patterns and outcomes of land transactions\n\n8:30 – 8:45 am» Chuan Liao\, Suhyun Jung\, Arun Agrawal\, and Daniel Brown: Spatial Patterns of Large-Scale Land Transactions: Number\, Size\, Context and Outcome in Cambodia\, Ethiopia\, Liberia and Peru \n\n8:45  – 9:00 am» Kerstin Nolte and Martin Ostermeier: Labour Market Effects of Large-Scale Agricultural Investment – Conceptual Considerations and Estimated Employment Effects\n\n9:00 – 9:15 am» Melvin Sheriff: Benefits\, Challenges and Pitfalls of Large-Scale Agricultural Land Development in Liberia\n\n9:15 – 9:30 am» Suhyun Jung\, Chuan Liao\, Arun Agrawal\, and Daniel Brown: Quantitative Impact Assessment of Forestry Concessions on Livelihoods in Liberia\n\n9:30 – 10:15 am» Discussion on papers (Leading discussant: Jens Friis Lund) \n\n\nSession 3: Dynamics in causes and consequences of land transactions in SE Asia\n\n10:45 – 11:00am» Ian G. Baird: Large-scale Land Concessions and Different Forms of Impacts and Responses in Southern Laos and Northeastern Cambodia\n\n11:00 – 11:15 am» Nga Dao: Agrarian Change and Gendered Livelihoods in Northern Uplands Vietnam\n\n11:15 – 11:30 am» Miles Kenney-Lazar: Industrial Tree Plantations\, Political Power\, and the Uneven Geographies of Socio-Environmental Change in Laos\n\n11:30 – 11:45 am» Kevin M. Woods: Agrarian Political Ecologies of War\, Displacement and Dispossession in Northern Myanmar\n\n11:45 – 12:30 pm» Discussion on papers (Leading discussant: Sai Balakrishnan)\n\nThe workshop is co-sponsored by African Studies Center\, Center for South Asian Studies\, Center for Southeast Asian Studies and School of Natural Resources and Environment at the University of Michigan.
UID:30463-3505089@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/30463
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Africa,Environment,International,Research,Science,Southeast Asia
LOCATION:Dana Natural Resources  Building - Dow Commons (4th Floor)
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160420T181604
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T160000
SUMMARY:Other:Interfacing Nanomaterials with the Biological World: Applications in Therapeutics and Diagnostics
DESCRIPTION:A key issue in the use of nanomaterials is controlling how they interact with themselves and with the outer world. Our research program focuses on the tailoring of nanoparticles surfaces for a variety of applications\, coupling the atomic-level control provided by organic synthesis with  fundamental principles of supramolecular\, biophysical\, and materials chemistry.  This talk will focus on the interfacing of nanoparticles with biosystems\, and will discuss the application of self-asssembled nanoparticles as delivery vehicles\, demonstrating the use of nanoparticle-based capsules for direct delivery of small molecules\, proteins\, and nucleic acids directly into the cytosol.  Finally\, this presentation will also feature the use of nanoparticles for diagnostic applications\, focusing on using selective nanoparticle-protein interactions to generate array-based (\"chemical nose\") sensors for detection of cancer and high content/high throughput screening of therapeutic agents.\nVince Rotello\, \n 
UID:30405-3452051@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/30405
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Chemistry,Science
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160419T105326
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T173000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Interdisciplinary Seminar in Quantitative Methods (ISQM)
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Modern causal inference paradigms\, with their emphasis on comparison of counterfactual outcomes\, has led to increased appreciation of the potential for differential survival to bias estimates of effects on non-survival outcomes such as quality of life measures. Ignoring these selection effects might attenuate effect estimates\, leading to settings in which exposures that shorten survival may appear to have little or no negative effects among observed survivors. For example\, if those who experience rapid declines in wealth (“wealth shock”) later in life are both more likely to die at a younger age and have poorer health\, the effect of wealth shock on self-reported health may be underestimated in the elderly.\n\nIn longitudinal studies\, an increasingly common approach to deal with this selection issue is to estimate inverse probability weights (IPW) that “weight up” study persons remaining in the sample in proportion to their probability of death at a given wave of observation. This creates an “immortal” counterfactual population that\, in many clinical and policy settings\, is arguably not a sensible target of inference. A perhaps better alternative is to go the other direction and use the concept of principal stratification to target inference to the set of persons who would survive under all of the potential exposures under a comparison of interest (survivor average causal effects or SACEs). Recent work in marginal structural modeling has focused on developing methods to obtain unbiased SACE estimators by adapting marginal structural model weights to break the relationship between survival and exposure at each follow-up wave. I will discuss an alternative multiple imputation approach to generate counterfactual predictive distributions of principal strata to estimate SACEs. This talk will be primarily conceptual\, and intended to spur discussion among the audience.
UID:23223-1421439@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23223
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Economics,Politics,Public Policy,seminar
LOCATION:Haven Hall - 5670 (Eldersveld Room)
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160412T112635
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T173000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Macroeconomics
DESCRIPTION:Abstract and paper not yet available.
UID:30002-3287474@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/30002
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Economics,seminar
LOCATION:Lorch Hall - 201
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160325T142830
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T201500
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:ADHD and Learning Disabilities Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Share ideas and get resources on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Learning Disabilities (LD). This free workshop explores the emotional impact of learning problems as well as community support for parents and children. Participants can expect to receive new tools and practical information and to engage in discussions. While not required\, attending all three sessions is strongly encouraged.\n\nWinter 2016 Session Dates: \n\nApril 12\n\nApril 20\n\nApril 28\n\nAll workshops are free and open to the public. The ADHD and Learning Disabilities workshop will take place from 7-8 p.m. Please arrive early. Our event starts promptly at 7 p.m. Late attendees may not be admitted.\n\n*Registration required. Please call (734) 764-9466 or visit   https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spring-2016-adhd-and-learning-disabilities-workshop-registration-23238133884   to register
UID:29102-2967648@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/29102
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Children,Discussion,Workshop
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160201T085623
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T210000
SUMMARY:Film Screening:CJS CINEMANGA FILM SERIES | Paprika (Papurika)
DESCRIPTION:Presented by the U-M Center for Japanese Studies with additional support from Vault of Midnight.\n\nCelebrated manga artist Satoshi Kon offered this award-winning selection as one of his last directorial feature film offerings before his untimely death in 2010. When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patients’ dreams is stolen\, all hell breaks loose\, and only a young female therapist can stop it: Paprika.\n\nPresented in Japanese with English subtitles.\n\n2006 | Anime | 90 min | R
UID:27632-2544474@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/27632
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Film,Japanese Studies
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160215T094420
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T203000
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Peer-led Support Group
DESCRIPTION:SAPAC's Peer-led Support Group is a weekly\, drop-in and confidential group for survivors to express concerns and find support among peers in a comfortable setting facilitated by student staff. The group offers semi-structured activities\, self-care practices and safe space for sharing if individuals choose to do so and is open to all survivors of sexual assault\, intimate partner violence\, sexual harassment\, and stalking. University of Michigan students of all identities\, ages\, and genders are welcome to participate\, as long as they are University of Michigan students.
UID:28062-2631003@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/28062
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Health & Wellness,Student Org
LOCATION:Michigan Union - Room 1551
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160218T121538
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T190000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Stearns Virginia Martin Howard Lecture Series: The Dark Horse Consort
DESCRIPTION:An introduction to the splendors of the cornetto and the baroque trombone featuring the Dark Horse Consort. Kiri Tollaksen and Alexandra Opsahl\, cornetto\; Greg Ingles\, Erik Schmalz\, and Mack Ramsey\, baroque trombone\; Ian Pritchard\, harpsichord.
UID:29057-2958441@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/29057
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus
LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Glenn E. Watkins Lecture Hall
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20151208T162231
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T193000
SUMMARY:Presentation:Washtenaw Audubon Society
DESCRIPTION:A monthly program featuring guest speakers on a wide variety of natural history and birding topics.
UID:27113-2308865@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/27113
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Environment
LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160328T161038
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T220000
SUMMARY:Performance:Concert. Grażyna Auguścik\, vocals\, and Jarosław Bester\, accordion.
DESCRIPTION:A fusion of two extraordinary personalities on the global music market\, this duo draws inspiration from traditions of jazz\, avant-garde\, and folk music\, all within the framework of classical music\, creating a subtle\, extremely precise and virtuosic musical story.\n\nContact the Kerrytown Concert House at 734.769.2999 or kch@kerrytown.com to reserve tickets.
UID:30028-3312297@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/30028
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:European,International,Music
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160218T121542
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T200000
SUMMARY:Performance:Emerging Dance Artists Performance
DESCRIPTION:U-M Dance majors present projects of new choreography and works-in-progress.
UID:27533-2444230@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/27533
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Dance,Free
LOCATION:Dance Building - Betty Pease Studio Theatre
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160405T101834
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T210000
SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Finals Fitness Frenzy--Zumba Class
DESCRIPTION:Take a study break and unwind with a free Zumba class.
UID:30212-3382070@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/30212
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Fitness,Free,Health & Wellness,Kinesiology
LOCATION:Central Campus Recreation Building (Bell Pool) - Rm 3275
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160420T180010
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T210000
SUMMARY:Other:Free Swing Lessons
DESCRIPTION:FREE Drop In lesson for those NEW to swing dance! The social dance at 9pm is also FREE if you attend this class! 
UID:30372-3443457@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/30372
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Vandenberg Room, Michigan League
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20160323T160314
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T230000
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Exam Snacks
DESCRIPTION:4/20 Cookies and punch\n4/24 Ice cream social\n4/25 yogurt bar\n4/26 Veggies and dippers
UID:29931-3266388@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/29931
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Food
LOCATION:South Quad - and all dining halls
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160420T180011
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T230000
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Wednesday Night Swing
DESCRIPTION: Wednesday Night Swing\, 9-11 PM in the Vandenberg Room\, Michigan League. Price: $3 students\, $5 community members. We hope to see lots of new and familiar faces!   
UID:30368-3441330@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/30368
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Vandenberg Room, Michigan League
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160419T101350
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160420T220000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160421T010000
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Finals Survival Breakfast - Late Night!
DESCRIPTION:Finals Survival Breakfast Late Night\n\nJoin us on Wednesday\, April 20th anytime between 10pm and 1am in the Rogel Ballroom of the Michigan Union for FREE pancakes\, eggs\, fruit\, oatmeal\, and bacon!! \n\nRemember to bring your Mcard and good luck with finals!
UID:30458-3502966@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/30458
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Food,Free,Social
LOCATION:Michigan Union - Rogel Ballroom
CONTACT:
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