BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//UM//UM*Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180601T120009 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T235959 SUMMARY:Community Service:Assisting Elderly At Medical Appointments With Jewish Family Services and Partners In Care Concierge DESCRIPTION:Volunteers will accompany older adults to medical appointments and provide support to the client.  Volunteers will facilitate communication with medical staff to ensure all necessary questions are asked\, taking notes for the patients to reference.  Just 2-3 hours of your time can help patients to attend appointments safely and provide comfort and confidence to them and their family members.  Volunteers must commit to a minimum of one appointment a month for a minimum of nine months.  Must fill out application\, background check\, and attend a two-hour training session. Contact carolcib@umich.edu for the necessary materials and directions to apply!40 Points/SemesterSign-Up Here UID:43238-12816280@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43238 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Jewish Family Services CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170910T180019 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T235959 SUMMARY:Auditions:Audition for ComCo! DESCRIPTION:Are you funny\, quick-witted\, or socially inept? If yes\, why not audition for ComCo?!!! We are the University's oldest and best improv comedy group and we are looking for new members!Our auditions will be Thursday September 7th and Friday September 8th starting at 7 PM in the UAC office on the fourth floor of the Michigan Union. Callbacks will be Sunday September 10th at 2:30 PM in the same room!If you have any questions\, feel free to message us on Facebook or email contactcomco@umich.edu. We look forward to seeing you soon!  UID:42977-9880208@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42977 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:University Activity Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180502T120011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Food Distribution with Community Action Network DESCRIPTION:Volunteers help distribute food from the truck\, \"shop\" with families\, and clean the community center afterward. Volunteers must complete volunteer application and brief online training. This is a large-scale food pantry in Ann Arbor that supplies food to hungry families. Join us and make a positive difference by helping families select the foods they need to bring back to their families.  Sign-Up Here UID:42456-12507487@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42456 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Bryant Community Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170930T120014 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Recruiting New Members for Fall 2017! DESCRIPTION:The LSA Honor Council is an undergraduate student organization dedicated to developing initiatives that aid in the promotion of respect\, integrity\, and personal responsibility. We also attend meetings hosted by the Office of Student Academic Affairs for students accused of academic misconduct.   In our recruitment efforts\, we prioritize the importance of forming a council composed of individuals with diverse backgrounds and viewpoints. This spectrum of varied perspectives enables our council to more effectively address issues of integrity on our campus. This upcoming year\, we are recruiting a group of motivated and dedicated LSA students who are interested in working closely with the deans\, faculty\, and fellow students to promote a campus culture that values integrity. This past year\, we have accomplished this goal by hosting faculty department presentations\, tabling events\, and discussions of current ethical issues. Most recently\, we hosted Dr. Victor Strecher from the School of Public Health to present a talk on “Designing a Happy Life.” Given the breadth of our activities\, it is crucial that we incorporate students with diverse skill sets to maximize our council’s potential. We hope that you will join us next fall! Link to application: http://lsastudenthc.weebly.com/become-a-member.html UID:42259-10129564@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42259 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:University of Michigan CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171214T122804 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Creating a Campus: A Cartographic Celebration of U-M's Bicentennial DESCRIPTION:Learn about the campus’ history and architecture and explore the campus that might have been. In honor of the University of Michigan’s bicentennial\, we highlight the U-M Ann Arbor campus\, both before its creation and throughout its continuous evolution. Depicting the Ann Arbor area before the establishment of the city\, the exhibit celebrates the Native American community and highlights its presence throughout the decades. Featuring the work of famous architects such as Alexander Jackson Davis\, Albert Kahn and Eero Saarinen\, the exhibit presents maps\, plans\, architectural drawings\, proposals\, and photographs of the campus throughout its evolution.\n\nThe Library will be closed December 23 to January 1. UID:41334-9144003@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41334 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Bicentennial,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library, Second Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170726T093931 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Enter the As I See It Literary Competition! DESCRIPTION:Arts at Michigan is seeking student literary works for the As I See It Literary Competition! Tell us about your University of Michigan experience in 200 words or less. Looking for inspiration? Check out the UpstART 200 archive (https://www.lib.umich.edu/upstart200/collections/show/) of historic or culturally significant work that is held by or related to U-M. A winner will be selected and will receive a $200 gift card to Literati Bookstore! First and Second Runners Up will also receive prizes. The deadline to submit works is September 21\, 2017. Learn more and submit here: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/asiseeit/ UID:41671-9430156@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41671 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Graduate,Literature,Undergraduate,Writing LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170821T104650 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Forever Unfinished: Making and Remaking a Public University DESCRIPTION:The University of Michigan was founded in 1817 as a public institution\, a concept for which there were few models. What makes a university public? What should it look like? Whom should it serve? Who should have access to its resources\, and where should those resources come from?\n\nThis exhibit explores how students\, faculty\, staff\, politicians\, and citizens have attempted to answer these questions. These stories invite us to imagine U-M's future as a public university based on what we know about its past.\n\nExhibit team: Jonathan Farr\, Nora Krinitsky\, Michelle McClellan\, Gregory Parker\, Emily Price\, Kate Silbert\n\nThis LSA Bicentennial Theme Semester exhibit is presented with support from the College of Literature\, Science\, and the Arts and the University of Michigan Bicentennial Office. Additional support provided by the Department of History and the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies. UID:41774-9470857@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41774 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Bicentennial,Exhibition,History,LSA200,umich200 LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery (Room 100) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170509T115127 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Ceramic Houses DESCRIPTION:Olga Stowers was born in Siberia and grew up in Moscow\, Russia where she earned her degree in finance. She has always been interested in creating art\, and started working with clay three years ago in Ann Arbor. Stowers has made different clay pieces\, but houses and buildings are her favorites. Stower’s pieces demonstrate her unique style and great attention to detail. UID:40848-8805497@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/40848 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170509T115840 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Coloring with the Masters: Art Quilts DESCRIPTION:For this exhibition\, the Aussome Study Group (ASG) picked some of their current favorite artists – MaryAnn Beckwith\, Peter Max\, Louis Tiffany\, Dr. Seuss\, Ugo Nespolo\, Rick Loudermilk and George Rodrigue – and created art based on their work. This exhibit also contains images and information about each of the inspiration artists. The work of ASG award winning artists\, Mary Andrews\, Lois Ann Fulton\, Robbie Payne and Carol Tamasiunas\, has appeared in Quilting Arts and Fiberarts magazines and the book\, The Natural World\, and they have exhibited their work locally\, nationally and internationally. UID:40849-8805581@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/40849 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170509T121959 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Fiber Musings DESCRIPTION:Boisali Biswas is a studio artist working in mixed media fibers\, currently residing in West Bloomfield\, Michigan. She is originally from India\, and her formative years were spent at Visva-Bharti International University\, founded by the Nobel Laureate\, Rabindranath Tagore. She has an attunement with nature and a deep rooted attachment to the traditional art forms of her culture rich homeland. Living in this country for over two decades and incorporating styles\, techniques\, and inspirations of western culture into her Indian background has made her art into a cauldron of multicultural assemblages. UID:40854-8807952@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/40854 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Cancer Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Comprehensive Cancer Center, Level 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170809T125615 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents His Eye Is on the Sparrow: Watercolor DESCRIPTION:Combining a passion for painting and a love of nature\, Catherine McClung has shown her work in the Ann Arbor Art Fair since 1980. In both Michigan and Florida\, she walks every day observing and photographing birds to use as a reference for her watercolor paintings. Over a two-year period\, she created paintings of all of the 33 birds mentioned in the Bible. McClung also created china patterns for Lenox tableware. In 2002\, the Michigan Governor’s office asked her to represent the state by designing an ornament for the White House Christmas tree. UID:40851-8807783@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/40851 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170509T114354 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Photography Through China DESCRIPTION:Zengquan Xu is a retired electrical engineer who worked professionally in the local automotive industry. Since his teens\, photography has been his lifetime hobby. He has a great love for travel photography and landscapes\, especially subjects that are culturally related. Using both film and digital photography\, Xu prints his work on paper and canvas. Supporting materials for this exhibit will be in both English and Chinese\, and it is in partnership with the U-M Confucius Institute. UID:40847-8805413@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/40847 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170509T120352 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Simpli Jessi Handmade Rag Dolls DESCRIPTION:Jessi Halliday Mesalic is an interior designer\, artist\, illustrator\, doll maker\, painter\, yarn fanatic and lots of other artistic-type things. Originally from Michigan\, where she earned her BFA at the College for Creative Studies\, she has recently returned from a 3-year adventure living in the countryside of England. Simpli Jessi dolls are handmade with great care and attention to detail. Natural linens\, organic cotton stuffing\, felt\, yarn\, and reclaimed fabrics are used in every doll\, making each one unique and special. UID:40850-8807699@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/40850 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170509T121428 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents The Shifting Circus: Drawing & Sculpture DESCRIPTION:The drawings and sculpture of Flushing\, Michigan artist Thom Bohnert range from lyrical to poetic\, playing with tension and balance in a kind of whimsical theatrical arena. His drawings show a complex layering\, allowing viewers to imagine a storytelling encounter of spaces. His ceramics and sculptures are compositions often combining wire armature and wet looking clay fragments with colorful multi-glazed surfaces. He is the recipient of awards from the National Endowment for the Arts and John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship\, among others\, and museum collections include Minneapolis Art Institute and Detroit Institute of the Arts. UID:40852-8807867@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/40852 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170726T152806 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T210000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Michigan Past & Present DESCRIPTION:Profiles of U-M’s first six students\, and the two faculty who taught them\, and how they compare to the university of 2017. The exhibit features research conducted by Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program students and displays designed by students from the Stamps School of Art & Design. UID:39291-9432224@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/39291 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Bicentennial,Free,History,Undergraduate LOCATION:Pierpont Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170816T133529 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Possession\, pop-up exhibition by Jaye Schlesinger DESCRIPTION:Possession evolved in response to Ann Arbor artist Jaye Schlesinger’s interest in mindfulness and minimalism and the role they play in personal well being. After disposing (selling\, recycling\, giving away) of everything that no longer served to enrich her life\, Schlesinger decided to merge this exercise with her art practice and depicted all of her remaining possessions in small oil paintings\, 380 in total. The paintings depict objects of functionality and ones of beauty\, eliciting contemplation and conversation about the ‘stuff’ we choose to live with. UID:42128-9560445@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42128 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Sustainability,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Common Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170815T151309 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Reverberations of Rebellion: 1967 in Detroit and Ann Arbor DESCRIPTION:The 1967 Detroit rebellion was a pivotal event in the history of the Motor City. While Ann Arbor may seem far removed from Detroit\, the themes of 1967—housing segregation\, media bias\, student activism\, and police violence—resonated here as well. \n\nThis exhibit\, on display in the Hatcher Graduate Library North lobby through September 15\, 2017\, highlights the extensive archival resources of the Bentley Historical Library and the U-M Library’s Labadie Collection. These materials place the rebellion in the context of 1960s activism against racism and inequality in Detroit and Ann Arbor\, and illustrate the significance and range of press coverage. UID:42291-9593422@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42291 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Free,History,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - North Lobby CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170105T143903 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Grandmother Tree Walk DESCRIPTION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum celebrates the University of Michigan bicentennial with a tour of 12 historic trees in the Arboretum. The bicentennial story is told from the perspective of the trees\, and key moments of U-M's people and history that occurred during the trees' long lives are revealed. Visitors may pick up a map at the Arb visitor center to take this easy\, self-guided tour. UID:37328-6502292@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/37328 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Bicentennial,Environment,Free,Outdoors,umich200 LOCATION:Nichols Arboretum CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170907T125315 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Waiting for the Extraordinary installation by Mark Dion DESCRIPTION:About the installation: As part of the Institute for the Humanities 2017-18 Year of Archives and Futures\, and in celebration of the U-M Bicentennial\, the Institute for the Humanities presents a new iteration of Mark Dion’s Waiting for the Extraordinary\, which was commissioned and first exhibited here in 2011. Inspired by the academic classifications invented by 19th-century Michigan Chief Justice Augustus B. Woodward\, this new\, architecturally scaled installation serves as an archive of the original\, and presents a single room with thirteen plastic sculptures\, each representing one of Woodward’s professorships. As viewers peer into the space and encounter these illuminated objects—reproduced using 3D imaging technology from original objects Dion found in departments and collections across the University of Michigan—they confront questions about the distinction between the rational and subjective in our construction of knowledge\, as well as role of the museum and institutions that continue to determine it.\n\nAbout the artist: Mark Dion’s work examines the ways in which dominant ideologies and public institutions shape our understanding of history\, knowledge\, and the natural world. “The job of the artist\,” he says\, “is to go against the grain of dominant culture\, to challenge perception and convention.” Appropriating archaeological\, field ecology\, and other scientific methods of collecting\, ordering\, and exhibiting objects\, Dion creates works that question the distinctions between ‘objective’ (‘rational’) scientific methods and ‘subjective’ (‘irrational’) influences. Mark Dion questions the objectivity and authoritative role of the scientific voice in contemporary society\, tracking how pseudo-science\, social agendas\, and ideology creep into public discourse and knowledge production.\n\nImage: Mark DION\nWaiting for the\nExtraordinary\n2013\nmixed media\n96 x 61 x 122\ninches\; 243.8 x\n154.9 x 309.9 cm\nCourtesy the artist\nand Tanya Bonakdar\nGallery\, New York UID:42127-9560399@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42127 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Bicentennial,Exhibition,History,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170815T140715 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Reforming the Word: Martin Luther in Context DESCRIPTION:Highlighting manuscripts and early printed books from the Special Collections Library\, the exhibit commemorates the 500th anniversary of a pivotal transformation in world history. In 1517\, Martin Luther\, a professor of theology and a monk\, published his scathing critique of indulgences\, a church practice that allowed Christians to buy off time from suffering for one’s sins in the afterlife.\n\nIssued in the provincial town of Wittenberg\, Luther's call for academic debate and reform unleashed a series of events that led to the break-up of Latin Christianity. The Reformations that followed forever altered the lives of those in early modern Europe and beyond.\n\nThe late medieval German lands teemed with innovation. Novel forms of piety emerged\, the demand for practical learning grew\, more universities competed for students\, and wealth from both trade and mining transformed social relations. The dissemination of texts and ideas on an industrial scale via the printing press reshaped communication\, knowledge\, and belief. In this context\, reform—the renewal of a lost standard of the past in the present—became a battle-cry for religious\, economic\, and political change.\n\nAudubon Room hours: Monday-Friday 8:30am-6:00pm\, Saturday 10:00am-6:00pm\, Sunday 1:00-6:00pm UID:42280-9593316@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42280 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library,Literature LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Audubon Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170824T102430 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T160000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:BP Company Day DESCRIPTION:The ECRC is hosting a Company Day for BP on Friday\, September 8\, from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM in the Duderstadt Atrium. Stop by to learn more about opportunities at BP! UID:42492-9609307@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42492 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate Students,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Duderstadt Atrium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170510T144424 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Cosmogonic Tattoos DESCRIPTION:In celebration of the University’s Bicentennial in 2017\, artist and professor Jim Cogswell has been invited by the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology and the University of Michigan Museum of Art to create a set of public window installations in response to the objects in their collections. Titled Cosmogonic Tattoos\, his project will use adhesive vinyl images applied in saturated colors to windows in the two buildings\, highlighting the role of these museums in the life of our campus community. Through close examination of objects separated from us by deep chronological and cultural divides\, imaginatively transformed within our campus context\, this project celebrates the power of architecture\, ornament\, and material objects to shape knowledge\, historical memory\, and cultural identity. \n\nLook for displays in the UMMA from April 22-Dec. 3\, the exterior of the Kelsey Museum from June 2-Dec. 17\, and in the interior special exhibition space of the Kelsey Museum from June 2-Sept. 10.\n\nFor information on-the-go about this event and all other Bicentennial happenings\, download our free mobile app: http://guidebook.com/g/umich200. UID:40187-8516560@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/40187 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Architecture,Art,Bicentennial,Culture,Exhibition,History,Interdisciplinary,Museum,umich200,UMMA LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170602T155527 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibition and Window Installation | Cosmogonic Tattoos DESCRIPTION:In celebration of the University’s Bicentennial in 2017\, artist and professor Jim Cogswell has been invited by the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology and the University of Michigan Museum of Art to create a set of public window installations in response to the objects in their collections. Titled \"Cosmogonic Tattoos\,\" his project uses adhesive vinyl images applied in saturated colors to windows in the two buildings\, highlighting the role of these museums in the life of our campus community. Through close examination of objects separated from us by deep chronological and cultural divides\, imaginatively transformed within our campus context\, this project celebrates the power of architecture\, ornament\, and material objects to shape knowledge\, historical memory\, and cultural identity. UID:40743-8719710@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/40743 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Archaeology,Art,Exhibition,Museum LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170831T152911 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibition on view: A Place in the Shade: Selected Projects by Charles Correa DESCRIPTION:Exhibition on view September 7 - 22\nCharles Correa (1930-2015) is arguably the most influential architect to have worked in modern India. Born in India and educated in the U.S.\, Correa earned a B. Arch. at the University of Michigan in 1953 and went on to receive his M.Arch. at MIT.\nOver a prolific career spanning six decades\, Charles Correa’s architecture\, urban design\, planning\, and writings inspired generations\, adapting the international language of modernism to the Indian context.. This exhibition\, organized by Nondita Correa Mehrotra\, the director of the Charles Correa Foundation\, explores the breadth of his built work\, through highlighting thirteen selected projects. Professor Craig Borum designed the exhibition. The exhibition accompanies the inaugural Charles Correa International Lecture\, an annual lecture by an emerging architect engaged with global architecture and activism. The lecture will promote cultural understanding through design practice and discourse.\n\nRelated Events: Monday\, September 18\nFilm Screening\, Volume Zero: The Work of Charles Correa\n12:00pm\, Art + Architecture Building Auditorium \n\nExhibition Reception \n5:00pm\, Taubman College Gallery\n\nCharles Correa International Lecture: Tatiana Bilbao\n6:00pm\, Walgreen Drama Center STAMPS Auditorium UID:43445-9762910@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43445 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Architecture,Exhibition LOCATION:Art and Architecture Building - Taubman College Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170420T092137 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Mapping in the Enlightenment: Science\, Innovation\, and the Public Sphere DESCRIPTION:This exhibit uses examples from the Clements Library collection to tell the story of creating\, distributing\, and using maps during the long 18th century. Enlightenment thinking stimulated the effort to make more accurate maps\, encouraged the growth of map collecting and map use by men and women in all social classes\, and expanded the role of maps in administration and decision-making throughout Europe and her overseas colonies. UID:40535-9675036@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/40535 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,History,Museum,Philosophy,Physics,Politics,Public Policy,Scholarship,Science,Storytelling,Visual Arts LOCATION:William Clements Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170905T151358 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T160000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:ZF and Accenture Resume Critiquing\, hosted by ECRC DESCRIPTION:Representatives from ZF and Accenture will provide resume critiques on a drop-in basis in the Duderstadt Connector on Friday\, September 8\, from 10 AM-4 PM.\n\nPlease note that every effort will be made to assist as many students as possible during the resume critique session. To facilitate this\, we will limit critiques to approximately 10 minutes per student. Given the time parameters and student interest on any given day\, the line will be monitored and closed at an appropriate time to ensure a prompt ending at 4:00 PM. This is necessary as a courtesy to our employer hosts who have volunteered their time to support our students! Please plan your time accordingly. UID:43243-9748032@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43243 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate Students,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Duderstadt Connector CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170901T143107 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T160000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:ZF Company Day DESCRIPTION:The ECRC is hosting a Company Day for ZF on Friday\, September 8\, from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM in the Duderstadt Connector.\n\nNowhere is the word “disruption” more frequently heard than in the automotive industry\, which is currently undergoing a radical transformation brought on by digitalization. It’s up to companies like ZF to be prepared for and even lead this transformation. As a global leader in driveline and chassis technology as well as active and passive safety technology\, ZF is constantly developing and perfecting the advanced products and systems the industry needs to move forward. These innovations are supported by its talented workforce of about 137\,000 across approximately 230 locations in some 40 countries. \n\nHere at ZF we are aiming to hire students\, recent graduates\, and experienced workers in the degree fields of Mechanical Engineering\, Electrical Engineering\, Computer Engineering\, Industrial Engineering\, Computer Science\, Computer Software\, Information Technology\, and Supply Chain. So if interested in a Fall or Spring Co-op Opportunity\, Summer Internship\, or ready to embark upon your Full-Time Career\, please stop by and visit us today! UID:43487-9774911@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43487 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate Students,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Duderstadt Connector CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170410T215244 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Cosmogonic Tattoos DESCRIPTION:In celebration of the University of Michigan’s Bicentennial in 2017\, artist and distinguished U​–M art professor Jim Cogswell has been invited to create a series of public window installations in response to the holdings of the University of Michigan Museum of Art and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. For this visionary project\, the artist will adhere a procession of vivid images to the glass walls of the museums in a rhythmically evocative narrative\, based on reassembled fragments from a diverse range of artworks in both museums’ permanent collections. The juxtaposed images will address our shared histories and experiences while connecting the viewer to the origins and meaning of objects and their power to shape knowledge\, memory\, and identity. By leveraging the buildings’ unique architecture\, the artist expands our understanding of a museum as a cultural repository and highlights the significant role of these institutions in the life of the campus community.\nCosmogonic Tattoos is on view at UMMA April 22 through December 3\, 2017 and at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology from June 2 through December 17\, 2017.\nLead support for Cosmogonic Tattoos is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost. UID:40469-8571755@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/40469 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170905T144734 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T140000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:ECRC Cookies and Careers DESCRIPTION:Does the task of looking for a job or internship overwhelm or mystify you? Are you uncertain of where to begin or how to balance career preparation activities with academics and campus involvement? Now is a great time to learn\, and the Engineering Career Resource Center is here to help you! It's our mission and our passion to offer innovative career services to help students prepare for a successful career transition. Whether you're looking for a full-time position\, a summer internship\, or preparing for the future\, we can help you uncover opportunities\, learn to enjoy networking and take steps to achieve your individual goals! \n\nStop by the ECRC Cookies and Careers event to meet our experienced career advisors (and peer advisors)\, enjoy a cookie\, and learn about the many resources available to College of Engineering students! We will be happy to answer your job search related questions or suggest next steps to learn more. UID:43541-9818646@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43541 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate Students,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Duderstadt Connector CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170724T201257 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gloss: Modeling Beauty DESCRIPTION:Focusing on the prominent role of women as the subject of photography\, GLOSS: Modeling Beauty explores the shifting ideals of female beauty that pervade European and American visual culture from the 1920s to today. The exhibition features images of sleek and poised female models and celebrities destined for the glossy pages of fashion magazines and catalogs by leading photographers such as Edward Steichen\, Philippe Halsman\, Helmut Newton\, Andy Warhol\, and Guy Bourdin. Outside of commercial advertising practice\, documentary photographers Elliott Erwitt\, Joel Meyerowitz\, and Ralph Gibson portray candid images of fashionable women on city streets and mannequins in shop windows\, resulting in intriguing juxtapositions of haute couture and everyday life. And\nartists James Van Der Zee\, Eduardo Paolozzi\, and Nikki S. Lee employ the visual strategies of traditional fashion photography\, while offering alternative narratives to mainstream notions of female beauty.\n\nLead support for Gloss: Modeling Beauty is provided by Bank of America and Merrill Lynch. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan Institute for Research on Women and Gender. UID:41652-9417849@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41652 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170905T170010 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T120000 SUMMARY:Other:Grand Opening of the A. Alfred Taubman Wing of the Art & Architecture Building DESCRIPTION:Incoming Taubman College Dean Jonathan Massey invites you to join us as we celebrate the opening of the A. Alfred Taubman Wing of the Art and Architecture Building in the University of Michigan's Bicentennial year. The program includes remarks by U-M President Mark Schlissel and former Dean Monica Ponce de Leon\, a performance by the University of Michigan Marching Band\, and a building open house with refreshments.\n\nThe Taubman College building expansion and renovation began in 2009 and is the result of many years of faculty\, student\, and staff planning. The building addition provides an additional 36\,000 square feet to our existing 72\,000 square foot facility\, and the project includes a renovation of the current building. The building addition was funded by a major gift from the late A. Alfred Taubman\, as well as a generous gift from the late King C. Stutzman\, additional funds from the U-M Offices of the President\, Provost\, and Chief Financial Officer\, and the support of alumni and friends.\nThe A. Alfred Taubman Wing of Taubman College will provide:\n5\,700 square foot double-height commons\n8 capstone and group study rooms\n2\,400 square foot state-of-the-art classroom\n5\,500 square foot of additional studio space\nNew and renovated faculty offices\nAll-College lounges overlooking the commons on the second and third floors\nReading Room and Meeting Rooms UID:43615-9821486@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43615 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Architecture,Bicentennial LOCATION:Art and Architecture Building - A. Alfred Taubman Wing CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171116T104242 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Moving Image: Portraiture DESCRIPTION:Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect\, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software\, written by the artist\, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland\, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.\n\nMoving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary\, Istanbul\, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics\; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.\n\nLead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design. UID:41372-9194734@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Multicultural,Storytelling,Theater,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170724T195814 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa DESCRIPTION:Before colonization\, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs\, and covered in beads and precious metals\, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status\, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles\, animal skin\, metal\, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans\, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria\, Ghana\, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.\n\nLead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center. UID:41651-9417720@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Africa,Art,Concert,Exhibition,Storytelling LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170626T235144 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Victors for Art: Michigan's Alumni Collectors—Part II: Abstraction DESCRIPTION:Commemorating the University of Michigan’s 2017 Bicentennial\, Victors for Art: Michigan’s Alumni Collectors celebrates the deep impact of Michigan alumni in the global art world. \n\nThis two-part exhibition presents works collected by a diverse group of alumni that represent the breadth of the University and over seventy years of graduating classes. Part II: Abstraction\, on view in the A. Alfred Taubman Gallery July 1 through October 29\, showcases modern and contemporary art by Pablo Picasso\, Alberto Giacometti\,\nLouise Nevelson\, Christo\, Lorna Simpson\, José Parlá\, and Do Ho Su\, among others. It also features a fifth-century Korean roof end tile and an Amish quilt\, as well as a work by an Inuit master—thus inviting visitors to explore the pleasures of abstraction across a wide range of media\, eras\, and genres. UMMA extends Part II: Abstraction into the Irving Stenn\, Jr. Family Gallery from August 19 through November 26\, 2017\, with the site-specific installation of Random International’s LED-light and motion-sensing dynamic sculpture\, Swarm Study / II. Victors for Art offers an unprecedented opportunity to view art that may have never been publicly displayed otherwise—and most certainly\, not all together. For visitors\, and especially for future Michigan alumni\, Victors for Art illuminates the shared passion for art fostered by the Michigan experience.\n\nThis exhibition was organized by Joseph Rosa\, Guest Curator\, in collaboration with Laura De Becker\, Helmut & Candis Stern Associate Curator of African Art\, Jennifer Friess\, Assistant Curator of Photography\, Lehti Mairike Keelman\, Assistant Curator of Western Art\, and Natsu Oyobe\, Curator of Asian Art.\n\nLead support for Victors for Art: Michigan's Alumni Collectors is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, Michigan Medicine\, the University of Michigan Office of the President\, the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts\, and the University of Michigan Bicentennial Office. UID:41371-9194641@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41371 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Multicultural,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170403T125717 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T130000 SUMMARY:Other:9/22--Fall 2017 Application Deadline DESCRIPTION:The application deadline for Winter 2018 and early-admission Fall 2018. Please apply through M-Compass. UID:40173-8509043@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/40173 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Deadlines,Interdisciplinary,Internship,Leadership,Majors,Networking,Public Policy,Research,Scholarships,Social,Social Impact,Social Justice,Student Org,Study Abroad,Transfer Students,Undergraduate LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170923T063024 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T133000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Consulting Track: Case Interview Prep DESCRIPTION:Do you need to practice for case study interviews? \nAre you looking for practice partners?\n\nJoin us for Consulting case study practice sessions. This hands-on session is designed to connect you with other students preparing for case interviews. Practice cases and get insights fromyour peers.\n\nNote: No actual case experience is necessary. Make sure though\, to familiarize yourself with case interview concepts visit the career sections of consulting firm websites.\n\nBecause this is an interactiveworkshop\, plan to arrive on time (12pm) and stay for the full session (1:30pm)\n\nSPACE IS LIMITED. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. \n\nNote: This event’s information is shown in Handshake as well as on the Happening @ Michigan calendar so that it will be seen by a larger number of U-M students. You can only register to attend this event within Handshake. If you'd liketo indicate that you'll be attending this event then please go here: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/events/72123 UID:42359-9599769@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42359 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Maize and Blue Auditorium Student Activities Building 515 E Jefferson St, Ann Arbor, MI, United States CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170822T104033 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CSEAS Fridays at Noon Lecture Series. Politics Matters: (How) Can Aid Help? DESCRIPTION:Responding to growing interest in the transnational politics of decent work and inclusive development\, this talk explores the drivers of Vietnam’s industrial relations reforms. It draws attention to: wildcat strikes\, which triggered concerns about regime legitimacy\; pressures on manufacturers from reputation-conscious buyers\; the Trans Pacific Partnership’s stipulation of freedom of association\; together with economic and geopolitical incentives to join TPP. While donor-supported pilots do not appear to have motivated reform\, they are nonetheless important: providing a valuable space for reformists to explore new ideas\; iteratively adapt\; garner evidence of what furthers their perceived interests and ideologies\; with which they can persuade anxious\, conservative colleagues\, so as to build a reform coalition. By tracing the politics of governance reform\, and situating aid in this wider context\, this qualitative study furthers our understanding of the politics of inclusive development. It also makes two constructive suggestions: how to effectively scale-up pilot programs\, and productively engage with wider opportunities for inclusive development\, besides aid. UID:41870-9487262@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41870 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,Politics,Reform,Southeast Asia LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 110 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170905T094117 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T140000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:EIHS Symposium: The Future of the Past DESCRIPTION:On April 25\, 2017\, President Trump signed an executive order authorizing the possible reclassification of national monuments\, a threat to the preservation of the country’s natural\, archaeological\, and historical heritage. This is just one example of current initiatives that put the future of the past at risk. For as long as history as an academic field has existed\, its practitioners have relied on\, dialogued with\, or resisted the political contexts in which they operated. The current climate\, however\, has prompted a new urgency to writing\, teaching\, and researching the past. The inputs of our panelists will offer analytical reflections on what concerns us at present\, followed by a general discussion. \n\nPanelists and topics:\nKathryn Babayan (History\, Near Eastern Studies\; University of Michigan): Generation 9/11: The Future of Islamic history in America\nMatthew Countryman (American Culture\, History\; University of Michigan): Citizen Historians: Historical Activism and Scholarly Responsibility\nGeoff Eley (History\, University of Michigan): Anxiety about Borders: Race\, History\, and the Foreigner\nAlexandra Minna Stern (American Culture\, History\, Obstetrics and Gynecology\, Women's Studies\; University of Michigan): Reading the Alt-Right: Timescapes and Tropes of White Nationalism\nHelmut Puff (History\, Germanic Languages and Literatures\; University of Michigan): panel chair\n\nFree and open to the public. Lunch provided. \n\nThis event is part of the Friday Series of the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies. It is made possible by a generous contribution from Kenneth and Frances Aftel Eisenberg. UID:41698-9438337@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41698 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:History,immigration,Politics LOCATION:Tisch Hall - 1014 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170923T063026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T130000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:PhD Pathways - The Game plan: Navigating Career Fairs as a Graduate Student DESCRIPTION:In coordination with GRIN (Graduate Rackham International Network):\n\nNavigating career fairs can be a difficult task for any student\,especially an international student. The University Career Center will coach graduate international students on how to best prepare for and navigate campus career fairs\, and to effectively build a strong resume. UID:42389-9601886@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42389 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:East Room Pierpont Commons 2101 Bonisteel Blvd. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2090 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170906T074707 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Strength Models and Functional Capacity of the Wrist in Extremely Deviated Postures DESCRIPTION:Bio: Justin Young is currently an Assistant Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Kettering University\, Flint\, MI.  He was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Environmental Health at the Harvard School of Public Health\, Boston\, MA\, after receiving his Ph.D. in IOE from the University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor\, in 2011.  His research focuses on upper extremity biomechanics and specific ergonomics applications for safety\, manufacturing\, and human-machine interfaces.\n\nAbstract: Strength models are important for ergonomic risk assessment of worker tasks. Current models are unreliable for highly extended wrist postures commonly observed in tasks such as pushing on flat surfaces. New characterization of wrist strength and biomechanical strategy in these deviated postures are needed to improve accuracy of ergonomic software assessment tools (such as UM 3DSSPP). This talk will discuss recent experiments that characterize both active (muscular) strength and passive (structural) stabilization of the wrist throughout its range of motion\, as well as the force distribution on the hand when pushing on flat surfaces in extreme extended wrist postures. Implications for strength models and ergonomic analysis of functional tasks will be discussed. UID:43533-9813122@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43533 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Engineering LOCATION:Industrial and Operations Engineering Building - G699 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170731T181516 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Unfinished Conversation: Encoding/Decoding DESCRIPTION:On view from September 8-October 14\, 2017 in the Stamps Gallery (201 S. Division St.\, Ann Arbor)\, The Unfinished Conversation: Encoding/Decoding is a group exhibition including image and video work by Terry Adkins\, John Akomfrah\, Shelagh Keeley\, and Zineb Sedira. There will be an exhibition reception on Friday\, September 8 from 6-8 pm. The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public.\n\nCo-curated by Gaëtane Verna\, Director of The Power Plant\, and Mark Sealy\, The Unfinished Conversation is grounded in the work of cultural theorist Stuart Hall (1932-2014)\, who devoted his life to studying the interweaving threads of culture\, power\, politics\, and history. \n\nTaking Hall’s essay Encoding and Decoding in the Television Discourse as a point of departure\, viewers will be invited to think about how meaning is constructed\; how it is systematically distorted by audience reception\; and how it can be detached and drained of its original intent to produce specific or slanted narratives. Hall’s interdisciplinary approach drew on literary theory\, linguistics\, and cultural anthropology in order to analyse and articulate the relationship between history\, culture\, popular media\, cold war politics\, gender\, and ethnicity.\n\nBy presenting the work of artists who bring into play time\, memory\, and archives so as to construct new readings of the past\, the exhibition will lay emphasis on the idea that the “visual” is an assimilatory process continuously at work in the construction of cultural\, political\, personal\, and national identities.\n\nCo-curators Gaëtane Verna and Mark Sealy state that it is their curatorial intention to build a multiple moving/still/audio archive\, an image map\, a visual vehicle that will ferry the audience across the choppy waters of memory\, images\, and politics to an undeterminable\, obscure\, and un-chartable destination\, where people often meet with a fatal end. The exhibition aims to take viewers on a journey in time\, to bring them to encounter images\, which act as both objects of art and ideas in flux\, circulating in and out of the archive through the corridors of cultural re-construction.\n\nThis image map will be drawn by the work of Terry Adkins\, John Akomfrah\, Shelagh Keeley and Zineb Sedira\, four artists whose practice is devoted primarily to commenting on recent socio-political events and situations and relating them to the not so distant past in order to help us understand the world we live in.\n\nBy stimulating our personal and collective memory\, these works will show us how history agitates and causes anxiety in our personal lives and in the political realm as they will reveal the fact that national identity is not an essence or a state of being\, but a “becoming\,” a process whereby subjectivities are formed in the interstices between such binary oppositions as us/them\, black/white\, or native/foreigner\, and that it is in those in-between spaces that marginalized people are the agents and subjects of many possible futures\, imagined or real.\n\nThe thread that connects all these art works is the artist’s involvement with the significant social issues confronting humanity today and their profound desire to push formal boundaries in order to tackle them.\n\nThe Unfinished Conversation: Encoding/Decoding is organized and circulated by The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery\, Toronto in partnership with Autograph ABP\, London. The exhibition is co-curated by Gaëtane Verna\, Director\, The Power Plant and Mark Sealy\, Director\, Autograph ABP.\n\nPhoto by Toni Hafkenscheid. UID:41797-9474946@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41797 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Film LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170907T121539 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Vital Signs for a New America DESCRIPTION:On view from September 8-October 14\, 2017 in the Stamps Gallery (201 S. Division St.\, Ann Arbor)\, Vital Signs for a New America is a group exhibition including work by Dylan Miner\, Sheryl Oring\, and the performance collective The Hinterlands. There will be an exhibition reception on Friday\, September 8 from 6-8 pm. The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public.\n\nCurated by Srimoyee Mitra\, Vital Signs for a New America uses a range of meaningful and compelling of community-engaged approaches to invite the public to join Miner\, Oring\, and The Hinterlands in speaking out and sharing stories\; listening and re-learning\; and remembering the past to imagine new possibilities for the future.\n\nActive public engagement is at the heart of Vital Signs for a New America. Each work on view in this group exhibition offers opportunities to interact directly with the artists and their art. As part of the exhibition programming\, the gallery will become a common space for storytelling and tea drinking with Dylan Miner\; a bustling executive assistant’s office with Sheryl Oring\; and a tactile\, expansive personal archive with the performance collective The Hinterlands. Vital Signs invites the public to speak out\, listen\, and imagine new models for inclusive futures.\n\nDylan Miner: Elders Say We Don’t Visit Anymore\nSaturdays\, September 9-October 14\, 1-3 pm\n\nDylan Miner\, Director of American Indian and Indigenous Studies at Michigan State University\, is an artist\, activist\, and scholar. Miner identifies as a Wiisaakodewinini (Métis)\, the Ojibwe designation for a Native male of mixed ancestry. While conducting an oral history project with retired Anishinaabe autoworkers\, elders shared the idea that “we don’t visit as much as we used to” due to the limitations of urbanizations\, wage labor\, and settler colonialism to name a few. In response\, Miner was inspired to explore the methodology of visiting with an art gallery or museum context. Elders Say We Don’t Visit Anymore is a creative action where the public is invited to share tea and conversation with the artist\, creating new friendships and maintaining social relationships within a specific time and place.\n\nSheryl Oring: I Wish to Say \nFriday\, September 8\, 5-6.30 pm and 7-8 pm (two engagements)\nFridays\, September 15-October 13\, 5-7 pm\n\nNationally renowned artist Sheryl Oring’s belief in the value of free expression guaranteed by the American constitution propelled her to initiate I Wish to Say (2004-ongoing)\, a public platform that invites people to voice their concerns about the state-of-affairs in the country to the President of America. For this project\, Oring sets up a portable public office — complete with a manual typewriter — and invites viewers to dictate postcards to the President of the United States\, prompting with a simple phrase: “Do you have a message for the president?” Over the last decade\, Oring has toured this project across the country and more than 3\,000 postcards have been mailed to the White House. Taking place for the first time in Michigan\, Oring will be working with students and volunteers at the Stamps Gallery and in the city of Ann Arbor to spark dialogues not just among artists and academics but also among the diverse public of Ann Arbor on their notes to the President.\n\nThe Hinterlands: The Radicalization Process Papers \nTuesday\, October 3\, 6-7.30pm: History is a Living Weapon (performance)\n\nThe Hinterlands delve into the past to remember and re-learn the cultural memories and collective histories of Detroit and Ann Arbor. A collection of boxes is discovered in the basement of a house on the border of Detroit and Hamtramck. In them\, a rich personal archive of publication clippings\, which appear to chronicle radical U.S. histories of the 60s and 70s. Using the archive as a performative platform\, the artists invite audiences to engage with the materials contained in the boxes that blur the boundaries between fact and fiction\, real and imagined. The ephemera and memorabilia in the The Radicalization Process Papers takes audiences on a journey that navigates layers of historical accounts\, art\, politics\, and cultural artifacts and asks audiences to examine the assumptions of freedom and democracy in popular American culture. Created and compiled by The Hinterlands in collaboration with historian and poet Casey Rocheteau and designer Ben Gaydos. UID:41894-9489304@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41894 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Social LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170707T073547 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Yiddish Leyenkrayz DESCRIPTION:The Yiddish Leyenkrayz is a weekly reading group open to faculty\, students\, and the general Yiddish-reading public. We read classics of Yiddish literature\, but also rediscover lesser known texts in the original. We often read plays\, so as to divide the reading according to roles. Copies of the text are made available at each meeting.\n\nNOTE: Event details may vary\, please contact the Judaic Studies office to confirm. UID:26737-9852264@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/26737 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Discussion,Jewish Studies LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - 2000 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170818T121527 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T121000 SUMMARY:Performance:Dance Master Class Repertory Series: Sarah Konner and Austin Selden DESCRIPTION:SMTD alumni Sarah Konner and Austin Selden teach a warm-up which will include partnering\, technique exercises for strength and stability\, and some experiential anatomy\, building towards teaching phrase material from recent work. \n\nEach Modern Lab session features a different guest artist teaching a master class and sections from their repertory. This panorama of the contemporary dance field is presented to broaden the students’ awareness of potential career possibilities.\n\nEach guest artist conducts a 30-minute technique class/warm-up and then teaches repertory that is performed by the class. In the final 15 minutes\, faculty coordinator Bill De Young conducts a Q & A with each artist\, discussing their career\; their recommendations for transitioning from student to professional\, and what they look for when they audition dancers for their projects.\n\nThis event supported in part by the EXCEL Lab. UID:41974-9499539@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41974 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dance,Free LOCATION:Dance Building - Betty Pease Studio Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170907T094718 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T130000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Mindfulness@Umich (Faculty & Staff) DESCRIPTION:Mindfulness@Umich for Faculty and Staff. Take a moment to create some space to breathe and invite a sense of calm into your day. Email: dkozikow@umich.edu to be added to the drop-in reminder. UID:40944-9729058@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/40944 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mindfulness\, Meditation,Stress Reduction LOCATION:Angell Hall - G243 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170830T131244 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T143000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Labor Economics DESCRIPTION:Details to come. UID:43316-9751046@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43316 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,seminar LOCATION:Lorch Hall - 201 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170831T103615 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T140000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:PhonDi Discussion Group DESCRIPTION:Organizational meeting UID:43414-9759943@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43414 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Discussion,Language LOCATION:Lorch Hall - 473 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170903T170822 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T153000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Program Info Session/Open Advising DESCRIPTION:Please join us as we welcome SAE Barcelona Director\, Richard Kurtzman. Richard will be presenting a TED Talk -themed workshop centered around cultural awareness in study abroad followed by an info session and open advising for our 3 UM programs in Barcelona partnered with SAE. UID:43511-9798612@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43511 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Spanish Studies,Study Abroad,Transfer Students,Undergraduate LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Suite 255 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170923T123025 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T150000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Unilever Informal Office Hours DESCRIPTION:Unilever Informal Office Hours – Dress is casual! Light foodwill be provided.\nPizza House\, 18 Church St\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48104\nFriday\, September 8th from 1-3 PM. Drop by during that time!\n\nFor internships\, please go to:\nUnilever-college.jobs\nWe are hiring for internships in Marketing\, Sales (Customer Development)\, IT\, Finance\, HR & Supply Chain\n10 week program (must be a junior)\nLocations in our headquarters: Englewood Cliffs\, NJ as well as our regional offices\n \nFull time positions through our rotational Program: Unilever Future Leaders Program\nPositions available for Sales (Customer Development) & Finance\nUnilever-college.jobs UID:43748-9835496@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43748 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Pizza House, 18 Church St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170923T123024 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T150000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:The Raine Group - Information Session DESCRIPTION:Raine is a global merchant bank exclusively focused on Technology\, Media and Telecommunications. Raine manages more than $2.5bn acrossits growth equity\, venture\, and hedge funds\, in addition to its investment banking advisory practice. The firm was founded in 2009 by industry veterans Joe Ravitch and Jeff Sine in strategic partnership with WME | IMG\, a leading global talent agency. Raine pursues an integrated business model of advisory services and investments centered around the media\, entertainment and sports sectors. Raine has over 80 investment professionals across its New York\, San Francisco\, Los Angeles\, London\, Shanghai and Mumbai offices and is looking to further build its team to deepen its coverage within its core sectors. See the attached overview for more details on Raine and our summer program. UID:43051-9699760@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43051 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Ross School of Business, Room B0560 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170908T120018 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T180000 SUMMARY:Fair / Festival:180DC at Festifall DESCRIPTION:180 Degrees Consulting will be at Festifall on September 8\, 2017 to promote the club! Come by to learn more about us at seat N27.  UID:43041-9699350@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43041 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Central Campus Diag CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170801T144752 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T153000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Carl Cohen Retirement Party DESCRIPTION:After 62 years of teaching at the University of Michigan\, Professor Carl Cohen has retired. Please join us in celebrating Professor Cohen's distinguished career at a reception on Friday\, Sept 8 from 2:00-3:30pm in 1807 East Quad. Feel free to extend this invitation to former students and faculty. We will have refreshments and food to accompany us as we celebrate Carl’s long tenure at UM. UID:41824-9481081@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41824 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Food,Social LOCATION:East Quadrangle - 1807 East Quad (Conference Room) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170531T104410 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T153000 SUMMARY:Presentation:CCN Area Forum Kickoff DESCRIPTION:. UID:41116-8981741@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41116 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:colloquium LOCATION:East Hall - 4464 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170908T120019 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T180000 SUMMARY:Fair / Festival:CEN at Festifall DESCRIPTION:The China Entrepreneur Network (CEN) is a global entrepreneurial organization with 12 chapters spanning 3 continents: North America\, Asia\, and Australia. As the University of Michigan chapter\, we act as a platform for entrepreneurs from diverse backgrounds to make an impact on their communities. Through our expansive network\, we connect our members with global resources\, investors\, and fellow entrepreneurs. We partner with the Ross School of Business\, the Center for Entrepreneurship\, business associations\, and career service companies to prepare our members for both traditional career recruiting and future entrepreneurship. We welcome students with intellectual curiosity and global insights to join our community. You will be challenged with real industry projects and surprised by your growing network. Are you ready to be the next global leader? UID:43519-9804070@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43519 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Diag CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170825T124338 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T150000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:DocDi Discussion Group DESCRIPTION:Details to come. UID:43010-9696289@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43010 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Discussion,Language LOCATION:Lorch Hall - 473 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170908T120018 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T180000 SUMMARY:Fair / Festival:EKOAMAZON at Festifall DESCRIPTION:Come learn about our organization and cause at Festifall in the Diag!  UID:42095-9546119@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42095 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:University of Michigan Diag CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170804T110859 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T180000 SUMMARY:Fair / Festival:Festifall DESCRIPTION:Thinking about joining a student organization or just interested in finding out what Michigan has to offer? This is the event for you! CCI brings together over 500 student organizations and departments for you to explore all your interests and find a group that's right for you. UID:41988-9503599@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41988 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Festival,Free,Student Org,Welcome to Michigan LOCATION:Diag - Central Campus CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170908T120018 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T180000 SUMMARY:Fair / Festival:Festifall! DESCRIPTION:Michigan Magic will be at Festifall on September 8 from 2:00 to 6:00 in the Diag! Stop by our table to see some amazing tricks and sign up for our mailing list! UID:41508-9314263@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41508 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Diag CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170828T122759 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T180000 SUMMARY:Fair / Festival:OS @ Festifall DESCRIPTION:Want to learn more about OS? Visit our table at Festifall! UID:43117-9728880@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43117 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Festival LOCATION:Diag - Central Campus CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170830T102808 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T150000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Welcome Back Ice Cream Social DESCRIPTION:As our official departmental kick off for the new academic year\, and we wish to invite everyone to an Ice Cream Social on Friday\, 9/8 at 2:00 pm on the Third Floor Terrace!\n\nCome and savor the last of summer\, and start off the new year with some fun! UID:43250-9748037@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43250 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food,Psychology LOCATION:East Hall - 3rd Floor Terrace CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170908T120019 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T150000 SUMMARY:Exercise / Fitness:Zouk Performance at Festifall DESCRIPTION:Practices for this event:\nThu\, Aug 24 https://www.facebook.com/events/333066627116608/\nThu\, Aug 31 https://www.facebook.com/events/244087942779729/\nThu\, Sept 7 https://www.facebook.com/events/124796391486827/\n\nThe first two dates are dedicated to learning performance choreo\, they won't include our regular practica or social. The third will have our first foundations class and then the performance practice/learning session.\nAnyone who wants to participate but can't make these dates\, post in this event\, and we’ll figure out a time to teach you the choreo. If you’re shy you can send me (Nicole) a personal message.\n\nAnyone who wants to learn the choreo but doesn't want to perform is still welcome. \n\nAll levels are welcome. Don't think you don't know “enough” or are not good enough to be able to do it. We’ll help you. \n\nChoreography will be created by Sydney Schiff. This is the same choreo that’ll be used for the Brazilian Street Festival performance (https://www.facebook.com/events/140326283233728/).\n\n\nFESTIFALL PERFORMANCE INFO:\nWhen: Friday\, September 8\nWhat time to get there: 2:30pm (if you arrive later\, it might be hard to organize the performance to include you)\nWhat time we’ll perform: 2:40pm\nDance location: Diag on Central Campus in front of Hatcher Library. Either on the stage or the concrete. We might end up being too big for the stage.\nAddress: Hatcher Graduate Library 913 S University Ave\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109 You’ll see A LOT of tables and people walking around.\nWhere to meet: We will have a table for our UofM club (it's called Brazilian Zouk Dance Club). I'll be there starting at 2pm attending our booth. We’ll walk together to the stage on the Diag. \nWho can participate: Anyone who learned the dance choreo for our performances. You don't have to be a student. \nWhat to wear: ZoukMi shirts or “zoukie” outfit if you don't have a ZoukMi shirt. I’ll probably be wearing my crop top ZoukMi shirt\, so don’t feel embarrassed about showing some skin. :P\nShoes: We'll be dancing on a stage (unless it's too small for all of us)\, so bring street dancing shoes just in case. \nWhat is this event about: Festifall is when the student organizations of UofM set up tables along the diag so students can discover clubs and find out information about them. UID:42461-9608919@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42461 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:The Diag CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170821T155904 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Forever Unfinished: Ribbon Cutting and Gallery Walk DESCRIPTION:Join the exhibit creators for a ribbon cutting and a short tour of \"Forever Unfinished: Making and Remaking a Public University.\"\n\nThe University of Michigan was founded in 1817 as a public institution\, a concept for which there were few models. What makes a university public? What should it look like? Whom should it serve? Who should have access to its resources\, and where should those resources come from? \n\nThis exhibit explores how students\, faculty\, staff\, politicians\, and citizens have attempted to answer these questions. These stories invite us to imagine U-M's future as a public university based on what we know about its past. \n\nExhibit team: Jonathan Farr\, Nora Krinitsky\, Michelle McClellan\, Gregory Parker\, Emily Price\, Kate Silbert \n\nThis LSA Bicentennial Theme Semester event is presented with support from the College of Literature\, Science\, and the Arts and the University of Michigan Bicentennial Office. Additional support provided by the Department of History and the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies. UID:41777-9470884@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41777 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Bicentennial,Exhibition,History,LSA200,umich200 LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery (Room 100) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170923T123021 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T160000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Marketing/Ad/PR Track: What is Brand Management? DESCRIPTION:Join U-M Alumna Kaitlin Keane\, Assistant Brand Manager at Procter and Gamble\, as she gives you the inside scoop on the brand management side of marketing! Learn from Kaitlin what it means to work in brand management and get the inside scoop about how to break into the field! \n\nKaitlin is an Assistant Brand Manager for Pepto-Bismol at P&G. She works with agencies\, cross-functionals\, and retailers to understand and serve consumers. Kaitlin believes that successful marketing begins with meaningful product innovation and consumer insight. Kaitlin specializes in digital marketing and has led digital and Amazon marketing strategy across several P&G brands. Prior to joining P&G\, Kaitlin received a Fulbright Grant and lived abroad in South Korea for a year researching flourishing abroad and teaching English to elementary school students. She graduated with Honors from the University of Michigan\, completing a thesis on the gendering of compassion in organizations and a double major in Organizational Studies and Women’s Studies. UID:42351-9599761@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42351 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:University Career Center office University Career Center, 3200 Student Activities Building 515 E Jefferson St, Ann Arbor, MI, United States CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170905T153832 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T170000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Slavic Research Colloquium DESCRIPTION:Slavic graduate students will share their summer research and other study-related activities on Friday\, 9/8\, from 3-5 pm in 3308 MLB. UID:43569-9821436@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43569 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate,Graduate Students,Research,Slavic LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - 3308 (Conference Room) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170831T102922 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T163000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:SoConDi Discussion Group DESCRIPTION:Givenness and the Said Construction - Alicia Stevers\nInformation within a discourse is introduced in a way that reflects the speaker’s assumptions about the knowledge of the hearer. Theories of discourse often label information that the hearer is expected to know at the time of utterance as “given” information. However\, different discourse theories have argued that a wider or narrower range of phrases should be considered given\, based on whether they contain information that has been explicitly mentioned\, inferred by something previously stated or assumed to be in the hearer’s consciousness by common world knowledge (Chafe 1967\, Haviland & Clark 1974\, Chafe 1976\, Kuno 1978\, Prince 1981\, 1992\, inter alia). One construction that seems to interact with notions of givenness is the Said Construction (SC). SC is characterized by the use of said as a determiner\, followed by a noun (N2) that seems to be given (in some sense) and licensed by an antecedent noun (N1): “I made a turkey sandwichN1 for lunch but I left said sandwichN2 on the kitchen counter.” A close examination of SC seems to show that said can only be used to refer to something that has already been stated or is linguistically entailed by the discourse. With this in mind\, looking at information structure through the lens of this construction can provide a new perspective into some of the less solidified and conventionally agreed upon details of the notion of givenness.\nI present the results of two studies on SC. The first is a corpus based analysis based on a collection of 261 tokens found across a variety of genres such as fiction\, spoken language\, written news\, historical documents\, blogs\, and social media. The results of this analysis reveal a strong tendency for SC to refer to information that is given due to linguistic context. The second study tested the results of the first analysis by gathering native English speakers’ judgements of the grammaticality of SC in various informational contexts. Results show that participants are most likely to rate said as acceptable in an environment with a linguistically stated referent. The results of these experiments point towards the idea that in order to account for SC’s relationship with information in a discourse\, a definition of givenness that is limited to linguistic context and excludes extralinguistic information (such as situational context and world knowledge) is necessary.\n\n\"People say\, 'Omarosa is Black\, Omarosa is a Woman\,' I'm an American First.\" :\nOmarosa and Hyperarticulated /t/ - Rachel Elizabeth Weissler \nMultiple scholarly treatments have argued that released or hyperarticulated /t/ indexes intelligence\, is used in more professional contexts\, and indexes emphasis and strength in discourse (Bucholtz 1995\, Podesva 2006\, Eckert 2008b). Podesva et al’s (2015) study on released /t/ demonstrates that even in a subject pool balanced for gender\, race\, regional accent\, and political affiliation\, women politicians use final and medial released /t/ more than their male counterparts. Additionally\, Podesva et al (2012) show that among many features that former Secretary of State Condoleezza “Condi” Rice uses to construct her identity\, 72% of her final /t/’s are released.\nThe current study looks at the speech of conservative politician Omarosa Manigault and her use of hyperarticulated final /t/ in the construction of her identity. This study shows that variable proportions in how final /t/ is articulated function as an index that allows speakers significant performative flexibility. Though Condi and Omarosa are both black female conservatives\, they are very different kinds of conservatives. While Condi has worked in academia and politics her entire career\, Omarosa has no formal training in politics\, worked briefly in the office of Al Gore during the Clinton Administration\, and now works for President Donald Trump\, who she forged a relationship with during her stint on The Apprentice. While Condi’s speech reflects “neutrality and standard language” (Podesva et al 2012)\, Omarosa’s speech indexes a different kind of conservative performance\, one rooted in a more populist framework through which she can appeal particularly to African Americans\, since working with disenfranchised groups is central to her current role\, while also appealing to the American Public at large as a political figure.\nThe data consist of word-final /t/ realizations within a 15-minute interview of Omarosa on The View\, in which she discusses a myriad of topics including her role as assistant to President Trump and director of communications for the Office of Public Liaison\, her upbringing\, the African American community\, and her marital engagement. Realizations of final hyperarticulated /t/ were auditorily coded\, with a total number of 41 realizations of hyperarticulated /t/ relative to 40 /t/ unreleased realizations. Overall\, Omarosa hyperarticulated 50.6% of the time in this interview.\nI show that Omarosa’s use of both hyperarticulated /t/ and unreleased /t/ can be linked to specific factors such as particular socio-lexical items (buzzwords from the Trump administration)\, target audience (the African American community versus America at large)\, and spontaneous speech versus more prepared remarks. This variation endorses the conclusion that realizations of a feature can vary based on speaker’s opinions about the topics being discussed (Schilling-Estes 2004). Through the calibrated use of these variants of /t/\, Omarosa indexes intelligence and professionalism\, as has been found in previous research. However\, her choice to use unreleased /t/ while discussing certain topics such as her upbringing in the projects\, or her fiancé allows her to index a more populist stance\, thereby constructing an identity designed to resonate with multiple\naudiences. UID:43008-9696288@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43008 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Discussion,Language LOCATION:Lorch Hall - 473 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170824T150139 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Economic Theory DESCRIPTION:Details to come. UID:42949-9685668@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42949 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,seminar LOCATION:Lorch Hall - 301 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170807T133639 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T163000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Smith Lecture: Surface Water-Groundwater Exchange and Nitrogen Fate in Tidal Rivers DESCRIPTION:Tides in coastal rivers can propagate tens to hundreds of kilometers inland and drive pulses in water and nutrient exchange between rivers and their surrounding aquifers. Our group is using field observations and numerical models to understand enhanced surface water-groundwater exchange and nitrogen transformations in the riparian zones of tidal rivers. At our field site in White Clay Creek (Delaware\, USA)\, we observe that tidal water table fluctuations aerate shallow groundwater in the banks\, which allows high nitrate concentrations to develop. Continuous depth-resolved measurements of redox potential suggest that the zone of elevated nitrate is relatively stable over tidal timescales but moves up or down in response to storms. Much of the nitrate is removed by denitrification along oscillating flow paths towards the channel. However\, denitrification is limited within centimeters of the sediment-water interface by the mixing of groundwater with oxygen-rich river water. Our models predict that the benthic zones of tidal rivers play an important role in removing new nitrate inputs from discharging groundwater but may be less effective at removing nitrate from river water. Nitrate removal and production rates are expected to vary significantly along tidal rivers as permeability\, organic matter content\, tidal range vary. It is imperative that we understand nitrogen dynamics along tidal rivers and their role in nitrogen export to the coast. UID:41527-9326538@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41527 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Lecture LOCATION:1100 North University Building - 1528 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170901T154108 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Associate Professor Matthew R. Chapman DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nAmyloid formation has a nefarious history. Linked to protein misfolding and cytotoxicity\, amyloids are the hallmark of several neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. However\, amyloid formation is not always bad. In fact\, organisms spanning nearly every facet of cellular life produce ‘functional’ amyloids that contribute positively to cellular biology. Bacterial functional amyloids called curli are the major proteinaceous component of the extracellular matrix\, and they help protect the cells during biofilm growth. Curli also provide a sophisticated suite of genetic and biochemical tools for understanding how cells coordinate and control amyloid formation. The major curli subunit is CsgA\, which is highly amyloidogenic\, although the cell has powerful mechanisms for discouraging intracellular CsgA amyloid formation. We have characterized several E. coli chaperones for their ability to deter CsgA amyloid formation\, including two proteins that work specifically during curli biogenesis. These two proteins\, called CsgC and CsgE\, are periplasmic proteins with unique and potent anti-amyloid properties. The anti-amyloid properties of CsgC will be discussed. Interestingly\, we found that CsgC also prevented amyloid formation by α-synuclein\, the underlying cause of Parkinson’s disease. A common Q-X-G-X1/2-N-X5-Q motif was identified in CsgC client proteins\, including α-synuclein. We are currently looking the anti-amyloid properties of a human protein called transthyretin (TTR) that shows remarkable structural homology to CsgC. When CsgA is co-incubated with either human TTR fibrillogenesis is inhibited. The biologic implementation of the TTR-CsgA interaction was assessed by observing the effect of TTR on amyloid-dependent biofilm formation by two different bacterial species using a pellicle forming assay. Biofilm formation was substantially inhibited by both the TTR tetramer and engineered monomer. Therefore\, both TTR and CsgC behave as a chaperone-like proteins that discourage amyloid formation. It is possible that this phenomenon might be utilized to enhance antibiotic efficacy in infections associated with significant biofilm formation. UID:42537-9609354@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42537 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biophysics,Chemistry LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1300 Chemistry CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170908T161307 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Climate & Space Seminar Series DESCRIPTION:Our special guest for next week's first CLaSP Seminar of the fall 2017 semester will be U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering professor Joi Mondisa.\n\nProfessor Mondisa will give a presentation titled \"Mentoring Insights and Practices: Examining the Experiences of African-American STEM Mentors in Higher Education\" on Thursday\, September 14 at 3:30pm in the SRB Auditorium\, RM 2246.\n\nSee you there! UID:43959-9855257@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43959 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering,Free,seminar LOCATION:Space Research Building - 2246 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170802T162002 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CSAS Lecture Series | Changes in Dowry Practices?: Insights on Dowry and Its Regulation DESCRIPTION:The Law in India has prohibited demands for dowry since 1961 and expected penalties have been increased multiple times since then\, but from most accounts the incidence and magnitude of dowry demands appears to have only increased. I am examining dowry from a somewhat different perspective - are there examples of dowry having declined and what insights might we gain from these examples? This examination includes not only current instances of declines in dowry in India\, but also historical and comparative examples. Through this kind of inquiry one hopes to obtain some useful insights for law and law reform in the South Asian context. \n \nVikramaditya Khanna is the William W. Cook Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School. He earned his S.J.D. at Harvard Law School and was Bruce W. Nichols Visiting Professor of Law\, Fall 2013 at Harvard Law School. He was also a senior research fellow at Columbia Law School and Yale Law School\, and a visiting scholar at Stanford Law School. His interest areas include corporate and securities laws\, law and legal issues in India\, corporate and white collar crime\, legal profession and professional responsibility\, corporate governance in emerging markets\, and law and economics. He is the founding and current editor of India Law eJournal and White Collar Crime eJournal at the Social Science Research Network and has served as Special Master in a dispute involving an Indian and American company. He has testified at the U.S. Congress and his papers have been published in the Harvard Law Review\, Journal of Finance\, Journal of Econometrics\, Michigan Law Review\, Supreme Court Economic Review\, Journal of Law\, Economics and Organization\, American Journal of Comparative Law\, and the Georgetown Law Journal\, amongst others. News publications in the US\, India\, Germany\, Switzerland\, Brazil\, and the United Kingdom have quoted him. He has given talks at Harvard\, Columbia\, Stanford\, Yale\, NYU\, Berkeley\, Wharton\, NBER\, and other venues in the US\, India\, China\, Turkey\, and Greece amongst others\, including a keynote in Brazil. UID:41487-9308241@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41487 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asia,India,Law LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 110 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170905T130627 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T180000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:First Meeting | Central Concepts in Contemporary Theory DESCRIPTION:The Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop Central Concepts in Contemporary Theory warmly welcomes all to its first meeting of the Fall 2017 semester this Friday\, September 8\, at 4pm\, in 2024 Tisch Hall. Coffee will be provided. \n\nFor the fall semester\, we will be thinking about the concept of tragedy in the work of the twentieth-century German theorist\, Walter Benjamin. To start us off\, this Friday we will discuss a series of short essays by Benjamin on tragedy\, melancholy\, and language. We will provide all interested participants with a full reader of the Benjamin texts to be discussed during the semester at the first meeting. \n\nIf you are interested to attend the first meeting\, please email either Megan Torti (mtorti@umich.edu) or Srdjan Cvjeticanin (srdjan@umich.edu) for a pdf copy of the readings to be discussed at the first meeting. Likewise please contact either Megan or Srdjan if you have any questions about the workshop\, the schedule for the fall semester\, or if you would like to be put on our regular email list for the term. UID:43568-9821434@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43568 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Classical Studies,English Language And Literature,European,Graduate,Interdisciplinary,Literature,Rackham LOCATION:Tisch Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170825T153638 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Legacy: Art across Generations Grand Opening and DAAS Welcome Reception DESCRIPTION:Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant\, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration\, her great-grandmother\, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression. UID:43034-9697029@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43034 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,Art,Culture,Exhibition,Family,History,Visual Arts LOCATION:Haven Hall - G648 GalleryDAAS CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170808T112652 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T180000 SUMMARY:Rally / Mass Meeting:Residential College Convocation DESCRIPTION:Mass Meeting to welcome new Residential College students UID:42032-9527910@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42032 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Welcome to Michigan LOCATION:East Quadrangle - Residential College Keene Theater, East Quad CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170802T181516 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T183000 SUMMARY:Performance:Sheryl Oring: I Wish to Say - Vital Signs for a New America DESCRIPTION:On view from September 8-October 14\, 2017 in the Stamps Gallery (201 S. Division St.\, Ann Arbor)\, Vital Signs for a New America is a group exhibition including work by Dylan Miner\, Sheryl Oring\, and the performance collective The Hinterlands. There will be an exhibition reception on Friday\, September 8 from 6-8 pm. The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public.\n\nCurated by Srimoyee Mitra\, Vital Signs for a New America uses a range of meaningful and compelling of community-engaged approaches to invite the public to join Miner\, Oring\, and The Hinterlands in speaking out and sharing stories\; listening and re-learning\; and remembering the past to imagine new possibilities for the future.\n\nActive public engagement is at the heart of Vital Signs for a New America. Each work on view in this group exhibition offers opportunities to interact directly with the artists and their art. As part of the exhibition programming\, the gallery will become a common space for storytelling and tea drinking with Dylan Miner\; a bustling executive assistant’s office with Sheryl Oring\; and a tactile\, expansive personal archive with the performance collective The Hinterlands. Vital Signs invites the public to speak out\, listen\, and imagine new models for inclusive futures. UID:41895-9489331@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41895 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170731T181516 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T200000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Exhibition Reception - The Unfinished Conversation: Encoding/Decoding DESCRIPTION:On view from September 8-October 14\, 2017 in the Stamps Gallery (201 S. Division St.\, Ann Arbor)\, The Unfinished Conversation: Encoding/Decoding is a group exhibition including image and video work by Terry Adkins\, John Akomfrah\, Shelagh Keeley\, and Zineb Sedira. There will be an exhibition reception on Friday\, September 8 from 6-8 pm. The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public.\n\nCo-curated by Gaëtane Verna\, Director of The Power Plant\, and Mark Sealy\, The Unfinished Conversation is grounded in the work of cultural theorist Stuart Hall (1932-2014)\, who devoted his life to studying the interweaving threads of culture\, power\, politics\, and history. \n\nTaking Hall’s essay Encoding and Decoding in the Television Discourse as a point of departure\, viewers will be invited to think about how meaning is constructed\; how it is systematically distorted by audience reception\; and how it can be detached and drained of its original intent to produce specific or slanted narratives. Hall’s interdisciplinary approach drew on literary theory\, linguistics\, and cultural anthropology in order to analyse and articulate the relationship between history\, culture\, popular media\, cold war politics\, gender\, and ethnicity.\n\nBy presenting the work of artists who bring into play time\, memory\, and archives so as to construct new readings of the past\, the exhibition will lay emphasis on the idea that the “visual” is an assimilatory process continuously at work in the construction of cultural\, political\, personal\, and national identities.\n\nCo-curators Gaëtane Verna and Mark Sealy state that it is their curatorial intention to build a multiple moving/still/audio archive\, an image map\, a visual vehicle that will ferry the audience across the choppy waters of memory\, images\, and politics to an undeterminable\, obscure\, and un-chartable destination\, where people often meet with a fatal end. The exhibition aims to take viewers on a journey in time\, to bring them to encounter images\, which act as both objects of art and ideas in flux\, circulating in and out of the archive through the corridors of cultural re-construction.\n\nThis image map will be drawn by the work of Terry Adkins\, John Akomfrah\, Shelagh Keeley and Zineb Sedira\, four artists whose practice is devoted primarily to commenting on recent socio-political events and situations and relating them to the not so distant past in order to help us understand the world we live in.\n\nBy stimulating our personal and collective memory\, these works will show us how history agitates and causes anxiety in our personal lives and in the political realm as they will reveal the fact that national identity is not an essence or a state of being\, but a “becoming\,” a process whereby subjectivities are formed in the interstices between such binary oppositions as us/them\, black/white\, or native/foreigner\, and that it is in those in-between spaces that marginalized people are the agents and subjects of many possible futures\, imagined or real.\n\nThe thread that connects all these art works is the artist’s involvement with the significant social issues confronting humanity today and their profound desire to push formal boundaries in order to tackle them.\n\nThe Unfinished Conversation: Encoding/Decoding is organized and circulated by The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery\, Toronto in partnership with Autograph ABP\, London. The exhibition is co-curated by Gaëtane Verna\, Director\, The Power Plant and Mark Sealy\, Director\, Autograph ABP.\n\nPhoto by Toni Hafkenscheid. UID:41798-9474973@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41798 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Reception LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170907T121540 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T200000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Exhibition Reception: Vital Signs for a New America DESCRIPTION:On view from September 8-October 14\, 2017 in the Stamps Gallery (201 S. Division St.\, Ann Arbor)\, Vital Signs for a New America is a group exhibition including work by Dylan Miner\, Sheryl Oring\, and the performance collective The Hinterlands. There will be an exhibition reception on Friday\, September 8 from 6-8 pm. The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public.\n\nCurated by Srimoyee Mitra\, Vital Signs for a New America uses a range of meaningful and compelling of community-engaged approaches to invite the public to join Miner\, Oring\, and The Hinterlands in speaking out and sharing stories\; listening and re-learning\; and remembering the past to imagine new possibilities for the future.\n\nActive public engagement is at the heart of Vital Signs for a New America. Each work on view in this group exhibition offers opportunities to interact directly with the artists and their art. As part of the exhibition programming\, the gallery will become a common space for storytelling and tea drinking with Dylan Miner\; a bustling executive assistant’s office with Sheryl Oring\; and a tactile\, expansive personal archive with the performance collective The Hinterlands. Vital Signs invites the public to speak out\, listen\, and imagine new models for inclusive futures.\n\nDylan Miner: Elders Say We Don’t Visit Anymore\nSaturdays\, September 9-October 14\, 1-3 pm\n\nDylan Miner\, Director of American Indian and Indigenous Studies at Michigan State University\, is an artist\, activist\, and scholar. Miner identifies as a Wiisaakodewinini (Métis)\, the Ojibwe designation for a Native male of mixed ancestry. While conducting an oral history project with retired Anishinaabe autoworkers\, elders shared the idea that “we don’t visit as much as we used to” due to the limitations of urbanizations\, wage labor\, and settler colonialism to name a few. In response\, Miner was inspired to explore the methodology of visiting with an art gallery or museum context. Elders Say We Don’t Visit Anymore is a creative action where the public is invited to share tea and conversation with the artist\, creating new friendships and maintaining social relationships within a specific time and place.\n\nSheryl Oring: I Wish to Say \nFriday\, September 8\, 5-6.30 pm and 7-8 pm (two engagements)\nFridays\, September 15-October 13\, 5-7 pm\n\nNationally renowned artist Sheryl Oring’s belief in the value of free expression guaranteed by the American constitution propelled her to initiate I Wish to Say (2004-ongoing)\, a public platform that invites people to voice their concerns about the state-of-affairs in the country to the President of America. For this project\, Oring sets up a portable public office — complete with a manual typewriter — and invites viewers to dictate postcards to the President of the United States\, prompting with a simple phrase: “Do you have a message for the president?” Over the last decade\, Oring has toured this project across the country and more than 3\,000 postcards have been mailed to the White House. Taking place for the first time in Michigan\, Oring will be working with students and volunteers at the Stamps Gallery and in the city of Ann Arbor to spark dialogues not just among artists and academics but also among the diverse public of Ann Arbor on their notes to the President.\n\nThe Hinterlands: The Radicalization Process Papers \nTuesday\, October 3\, 6-7.30pm: History is a Living Weapon (performance)\n\nThe Hinterlands delve into the past to remember and re-learn the cultural memories and collective histories of Detroit and Ann Arbor. A collection of boxes is discovered in the basement of a house on the border of Detroit and Hamtramck. In them\, a rich personal archive of publication clippings\, which appear to chronicle radical U.S. histories of the 60s and 70s. Using the archive as a performative platform\, the artists invite audiences to engage with the materials contained in the boxes that blur the boundaries between fact and fiction\, real and imagined. The ephemera and memorabilia in the The Radicalization Process Papers takes audiences on a journey that navigates layers of historical accounts\, art\, politics\, and cultural artifacts and asks audiences to examine the assumptions of freedom and democracy in popular American culture. Created and compiled by The Hinterlands in collaboration with historian and poet Casey Rocheteau and designer Ben Gaydos. UID:41896-9489338@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41896 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170905T171812 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T200000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Fall 2017 Kickoff Lecture: Dean Jonathan Massey\, \"Building Tomorrow\" DESCRIPTION:Dean Jonathan Massey kicks off the Taubman College 2017 Fall Lecture Series\, welcoming back the Taubman College community and introducing a vision for the college in its next era: Building Tomorrow. \nArchitect and historian Jonathan Massey is dean and professor at the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan. In his previous position as dean of architecture at California College of Arts\, his primary responsibility was for the vision\, leadership\, and administration of the CCA Architecture Division\, which includes three accredited programs in architecture and interior design. At Syracuse University\, he was the Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence\, where he chaired the Bachelor of Architecture program and the University Senate.\nMassey holds undergraduate and doctoral degrees from Princeton University as well as a Master of Architecture degree from UCLA. His professional training includes practice experience at Dagmar Richter Studio\, Brantner Design Associates\, and Gehry Partners along with teaching experience at Barnard College\, Parsons School of Design\, Pratt Institute\, and Woodbury University. In addition\, he was a co-founder of the Transdisciplinary Media Studio and the Aggregate Architectural History Collaborative\, which focus on the ways that history and practice of architecture and urbanism are understood and taught. His ongoing research explores how architecture mediates power by forming civil society\, shaping social relationships\, and regulating consumption. In Crystal and Arabesque: Claude Bragdon\, Ornament\, and Modern Architecture (University of Pittsburgh Press\, 2009) he reconstructed the techniques through which American modernist architects engaged new media\, audiences and problems of mass society. His work on topics ranging from ornament and organicism to risk management and sustainable design has appeared in many journals and essay collections\, including Aggregate's essay collection Governing by Design: Architecture\, Economy\, and Politics in the 20th Century (University of Pittsburgh Press\, 2012). UID:43616-9821487@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43616 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Architecture,Lecture LOCATION:Art and Architecture Building - Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170908T180019 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T200000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Networking Gala with Professionals! DESCRIPTION:Fall recruiting is in the air. We know your pain points so we invited young professionals from Ford\, EY\, P&G\, AVL\, and OFO to share their experiences and advice on how to stand out during networking. Please join us for this intimate networking dinner while food and drinks will be provided. Hurry\, seats are limited to only 25 spots!  UID:43513-9801131@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43513 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Ross School of Business CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170908T180019 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T211500 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Cocktail Party DESCRIPTION:Come have fun in a casual networking environment with the PBL brothers!   UID:42629-9616900@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42629 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:PBL CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170908T180019 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T210000 SUMMARY:Fair / Festival:IASA Ignition DESCRIPTION:Join IASA and another 25+ South Asian interest orgs in the Psych Atrium in East Hall to learn about our organizations and join! This event also features Bollywood performances from different competitive teams on campus. This is a great opportunity for freshman to learn more about the different organizations they could join. UID:41537-9328498@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41537 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Psych Atrium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170908T180019 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T210000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Nesbo Movie Night DESCRIPTION:We meet on Friday nights to watch classic movies selected by Ben Gould. UID:43505-9797977@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43505 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:2851 East Hall (Nesbitt Room) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170802T181516 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Sheryl Oring: I Wish to Say - Vital Signs for a New America DESCRIPTION:On view from September 8-October 14\, 2017 in the Stamps Gallery (201 S. Division St.\, Ann Arbor)\, Vital Signs for a New America is a group exhibition including work by Dylan Miner\, Sheryl Oring\, and the performance collective The Hinterlands. There will be an exhibition reception on Friday\, September 8 from 6-8 pm. The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public.\n\nCurated by Srimoyee Mitra\, Vital Signs for a New America uses a range of meaningful and compelling of community-engaged approaches to invite the public to join Miner\, Oring\, and The Hinterlands in speaking out and sharing stories\; listening and re-learning\; and remembering the past to imagine new possibilities for the future.\n\nActive public engagement is at the heart of Vital Signs for a New America. Each work on view in this group exhibition offers opportunities to interact directly with the artists and their art. As part of the exhibition programming\, the gallery will become a common space for storytelling and tea drinking with Dylan Miner\; a bustling executive assistant’s office with Sheryl Oring\; and a tactile\, expansive personal archive with the performance collective The Hinterlands. Vital Signs invites the public to speak out\, listen\, and imagine new models for inclusive futures. UID:41895-9489332@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41895 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170830T193755 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T220000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:UMMA After Hours DESCRIPTION:Drop in during this free community event to enjoy this season’s special exhibitions\, hear from UMMA curators in the galleries\, and listen to live Cuban jazz with Tumbao Bravo in a fun and relaxed atmosphere.\n\nBrowse the galleries and enjoy this season's new special exhibitions: Victors for Art: Michigan's Alumni Collectors—Part II: Abstraction\, including the site-specific installation of Random International’s LED-light and motion-sensing dynamic sculpture\, Swarm Study / II\; the exhibition GLOSS: Modeling Beauty featuring fashion photography by leading photographers such as Edward Steichen\, Philippe Halsman\, Helmut Newton\, Andy Warhol\, and Guy Bourdin\; works from across the African continent in Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa\; and a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture in Moving Image: Portraiture.\n\nEnjoy live Cuban jazz with Tumbao Bravo\, 3-time winner of the Detroit Music Awards for Best Jazz Recording and Best World Music Band.\n\nCurators’ conversations and light refreshments round out the event.\nUMMA After Hours is generously sponsored by Fidelity Investments. The media sponsor for UMMA After Hours is the Ann Arbor Observer. UID:43396-9754060@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43396 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Comedy,Concert,Culture,Dance,Exhibition,Multicultural,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170908T180019 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T213000 SUMMARY:Other:FREE HIP HOP CLASS by Dance2XS Michigan DESCRIPTION:Come dance with 2XS all FOR FREE!!! ALL DANCE LEVELS WELCOME\n\nWhether you want to see what we're all about or just want to come and learn some dope choreo\, we are holding a FREE CLASS available to ANYONE on September 8th! ALL ARE WELCOME:) Just for fun\, enjoy yourself\, and bring your friends so we can all let loose and dance together! The following Sunday\, September 10th\, are Dance2XS Auditions\, so this will be great chance to get a feel for the team and what we're all about beforehand if you are thinking about trying out! SEE YOU THERE!\n\nIMPORTANT DETAILS TO KNOW:\n\nWhere: Angell Hall\, Posting Wall\n\nWhen: September 8th @ 8:00PM\n\nWhat: FREE Urban Dance Class taught by current Dance2XS Michigan Artistic Director Emma Zordan\n\nAll dance levels welcome! Just come to have fun\, dance\, and learn some awesome choreo with a crowd of other people- BRINGING FRIENDS IS ENCOURAGED:) UID:42705-9640357@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42705 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Angell Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170820T003404 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T213000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:FREE HIP HOP DANCE CLASS by Dance2XS Michigan DESCRIPTION:Come dance with Dance2XS all FOR FREE!!! ALL DANCE LEVELS WELCOME\n\nWhether you want to see what Dance2XS all about or just want to come and learn some dope choreo\, we are holding a FREE CLASS available to ANYONE on September 8th! ALL ARE WELCOME:) Just for fun\, enjoy yourself\, and bring your friends so we can all let loose and dance together! The following Sunday\, September 10th\, are Dance2XS Auditions\, so this will be great chance to get a feel for the team and what we're all about beforehand if you are thinking about trying out! SEE YOU THERE!\n\nIMPORTANT DETAILS TO KNOW:\n\nWhere: Angell Hall\, Posting Wall\n\nWhen: September 8th @ 8:00PM\n\nWhat: FREE Urban Dance Class taught by current Dance2XS Michigan Artistic Director Emma Zordan\n\nAll dance levels welcome! Just come to have fun\, dance\, and learn some awesome choreo with a crowd of other people- BRINGING FRIENDS IS ENCOURAGED:) UID:42704-9638119@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42704 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dance,Fitness,Free LOCATION:Angell Hall - Posting Wall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170908T180019 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:MBC Presents: A Little Rusty DESCRIPTION:We’re back\, babies. Midnight Book Club is back in your favorite auditorium to serve delectable\, delectable improv comedy goodness directly to the pleasure center of your brain. Get ready to laugh\, to cry with laughter\, to be angry with laughter\, to be surprised with how hard you’re laughing. If there’s a feeling-taste parallel to umami\, we’re that too.\n\nBut here’s the problem: we’re a little rusty.\n\nWe haven’t done this in a while! We think we know how to make stuff up\, but we’re kinda hazy on the details. Two of us were gallivanting around Europe last semester\, un-learning the basic fundamentals of scene work\, character\, narrative\, and agreement. The rest of us haven’t done improv in a long time\, and we’re feeling ~okay~ about it. We might have some awkward pauses\, some weird moments\, some points at which we’re not too sure what’s going on.\n\nBut we know one thing for sure: you probably won’t notice.\n\nThis is going to be a Good Show. You’re going to enjoy yourself.\n\nAnd as always\, our show is FREE.\n\nAlso\, if you have funny friends or you're funny yourself\, we have auditions THE NEXT DAY! Sign up here: https://docs.google.com/a/umich.edu/spreadsheets/d/1hXb0005dsayjwngNHhsHaeXFcpszzZKCQ3rc-9KX8RE/edit?usp=sharing UID:43397-9756578@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43397 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Angell Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170829T110531 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:The Second City (Friday) DESCRIPTION:The Best of Second City tour! UID:40645-8660536@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/40645 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:The Ark LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170804T112504 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170908T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170909T020000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:ESPN UMix DESCRIPTION:The first official UMix of the year! Join us for free food\, prizes\, activities\, a film screening and much more! Mcard required for entry. UID:41989-9503600@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41989 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Film,Food,Free,Social,Umix LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR