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:20171205T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T235959 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:43238-12816368@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:20180502T120011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T235959 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:42456-12507575@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:20171207T120018 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T235959 SUMMARY:Community Service:Long-Term Tutoring - Community Action Network DESCRIPTION:Volunteers will help build academic success and confidence in the students they tutor. Tutors help with homework\, reading\, and enrichment activities. Tutor shifts also include time to hang out with the students during meals or recreation. These are good times to make meaningful connections with students\, helping them become better students and community members. Your time and passion could make a difference in one's educational success.  Volunteers must commit to one day per week for a min. of 12 weeks. Must complete application\, background check\, and online training. 60 points Sign-Up Here UID:42459-10890831@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42459 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Community Action Network CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171204T115119 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T230000 SUMMARY:Other:Online Trade Show | Integrated Product Development: Efficient & Satisfying Use of Small Living Spaces DESCRIPTION:Take part in this nationally renowned course by reviewing the products developed by 8 teams of students from the Stamps School of Art & Design\, Ross School of Business\, College of Engineering\, and the School of Information. Catch the competitive buzz!\n\nThe challenge: Efficient & Satisfying Use of Small Living Spaces.\n\nThe student-designed household product must be suitable for use by people living\, studying and working in a hyper-urbanized environment. The products must enable more efficient and satisfying use of living spaces\, and must be profitable at a consumer cost of less than $250.\n\nVisit http://bit.ly/2APHzJ6 to check out all 8 product websites.\nCast your vote for your favorites by Dec. 5 at 2:00p.m.\n\nThis course has been featured on CNN and in the Wall Street Journal\, Bloomberg Businessweek\, and the New York Times.\n\nAbout the Tauber Institute for Global Operations\nThe Tauber Institute is joint venture between the University of Michigan’s Business and Engineering Schools\, and many industry partners to facilitate cross-disciplinary education in global operations management. Well-designed and managed team projects form the cornerstone of the Tauber Institute experience and allow students to apply their knowledge to real world settings. For more information\, visit tauber.umich.edu. UID:47272-10855098@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47272 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Business,Engineering,Exhibition,Information and Technology LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170927T201723 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T235900 SUMMARY:Exhibition: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:44018-9869267@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/44018 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Archaeology,Art,Exhibition,Museum LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171117T093156 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:\"Student Reflections: A Retrospective of Dental Education\" DESCRIPTION:“Student Reflections: A Retrospective of Dental Education\,” 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday\, through December 2019\, Sindecuse Museum of Dentistry\, School of Dentistry\, 1011 N. University. The major new exhibit features artifacts\, photos and stories of student life in the 142 years that the U-M dental school has been educating dentists. Displays date to the late 1880s when “new technology” meant primitive gas lamps replaced window light\, which was the only light source for dental treatment when the school was founded in 1875. The exhibit showcases changes in students\, tools and technology from the school’s pioneering early days to its standing today as one of the top dental schools in the world. UID:46881-10667120@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46881 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dentistry,History,Science LOCATION:Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute - Atrium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171214T122804 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T230000 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:41334-9144091@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:20170901T101512 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Americana Musical Instruments DESCRIPTION:The Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments within the U-M School of Music\, Theatre & Dance is one of the largest accumulations of historical and contemporary musical instruments from all over the world that is housed in a North American university. Known internationally as a unique collection\, it is not only a precious heritage from the past\, but also a rich resource for musical\, educational\, and cultural needs of the present and future. This exhibition features a selection of Americana musical instruments with origins from around the world. UID:43033-9697023@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43033 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness,History LOCATION:University Hospitals - Cancer Center Elevator Alcove, Level 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170901T101024 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Flights of Fancy: Oil Painting DESCRIPTION:Since Ellie Harold started painting in 2003\, she has primarily been a landscape artist\, painting Michigan barns and lake shore scenes in oil. In November 2016\, following a trip to Mexico\, birds unexpectedly started migrating to her canvases and an entirely new body of work began to take shape. The current exhibit\, Flights of Fancy\, features birds in colorful\, light-filled works. The birds represent the lightness she associates with qualities of joy\, hope\, healing and inspiration she sees as a source of personal well-being. UID:43020-9696417@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170901T101330 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Michigan Medicine Employee Art Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Each year Gifts of Art presents an exhibition of artwork by Michigan Medicine faculty\, staff\, students\, volunteers and family members. It showcases the exceptional talent\, creativity and accomplishments of artists in the extensive (~26\,000) Michigan Medicine community. There are ribbon awards for Best in Category and Best in Show\, and a People's Choice award will be determined by votes of visitors to the exhibit by using the on-site ballot box. Winners will be announced at the Artist Reception and Award Ceremony held in the exhibit gallery\, date TBA. For more information\, please visit: www.med.umich.edu/goa/employee.htm. UID:43024-9696599@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43024 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170825T150442 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Photography into Fiber: ArtPrize Winner DESCRIPTION:Steve and Ann Loveless both grew up in northwestern lower Michigan and love the nature and beauty of the outdoors. Steve is a fine art photographer\, and Ann is a textile artist. After exhibiting some of Ann’s textile designs inspired by Steve’s photography\, they had the idea to create works that morph a photograph into a textile. One aspect of the process is that it can trick the viewer into questioning what they are seeing and invite them to engage more with the work. Northwood Awakening\, a 25 by 5 foot piece that was the ArtPrize 2015 Public Vote Grand Prize winner\, will be on display. UID:43026-9696684@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43026 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170825T150834 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents The Cut Ups: Paper Collage DESCRIPTION:Laura Cavanagh is a Michigan native who graduated summa cum laude from the University of Michigan in 2011 with a BFA in Art & Design and a minor in Art History. Cavanagh’s work consists primarily of cut paper and mixed media. Working with these materials allows her to approach her work in much the same way a sculptor does: adding to and cutting away from. Cavanagh finds the artistic process to be deeply meditative. Cavanagh lives and has her studio in a historic home in downtown Rochester\, Michigan. UID:43028-9696769@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43028 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170901T101149 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Under Covers: Encaustic & Mixed Media DESCRIPTION:Cat Crotchett’s current work combines elements of eastern and western cultural patterns in fragments that together form something different than their individual parts. These images represent an intersection of information as well as ideas of cultural appropriation\, assimilation\, fragmentation and alteration. Crotchett uses wax because it is relevant to both eastern and early western artistic cultures. A professional artist for over 30 years\, Crotchett has exhibited nationally and internationally. She is a professor at Western Michigan University and lives in Kalamazoo\, Michigan. UID:43022-9696502@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43022 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170825T151503 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents When Pigs Fly: Oil Painting DESCRIPTION:Professional artist and instructor Gregory Potter believes that anyone can develop artistic skill if they put the work into it. Potter’s teaching helps with that\, but he also shows his paintings in art fairs\, galleries and even Army barrack walls\, anywhere people enjoy art and laughing out loud. A flightless bird\, his flamingo isn’t deep or subversive\, but it does have a top hat and is riding on the back of a zebra that is standing in a nest powered by a propeller. Nothing unusual for a man who served four tours in the Middle East. Working in his home gallery in Franklin\, Indiana\, he is amused as viewers sometimes see his animals as “above all the B.S.” or “leaving without knowing where [they’re] going.” UID:43032-9696939@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43032 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Comprehensive Cancer Center, Level 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170817T162538 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T090000 SUMMARY:Exercise / Fitness:Rec Sports Equipment Orientation: Dumbbell Elite DESCRIPTION:Using dumbbells is a great way to mix up your mode when selecting your exercise\, but knowing what to do can sometimes be overwhelming. Don’t worry! We’ve got you covered. Come check out basic to advanced exercises using dumbbells. This workshop will also show you how to handle your dumbbells throughout the whole exercise. UID:42578-9612009@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42578 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Fitness,Health & Wellness,Rec Sports LOCATION:Central Campus Recreation Building (Bell Pool) - Strength 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171214T122637 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Life and Times of Lizzy Bennet DESCRIPTION:As the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s death\, 2017 presents an opportunity to showcase not only significant early editions of Austen’s works held in the Special Collections Library\, but a much broader swath of materials revealing the historical milieu in which she and her characters lived.\n\nThe 1780s-1810s was a tumultuous time period in Britain with effects reaching to the present day\, and we are fortunate to be able to draw on a rich collection of sources that illustrate Austen’s historical moment\, from A Companion to the Ballroom and The Book of Common Prayer to An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species... and A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.\n\nThe Library will be closed December 23 to January 1. UID:45823-10310382@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/45823 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,History,Library,Literature LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Audubon Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171205T060011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T100000 SUMMARY:Other:Yoga and Yogurt DESCRIPTION:Start out your Tuesday refreshed and re-energized by attending GRIN’s Yoga and Yogurt event. Megan Fuller\, a recreational sports certified instructor\, will guide you through a 50-minute Vinyasa Yoga session. This will be followed by a light breakfast consisting of bagels\, cream cheese\, and yogurt. \n\n*Bring your own mat and/or towel \n\nRSVP here: https://goo.gl/forms/gOlw3Y4snAMle5ID2\n\nTime: 8:30 am - 9:20 am (yoga) \n9:20 am - 10: 00 am (breakfast) UID:47081-10790789@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47081 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Johnson’s Room (Lurie Engineering Center) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170908T145419 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:American Berserk exhibition by Valerie Hegarty DESCRIPTION:Throughout her career\, Brooklyn-based artist Valerie Hegarty has explored fundamental themes of American history and particularly the legacy of 19th-century American art\, addressing topics such as colonization\, slavery\, Manifest Destiny\, nationalism and environmental degradation. Elaborating upon visual references to the art-historical canon of North America\, Hegarty repurposes the ideological tenets of such works into a critical examination of the American legacy.\n\nThe show’s title\, American Berserk\, is borrowed from Philip Roth’s Pulitzer-winning novel American Pastoral\, in which he defines the inverse of the American pastoral ideal as the “indigenous American Berserk.” The show includes a group of ceramic sculptures and a mixed-media site-specific sculpture jutting from the wall. Hegarty’s anarchic\, revisionist take on American history as manifested in the nation’s artistic legacy is embodied in her fantastical works. The sculptures\, which seem imported from a parallel universe\, include watermelons that become animated\, explode and then decay\, sly depictions of George Washington as a series of topiaries\, spectral clipper ships sinking and calcifying into shells\, a branch breaking through the wall and piercing a painting of George Washington making his nose appear to grow and a duo of “fruit face” personae that survey the surreal proceedings.\n\nNote: This grouping of works is an edited restaging of the original show that was initially presented at Burning in Water gallery in New York in 2016. UID:43941-9855220@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43941 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Exhibition,History,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180115T182509 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibition | Excavating Archaeology @ U-M: 1817‐2017 DESCRIPTION:This exhibition explores the history of archaeology and museums at the University of Michigan for the past 200 years and looks forward to the future of archaeology and museums at Michigan in the coming century. The exhibition relies on carefully chosen objects\, archival documents and images\, and other illustrative materials to examine moments in the history of the University of Michigan’s involvements in archaeology and the location of archaeology in the museum environment.\n\nCurators: Carla M. Sinopoli and Terry G. Wilfong\n\nVisit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/excavating-archaeology-bicentennial/ UID:44170-9889077@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/44170 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Archaeology,Bicentennial,Exhibition,Museum LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170911T104401 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Sacred Plants - Holiday Conservatory Exhibit at Matthaei DESCRIPTION:Focusing on plants in the conservatory collection at Matthaei Botanical Gardens\,Sacred Plants explores how these plants figure in myth\, lore\, and ritual for cultures around the world. The exhibit also features seasonal flowers\, decorated trees\, kids activities\, and more. Free admission. Note: Closed Christmas Eve\, Christmas\, and New Year’s Eve. Open New Year’s day. UID:44125-9886155@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/44125 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Multicultural,Nature LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171205T181529 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T110000 SUMMARY:Other:Thesis Defense:\nMicrofabricated Probes for Monitoring Brain Chemistry at High Spatial and Temporal Resolution DESCRIPTION: \n \n \nThitaphat (Non) Ngernsutivorakul (Advisor: Dr. Robert Kennedy) UID:46722-10592240@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46722 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry,Science LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - CHEM 1706 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170724T201257 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T170000 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:41652-9417937@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:20171106T140104 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Matisse Drawings: Curated by Ellsworth Kelly from The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Collection DESCRIPTION:\"Matisse Drawings: Curated by Ellsworth Kelly from The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Collection\" showcases the master draftsmanship of two of the most significant artists of the twentieth century: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) and Ellsworth Kelly (1923–2015). Curated by Kelly in 2014\, the exhibition speaks to his admiration for Matisse\, as well as to the centrality of drawing in both artists’ practices. To accompany the forty-five rarely exhibited works by Matisse made in the first half of the 20th century\, which reveal his process and range of creativity as a draftsman\, Kelly selected nine of his own lithographic drawings that derive from his time in France during the 1960s\, when the American artist studied Matisse’s sketches and studies of nature and human figures. Together\, the works by Matisse and Kelly form a thought-provoking\, visually striking artistic dialogue\, allowing viewers to experience one artist through the eyes of another and to immerse themselves in the pleasures of close looking.\n \n\"Matisse Drawings: Curated by Ellsworth Kelly from The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Collection\" is organized by the American Federation of Arts and the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum in collaboration with The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation.\n\nThis exhibition was made possible by the generous support of the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust and The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation. Additional support provided by the JFM Foundation and Mrs. Donald M. Cox.\n\nLead support for the local presentation of this exhibition is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, Michigan Medicine\, the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs\, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund\, and the University of Michigan Ross School of Business and the Department of the History of Art. UID:46544-10546832@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46544 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - A. Alfred Taubman Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170724T195814 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T170000 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:41651-9417808@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:20171106T140510 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Tim Noble and Sue Webster: The Masterpiece DESCRIPTION:Since the 1980s\, British artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster have been known for their shadow sculptures built from materials as diverse as scrap metal\, garbage\, taxidermy\, and sex toys. When light is directed at these assemblages\, they project shadows that are exceptionally accurate and intricate representations of other things entirely.\n\n\"The Masterpiece\" (2014) is a shadow self-portrait of the artists created from metal casts of dead vermin they collected and welded together into a ball. From afar the casts appear to be a stunning abstract silver sculpture\; on closer inspection the disturbing menagerie of creatures emerges\, only to change form again—as a shadow on the wall—into a precise and elegant image that is astonishingly different from the objects that create it.\n\nLead support for \"Tim Noble and Sue Webster: The Masterpiece\" is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment\, the Susan and Richard Gutow Fund\, and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities. Additional generous support is provided by the Richard and Janet Miller Fund. UID:46545-10546911@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46545 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Media,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - Media Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170908T115331 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Health\, History\, Demography & Development (H2D2) DESCRIPTION:Details to come. UID:43904-9852336@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43904 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,seminar LOCATION:Lorch Hall - 201 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171117T080748 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T123000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:LRCCS Tuesday Lecture Series | ‘Spoken Drama (Huaju) with a Strong Chinese Flavor:’ The Resurrection and Demise of Popular Spoken Drama (Tongsu Huaju) in Shanghai in the 1950s and Early 1960s DESCRIPTION:Please note the new time and location for our 2017-18 lecture series.\n\nContrary to popular belief\, China’s first\, hybrid form of spoken drama wenmingxi (civilized drama) did not vanish after its brief glory in Shanghai in the 1910s\; it lingered on as part of the popular entertainment in the following decades\, including a brief revival in 1957. Known as tongsu huaju (popular spoken drama) by then\, it attracted the attention of modern theatre huaju (spoken drama) experts who praised its dramaturgy and performance as much closer to indigenous Chinese theatre than huaju\, thus triggering a debate over its efficacy and limitations in the nationalization of Western-oriented spoken theatre. Using contemporary sources\, Professor Liu examines the brief rise and fall of tongsu huaju in Shanghai in the late 1950s and early 1960s with focus on its performance\, the debate over its utility\, the policies that ultimately led to its demise\, and the implications of the tongsu huaju phenomenon on the periodization of modern Asian theatre. \n \nSiyuan Liu is an Associate Professor of Theatre at the University of British Columbia. He is a former President of the Association for Asian Performance and editor of Asian Theatre Journal. His published books include Routledge Handbook of Asian Theatre (2016)\, Performing Hybridity in Colonial-Modern China (Palgrave Macmillan 2013)\, Modern Asian Theatre and Performance 1900-2000 (co-author\, Methuen 2014)\, and The Methuen Drama Anthology of Modern Asian Plays (co-editor\, 2014). He has also published over two dozen articles and book chapters on Chinese theatre in the modern era. UID:41716-9440434@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41716 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asia,Chinese Studies LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 110 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170831T181541 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:2017 Undergraduate Juried Exhibition DESCRIPTION:The Stamps School’s annual Undergraduate Juried Exhibition\, a showcase of the best work produced by Stamps undergraduate students\, is on view Friday\, November 10-Saturday\, December 16\, 2017 in the Stamps Gallery (201 S. Division St.). A highly anticipated Stamps School tradition\, the Undergraduate Juried Exhibition provides an opportunity for the school to support students whose creative work is recognized as exceptional by invited jurors\, with thousands of dollars in awards announced at the exhibition reception on Friday\, November 10 from 6-8 pm. The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public.\n\nExhibition Dates: November 10-December 16\, 2017\nExhibition Reception: Friday\, November 10 from 6-8 pm UID:43459-9766070@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43459 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T120807 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T133000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Biopsychology Colloquium DESCRIPTION:Physiological basis of near death consciousness UID:43471-9771961@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43471 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Psychology LOCATION:East Hall - 4464 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171113T080418 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar DESCRIPTION:Dr. Yamuna Krishnan\, Professor of Chemistry at the University of Chicago\, will be presenting a seminar titled: \"Quantitative Imaging of Intracellular Ion Channel Activity.\" This seminar will take place on Tuesday December 5th\, 2017 at 12pm in North Lecture Hall\, MS II. UID:46755-10622858@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46755 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biological Chemistry LOCATION:Medical Science Unit II - North Lecture Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170907T090112 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Medieval Lunch. Expressive Gestures: Affect and Violence in the late 16th century Russian Illustrated Historical Chronicle DESCRIPTION:The Medieval Lunch Series is an informal program for sharing works-in-progress and fostering community among medievalists at the University of Michigan. Faculty and graduate students from across disciplines participate\, sharing their research and discussing ongoing projects. UID:43706-9832691@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43706 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,European,History,Literature LOCATION:Tisch Hall - 1014 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171205T180019 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T200000 SUMMARY:Other:MESA & OAMI Grant Celebration DESCRIPTION:An evening of networking and celebration for MESA & OAMI Grant recipients  UID:47307-10860622@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47307 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan League, Koessler Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T123324 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T121000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar: P4 - interactions among Africa's top predator\, people\, parasites and their prey DESCRIPTION:Bring your lunch and join us for this weekly seminar UID:42888-9675064@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42888 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Ecology,Research,Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building - 2009 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171121T084910 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T133000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Karanis: Archives and Futures in an ancient Egyptian town DESCRIPTION:University of Michigan archaeologists excavated over 100 structures in the ancient Egyptian town of Karanis (modern Kom Aushim) between 1924 and 1935. These structures yielded over 60\,000 artifacts\, 2\,500 papyri and 1\,100 potsherds with writing. Taken together\, this seems to be a wonderful archive to mine for clues about daily life in an ancient town in the first three centuries CE. But is it? This talk will present some of the challenges of dealing with this wealth of material from ancient Karanis\, but also point at some of the potentialities of this site through a multi-disciplinary and collaboratory approach. UID:46946-10703021@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46946 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culture,History,International,Writing LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Osterman Common Room, # 1022 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170913T111638 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T160000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:German Lab DESCRIPTION:German Lab in Alcove B in the Language Resource Center in North Quad is open Mon-Thu 1-4 pm.\n\nThe German Lab is open Monday-Thursday 1-4 every week. It's in Alcove B in the LRC (ground level of North Quad\, Room 1500\, http://lsa.umich.edu/lrc/facility). \nGo to the German Lab for any kind of help (except we can't proofread your essays for you): if you need help with homework or a test review sheet (we can proofread your test essays for German 101-231)\, if you need grammar topics explained or reviewed or need more practice\, if you just want to speak some German for fun and/or for your AMD etc. If you have time in the afternoons from 1-4\, do your homework in the LRC! Then if you get stuck on something\, you can just stop by the German Lab alcove so we can get you unstuck.\nFor more info: http://lsa.umich.edu/german/hmr/Miscellaneous/deutschlabor.html UID:44329-9908922@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/44329 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Language,Undergraduate LOCATION:North Quad - Alcove B in the Language Resource Center (ground level of North Quad, Room 1500) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171103T161635 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T150000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:No More Scantrons and Blue Books!: Electronic Exams in Canvas DESCRIPTION:Electronic exams in Canvas offer several advantages over Scantron and Blue Book exams. For example\, it is much easier to read student writing on an electronic exam. Today’s students are use to composing on a keyboard\, so it no surprise their penmanship is not always legible. And because students are so proficient with their laptops\, it is likely they will compose higher quality writing during an electronic exam. There are other benefits to using electronic exams in Canvas. The Speedgrader feature allows instructors to type responses more efficiently\, providing substantive feedback when appropriate. Multiple choice and true/false type questions are graded automatically and sent directly to the gradebook. Exams and grades are preserved for future reference—for example\, the next time a student asks for a letter of recommendation. Electronic exams can replace Scantrons and Blue Books\, saving faculty and staff a substantial amount of time. \n\nLSA has also added a security feature to Canvas that can lock down the testing environment and preserve academic integrity.\n\nThis workshop will introduce participants to the various question types and settings available in Canvas. Participants will also get to explore more advanced features in Canvas\, including embedding images and media\, setting timed exams and allowing for student accommodations\, grading essay questions\, and enabling the LockDown Browser. This session is recommended for anyone who wants to learn more the testing features in Canvas\; therefore\, it is suitable for both faculty and support staff. UID:46514-10512733@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46514 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Information and Technology LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - ISS Media Center PC Lab, Room 2001 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171122T181511 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T150000 SUMMARY:Performance:Strings Showcase DESCRIPTION:A monthly performance series featuring the finest among our outstanding SMTD string students. Soloists and chamber music groups will be selected by the faculty to perform on this prestigious event. UID:42581-9614607@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42581 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170926T112251 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Tarek Zohdi: Modeling and Simulation of Multistage Multiphysical Processes in Next-Generation Advanced Manufacturing and 3D Printing with New Multifunctional Materials DESCRIPTION:Within the last decade\, several industrialized countries have stressed the importance of advanced manufacturing to their economies. Many of these plans have highlighted the development of additive manufacturing techniques\, such as 3D printing\, which are still in their infancy. The objective is to develop superior products\, produced at lower overall operational costs. For these goals to be realized\, a deep understanding of the essential ingredients comprising the materials involved in additive manufacturing is needed. The combination of rigorous material modeling theories\, coupled with the dramatic increase of computational power can potentially play a significant role in the analysis\, control\, and design of many emerging additive manufacturing processes. Specialized materials and the precise design of their properties are key factors in the processes. Specifically\, particle-functionalized materials play a central role in this field\, in three main ways: (1) to endow filament-based materials by adding particles to a heated binder (2) to “functionalize” inks by adding particles to freely flowing solvents and (3) to directly deposit particles\, as dry powders\, onto surfaces and then to heat them with a laser\, e-beam or other external source\, in order to fuse them into place. The goal of these processes is primarily to build surface structures\, coatings\, etc.\, which are extremely difficult to construct using classical manufacturing methods. The objective of this presentation is to introduce the audience to basic techniques which can allow them to rapidly develop and analyze particulate-based materials needed in new additive manufacturing processes. This presentation is broken into two main parts: continuum and discrete element approaches. The materials associated with methods (1) and (2) are closely related types of continua (particles embedded in a continuous binder) and are treated using continuum approaches. The materials in method (3)\, which are of a discrete particulate character\, are analyzed using discrete element methods.\n\nBio: Tarek I. Zohdi received his Ph.D. in 1997 in Computational and Applied Mathematics from the University of Texas at Austin and his Habilitation in General Mechanics from the Gottfried Leibniz University of Hannover in 2002. He is currently a Chancellor’s Professor of Mechanical Engineering\, Chair of the Computational and Data Science and Engineering Program at UC Berkeley and holder of the W. C. Hall Family Endowed Chair in Engineering. UID:45084-10081483@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/45084 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mechanical Engineering LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171205T181610 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:CM-AMO Seminar | Playing with Photons in Flatland: \nControlling Light and Matter in Two-Dimensional Materials\n DESCRIPTION:The discovery of monolayer two-dimensional semiconductors of atomic-scale thickness presents a new two-dimensional landscape in which to play with the interaction between light and matter. These nanomaterials at the extreme limit of surface-to-volume ratio exhibit rich optical phenomenology such as layer dependent bandgaps and degenerate\, but distinct\, valley-polarized excitonic states. The unique features of atomically-thin materials suggest that these layered systems can be exploited to achieve new regimes of light-matter interactions. In this presentation\, I will discuss efforts to control the interaction of monolayer semiconductors with light using both top-down nanopatterning and photonic device integration. In particular\, I will describe the emergence of spin-polarized exciton-polariton quasi-particles in monolayer semiconductors embedded in a photonic microcavity. Cavity enhancement of optical interactions results in modified dynamics of these coherent light-matter states. Examples will illustrate how optical and quantum phenomena can be rationally designed in monolayer semiconductors\, suggesting exciting potential for novel hybrid quantum systems or opto-electronic applications harnessing the unique properties of low-dimensional nanomaterials.\n UID:42195-9584883@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42195 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Physics,Science LOCATION:West Hall - 335 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171122T141935 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T170000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Cross Campus Transfer to LSA Information Sessions DESCRIPTION:Are you thinking about transferring to LSA from another University of Michigan school or college? Before meeting with an advisor to complete the transfer application and to discuss your individual situation\, you will need to attend a group session to learn about the transfer process\, LSA requirements\, and LSA advising. This required information session will also help you understand how a degree in the liberal arts or sciences can help you achieve your goals. UID:44342-9911774@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/44342 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Angell Hall - G243 (Newnan Advising Conference Room) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171026T144134 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T180000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:DAAS African Diasporic Film Festival. The Boers at the End of the World DESCRIPTION:Ty Dickason\, 82\, is a cowboy in remote Patagonia\, Argentina. He has never flown in a plane\, and yet he speaks a language from a country 7\,000km to the east. He is part of a 114-year-old Afrikaans community – a culture only found in South Africa. \n\nIn southern Africa\, after a devastating war with the British\, the Boers (“farmers”) sailed across the Atlantic to start a new life in freedom in 1902. They headed into the arid heart of Patagonia\, a land that reminded them of home. \n\nToday\, their descendants still endure in this harsh place. They speak archaic Afrikaans and sing old folk songs. But despite the fierce pride in their roots\, less than 50 of the oldest still speak their mother tongue. They struggle to keep their culture alive but are resigned to knowing that they are the last generation to speak the language in the region. It is a parallel world of Afrikaans society\, separate from the Apartheid policies that intervened in South Africa\, giving a unique glimpse into what might have been.\n\nThe film focuses on a family\, the Dickasons\, who have a deep yearning to see the land of their ancestors. They travel back to Africa for the first time to meet their distant family – and their ideas of home\, culture and belonging will never be the same. \n---\nLanguages: Afrikaans\, Spanish\, English \nDirector: Richard Finn Gregory\; Producer: Kelly Scott\n\nRichard Finn Gregory is an award-winning South African director and cinematographer. He lived in Tokyo for a number of years\, where he started creating music videos. Upon returning to South Africa\, he felt compelled to refocus on documentary filmmaking\, which led to working on projects across five continents. Much of his work has focused on social and environmental issues in the developing world. He was the last person to film Nelson Mandela in a private setting\, as part of the 21 Icons project. UID:46018-10353061@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46018 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Africa,Anthropology,Film LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Hatcher Graduate Library Gallery, Room 100 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171205T181529 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T053000 SUMMARY:Other:Ion Mobility Spectrometry: Beyond Separation and Structural Characterization DESCRIPTION: When exposed to a constant electric field\, ions in the gas phase move at constant drift velocities\; the proportionality constant between an ion’s velocity and the applied electric field is termed the ion mobility. Correspondingly\, ion mobility spectrometry (IM) is a gas phase separation technique in which analyte ions (as small as atomic ions and up to charged aerosol particles) are separated temporally or spatially in an electric. Recent years have seen increased usage of IM in two specific applications. First\, it is used as a pre-separation technique with mass spectrometry to better identify analytes in complex mixtures. Second\, IM is used as a tool to characterize the structures of protein and multiprotein complex ions in the gas phase. In both of these applications\, IM is used primarily as a structural characterization tool\, and the chemical information obtained in measurement is limited to collision cross section inference (a parameter directly linked to ion mobility). This presentation will discuss novel applications of IM developed in our laboratory group\, where measurements go beyond collision cross section determination. Specifically\, in conjunction with mass spectrometry\, we are developing techniques to examine ion-neutral complex formation in the gas phase (with applications in chemical warfare agent detection\, fundamental studies of ion-induced nucleation\, and measurement of the properties of atmospheric nanoclusters) and as a standalone technique we utilize IM to examine nanoparticle-protein conjugation. Also discussed will be the potential application of ion mobility-mass spectrometry in air pollution monitoring\, using newly developed data inversion schemes to isolate atmospheric aerosol populations from one another. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nChris Hogan (University of Minnesota) UID:41470-9269833@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41470 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry,Science LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640 CHEM CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171113T074426 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Laura Kasischke\, Allan Seager Collegiate Professorship in English Language and Literature\, Inaugural Lecture DESCRIPTION:Laura Kasischke’s most recent book\, from which she will read\, brings new poems together with work from her previous nine collections of poetry\, published over the last twenty-five years. The citation for the National Book Critics Circle Award\, which she received in 2011\, reads: “No poet alive has worked harder to depict the contemporary American life course: she has shown herself\, in sharply vivid poems\, as a girl\, as a wayward teen\, as a young adult\, as a passionate and worried mother with a baby\, a child\, and now a teenaged son…And no poet now at work does better than Kasischke in finding ways to depict not just how we feel about life stages and the people in them but also how we change as those stages go by…Kasischke stands for many among us.” Her collection of new and selected poems gathers together the breadth of this vision\, and Kasischke will offer readings from both her earliest and most recent work.\n\nCelebrated as both novelist and poet\, Kasischke demonstrates a compelling wry humor and sense of incredulous horror as she mines the narratives and observations of what it means to exist. The Harvard Review describes her work as “wildly imaginative…memorable\, often funny\, always profound.” Her reading will be followed by an opportunity for questions about the writing process\, her teaching\, and her long association with the University of Michigan\, from which she graduated in 1984 with a degree in Creative Writing and Literature from the Residential College. UID:41512-9316372@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41512 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Literature LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Amphitheatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171006T150441 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:LRCCS Distinguished Visitor Lecture Series | China’s Economic Reform in the Wake of the 19th Party Congress DESCRIPTION:China’s economic reform has been stalled for some years and in the meantime financial risks are building up. With leadership issues settled by the 19th Congress\, what are the prospects for vigorous economic reform? What are the key problems that Beijing needs to tackle? And how does this affect US-China economic relations? \n \nDavid Dollar is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution’s John L. Thornton China Center. He is a leading expert on China's economy and U.S.-China economic relations. From 2009 to 2013 he was the U.S. Treasury's economic and financial emissary to China. Before his time at Treasury\, Dollar worked at the World Bank for 20 years\, and from 2004 to 2009 was country director for China and Mongolia. His other World Bank assignments primarily focused on Asian economies\, including South Korea\, Vietnam\, Cambodia\, Thailand\, Bangladesh and India. From 1995 to 2004\, Dollar worked in the World Bank’s research department. Prior to his World Bank career\, Dollar was an assistant professor of economics at UCLA\, spending a semester in Beijing teaching at the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.\n\nCo-sponsored by the International Policy Center of the U-M Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. UID:43141-9728911@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43141 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asia,Chinese Studies,Economics,Public Policy LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - Annenberg Auditorium ~ Room 1120 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171205T083057 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Positive Links Speaker Series DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, December 5\, 2017\n4:00-5:00 p.m.\nFree and open to the public.\n\nMichigan Ross Campus\nBlau Hall\n700 East University\nColloquium\, 5th Floor\nAnn Arbor\, MI 48109-1234\n\nRegister: http://myumi.ch/L1Yen\n\nGain inspiring and practical research-based strategies for building organizations that are high performing and bring out the best in people. Learn from leading positive organizational scholars and connect with our community of academics\, students\, staff\, and leaders.\n\nAbout Quinn's talk:\nWarren Bennis wrote that becoming a leader is becoming who you really are. Research shows\, counter to conventional thought\, that people of transformative power develop a characteristic called idealized influence. They become models worthy of admiration\, respect\, trust\, and emulation. They live from a moral core that generates attractive power. Without authority\, they can draw the best out of others. Conventional assumptions prevent us from seeing\, understanding or aspiring to this condition. \n\nThis limitation constrains organizational efforts in leadership development. Organizations cannot do what they spend much money trying to do. They can develop managers but they cannot develop leaders. This means we have to own our own leadership development. This session will explore how to become who you really are and how to help those around you to do the same.\n\nAbout Quinn:\nRobert E. Quinn is the Margaret Elliot Tracy Professor Emeritus of Business Administration at the University of Michigan. Quinn is one of the co-founders of the field of Positive Organizational Scholarship\, an area of inquiry that seeks to understand the best of the human condition. He had published eighteen books on purpose\, leadership\, and change. He is a fellow of the Academy of Management and has received multiple awards for both teaching and research. \n\nHost: \nGretchen Spreitzer\, faculty director of the Center for Positive Organizations\; Keith E. and Valerie J. Alessi Professor of Business Administration\; Professor of Management and Organizations\n\nSponsors:\nThe Center for Positive Organizations thanks Sanger Leadership Center\, Tauber Institute for Global Operations\, Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies\, and Diane (BA ’73) and Paul (MBA ‘75) Jones for their support of the 2017-18 Positive Links Speaker Series. UID:44157-9889007@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/44157 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Business,Faculty,Graduate,Staff,Transfer Students,Undergraduate LOCATION:Ross School of Business - Michigan Ross Campus, Blau Hall, 700 East University Colloquium, 5th Floor Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1234 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171220T123007 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T190000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Software Talent Mixer DESCRIPTION:Don't miss this chance to network with companies looking for IT Talent and technology professionals looking for their next career opportunity.\n\nThis Software Talent Mixer focuses on tech jobs and career opportunities from across Southeast Michigan. This career mixer is ideal for employers looking to fill software full-time positions. For those looking for a software opportunity don't miss out on this great way to connect with tech employers in a casual setting.\n\nFor anyone who is interested\, please have them use promo code 'STAR05' to waive the registration fee.\n\nhttps://www.amycelltalent.com/workshops-and-events/software-talent-mixer/\n UID:47097-10790918@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47097 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:215 W Michigan Ave, Ypsilanti, MI 48197 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171109T144938 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:WCED Lecture. Civil Courts and Authoritarian Stability DESCRIPTION:Post-Soviet Kazakhstan has been ruled by a single\, personalist dictator since independence\, and power is concentrated among a narrow elite. As extant literature on dictatorships predicts\, state officials there regularly expropriate private property\; valuable urban land is a favorite target. In this context\, why would the Kazakhstani state – which has a highly effective security apparatus – take the seemingly redundant step of turning to courts to resolve the resulting conflicts with property owners? Moreover\, why would citizens do the same\, when they acknowledge courts’ lack of independence and high levels of corruption? In this lecture\, Hanson argues that the central government compels local officials to channel disputes through civil courts to address negative consequences from their predatory\, rent-seeking behavior. The dictator seeks to control rather than eliminate that behavior\, because tacit permission to use their positions for self-enrichment helps ensure subordinates’ loyalty. However\, it also generates costs for the autocrat. In particular\, it sparks social unrest. Requiring local officials to channel conflict through courts offers an improved outcome for a few victims\, while reducing the ability of all to engage in protests\; it also creates and enforces guidelines for officials’ informal behavior. In short\, formal legal institutions help manage corruption and its consequences. In making these arguments\, Hanson draw on extensive in-country fieldwork in three regions of Kazakhstan\, including interviews\, ethnographic observation in district and appellate courts\, original survey data\, and official court records and other documents. \n \nMargaret Hanson is a Weiser Emerging Democracies Postdoctoral Fellow for the 2017-18 academic year. Her research focuses on institutions that help autocracies endure. Specifically\, she examines how formal and informal institutions interact to shape governance in authoritarian regimes. Her broad research interests include authoritarian stability\, governance\, and development\, with an emphasis on the former Soviet Union. UID:43907-9855115@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43907 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Democracy,International,Kazakhstan,Politics LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 110 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170913T112447 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T180000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Schokoladenstunde DESCRIPTION:Schokoladenstunde will take place twice per week: Tuesdays between 5-6 p.m. with Mary Gell\, and Wednesdays from 2-3 p.m. with Silvia Grzeskowiak\, in the Language Resource Center in North Quad. The group will meet in the seating area between the two computer classrooms. \n\nAs the name promises\, chocolate will be available. Silvia and Mary will be bringing games to the Schokoladenstunde. The hour will be spent chatting and playing games in German (e.g. Tabu). Students at all levels are welcome. UID:44270-9903258@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/44270 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:European,Free,Games,Language,Undergraduate LOCATION:North Quad - Language Resource Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170905T142744 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T183000 SUMMARY:Other:Gregory Pardlo DESCRIPTION:Gregory Pardlo was born in Philadelphia and grew up in Willingboro\, New Jersey. He is the author of Totem (2007)\, winner of the APR/Honickman First Book Prize\, and Digest (2014)\, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. The Pulitzer judges cited Pardlo’s “clear-voiced poems that bring readers the news from 21st Century America\, rich with thought\, ideas and histories public and private.” In 2017\, Pardlo was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. Pardlo’s poems\, reviews\, and translations have been widely published and are noted for “language simultaneously urban and highbrow … snapshots of a life that is so specific it becomes universal.” A memoir and collection of essays\, Air Traffic\, is forthcoming from Knopf. He is an associate editor for the literary journal Callaloo and teaches creative writing at Columbia University. He lives in Brooklyn. UID:43573-9821440@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43573 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Books,Culture,Literature,Museum,Poetry,UMMA,Writing LOCATION:Museum of Art - The Apse CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170925T125944 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T190000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Mindfulness Strategies to Reduce Stress DESCRIPTION:College and graduate students will learn about different factors that can impact stress and mindfulness strategies to reduce stress. The first half of the wellness group will be education-focused and the second half will be a support group. Each wellness group is led by a licensed social worker affiliated with the UM Depression Center. \n\nWellness groups are free to attend and no pre-registration is required. Refreshments will be provided. UID:45028-10072844@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/45028 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Graduate Students,Health & Wellness,Mental Health,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Chrysler Center - 265 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170830T145042 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T183000 SUMMARY:Presentation:PitE Information Session DESCRIPTION:PitE will be holding an information session for any students who are currently undeclared. Students must attend an information session before scheduling an advising appointment. Register below. UID:43276-9748069@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43276 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Environment LOCATION:Undergraduate Science Building - 1160 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171120T132958 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T190000 SUMMARY:Performance:Ross Diaries DESCRIPTION:Ross Diaries is an intimate gathering where students from across the business school and beyond will share powerful and compelling stories about events and experiences that have shaped their lives. The storytellers at Ross Diaries attended a comprehensive storytelling workshop to craft their stories and hone their skills—now they are looking for an audience!\n\nAll are welcome to attend and hear powerful stories from U-M students.\n\nRoss Diaries\n5:30-7:00 PM\nRobertson Auditorium at Michigan Ross\n701 Tappan Ave.\, Ann Arbor\n\nThis program is offered as part of our Story Lab series.\n\nSpace is limited—RSVP on our website! UID:41058-8916660@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41058 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Business,Culture,Free,Inclusion,Leadership,Storytelling LOCATION:Ross School of Business - Robertson Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171106T143244 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T183000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Zell Visiting Writers Series: Gregory Pardlo\, Distinguished Poet in Residence DESCRIPTION:Gregory Pardlo was born in Philadelphia and grew up in Willingboro\, New Jersey. He is the author of Totem (2007)\, winner of the APR/Honickman First Book Prize\, and Digest (2014)\, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. The Pulitzer judges cited Pardlo’s “clear-voiced poems that bring readers the news from 21st Century America\, rich with thought\, ideas and histories public and private.” In 2017\, Pardlo was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. Pardlo’s poems\, reviews\, and translations have been widely published and are noted for “language simultaneously urban and highbrow … snapshots of a life that is so specific it becomes universal.” A memoir and collection of essays\, \"Air Traffic\,\" is forthcoming from Knopf. He is an associate editor for the literary journal Callaloo and teaches creative writing at Columbia University. He lives in Brooklyn.\n\nUMMA is pleased to be the site for the Zell Visiting Writers Series\, which brings outstanding writers each semester. The Series is made possible through a generous gift from U-M alumna Helen Zell (AB ’64\, LLDHon ’13). For more information\, please visit the Zell Visiting Writers Series webpage. UID:46550-10547319@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46550 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Literature,Museum,Poetry,UMMA,Writing LOCATION:Museum of Art - Museum Apse CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171117T124934 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T210000 SUMMARY:Presentation:CWPS Graduate Student Capstone Presentations DESCRIPTION:Free & open to the public\, light refreshments provided.\n\nSession One\nNovember 28\, 6-9pm\nRoom 2202 (Prechter Lab)\, School of Education\n610 E. University\n\n\nEllen Myers\nFacebook and Indonesian Youth Culture: Identity Performance in the Digital World\n\nIndonesia is a country that has consistently ranked within the top five users of Facebook in the world for several years The culture surrounding social networking is a new concept for the social sciences to tackle. While there are some commonalities throughout the world concerning this topic\, there also exists a unique set of challenges\, benefits\, and implications that are culturally specific. From wall posts to statuses\, the agency that Facebook and other social networking sites allows people to have over what\, when\, and how they perform their identities can provide useful insight into functionalities of online activities within this platform. In the context of the performance of identity in everyday life\, Ellen's lecture will explore her summer research study on young adult Facebook users in Indonesia as a means of examining the various ways in which people are utilizing the growing digital ecology as a platform from which they perform their identities. \n\n\nFabiola Torralba\nMexico Negro: Culture\, Identity and Politics of Afro Mexicanos\n\nThis presentation will highlight some of the cultural workers\, artists and organizers of the Afro Mexican movement in the Costa Chica. Through stories featuring the local leadership of Guerrero and Oaxaca\, this presentation will share diverse perspectives that reveal the complexity of Afro Mexican identity\, culture and politics. \n\n\nAlyssa Wells\n \"This is My Family\": Toward an Understanding of the Culture of Drum and Bugle Corps\n\nIn this presentation\, Alyssa explores the creation of close relationships among drum and bugle corps members. Her research with the Tokushima Indigoes Senior Drum and Bugle Corps (Tokushima\, Japan) and the Jubal Drum and Bugle Corps (Dordrecht\, Holland) allows her to ask the question of how cultural practices and the norms of a particular society influence the creation of relationships among drum and bugle corps members. \n\n\nLaura-Ann Jacobs\nTalking Lei\n\nTalking Lei is a performance-based storytelling installation centered around flowers. The installation features a community of women talking story while creating lei kūpeʻe (wrist lei) in the wili (wrapping) style and includes a gallery of autoethnographic work by LA Jacobs. This project explores the process of lei making as a metaphor for the embodiment of the connectedness of storytelling in physical space.​\n\nSession Two\nDecember 5\, 6-9pm\nCady Room\, Stearns Buidling\n2005 Baits Dr.\n\nKiran Bhumber\n\"Phulkari\"\n\nThis presentation will be on an interactive multimedia performance called Phulkari\, which involves wearable electronic textiles\, dance\, music and visuals. This interdisciplinary project aims to envelop South Asian cultural identity\, tradition\, and memory within the present digital realm. The electronic textile\, Phulkari\, is based on a technique of weaving practiced by women in Punjabi villages -- one that is passed down from mother to daughter and from bride to new village. Inscribed in the practice are processes of cultural change and continuity\, the transmission of memory\, and nostalgia. \n\nAJ Covey\nPerspectives on Teaching and Learning World Music\n\nHow can educators account for the radical shift in cultural context when teaching a foreign musical tradition in the Western conservatory\, and how can students get the most out of learning world music? AJ will draw on his experiences abroad as student and ethnographer in India and Indonesia as well as his time teaching world music as a GSI in the School of Music. Theatre and Dance.\n\nSydney Schiff\nWhat is Brazilian Zouk? \n\nOriginally from Rio de Janeiro\, Brazilian Zouk is a partnered social dance that is practiced in local communities and international congresses all over the world. This summer\, Sydney set out on an exploratory ethnographic research project to identify international influences on the dance movement and culture in Canada and Europe. Unexpectedly\, she learned as much about herself as she did about basic steps\, virtuosic movements\, dance floor etiquette\, and stroopwaffles. \n\nAdam Shead\nThe Present is Present: Amsterdam\n\nAdam Shead will present and live score a thirty minute documentary he has developed in attempt to showcase concepts of cultural memory\, political activism through Improvisation\, the relationship of Improvisation and composition\, and consciousness within the creative Improv community of Amsterdam\, NL. UID:46662-10578198@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46662 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culture,Dance,Multicultural,Music,Storytelling,Theater LOCATION:Stearns Building - Cady Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171123T110141 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:FAST Lecture | The Sarcophagi of Beth She'arim: Jewish Patrons and the Roman Stone Trade DESCRIPTION:Presented by Field Archaeology Series on Thursday\, sponsored by the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology\, the Department of Classical Studies\, and the Interdepartmental Program in Classical Art and Archaeology. \n\nReception 5:30 PM\, Lecture 6:00 PM. \n\nFAST lectures are free and open to the public. UID:47018-10733233@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47018 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Archaeology,Classical Studies,Judaic,Lecture LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171120T132100 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Finals Mindfulness DESCRIPTION:Finals Mindfulness is swooping in just in time for the end of classes! We'll have free mindfulness activities and snacks and we'll be joined by Terry and Kristi from Insight Meditation Ann Arbor. \n\nJoin us on Monday\, December 4\, from 5pm-7pm in Room D of the Michigan League or Tuesday\, December 5\, from 6pm-8pm in Pierpont Commons! UID:46940-10703015@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46940 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Pierpont Commons - Center Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171205T180019 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T200000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Finals Mindfulness DESCRIPTION:Finals Mindfulness is swooping in just in time for the end of classes! We'll have free mindfulness activities and snacks and we'll be joined by Terry and Kristi from Insight Meditation Ann Arbor. Join us on Monday\, December 4\, from 5pm-7pm in Room D of the Michigan League or Tuesday\, December 5\, from 6pm-8pm in Pierpont Commons Center Room! UID:46956-10705768@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46956 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Pierpont Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171206T180032 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Study Tables DESCRIPTION:Come and study with fellow PPSO members! One point for attendance. UID:41761-10882770@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41761 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Great Lakes North Room, Palmer Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171107T081147 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T200000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Time to Evolve DESCRIPTION:A conversation between Julie Stein\, Executive Director\, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture\, University of Washington and Amy Harris\, Director\, Museum of Natural History\, U-M. UID:46573-10555736@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46573 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Bicentennial,Museum LOCATION:Museum of Art - Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171127T153737 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T194500 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Transforming Education: Conversations about the past\, present and future of university museums DESCRIPTION:Directors from two university natural history museums will discuss the changing roles of such museums in research\, education\, and cultural heritage. Access to such collections allows visitors the opportunity to connect with the process of scientific research. The opportunities offered by transitioning into new museum space will be emphasized. UID:45905-10321786@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/45905 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Bicentennial,Museum,umich200 LOCATION:Museum of Art - Auditorium (lower level) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171121T102209 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T203000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Bioethics Discussion: Death DESCRIPTION:A roundtable discussion on our ends.\n\nAll are encouraged to come\, though in time all will be met.\n\nFor more information\, please contact belmont@umich.edu. UID:43721-9832709@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43721 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Biology,Biomedical Engineering,Deadlines,Discussion,Economics,Engineering,History,Interdisciplinary,Law,Medicine,Michigan Engineering,Nursing,Philosophy,Politics,Public Health,Public Policy,Science LOCATION:Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL) - 2185 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171009T211521 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T210000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Detroiters Speak: Reclaiming the Commons DESCRIPTION:Co-curated this semester by Diana Copeland\, Will Copeland and Craig Regester\, this interactive public course will focus in the first three sessions on the interconnected crises facing everyday Detroiters around water shutoffs\, home foreclosures\, public schooling\, labor and gentrification. \n\nIn the last five sessions\, however\, we'll turn to an exploration and further creative development of the many grassroots community responses happening in Detroit that are pushing back against efforts to privatize practically everything in the City. UID:45613-10234582@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/45613 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Detroit,Dinner,Food,Free,Meal,Social Justice LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171107T090524 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T210000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The New Cold War DESCRIPTION:CBS News team\, and the Gerald R. Ford Journalism Award Prize winners for Distinguished Reporting on National Defense\, David Martin and Mary Walsh\, will discuss the complexities of covering critical issues of present-day national defense. While the war against terrorist organizations continues with no end in sight\, a stream of new threats is emerging in space\, in cyber space\, and even in social media. \n \nAnd now the one threat we thought was behind us – the unthinkable specter of nuclear weapons – is reemerging\, both in North Korea and in Russia. The New Cold War is a lot more difficult to cover than the old one. \n\nFree Admission. Free Parking. Reception follows program. UID:46574-10555739@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46574 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Cold War,Journalism,National Defense,Nuclear Weapons LOCATION:Gerald Ford Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171205T180012 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T213000 SUMMARY:Other:What the Russian Revolution meant for Art and Culture DESCRIPTION:The Russian Revolution of 1917 was an earthshaking event\, the first time in history the working class and oppressed took power. It opened up a new era in human history. The Revolution inevitably had the most profound implications for art and culture\, not only in Russia but worldwide. It shattered old ideas and relationships\, and opened up enormous new possibilities. Soviet art and film of the early 1920s began to reflect these possibilities\, before the rise of Stalinism violently cut them off.Art today has reached an impasse\, bound up with the general crisis of capitalist society. Dominated to a large extent by skepticism and postmodernist cynicism\, along with gender and racial politics\, very far removed from the conditions of life of wide layers of the population\, art needs a new perspective. The lessons and experience of the Russian Revolution are critical in this regard. David Walsh\, arts editor of the World Socialist Web Site\, will discuss the impact and influence of the Russian Revolution on art and culture\, and their meaning today. UID:47243-10827433@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47243 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:East Room, Pierpoint Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171127T235905 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:What the Russian Revolution Meant for Modern Art and Culture DESCRIPTION:IYSSE at UM Meeting information:\n\nTuesday\, December 5 at 7PM\nUniversity of Michigan at Ann Arbor-North Campus\nPierpoint Commons\, East Room\n2101 Bonisteel Blvd\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109\n\nThe Russian Revolution of 1917 was an earthshaking event\, the first time in history the working class and oppressed took power. It opened up a new era in human history. The Revolution inevitably had the most profound implications for art and culture\, not only in Russia but worldwide. It shattered old ideas and relationships\, and opened up enormous new possibilities. Soviet art and film of the early 1920s began to reflect these possibilities\, before the rise of Stalinism violently cut them off.\n\nArt today has reached an impasse\, bound up with the general crisis of capitalist society. Dominated to a large extent by skepticism and postmodernist cynicism\, along with gender and racial politics\, very far removed from the conditions of life of wide layers of the population\, art needs a new perspective. The lessons and experience of the Russian Revolution are critical in this regard.\n\nDavid Walsh\, arts editor of the World Socialist Web Site\, will discuss the impact and influence of the Russian Revolution on art and culture\, and their meaning today. UID:47072-10782628@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47072 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Film,History,Lecture,Literature,Poetry,Politics,Theater,Writing LOCATION:Pierpont Commons - East Room (Second Level) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171122T181514 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Faculty Recital: Matt Albert\, violin DESCRIPTION:Chair of the Department of Chamber Music Matt Albert will present a violin recital of 20th and 21st-century solo\, duo\, and trio repertoire by composers John Adams\, Kristin Kuster (SMTD chair of composition)\, Sergei Prokofiev\, György Ligeti\, and Kevin Puts. Albert will perform with U-M professors Adam Unsworth (horn)\, Danielle Belen (violin)\, and guest artist Eric Huebner (piano). UID:45386-10167089@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/45386 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T121514 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171205T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Orpheus Singers DESCRIPTION:Jerry Blackstone\, director\nGraduate Choral Conductors\n\nPROGRAM: \nMozart- Vesperae solennes de confessore\nVivaldi- Magnificat\nGjeilo- Serenity (O magnum mysterium)\nVictoria- O magnum mysterium UID:45377-10167080@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/45377 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR