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:20171206T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T235959 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:43238-12816369@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:20171220T183007 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T235500 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:CodeVita- TCS Global Coding Contest DESCRIPTION:Are you up for the challenge of competing against the best student coders in the world? \nCodeVita is a test of programming skills in one of the most challenging 24-hour coding competitions for students\, hosted by Tata Consultancy Services\, one of the top three global brands in IT services\, consulting and business solutions. As the second largest recruiter of IT services in the United States\, TCS is looking for the brighteststudent coders to compete. \nThis year\, CodeVita is an individual challenge that pits you against students across the globe with $20\,000 in prizes on the line. The contest is split into two rounds. The first round starts on December 9\, 2017 and runs through December 10\, 2017. Coders have six hours to solve six real-world computer programming problems. The top 15 ranked individuals globally will advance to the second and final round\, which will be held in India in Feb/Mar 2018. In addition to bragging rights\, the top coder will win a $10\,000 prize and an internship opportunity with the TCS Chief Technology Officer Team. Second place takes home a $7\,000 prize and third place takes home $3\,000 prize. \nLast year\, 261\,000 registrants from 3\,908 institutions and 40+ countries competed\, using 10different coding languages. \nSo are you up for the challenge? Registration must be completed by December 6\, 2017 to be eligible to compete. Find all the details and register for CodeVita at: www.tcscodevita.com\n\nEligibility Criteria \nStudents who are currently studying at colleges/universities located across North America are eligible to take part in the contest. Students in undergraduate/postgraduate disciplines from engineering and/or science backgrounds without any specialization are encouraged to apply.\nRegistration Process \n• North American applicants will need to register at www.tcscodevita.com by December 6\, 2017 to be eligible to compete.\n• Registrations for Global phase of CodeVita began in September 15\, 2017. \n• At the time of registration\, all information will be taken atface value and all registered participants will be allowed to compete in the first round of CodeVita. Candidates who qualify to move on to the grand finale will need to prove enrollment status at the academic institution provided at the time of registration for CodeVita. \n\nThe process may vary slightly\, but TCS will communicate with students who have qualified forthe grand finale. At that time\, qualifiers will need to provide proof of: \n• College ID card \n• Certification of enrollment from the academic institution \n\nInability to prove that current enrollment at the statedacademic institution will result in disqualification. \nGeneral Guidelines \n• It is up to the contestant/institution to provide the necessary infrastructure/software required for compiling/interpreting code. TCS will not be liable for any damage to the institute’s infrastructure that may be caused by participants from the institute during the contest. \n• Language compilers/interpreters are open source applications that can be downloaded from the internet. Participants will need to submit the source code to a problem only. For example\, codes written in Java should be submittedin .java format. \n• CodeVita platform supports coding in nine languages. Language names and supported compiler/interpreter versions are mentioned in table below. \n\nAdditional Details \nThis year CodeVita is open for individual participation only. \nRound 1: In the first round of the competition\, contestants will receive a series of computer programming problems. Each student will have six hours to solve the set of six problems. Top performers of round one will be qualified for the grand finale based on theoverall global rankings. \nGrand Finale: The top 15-20 contestants (depending on the global programming benchmark) will be invited for the grand finale\, to be held in one of the TCS offices in India Feb/Mar 2018. \nPrizes: The top three contestants in the grand finale will share in $20\,000 prize money. First place wins $10\,000\, second place $7\,000 and third place $3\,000. The first place winner will also be offered an internship opportunity with the TCS CTO team.\nIndemnification \nYou fully indemnify and hold Tata Consultancy Services Limited harmless for and against all damages\, losses\, and costs that might be caused by: \n-Your failure to comply with the terms of the above agreement. \n-Third party claim(s) of their rights and IPR being violated / effected by your article(s) submitted to us. \n UID:47213-10816483@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47213 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180502T120011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T235959 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:42456-12507576@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:20171206T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T235959 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:42459-10890832@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:20171206T180032 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Study Tables DESCRIPTION:Come and study with fellow PPSO members! One point for attendance. UID:41761-10882771@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:20170927T201723 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T235900 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:44018-9869268@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:20171206T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T180000 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:46881-10667121@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:20171206T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T230000 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:41334-9144092@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:20171206T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T170000 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:43033-9697024@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:20171206T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T200000 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:43020-9696418@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:20171206T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T200000 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:43024-9696600@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:20171206T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T200000 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:43026-9696685@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:20171206T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T200000 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:43028-9696770@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:20171206T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T200000 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:43022-9696503@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:20171206T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T170000 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:43032-9696940@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:20171214T122637 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T200000 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:45823-10310383@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:20170908T142355 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T100000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS) DESCRIPTION:Details to come. UID:43942-9855183@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43942 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,seminar LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - 3240 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170908T145419 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T170000 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:43941-9855221@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:20171206T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T160000 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:44170-9889078@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:20171110T164617 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T170000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:LNF Users Symposium DESCRIPTION:Building upon the success of past events\, we continue our annual tradition of bringing the whole LNF community together to learn about each other’s work and celebrate the wide variety of research being done at the LNF.\nThe symposium is free and open to all but please register – Online registration is available. In addition\, LNF tours can be scheduled at the end of the symposium for those interested. Food will be provided.\nIf you are an LNF user\, participate in the poster contest and share your research! There are cash prizes for 1st\, 2nd and 3rd place.\n\nTentative agenda\n10:00am: Welcome from Professor Wei Lu\, LNF Director\n10:15am – 11:15am: Keynote Speaker\, Professor Euisik Yoon\, Biointerface Technologies: Where Engineering Meets Science and Medicine\n11:15am – 1:20pm: LNF Users Poster Sessions with over 40 posters and excellent food!\nVendor Exhibition!\nLNF Users Tech Talks\, part I\n2:30pm – 2:45pm: Coffee Break\nLNF Users Tech Talks\, part II\n4:05pm: Poster Prizes and Wrap Up\n4:30pm: Adjourn and LNF tours for those who signed up UID:46731-10592249@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46731 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Engineering,Graduate,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Prospective Graduate Students,Research,symposium LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Dining Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170911T104401 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T163000 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:44125-9886156@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:20170724T201257 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T170000 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:41652-9417938@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:20171206T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T170000 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:46544-10546833@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:20171206T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T170000 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:41651-9417809@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:20171206T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T170000 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:46545-10546912@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:20170831T181541 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T190000 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:43459-9766071@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:20171204T083551 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:HET Brown Bag Seminar | From higher spins to generalized SYK models DESCRIPTION:The spectrum of the Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev (SYK) model consists of an infinite tower of operators\, which resembles the spectra of various vector models that are holographically dual to higher spin gravity theories. In this talk\, I will discuss a direct connection between SYK-like tensor models and the Gross-Neveu vector model. This is achieved by studying a toy model where a tensor field is coupled with some vector fields. By integrating out the tensor field\, the toy model reduces to the Gross-Neveu model in 1 dimension. At a different corner of the moduli space of this toy model\, a perturbation can be turned on and the toy model flows to an SYK-like model at low energy. In addition\, a chaotic-nonchaotic phase transition is observed as the sign of the perturbation is altered. If time permitted\, I will briefly discuss some aspects of supersymmetric SYK-like models. UID:46737-10592252@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46737 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Graduate Students,Lecture,Physics,Science,Talk,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Randall Laboratory - 3481 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171117T154852 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:LinkedIn for Graduate Students DESCRIPTION:LinkedIn can be a great tool for professional branding\, networking\, and exploration. The University Career Center will provide a hands-on workshop that allows Ph.D. students to learn to effectively use LinkedIn to accomplish their career development goals. Sponsored by the University Career Center.\n\nPre-registration is required at https://umich.joinhandshake.com/login. UID:46902-10670084@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46902 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Dissertation,Graduate,Graduate School,Graduate Students,Professional Development,Rackham,Research,Scholarship LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - West Conference Room, 4th Floor, Rackham Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171221T063005 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T130000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:PhD Pathways - LinkedIn for Graduate Students DESCRIPTION:LinkedIn can be a great tool for professional branding\, networking\, and exploration. The University Career Center will provide a hands-on workshop that allows PhD students to learn to effectively use LinkedInto accomplish their career development goals. UID:42387-9601884@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42387 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:West Conference Room Rackham 915 E Washington St, Ann Arbor, MI48109, USA CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170830T105705 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T133000 SUMMARY:Meeting:University Outreach Council Meeting DESCRIPTION:An initiative to foster collaboration and coordination between units on campus that engage in educational outreach\, the University Outreach Council convenes monthly to inform one another of best practices\, engage in meaningful discussion around strengthening the university’s outreach\, and inspire creative and innovative strategies and approaches to strengthen educational outreach. Participants include U-M faculty and staff engaged or interested youth outreach and engagement. Lunch is served. RSVP is required\; see link below. UID:43248-9748041@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43248 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Admissions,Diversity,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Education,first-generation,Inclusion,Networking,Poverty,Professional Development,Social Impact,Social Justice LOCATION:Galleria - 259 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170913T111638 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T160000 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:44329-9908936@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:20171206T181536 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T140000 SUMMARY:Other:Thesis Defense: \nRational Design and Activation of Metal-Organic Frameworks \n\n\n\nTowards Targeted Structures and Porosity DESCRIPTION: \n \n \n \n \nJialiu Ma (Advisor: Dr. Adam Matzger) UID:46936-10703010@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46936 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry,Science LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - CHEM 1706 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171120T130212 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T160000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Futures of Law and Political Inclusion DESCRIPTION:Crisis Democracy: Conversations on Politics in America will encourage the university community to reflect on\, interpret\, and imagine the future of political participation\, inclusion and expression. Conversations between academics and local organizers will explore topics including: legal developments that affect citizen democratic participation\, debates over free speech and safe spaces\, and the shifting configurations of social movements. \n\nThe Futures of Law and Political Inclusion panel features:\n\nJowei Chen\, Associate Professor\, Political Science\, University of Michigan\nEllen D. Katz\, Ralph W. Aigler Professor of Law\, University of Michigan\nReuben Miller\, Assistant Professor\, School of Social Service Administration\, University of Chicago\n\nJowei Chen is an associate professor of political science at the University of Michigan. His research interests include distributive politics\, executive agencies and legislatures. He has studied how legislators' pork-barreling strategies are shaped by the electoral geography of their districts\, and he has examined how government spending influences voters. He is also interested in the political control of executive agencies. \n\nEllen D. Katz\, the Ralph W. Aigler Professor of Law at the University of Michigan\, writes and teaches about election law\, civil rights and remedies\, and equal protection. Her scholarship addresses questions of minority representation\, political equality\, and the role of institutions in crafting and implementing anti-discrimination laws. Professor Katz has published numerous articles\, including an influential empirical study of litigation under the Voting Rights Act. Prior to joining the Michigan Law faculty\, Professor Katz practiced as an attorney with the appellate sections of the US Department of Justice's Civil Division and its Environment and Natural Resources Division.\n\nReuben Jonathan Miller is an assistant pProfessor at the University of Chicago in the School of Social Service Administration (SSA) and a faculty affiliate at the Center for the Study of Race\, Politics and Culture. His research examines life at the intersections of race\, crime control\, and social welfare policy. Miller has conducted fieldwork in Chicago\, Detroit\, and New York City\, examining how law\, policy and emergent practices of state and third-party supervision changed the contours of citizenship\, activism\, community\, and family life for poor black Americans and the urban poor more broadly. \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:42639-9619866@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42639 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Bicentennial,History,LSA200,Politics,Sociology,umich200 LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery (Room 100) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170913T112447 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T150000 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:44270-9903276@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:20171115T170404 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:The influence of gender stereotypes on behavior and identification among students in engineering group project teams. DESCRIPTION:Abstract: In this talk I will present research examining how gender stereotypes of men as engineering experts and women as supporters/organizers influence outcomes for male and female students on engineering group project teams. Using various methods (e.g.\, analysis of archival video footage\, laboratory experiments\, and coding of observed behaviors)\, these studies show that men engage in more technical aspects of engineering projects than women and speak longer than women during group project presentations\, consistent with gender stereotypes favoring men in engineering. We also show that women who are targeted by gender stereotyping on their teams (as assessed by independent observers) report weaker identification with engineering than women who are not targeted. These studies indicate that gender stereotypes prevalent in our society can have significant influence on outcomes that may predict retention in engineering. \n\nBio: Dr. Denise Sekaquaptewa is Professor and Associate Chair of the Department of Psychology\, University of Michigan. Her research program in experimental social psychology focuses on stereotyping\, implicit bias\, and the experiences of women and underrepresented minorities in science and engineering. Her research program has been supported by the National Science Foundation. Dr. Sekaquaptewa served as associate editor for the APA journals Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin\, and Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology. She received the Harold R. Johnson Diversity Service Award (2015)\, and the Sarah Goddard Power Award (2012)\, from the University of Michigan for her work on diversity-related issues. UID:46842-10647803@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46842 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Engineering,Engineering Academic Calendar,Psychology LOCATION:Pierpont Commons - Boulevard Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171206T181630 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Department Colloquium | Structure and Dynamics with Ultrafast Electron Microscopes\n… or how to make atomic-level movies of molecules and materials \n DESCRIPTION:In this talk I will describe how combining ultrafast lasers and electron microscopes in novel ways makes it possible to directly 'watch' the time-evolving structure of condensed matter on the fastest timescales open to atomic motion. By combining such measurements with complementary (and more conventional) spectroscopic probes one can develop structure-property relationships for materials under even very far from equilibrium conditions.\n\nI will give several examples of the remarkable new kinds of information that can be gleaned from such studies and describe how these opportunities emerge from the unique capabilities of the current generation of ultrafast electron microscopy instruments. For example\, in diffraction mode it is possible to identify and separate lattice structural changes from valence charge density redistribution in materials on the ultrafast timescale and to identify novel photoinduced phases that have no equilibrium analogs. It is also possible to directly probe the strength of the coupling between electrons and phonons in materials across the entire Brillouin zone and to probe nonequilibrium phonon dynamics (or relaxation) in exquisite detail. In imaging mode\, real space pictures of nano- to microstructural evolution in materials at unprecedented spatio-temporal resolution can be obtained. \n\nI will assume no familiarity with ultrafast lasers or electron microscopes.\n\n UID:43295-9751017@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43295 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Physics,Science LOCATION:West Hall - 340 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171120T130024 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T180000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Futures of Free Speech\, Safe Space\, and Political Expression DESCRIPTION:Crisis Democracy: Conversations on Politics in America will encourage the university community to reflect on\, interpret\, and imagine the future of political participation\, inclusion and expression. Conversations between academics and local organizers will explore topics including: legal developments that affect citizen democratic participation\, debates over free speech and safe spaces\, and the shifting configurations of social movements. \n\nThe Futures of Free Speech\, Safe Space\, and Political Expression panel features: \nMatthew Countryman\, Associate Professor\, American Culture and History\, University of Michigan\nChristina Hanhardt\, Associate Professor\, American Studies\, University of Maryland\nLaKisha Simmons\, Assistant Professor\, History and Women's Studies\, University of Michigan\n\nMatthew Countryman is an associate professor of American culture and history at the University of Michigan. He also serves as faculty advisor for the Rackham Graduate School's Program in Public Scholarship. His publications include Up South: Civil Rights and Black Power in Philadelphia (University of Pennsylvania Press\, 2006).\n\nChristina B. Hanhardt is an associate professor of American studies at the University of Maryland. Her research focuses on the historical and contemporary study of US social movements and cities since the mid-20th century\, with an emphasis on the politics of stigma\, punishment\, and uneven development. Her first book\, Safe Space: Gay Neighborhood History and the Politics of Violence (Duke University Press\, 2013)\, won the 2014 Lambda Literary Award for Best Book in LGBT Studies\, and honorable mention for both the American Studies Association’s John Hope Franklin Prize for Best Book in American Studies\, and the Lora Romero Prize for Best First Book in American Studies that highlights the intersections of race with gender\, class\, sexuality and/or nation.\n\nLaKisha Simmons is an assistant professor of history and women's studies at the University of Michigan. She is the author of Crescent City Girls: The Lives of Young Black Women in Segregated New Orleans (UNC Press\, 2015)\, which won the SAWH Julia Cherry Spruill Prize for best book in southern women's history and received Honorable Mention for the ABWH Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Book Award for the best book in African American women's history. \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:42640-9619867@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42640 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Bicentennial,History,LSA200,Politics,Sociology,umich200 LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery (Room 100) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170912T111126 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T173000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Interdisciplinary Seminar in Quantitative Methods (ISQM) DESCRIPTION:Details to come. UID:44212-9897591@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/44212 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,seminar LOCATION:Haven Hall - 5670 (Eldersveld Room) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171102T094848 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Nam Center Colloquium Series | Homelands of the Imaginary DESCRIPTION:David Chung will present an illustrated lecture that traces his career as a visual artist and filmmaker. He will discuss projects about Korean diasporic populations in the United States and the former Soviet Union as well as a work in progress about North Korean refugees living in Seoul.\n\nBorn in Bonn\, Germany\, and educated in the United States\, David Chung is an acclaimed visual artist and filmmaker known for his large-scale drawings\, prints\, video installations and films. His work focuses on how identities are shaped in immigrant communities and the challenges of refugees as they integrate into new homelands. Chung's work has been exhibited at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts\, the Asia Society\, the Walker Arts Center\, Project Rowhouses\, the Studio Museum in Harlem\, the Gwangju Biennale in Korea\, the Tretyakov Gallery of Art in Moscow\, the Williams College Museum of Art\, the Smithsonian Institution and a solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Chung has been the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and the National Board Film Board of Canada’s Award for Best Documentary Film.\n\nDavid Chung is a professor with the Stamps School of Art and Design and Core Faculty with the Nam Center for Korean Studies at the University of Michigan. Recently\, he was the Kim Koo Visiting Professor at the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies at Harvard University. UID:45781-10276754@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/45781 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Asia,Visual Arts LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 555 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170629T095312 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:SLE Community Dinner DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a monthly meal together in the Noble Community Kitchen with other SLE students. Some dinners will feature guest speakers or discussions\, while others will be all about cooking and eating and spending time with the SLE community. UID:41418-10880021@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41418 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Environment,Food,Meal,Social,Sustainability LOCATION:Oxford Housing - Noble Kitchen CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171128T150214 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T161000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:IOE 899: Philip Kaminsky\, University of California\, Berkeley DESCRIPTION:IOE 899: Philip Kaminsky\, University of California\, Berkeley\n\"Centralized and Decentralized Warehouse Logistics Collaboration\"\n\nAbstract: In an emerging trend in the grocery industry\, multiple suppliers and retailers are sharing a warehouse to facilitate horizontal collaboration\, in order to lower transportation costs and increase delivery frequencies. Typically\, these systems (sometimes known as Mixing and Consolidation Centers) are operated in a decentralized manner\, where individual suppliers decide when to make deliveries to the warehouse\, and retailers order from the inventory in the warehouse\, so that limited effort is made to coordinate the orders of different retailers with the deliveries of different suppliers. Indeed\, implementing coordination in this setting could be very challenging. In our research\, we characterize the loss due to this decentralized operation\, to help assess the value of making the extra effort and investment necessary to implement some form of coordinated control. To do this\, we consider a setting where several suppliers ship to several retailers through a shared warehouse\, so that outbound trucks from the warehouse contain the products of multiple suppliers. We extend the classic one warehouse multi-retailer analysis of Roundy (1985) to incorporate multiple suppliers and per truck outbound transportation cost from the warehouse\, and develop a cost lower bound on centralized operation as the benchmark. We then analyze decentralized versions of the system\, in which each retailer and each supplier maximizes his or her own utility in a variety of settings\, and analytically bound the ratio of the cost of decentralized to centralized operation\, to bound the loss due to decentralization. We find that easy-to-implement decentralized policies are cost efficient\, effective\, and easy to implement\, suggesting that centralization (and thus\, coordination effort intended to lead to some of the benefit of centralization) does not bring significant benefits in this setting. Finally\, through a computational study\, we explore how system parameters impact the relative performance of this system under centralized and decentralized control. \n\nBio: Phil Kaminsky is Chancellor's Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at the University of California\, Berkeley\, where he also serves as Executive Associate Dean of the College of Engineering. Until assuming his current position\, he served as Department Chair of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research\, co-director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology\, and director of the Initiative for Research in Biopharmaceutical Operations. He received his PhD in Industrial Engineering and Management Science from Northwestern University. Prior to that\, he worked in production engineering and control at Merck and Co. His current research focuses on the analysis and development of robust and efficient tools and techniques for design\, operation\, and risk management in logistics systems and supply chains\, with a particular recent focus emphasis on the pharmaceutical and transportation industries\, and on logistics collaboration. He is a co-author of \"Managing the Supply Chain: the definitive guide for the business professional\" and \"Designing and Managing the Supply Chain: Concepts\, Strategies and Case Studies.\" He has been an associate editor for Management Science\, Production and Operations Management\, Naval Research Logistics\, Operations Research Letters\, and IIE Transactions. He consults in the areas of production planning\, logistics\, and supply chain management. UID:47105-10790924@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47105 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Industrial and Operations Engineering LOCATION:Industrial and Operations Engineering Building - 1680 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171108T103811 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:A 21st Century Model for Disseminating Knowledge DESCRIPTION:In the early years of the third millenium\, most professors are still teaching in virtually the same way they were taught and their teachers were taught\, stretching back centuries. This situation is likely to change\, relatively soon. Technology is transforming (if not threatening to overwhelm) higher education\, as MOOCs and online content become widely available. University students seeking to learn a topic who now have little if any choice are about to be presented with a vast array of choices. What student would not want to swap a tired professor writing slowly on a chalkboard for a well-produced series of videos and associated content\, given by a world leader in the field? We are on the verge of a transformation on the scale of the transformation wrought by Gutenburg. This imminent change raises a host of fascinating and far-reaching questions. \n\nIn this talk\, we describe a scalable model for teaching and learning based on a combination of studio-produced video lectures\, innovative online content and assessment mechanisms\, and an authoritative classic textbook. We initially proved this approach effective for teaching algorithms and data structures\, the analysis of algorithms\, and analytic combinatorics. More recently\, we have published a new textbook in computer science\, new studio-produced lectures\, and online content that teachers and learners can use for a first-year course sequence in computer science that can stand alongside traditional first courses in physics\, chemistry\, economics\, and other disciplines. Our model now enables us to reach millions of students and professionals around the world. UID:46625-10566979@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46625 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Education,Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Free,Information and Technology LOCATION:BBB - 1670 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171119T172357 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T183000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Finals Carnival DESCRIPTION:Join CCI for a FREE event in the Pond Room of the Michigan Union! On December 6th from 4:30pm-6:30pm\, we will have a photo booth\, food\, and stress relief activities hosted by 4 student organizations! Drop by & walk in to de-stress before finals! UID:46917-10692053@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46917 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Social LOCATION:Michigan Union - Pond Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171206T180032 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T183000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Finals Carnival DESCRIPTION:Join CCI for a FREE event in the Pond Room of the Michigan Union! On December 6th from 4:30pm-6:30pm\, we will have a photo booth\, food\, and stress relief activities hosted by 4 student organizations! Drop by & walk in to de-stress before finals! UID:46919-10694791@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46919 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171127T104106 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T181500 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:When Science is in Defense of Value-Linked Facts DESCRIPTION:A fundamental and early difference between Western philosophy and Chinese Confucianism is the importance in the West of certain dichotomies and their absence in China. I refer to reason/emotions and mind/matter\, which\, as dichotomies\, are absent in classical Chinese thought. The Chinese position is that we cannot talk about knowing apart from the emotions\; they are mutually involved. The same is true of the subjective and objective. My comments argue that in modern Anglo American philosophy there has also been a division between natural facts and moral values. Violating this division (such as claiming that we can derive an “ought” from an “is”) is called the “naturalistic fallacy.” This division owes part of its origin to the old dichotomies between knowing and emotions\, and between mind and matter. Drawing on Chinese ethics\, and also considering Western positions\, I argue that there is a necessary connection between moral values and a theory of human nature. There are also connections between certain values\, emotions\, and facts: (1) Health and well-being\; contentment and suffering\; clinical and subjective facts (2) Social bonding\; love and sympathy\; symbiotic care. (3) Harmonious [和谐的] adaptation to hierarchy\; respect and shame\; conformity and potential cooperation. My position ends by being in some ways consistent with those of the contemporary Western thinkers Daniel Dennett\, Sam Harris\, and Hillary Putnam.\n\nThe lecture will be followed by a response from Professor Sonya Özbey. If time permits\, there will be a Q&A at the end. UID:46693-10581049@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46693 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chinese Studies,Lecture,Philosophy LOCATION:Michigan League - Hussey Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171206T180032 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T171500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T183000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Free Pilates class DESCRIPTION:The great Pilates instructor and Ross partner\, Hannah Keltner\, is offering us a free class on December 6th.\nPlease take advantage of this offer and show up. Come with your enthusiasm\, leave with better core. Class with start at 5:30pm UID:47112-10793689@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47112 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:http://imxpilates.com/branches/AnnArbor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171204T122548 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T183000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:INDUSTRY PREVIEW |Trade Show | Integrated Product Development: Efficient & Satisfying Use of Small Living Spaces DESCRIPTION:Industry is invited to this special preview of the IPD Trade Show. \nRSVP here: http://conta.cc/2kmwlVG\n\nThe preview is from 5:30-6:30p.m. (just prior to the IPD Trade Show that starts at 6:30p.m.). \n\nIPD is an experiential\, cross-disciplinary course that puts teams of students from Art & Design\, Business\, Engineering\, and Information in a competitive product development environment. This innovative course has been featured on CNN and written up in the New York Times\, Wall Street Journal and Businessweek. The course is hosted by the Tauber Institute for Global Operations\, and is taught jointly by faculty members Eric Svaan of the Stephen M. Ross School of Business and Stephanie Tharp from the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.\n\nThe Problem Statement: Efficient & Satisfying Use of Small Living Spaces.\n\nSee the actual products and test them out prior to the opening of the Trade Show. Then cast your vote! Network\, have fun and meet up with friends\, old and new!\n\nParking is street meter or there is public parking at the Liberty Square Structure Parking Garage UID:47274-10857846@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47274 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Business,Engineering,Information and Technology LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171103T154923 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T183000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:MBC Workshop: Impact Assessment DESCRIPTION:As part of the co-sponsored Seigle Impact Track of the Michigan Business Challenge\, this workshop offers approaches to and tools for social impact assessment. Students competing in Round 2 of the Impact Track need to attend so they can learn how to prepare this deliverable as part of the campus-wide Michigan Business Challenge competition. The Seigle Impact Track is offered by the Center for Social Impact in partnership with the Zell Lurie Institute of Entrepreneurship and the Frederick A. and Barbara M. Erb Institute. The top prize is awarded to the most compelling business plan that delivers social impact. UID:46511-10512729@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46511 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Business,Entrepreneurship,Environment,Social Impact,Sustainability LOCATION:Ross School of Business - R2220 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170819T142239 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T190000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Togetherness: QTPOC Dinners DESCRIPTION:Spectrum Center and the Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs (MESA) are proud of introducing a new initiative centering Queer and Transgender People of Color (QTPOC) which consist of Community Dinners for/by QTPOC. The hosts will consist of QTPOC staff\, faculty\, and community members around U-M. \n\nFREE DINNER will be provided to the first 10 students who sign up for the respective dinners. If there are more than 10 students signing up for a dinner session\, they will be put on a waiting list. Please complete the form below to register for a dinner.\n\nRegistration form: bit.ly/2x8aLoK\n\nShould there be any cancelations/changes\, please contact Mark Chung Kwan Fan at markckf@umich.edu at your earliest convenience.\n\nHost: \nSeptember - Liz Gonzalez\nOctober - Kerene Moore\nDecember - Jonathan Merrill UID:42557-9611973@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42557 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dinner,LGBT LOCATION:North Quad - Room 2435 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171116T102251 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T200000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Arts of Islam. \"Crumbs: Toppling the Bread Cartel\" DESCRIPTION:\"Crumbs\" is the David versus Goliath story of Imraahn Mukaddam\, the lone bread distributor who blew the whistle on price collusion within the South African bread industry. The documentary explores the personal and financial turmoil Imraahn faces in wrestling the corporate food machine in a quest for social justice. Together with fellow activists and a tiny legal team\, Imraahn is pitted against the bread companies' army of attorneys. While the mighty bread companies side-step the filmmakers\, he champions the cause of the disenfranchised in a Constitutional Court bid to launch the first ever class action lawsuit in South African history. \n\nThe screening will be followed by an Q&A with the director\, Richard F. Gregory. UID:46852-10656087@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46852 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Africa,Arts of Islam,Film,International LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Annex Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171109T134254 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Fall Commencement Celebration: Cap Decorating & Thank You Notes DESCRIPTION:Prepare for fall commencement with CCI cap decorating and thank you note writing! This event will be taking place in the Anderson D Room of the Michigan Union from 6-8 pm on December 6th\, 2017! Spots are limited so reserve your place by emailing ccicommencement@umich.edu as soon as possible. UID:46683-10581038@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46683 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Graduation,Social LOCATION:Michigan Union - Anderson Room D CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171206T180033 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Fall Commencement Celebration: Cap Decorating & Thank You Notes DESCRIPTION:Prepare for fall commencement with CCI cap decorating and thank you note writing! This event will be taking place in the Anderson D Room of the Michigan Union from 6-8 pm on December 6th\, 2017! Spots are limited so reserve your place by emailing ccicommencement@umich.edu as soon as possible. UID:46700-10583840@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46700 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Anderson Room D, Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170629T095312 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:SLE Community Dinner DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a monthly meal together in the Noble Community Kitchen with other SLE students. Some dinners will feature guest speakers or discussions\, while others will be all about cooking and eating and spending time with the SLE community. UID:41418-10790931@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41418 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Environment,Food,Meal,Social,Sustainability LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171206T180033 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T220000 SUMMARY:Other:Study Tables DESCRIPTION:Come and study with fellow PPSO members! One point for attendance. UID:41762-9460682@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41762 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Great Lakes North Room, Palmer Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171130T181533 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T190000 SUMMARY:Other:Winter 2018 Community-Engaged Courses DESCRIPTION:Students can explore community-engaged courses from across the university. UID:47206-10816476@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47206 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate Students,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171122T133502 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T203000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Trade Show | Integrated Product Development: Efficient & Satisfying Use of Small Living Spaces DESCRIPTION:University of Michigan’s Art & Design\, Business\, Engineering\, and School of Information students are gearing up for the 21st offering of the Integrated Product Development (IPD) Trade Show! Members of our community will gather to view and make purchase decisions from the “best of the best” of their work over the past semester in this interdisciplinary course.\n\nIPD is an experiential\, cross-disciplinary course that puts teams of students from Art & Design\, Business\, Engineering\, and Information in a competitive product development environment. This innovative course has been featured on CNN and written up in the New York Times\, Wall Street Journal and Businessweek. The course is hosted by the Tauber Institute for Global Operations\, and is taught jointly by faculty members Eric Svaan of the Stephen M. Ross School of Business and Stephanie Tharp from the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.\n\nYou won’t want to miss this year’s trade show! \n\nThe Problem Statement: Efficient & Satisfying Use of Small Living Spaces.\n\nSee the actual products and test them out. Then cast your vote! Network\, have fun and meet up with friends\, old and new!\n\nParking is street meter or there is public parking at the Liberty Square Structure Parking Garage\n\nEvent is Free and open to the public\, with light refreshments.\n\nNEW LOCATION: Downtown Ann Arbor at the Stamps School of Art & Design's new gallery space\, STAMPS Gallery located at 201 S. Division St. (between Liberty St. and Washington St.)\n\nONLINE VOTING BEGINS November 28TH:\nhttp://www.tauber.umich.edu/integrated-product-development/2017Fall UID:46858-10658843@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46858 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Business,Engineering,Free,Graduate School,Information and Technology LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180812T084925 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T201500 SUMMARY:Well-being:FREE 4-Session Mindfulness Class DESCRIPTION:REGISTRATION OPEN FOR ALL STUDENTS!\nWednesdays from 7:00 - 8:15pm (11/15\, 11/29\, 12/6\, 12/13)\n@ Ann Arbor District Library Meeting Room (343 S. Fifth Ave.\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48104)\n\nDuring this 4-session class you will be introduced to the practice of mindfulness and learn several skills\, including meditation\, for managing stress and enriching your life. Mindfulness is about developing the ability to be fully attentive to all the moments of your life\, reducing the amount of time you spend worrying about the future or fretting about the past. An important aspect of mindfulness is developing a non-judgmental\, accepting\, even curious\, attitude about your moment-to-moment experience. The more you develop this attitude\, the less you will feel overwhelmed by changes and challenges in your life.\n\nKoru is designed to introduce you to the practice of mindfulness and get you well on your way to developing this important skill. Like learning any new skill\, it takes practice to get comfortable with mindfulness. We invite you to devote yourself to the study and practice of mindfulness over the next four weeks\, and we challenge you to stay curious about what evolves for you as you persistently and patiently practice living mindfully. We also have a free mobile app to track meditation practices for this course!\n\nRegister today before the seats are filled! \n\nFor any questions\, please contact Hitomi Katsumi at hkat@umich.edu. UID:46013-10353051@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46013 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Graduate,Health & Wellness,Psychology,Undergraduate LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Meeting Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170825T082538 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T203000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:ISP Films. The Short Films of Larissa Sansour DESCRIPTION:Larissa Sansour is a Palestinian artist and filmmaker who uses experimental methods and sci-fi tropes to examine Palestinian identity and Middle East politics. By turns entertaining\, thought provoking\, and frightening\, her films brilliantly explore one aspect of the Islamic Studies Program's theme\, \"Muslim Futures\": the use of future tense speculation to understand the present. Join us to watch three of her shorts: \"In The Future They Ate From the Finest Porcelain\" (29 min.\, 2015)\, \"A Space Exodus\" (6 mins.\, 2008)\, and \"Nation Estate\" (10 mins.\, 2012). UID:42982-9688338@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42982 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Film,International,Iran,Middle East Studies LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 555 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171206T180025 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T210000 SUMMARY:Other:Weekly Meeting DESCRIPTION:Join us for our weekly meeting to hang out and knit or crochet! We'll be meeting in the Welker Room in the Michigan Union! UID:44007-9866257@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/44007 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Welker Room in the Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171128T181511 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Concert Band DESCRIPTION:Courtney Snyder\, conductor\nElliott Tackitt\, graduate conductor\n\nTravel the world in both time and place. Music from the Renaissance\, Romantic era\, 20th century\, and modern day. Music from Spain\, England\, China\, Germany\, and a world premiere inspired by the Karnatik music of India.\n\nPROGRAM: Gandolfi- Flourishes and Meditations on a Renaissance Theme\; Holst- Hammersmith\; Schachter- Karnatakamalika\; Chen- Come Drink One More Cup\; Wagner- Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral UID:45496-10197987@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/45496 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music LOCATION:Hill Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171115T181526 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Opera Workshop I DESCRIPTION:Featuring undergraduate and graduate students of Prof. Robert Swedberg performing scenes from Monteverdi’s l’incoronazione de Poppea\, Handel’s Giulio Cesare\, Mozart’s Don Giovanni\, Abduction from the Seraglio\, and Così fan tutte\, Bellini’s Capuletti ed i Montecchi\, Rossini’s Barbiere di Siviglia\, Verdi’s Rigoletto\, Berlioz’s Beatrice and Benedict\, and Carlisle Floyd’s Of Mice and Men. UID:45606-10234575@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/45606 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Off Campus Location - McIntosh Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170918T135529 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T210000 SUMMARY:Meeting:SLE Board Meeting DESCRIPTION:Join the SLE Board! Gain leadership experience\, plan social events\, service learning activities\, sustainability projects\, and educational workshops. UID:41402-9969022@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41402 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Environment,Leadership,Sustainability LOCATION:Oxford Housing - Noble Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171115T181516 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171206T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:String Ensembles Final Term Recital DESCRIPTION:12/4: A variety of string chamber music\, including movements from the Schubert Cello Quintet.\n\n12/6: Student groups perform movements from a variety of string quartets. UID:45376-10167079@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/45376 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR