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:20171207T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T235959 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:43238-12816370@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:20171207T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T235959 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:42456-12507577@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:20171207T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T235959 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:42459-10890833@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:20171207T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T220000 SUMMARY:Other:Study Tables DESCRIPTION:Come and study with fellow PPSO members! One point for attendance. UID:41761-10882772@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:20171207T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T235900 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:44018-9869269@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:20171207T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T180000 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:46881-10667122@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:20171207T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T230000 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:41334-9144093@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:20171207T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T170000 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:43033-9697025@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:20171207T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T200000 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:43020-9696419@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:20171207T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T200000 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:43024-9696601@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:20171207T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T200000 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:43026-9696686@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:20171207T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T200000 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:43028-9696771@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:20171207T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T200000 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:43022-9696504@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:20171207T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T170000 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:43032-9696941@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:20171207T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T200000 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:45823-10310384@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:20170908T145419 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T170000 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:43941-9855222@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:20171121T093933 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:An Accidental Photographer: Seoul 1969 DESCRIPTION:As a Peace Corps volunteer in Seoul in 1969\, U-M alumna Margaret Condon Taylor (PhD psychology) photographed the changing scenes of ordinary Korean life in a rapidly modernizing society. These photographs are being exhibited for the first time in nearly fifty years. \n\nPhotographs were selected in collaboration with Associate Professor Youngju Ryu\, Asian Languages and Cultures\, and Professor David Chung\, Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design. \n\nThis exhibition is made possible by the Institute for the Humanities and the Nam Center for Korean Studies with the generous support of the Friends of Korea. The Nam Center is celebrating its tenth anniversary and would like to thank Amanda Krugliak for her support. UID:46965-10711247@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46965 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Asia,Exhibition,Multicultural,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Osterman Common Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171206T160147 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T100000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:BME Seminar: Claudia Fischbach-Teschl\, Ph.D. DESCRIPTION:\"Engineering approaches to analyze tumor-associated ECM dynamics\"\n\nClaudia Fischbach-Teschl\, Ph.D. Associate Professor\, Department of Biomedical Engineering Cornell University\n\nAbstract: \n \nMicroenvironmental conditions contribute to the pathogenesis of cancer\, and aberrant extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling plays a key role in this process. However\, our understanding of the specific mechanisms by which the ECM promotes cancer is relatively limited. Our lab focuses on the integration of materials science\, tissue engineering\, and cancer biology approaches to test the role of ECM biological and physical properties in cancer initiation and progression. More specifically\, we characterize the effect of tumors on ECM composition\, structure\, and mechanics and investigate the relevance of these changes to tumor cell behavior both in vitro and in vivo. Additionally\, we are evaluating whether obesity\, a condition commonly associated with an increased risk and worse clinical prognosis for cancer\, may promote tumorigenesis by mimicking tumor-like ECM dynamics. UID:44634-9934457@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/44634 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Lecture LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180115T182509 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T160000 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:44170-9889079@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:20171207T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T163000 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:44125-9886157@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:20171016T152600 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T113000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:THE FUTURE LIES EAST: POSTCOMMUNIST EUROPE’S NEW MODEL OF POPULISM DESCRIPTION:Dr. Deegan-Krause\, Professor of Political Science\, Wayne State University\, received his B. A. in Economics and History from Georgetown University and his Ph.D. in Government and International Relations from the University of Notre Dame. His research focus is on political and governmental systems in Central and Eastern Europe. He has authored or co-edited books and journal articles on a variety of political topics. His current research focuses on political party system transformation\, populism\, and the sources of electoral support for authoritarian leaders. \n\nWe have come to associate the word populism with the right in Western Europe and with the left in Latin America\, but in Eastern Europe new political movements advance not from the left or the right but from the outside\, as dissatisfied citizens rally around non-political celebrities to challenge what they see as a corrupt status quo. As the trend-setter in this new political style\, Eastern Europe offers insights into an increasingly widespread variation on populism. \n \nThis is the fifth in a six-lecture series. The subject is Populism: The Common People in Modern Politics. The next lecture series will start January 11\, 2018. The title is Architecture: Shaping Buildings\; Shaping Us. UID:45837-10310517@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/45837 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Lifelong Learning,Populism,Retirement LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170724T201257 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T170000 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:41652-9417939@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:20171207T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T170000 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:46544-10546834@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:20171207T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T170000 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:41651-9417810@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:20171207T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T170000 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:46545-10546913@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:20170823T095957 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CJS Thursday Lecture Series | Eating Contests in Early Modern Japanese Entertainment Media DESCRIPTION:Early modern Japan witnessed the rise of food as a subject of entertainment media as exemplified by numerous literary and visual depictions of culinary contests in which pedants debated the virtues of rice or tea\; strong men (and women) measured their endurance in the number of bowls of noodles or cups of sake they could swallow\; and posters ranked seafood recipes against vegetarian dishes. Visual and literary artists even helped audiences imagine what would happen if food or drinks came alive and debated and battled each other. Early modern media proved that food and beverages were not mundane objects\, but instead had lives of their own\, which were poetic\, heroic\, and potentially precarious. \n \nEric C. Rath is the CJS Toyota Visiting Professor for the 2017-2018 academic year and a professor of premodern Japanese history at the University of Kansas where he specializes in Japanese cultural history. His publications include Japan’s Cuisines: Food\, Place and Identity (Reaktion Books\, 2016) and Food and Fantasy in Early Modern Japan (University of California Press\, 2010).\n\nImage: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) “Peace\, Joy\, and the Price War Between Sake and Sweets” (Taiheiki mochi sake tatakai) produced between 1843-46 UID:42854-9672379@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42854 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asia,Food,History,Japanese Studies LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 110 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170830T124839 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:International Economics DESCRIPTION:Details to come. UID:43312-9751043@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43312 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,seminar LOCATION:Lorch Hall - 201 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171205T115151 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Transforming Mental Health Care with Social Media Munmun De Choudhury - School of Interactive Computing - Georgia Tech DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT: Social media platforms continue to deeply intertwine with our lives. In this talk I will present a body of work demonstrating how social media can serve two purposes supporting our mental wellbeing. First\, employing social media as a passive “sensor” of behaviors\, emotion\, socialization\, and linguistic expression\, I will highlight a series of projects that enable fine-grained and proactive assessment of risk to conditions as diverse as depression\, schizophrenia\, and post-traumatic stress and anxiety. Second\, I will talk about how several social media sites are purposefully and inadvertently providing an interventional platform\, ranging from meeting support needs of vulnerable individuals\, to enhancing therapeutic outcomes. Cross-cutting across this research agenda\, I will discuss the broader implications for computing as well as mental health research and practice\, and the ethical and privacy challenges we have encountered\, what we have done about them\, and what questions still remain. In conclusion\, I will highlight three ongoing multi-institutional initiatives that define the next phase of this research program – one around addressing the mental health challenges of college students\, a second around building a psychologically healthy and thriving workplace\, and a third around improving how we clinically treat\, intervene\, and care for mental illness.\n\nBio: Munmun De Choudhury is an assistant professor in the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech where she directs the Social Dynamics and Wellbeing Lab. She is also affiliated with the GVU Center. Munmun’s research interests are in computational social science\, with a focus on assessing\, understanding\, and improving personal and societal mental health from online social interactions. Her work has been the recipient of ten best paper and honorable mention awards at premier conferences\, has been supported by awards like the James Edenfield Faculty Fellowship and the Yahoo Faculty Engagement Award\, and has also been extensively covered by popular press venues like the New York Times and the NPR. Earlier\, Munmun was a faculty associate with the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard\, a postdoc at Microsoft Research\, and obtained her PhD in Computer Science from Arizona State University. UID:46986-10714060@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46986 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Complex Systems,Computer Science,Healthcare,Mental Illness,seminar,Social Media,Sociology LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171011T121933 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T114500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T130000 SUMMARY:Meeting:U-M MLK Symposium Cross-Campus Planning Meeting DESCRIPTION:YOU’RE INVITED!\n\nThe University of Michigan Martin Luther King\, Jr. Symposium is proudly one of the largest commemoration of the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr. across the country. The symposium consists of a keynote memorial lecture public event the morning of the MLK holiday (January 15) [open to the public\, not ticketed]. The efforts to determine the symposium theme\, the artwork for the event booklet\, and speakers for the symposium are determined from a dedicated group of students\, faculty\, staff and administrators across campus. \n\nWe welcome any interested individuals who are passionate about social justice\, civil and human rights\, and UM’s role in creating a dynamic program that honors Dr. King to attend our monthly meetings. They are informal\, please attend when you would like. Each meeting focuses on finalizing a piece of the symposium events\, sharing department or org events\, and always reflecting on current affairs\, with an emphasis on mindfulness and community. \n\nSTUDENTS! (undergrad\, grad\, professional\, etc) We need your voice at the table!\n\nMore information about putting your event in the booklet or online\, the history of speakers\, and other ways to get involved\, please visit mlksymposium.umich.edu hosted and sponsored by the Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives (OAMI).\n\nPlease email mlksymposiuminfo@umich.edu if you plan on attending an upcoming meeting\, so that we may have an accurate food count.\n\nThe theme for the 2018 Symposium is The Fierce Urgency of Now. This theme calls us to claim ownership of the challenges we face and not leave it for future generations to address. Amidst technological advancements and increased global connections\, much work still needs to be done to heal the wounds of our past\, and resolve the injustices of our present. The Fierce Urgency of Now compels us to not only act\, but to also acknowledge that the absence of action and the continuation of silence\, serves to bring us deeper into the shadows of division. UID:44869-9992125@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/44869 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Community Service,Culture,Detroit,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Free,Inclusion,Multicultural,Social Impact,Social Justice LOCATION:Trotter Multicultural Center - 1st floor lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170831T181541 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T190000 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:43459-9766072@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:20171120T125909 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T140000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Futures of Democratic Social Movements 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 Democratic Social Movements panel features: \n\nCedric de Leon\, Associate Professor of Sociology\, Tufts University\nJessica Garrick\, Doctoral Candidate\, Sociology\, University of Michigan\nMaria Cotera\, Associate Professor\, American Culture and Women's Studies\, University of Michigan\n\nMaria Cotera is currently an associate professor in the Departments of Women’s Studies and American Culture at the University of Michigan. She holds a PhD from Stanford University’s Program in Modern Thought\, and an MA in English from the University of Texas. Professor Cotera currently serves as director of the University of Michigan Latina/o Studies Program. She is the author of Native Speakers: Ella Deloria\, Zora Neale Hurston\, Jovita Gonzalez and the Poetics of Culture (University of Texas Press\, 2008).\n\nJessica Garrick is a doctoral candidate in sociology at the University of Michigan\, where she transferred after starting her graduate career at the University of New Mexico. While in New Mexico\, she worked closely with an immigrant worker center to document the incidence of wage theft among Mexican immigrants in the area. For her dissertation\, Jessica is using the case of US labor law to explore how laws long “on the books” are repurposed to fit new contexts. \n\nCedric de Leon is an associate professor of sociology at Tufts University. Before arriving at Tufts\, he served as chair of the sociology department at Providence College. He is the author of The Origins of Right to Work (Cornell University Press\, 2015) and Party and Society (Polity Press\, 2014) and is co-editor of Building Blocs (Stanford University Press\, 2015) with Manali Desai and Cihan Tugal. He has served in numerous elected and appointed posts in the American Sociological Association and Social Science History Association and sits on the editorial boards of Contemporary Sociology and Social Problems.\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 Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies. UID:42641-9619868@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42641 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Bicentennial,History,LSA200,Politics,Sociology,umich200 LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery (Room 100) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170919T092557 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:LSI Seminar Series: Barbara Mellone\, Ph.D.\, University of Connecticut DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \nCentromeres are essential regions of the genome that mediate the accurate segregation of chromosomes during mitosis and meiosis. In most metazoans\, centromeres are composed of satellite DNA and transposable elements organized into a specialized type of chromatin marked by the histone H3 variant CENP-A. For the past two decades\, the centromere has been thought to be epigenetically specified\, with centromeric DNA being regarded as neither necessary nor sufficient for centromere function. However\, the respective contributions of chromatin and DNA to centromere formation and propagation have remained elusive. We tested whether ectopic centromeres\, which are devoid of centromeric DNA\, can be formed and transmitted during Drosophila development and investigated their ability to compete with native centromeres. We induced the formation of ectopic centromeres on integrated lacO repeats to which the CENP-A assembly factor CAL1 is tethered via the Lac Repressor (CAL1-LacI). Ectopic centromeres formed successfully in flies with insertions at discrete chromosomal locations in both euchromatin and heterochromatin. During constitutive tethering\, an ectopic centromere on the X chromosome sometimes prevailed\, causing the inactivation of the endogenous centromere by DNA loss or HP1-dependent epigenetic silencing. Upon release of CAL1-LacI\, however\, ectopic centromeres were lost\, suggesting out-competition by the native centromere. These results suggest that the presence of the CENP-A epigenetic mark is not sufficient for centromere propagation\, pointing to a critical role of the underlying centromeric DNA in long-term centromere inheritance.\n\nSpeaker: \nBarbara Mellone received her bachelor’s of science in biology from the University of Milano in Italy\, with a thesis on DNA replication in yeast. She then obtained a Ph.D. in molecular genetics from the Medical Research Council in Edinburgh\, Scotland\, where she studied heterochromatin silencing mechanisms in S. pombe under the mentorship of Robin Allshire. For her postdoctoral training\, Dr. Mellone went to the University of California\, Berkeley to work with Gary Karpen\, where she conducted a genome-wide RNAi screen that identified centromere assembly factors in Drosophila. She joined the faculty of the University of Connecticut in 2009\, where she investigates centromere specification mechanisms. Her work to date has revealed how centromeric chromatin is established and how centromeric proteins co-evolve leading to centromere incompatibilities. She was promoted to associate professor in 2015 and was the recipient of the 2016 American Society for Cell Biology Women in Cell Biology Junior Award for excellence in research.\n\nBoxed lunch will be provided. UID:44728-9969029@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/44728 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Science LOCATION:Palmer Commons - Forum Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171010T142419 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T160000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Michigan Engineering Design Expo DESCRIPTION:See how Michigan Engineering students are designing solutions to our world's challenges.\n\nThe College of Engineering Design Expo is held twice a year to provide a public forum for engineering students to demonstrate applications of their studies to real-life needs. Students gain valuable experience by presenting their work.\n\nThrough this venue\, the greater University community and general public has the opportunity to learn how Michigan's students are contributing in significant ways to solving major technology challenges across various disciplines.\n\nThese student projects consist of internal University of Michigan projects\, non-profit community projects and industry-sponsored projects. Most of these projects are part of Senior Design Project Courses\, but other project groups are welcome and encouraged to participate.\n\nThe goal of the Undergraduate Engineering Office is to have participation from all departments within the College of Engineering (and eventually across university schools and colleges) to promote cross-disciplinary cooperation as well as high school outreach.\n\nIndustry sponsors have been a large part of promoting this within the college through sponsorship of projects and financial support of the event itself.\n\nThe Fall 2017 Design Expo is sponsored by Toyota.\n\nThis event is held in multiple North Campus locations including the Duderstadt Center\, Bob & Betty Beyster Building\, Pierpont Commons\, EECS Building\, and Chrysler Center.\n\nFor more information\, contact Lindsey Dowswell in the Multidisciplinary Design Program office at lindsd@umich.edu or (734) 763-0818. UID:45634-10242981@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/45634 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Engineering,Exhibition,Free,Interdisciplinary,Michigan Engineering,Multidisciplinary Design,North campus,Research LOCATION:BBB CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171206T095858 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T130000 SUMMARY:Presentation:P&SC Area Brown Bag DESCRIPTION:Titel: The Interplay Between Identity and Advocacy UID:42789-9661723@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42789 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Psychology LOCATION:East Hall - 4464 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171103T131638 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T121000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T130000 SUMMARY:Performance:Gifts of Art presents Holiday Harmonies DESCRIPTION:Come enjoy some of your holiday favorites with the local band Counterpoint. Their blended vocal harmonies and refreshing arrangements of seasonal music are a Michigan Medicine tradition. With Debbie Colesa\, Deborah McKenzie\, and Laurie Williams on vocals\, Peter Tchoryk on trumpet and vocals\, guitarist Dave Karl\, and bass player Daniel McConnell\, their full bodied yet easy listening sound is enlivening. Guest performers often make appearances\, and the band brings song lyrics\, extra percussion instruments and bells for audience members to join in on the fun. Look for live stream video and event subscriptions on Gifts of Art Facebook. UID:46499-10512719@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46499 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Concert,Culture,Family,Free,Health & Wellness,Holiday LOCATION:University Hospitals - University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170913T111638 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T160000 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:44329-9908949@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:20171120T171838 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T143000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Reading Group on Joseph North's Literary Criticism: A Concise Political History DESCRIPTION:Join us for a discussion on a selection from Joseph North's Literary Criticism: A Concise Political History. We will be reading a portion of the book selected by Evan Radeen\, a PhD student in English Language and Literature\, who will also be leading the group discussion. He describes the work below:\n\nThis section comes from the fourth chapter of Joseph North’s 2017 book. The book traces the development of academic literary criticism in the Anglo-American world\, offering a bold\, polemical account of its forgotten origins and historical advances. The fourth chapter builds on this account\, taking stock of new critical paradigms in order chart the possibilities for the future of the discipline\; in the second section\, “Intimations\,” North turns the discussion toward the work of Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick\, D.A. Miller\, and Lauren Berlant.\n\nTo RSVP and receive an electronic copy of the reading\, please contact Rachel Cawkwell (rcawkwe@umich.edu) or Kyle McCormick (krmcc@umich.edu). UID:46953-10703026@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46953 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate School,Literature LOCATION:Angell Hall - 3154 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171205T062829 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T160000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Democratic Futures at Michigan: A Discussion with Local Organizers 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 Democratic Futures at Michigan: A Discussion with Local Organizers panel features: \n\nHoai An Pham\, Students4Justice\nMaria Ibarra-Frayre\, Washtenaw ID Project\nJoel Batterman\, Motor City Freedom Riders\nAmina Kirk\, Detroit People’s Platform\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:42642-9619869@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42642 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Bicentennial,History,LSA200,Politics,Sociology,umich200 LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery (Room 100) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171115T181518 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T141000 SUMMARY:Performance:Dance Composition Class Showing DESCRIPTION:Freshman and sophomore Dance majors and first-year Dance MFAs present choreography created during their semester-long composition classes with Dance professors Jessica Fogel\, Peter Sparling\, and Sandra Torijano. UID:41648-9417560@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41648 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dance LOCATION:Dance Building - Betty Pease Studio Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171206T153129 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Creating & Curating Online Teaching Portfolios DESCRIPTION:Dr. Arola will discuss how her own teaching portfolio has evolved since she put her first syllabus online in Spring of 2000. Through sharing her own successes and missteps\, and asking participants to explore a sampling of teaching portfolios\, this workshop/lecture will engage participants with best practices for cultivating an online teaching identity.\n \nBio:\nKristin Arola is an Associate Professor in the Writing\, Rhetoric\, and American Cultures Department at Michigan State University and an affiliate faculty in the American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program. Arola’s research and teaching focus on the intersections between American Indian rhetoric\, multimodal pedagogy\, and digital rhetoric. Along with numerous essays and book chapters\, she is the co-author of Writer/Designer: A Guide to Making Multimodal Projects\, and the co-editor of CrossTalk in Comp Theory and Composing(Media) = Composing(Embodiment). UID:47364-10880013@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47364 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Education LOCATION:Angell Hall - 3241 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170830T085958 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Econometrics DESCRIPTION:Details to come. UID:43245-9748034@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43245 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,seminar LOCATION:Lorch Hall - 301 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180109T142652 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T173000 SUMMARY:Presentation:ASC Lecture. 2017-2018 UMAPS Colloquium Series DESCRIPTION:Each UMAPS fellow will have the chance to present their scholarly work in a session of an ongoing monthly series. Talks prepared and presented by each visiting scholar are designed to increase skills in effective communications\, to promote dialogue on topics\, and to share the research with the larger U-M community. All are invited to attend to grasp the range and depth of work occurring through the UMAPS partnerships. \n\n10/5\, UMAPS Colloquium (#1)—Social Sciences I (Kalamazoo Room\, Michigan League)\nVERONICA DZOMEKU\, Nursing\, KNUST\, Ghana\n“Exploration of Expectations and Experiences of Mothers toward Childbirth Care”\n\nTHELMA FENNIE\, Psychology\, University of the Westewrn Cape\, South Africa\n“Exploring Psychological Effects of Adolescent Girls’ Experiences of Menarche & Menstruation in School Settings”\n\nAUDREY KALINDI\, Population Studies\, University of Zambia\n“Factors that Affect Use of Maternal Health Services\, HIV Testing and Linkage to Medical Care in Zambia”\n\n-----\n10/12\, UMAPS Colloquium (#2)—STEM I (Koessler Room\, Michigan League)\nDEBELA GEMEDA BEDANE\, Pharmacology\, St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College\, Ethiopia\n“Pharmacogenetic Predictors of Antidepressant Drug Response”\n\nMTHOKOZISI SIMELANE\, Biochemistry\, University of KwaZulu-Natal\, South Africa\n“Ursolic Acid Acetate as a Promising Agent for Malarial Chemotherapy”\n\nMESTEWAT DEBASU MOGNHODIE\, Biochemistry\, St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College\, Ethiopia\n“The Exploration and Utilization of Glycan-Based Biomarkers for Breast Cancer Patients on Chemotherapy in Ethiopia”\n\n-----\n11/ 9\, UMAPS Colloquium (#3)—Humanities (Koessler Room\, Michigan League)\n\nPAMELA KHANAKWA\, History\, Makerere University\, Uganda\n“Bagisu Men Don’t Cry: Imbalu and the Construction of Masculinities in Uganda”\n\nYIKUNNOAMLAK MEZGEBU\, Literature\, Addis Ababa University\, Ethiopia\n“From Competition to Composition:  Languages\, Regions and Religions in an Ethiopian Literature”\n\nPAUL CONWAY & KELLY ASKEW\, University of Michigan “Radio\, Cyberspace\, and the Repatriation of African Musical Heritage”\n\n-----\n12/7\, UMAPS Colloquium (#4)—STEM II (Koessler Room\, Michigan League)\nOLUWAKEMI ROTIMI\, Biochemistry\, Covenant University\, Nigeria\n“The Role of Epigenetics in the Toxicity of Environmental Exposures”\n\nZEWDU JIMA TAKLE\, Physiology\, St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College\, Ethiopia\n“The Molecular Signaling Mechanisms in the Vessel Wall after Stroke and Pathways Mediated by Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF)”\n\nSENYO ADZEI\, Music\, University of Cape Coast\, Ghana\n“Processes in Shrine Music of the Awudome People of Ghana–An Ethnomusicolowgical Inquiry”\n\n-----\n1/ 11\, UMAPS Colloquium (#5)—Social Sciences II (Kuenzel Room\, Michigan Union)\nODUR BENARD\, Statistics\, Makerere University\, Uganda\n“A Retrospective Analysis of Progression in Neonatal and Infant Mortality Drivers in Uganda (1995-2016)”\n\nPRECIOUS NDLOVU\, Law\, University of the Western Cape\, South Africa\n“The Economics of Mergers and Acquisitions in Africa’s Regional Competition Law Frameworks: An Examination of the COMESA Competition Commission”\n\nMOSES MUHUMUZA\, Human Ecology\, Mountains of the Moon University\, Uganda\n“Holistic Community-based Biodiversity Conservation in National Parks in Rural Africa”\n\n------\n2/8\, UMAPS Colloquium (#6)—STEM III (Koessler Room\, Michigan League)\n\nKALILU DONZO\, Biology\, University of Liberia\n“Advanced Training in Molecular Biology Techniques: Introducing Research-based Techniques at the University of Liberia”\n\nMELESSEW NIGUSSIE GEREME\, Physics\, Bahir Dar University\, Ethiopia\n“Investigation of Triggering Mechanisms of Ionospheric Irregularities in the Equatorial Ionosphere” UID:44121-9888979@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/44121 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Africa,Anthropology,Biology,Discussion,Ecology,Engineering,Environment,Information and Technology,Interdisciplinary,International,Law,Lecture,Literature,Materials Science,Medicine,Music,Pharmacy,Psychology,Research,Science,Sociology,Women's Studies LOCATION:Michigan League - Koessler Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171120T164631 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Faculty Forum on Outreach & Engagement DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, December 7\, CEO will host its second Faculty Forum event. The theme for the series is \"Educational Outreach to Inform\, Engage & Inspire: Fulfilling U-M's social contract with the public.\" Barbara Israel from the U-M School of Public Health and Angela Reyes\, founder and executive director of the Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation\, will present. A reception will follow the discussion. Please RSVP via the link below. UID:46952-10703024@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46952 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Diversity,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Faculty,Inclusion,Social Impact LOCATION:Michigan League - Michigan Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171109T231639 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T170000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Holiday Open House DESCRIPTION:You are invited to a Holiday Open House at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. Enjoy the galleries\, light fare\, and music.\n\nRSVP by November 29 to (734) 763-8639 or dawnlynn@umich.edu. UID:46705-10583844@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46705 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Archaeology,Museum,Reception LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171128T125411 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Exploring the Teaching Side of Academia: Speaker & Discussion DESCRIPTION:ASEE is holding a series of discussions and talks this semester focusing on teaching as an academic. For our last event of the semester\, we will have Professor Joanna Millunchick come and talk about her teaching experiences at Michigan\, followed by questions and discussion. UID:47098-10790919@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47098 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Education,Engineering,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering LOCATION:Pierpont Commons - Boulevard Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171204T141525 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:AE585 Graduate Seminar Series - Computational Synthesis and Design of Complex Mechanical Systems Using Structural Topology Optimization DESCRIPTION:Algorithmic design processes offer a level of mathematical rigor that can both augment and complement human creativity. By incorporating algorithms earlier and more deeply in the design process\, we will ultimately enable the creation of better performing designs. Structural topology optimization is particularly well-suited to this task\, as it can be used to automatically generate novel design concepts\, as well as to optimize conventional design configurations. This seminar will explore the use of topology optimization for the design of complex structures\, each of which presents unique challenges within the context of computational design. By combining nonlinear finite element analysis with original numerical optimization strategies\, we investigate several example problems\, including optimal design of an elliptically cambered non-planar wing\, a bi-stable airfoil structure\, and functionally graded compliant mechanisms. Additionally\, we present a novel framework for computational synthesis of compound machines using a multi-body design approach.\n\nAbout the speaker...\nKai James joined the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign\, as an assistant professor in 2015. Prior to this\, he was a postdoc at Columbia University in New York\, and he earned his Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies in 2012. His research focuses on computational solid mechanics and computational design optimization with an emphasis on problems involving various sources of nonlinearity\, including viscoelastic creep\, aeroelastic coupling\, and large deformations. He is especially interested in developing novel algorithms that leverage high-fidelity computational models and topology optimization methods for conceptual design and synthesis of complex engineering structures and mechanisms. Some of his major research projects include aerostructural optimization of transonic aircraft wings\, structural design optimization of a cardiovascular stent\, and optimal design of resilient structures while accounting for material damage and viscoelastic effects. UID:44316-9908884@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/44316 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Engineering LOCATION:Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building - 1109 Boeing Lecture Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171208T104429 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Bicentennial Lecture: Overlapping (and Non-Overlapping) Generations DESCRIPTION:Mel Stephens is professor of economics\, with a courtesy appointment as a professor of public policy at the Ford School. He serves as a research affliate at the Population Studies Center and a faculty associate at the Survey Research Center\, both within the Institute for Social Research. Stephens is also affliated with the National Bureau of Economic Research where he is currently a research associate. He also is a member of the Academic Research Council at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Stephens is a labor economist whose current research interests include consumption and savings\, aging and retirement\, education\, the impact of local labor market fluctuations on household outcomes\, and applied econometrics. He received his BA in economics and mathematics from the University of Maryland and his PhD in economics from the University of Michigan. UID:47293-10857865@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47293 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Bicentennial,Economics LOCATION:Lorch Hall - 265 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171004T153213 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Communication & Media Speaker Series DESCRIPTION:Dr. Osei Appiah is a Professor and Associate Director of the School of Communication at The Ohio State University. Dr. Appiah is a renowned communication and race scholar who has written and lectured about the impact of strategic communication messages and the role stereotypes play on intergroup interaction. His work attempts to provide a better understanding of the theoretical underpinnings and psychological mechanisms at work when people are exposed to ethnic-specific messages in the media. His main research interests are in advertising effects on ethnic majority and minority audiences\, and the impact of cultural identity on audiences’ responses to advertising and strategic communication messages. Dr. Appiah also has co-edited the book\, Advertising & Persuasion\, and is working on a book on the concept he coined called cultural voyeurism. UID:45432-10175527@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/45432 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Cultural Voyeurism LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - West Conference Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171205T062740 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T180000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Eddie S. Glaude Jr.\, Lecture: Fugitive Democracy Revisited 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\nEddie S. Glaude Jr. will deliver the keynote lecture of the Crisis Democracy symposium. His most well-known books\, Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul\, and In a Shade of Blue: Pragmatism and the Politics of Black America\, take a wide look at black communities and reveal complexities\, vulnerabilities\, and opportunities for hope. In addition to his readings of early American philosophers and contemporary political scientists\, Glaude turns to African American literature in his writing and teaching for insight into African American political life\, religious thought\, gender and class.\n\nEddie S. Glaude\, Jr. is currently the chair of the Department of African American Studies and the William S. Tod Professor of Religion and African American Studies at Princeton University. Widely regarded as one of the most important black intellectuals in the United States today\, Glaude offers a critical and insightful view on the problems currently facing black America as well as the nation at large. He is the author of Exodus: Religion\, Race\, and Nation in Early 19th Century Black America (Chicago\, 2000)\, winner of the William Sanders Scarborough Book Prize\, In a Shade of Blue: Pragmatism and the Politics of Black America (Chicago\, 2007)\, and African American Religion: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford\, 2014). He is the editor of Is it Nation Time? Contemporary Essays on Black Power and Black Nationalism (Chicago\, 2002) and co-editor with Cornel West of African American Religious Thought: An Anthology (Westminster John Knox\, 2003). His award-winning book\, In a Shade of Blue: Pragmatism and the Politics of Black America\, has been characterized as a tour de force. Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul (Crown Publishing\, 2016) is his latest book\, a provocative account of the current state of race in the United States.\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 Afroamerican and African Studies\; American Culture\; College of Literature\, Science\, and the Arts Graduate Student Events and Conferences Fund\; History\; Institute for the Humanities\; Joseph A. Labadie Collection\; Rackham Graduate School Dean's Initiative\; Philosophy\; and Sociology. UID:42643-9619870@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42643 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,Bicentennial,History,LSA200,Politics,Sociology,umich200 LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery (Room 100) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180214T163255 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:EEB Thursday Seminar: The role of Beringia in high latitude faunal diversification DESCRIPTION:The Beringian Coevolution Project (BCP)\, a field program underway in the high northern latitudes since 1999\, focuses on building basic scientific infrastructure for integrated specimen-based studies on mammals and their associated parasites. BCP has contributed new insights across temporal and spatial scales into how ancient climate and environmental change have shaped faunas\, emphasizing processes of assembly\, persistence and diversification across the vast Beringian region. BCP collections also represent baseline records of biotic diversity from across the northern high latitudes at a time of accelerated environmental change. Because of the dual focus on hosts and parasites\, the BCP record also provides a foundation for comparative analyses that can document the effects of dynamic change on the geographic distribution\, transmission dynamics\, and emergence of pathogens. Using specific examples from carnivores\, shrews\, lagomorphs\, rodents and their associated parasites\, I show how broad\, integrated field collections provide permanent infrastructure to explore the effect of climate change on natural populations and inform policy regarding human impacts on these environments.\n\nView YouTube video of seminar: https://youtu.be/wC72vyA14xY UID:46828-10647793@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46828 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Ecology,Environment,Research,Science LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1210 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171207T181535 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T173000 SUMMARY:Other:Enabling Medicinal Chemistry with Synthesis and Technology DESCRIPTION: In the Beeler Research Group we take a multidisciplinary approach toward developing small molecule tools for human disease. This lecture will focus on new technologies and synthetic strategies that provide a foundation for our medicinal chemistry programs. It will highlight ongoing efforts to develop platforms that enable us to explore and leverage the biological activities of complex natural products. A common theme in our lab\, and in this lecture\, is the use of flow chemistry to enable critical reactions. Why flow chemistry? Reactions have been carried out in batch vessels for over two centuries and amazingly the tools chemists use have remained largely unchanged. As such\, many of the challenges presented by batch reactions are still unsolved. Issues related to mass transfer\, heat transfer\, or photon penetration can be exceptionally challenging in batch reactors\, but are often overcome in flow. Ultimately\, I hope to demonstrate how flow chemistry provides us a tool for development of new and more efficient reactions that are robust\, highly scalable\, and provide access to complex and novel chemotypes. \n \n \n \nAaron Beeler (Boston University) UID:41361-9170360@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41361 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry,Science LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - CHEM 1640 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171130T100519 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Ruth Behar\, Victor Haim Perera Collegiate Professorship in Anthropology\, Inaugural Lecture DESCRIPTION:Pondering the relationship between feeling at home and being homesick has long been an anthropological obsession. The discipline took off from the idea that an anthropologist had to leave home in order to study otherness in a distant place. Knowledge was built through reflecting on the meaning of insider and outsider\, familiar and exotic\, native and stranger. But in our age of massive displacement\, immigration\, natural disasters\, and world travel\, the meaning of home is being redefined. Where is home in an age where the soul is global? These questions have long fascinated Ruth Behar\, a MacArthur Fellow. In her lecture she will reflect on her travels in Spain\, Mexico\, and Cuba\, discussing how in each of these journeys she has entrusted herself to the beauty and danger of life\, trying to do anthropological work that heals the heart of homesickness. UID:41513-9316373@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41513 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Amphitheatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170907T094905 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T161500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T164500 SUMMARY:Meeting:Mindfulness@Umich (All UofM Students) DESCRIPTION:Invite a sense of calm and ease into your busy day by creating space to breathe. These Mindfulness@Umich sessions are open to all students\, are free\, and are great for experienced and beginning meditators. They are drop-in. Come as often as time allows in your schedule. Students\, please complete the Google Registration Form. UID:43153-9729054@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43153 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Health & Wellness,Meditation,Mindfulness,Stress Reduction LOCATION:Angell Hall - G243 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171204T152744 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T190000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Winter Celebration Theme Dinner DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, December 7th all dining halls will be having a winter celebration theme dinner! This will be a delicious dinner you will not want to miss! Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:46774-10625650@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46774 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food,Holiday LOCATION:Martha Cook Residence CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171113T151602 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T210000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Gingerbread Houses DESCRIPTION:Bursley Dining Hall will be having a spectacular display of gingerbread houses during the winter celebration theme dinner on Thursday December 7th! Come see these magnificent gingerbread houses and enjoy a delicious dinner! Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:46775-10625654@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46775 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food,Holiday LOCATION:Bursley Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170914T091230 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T200000 SUMMARY:Other:Munger Case Competition: Poverty Solutions DESCRIPTION:Munger's Case Competition challenges transdisciplinary teams of graduate students to address important topics. This semester\, we've partnered with Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan to challenge graduate students to think about solutions to poverty in Michigan. Learn more about the competition and supplemental activities on the Poverty Solutions webpage. \n\nRegistration opens: September 14th\, 5:00p.m.\nRegistration closes: October 9th\, 11:59p.m.\nCompetition showcase: December 7th UID:44476-9920264@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/44476 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Poverty LOCATION:Munger Graduate Residences - 8th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171204T152744 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T210000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Winter Celebration Theme Dinner DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, December 7th all dining halls will be having a winter celebration theme dinner! This will be a delicious dinner you will not want to miss! Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:46774-10625645@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46774 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food,Holiday LOCATION:Bursley Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171204T152744 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Winter Celebration Theme Dinner DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, December 7th all dining halls will be having a winter celebration theme dinner! This will be a delicious dinner you will not want to miss! Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:46774-10625646@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46774 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food,Holiday LOCATION:East Quadrangle CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171204T152744 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Winter Celebration Theme Dinner DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, December 7th all dining halls will be having a winter celebration theme dinner! This will be a delicious dinner you will not want to miss! Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:46774-10625647@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46774 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food,Holiday LOCATION:North Quad CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171204T152744 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T210000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Winter Celebration Theme Dinner DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, December 7th all dining halls will be having a winter celebration theme dinner! This will be a delicious dinner you will not want to miss! Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:46774-10625648@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46774 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food,Holiday LOCATION:South Quad CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171204T152744 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Winter Celebration Theme Dinner DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, December 7th all dining halls will be having a winter celebration theme dinner! This will be a delicious dinner you will not want to miss! Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:46774-10625649@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46774 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food,Holiday LOCATION:Oxford Housing CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171204T152744 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Winter Celebration Theme Dinner DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, December 7th all dining halls will be having a winter celebration theme dinner! This will be a delicious dinner you will not want to miss! Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:46774-10625651@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46774 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food,Holiday LOCATION:Mary Markley Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171204T152744 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T210000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Winter Celebration Theme Dinner DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, December 7th all dining halls will be having a winter celebration theme dinner! This will be a delicious dinner you will not want to miss! Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:46774-10625652@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46774 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food,Holiday LOCATION:Mosher-Jordan Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170921T145022 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T171000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T183000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Buster Simpson: Art Antioxidant DESCRIPTION:Buster Simpson\, an artist active since the late 1960s\, has worked on major infrastructure and planning projects\, site-specific sculptures\, museum installations\, and community interventions. Simpson was born in Saginaw\, Michigan\, and attended the University of Michigan\, where he received his MFA in 1969\, and later\, the Distinguished Alumni Award in Architecture and Design. Simpson is a recipient of numerous awards\, including NEA fellowships and the Americans for the Arts Public Art Award in 2009. “I prefer working in public spaces. The complexity of any site is its asset\, to distill\, build upon\, and reveal\, the challenge is to sharpen the conjunction between poetry and place.”\n\nSimpson has exhibited at The New Museum\, MoMA PS1\, Seattle Art Museum\, The Hirshhorn Museum\, Capp Street Project\, International Glass Museum\, and a recent retrospective at the Frye Art Museum. Simpson’s work is included in numerous public commissions throughout North America.\n\nA University of Michigan Bicentennial event.\n\nAll Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series presentations are free and open to the public\; visit http://stamps.umich.edu/stamps to view upcoming events. UID:42273-9593307@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42273 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170905T142744 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T183000 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:43573-9821441@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 - Helmut Stern Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171204T152744 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T190000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Winter Celebration Theme Dinner DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, December 7th all dining halls will be having a winter celebration theme dinner! This will be a delicious dinner you will not want to miss! Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:46774-10625653@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46774 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food,Holiday LOCATION:Lawyer's Club & Munger Residences CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T143046 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T190000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Yoga for Wellness and Stress Reduction DESCRIPTION:Join us for a slow\, deep yoga flow specifically created for graduate students. CAPS M.S.W. Intern and certified yoga instructor Valerie Maloof will lead an hour-long\, breath-focused\, energizing yoga practice focusing on releasing the tension that builds in our bodies from endless sitting and working at a computer. We will finish with a brief sitting meditation for long-lasting relaxation. All levels welcome. Wear comfortable clothes and bring your yoga mat if possible (we will have some mats available). No pre-registration required. UID:47160-10802661@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47160 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate School,Graduate Students,Health & Wellness,Postdoctoral Research Fellows,Rackham,Rec Sports LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Common Room, Lower Level CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171106T143244 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T183000 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:46550-10547320@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 - Helmut Stern Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171122T135026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T200000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Munger Case Competition Fall 2017: Poverty Solutions DESCRIPTION:Each semester\, Munger Graduate Residences challenges transdisciplinary teams of graduate students to address important topics through its Case Competition. Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan partnered with Munger for the Fall 2017 Case Competition\, asking students to create an action plan to effectively address the root causes of poverty and move the needle on poverty alleviation using a strategy of their team’s choosing and a fictional $100\,000 of seed money. View teams' projects\, and find out who takes home the prize! \n\nHeavy hors d'oeuvres will be provided\, so please RSVP! \n\nREGISTER HERE: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/session/6139\n\nMore about the competition can be found here: http://poverty.umich.edu/news-releases/munger-case-competition/ UID:47006-10725012@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47006 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Poverty LOCATION:Munger Graduate Residences - Fellows Lounge & South Commons, 8th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171030T141207 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T200000 SUMMARY:Presentation:ESG Monthly Town Hall DESCRIPTION:All students are invited to contribute ideas and hear about the current initiatives of Engineering Student Government. UID:46366-10466898@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46366 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community Service,Discussion,Engineering,Interdisciplinary,Student Org LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - 1180 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170705T165002 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T190000 SUMMARY:Performance:This Wonderful Life DESCRIPTION:Check back soon for more details. UID:41451-9263728@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41451 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:The Ark LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171207T180026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T220000 SUMMARY:Exercise / Fitness:ZoukMi Thursdays DESCRIPTION:7:00pm Lesson\n8:00pm Practica and Performance practice\n9:00pm Zouk Social\n\nLocation: Michigan League in the Vandenberg room (second floor)\nCost: Free\n\nEveryone is welcome. You don’t have to be a student. You don’t have to have any experience in dance. We have a very welcoming community filled with dancers of all levels. I can’t wait to meet you and make you addicted to Zouk. :) UID:42485-9609277@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42485 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan League CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171204T181522 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T193000 SUMMARY:Performance:Second Dissertation Recital: Merryl Neille\, traverso DESCRIPTION:PROGRAM: Quantz - Caprice no. 36 in G Major\; Trio Sonata in G Major QV 2:Anh28\; Caprice no. 6 in G Major QV 3:1:14\; Boismortier - Divers Pièces no.\, 22–25 in B Minor\, op. 22\; Telemann - Methodical Sonata in A Major TWV 41:A3\; Quantz - Trio in D Major for Three Flutes QV 3:3.2. UID:47309-10860627@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47309 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171121T181511 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T193000 SUMMARY:Performance:The Merry Wives of Windsor DESCRIPTION:Department of Theatre & Drama\nDirected by John Neville-Andrews\n\nShakespeare’s most popular comedy featuring the unforgettable Sir John Falstaff. UID:41464-9265781@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41464 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Theater LOCATION:Power Center for the Performing Arts CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171115T181518 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T193000 SUMMARY:Performance:Violet DESCRIPTION:Music by Jeanine Tesori\nBook & Lyrics by Brian Crawley\nBased on “The Ugliest Pilgrim” by Doris Betts\n\nDepartment of Musical Theatre Studio Production\nDirected by Mark Madama\nMusic Direction by Jason DeBord\n\nA young woman\, scarred in a childhood accident\, travels to Oklahoma in hopes of being healed. Along her journey\, she discovers what a mirror cannot tell her\, her inner strength and beauty. This winsome 1997 Off-Broadway musical was nominated for four revival Tony Awards in 2014. UID:41465-9265785@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41465 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Music,Theater LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Arthur Miller Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T181515 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:halfway between (BFA Dance Concert) DESCRIPTION:Senior bachelor of fine arts students in Department of Dance present a joint concert of their choreography at the conclusion of their studies in the dance program. Danielle \"DeeDee\" Fattore\, Yoshiko Iwai\, and Callie Marie Munn each perform a solo and present a group work. UID:42773-9656453@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42773 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dance LOCATION:Dance Building - Betty Pease Studio Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T181514 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Jazz Lab Ensemble & Jazz Ensemble Concert DESCRIPTION:Ellen Rowe and Dennis Wilson\, directors.\n\nRepertoire will include compositions and arrangements by Remy LeBouef\, Dominic Bierenga\, Ellen Rowe\, Dennis Wilson\, and Jim McNeely. UID:45864-10321745@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/45864 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T181514 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171207T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Percussion Ensemble DESCRIPTION:Joseph Gramley\, director\nFeaturing the Bowling Green State University Percussion Ensemble directed by SMTD alumnus Dan Piccolo.\n\nIn these concerts\, the works performed by the U-M Percussion Ensemble have a special excitement\, having been created by composers who searched for a compositional identity both within their native countries and outside of them. In doing so\, they forged a “hybridity of identity.” Most notable of these is Lou Harrison\, a true “American Musical Maverick\,” who would have turned 100 this year. Featuring a large cross-section of Harrison's works\, the Percussion Ensemble will also focus on both “canonic” and “newer” composers\, almost all of whom have looked beyond their own homelands toward rhythms and techniques from foreign lands\, including the other Americas\, the Middle East\, Asia\, and Africa\, which they then married to their own ‘new’ traditions. There is a strong element of ‘tradition and innovation’ throughout the works. UID:45559-10231716@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/45559 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Hankinson Rehearsal Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR