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DTSTAMP:20180601T120009
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T235959
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:43238-12816381@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43238
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Jewish Family Services
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20170807T102703
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T235900
SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Examinations
DESCRIPTION:Examinations
UID:41043-8910515@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41043
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Engineering Academic Calendar,Graduate Students,Undergraduate Students
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20180502T120011
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T235959
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:42456-12507588@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42456
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Bryant Community Center
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20170927T201723
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T235900
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:44018-9869280@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:
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DTSTAMP:20171117T093156
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T180000
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:46881-10667133@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:
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DTSTAMP:20171214T122804
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T230000
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:41334-9144104@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:
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DTSTAMP:20171214T122849
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T230000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibit: Sino-American Relations and \"Ping-Pong Diplomacy\,\" 1971-1972 (Sept.15-Dec. 22\, 2017)
DESCRIPTION:During the early 1970s\, the two large countries at either end of the Pacific shaped the restless world in their own ways. China was moving full steam ahead on the Cultural Revolution. The U.S. was grappling with a series of domestic and international problems including the Vietnam War. Mired in ideological opposition\, U.S.-China relations had been hostile since the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949. Getting these Cold War foes to reconnect with each other looked like a mission impossible. Curiously\, Ping-Pong emerged to play an important role in bringing U.S.-China relations to rapprochement in the early 1970s and finally to normalization in 1979. \n\nThe historically significant Ping-Pong exchanges between China and the U.S. held in 1971 and 1972\, which came to be called “Ping-Pong Diplomacy” (乒乓外交 pingpang waijiao) in English\, were nicknamed xiaoqiu zhuandong daqiu 小球转动大球 (small ball spins the big globe) in Chinese. Unbeknownst to many\, Michigan played a key role in the 1972 exchanges. \n\nFeaturing an authentic Ping-Pong-table-sized panel that details highlights of these exchanges\, this exhibition commemorates the 45th anniversary of the Chinese Table Tennis Delegation’s historic visit to the U.S. in 1972\, especially to Ann Arbor and the U-M. Curated by Chinese Studies Librarian Liangyu Fu\, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies\, the Confucius Institute\, and the Asia Library.
UID:43895-10498355@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43895
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Asia,Chinese Studies
LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Asia Library, 4th Floor (North)
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20171129T133905
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Contemplate the Calm: Mixed Media
DESCRIPTION:A Japanese native\, now living in Royal Oak\, Michigan\, Hiroko Lancour has become a full-time artist after retiring from her career in information technology. She is a mixed media artist with cross cultural aesthetics between East and West. Lancour often uses repetitive patterns and processes with natural materials such as paper and fiber.  Her contemplative works transcend cultural differences to address common feelings among many people.
UID:47148-10801986@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47148
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness,International,Japanese Studies
LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1
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DTSTAMP:20171129T140141
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Detroit Music Legends
DESCRIPTION:As a community activist and artist in Detroit who focuses on neighborhood empowerment\, Nicole Macdonald makes large scale public paintings featuring city luminaries past and present on reclaimed materials. The Detroit Music Legend portraits are 6 x 8 foot\, the size of the windows where they will be installed in late 2018 on the Detroit Savings Bank Building\, designed by Albert Kahn at 6438 Woodward Avenue. A muralist\, collagist\, painter and tagger\, Macdonald co-founded City Sculpture\, a nonprofit Detroit art park\, is a board member of Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit\, and has exhibited at the Detroit Institute of Arts and Casco Gallery\, Netherlands.
UID:47154-10802323@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47154
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Activism,Art,Children,Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness,Music,Social Impact
LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20171129T134533
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Distinctive American Art Tile
DESCRIPTION:Motawi Tileworks was started in Ann Arbor\, Michigan 25 years ago by Nawal Motawi in a small garage. Today\, Motawi tiles are sold in over 300 locations nationwide\, including galleries and the shops in Detroit Institute of Arts and the National Gallery of Art in Washington\, DC. Tiles are made from a porcelain hybrid clay\, a recipe unique to Motawi tiles. The raised lines on each tile require a hand glaze technique to pool the glaze between the lines. Motawi Tileworks has many themed collections\, some based on the work of fine artists such as Frank Lloyd Wright and Charley Harper. You can also see 17 permanent Motawi art tile murals throughout Michigan Medicine.
UID:47151-10802071@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47151
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness
LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20171129T135516
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents From Mud to Beauty: Ceramics
DESCRIPTION:Jean-Marc Fontaine\, a French scientist and artist who earned his Ph.D. from University of Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris\, presents a unique set of ceramic works inspired from 10th-8th century BC to the present day. The style varies from simple\, traditional forms to elaborate\, one-of-a-kind creations. Featuring rustic antique surfaces\, warm colors and highly individualized textures\, his work also occasionally takes whimsical forms. He also plays the accordion. Fontaine is a research scientist at the U-M Medical School in biochemistry.
UID:47153-10802239@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47153
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Classical Studies,Culture,European,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness,International
LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20171218T153927
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Ink Portraits
DESCRIPTION:Based out of Chelsea\, Michigan\, John Pappas believes that if you can imagine a fun idea making sense\, you should make it. He applies this to both his graphic design and fine art. With so much to see and ruminate on in life\, Pappas keeps his hands busy by putting pen to paper. This body of work consists of portraits drawn with ink on a variety of surfaces including paper\, basswood and aspen panels in an offbeat pen and ink style that leans heavily on pointillism and crosshatching. The subjects range from athletes to musicians to personal friends.
UID:47155-10802407@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47155
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Athletics,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness
LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2
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DTSTAMP:20171129T140926
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents My Playground: Assemblage Sculpture
DESCRIPTION:Starting with watercolor\, Joan Painter-Jones’ work kept building out farther and farther until it became sculpture. Brought up in a household where money was tight\, she doesn’t like to waste anything and is captivated by old scraps of things with peeling paint and rusty metal – especially broken things that have a story to tell. She usually starts out with an interesting piece of wood and builds on it\, often painting on it and adding collage\, all while developing an emotional connection to it. Working in her quiet Milan\, Michigan backyard art loft “playground\,” she has no message to preach with her work\, just her own personal wish for peace and justice.
UID:47156-10802491@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47156
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness
LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20171129T134925
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Prairie Mantras: Paint & Vinyl on Aluminum
DESCRIPTION:Desiree Warren’s current body of work is a journey using one shape (the orzo) to create a multitude of layers that evoke landscapes and organic assimilations. Growing up in the country in Kansas\, she had wide open spaces to explore\, as well as many of her family’s dilapidated farm buildings and overgrown pasture lands. At the University of Kansas\, she began working with street sign material and has continued to incorporate aluminum and vinyl in her work. Part of this series is included in the 2017 Women to Watch: Metals exhibition at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City\, Missouri\, where she lives and works.
UID:47152-10802155@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47152
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness
LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1.
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20171129T141252
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents The Desert Southwest: Photography
DESCRIPTION:Born and raised in Flint\, Michigan\, Daniel Sidoli has always had the creative itch. It led him to the University of Nevada\, Las Vegas and a BA degree in Fine Arts. With this body of work\, his intent is to capture images that illustrate the unique landscape that erosion sculpts over time. His goal with photography is to be artistic yet convey truth. He wants the subject to inspire the audience and leave a lasting impression: to elicit an emotional response. Each image represents moments in time and of journeys traveled\, both figuratively and literally\, since he is involved in every step of the process as he sees each piece to completion.
UID:47157-10802575@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47157
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness
LOCATION:Cancer Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Comprehensive Cancer Center, Level 1
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20170901T101149
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T200000
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:43022-9696515@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:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20171214T122637
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T200000
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:45823-10310395@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:
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DTSTAMP:20170908T145419
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T170000
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:43941-9855233@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:
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DTSTAMP:20171121T093933
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T170000
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:46965-10711258@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:
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DTSTAMP:20171208T150019
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T110000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:BME PhD Defense: Abdulrahman W. Aref
DESCRIPTION:Communication for individuals with severe motor and speech impairments can be very difficult and they find the need for the assistance of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems. Common commercialized AAC systems require some amount of voluntary control and are unusable by individuals with disabilities. Non-invasive brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are an emerging means of communication for people with severe motor and speech impairments. BCIs allow the user to make selections on the computer just using their brain signals\, electroencephalogram (EEG). However\, although they are revolutionary for individuals that cannot control other available AAC systems\, BCIs have several limitations. Two major limitations of BCIs are: 1) BCIs are static/synchronous in nature\; 2) BCIs are susceptible to changes in user attention. Since populations that need BCI technology the most (e.g. amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)) experience attention impairments\, incorporating attention-monitoring features into the BCI would improve BCI performance by reducing errors in these populations. This research presents two dynamic methods developed to help the BCI become more user-aware and allow users to control the BCI at their own pace. Using a well-established negative correlation between alpha band power in the EEG and attention\, the first method used alpha band analysis to detect losses in user attention and abstained selections that were unattended to reduce potential errors. The second method\, called P300-Certainty\, abstained selections that do not reach a specified confidence level. To test both methods\, off-line analysis was performed on recorded EEG from 30 subjects using the BCI for spelling. Subjects selected 9 sentences and at least 23 characters per sentence with additional corrections. Alpha band analysis and P300-Certainty were tested off-line\, separately and together\, on this dataset to determine their efficacy at increasing BCI accuracy by abstaining potential errors. In addition\, P300-Certainty was implemented in a BCI-facilitated cognitive assessment to reduce potential errors\, as well as\, only choosing selections when they reach a specified confidence level. The on-line performance of P300-Certainty was calculated from this data. Alpha band analysis was performed off-line on this on-line data to determine its efficacy at increasing P300-Certainty on-line BCI accuracy.\n \nAlpha band power was shown to be significant between correct and incorrect character selections with a significance of p = 0.01004. Using this significance\, alpha band analysis was used to classify selections as correct or incorrect based on the EEG\, however it was only useful for accuracy for a subset of subjects (subjects exhibiting high alpha variance). Off-line analysis of P300-Certainty was shown to increase accuracy from 82.01±12.59% to 88.82±8.85% by abstaining potential errors\, with a statistical significance of p = 0.038. Furthermore\, P300-Certainty and alpha band analysis used together\, improved BCI accuracy\, over all subjects\, more than either method did alone. The increase was statistically significant (p = 0.008) when compared to the raw BCI accuracy. The on-line accuracy of P300-Certainty was 83.62 ± 9.14%.\n \nAlpha band analysis and P300-Certainty abstain potential errors using different\, yet orthogonal\, methods of measuring attention. Each method abstains potential errors that the other may have not detected. In conclusion\, this research has introduced two methods that quantify attention in orthogonal ways that increase BCI accuracy by abstaining potential errors more than either method alone. Using these methods together allows the BCI to be more user-aware and allows the user to type at their own pace.
UID:47451-10901458@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47451
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Biomedical Engineering,Medicine
LOCATION:Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL) - 2185
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20170911T104401
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T163000
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:44125-9886168@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/44125
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Multicultural,Nature
LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens
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DTSTAMP:20170907T095015
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T101500
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T104500
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:43151-9728934@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43151
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Health & Wellness,Meditation,Mindfulness,Stress Reduction
LOCATION:Off Campus Location - G243
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20170724T201257
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T170000
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:41652-9417950@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41652
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Visual Arts
LOCATION:Museum of Art
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DTSTAMP:20171106T140104
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T170000
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:46544-10546845@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
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DTSTAMP:20180116T132347
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:New at UMMA: Paul Rand
DESCRIPTION:Throughout the second half of the twentieth century\, pioneering art director and graphic designer Paul Rand (1914–1996) was celebrated for crafting the brand identities of such American corporate icons as ABC\, IBM\, UPS\, and Westinghouse. Rand considered the designer’s task to be the symbolic communication of a company’s character. This recent acquisition presentation features the poster Rand created as part of IBM’s THINK promotional campaign. The design is a rebus\, or visual puzzle\, wherein Rand cleverly transforms the letters of IBM’s logo into pictures. The whimsical use of symbols encourages viewers to interpret—or think—in order to comprehend the company’s intended message that it values “insight\,” “industriousness\,” and “motivation.” The poster is part of a larger recent gift of archival Paul Rand objects donated to UMMA by Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo—professor in the U-M Stamps School of Art and Design and published scholar on Paul Rand—and Maria Phillips.\n\nThis work was recently gifted to UMMA by Maria Phillips and Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo.
UID:46548-10547079@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46548
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts
LOCATION:Museum of Art - The Connector
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DTSTAMP:20171106T142603
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Patricia Piccinini: The Comforter
DESCRIPTION:Australian artist Patricia Piccinini’s strange\, hyperreal yet sentimental sculptures are often rooted in her speculative visualizations of future species—beings transformed by\, or even created by\, developments in genetic engineering and technology.  On view at UMMA\, \"The Comforter\" presents the likeness of a young girl whose appearance suggests a rare genetic condition causing excessive hair across her face and body. In her lap she tenderly cradles an udder-shaped\, eyeless creature—a possible reference to current experiments in genetically altered milk-producing animals. The encounter staged by the sculpture\, though curious and unexplained\, appears to be one of innocence and intimacy\, and suggests the potential for emotional connection between a diversity of beings. This theme is a common one for Piccinini\, whose work incorporates (often obliquely) ideas and questions about the ethical implications of scientific progress and the conflicts in our culture between the natural and the man-made.\n\nLead support for \"Patricia Piccinini: The Comforter\" is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment\, and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and the Institute for Research on Women and Gender.
UID:46549-10547200@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46549
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts
LOCATION:Museum of Art - Irving Stenn, Jr. Family Gallery
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DTSTAMP:20170724T195814
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T170000
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:41651-9417821@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41651
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Africa,Art,Concert,Exhibition,Storytelling
LOCATION:Museum of Art
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DTSTAMP:20171106T140510
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T170000
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:46545-10546924@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
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DTSTAMP:20171212T105013
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T170000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Object Lesson: Recollecting Museum Histories at Michigan
DESCRIPTION:In this last public gallery talk before the exhibition closes on December 30\, the curators of Object Lessons reflect on their collaboration\, their artistic and historical research\, and their curatorial vision. The conversation will center on Richard Barnes’ commissioned artworks of museum spaces and specimens. We are interested in exploring the dialogue they open up with the objects on display. How do art\, science\, and history speak to each other in the gallery\, and how do their languages differ? \nThe conversation will be moderated by Kristin Hass\, Associate Professor of American Culture and Faculty Coordinator of the Humanities Collaboratory.
UID:47515-10940125@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47515
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Bicentennial,Discussion,History,Museum,umich200
LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building
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DTSTAMP:20171208T084319
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T203000
SUMMARY:Presentation:UM Psychology Community Talk with Dr. Kai Cortina
DESCRIPTION:\"Scorecard on American Public Schools: How Do We Really Fare in International Comparisons?\"\n\nPublic education in the United States has a bad reputation - at least in the US that is. A somewhat different picture emerges when the American Public school is compared to educational systems of other nations around the globe. Based on two international large-scale studies and out own research at the University of Michigan\, the talk will illustrate the strengths of American public school that are often forgotten in the public debate.
UID:42107-9550253@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42107
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Community Service,Free,Psychology
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20170913T115208
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T200000
SUMMARY:Performance:Delbert McClinton
DESCRIPTION:The king of Texas honky-tonk blues
UID:44346-9908979@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/44346
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:The Ark
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20170816T091756
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171218T220000
SUMMARY:Meeting:PCAP Editing Team Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join the editing team that produces the Prison Creative Arts Project's Michigan Review of Prisoner Creative Writing. Contact Phil Christman (chrip@umich.edu) with questions or to RSVP. \n\nThe Michigan Review of Prisoner Creative Writing seeks to showcase the talent and diversity of Michigan's incarcerated writers. The review features writing from both beginning and experienced writers - writing that comes from the heart\, and that is unique\, well-crafted\, and lively.
UID:42305-9599715@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42305
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Books,Culture,Free,Inclusion,Literature,Social Impact,Social Justice,Volunteer,Writing
LOCATION:East Quadrangle - 1807
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