Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/day/2017-12-18/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Assisting Elderly At Medical Appointments With Jewish Family Services and Partners In Care Concierge (December 18, 2017 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43238 43238-12816381@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 18, 2017 12:00am
Location: Jewish Family Services
Organized By: Maize Pages Student Organizations

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

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Community Service Fri, 01 Jun 2018 12:00:09 -0400 2017-12-18T00:00:00-05:00 2017-12-18T23:59:59-05:00 Jewish Family Services Maize Pages Student Organizations Community Service
Examinations (December 18, 2017 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41043 41043-8910515@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 18, 2017 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Engineering

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Class / Instruction Mon, 07 Aug 2017 10:27:03 -0400 2017-12-18T00:00:00-05:00 2017-12-18T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Engineering Class / Instruction exams in a box
Food Distribution with Community Action Network (December 18, 2017 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/42456 42456-12507588@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 18, 2017 12:00am
Location: Bryant Community Center
Organized By: Maize Pages Student Organizations

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

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Other Wed, 02 May 2018 12:00:11 -0400 2017-12-18T00:00:00-05:00 2017-12-18T23:59:59-05:00 Bryant Community Center Maize Pages Student Organizations Other
Window Installation | Cosmogonic Tattoos (December 18, 2017 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/44018 44018-9869280@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 18, 2017 12:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

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.

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Sep 2017 20:17:23 -0400 2017-12-18T00:00:00-05:00 2017-12-18T23:59:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Cosmogonic Tattoos
"Student Reflections: A Retrospective of Dental Education" (December 18, 2017 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/46881 46881-10667133@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 18, 2017 8:00am
Location: Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute
Organized By: U-M School of Dentistry

“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.

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Exhibition Fri, 17 Nov 2017 09:31:56 -0500 2017-12-18T08:00:00-05:00 2017-12-18T18:00:00-05:00 Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute U-M School of Dentistry Exhibition Sindecuse Banner
Creating a Campus: A Cartographic Celebration of U-M's Bicentennial (December 18, 2017 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41334 41334-9144104@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 18, 2017 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

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.

The Library will be closed December 23 to January 1.

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Exhibition Thu, 14 Dec 2017 12:28:04 -0500 2017-12-18T08:00:00-05:00 2017-12-18T23:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Creating a Campus
Exhibit: Sino-American Relations and "Ping-Pong Diplomacy," 1971-1972 (Sept.15-Dec. 22, 2017) (December 18, 2017 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43895 43895-10498355@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 18, 2017 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

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.

The 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.

Featuring 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.

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Exhibition Thu, 14 Dec 2017 12:28:49 -0500 2017-12-18T08:00:00-05:00 2017-12-18T23:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Exhibition Sino-American Relations and “Ping-Pong Diplomacy,” 1971-1972
Gifts of Art presents Contemplate the Calm: Mixed Media (December 18, 2017 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/47148 47148-10801986@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 18, 2017 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

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.

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Exhibition Wed, 29 Nov 2017 13:39:05 -0500 2017-12-18T08:00:00-05:00 2017-12-18T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Lost & Found by Hiroko Lancour, photo by Tim Thayer. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Detroit Music Legends (December 18, 2017 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/47154 47154-10802323@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 18, 2017 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

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.

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Exhibition Wed, 29 Nov 2017 14:01:41 -0500 2017-12-18T08:00:00-05:00 2017-12-18T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition CL & Aretha Franklin (detail) by Nicole Macdonald, photograph by Bruce Giffin. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Distinctive American Art Tile (December 18, 2017 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/47151 47151-10802071@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 18, 2017 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

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.

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Exhibition Wed, 29 Nov 2017 13:45:33 -0500 2017-12-18T08:00:00-05:00 2017-12-18T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Spring Chickadees by Motawi Tileworks, photograph by Matt Sturm. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents From Mud to Beauty: Ceramics (December 18, 2017 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/47153 47153-10802239@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 18, 2017 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

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.

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Exhibition Wed, 29 Nov 2017 13:55:16 -0500 2017-12-18T08:00:00-05:00 2017-12-18T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Amlash Bull Rhyton 3 by Jean-Marc Fontaine, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Ink Portraits (December 18, 2017 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/47155 47155-10802407@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 18, 2017 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

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.

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Exhibition Mon, 18 Dec 2017 15:39:27 -0500 2017-12-18T08:00:00-05:00 2017-12-18T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Jason Solowczuk by John Pappas, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents My Playground: Assemblage Sculpture (December 18, 2017 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/47156 47156-10802491@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 18, 2017 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

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.

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Exhibition Wed, 29 Nov 2017 14:09:26 -0500 2017-12-18T08:00:00-05:00 2017-12-18T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Fair Play II by Joan Painter-Jones, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Prairie Mantras: Paint & Vinyl on Aluminum (December 18, 2017 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/47152 47152-10802155@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 18, 2017 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

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.

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Exhibition Wed, 29 Nov 2017 13:49:25 -0500 2017-12-18T08:00:00-05:00 2017-12-18T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Crooning Cottonwoods by Desiree Warren, photo by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents The Desert Southwest: Photography (December 18, 2017 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/47157 47157-10802575@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 18, 2017 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

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.

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Exhibition Wed, 29 Nov 2017 14:12:52 -0500 2017-12-18T08:00:00-05:00 2017-12-18T20:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Sacred Light by Daniel Sidoli. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Under Covers: Encaustic & Mixed Media (December 18, 2017 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43022 43022-9696515@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 18, 2017 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

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.

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Exhibition Fri, 01 Sep 2017 10:11:49 -0400 2017-12-18T08:00:00-05:00 2017-12-18T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Photograph of Cover Me Again II by Cat Crotchett, photograph by Shuichi Murakami. High resolution version available upon request.
The Life and Times of Lizzy Bennet (December 18, 2017 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/45823 45823-10310395@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 18, 2017 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

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.

The 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.

The Library will be closed December 23 to January 1.

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Exhibition Thu, 14 Dec 2017 12:26:37 -0500 2017-12-18T08:00:00-05:00 2017-12-18T20:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Ackermann's Repository
American Berserk exhibition by Valerie Hegarty (December 18, 2017 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43941 43941-9855233@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 18, 2017 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

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.

The 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.

Note: 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.

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Sep 2017 14:54:19 -0400 2017-12-18T09:00:00-05:00 2017-12-18T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Valerie Hegarty tongue
An Accidental Photographer: Seoul 1969 (December 18, 2017 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/46965 46965-10711258@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 18, 2017 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

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.

Photographs were selected in collaboration with Associate Professor Youngju Ryu, Asian Languages and Cultures, and Professor David Chung, Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

This 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.

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Exhibition Tue, 21 Nov 2017 09:39:33 -0500 2017-12-18T09:00:00-05:00 2017-12-18T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Margaret Condon Taylor
BME PhD Defense: Abdulrahman W. Aref (December 18, 2017 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/47451 47451-10901458@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 18, 2017 10:00am
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL)
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

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.

Alpha 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%.

Alpha 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.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 08 Dec 2017 15:00:19 -0500 2017-12-18T10:00:00-05:00 2017-12-18T11:00:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL) Biomedical Engineering Lecture / Discussion BME-EVENT Placeholder
Sacred Plants - Holiday Conservatory Exhibit at Matthaei (December 18, 2017 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/44125 44125-9886168@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 18, 2017 10:00am
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum

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.

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Exhibition Mon, 11 Sep 2017 10:44:01 -0400 2017-12-18T10:00:00-05:00 2017-12-18T16:30:00-05:00 Matthaei Botanical Gardens Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum Exhibition
Mindfulness@Umich (All UofM Students) (December 18, 2017 10:15am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43151 43151-9728934@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 18, 2017 10:15am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Mindfulness @ Umich

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.

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Meeting Thu, 07 Sep 2017 09:50:15 -0400 2017-12-18T10:15:00-05:00 2017-12-18T10:45:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Mindfulness @ Umich Meeting students meditating
Gloss: Modeling Beauty (December 18, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41652 41652-9417950@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 18, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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
artists 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.

Lead 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.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 20:12:57 -0400 2017-12-18T11:00:00-05:00 2017-12-18T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Halsman Halle
Matisse Drawings: Curated by Ellsworth Kelly from The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Collection (December 18, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/46544 46544-10546845@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 18, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

"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.

"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.

This 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.

Lead 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.

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Exhibition Mon, 06 Nov 2017 14:01:04 -0500 2017-12-18T11:00:00-05:00 2017-12-18T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Henri Matisse
New at UMMA: Paul Rand (December 18, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/46548 46548-10547079@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 18, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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.

This work was recently gifted to UMMA by Maria Phillips and Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo.

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Exhibition Tue, 16 Jan 2018 13:23:47 -0500 2017-12-18T11:00:00-05:00 2017-12-18T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Paul Rand
Patricia Piccinini: The Comforter (December 18, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/46549 46549-10547200@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 18, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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.

Lead 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.

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Exhibition Mon, 06 Nov 2017 14:26:03 -0500 2017-12-18T11:00:00-05:00 2017-12-18T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition The Comforter
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (December 18, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417821@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 18, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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.

Lead 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.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-12-18T11:00:00-05:00 2017-12-18T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Tim Noble and Sue Webster: The Masterpiece (December 18, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/46545 46545-10546924@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 18, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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.

"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.

Lead 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.

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Exhibition Mon, 06 Nov 2017 14:05:10 -0500 2017-12-18T11:00:00-05:00 2017-12-18T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Tim Noble and Sue Webster
Object Lesson: Recollecting Museum Histories at Michigan (December 18, 2017 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47515 47515-10940125@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 18, 2017 4:00pm
Location: Ruthven Museums Building
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

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?
The conversation will be moderated by Kristin Hass, Associate Professor of American Culture and Faculty Coordinator of the Humanities Collaboratory.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 12 Dec 2017 10:50:13 -0500 2017-12-18T16:00:00-05:00 2017-12-18T17:00:00-05:00 Ruthven Museums Building Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion Object Lessons
UM Psychology Community Talk with Dr. Kai Cortina (December 18, 2017 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42107 42107-9550253@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 18, 2017 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Exploring the Mind

"Scorecard on American Public Schools: How Do We Really Fare in International Comparisons?"

Public 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.

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Presentation Fri, 08 Dec 2017 08:43:19 -0500 2017-12-18T19:00:00-05:00 2017-12-18T20:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Exploring the Mind Presentation kai
Delbert McClinton (December 18, 2017 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/44346 44346-9908979@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 18, 2017 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

The king of Texas honky-tonk blues

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Performance Wed, 13 Sep 2017 11:52:08 -0400 2017-12-18T20:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance
PCAP Editing Team Meeting (December 18, 2017 8:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42305 42305-9599715@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 18, 2017 8:30pm
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

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.

The 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.

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Meeting Wed, 16 Aug 2017 09:17:56 -0400 2017-12-18T20:30:00-05:00 2017-12-18T22:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Prison Creative Arts Project, The Meeting PCAP Editing Team Meeting