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:20180111T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T235959 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:43238-12816405@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:20180111T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T235959 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:42456-12507612@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:20170927T201723 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T235900 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:44018-9869304@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:20180111T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T180000 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:46881-10667157@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:20180111T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T230000 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:41334-10891038@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41334 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Bicentennial,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library, 2nd Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T133905 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T200000 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:47148-10802010@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 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T140141 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T200000 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:47154-10802347@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: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T134533 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T200000 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:47151-10802095@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: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T135516 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T200000 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:47153-10802263@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: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171218T153927 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T200000 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:47155-10802431@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 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T140926 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T200000 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:47156-10802515@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: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T134925 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T200000 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:47152-10802179@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: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T141252 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T200000 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:47157-10802599@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: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171214T122637 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T200000 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:45823-10310419@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:20171121T093933 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T170000 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:46965-10711282@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:20180109T102736 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T120000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Drop-In Resume Review DESCRIPTION:Do you have your resume ready for the U-M Career Center’s Winter Expo? Stop by the LSA Opportunity Hub to refine it and make sure you’re giving employers the best impression of your unique liberal arts skillset! UID:48395-11230564@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48395 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Recruiting LOCATION:LSA Building - Suite 2113 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171219T092204 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T100000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Enter the As I See It Photography Competition! DESCRIPTION:Arts at Michigan is seeking student photos of your favorite U-M campus architecture for the As I See It Photo Competition. Submit up to two photos you've taken of buildings on campus and you could win great prizes\, like an iPod Touch! Deadline for submissions is Thursday\, January 18 at 10pm. UID:47767-11012495@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47767 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Architecture,Art,Competition,Exhibition,Photography,Visual Arts LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180115T182509 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T160000 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:44170-9889114@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:20180102T121524 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Future Former: An Exhibition of Alumni Work DESCRIPTION:Future Former: An Exhibition of Alumni Work honors the creative work and careers of all Stamps School alumni\, creates an aspirational connection between generations of U-M artists and designers and current Stamps students\, and inspires reflection during the university’s Bicentennial year. Funds raised through this exhibition will support new studios and collaborative spaces at Stamps.\n\nCurated by Stamps Professor Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo with alumna Emily Schumer (BFA 2017)\, Future Former will be on view Monday\, January 8-Friday\, February 9\, 2018 on the first floor of the Art and Architecture Building.\n\nExhibition Dates: Monday\, January 8 - Friday\, February 9\, 2018\nArtist Panel and Reception: Monday\, January 29\, 2018 from 5 - 6:30 pm\nArtist Panel: 5 pm\, Stamps Auditorium\nReception: 5:45 pm\, Street Gallery UID:43757-9838267@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43757 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Art,Exhibition LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171214T093331 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:II Photo Contest DESCRIPTION:The International Institute Photo Contest is open to all students affiliated with the institute or its 17 centers and programs through research\, study\, or an internship abroad. Please join us for the awards ceremony on January 19\, 2018 at 11:00am. \n\nThis exhibit runs through February 14\, 2018. UID:47585-10960785@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47585 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:International LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 527 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180110T135934 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:of 72 DESCRIPTION:Note: Ebony Patterson Stamps lecture takes place Feb 1\, 5pm\, at the Michigan Theater\, immediately followed at 6pm by artist reception at the Institute for the Humanities.\n\n“What happens when seventy-two men and one woman die and no one knows who they are?” Jamaican artist Ebony Patterson’s of 72—a mixed media work on fabric with digital imagery\, embroidery\, rhinestones\, trimmings\, bandanas\, and floral appliques—considers the 2010 “Tivoli Incursion” in Kingston\, Jamaica. This armed conflict between the Shower Posse drug cartel and Jamaica's military and police took place when security forces began searching for drug lord Christopher \"Dudus\" Coke\, after the United States requested his extradition. The violence killed at least 73 civilians.\n\n\"Of 72\" will be in conversation with Patterson's more recent work \"...And Babies...\" created at the Tyler School of Art\, Temple University. The lush tapestry-like floor piece continues where \"Of 72\" leaves us and serves to honor both the spirit and the loss of so many black bodies...women\, little boys\, little girls\, even babies\, subjected to acts of violence and abuse. \n\nEbony G. Patterson is a Jamaican artist born in Kingston\, Jamaica. She studied at Edna Manley College of Visual and Performing Arts and the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis. An assistant professor in painting at the University of Kentucky\, she has shown her artwork in numerous solo and private exhibitions and is represented by Monique Meloche Gallery. UID:47319-10866129@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47319 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,History,International,Latin America,Multicultural,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180103T113125 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T110000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Ann Burke Practice Job Talk DESCRIPTION:When Students Enter the Conversation: Understanding College-bound Students’ Perceived Preparedness and Expectations for College-level Writing UID:48004-11167557@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48004 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Literature LOCATION:Angell Hall - 3222AH CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171207T171153 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T113000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:ASEH & CCS Paper Workshop w/ Ben Mangrum DESCRIPTION:Join the ASEH and CCS groups for a workshop of Ben Mangrum's paper\, \"Postwar Ecology and the Ends of Human Rights.” RSVP to Katie Hummel (hummel@umich.edu) or Hayley O'Malley (hayleyom@umich.edu) for pre-reading. UID:47411-10891060@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47411 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Contemporary,English Language & Literature,Environment,Human Rights,Literature LOCATION:Angell Hall - 3241 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171214T124944 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T113000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:MICHIGAN MODERN: DESIGN THAT SHAPED AMERICA DESCRIPTION:Dr. Hill is a University of Michigan Professor of Practice\, Emeritus in Architecture\, Taubman College. His practice experience includes restoration of the Detroit Opera House and Hill Auditorium\, as well as consulting work for the State Historic Preservation Office. Hill is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard’s Graduate School of Design\, and completed post-graduate research at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. He is the co-author of The AIA Guide to Detroit Architecture.\n\nMichigan Modern is many things at once: a place and time\; a design movement and cultural phenomenon\; a small world of big achievements\; an intersection of indigenous\, imported and exported design. This presentation will provide an overview of Michigan Modern design\, with a primary emphasis on the art of architecture\, from early modern work of Albert Kahn to late modern work of Gunnar Birkerts.\n\nThis is the first in a six-lecture series. The subject is Architecture: Shaping Buildings\; Shaping Us. The next lecture series will start March 8\, 2018. The title is Behavioral and Social Sciences: Real World Applications. UID:47602-10963375@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47602 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Architecture,Lifelong Learning,Retirement LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171214T142208 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Technical Communication Resume Critiquing\, hosted by ECRC DESCRIPTION:Technical Communication faculty will provide resume critiques on a drop-in basis in the Duderstadt Connector on Thursday\, January 11\, from 10 AM-4 PM.\n\nPlease note that every effort will be made to assist as many students as possible during the resume critique session. To facilitate this\, we will limit critiques to approximately 10 minutes per student. Given the time parameters and student interest on any given day\, the line will be monitored and closed at an appropriate time to ensure a prompt ending at 4:00 PM. This is necessary as a courtesy to our faculty hosts who have volunteered their time to support our students! Please plan your time accordingly.\n\nThis is a College of Engineering event. UID:47613-10963387@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47613 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate Students,Workshop LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Duderstadt Connector CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171201T125018 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T140000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Amelia Earhart Mosher-Jordan Lunch DESCRIPTION:Amelia Earhart was the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Mosher-Jordan Dining Hall will be a special lunch on January 11th to honor her great accomplishments. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47225-10824759@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47225 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:Mosher-Jordan Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171219T093213 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T120000 SUMMARY:Meeting:Become an Arts Ambassador! DESCRIPTION:Arts at Michigan is looking for enthusiastic\, outgoing\, and friendly students who are living in a Residence Hall or living community (fraternity or sorority house\, co-op\, etc.) and have an interest in the arts that they want to share! Arts Ambassadors are unpaid volunteers who serve within their living communities as a resource for arts opportunities on campus. As an Arts Ambassador you'll help promote arts events and activities\, learn about local arts organizations\, meet local artists\, and have a small programming budget to organize things like film screenings\, craft nights\, gallery walks\, etc. for your living community! You'll attend monthly meetings and collaborate with other Arts Ambassadors to get the U-M community engaged in the arts! The application deadline for Winter 2018 is January 20. UID:47771-11012528@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47771 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Architecture,Art,Culture,Dance,Film,Literature,Music,Theater,Visual Arts,Volunteer LOCATION:Student Activities Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171106T140104 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T170000 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:46544-10546869@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:20180116T132347 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T170000 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:46548-10547103@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 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171106T142603 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T170000 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:46549-10547224@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 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171106T140510 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T170000 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:46545-10546948@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:20180103T112542 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CJS Thursday Lecture Series | The Economy of Fear in Nineteenth-Century Japan DESCRIPTION:Japanese historians have long struggled to understand how common people experienced the Meiji Restoration of 1868. In this presentation\, I will read the drama and disorder of the Restoration years against the weight of the quotidian routines of production and paperwork that characterized life and administration in early modern villages. I will frame my discussion in terms of an economy of fear—the ledger of who feared whom and the resources devoted to addressing that fear—as a way to gain insight into how the competing anxieties of rulers and ruled shaped the course of politics during the Restoration period.\n\nDavid L. Howell is Professor of Japanese History and Chair of the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University and Editor of the Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies. He studies the social and economic history of early modern Japan\, with a particular focus on the nineteenth century. UID:47186-10813703@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47186 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asia,History,Japanese Studies LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 110 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180102T125044 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Learning from nature: biomimetic mechanisms for new materials DESCRIPTION:Biological structures exhibit a level of complexity\, functionality\, and hierarchy that\, if fully understood at a mechanistic level\, could usher in the next generation of complex designer materials. For example\, biological hydrogels act as selective permeability barriers by filtering nano-scale particles based on size as well as biochemical and biophysical interactions. However\, for a class of situations that includes the Nuclear Pore Complex\, the mechanism of this filtering has proven challenging to untangle because large non-binding particles are caged by the surrounding polymer network while binding particles exhibit increased\, not decreased\, mobility. We present an equilibrium mechanism for this counter-intuitive filtering strategy that does not require energy consumption. We show that selective mobility can be achieved and controlled in a simple crosslinked polymer gel by coupling binding to crosslink dynamics. Our results lead to specific design rules for manufacturing complex selective gels and could help explain how the Nuclear Pore Complex attains selectivity. UID:47824-11015165@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47824 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Biomedical Engineering,Biophysics,Complex Systems,Physics,seminar LOCATION:West Hall - 340 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171011T121933 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T114500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T130000 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:44869-9992126@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:20180102T122815 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Everyday Activism DESCRIPTION:Duderstadt Center Gallery\n2281 Bonisteel Blvd\nAnn Arbor\, MI 48109-2094\nUM\, North Campus\nhttp://www.dc.umich.edu/\n\nIn conjunction with the 2018 U-M MLK Symposium\, whose theme is The Fierce Urgency of Now\, the North Campus MLK Symposium Committee presents \"Everyday Activism\"\, an exhibition to be held in the Duderstadt Center Gallery from January 8-19\, 2018. \n\nMerriam-Webster defines activism as “…a direct action especially in support of or opposition to one side of a controversial issue.” What does “everyday activism” mean to you? This year we have seen numerous campus events\, marches\, wearables\, and more in support of various causes. Have you taken action this year? Share it with us.\n\nBring your photos\, drawings\, comics\, posters\, video\, poetry or short stories\, memorabilia (signs\, hats\, t-shirt you wore to…) to the Duderstadt Center Gallery from Sunday\, January 7\, through Wednesday\, January 10\, from 1-5 p.m. \n\nOpening Reception: Wednesday\, Jan 10 from 4-6 p.m. Join us for refreshments\, an open discussion responding to the exhibition\, and mingling with fellow activists. All viewpoints welcome. \n\nEXHIBITION DATES: January 8-19\, 2018 \nARTWORK DROP-OFF: Duderstadt Center Gallery (address above) beginning Sunday\, January 7\, and continuing daily from 1-5:00 p.m. through Wednesday\, January 10. \nARTWORK PICK-UP: Friday\, January 19\, after the closing reception.\nELIGIBILITY: Open to all students\, faculty\, staff and community members.\nEMAIL: everyday-activism@umich.edu for additional information and questions. \n\nWe will attempt to accommodate all the submissions received\, but space may limit our options. UID:47957-11157198@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47957 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Art,Exhibition,Social Impact LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Gallery (First Floor, #1019) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180102T140832 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:LSI Seminar Series: Shingo Kajimura\, Ph.D.\, University of San Francisco\, California DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nTwo distinct types of thermogenic fat cells\, brown adipocytes and beige adipocytes\, play a key role in the regulation of systemic energy homeostasis in mammals. Both brown fat and beige fat possess thermogenic properties in addition to common morphological and biochemical characteristics\, including multilocular lipid droplets and cristae-dense mitochondria. Recent studies also identify distinct features between the two types of thermogenic fat cells\, such as their developmental regulation and function. Of particular interest is the role of beige fat in the regulation of glucose homeostasis via UCP1-independent mechanisms. The common and distinct features of thermogenic adipocytes will be discussed. \n\nSpeaker:\nShingo Kajimura received his Ph.D. in Cell & Developmental Biology from the University of Tokyo\, where he also earned his B.A. in Biology and Biochemistry and M.S. in Physiology. For his postdoctoral work\, he focused on metabolism at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Shingo Kajimura joined the faculty of the University of California\, San Francisco in 2011\, and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2016.\n\nBoxed lunch will be provided. UID:47529-10942714@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47529 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Medicine,Science LOCATION:Palmer Commons - Forum Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180108T104717 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T130000 SUMMARY:Presentation:P&SC Brown Bag DESCRIPTION:Women\, Control and Psychological Health: Research in Cancer Surgery and Postmenopausal Health UID:48072-11177992@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48072 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Psychology LOCATION:East Hall - 4464 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171117T160407 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T133000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Writing a Diversity Statement DESCRIPTION:With the increased visibility of issues of DEI\, employers are beginning to consider how their employees contribute to the diversity of the institution. Many academic employers have begun to request a diversity statement as part of the application process. In this interactive session\, we will discuss best practices for writing diversity statements\, examine sample statements\, and work through activities designed to help participants start writing their own statement.\n\nPre-registration is required at https://secure.rackham.umich.edu/wsEvents/wsreg.php?ws_id=496. UID:46904-10670086@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46904 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Applications,Career,Graduate,Graduate School,Graduate Students,Postdoctoral Research Fellows,Professional Development,Rackham,Research,Scholarship,Workshop,Writing LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - West Conference Room, 4th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171213T133911 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T121000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T130000 SUMMARY:Performance:Gifts of Art presents Jazz\, Swing & Pop DESCRIPTION:Led by Maggie Waltz on bass\, this talented and versatile trio performs a mix of jazz standards\, swing & pop with a fresh\, eclectic twist. Based in Ann Arbor and performing throughout Michigan\, you’ll see how much Standard Time’s musicians enjoy their work. They create their own unique arrangement for every piece\, and they are filled with enthusiasm and energy. The Standard Time Trio is comprised of Kyle Newmeyer – vocals\, Jean Wilson – piano and vocals\, and Maggie Waltz – bass. Look for live stream video and event subscriptions on Gifts of Art Facebook. UID:47575-10953046@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47575 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191209T094000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T160000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:German Lab DESCRIPTION:The German Lab is open Monday-Thursday 1-4 every week. It's in Alcove B in the LRC (which is on the ground level of North Quad\, Room 1500). You can go to the German Lab anytime 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 101-103)\, 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 you could do your homework in the LRC - it's a great facility! Then if you get stuck on something\, you can just stop by the German Lab alcove so we can get you unstuck. Mehr Info: https://resources.german.lsa.umich.edu/miscellaneous/deutschlabor/ UID:48604-11254354@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48604 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Language,Undergraduate LOCATION:North Quad - Alcove B in the LRC CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170922T112505 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Anniversary of the Detroit Riots DESCRIPTION:Fifty years ago (1967) Detroit experienced one of the worst riots in American history. The 5 days of unrest left 43 people dead\, thousands injured\, and many buildings burned. Detroit's tumultuous summer was recently documentin in the film\, \"12th and Clairmont\,\" directaed by Brian Kaufman. Since then\, what have we learned and how are we different? Kaufman's expertise is in visual journalism and documentary work. UID:44930-10012458@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/44930 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:History,Lecture,Media,Sociology LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Banquet CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180104T112458 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T150000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Development and Applications of Ultrasound Techniques for Characterization and Stimulation of Engineered Tissues DESCRIPTION:Mechanobiology is central in the development\, pathology\, and regeneration of musculoskeletal tissues\, in which mechanical factors play important roles. Therefore there is a need for methods to characterize the composition and mechanical properties of developing musculoskeletal tissues over time. Ultrasound elastographic techniques have been developed for noninvasive imaging of spatial heterogeneity in tissue stiffness. However\, their application for quantitative assessment of tissue mechanical properties\, especially viscoelastic properties\, has not been exploited. Additionally\, ultrasound energy may be used to apply mechanical stimulation to engineered constructs at the microscale\, and thereby to enhance tissue regeneration.\n\nWe have developed a multimode ultrasound viscoelastography (MUVE) system for assessing microscale mechanical properties of engineered hydrogels. MUVE uses focused ultrasound pulses to apply acoustic radiation force (ARF) to deform samples\, while concurrently measuring sample dimensions using coaxial high frequency ultrasound imaging. We used MUVE to perform creep tests on agarose\, collagen\, and fibrin hydrogels of defined concentrations\, as well as to monitor the mechanical properties of cell-seeded constructs over time. Local and bulk viscoelastic properties were extracted from strain-time curves through fitting of relevant constitutive models\, showing clear differences between concentrations and materials. In particular\, we showed that MUVE is capable of mapping heterogeneity of samples in 3D. Using inclusion of dense agarose microbeads within agarose\, collagen and fibrin hydrogels\, we determined the spatial resolution of MUVE to be approximately 200 μm in both the lateral and axial directions. Comparison of MUVE to nanoindentation and shear rheometry showed that our ultrasound-based technique was superior in generating consistent\, microscale data\, particularly for very soft materials.\n\nWe have also adapted MUVE to generate localized cyclic compression\, as a means to mechanically stimulate engineered tissue constructs at the microscale. Selected treatment protocols were shown to enhance the osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells in collagen-fibrin hydrogels. Constructs treated at 1 Hz at an acoustic pressure of 0.7 MPa for 30 minutes per day showed accelerated osteogenesis and increased mineralization by 10 to 30 percent\, relative to unstimulated controls. In separate experiments\, the ultrasound pulse intensity was increased over time to compensate for changes in matrix properties over time\, and a 35 percent increase in mineralization was achieved.\n\nWe also extended the application of a previously-developed spectral ultrasound imaging (SUSI) technique to an animal model for early detection of heterotopic ossification (HO). The quantitative information on acoustic scatterer size and concentration derived from SUSI was used to differentiate tissue composition in a burn/tenotomy mice model from the control model. Importantly\, HO foci were detected as early as one week after injury using SUSI\, which is 3-5 weeks earlier than when using conventional micro-computed tomography.\n\nTaken together\, these results demonstrate that ultrasound-based techniques can non-invasively and quantitatively characterize viscoelastic properties of soft materials in 3D\, as well as their composition over time. Ultrasound pulses can also be used to stimulate engineered constructs to promote musculoskeletal tissue formation. MUVE\, SUSI\, and ultrasound stimulation can be combined into an integrated system to investigate the roles of matrix composition\, static mechanical environment\, and dynamic mechanical stimuli in tissue regeneration\, as well as the interactions of these factors and their evolution over time. Ultrasound-based techniques therefore have promising potential in noninvasively characterizing the composition and biomechanics\, as well as providing mechanical intervention in native and engineered tissues as they develop over time.\n\nDate: Thursday\, January 11\, 2018\nTime: 2:00 PM\nLocation: General Motors Conference Room\, Lurie Engineering Center\nChair: Dr. Cheri X. Deng & Dr. Jan P Stegemann UID:48080-11178037@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48080 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biomedical Engineering,Engineering,Graduate,Life Science,Medicine,Michigan Engineering,Science LOCATION:Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr - GM Conference Room (4th Floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180104T141330 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T170000 SUMMARY:Other:Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-February 23\, 2018 DESCRIPTION:Michigan in Washington application deadline for Fall 2018 and early admission Winter 2019 cohorts. All colleges and majors welcome. Scholarship funding available. UID:48123-11180674@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48123 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Admissions,Applications,Career,Deadlines,Internship,Majors,Networking,Professional Development LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180109T142652 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T173000 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:44121-9888980@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 Union - Kuenzel Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180108T165258 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Hopwood Tea DESCRIPTION:Join us in the Hopwood Room for tea and conversation. Hopwood Teas are open to all\, and happen every Thursday from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM. \n\nFor more information on the Hopwood Program\, visit https://lsa.umich.edu/hopwood. UID:48324-11222679@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48324 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Books,Culture,Discussion,Free,Graduate Students,Literature,Poetry,Social,Undergraduate Students,Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - 1176 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180109T093503 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T170000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Winter Welcome & Open House for Nontraditional Students DESCRIPTION:CEW invites all nontraditional students to attend our winter open house and welcome reception!\n\nWhat does it mean to be nontraditional? If you’re married\, have children\, are older than the ‘typical’ college student\, are a care-giver\, commuter\, or any number of other characteristics where you feel “different” from other college students - we welcome you to attend this event! Enjoy this opportunity to meet other students with similar stories and learn more about events and opportunities that CEW provides.\n\nThis is a family-friendly event\, and light refreshments will be served.\n\nRegistration is requested on our website\, but not required. UID:48385-11230545@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48385 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate,Transfer Students,Undergraduate LOCATION:Center for the Education of Women CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180207T125330 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T163000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Speaking American English DESCRIPTION:The purpose of this program is to offer speech support for people who would like to pursue additional guidance in speaking American English. The goal of the program is certainly not to eliminate the distinctive accents of our clients\, but to enhance their communication skills in ways that will help them communicate a variety of settings. Each participant sets their own objective at the start of the workshop and works toward their personal goals with a licensed speech-language pathologist. This 10-week workshop will help you build confidence with both group and individual activities. UID:47453-10901464@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47453 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate,International,Language,Study Abroad,Undergraduate LOCATION:V. Vaughan CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180104T111423 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:“Bioelectronics for tissue and organ interfaces: from tissue-like electronics to genetically-targeted biosynthetic electrodes” DESCRIPTION:Jia Liu\, Ph.D.\nBME Faculty Candidate and Guest Speaker\nStanford University\n\nAbstract: \nRapid progress in materials science and electronics has blurred the distinction between man-made electronic devices and biological systems. Seamless integration of electronic devices with living systems could contribute substantially to basic biology as well as to clinical diagnostics and therapeutics through tissue-electronics interfaces. In this presentation\, I will first introduce a syringe-injectable tissue-like mesh electronics for merging nanoelectronic arrays and circuits with the brain in three-dimension (3D). The injectable mesh electronics has micrometer feature size and effective bending stiffness values similar to neural tissues. These unprecedented features lead to the gliosis-free and 3D interpenetrated electronics-neuron network\, enabling the chronically stable neuron activity recording at single-neuron resolution in behaving animals. Second\, I will describe a fully stretchable electronic sensor array through the development of multiple chemically-orthogonal and intrinsically stretchable polymeric electronic materials. The fully stretchable sensor array has modulus similar to biological tissues\, allowing an intimate mechanical coupling with heart for a stable and anatomically precise electrophysiological recording. Its application for high-throughput and high-density mapping of 3D cardiac arrhythmogenic activities on the porcine model with a chronic atrial fibrillation will be discussed. Third\, I will present a fundamentally new approach for a direct formation of electrical connections with genetically-targeted cells. This approach is accomplished through the convergence of genome engineering\, in situ enzymatic reaction and polymer chemistry. These genetically-targeted electrodes are inherently assembled to the subcellular-specific region of neurons throughout the intact functional neural tissue and in stem cell-derived human brain organoids. Importantly\, this system also enables the cellular-resolution tuning of local neuronal activity and bridging of brain regions to external devices for the targeted recording. Finally\, I will briefly discuss the prospects for future advances in bioelectronics to overcome challenges in neuroscience and cardiology through the development of “cyborg animals” with single-cell resolution and cell-type specificity. UID:48079-11178036@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48079 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biomedical Engineering,Engineering,Lecture,Life Science,Medicine,Michigan Engineering,Research,Science,seminar LOCATION:Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building - 1200 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180102T115257 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:AE585 Graduate Seminar Series - Hypersonic Waverider Vehicles - Computed Operability Limits and Design Optimization DESCRIPTION:James F. Driscoll\, Arthur B. Modine Professor\, Department of Aerospace Engineering\, University of Michigan\n\nSeveral design rules are discussed that can be helpful in optimizing the design and the ascent trajectory of a generic (X-43 like) hypersonic vehicle that is powered by a dual-mode ramjet-scramjet engine. This talk discusses some results of recent Ph.D. theses of Drs. Chukwuka Mbagwu and Chris Marley. The focus is on “vehicle integration” design rules that account for realistic constraints\, including the requirement that the vehicle must be trimmed at all points along an ascent trajectory and that additive drag and vehicle stability are considered. A hypersonic waverider does not follow rules for a conventional airplane\, where the goal is a large ratio of wing area to frontal area in order to maximize Lift/Drag ratio. Nor does a waverider follow rules for a rocket (where the goal is to maximize the Thrust/Drag ratio\, requiring a small ratio of wing area to frontal area). Instead a waverider requires an optimization of both T/D and L/D. Parameters that were varied were: aspect ratio\, engine width\, chord length\, acceleration and flight Mach number (M). Advantages of a Reduced Order Model (ROM) are discussed. UID:47884-11035908@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47884 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Engineering LOCATION:Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building - 1109 Boeing Lecture Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180111T120014 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T180000 SUMMARY:Rally / Mass Meeting:Arts Chorale Mass Meeting DESCRIPTION:Arts Chorale is the University of Michigan's only co-ed choir open to non-music majors! Come meet our conductors and members\, and enjoy some free food. We would love to have you. - no auditions - counts as a class - perform at Hill Auditorium!  MASS MEETING: 4 PM THURSDAY (1/11) MLB AUD 4 FREE PIZZA  UID:48545-11248907@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48545 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:MLB Auditorium 4 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171215T091136 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Communication and Media Speaker Series DESCRIPTION:In recent years\, South Asian Americans or desis\, as they are colloquially known\, seem to be making inroads into U.S. national consciousness as pop-culture icons\, cultural commentators and media content creators. However\, there also remains plenty of evidence that historical legacies of racism\, Orientalism\, and colonialism continue to shape mainstream imaginations about South Asian Americans as characters\, as creative professionals\, as audiences\, and as a cultural group. In this presentation\, I draw on the research for my current book project\, Race and Ethnicity in U.S. Media Industries\, and offer a combination of institutional\, textual and discursive analyses of trade and consumer reports\, “diversity” initiatives\, entertainment media texts\, multicultural advertising and interviews of actors and writers. I locate the increased visibility of South Asian Americans in the U.S. media within the ongoing industry investment in notions of “diversity” and “multicultural consumers.” I contend that dominant industry narratives about “diversity” sidestep the issues of institutional and structural racism as well as problematic narratives about race and difference in media representations and storytelling. I argue that the ongoing rebranding of U.S. media capital by incorporating ethnicity and immigrant culture into its core business outlook is shaped by\, and in turn shaping\, what I call the culture of “screening desis.” I consider screening in three ways—as an interactive interface (social media)\, a projection of images (diverse representations across media) and as a filter that regulates (the policing of desi bodies on the screen and behind it). UID:47643-10971132@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47643 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Media Industries,New Media,Race,South Asian LOCATION:North Quad - Space 2435 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180111T131806 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:EEB Thursday Seminar: Mutation\, drift\, and the origin of subcellular features DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nAlthough natural selection may be the most powerful force in the biological world\, it is not all powerful. As a consequence\, many aspects of evolution of the molecular level can only be explained by the inability of natural selection to operate. This general principle explains a lot about the diversity of genome architectures across species\, and also appears to extend to numerous higher-level features of cells: the evolution of the ~1000-fold range in mutation rates that exists among species\; greatly elevated rates of transcription error\; the divergence of the multimeric states of proteins\; and the phylogenetic drift of gene-regulatory vocabulary.\n\nAn attempt will be made to describe how these biological observations can be explained at the theoretical level\, in some cases using methods derived from statistical mechanics. A fundamental principle is that although natural selection relentlessly pushes traits to the highest possible level of refinement\, the limits to perfection are dictated by the power of random genetic drift rather than by intrinsic molecular limitations on repair mechanisms or by selection for an optimum mutation rate. The implications of this drift-barrier hypothesis are that the population-genetic environment imposes a fundamental constraint on the paths that are open vs. closed for evolutionary exploration in various phylogenetic lineages\, hence defining the patterns of adaptation seen at the molecular and cellular level. Additional examples may be drawn from recent observations on the bioenergetic costs of maintaining and expressing genes.\n\nLight refreshments are served at 4 p.m. UID:47360-10880012@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47360 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Ecology,Lecture LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1200 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180101T221313 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:EXHIBITION ON VIEW: CLOUD/BANK DESCRIPTION:Cloud/Bank is a temporary installation designed for Exhibit Columbus\, a 2017 exhibition and conference in Columbus\, Indiana\, by Architecture Lecturer Michael (Mick) Kennedy and a team of Taubman College M.Arch. students: Bob Allsop\, Sophie Anstreicher\, Scott Chriss\, Chiao-Chun Chung\, Julia Dallas\, Kelly Gregory\, Karl Heckman\, Rachael Henry\, Troy Huckendubler\, Onur Kamburoglu\, Panquat Kyesmu\, Jenny Lee\, Sarah Munchow\, Kelsey Reynolds\, Dan Smith\, Tyler Whitney\, Paco Wu\, Shujie Xie\, Jon Yates\, and Yunsen Zhong. The project’s goal is to embody and communicate the historic legacy of the distributed networks of design and fabrication of both industry and agriculture in the Great Lakes / Midwest Region.\n\nCloud/Bank features advanced manufacturing techniques in architectural design that are unique to Taubman College. The students worked on parts of the project at the College’s FABLab. The project leverages a robotic fabrication technique developed by Assistant Professor and FabLab Director Wes McGee. The process utilizes a six-axis industrial robot augmented with a servo-controlled wire bending system to form three-dimensional shapes out of standardized steel rods.\n\nU-M is one of five universities selected to participate in Exhibit Columbus\, along with Ball State University College of Architecture and Planning\; The Ohio State University Austin E. Knowlton School of Architecture\; University of Cincinnati School of Architecture and Interior Design\; and the University of Kentucky College of Design\, School of Architecture. Each university received $10\,000 to support the cost of materials\, fabrication and installation of the project.\n\nExhibit Columbus is an annual exploration of architecture\, art\, design\, and community in Columbus\, Indiana. This year's exhibition included outdoor installations by five Miller Prize-winning architecture firms\, five international design studios\, and six Midwestern architecture and design schools. In Columbus\, Cloud/Bank was located near Central Middle School\, designed by Perkins + Will\, and Lincoln Signature Academy\, designed by Gunnar Birkerts & Associates. Following the exhibition in Columbus\, Cloud/Bank will be on view in the Liberty Research Annex Gallery through February 11\, 2018. UID:47944-11152007@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47944 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Architecture,Exhibition LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180104T091749 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T180000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Images in Crisis: Experiments in the Photographic Unseen DESCRIPTION:This lecture takes as its starting point Régis Durand’s evocative description of photographs as “images in crisis\,” in which “something in them is always trying to run off\, to vanish.” It moves through nineteenth and twentieth century photography history in establishing photography as a sequential and grammatical art that denaturalizes the real through its silences\, absences\, and equivocations. In this way\, photography offers a compelling model for reading a composite mode of modernist writing that shares its fragmentary aesthetic and narrative form—and for reconceiving the gendered subject–object relations in that writing\, as modernism’s women seem to run off\, to vanish\, before our eyes. Interleaved with critical–creative readings of individual photographs\, drawn from a forthcoming scholarly project to be released on Instagram in February 2018\, this lecture is an experiment in an elliptical\, associative mode of argumentation that mimes photography’s logic of incongruous juxtaposition. UID:48069-11177987@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48069 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Film,Literature,Media,Visual Arts,Women's Studies,Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - 3154 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171116T130336 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T180000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Owning Expertise: A Live Experiment in How Credibility Works and How Ideas Rise DESCRIPTION:This interactive keynote lecture presents current data on the demographics of public discourse\, and addresses core questions of thought leadership: what do we know\, why does it matter\, and how can we maximize our impact? We will also do a large-group experiment in credibility. Participants will walk away with bold ideas\, a deeper sense of what they\, as well as their colleagues\, know and stand for\, and actionable steps.\n\nWhat is The OpEd Project?\n\nThe OpEd Project is a think tank and leadership organization founded to ensure the full range of human voices is included in history. OpEd accelerates the ideas and public impact of underrepresented voices\, including women. One near term goal is to increase the volume of women thought leaders in key commentary forums—which are a key source of history—to a tipping point. Partnering with universities\, think tanks\, non-profits\, and corporations\, OpEd targets and trains underrepresented experts (including women) to take thought leadership positions in their fields connecting them with a network of high-level journalist mentors\; and channeling the best new experts and ideas to media across all platforms. Op-ed is used (which is defined broadly\, to mean an idea of public value in any media platform) as a strategic metric of concrete results.\n\nPresented by the Institute for the Humanities\, College of LSA\, and the U-M ADVANCE Program. UID:46824-10645033@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46824 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Discussion,Diversity,Leadership,Scholarship,Writing LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 1010 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180105T141729 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T180000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Graduate Student Open House DESCRIPTION:The Office of Student Affairs has expanded to greatly increase the amount of support for CoE graduate students. Come meet the staff and learn about services offered for graduate students including personal support\, career development\, support for students organizations\, fellowships and more!\n\nRefreshments will be provided! UID:48232-11191413@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48232 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Engineering,Graduate,Michigan Engineering LOCATION:Chrysler Center - Chrysler Lobby (2nd Floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171211T143207 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T190000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Jurassic Park Buffet DESCRIPTION:Martha Cook is having a Jurassic Park Buffet Dinner on Thursday\, January 11th! Don't miss out on this exciting meal! Martha Cook meal plan is required. UID:47491-10932341@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47491 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:Martha Cook Residence CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171220T144539 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T173000 SUMMARY:Presentation:PitE Information Session DESCRIPTION:PitE will be holding an information session for any students who are currently undeclared. Students must attend an information session before scheduling an appointment with a PitE academic advisor. Register below. UID:47842-11025472@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47842 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Environment LOCATION:Undergraduate Science Building - 1160 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171107T084309 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T220000 SUMMARY:Other:Leadership Crisis Challenge: Graduate Students DESCRIPTION:January 11\, 2018: 5-­10 PM\nat the Ross School of Business\n\nJanuary 12\, 2018: 8:30 AM-­5 PM*\nat Michigan Stadium\n\nLeadership Crisis Challenge is a premier action-based learning experience powered by the Sanger Leadership Center at Michigan Ross that will immerse you in a simulated business and media crisis. You and your team play the part of senior executives tasked with responding to the crisis as it unfolds: you’ll receive emails\, social media updates\, phone calls\, and more throughout Thursday night.\n\nThen\, on Friday\, you’ll come to Michigan Stadium to present your strategy to your board of directors\, journalists\, and the public.\n\nPrize:\nOne winning team will be awarded a $3\,000 scholarship for presenting the best strategy and two runners-up will win $1\,000.\n\nParticipant Requirements:\n- U-M graduate student (any school or college)\n- Interest in leadership development\n- Ability to participate both days\n\nOpen to any University of Michigan graduate student at no cost. We ask that you register in advance on our website (link below).\n\nQuestions? Contact us at rossleaders@umich.edu.\n\n* Attendance not required all day. Your team will have a scheduled 45-minute window between 9:00 AM-1:30 PM and the closing will be from 3-5 PM. UID:34907-5043505@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/34907 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Business,Career,Food,Free,Graduate,Graduate School,Networking,Scholarship LOCATION:Ross School of Business CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180110T105252 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T180000 SUMMARY:Meeting:Michigan in Washington Information Sessions-1/18 and 2/5 DESCRIPTION:The MIW program offers an opportunity each year for 45-50 undergraduates from ANY MAJOR to spend a semester (Fall or Winter) in Washington D.C. Students combine coursework with an internship that reflects their particular area of interest (such as American politics\, international studies\, history\, the arts\, public health\, economics\, the media\, the environment\, science and technology). \n\nStudents are free to pursue internships of their own choosing. They are coached in internship searching strategies as part of a prep class that is taken the semester before going to D.C. Students have interned at the White House\, the Smithsonian\, CNN\, CBS\, Public Defender’s Service\, Washington Institute for Near East Policy\, NAACP\, The Brookings Institution\, American Enterprise Institute\, National Defense University\, Partnership for Public Service\, Center for American Progress\, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and many others.\nFunding is available. UID:48473-11241141@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48473 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Education,Free,Internship,Leadership,Majors,Networking,Politics,Professional Development,Public Policy,Scholarship,Scholarships,Social,Study Abroad,Transfer Students,Undergraduate,Welcome to Michigan LOCATION:Haven Hall - 5670 Haven, Eldersveld Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171201T125300 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Smoothie Day at East Quad DESCRIPTION:Do you love smoothies? East Quad Dining Hall will be featuring delicious smoothies at dinner on January 11th! They will have a variety of flavors including power green\, strawberry banana\, and creamy mango. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47226-10824760@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47226 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:East Quadrangle CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180123T093857 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T171000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T183000 SUMMARY:Presentation:CANCELED - Anicka Yi: The Flavor Genome DESCRIPTION:The Anicka Yi presentation scheduled to take place on Thursday\, January 11 has been canceled.  \n\nAnicka Yi is a New York City based conceptual artist whose work is grounded in scent\, tactility\, and perishability. Winner of the 2016 Hugo Boss Prize presented by the Guggenheim\, Yi is interested in communicating with audiences through visceral sensory experiences\, often using fragrance as a way to expand traditionally visual artist/audience dichotomies. Her installations\, which draw on scientific concepts and techniques to activate vivid fictional scenarios\, ask incisive questions about human psychology and the workings of society. Yi uses unconventional materials to examine what she calls “a bio-politics of the senses\,” or how assumptions and anxieties related to gender\, race\, and class shape physical perception. Recent institutional solo exhibitions of her work include the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum\, New York\; Fridericianum\, Kassel\; Kunsthalle Basel\; List Visual Arts Center\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\; The Kitchen\, New York\; and The Cleveland Museum of Art. Yi has screened her film\, The Flavor Genome\, at the International Film Festival of Rotterdam in 2017. She is represented by 47 Canal\, New York.\n\nThis Penny Stamps Speaker Series event is supported by the Institute for the Humanities and the Chelsea River Gallery. UID:47863-11035888@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47863 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171214T142740 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T183000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Strategies for Resume and Cover Letter Writing Success DESCRIPTION:Wondering how to begin creating a resume? Struggling with how to best showcase your skills and experiences? Not sure what to include in a cover letter? Then this workshop is for you! This workshop is designed to aid engineering and computer science students in writing clear\, concise\, and targeted resumes and cover letters. Learn how to write clear objective statements\, create reader-friendly formats\, detail your experience and skills\, utilize transferable skills\, and maintain professionalism in your communication to employers. This workshop should serve as a good introduction to resumes and cover letters for the beginning professional.\n\nThis is a College of Engineering event. UID:47615-10963389@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47615 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate Students,Workshop LOCATION:Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building - 1303 EECS CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180108T134238 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T190000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Central Concepts in Contemporary Theory | General Interest Meeting DESCRIPTION:The Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop Central Concepts in Contemporary Theory warmly welcomes all to attend a general interest meeting this upcoming Thursday\, January 11 in 2024 Tisch Hall at 6pm. \n\nThis semester we will be exploring the concepts of tragedy and melancholia in both literature and contemporary critical theory. During Thursday's meeting we will overview the theme\, readings\, and schedule for the upcoming Winter 2018 term in greater depth as well as take suggestions from the group regarding further texts to be read and invited speakers. \n\nPlease feel free to circulate this notice to any and all who may be interested. And let either Megan Torti (mtorti@umich.edu) or Srdjan Cvjeticanin (srdjan@umich.edu) know if you've any questions in the interim. We look forward to seeing many of you there. UID:48341-11222710@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48341 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Literature,Philosophy LOCATION:Tisch Hall - 2024 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171218T153319 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T200000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Family Flicks: Despicable Me 3 DESCRIPTION:Looking for a fun\, free\, family-friendly activity for one of those cold January evenings? How about a movie night? Join us for Despicable Me 3 on Thursday\, January 11\, from 6pm-8pm in the East Room of Pierpont Commons!\n\n\"The mischievous Minions hope that Gru will return to a life of crime after the new boss of the Anti-Villain League fires him. Instead\, Gru decides to remain retired and travel to Freedonia to meet his long-lost twin brother for the first time. The reunited siblings soon find themselves in an uneasy alliance to take down the elusive Balthazar Bratt\, a former 1980s child star who seeks revenge against the world.\" UID:47748-11004732@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47748 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Family,Film,Free LOCATION:Pierpont Commons - East Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180111T180032 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T200000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Family Flicks: Despicable Me 3 DESCRIPTION:Looking for a fun\, free\, family-friendly activity for one of those cold January evenings? How about a movie night? Join us for Despicable Me 3 on Thursday\, January 11\, from 6pm-8pm in the East Room of Pierpont Commons!\"The mischievous Minions hope that Gru will return to a life of crime after the new boss of the Anti-Villain League fires him. Instead\, Gru decides to remain retired and travel to Freedonia to meet his long-lost twin brother for the first time. The reunited siblings soon find themselves in an uneasy alliance to take down the elusive Balthazar Bratt\, a former 1980s child star who seeks revenge against the world.\" UID:47762-11007321@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47762 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Pierpont Commons, East Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260303T165145 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:FAST Lecture | Three Presentations by Anthropology Students DESCRIPTION:\"Looking for the First People in Yap\, Micronesia\"\nBy Lauren Pratt\n\n\"Boring Research: Perforators\, Population Connectivity\, and Regional Variability in MIS 5a Southern Africa\"\nBy Kyra Pazan\n\n\"Pedogenic Processes and Culture Areas at the Gault Site\, Texas\"\nBy Brendan Nash\n\nAll speakers are PhD Students at the Department of Anthropology. \n\nReception 5:30 PM\, lectures to follow at 6:00 PM. \n\nFAST lectures are free and open to the public. UID:47702-10976348@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47702 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Archaeology,Graduate,Lecture LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180110T114758 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T200000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. SYMPOSIUM\, \"THE OTHER DETROIT” DESCRIPTION:In his speech The Other America\, Martin Luther King Jr. laments that “every city in our country has this kind of dualism\, this schizophrenia\, split at so many parts\, and so every city ends up being two cities rather than one.” In some ways\, the trajectory of contemporary development in Detroit is indeed creating this tale of two cities to which King alluded. Detroit’s transformative downtown revitalization has brought an influx of economic activity which has generated much excitement about the city’s future. Yet\, Detroit’s “comeback” has largely been confined to 7.2 miles square miles surrounding the downtown Woodward corridor.\n\nThis raises the question of whether “The Other Detroit\,” the remaining 131 square miles comprising the city’s largely black neighborhoods\, will begin to share in the benefits of Detroit’s growth. In the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King\, this panel will discuss the implications of disparate development patterns in Detroit\, exploring structural and community-based strategies for redirecting investment in favor of the city’s most disadvantaged\, longstanding residents.\n\nPanelists:\nSonya Mays\, President and CEO of Develop Detroit \nKim Sherobbi\, Community Practitioner\, James & Grace Lee Boggs Center\nSarida Scott Montgomery: Executive Director of Community Development Advocates of Detroit (CDAD) \nMonique Becker\, Development Associate\, The Platform UID:48484-11241174@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48484 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Architecture,Detroit,Diversity,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Martin Luther King LOCATION:Art and Architecture Building - Auditorium 2104 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171219T092821 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Funding Basics Workshop DESCRIPTION:Is your student org looking for ways to increase their funding? Look no longer\, just attend CCI's free Funding Basics workshop! Join us on January 11\, 6:30pm-8:00pm in the Union's Pendleton Room\, to learn more about the steps your org can take to increase your funding! UID:47772-11012504@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47772 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Workshop LOCATION:Michigan Union - Pendelton Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180111T180032 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Fundings Basics Workshop DESCRIPTION:Is your student org looking for ways to increase their funding? Look no longer\, just attend CCI's free Funding Basics workshop! Join us on January 11\, 6:30pm-8:00pm in the Union's Pendleton Room\, to learn more about the steps your org can take to increase your funding! UID:47802-11015143@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47802 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan Union, Pendelton Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171110T105903 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T200000 SUMMARY:Rally / Mass Meeting:Orientation Leader Mass Meeting DESCRIPTION:Are you interested in becoming an Orientation Leader for the Summer of 2018? The role is much more than a job: it challenges staff to grow in their leadership\, communication\, and facilitation skills all the while affording them the unique opportunity to have a critical impact on the experience of new Wolverines and their families. Come and learn more about the role\, the requirements\, as well as the application and interview process. UID:46710-10589444@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46710 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Leadership,Mass Meeting LOCATION:Student Activities Building - Maize and Blue Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171218T121546 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T190000 SUMMARY:Performance:String Preparatory Academy Faculty Recital DESCRIPTION:String Preparatory Academy’s instructors will take the stage to offer up traditional string repertoire alongside our gifted pianists. UID:47083-10790895@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47083 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180111T180022 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180111T230000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Zouk Thursdays DESCRIPTION:7:00pm Intermediate Lesson\n8:00pm Practica practice\n9:00pm 2-hour Zouk Social\n\nLocation: Michigan Union in the Parker room (second floor)\nCost:Free for first timeMembership required for continued lessonsPractica and Social always free (don't need membership to attend those)Membership details in a photo in the photo album (or can email janibogo@umich.edu to get info sent directly to you)\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:48087-11180507@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48087 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR