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:20180123T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T235959 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:43238-12816417@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:20180123T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T235959 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:42456-12507624@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:20170807T101804 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T235900 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Full Term Classes Drop Deadline Without “W” DESCRIPTION:Full term classes audit deadline and drop deadline without “W” UID:41768-9470820@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41768 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Deadlines,Engineering Academic Calendar,Graduate Students,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180408T060016 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T235959 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Practice on Rowing Machines DESCRIPTION:Practices on rowing machines with the team.Time:Wednesdays:  7AM (~80 min)Fridays:         7AM (~80 min)Sundays:       9AM (~120 min) UID:50346-12237280@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/50346 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:IMSB CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180413T000026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T235959 SUMMARY:Other:UMix Winter 2018 DESCRIPTION:UMix Late Night attendance for winter 2018 UID:51525-12291306@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/51525 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170927T201723 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T235900 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:44018-9869316@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:20180123T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T180000 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:46881-10667169@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:20171129T133905 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T200000 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:47148-10802022@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:20180123T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T200000 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:47154-10802359@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:20180123T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T200000 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:47151-10802107@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:20180123T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T200000 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:47153-10802275@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:20180123T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T200000 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:47155-10802443@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:20180123T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T200000 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:47156-10802527@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:20180123T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T200000 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:47152-10802191@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:20180123T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T200000 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:47157-10802611@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:20180117T103830 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T230000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Registration for 2018 SASE STEM Midwest Regional Conference DESCRIPTION:University of Michigan Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers invite you to attend 2018 STEM Midwest Regional Conference (presented by GE\, U.S. Navy\, UTC\, U of M College of Engineering and MSU College of Engineering) on February 2nd and 3rd at the Michigan Union in Ann Arbor. Students from all backgrounds are encouraged to come. Valuable insights from prominent speakers and career opportunities with top companies. Subsidized ticket ($20) for Michigan students include two catered meals\, a T-shirt\, bags\, water bottles and other SASE swags! Early bird tickets closing soon\, so RSVP now at www.sasemidwest2018.com! UID:48861-11317256@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48861 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asia,Basic Science,Biology,Biomedical Engineering,Breakfast,Business,Civil and Environmental Engineering,Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering,Corporate,Dinner,Education,Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Engineering,Engineering Academic Calendar,Entrepreneurship,Food,Graduate,Graduate School,Industrial and Operations Engineering,Industry Session,Information and Technology,Integrative Systems,Interdisciplinary,International,Mechanical Engineering,Michigan Engineering,Networking,Reception,Student Org,Undergraduate,Workshop LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171214T122637 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T200000 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:45823-10310431@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:20180115T182509 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T160000 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:44170-9889126@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:20180101T222139 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:EXHIBITION ON VIEW: CONCEPTS OF DOMESTICITY FROM JAPAN DESCRIPTION:In the spring of 2017\, a group of U of M architecture students visited the Japanese cities of Tokyo and Osaka\, tracing the historical remnants of postwar and Postmodern Japanese architecture. This exhibition examines new types of domestic spaces in the crowded urban city of Tokyo\, including the importance of the convenience store and the so-called “manga cafes” to Japanese daily life. \nExhibition opening presentation Wednesday\, January 10 at noon in the Art & Architecture Auditorium\, followed by an opening reception in the Taubman College Gallery. Exhibition will be on view in the Taubman College Gallery January 10 - January 26. UID:47946-11152022@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47946 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Architecture,Asia,Exhibition LOCATION:Art and Architecture Building - Taubman College Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180102T121524 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T170000 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:43757-9838275@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:20180110T135934 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T170000 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:47319-10866141@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:20180116T161608 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Pre-Fab/Post-Fab: Art in a Readymade Era DESCRIPTION:Pre-Fab/Post-Fab: Art in a Readymade Era showcases the works of Heidi Barlow\, Shaina Kasztelan\, and Bailey Scieszka\, three young women artists based in Detroit\, MI. Their work\, although varying in style and form\, speaks to a generation growing up with the influence of mass consumption\, internet shopping\, the glut of plastic toys\, fake jewels\, and tchotchkes. Whereas artists of the ‘60s and ‘70s reached first for paint tubes and canvas\, these artists use inexpensive and lowbrow materials to twist the signifiers of pop culture\, as they relate to gender politics and American ideals. It’s a balancing act between the icing and the cake\, surface and substance. \n\nBarlow’s confection-like constructs are unsettling\, much like an empty float or matted-hair Barbie in a backyard pool. Although enticing\, they allude to something lost in the translation\, some sweetness\, or idealism gone missing\, along with what once mattered. Yet\, the work isn’t cynical\, but embraces transition instead. We’ve hardened a little in the process\, much like the stiff and sugary piping Barlow often incorporates in her works. And maybe that’s a good thing. \n\nIf Barlow’s aesthetic leans towards Stepford Wives gone awry and the guilty pleasure of eBay\, Shaina Kasztelan offers us psychedelic Middle America. Her assemblages are disorienting\, vertigo-inducing. Technicolor sculptures conjure up hallucinations of the mall\, or spinning carnival rides that last too long. Kasztelan’s work is sinister\, even a little menacing. As viewers we are leery.\n\nFinally\, Bailey Scieszka takes this subversive garish ethos full tilt and invents her own world\, literally morphing into her own creation. Scieszka’s alter-ego Old Put\, a demonic shape-shifting clown\, becomes the artist/protagonist and creates work in performance\, video and drawing. Old Put collects pop culture references like artifacts of a lost civilization\, and seems as likely to commit a murder as bake a cake. \n\nFor Barlow\, Kasztelan and Scieszka\, outdated paradigms about class\, good taste\, and femininity are just temporal flashes in the pan. And it’s their party. UID:47322-10866204@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47322 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Multicultural,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Osterman Common Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180112T152658 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T100000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:UROP Proposal Writing Workshop DESCRIPTION:Don't let an unpolished proposal hold you back from a research experience! This 60-minute workshop will teach you the basics of writing a successful proposal. To register\, please use the link below. Walk-ins to the workshops are always welcome. \n\nLink to register:\nhttp://ttc.iss.lsa.umich.edu/undergrad/\n\n*Note: you must search 'UROP' in the search tab. Additional info sessions will be released on our web page. UID:48663-11265189@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48663 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Undergraduate,Workshop LOCATION:Undergraduate Science Building - 1160 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171215T131200 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T120000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Circle of Wisdom DESCRIPTION:Come and examine the perennial wisdom of the world’s great religions that contain central themes that occur repeatedly throughout the ages. These ideas will be explored and discussed with the intent of healing some of the misunderstandings\, hate\, and wars arising from them. \n\nThis study group for those 50 and over will provide a safe place for doubt and dialogue in discussion of the shared insights of the world’s great saints and sages. No text is needed\; the instructor will supply handouts or a PowerPoint presentation. \n\nInstructor J.T. Ramelis a lifelong student\, teacher\, and lover of the world’s great religions and will lead these two hour study group sessions on Tuesdays beginning on January 23 and running through February 27\, except for February 13. UID:47673-10973749@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47673 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Discussion,Lifelong Learning,Multicultural,Religious,Retirement LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180122T140423 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T150000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Winter Engineering Career Fair DESCRIPTION:The Winter Engineering Career Fair will be held January 23 and 24\, 2018\, from 10 AM-3 PM each day. Different companies will attend each day\, so we encourage you to attend the event on both dates. Attend the career fair to network with employers and learn more about full-time\, internship and co-op opportunities available! Information regarding the companies attending is now available through the Events section of Engineering Careers\, by Symplicity. Please visit https://career.engin.umich.edu/wecf/ for additional information regarding the career fair. UID:47158-10802659@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47158 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Career Fair,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Chrysler Center - North Campus Buildings CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180111T181516 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T123000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Guest Master Class: Asaf Zohar DESCRIPTION:Professor Zohar is professor of piano at Tel Aviv University. UID:47092-10790905@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47092 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171219T124651 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T140000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chili Time at East Quad DESCRIPTION:Do you love Chili? East Quad Dining Hall is having Chili Time at lunch on January 23rd! They will be serving meat\, vegetarian and vegan chili with a variety of topping on the side. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47809-11015149@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47809 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:East Quadrangle CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171106T140104 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T170000 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:46544-10546881@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:20180123T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T170000 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:46548-10547115@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:20180123T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T170000 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:46549-10547236@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:20171127T151230 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T140000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Super Foods Week DESCRIPTION:On January 22nd\, Super Foods Week begins! All Dining Halls will be serving a different super food at lunch every day. This excited event will continue through Friday\, January 26th. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47060-10779827@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47060 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:Bursley Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171127T151230 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T140000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Super Foods Week DESCRIPTION:On January 22nd\, Super Foods Week begins! All Dining Halls will be serving a different super food at lunch every day. This excited event will continue through Friday\, January 26th. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47060-10779832@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47060 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:South Quad CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171127T151230 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T140000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Super Foods Week DESCRIPTION:On January 22nd\, Super Foods Week begins! All Dining Halls will be serving a different super food at lunch every day. This excited event will continue through Friday\, January 26th. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47060-10779837@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47060 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:East Quadrangle CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171127T151230 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T140000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Super Foods Week DESCRIPTION:On January 22nd\, Super Foods Week begins! All Dining Halls will be serving a different super food at lunch every day. This excited event will continue through Friday\, January 26th. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47060-10779842@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47060 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:North Quad CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171127T151230 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T140000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Super Foods Week DESCRIPTION:On January 22nd\, Super Foods Week begins! All Dining Halls will be serving a different super food at lunch every day. This excited event will continue through Friday\, January 26th. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47060-10779847@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47060 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:Mosher-Jordan Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171127T151230 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T140000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Super Foods Week DESCRIPTION:On January 22nd\, Super Foods Week begins! All Dining Halls will be serving a different super food at lunch every day. This excited event will continue through Friday\, January 26th. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47060-10779852@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47060 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:Mary Markley Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171127T151230 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T140000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Super Foods Week DESCRIPTION:On January 22nd\, Super Foods Week begins! All Dining Halls will be serving a different super food at lunch every day. This excited event will continue through Friday\, January 26th. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47060-10779857@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47060 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:Oxford Housing CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171127T151230 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T133000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Super Foods Week DESCRIPTION:On January 22nd\, Super Foods Week begins! All Dining Halls will be serving a different super food at lunch every day. This excited event will continue through Friday\, January 26th. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47060-10779862@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47060 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:Martha Cook Residence CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180201T000104 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Suzy Lake DESCRIPTION:Suzy Lake was born and raised in Detroit. Following the social and political unrest of the 1960’s Lake emigrated to Montreal in 1968\, where she was among the first female artists in the nation to adopt performance\, video\, and photography to explore the politics of gender\, the body\, and identity. In this exhibition\, Lake returns to her childhood neighborhood and various locations central to her family history to explore the cycles of urban development and decay in working class Detroit\, as well as her experience with ageism.\n\nExhibition Dates: January 19 - February 25\nHours: Open during exhibitions Tuesday through Sunday\, 11:00 am - 5:00 pm\; Thursday and Friday\, 11:00 am - 7:00 pm. Closed Mondays and holidays.\nExhibition Reception: Friday\, January 19\, 2018\, 6 - 8 pm\nArtist Talk & Conversation: Saturday\, January 20\, 2018\, 3 - 5 pm\n\nStamps Gallery\n201 S. Division Street\, Ann Arbor MI 48104 UID:47736-11004692@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47736 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171106T140510 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T170000 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:46545-10546960@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:20180118T152107 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T123000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:LRCCS Tuesday Lecture Series | Can’t Buy Me Love: Beijing’s Bid to Expand Its Soft Power DESCRIPTION:Since the late 1990s\, China has sought to bolster its soft power – a country’s use of culture\, language and other “soft” tools aimed at making outsides feel better about its politics and motives – with mixed results. China is often feared and respected but not necessarily trusted or loved beyond its borders. Mark Magnier\, a foreign correspondent based for the past two decades in Asia\, will look at Beijing’s strategies and tactics moving forward as it attempts to improve its image and ease its rise as a global power.\n\nMark Magnier has spent the past 20 years as a foreign correspondent based in Japan\, China and India for the \"Los Angeles Times\" and \"Wall Street Journal.\" He’s also done various conflict assignments in Afghanistan\, Pakistan\, Iraq\, Israel\, the West Bank and Gaza\, covered earthquakes and tsunamis\, camped under Saddam Hussein’s highways and slept in an abandoned nunnery during the violent birth of East Timor. He is here on a U-M Knight-Wallace journalism fellowship. UID:47852-11033229@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47852 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asia,Chinese Studies LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 110 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171218T115143 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Optimizing self-assembly kinetics for biomolecules and complex nanostructures. DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nIn a heterogeneous system\, such as a large biomolecule or complex nanostructure\, there is no guarantee that the lowest-free-energy state will form via self-assembly. Defects and mis-interactions among subunits often arise during a self-assembly reaction\, particularly when these systems comprise many distinct components. As a result\, if we wish to assemble complex nanostructures reliably\, we need to design robust kinetic pathways to the target structures. I shall describe a theoretical approach for predicting self-assembly pathways in both engineered nanostructures and natural biomolecules. First\, I shall discuss design principles that can be used to tune the nucleation and growth rates of colloidal nanostructures\, with implications for achieving low-defect self-assembly and designing time-dependent experimental protocols. Then\, turning to biological examples of kinetic optimization\, I shall discuss how analogous principles have shaped the evolution of variable ribosome translation rates in order to optimize the folding of nascent proteins. UID:47712-11002092@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47712 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Biophysics,Complex Systems,Physics,Research LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180116T074822 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T130000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Biopsychology Colloquium DESCRIPTION:Examining Maternal Effects: Maternal Stress and Offspring Development UID:47544-10950446@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47544 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Psychology LOCATION:East Hall - 4464 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180109T092209 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar DESCRIPTION:Dr. Jane Jackman\, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Ohio State University\, will present the Biological Chemistry Seminar on Tuesday January 23rd\, 2018 at 12 noon in North Lecture Hall\, MS II. The title of this talk is titled: Breaking the Rules: Non-Canonical Mechanisms of RNA Processing Enzymes in Biology. UID:48384-11230543@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48384 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biological Chemistry LOCATION:Medical Science Unit II - North Lecture Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180207T063019 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T140000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:PhD Pathways: CV/Resume Drop-In DESCRIPTION:If you are in Handshake\, Click \"Join event\" to RSVP* Not in Handshake? Click here: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/events/120523\n\nRackham is partnering with the University Career Center (UCC) to host a drop-in Resume/CV Review for graduate students on January 23 from 12-2pm. Typical appointments last between 20 and 40 minutes\, however drop-in sessions will last approximately 10-15 minutes each for you to get quick feedback. If additional time is needed\, students can schedule a follow-up appointment with the UCC. Resumes/CVs will be reviewed by Dr. Clarence Anthony Jr.\n\nNote: This event’s information is shown in Handshake as well as on the Happening @ Michigan calendar so that it will be seen by a larger number of U-M students. You can only register to attend this event within Handshake. If you'd like to indicate that you'll be attending this event then please go to umich.joinhandshake.com\, locate the event\, and then click the 'Join Event’ button. UID:49014-11345064@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49014 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Rackham, West Conference Room, 915 E Washington St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171205T113452 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T133000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:What is a People? Some Lessons from Gandhi’s India DESCRIPTION:U-M Professor of English\, History\, and Women’s Studies Mrinalini Sinha explores the particular construction of a people in M. K. Gandhi’s politics on his arrival in India. It takes the movement for the abolition of the indentured labor system\, the first public campaign with which Gandhi was involved upon his return to India\, to explore the contours of the construction of a people. The aim is to contrast the invocation of a people in Gandhi’s India with contemporary claims to a people’s politics\, in revolt against an establishment elite. In short\, what might Gandhi’s politics of a people have to offer to our times? UID:47320-10866159@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47320 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:History,India,International,Politics LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Osterman Common Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191209T094000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T160000 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:48604-11254327@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:20171215T122119 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T150000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Great Decisions DESCRIPTION:This self-facilitated group will discuss eight critical international issues facing the U.S. using the Foreign Policy Association’s study guide. All participants will receive their book. \n\nTopics include: the waning of Pax Americana?\, Russia’s foreign policy\, China and America: the new geopolitical equation\, Media and foreign policy\, Turkey: a partner in crisis\, U.S. global engagement and the military\, South Africa’s fragile democracy\, and \nGlobal health: progress and challenges.\n\nThis study group for those 50 and over will meet for two hours on January 23\, February 6 and 20\, March 6 and 20\, April 17\, May 1 and 15\, and June 5. It will be led by instructors Barbara Comai and Leo Shedden. UID:47663-10973739@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47663 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Discussion,International,Lifelong Learning,Politics,Retirement LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180118T163900 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T143000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Practice Job Talk by Kyle Grady DESCRIPTION:Making Much of Racial Mixing: Reading Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus alongside the American Multicultural Movement UID:48942-11331189@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48942 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate School LOCATION:Angell Hall - 3222AH CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171215T131549 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T150000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:The Beginning and The End DESCRIPTION:The history of astrophysics and cosmology will be illustrated using a combination of PowerPoint images\, online readings\, and discussion. A recommended book is Lillian Lieber’s “The Education of T. C. Mits.” \n\nAmong the topics to be discussed in this study group for those 50 and over are the development of instruments and technology for cosmology\, the division between theory in Europe and observation in the U.S.\, serendipitous discovery\, Einstein and the battles over relativity\, the discovery of the “big bang” and the expanding universe\, the influence of emigration\, war\, and big science on “pure” science\, cosmological controversies\, personalities and research agendas\, women cosmologists and the discoveries of dark matter and dark energy. \n\nInstructor Rudi Linder has taught courses on the history of astrophysics and cosmology for nearly forty years at the UM and will lead these two hour sessions on Tuesdays beginning on January 23 and running through March 13. UID:47674-10973750@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47674 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Discussion,History,Lecture,Lifelong Learning,Retirement LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171215T132121 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T150000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:The Origin & Evolution of Earth II DESCRIPTION:Follow Earth from formation of continents to the present day and beyond using Robert Hazen’s excellent DVD lectures from the Teaching Company. We’ll view two 30 minute lectures per class\, each followed by 20 minutes for questions and discussion. (The full course has 48 lectures\; we covered the first 24 in the fall with the final 24 in this course.) \n\nStudy group leader Dick Chase worked 27 years as a research physicist for Ford and taught physics at several levels and will lead these two hour sessions for those 50 and over on Tuesdays from January 23 through April 10. UID:47675-10973751@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47675 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,History,Lecture,Lifelong Learning,Retirement LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171215T140724 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T131500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T144500 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Writing Place DESCRIPTION:We will read and write with the objective of bringing places to life. This course for those 50 and over is open to novel writing\, short stories\, memoir and life writing\, as well as \npoetry. \n\nWhether writing of home or places of exile -- we will move through time with characters and through ideas -- by the examination of setting. Whether you bring material or an idea\, or neither-- we will get ‘there’. We may generate new work or prioritize workshop activity (and we’ll be reading a variety of excerpts for inspiration). Be open. Be willing. Be kind. \n\nInstructor Clarisse Baleja Saidi\, a novelist and recent graduate of the Helen Zell MFA Program at the University of Michigan\, will conduct these 90 minute sessions on Tuesdays from January 23 through March 27. UID:47688-10973765@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47688 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Lifelong Learning,Retirement,Workshop,Writing LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180115T144011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Between Past and Future: Wang Qingsong 1999-2006 DESCRIPTION:Curated by ZHANG Fang\, this art exhibition will include six of WANG Qingsong’s representative photo works that depict the traumatic transformations that have taken place inside China. These photographs are inspired by China’s drive for globalization over the last few decades. \n\nPlease join us for the reception and Meet the Artist at 4 pm\, January 24 at the Willis Ward Art Lounge. \n\nAbout WANG Qingsong\n\nAn artist\, educator\, and curator\, WANG Qingsong represents a generation of Chinese cultural producers and creative intellectuals who have exerted a profound influence on contemporary Chinese art practices. Wang’s large format photographic film works have been exhibited around the world at major museums\, art centers\, and galleries\, playing a pivotal role in expanding the international art market for Chinese visual arts.\n\nFormally trained as a painter\, WANG Qingsong now works more like a film director who gathers dozens – sometimes even hundreds – of participants to produce improvisatory works that comment on consumerism\, urbanization and social change. In 2014\, Wang worked with University of Michigan faculty and students to create a large scale installation-photography work\, one that has students perched along a thin stairway spanning the diagonal of a massive chalkboard\, on which names of the top 500 institutions of higher education were written.\n\nIn winter 2018\, Wang Qingsong will stage a new work that would stimulate comparative study of urban renewal efforts in China and the U.S. The work will feature photographic/film images of Detroit’s historical Chinatown and industrial-warehouses areas which have undergone urban renewal since the 1960s.\n\n*Image: The Glory of Hope\, 240x180cm\, 2007\, courtesy of the artist Wang Qingsong UID:48737-11297767@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48737 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Chinese Studies,Exhibition LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180104T141330 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T170000 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:48123-11180686@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:20180321T181516 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T150000 SUMMARY:Performance:Strings Showcase DESCRIPTION:A monthly performance series featuring the finest among our outstanding SMTD string students. Soloists and chamber music groups will be selected by the faculty to perform on this prestigious event. UID:46845-10650565@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46845 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180108T161551 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T190000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Winterfest DESCRIPTION:Missed Festifall and Northfest but still looking for ways to get involved with some of the 1400+ student groups on campus? Join us for Winterfest in the Michigan Union! We'll have a wide variety of student orgs available to meet with you about all the amazing things they do! \n\nWinterfest will be held in the Kuenzel Room on the first floor and the Ballroom on the second floor on Monday.\n\nWinterfest will be held in the Pendelton Room and the Ballroom\, both on the second floor\, on Tuesday. UID:48362-11222740@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48362 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Recruiting,Social,Student Org LOCATION:Michigan Union - Ballroom & Pendelton CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180123T180031 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T190000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Winterfest DESCRIPTION:Missed Festifall and Northfest but still looking for ways to get involved with some of the 1400+ student groups on campus? Join us for Winterfest in the Michigan Union! We'll have a wide variety of student orgs available to meet with you about all the amazing things they do! \n\nWinterfest will be held in the Kuenzel Room on the first floor and the Ballroom on the second floor on Monday.\n\nWinterfest will be held in the Pendelton Room and the Ballroom\, both on the second floor\, on Tuesday. UID:48368-11225338@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48368 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan Union, Pendelton Room and Ballroom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180102T093212 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T151000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T163000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Raised Right: Fatherhood in Modern American Conservatism DESCRIPTION:How has the modern conservative movement thrived in spite of the lack of harmony among its constituent members? What\, and who\, holds together its large corporate interests\, small-government libertarians\, social and racial traditionalists\, and evangelical Christians?\n\nIn his new book\, Raised Right: Fatherhood in Modern American Conservatism (Stanford University Press\, 2017)\, Jeffrey R. Dudas\, pursues these questions through a cultural study of three iconic conservative figures: National Review editor William F. Buckley\, Jr.\, President Ronald Reagan\, and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Examining their papers\, writings\, and rhetoric\, Dudas identifies what he terms a \"paternal rights discourse\"—the arguments about fatherhood and rights that permeate their personal lives and political visions.\n\nFor each\, paternal discipline was crucial to producing autonomous citizens worthy and capable of self-governance. This paternalist logic is the cohesive agent for an entire conservative movement\, uniting its celebration of \"founding fathers\,\" past and present\, constitutional and biological. Yet this discourse produces a paradox: When do authoritative fathers transfer their rights to these well-raised citizens? This duality propels conservative politics forward with unruly results. The mythology of these American fathers gives conservatives something\, and someone\, to believe in—and therein lies its timeless appeal.\n\nJeffrey R. Dudas is Associate Professor of Political Science and Affiliate Faculty of American Studies at the University of Connecticut. He specializes in the areas of American law\, politics\, and culture and focuses\, in particular\, on the many facets of the American politics of rights.\n\nCosponsored by the Department of Sociology\, Department of Women's Studies\, and History Department\n\nEvent Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). Power doors are at every accessible entrance. Gender neutral restroom on 1st floor. Questions? Contact irwg@umich.edu\n\nBook sales provided by Common Language Bookstore UID:46694-10581050@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46694 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Books LOCATION:Lane Hall - 2239 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180116T161748 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T170000 SUMMARY:Meeting:Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian Conversation Group Interest Meeting DESCRIPTION:Join the BCS group in the discussion to create and schedule BCS conversation groups. UID:48837-11308923@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48837 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:European,International,Literature,Study Abroad,Undergraduate LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - 3308 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180123T181632 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:CM-AMO Seminar | Exact Results in NMR DESCRIPTION:After a short introduction to NMR technique\, a brief\, three-part survey of recent NMR studies on solid-state materials will be presented. These studies are each underpinned by an exact theoretical result that leads to a possibly approximate\, but reliable basis for interpretation of experimental data. The first example is the behavior of nuclear spin-lattice relaxation in two of the high-Tc materials vis-a-vis inelastic neutron scattering (INS) studies that evaluate the dynamic susceptibility chi”(q\,omega)*. Such a comparison shows that a substantial amount of intensity for chi” is simply missing from currently available INS data. The other two examples feature NMR studies of the stoichiometric QCP compound YbRh2Si2. In the first of these\, NMR shows that high-quality crystals of this system enter into a macroscopic two-state admixture of non-Fermi-liquid and Fermi-liquid phases**. Such a result is not accessible with bulk measurements. In the second example\, quantitative measurements of indirect spin-spin couplings exhibit a temperature dependence revealing modifications of the Fermi Surface with temperature***. To our knowledge\, none of the results described has any precedent in the NMR literature. \n\n* R. E. Walstedt\, T. E. Mason\, G. Aeppli\, S. M. Hayden\, H. A. Mook\, Phys. Rev. B84\, 024530 (2011).\n** S. Kambe\, H. Sakai\, Y. Tokunaga\, G. Lapertot\, T. D. Matsuda\, G. Knebel\, J. Flouquet\, R. E. Walstedt\, Nat. Phys. 10\, 840 (2014).\n*** S. Kambe\, H. Sakai\, Y. Tokunaga\, T. Hattori\, G. Lapertot\, T. D. Matsuda\, G. Knebel\, J. Flouquet\, R. E. Walstedt\, Phys. Rev. B95\, 195121 (2017).\n\n UID:42198-9584886@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42198 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Physics,Science LOCATION:West Hall - 335 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180112T165015 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:LACS Lecture Series. Cuzco to Ceuta to Buenos Aires: Juan Bautista Tupac Amaru and Atlantic Revolutions\, 1780-1825 DESCRIPTION:Charles Walker is writing a graphic history of Juan Bautista Tupac Amaru\, in collaboration with Liz Clarke. The brother of the rebel leader Jose Gabriel Condorcanqui or Tupac Amaru\, Juan Bautista was arrested in Cusco after the massive uprising (1780-83)\, taken in chains to Lima and then in a miserable journey to Spain\, where he was sentenced to the northern Africa presido of Ceuta. He spent more than 30 years as a prisoner there and upon his release in 1820\, was taken to Argentina as an “Inca hero” of the nascent Argentine republic. He died in Buenos Aires\, never returning to Peru. Professor Walker will discuss Juan Bautista's life as a witness to the age of revolution and also discuss the challenges and joys of graphic histories. UID:48672-11265205@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48672 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,History,Latin America,Social Justice,Visual Arts LOCATION:West Hall - Room 340 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180111T141956 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T161000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T173000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Statistics Department Seminar Series: Yuting Wei\, Department of Statistics\, University of California\, Berkeley DESCRIPTION:As the title indicates\, the talk consists of two vignettes: on hypothesis testing and early stopping for\nboosting algorithms.\n\nThe first part focuses on a certain class of composite testing problems with null and alternative specified by cones\; such geometric testing problems arise in various applications (e.g.\, treatment effects\, radar detection\, and shape-constrained testing). Despite the widespread use of the generalized likelihood ratio test (GLRT)\, its properties have yet to be fully understood. When is it optimal\, and when can it be improved upon? How does its performance depend on the cones? I provide some answers to these and other questions\, all based on a tight characterization of the GLRT's performance.\n\nIn the second part\, I will discuss how to understand the behavior of early stopping with boosting for non -parametric regression. While non-parametric models offer great flexibility\, they can lead to overfitting and thus poor generalization performance. For this reason\, procedures for fitting these models must involve some form of regularization. Although early-stopping of iterative algorithms is a widely-used form of regularization in statistics and optimization\, it is less well-understood than its analogue based on penalized regularization. In this talk\, I will establish some precise connections between these two\, and give an explicit and optimal stopping criteria for boosting algorithms run in a reproducing kernel Hilbert space.\n\nThis talk is based on joint works with Adityanand Guntuboyina\, Martin Wainwright and Fanny Yang. UID:48566-11254297@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48566 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:seminar LOCATION:West Hall - 411 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180109T103125 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:CenterSpace DESCRIPTION:CenterSpace provides a weekly drop-in space for different communities within queer life at the University of Michigan. CenterSpace creates space for people of similar identities to gain support from one another while building a community of collective resources. UID:48396-11230569@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48396 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Inclusion,LGBT,Social,Undergraduate LOCATION:Michigan Union - Spectrum Center- 3200 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180109T103125 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T180000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:CenterSpace DESCRIPTION:CenterSpace provides a weekly drop-in space for different communities within queer life at the University of Michigan. CenterSpace creates space for people of similar identities to gain support from one another while building a community of collective resources. UID:48396-11230583@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48396 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Inclusion,LGBT,Social,Undergraduate LOCATION:Michigan Union - Spectrum Center- 3200 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180126T133322 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T180000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Cognitive Science Seminar Series DESCRIPTION:Light snacks will be provided. UID:49166-11386606@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49166 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Discussion,Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Graduate,Linguistics,Philosophy,Psychology LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 955 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180123T172006 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T180000 SUMMARY:Other:ITiMS application due\, March 1! DESCRIPTION:* Funding for dissertation research\, trainings and travel.\n* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition\, stipend\, & insurance) for up to 2 years.\n\nITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.\n\nRequirements:\n1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)\n2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies\; laboratory techniques\; statistics/bioinformatics\; and mathematical modeling\n3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches\n4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department \n\nStudents can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.\nProposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences\, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.\n\nDirectors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu)\; Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)\nVisit our website for more on How to Apply! UID:49197-11386633@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry,Civil and Environmental Engineering,Deadlines,Dissertation,Ecology,Environment,Graduate,Graduate School,Interdisciplinary,Life Science,Mathematics,Medicine,Multidisciplinary Design,Pre Med,Public Health,Research,Scholarship,Scholarships,Science LOCATION:Public Health II CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180123T172006 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T180000 SUMMARY:Other:ITiMS application due\, March 1! DESCRIPTION:* Funding for dissertation research\, trainings and travel.\n* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition\, stipend\, & insurance) for up to 2 years.\n\nITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.\n\nRequirements:\n1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)\n2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies\; laboratory techniques\; statistics/bioinformatics\; and mathematical modeling\n3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches\n4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department \n\nStudents can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.\nProposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences\, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.\n\nDirectors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu)\; Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)\nVisit our website for more on How to Apply! UID:49197-11386634@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry,Civil and Environmental Engineering,Deadlines,Dissertation,Ecology,Environment,Graduate,Graduate School,Interdisciplinary,Life Science,Mathematics,Medicine,Multidisciplinary Design,Pre Med,Public Health,Research,Scholarship,Scholarships,Science LOCATION:Public Health II CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180207T123012 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T180000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Law Track: The Challenges of Ethical Conduct in Making Application to Law School\, in Character & Fitness Disclosures & in Complying with the Ethics Rules as a Lawyer DESCRIPTION:Ethics decisions that call for \"doing the right thing\" seem like an easy task. Yet the pressures of achieving success and the role of the lawyer in our society make it a challenging endeavor. University of Detroit Mercy Law Professor Larry Dubin (a twice UM Alum) will present on the challenges and benefits in becoming an ethical lawyer. The program is co-sponsored by the UM University Career Center and Delta Gamma Phi and open to any interested individual. UID:47433-10901430@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47433 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan Union, Parker Room, 530 S State St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180110T105252 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T180000 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:48473-11241153@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:20171214T130640 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:High Stakes Culture: What Does It Mean to Take a Knee? DESCRIPTION:In the last few months a series of “culture wars” have been ignited across the country. Activists from all points of the political spectrum\, even the President of the United States himself\, are turning to beloved cultural objects to stake a claim for their differing beliefs in a politically fraught moment. Black athletes are taking a knee. Anti-immigration voters are rallying for a wall. Long-standing Confederate monuments are coming down.\n\nWhat is at stake in the ways we understand culture and cultural conflict? High Stakes Culture is a new series\, presented by the Institute for the Humanities and the Humanities Collaboratory\, that brings humanities perspectives to bear on current debates. Join us as we ask: How and why does culture matter so much now?\n\nJoin the conversation as humanities scholars Angela Dillard (Afroamerican and African studies and Residential College)\, Matthew Countryman (history and American culture)\, Mark Clague (music)\, and Kristin Hass (American culture) tackle these questions and others you might have about high stakesculture now.\n\nWhen did sports and patriotism become so deeply linked?\nHas the flag always been viewed as sacred and purely a symbol of the armed forces?\nWhere did the national anthem come from\, and have people always stood when it is played?\nWho gets to decide what symbols deserve respect and what counts as a gesture of respect? UID:47604-10963376@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47604 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,Free,History,Inclusion,Media,Multicultural,Politics,Social Justice,Undergraduate LOCATION:North Quad - Space 2435 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180112T123813 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:How Place Matters: Perspectives on the Future of Urban Development in Detroit & Flint DESCRIPTION:Democratic Congressman Dan Kildee (Flint) and John Gallagher\, a Detroit Free Press business writer\, are scheduled to discuss the future of urban development in Flint and Detroit. \n\nBorn and raised in Flint\, Kildee is in his third term in Congress. He has focused on various issues\, including protecting the Great Lakes\, fighting blight throughout Michigan\, and getting aid to Flint families in response to the city’s water crisis. He recently launched a new initiative\, “The Future of America’s Cities and Towns\,” to change the way Congress thinks about and invests in older\, industrial communities across the nation. \n\nGallagher is a veteran journalist and author who covers urban and economic development efforts in Detroit and Michigan. His book\, Reimagining Detroit: Opportunities for Redefining an American City\,” was chosen by the Huffington Post as among the best social and political books in 2010.\nRSVP - http://archive.ssw.umich.edu/forms/rsvp/index.html?eventID=E3025 UID:48558-11251656@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48558 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Detroit,Environment,Flint,Social Justice,Urban Development LOCATION:School of Social Work Building - Educational Conference Center, 1840 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180110T220730 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T193000 SUMMARY:Presentation:King Talks DESCRIPTION:In our inaugural King Talks\, five Rackham students present Ted-style overviews of their research\, echoing the theme of this year’s U-M MLK Symposium\, “The Fierce Urgency of Now.” More information: myumi.ch/6wv5N UID:48544-11246442@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48544 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Graduate School,Graduate Students,Inclusion,Multicultural,Politics,Rackham,Research,Social Justice LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Assembly Hall, 4th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180118T182156 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T183000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Launching Your Internship Search DESCRIPTION:How do you find the right summer opportunity for you? Master the search process. UID:48416-11233223@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48416 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,first-generation,Free,International,Internship,Professional Development,Undergraduate Students,Workshop LOCATION:LSA Building - 2001 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180215T114923 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T183000 SUMMARY:Recreational / Games:Schokoladenstunde DESCRIPTION:Schokoladenstunde (with games!): Tuesdays 5:30-6:30 and Wednesdays 5:15-6:15\, in the Language Resource Center in North Quad.\n\nSchokoladenstunde will take place in the comfy seating area between the two computer classrooms in the Language Resource Center. There will be some German chocolate there :) All German students at all levels are welcome to come and chat and play games in German (e.g. Tabu etc.). Schokoladenstunde will be facilitated on Tuesdays by Mary Gell\, and on Wednesdays by Silvia Grzeskowiak. UID:50109-11642064@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/50109 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Language,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:North Quad - Alcove B in the Language Resource Center (ground level of North Quad, Room 1500) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171221T112110 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T190000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Winter Blues and Depression DESCRIPTION:Lots of people get depressed in winter\, or suffer from \"the winter blues\". The medical name for this winter depression is seasonal affective disorder (SAD).\n\nIn this wellness group\, college and graduate students will receive a presentation about winter blues and depression. Q&A and a facilitated group session will follow to discuss challenges faces when coping with depression\, share successful strategies for managing depression\, and connect with other students who may have similar experiences.\n\nLight refreshments will be served. UID:47855-11170150@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47855 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Graduate Students,Health & Wellness,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Mason Hall - 2436 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180123T143344 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T193000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CREES/WCED Panel. Russia’s Complex Relationship with the North Caucasus: Past and Present DESCRIPTION:In 2004\, a group of Islamic militants occupied a school in Beslan\, in the North Caucasus region of the Russian Federation\, demanding recognition for an independent Chechnya. Over three hundred hostages\, including children\, were killed in the siege. The dramatic event and its aftermath is the topic of the UMS performance Us/Them on January 24-28. For this panel\, a group of experts will provide much-needed context and analysis of the broader situation of the North Caucasus and its complex relationship with Russia. \n\nPauline Jones\, professor of political science\, U-M\nAlexander Knysh\, professor of Islamic studies\, U-M\nTanya Lokshina\, Russia program director\, Human Rights Watch\nModerator: Geneviève Zubrzycki\, professor of sociology\; Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia and Center for Russian\, East European\, and Eurasian Studies director\n\nPauline Jones' scholarly work contributes broadly to the study of institutional origin\, change\, and impact in a wide variety of settings: newly emergent states with multiple competing subnational identities\, states transitioning from planned to market economies\, states rich in natural resources\, and states with predominantly Muslim populations. The empirical basis for her work has been primarily the former Soviet Union (FSU) -- particularly the five Central Asian republics that gained independence in 1991 (Kazakhstan\, Kyrgyzstan\, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan\, Uzbekistan). However\, she has also engaged in broad cross-national comparisons across regions\, including Latin America\, Southeast Asia\, and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)\, utilizing a combination of controlled case comparisons and statistical analysis. Future research will explore the institutionalization of secularism and the politics of extremism\, focusing on countries with predominantly Muslim populations. \n\nAlexander Knysh is professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Michigan and principal investigator of a research project on political Islam/Islamism sponsored by the Rectorate of the St. Petersburg State University\, Russia. His academic interests include Islamic mysticism (Sufism)\; Qur’anic studies\; the history of Muslim theological\, philosophical\, and juridical thought\; and modern Islamic/Islamist movements in comparative perspective. He has numerous academic and instructional publications on these subjects\, including twelve books. Since 2006\, he has served as section editor for “Sufism” on the editorial board of the \"Encyclopedia of Islam\, Third Edition\" (E.J. Brill\, Leiden and Boston). He is also executive editor of the \"Encyclopedia of Islamic Mysticism\" and the \"Handbooks of Islamic Mysticism\" series associated with it (E.J. Brill\, Leiden).\n\nTanya Lokshina is the Russia program director and a senior researcher at Human Rights Watch and is based in Moscow. Having joined Human Rights Watch in January 2008\, Lokshina authored several reports on egregious abuses in Russia’s turbulent North Caucasus region and co-authored a report on violations of international humanitarian law during the 2008 armed conflict in Georgia. Her recent publications include a range of materials on Russia’s vicious crackdown on critics of the government and on violations of international humanitarian law during the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine. Lokshina is a recipient of the 2006 Andrei Sakharov Award\, “Journalism as an Act of Conscience.” Her articles on human rights issues have been featured in prominent Russian and foreign media outlets\, including CNN\, the Guardian\, Le Monde\, the Moscow Times\, Novaya Gazeta\, and the Washington Post. Lokshina’s books include \"Chechnya Inside Out\" and \"Imposition of a Fake Political Settlement in the Northern Caucasus.\" In 2014\, her article on the abusive virtue campaign against women in Chechnya was published in \"Chechnya at War and Beyond\" (Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series). UID:47883-11035907@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47883 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,European,International,Politics,Russia,Theater,UMS LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 1010 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180119T172328 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T193000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Dynetics Corporate Info Session DESCRIPTION:Positions: Full-time\, Intern\nMajors: Aerospace Engineering\, Computer Engineering\, Computer Science\, Electrical Engineering\, Mechanical Engineering \nDegrees: Undergraduate\nCitizenship: US Citizenship\nResumes: Yes \n\n\nDynetics provides responsive\, cost-effective engineering\, scientific\, and IT solutions to the national security\, cybersecurity\, satellite\, launch\, automotive\, and critical infrastructure sectors. Our portfolio features highly specialized technical services and a range of software and hardware products\, including components\, subsystems\, and complex end-to-end systems. UID:49001-11342291@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49001 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Engineering LOCATION:Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building - 1008 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180115T120832 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:MICHIGAN ARCHITECTURE PREP PROGRAM CELEBRATION DESCRIPTION:University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning\, in coordination with Detroit Public Schools and the Education Achievement Authority\, will graduate juniors from an architecture prep program on January 23\, 2018\, in Detroit. \n\nThe program provides participating high school students with 1.5 high school credits in an immersive\, semester-long college preparatory course on architecture\, urbanism and integrated design studio practices. The program’s purpose is to expose underrepresented minorities to the architecture discipline with the goal of helping to diversify the field.\nJoin as we celebrate the Fall 2017 participants and the generous donors who make the program possible. There will be music\, refreshments\, and an exhibition of student work on view at 6pm\, followed by a program at 6:30pm. UID:48716-11297633@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48716 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Architecture,Detroit,Exhibition LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Michigan Research Studio, Suite C CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171208T160825 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T193000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Queers With Careers: Job/Internship Strategies & Alumni Panel DESCRIPTION:Please join The Spectrum Center\, the Alumni Association and the Career Center for Queers with Careers! Building off of last year's event\, this year there will be two sections of QwC. This first section will focus on information about job/internship search strategies\, LGBTQ+-specific resources\, and conversations surrounding being out (or not)\, pronouns and more. We'll also be joined by a panel of LGBTQ+ professionals who will share their stories. \n\nThis event is free and open to the public. It will take place in the Founder's Room in the Alumni Association Building. Refreshments will be served. \n\nThe second section will be on March 21\, and will focus on networking skills. UID:47462-10901475@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47462 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Career,Free,LGBT LOCATION:Alumni Center - Founders Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180207T123016 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T193000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Queers with Careers: Job/Internship Strategies & Alumni Panel DESCRIPTION:If you are in Handshake\, Click \"Join event\" to RSVP* Not in Handshake? Click here: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/events/117811\n\nPlease join The Spectrum Center\, the Alumni Association and the Career Center for Queers with Careers! Building off of last year's event\, this year there will be two sections of Queers with Careers. \n\nThis first section will focus on information about job/internship search strategies\, LGBTQ+ specific resources\, and conversations surrounding being out (or not)\, pronouns and more. We'll also be joined by a panel of LGBTQ+ professionals who will share their stories. \n\nThis event is free and open to the public.It will take place in the Founder's Room in the Alumni Center. Refreshments will be served. \n\nThe second section will be on March 21\, and will focus on networking skills.\n\nNote: This event’s information is shown inHandshake as well as on the Happening @ Michigan calendar so that it willbe seen by a larger number of U-M students. You can only register to attend this event within Handshake. If you'd like to indicate that you'll be attending this event then please go to umich.joinhandshake.com\, locate theevent\, and then click the 'Join Event’ button. UID:48690-11267850@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48690 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Alumni Association, Room, 200 Fletcher St, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104, United States CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180119T172744 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T193000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Schlumberger Corporate Info Session DESCRIPTION:Positions: Full-time\, Intern\nMajors:Aerospace Engineering\, Civil Engineering\, Computer Engineering\, Computer Science\, Electrical Engineering\, Industrial and Operations Engineering\, Mechanical Engineering \nDegrees: Undergraduate\, Masters\, PhD\nCitizenship: US Citizenship or Permanent Resident\nResumes: Yes \n\nSchlumberger is the world’s leading supplier of technology\, integrated project management and information solutions to customers working in the oil and gas industry worldwide. Employing more than 115\,000 people representing over 140 nationalities and working in approximately 85 countries\, Schlumberger provides the industry’s widest range of products and services from exploration through production. Schlumberger recently completed a merger with Cameron combining two complementary technology portfolios into a pore-to-pipeline products and services offering to the global oil and gas industry. UID:49002-11342293@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49002 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Civil and Environmental Engineering,Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Engineering,Industrial and Operations Engineering,Mechanical Engineering LOCATION:Industrial and Operations Engineering Building - 1680 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171031T210158 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T200000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Food Literacy for All: Josh Slotnick DESCRIPTION:Food Literacy for All (ENVIRON 305 and EAS 639.038\, 2 credits) is a community-academic partnership course at the University of Michigan.\n\nStructured as an evening lecture series\, Food Literacy for All features different guest speakers each week to address diverse challenges and opportunities of both domestic and global food systems. The course is designed to prioritize engaged scholarship that connects theory and practice. By bringing national and global leaders\, we aim to ignite new conversations and deepen existing commitments to building more equitable\, health-promoting\, and ecologically sustainable food systems. UID:46412-10481178@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46412 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food,Free,Social Justice,Sustainability LOCATION:Angell Hall - Aud B CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180106T130415 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Marketing Basics Workshop DESCRIPTION:Finding it hard to market your student org across campus? Trying to extend your reach?\n\nCome to our free marketing workshop for advice from various on-campus organizations on how to catch the eye of potential members and event attendees! \n\nDate: Tuesday\, January 23 \nTime: 6:30pm-8:00pm\nLocation: Anderson D Room\, Michigan Union UID:48297-11201926@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48297 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Workshop LOCATION:Michigan Union - Anderson Room D CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180123T180031 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Marketing Basics Workshop DESCRIPTION:Finding it hard to market your student org across campus? Trying to extend your reach?\n\nCome to our free marketing workshop for advice from various on-campus organizations on how to catch the eye of potential members and event attendees! \n\nDate: Tuesday\, January 23 \nTime: 6:30pm-8:00pm\nLocation: Anderson D Room\, Michigan Union UID:48307-11204526@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48307 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Anderson D Room, Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171121T102341 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T203000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Bioethics Discussion: Assisted Reproduction DESCRIPTION:A roundtable discussion for the bravest in the new world.\n\nA few essays to consider:\n\"The ethics of uterus transplantation\"\n\"Assisted reproduction in same sex couples\"\n\"Multiple gestation and damaged babies\"\n\nFor more information and to receive a copy of the essays\, please contact Barry Belmont (belmont@umich.edu). UID:43723-9832711@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43723 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Biomedical Engineering,Engineering,Interdisciplinary,Law,LGBT,Medicine,Michigan Engineering,Philosophy,Politics,Public Health,Public Policy,Science,Social Impact,Women's Studies LOCATION:Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL) - 2185 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180105T140613 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T203000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Chico MacMurtrie: Border Crossers: Part 1 DESCRIPTION:Special Event: Tuesday\, January 23 at 7pm / Riverside Art Center\, 76 N. Huron St\, Ypsilanti\, MI 48197\n\nChico MacMurtrie is an award-winning artist\, renowned internationally for his large-scale sculptures\, whose work combines materiality and robotics. As the Artistic Director of Amorphic Robot Works (ARW)\, an interdisciplinary creative collective located in Brooklyn\, New York\, MacMurtrie has received numerous awards for his experimental new media artworks\, including five grants from the National Endowment for the Arts\, the Andy Warhol Foundation Grant\, the Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship\, VIDA Life 11.0\, and Prix Ars Electronica. Chico MacMurtrie was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship in Fine Arts in 2016. MacMurtrie/ARW are currently focusing on the development of Border Crossers — a series co-created with U-M faculty\, staff\, and students — featuring lightweight robotic sculptures that will attempt to cross the U.S.-Mexico border and other borders around the world. The inflatable sculptures rise up to several stories high and extend across a given threshold. Their choreographed performance\, originating on both sides of the border\, would stage a symbolic connection.\n\nThis Penny Stamps Speaker Series event is presented in partnership with the Institute for the Humanities\, with support from the Michigan Council for the Arts & Cultural Affairs and the Arts Alliance. UID:47866-11035891@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47866 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180123T180013 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T200000 SUMMARY:Meeting:Miscellania Winter '18 Mass meeting DESCRIPTION:Miscellania is having a mass meeting on Tuesday\, January 19 from 7-8pm in Room 4 of the Michigan League!\n\nWhether you've just heard of Miscellania and are interested in learning more or you’ve come to events in the past\, we recommend that you attend the mass meeting so that you can meet the Core Team and other Umich students and EAT FREE FOOD. UID:48054-11172711@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48054 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Room 4 in the League CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180118T143100 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T203000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:One Librarian\, One Reference: Annual Wikipedia Edit-a-thon DESCRIPTION:Help make Wikipedia more reliable. We invite librarians and lovers of libraries to come and learn how simple it is to add citations to Wikipedia — even if you've never edited Wikipedia before! Please register a Wikipedia account prior to attending and bring your own device.\n\nJoin us on Tuesday\, January 23 and/or Tuesday\, January 30\, 7:00pm-8:30pm\, in the PIE Space of the Shapiro Design Lab (first floor Shapiro Library).\n\nSponsored by the ALA student chapter at the U-M School of Information. UID:48930-11331174@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48930 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Library,Workshop LOCATION:Shapiro Library - PIE Space, Design Lab, 1st Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180109T121514 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Stearns Collection Virginia Howard Martin Lecture Series: Eliot Bates DESCRIPTION:This talk builds upon a long-term research project into acoustic instruments in present-day Turkey\, and an ongoing project exploring the emergence and development of the Eurorack format for modular synthesizers. In both cases the research is ethnographic\, although each case study requires considerably different research methods. While the Anatolian saz and a Eurorack synthesizer might initially appear to be very different instruments (especially around questions of interface and audible aesthetics)\, they share in common some surprising features concerning normative modes of human-object interaction and conceptualizations of agency. I use these case studies to explore two questions that have broader implications for music studies. First\, musical instruments are instrumental towards what ends\, and how are these ends instrumentalized? Second\, how can a careful attention to instruments and instrumentality tell us something more general about the relations of people and technical/technological objects? As I will argue\, ethnomusicological inquiry has considerable potential to make a fruitful intervention into science and technology studies\, especially with regards to the study of technological use.\n\nEliot Bates is an ethnomusicologist specializing in digital audio recording cultures and the production of contemporary music in Istanbul\, Turkey. A graduate of UC Berkeley (2008)\, he is currently an assistant professor of Ethnomusicology at the Graduate Center at the City University of New York\, and prior to this taught at the University of Birmingham (UK)\, Cornell University\, and the University of Maryland\, College Park. UID:47728-11004681@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47728 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Glenn E. Watkins Lecture Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180102T231126 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180123T203000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Value the Voice: Nobody Told Me Presented by the U-M Comprehensive Studies Program​ and Department of Afroamerican and African Studies DESCRIPTION:Storytelling is one of the oldest forms of educational entertainment known to mankind. From the West African tradition of the Griot to modern day Moth events\, storytelling environments have served as a means to pass along history\, shape culture\, share helpful lessons\, and establish a sense of belonging and community.\n\nThe U-M Comprehensive Studies Program and Department of Afroamerican and African Studies invite you to explore themes related to campus life\, coming of age\, and learning and growing\, at this series of Moth Style Storyteller Lounge events. The theme for January's event will be Nobody Told Me\, stories of things people wish they would have known before the started a new semester. Storytellers include students\, faculty and staff\, and Voices of Wisdom (alums or community members).​\n\nFuture Value the Voice programs:\nTuesday\, March 27 - Triumph\, stories of overcoming challenges in the college environment.\n\nLight food and refreshments will follow in the UMMA Commons. \n\nFor more information\, please contact Keith Jason at mrjason@umich.edu or 734-764-9128 UID:47989-11162393@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47989 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Africa,Art,Culture,Free,Multicultural,Museum,Poetry,Storytelling,UMMA,Writing LOCATION:Museum of Art - Helmut Stern Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR