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:20181026T000024 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181025T223000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T003000 SUMMARY:Other:Home game vs. Liberty University DESCRIPTION:Home game vs. Liberty UniversityWarmups: 10:00pm UID:56982-14059220@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/56982 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Yost Ice Arena CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181018T082626 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T230000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Detroit Community Based Research Program Application Open DESCRIPTION:The Detroit Community Based Research Program (DCBRP) is a social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the University of Michigan Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program that places students with community based organizations in full-time research positions. Students work with community organizations on projects addressing social and environmental justice\, food insecurity\, human rights\, public health\, youth development\, and more!\nhttps://lsa.umich.edu/urop/students/summer-programs/community-based-research-fellowship.html\n\nDue December 4th by 9AM UID:56557-13942299@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/56557 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Applications,Dcbrp,Deadlines,Environment,Fellowship,Research,Undergraduate,Urop LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180920T112226 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T120000 SUMMARY:Other:February 15\, 2019-Michigan in Washington Application Deadline DESCRIPTION:MIW application deadline for regular admission Fall 2019 and early admission Winter 2020. UID:55713-13775115@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/55713 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Admissions,Applications,Deadlines,Diversity,Internship,Leadership,Pre-Law,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Public Policy,Research,Scholarships,Social Sciences,Study Abroad,Transfer Students,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181022T154153 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T230000 SUMMARY:Other:OrgLead Applications DESCRIPTION:Looking to enhance your leadership skills and make an impact in your organization?\n \nOrglead is a student development series that aims to help student leaders improve their organizations through professional development like marketing\, funding\, and membership retention. Thirteen sessions on Mondays during the winter semester are lead by presenters from the Center for Campus Involvement and the division of Student Life. \n\nApplications are open! Don't forget to apply by Monday\, November 5th! UID:57001-14059401@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/57001 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Student Org,Workshop LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181105T180023 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T235959 SUMMARY:Other:OrgLead Applications DESCRIPTION:Looking to enhance your leadership skills and make an impact in your organization?\n\nOrgLead is a student development series that aims to help student leaders improve their organizations through professional development like marketing\, funding\, and membership retention. Thirteen sessions on Mondays during the winter semester are lead by presenters from the Center for Campus Involvement and the division of Student Life. \nApply here: https://tinyurl.com/orgleadapp. Applications are open now but close on Monday\, November 5th! Don't forget to apply before the deadline!  UID:57006-14186906@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/57006 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Apply online! CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181001T150555 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T160000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:2018 NERS Bootcamp DESCRIPTION:WHO: We are looking for undergraduate junior and seniors from nuclear engineering\, electrical engineering and computer science\, mechanical engineering\, physics\, etc.\n\nApply now for the October 26\, 2018 Bootcamp (deadline to apply: August 30) !\n\nJoin us for a one-day bootcamp to learn about how you can launch your career and change the world with a graduate degree in Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences! Our faculty\, staff\, and students will be available to tell you about graduate school\, including how to develop a great application\, topics of research\, life on campus\, funding\, etc. We will have presentations\, panel discussions\, and mixers. If selected\, we will cover your travel costs to and from Ann Arbor\, MI\, accommodation\, and food.\n\nApply at: https://goo.gl/forms/tymlXZoKlwBeD1ny1\n\nDownload the flyer at: \nhttps://ners.engin.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2018/04/Reboot-Flier-2018-final.pdf\n\nSCHEDULE:\n\nOctober 25: Dinner mixer with current PhD students\n\nOctober 26:\n\n08:00 Welcome and Introduction to NERS (led by NERS faculty)\n• Impact of NERS on societal issues\n• Milestones and timeline to PhD\n• Masters program\n• Student support (Research Assistant\, Student Instructor\, Fellowships)\n\n09:00 Laboratory Tours (guided by NERS PhD students)\n\n11:00 Part 1. Improve your application to graduate school (led by NERS faculty)\n• Procuring great letter writers\n• Research and personal statements \n• GRE/TOEFL\nPart 2. Future careers in Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences \n• Industry\, National Laboratory\, Academia\n\n12:00 Lunch with current NERS PhD students\nPanel - Life as a PhD student in NERS (current NERS PhD students)\n\n13:00 Learn about NERS research options \n• Break-out sessions with fission\, materials\, measurements\, and plasmas \n\n16:00 Depart UID:52020-12362861@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/52020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Energy,Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences,Prospective Graduate Students LOCATION:Cooley Building - Ann Arbor, MI, Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180808T084425 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Animal Friends: Ceramic Sculpture DESCRIPTION:Marcia Polenberg loves animals\, each with its own unique personality\, intelligence and expressive range of emotions. Using terra-cotta sculpture clay\, Polenberg hand builds her ceramic animals\, seemingly bringing them to life. The face of each one-of-a-kind work of art expresses happiness\, surprise\, mischief\, or a free spirit. Every sculpture is glazed and fired many times\, building up a rich\, textured colored surface. Holding an MFA from the U-M Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design in ceramics and sculpture and a BA from the City University of New York in painting\, Polenberg widely exhibits her creative works in several media: ceramics\, paint\, graphite and pastel. UID:53529-13398970@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/53529 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180808T090004 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Celebrating Science & Art DESCRIPTION:The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research\, and are beautiful in their detail\, form and symmetry. For each one\, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells\, tissues and organs\, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants\, worms\, fruit flies\, fish\, mice and yes\, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators\, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images\, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma\, bipolar disease\, epilepsy and cancer. UID:53532-13399216@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Basic Science,Biointerfaces,Biology,Biosciences,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Interdisciplinary,Life Science LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181025T115910 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T210000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Engineering Graduate Symposium DESCRIPTION:The Engineering Graduate Symposium is a College-wide event focusing on doctoral and master’s students’ research. College of Engineering current graduate students are invited to submit an abstract and a poster for one of the poster sessions. \n\nThe day-long program features the following opportunities for graduate students:\n\n-Showcase research in poster presentations and scientific visualizations\n-Showcase outstanding dissertation work in department-nominated oral and poster presentations\n-Receive constructive feedback on your poster and presentation skills from faculty and alumni\n-Monetary prizes for best presenters in each technical track\n-Networking with alumni\, faculty\, peers\, and prospective students\n-Featured speakers\n-Attend sponsor information booths\, info sessions\, and interviews\n\nPlease do not hesitate to email us at SymposiumInfo@umich.edu\, if you have any questions\, comments\, or would like to get involved. We look forward to meeting you and welcoming you. UID:57078-14083993@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/57078 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Engineering,Engineering Academic Calendar,Graduate Students,symposium,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Duderstadt Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180808T090318 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Innovations in Ornament DESCRIPTION:This group show of jewelry and ornaments includes the work of Roger Martin\, who tackled the subject of a raven by relying on planes and shadow lines to imbue the surfaces of the bird with personality. Another one of the seven artists\, Lorraine Kolasa\, picked up the old fashioned art of tatting\, then cast tiny pieces of her handmade lace into sterling silver jewelry. Michael Nashef\, who spent half his life in war-torn Lebanon\, has created a series of innovative vessels and brooches. Other artists included in this exhibit are Kim Cridler\, Roger Smith\, Renee Zettle-Sterling and Ruth Taubman\, whose unmatched exuberance of color and 36 years of work and business innovation\, place her jewelry firmly on the national stage. UID:53533-13399298@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/53533 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180808T084750 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Michigan Medicine Employee Art Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Each year Gifts of Art presents an exhibition of artwork by Michigan Medicine faculty\, staff\, students\, volunteers and family members. It showcases the exceptional talent\, creativity and accomplishments of artists in the extensive (~26\,000) Michigan Medicine community. There are artist juried ribbon awards for Best in Category\, Best in Show\, and a People's Choice award determined by ballots in the on-site voting box. Winners will be announced at the Award Ceremony & Reception held in the exhibit gallery\, date TBA. For more information\, please visit: www.med.umich.edu/goa/employee.htm. UID:53530-13399052@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/53530 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180808T085154 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Organic Fiction: Acrylic on Canvas DESCRIPTION:Hava Gurevich’s colorful abstractions feature botanical\, aquatic and microscopic motifs as she explores repeating patterns in nature. Blending images from the real world and her imagination\, Organic Fiction celebrates nature in all its beauty\, chaos and complexity. Hava Gurevich received a BFA in photography from U-M and an MFA in painting from Illinois State University. Her creative process begins with photographs and sketches of details in nature\, such as tree branches\, ice patterns\, twisted vines\, and delicate spring blossoms. These drawings contribute to her personal vocabulary of shapes and gestures\, and she often digitally combines them with older paintings to become starting points of new works. UID:53531-13399134@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/53531 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180808T091151 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Pacific Underwater Photography DESCRIPTION:A passionate diver for more than 22 years\, Lucy S. Wu is a self-taught artist. She started with film photography and now works in digital. This exhibit displays her friends of the sea and the stunning colors and patterns of the underwater world. Her “aquarium” is the Pacific Ocean along the southeastern Asian coastline from Australia north to the Philippines\, as well as Micronesia and the Galapagos Islands. Her goal is to show the beauty and character of the life she encounters\, with the hope that her photography will inspire ocean conservation. Wu grew up in Ann Arbor and is now based in Las Vegas\, Nevada. UID:53534-13399380@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/53534 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Life Science,nature,Southeast Asia LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Rogel Cancer Center, Level 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180808T084033 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Strokes of a Reed Pen: Arabic Calligraphy DESCRIPTION:Dr. Nihad Dukhan’s modern Arabic calligraphy designs have a cross-cultural and personal form. He also creates classical designs using natural ink on ahar paper and acrylic on canvas\, with pure gold and gouache color geometric and vegetal ornamentations. A native of Gaza\, Palestine\, Dukhan is now based in Farmington Hills\, Michigan\, and is a professor of mechanical engineering at University of Detroit Mercy. He received his master’s degrees in Arabic/Islamic calligraphy in Istanbul and the US after 15+ years of study. As a master of this time honored art tradition\, he hopes to reach across cultural barriers and provide messages of oneness and shared values. UID:53528-13398888@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/53528 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180913T104310 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Unique Perspectives: Maps from Tokugawa & Meiji Japan DESCRIPTION:This exhibit of Japanese maps produced during the Tokugawa and Meiji eras (eighteenth and nineteenth centuries)\, includes maps of the world\, Japan\, and cities including Tokyo (Edo) and Kyoto. A major loan from the collection of Barry MacLean\, Lake Forest\, Illinois\, forms the core of the exhibit\, supplemented with works on loan from the Robert B. Hall Collection illustrating the Tokaido road\, and selected maps from the Stephen S. Clark Library collection.\n\nAudubon Room hours:\nSunday\, 1-6pm\; Monday-Friday\, 8:30am-6pm\; Saturday\, 10am-6pm\n\nClark Library hours:\nSunday\, 1pm-12am\; Monday-Thursday\, 8am-12am\; Friday\, 8am-7pm\; Saturday\, 10am-6pm\n\nJoin us for an opening celebration on September 20\, 4-7 p.m. UID:55296-13713833@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/55296 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Japanese Studies,Library,Maps LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Audubon Room and Clark Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180921T112328 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:David Cope: Player of Invisible Keys DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the work of Michigan poet David Cope\, once described by Allen Ginsberg as one of the \"leading lights of the next generation.\" This exhibit draws on drafts\, proofs\, and other documents from Cope's archive to offer a glimpse into his poetic and editorial process.\n\nWorking most often in the Objectivist tradition of Charles Reznikoff\, Carl Rakosi\, and George Oppen\, David Cope has a particular gift for descriptive detail and for juxtaposing the the intimacy of daily life with commentary on the arc of current events and the particularity of personal relationships with the universality of human experience. He received the Pushcart Prize for “The Crash” in 1977 and an award in literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters for On The Bridge (1986). Additionally\, for more than forty years\, Cope has edited and published a small press literary magazine\, The Big Scream\, providing a venue for more than 200 poets\, including both big names names and younger\, lesser-known poets. Earlier this year\, Ghost Pony Press released Cope’s eighth poetry collection: The Invisible Keys: New and Selected Poems.\n\nOn view during Special Collections Research Center hours: Monday-Friday\, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. UID:55790-13777587@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/55790 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Library,Poetry LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Special Collections, 6th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181012T151906 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T101500 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Envisioning the Future: Business as Creators DESCRIPTION:As part of the “Working Towards Shared Prosperity” conference at Ross sponsored by Business+Impact and the Aspen Institute Business & Society Program\, this is one of two free public events for students\, staff and the general public.\n\nBusiness is not an innocent bystander when it comes to forces such as technology and market shifts. Why then is the current narrative about how business can “cope” with the future of work instead of recognizing the deep influence business has in building that future? What could a more just version of work look like and how do we get there?\n\nJim Keane\, CEO\, Steelcase will be interviewed by Joe Nocera\, Bloomberg\n\nJoined by Rebecca Henderson\, Harvard University and Tom Kochan\, MIT Sloan School of Management\n\nThis event and the conference at large are supported by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation\, Accenture\, Deloitte\, the Good Companies\, Good Jobs Initiative at MIT Sloan\, and the C.K. Prahalad Initiative. The media partner for the conference is The Conversation. UID:56727-13969943@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/56727 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community Service,Public Policy,Social Impact,Social Justice LOCATION:Ross School of Business - ROBERTSON AUDITORIUM CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180920T171419 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibition | Urban Biographies\, Ancient and Modern DESCRIPTION:Human beings are political animals\, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis\,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later\, we are still political animals\, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest\, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture. \n\nThis exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy\, Olynthos in Greece\, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities\, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning\, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit\, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today? \n\nLead Curator: Christopher Ratté\nCo-Curators: Lisa Nevett\, Nicola Terrenato\, and Kathy Velikov\n\nVisit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies UID:52176-12520847@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Archaeology,Architecture,Classical Studies,Detroit,Environment,Exhibition,Museum LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181024T165720 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T170000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Fall Preview Weekend DESCRIPTION:Explore a Michigan PhD\nOctober 26-27\, 2018\n\nThe Astronomy & Astrophysics Ph.D. program will host a select group of invited students to visit us for a preview event of our PhD program. This department-funded opportunity will allow prospective students to explore graduate education\, participate in admissions workshops\, meet world-renowned faculty and current graduate students\, and learn about life in Ann Arbor.\n\nApplications for the 2018 Preview Weekend are closed. Please check back in Summer 2019 for details about the 2019 Fall Preview Weekend.\n\nQuestions? Contact astrophdprogram@umich.edu UID:53178-13272082@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/53178 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy LOCATION:West Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181028T180014 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T235959 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Wisconsin Scrimmage DESCRIPTION:MCSA Scrimmage at Wisco UID:55257-14115088@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/55257 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180910T125158 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T120000 SUMMARY:Other:Write-Togethers (for grad students) DESCRIPTION:Write-together sessions provide structure\, space\, and time for graduate writers working on papers\, theses\, and dissertations. These Fridays Write-together sessions (from 9am-noon) bring graduate writers into common quiet space to work. Sweetland will offer short presentations on writing and work productivity\, distribute writing support and information\, and provide coffee\, tea\, and refreshments.\n\nFor more info and to register visit https://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/graduates/write-together-sessions.html UID:53868-13470146@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/53868 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dissertation,Graduate,Writing LOCATION:North Quad - Space 2435 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181026T095334 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T113000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Applied Microeconomics/IO Seminar\, Public Finance DESCRIPTION:Details to come. UID:54221-13539479@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/54221 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,seminar LOCATION:Lorch Hall - 301 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181004T123250 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Art Exhibit: Nancy Blum\, RC Class of '85 DESCRIPTION:RC alumna '85 Nancy Blum returns to East Quad to exhibit her drawings of flowers and to deliver the 10/19 Robertson Lecture on her public art installations. \n\nExcerpted from her artist statement:\nMy large‐scale works on paper\, rendered in ink\, colored pencil\, gouache and graphite\, portray a fantastic realm in which flowers own the space. I use a variety of 16th and 17th-century botanical images\, from Chinese plum blossoms to German botanicals\, as starting points for each drawing. Rather than alluding to an actual landscape\, I instead combine species of plants in the same drawing that would not customarily exist together in nature. Obsessive handwork creates intricate layers of visual information to be discovered over time and\, in this way\, the works become a seductive meditation for the viewer.\n\nI use botanical motifs to create images that are universally associated with growth and continuity. My deeper intent is to conjure the ‘flower’ as an active\, forceful agent\, subverting a culturally conditioned point of view that often deems the ephemeral and the organic as less powerful and of limited value. My ‘wonderland’ presents a view of life that pulses with expansive fecundity\; hopefully\, it also propels comprehension of the connectedness of all beings within the limitless energy operating throughout this world.\n\nWhen making art for public spaces\, I strive to invest these commissions with similar content\, while bringing beauty and a high level of craft to a particular environment. As I conceive and develop each piece\, I respond to the specifics of the surrounding architecture\, ecosystem\, and community in an effort to compellingly meet the needs of the site. My studio practice\, in turn\, is invigorated by opportunities to design work in relationship to an existing framework\, and the special demands and responsibilities this process entails. UID:56392-13896770@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/56392 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Free,Visual Arts,Well-being LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181015T101448 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:How Black is American Film History?: A Scholarship and Pedagogy Mini-Conference DESCRIPTION:The event investigates the formation of the American film industry from its origins into the 1940s and beyond\, paying special attention to the racially specific underpinnings of stardom\, animation\, and exhibition. The mini-conference's invited speakers will discuss their groundbreaking research into the complex relationships between black audiences and black performers in the classical Hollywood era\, early American animation’s reliance on blackface minstrelsy\, and understanding African American film exhibition before 1930 as broadcasts of racial uplift and demands to control their own visual representation on screen. During the pedagogy session\, the speakers will also interrogate how research into film history and cinema-related archival collections can help University faculty and graduate student instructors foster and facilitate critical discussions of race with their students. UID:56285-13876215@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/56285 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Film,Graduate,Media,Research,Scholarship LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery Room 100 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181019T192630 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T173000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Mediterranean Seminar. Margins of the Mediterranean DESCRIPTION:The Mediterranean is defined by its margins: the edge that connects land and sea\, the cultural boundary that delineates the maritime region and links it to the continents that circle it. This conference studies boundaries and transit zones in order to think about the connections between Mediterranean and continental networks of trade and transit. \n\nFriday\, October 26 \n10:20 AM - 1:30 PM: Workshops \n2:30 PM - 3:45 PM: Workshops\n4:00 PM - 5:30 PM: Keynote: Persis Berlekamp \n \nSaturday\, October 27 \n10:30 AM - 1:15 PM: Roundtables \n2:30 PM - 4:00 PM: Mediterranity From The Edge Workshop \n \nFull schedule and registration at http://myumi.ch/Lrdd2.\n\nSponsors: Global Islamic Studies Center\; Armenian Studies Program\; Center for European Studies\; Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies\; College of Literature\, Science\, and the Arts\; Department of Anthropology\; Department of Classical Studies\; Department of Comparative Literature\; Department of History\; Department of History of Art\; Department of Middle East Studies\; Department of Romance Languages & Literatures\; Frankel Center for Judaic Studies\; Institute for the Humanities\; U-M Office of Research\n\nIf you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event\, please reach out to islamicstudies@umich.edu at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. UID:53454-13383548@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/53454 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Africa,European,Humanities,Interdisciplinary,International,Mediterranean,Middle East Studies,Multicultural,Muslim,Social Sciences LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 555 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180920T145403 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T113000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:U-M Structure Seminar DESCRIPTION:Qingyun Dan\nResearch Associate\, Janet Smith Lab\, University of Michigan\n\nSean Newmister\nPost-doctoral Research Fellow\, David Sherman Lab\, University of Michigan UID:55735-13777507@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/55735 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Structural Biology LOCATION:Life Sciences Institute - Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180815T104044 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Abstraction\, Color\, and Politics in the Early 1970s DESCRIPTION:Can abstract art be about politics? In the early 1970s\, that question was hotly debated as artists\, critics\, and the public grappled with the relationship between art\, politics\, race\, and feminism. Many of those debates centered on bringing to light the roles that gender and race played in how “great modern art” was defined and assessed\, and on employing art to advance civil rights. Within this discourse\, abstraction had an especially fraught role. To many\, the decision by women artists and artists of color to make abstract art seemed to represent a retreat from politics and protest: an abnegation of a commitment to civil rights and feminism. \"Abstraction\, Color\, and Politics in the Early 1970s\" presents large-scale work by four leading American artists—Helen Frankenthaler\, Sam Gilliam\, Al Loving\, and Louise Nevelson—who chose abstraction as a means of expression within the intense political climate of the early 1970s.\n\nLead support for \"Abstraction\, Color\, and Politics in the Early 1970s\" is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, Michigan Medicine\, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund\, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment\, and the University of Michigan Institute for Research on Women and Gender. Additional generous support is provided by the Robert and Janet Miller Fund and the University of Michigan Department of Political Science. UID:53719-13452943@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/53719 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180724T134959 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Beyond Borders: Global Africa DESCRIPTION:More than ever in the era of globalization\, ideas traverse geographic\, generational\, and cultural boundaries\, even as national borders seem to be closing. 'Beyond Borders: Global Africa' reflects on this moment by considering how Africa and its artists have been at the center of complex histories of encounter and exchange for centuries. Bringing together a dazzling array of works made in Africa\, Europe\, and the United States from the nineteenth to twenty-first century\, the exhibition demonstrates the international scope and reach of art from Africa and the African diaspora. It also explores issues such as slavery\, colonization\, migration\, racism\, and identity at play in the objects and their histories. Highlights include paintings\, photographs\, sculpture\, and installations by Kudzanai Chiurai\, Omar Victor Diop\, Wangechi Mutu\, and Serge Alain Nitegeka. The exhibition will be accompanied by a fully-illustrated publication\, the tenth in the UMMA Books series.\n\nLead support for 'Beyond Borders: Global Africa' is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, Michigan Medicine\, the National Endowment for the Arts\, and the University of Michigan Office of Research\, African Studies Center\, and Department of Afroamerican and African Studies. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan CEW Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund and Susan Ullrich. UID:53175-13272012@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/53175 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Africa,African American,Art,Culture,Exhibition,Multicultural,Museum,Storytelling,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180904T121534 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Have We Met? Dialogues on Memory and Desire DESCRIPTION:Have We Met: Dialogues on Memory and Desire draws inspiration from Ann Arbor’s legacy of social movements (Anti-War Movement\, Civil Rights Movements) and experimental art practices (The Once Group) from the late-1950s to the 1970s as its point of departure. It brings together archival materials and reproductions from the University of Michigan’s Labadie Collection and the Bentley Library in conjunction with radical artworks by diverse\, multi-generational artists and designers whose works are deeply influenced by the ideas of freedom and self-determination\; re-writing the canonical accounts of history\; and building contemporary culture and solidarity through collective action.\n\nAt a time when the idea of citizenship in the United States is being deeply challenged and redefined through horrific occurrences of gun violence and police brutality towards racialized and queer civilians and refugees\, this exhibition asks what role art institutions can play in building inclusive and vibrant creative spaces the 21st Century. Have We Met? Dialogues on Memory and Desire retraces and learns from models of collectivity and organizing mobilized by artists\, designers\, and cultural producers in the past and present as a lens to understand the contemporary moment and re-imagine the future.  It explores the complex relationships and at times overlapping and contested concerns between contemporary art\, design\, and social justice that continually influence and inform one another.\n\nArtists: Rudolf Baranik\, Stephanie Dinkins\, Emory Douglas\, Brendan Fernandes\, Chitra Ganesh\, Carole Harris\, Maren Hassinger\, Al Loving\, Josh MacPhee\, Native Art Department International\, Michele Oka Doner\, Yoko Ono\, Kameelah Janan Rasheed\, Martha Rosler\, Buster Simpson\, Gregory Sholette\, Leni Sinclair\, Stephanie Syjuco\, Graem Whyte\, and Zafos Xagoraris. \n\nCurated by Srimoyee Mitra. UID:53348-13349521@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/53348 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Social Justice LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180724T135804 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:New at UMMA: Life Magazine 1947 Homecoming Photographs DESCRIPTION:In October 1947\, just two years after the end of World War II\, the popular weekly news magazine LIFE sent staff photographers Lisa Larsen and Ralph Morse to cover homecoming weekend at the University of Michigan. The subsequent article\, “Michigan Homecoming\,” which brought national attention to UM’s athletic program\, featured a seven-page spread with photographs of the campus during a much-anticipated football game between the number-one ranked Michigan Wolverines and the University of Minnesota’s Golden Gophers. This installation provides a unique opportunity to view twenty-one images of that weekend\, many of which were not published in the original article\, recently donated to UMMA by John and Susan Edwards Harvith. Considered alongside the article\, these photographs of fervent fans\, strolling couples\, alumni making their annual pilgrimage\, and the game itself present LIFE magazine’s view of a giddy post-war public enjoying a return to American pastimes.\n\nThese photographs were recently gifted to UMMA by John (AB '69\, JD '73) and Susan (MMP '73) Harvith. UID:53176-13272072@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/53176 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Football,Game,Homecoming,Magazine,Museum,Photography,Sports,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181120T121840 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T210000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Painting His Way Home DESCRIPTION:*Free and Open to Public*\n\nA self-taught artist who spent 45 years in prison for a crime committed when he was 17 years old\, Martin Vargas has participated in the Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners since its inception in 1996. He has created hundreds of pieces of art\, one of which was gifted to Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor during her visit to University of Michigan in 2017. \n\nEarlier this year\, Martin came home after more 45 years of incarceration. Join us and celebrate Martin at Detroit Street Filling Station (300 Detroit St.\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48104) as he opens his solo exhibition in Ann Arbor on Oct 17\, 2018 (reception at 5:30 p.m.). The exhibition opens through December\, 2018 (11 am - 9 pm\, Tuesday - Saturday\; 10 am - 3 pm on Sunday\; Closed on Monday)\n\nThis Exhibition is co-sponsored by Detroit Street Filling Station\n\nImage: Painting His Way Home\, Martin Vargas\, Acrylic\, 2017 UID:56440-13906008@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/56440 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Diversity,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Exhibition,Free,Humanities,Inclusion,Interdisciplinary,Social Justice,Visual Arts LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Detroit Street Filling Station (300 Detroit St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180813T155319 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The D. N. Diedrich Collection of Manuscript Americana\, 17th-20th Century DESCRIPTION:The breadth and depth of the D. N. Diedrich Collection of Manuscript Americana\, 17th-20th Century includes over 1\,100 original letters\, documents\, and other handwritten items\, plus nearly 110 bound volumes and archival collections cover wide-ranging but deeply intertwined subject matter\, such as American speech\, education\, government\, Christianity\, literature\, music\, philanthropy. UID:53659-13444118@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/53659 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Books,Education,History,Library,Literature,Museum,Philosophy,Research LOCATION:William Clements Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181012T152758 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Femicide\, Infrapolitics\, and Sexual Difference DESCRIPTION:Talk: Thursday\, October 25th\, at 4PM\nRLL Commons MLB 4th Floor\n\n\nWorkshop: Friday\, October 26th\, 11:30- 1PM\nRLL Commons MLB 4th Floor\n\n\nAll events are free and open to the public\n\n\nProfessor Sol Peláez will present a talk on sexual difference and Latin American literature\, concentrating in the works of Luce Irigaray\, Helène Cixous\, Jacques Derrida\, and Joan Copjec. Her research explores how the notion of infrapolitics articulates with sexual difference through a reading of Selva Almada’s work Chicas Muertas (2014). Almada\, an Argentine writer\, writes a hybrid text investigating 3 femicides in Argentina during the 80’s\, the first years of the democratic transition. The writing of Almada traces the hierarchical powers of gender violence and opens a space to think woman beyond the patriarchal binaries and its violence. What does it mean to be a woman if one is not what the killers want\, that is\, a mere biological body? How not to be reduced to that minimal body that the murderers aim to appropriate totally? How not to be reduced to a mere body without rest\, to escape that biological murdering determinism?\n\n\nPeláez addresses those questions from a unique perspective which engages closely with feminism and Latin-American studies. She approaches an under researched area of philosophy\, i.e. sexual difference\, and articulates it with contemporary works of Latin American fiction and critical thought. Her scholar work on gender and sexuality is addressing historical gaps in both scholarships and responds to a particular urgency to discuss women’s work and intellectual contributions in our times. \n\n\nIn the workshop\, Peláez will be present for an informal discussion of texts on sexual difference with faculty and graduate students. \n\n\nPlease e-mail rparrine@umich.com to RSVP to the workshop and receive the texts we will be discussing. UID:56726-13969945@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/56726 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Lecture,Workshop LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - RLL Commons, 4th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181019T172751 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Statistics Department Seminar Series: Pierre Bellec\, Assistant Professor of statistics\, Rugers University DESCRIPTION:In sparse linear regression\, it is now well understood that the Lasso achieves fast prediction rates\, provided that the correlations of the design satisfy some Restricted Eigenvalue or Compatibility condition\, and provided that the tuning parameter is at least larger than some threshold. Using the two quantities introduced in the paper\, we show that the compatibility condition on the design matrix is actually unavoidable to achieve fast prediction rates with the Lasso. In other words\, the $\ell_1$-regularized Lasso must incur a loss due to the correlations of the design matrix\, measured in terms of the compatibility constant. This results holds for any design matrix\, any active subset of covariates\, and any positive tuning parameter.\nWe also characterize sharp phase transitions for the tuning parameter of the Lasso around a critical threshold dependent on the sparsity $k$. If $\lambda$ is equal to or larger than this critical threshold\, the Lasso is minimax over $k$-sparse target vectors. If $\lambda$ is equal or smaller than this critical threshold\, the Lasso incurs a loss of order $\sigma\sqrt k$\, even if the target vector has far fewer than $k$ nonzero coefficients. This sharp phase transition highlights a minimal penalty phenomenon similar to that observed in model selection with $\ell_0$ regularization by Birge and Massart. UID:53001-13176894@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/53001 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:seminar LOCATION:West Hall - 411 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181028T180014 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T235959 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Cedarfest DESCRIPTION:C tier MCSA regatta just up the road. UID:55597-14115096@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/55597 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180813T181519 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Dance Modern Lab Master Class Series: Donnell Oakley DESCRIPTION:Donnell Oakley is an independent choreographer\, dancer\, and teacher based in Brooklyn\, New York. She has had her work produced through a variety of theaters and received residencies to support her work at The Silo\, The Lumberyard\, SUNY Brockport\, and The Yard as the 2013 Bessie Schönberg Choreographic Mentorship recipient. In addition to her independent work\, Oakley continues to create work with Chavasse Dance & Performance\, Cori Marquis + The Nines [IX]\, Steeledance\, her collective LMnO3 with Deborah Lohse & Cori Marquis\, and Doug Elkins Choreography Etc.\n\nEach Modern Lab session features a different guest artist teaching a master class and sections from their repertory. This panorama of the contemporary dance field is presented to broaden the students’ awareness of potential career possibilities. Each guest artist conducts a 30-minute technique class/warm-up and then teaches repertory that is performed by the class. In the final 15 minutes\, faculty coordinator Bill De Young conducts a Q & A with each artist\, discussing their career\; their recommendations for transitioning from student to professional\, and what they look for when they audition dancers for their projects.\n\nThis event supported in part by the EXCEL Lab. UID:52507-12842452@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/52507 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dance,Free LOCATION:Dance Building - Betty Pease Studio Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181018T144334 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T140000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:EIHS Workshop: Boundaries of Everyday Life DESCRIPTION:Taking up Fabio Lanza’s question–is there a socialist everyday?–this panel will explore the nature\, meanings\, and boundaries of “everyday life” as it has been imagined and theorized by a wide array of scholars and historical actors. In contexts ranging from early Soviet linguistic theory to China’s Cultural Revolution to European Maoism\, panelists ask: What is everyday life? Where does it begin and end\, and what is its relationship with socialist ideologies and practices? What are its limitations as an interpretive category?\n\nPanelists:\nA.C. Baecker\, PhD Candidate\, Asian Languages and Cultures\, University of Michigan\nFedor Maksimishin\, PhD Student\, History\, University of Michigan\nDavid Spreen\, PhD Candidate\, History\, University of Michigan\nFabio Lanza (respondent)\, Professor\, History\, East Asian Studies\, University of Arizona\nJohanna Folland (chair)\, PhD Candidate\, History\, University of Michigan\n\nFree and open to the public. Lunch provided. \n\nThis event is part of the Friday Series of the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies. It is made possible by a generous contribution from Kenneth and Frances Aftel Eisenberg. UID:54012-13513094@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/54012 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asia,History LOCATION:Tisch Hall - 1014 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181008T105226 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:HistLing Discussion Group DESCRIPTION:The HistLing Discussion Group is devoted to discussions of language change.This week\, Linguistics Professor Jeffrey Heath will present \"Neandertals and the second great re-chronologization: implications for (spoiler alert: purge of) theories in historical and general linguistics\" UID:55919-13805087@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/55919 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Discussion,Language LOCATION:Lorch Hall - 473 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181016T100450 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T170000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Michigan Meeting Fall Symposium: Life with/in Digital Objects DESCRIPTION:Schedule of Events for Friday\, 10/26\n12:00-12:45 meet and greet lunch\n12:45-2:15 Flash Talks by Panelists and facilitated conversation around key questions in digital objects\n2:15-2:45 coffee and cake intermission\n2:45-4:00: Bring Your Stuff activity around digital objects brought by participants and attendees. \n4:00-5:00: Viz/VR lab open house\n\nEveryone thinks they know what digital means. So pervasive are digital technologies in the 21st century that it is difficult to find critical distance from this immersive new world of ubiquitous connectivity\, social media feeds\, smartphones\, mobile apps\, responsive design\, algorithmic recommendation systems\, and voice-controlled home shopping assistants. While the question “what is the digital?” is compelling\, the more pressing question might be instead: what does it mean to be alive in the digital age?\n\nThe 2019 Michigan Meetings will be a year-long event that critically engages with the big issues\, urgent consequences\, and radical possibilities for grappling with the meaning of life in this era of digital ubiquity. Whether defined as “animated corporeal existence\,” “vitality\,” or “to continue\, to remain\,” we see a profound opportunity to approach the digital world through a spectrum of the meaning of life-ness - alive\, liveness\, animated\, lifelike\, life-adjacent\, consciousness\, awareness\, attention\, awoke.\n\nDigital culture reconfigures the way we know our bodies\, our selves\, our work\, our objects and living spaces\, our politics\, and our sense of community. Like prior technologies\, the digital gives rise to distinct new modes of experiencing time and space. Life is lived through constant network connectivity\, GPS positioning\, software databases\, biotechnologies and wearable activity trackers\, ‘smart’ buildings\, cities\, and homes\, migrant digital labor\, computational modeling\, and the management of unfathomable streams of big data\, and artificial intelligence. Subsequently\, life is also lived through anxieties about identity theft\, hacking\, online harassment\, piracy\, surveillance and drone warfare.\n\nAcross campus\, these questions will emerge in courses\, colloquia\, lectures\, and informal conversations among students\, faculty\, staff\, and peers. We aim to support meaningful and rewarding work in the technology industries or in academic research by giving students and faculty the history\, critical perspective\, and rigorous deep-dive into humanistic questions of “new” media life with this 2019 theme.\n\nPanel Speakers:\nAndre Brock\, Georgia Tech\nCarmen Aguilar y Wedge\, HyphenLabs\nLionel Robert\, U-M School of Information\nSophia Brueckner\, U-M Art and Design\n\nThe 2019 Michigan Meeting is co-organized by:\n\nSarah Murray\, University of Michigan College of Literature\, Science\, and the Arts associate professor of film\, television\, and media\nLisa Nakamura\, University of Michigan College of Literature\, Science\, and the Arts associate professor of American Studies\nEllie Abrons\, University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning associate professor of architecture\nMegan Sapnar Ankerson\, University of Michigan College of Literature\, Science\, and the Arts associate professor of communication\nMcLain Clutter\, University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning associate professor of architecture\nPaul Conway\, University of Michigan School of Information associate professor of information \nAdam Fure\, University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning associate professor of architecture\n\n*Please note: the Main Michigan Meetings Summit is Thursday and Friday\, May 9 and 10\, 2019\, Rackham Building UID:56673-13960685@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/56673 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:conference,Culture,Discussion,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Food,Free,Graduate Students,Information and Technology,Interdisciplinary,Networking,Research,Undergraduate Students,Workshop LOCATION:Duderstadt Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181110T063016 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T130000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Mock Law Class & Lunch with Prof. Richard Broughton DESCRIPTION:Come get a feel for a law school class led by UDMercy Professor Richard Broughton (https://www.udmercy.edu/about/people/university/law/j-richard-broughton.php). Pre-registration required with buslepba@udmercy.edu to receive reading materials in advance and facilitate food order. Sponsored by the UM University Career Center and University of Detroit MercySchool of Law. UID:53845-13470100@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/53845 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan League, Koessler Room, 911 N University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, USA CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180927T160154 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Mock Law School Class DESCRIPTION:Come get a feel for a law school class led by UDMercy Professor Richard Broughton. Pre-registration required with buslepba@udmercy.edu to receive reading materials in advance and facilitate food order.\n\n* Program co-sponsored by the UM University Career Center. UID:56114-13832583@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/56114 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Pre-Law LOCATION:Michigan League - Koessler Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181025T075224 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T130000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Psychology Methods Hour: Explaining the Benefits and Implementation of Bayesian Cognitive Modeling to Frequentist Reviewers DESCRIPTION:Bayesian hierarchical modeling can provide novel insights into the mechanistic processes that allow humans to complete cognitive tasks. This method may be especially useful when cognitive models from experimental psychology are applied in clinical or neuroimaging research because it allows complex models to be fit even in situations where behavioral data from individual participants is sparse. This presentation will provide a general overview of Bayesian cognitive modeling methods\, and of the sometimes challenging task of addressing concerns from reviewers who may be less familiar with them\, using an example of a paper that Alex and his co-authors have recently been working through the review process with. Topics discussed will include assessing model fit in this framework and describing Bayesian methods for modeling and hypothesis testing to Frequentist readers. UID:54512-13592088@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/54512 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Lecture LOCATION:East Hall - 4464 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181004T154426 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T140000 SUMMARY:Other:Table Talks on the Diag DESCRIPTION:Talk about the issues that matter most with your fellow students. Discuss topics ranging from healthcare to immigration to the environment in a 1:1 setting\, and grab a snack before you go! UID:56407-13896806@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/56407 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community Service,Culture,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Education,Environment,Food,Free,Interdisciplinary,Politics,Social,Social Impact,Social Justice,Social Sciences,Sociology,Talk,Undergraduate,Women's Studies LOCATION:Diag - Central Campus CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181004T101439 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Telomeres and the DNA Damage Response DESCRIPTION:Host: JK Nandakumar\n\nTitia de Lange\, \nLeon Hess Professor\nAmerican Cancer Society Professor\nHead\, Laboratory of Cell Biology and Genetics\nDirector\, Anderson Center for Cancer Research\nRockefeller University UID:56104-13832573@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/56104 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,Biology,Research,Science,seminar LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1060 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181022T174820 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Angamuco Urban Landscape: LiDAR\, survey\, and excavation at a Purépecha City\, Michoacán\, Mexico DESCRIPTION:Angamuco is a newly documented Purépecha (Tarascan) urban center within the Imperial heartland of the Lake Pátzcuaro Basin\, Michoacán\, Mexico. Over the last decade we have conducted full coverage survey\, urban mapping\, LiDAR scanning and analysis\, and excavation to better understand the growth and abandonment of Angamuco during the centuries prior to European contact. This work shows that (1) large urban centers with complex spatial organization and social stratification were present centuries prior to the formation of the Purépecha Empire\, (2) the settlement incorporate gardens and other landscape features within and around the settlement demonstrating a high degree of human environmental modification\, (3) current models for the evolution of social complexity in the region cannot account for the presence of Angamuco. UID:57003-14059413@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/57003 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Archaeology LOCATION:School of Education - Room 1315 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181005T145537 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T133000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:ASCE Speaker Series: Aristeo DESCRIPTION:ASCE Speaker Series UID:56462-13906086@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/56462 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Civil and Environmental Engineering,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:GG Brown Laboratory - 2147 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180821T181936 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T173000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Malaria Ecology and Epidemiology: Challenges to Interrupting Transmission DESCRIPTION:Speakers include: \n Kim Lindblade (World Health Organization)\n Justin Cohen (Clinton Health Access Initiative)\n Sharon Greene (New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene) UID:54035-13515305@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/54035 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Biomedical Engineering,Ecology,Integrative Systems,Interdisciplinary,Medicine,Nursing,Public Health,Public Policy,Research,Science LOCATION:Public Health II - M1020 (large auditorium) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181022T085513 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T143000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Economics at Work DESCRIPTION:David Cohen is the Director of the Human Capital Practice at American Securities. As a member of the firm’s Resources Group\, he supports the Human Capital needs of their portfolio companies and the HR diligence required for the acquisition of new businesses. David was previously with Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) for more than eight years where he held a number of HR leadership positions. These included roles leading M&A activity for the HR function and over three years based in Singapore as the HR leader for Asia Pacific. Prior to joining BMS in 2001\, David was with General Electric for nine years where he held various HR positions in the Company’s Health-care\, Industrial Systems and Plastics businesses and was a graduate of GE’s Human Resources Leadership Program.\n\nOver the course of his 30+ year business career\, David has worked outside the United States three times and has extensive experience starting and developing businesses in India\, China\, Southeast Asia and Japan. He started his career managing a small rural based development organization in Botswana\, Africa as a United States Peace Corps Volunteer. UID:56203-13867052@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/56203 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,seminar,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Lorch Hall - 140 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181015T115750 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T140000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Intersex 101 Workshop DESCRIPTION:Unsure of what intersex means? What to learn more about how to support intersex people and their rights? Join the Spectrum Center for a workshop on what it means to be intersex. This workshop is free\, open to the public and will take place in North Quad Room 2435. UID:56756-13994912@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/56756 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,LGBT,Social Impact,Social Justice,Workshop LOCATION:North Quad - Room 2435 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181018T111306 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T143000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Labor Economics: Who Profits from Patents? Rent-Sharing at Innovative Firms DESCRIPTION:Details to come. UID:54020-13513100@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/54020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,seminar LOCATION:Lorch Hall - 201 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180925T100817 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T140000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Phondi Discussion Group DESCRIPTION:Phondi is a discussion and research group for students and faculty at U-M and nearby universities who have interests in phonetics and phonology. UID:55959-13811935@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/55959 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Discussion,Language LOCATION:Lorch Hall - 473 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20201006T154923 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T160000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Registration Deadline for Walk the Globe with CoE DESCRIPTION:Attention Engineers! \n\nWhether you’re in Ann Arbor or anywhere else in the world this Fall semester\, many of us do quite a bit of walking. Register by November 16th to walk for prizes! Don’t miss out on the final weeks of the 7-week step challenge\, where CoE students\, faculty\, and staff see how many collective steps we can accumulate before the season changes. \n\nParticipants will get access to our private community group\, where we'll post our weekly goals and feature international programs\, student highlights\, podcast recommendations\, and more! Oh\, and did we mention milestone prizes? Register here by November 16th. \n\nFor more information and to register: http://bit.ly/WalktheGlobe UID:56336-13885337@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/56336 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Engineering,Fitness,Games,Graduate,Graduate Students,International,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Chrysler Center - 245 Chrysler CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181016T160521 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T143000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Roundtable: “What Is Genre?” DESCRIPTION:A panel-style conversation that will begin with brief comments from Jackson and three University of Michigan graduate students: Annie Bolotin (English Language and Literature)\, Annika Pattenaude (English Language and Literature)\, and Talin Tahajian (M.F.A.\, Poetry). Each scholar will discuss how issues of genre and theories of genre—both qua and beyond the question of whether lyric\, itself\, is a genre—factor into their current work. The conversation will then open to all in attendance. UID:56804-14006008@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/56804 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:English,Literature LOCATION:Angell Hall - 3154 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181012T112643 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T150000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:AE285 Undergraduate Seminar: Decision-Making Superiority Delivered DESCRIPTION:Ethics and Integrity in Business is a dynamic and interactive lecture\, where students are placed in a variety of ethical situations and will be challenged to work their way through them. These ethical situations are based on real-world scenarios and will mimic the types of ethical challenges that students may encounter during the course of their careers. The interactive group discussions are supplemented with excerpts from the policy manuals of Ford and GE\, as well as US law. Finally\, students will be given business tools to help them recognize\, and successfully manage\, potential ethical risks in the future.\n\nThe seminar is taught by George F. Halow\, Manager of Global Investment Efficiency for Ford Motor Company. George has a wealth of experience in multiple capacities at Ford\, and draws on those experiences to provide a rich and dynamic learning environment.\n\nAbout the speaker...\n\nGeorge Halow has 30 years of experience with Ford Motor Company in multiple capacities. His current role is Manager of Global Investment Efficiency\, where he is working with Ford Engineering and Manufacturing to establish efficient plans for $billions in investment in new programs\n\nPrior to this role\, he has held numerous positions\, including:\n\nChief Program Engineer for multiple vehicle lines\, including Expedition\, Navigator\, Ranger\, Crown Victoria\, Grand Marquis\, and Town Car\, where he had lead responsibility for both the business and technical elements of running a vehicle program Chief Functional Engineer\, responsible for product design for interior and exterior vehicle components and systems\, globally Technology Strategy and Planning Manager for global technology leadership Manufacturing Engineer for interior components Business and Product Strategy Manger for Commercial Vehicles\n \nGeorge’s educational background includes:\nMBA\, INSEAD\, Fontainebleau\, France \nMaster’s Mechanical Engineering\, Cornell University\, Ithaca\, NY\nBachelor’s Aerospace Engineering\, University of Maryland\, College Park\, MD\n\nGeorge is also very active in support of universities – he is Ford’s Executive Champion for the University of Michigan Student Vehicle Teams\, Ford’s lead for a Sustainability Executive Advisory Board at Georgia Tech\, and lectures on Leadership\, Ethics & Integrity\, Innovation\, Sustainability\, and Career Building UID:56708-13967648@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/56708 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Engineering LOCATION:Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building - 1109 Boeing Lecture Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180905T162354 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T150000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Eyes on the Horizon? Fragmented Elites and the Short-Term Focus of the American Corporation DESCRIPTION:In recent years\, scholars and popular commentators have expressed concerns that U.S. corporations are too focused on short-term performance\, thereby undermining their long-term health and competitiveness. This paper examines how this focus on short-term strategies and performance\, or short-termism\, results from the dissolution of the American corporate elite network. In particular\, we argue that the corporate-board interlock network traditionally served as an important collective resource that helped corporate elites to preserve their autonomy and control\, mitigating short-termism. In recent years\, changing board-appointment practices have fractured the board network\, undermining its usefulness as a platform for collective action and exposing corporate leaders to short-term pressures. We develop and apply a cohesion metric for network managerialism\, derived from theory and evidence in social-network scholarship. Using three indicators that capture short-termism earnings management and shareholder returns\, we identify a structural basis for managerial short-termism that links external\, network-based resources to managers’ decisions. The results highlight the benefits of the corporate elite network and illustrate unforeseen consequences of the network’s dissolution. UID:54846-13645317@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/54846 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Business,Corporate,Organizational Studies LOCATION:Ross School of Business - R0220 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180906T140928 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T150000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Political Theory Workshop DESCRIPTION:TBA UID:54931-13654173@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/54931 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Politics LOCATION:Haven Hall - 5639 Haven Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181003T143749 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:8th Annual Thomas D. Gelehrter\, M.D. Lecture in Medical Genetics DESCRIPTION:This annual lectureship honors Dr. Thomas D. Gelehrter\, a leader within the human genetics community and internationally recognized as an expert in human genetics. Former Chair of DHG\, he is currently an active Professor Emeritus in the department.\n\nHarry (Hal) C. Dietz\, MD is the Victor A. McKusick Professor of Genetics in the Departments of Medicine\, Pediatrics\, and Molecular Biology and Genetics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and director of the William S. Smilow Center for Marfan Syndrome Research. He is also an HHMI investigator and former President of the American Society of Human Genetics. UID:56354-13887618@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/56354 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,Biology,Biosciences,Lecture,Life Science,Postdoctoral Research Fellows,Public Health,Research,Science LOCATION:Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - Kahn Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181018T094537 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T150000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Cognition & Cognitive Neuroscience Forum DESCRIPTION:Diffusion models have shown great success in explaining choice response time in a wide variety of domains. However\, to account for RT differences between correct and error responses\, the model must assume random variability in parameters across trials. The first part of this talk presents mathematical results showing that\, if this variability is unconstrained\, then the model becomes unfalsifiable. \n\nThe second part presents a positive theory of intertrial variability that resolves this problem of excess flexibility\, based on an integration of the diffusion model with reinforcement learning. These are arguably the two most successful frameworks in cognitive modeling\, respectively describing within-trial and across-trial dynamics. I provide a Bayesian derivation that yields a natural synthesis of the two models and makes novel predictions about bidirectional influences between learning and decision making. Fits to data show the model simultaneously accounts for choice and RT within trials\, learning across trials\, and various interdependencies between these two timescales. UID:53796-13461554@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/53796 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Psychology LOCATION:East Hall - 4464 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180921T151218 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Decolonizing European History at the Museum DESCRIPTION:As the colonial past is increasingly being incorporated into national and transnational histories\, some museums have positioned themselves as public facilitators of the labor of mourning\, of empathetic listening\, and of rehearsing postcolonial conviviality. The presentation looks at recent exhibitions in German and European museums\, to examine how curators set struggles over racial inclusion and equality within longer histories of violence. How do these exhibitions approach the challenge of decolonizing national and European histories? \n\nKatrin Sieg is Graf Goltz Professor and Director of the BMW Center for German and European Studies at Georgetown University\, where she is jointly affiliated with the German department. The author of three scholarly monographs\, she has published across the fields of German\, European\, and Theater/Performance studies. Her research intersects with feminist\, postcolonial\, and critical race studies. She has received several awards and grants\, among them two awards for her second book\, Ethnic Drag: Performing Race\, Nation\, Sexuality in West Germany (2002). A fourth book\, Decolonizing German and European History at the Museum\, is under contract with the University of Michigan Press.\n\nThe German Speakers Series is sponsored by the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures. These events are free and open to the public. If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to participate\, please contact 734-764-8018 or germandept@umich.edu at least one week in advance. \n\nThis event is Co-Sponsored with Alamanya: Transnational German Studies Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop and the Center for European Studies UID:55539-13756892@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/55539 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:European,History,Humanities,Multicultural,Museum,Social Impact,Social Justice LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - 3308 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180924T140444 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T150000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Engineering human tissues for regenerative medicine and study of disease DESCRIPTION:Tissue engineering is becoming increasingly successful with authentically representing the actual environmental milieu of the development\, regeneration and disease. The paradigm of tissue engineering is related to the integrated use of human cells\, biomaterial scaffolds (structural and logistic templates for tissue formation) and bioreactors (culture systems providing environmental control\, molecular and physical signaling) in regenerative medicine. Living human tissues can be bioengineered from the autologous stem cells\, and tailored to the patient and the medical condition being treated. More recently\, the same principles are being successfully applied to the patient-specific “organs on a chip” platforms designed to recapitulate some aspects of human physiology. This talk will discuss some recent advances in regenerative engineering and modeling of disease using functional human tissues grown in lab. \n\nGordana Vunjak-Novakovic is The Mikati Foundation Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Sciences at Columbia University in the City of New York. UID:55746-13777519@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/55746 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biomedical Engineering,Engineering,Medicine,Michigan Engineering LOCATION:Gerald Ford Library - Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181110T123018 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T150000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Internship Lab DESCRIPTION:f you are in Handshake\, Click \"Join event\" to RSVP* Not in Handshake? Click here: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/events/208768\n\nAre you ready to start searching for a great internship? Do you have a few ideas\, but you’re not sure where to get started? Wherever you’re at: that's ok! \n\nGet real time\, personalized support by checking out the Internship Lab. It's designed as a drop-in hour\, so come when you can during this time. It's a place for you to search for and find a great internship experience!\n\nChat with folks from the University Career Center to exploreHandshake\, the University Career Alumni Network (UCAN) and to learn about other tools you can use to build a great job/internship search strategy.\n\n**If you're not sure what you're interested in\, consider making an \"Exploring Major/Career Option\" appointment to get started clarifying your interests with a career coach in a 1-on-1 setting.\n\n**If you're a Graduate Student\, please make a 1:1 appointment instead of attending the Lab because this event is designed for undergraduates. \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. If you'd like to indicate that you'll be attending this event then please go to: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/events/208768 UID:55573-13759158@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/55573 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:University Career Center, 3200 Student Activities Building, Program Room (3003), 515 E Jefferson St, Ann Arbor, MI, United States CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180917T163711 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T153000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Mothering Across Borders and the Children Left Behind: Zimbabwean and Mexican Immigrant Female Domestic Workers in Johannesburg\, South Africa and San Diego\, United States DESCRIPTION:This comparative study\, illustrates how motherhood materializes through the often emotionally-heavy choices that female immigrants make as they strive to take care of variably vulnerable populations often located simultaneously in different locations. In so doing\, this project illustrates how domestic labor takes shape along with women’s strategies for navigating the most intimate relationships across a global stage fraught with economic and political challenges. This research is situated in relationship to transnational feminist thought by highlighting the strategies that women use to navigate motherhood within a larger context that connects their experiences and strategies across places. As such\, by focusing on the employment experiences and choices of immigrant domestic workers who are part of transnational motherhood flows\, furthers understandings of how emotions are entangled with understandings of personal economic failure\, that are often invisible and unpaid\, while relationally shaping the everyday experiences of these women. The material for this analysis is based on oral histories of female Zimbabwean immigrants working in Johannesburg\, South Africa and ten in-depth interviews with Latina domestic workers in San Diego\, California\, including their children left behind in Mexico. \n\nLorena Munoz is an assistant professor in gender women and sexuality studies and American studies at the University of Minnesota. Her research focuses on the intersections of place\, space\, gender\, sexuality\, health\, and race. Her transdisciplinary research agenda has been focused on Latinas/Latinos in the global south\, particularly in the areas (in)formal economy\, labor\, health\, and productive/transformative agency. UID:52887-13107796@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/52887 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Women's Studies LOCATION:Lane Hall - 2239 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180918T144012 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T150000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Russian Conversation Group DESCRIPTION:Are you a student of Russian looking to develop your conversational skills? Does the world of contemporary Russian popular culture interest you? Would you like to meet other ambitious students in the field? If so\, please consider attending the Russian Language conversation group this year at the University of Michigan. Students from all language levels are welcome. This group will be focused on students in 2nd year Russian and above\, and thus will be almost exclusively in Russian. First year students are still welcome to attend\, but please be aware of the language focus. \n\nIf you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to participate in this event\, please contact slavic@umich.edu (or call 734.764.5355). Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the University to arrange. UID:55290-13713766@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/55290 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:European,Humanities,Interdisciplinary,International,Language,Literature,Multicultural,Study Abroad,Undergraduate LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - 2106 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181110T123023 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T141500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T150000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:EXCEL Talk: Juergen Stark DESCRIPTION:Join EXCEL for an exciting conversation with Juergen Stark\, CEO of Turtle Beach. Turtle Beach designs and markets premium audio peripherals (headphones\, headsets\, microphones) for video game consoles\, personal computers\, and mobile devices. Best known for its gaming headsets\, the company is a key player in the $138 billion gaming market. UID:56859-14014883@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/56859 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building, EXCEL Lab (1279), 1100 Baits Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180918T115551 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Economic Theory: Informational Robustness in Intertemporal Pricing DESCRIPTION:Details to come. UID:53974-13510868@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/53974 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,seminar LOCATION:Lorch Hall - 301 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181023T103943 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Department Colloquium DESCRIPTION:Does Virtual Reality Consist in Veridical\, Illusory or Hallucinatory Experience?\n\nDoes virtual reality (VR) involve: (i) illusory or hallucinatory experience of things that are not there? or (ii) veridical experience of computational objects? I argue that traditional thinking about this issue involves a false dichotomy. I articulate my own account of illusion and hallucination\, and argue that it entails VR experience is complex with veridical and non-veridical elements. I begin by presenting new cases of illusion and hallucination that have not heretofore been identified. These cases show that the traditional accounts of illusion and hallucination are incorrect. I provide a taxonomy of all the different kinds of illusion and hallucination. New instances of illusion and hallucination provide much needed\, important data for testing theories of experience and perception—and can illuminate the nature of virtual reality experience. I go on to discuss virtual reality experience of the sort that is produced today\, and show that we need to take account of the nature of the technology in thinking about the veridicality of the experience. UID:52150-12483090@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/52150 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:colloquium,Philosophy LOCATION:Angell Hall - 3222 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181022T205850 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Ento-Mouth Presents: Eat A Bug DESCRIPTION:Ento-Mouth presents the first campus\, insect serving food cart where art\, sustainability\, culture\, diet\, and good flavors come together!! Come and eat an insect\, discuss American food culture\, and live a little on October 26th from 3-5pm in the Diag! Educational material and food free! \n\nUltimately\, this project aims to change the campus's food culture and promote local eating. This event is a part of a collaborative senior thesis project between Courtney Ignace and Siena McKim with the group name Ento-Mouth. UID:56999-14061647@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/56999 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Ecology,Education,Food,Free,Sustainability LOCATION:Diag - Central Campus CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180816T102841 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T170000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Falling in Love with Love Poetry DESCRIPTION:Together we will read and enjoy love poems from the ancient world to the present. Readings will include poetry by canonical authors such as Ovid\, Shakespeare\, and Keats\, as well as women\, writers of color\, queer writers and non-English writers in translation.\n\nEach week we will discuss between 10-20 short poems\, which will be providedat the first meeting. The last session will be reserved for you to bring in your favorite love poems or share your own creative writing. \n\nInstructor Margo Kolenda is a PhD Candidate in the English Department at UM. This study group for those 50 and over will meet Fridays\, 3-5\, from October 26 – December 7. There will be no class on November 23. UID:53808-13463697@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/53808 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Lifelong Learning,Poetry,Retirement LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181022T084114 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:HET Seminars | Hunting for Heavy Winos DESCRIPTION:I will discuss recent progress in calculating a precision photon spectrum for heavy wino annihilation to photons\, along with implications for indirect detection experiments. I will review arguments that the 3 TeV mass wino is one of the simplest WIMP dark matter candidates. Then I will discuss how the large separation of scales from 3 TeV to the weak scale leads to a breakdown of perturbation theory. I will demonstrate how one can rely on modern effective field theory techniques to restore the convergence of the perturbative expansion\, and will discuss our precision prediction for the wino annihilation spectrum. I will review the status of searching for these photons using a ground based air Cherenkov telescope array (the H.E.S.S. experiment)\, along with the impact of our calculation on the interpretation of these limits. UID:56969-14057147@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/56969 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Faculty,Free,Graduate Students,Lecture,Natural Sciences,Physics,Science,Talk,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:West Hall - 335 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181024T083020 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T163000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Luisa Coleta and the Capuchin Friar DESCRIPTION:In 2016 Rebecca Scott and Cuban historian Carlos Venegas came upon a record of the “confession” of María Luisa Coleta\, a refugee from the Haitian Revolution who had been unlawfully enslaved in 1796\, as narrated to Friar Félix\, who had been summoned to her deathbed in Havana. Coleta declined to accept last rites\, however\, unless the friar would return with a scribe to copy down her story and take the document to a judge to initiate a freedom suit on behalf of her daughters\, so that they would not suffer what she had suffered. The many folios of that lawsuit form the basis for the present essay\, complemented by documents from France\, England\, and the Dominican Republic that trace the Atlantic dimension to this story. Together they cast light on the complexities of discerning and documenting status in the Atlantic world in the aftermath of the Haitian Revolution.\n\nA paper will be circulated in advance of the workshop\; please contact Michael Gawlik (mrgawlik@umich.edu) if you would like a copy. UID:54164-13537237@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/54164 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:History,Latin America,Law LOCATION:Tisch Hall - 1014 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181023T181531 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T150000 SUMMARY:Performance:Performing Arts Technology Seminar: Abelton Workshop with Thomas Faulds DESCRIPTION:This workshop will explore songwriting\, composition\, production\, and performance techniques utilizing Live 10\, Max for Live and Push. UID:56187-13844169@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/56187 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Chip Davis Technology Studio CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180904T161343 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:SynSem Discussion Group DESCRIPTION:The syntax-semantics group provides a forum within which Linguistics students and faculty at U-M and from neighboring universities can informally present or just discuss and share their ongoing research in these domains. UID:54707-13636383@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/54707 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Language LOCATION:Lorch Hall - 403 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181017T181536 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T153000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Department of Music Theory Colloquium Series DESCRIPTION:Prof. Patricia Hall will present “Irony and Identity: Musical Manuscripts from the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum.”\n\nStephen Lett will present \"How to DJ a Psychedelic Trip: Helen L. Bonny's Lesson from the Drastic.\"\n\nVivian Luong will present \"Animating Indeterminate Musical Agency.”\n\nAt the Department of Music Theory Colloquium Series members of the Department\, both faculty and students\, present their current research in an informal setting. We welcome all members of the University community. UID:56535-13942248@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/56535 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Off Campus Location - 3213 Moore CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190111T152227 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Interdisciplinary Workshop American Politics (IWAP) DESCRIPTION:TBA UID:53067-13217968@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/53067 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Politics LOCATION:Haven Hall - Prefunction Room (5769) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181020T085212 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T163000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Special Lecture: Physical Models of Seismic Sequences Across Multiple Scales: Aftershocks and Small Repeating Earthquakes DESCRIPTION:The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences hosts lectures that bring in distinguished speakers from other universities and research institutions. UID:52664-12925300@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/52664 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Lecture LOCATION:1100 North University Building - Room 1528 - CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180926T123126 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T170000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Undergraduate Research Awards Ceremony\, 2017-2018 DESCRIPTION:Please join us as we honor the 2017-2018 U-M Library Undergraduate Research Award recipients. Meet the recipients\, hear about their projects\, and enjoy light refreshments. Find out more about this year's award recipients. UID:56048-13823405@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/56048 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library,Research LOCATION:Shapiro Library - Bert's Study Lounge (Lobby) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181026T181546 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T173000 SUMMARY:Other:Analytical 3rd Year Student Seminars DESCRIPTION: \n \n \n \n \nCole Chapman(Bailey Lab) \, John Orlet(Bailey Lab) UID:54987-13662983@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/54987 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry,Science LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - CHEM 1706 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181110T123024 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T180000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Business Analyst Summer Scholar Info Session DESCRIPTION:Come join us for a presentation on Deloitte consulting\, including an internship trajectory path\, day in the life of a Summer Scholar\,and project experiences. Networking session following the presentation! We look forward to seeing you there. UID:56920-14026051@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/56920 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Ross School of Business, R2230, 701 Tappan Ave, Ann Arbor, MI48109, USA CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181017T114848 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CSAS Lecture Series | A Vigil Wasted? Notes on the Ruin-Sublime in Afghanistan DESCRIPTION:As abandoned remnants of human activity\, ruins evoke concerns about the durability of the past\, a setting\, and of human perception and culture. This talk explores the appearance of ruins in fiction and art set in Afghanistan. In these works syncretic colonial histories uniquely yoked to ruination (through description and setting) raise urgent questions about enduring forms of contemporary coloniality and the agency of any individual actor within a setting. This talk ultimately proposes a theory of the ‘ruin-sublime’ wherein aesthetic works join the material history of colonial desecration to psychic apprehensions to invite new ethically charged orientations towards the future.\n\nMrinalini Chakravorty\, Associate Professor of English at the University of Virginia\, is the author of In Stereotype: South Asia in the Global Literary Imaginary (Columbia UP\, 2014)\, as well as articles on transnationalism\, film\, Arab women writers\, interdisciplinarity\, and contemporary global fiction. In Stereotype considers the influence of contemporary South Asian Anglophone novels to illustrate how their play on stereotypes about South Asia provide insight into the material and psychic investments of contemporary imaginative texts: the colonial novel\, the transnational film\, and the international best-seller. Chakravorty's other essays have appeared in PMLA\, Modern Fiction Studies\, South Asian Review\, ARIEL\, differences\, and in various journals and collections. She received her Ph.D. in English and Critical Theory from the University of California\, Irvine. At Virginia\, she directs the English department’s Undergraduate Program and the concentration in Modern Literature and Culture. She is at work on two new books\, one on representations of global hunger and another on postcolonial dystopias. She is also co-writing a critical biography of Freddie Mercury. UID:53249-13321611@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/53249 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asia,India,Literature LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 110 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180821T144904 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181027T030000 SUMMARY:Recreational / Games:Intro to Camping DESCRIPTION:Join us on an over night trip from 4pm Friday October 26th\, 2018 to 10am Saturday\, October 27th. Want to break into the art of camping\, but don't know where to start? Then this is just the trip for you! Outdoor Adventures will be running a \"Half Over\" -- a practical teaching camp experience for those looking to get away from the city lights for the night. We'll cook a camp meal\, make smores over the fire\, set up tents and show you how to follow the \"Leave No Trace\" mentality. All equipment will be demonstrated by our trip leaders\, so you can feel confident using it. At the end of the evening\, you can decide to either stay the night in the tent\, or shuttle back to your home to sleep. This trip is open to UM students\, faculty\, staff and the general public. UID:54017-13513131@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/54017 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Environment,Fitness,Outdoors,Rec Sports,Well-being LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181002T161404 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Seminar Title: \"The ParA/MinD family of ATPases make waves to position DNA\, cell division\, and organelles in bacteria\" DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Positional information in eukaryotic cells is mainly orchestrated by cytoskeletal highways and their associated motor proteins like Myosin\, Kinesin\, and Dynein. Bacteria don’t have linear motors\, so how are they spatially organized? I will be discussing three members of the ParA/MinD family of ATPases that are part of self-organizing systems that put things in their place in cells across the microbial world. I will first present the ATPase called ParA\, which is part of the most common DNA-segregation system in bacteria. ParA proteins form dynamic waves on the nucleoid to position chromosomes and plasmids in opposite cell-halves so that they are faithfully inherited after cell division. I will then discuss the ATPase called MinD\, which is part of a system that forms oscillatory waves on the inner membrane. The oscillation aligns cell division at mid-cell so that daughter cells are equal in size. Finally\, I will introduce a new member of this ATPase family we call McdA\, which is part of an organelle trafficking system in bacteria. Yes. Bacteria have organelles. Our work is shedding light on what seems to be a general mode of subcellular organization in bacteria – dynamic protein gradients surfing biological surfaces to impart positional information for a wide variety of fundamental biological processes. My new lab focuses on subcellular organization in bacteria with a strong emphasis towards reconstituting the self-organizing activities of these systems in a cell-free setup using purified and fluorescent labeled components. By visualizing the biochemistry driving self-organization outside the cell we are able to provide comprehensive molecular mechanisms that explain subcellular organization inside the cell. UID:56105-13832575@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/56105 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry,Physics LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1300 Chemistry CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181026T181545 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T173000 SUMMARY:Other:Ultrafast Studies of Single Plasmonic Nanostructures DESCRIPTION: The optical properties of metal nanostructures are dominated by plasmon resonances\, which are strong collective motions of the conduction electrons. These resonances are at the heart of a variety of schemes for molecular sensing and plasmon enhanced catalysis. However\, the dynamics of plasmons can be difficult to study due to the distribution of particle sizes and shapes present in typical samples. In this talk I will describe single particle experiments that provide information about the ultrafast energy relaxation processes of plasmonic nanostructures\, and how these structures interact with their environment. Examples of the processes that have been studied include the creation of novel hybrid states through coupling between plasmons and excitons\, and the strange case of viscoelastic effects in the damping of vibrational modes of metal nanostructures. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nGregory Hartland (University of Notre Dame) UID:54352-13574513@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/54352 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry,Science LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180828T150205 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T180000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Foundations of Yoga\, Meditation\, & Mindfulness DESCRIPTION:If you’d like to improve your focus and engagement in day-to-day living and add greater self-awareness\, this is the program for you. Little or no experience is required so it’s a great program for beginners or those who need to brush up on the fundamentals of alignment and mind-body awareness. You’ll learn about and practice different types of yoga as well as mindfulness practices that encourage wellness and resilience in all aspects of your life. At the conclusion of the program you’ll be ready to take your practice to the next level. UID:54369-13574536@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/54369 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Fitness,Rec Sports,Well-being LOCATION:Central Campus Recreation Building (Bell Pool) - Fitness 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181024T181535 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Distinguished Lecture in Musicology DESCRIPTION:Mark Clague (University of Michigan)\, chair\n\nKai West (University of Michigan)\, “‘I Reckon You’ve Seen a Dead Body Before’: Symbolic Violence and Musical Resistance in Porgy and Bess”\n\nLenora Green-Turner (University of Michigan)\, “Gullah Diction: Diction for Performances of George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess”\n\nJake Arthur (University of Michigan)\, “It Ain’t Necessarily European: Elements of American Popular Song in Porgy and Bess”\n\nLena Leson (University of Michigan)\, “‘I’m On My Way to a Heav’nly Lan’: Porgy and Bess and American Religious Export to the USSR” UID:56495-13933200@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/56495 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Glenn E. Watkins Lecture Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181023T181531 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T190000 SUMMARY:Performance:Ableton Public Workshop with Thomas Faulds and special guest Nick Hoop DESCRIPTION:This workshop will explore songwriting\, composition\, production\, and performance techniques utilizing Live 10\, Max for Live and Push. It will also include a Q&A and live performance with special guest Nick Hoop. UID:56188-13844170@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/56188 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Chip Davis Technology Studio CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181008T154928 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T213000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Speed dating & inter-graduate mixer at Dom’s DESCRIPTION:Looking for the love of your life (or friendship)? Tired of being alone? Spending too much time Netflixing and not enough chilling? Want to find love inside the Michigan community? We have the perfect opportunity for you: Speed Dating!\n \nThe United Asian American Medical Student Association (UAAMSA) is hosting a 21+ inter-graduate speed dating event and mixer afterwards at Dominick’s on Friday October 26. Registration starts at 6pm and official speed dating rounds begin at 7pm\, with plenty of time for drinks and mingling after! Rounds will end end at 8pm but we have Dom’s until 9:30 so feel free to stay and chill with your new friends/lovers/acquaintances.\n\nTo sign up and for more information\, fill out this form: https://goo.gl/forms/YaGXdCoPJYU02dzo1\n\nFor more information or any questions/concerns\, please reach out to uaamsa.speed.dating@gmail.com.\n\nPlease note that this event is 21+. UID:56503-13933204@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/56503 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Diversity,Graduate Students,Halloween,Networking,Social,Student Org LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181001T151706 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T193000 SUMMARY:Performance:Equilibrium DESCRIPTION:Presented by Amazin' Blue UID:56267-13871680@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/56267 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Music,UAC LOCATION:Power Center for the Performing Arts CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181017T181527 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Symphony Band DESCRIPTION:Michael Haithcock\, conductor\nAnnie Jeng\, piano\n\nPre-concert conversation with Annie Jeng\, Joel Puckett\, and Michael Haithcock at 7:15 PM in the lower lobby.\n\nEach piece to be performed was inspired by a literary or artistic source that motivated the composer. An apocalyptic vision of heaven inspired Messiaen\, a devout Catholic. Puckett’s work was inspired by a quotation from Herman Hesse’s Siddhartha. Mussorgsky composed his Russian masterpiece for piano\, inspired by a friends’ artistic renderings\, as a memorial tribute. Paul Lavender’s transcription for band majestically captures Ravel’s brilliant orchestral setting.\n\nPROGRAM: Messiaen- La Ville d’en Haut (The City on High)\, Annie Jeng\, soloist\; Joel Puckett- Adagio Symphony “that secret from the river\;” Mussorgsky/Lavender- Pictures at an Exhibition UID:53470-13386079@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/53470 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music LOCATION:Hill Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180823T122151 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:The Verve Pipe DESCRIPTION:Presented by The Ark UID:54118-13530637@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/54118 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:The Ark LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181027T000043 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181027T010000 SUMMARY:Other:Boo Mix DESCRIPTION:Looking to get into the Halloween spirit? Boo Mix is this Friday\, October 26th\, in the Michigan League! Come decorate pumpkins\, watch the Incredibles 2\, trick-or-treat\, play trivia and more! And if all these activities don't excite\, maybe the free buffet will! Boo Mix has something for everybody\, so come out on Friday evening from 9pm-1am and get spooky!   UID:57007-14061633@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/57007 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:The League CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181022T151812 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181027T010000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:BooMix DESCRIPTION:Looking to get into the Halloween spirit? Boo Mix is this Friday\, October 26th\, in the Michigan League! Come decorate pumpkins\, watch the Incredibles 2\, trick-or-treat\, play trivia and more! And if all these activities don't excite\, maybe the free buffet will! Boo Mix has something for everybody\, so come out on Friday evening from 9pm-1am and get spooky! UID:56998-14059385@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/56998 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food,Free,Games,Halloween,Holiday,Social,Umix LOCATION:Michigan League CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181002T133200 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T235900 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181026T235900 SUMMARY:Other:George Valenta Scholarship DESCRIPTION:George Valenta Scholarship 2018/2019\n\nCall for Submissions\n\nGeorge J. Valenta\, Jr. a University of Michigan alumnus (1955 BA in German\, minors in French and Russian) has graciously established a scholarship to benefit students who live in the Max Kade German Residence\, and who place a strong academic emphasis on German Studies. The scholarship consists of a financial award of $1\,500 for the academic year. All juniors or seniors (at time of application submission) who live in the Max Kade German Residence during academic year 2018/2019 are eligible to apply. \n\nApplicants must submit the following materials:\n\n• Personal statement (in English) describing why the student deems her/himself a good candidate.\n\n• A resume (in English) highlighting past experiences or encounters with German and Germany (classes\, work experience\, etc.)\n\n• Copy of academic transcript (unofficial U-M transcript)\n\nAll materials must be submitted by Friday\, October 26 via the online application form ( https://goo.gl/forms/VQmFKGqjGCfD6NMy1 ) or via email to Annie Varner\, varnera@umich.edu.\n\nThe recipient of the award will be notified by Friday\, November 30\, 2018. Mr. Valenta enjoys meeting the scholarship recipient. A luncheon will be organized for the recipient\, Mr. Valenta\, and a German department faculty member during the winter semester. UID:56306-13878503@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/56306 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Max Kade,Scholarship,Undergraduate LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR