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:20190531T154843 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T235900 SUMMARY:Other:Research Scholars Applications Open DESCRIPTION:Want to return to research for the Fall 2019-Winter 2020 Academic Year? Apply to the Research Scholars Program by August 1st at 5pm.\nhttps://lsa.umich.edu/urop/students/fall-winter-programs/research-scholars-program.html UID:63876-15955845@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63876 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Applications,Interdisciplinary,Research,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Urop LOCATION:Undergraduate Science Building - 1190 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190708T120008 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T040000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Henley Royal Regatta DESCRIPTION:Race UID:64086-16260493@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/64086 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Henley, England CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190524T094450 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Cacti\, Pine Trees & Tumblers: How Nature Influences Design DESCRIPTION:The Glass Academy is a private\, modern-day studio in Dearborn. Co-creators and founders Michelle Plucinsky and Chris Nordin share the love of glass art and traditional glass blowing methods with the community thru various art projects\, installations and seasonal events. Formally trained at College for Creative Studies\, Alfred University\, Pilchuck\, Penland and Haystack\, Nordin and Plucinsky have over 60 years of combined glass experience. During the day\, the hot shop team manufactures glass items designed by the founding artists to sell in the studio’s 4\,000 sq. ft. gallery. In the special project area\, the founding artists can be found working on large scale\, site specific sculptures commissioned for hospitals\, hotels and public corporations across the U.S. \n\nGifts of Art Gallery – Taubman Health Center South Lobby\, Floor 1. \n1500 E. Medical Center Drive\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109\nOn display June 17-September 6\, 2019\nOpen daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. UID:63817-15896573@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63817 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Family,Free,health and wellness,Visual Arts LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery – South Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190524T093345 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Clover Springs Crochet Dolls DESCRIPTION:Kate Lebowsky enjoys creating fun and playful art that provokes smiles and laughter. As a native to Ann Arbor\, she has spent over 30 years drawing inspiration from life experiences with the diversity in cultures offered in the area and beyond. Her crocheted dolls come to life through the inspiration of children’s daydreams\, books\, movies and music. She lets the creativity form itself with fiber. Creating plush toys allows her to share her compassion and smiles with others through huggable art.\n\nGifts of Art Gallery – Taubman Health Center North Lobby\, Floor 1. \n1500 E. Medical Center Drive\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109\nOn display June 17-September 6\, 2019\nOpen daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. UID:63815-15896409@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63815 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Family,Free,health and wellness LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery – North Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190524T100107 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Evidence of Urban Fairies: Multi Media DESCRIPTION:Two U-M alums\, Jonathan B. Wright\, a life-long Ann Arborite\, and his wife Kathleen Wright\, have been finding evidence of fairies in their home since 1993. In 2005\, fairy doors began to appear in downtown Ann Arbor and Jonathan began documenting them in earnest as a certified fairyologist. He studied graphic design\, architecture and illustration\, while Kathleen is a teacher of young children\, a writer and professional storyteller. Together they discover the stories behind the fairy doors. Though Jonathan’s multi-media works require no shortage of labor\, he says\, \"imagination is the key to the fairy doors.\"\n\nGifts of Art Gallery – University Hospital Main Corridor\, Floor 2.\n1500 E. Medical Center Drive\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109\nOn display June 17-September 6\, 2019\nOpen daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. UID:63821-15896902@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63821 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Children,Family,Free,health and wellness,Visual Arts LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery – University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190524T095021 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Hide & Seek: Fiber Wall Quilts DESCRIPTION:Jeanne Bieri’s art practice begins with the simple act of hand sewing. This allows contemplation of the art making process and careful organization of the parts. As she assembles it piece by piece\, the work grows in a way that closely relates to painting. Bieri received a grant from the State of Michigan in 2000 to study quilts and their patterns. She discovered that they often touch people on a personal level and encourage memories. Whether an army blanket or quilt\, she delights to find a treasure that has a personal history that goes well beyond her and extends to the observer. Hide & Seek\, Bieri’s current series of art quilts incorporating fabrics with history\, encourages viewer interaction and reminiscence. She received a Kresge Fellowship for her fiber pieces in 2017.\n\nGifts of Art Gallery – University Hospital Main Lobby\, Floor 1. \n1500 E. Medical Center Drive\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109 \nOn display June 17-September 6\, 2019\nOpen daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. UID:63819-15896655@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63819 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Family,Free,health and wellness,Visual Arts LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery – University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190522T152400 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Honor & Comfort: Handmade Paper & Mixed Media DESCRIPTION:Each of Laurie LeBreton’s paper tapestries are a kind of meditation or prayer. Some works she created to reach out to a greater power\, while others honor a particular person or joyful time. Her sculptural paper tapestries can be installed in a number of different ways\, reflecting the impermanence of this world. LeBreton lives and works in Chicago and has been working with handmade paper for ten years. She enjoys its surprising properties: it is light and appears fragile\, yet it is also pliable\, absorbs color beautifully\, and is very strong. LeBreton particularly loves papermaking because of the calm that comes from the repeating forms in the process\, and she appreciates working with water for its beauty\, sensuality and healing qualities.\n\nGifts of Art Gallery – Taubman Health Center North Lobby\, Floor 1. \n1500 E. Medical Center Drive\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109\nOn display June 17-September 6\, 2019\nOpen daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. UID:63799-15881875@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63799 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Family,Free,health and wellness,visual arts LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery – North Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190524T095542 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents The Art of Leaves: Soft Pastel & Pencil DESCRIPTION:Born in Houston\, Texas\, one of the most colorful cities in the U.S.\, J. Howard recognizes that color is important in the food we eat\, the clothes we wear\, our homes\, our cars\, and even our pets. She points out that “there is a great deal more to color than what meets the eye.” Howard utilizes hyper-realism and enhanced depth of field to create highly detailed soft pastel drawings on canvas that are often mistaken for photographs. She uses the beauty and intense color of organic soft pastels to elicit emotional responses from viewers\, recognizing and working with the inherent qualities of color. Also a practicing art therapist\, Howard’s award-winning work has been recognized both nationally and internationally.\n\nGifts of Art Gallery – University Hospital Main Corridor\, Floor 2.\n1500 E. Medical Center Drive\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109\nOn display June 17-September 6\, 2019\nOpen daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. UID:63820-15896738@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63820 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Family,Free,health and wellness,Visual Arts LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery – University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190524T094015 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents The Bold & the Beautiful: Acrylic Paintings DESCRIPTION:Ronaldo Byrd was born and raised in Brooklyn\, New York and now resides in Burlington\, New Jersey with his mother and three younger siblings. Byrd's main medium is acrylic on foamboard\, and his process involves observation of the world and the people in it. His paintings depict his ideal world and how its inhabitants should treat each other. Byrd is known as the Artist of Happiness and the overall theme of his paintings is love and acceptance. Byrd and his artwork represent a different way of seeing\, and his hope is that the world can see beauty and acceptance through his eyes.\n\nGifts of Art Gallery – Taubman Health Center South Lobby\, Floor 1. \n1500 E. Medical Center Drive\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109\nOn display June 17-September 6\, 2019\nOpen daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. UID:63816-15896491@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63816 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Family,Free,health and wellness,Visual Arts LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery – South Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190524T100532 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Through My Lens: Photography of National Parks DESCRIPTION:Raymond Gaynor\, from Ann Arbor\, Michigan\, has been practicing art photography for over 25 years. This exhibition of photographic works from 12 U.S. National Parks captures both iconic and unique landscape scenes. Gaynor chooses subjects that have a sense of solace and rejuvenation. One of his goals is to give the viewer an opportunity to imagine what it would be like to be the one looking through the camera lens while composing and capturing an image. He hopes to evoke emotions\, memories\, and a desire to witness firsthand the beauty of the National Parks. Recently he has been invited to participate in numerous juried art exhibitions\, expanding his passion to pursue exhibiting throughout the Midwest. \nGifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center\, Level 1. \n\n1500 E. Medical Center Drive\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109\nOn display June 17-September 6\, 2019\nOpen Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. UID:63822-15896984@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63822 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Family,Free,health and wellness,Visual Arts LOCATION:Cancer Center - Gifts of Art Gallery – Level 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190614T140151 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:she was here\, once DESCRIPTION:The mobility and displacement of the Black body\, from port to holding cell\, to ward and out\, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially\, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain\, otherness\, power and triumph\, \"she was here\, once\" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.\n\nIn summer 2018\, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond\, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement\, sound\, and solidarity\, eight Black women and girls\, wearing large needle felted wool masks\, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond\, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).\n\nThe multi-layered piece has produced a short film\, mini documentary\, photography\, and performance masks\, on display in her solo exhibition\, \"she was here\, once\" in Lane Hall.\n\nLane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.\n\nAccessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall\, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.\n\nContact Heidi Bennett\, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.\n\nCosponsors: Department of Women's Studies\, Stamps School of Art & Design\, Department of English\, Art History\, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies\, Center for the Education of Women+ UID:59501-14875230@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,Art,Diversity,Exhibition,Film,Humanities,Multicultural,Visual Arts,Women's Studies LOCATION:Lane Hall - Gallery (1st floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190426T150827 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:True to Life: Film Director Nancy Savoca’s Quest for Authenticity DESCRIPTION:Filmmaker Nancy Savoca aims to be as authentic as possible. Her films are brilliant\, intimate portraits that explore the weight of social institutions and social injustice placed upon the shoulders of her characters. Her lead characters\, typically women\, must balance their needs with those of others in order to find their true voice. This U-M student-curated exhibit is the result of a semester-long course devoted to her films and career.\n\nSavoca contributed her papers — spanning her career as a director\, producer\, and screenwriter — to the Screens Arts Mavericks & Makers collection at the U-M Library. Her archive represents nearly three decades of indie filmmaking\, and includes notes\, notebooks\, photos\, and script drafts.\n\nSee the symposium schedule for Character Driven: Exploring the Career and Archives of Nancy Savoca: https://www.lib.umich.edu/announcements/symposium-celebrates-filmmaker-nancy-savoca UID:63404-15669594@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63404 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Film,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery (Room 100) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181030T122003 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T170000 SUMMARY:Other:Undergrad Summer Institute- Transforming Analytical Learning in the Era of Big Data DESCRIPTION:This full-time 6-week summer institute will introduce undergraduate students to emerging challenges at the intersection of Big Data\, Statistics\, and Human Health.\n\nLectures will be led by a diverse group of stellar biostatistics\, statistics\, electrical engineering\, and computer science faculty at the University of Michigan. Working in teams\, students will participate in mentored big data research projects. Full and partial stipends are available for selected applicants based on merit and need.\n\nFor details\, visit: \nwww.BigDataSummerInstitute.com\n\nAPPLICATION OPENS DECEMBER 15\, 2018. UID:57208-14130896@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/57208 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Undergraduate Students LOCATION:School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190401T145136 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Basic Concepts and Theoretical Background (one-day workshop) DESCRIPTION:For more information on this program\, please visit the RSD Program web site: https://rsdprogram.si.isr.umich.edu/\n\nNot for academic credit workshop (*Remote participation option available)\n\nRSD has financial support available to those who qualify\n\nResponsive survey design (RSD) refers to a method for designing surveys that has been demonstrated to increase the quality and efficiency of survey data collection. RSD uses evidence from early phases of data collection to make design decisions for later phases. Beginning in the 2018 Summer Institute\, we will offer a series of eleven one-day short courses in RSD techniques.\n\n*Remote participation option: It is not necessary to be physically in Ann Arbor to participate in these workshops. Students who cannot be in Ann Arbor can enroll and join sessions via BlueJeans (https://www.bluejeans.com/). Once enrollment is confirmed via email\, indicate if course attendance will be in person\, in Ann Arbor or via BlueJeans. Survey Methodology for Randomized Controlled Trails does not have the remote participation option.\n\nThis course will provide participants with an overview of the primary concepts underlying RSD. This will include discussion of the uncertainty in survey design\, the role of paradata\, or data describing the data collection process\, in informing decisions\, and potential RSD interventions. These interventions include timing and sequence of modes\, techniques for efficiently deploying incentives\, and combining two-phase sampling with other design changes. Interventions appropriate for face-to-face\, telephone\, web\, mail and mixed-mode surveys will be discussed. Using the Total Survey Error (TSE) framework\, the main concepts behind these designs will be explained with a focus on how these principles are designed to simultaneously control survey errors and survey costs. Examples of RSD in both large and small studies will be provided as motivation. Small group exercises will help participants to think through some of the common questions that need to be answered when employing RSD. UID:61411-15099319@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/61411 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate and Professional Students,Prospective Graduate Students,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Research,Undergraduate Students,Workshop LOCATION:Off Campus Location - TBD CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190329T162058 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Basic Concepts and Theoretical Background (one-day workshop) DESCRIPTION:This course will provide participants with an overview of the primary concepts underlying RSD. This will include discussion of the uncertainty in survey design\, the role of paradata\, or data describing the data collection process\, in informing decisions\, and potential RSD interventions. These interventions include timing and sequence of modes\, techniques for efficiently deploying incentives\, and combining two-phase sampling with other design changes. Interventions appropriate for face-to-face\, telephone\, web\, mail and mixed-mode surveys will be discussed. Using the Total Survey Error (TSE) framework\, the main concepts behind these designs will be explained with a focus on how these principles are designed to simultaneously control survey errors and survey costs. Examples of RSD in both large and small studies will be provided as motivation. Small group exercises will help participants to think through some of the common questions that need to be answered when employing RSD UID:62720-15434148@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/62720 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate and Professional Students,Prospective Graduate Students,Research,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - tbd CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190218T155943 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Introduction to Applied Questionnaire Design DESCRIPTION:This course provides students with practice applying principles of question design. Students leave the course with tools to use in diagnosing problems in survey questions and writing their own survey questions. The lecture provides guidelines for writing and revising survey questions and using troubled questions from surveys as examples for revision. Each day's session combines lecture with group discussion and analysis. For some class activities\, students work in small groups to apply lecture material to identify problems in the survey questions and propose solutions. Assignments require that students write new questions or revise problematic questions and administer them to fellow students. Sessions consider both questions about events and behaviors and questions about subjective phenomena (such as attitudes\, evaluations\, and internal states).\n\n20 Ways to Test Your Survey Questions is a course that complements well with this class. UID:61357-15090353@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/61357 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate and Professional Students,Prospective Graduate Students,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location - TBD CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190218T161717 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Introduction to Survey Research Techniques DESCRIPTION:Surveys continue to play an important role in addressing many kinds of problems about many kinds of populations stand alone or as part of an integrated information system. Application of the scientific principles underlying surveys depends on good understanding of theories and empirical research from disciplines such as psychology\, sociology\, statistics and computer science. A set of principles and empirical research will be introduced through the Total Surevy Error (TSE) framework. The principles include problem and hypothesis formulation\, study design\, sampling\, questionnaire design\, interviewing techniques\, pretesting\, modes of data collection and data cleaning\, management\, and analysis. Students will be trained to determine major steps in data collection design and implementation and to refer to literature to justify the steps. The course will also discuss team and project management in the content of survey research\, identifying skillsets and technical language required. The course will also provide training in an important subset of skills needed to conduct a survey form beginning to end. UID:61359-15090363@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/61359 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate and Professional Students,Prospective Graduate Students,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location - TBD CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190401T145039 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Survey Methodology for Health Science Researchers/Linking Adaptive Interventions and RSD (one-day workshop) DESCRIPTION:For more information on this program\, please visit the RSD Program web site: https://rsdprogram.si.isr.umich.edu/\n\nNot for academic credit workshop (*Remote participation option available)\n\nRSD has financial support available to those who qualify\n\nResponsive survey design (RSD) refers to a method for designing surveys that has been demonstrated to increase the quality and efficiency of survey data collection. RSD uses evidence from early phases of data collection to make design decisions for later phases. Beginning in the 2018 Summer Institute\, we will offer a series of eleven one-day short courses in RSD techniques.\n\n*Remote participation option: It is not necessary to be physically in Ann Arbor to participate in these workshops. Students who cannot be in Ann Arbor can enroll and join sessions via BlueJeans (https://www.bluejeans.com/). Once enrollment is confirmed via email\, indicate if course attendance will be in person\, in Ann Arbor or via BlueJeans. Survey Methodology for Randomized Controlled Trails does not have the remote participation option.\n\nTopics covered: Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) are an important tool for tests of internal validity of causal claims in both health and social sciences. In practice\, however\, inattention to crucial details of data collection methodology can compromise the internal validity test. One crucial example is recruitment and retention of participants – though randomized to treatment\, unequal reluctance to participate or unequal attrition from the RCT jeopardize the internal validity of comparisons within the RCT design. Another crucial example is the interaction of treatment and measurement – if the measures themselves change in response to the RCT treatment\, then observed treatment and control differences may reflect these measurement differences rather than treatment differences. In both cases\, specific tools from survey methodology can be used to maximize the internal validity test in the RCT design. This course will focus on the survey methodology topics most important for maintaining the internal validity of RCT studies and feature specific examples of applications to RCTs. One set of tools will focus on maximizing participation and minimizing attrition of participants. Core survey methodology tools for encouraging participation in both pre-treatment measurement and the treatment itself as well as tools for minimizing the loss of participants to follow-up measures will be featured. These tools include incentives\, tailoring refusal conversion\, switching modes\, and tracking strategies. Links to RSD will also be made. A second set of tools will focus on measurement construction to reduce chances of interaction with treatment. These tools include mode options\, questionnaire design issues\, and special instruments (such as life history calendars) to minimize reporting error. Each portion of the course will feature examples applying each specific tool to RCT studies. UID:61410-15099318@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/61410 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate and Professional Students,Prospective Graduate Students,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Research,Undergraduate Students,Workshop LOCATION:Off Campus Location - TBD CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190329T161220 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Survey Methodology for Health Science Researchers/Linking Adaptive Interventions and RSD (one-day workshop) DESCRIPTION:Topics covered: Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) are an important tool for tests of internal validity of causal claims in both health and social sciences. In practice\, however\, inattention to crucial details of data collection methodology can compromise the internal validity test. One crucial example is recruitment and retention of participants – though randomized to treatment\, unequal reluctance to participate or unequal attrition from the RCT jeopardize the internal validity of comparisons within the RCT design. Another crucial example is the interaction of treatment and measurement – if the measures themselves change in response to the RCT treatment\, then observed treatment and control differences may reflect these measurement differences rather than treatment differences. In both cases\, specific tools from survey methodology can be used to maximize the internal validity test in the RCT design. This course will focus on the survey methodology topics most important for maintaining the internal validity of RCT studies and feature specific examples of applications to RCTs. One set of tools will focus on maximizing participation and minimizing attrition of participants. Core survey methodology tools for encouraging participation in both pre-treatment measurement and the treatment itself as well as tools for minimizing the loss of participants to follow-up measures will be featured. These tools include incentives\, tailoring refusal conversion\, switching modes\, and tracking strategies. Links to RSD will also be made. A second set of tools will focus on measurement construction to reduce chances of interaction with treatment. These tools include mode options\, questionnaire design issues\, and special instruments (such as life history calendars) to minimize reporting error. Each portion of the course will feature examples applying each specific tool to RCT studies. UID:62718-15434143@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/62718 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate and Professional Students,Prospective Graduate Students,Research,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - TBD CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190124T122533 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T170000 SUMMARY:Other:WISE GISE 2019 DESCRIPTION:WISE Girls in Science and Engineering is a summer day camp for current 7th and 8th graders where real scientists engage students in dynamic\, hands on experiments to foster curiosity and build confidence in STEM. The application will be open on Youthhub from February 1 to April 1. The camp will take place from June 17-21 2019. UID:60345-14866436@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/60345 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Camp LOCATION:Undergraduate Science Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190506T172335 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:A Revolution Worth Having: Emma Goldman at 150 DESCRIPTION:The Joseph A. Labadie Collection in the U-M Library is one of the world's most complete collections of anarchist thought and contains more original Emma Goldman material than any other U.S. library. In commemoration of her 150th birthday\, we will display a selection of these artifacts\, including her Russian passport and original writings. The exhibit will showcase materials related to her travels in Ann Arbor and Detroit\, life in Russia\, relationships with other well-known anarchists\, and representation in popular culture today. UID:63490-15751204@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63490 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Special Collections Research Center, 6th floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190611T111441 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Bonsai in Bloom: Satsuki Azalea DESCRIPTION:A display of satsuki azalea bonsai in bloom as well as a display of viewing stones (found stones or rocks that that resemble objects or landscapes). Includes events and workshops June 8 & 9 along with self-guided tours and other activities. The satsuki azalea are on loan from Ohio collector and U-M alumnus Dr. Melvyn Goldstein. To learn more and to view photos of the bonsai and viewing stones\, visit: https://mbgna.umich.edu/bonsai-in-bloom-satsuki-azalea-bonsai-at-matthaei-botanical-gardens/ UID:63335-15644868@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63335 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:bonsai,matthaei botanical gardens LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190513T102530 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T124500 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Deutschtisch DESCRIPTION:The Deutschtisch for Spring 2019 is associated with German 100. All are welcome! The group will meet MW 12:00-12:45. You can find the group with your ears (i.e. listen for a group of people speaking German). Look for the group:\nMost days: At Maizie's Kitchen in the Michigan League.\nOccasionally in good weather: in the \"Courtyard Garden\" of the League\, across from UHS (one way to get to it would be to go directly through the League from the front doors (facing the Bell Tower) to the back doors).\nTo be sure of the location\, come to the end of class at 11:50 in 2108 MLB to walk to lunch with the group\, or email the instructors to confirm the location: Vera Irwin in the first half of the semester\, Maria Measel in the second half of the semester. UID:63583-15806533@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63583 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:German,Language,Undergraduate LOCATION:Michigan League - Maizie's Kitchen CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190219T154900 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T160000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:20 Ways to Test Your Survey Questions DESCRIPTION:Testing your survey questionnaire is absolutely essential for ensuring a high quality survey. There has been a proliferation of question testing methods (both new methods and variations of existing methods). This course covers 20 different question testing techniques and combines information from the survey methodological literature with practical advice and hands on practice. The course covers methods for testing quantitative interview-based\, web and mail questionnaires looking both at standard methods as well as new and unusual techniques. Overall the course covers: standard field test\, interviewer rating form and variations\, behaviour coding (classical\, sequence-based and shortened)\, expert review\, systematic form appraisal (including two online programmes)\, respondent debriefing (including vignettes and web probing)\, cognitive interviewing (short introduction)\, focus groups\, split ballot tests\, usability testing\, studying item nonresponse and response distribution patterns\, reliability and validity\, record check studies\, paradata\, an introduction to analysis based methods (latent class\, multi-trait-multi-method procedure and item response theory)\, eye tracking\, computational linguistics\, and crowd sourcing).\n\nIntroduction to Applied Questionnaire Design is a course that complements well with this class.\n\nPrerequisite: There is no prerequisite\, but some knowledge of questionnaire design is of value. UID:61430-15099343@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/61430 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate and Professional Students,Prospective Graduate Students,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - ISR 1070 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181227T161104 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T143000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Merging the Old and the New: Bird’s-Eye Views of America - OLLI Study Group DESCRIPTION:Between 1850 and 1900\, panoramic depictions of towns and cities were very popular in America. University of Michigan School of Information student Corey Schmidt will describe his project to catalog and digitize these bird’s-eye views and also to create an online interactive map. Director of the Clements Library\, Kevin Graffagnino will discuss the significance of these unique nineteenth-century depictions of communities throughout the United States. Participants will also have an opportunity to view several original bird’s-eye views from the Clements Library collection.\n\nThis session for those 50 and above meets on Monday\, June 17\, from 1:30-2:30 p.m. UID:58983-14628148@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/58983 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:History,Information and Technology,Museum LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190702T123005 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T150000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Cleared AWS University Opportunities - Winter\, Spring\, Summer\, and Fall 2020 Internships DESCRIPTION:We build cloud services that help US Intelligence Agencies keep our nation safe.\n\nWe are bringing AWS commercial cloud technology to US Intelligence Agency missions. These missions require AWS to meet the highest levels of security and often operate in air-gapped environments. Tosupport these requirements\, AWS has developed and deployed tools that enable a full AWS cloud environment across the entire range of classifications. This gives our government access to the technology required to stay ahead of threats and keep our nation safe. US Intelligence Agencies are looking at their missions in new ways and collaborating like never before. \n\nAt AWS\, we are also looking to invent new capabilities that will help solve some hard problems for the agencies we support. These new technologies range from new storage technology to ground station as a service\, to more advanced machine learning. We have just started to explore the new possibilities and\, as we say at Amazon\, it is still Day 1. \n\nOur team is a great place to work with the latest cloud technology\, learn new skills\, invent new capabilities\, and most importantly\, have a direct impact on the success of the US Intelligence Community. We have opportunities forcleared and non-cleared technology professionals who wish to work to support this mission. UID:63796-15881708@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63796 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190215T104842 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190617T160000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Data Collection Methods DESCRIPTION:This course reviews a range of survey data collection methods that are both interview-based (face-to-face and telephone) and self-administered (questionnaires that are mailed and online\, i.e.\, web surveys). Mixed mode designs are also covered as well as several hybrid modes for collecting sensitive information e.g.\, self-administering the sensitive questions in what is otherwise a face-to-face interview. The course also covers newer methods such as mobile web and SMS (text message) interviews\, and examines alternative data sources such as social media. It concentrates on the impact these techniques have on the quality of survey data\, including error from measurement\, nonresponse\, and coverage\, and assesses the tradeoffs between these error sources when researchers choose a mode or survey design. This is not a how-to-do-it course on survey data collection\, but rather focuses on the error properties of key aspects of the data collection process.\n\nStudents will view recorded lectures and complete reading assignments in preparation for class discussion sessions which will occur twice per week\, one hour per session. Students are expected to attend all discussion sessions either in person or via BlueJeans. Successful discussion sessions will occur through preparation and active participation by all participants enrolled in the course. Students should have questions or discussion topics in mind for the class sessions.\n\nRemote participation option: It is not necessary to be physically in Ann Arbor to take the course. Students who cannot be in Ann Arbor can enroll and join discussion sessions via BlueJeans (https://www.bluejeans.com/).\n\nOnce enrollment is confirmed via email\, indicate if course attendance will be in person\, in Ann Arbor or via BlueJeans.\n\nPrerequisite: An introductory course in survey research methods or equivalent experience. If joining remotely\, participant must have computer\, camera and headset available to join the class via BlueJeans (https://www.bluejeans.com/)\nThis class meets June 3-July 24 on Monday and Wednesday from 3:00pm-4:00pm UID:61255-15061092@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/61255 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate and Professional Students,Prospective Graduate Students,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Perry Building - TBD CONTACT: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR