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:20191117T120017 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T150000 SUMMARY:Other:Classic City Classic DESCRIPTION:   UID:67564-17351854@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/67564 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Holland Youth Sports Complex CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191117T120015 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T130000 SUMMARY:Other:Nationals at Pittsburgh DESCRIPTION:Club water polo nationals at university of Pittsburgh  UID:68589-17351816@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/68589 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:University of Pittsburgh CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191117T120014 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T150000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:NIRCA Cross Country National Championships DESCRIPTION:Get up and get ready MRun! We've been training all fall for this race\, so I hope you're ready for nationals! UID:64089-17351794@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/64089 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Pole Green Park CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191118T112254 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T230000 SUMMARY:Community Service:Trans Awareness Week Donation Drive for Coats DESCRIPTION:The weather has turned cold quickly and there are many in the transgender community left without proper winter gear. As a part of Trans Awareness Week\, the Spectrum Center is fundraising to supply some coats to the members of T-Time\, a weekly hangout for transfeminine nonbinary individuals and trans women in the Ann Arbor area. Our goal is to raise $800 in this effort to secure high-quality coats that will protect against the cold and affirm each member's unique gender presentation.\n \n Help out by donating what you can to our general gifts fund at http://bit.ly/CoatsForTAW or spreading the word. Thank you for helping us support local trans folks! UID:69524-17337521@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/69524 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Community Service,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Inclusion,LGBT,Social Impact,Social Justice,Trans Awareness Week-TAW LOCATION:1443 Washtenaw Ave Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20200108T153628 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T230000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program DESCRIPTION:UROP's Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program ( DCERP) will be accepting applications for Summer 2020 through December 3rd! DCERP students will gain valuable experience while helping community organizations with their research needs. They'll also become part of a dynamic learning community that will get to know about Detroit history\, have fun together\, and share their passion for social justice. Students will receive a stipend and housing for this 9-week program.\n\nApply today! http://myumi.ch/erK95 UID:68084-17009797@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,AEM Featured,Dcbrp,Dcerp,Detroit,Environment,Free,Interdisciplinary,Leadership,Public Health,Public Policy,Research,Social Impact,Social Justice,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Urop LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190823T150633 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:CCPS Exhibition. Stasys Eidrigevičius: Collages DESCRIPTION:*The juxtaposition of fragments creates original\, unexpected\, and often surrealist images that unlock a new imaginary universe.*\n\nStasys Eidrigevičius\, often referred to simply as “Stasys\,” was born in Mediniskiai\, Lithuania in 1949. He studied at the Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts before moving to Warsaw in 1980 where he established a reputation as a world-renowned artist. A master of many techniques as an illustrator\, book cover designer\, sculptor\, painter\, and photographer\, Stasys is perhaps best known for his graphics and poster art. He has exhibited in the United States\, Switzerland\, Japan\, Great Britain\, Spain\, France\, Germany and many other countries. \n\nStasys is the recipient of numerous international prizes and medals in various fields of artistic activity including: the Grand Prize at the International Book Illustration Contest in Barcelona (1986)\; Gold Medal at the International Poster Festival in Chicago (1987)\; Silver Medal at the 2nd International Exhibition of Graphic Art in New York (1988)\; Grand Prize at the 1st International Biennial Exhibition of Book Illustration in Belgrade (1990) and Bratislava (1991)\; Grand Prize at the International Salon of Poster in Paris (1993)\; Gold Medal at the 4th International Triennial of Poster in Toyama (Japan\, 1994)\; and at the Polish Poster Biennale in Katowice (1999). In 2019\, he was honored with the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland. \n\nIf you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this exhibition\, please reach out to copernicus@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:65699-16629951@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/65699 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,European,International,Poland,Visual Arts LOCATION:Weiser Hall - International Institute Gallery, 547 Weiser Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190809T101919 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Civitates Orbis Terrarum: Braun & Hogenberg’s Evolving World DESCRIPTION:Civitates Orbis Terrarum (Cities of the World)\, the first standardized city atlas\, contains over 540 maps and views between its six volumes. First published in 1572 by Georg Braun (1541-1622) and Frans Hogenberg (1535-1590)\, Civitates was first intended as a companion to Ortelius’s Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. New editions of the city atlas continued to be printed through 1617. Hogenberg\, one of the most prolific engravers of the time\, was joined by many other engravers in creating the Civitates. Braun edited the work and provided the descriptions of the cities on the verso of each plate. This exhibit contains 18 works from the Civitates\, including many from the Clark Library’s holdings. Also included are reproductions of large panoramas Amsterdam\, London\, and St. Petersburg that reflect the evolution of city mapping through the 17th and 18th centuries. UID:65088-16515476@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/65088 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,History,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191113T101359 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Envisioning Religion in Hamtramck DESCRIPTION:Michigan artist Razi Jafri leads University of Michigan students on a photographic experience of Hamtramck\, the first American Muslim-majority city. Through a visual exploration of the spaces\, peoples\, and stories of this vibrant multi-ethnic and multi-faith community\, participants consider how ways of seeing and modes of representation intersect with narratives of inclusion and belonging across the Abrahamic faiths. UID:69123-17250803@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/69123 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Free,Library,Muslim LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190918T122638 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Football & Pets: Paper Sculpture DESCRIPTION:This exhibit of Steve Wirtz’ sculptures features a selection of his Dynamic Football series and animal works. The Dynamic Football laminated paper works explore compositions of action\, allowing the artist to exploit the properties of the medium. The pieces are constructed by gluing many layers of paper over wire armatures. When dry\, the sculptures are painted in an often splashy\, sketchy style. Wirtz’ silly animal works are what the artist is best known for\, and they take shape in his Goetzville\, Michigan studio.\n\nGifts of Art Gallery – University Hospital Main Corridor\, Floor 2\n1500 E. Medical Center Drive\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109 UID:67407-16849051@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/67407 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics - Football,Family,Visual Arts,Well-being LOCATION:University Hospitals CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190918T120819 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T200000 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.\n\nGifts of Art Gallery – Taubman Health Center South Lobby\, Floor 1\n1500 E. Medical Center Drive\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109 UID:67398-16848799@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/67398 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Family,Free,Visual Arts,Well-being LOCATION:Taubman Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191101T145004 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T180000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Michigan Pre-College and Youth Outreach Conference (PCC) DESCRIPTION:The annual Michigan Pre-College and Youth Outreach Conference (PCC) brings together leaders in education\, workforce development\, and government from around the state to cast a spotlight on the important role postsecondary institutions and community partners play in promoting college access.\n\nThe theme this year is Inclusion and Innovation in College Access: Cultivating Michigan Youth. We are inviting scholars\, researchers and practitioners to examine the challenges to postsecondary attainment and success\, explore opportunities to address these issues\, and share the impact of promising approaches.\n\nThe Keynote speaker this year will be Dr. Kedra Ishop\, Vice Provost for Enrollment Management at the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor. She is a nationally recognized expert\, speaker\, and advisor on issues in higher education related to diversity\, affordability\, assessment\, admissions\, and enrollment.\n\nThis annual one day conference rotates among colleges and universities across the state. Representatives from many colleges and universities\, as well as other community partners\, contribute to its planning.\n\nPostsecondary education remains the best way for youth to equip themselves with the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in our evolving global landscape. While 70% of jobs in Michigan now require training beyond high school\, the state lags behind the nation’s average for college attainment and fewer than a quarter of the state’s high school graduates are college-ready. UID:63891-15977793@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63891 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Center For Educational Outreach,Diversity,Pcc LOCATION:Michigan League CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190918T123728 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Michigan Sports Galore: Oil on Canvas DESCRIPTION:Brighton\, Michigan artist Jeff Joseph’s introduction to art making was drawing pencil sketches of his junior high classmates. His specialty is sports arts\, and he has a license to create art for several universities including U-M\, Ohio State and Michigan State. His work is about the quiet moments of sports as well as the shifting and complex panorama of all sports. This exhibit will include portraits\, stadium landscapes and images from Michigan sports teams. Focusing on accuracy and detail\, his originals can take anywhere from four months to a year to complete\, but he is always updating collectors around the country with new pieces.\n\nGifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center\, Level 1\n1500 E. Medical Center Drive\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109 UID:67410-16849135@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/67410 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics - Baseball,Athletics - Football,Athletics - Ice Hockey,Family,Visual Arts,Well-being LOCATION:Cancer Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190918T121219 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Oil on Water: Painting on Linen DESCRIPTION:Danielle Eubank is an award-winning artist who has been on four international sailing expeditions and painted every ocean on the planet to raise awareness about the oceans and climate change. Her large paintings are emotive abstract portraits of specific bodies of water. The Oil on Water exhibition features Eubank’s oil on linen paintings of the Arctic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. She creates patterns within patterns\, representing vertical stacks of rhythms. The undulating forms\, such as water ripples\, oil slicks\, and refuse\, combined with the memories that water evokes\, makes her work eye-opening\, yet soothing and sensual. \n\nGifts of Art Gallery – University Hospital Main Lobby\, Floor 1 \n1500 E. Medical Center Drive\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109 UID:67400-16848882@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/67400 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Environment,Family,Visual Arts,Well-being LOCATION:University Hospitals CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190918T121906 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Pen & Ink Queens DESCRIPTION:Introverted and shy by nature\, Laura Cavanagh uses her art as an outlet to create humorous larger than life personalities. In Pen & Ink Queens\, Cavanagh draws inspiration from medieval and renaissance-era garments to adorn quirky\, queenly figures. Cavanagh works in a style that is hyper-detailed and intricate\, so she remains present during the creative process. A true Michigander\, Cavanagh was born and raised in Southeast Michigan\, attended U-M\, and currently works in Detroit. Cavanagh makes a concerted effort to exhibit as much as possible in her home state\, and when she is not in her studio\, you can find her cooking\, practicing yoga or playing with her cat\, Benji.\n\nGifts of Art Gallery – University Hospital Main Corridor\, Floor 2\n1500 E. Medical Center Drive\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109 UID:67401-16848965@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/67401 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Family,Visual Arts,Well-being LOCATION:University Hospitals CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190918T115358 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Un-Quarium: Mixed Media DESCRIPTION:Unruly Arts is a professional art studio that serves adults with disabilities\, located within the Artist Village at the Toledo Botanical Garden. In this supportive community\, each artist is encouraged to find and develop their authentic voice through art and the creative process. The Un-Quarium exhibit is a series of three large canvases of stretched silk polyester\, along with a collection of smaller aquatic themed glass and silk abstracts showcasing a wondrous world beneath the sea. The works reflect a collaborative effort by eighteen artists from Unruly Arts studio. Their art celebrates the joyful and vibrant expression of color and texture as well as their unique vision.\n\nGifts of Art Gallery – Taubman Health Center North Lobby\, Floor 1. \n1500 E. Medical Center Drive\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109 UID:67393-16846491@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/67393 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Disability,Family,Free,Visual Arts,Well-being LOCATION:Taubman Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190918T120302 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Ваза: Copper & Brass Vessels DESCRIPTION:Victoria (Vika) Bulgakova grew up in Ukraine\, a part of the former Soviet Union. She immigrated to the U.S. in 1994\, and for the next 22 years\, New York became her home. In 2016\, she moved to Michigan to pursue an MFA at Cranbrook Academy of Art. She found the raw beauty of Detroit inspiring and kept her metalsmithing studio practice in the city. The copper and brass vessels in her Ваза series and other included works are a meditation on fluidity of memories: their ability to shift from reflection to re-invention over time. Each vessel potentially holds something within its boundaries\, whether tangible or not. \n\nGifts of Art Gallery – Taubman Health Center North Lobby\, Floor 1\n1500 E. Medical Center Drive\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109 UID:67395-16846574@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/67395 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Family,Free,International,Visual Arts,Well-being LOCATION:Taubman Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191118T094351 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T170000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:ASC Event. Mellon Workshop: Historical and Contemporary Expressions of Populism in Africa and Beyond DESCRIPTION:Populism has re-emerged across the globe\, displaying multiple\, left and right leaning variants and provoking complex engagements with the limits of liberal democracy. There is a new generation of populists on the African stage\, offering contradictory and often disturbing visions regarding Africa’s future. Some\, including Julius Malema and the Economic Freedom Fighters in South Africa\, have re- imagined concepts and policies linked historically to theories on the left\, while others\, such as David Bahati and the anti-gay campaigners of Uganda\, have advanced a deeply conservative and reactionary religiosity. These new forms of populism that are being expressed across the political spectrum invite careful analysis of the continuities and ruptures in African politics from the 20th to the 21st centuries\, as well as the ways in which ideas and movements travel across national boundaries. Several contemporary populist movements are historically rooted in older movements on the continent\, and those histories provide linguistic markers and affective registers for contemporary encounters. Yet the current brands of populism are also distinctive in their own right\, rather than simply being a re- packaging and reiteration of national liberation. As in the 1950s and 60s—the era of decolonization— when newly independent African states were sometimes confronted with populist movements that challenged their technocratic and nationalist frames\, the failures of postcolonial developmental projects have provoked contestations today. Moreover\, in the 1970s\, African dictators drew on new media— radio and television in particular—to define for their audiences new modes of political and cultural belonging. Social media today is different from that period in reach and in tone\, but it has made possible the creation of new spaces and organisational forms for politics. For example\, aided by social media\, social movements\, especially queer and feminist organisations\, have escalated in intensity and appeal over the past several decades\, and these also shape the contours of populism. Their aspirations and objectives significantly inform populist rhetoric\, either acting as subjects of its many demands\, or as the objects of derision.\n\nThis workshop will reflect on the cultural and political registers and infrastructures of populism in Africa (and elsewhere). What circumstances invite (some) people to see themselves as an oppressed majority? What work do authenticité and other nativist agendas do to clarify identities and marginalize minorities? What is the relationship between African forms of liberal democracy\, and development in particular\, and populism? Are populist movements opening up spaces for new forms of gendered political performances? Finally\, what lessons can be learned from the past as African\, American\, and European democracies together confront a renewed wave of nativist enthusiasm? UID:68026-16986087@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/68026 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:africa,African Studies,African Studies Center,History,Humanities LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190808T162032 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Other Crusoes\, Other Islands: Mapping a Complex Legacy DESCRIPTION:On the 300th anniversary of the publication of The Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe\, of York\, Mariner\, this exhibit interrogates the troubled legacy of Daniel Defoe’s seminal English novel. It also explores how creators have pushed back against the colonialist\, hyper-masculine\, and racist ethos of the text by using the castaway narrative to explore self-sufficiency\, otherness\, and the role of gendered and racialized ideas in constructing the self.\n\nThis novel of shipwreck\, survival\, and rescue has become a cultural touchstone. Today\, many people who haven’t read the novel still feel familiar with key plot elements\, Robinson Crusoe\, and Friday. Yet\, there is less familiarity with how both the original text and many of the adaptations of Robinson Crusoe have fed into and reinforced narratives of imperialism and racism. Drawing on the Hubbard Collection of Imaginary Voyages - one of the world’s most comprehensive collections of editions\, translations\, adaptations\, and spin-offs of Robinson Crusoe - Other Crusoes\, Other Islands seeks to understand how readers and writers have engaged with the story since its initial publication in 1719.\n\nContent Advisory: Please be aware that some items in this exhibit feature racist imagery and potentially painful content. Although Robinson Crusoe is often treated as children’s literature and this exhibit includes children’s books and board games\, it is not an exhibit geared towards children and reflects the significant shifts over time in ideas about what is appropriate for children. UID:65071-16509400@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/65071 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Free,Library,Literature LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Audubon Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191111T105153 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:WHITE HISTORY MONTH VOL. 1 DESCRIPTION:Mining symbols of power and oppression from the historical strata of western art\, Sawyer exposes truths\, while covering others to gain a clearer picture of concepts that have shaped our current society. Within the context of his figurative drawings and paintings Sawyer presents an alternative to the historical record that often accompanies well known images throughout art history. \n\nInspired by current trends to redact post Civil War Confederate monuments from the American landscape\, Sawyer poses the question: Why are some symbols of oppression lauded\, considered sacred and become canonized while others cause the public to demand their destruction? Is there a logical thread in the tapestry of oppression? Can this thread be observed and considered? Lastly\, can this thread then be unraveled? \n\nAdditionally\, this exhibition features a series of drawings titled Grâce Nóir\, which features Black women whose works have contributed to shaping the landscape of visual culture.\n\nAs part of his residency\, Sawyer also worked with U-M students to create a mural to honor Samuel C. Watson\, the first African American student admitted to the University of Michigan. The mural is on view on the first floor of MLB.\n\nAbout the artist:\n\nTylonn J. Sawyer (b. 1976) is an American figurative artist\, educator\, and curator living and working in Detroit\, Michigan. His work centers around themes of identity\, both individual and collective\, politics\, race\, history and pop culture. In 2013\, Sawyer expanded his studio practice to include large public murals and collaborative projects throughout Detroit. Sawyer is a professor of art at Oakland Community College and teaches drawing at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit. His passion for arts education lead to his community work with youth including various community arts programs throughout New York\, where he served as an art director\, teacher\, curriculum specialist\, and more. Most recently\, in early 2014\, Sawyer started the first teen arts council in Michigan for the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. He earned an MFA in painting from the New York Academy of Art: Graduate School of Figurative Art and a BFA in drawing & painting from Eastern Michigan University. In 2019\, he was awarded the Alain Locke Recognition Award as well as a Kresge Fellowship for Visual Art. UID:66153-16711317@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/66153 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,Art,Exhibition,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191023T141908 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Art Exhibition: Blood Underwater DESCRIPTION:Water\, as a natural resource\, has been weaponized or made treacherous against people seeking safety and security. Some have been tortured or killed through waterboarding\, others have been forced into oceans to die or disappear. Refugees across world regions have drowned crossing bodies of water in hopes for a better life. \n\nMillions of people all over the world are being tortured\, disappeared\, and forcibly displaced by repressive regimes and wars while governments of other countries are denying them a safe place to live. There are now as many as 1.3 million survivors of politically motivated torture survivors living in the U.S. And over 70 million refugees in the world according to the United Nations Refugee Agency\, the highest number in the almost 70 years since the refugee agency was founded.\n\nDuring this time of rapid political change worldwide\, the Blood Underwater Workshop and Exhibition offers an opportunity for students\, activists\, members of civil society organizations\, and NGOs to come together as change agents to protect human rights\, freedom and dignity\, and to spread peace\, justice and love.\n\nBlood Underwater is a collaborative work\, which encourages deep thinking and creative expression. It provides a voice for community members and activists\, especially from political\, national\, racial\, religious and other minorities\, to express their concerns about global suffering through art. Participants gather around a large canvas with paints and music and are guided through a series of artistic expressions by “artivist” Elshafei Dafalla. The purpose is to use art to protest against violence\, torture\, enforced disappearances and other forms of brutality.\n\nBlood Underwater is a demand for “freedom\, peace and justice” -- from San Salvador to Khartoum to Sindh -- and throughout the world. This visual narrative will recognize men and women who have been murdered because they wanted to live in freedom\, political prisoners\, people forced from their homes\, and those who have been tortured for standing up to dictatorships.\n\nThe Blood Underwater artwork narrative will connect participants to one another\, and to refugees\, asylum seekers\, political prisoners and others who have already died or are currently suffering in their own countries or in new lands. This collaboration and new knowledge will enable participants to reflect together about global suffering\, and what can be done about it.\n\n-------\nEishafei Dafalla received a Bachelor of Arts in Sculpture from the College of Fine and Applied Art at the University for Science and Technology in Khartoum\, Sudan as well as a Diploma in Folklore from the Afro-Asian Institute at the University of Khartoum. He earned a Master of Fine Arts from the Stamps School of Art and Design at University of Michigan. Dafalla has participated in more than fifty exhibits worldwide\, and his work is part of public and private collections in Africa\, Asia\, the Middle East\, Europe and the United States. He continues to lecture and to exhibit his work\, holding artist residencies\, participating in community building activities\, and creating performative installation events around the U.S. and internationally. An extended interview with Dafalla was created by the Washington DC-based\, nonprofit\, Center for Concern. \n\nThe exhibition will be on display November 4-22\, M-F\, 10am-5pm\, at the Residential College Art Gallery at 701 East University Ave.\, Ann Arbor MI 48109. Free and open to the public. \n\nThere will be an opening reception for Blood Underwater with Elshafei Dafalla in attendance on November 1 from 6-8pm\, and refreshments will be served. UID:68772-17147175@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/68772 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,artists and curators,Exhibition,Free,Inclusion,Social,Visual Arts,Well-being,Workshop LOCATION:East Quadrangle - Residential College Art Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190729T114003 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T113000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Exit Interview with Laurita Thomas DESCRIPTION:Laurita Thomas\, in conversation with OLLI member Marcy Waldinger\, will share her stories and insights about the evolution of the workplace during her 45-year career in human resources. She will delve into some of the biggest challenges she faced in human resources as UM has grown and become more complex. She will reflect on the changes in the field of human resources\, from one of enforcing rules to encouraging effective performance. Ms. Thomas will also share reflections on her own personal story.\n\nMs. Thomas retired this fall from her role as UM Associate Vice President for Human Resources. She was responsible for human resource policy for all UM campuses and a full range of comprehensive integrated human resource services\, products\, and operations. She was responsible for 350 staff\, a budget of $38 million\, and a benefit plan of $1 billion. \n\nHer professional human resources career spans roles in the financial industry\, higher education and healthcare. She is a graduate of the UM in political science and economics. Her graduate work is in guidance and counseling and business administration. She has published many articles.\n\nMs. Thomas has served as a leader in many professional and community organizations. She is the incoming President of the ARU Human Resource Institute and previously was a past Charter Member and Treasurer. \n\nMarcy Waldinger is an OLLI member who retired in 2015 following a 35-year career at the University of Michigan Health System\, of which 23 years were spent as Chief Administrative Officer of the UM Rogel Comprehensive Cancer Center. She received both undergraduate and graduate degrees from the UM. Ms. Waldinger is a nationally recognized expert in cancer center administration. UID:64682-16426888@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/64682 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Human Resources,Lecture,Lifelong Learning,Retirement LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191007T160727 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Literature in Fragments: Lost Greek Works at Michigan DESCRIPTION:This exhibit presents a selection of such fragmentary literary texts from the University of Michigan’s Papyrology Collection. Although literary papyri represent a small fraction of surviving papyrus texts\, they nonetheless enable scholars both to improve their readings of known literary texts and to illuminate the rich diversity of ancient Greek literature\, the overwhelming majority of which has been lost to time.\n\nThe Greek literature that survives complete in the present day largely represents the texts that were the most popular in antiquity\, works like Homer’s Iliad and Euripides’ Medea. These texts were repeatedly copied throughout antiquity and the Middle Ages\, ensuring their continued transmission. Literary texts on papyri\, however\, provide a rare opportunity to glimpse fragments of ancient literature in their original form and to discover works that were read in antiquity but did not otherwise survive into the medieval and modern periods. This includes lesser-known works by such famous authors as Aristophanes and the Greek tragedians\, as well as fragments of texts whose authors remain unknown.\n\nThe exhibit was curated by Allison Thorsen\, UMSI student\, and can be viewed during regular hours of the Special Collections Research Center:\nhttps://www.lib.umich.edu/special-collections-research-center UID:66701-16770267@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/66701 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Free,History,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Special Collections Research Center, 6th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190731T120334 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T120000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Mindfullness-based Dementia Care DESCRIPTION:A free\, 7-week program designed for family caregivers of persons with dementia. Info and to register: 734.936.8803. \n\nPresented by MI Alzheimer’s Disease Center. UID:64758-16444916@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/64758 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:michigan alzheimer's disease center,Mindfulness LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191119T090744 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Ripple Effect DESCRIPTION:Ripple Effect is an interactive art exhibition that visualizes local water quality data through sound\, light\, and water. Through software technology\, water contamination data is translated into sound waves.\n\nThe installation consists of speakers that play the ‘data sound tracks’\, which vibrate the water held in attached trays. The sonic vibrations create unique patterns to emerge in the water\, known as water cymatics. Participants hear and see the water vibrate based on the chemical concentrations in their water samples. \n\nRipple Effect travels to communities that neighbor resource extraction activity and aims to transform the way people understand their data in relation to their environment. UID:69565-17366238@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/69565 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,ArtsEngine,creativity,Ecology,Environment,Exhibition,Graduate Students,Interdisciplinary,north campus LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190910T090051 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Diversity 101 DESCRIPTION:If you have any questions or if accommodations are needed to access the facility or the content of the presentation\, please contact Britney Underwood (britneyu@umich.edu) as soon as possible.\n\nIn order to have meaningful\, productive conversations about diversity\, equity\, and inclusion\, we must start with a common language. This session will provide an introduction to key terminology as well as the categories and labels we use to describe others and ourselves. We will also examine how our identities shape the way we enter the world and our interactions with each other. Emphasis will be placed on using our identities to help us understand the identities and experiences of others.\n\nIn this session\, participants will:\nIdentify the benefits of inclusive environments\nReview key terminology related to diversity\, equity\, and inclusion\nReflect on the origin of identities\, their intersectionality\, and their meanings\nUse our own identities as a window to understanding the identities of others to build more authentic\, empathic relationships\n\nAudience:\nThis session is open to all LSA Staff. Graduate and undergraduate student staff should contact Britney Underwood at britneyu@umich.edu to enroll. UID:65121-16539432@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/65121 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Diversity,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Free,Graduate and Professional Students,Leadership,Multicultural,Social Justice,Staff LOCATION:LSA Building - 2001 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191115T115819 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T120000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Polish Open Advising DESCRIPTION:Stop in to see Polish advisor Piotr Westwalewicz for advice on winter 2020 term registration! He'll have Polish treats\, donuts\, and pearls of wisdom about school and life in general :-) UID:69507-17333397@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/69507 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Poland,Polish,Slavic,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - 3029 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191031T125033 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Desperate and Displaced: Ensuring NGOs Do Their Best to Help Those in Humanitarian Crises DESCRIPTION:We invite the Ford School students to a seminar with Ambassador Klosson from Save the Children. \nThe session will focus on the expanding number of people caught up in humanitarian crises around the world for increasingly protracted periods\, and the role of International Nongovernmental Organizations (INGOs) in responding to these needs. What principles should guide how INGOs go about these responses? The session will provide for an interactive discussion of challenges and dilemmas NGOs must navigate\, drawing on several short hypotheticals or case studies and Save the Children’s experience. \n\nAmbassador Michael Klosson joined Save the Children in January 2007 after a career in international affairs and serves as the Vice President for Policy and Humanitarian Responses. He oversees the agency's public policy and advocacy work with the U.S. and foreign governments as well as its global emergency response work. \n\nSign up here: https://forms.gle/1VhvDhvhf59msADS9 UID:68677-17136736@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/68677 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:ford school of public policy,Human Rights,International,international policy,international relations,Kurds,Middle East Studies,Public Policy,Save The Children,Syria,Turkey,Weiser Diplomacy Center LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - 3240 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191111T143101 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T114500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T124500 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Social\, Behavioral & Experimental Economics (SBEE): Using micro-randomized trials to study processes underlying response to mobile health interventions DESCRIPTION:Abstract\n\nMicro-randomized trials (MRTs) are a new experimental design for optimizing just-in-time adaptive interventions. In addition to informing intervention design\, however\, MRTs can also provide insights into the underlying psychosocial processes that mediate intervention response. In this talk\, I will describe some of the recent findings from the HeartSteps project which show that mHealth interventions provided in the exact same way (in our case\, as push notifications suggesting to individuals how they can be active in their current context) can have different dynamics\, suggesting that the response to them is mediated by different underlying processes. I suggest that\, in addition to supporting intervention design\, MRTs can be a powerful tool for studying human behavior in a granular way in the midst of messiness of day-to-day life. \n\nBio\n\nPredrag \"Pedja\" Klasnja is an Assistant Professor in the School of Information at the University of Michigan. He works at the intersection of human-computer interaction and behavioral science\, and he studies how mobile technologies can help individuals make and sustain health-protective lifestyle changes. He is particularly interested in the design and evaluation of just-in-time adaptive interventions\, technologies that continuously adapt their functioning to provide optimal support to individuals as their needs and circumstances change. UID:68615-17105376@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/68615 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,seminar LOCATION:North Quad - 3100 (Ehrlicher Room) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191108T073232 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T130000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Developmental Brown Bag: Understanding Ordinary Minds Leads to Understanding Extraordinary Ones: Adventures in Theory of Mind DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Theory of mind is classically studied with younger children and focused on their understanding of “ordinary minds”—understanding people in terms of their thoughts\, knowledge\, desires\, and goals which are often limited in being mistaken\, uninformed\, self serving. But children\, and especially older children wrestle with “extraordinary minds” too. Artificial intelligence and robots for example\, but also minds of superheroes\, gods\, and more. My collaborators and I have a long program of research on children’s developing conceptions of —robots\, God\, mind-after death\, and extraordinary communications. I will overview several strands of this research to exemplify our approach and findings: developing conceptions of ordinary-human knowing versus omniscience\, developing conceptions of death and an afterlife\, developing conceptions of prayer in contrast to ordinary spoken communications. Some of our studies include “culture” in the sense of comparing\, for example\, children in the U.S. and those in China. But still more include the equally informative perspective obtained by comparing differing cultural and religious groups within the U.S.\, including mainstream samples (80-90%whom believe in God)\, devout Muslin groups\, and devout fundamentalist Christians. UID:65648-16627851@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/65648 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:brown bag LOCATION:East Hall - 4464 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190909T143201 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T130000 SUMMARY:Meeting:Graduate Association of Political Scientists (GAPS) DESCRIPTION:TBA UID:66695-16770218@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/66695 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Political Science LOCATION:Haven Hall - Eldersveld Room (5670) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191106T145621 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Longer lives\, Later Births: Implications for Generational Overlap in Denmark DESCRIPTION:A Population Studies Center Brown Bag Seminar.\n\nFertility and mortality trends are the most fundamental determinants of human populations\, and Western industrialized countries have witnessed notable changes in these patterns in recent decades: fertility rates have declined\, and life expectancy has continued to increase. While demographers and other social scientists have explored the broad implications of population aging\, less well understood are the individual-level consequences of conjoint changing fertility and mortality patterns. In particular\, there is limited information about the extent to which life courses overlap today versus in prior decades and the implications of such. In this paper\, we provide new evidence about generational overlap between grandparents and grandchildren using population register data from Denmark. We describe changing patterns of grandparents being alive-and life expectancy-at grandchildren's birth. Then\, we evaluate differences in these patterns by socioeconomic status. These findings have implications for the transmission of inequality\, as well as resource demands on governments.\n\n\n\nBIO:\nMarcia (Marcy) J. Carlson is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Demography and Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her primary research interests center on the links between family contexts and the wellbeing of children and parents. Her recent work is focused on changing patterns of parenthood and family complexity\, including differences by socioeconomic status. She has published in a range of demography\, family and general social science journals.\n\n\nPSC Brown Bag seminars highlight recent research in population studies and serve as a focal point for building our research community. UID:69183-17261059@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/69183 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:European,Social Sciences,Sociology LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 1430 ISR-Thompson CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191007T124441 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:TBD PSC Brown Bag DESCRIPTION:Monday\, 11/18/2019\, 12:00 pm\nLocation: ISR-Thompson 1430\n\nProfessor Carlson will discuss her recent research.\n\nDr. Carlson's primary research interests center on the associations between family contexts and the wellbeing of parents and children. Her recent work is focused on growing family diversity and complexity\, particularly with respect to fertility patterns and fatherhood\, as well as how family change is linked with inequality in both the U.S. and cross-national contexts.\n\nPSC Brown Bag seminars highlight recent research in population studies and serve as a focal point for building our research community. UID:68121-17011960@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/68121 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:brown bag,Free,Humanities,Psychology,Social Sciences,Sociology LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 1430 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191108T122317 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T121500 SUMMARY:Presentation:AE Dissertation Defense: Contributions to the Development of Entropy-Stable Schemes for Compressible Flows DESCRIPTION:Ayoub Gouasmi\, PhD Candidate\, Aerospace Engineering\n\n\nEntropy-Stable (ES) schemes have gathered a lot of attention over the last decade\, especially in the context of under-resolved simulations of compressible turbulent flows\, where high-order accuracy and robustness are difficult to simultaneously achieve. ES schemes can enforce a non-decreasing total entropy\, in agreement with the second principle of thermodynamics. However\, several challenges remain to their practical use.\n\nThe current state-of-the-art of ES schemes solves the Navier-Stokes equations for a single-component perfect gas in chemical and thermal equilibrium. This model is not appropriate in applications such as hypersonics and combustion. As a first step towards enabling such applications\, we constructed ES schemes for the multicomponent compressible Euler equations. Along the way\, we also extended a theoretical result on the correct local behavior of entropy-stable approximations.\n\nWhile entropy-stability is valuable\, it does not imply a well-behaved solution. To better understand how ES schemes may or may not improve solution quality\, we revisited\, in terms of entropy\, two classical shock-capturing problems where stability is not the core issue. We studied the overheating anomalies typically encountered in shock reflection simulations\, and the severe accuracy degradation issues of upwind-type schemes in the low Mach regime.\n\n\nDissertation Committee:\n\nChair: Prof. Karthik Duraisamy\nCognate Member: Prof. Smadar Karni\nMembers: Prof. Philip L. Roe\, Prof. Eitan Tadmor (University of Maryland)\, Dr. Scott M. Murman (NASA Ames Research Center) UID:69263-17275361@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/69263 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Aerospace,aerospace engineering LOCATION:Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building - 1044 FXB McDivitt Conference Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191209T094000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T160000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:German Lab DESCRIPTION:The German Lab is open Monday-Thursday 1-4 every week. It's in Alcove B in the LRC (which is on the ground level of North Quad\, Room 1500). You can go to the German Lab anytime for any kind of help (except we can't proofread your essays for you): if you need help with homework or a test review sheet (we can proofread your test essays for German 101-103)\, if you need grammar topics explained or reviewed or need more practice\, if you just want to speak some German for fun and/or for your AMD etc. If you have time in the afternoons from 1-4 you could do your homework in the LRC - it's a great facility! Then if you get stuck on something\, you can just stop by the German Lab alcove so we can get you unstuck. Mehr Info: https://resources.german.lsa.umich.edu/miscellaneous/deutschlabor/ UID:48604-16770179@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48604 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Language,Undergraduate LOCATION:North Quad - Alcove B in the Language Resource Center (ground level of North Quad, Room 1500) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190902T130103 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T140000 SUMMARY:Presentation:LOOK 101: Seeing Art in an Instagram World DESCRIPTION:Geared toward undergraduate students and focusing on the current exhibitions at the Institute for the Humanities\, this contemporary series of discussions offers a fresh take on the basics of looking and evaluating art in the gallery and how it’s organized\, making the connection from the traditional “white cube gallery” to iGen visual worlds like Facebook and Instagram. Today: The Art of Tylonn J. Sawyer with Institute for the Humanities curator Amanda Krugliak.\n\nAbout Tylonn J. Sawyers exhibition *WHITE HISTORY MONTH I *at the Institute for the Humanities gallery Nov. 18 - Dec 19.\n\nMining symbols of power and oppression from the historical strata of western art\, Sawyer exposes truths\, while covering others to gain a clearer picture of concepts that have shaped our current society. Within the context of his figurative drawings and paintings Sawyer presents an alternative to the historical record that often accompanies well known images throughout art history. \n\nInspired by current trends to redact post Civil War Confederate monuments from the American landscape\, Sawyer poses the question: Why are some symbols of oppression lauded\, considered sacred and become canonized while others cause the public to demand their destruction? Is there a logical thread in the tapestry of oppression? Can this thread be observed? Can this thread be considered? Lastly\, can this thread then be unraveled? \n\nAdditionally\, this exhibition features a series of drawings titled Grâce Nóir\, which features Black women whose works have contributed to shaping the landscape of visual culture.\n\nAbout the artist:\n\nTylonn J. Sawyer (b. 1976) is an American figurative artist\, educator\, & curator living and working in Detroit\, Michigan. His work centers around themes of identity\, both individual & collective\, politics\, race\, history and pop culture. In 2013\, Sawyer expanded his studio practice to include large public murals and collaborative projects throughout Detroit\, Michigan. Tylonn is a professor of art at Oakland Community College and teaches drawing at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit. Sawyer’s passion for arts education lead to his community work with youth. He has worked with various community arts programs throughout New York\, serving as an art director\, teacher\, curriculum specialist\, and more. Most recently\, in early 2014\, Sawyer started the first teen arts council in Michigan for the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. Tylonn earned an MFA in painting from the New York Academy of Art: Graduate School of Figurative Art and a BFA in drawing & painting from Eastern Michigan University. In 2019\, he was awarded the Alain Locke Recognition Award as well as a Kresge Fellowship for Visual Art. UID:66154-16711349@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/66154 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,Art,Exhibition,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Osterman Common Room, #1022 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20200108T111359 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T140000 SUMMARY:Other:MIW Application Deadline-February 14\, 2020 DESCRIPTION:Regular admission deadline for Fall 2020 and early admission Winter 2021. UID:69547-17360018@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/69547 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Admissions,Applications,Career,Community Service,Deadlines,first-generation,Interdisciplinary,Internship,Leadership,Majors,Networking,Political Science,Professional Development,Public Policy,Recruiting,Research,Scholarship,Scholarships,Social Impact,Social Justice,Social Sciences,Study Abroad,Transfer Students,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Welcome to Michigan LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190904T150620 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T150000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:BME Coffee Hour DESCRIPTION:All faculty\, students\, postdocs\, and staff are encouraged to join in the upper atrium of LBME for snacks and coffee. This is a time to take a break and gather casually amongst your peers. UID:66337-16727925@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/66337 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:biomedical engineering,bme,Michigan Engineering LOCATION:Lurie Biomedical Engineering - Atrium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191028T122925 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T163000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:AE Dissertation Defense: \"Investigation of the Hall Thruster Breathing Mode\" DESCRIPTION:Hall thrusters can support a wide range of instabilities\, many of which remain poorly understood but are known to play a critical role in the fundamental operation of these devices. In this work\, the dominant low-frequency oscillations known as the “breathing mode” is investigated to provide a more analytically rigorous yet intuitive description of the instability. The new understanding of Hall thruster oscillations yielded by this effort can improve the reliability of these devices.\n\nTime-resolved laser-induced fluorescence paired with an ion kinetic analysis is used to characterize the near-field and internal thruster plasma during breathing oscillations. A frequency scaling study indicates that several existing theories for the breathing mode are consistent with observed oscillation trends. However\, an examination of the dynamic properties of the discharge reveals that these same theories are fundamentally inconsistent with the experimental data.\n\nA novel physical process for the breathing mode is proposed and found to agree with the experimental findings. A model corresponding to this process is developed and shown to predict positive linear growth and realistic real frequencies. A simpler model is derived and used to produce simple analytical descriptions of the real frequency and growth of the breathing mode. UID:68875-17188735@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/68875 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:aerospace engineering,Dissertation LOCATION:Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building - 1044 McDivitt Conference Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191115T102502 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T163000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Cognitive Science Seminar Series DESCRIPTION:Graduate student Stella Hao (Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience) will give a talk on \"Bounded Rationality of Moral Cognition.\"\n\nABSTRACT\n\nMy work investigates moral cognition (i.e.\, moral decisions\, moral judgments\, and moral inferences\, Yu\, Siegel\, \& Crockett\, 2011) in the framework of bounded rationality. Moral cognition is not only a reflection of personal values and a gateway for explaining human behaviors\, but also a field of work that provides insights relevant to the dynamics of human society and the development of artificial intelligence. Thus\, it is extremely important to bridge the gap between morality and human rationality while taking into account the ecology of the environment and the agent. Bounded rationality provides a way to approach decision making research by taking into account how rationality is constrained by the characteristics of the environment and the cognitive limitation of the mind. In this talk\, I will provide an overview of the current research on bounded moral cognition and present some empirical results of finding context effects in ethical decision making. Finally\, I will present some research goals of my dissertation work. UID:67489-16864388@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/67489 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Cognitive Science,Discussion,Faculty,Graduate Students,Networking,Postdoctoral Research Fellows,Research,seminar LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 955 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191101T160229 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T163000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Creating Messy Things DESCRIPTION:Making work that depicts the intricacies of queer life can be very messy. Award winning cartoonist and publisher Carta Monir is here to show you how to make work that captures your individual messy queerness without compromise. All skill levels and talents are welcome!\n\nEvent navigation details: http://bit.ly/SCeventnav\n\nIf you have an accessibility need you feel may not be automatically met at this event\, fill out our Event Accommodation Form\, found at http://bit.ly/SCaccess. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary for some accommodations to be fully implemented\, but we will always attempt to dismantle barriers as they are brought up to us. Any questions about accessibility at Spectrum Center events can be directed to spectrumcenter@umich.edu. UID:69068-17222106@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/69068 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Free,LGBT,Trans Awareness Week-TAW,Visual Arts,Workshop LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Scholarspace (Rm 206) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191112T142508 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Developing a Societally-Relevant Career Trajectory at the University of Michigan DESCRIPTION:This event is co-sponsored by Rackham Graduate School\n\nAre you interested in the link between science and society? Curious about pathways that allow you to broaden your research? Do you want to learn how to bridge the gap between improved scientific understanding and societally relevant solutions to problems in space and climate science? \n\nThis workshop will address these questions\, with the goal to consider and develop plans to broaden dissertations that venture beyond basic science research and start to bridge gaps between physical science and societally relevant solutions\, including mitigation\, adaptation\, building resilience\, and policy changes. This workshop is the first of three in a series this academic year. It is targeted towards Ph.D. students\, although we also encourage interested undergraduates\, MS and MEng students to attend.\n\nThe workshop will include (1) a panel discussion of four former students who are currently working in applied science\, policy\, or science communications positions outside of academia to discuss how they charted their path at UM and describe their current positions\, and (2) round-table discussions to allow for small-group interactions with these alumni.\n\nPANELISTS:\n:: Samantha Basile - Climatologist\, Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments (GLISA)\n:: Jared Ferguson - Legislative Aide for Assemblymember Muratsuchi\, California State Assembly\n:: Amanda Graor - Chief Innovation Officer\, Mid-America Regional Council\n:: Lizz Ultee - Postdoctoral Fellow\, Massachusetts Institute of Technology\n\nFREE registration here: http://myumi.ch/2D4o3\n\nSee you there! UID:69350-17310297@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/69350 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Rackham LOCATION:Pierpont Commons - Boulevard Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190723T165308 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T170000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Reading The Merchant of Venice in 2019 DESCRIPTION:Over the course of five weeks\, we will read through and discuss one of William Shakespeare’s more controversial plays: The Merchant of Venice. Each session we will read out loud one act of the play\, and then spend the rest of the session discussing the text and contexts. No outside reading will be required. \nActive participation will be encouraged\, but if you are more of a listener\, then you can still join in on the discussion at the end without taking on an “acting” role. Any modern edition of the text is fine (and a free version can be found online through Project Gutenberg). Margo Kolenda-Mason\, instructor\, is a Ph.D. candidate in the English Language and Literature Department at UM\, where she studies medieval and renaissance literature. This Study Group is for those 50 and over and meets Mondays\, 3:30–5:00 pm on November 18 – December 16. UID:64519-16380909@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/64519 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Lifelong Learning,Literature,Retirement,Theater LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191106T101655 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:\"Communities of Interest\" and Michigan's New Approach to Redistricting through an Independent Citizens Commission DESCRIPTION:Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy\, Annenberg Auditorium (1120)\n735 S. State Street\, Ann Arbor 48109-3091\n4:00pm-5:30pm\n\nFree and open to the public. Reception to follow.\n\nPanelists:\n-Jocelyn Benson\, Michigan Secretary of State.\n-Connie Malloy\, Chair\, 2010 California Citizens Redistricting Commission.\n-Chris Lamar\, Legal Counsel for Redistricting with the Campaign Legal Center.\n-Christopher Thomas\, former Director of Elections for the State of Michigan.\n-Nancy Wang\, Voters Not Politicians\, Executive Director - will moderate the discussion. \n\nIn November\, 2018\, the citizens of Michigan passed Proposal 2\, which amended the Michigan Constitution to place legislative and congressional redistricting in the hands of a 13-member Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission. The amendment requires the Commission to draw Michigan's election district maps in a fair and transparent way using public input. Commission-drawn maps must meet strict\, prioritized criteria listed in the amendment. \"Communities of Interest\" (COIs) are high on the list of priorities in drawing new districts\, after equal population\, compliance with the Voting Rights Act\, and contiguity. However\, COIs are a new concept for Michigan redistricting and are defined broadly in the amendment.\n\nA panel of experts will share how COIs factor into the redistricting process\, and how citizens can be involved in helping the Commission incorporate COIs in Michigan's next set of election district maps.\n\nPanelists will discuss:\n-- what are communities of interest (COIs)\n-- how are they defined (some examples from Michigan and other states) \n-- where do they factor into the redistricting process\n-- why is it important for district maps to respect community boundaries \n-- what is the actual process for drawing lines around communities\, and\n-- what to do with overlapping communities of interest\n\nThis panel discussion is part of a larger CLOSUP research and service project being conducted on behalf of the Michigan Department of State to advise the Department and the Commission on best practices for the implementation of the COI criteria.\nSponsored by: Center for Local\, State\, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) and Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy\n\nCo-sponsors: Voters Not Politicians\, Ginsberg Center\, Domestic Policy Corps\, Detroit Public Television\, Program in Practical Policy Engagement (P3E)\n\nFor more information contact closup@umich.edu or call 734-647-4091. UID:64955-16493258@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/64955 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Discussion,Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission,Lecture,Redistricting In Michigan LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - Annenberg Auditorium (1120) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191009T123055 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:2019 James S. Jackson Distinguished Career Award for Diversity Scholarship Lecture and Reception DESCRIPTION:Patricia Gurin\, 2019 recipient of the James S. Jackson Distinguished Career Award for Diversity Scholarship\, will present her lecture\, \"Collectivity\, Community\, and Connections in the Pursuit of Diversity\, Equity\, and Inclusion.\" A reception will be held immediately afterward. Please RSVP using the link below. UID:68195-17026820@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/68195 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Psychology LOCATION:East Hall - 1324 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191007T145623 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Collectivity\, Community\, and Connections in the Pursuit of Diversity\, Equity\, and Inclusion DESCRIPTION:The National Center for Institutional Diversity (NCID) and the Office of Diversity\, Equity\, and Inclusion (ODEI) are pleased to announce that Dr. Patricia Gurin — the Nancy Cantor Distinguished University Professor Emerita of Psychology and Women’s Studies — was selected as the 2019 recipient of the James S. Jackson Distinguished Career Award for Diversity Scholarship.\n\nPlease join us for Dr. Gurin's lecture in honor of her award. UID:68133-17011974@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/68133 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Diversity,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Diversity Summit,Inclusion,Psychology,Women's Studies LOCATION:East Hall - Auditorium, Room 1324 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190911T130624 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T170000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Cross-Campus Transfer Info Sessions DESCRIPTION:If you are enrolled in another University of Michigan-Ann Arbor school or college and are interested in transferring to LSA\, you must attend a transferring to LSA information session.\n\nInfo sessions will be held in Angell Hall\, Room G243 at 4:00 p.m. on the following dates:\n\nMonday\, September 9\n\nWednesday\, September 18\n\nTuesday\, October 1\n\nMonday\, October 21\n\nTuesday\, November 5\n\nMonday\, November 18\n\nWednesday\, December 4\n\nThursday\, December 12 UID:66489-16742666@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/66489 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Advising LOCATION:Angell Hall - G243 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20200317T230403 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:DANG! Meeting DESCRIPTION:The Data Analysis Networking Group (DANG!) is a forum for post-docs\, grad students\, and other researchers at the University of Michigan to discuss how to analyze\, present\, and visualize their data. Monthly meetings cover requested topics or specific problems & solutions that we have encountered. Don’t know how to visualize your results? Come to DANG!\, and hopefully as a group we can come up with a method. Did you recently discover an amazing R package or script? Come to DANG!\, and share with us how you accomplished that. Our hope is that these meetings & discussions will foster new ideas within our respective fields.\n\nhttps://um-dang.github.io/ UID:68540-17096934@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/68540 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Data Analysis,Interdisciplinary,Networking,Research,Workshop LOCATION:Medical Science Unit II - 5623 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191118T181620 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:HEP-Astro Seminar | Forward Modelling the Universe: Application to Cosmic Shear DESCRIPTION:Observational cosmology is going through a golden age. In particular\, we are in the midst of an influx of data from on-going experiments\, such as the Dark Energy Survey (DES). In the coming five years\, the volume and quality of data will rapidly increase as Stage IV surveys\, Euclid\, LSST and WFIRST\, come online. Processing this data will require new algorithms and methods to maximise our science reach and to control for systematic errors. In this talk\, I will present a method that we have developed called Monte-Carlo-Control-Loops that relies heavily on forward modelling the observed data by simulating all the processes from cosmology theory to images. Given the complexities of the late-time Universe\, these forward models need to capture the important properties of galaxy populations and key features imprinted on the data from the experiments themselves. By bringing together all these elements with advanced statistical methods and new machine learning algorithms\, we can build a process for extracting maximal information from the new data\, which will allow us to extensively test the physics of the dark sector.\n UID:67017-16796444@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/67017 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Physics,Science LOCATION:West Hall - 335 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191111T152717 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Job Talk DESCRIPTION:Lecture / Discussion UID:69313-17301837@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/69313 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:English,English Department,English Language & Literataure,English Language & Literature,English Language And Literature,English Languange & Literature LOCATION:Angell Hall - 3222 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190823T123800 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Padnos Lecture: The Yiddish Columbus: Critical Counter-History and the Remapping of American Jewish Literature DESCRIPTION:This talk introduces Jacobo Glantz’s 1939 Mexican Yiddish epic poem Kristobal Kolon\, arguing that Glantz’s poem is a point of origin for his daughter\, historian and writer Margo Glantz’s later feminist reexaminations of the colonial histories of Mexico. Jacobo Glantz’s counter-canonical retelling of the Americas’ most iconic foundational myth relied on Columbus’s journals and the new\, more critical histories of Columbus emerging in the 1930s. But Luis de Torres\, not Columbus\, is at the center of Glantz’s retelling. De Torres was the only Jew on Columbus’s crew\, hired by Columbus to serve as an interpreter. Written in a deliberately multilingual Yiddish with Spanish\, Taino\, Latin and Hebrew borrowings\, Glantz’s epic functions as critical counter-history\, a wild re-imagining of a history he knew so well. This lecture explores the ways in which the myth of Columbus can be mobilized to unearth “underground” indigenous\, African\, Muslim and Jewish histories in the New World\, and suggests a new geography for American Jewish literature that exceeds the boundaries of English and the United States.\n\nThere is both an accessible elevator and gender-neutral restroom on the first and second floor. If you have a disability that requires an accommodation\, contact judaicstudies@umich.edu or 734-763-9047. UID:64982-16499297@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/64982 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Jewish Studies LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Room 2022 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190829T145158 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Positive Links Speaker Series DESCRIPTION:Positive Links Speaker Series\nAre Diversity Initiatives Effective?\nLisa M. Leslie\n\nMonday\, November 18\, 2019\n4:00-5:00 p.m.\nFree and open to the public.\n\nRegister here: http://myumi.ch/QAA1W\n\nMichigan Ross Campus\nRoss Building\n701 Tappan \nRobertson Auditorium\nAnn Arbor\, MI 48109-1234\n\nPositive Links:\nThe Positive Links Speaker Series\, presented by Michigan Ross’ Center for Positive Organizations\, offers inspiring and practical research-based strategies for building organizations that are high performing and bring out the best in its people. Attendees learn from leading positive organizational scholars and connect with our community of academics\, students\, staff\, and leaders.\n\nPositive Links sessions take place at Michigan Ross\, and are free and open to the public.\n\nAbout the talk:\nDiversity initiatives are prevalent\, but not necessarily effective. These initiatives at times not only fail to result in the intended consequence of increased diversity and inclusion\, but also produce unintended consequences that undermine their effectiveness. In this presentation\, Leslie will describe the unintended consequences diversity initiatives can produce and provide examples of how even well-intentioned efforts to foster diversity and inclusion can go astray. She will also discuss strategies for making diversity initiatives more effective and thus better leveraging the positive consequences of diversity for individuals\, organizations\, and societies.\n\nAbout Leslie:\nLisa M. Leslie is an Associate Professor of Management and Organizations at the Stern School of Business\, New York University. She received her AB in Social Psychology from Princeton University and her MA and PhD in Organizational Psychology from the University of Maryland. Prior to joining Stern in 2013\, she spent six years as an Assistant Professor at the Carlson School of Management\, University of Minnesota. \n\nLeslie’s research focuses on diversity in organizations\, and specifically understanding why organizational diversity initiatives often produce unintended consequences and what can be done to make them more effective. She also has secondary research interests in cross-cultural organizational behavior and conflict management. Leslie has received many awards for her research\, which has appeared in journals spanning a number of different disciplines\, and has served as an Associate Editor for the Academy of Management Journal.\n\nHost: \nLindred Greer\, Associate Professor of Management and Organizations\n\nSponsors:\nThe Center for Positive Organizations thanks University of Michigan Organizational Learning\, Sanger Leadership Center\, Tauber Institute for Global Operations\, Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies\, Lisa and David (MBA ‘87) Drews\, and Diane (BA ‘73) and Paul (MBA ‘75) Jones for their support of the 2019-20 Positive Links Speaker Series. UID:65989-16678391@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/65989 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Business,Discussion,Diversity,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Free,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Students,Leadership,Lecture,Michigan Ross,Research,Staff,Talk,Transfer Students,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Ross School of Business - Robertson Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191031T092215 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T173000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Public Finance: Audits as Evidence: Experiments\, Ensembles\, and Enforcement DESCRIPTION:Abstract\n\nWe develop tools for utilizing correspondence experiments to detect illegal discrimination by individual employers. Employers violate US employment law if their propensity to contact applicants depends on protected characteristics such as race or sex. We establish identification of higher moments of the causal effects of protected characteristics on callback rates as a function of the number of fictitious applications sent to each job ad. These moments are used to bound the fraction of jobs that illegally discriminate. Applying our results to three experimental datasets\, we find evidence of significant employer heterogeneity in discriminatory behavior\, with the standard deviation of gaps in job-specific callback probabilities across protected groups averaging roughly twice the mean gap. In a recent experiment manipulating racially distinctive names\, we estimate that at least 85% of jobs that contact both of two white applications and neither of two black applications are engaged in illegal discrimination. To assess more carefully the tradeoff between type I and II errors presented by these behavioral patterns\, we consider the performance of a series of decision rules for investigating suspicious callback behavior under a simple two-type model that rationalizes the experimental data. Though\, in our preferred specification\, only 17% of employers are estimated to discriminate on the basis of race\, we find that an experiment sending 10 applications to each job would enable accurate detection of 7-10% of discriminators while falsely accusing fewer than 0.2% of non-discriminators. A minimax decision rule acknowledging partial identification of the joint distribution of callback rates yields higher error rates but more investigations than our baseline two-type model. Our results suggest illegal labor market discrimination can be reliably monitored with relatively small modifications to existing audit designs. (joint with Patrick Kline) UID:67504-16866610@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/67504 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,seminar LOCATION:Lorch Hall - 201 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191203T123012 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T170000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Resume Lab DESCRIPTION:Just getting started building a resume? Have a draft but not sure how to make it better? Want to learn about resources available to revise your resume? Wherever you’re at: that’s ok!\n\nGet real time\, personalized support by checking out the Resume Lab. It's designed as a drop-in hour\, so come when you can during this time. It's a place for you to learn the basics to get your resume started and get feedback to take your resume from good to GREAT!\n\nChat with folks from the University Career Center to understand resume formatting\, learn how to build great bullet points\, and get feedback on your resume.\n\nIf you're a Graduate Student\, please make a 1:1 appointment instead of attending the Lab so we can cater 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'dlike to indicate that you'll be attending this event then please go to: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/events/326378 UID:64429-16349009@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/64429 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:20191111T131204 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T180000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Author's Forum Presents: \"Racial Migrations New York City and the Revolutionary Politics of the Spanish Caribbean\" DESCRIPTION:Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof (American culture) and Felix Contreras (host of NPR’s Alt.Latino\, https://www.npr.org/people/4607354/felix-contreras) discuss Hoffnung-Garskof's new book \"Racial Migrations New York City and the Revolutionary Politics of the Spanish Caribbean.\" Q & A follows the conversation. \n\nIn the late nineteenth century\, a small group of Cubans and Puerto Ricans of African descent settled in the segregated tenements of New York City. At an immigrant educational society in Greenwich Village\, these early Afro-Latino New Yorkers taught themselves to be poets\, journalists\, and revolutionaries. At the same time\, these individuals—including Rafael Serra\, a cigar maker\, writer\, and politician\; Sotero Figueroa\, a typesetter\, editor\, and publisher\; and Gertrudis Heredia\, one of the first women of African descent to study midwifery at the University of Havana—built a political network and articulated an ideal of revolutionary nationalism centered on the projects of racial and social justice. These efforts were critical to the poet and diplomat José Martí’s writings about race and his bid for leadership among Cuban exiles\, and to the later struggle to create space for black political participation in the Cuban Republic.\n\nIn Racial Migrations\, Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof presents a vivid portrait of these largely forgotten migrant revolutionaries\, weaving together their experiences of migrating while black\, their relationships with African American civil rights leaders\, and their evolving participation in nationalist political movements. By placing Afro-Latino New Yorkers at the center of the story\, Hoffnung-Garskof offers a new interpretation of the revolutionary politics of the Spanish Caribbean\, including the idea that Cuba could become a nation without racial divisions.\n\nA model of transnational and comparative research\, Racial Migrations reveals the complexities of race-making within migrant communities and the power of small groups of immigrants to transform their home societies. UID:66150-16709270@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/66150 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:book discussion,History,Immigration,Latin America,Social Justice,Writing LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Osterman Common Room, #1022 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190724T201929 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T183000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Beer 101 DESCRIPTION:This seminar is for those who enjoy beer and want to know more about it\, particularly in light of the huge proliferation of beer styles in recent times. Learn basic beer terms\, the history of beer\, the classic ingredients of beer\, beer styles\, and the difference between commercial beers and microbrews. This will be an interactive lecture/discussion for those 50 and over. Instructor Martin Friedburg’s 25-year career in the beer and wine industry included ownership of an Ann Arbor beer/wine importing and distribution company. Beer will not be tasted at this event. UID:64588-16390990@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/64588 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:food,lifelong learning,retirement LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191113T101328 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T183000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Envisioning Religion in Hamtramck Exhibit Opening DESCRIPTION:Join us for an opening night reception for the exhibit Envisioning Religion in Hamtramck: A Curated Exhibit of Student Photography. The event is free and open to the public. \n\nMichigan artist Razi Jafri leads University of Michigan students on a photographic experience of Hamtramck\, the first American Muslim-majority city. Through a visual exploration of the spaces\, peoples\, and stories of this vibrant multi-ethnic and multi-faith community\, participants consider how ways of seeing and modes of representation intersect with narratives of inclusion and belonging across the Abrahamic faiths UID:69173-17259023@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/69173 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191014T080835 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T193000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Healthcare Engineering & Patient Safety Symposium DESCRIPTION:Please join us to learn more about how the Center for Healthcare Engineering and Patient Safety (CHEPS) is improving the safety and quality of healthcare delivery by identifying\, fostering\, and promoting collaborative projects across the University.\n\nCome enjoy refreshments\, networking with colleagues and potential collaborators\, poster presentations on cutting-edge healthcare research\, and the opportunity to learn about current activities at CHEPS.\n\nFor questions\, please email cheps-contact@umich.edu. UID:68251-17035296@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/68251 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Engineering,Medicine,symposium LOCATION:Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr - 3rd & 4th Floors CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190730T141755 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T190000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Legacy Lab DESCRIPTION:This series of two workshops for any U-M student is designed to help you unlock your personal capabilities and increase your influence. The workshops will be filled with reflective activities\, powerful stories\, and meaningful engagement with your peers. You will craft your life purpose and vision\, clarify your values\, and experiment with new ways of acting and leading. Ultimately\, you’ll emerge as a stronger leader poised to create a lasting legacy.\n\nTo register\, please go to our website. Registration fills quickly. Dinner is provided. UID:64731-16436929@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/64731 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Graduate,Leadership,Undergraduate,Well-being,Workshop LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191115T111856 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T200000 SUMMARY:Meeting:Intersections of Faith DESCRIPTION:This is the second Interfaith dialogue this year. This event is for anyone interested in having productive dialogue that is Interfaithfully related. The topic is intersectionality and we will be discussing how our other social identities can affect how we practice faith and vice versa.\n\nNovember 18\, 2019\, 6pm\nSankofa Lounge\n\nFood will be provided. RSVP here: https://bit.ly/33qPt6J UID:69179-17261060@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/69179 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community,Dinner,Discussion,Diversity,Interfaith,Jewish,Multicultural,Muslim,Social LOCATION:Trotter Multicultural Center - Sankofa Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191108T170216 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T193000 SUMMARY:Performance:MRPCW Public Reading DESCRIPTION:Come join the Prison Creative Art Project's (PCAP’s) Michigan Review of Prisoner Creative Writing (MRPCW) and our wonderful hosts\, 734 Brewing Company\, for an evening of poetry and prose highlighting the best of our last 11 years of publication!\n\nOpen to the public (18+)\, this event will highlight current and past contributing writers of the MRPCW as well as Editorial Committee members reading their favorite pieces from our extraordinary authors!\n\nWith volumes available for purchase\, you can be both moved in the moment and for years to come as you hear the words of our authors delivered through their own and our collective voices. We look forward to seeing you there!\n\nMany thanks to our journal sponsors: Jackson Social Welfare Fund of First Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Ann Arbor and the Department of English Language & Literature. UID:69273-17277412@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/69273 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Books,Free,Inclusion,Literature,Poetry,Storytelling,Writing LOCATION:Off Campus Location - 734 Brewing Company CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191108T150420 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T193000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:PCAP Community Workshop in Creative Arts DESCRIPTION:All community members 18 and older\, particularly those returning home from incarceration\, are invited to participate in this free weekly workshop at Miller Manor. While based in theatre\, we will also be exploring creative writing\, music\, and visual arts. No registration or previous art experience required. Join anytime! UID:69270-17277405@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/69270 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Inclusion,Poetry,Social Justice,Storytelling,Theater,Visual Arts,Workshop,Writing LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Miller Manor Community Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191114T181638 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T190000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Safa Al Ahmad Documentary Screening: Yemen Under Siege (2016) and Targeting Yemen (2019) DESCRIPTION:Safa Al Ahmad\, documentarian and journalist\, will receive the 2019 Wallenberg Medal and deliver the Wallenberg Lecture on Tuesday\, November 19 at 7:30 p.m. in Rackham Auditorium. The evening prior to the event\, we will host a screening of Safa’s two most recent documentaries\, Yemen Under Siege (2016) with a run time of 35 minutes\, and Targeting Yemen (2019) with a run time of 22 minutes. At great personal risk\, Safa Al Ahmad has been one of the few journalists to report from the ground on the crisis and conflict between Houthi rebels\, militant groups\, and the Yemeni government and its Saudi allies. Her documentaries for PBS’s Frontline reveal the human cost and the underlying contending interests that are engaged in a deadly and complex regional conflict. As an Arab woman\, she has won precious access to communities and human beings suffering in this war. Her courageous reporting has provided essential and intimate perspectives that challenge assumptions that often shape conventional journalistic narratives. UID:69498-17329285@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/69498 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191017T145544 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T193000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Trans Awareness Week Keynote DESCRIPTION:Please join this year's Transgender Awareness Week Keynote speaker\, Kavi Ade\, on Monday\, November 18th\, 6:30-7:30 pm at the School of Social Work\, Room ECC (located on the first floor). To learn more about the event details\, including directions to the event\, please visit http://bit.ly/TAWkeynote19.\n\nKavi Ade is a Black Trans Queer speaker\, arts educator and nationally recognized poet of Afro & Indigenous Caribbean descent. Speaking on race\, gender\, sexuality\, mental health\, domestic violence\, and sexual assault Kavi’s work grapples with being set at the throne of violence\, and exploring the ways a body can learn to survive. Using art as resistance they create transformative dialogue that aims to combat supremacist powers and heal communities that have been harmed. Kavi has given poetry readings and keynote speeches\, led workshops and spoken on panels in numerous cities and communities\, including over 100 colleges and universities domestically and internationally. Kavi received the Leeway Foundation’s Transformation Award that honors “women and trans* artists and cultural producers who create art for social change\, demonstrating a long-term commitment to social change work.\" More about Kavi can be found at kaviadepoetry.com.\n\nIf you have an accessibility need you feel may not be automatically met at this event\, fill out our Event Accommodation Form\, found at http://bit.ly/SCaccess. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary for some accommodations to be fully implemented\, but we will always attempt to dismantle barriers as they are brought up to us. Any questions about accessibility at Spectrum Center events can be directed to spectrumcenter@umich.edu. UID:68558-17096956@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/68558 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Food,Free,Inclusion,Lecture,LGBT,Poetry,Queer Trans Indigenous People of Color-QTIPOC,Social Justice,Trans Awareness Week-TAW LOCATION:School of Social Work Building - ECC CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191025T181814 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T193000 SUMMARY:Other:U-M Spectrum Center Presents: Transgender Awareness Week 2019 Keynote Speaker: Kavi Ade DESCRIPTION:Kavi Ade is a black trans queer speaker\, arts educator\, and nationally recognized poet of Afro and Indigenous Caribbean descent. Speaking on race\, gender\, sexuality\, mental health\, domestic violence\, and sexual assault\, Kavi's work grapples with being set at the throne of violence\, and exploring the ways in which a body can learn to survive. Using art as resistance\, they create transformative dialogue that aims to combat supremacist powers\, and heal communities that have been harmed. Kavi has given poetry readings and keynote speeches\, led workshops\, and spoken on panels in numerous cities and communities\, including over 100 colleges and universities\, domestically and internationally. Kavi received the leeway foundation's transformation of work that honors \"women and trans* artists and cultural producers who create art for social change\, demonstrating a long-term commitment to social change work.\"\n\nThis program is organized by the U-M Spectrum Center and co-sponsored by: the LSA Institute for Humanities\, the LSA Residential College\, Trotter Multicultural Center\, the LSA Department of American Culture\, the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)\, the University of Michigan School of Social Work\, the Office of Diversity\, Equity and Inclusion\, the U-M Center for the Education of Women\, M-Housing\, the U-M Institute for Research on Women and Gender\, M-Library\, the Michigan Community Scholars Program\, and the LSA department of Women's Studies. UID:68850-17165875@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/68850 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Museum,Poetry,Social,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191115T101524 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T210000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:ANS Welcome Reception DESCRIPTION:NERS Alum: If you're attending the American Nuclear Society Winter Meeting\, join us at the Welcome Reception. \n\nCohosts: Naval Nuclear Laboratory\, Penn State College of Engineering Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering\, University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Engineering Physics.\n\n2660 Woodley Road NW\, Washington\, DC\nWashington Room\, Marriott Wardman Park UID:69495-17327233@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/69495 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Washington Room, Marriott Wardman Park CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191113T144541 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T210000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:German Film Series \"Styx\" (Wolfgang Fischer\, 2019) DESCRIPTION:A German doctor and amateur sailor (Suzanne Wolff) becomes personally involved in the European migrant crisis when she encounters a damaged\, overloaded boat full of refugees. She must decide whether to sail away\, as directed by coastal authorities\, or to assist the refugees. This gripping moral drama premiered at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival in 2018.\n\n7-9pm 2435 North Quad\n\nOpen to the public\, pizza will be provided beforehand. UID:69399-17318563@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/69399 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Germanic Languages And Literatures LOCATION:North Quad - 2435 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191203T183015 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T200000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Wealth Strategies Financial Group Networking Night DESCRIPTION:Join Wealth Strategies Financial Group representatives in conversation about job opportunities\, life in the industry and general conversation. The company has a strong presence in the Michigan Athletics community and a history of hiring successful student-athletes. With offices throughout Michigan\, they are a great company to get to know! UID:69094-17244684@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/69094 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:1110 South State Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108, United States of America CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190731T140541 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T210000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Big Weeds and Tiny Microbes: How Do Microbes Influence Invasiveness DESCRIPTION:A presentation by Wes Bickford\, a PhD candidate in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan\, on the role of microbes in growth and performance of native and non-native Phragmites (a perennial grass). \n\nPresented by MI Botanical Club Huron Valley Chapter UID:64784-16444942@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/64784 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ecology,Environment,Invasive Plants,michigan botanical club LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191113T181537 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T193000 SUMMARY:Performance:Specialist Recital: Louis Ong\, baritone DESCRIPTION:PROGRAM: Schubert - selections from Winterreise\; Ravel - selections from Don Quichotte a Dulcinée\; Bizet - “Je suis Escamillo” from Carmen\; Finzi - selections from Let us garlands bring\; He Lü Jiang - On the Jialing river\; Tao Si Yao - The land of China\; Qing Zhu - River of no return\; Xu Yuan Liang - I’ve loved you\; Xu Yuan Liang - Fly\; Smart - I wait for you on the boat. UID:69436-17320654@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/69436 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191111T121518 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Concert Band DESCRIPTION:Courtney Snyder\, conductor\nFeaturing the Arbor String Quartet and Samantha Williams\, soprano. \n\nThe Concert Band presents an evening of music by American composers. \n\nPROGRAM: \nJames Stephenson- American Fanfare\nVincent Persichetti- Symphony no. 6\nChing-Chu Hu- In Memory Of\nKevin Day- A Song for Tomorrow\nLuigi Zaninelli- Three American Hymns\nOmar Thomas- Of Our New Day Begun UID:68433-17082155@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/68433 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music LOCATION:Hill Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191009T114638 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Nellie McKay DESCRIPTION:Presented by The Ark\nNellie McKay has released\, she says\, seven relatively accomplished albums\, won a Theatre World Award for her Broadway portrayal of Polly Peachum in The Threepenny Opera\, co-created and starred in the award-winning Broadway hit Old Hats\, written compelling musical biographies of a variety of female figures\, and much more that's unlike anything else out there. Nellie McKay's latest album\, \"Sister Orchid\,\" speaks of the night\, the outsider\, the plaintive wail of those lost at sea. \"Sister Orchid\" was conceived in solitude\, executed in darkness. It comes from a place of quiet\, a world of low lights and cool drinks\, up against a hard wall. An oasis of hungry eyes and easy promises\, warm as a biscuit\, the kind of place your mother warned you against. If you haven't heard Nellie McKay\, you don't know what you're missing! UID:65042-16507313@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/65042 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:The Ark LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191108T001536 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191118T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Senior Recital: Iris Wu\, violin DESCRIPTION:PROGRAM: Bach - Violin Sonata no. 1 in G Minor BWV 1001\; Read Thomas - Incantation for solo violin\; Paganini - Caprice no. 23\; Beethoven - Violin Sonata\, op. 12\, no. 1. UID:69246-17273310@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/69246 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - McIntosh Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR