Other:2021 Campus Race to Zero Waste
2021-03-17 00:00 - 23:00 (America/Detroit)
Each year, competition heats up in the winter as students, faculty and staff strive to win the Campus Race to Zero Waste (Formerly Recyclemania). The competition runs from January 31-March 27.

Individuals:
Are you studying or working from home? We've got you covered with tips and fun waste reduction challenges for wherever you are!

Buildings:
How can buildings win? Reducing waste, recycling and composting as much as possible.
What do buildings win? A sweet plaque and bragging rights for the year.
Who wins the most? We all do! By reducing waste we conserve resources, reduce emissions, and feel good!

Visit ocs.umich.edu to learn more.

Exhibition:25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners
2021-03-17 00:00 - 23:59 | Off Campus Location
The Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners is one of the largest exhibitions of art by incarcerated artists in the country. Each year, faculty, staff and students from the University of Michigan travel to correctional facilities across Michigan and select work for the exhibition while providing feedback and critique that strengthens artist’s work and builds community around art making inside prisons.

The pandemic halted the 25th Annual Exhibition days before it was scheduled to open in March 2020. PCAP is excited to bring you the 2020 show in a new digital gallery. Visit https://myumi.ch/kxZ1D for a link to the exhibit and a full calendar of online events.

Artwork sales appointments will be available March 17–March 31, 2021. Visitors can book sales appointments on the exhibit website. Sales will be made by phone, and all artwork will be shipped to customers. Artists set their own prices and receive 100% of net sales revenue.

This exhibit and events are presented with support from the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, Om of Medicine, and hundreds of individual donors. Thank you to everyone who made this possible!

Presentation:SAS Virtual Open House
2021-03-17 00:00 - 23:59 | Online
SAS Open houses are free, inclusive opportunities for anyone to learn more about astronomy and experience the universe through an interactive virtual experience. At each open house, members of SAS will offer educational mini-lectures and tours of the night sky through Stellarium (a virtual planetarium program).

Exhibition:The Literary Worlds of the Spanish Philippines
2021-03-17 00:00 - 23:59 | Off Campus Location - https://myumi.ch/XerZy
This virtual exhibit about the history of translation in Filipino literature in Spanish coincides with the 500th anniversary of the Magellan-Elcano voyage, the first recorded journey around the world (1519-1522). https://myumi.ch/XerZy

Curated by Professor Marlon James Sales with assistance from Barbara Alvarez and Fe Susan Go of the U-M Library, Charlotte Fater (U-M Library Scholar), Júlia Irion Martins (U-M Comparative Literature), and Colin Garon (U-M Anthropology).

Virtual exhibits are available indefinitely, beyond the listed end date.

Other:Become a UROP Summer Research Mentor
2021-03-17 07:00 - 23:00 | Off Campus Location
Submit a Research Project: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

Summer research mentors will collaborate with UROP students participating in 10-week full time Summer Fellowships.

Social / Informal Gathering:St. Patricks Day!
2021-03-17 07:00 - 21:00
Put on all your green and join us in our dining halls as we celebrate St. Patricks Day! Todays special menu consists of all kinds of Irish delicacies, such as Corned Beef and Cabbage, Irish Soda Bread, and Colcannon Soup! Don't miss out on this amazing menu!

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, all dining halls will be offering to-go options only.

Exercise / Fitness:Cardio Core
2021-03-17 07:30 - 08:20 | Off Campus Location
Come to this fifty-minute class filled with the perfect balance of cardiovascular training and core conditioning. Our cardio drills will get your heart rate up while core exercises strengthen a variety of your muscle sets. Build your endurance and strength with this challenging and fun class. EQUIPMENT NEEDED: Some kind of resistance equipment (e.g. dumbbells, barbell, resistance bands, backpack filled with books, milk jugs filled with water, canned goods, or any other weighted items that can be held).

Conference / Symposium:Become a UROP Spring Symposium Judge
2021-03-17 08:00 - 23:00 | Off Campus Location
Provide your expertise during the 2021 Virtual Spring Research Symposium on April 22nd. UROP is looking for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty and staff who are interested in awarding undergraduate researchers with a blue ribbon honors for their UROP presentation during symposium.

Become a UROP Symposium judge at: https://myumi.ch/ovPb9

Film Screening:CMENAS Virtual Viewing: *Stray*
2021-03-17 08:00 - 20:00 | Off Campus Location
For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cmenas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘Stray'”

About the film:
Through the eyes of three stray dogs wandering the streets of Istanbul, STRAY explores what it means to live as a being without status or security. As they search for food and shelter, Zeytin, Nazar and Kartal embark on inconspicuous journeys through Turkish society that allow us an unvarnished portrait of human life — and their own canine culture.

Zeytin, fiercely independent, embarks on solitary adventures through the city at night; Nazar, nurturing and protective, easily befriends the humans around her; while Kartal, a shy puppy living on the outskirts of a construction site, finds refuge with the security guards who care for her. The disparate lives of Zeytin, Nazar and Kartal intersect when they each form intimate bonds with a group of young Syrians who share the streets with them.

Whether they lead us into bustling streets or decrepit ruins, the gaze of these strays act as windows into the overlooked corners of society: women in loveless marriages, protesters without arms, refugees without sanctuary. The film is a critical observation of human civilization through the unfamiliar gaze of dogs and a sensory voyage into new ways of seeing.

Co-sponsor: Michigan Theatre

Film Screening:CMENAS Virtual Viewing: You Will Die at Twenty
2021-03-17 08:00 - 20:00 | Off Campus Location
For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cmenas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘You Will Die at Twenty'”

About the movie:
NYTimes Critics Pick! Winner of the Lion of the Future Award for best Debut Feature at the Venice Film Festival, YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY is visually sumptuous “coming-of-death” fable. During her son’s naming ceremony, a Sheikh predicts that Sakina’s child will die at the age of 20. Haunted by this prophecy, Sakina becomes overly protective of her son Muzamil, who grows up knowing about his fate. As Muzamil escapes Sakina’s ever-watchful eye, he encounters friends, ideas and challenges that make him question his destiny. Sudan’s first Oscar submission, YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY is an auspicious debut and a moving meditation on what it means to live in the present.

Co-sponsor: Michigan Theatre

Meeting:East Quad Multicultural Council Presents: Women's History Month Scavenger Hunt
2021-03-17 08:00 - 22:00 | East Quadrangle
Come celebrate Women's History Month with the Residential College RAs and Abeng Multicultural Council! Look around each hall in East Quad for an influential woman from history and her biography. Complete a few short questions and pick up a prize, with the chance to win a larger prize including Blue Bucks!

Exhibition:For Your Eyes Only
2021-03-17 08:00 - 23:00
Please Note: This exhibition is designed to be viewed through the gallery window on Thayer St.

Yasmine Nasser Diaz is the 2021 Efroymson Emerging Artist at the Institute for the Humanities.

For Your Eyes Only is the latest iteration of multidisciplinary artist Yasmine Nasser Diaz’s bedroom installation. At first glance, the constructed space is a shimmering homage to the bedroom disco—a sanctuary for uninhibited dance and self-expression. It has also become the setting from which many personal videos are made and shared widely on social media, where platforms such as Instagram and TikTok have blurred the boundary between public and private. Projected into the space is a montage of casual videos shared by female-identifying and non-binary persons of SWANA* origin dancing solo in their rooms. To some, the videos may seem innocent and innocuous, but they can also be seen as acts of defiance that assert the autonomy of bodies that have been surveilled, scrutinized, and censored throughout history. Alongside these intimate moments is a separate reel showing political figures and protest movements from the SWANA region. The images demonstrate the fluctuating attitudes and regulations impacting human rights and freedoms based on gender, and exemplify how—whether we are physically at a protest or sharing our physicality in virtual spaces—our bodies are engaged in some level of risk.
*Southwest Asian/North African

This project is supported by a grant from the Efroymson Family Fund.

Careers / Jobs:UROP Research Scholars Application now open
2021-03-17 08:00 - 23:00 | Off Campus Location
The UROP Research Scholars Program is designed for students who want to expand on their first year UROP experience and participate in UROP for a second year at an advanced level. In this program, students build upon the knowledge gained in a first undergraduate research experience to further explore the connections between research, a liberal arts education, and communicating skills to advance their future professional goals. Students are expected to explore various written and oral possibilities for communicating their research process, identifying the limits set by the discipline and the opportunities that lie beyond.

Apply at: https://myumi.ch/uroprs

Careers / Jobs:UROP Rising Sophomore Applications Open
2021-03-17 08:00 - 23:00 | Off Campus Location
The Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program is now accepting applications for students who will be rising sophomores during the 2021-2022 academic year.

Learn more and apply today at http://myumi.ch/uropsophomore

Rising Sophomore Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis.

Workshop / Seminar:Game of Microbes: Natural Products as Weapons for Microbial Regulation in the Oral Cavity
2021-03-17 09:00 - 10:00 | Off Campus Location
Abstract: Co-existence and intraspecies interactions in human microbiomes have been well studied over the past decade. In the human oral microbiome alone, you can find over 700 different microbial species at a given time. These microbial species can shape the microenvironment throughout the human body, by their microbial interactions mediated by secretion of chemical mediators (i.e. secondary metabolites). These interactions are paramount to maintaining oral health and systematic health. Several epidemiological studies have linked dysbiosis of oral microbes with cardiovascular disease, poor glycemic control in diabetics, low b rheumatoid arthritis and a number of other conditions. Through recent advances in technology, including next-generation sequencing (NGS) and bioinformatic tools, have helped to unravel the complexities of the oral microbiome. It is still not understood how microbial interactions are mediated within the oral cavity and how they affect oral and systemic health. Using a prospective, split mouth, experimental gingivitis model on 20 healthy non-smoking participants, we were able to observe metabolite profile changes in oral cavity during gingivitis progression and identify several small molecules that have regulatory properties in pathogenic oral microbial growth. With this research, we may be able to develop novel enhancers and pharmaceuticals for oral health and characterize molecules that can serve as biomarkers for oral and systemic diseases.

Hosts: Matthew Ostrowski, Thomas Schmidt

Reception / Open House:Free Coffee and Donuts on North Campus!
2021-03-17 10:00 - 11:00 | Duderstadt Center - Duderstadt Connector
Are you looking for an opportunity to see what events are happening on campus? Do you need an excuse to leave your room? Do you just love free donuts? If you answered yes to any of these questions we have the right place for you!

In partnership with MDining, the College of Engineering will be providing free coffee and donuts every Wednesday morning in the Duderstadt Connector from 10am-11am.

We invite all students who are currently on campus and using the ResponsiBLUE App to safely enter our buildings to stop by and grab a coffee/juice an or donut To Go!

Careers / Jobs:NSA Disability Career Invitational
2021-03-17 10:00 - 15:00
NSA is Hosting a Virtual Career Invitational for People with Disabilities

Whatever your technical specialty, the National Security Agency has a position that combines your expertise with our mission:

Thesafety and security of our families, our communities and our country. NSA applies advanced technical concepts to create groundbreaking solutions for safeguarding U.S. information and collecting foreign signals.

On March 17, 2021, hear from current NSA employees and members of our People with Disabilities Employee Resource Group, and about how they found their way to NSA, how they contribute to our National Security mission, and about the resources that have helped them build successful careers at the agency, including assistive technology and reasonable accommodations. Employees will share their experiences from across mission directorates, and answer questions from the audience.

Exercise / Fitness:Yoga Flow
2021-03-17 10:15 - 11:05 | Off Campus Location
This class focuses on clarity and well-being by helping you connect with your inner strength. You’ll build muscle and flexibility by using your breath to anchor each movement as you flow from one pose to the next. Modifications are offered to accommodate all skill levels. EQUIPMENT NEEDED: Open space with soft flooring (e.g. yoga mat, towel, carpet).

Presentation:Helping Facilitate Rooftop Solar in Your Community
2021-03-17 11:00 - 12:00 | Off Campus Location
The cost of solar panels has dramatically decreased over the last few years, making rooftop (or small ground-mounted) solar energy accessible to more Michiganders. But many homeowners may be unaware of this changing landscape or unsure where to start. This session will highlight a successful bulk-buy program called Solarize and a new toolkit that communities can use to bring the benefits of distributed generation to more households.
Make sure to register for this free webinar!

Exercise / Fitness:Zumba
2021-03-17 11:00 - 11:50, 2021-03-17 19:00 - 19:50 | Off Campus Location
Ditch the traditional workout and join the party! This Latin-inspired, dance-and-fitness class offers an exciting, exhilarating and effective workout. You’ll develop your stamina and your body tone with easy to follow dance moves, set to the fast and slow rhythms of cumbia, merengue, salsa, reggaeton, hip-hop, pop, mambo, rumba, flamenco, calypso and salsaton. No dance experience required.

Well-being:Follow the Rainbow: Block M Scavenger Hunt
2021-03-17 12:00 - 15:30 | 1027 E. Huron Building
We will be posting clues throughout the day to our social media channels for students to find hidden Block M's in locations across campus! After students "follow the rainbow" and find the Block M, they will turn them in to the Union or the Campus Information Center at Pierpont to claim their prize! Clues will be posted periodically throughout the afternoon.

Make sure you're following CCI on our social media channels:
Facebook: facebook.com/centerforcampusinvolvement
Twitter: twitter.com/uminvolvement

*****Clues*****

[Found] Red: The weather is getting warmer, it's almost the start of spring. Grab a friend and head to North and spend a day on the Swings.

[Found] Orange: Walk in my doors, its a NATURAL blast from the past, filled with many artifacts. I'm not in disguise with glasses or a hat, just fined me outside by the two big cats.

[Found] Yellow: I'm at the heart of campus, students walk through me on the daily. Whether going to class or hanging around, just remember to step over the M baby.

[FOUND] Green: Mirror, mirror on the wall, here's our next Clue for y'all. Instead of looking like a fool, head to the reflection pool.

[FOUND] Blue: Here you'll find some peace and quiet, inside and outside, you'll find some silence. People compare my looks to Harry Potter, come to the Law Quad, you're getting hotter!

[FOUND] Purple: Not a circle or a rectangle, I do have all right angles. Come spin me right around, that's where the next clue will be found.

All 6 of our Rainbow Block Ms have been found! Congrats to our winners :) We hope you had fun searching campus today!

Livestream / Virtual:Food Literacy for All
2021-03-17 12:00 - 13:00 | Off Campus Location
Please join us for a virtual Food Literacy for All series with returning speakers! Themed around the Politics on our Plate, speakers will discuss the vision for our food system, the role of grassroots organizing, the impact of policy, and the responsibility of the media. To kickoff the series, join us for a conversation with Raj Patel and Ricardo Salvador, moderated by UM faculty Andy Jones on Wednesday March 17 at 12 pm EST.

Food Literacy for All is FREE, but registration is required.

The 2021 Food Literacy for All series is co-led by Andy Jones (UM School of Public Health), Devita Davison (FoodLab Detroit), and Lilly Fink Shapiro (UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative). Future sessions to be announced on this page and our newsletter, which you can sign up for on our homepage or in your registration.

The 2021 Food Literacy for All series is supported by the CEW+ Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund.

Lecture / Discussion:Mourners are the Soundtrack of Life: Mourning, Time, and Aesthetic Geographies of the South in a Mizrahi Singer’s Antibiography
2021-03-17 12:00 - 13:00 | Off Campus Location
In this seminar, Re’ee Hagay will describe the mourning interwoven into the process of writing Ahuva ʿOzeri’s biography. The non-linear temporality of the mourning produced by the child mourner from Tel Aviv’s Yemenite Quarter is juxtaposed with national representations of Yemeni Jews, constructed as an origin of Jewish homogeneity rooted in the past. Re’ee focuses on ʿOzeri’s cinematic performance against the background of south Tel Aviv, revealing a twofold memory of loss, both Mizrahi and Palestinian. ʿOzeri emerges as a singer who drew on multiple resources of mourning positioned across putative national and regional borders of urban and global Southern geographies. ʿOzeri is narrated not only as a child mourner but also as the last mourner, in the face of progressive national time. Re’ee concludes by asking what is lost with the last mourner’s departure from the world, when one loses the ability to recognize one’s own loss through its reflection in the other’s ruins. Re’ee will be joined by respondent Tamar Sella.

Re’ee Hagay is a cultural theorist and ethnographer of Mizrahi aesthetics and a PhD student in Near Eastern Studies at Cornell University. His work focuses on time, mourning, and globalization in Mizrahi popular culture. Work in progress includes “From Silence to Silence: (In)Audible Limits of a Transnational Dialogue” about the relationship between Edward Said, Daniel Barenboim, and Richard Wagner; and, with Jonathan Boyarin, a bibliographical essay on the Jewish diaspora.

Tamar Sella received her PhD in Ethnomusicology in May 2020 from Harvard University, where she is also currently a Visiting Fellow in Music. Her work cuts across sound and performance studies, feminist and queer theory, and Jewish history. Her dissertation, “Resonant Ancestors: Arab Jewish Memory on the Israeli Stage,” which she is currently revising into a book for publication, explores the negotiations of ancestral memories in contemporary performance by Mizrahi Jews in Israel/Palestine toward reimagining decolonial and diasporic futures. Tamar’s own ancestors are Jews from Poland, Ukraine, and Yemen, and she grew up moving between Israel and the U.S. As an organizer, writer, and sometimes performer, Tamar also has a secondary area in American music, where she examines aesthetics in jazz and improvised music in relation to gender and race formations.

Advance Registration Required: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUpcO-tpzgsH9EX2CisvejcAVFF9breWDVr

Well-being:North Campus Mindfulness Meditation Drop-In (Online)
2021-03-17 12:00 - 12:30 | Off Campus Location
Take a moment to create some space to breathe and invite a sense of calm into your day. This is a guided mindfulness meditation drop-in session. No experience necessary. Free and open to all.

Email dmitryb@umich.edu to sign up for the mailing list. You will receive a weekly reminder with the zoom link. Also, you can add the sessions to your Google Calendar: https://tinyurl.com/y3kbkwd6

Exhibition:Public Tour: 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners
2021-03-17 12:00 - 13:00 | Off Campus Location
Join PCAP curators for a tour of the exhibit.

The pandemic halted the 25th Annual Exhibition days before it was scheduled to open in March 2020. PCAP is excited to bring you the 2020 show in a new digital gallery. Visit https://myumi.ch/kxZ1D for a link to the exhibit and registration links for the events listed below.

March 16: Opening Celebration, 7:00 pm
March 16: Opening Reception, 7:45 pm
March 17: Public Tour, 12:00 pm
March 18: Keynote, Janie Paul, 7:00 pm
March 20: Public Tour, 12:00 pm
March 23: Michigan Review of Prisoner Creative Writing Launch Party, 7:00 pm
March 24: Public Tour, 12:00 pm
March 25: Artists Panel, 7:00 pm

This exhibit and events are presented with support from the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, Om of Medicine, and hundreds of individual donors. Thank you to everyone who made this possible!

Presentation:Social Area Brown Bag: A Dyadic Perspective on Stress in Romantic Relationships
2021-03-17 12:00 - 13:20 | Off Campus Location
Abstract:
Romantic relationships are one of the primary sources of support in adulthood. Prior work on stress in couples has primarily focused on understanding situations in which one partner is experiencing stress and the other partner is acting as the support provider, such as when one partner is taking a big exam, experiencing a chronic illness, or undergoing a stressor in the lab. In real life, however, couples are likely to also experience stress simultaneously, such as when two working parents have to juggle work, kids, and household duties. This concurrent stress creates potentially difficult situations in which both partners need to receive and provide support. In this talk, I present data on the role of concurrent stress in romantic relationships both before and during the pandemic. I also present a novel lab paradigm designed to help us understand how couples actually navigate these potential pain points in relationships.

Livestream / Virtual:Writing a Diversity Statement for the Faculty Job Search
2021-03-17 12:00 - 13:30 | Off Campus Location
Increasingly, hiring committees are interested in how prospective faculty job candidates will contribute to diversity, equity, and inclusion. As a result, many academic employers have begun to request a “diversity statement” as part of the faculty job application process. In this interactive session, we will discuss best practices for writing diversity statements, examine sample statements, and work through activities designed to help participants start writing their own statement.
This workshop is designed for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. For faculty and staff, please contact RackhamEvents@umich.edu to see if we can accommodate your attendance.
Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/Gk91P.
We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.

Livestream / Virtual:(VIRTUAL): CEW+Inspire Midweek Mindfulness-Guided Sits
2021-03-17 12:15 - 12:45 | Off Campus Location
As part of the CEW+Inspire initiative, CEW+ holds mindful meditation sits virtually on Wednesdays at 12:15.

Being present in the moment is a skill that can be learned when practiced on a regular basis and is especially important during these trying times. Psychological stress can damper your overall health, affecting your ability to remain resilient in the face of challenges. Evidence-based meditation has been shown to also reduce implicit age and race bias, reduce the symptoms of anxiety, depression, and pain, improve cognitive functioning, and assist in ending ruminating thought patterns.

Free and open to all levels of practice.

After registering, please check your email confirmation for the Zoom link!

Click here to RSVP and receive the Zoom link: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUtcumtpzIoHNdRoCz-lPKz9X7fb-Jp844o

Careers / Jobs:Akuna Capital Info Session
2021-03-17 13:00 - 17:00
Akuna Capital, a proprietary trading firm, is hosting a series of interactive presentations on various dates for those interested in learning more about Akuna Capital and the world of options trading. This will be an interactive presentation where participants get a chance to not only learn more about us, but to participate! We won’t talk AT you. We’ll talk with you. You’ll be able to answer questions, ask questions from one of our Traders and compete against other participants in a live trading game.

View the info session dates and sign up at: https://akunacapital.hiringplatform.com/45719-akuna-capital-information-session-sign-up/158775-sign-up/en

Workshop / Seminar:Social, Behavioral & Experimental Economics (SBEE): Wealth, Race, and Consumption Smoothing of Typical Income Shocks
2021-03-17 13:00 - 14:15 | Off Campus Location
Abstract:
We study the consumption response to typical labor income shocks and investigate how these vary by wealth and race. First, we estimate the elasticity of consumption with respect to income using an instrument based on firm-wide changes in monthly pay. While much of the consumption-smoothing literature uses variation in unusual windfall income, this instrument captures the temporary income variation that households typically experience. In addition, because it can be constructed for every worker in every month, it allows for more
precision than most previous estimates. We implement this approach in administrative bank account data and find an average elasticity of 0.23, with a standard error of 0.01. This increased precision also allows us
to address an open question about the extent of heterogeneity by wealth in the elasticity. We find a much lower consumption response for high-liquidity households, which may help discipline structural consumption
models.
Second, we use this instrument to study how wealth shapes racial inequality. An extensive body of work documents a substantial racial and ethnic wealth gap. However, less is known about how this gap translates
into differences in welfare on a month-to-month basis. We combine our instrument for typical income volatility with a new dataset linking bank account data with race and Hispanicity. We find that black (Hispanic) households cut their consumption 50 (20) percent more than white households when faced with a similarly-sized income shock. Nearly all of this differential pass-through of income to consumption is explained in a statistical sense by differences in liquid wealth. Combining our empirical estimates with a model, we show that temporary income volatility has a substantial welfare cost for all groups. Because of racial disparities in consumption smoothing, the cost is at least 50 percent higher for black households and 20 percent higher for Hispanic households than it is for white households.

For information on how to watch this lecture and sign up for the SBEE mailing list to receive notice of upcoming events, please visit the SBEE website:
https://umbee.github.io/SBEE_Seminars

Class / Instruction:Building the Border: The United States, the British Empire, and Native Nations of the Great Lakes, 1796-1812
2021-03-17 14:00 - 15:30 | Off Campus Location
Study group leader Jonathan Quint, University of Michigan Department of History PhD candidate and Clements Library Intern, will discuss his research on how the ordinary people of the Detroit River region experienced the imposition of the U.S.- Canadian border in 1796 and his work with the Clements and UM faculty to create instructional activities that connect students with the archives.
This study group will meet Wednesday March 17. Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed prior to the first session

Meeting:CoderSpaces (Wednesdays)
2021-03-17 14:00 - 15:30 | Off Campus Location
Are you grappling with a piece of code, trying to compute on a cluster, or just getting started with a new method such as machine learning? Then we might have just the right space for you.

All members of the U-M community are invited to join our weekly virtual CoderSpaces in the Winter 2021 term to get research support and connect with others.

The virtual sessions are designed to assist faculty, staff, and students with research methodology, statistics, data science applications, and computational programming for research.

Our hosts have a wide set of methodological and technological expertise. They come to you from a variety of departments and disciplines and are looking forward to serving the U-M community in their research endeavors.

CoderSpaces provide a casual, productive and inclusive environment. Everyone is welcome regardless of skill level.

Wednesdays 2-3:30PM
Join via Zoom* (https://umich.zoom.us/j/96392817699)
*Users will have to sign in with their UMICH (Level-1) credentials.

with Armand Burks (ARC-TS/UMSI), Bennet Fauber (ARC-TS), Jule Krüger (ISR/ARC-TS), Meghan Richey (ARC-TS)

Expertise: automation of tasks and workflows, bash, C++, cloud analytics, Git, data analysis, management and visualization, GNU Make, HPC, Java, LaTeX, machine learning (Tensorflow, Keras, convolutional neural networks), Markdown, natural language processing, Python, R, web scraping (Selenium)

Livestream / Virtual:EEB student evaluation seminar: Regulatory evolution of duplicate genes
2021-03-17 14:00 - 15:00 | Off Campus Location - https://umich.zoom.us/j/91026839574
Anna presents her preliminary seminar

Careers / Jobs:STEM Internships and Fellowships Information Session for ORISE - Featuring DOE WDTS SULI and CCI and EPA Research Participation Programs
2021-03-17 14:00 - 15:00
Looking for an Internship or Fellowship in 2021?

Join us tolearn more about the HUNDREDS of STEM, Policy, and Technical Internshipand Fellowship Opportunities for all academic levels at the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE)!

Featuring Program Spotlights on:
• U.S. DOE Office of Science's Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists (WDTS) - Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI)
• U.S. DOE Office of Science's Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists (WDTS) - Community College Internships (CCI)
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

We connect the most talented and diverse college students, recent graduates, postdocs, and faculty to programs closely aligned with the interests of a variety of research facilities, including those managed for the U.S. Department of Energy and many other federal agencies. These internship and fellowship programs are key to the preparation of the next generation of our nation’s STEM workforce.

You can find and apply to opportunities on Zintellect.com, our searchable database of research and non-research internships and fellowships, or by downloading the free ORISE GO mobile app from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store.

Register at http://bit.ly/ORISE-Monthly-Info-Session to attend and a link will be provided.

For more information, email ExperienceORISE@orau.org.

Well-being:Sip & Stroll
2021-03-17 15:00 - 16:00
Join us for weekly strolls around campus while sipping on free hot chocolate! Adventure Leadership staff will provide you with conversation cards to stimulate your stroll, so bring a buddy!

This event is open to students, faculty, and staff. Registration is not necessary, however, face coverings and social distancing are required. Please check the website to see where we'll be located each week.

Thank you to Michigan Dining for providing the hot chocolate!

Livestream / Virtual:CCMB / DCMB Weekly Seminar Series featuring Sriram Chandrasekaran (Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering)
2021-03-17 16:00 - 17:00 | Off Campus Location - https://umich-health.zoom.us/j/93929606089?pwd=[REDACTED]
Abstract: Drug combinations have the potential to greatly expand our pharmacopeia while reducing both cost and drug resistance. Yet the current drug-discovery approach is unable to screen the astronomical number of possible combinations in different cell types and does not account for the complex environment inside the body. We have developed AI tools - INDIGO and MAGENTA - that predict the efficacy of drug combinations based on the properties of the drugs, the pathogen, and the infection environment. We are also using modeling to identify drugs that work in synergy with the host immune system. Using INDIGO and MAGENTA, we have identified highly synergistic combinations of repurposed drugs to treat drug resistant infections including Tuberculosis, the deadliest bacterial infection. INDIGO also accurately predicts the outcome of past clinical trials of drug combinations. Our ultimate goal is to create a personalized approach to treat infections using AI.
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Biography: Chandrasekaran received his bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology from Anna University in 2008, and a PhD in Biophysics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2013. He worked at Harvard University and MIT as a Harvard Junior Fellow between 2013 and 2016 and became an Assistant Professor at UM in 2017. His lab develops systems biology algorithms for drug discovery. Computer models from his lab like INDIGO and MAGENTA are being used to design effective therapies against drug resistant pathogens. His lab also develops systems biology algorithms to understand metabolic regulation. The approaches that they have created (PROM, ASTRIX, DFA, EGEM and GEMINI) perform complementary functions in modeling of metabolic and regulatory networks. Chandrasekaran’s research has been published in Cell, Genome Biology, mBio, and PNAS. For his work, Chandrasekaran previously received the 2013 Harvard Junior Fellowship, the 2011 Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) International Predoctoral Fellowship, the 2014 William Milton Fund award, 2018 UM Precision Health Investigator Award, and the 2018 Distinguished Young Investigator Award from the AICHE COBRA society.

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Careers / Jobs:Day in the Life, Entry Level
2021-03-17 16:00 - 17:00
In this session, you will hear first hand what it is like to work in our entry level positions in both the Clinical Development Division and the Laboratories Division at PPD.

Workshop / Seminar:Department Colloquium | Dark Matter Meets Condensed Matter
2021-03-17 16:00 - 17:00 | Off Campus Location
Department Colloquium Link: http://myumi.ch/GkgBm

As the gravitational evidence accumulates inexorably that dark matter comprises the vast majority of the mass of the universe, the particle nature of dark matter remains a mystery. New laboratory experiments are being commissioned to probe dark matter lighter than the proton mass, but the signatures in these detectors rely crucially on the condensed matter properties of the detector material. I will survey the progress made in understanding existing detectors and designing future ones which operate in this unusual low-energy regime, driven by an incredibly fruitful and rich collaboration between condensed matter physicists and particle physicists, both theorists and experimentalists. I will describe a new approach which helps to identify novel condensed matter systems with optimal material properties for dark matter detection, bridging high- and low-energy physics and ensuring that no stone is left unturned in the hunt for dark matter in the laboratory.

Lecture / Discussion:Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom on modern discourse
2021-03-17 16:00 - 17:00 | Off Campus Location
Join us for a conversation on modern discourse with Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom, moderated by Dr. Celeste Watkins-Hayes, as they discuss the topics in her new book, Thick, including race, gender, inequality, higher education access, technology, culture, and more.

Register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfyzakYT0aibwapQqK74sXtj2xVh7ZkqxS7zj82vEmk2SDcBA/viewform

From the speaker's bio:

Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom is an award-winning author, researcher, educator, and cultural critic whose work has been recognized nationally and internationally for the urgency and depth of her incisive critical analysis of technology, higher education, class, race, and gender.

The foundation for Tressie’s first book, Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy, was formed by dissertation research for her doctorate from Emory University’s Laney Graduate School. In Lower Ed, Tressie questions the fundamental narrative of American education policy. In 2019, Tressie released Thick: and Other Essays. The collection has been described as “essential,” and the Chicago Tribune calls Tressie, “the author you need to read now.” Dorothy Roberts compares reading it to “holding a mirror to your soul and to that of America.” Thick was the winner of the Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize and was a finalist for the 2019 National Book Award.

Tressie serves on dozens of academic and philanthropic boards and publishes widely on issues of inequality, work, higher education and technology. She is an associate professor in the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life (UNC). She was awarded the MacArthur Fellowship in 2020.

Tressie also co-hosts Hear to Slay with Roxane Gay, a podcast with an intersectional perspective on celebrity, culture, politics, art, life, love, and more.

Livestream / Virtual:EEB Virtual Seminar: The science underground: mycology as a queer discipline
2021-03-17 16:00 - 17:30 | Off Campus Location
Dr. Kaishian presents this virtual seminar with an extended Q & A session from 4:45 pm - 5:30 pm EST

SEE YOUR EMAIL or CONTACT US at eeb-webinfo@umich.edu for connection information.

Image credit: Patricia Kaishian

Careers / Jobs:MORGAN STANLEY CORPORATE SERVICES 101
2021-03-17 16:00 - 17:00
Please join us for an overview of Morgan Stanley's Corporate Services Division.

Morgan Stanley's Corporate Services Division will be hosting a Divisional 101 for freshmen and sophomores interested in pursuing a summer internship in financial services. Students will have the opportunity to hear from Corporate Services business representatives and learn about the role they play at Morgan Stanley. This will be a great opportunity to network with Corporate Services professionals and ask any questions you may have about Morgan Stanley, Corporate Services, or the industry ingeneral.

Careers / Jobs:Northwestern Mutual Data Open House
2021-03-17 16:00 - 17:00
Do you want to advance or start a career in data? Then don’tmiss the Northwestern Mutual Data Open House on March 17. Learn how we’re building our future and revolutionizing our industry through data and see how you fit!

Careers / Jobs:Virtual Michigan Teacher Education Fair spring 2021 (Day 2: Secondary Ed and Special Ed, School Counseling and Administration and other roles) - Secondary Ed and Special Ed, School Counseling and Administration and other roles
2021-03-17 16:00 - 20:00
>> STUDENT REGISTRATION OPENS FEB. 23RD, 6 p.m.

Exercise / Fitness:Cardio Hip Hop
2021-03-17 16:15 - 17:05 | Off Campus Location
Cardio Hip Hop is a high-intensity dance workout that uses choreographed movements set to Hip Hop and Top 40 music. This non-stop dance party is very similar to Zumba and other dance-aerobic workouts. No dance experience required! EQUIPMENT NEEDED: None.

Workshop / Seminar:How to Stay Motivated with Remote Learning
2021-03-17 17:00 - 18:00 | Off Campus Location - https://umich.zoom.us/j/97066567367
Are you struggling to keep up with your work when it is completely self-directed and remote? Most of us have trouble staying motivated to keep up with school work after many tough months.

Join the Women in Science and Engineering Program for an interactive workshop on finding your will to succeed.

Register here: https://myumi.ch/QArAW

Careers / Jobs:Learn About Summer 2021 Virtual Internships with FOREFRONT Charity
2021-03-17 17:00 - 18:00
Who we are:
FOREFRONT Charity, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, is seeking students with a passion to be the change they wish tosee in the world. We want to help grow global citizens who aim to make a difference. We also want to create an opportunity for students to work with a growing non-profit, gain exposure to projects, and ignite aspirations to impact our world.

FOREFRONT Charity brings sustainability and empowerment to developing countries. We do so by enabling every person, equipping leaders, and establishing self-sustaining communities. Our work iscurrently in the province of Andhra Pradesh, India. To date, we built 38 clean water wells for over 60,000 villagers, distributed over 4,500 soap bars, formed women-led soap businesses, launched a state-of-the-art international primary school in Kolluru, India to serve 400 students, provide diabetes workshops, and train changemakers to create sustainable impact.

About our internship program:
Our Summer Internship Program is a 10-week program from the beginning of June to mid-August. If you are enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate student, we encourage you to apply. Our internship has mentorship and a weekly educational program component. Must be based in the US. Preference is given to applicants based in thegreater NYC and DC areas.

What you will be doing:
As a summer intern, you will work with one of our departments to execute your project and gain exposure to how we further our mission. Our team is remote, so communications are mostly virtual. When not impacted by COVID-19, we ask interns to meet with your team in-person occasionally.

Who should apply:
You are encouraged to apply if you are passionate about helping others globally and a self-starter.

What to submit:
Along with your resume, submit a no more than 500-word response about what you will do for our team to help those we serve. Identify your passions, skills, and a project proposal for your 10-week internship. Your project proposal should be connected with the work of one department you’re interested in. In addition, please submit a no more than 60-second introduction video or audio clip.

What We Look For:
· Full-time undergraduate or graduate student
· Proficiency in Google Suite
· Ability to prioritize tasks
· Creativity, initiative, and effective collaborator

Logistical details
· June7 to August 13
· 20 hours per week (approximately)
· Usually flexible hours with some team meetings in the evenings and on Saturday mornings (sometimes required)
· Access to a laptop or computer with a webcam

Exercise / Fitness:Tabata
2021-03-17 17:30 - 18:20 | Off Campus Location
Looking for an intense, time-efficient full-body workout? Tabata is the most result-driven form of HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training). In this class you will push yourself to the max and achieve full body fitness by completing a variety drills at specific work-rest ratios.

Exercise / Fitness:Pilates
2021-03-17 17:45 - 18:35 | Off Campus Location
Pilates improves flexibility, builds strength and develops control and endurance in the entire body. It puts emphasis on alignment, breathing, and developing a strong core often called the “powerhouse” in Pilates. EQUIPMENT NEEDED: Loop resistance band and small blue ball (other options can be a small pillow or mini foam roller).

Livestream / Virtual:Arab Heritage Month 2021: Our Voices, Our Power: Learning to Tell the Story Only You Can Tell
2021-03-17 18:00 - 19:00 | Off Campus Location
Join Dearborn Girl in an interactive virtual workshop via Zoom focusing on how to create a podcast in efforts to "learn how to tell the story only you can tell.” In doing so, you can learn to write your own narrative. Register via the following link: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/session/41882

Livestream / Virtual:Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month Opening Ceremony
2021-03-17 18:00 - 19:30 | Off Campus Location
To launch this year's Asian American & Pacific Islander (AA&PI) Heritage Month, the Opening Ceremony will feature the hosts of the Continental Shifts Podcast, Gabriel Tanglao and Estella Owoimaha-Church! Gabriel and Estella describe themselves as “dope educators wayfinding the past, present, and future,” and their podcast centers around how AA&PI communities can organize, educate, and support one another as we learn from our cultures and work through current issues. Dinner will be available for pick up for those on/near campus who register for this event (you will receive a separate email with meal sign up options).

This event is a part of Asian American & Pacific Islander (AA&PI) Heritage Month which is celebrated mid-March to mid-April at the University of Michigan. All events this year will be held *virtually.* A full list events will be coming soon to the MESA website!

Livestream / Virtual:German Convo Home Edition
2021-03-17 18:00 - 19:00 | Off Campus Location
The "German Convo Home Edition" will provide fun and play games. Silvia Grzeskowiak (sgrzesko@umich.edu) will host the remotely held weekly session. Her Zoom link is: https://umich.zoom.us/j/99570729139.

Livestream / Virtual:Live Chat with a Lloyd Scholar
2021-03-17 18:00 - 19:00 | Off Campus Location
Find out what it means to be a Lloyd Scholar!
Meet our Student Leaders!
Ask questions!

Email us at LSWA@umich.edu to receive the Zoom link.

Current LSWA students will present an overview of our program during the following scheduled Zoom information sessions:
FEBRUARY:
Thursday, 2/18 - 6:00 pm
Saturday, 2/20 - 11:00 am
Sunday, 2/21 - 12:00 Noon & 3:00 pm
Monday, 2/22 - 7:00 pm
Saturday, 2/27 - 3:00 pm

MARCH:
Sunday, 3/7 - 12:00 Noon
Sunday, 3/14 - 3:00 pm
Wednesday, 3/17 - 6:00 pm
Friday, 3/19 - 6:00 pm
Sunday, 3/21 - 4:00 pm
Sunday, 3/28 - 4:00 pm

APRIL:
Saturday, 4/10 - 11:00 am
Saturday, 4/17 - 11:00 am
Thursday, 4/22 - 5:00 pm
Wednesday, 4/28 - 6:00 pm

MAY:
Sunday, 5/2 - 1:00 pm

Careers / Jobs:MORGAN STANLEY WEALTH MANAGEMENT ANALYST PANEL
2021-03-17 18:00 - 19:00
Please join us for Morgan Stanley's Wealth Management Analyst Panel, targeted toward freshman and sophomore undergraduate students at all colleges & universities (expected graduation date between December 2022and June 2024).

This panel will include current and former Program Analysts who will be able to share meaningful insights into their experience in the recruiting process and the day-to-day life of a Full-Time Wealth Management Analyst. The panel will be moderated by a senior leader in the Wealth Management Division.

Careers / Jobs:Private Equity 101 with Alpine Investors
2021-03-17 18:00 - 19:00
What is private equity? What is the day to day? What are career options? Who is Alpine?

Alpine Investors is a San Francisco-based private equity firm that is reimagining the PE space. With over $2.7 billion in assets under management across 7 funds, Alpine's PeopleFirst™ program continues to demonstrate that pursuing and investing in passionate individuals is the key driver in building enduring companies and delivering market-leading returns.

Join us for an informal digital session to learn about the private equity space, ask questions, and meet members of the Alpine Investors team. We hope to keep it engaging, so get ready to turn your video on :) All students are welcome and no pre-knowledge is expected.

EVENT INFORMATION.
• WHEN: Wed 3/17
• TIME: 6-7pm EST (with time to "mingle" at the end)
• WHERE: Zoom
• WHO: 2023 Grads (current sophomores)
• DRESS: Casual.. it’s zoom!

Reach out to Micaela Keller at mkeller@alpineinvestors.com with any questions and look forward to seeing you there!

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UNDERGRAD OPPORTUNITIES.
We currently offer two summer internship programs for juniors entering senior year— one program on the Investing team and one new program on the Sourcing team. Internsare an integral part of the deal teams at Alpine and throughout the summers. We believe in giving interns ownership and responsibility early, so they can drive real impact and maximize their learning.

Applications open this June for Summer 2021

Exercise / Fitness:Total Body Strength
2021-03-17 18:45 - 19:35 | Off Campus Location
Experience strength training like never before! Take this class if you want to strengthen every muscle in one workout. We’ll offer you instruction on how to use free weights effectively and safely. Whether you are an experienced lifter or have never lifted before, this class is right for you! EQUIPMENT NEEDED: Some kind of resistance equipment (e.g. dumbbells, barbell, resistance bands, backpack filled with books, milk jugs filled with water, canned goods, or any other weighted items that can be held)

Livestream / Virtual:Alumni Networking | The Society for Asian Studies Students
2021-03-17 19:00 - 20:00 | Off Campus Location - tinyurl.com/sassalumni
The Society for Asian Studies Students (SASS) is hosting an alumni networking event with Julia Shiota and Elise Huerta, two U-M Asian Studies graduates!

If you're interested in pursuing a degree in Asian Studies or want to learn more about what you can do with an Asian Studies major or minor, join us!

Register for the event at tinyurl.com/sassalumni

Careers / Jobs:Lockheed Martin - Tech Talk - Flexible Solar Array
2021-03-17 19:00 - 20:00
Please register for the event at: https://tinyurl.com/ya9rs6jh

Class / Instruction:Put a Spark under your Butt
2021-03-17 19:00 - 20:30 | Off Campus Location
There have been a lot of news stories lately about the rise in popularity of E-bikes (electric bikes). But what’s all the fuss about? Worldwide, E-bikes are the fastest growing sector of the bike industry, and there are several reasons for their rapid rise in appeal. We will look at what exactly is an E-bike and why they are so sought after with the Baby Boomer generation, and among commuters, businesses, and municipalities.

There are so many different types of E-bikes on the market that it can be overwhelming to learn about them all. We will try to simplify it, going over the fundamentals, to see whether an E-bike might be right for you and how you should choose which type will suit you best.

Presenters Jim Summers and Kim Mayes own and operate H.E.H. Human Electric Hybrids. They have been in the E-bike business for eight years.

Jim was a controls engineer, cycling to work 20 miles each way when he built his first E-bike to make his commute easier. He immediately saw the potential for E-bikes to enable more people to ride a bike. He also envisioned a future when more people would replace car trips with bicycle trips. Jim started building E-bikes for others, then left his engineering job in 2014 to sell E-bikes full time. Jim’s wife, Kim, joined him in the business in 2018.

Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the presentation will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the event.

Exercise / Fitness:STRONG Nation
2021-03-17 19:00 - 19:50 | Off Campus Location
STRONG Nation® is a HIIT (High-Intensity Interval Training) class that syncs every move to a beat! This class combines bodyweight, cardio, muscle conditioning, and plyometric training moves synced to original music that has been specifically designed to match every single move. Every squat, every lunge, every burpee is driven by the music, helping you make it to that last rep, and maybe even five more. EQUIPMENT NEEDED (optional): Open space with soft flooring for push-ups, planks, etc. (e.g. yoga mat, towel, carpet)

Livestream / Virtual:Honors Admissions AMA
2021-03-17 20:00 - 21:00 | Off Campus Location
This event is open to anyone looking for more information about the LSA Honors Program or life at U-M in general.

You can access the Zoom meeting via the following link: https://myumi.ch/7ZxjY

Meeting:LSA Student Government General Meeting
2021-03-17 20:00 - 23:00 | Off Campus Location
LSA Student Government holds their weekly general meetings at over Zoom. All members of the public, especially LSA students, are welcome to attend!

Wednesday, April 7th: 6:00 PM over Zoom (https://umich.zoom.us/j/97939439583)
Wednesday, April 14th: 8:00 PM over Zoom (https://umich.zoom.us/j/97939439583)

No meetings will be held from April 21st through September 1st (inclusive).

Exhibition:PBSL Sustainable Fashion Show
2021-03-17 20:00 - 21:00 | Off Campus Location
Join the off-campus Planet Blue Student Leader team in celebrating the commitment to buying second-hand clothing with an exhibition of some of the best thrift finds!

Social / Informal Gathering:SLE Community Nights
2021-03-17 20:00 - 21:00 | Off Campus Location
Join the SLE for weekly virtual activities such as social gatherings, wellness activities, and discussions of current events. Check for details each week in the SLE Newsletter.

Recreational / Games:March Madness
2021-03-17 20:30 - 21:30 | Off Campus Location
Come learn about the history of Michigan basketball, March Madness, and create a bracket to follow the action throughout March and April!
Register Here: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/8039
