Conference / Symposium:Basal Ganglia and Motor Learning: Precisely Timed Optogenetic Inhibition of Dopaminergic Neurons During Fine Motor Skill Acquisition in Rats
2016-05-20 12:00 - 14:00 (America/Detroit) | Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - 5515
Neurology / Neuroscience Research Seminar Series
Damien Ellens, MD
Research Fellow
Training Grant Awardee
Department of Neurology
U n i v e r s i t y o f M i c h i g a n
“Basal Ganglia and Motor
Learning: Precisely Timed
Optogenetic Inhibition of
Dopaminergic Neurons During
Fine Motor Skill Acquisition in
Rats”
Friday, May 20, 2016
12:00PM
BSRB 5515

Exhibition:Exhibit: Coloring Our Dreams
2016-05-20 12:00 - 18:00 | Duderstadt Center - Gallery
This exhibit features more than 40 exquisite paintings created by socially disadvantaged children from Iran. It was organized by the Students Association Against Poverty (SAAP) at the University of Michigan in collaboration with the Imam Ali Student Relief Society of Tehran, Iran. SAAP hopes this exhibition will act as a platform to empower the individuality and creativity of these children despite their disheartening situation.

Workshop / Seminar:Mechanisms and fidelity of DNA and RNA Ligation
2016-05-20 12:15 - 13:15 | Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640
Host: Lyle Simmons, lasimm@umich.edu

Ceremony / Service:2016 UMOR Staff Recognition Awards Program and Reception
2016-05-20 15:30 - 17:00 | Michigan League - Vandenberg Room
S. Jack Hu
Vice President for Research
cordially invites you to attend the
2016 Research Staff Recognition Awards Program and Reception
Friday, May 20, 2016
Michigan League, 2nd floor, Vandenberg Room
3:30-5:00 p.m.

to celebrate the outstanding service provided every day by the University’s research staff and to honor this year’s recipients

U-M Distinguished Research Administrator Awardees
Kerri-Anne Cross
Senior Research Manager
Populations Studies Center

Pat Turnbull
Research Process Manager
U-M Dearborn Office of Research and Sponsored Programs

U-M Office of Research Exceptional Service Awardees
Amanda Coulter
Training Manager
Office of Research and Sponsored Projects

Ben Secunda
NAGPRA Project Manager
U-M Office of Research

Performance:Tarzan
2016-05-20 19:00 | Power Center for the Performing Arts
On sale to the public April 11 at 9 a.m. For accessible seating, please call (734) 763-8587.

Washed up on the shores of West Africa, an infant boy is taken in and raised by gorillas who name him Tarzan. Apart from striving for acceptance from his ape father, Tarzan's life is mostly monkey business until a human expedition treks into his tribe's territory and he encounters creatures like himself for the first time. Tarzan struggles to navigate a jungle, thick with emotion as he discovers his animal upbringing clashing with his human instincts.

Performance:Peter Wolf & The Midnight Travelers
2016-05-20 20:00 | Off Campus Location - The Ark, 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor, MI
Special offer! A digital download of Peter Wolf’s forthcoming album, A Cure For Loneliness (available April 8), is included with every ticket you order for this show. To take advantage of this offer, please be sure to enter your email address when ordering tickets.

Peter Wolf was the longtime lead singer of rock's J. Geils Band, and he had a hand as writer in many of their hit songs (although not "Centerfold"). His charismatic stage presence was integral to that band's success, which crossed geographic and racial lines. Peter went on to a great solo career that has included such radio-friendly hits as "Come As You Are" as well as deeper album tracks that showed his passion for classic soul and R&B. Now,Peter continues his musical journey with "A Cure for Loneliness," his eighth solo release. The 12-song album ranks with the artist's most adventurous and accomplished work, showcasing his irrepressible charisma while encompassing his effortless affinity for country, blues, R&B and rock 'n' roll. "A Cure for Loneliness" includes nine new Wolf originals, four of them co-written with Grammy/Academy Award-winning songwriter Will Jennings. The material ranges from the loose-limbed gospel boogie of "How Do You" to the rousing rock of "Wasting Time" to the acoustic reverie of "Some Other Time, Some Other Place" to the swinging big-band swagger of "Mr. Mistake" to the introspective balladry of "Peace of Mind" and "Fun For A While"—plus an audacious bluegrass reworking of the classic J. Geils anthem "Love Stinks," and the stirring soul ballad "It's Raining," which Wolf co-wrote with R&B pioneer Don Covay. "I see this album as a continuation of a body of work that I've been creating for a long, long time," Peter says. "Each album is a challenge and every one of them has been a learning experience. I think that they've become more personal and revealing as I've continued. I still feel the way I felt when I started out decades ago, I'm just trying to prevail and continue to grow as an artist … and to keep rolling on with music as a cure for loneliness." The Ark is proud to present a legend of rock music, up close and personal, for two intimate evenings with his band The Midnight Travelers.

Exhibition:Astronomy Open House
2016-05-20 22:00 - 2016-05-21 00:00 | Angell Hall
Visit the Student Astronomical Society's Astronomy Open Houses to learn about astronomy, physics, and optics! This Friday is a special event, Statewide Astronomy Night, and we will be holding an extra long open house this week. Join the Bentley Historical Library, UM Museum of Natural History, and Department of Astronomy for more cool events, including a lecture on dark matter, tours of the observatory hosting the oldest US-made lens still in use, and more!Open houses are run by members of the Student Astronomical Society and are free, as well as open to all ages. We always have planetarium shows, science demos, and observatory tours. When the weather allows it, we have observing on the roof of Angell Hall, where we have a 0.4 M telescope in our observatory dome, plus multiple smaller telescopes and binoculars. See our website, umichsas.com, for more information!

Other:CEW offers Funding for Event Co-sponsorship for 2016
2016-05-21 08:00 - 17:00 | Center for the Education of Women
The Center for the Education of Women (CEW) is seeking opportunities to partner with units on campus via its Frances and Sydney Lewis (FSL) Visiting Leaders Fund. This endowment fund brings visiting women leaders to campus who are distinguished scholars and/or practitioners in their fields. Any U-M department, unit or organization (student, staff or faculty) may submit a funding request to CEW via our online Google application form. Requests for event support will be evaluated based on their consistency with the purpose of the FSL Visiting Leaders Fund and should be submitted at least six (6) weeks before the proposed programming. Please note that only those events submitted via the CEW online form will be considered.

DEADLINES:
2016 Winter Semester: December 15, 2015
2016 Fall Semester: August 1, 2016

In addition, CEW can provide promotional support for events by listing on our online calendar. To learn more about how CEW can support your U-M event, please refer to this CEW webpage: http://www.cew.umich.edu/RFP)

Questions about event co-sponsorship may be directed to Janice Reuben, CEW Senior Associate for Programs & Outreach, at 734.764.6005 (reubenjs@umich.edu).

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Aging in America: Oil Portraits
2016-05-21 08:00 - 20:00 | University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1
This show is a series of oil portraits by New Jersey based artist Janet Boltax of individuals who are 90 years of age and over. They are accompanied by excerpts of interviews with each person about their life and how they are coping with the aging process. Boltax is primarily a portrait painter who also does printmaking and mixed media. She teaches portrait painting, color theory and composition at the Montclair Museum, Montclair, New Jersey, and also works as a copy writer.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Among the Lost & Found: Collage on Panel
2016-05-21 08:00 - 20:00 | University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2.
In his work, David Criner transforms twentieth century collage material in pursuit of an image that celebrates the present moment. The antiquated "pop" sensibility imbued by his sourced matter is countered by gestural, spontaneous mark making, creating compositions that manage to reference the past while also feeling timeless. Criner works out of Chicago, and teaches at Northeastern Illinois University.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents K-12 Group Show
2016-05-21 08:00 - 20:00 | University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1
Ann Arbor Public Schools has a comprehensive, nationally recognized K-12 arts education program that encourages experience in a variety of media and subject matter. They also explore artistic historical and cultural connections. Finished pieces from students in all grades will be on display in both 2D and 3D. A variety of media and styles are represented including drawing, painting, printmaking, ceramics, sculpture, photography and jewelry.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Recent Work: Ceramics
2016-05-21 08:00 - 20:00 | University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1
Jeri Hollister draws inspiration from her experience growing up in rural Michigan and her time as a student at the University Michigan studying art history and ceramics. She employs traditional ceramics tools and building techniques to create her horse sculptures allowing the process to be evident in the finished work.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Surface & Structure: Jewelry & Metals
2016-05-21 08:00 - 20:00 | University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2.
Kristine Bolhuis is an independent jewelry maker working out of her studio in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Her recent work has focused on lightweight metal constructions that move, flex and collapse. She creates her work at the bench where it is conceived of and constructed from start to finish. She feels her process is one of exploration and discovery, and it is full of surprises.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Swimming Upstream: Quilts
2016-05-21 08:00 - 20:00 | University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1.
Self-taught textile artist, author and curator Bonnie J. Smith lives and works in San Jose, California. She attended Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis Campus (IUPUI); and Indiana Central College; and has taken Master Dyeing Classes at Dartmouth College. Smith received the 2015 NICHE Award for design, and her textile work was selected for exhibition in the United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland (2016). Swimming Upstream tells her personal journey with an injury that placed her temporarily in a wheel chair, to finally finding the courage to start creating art and living life again.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Works by Belle Kogan: First Female Industrial Designer
2016-05-21 08:00 - 17:00 | University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Cancer Center Elevator Alcove, Level 2
This exhibition presents industrially-produced art pottery pieces designed by Belle Kogan (1902–2000), for Red Wing Potteries in Red Wing, Minnesota. Kogan is considered the first prominent female industrial designer in the United States, a founder of the profession, and one of the 20th century's most significant designers. Her design aesthetic was heavily influenced by the geometric and streamlined shapes of Art Deco. Belle Kogan Associates, her New York–based studio, was the first American female-led design firm. Her contracts with Red Wing Potteries produced over 400 different art pottery shapes from the late 1930s to the early 1960s, as well as several dinnerware and kitchenware lines. Belle Kogan and her firm designed products not only in ceramics but also clocks and small appliances, glassware, and pieces in silver, plastics, wrought iron and wood.
