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DTSTAMP:20170623T113254
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171012T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171012T160000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Econometrics
DESCRIPTION:Details to come.
UID:41357-9166321@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41357
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Economics,seminar
LOCATION:Lorch Hall - 301
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20170925T152444
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171012T144000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171012T154000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Minor in Entrepreneurship
DESCRIPTION:Minor in Entrepreneurship Information Session
UID:45043-10072853@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/45043
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Business,Comprehensive Studies Program,Innovate Blue,Learning Center,seminar,Undergraduate,Workshop
LOCATION:Angell Hall - 1139
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20170925T090401
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171012T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171012T173000
SUMMARY:Film Screening:\"Vibrancy of Silence\" Film Screening
DESCRIPTION:Film by Frieda Ekotto Chair\, Department of AfroAmerican and African Studies\; Professor\, Romance Languages and Literature and  Comparative Literature
UID:45004-10047035@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/45004
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:African American,Film,Free,LGBT,Social Justice
LOCATION:East Quadrangle - Residential College Keene Theater
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20180109T142652
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171012T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171012T173000
SUMMARY:Presentation:ASC Lecture. 2017-2018 UMAPS Colloquium Series
DESCRIPTION:Each UMAPS fellow will have the chance to present their scholarly work in a session of an ongoing monthly series. Talks prepared and presented by each visiting scholar are designed to increase skills in effective communications\, to promote dialogue on topics\, and to share the research with the larger U-M community. All are invited to attend to grasp the range and depth of work occurring through the UMAPS partnerships. \n\n10/5\, UMAPS Colloquium (#1)—Social Sciences I (Kalamazoo Room\, Michigan League)\nVERONICA DZOMEKU\, Nursing\, KNUST\, Ghana\n“Exploration of Expectations and Experiences of Mothers toward Childbirth Care”\n\nTHELMA FENNIE\, Psychology\, University of the Westewrn Cape\, South Africa\n“Exploring Psychological Effects of Adolescent Girls’ Experiences of Menarche & Menstruation in School Settings”\n\nAUDREY KALINDI\, Population Studies\, University of Zambia\n“Factors that Affect Use of Maternal Health Services\, HIV Testing and Linkage to Medical Care in Zambia”\n\n-----\n10/12\, UMAPS Colloquium (#2)—STEM I (Koessler Room\, Michigan League)\nDEBELA GEMEDA BEDANE\, Pharmacology\, St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College\, Ethiopia\n“Pharmacogenetic Predictors of Antidepressant Drug Response”\n\nMTHOKOZISI SIMELANE\, Biochemistry\, University of KwaZulu-Natal\, South Africa\n“Ursolic Acid Acetate as a Promising Agent for Malarial Chemotherapy”\n\nMESTEWAT DEBASU MOGNHODIE\, Biochemistry\, St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College\, Ethiopia\n“The Exploration and Utilization of Glycan-Based Biomarkers for Breast Cancer Patients on Chemotherapy in Ethiopia”\n\n-----\n11/ 9\, UMAPS Colloquium (#3)—Humanities (Koessler Room\, Michigan League)\n\nPAMELA KHANAKWA\, History\, Makerere University\, Uganda\n“Bagisu Men Don’t Cry: Imbalu and the Construction of Masculinities in Uganda”\n\nYIKUNNOAMLAK MEZGEBU\, Literature\, Addis Ababa University\, Ethiopia\n“From Competition to Composition:  Languages\, Regions and Religions in an Ethiopian Literature”\n\nPAUL CONWAY & KELLY ASKEW\, University of Michigan “Radio\, Cyberspace\, and the Repatriation of African Musical Heritage”\n\n-----\n12/7\, UMAPS Colloquium (#4)—STEM II (Koessler Room\, Michigan League)\nOLUWAKEMI ROTIMI\, Biochemistry\, Covenant University\, Nigeria\n“The Role of Epigenetics in the Toxicity of Environmental Exposures”\n\nZEWDU JIMA TAKLE\, Physiology\, St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College\, Ethiopia\n“The Molecular Signaling Mechanisms in the Vessel Wall after Stroke and Pathways Mediated by Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF)”\n\nSENYO ADZEI\, Music\, University of Cape Coast\, Ghana\n“Processes in Shrine Music of the Awudome People of Ghana–An Ethnomusicolowgical Inquiry”\n\n-----\n1/ 11\, UMAPS Colloquium (#5)—Social Sciences II (Kuenzel Room\, Michigan Union)\nODUR BENARD\, Statistics\, Makerere University\, Uganda\n“A Retrospective Analysis of Progression in Neonatal and Infant Mortality Drivers in Uganda (1995-2016)”\n\nPRECIOUS NDLOVU\, Law\, University of the Western Cape\, South Africa\n“The Economics of Mergers and Acquisitions in Africa’s Regional Competition Law Frameworks: An Examination of the COMESA Competition Commission”\n\nMOSES MUHUMUZA\, Human Ecology\, Mountains of the Moon University\, Uganda\n“Holistic Community-based Biodiversity Conservation in National Parks in Rural Africa”\n\n------\n2/8\, UMAPS Colloquium (#6)—STEM III (Koessler Room\, Michigan League)\n\nKALILU DONZO\, Biology\, University of Liberia\n“Advanced Training in Molecular Biology Techniques: Introducing Research-based Techniques at the University of Liberia”\n\nMELESSEW NIGUSSIE GEREME\, Physics\, Bahir Dar University\, Ethiopia\n“Investigation of Triggering Mechanisms of Ionospheric Irregularities in the Equatorial Ionosphere”
UID:44121-9888977@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/44121
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Africa,Anthropology,Biology,Discussion,Ecology,Engineering,Environment,Information and Technology,Interdisciplinary,International,Law,Lecture,Literature,Materials Science,Medicine,Music,Pharmacy,Psychology,Research,Science,Sociology,Women's Studies
LOCATION:Michigan League - Koessler Room
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DTSTAMP:20170816T164146
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171012T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171012T170000
SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:How to Use Your Smartphone Securely: Technology & Security of Smart Devices & Systems
DESCRIPTION:Recent years have witnessed a tremendous growth of computer technology\, especially those “smart” devices and systems\; for example\, smartphones\, smart homes\, smart cars\, and\, in the near future\, smart cities. These systems improve quality of life\, but also come with security and privacy problems.\n\nIn this course for those 50 and above we will introduce and discuss the technology and security issues for the smart devices and systems. Videos and demonstrations will be featured. Note that meeting topics are not necessarily limited to smart devices and smart \nsystems\; it can be any computer technology and security related topics of interest to the group. \n\nInstructor Qi Alfred Chen is a 5th-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UM. His research area is computer system and network security.  He will teach this course for two hours on Thursdays from October 12 through November 9.
UID:42441-9601986@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42441
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Lecture,Lifelong Learning,Retirement
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20170821T155740
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171012T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171012T170000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Mastering the American Accent - Advanced/Returning Clients
DESCRIPTION:This 10-week workshop is for students who would like help developing their language skills for improved communication. Workshop participants can expect:\n- A 15-20 minute assessment and discussion of goals\n- Exercises for improving articulation\, rate control and projection\n- Guidance from a licensed speech-language pathologist\n- Group conversations and activities\n- Increased confidence in spoken language skills\n\nThis session is for returning workshop students or those who have advanced skill sets. For the beginner and/or new client session\, please see Friday's workshop listing.
UID:42756-9653798@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42756
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Graduate,International,Language,Study Abroad,Undergraduate
LOCATION:V. Vaughan
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20170926T151045
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171012T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171012T160000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:2017 Hanes Walton Jr. Memorial Lecture
DESCRIPTION:The Hanes Walton Memorial Lecture is sponsored by the Center for Political Studies\, Institute for Social Research in honor of Hanes Walton\, Jr.\n\n2017 Speakers:\n\nCathy Cohen\, David and Mary Winton Green Professor of Political Science\, University of Chicago\nPresentation: Black Death on Your Laptop: The Case for Rethinking What Counts as Political Knowledge \n\nMichael Dawson\, John D. MacArthur Professor of Political Science and the College\, University of Chicago\nPresentation: Support for Black Reparations in the Early 21st Century
UID:45111-10084376@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/45111
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:African American,History,Lecture,Politics
LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 1430
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DTSTAMP:20171002T135640
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171012T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171012T173000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Accounting for violence: How to increase safety and break our failed reliance on mass incarceration
DESCRIPTION:Free and open to the public. Reception to follow.\n\nAbout the event:\n\nOver 50% of people in state prisons have been convicted of violent crimes\, and in recent decades the rate at which people are being incarcerated for violent crimes has been increasing even as actual crime rates have been falling. Clearly any robust solution to the problem of mass incarceration in the United States must include a better way to handle violent offenses.\n\nDanielle Sered will speak about her experience directing Common Justice\, a program of the Vera Institute of Justice that develops and advances solutions to violence that transform the lives of those harmed and foster racial equity without relying on incarceration. It is the first alternative-to-incarceration and victim-service program in the United States that focuses on violent felonies in adult courts. The evidence shows that both violence and mass incarceration can be reduced at the same time.\n\nUnder Danielle Sered’s leadership Common Justice received the Award for Innovation in Victim Services from Attorney General Holder and the federal Office for Victims of Crime in 2012. Before planning the launch of Common\nJustice\, Danielle served as the deputy director of Vera’s Adolescent Reentry Initiative\, a program for young men returning from incarceration on Rikers Island. Prior to joining Vera\, she worked at the Center for Court Innovation's\nHarlem Community Justice Center\, where she led its programs for court-involved and recently incarcerated youth. Danielle teaches about restorative justice at CUNY and was a Rhodes Scholar.
UID:45300-10152981@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/45300
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Graduate School,Law,Politics,Public Policy,Social Impact,Social Justice,Sociology,Undergraduate
LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - Annenberg Auditorium
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DTSTAMP:20170919T134729
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171012T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171012T173000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Communication & Media Speaker Series
DESCRIPTION:In March 1997\, the New Yorker published “The Coolhunt.” Written by a then-unknown reporter named Malcolm Gladwell\, the piece identified a new phenomenon within market research involving young scouts who combed the world’s cultural hotspots to discover emerging trends. To Gladwell\, the growth cool hunting signaled the reversal of longstanding rules about cultural influence:  rather than trickle down from above\, “cool” bubbled up from below. Only through tapping into these new tastemakers—found on inner city basketball courts and skate parks\, in places like East L.A. and the South Bronx—could companies ever hope to keep pace with youthful demographics and stay ahead of the competition.\n\nThis talk explores the rise and fall of cool hunting between the mid-1990s and the mid-2000s. Rather than see cool hunting as a marketing fad\, I argue that it is part of a longer history of corporate attempts to forecast\, anticipate\, and marketize the cultural future. Taking advantage of contemporary technological\, intellectual\, and cultural developments\, cool hunting harnessed “cool” to make the terrain of youth culture more legible and trackable. Cool hunting likewise revealed a growing consensus—shared among marketers\, academics\, and cultural critics alike—that “subcultures\,” broadly understood\, were profitable target markets and icons of inspirational resistance. My talk will unravel the tensions\, assumptions\, and implications inherent within cool hunting\, and consider what broader lessons it may teach about influence\, taste\, and cultural prediction.
UID:44796-9980566@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/44796
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Cool Hunting,Market Research
LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - West Conference Room
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20180214T162258
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171012T160000
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:EEB Thursday Seminar- Rabies control in Latin America: An oral vaccine for vampire bats
DESCRIPTION:In Central and South America\, where subsistence and small-scale farming is commonplace\, the loss of even a single farm animal can lead to dire consequences. Vampire bat-transmitted rabies creates a loss of an estimated $30M/yr in livestock mortality across the Americas. Typical control measures\, such as the culling of bats or livestock immunization have proven ineffective\, and sometimes counterproductive in halting rabies transmission. Bat culling is accomplished via a topical poison in gel form\, which is spread through contact and grooming in the colony. With the success of the oral-rabies vaccine in North American raccoons and European foxes\, a raccoon pox vectored rabies vaccine has been specifically developed for bats. To address the feasibility of such a vaccine\, we field-tested a biomarker\, thus simulating vaccine deployment\, in four vampire bat colonies near Lima\, Peru. Because understanding the within-colony contact network is vital for a successful vaccine\, we also completed mark/recapture experiments with UV powder. Finally\, we developed a novel model to simulate vaccine transmission within a colony. I will discuss these findings and yet unresolved issues towards implementing a successful rabies vaccine.\n\nView YouTube video of seminar: https://youtu.be/Xj-UH5n0-sQ
UID:42292-9593397@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42292
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Biology
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1210
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20171006T123849
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171012T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171012T183000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Policy simulation exercise on the diplomacy surrounding North Korea.
DESCRIPTION:This exercise simulates Six-Party Talks on the North Korean nuclear crisis. After an introduction\, students break into groups of six. Each plays the part of lead negotiator for one of the parties to the talks—China\, Japan\, South Korea\, North Korea\, Russia and the United States. At the end\, the whole group reconvenes for a debriefing. The exercise helps participants learn about key issues on the Korean Peninsula and the challenges of crafting a diplomatic solution.\n \nThis simulation was developed by the Korea Economic Institute\, a Washington-based think tank promoting dialogue and understanding between the Republic of Korea and the United States on economic\, political\, and security relations. The exercise has been used in leading policy schools and universities around the country. KEI communications director Jenna Gibson will lead the simulation at the Ford School.\n \nThis policy simulation exercise is open to Ford School Students only.
UID:44843-9989218@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/44843
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:International,Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location - 1110 Weill, Betty Ford Classroom
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20170925T113404
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171012T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171012T180000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Reading the Qur'an Backwards: Arabic and Islamic Studies in Seventeenth-Century Italy
DESCRIPTION:Lecture held Thursday\, October 12\, 2017 from 4-6pm in the RLL Commons.\n\nThis paper is an exercise in the history of reading and textual production across early\nmodern Europe and the Muslim world. Through the analysis of a very short and fascinating miscellaneous manuscript\, I aim to disentangle the complex and intertwined relations between European orientalism\, Italian intellectual history and Muslim exegesis of the Qur’an in seventeenth-century Florence. Despite its fragmentary nature\,\nthe material\, linguistic and doctrinal features of this miscellaneous manuscript\nshed a new light on the scholarly practices of the early modern world. This document\,\nI argue\, offers an in-depth understanding of a crucial moment in the development of European orientalism.
UID:45025-10069968@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/45025
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Discussion,European,Lecture,Literature,Research
LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - RLL Commons (4th floor)
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20170925T102926
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171012T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171012T170000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Speaker #1 - Exploring the Teaching Side of Academia discussion
DESCRIPTION:As part of our \"Exploring the Teaching Side of Academia\" series\, the American Society for Engineering Education Student Chapter is holding a series of talks about teaching. For the first talk in the series\, Dr. Courtney Peckens from the Hope College Engineering Department will speak about her experiences in academia\, followed by a discussion.
UID:45012-10069951@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/45012
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Education,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering
LOCATION:Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr - Johnson Rooms
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20171010T143033
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171012T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171012T170000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Supporting Your Candidate During the Dissertation Process
DESCRIPTION:This workshop is designed for partners\, relatives\, friends\, and colleagues of doctoral candidates. This panel will discuss strategies for supporting your student through their dissertation process. Candidates are also encouraged to attend!\n\nPre-registration is required at https://secure.rackham.umich.edu/wsEvents/wsreg.php?ws_id=499.
UID:45636-10242982@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/45636
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Dissertation,Graduate,Graduate School,Graduate Students,Health & Wellness,Rackham,Research,Scholarship,Workshop
LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - East Conference Room, 4th Floor
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20170907T094905
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171012T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171012T164500
SUMMARY:Meeting:Mindfulness@Umich (All UofM Students)
DESCRIPTION:Invite a sense of calm and ease into your busy day by creating space to breathe. These Mindfulness@Umich sessions are open to all students\, are free\, and are great for experienced and beginning meditators. They are drop-in. Come as often as time allows in your schedule. Students\, please complete the Google Registration Form.
UID:43153-9729046@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43153
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Health & Wellness,Meditation,Mindfulness,Stress Reduction
LOCATION:Angell Hall - G243
CONTACT:
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