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DTSTAMP:20161006T114936
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20161109T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20161109T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Traces: Reconstructing the History of a Chokwe Mask
DESCRIPTION:The exhibition Traces focuses on one artwork from the Museum's African holdings: a Chokwe mask that was collected in 1905 near the Angolan city of Dundo by the German explorer Leo Frobenius. Its presence at UMMA today—almost 7\,500 miles away from the context in which it was originally created\, used\, and valued—is the result of a long and tumultuous journey\, spanning a hundred years\, three continents\, and numerous people whose lives are forever connected to the artifact that passed through their hands.\nTraces tells the stories of some of these individuals as it reconstructs the “biography” of the mask. Drawing on the Museum’s African art collection and complemented with national loans\, the exhibition is informed by research that exposes the mask’s many layers and restores some of its historical complexity. Visitors will be able to look closely\, and in great detail\, at this intriguing artwork and its fascinating story.\nLead support for this exhibition is provided by the James and Vivian Curtis Endowment. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan Center for the Education of Women's Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund and African Studies Center.
UID:34761-4987631@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/34761
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Africa,African American,Art,Culture,Multicultural,Museum
LOCATION:Museum of Art
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DTSTAMP:20160913T093529
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20161109T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20161109T130000
SUMMARY:Meeting:Nourish
DESCRIPTION:Join us once a month for community and conversation\n\nSept. 14: Navigating the Noise\nOct. 12: Managing the Messages\nNov. 9: Create\, Color\, Chill\nDec. 7: Year-end Yoga\n\nSponsored by CAPS and MESA
UID:33518-4754820@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/33518
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Diversity,Diversity Strategic Plan
LOCATION:North Quad - Space 2435
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20161017T151835
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20161109T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20161109T130000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Opportunity in Michigan: Lessons from Leading Education States
DESCRIPTION:About the lecture:\nArellano will provide an overview of Michigan's education data and landscape\; what Michigan can learn from top-performing and high-growth states\; and discuss what are key opportunities and challenges for state leaders. \n\nFrom the speaker’s bio:\nAmber Arellano is the founding executive director of The Education Trust-Midwest. Founded in 2010\, today Ed Trust-Midwest is widely recognized as a leading voice for non-partisan data\, original analysis and research\, policy expertise and now a statewide coalition dedicated to making Michigan a top ten state for all groups of students.  Under her leadership\, Ed Trust-Midwest led the coalition and original policy research that led to the legislative passage and cross-sector development of Michigan’s first statewide educator support and evaluation system. ETM has led successful efforts to ensure Michigan implemented college- and career-ready standards\, in collaboration with more than 140 organizations across the state. It also was the state’s first organization to call for quality standards and accountability for Michigan’s charter school authorizers. In partnership with the Steelcase Foundation\, Arellano also founded the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. The CETL has brought proven best practices from leading education states to West Michigan\, including an innovative new model for building and supporting teachers and principals to dramatically raise achievement in high-poverty schools. ETM is the Midwest division of the national Education Trust\, which is among the nation’s most respected research and policy think-tanks on closing achievement gaps for students of color and low-income students in the U.S. \n \nA first-generation college graduate\, Arellano’s multi-sector career has been devoted to improving public education and opportunity for Americans of all backgrounds. Previously she worked at the National Poverty Center and served as a Rackham Fellow at the University of Michigan\, Ford School of Public Policy\, where she earned her Master’s in poverty and inequality policy.  At the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights’ Executive Office\, she helped develop and execute cross-country public engagement campaigns.  Before joining the policy sector\, she earned accolades as a veteran journalist\, covering education and race relations for the Detroit Free Press and later as a columnist for the Detroit News.  The National Association of Hispanic Journalists named her Commentator of the Year for her “influential and crusading work on behalf of Michigan’s vulnerable students.”  Arellano started her career as a high school teacher\, and taught as an adjunct at Michigan State University\, where she earned her Bachelor’s in secondary education. She serves on the board of the Detroit Regional Chamber Foundation and the Michigan Economic Center’s Leadership Council. \n\nSponsored by: The University of Michigan Center for Local\, State\, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) \nCo-Sponsored by: The University of Michigan Education Policy Initiative (EPI)\, University of Michigan School of Education\n\nFor more information visit www.closup.umich.edu or call 734-647-4091.  Follow on Twitter @closup
UID:35127-5112919@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/35127
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Education,Public Policy
LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - Betty Ford Classroom (1110)
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DTSTAMP:20160830T171036
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20161109T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20161109T130000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:3500 characters vs. 26 letters: Efficient or Inefficient?
DESCRIPTION:People unfamiliar with the Chinese language are often amazed by the sheer number of characters used in the written language: Chinese characters 汉字. A Chinese user needs to know about 3\,500 characters in order to have a >99% comprehension of the content of an ordinary newspaper article. Compared to the 26 letters in the Roman alphabet\, that seems like a lot. But is this an accurate comparison? Are characters in Chinese really equivalent to the letters in an alphabetic language? Does having over 3\,000 common characters really make Chinese inefficient\, placing an extra burden on learners? In this talk\, I will show how characters function in Chinese by discussing what the characters really stand for\; the difference between characters and words\; how words are formed in Chinese—and how that process differs in Classical vs. Modern Chinese. No linguistic background is needed.\n\nBiography\n\nLI Kening\, Director of the Chinese Language Program in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at University of Michigan. She received her MA and PhD in linguistics from the University of Washington. Afterwards she taught in the Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University. Later\, as a faculty member at the University of California\, Berkeley\, she worked in Beijing\, China directing the prestigious Inter-University Program (IUP) for Chinese Language Studies. Her research interest is Chinese linguistics and how to apply linguistic theories to language teaching.
UID:32852-4627143@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/32852
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:brown bag,Chinese Studies,colloquium,Free,Language,Lecture,Talk
LOCATION:Michigan Union - Anderson Room D
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DTSTAMP:20161020T133203
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20161109T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20161109T133000
SUMMARY:Other:FLAS Information Session
DESCRIPTION:Join us to learn more about Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships for undergraduate and graduate students. \n\nFLAS Fellowships provide tuition support and a stipend to students studying designated foreign languages in combination with area studies or international aspects of professional studies. Fellowships are offered for the academic year and for summer in the U.S. or abroad. \n    \nApplication Deadline: January 15\, 2017 \n\nMore information\, including a list of eligible languages at ii.umich.edu/flas
UID:35150-5121216@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/35150
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Funding,Graduate,International,Language,Undergraduate
LOCATION:School of Social Work Building - 1636
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20161103T123141
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20161109T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20161109T130000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:HET Brown Bag Seminar | Supersymmetric Indices of 3d TQFTs on a Riemann Surface
DESCRIPTION:I will discuss the partition function of three-dimensional supersymmetric topological field theories defined on a circle bundle over Riemann surface and correlation functions of half-BPS loop operators. From the result\, I will derive the quantum algebra of Wilson loops in terms of the associated Bethe equation\, and show how the Seiberg-like dualities act on the half-BPS Wilson loops.
UID:34608-4967647@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/34608
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Free,Graduate,Lecture,Physics,Science,Talk,Undergraduate
LOCATION:Randall Laboratory - 3481
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DTSTAMP:20161019T114751
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20161109T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20161109T130000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Medieval Lunch. A Saint and his Fighting Peasants: Research into a Genre Painting from the Dutch Golden Age
DESCRIPTION:The venerable icon of the \"Charity of St. Martin\" (a knight slicing his cloak to share it with a naked beggar) underwent a curious transformation in the genre painting of the Dutch Golden Age.  Martin's Charity became compromised by the inclusion of battling peasants and other mendicants around the central figures. With a focus on a recently acquired panel attributed to the Utrecht painter Jost Corneslisz Droochsloot\, Prof. Walsh will explore the religious\, popular cultural\, and art historical questions raised by this manipulation of standard iconography.
UID:35193-5132312@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/35193
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,European,Graduate,History
LOCATION:Tisch Hall - 1014
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DTSTAMP:20161006T084707
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20161109T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20161109T133000
SUMMARY:Meeting:Social Area Brown Bag
DESCRIPTION:Socially diverse crowds are probably no wiser than homogeneous crowds
UID:32326-4552787@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/32326
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Psychology
LOCATION:East Hall - 4464
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20161101T134747
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20161109T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20161109T140000
SUMMARY:Presentation:Veterans Week - Stiggy's Dogs
DESCRIPTION:We showcase service dogs that help veterans cope and adapt as they transition back to the civilian culture.\nThis will feature dogs from “Stiggy’s Dogs” an organization that trains dogs for this purpose\n\nMore information about Stiggy’s Dogs at:  http://www.stiggysdogs.org/
UID:35069-5079669@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/35069
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Community Service,Disability,Diversity,Inclusion,Psychology,Veterans Week
LOCATION:Michigan Union - Anderson Room
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160906T080446
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20161109T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20161109T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Digital Destiny
DESCRIPTION:Digital Destiny presents 20 sculptures in metal and found materials created over the past five years by the Cameroonian artist Dieudonne Fokou. Fokou experiments continuously with new media\, as he explores different modes of creation in the plastic arts. His work is nourished by themes of justice and the search for peace and liberty\, as well as by his travels\, problems inherent to his society as well as his hopes and dreams for a better world.
UID:32548-4592265@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/32548
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Africa,Art,Culture,Diversity,Environment,Exhibition,International,Multicultural,Outdoors,Social Justice,Sustainability,Visual Arts
LOCATION:Haven Hall - G648 (Ground floor)
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DTSTAMP:20160824T161621
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20161109T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20161109T170000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Fitting General Linear and Mixed-Effects (Multilevel) Models in SPSS
DESCRIPTION:This three-half-days’ workshop is designed to provide experienced SPSS users with hands-on exposure to more advanced modeling techniques in SPSS\, using IBM SPSS for Windows.  The workshop will cover the following topics at a moderate pace: General Linear Models\, Repeated Measures Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)\, Linear Mixed (Multilevel) Models\, and Generalized Linear Mixed Models. Participants will be able to work in small groups or individually on practice exercises\, and there will also be time for an open discussion of participant issues with fitting models in SPSS.
UID:32424-4573684@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/32424
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Experienced Spss User,Fitting Models,Research
LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - 2001A
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20161028T153927
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20161109T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20161109T140000
SUMMARY:Performance:Carillon Recital
DESCRIPTION:The Ann & Robert H. Lurie Tower is open to the public during regular recitals\, played Monday through Friday (except academic holidays) by staff and students on the 60-bell Lurie Carillon. Take the elevator to the third floor to see the carillonist performing\, and visit the second floor to see the largest bells.
UID:35477-5235902@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/35477
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Concert,Music
LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160921T150117
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20161109T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20161109T150000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Michigan Wonderland Gems & Jewels
DESCRIPTION:Betsy Lehndorff’s jewelry is influenced by her life in Hubbard Lake in northeastern Michigan. Using her stone cutting and silversmithing skills\, she takes on six subjects that impact her isolated world: water\, winter\, plants\, critters\, rocks and the heavens. Her work\, often representational and sometimes narrative\, challenges the idea of jewelry as a status symbol. Lehndorff was born and raised in Ann Arbor\, and lived in Colorado until 2012. She is a granddaughter of renowned architect Albert Kahn (Hill Auditorium and the “Old Main” U-M Hospital) and daughter of Dr. Edgar A. Kahn\, who headed the neurosurgery department at the U-M Hospital in the 1960s.
UID:34017-4836556@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/34017
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness
LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Main Corridor, Floor 2
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160907T125544
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20161109T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20161109T160000
SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Theater Discussion
DESCRIPTION:This class is organized around PTD Productions’ performance of Michael Frayn’s hilarious farce\, Noises Off.  Your enjoyment of the show will be enhanced by pre-performance and post-performance discussions.  One week prior to seeing the show\, we will visit the theater for director-led discussions of the play and sets. \n\nWe’ll reconvene for the 2 p.m. matinee of Noises Off (Nov. 16).  The following week\, the director will lead another discussion.  Senior group tickets are $11 per show.  PTD Productions has produced quality theater for 21 seasons. \n\nThe class for those 50 and over will meet for two hours each on November 9\, 16 and 19 and will be led by instructor Liz Greaves-Hoxie.
UID:32130-4506616@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/32130
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Lifelong Learning,Retirement,Theater,Workshop
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160930T093549
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20161109T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20161109T160000
SUMMARY:Other:UMSI Design Clinic
DESCRIPTION:At the Design Clinic\, we provide design advice and services to local start-ups\, non-profits\, and cultural institutions. Our committed group of students work with clients directly to conduct user research and testing\, create wireframes for websites and mobile applications\, and to provide recommendations for process and workflow design. Our students are available for consultations by appointment at our Help Desk hours.\n\nThe Design Clinic follows an apprenticeship model that focuses on hands-on-learning\, and mentoring.  Students are assigned a role based on their level of experience\, and work in teams to support and learn from each other\, while receiving support and guidance from Design Clinic staff\, and alumni mentors.\n\nFor questions about the Design Clinic\, please contact us at designclinic@umich.edu\n\nSchedule an appointment here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1nstaONMm_JEA1FTw5-UZj6mh6lpaEiaOG5JPVtzBCeg/viewform?edit_requested=true
UID:34413-4923587@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/34413
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Design,Design Help,Entrepreneurship,Innovate Blue,School Of Information,Startup,Techarb,Umsi
LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - 2nd fl. VizHub 03
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