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DTSTAMP:20211108T181513
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20211209T200000
SUMMARY:Performance:Susannah
DESCRIPTION:by Carlisle Floyd\n\nSusannah Polk – Catherine Gispert\nSam Polk – Yinghui He \nOlin Blitch – Alan Williams \nLittle Bat McLean –  Bo Shimmin\nElder McLean – Conor Brereton\, covering Sam\nElder Gleaton – John Faubert\nElder Hayes – Nicholas Cravens \nElder Ott – Joshua Thomas \nMrs. Hayes – Maia Aramburú\nMrs. Gleaton – Paige Gadbois \nMrs. McLean – Pelagia Pamel\nMrs. Ott – Danielle Casos\nMaestro: Kirk Severtson\nDirector: Danielle Wright\nPianist: Taylor Flowers
UID:89054-21660372@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/89054
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Concert,Culture,Free,Music,North campus
LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - McIntosh Theatre
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20211210T131521
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20211210T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20211210T235900
SUMMARY:Film Screening:Afghanistan Series: Online Film Screening of 'Sonita' by Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami
DESCRIPTION:The third and final installment of the Afghanistan Series focuses on women in Afghanistan.We are hosting a free screening online of the documentary 'Sonita' with Women Make Movies. The film is available now on demand\, but views are limited to 60 views - so get yours while you can! The film will be available online until sellout.\n\n*Sonita* the Film by Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami:\n   \n*SONITA*  tells the inspiring story of Sonita Alizadeh\, an 18-year-old Afghan refugee in Iran\, who dreams of becoming a big-name rapper. This documentary is a two-time Sundance Film Festival award winner.\n   \nVIRTUAL | FREE | ON-DEMAND\nOnly 60 tickets are available. Tickets are available from now until sellout.   \nhttp://bit.ly/WatchSONITA\nPW: sonita56342\n\nWe are also honored to be hosting Sonita Alizadeh herself for an online Q&A and conversation coming up on January 18th at 3pm. Sonita will speak about her advocacy for women’s rights and ending child marriage. Find more info here: http://bit.ly/SonitaAndCara\n   \nThis event is part of the three part Afghanistan Series hosted by the Global Islamic Studies Center this Fall semester. The Afghanistan Series is cosponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies\, Arab and Muslim American Studies\, American Culture\, the Center for South Asian Studies\, the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum\, the Institute for Research on Women and Gender\, the Department Communication & Media\, Women and Gender Studies\, and Middle East Studies. This event was made possible thanks to Women Make Movies.\n   \n\n-----\nIf there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact islamicstudies@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
UID:89447-21663129@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/89447
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Afghanistan,Film,Global Islamic Studies,Middle East Studies,Virtual
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20211118T090926
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20211210T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20211210T235900
SUMMARY:Other:Call for Applications - Big Data Summer Institute in Biostatistics
DESCRIPTION:*The application for BDSI 2022 opens Wednesday\, December 1*\n\nThis year's Big Data Summer Institute in Biostatistics\, a SIBS program\, is a six-week full-time program designed to expose undergraduate students to the intersection of big data and human health. Students will have the opportunity to work in mentored research groups\, along with participating in social events across campus and in the surrounding area. Drawing from the expertise and experience of outstanding faculty of several departments at the University of Michigan — biostatistics\, statistics\, and electrical engineering and computer science — the institute exposes undergraduate students to diverse experiences and techniques that distinguishes it from any other undergraduate summer program in biostatistics in the country.\n\nwww.BigDataSummerInstitute.com
UID:89356-21662221@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/89356
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Applications,biostatistics,Public Health,Research,Undergraduate Students
LOCATION:
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20211201T152834
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20211210T060000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20211210T235900
SUMMARY:Ceremony / Service:UROP Outstanding Mentor Nominations
DESCRIPTION:Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program students participating in UROP this academic year (2021-2022) can now nominate their research mentor(s) for the UROP Outstanding Research Mentor Award.\n\nThe award is announced during the annual spring research symposium.\n\nNominations are due February 11th.\nSubmit your nomination at: http://myumi.ch/pdxpE
UID:89680-21664812@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/89680
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Mentorship,Research,symposium,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Urop
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20220110T155719
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20211210T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20211210T230000
SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Become a UROP Research Mentor
DESCRIPTION:Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html\n\nUROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges 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.
UID:89182-21660893@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/89182
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Education,Faculty,Fellowship,first-generation,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Students,Humanities,Interdisciplinary,Leadership,Mentorship,Networking,Professional Development,Recruiting,Research,research data,Social Impact,Staff,Urop
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20211202T093652
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20211210T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20211210T090000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:BME Ph.D. Defense: Thomas A. Davidson
DESCRIPTION:Nearly 90% of adults in the US will develop dental caries needing treatment with dental restorations within their lifetimes.  An increasing number of restorations are done using composite rather than amalgams.  Dental composites have some benefits\, but the longevity of these restorations is shorter (5 to 7 years) than amalgams (10+ years).  The leading cause of dental restoration failure is development of secondary caries.  Secondary caries is decay at or near the margins of dental restorations that occurs when bacteria or acid infiltrate the interface and cause demineralization.  A reduction in infiltration would prevent the development of secondary caries.  The focus of this dissertation is the development of a method for improving the integrity of the interface using peptide engineering.  It was hypothesized that a mineral binding peptide identified via phage display for affinity to apatite could be modified to A) chemically incorporate with dental composites during polymerization and increase bond strength and B) act as an anchor for a mineralization promoting peptide to increase remineralization at the interface. \n \n\nFirst\, this thesis describes the characterization of VTKHLNQISQSY (VTK) peptide and phosphorylated variants (pVTK) for their affinity to dentin and enamel and the increase in adhesion strength at the nano-scale.  pVTK showed strong affinity to dentin and enamel\, and both VTK and pVTK exhibited strong adhesion to dentin and enamel at the nanoscale under dry and wet conditions.  Binding at the nanomolecular level translated to modest shear bond strength (SBS) increases at the interface when pVTK (7.4%) was modified with a cysteine that incorporated with the methacrylate-based bonding agent and composite during polymerization.  Using a competitive risk model incorporating failure mode and SBS\, a small increase in bond strength (VTK: 3%\; pVTK: 10%) was observed. \n \n\nThe second modification to VTK was the addition of a remineralization domain using 8DSS\, a known remineralization peptide consisting of 8 repeats of Asp-Ser-Ser (DSS).  The dual-functioning peptide (VTK-8DSS) was applied to in vitro cross sections of dentin and enamel and an in situ model of class V dental restorations.  Mineral deposition and quality were assessed over 7 days in remineralization solution. VTK-8DSS increased the mineral quality (recovering 75% of young’s modulus and hardness compared to 50% of 8DSS control) determined using nanoindentation over the 7 day time course of the study. \n \n\nThese modifications were also analyzed under challenging conditions for their protective effect to the interface.  VTK and pVTK doped composites were exposed to thermal cycling and had a 43% and 49% reduction in microleakage as measured by silver nitrate penetration using micro CT.  Cross sections and dental restorations were used to assess the function of VTK-8DSS in artificial saliva containing proteins that competitively bind to dentin and enamel and an acidic cycling model where samples were exposed to acid every day in addition to remineralization solution.  VTK-8DSS in both artificial saliva and acidic cycling models showed a slight increase in mineral deposition  (95% and 95% recovery) compared to 8DSS (80% and 50% respectively) and a large increase mineral quality (70% vs 10% and 60% vs 30%).\n \n\nTaken together\, the data in this dissertation demonstrates the ability to engineer interfacial surfaces using peptides derived for their affinity to specific tissues.  This system could be applied more broadly to improve the interactions or integration of any number of biomaterials that directly interface with native tissue. \n \n\nDate: Friday\, December 10\, 2021\nTime: 8:00 AM EST\nZoom: https://umich.zoom.us/j/97816028147 (Zoom link requires prior registration)\nChair: Dr. David Kohn
UID:89701-21665017@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/89701
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:biomedical,biomedical engineering,bme,engineering,Medicine,Michigan Engineering
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20211104T150425
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20211210T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20211210T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Buying Home\, Selling America: the House Catalog\, 1906-1966
DESCRIPTION:Buying Home\, Selling America: the House Catalog\, 1906-1966 brings to light the collection of house catalogs in the Art\, Architecture & Engineering Library’s Special Collections. Focusing primarily on the kit house industry of Michigan and the Midwest\, the catalogs provide a portal to explore multiple themes\, such as\, the Michigan house catalog industry\, changing architectural styles\, the business of selling homes\, societal and cultural implications\, and domestic technologies. We hope the exhibit is not simply a nostalgic view back\, but raises awareness of our domestic surroundings today and compels us to ask questions as we look to the future.\n\nThe exhibit is available in the Clark Library (second floor Hatcher) during Hatcher Library hours.
UID:86339-21632844@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/86339
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Architecture,Free,Library
LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library, 2nd Floor
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20220119T121743
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20211210T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20211210T230000
SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Application Open
DESCRIPTION:Gain exposure to non-profits\, research and Detroit in Summer 2022.\n\nBe part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice\, food insecurity\, human rights\, public health\, youth development\, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city\, non-profits\, community engagement and each other! \n\nhttps://myumi.ch/erK95\n\nPriority Deadline: December 3rd (5pm)\nFinal Application Deadline: January 31st 2022 (5pm)\n\nInfo Session offered Wednesdays at Noon weekly\nFrom October 27 - December 8\, January 5 - January 12\nRegister for an info session at: https://myumi.ch/kxprd
UID:87903-21647547@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/87903
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Activism,AEM Featured,Applications,Dcerp,Detroit,Environment,Fellowship,first-generation,Free,Humanities,Interdisciplinary,Internship,Public Health,Public Policy,Research,Social Impact,Social Justice,Summer Jobs,Sustainability,The College Of Literature\, Science\, And The Arts,Transfer Students,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Urop
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20211201T085427
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20211210T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20211210T160000
SUMMARY:Well-being:Help for Uninsured U-M Students
DESCRIPTION:If you don’t have health insurance\, you may be eligible for free or low-cost health insurance coverage.  Assistance is available next week\, Dec. 6th – Dec. 10th from the Michigan Medicine Patient Financial Counselors.  They may be able to assist you with:\n\nMichigan Medicaid Application Assistance –The Patient Financial Counselors will be available to help students check their eligibility for Michigan Medicaid. The team is also able to assist with the application process if you are eligible. \n\nHealth Insurance Marketplace Eligibility and Enrollment Assistance – The Patient Financial Counselors can provide help to determine whether you are eligible for financial assistance to help pay for insurance on the Health Insurance Marketplace. \n\nTo schedule an appt. please send an email with your availability between 8:30 am and 4:30 pm during the week of 12/6/21 – 12/10/21 to:  UHS-mancare-stuins@med.umich.edu\n\nVisit https://myumi.ch/Z6kqX for more information about student health insurance enrollment assistance.
UID:89631-21664586@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/89631
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:health,Health & Wellness,Health Care,health communication,Well-being,Wellness
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20210920T093648
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20211210T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20211210T100000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:LingAMod Discussion Group
DESCRIPTION:The language across modalities discussion group provides a space for students\, faculty\, and community members to discuss research that spans the modes of human communication -- speech\, sign\, gesture\, and more. Our group meets to discuss research articles and to informally present ongoing research. All meetings have captioning or ASL-English interpreting.\n\nPlease email Natasha Abner (nabner@umich.edu) for Zoom access information.
UID:87223-21640542@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/87223
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Language,Linguistics
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20211203T130156
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20211210T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20211210T150000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Residential College Student Art Show
DESCRIPTION:Residential College Art Show at the Residential College Art Gallery.
UID:89727-21665254@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/89727
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,artists,artists and curators,residential college
LOCATION:East Quadrangle - Residential College Art Gallery
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20211013T133442
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20211210T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20211210T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine
DESCRIPTION:Los Angeles-based artist Shizu Saldamando was born in 1978 to parents of Mexican-American and Japanese-American descent and raised in San Francisco’s Mission District. Saldamando merges painting and collage\, often using origami paper\, glitter\, or gold leaf in her compositions\, many of which are painted on wood or found surfaces. Her modern portraits and innovative methods challenge social constructs pertaining to individual and collective identity within the broader context of the “American Portrait.” Saldamando’s visual biographies\, which use her friends\, family\, and fellow members of the Chicanx creative community in Los Angeles\, create new ways of seeing and being seen.\n\nOn November 2\, 6:30-8pm\, Shizu Saldamando talks to curator Amanda Krugliak about Shizu's artistic practice and her exhibition *When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine*.\n\nAbout the artist: Shizu Saldamando is an LA based mixed media artist with an emphasis on portraiture. She received her B.A. from UCLA’s School of Arts and Architecture and her M.F.A. from California Institute of the Arts. Her work has been exhibited both locally and internationally and experiments with a broad range of surfaces and materials. Saldamando’s practice employs tattooing\, video\, painting and drawing on canvas\, wood\, paper\, and cloth. The work functions as homage\, as well as documentation\, of friends and peers within artistic and musical subcultures around the Los Angeles metropolitan area. She is currently represented by Charlie James Gallery in Los Angeles.\n\nShizu Saldamando is the 2021 Paula and Edwin Sidman Fellow in the Arts at the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities.
UID:88229-21651557@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/88229
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Humanities,Visual Arts
LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery
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DTSTAMP:20211222T212528
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20211210T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20211210T150000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Complex Systems Presents the Annual Nobel Symposium
DESCRIPTION:CLICK TO SEE RECORDINGS OF THE TALKS: https://lsa.umich.edu/cscs/news-events/all-events/event-recordings.html\n\nRegistration not required. Free and open to the public. This will be a virtual symposium. This popular annual event features UM faculty experts in each of the six prize fields. Each will present for approximately 25 minutes and then will take some questions. There is a scheduled lunch break. Come to one talk\, come to them all. \n\nSCHEDULE\n10:00 AM	Opening remarks\, Marisa Eisenberg\, Interim Director of Complex Systems\n10:05 AM	Physics\, Mark Newman\, LSA Complex Systems & Physics AND Richard Rood\, Engineering & SEAS \n10:55 AM	Chemistry\, Corey Stephenson\, LSA Chemistry \n11:30 AM	Physiology or Medicine\, Shawn Xu\, Michigan Medicine Molecular and Integrative Physiology & Life Sciences Institute AND Rui Xiao\, University of Florida\, Center for Smell and Taste (special guest and Michigan Alumni)\n\n12:05 PM	Lunch break\n\n1:00 PM	Economics: Tanya Rosenblat\, School of Information and LSA Economics\n1:35 PM	Literature: Gaurav Desai\, LSA English Language and Literature\n*This talk is co-sponsored by the African Studies Center (ii.umich.edu/asc)*\n2:10 PM	Peace: Lynette Clemetson\, Wallace House (Knight-Wallace Fellowships) AND Ron Suny\, LSA History & Political Science\n3:00 PM	Closing remarks\n\nFor information on prize winners\, please click the Nobel Prize winners link below. Other information on the Nobel Prizes can be found on the website nobelprize.org
UID:89502-21664099@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/89502
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Biosciences,Chemistry,climate,Complex Systems Modelling,Computational Modeling,Economics,English Language & Literataure,Literature,Medicine,Natural Sciences,Nobel Prize,Physics,Research
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20211130T115845
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20211210T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20211210T180000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan
DESCRIPTION:This exhibt runs through December 12\, 2021.\n\nMaking art can be a transformative experience. It helps us to confront and address some of the most pressing issues of our time. Art has the power to shift the way we see and understand the world around us\, and the worlds within us. Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan invites us to consider these qualities of art\, while also grappling with the carceral system and the many ways it affects the lives of all of us.\n\nCurrently there are approximately 2.2 million people incarcerated in the United States\, and in Michigan\, there are roughly 33\,000 residents currently serving time in the prison system. Working together with a coalition of more than a dozen organizations and Michigan State University units and departments\, Free Your Mind explores the inner worlds of incarcerated individuals and the fundamental issues that shape conversations around incarceration today. The exhibition centers on four key topics of inquiry: Michigan’s length of sentencing and overcrowding in prisons\; the impact of incarceration on women\; youth incarceration\; and the dangers of COVID-19.\n\nThe exhibition features artists\, poets\, and storytellers of great achievement. The majority of these artists are either currently or formerly incarcerated. Their works on view invite us to consider the role art-making plays in prisons as a liberating force\, and offer unique perspectives on the experience of incarceration. The works also invite us to approach the subject of incarceration with an open mind. Free Your Mind aims to cultivate a greater sense of empathy for those directly impacted by incarceration and an understanding that their growth as individuals is linked to the greater health of the society we all live in\, together.\n\nFree Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan is organized by the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University and curated by Steven L. Bridges\, Senior Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs\, and Janie Paul\, Senior Curator and Cofounder\, Annual Exhibitions of Art by Michigan Prisoners\, a project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan. Support for this exhibition is provided by the Eli and Edythe Broad endowed exhibitions fund.
UID:88762-21657414@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/88762
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Criminal Justice,Exhibition,Free,mass incarceration,Museum,prison issues,social justice,Visual Arts
LOCATION:Off Campus Location - MSU Broad Art Museum
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DTSTAMP:20211202T100733
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20211210T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20211210T112000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:ISR-Zwerdling Seminar in Labor Economics: Increasing the Demand for Workers with a Criminal Record (joint with Zoe Cullen and Will Dobbie)
DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nState and local policies increasingly restrict employers' access to criminal records\, but without addressing the underlying reasons that employers may conduct criminal background checks. Employers may thus still want to ask about a job applicant's criminal record later in the hiring process or make inaccurate judgments based on an applicant's demographic characteristics. In this paper\, we use a field experiment conducted in partnership with a nationwide staffing platform to test policies that more directly address the reasons that employers may conduct criminal background checks. The experiment asked hiring managers at nearly a thousand U.S. businesses to make actual hiring decisions under different randomized conditions. We find that 39% of businesses in our sample are willing to work with individuals with a criminal record at baseline\, which rises to over 50% when businesses are offered crime and safety insurance\, a single performance review\, a background check covering just the past year\, or objective information on the productivity of these individuals. Wage subsidies can achieve similar increases but at a substantially higher cost. Based on our findings\, the staffing platform relaxed the criminal background check requirement and offered crime and safety insurance to interested businesses.
UID:89620-21664568@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/89620
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Economics,seminar
LOCATION:Lorch Hall - 201
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