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SUMMARY:Well-being:Learn to Meditate in 3 days
DESCRIPTION:Make meditation part of your goal to strengthen your mental well-being. Discover three core practices—meditation\, rejuvenation\, and inner connect in just three session.\n\nMeditation is a mindful journey for regulating your mind. It’s like a mental workout\, training the mind to focus on a single thought amid the 60\,000 that pass through daily. With 3 core practices it cultivates effortless concentration\, heightened awareness\, and presence in the moment\, allowing a shift from thinking to feeling. Meditation also leads to a deeper state of relaxation\, regulating the stress response and promoting numerous health benefits.\n\nThe session will be guided by a trainer via Zoom meeting for all 3 days from noon to 1 p.m. All U-M students\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to join at no cost. No prior experience with meditation is required.\n\nEvent Details\n*When: Every month for 3 days (attending all 3 sessions is recommended)*\n\nThe session is Remote over Zoom and upon registration you will have the Zoom MeetingId and Passcode\nSee Related Links for registration\n\nThis wellness program is coordinated by Information Technology and Services (ITS) Teaching & Learning\, and is provided at no cost by heartfulness.org.\n\nJoin the MCommunity group for email updates – Meditation for wellness
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/128708
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Well-being,Virtual,Free
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Bad Romance in Southeast Asia: China-Linked Cyber-Scamming\, Variegated Govotolerance\, and the Geopolitics of Criminality along China's Belt and Road
DESCRIPTION:Please note: This lecture will be held in person and virtually on Zoom. If you would like to attend via Zoom\, registration is required. Once you've registered\, joining information will be sent to your email. Register for the Zoom webinar at: https://myumi.ch/7JPzN\n\nThe rise of Chinese-linked criminal actors in Southeast Asia – including cyber scammers running fake online romance schemes for financial extortion – has disrupted traditional narratives of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) infrastructure investment strategy. Counter to the \"romantic\" Silk Road imagery the BRI commonly draws on\, these activities are forcing a reconfiguration of political and economic realities across the region\, shifting attention toward changing practices of digital economy and governance along the BRI. This paper introduces the concept of 'variegated govotolerance' to explain why governments and citizens have (to varying degrees) come to tolerate\, regional cybercriminal activity linked to Chinese actors.\n\nTom Narins is an associate professor of geography\, planning\, and sustainability at the University at Albany with research interests in the critical geopolitics of China's growing engagement with the global economy.\nHis current research examines the political and economic tensions associated with “Global China” in terms of both traditional and digital infrastructure\, with a special focus on China’s digital expansion across the Global South. As a political and economic geographer\, Tom has published on sovereignty issues relating to China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as well as on official Chinese lending to BRI-participant countries after the coronavirus pandemic. His work has been published in peer-reviewed journals such as: *Geopolitics\; Human Geography*\; *Territory\, Politics\, Governance*\; *The Professional Geographer*\; *Asian Perspective\; Area*\; and *The Extractive Industries and Society*.\n\n*If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.*\n\n*Part of the International Institute Theme Year: Sovereignty*\nhttps://myumi.ch/ii-theme
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150164
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:center for chinese studies,Theme Year,Politics,Economics,Chinese Studies,China,Asian Languages And Cultures
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 555
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