BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//UM//UM*Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180130T161252 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180207T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180207T183000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:DISC Lecture. Situating Rumi in Islam DESCRIPTION:Rumi has been the best-selling poet in North America for twenty years\, but most readers do not seem to be aware of his background and the mystical tradition which he belonged to. This talk will shed light on these subjects to facilitate a more nuanced understanding of his message. \n \nJawid Mojaddedi is professor of religion at Rutgers University. His area of research is early and medieval Sufism. Born in Kabul\, Afghanistan\, and raised from the age of five in Great Britain\, he completed his studies under the supervision of the late Norman Calder at the University of Manchester\, receiving his PhD in 1998. He served for two years as assistant editor for Encyclopaedia Iranica\, before taking up his current position at Rutgers\, where he teaches courses in the general field of Islamic studies.\n\nThis event is simultaneously broadcast from the University of Minnesota and shared virtually with the University of Michigan and Rutgers University. Ann Arbor and New Brunswick audiences will be able to participate live with both the speaker and the two distance audiences.\n\nSponsors: Islamic Studies Program\, Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum\, University of Minnesota Religious Studies Program\, University of Minnesota Center for Medieval Studies\, University of Minnesota Department of Asian Languages and Cultures UID:49323-11417467@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49323 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Muslim,Poetry LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 555 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180123T172006 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180207T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180207T180000 SUMMARY:Other:ITiMS application due\, March 1! DESCRIPTION:* Funding for dissertation research\, trainings and travel.\n* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition\, stipend\, & insurance) for up to 2 years.\n\nITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.\n\nRequirements:\n1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)\n2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies\; laboratory techniques\; statistics/bioinformatics\; and mathematical modeling\n3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches\n4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department \n\nStudents can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.\nProposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences\, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.\n\nDirectors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu)\; Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)\nVisit our website for more on How to Apply! UID:49197-11386649@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry,Civil and Environmental Engineering,Deadlines,Dissertation,Ecology,Environment,Graduate,Graduate School,Interdisciplinary,Life Science,Mathematics,Medicine,Multidisciplinary Design,Pre Med,Public Health,Research,Scholarship,Scholarships,Science LOCATION:Public Health II CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180215T114923 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180207T171500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180207T181500 SUMMARY:Recreational / Games:Schokoladenstunde DESCRIPTION:Schokoladenstunde (with games!): Tuesdays 5:30-6:30 and Wednesdays 5:15-6:15\, in the Language Resource Center in North Quad.\n\nSchokoladenstunde will take place in the comfy seating area between the two computer classrooms in the Language Resource Center. There will be some German chocolate there :) All German students at all levels are welcome to come and chat and play games in German (e.g. Tabu etc.). Schokoladenstunde will be facilitated on Tuesdays by Mary Gell\, and on Wednesdays by Silvia Grzeskowiak. UID:50109-11642081@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/50109 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Language,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:North Quad - Alcove B in the Language Resource Center (ground level of North Quad, Room 1500) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180109T141507 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180207T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180207T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Joseph Keckler: Dragon at the Edge of a Flat World DESCRIPTION:Special Event: Wednesday\, February 7 at 5:30 pm / Rackham Auditorium\, 915 E. Washingon St\, Ann Arbor 48109\n\nStraddling the worlds of music\, art\, and performance\, Joseph Keckler has garnered acclaim for his rich\, versatile 3+ octave voice and sharp wit. Keckler’s live performances have been seen at SXSW Music\, the New Museum\, Issue Project Room\, the BAM Fischer Center\, Joe’s Pub\, the Afterglow Festival\, and many other venues. He has received residencies from MacDowell and Yaddo\, as well as a Franklin Furnace Grant and a Fellowship in Interdisciplinary Work from the New York Foundation for the Arts. His most recent performance piece\, I am an Opera\, was commissioned by Dixon Place. The Village Voice named him Best Downtown Performance Artist\, 2013. For this special speaker series event\, Keckler will read from his latest book\, Dragon at the Edge of a Flat World (Dragon Point Press\, 2017). Drawn from the stories of his life\, Keckler’s essays explore the corners of downtown New York\, where he made his name performing his songs and plays\, and back to the Midwest\, where everything began. The texts included in Dragon at the Edge of a Flat World represent both the continuation and foundation of Keckler’s work on stage.\n\nThis Penny Stamps Speaker Series event is supported by the Institute for the Humanities and the Chelsea River Gallery. UID:47869-11035894@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47869 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180119T140454 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180207T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180207T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:\"Ruth Gruber\, Photojournalist\" Art Exhibition DESCRIPTION:\"Ruth Gruber\, Photojournalist\" celebrates the remarkable life\, vision\, and heroic tenacity of a 20th-century pioneer and trailblazer. Once the world’s youngest Ph.D.\, Ruth Gruber died in November of 2016 at the age of 105. The photographs in this exhibition span more than 50 years\, from her groundbreaking reportage of the Soviet Arctic in the 1930s and iconic images of Jewish refugees from the ship Exodus 1947\, to her later photographs of Ethiopian Jews in the midst of civil war in the 1980s. A selection of Gruber’s vintage prints\, never before exhibited\, will be presented alongside contemporary prints made from her original negatives. \n\nThe Opening Reception will take place on Wednesday\, February 7\, 2018\, at 6:00pm.\n\n\"Ruth Gruber\, Photojournalist\" is organized by the International Center of Photography and was made possible by Friends of Ruth Gruber. The exhibition is also co-sponsored by the U-M Office of the Provost.\n\nPhoto: Unidentified Photographer\; Ruth Gruber\, Alaska\, 1941-43 UID:47419-10898815@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47419 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Art,Exhibition,Graduate School,Museum,Photography,Rackham,Reception,Visual Arts LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Duderstadt Center Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180105T165706 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180207T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180207T200000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:\"Ruth Gruber\, Photojournalist\" Opening Reception & Documentary Screening DESCRIPTION:\"Ruth Gruber\, Photojournalist\" celebrates the remarkable life\, vision\, and heroic tenacity of a 20th-century pioneer and trailblazer. Once the world’s youngest Ph.D.\, Ruth Gruber passed away in November of 2016 at the age of 105. The photographs in this exhibition span more than 50 years\, from her groundbreaking reportage of the Soviet Arctic in the 1930s and iconic images of Jewish refugees from the ship Exodus 1947\, to her later photographs of Ethiopian Jews in the midst of civil war in the 1980s. A selection of Gruber’s vintage prints\, never before exhibited\, will be presented alongside contemporary prints made from her original negatives.\n\nThe opening reception will include remarks about the exhibit\, light refreshments\, and a screening of the documentary\, \"Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber.\"\n\n\"Ruth Gruber\, Photojournalist\" is organized by the International Center of Photography and was made possible by Friends of Ruth Gruber. The exhibition is also co-sponsored by the U-M Office of the Provost.\n\nPhoto: Unidentified Photographer\; Ruth Gruber\, Alaska\, 1941-43 UID:48049-11170228@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48049 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Art,Exhibition,Graduate School,Museum,Rackham,Reception,Visual Arts LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Duderstadt Center Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180102T150811 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180207T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180207T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Active Learning Practice DESCRIPTION:This session offers an opportunity to practice active learning techniques by presenting a lesson to a small peer group. In advance\, participants review short online videos about active learning. Then\, participants plan and deliver a 10-minute lesson using active learning. Finally\, participants reflect on their experience and exchange supportive feedback.\n\nPractice teaching sessions will be in the Gorguze Family Laboratory (home of CRLT-Engin). You should report promptly at either 3:15 or 5:45 pm to 211 Gorguze Family Laboratory\, where you will be directed to your Practice Teaching room. UID:47430-10901459@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47430 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Education,Engineering,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Gorguze Family Laboratory - 211 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180122T133704 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180207T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180207T190000 SUMMARY:Other:Career Closet With The Spectrum Center Programming Board DESCRIPTION:As part of the 3rd Annual LGBTQ Health and Wellness Week\, the Spectrum Center\, in partnership with the University Career Center\, is presenting Queer Clothing Closet. This event centers trans\, non-binary and gender non-conforming folx and will allow students a chance to explore the Career Center's professional clothing closet. Students can select up to 3 free items of business professional and business casual clothing per semester. UID:49101-11375484@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49101 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Diversity Equity and Inclusion,LGBT LOCATION:Student Activities Building - University Career Center Office CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180222T123025 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180207T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180207T190000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:FREE Professional UCAN/Linkedin Headshots Event For Spectrum Center DESCRIPTION:Free business headshots for students attending the UCC / Spectrum Center Clothes Closet event. Photos can be used for updating your University Career Alumni Network (UCAN) profile or your LinkedIn profile ⏤ or any other profiles you'd like to use them for. UID:49858-11555018@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49858 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171107T140932 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180207T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180207T200000 SUMMARY:Meeting:PCAP Membership Meeting DESCRIPTION:The PCAP student organization\, known as the PCAP membership\, welcomes both students and community members who align themselves with PCAP's mission and values. Many of our PCAP members facilitate creative arts workshops in juvenile detention and treatment centers\, adult correctional facilities\, and in the community with people who have returned home from prison. PCAP membership meetings offer peer support for workshop facilitators\, planning time for committees\, and a group discussion or activity for all volunteers. \n\nFor more information or details on how to get involved\, please email pcapexeco@umich.edu. UID:46441-10489754@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46441 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:East Quadrangle - Benzinger Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180201T133921 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180207T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180207T190000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Professional Licensing Panel DESCRIPTION:Have you considered pursuing a PE license\, described as \"the engineering profession's highest standard of competence\"? ChE undergraduate advisor Dr. Susan Montgomery will give a presentation on the reasons for earning your license and the process for doing so. We will then open the floor to questions for our alumni panel of four currently licensed PEs. This event is particularly relevant to ChE\, CEE\, and ME majors\, but other majors are also welcome. Food will be provided.\n\nPanelists:\n- Richard J. Powals (Vice-President\, Environmental Geo-Technologies\, LLC)\n- Rebecca Rutishauser\n- Brian Rubel (Michigan Operations Manager/Vice President\, Tetra Tech)\n- Lambrina Tercala (Project Manager\, OHM Advisors)\n\nWhen: Wed. Feb. 07\, 2018 6 p.m.–7 p.m.\nWhere: 1017 Dow (on campus)\n\n\"Sponsored by Tau Beta Pi\"\n\nMore information: Kevin Greenman (tbp-corporate@umich.edu)\nRSVP Link (optional): https://tbp.engin.umich.edu/calendar/event/1224/ UID:48856-11317245@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48856 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Civil and Environmental Engineering,Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering,Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Engineering,Engineering Academic Calendar,Graduate,Industrial and Operations Engineering,Mechanical Engineering,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate LOCATION:Herbert H. Dow Building - 1017 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180122T120831 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180207T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180207T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:STALLED! KEYNOTE LECTURE: JOEL SANDERS\, \"FROM STUD TO STALLED!: ARCHITECTURE IN TRANSITION\" DESCRIPTION:Joel Sanders' work addresses identity\, inclusivity\, and social issues in architecture. Recently\, his research has been focused on gender neutral bathrooms\, a highly debated and relevant topic today. Stalled!\, in collaboration with Susan Stryker\, aims to create a relatively barrier free open precinct that encourages all embodied subjects to freely and safely engage with one another in public space. Joel believes that making these changes requires acknowledging the pivotal role that building codes play in shaping identity through design\, as well as acknowledging that such codes are not neutral functional objectives but rather reflect and reproduce deep-seated cultural beliefs that shape the design of the spaces of our daily lives\, including bathrooms. \n\nIn addition to running his studio based in New York City\, Joel is a Professor of Architecture at Yale University. Prior to joining the Yale faculty\, he was the Director of the Graduate Program in Architecture at Parsons School of Design and an Assistant Professor at Princeton University. Joel received both a B.A. and M.Arch from Columbia University.\n\nThe editor of Stud: Architectures of Masculinity (Princeton Architectural Press\, 1996)\, he frequently writes about art and design\, most recently in Pin-up\, Art Forum and the Harvard Design Magazine. His monograph\, Joel Sanders: Writings and Projects\, was published by Monacelli Press in 2005. Groundwork: Between Landscape and Architecture\, co-edited with Diana Balmori\, was released by Monacelli Press in 2011.\n\nAn active member of the design community\, he serves on committees and panels on behalf of the American Academy in Rome\, MacDowell Colony\, American Institute of Architects\, Architectural League\, and the GSA Peer Review. Joel is also a co-chair of Van Alen Institute's Program Leadership Council (www.vanalen.org).\n\nIn collaboration with the UM Initiative on Disability Studies (UMInDS)\, Stalled! Symposium continues Thursday\, February 8. UID:49076-11375457@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49076 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Architecture,Diversity,Gender,Lecture LOCATION:Art and Architecture Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180131T145126 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180207T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180207T200000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:STALLED! SYMPOSIUM DESCRIPTION:Free and open to the public. \n\nWhenever disabled-queer-trans bodies move in on social space\, they disrupt the regimes of fitness presiding over urban and institutional infrastructure.Disabled-queer-trans\, or alterite bodies\, challenge normative preconceptions held by equally normate bodies.\n\nStalled!\, is a critical platform that collects key thought leaders to expand discourse in this space\, and invites broad participation from the University of Michigan network of activists\, facility personnel\, students\, academic staff\, administrators\, and faculty. Working from biological\, disabled\, historical\, political\, queer\, racial\, spatial\, and transgender perspectives\, Stalled! exposes the deep structure of discrimination proliferating throughout architecture and institutions. Stalled! co-locates inclusivity and radical alterity by promoting discussion around disability\, gender-fluidity\, and intersectionality.\n\nDeveloped by architect and activist\, Prof. Joel Sanders from Yale School of Architecture\, in collaboration with Taubman College\, Stalled! seeks several specific objectives: the design of more inclusive public spaces\, enrolling supportive partners and allies from across the University\, and educating various publics regarding the needs of social groups currently denied access to inclusive restrooms. Stalled! produces a conversation that expands upon the rhetoric of diversity\, equity\, and inclusion\, to reanimate static infrastructure as sites to demonstrate more actionable alterity.\n\nStalled! questions the protocols around how urban space is organized\, how buildings are designed\, and how everything - from the glossy messaging of advertising\, to the ubiquity of our digital identities - are overwhelmingly designed around monolithic forms of gender conformity\, singular concepts of ability\; and by extension\, within a very limited understanding of difference. Trans-Queer-Crip bodies make legible the limitations of regulatory bodies\, such as healthcare\, the systemic discrimination of the legal apparatus\, and complacency of education to equitably or imaginatively conceptualize alterity beyond a condition to be ameliorated\, incarcerated\, or accommodated. \n\nPanel 1: Trans and Queer Theory\nSpeaker: Mel Chen\, UC Berkeley\, Associate Professor of Gender & Women's Studies\; Director\, Center for the Study of Sexual Culture\n\nPanel 2: Inclusive Space\, Design\, Infrastructure\nSpeaker: Jos Boys\, University of Brighton\, College of Art & Culture\n\nStalled! kicks off on Wednesday\, February 7 at 6:00pm with a keynote lecture by Joel Sanders. Joel's work addresses identity\, inclusivity\,and social issues in architecture. Recently\, his research has been focused on gender neutral bathrooms\, a highly debated and relevant topic today. Stalled!\, in collaboration with Susan Stryker\, aims to create a relatively barrier free open precinct that encourages all embodied subjects to freely and safely engage with one another in public space. Joel believes that making these changes requires acknowledging the pivotal role that building codes play in shaping identity through design\, as well as acknowledging that such codes are not neutral functional objectives but rather reflect and reproduce deep-seated cultural beliefs that shape the design of the spaces of our daily lives\, including bathrooms. \n\nIn partnership with the UM Initiative on Disability Studies (UMInDS)\, The U-M Spectrum Center\, and the U-M Women's Studies Department. UID:48488-11243776@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48488 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Architecture,Discussion,Diversity,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Gender,LGBT,Spectrum Center,Women's Studies LOCATION:Art and Architecture Building - A. Alfred Wing Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180222T123018 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180207T183000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Deloitte Consulting National Case Competition DESCRIPTION:Deloitte Consulting Undergraduate Case Competition\nApply Today!\n\n• Are you interested in learning more about Technology\, Human Capital and/or Strategy & Operations Consulting?\n\n• Do you enjoy working in an interactive team to solve real-life business challenges? \n\nIf so\,we invite you to participate in the Deloitte Consulting Undergraduate Case Competition!\n\n • Gain real world\, hands on experience\n • Meet Deloitte Consulting leaders\n • Win and take home a prize\n\nApplication Instructions:\n\nTeams should consist of up to 4 current undergraduate students (freshmen or sophomores only\, please). To learn more about the competition and to apply\, please submit an application online (https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/pages/careers/articles/join-deloitte-consulting-undergraduate-case-competition.html?nc=1) for your team by January 26\, 2018. Please note that you will need to submit your team’s resumes and an essay response to apply\, so you may want to prepare in advance!\n\nEach team should designate one captain to complete the application survey and email the University of Michigan recruiting team at michiganundergradrecruiting@deloitte.com with the below requested material:\n\n1. Resume of each team member\n\n2. Completed Application Template (attached) – including:\n Team Name and Mission Statement - 100 words or less answers to the following questions:\n • How will your team benefit from participating in this case competition?\n • How will your team collaborate throughout this competition to achieve success?\n An essay response to the below prompt (400 words max):\n\nThe millennial generation is now the most populous age category in the United States\, proving to be a major disruptor. How can businesses plan for and take advantage of the unique opportunities presented by this group? What are some of the key risks that businesses will need to mitigate in order to drive a successful millennial strategy? \n\nThe top teams will be notified by February 2\, 2018 and each team memberwill be asked to register for the competition.\n\nLocal Competition Details:\n\nLocations and exact times are subject to change. Additional detail will be provided as event nears. \n\nLOCATION: Ross School of Business\n\nFEBRUARY 7\, 2018: Case Competition Kick-Off\, 6:30pm – 8:00pm\nJoin theDeloitte recruiting team to kick-off the event with a presentation by senior leadership. Case materials will be provided at the end of the event. One member per team is expected to attend. \n\nFEBRUARY 8\, 2018: Working Session\, 5:30pm – 9:30pm \nThis working session will allow time for teams to prepare presentation materials\, while receiving guidance from Deloitte practitioners. All team members are expected to attend. \n\nFEBRUARY 9\, 2018: Presentations\, 8:00am – ~3:00pm \nTeams are required to arrive 10-mins prior to their assigned presentation time\, and return for lunch\,where finalists will be announced. Following a secondary post-lunch presentation and Q&A with the judging panel\, the winning team will be announced. All team members are expected to attend all presentations. \n\nNational Competition Details:\n\nLOCATION: Deloitte University – Westlake\, TX\nDATES / TIMES: Thursday\, March 8th through Saturday\, March 10th\, 2018\nDETAILS: Each winning team (one per local campus) will be invited to attend the National Competition. All expenses will be paid by Deloitte.\n\nQuestions? Please reach out to michiganundergradrecruiting@deloitte.com. \n UID:48494-11243784@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48494 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Ross School of Business, Classroom TBD, 701 Tappan Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180117T140301 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180207T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180207T203000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:A Carbon \"Price is Right\" DESCRIPTION:Pricing carbon is viewed by economists left\, right and center as the simplest and most effective way to reduce carbon emissions. Momentum is growing: Carbon fee and dividend (CFD) and cap and trade policies are currently used\, or are planned\, in many parts of the world. How do they work? How might they affect the poor\, and our economy in general? This panel will explore the challenges and opportunities of market-driven strategies to address the climate crisis.\nModerator: Dr. Knute Nadelhoffer (University of Michigan)\nPanelists: Dr. Barry Rabe (University of Michigan)\, Dr. Sam Stolper (University of Michigan)\, Dr. Lisa Del Buono (Citizens' Climate Lobby)\n\nThis event is co-sponsored by the City of Ann Arbor\, Ann Arbor League of Women Voters\, the Ann Arbor District Library\, the UM School of Environment and Sustainability\, UM Energy Institute and the Ann Arbor Chapter of Citizens' Climate Lobby. UID:48697-11286578@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48697 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Climate Change,Economics,Environment,Politics,Public Policy,Sustainability LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Basement meeting room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180222T174411 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180207T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180207T203000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Creating and Running Great Ann Arbor Restaurants DESCRIPTION:Ann Arbor is fortunate to be home to many outstanding restaurants. Have you ever wondered what it is like to start and grow a restaurant that rises to the top? You will want to hear this engaging presentation by Adam Baru\, creator of three great Ann Arbor eateries - Mani Osteria\, Isalita\, and Mikette. \n\nAdam will tell us about the challenges of starting a new venture in Ann Arbor\, \ncreating tantalizing menus\, hiring and keeping staff\, and how to make sure customers leave happy. Everyone who enjoys ‘eating out’ will want to attend this event!\n \nOsher Lifelong Learning Institute membership not required to attend \"After 5\" Events.\n\nPLEASE NOTE CHANGE IN LOCATION TO THE:\nKELLOGG EYE CENTER\, 1000 WALL STREET.\n\nThis event was originally scheduled for February 7\, but has been rescheduled for February 21 due to bad weather on the previously scheduled date. UID:42693-9632914@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42693 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food,Lecture,Lifelong Learning,Retirement LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171222T075729 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180207T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180207T203000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Justice and Generosity in the Early Jewish Tradition DESCRIPTION:West Bloomfield Lecture Series: Jews and Judaism in Antiquity\n\nThis talk will be an interactive study session focused on the question: is the goal of justice compatible with virtue of generosity? Or is one necessarily strict while the other is compassionate? We will study several excerpts from biblical law\, one description of ideal kingship in the Prophets\, and two texts from early rabbinic literature to explore this question.\n\nPhoto Credit: By Wmpearl (Own work) [CC0]\, via Wikimedia Commons UID:47146-10801982@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47146 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Jewish Studies,Lecture LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180207T180015 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180207T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180207T200000 SUMMARY:Other:Meeting 2/7 DESCRIPTION:Pre-PA Club Meeting 2/7 7pm in the League - Henderson Room (3rd floor).  Northwestern will be presenting their program! UID:49834-11546425@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49834 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan League CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180125T121519 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180207T193000 SUMMARY:Performance:Guest Recital: Giacomo Scinardo\, piano *CANCELED* DESCRIPTION:Italian Classical pianist\, Giacomo Scinardo (born in Paterno\, Italy) has appeared as a soloist in Europe\, Asia\, Russia\, and the United States. UID:49266-11400623@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49266 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180125T121519 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180207T193000 SUMMARY:Performance:Sally Fleming Masterclass Series: Ellen Hargis & Paul O’Dette DESCRIPTION:World-renowned early music specialists\, Ellen Hargis\, soprano\, and Paul O'Dette\, lutenist and conductor\, work with SMTD singers and instrumentalists in a series of four masterclass. UID:49267-11409029@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49267 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Off Campus Location - McIntosh Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180119T125654 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180207T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:10 String Symphony // Mark Lavengood DESCRIPTION:You may have heard and marveled at Mark Lavengood as the dobro player with the fast-rising Michigan bluegrass-and-more band Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys. Now's your chance to hear what he can really do—he has amicably left that band and is setting out on his own. Mark honed his skills on the dobro in Michigan's folk and bluegrass communities while working part-time at Founders brewpub in Grand Rapids. In addition to Lindsay Lou\, he's played with Michael Beauchamp & the Barn Roughs\, Nicholas James Thomasma\, Kung Fu Rodeo\, the Fauxgrass Quartet\, and Strings 'n Things. Mark has been influenced on the dobro by oe Wilson & Drew Howard\, Rob Ickes\, Jerry Douglas\, Andy Hall\, Todd Livingston\, Sally Van Meter\, and Mike Witcher\, and he's got some terrific\, clever original tunes and a new album\, \"We've Come Along.\" UID:46582-10558542@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46582 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:The Ark LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180124T181512 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180207T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Concert Band DESCRIPTION:Courtney Snyder\, conductor and Andrea Brown\, guest conductor. \n\nA concert showcasing the vast array of ideas that inspire composers to write music. Sacred and profane\, songs and dances\, projecting outward and drawing inward. \n\nPROGRAM: Bernstein- Overture to Candide\; McTee- Timepiece\; Lauridsen- O Magnum Mysterium\; Vaughan Williams- Folk Song Suite\; Françaix- Sept Danses\, Andrea Brown\, guest conductor\; Roshanne Etezady- Shoutout\; William Bolcom- Graceful Ghost Rag\; Daugherty- “Fever” from Lost Vegas UID:47128-10801964@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47128 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music LOCATION:Hill Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180601T120009 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T235959 SUMMARY:Community Service:Assisting Elderly At Medical Appointments With Jewish Family Services and Partners In Care Concierge DESCRIPTION:Volunteers will accompany older adults to medical appointments and provide support to the client.  Volunteers will facilitate communication with medical staff to ensure all necessary questions are asked\, taking notes for the patients to reference.  Just 2-3 hours of your time can help patients to attend appointments safely and provide comfort and confidence to them and their family members.  Volunteers must commit to a minimum of one appointment a month for a minimum of nine months.  Must fill out application\, background check\, and attend a two-hour training session. Contact carolcib@umich.edu for the necessary materials and directions to apply!40 Points/SemesterSign-Up Here UID:43238-12816433@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43238 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Jewish Family Services CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180502T120011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Food Distribution with Community Action Network DESCRIPTION:Volunteers help distribute food from the truck\, \"shop\" with families\, and clean the community center afterward. Volunteers must complete volunteer application and brief online training. This is a large-scale food pantry in Ann Arbor that supplies food to hungry families. Join us and make a positive difference by helping families select the foods they need to bring back to their families.  Sign-Up Here UID:42456-12507640@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42456 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Bryant Community Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180225T180015 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Michigan Difference Student Leadership Awards Nominations DESCRIPTION:Are you a student leader? Have you been inspired by a student leader? Help recognize student contributions to campus and the world by nominating and attending the Michigan Difference Student Leadership Awards. Nominations can be submitted by students\, faculty\, and staff members\, now through Sunday\, February 25\, 2018. NOMINATE TODAY! For questions about the event please email bluecarpet@umich.edu.  UID:49718-11762511@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49718 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:https://studentlife.umich.edu/article/nominate-student-leader CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180408T060016 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T235959 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Practice on Rowing Machines DESCRIPTION:Practices on rowing machines with the team.Time:Wednesdays:  7AM (~80 min)Fridays:         7AM (~80 min)Sundays:       9AM (~120 min) UID:50346-12237296@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/50346 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:IMSB CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180413T000026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T235959 SUMMARY:Other:UMix Winter 2018 DESCRIPTION:UMix Late Night attendance for winter 2018 UID:51525-12291322@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/51525 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170927T201723 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T235900 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Window Installation | Cosmogonic Tattoos DESCRIPTION:In celebration of the University’s Bicentennial in 2017\, artist and professor Jim Cogswell has been invited by the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology and the University of Michigan Museum of Art to create a set of public window installations in response to the objects in their collections. Titled \"Cosmogonic Tattoos\,\" his project uses adhesive vinyl images applied in saturated colors to windows in the two buildings\, highlighting the role of these museums in the life of our campus community. Through close examination of objects separated from us by deep chronological and cultural divides\, imaginatively transformed within our campus context\, this project celebrates the power of architecture\, ornament\, and material objects to shape knowledge\, historical memory\, and cultural identity. UID:44018-9869332@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/44018 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Archaeology,Art,Exhibition,Museum LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180119T111726 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:National Potato Lovers Day DESCRIPTION:February 8th is National Potato Lover's Day. Twigs Dining Hall will be celebrating this holiday by serving a baked potato bar at dinner and serving a featured potato all day! Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47494-10932394@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47494 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:Oxford Housing CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171117T093156 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:\"Student Reflections: A Retrospective of Dental Education\" DESCRIPTION:“Student Reflections: A Retrospective of Dental Education\,” 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday\, through December 2019\, Sindecuse Museum of Dentistry\, School of Dentistry\, 1011 N. University. The major new exhibit features artifacts\, photos and stories of student life in the 142 years that the U-M dental school has been educating dentists. Displays date to the late 1880s when “new technology” meant primitive gas lamps replaced window light\, which was the only light source for dental treatment when the school was founded in 1875. The exhibit showcases changes in students\, tools and technology from the school’s pioneering early days to its standing today as one of the top dental schools in the world. UID:46881-10667185@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46881 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dentistry,History,Science LOCATION:Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute - Atrium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180214T140043 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism DESCRIPTION:This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health\, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves\, their children\, and their communities.\n\nOn display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March). \n\nThe exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History\, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells\, Mahal Stevens\, Jewel Drigo\, Kelly Kacan\, and Alyssa Erebor.\n\nFunding and support from the Department of History\, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies\, University Library\, Hatcher Gallery Team\, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History. UID:50081-11633568@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,History,Medicine,Social Justice,Women's Studies LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Lobby CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T133905 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Contemplate the Calm: Mixed Media DESCRIPTION:A Japanese native\, now living in Royal Oak\, Michigan\, Hiroko Lancour has become a full-time artist after retiring from her career in information technology. She is a mixed media artist with cross cultural aesthetics between East and West. Lancour often uses repetitive patterns and processes with natural materials such as paper and fiber. Her contemplative works transcend cultural differences to address common feelings among many people. UID:47148-10802038@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47148 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness,International,Japanese Studies LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T140141 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Detroit Music Legends DESCRIPTION:As a community activist and artist in Detroit who focuses on neighborhood empowerment\, Nicole Macdonald makes large scale public paintings featuring city luminaries past and present on reclaimed materials. The Detroit Music Legend portraits are 6 x 8 foot\, the size of the windows where they will be installed in late 2018 on the Detroit Savings Bank Building\, designed by Albert Kahn at 6438 Woodward Avenue. A muralist\, collagist\, painter and tagger\, Macdonald co-founded City Sculpture\, a nonprofit Detroit art park\, is a board member of Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit\, and has exhibited at the Detroit Institute of Arts and Casco Gallery\, Netherlands. UID:47154-10802375@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47154 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Art,Children,Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness,Music,Social Impact LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T134533 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Distinctive American Art Tile DESCRIPTION:Motawi Tileworks was started in Ann Arbor\, Michigan 25 years ago by Nawal Motawi in a small garage. Today\, Motawi tiles are sold in over 300 locations nationwide\, including galleries and the shops in Detroit Institute of Arts and the National Gallery of Art in Washington\, DC. Tiles are made from a porcelain hybrid clay\, a recipe unique to Motawi tiles. The raised lines on each tile require a hand glaze technique to pool the glaze between the lines. Motawi Tileworks has many themed collections\, some based on the work of fine artists such as Frank Lloyd Wright and Charley Harper. You can also see 17 permanent Motawi art tile murals throughout Michigan Medicine. UID:47151-10802123@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47151 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T135516 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents From Mud to Beauty: Ceramics DESCRIPTION:Jean-Marc Fontaine\, a French scientist and artist who earned his Ph.D. from University of Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris\, presents a unique set of ceramic works inspired from 10th-8th century BC to the present day. The style varies from simple\, traditional forms to elaborate\, one-of-a-kind creations. Featuring rustic antique surfaces\, warm colors and highly individualized textures\, his work also occasionally takes whimsical forms. He also plays the accordion. Fontaine is a research scientist at the U-M Medical School in biochemistry. UID:47153-10802291@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47153 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Classical Studies,Culture,European,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness,International LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171218T153927 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Ink Portraits DESCRIPTION:Based out of Chelsea\, Michigan\, John Pappas believes that if you can imagine a fun idea making sense\, you should make it. He applies this to both his graphic design and fine art. With so much to see and ruminate on in life\, Pappas keeps his hands busy by putting pen to paper. This body of work consists of portraits drawn with ink on a variety of surfaces including paper\, basswood and aspen panels in an offbeat pen and ink style that leans heavily on pointillism and crosshatching. The subjects range from athletes to musicians to personal friends. UID:47155-10802459@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47155 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Athletics,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T140926 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents My Playground: Assemblage Sculpture DESCRIPTION:Starting with watercolor\, Joan Painter-Jones’ work kept building out farther and farther until it became sculpture. Brought up in a household where money was tight\, she doesn’t like to waste anything and is captivated by old scraps of things with peeling paint and rusty metal – especially broken things that have a story to tell. She usually starts out with an interesting piece of wood and builds on it\, often painting on it and adding collage\, all while developing an emotional connection to it. Working in her quiet Milan\, Michigan backyard art loft “playground\,” she has no message to preach with her work\, just her own personal wish for peace and justice. UID:47156-10802543@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47156 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T134925 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Prairie Mantras: Paint & Vinyl on Aluminum DESCRIPTION:Desiree Warren’s current body of work is a journey using one shape (the orzo) to create a multitude of layers that evoke landscapes and organic assimilations. Growing up in the country in Kansas\, she had wide open spaces to explore\, as well as many of her family’s dilapidated farm buildings and overgrown pasture lands. At the University of Kansas\, she began working with street sign material and has continued to incorporate aluminum and vinyl in her work. Part of this series is included in the 2017 Women to Watch: Metals exhibition at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City\, Missouri\, where she lives and works. UID:47152-10802207@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47152 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T141252 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents The Desert Southwest: Photography DESCRIPTION:Born and raised in Flint\, Michigan\, Daniel Sidoli has always had the creative itch. It led him to the University of Nevada\, Las Vegas and a BA degree in Fine Arts. With this body of work\, his intent is to capture images that illustrate the unique landscape that erosion sculpts over time. His goal with photography is to be artistic yet convey truth. He wants the subject to inspire the audience and leave a lasting impression: to elicit an emotional response. Each image represents moments in time and of journeys traveled\, both figuratively and literally\, since he is involved in every step of the process as he sees each piece to completion. UID:47157-10802627@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47157 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Cancer Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Comprehensive Cancer Center, Level 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171214T122637 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Life and Times of Lizzy Bennet DESCRIPTION:As the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s death\, 2017 presents an opportunity to showcase not only significant early editions of Austen’s works held in the Special Collections Library\, but a much broader swath of materials revealing the historical milieu in which she and her characters lived.\n\nThe 1780s-1810s was a tumultuous time period in Britain with effects reaching to the present day\, and we are fortunate to be able to draw on a rich collection of sources that illustrate Austen’s historical moment\, from A Companion to the Ballroom and The Book of Common Prayer to An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species... and A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.\n\nThe Library will be closed December 23 to January 1. UID:45823-10310447@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/45823 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,History,Library,Literature LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Audubon Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180115T182509 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibition | Excavating Archaeology @ U-M: 1817‐2017 DESCRIPTION:This exhibition explores the history of archaeology and museums at the University of Michigan for the past 200 years and looks forward to the future of archaeology and museums at Michigan in the coming century. The exhibition relies on carefully chosen objects\, archival documents and images\, and other illustrative materials to examine moments in the history of the University of Michigan’s involvements in archaeology and the location of archaeology in the museum environment.\n\nCurators: Carla M. Sinopoli and Terry G. Wilfong\n\nVisit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/excavating-archaeology-bicentennial/ UID:44170-9889142@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/44170 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Archaeology,Bicentennial,Exhibition,Museum LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180102T121524 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Future Former: An Exhibition of Alumni Work DESCRIPTION:Future Former: An Exhibition of Alumni Work honors the creative work and careers of all Stamps School alumni\, creates an aspirational connection between generations of U-M artists and designers and current Stamps students\, and inspires reflection during the university’s Bicentennial year. Funds raised through this exhibition will support new studios and collaborative spaces at Stamps.\n\nCurated by Stamps Professor Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo with alumna Emily Schumer (BFA 2017)\, Future Former will be on view Monday\, January 8-Friday\, February 9\, 2018 on the first floor of the Art and Architecture Building.\n\nExhibition Dates: Monday\, January 8 - Friday\, February 9\, 2018\nArtist Panel and Reception: Monday\, January 29\, 2018 from 5 - 6:30 pm\nArtist Panel: 5 pm\, Stamps Auditorium\nReception: 5:45 pm\, Street Gallery UID:43757-9838287@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43757 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Art,Exhibition LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171214T093331 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:II Photo Contest DESCRIPTION:The International Institute Photo Contest is open to all students affiliated with the institute or its 17 centers and programs through research\, study\, or an internship abroad. Please join us for the awards ceremony on January 19\, 2018 at 11:00am. \n\nThis exhibit runs through February 14\, 2018. UID:47585-10960789@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47585 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:International LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 527 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180110T135934 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:of 72 DESCRIPTION:Note: Ebony Patterson Stamps lecture takes place Feb 1\, 5pm\, at the Michigan Theater\, immediately followed at 6pm by artist reception at the Institute for the Humanities.\n\n“What happens when seventy-two men and one woman die and no one knows who they are?” Jamaican artist Ebony Patterson’s of 72—a mixed media work on fabric with digital imagery\, embroidery\, rhinestones\, trimmings\, bandanas\, and floral appliques—considers the 2010 “Tivoli Incursion” in Kingston\, Jamaica. This armed conflict between the Shower Posse drug cartel and Jamaica's military and police took place when security forces began searching for drug lord Christopher \"Dudus\" Coke\, after the United States requested his extradition. The violence killed at least 73 civilians.\n\n\"Of 72\" will be in conversation with Patterson's more recent work \"...And Babies...\" created at the Tyler School of Art\, Temple University. The lush tapestry-like floor piece continues where \"Of 72\" leaves us and serves to honor both the spirit and the loss of so many black bodies...women\, little boys\, little girls\, even babies\, subjected to acts of violence and abuse. \n\nEbony G. Patterson is a Jamaican artist born in Kingston\, Jamaica. She studied at Edna Manley College of Visual and Performing Arts and the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis. An assistant professor in painting at the University of Kentucky\, she has shown her artwork in numerous solo and private exhibitions and is represented by Monique Meloche Gallery. UID:47319-10866157@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47319 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,History,International,Latin America,Multicultural,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180116T161608 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Pre-Fab/Post-Fab: Art in a Readymade Era DESCRIPTION:Pre-Fab/Post-Fab: Art in a Readymade Era showcases the works of Heidi Barlow\, Shaina Kasztelan\, and Bailey Scieszka\, three young women artists based in Detroit\, MI. Their work\, although varying in style and form\, speaks to a generation growing up with the influence of mass consumption\, internet shopping\, the glut of plastic toys\, fake jewels\, and tchotchkes. Whereas artists of the ‘60s and ‘70s reached first for paint tubes and canvas\, these artists use inexpensive and lowbrow materials to twist the signifiers of pop culture\, as they relate to gender politics and American ideals. It’s a balancing act between the icing and the cake\, surface and substance. \n\nBarlow’s confection-like constructs are unsettling\, much like an empty float or matted-hair Barbie in a backyard pool. Although enticing\, they allude to something lost in the translation\, some sweetness\, or idealism gone missing\, along with what once mattered. Yet\, the work isn’t cynical\, but embraces transition instead. We’ve hardened a little in the process\, much like the stiff and sugary piping Barlow often incorporates in her works. And maybe that’s a good thing. \n\nIf Barlow’s aesthetic leans towards Stepford Wives gone awry and the guilty pleasure of eBay\, Shaina Kasztelan offers us psychedelic Middle America. Her assemblages are disorienting\, vertigo-inducing. Technicolor sculptures conjure up hallucinations of the mall\, or spinning carnival rides that last too long. Kasztelan’s work is sinister\, even a little menacing. As viewers we are leery.\n\nFinally\, Bailey Scieszka takes this subversive garish ethos full tilt and invents her own world\, literally morphing into her own creation. Scieszka’s alter-ego Old Put\, a demonic shape-shifting clown\, becomes the artist/protagonist and creates work in performance\, video and drawing. Old Put collects pop culture references like artifacts of a lost civilization\, and seems as likely to commit a murder as bake a cake. \n\nFor Barlow\, Kasztelan and Scieszka\, outdated paradigms about class\, good taste\, and femininity are just temporal flashes in the pan. And it’s their party. UID:47322-10866220@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47322 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Multicultural,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Osterman Common Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180206T104734 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 SUMMARY:Ceremony / Service:Science as Art Exhibition and Award Ceremony DESCRIPTION:Come and view the Science As Art entries all week February 5-9\, 2018 in Hatcher Graduate Library\, Room 100. Contest winners will be announced at the Awards Ceremony on Friday\, February 9 from 2-4pm. Refreshments will be served. UID:49803-11540897@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49803 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180131T145126 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:STALLED! SYMPOSIUM DESCRIPTION:Free and open to the public. \n\nWhenever disabled-queer-trans bodies move in on social space\, they disrupt the regimes of fitness presiding over urban and institutional infrastructure.Disabled-queer-trans\, or alterite bodies\, challenge normative preconceptions held by equally normate bodies.\n\nStalled!\, is a critical platform that collects key thought leaders to expand discourse in this space\, and invites broad participation from the University of Michigan network of activists\, facility personnel\, students\, academic staff\, administrators\, and faculty. Working from biological\, disabled\, historical\, political\, queer\, racial\, spatial\, and transgender perspectives\, Stalled! exposes the deep structure of discrimination proliferating throughout architecture and institutions. Stalled! co-locates inclusivity and radical alterity by promoting discussion around disability\, gender-fluidity\, and intersectionality.\n\nDeveloped by architect and activist\, Prof. Joel Sanders from Yale School of Architecture\, in collaboration with Taubman College\, Stalled! seeks several specific objectives: the design of more inclusive public spaces\, enrolling supportive partners and allies from across the University\, and educating various publics regarding the needs of social groups currently denied access to inclusive restrooms. Stalled! produces a conversation that expands upon the rhetoric of diversity\, equity\, and inclusion\, to reanimate static infrastructure as sites to demonstrate more actionable alterity.\n\nStalled! questions the protocols around how urban space is organized\, how buildings are designed\, and how everything - from the glossy messaging of advertising\, to the ubiquity of our digital identities - are overwhelmingly designed around monolithic forms of gender conformity\, singular concepts of ability\; and by extension\, within a very limited understanding of difference. Trans-Queer-Crip bodies make legible the limitations of regulatory bodies\, such as healthcare\, the systemic discrimination of the legal apparatus\, and complacency of education to equitably or imaginatively conceptualize alterity beyond a condition to be ameliorated\, incarcerated\, or accommodated. \n\nPanel 1: Trans and Queer Theory\nSpeaker: Mel Chen\, UC Berkeley\, Associate Professor of Gender & Women's Studies\; Director\, Center for the Study of Sexual Culture\n\nPanel 2: Inclusive Space\, Design\, Infrastructure\nSpeaker: Jos Boys\, University of Brighton\, College of Art & Culture\n\nStalled! kicks off on Wednesday\, February 7 at 6:00pm with a keynote lecture by Joel Sanders. Joel's work addresses identity\, inclusivity\,and social issues in architecture. Recently\, his research has been focused on gender neutral bathrooms\, a highly debated and relevant topic today. Stalled!\, in collaboration with Susan Stryker\, aims to create a relatively barrier free open precinct that encourages all embodied subjects to freely and safely engage with one another in public space. Joel believes that making these changes requires acknowledging the pivotal role that building codes play in shaping identity through design\, as well as acknowledging that such codes are not neutral functional objectives but rather reflect and reproduce deep-seated cultural beliefs that shape the design of the spaces of our daily lives\, including bathrooms. \n\nIn partnership with the UM Initiative on Disability Studies (UMInDS)\, The U-M Spectrum Center\, and the U-M Women's Studies Department. UID:48488-11243777@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48488 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Architecture,Discussion,Diversity,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Gender,LGBT,Spectrum Center,Women's Studies LOCATION:Art and Architecture Building - A. Alfred Wing Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171215T134936 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T113000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:OTHER WAYS OF DOING THINGS: ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN ACTIVISM DESCRIPTION:Anya Sirota is an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. Her interdisciplinary research focuses on contemporary \ncultural production and its relationship to architecture and urbanism. Sirota is principal of the award-winning design studio Akoaki and director of the Detroit-based Michigan Architecture Prep program. She holds a Master in Architecture from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design and a B.A. in Modern Culture and Media from Brown University. \n\nIn the aftermath of Modernism’s perceived urban failures\, a cadre of architects is becoming increasingly aware that a building might not always be the best solution to a spatial problem. The lecture will explore how certain practices are reinventing the architectural profession\, replacing the model of the heroic visionary with a more collaborative\, experimental\, and interdisciplinary approach to work in the built environment.\n\nThis is the fourth in a six-lecture series. The subject is Architecture: Shaping Buildings\; Shaping Us. The next lecture series will start March 8\, 2018. The title is Behavioral and Social Sciences: Real World Applications. UID:47682-10973760@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47682 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Architecture,Lifelong Learning,Retirement LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180205T110452 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T140000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chili Week DESCRIPTION:Twigs Dining Hall is featuring Chili all week! Come enjoy a variety of unique types of chili. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47492-10932346@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47492 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:Oxford Housing CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171106T140104 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Matisse Drawings: Curated by Ellsworth Kelly from The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Collection DESCRIPTION:\"Matisse Drawings: Curated by Ellsworth Kelly from The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Collection\" showcases the master draftsmanship of two of the most significant artists of the twentieth century: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) and Ellsworth Kelly (1923–2015). Curated by Kelly in 2014\, the exhibition speaks to his admiration for Matisse\, as well as to the centrality of drawing in both artists’ practices. To accompany the forty-five rarely exhibited works by Matisse made in the first half of the 20th century\, which reveal his process and range of creativity as a draftsman\, Kelly selected nine of his own lithographic drawings that derive from his time in France during the 1960s\, when the American artist studied Matisse’s sketches and studies of nature and human figures. Together\, the works by Matisse and Kelly form a thought-provoking\, visually striking artistic dialogue\, allowing viewers to experience one artist through the eyes of another and to immerse themselves in the pleasures of close looking.\n \n\"Matisse Drawings: Curated by Ellsworth Kelly from The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Collection\" is organized by the American Federation of Arts and the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum in collaboration with The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation.\n\nThis exhibition was made possible by the generous support of the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust and The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation. Additional support provided by the JFM Foundation and Mrs. Donald M. Cox.\n\nLead support for the local presentation of this exhibition is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, Michigan Medicine\, the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs\, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund\, and the University of Michigan Ross School of Business and the Department of the History of Art. UID:46544-10546897@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46544 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - A. Alfred Taubman Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180116T132347 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:New at UMMA: Paul Rand DESCRIPTION:Throughout the second half of the twentieth century\, pioneering art director and graphic designer Paul Rand (1914–1996) was celebrated for crafting the brand identities of such American corporate icons as ABC\, IBM\, UPS\, and Westinghouse. Rand considered the designer’s task to be the symbolic communication of a company’s character. This recent acquisition presentation features the poster Rand created as part of IBM’s THINK promotional campaign. The design is a rebus\, or visual puzzle\, wherein Rand cleverly transforms the letters of IBM’s logo into pictures. The whimsical use of symbols encourages viewers to interpret—or think—in order to comprehend the company’s intended message that it values “insight\,” “industriousness\,” and “motivation.” The poster is part of a larger recent gift of archival Paul Rand objects donated to UMMA by Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo—professor in the U-M Stamps School of Art and Design and published scholar on Paul Rand—and Maria Phillips.\n\nThis work was recently gifted to UMMA by Maria Phillips and Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo. UID:46548-10547131@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46548 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - The Connector CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171106T142603 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Patricia Piccinini: The Comforter DESCRIPTION:Australian artist Patricia Piccinini’s strange\, hyperreal yet sentimental sculptures are often rooted in her speculative visualizations of future species—beings transformed by\, or even created by\, developments in genetic engineering and technology. On view at UMMA\, \"The Comforter\" presents the likeness of a young girl whose appearance suggests a rare genetic condition causing excessive hair across her face and body. In her lap she tenderly cradles an udder-shaped\, eyeless creature—a possible reference to current experiments in genetically altered milk-producing animals. The encounter staged by the sculpture\, though curious and unexplained\, appears to be one of innocence and intimacy\, and suggests the potential for emotional connection between a diversity of beings. This theme is a common one for Piccinini\, whose work incorporates (often obliquely) ideas and questions about the ethical implications of scientific progress and the conflicts in our culture between the natural and the man-made.\n\nLead support for \"Patricia Piccinini: The Comforter\" is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment\, and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and the Institute for Research on Women and Gender. UID:46549-10547252@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46549 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - Irving Stenn, Jr. Family Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180201T000104 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Suzy Lake DESCRIPTION:Suzy Lake was born and raised in Detroit. Following the social and political unrest of the 1960’s Lake emigrated to Montreal in 1968\, where she was among the first female artists in the nation to adopt performance\, video\, and photography to explore the politics of gender\, the body\, and identity. In this exhibition\, Lake returns to her childhood neighborhood and various locations central to her family history to explore the cycles of urban development and decay in working class Detroit\, as well as her experience with ageism.\n\nExhibition Dates: January 19 - February 25\nHours: Open during exhibitions Tuesday through Sunday\, 11:00 am - 5:00 pm\; Thursday and Friday\, 11:00 am - 7:00 pm. Closed Mondays and holidays.\nExhibition Reception: Friday\, January 19\, 2018\, 6 - 8 pm\nArtist Talk & Conversation: Saturday\, January 20\, 2018\, 3 - 5 pm\n\nStamps Gallery\n201 S. Division Street\, Ann Arbor MI 48104 UID:47736-11004706@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47736 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171106T140510 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Tim Noble and Sue Webster: The Masterpiece DESCRIPTION:Since the 1980s\, British artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster have been known for their shadow sculptures built from materials as diverse as scrap metal\, garbage\, taxidermy\, and sex toys. When light is directed at these assemblages\, they project shadows that are exceptionally accurate and intricate representations of other things entirely.\n\n\"The Masterpiece\" (2014) is a shadow self-portrait of the artists created from metal casts of dead vermin they collected and welded together into a ball. From afar the casts appear to be a stunning abstract silver sculpture\; on closer inspection the disturbing menagerie of creatures emerges\, only to change form again—as a shadow on the wall—into a precise and elegant image that is astonishingly different from the objects that create it.\n\nLead support for \"Tim Noble and Sue Webster: The Masterpiece\" is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment\, the Susan and Richard Gutow Fund\, and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities. Additional generous support is provided by the Richard and Janet Miller Fund. UID:46545-10546976@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46545 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Media,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - Media Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171220T115236 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CJS Thursday Lecture Series | Identity Politics in Japan DESCRIPTION:In 1969\, Japan launched a massive subsidy program for the \"burakumin\" outcastes. The subsidies attracted the mob\, and the higher incomes now available through organized crime compensated those burakumin who abandoned the legal sector for criminal careers. In the process\, the subsidies gave new support to the tendency many Japanese already had to equate the burakumin with the mob. \n \n The government ended the subsidies in 2002. Eric Rasmusen and I explore the effect of the termination by merging 30 years of municipality data with a long-suppressed 1936 census of burakumin neighborhoods. First\, we find that outmigration from municipalities with more burakumin increased after the end of the program. Apparently\, the higher illegal income generated by the subsidies had restrained young burakumin from joining mainstream society. Second\, we find that once the mob-tied corruption and extortion associated with the subsidies neared its end\, real estate prices rose in municipalities with burakumin neighborhoods. With the subsidies gone and the mob in retreat\, other Japanese found the formerly burakumin communities increasingly attractive places to live. \n \nMark Ramseyer spent most of his childhood in provincial towns and cities in Miyazaki\, attending public schools for K-6. He returned to the U.S. for college. Before attending law school\, he studied Japanese history at the Center for Japanese Studies at the University of Michigan. Ramseyer graduated from Harvard Law School in 1982. He clerked for the Hon. Stephen Breyer (then on the First Circuit)\, worked for two years at Sidley & Austin (in corporate tax)\, and studied as a Fulbright student at the University of Tokyo. After teaching at UCLA and the University of Chicago\, he came to Harvard in 1998. He has also taught or co-taught courses at several Japanese universities (in Japanese). In his research\, Ramseyer primarily studies Japanese law\, and primarily from a law & economics perspective. In addition to a variety of Japanese law courses\, he teaches the basic Corporations course.\n\nCosponsored by the U-M Law School. UID:47159-10802663@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47159 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Japanese Studies,Law LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 110 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180125T121519 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T114000 SUMMARY:Performance:Sally Fleming Masterclass Series: Ellen Hargis & Paul O’Dette DESCRIPTION:World-renowned early music specialists\, Ellen Hargis\, soprano\, and Paul O'Dette\, lutenist and conductor\, work with SMTD singers and instrumentalists in a series of four masterclass. UID:49267-11409030@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49267 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Carolyn and Milton Kevreson Rehearsal Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180119T140454 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:\"Ruth Gruber\, Photojournalist\" Art Exhibition DESCRIPTION:\"Ruth Gruber\, Photojournalist\" celebrates the remarkable life\, vision\, and heroic tenacity of a 20th-century pioneer and trailblazer. Once the world’s youngest Ph.D.\, Ruth Gruber died in November of 2016 at the age of 105. The photographs in this exhibition span more than 50 years\, from her groundbreaking reportage of the Soviet Arctic in the 1930s and iconic images of Jewish refugees from the ship Exodus 1947\, to her later photographs of Ethiopian Jews in the midst of civil war in the 1980s. A selection of Gruber’s vintage prints\, never before exhibited\, will be presented alongside contemporary prints made from her original negatives. \n\nThe Opening Reception will take place on Wednesday\, February 7\, 2018\, at 6:00pm.\n\n\"Ruth Gruber\, Photojournalist\" is organized by the International Center of Photography and was made possible by Friends of Ruth Gruber. The exhibition is also co-sponsored by the U-M Office of the Provost.\n\nPhoto: Unidentified Photographer\; Ruth Gruber\, Alaska\, 1941-43 UID:47419-10898816@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47419 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Art,Exhibition,Graduate School,Museum,Photography,Rackham,Reception,Visual Arts LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Duderstadt Center Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180205T083916 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T133000 SUMMARY:Presentation:GFP Brown Bag DESCRIPTION:Sexual Fantasy: Content and Function UID:47557-10950461@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47557 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Psychology LOCATION:East Hall - 4464 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180109T095657 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Lunch & Learn: Connect to Nature - Keep a Nature Journal! DESCRIPTION:Grab your brown bag lunch and come to CEW for our informal lunch hour learning series! Stay tuned on our website as more dates and topics are announced.\n\nCEW Scholar Alumna and ecological consultant Jacqueline Courteau (NatureWrite LLC) will share ideas and prompts for using nature journaling as a form of meditation and reflection\, to heighten observation skills\, and to increase your feelings of connectedness -- to nature\, to community\, and to memory. Come and cultivate your sense of wonder! Be ready to brave the weather to go outdoors for 20 minutes.\n\nThis session is open to all U-M students and CEW Scholars. Light refreshments will be provided. No registration is necessary. UID:48389-11230550@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48389 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate,Health & Wellness,nature,Undergraduate LOCATION:Center for the Education of Women CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180112T100721 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T121000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T130000 SUMMARY:Performance:Gifts of Art presents Valentine Woodwind Pops DESCRIPTION:The Grosse Ile Quartet presents a musical kaleidoscope of popular music for woodwinds. With many years of combined solo\, teaching and orchestral experience\, the Grosse Ile Quartet (GIQ) is comprised of U-M graduates Carole Scott\, flute\; Nancy Gruits\, oboe\; Lisa Dills\, clarinet\; and Heather Gladden\, bassoon. For this performance they will play romantic selections ranging from the Beatles to Bach\, Beethoven to Bowie\, so prepare for musical diversity and virtuosity that surprises and delights. UID:48237-11191416@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48237 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191209T094000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T160000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:German Lab DESCRIPTION:The German Lab is open Monday-Thursday 1-4 every week. It's in Alcove B in the LRC (which is on the ground level of North Quad\, Room 1500). You can go to the German Lab anytime for any kind of help (except we can't proofread your essays for you): if you need help with homework or a test review sheet (we can proofread your test essays for German 101-103)\, if you need grammar topics explained or reviewed or need more practice\, if you just want to speak some German for fun and/or for your AMD etc. If you have time in the afternoons from 1-4 you could do your homework in the LRC - it's a great facility! Then if you get stuck on something\, you can just stop by the German Lab alcove so we can get you unstuck. Mehr Info: https://resources.german.lsa.umich.edu/miscellaneous/deutschlabor/ UID:48604-11254358@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48604 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Language,Undergraduate LOCATION:North Quad - Alcove B in the LRC CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180115T144011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Between Past and Future: Wang Qingsong 1999-2006 DESCRIPTION:Curated by ZHANG Fang\, this art exhibition will include six of WANG Qingsong’s representative photo works that depict the traumatic transformations that have taken place inside China. These photographs are inspired by China’s drive for globalization over the last few decades. \n\nPlease join us for the reception and Meet the Artist at 4 pm\, January 24 at the Willis Ward Art Lounge. \n\nAbout WANG Qingsong\n\nAn artist\, educator\, and curator\, WANG Qingsong represents a generation of Chinese cultural producers and creative intellectuals who have exerted a profound influence on contemporary Chinese art practices. Wang’s large format photographic film works have been exhibited around the world at major museums\, art centers\, and galleries\, playing a pivotal role in expanding the international art market for Chinese visual arts.\n\nFormally trained as a painter\, WANG Qingsong now works more like a film director who gathers dozens – sometimes even hundreds – of participants to produce improvisatory works that comment on consumerism\, urbanization and social change. In 2014\, Wang worked with University of Michigan faculty and students to create a large scale installation-photography work\, one that has students perched along a thin stairway spanning the diagonal of a massive chalkboard\, on which names of the top 500 institutions of higher education were written.\n\nIn winter 2018\, Wang Qingsong will stage a new work that would stimulate comparative study of urban renewal efforts in China and the U.S. The work will feature photographic/film images of Detroit’s historical Chinatown and industrial-warehouses areas which have undergone urban renewal since the 1960s.\n\n*Image: The Glory of Hope\, 240x180cm\, 2007\, courtesy of the artist Wang Qingsong UID:48737-11297783@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48737 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Chinese Studies,Exhibition LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180104T141330 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 SUMMARY:Other:Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-February 23\, 2018 DESCRIPTION:Michigan in Washington application deadline for Fall 2018 and early admission Winter 2019 cohorts. All colleges and majors welcome. Scholarship funding available. UID:48123-11180702@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48123 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Admissions,Applications,Career,Deadlines,Internship,Majors,Networking,Professional Development LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171006T165315 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T153000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Update on the UM Capital Campaign\, highlighting some of the exciting fund raising priorities DESCRIPTION:Mr. May and Mr. Baily will provide an update on the current capital campaign at the University. They will review how much has been raised to date toward an array of goals and what the plans are for the remainder of the campaign. They will highlight some of the more interesting programs that are being funded by donors. UID:45515-10198013@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/45515 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Capital Campaign LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180125T121519 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T144000 SUMMARY:Performance:Sally Fleming Masterclass Series: Ellen Hargis & Paul O’Dette DESCRIPTION:World-renowned early music specialists\, Ellen Hargis\, soprano\, and Paul O'Dette\, lutenist and conductor\, work with SMTD singers and instrumentalists in a series of four masterclass. UID:49267-11409031@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49267 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Off Campus Location - McIntosh Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180109T142652 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T173000 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:44121-9888981@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 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180108T165258 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Hopwood Tea DESCRIPTION:Join us in the Hopwood Room for tea and conversation. Hopwood Teas are open to all\, and happen every Thursday from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM. \n\nFor more information on the Hopwood Program\, visit https://lsa.umich.edu/hopwood. UID:48324-11222683@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48324 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Books,Culture,Discussion,Free,Graduate Students,Literature,Poetry,Social,Undergraduate Students,Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - 1176 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180207T121657 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T160000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Russian Undergraduate Conversation Group DESCRIPTION:Are you a student of Russian looking to develop your conversational skills? Does the world of contemporary Russian popular culture interest you? Would you like to meet other ambitious students in the field? If so\, please consider attending the Russian Language conversation group this year at the University of Michigan. Students from all language levels are welcome. \n\nIf you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to participate in this event\, please contact slavic@umich.edu (or call 734.764.5355). Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the University to arrange. UID:48839-11308928@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48839 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:European,International,Language,Literature,Study Abroad,Undergraduate LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - 3310 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180102T150811 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T173000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Active Learning Practice DESCRIPTION:This session offers an opportunity to practice active learning techniques by presenting a lesson to a small peer group. In advance\, participants review short online videos about active learning. Then\, participants plan and deliver a 10-minute lesson using active learning. Finally\, participants reflect on their experience and exchange supportive feedback.\n\nPractice teaching sessions will be in the Gorguze Family Laboratory (home of CRLT-Engin). You should report promptly at either 3:15 or 5:45 pm to 211 Gorguze Family Laboratory\, where you will be directed to your Practice Teaching room. UID:47430-10901434@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47430 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Education,Engineering,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Gorguze Family Laboratory - 211 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180207T125330 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T163000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Speaking American English DESCRIPTION:The purpose of this program is to offer speech support for people who would like to pursue additional guidance in speaking American English. The goal of the program is certainly not to eliminate the distinctive accents of our clients\, but to enhance their communication skills in ways that will help them communicate a variety of settings. Each participant sets their own objective at the start of the workshop and works toward their personal goals with a licensed speech-language pathologist. This 10-week workshop will help you build confidence with both group and individual activities. UID:47453-10901468@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47453 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate,International,Language,Study Abroad,Undergraduate LOCATION:V. Vaughan CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180126T105144 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:AE585 Graduate Seminar Series - Mapping the Complex and Stochastic Response of Nanostructures DESCRIPTION:Ryan S. Elliott\nEllad B. Tadmor\, Subrahmanyam Pattamatta\nDepartment of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics\nUniversity of Minnesota\n\nDue to the exponential complexity of the equilibrium set associated with the potential energy landscape of atomic interactions\, the response of nanostructures to applied loading is inherently stochastic. This complexity is addressed head on by the construction\, using branch-following and bifurcation (BFB) methods\, of an “Equilibrium Map” (EM) of the nanostructure. The EM describes all of the stable and unstable states of the structure at each value of applied loading and thereby provides a systematic procedure for identifying physically-meaningful response scenarios. These include the limiting cases of a quasistatic process (QP) and quenched dynamic (QD)\, as well as the rate-dependent case of driven dynamic (DD). The method is applied to the uniaxial compression of a nanoslab of nickel modeled using a classical interatomic potential. The set of possible equilibrium solutions for this simple problem is surprisingly complex and therefore demonstrates the need for such an approach.\n\n\nAbout the speaker...\n\nRyan S. Elliott received his B.S. in Engineering Mechanics from Michigan State\nUniversity. He received his M.S.E.\, M.S.\, and Ph.D.\, all from The University\nof Michigan. Elliott joined the faculty of the Aerospace Engineering and\nMechanics at The University of Minnesota in 2005 and was promoted to Associate\nProfessor in 2011. In 2010 he was Visiting Researcher at the Ecole\nPolytechnique\, France. Elliott was appointed to the Journal of Elasticity\nBoard of Editors in 2015\, and to the International Journal of Solids and\nStructures Board of Editors in 2017. In 2017\, Elliott was elected Fellow of\nthe ASME.\n\nDr. Ryan S. Elliott's research deals with stability and instability problems\nrelated to structures\, materials\, and microstructured materials\, and includes\nthree major themes: (I) development of nonlinear modeling of discrete and\ncontinuum solid-state materials and structures\; (II) development of analytical\nand computational methodologies (based on theories of symmetry\, bifurcation\,\nand pattern formation) that can systematically discover the multiple stable\nstates predicted by a model\; and (III) development of open source scientific\nsoftware. Elliott is co-author of the book \"Continuum Mechanics and\nThermodynamics\". He has received numerous awards\, including: the Ivor\nK. McIvor Award in Applied Mechanics (2004)\, the Russell J. Penrose Faculty\nFellowship (2012)\, and the ASME Thomas J.R. Hughes Young Investigator award\n(2014). UID:49318-11417463@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49318 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Engineering LOCATION:Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building - 1109 Boeing Lecture Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180202T115438 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:BME 500 Seminar: Tobi Giessen\, Ph.D. DESCRIPTION:Tobias W. Giessen\, Ph.D.\nBME Faculty Candidate and Guest Speaker\nHarvard Medical School\n \n“A bioarchitectonic approach to biological production and nanoscale control”\n \nAbstract:\nWe all face a number of interconnected major challenges in the 21st century\, including climate change\, environmental pollution and health care crises. Pursuing sustainable and efficient biological production approaches of drugs\, fuels and materials as well as continued biomedical innovation are two of the main strategies needed to address these problems. My approach to tackling these issues relies on the discovery\, understanding and engineering of self-assembling protein-based nanostructures. In this talk\, I will focus on encapsulin nanocompartments\, a recently discovered class of small protein organelles. I will first discuss two newly discovered encapsulin systems relating to iron metabolism and the global nitrogen cycle. Building on a fundamental understanding of encapsulin assembly\, a number of engineering projects which utilize programmable engineered nanospaces to improve biological production and exert spatiotemporal control over metabolism will then be presented. Finally\, I will briefly outline future projects that employ engineered 3D and 1D nanostructures for applications in drug delivery\, molecular imaging\, biosensing and engineering the biology-electronics interface. UID:48972-11339497@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48972 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biomedical Engineering,Lecture LOCATION:Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building - 1200 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180214T164335 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:EEB Thursday Seminar: Can the Fisher-Lande process account for birds of paradise and other sexual radiations DESCRIPTION:Models of the Fisher-Lande process (FLP) have been used successfully to explore many aspects of evolution by sexual selection. Despite this success\, quantitative tests of these models using data from sexual radiations are rare. Consequently\, we do not know whether realistic versions of the FLP can account for the extent and the rate of evolution of sexually-selected traits. To answer this question\, we generalize the basic FLP model of sexual coevolution and compare predictions of that basic model with patterns observed in an iconic sexual radiation\, birds-of-paradise. Our model tracks the coevolution of male and female traits (two in each sex) while relaxing some restrictive assumptions. Using computer simulations\, we evaluate the behavior of the model and confirm that it is an Ornstein-Uhlenbeck (OU) process. We also assess the ability of the FLP to account for the quantitative aspects of ornament evolution in the genus Paradisaea using published measurements of display traits and a phylogeny of the genus. Finally\, we use program OUwie to compare model fits to generic OU and Brownian motion processes and to estimate FLP parameters. We show that to explain the sexual radiation of the genus Paradisaea one must either invoke extremely weak stabilizing selection on female mating preferences or allow the preference optimum to undergo Brownian motion at a modest rate.\n\nView YouTube video of seminar: https://youtu.be/wx6hIxCuAaY UID:48512-11243800@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48512 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Ecology,Environment,Research,Science LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1200 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180126T085011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:LRCCS Occasional Lecture Series | History as Context for the Present: A Family Story of China’s Coming of Age DESCRIPTION:If you end up on the wrong side of history\, nobody writes yours. Correspondent Scott Tong of Marketplace public radio – and a 2013-14 University of Michigan Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellow – talks about China’s long and interrupted opening to the world\, told through the lives of five people across five generations in his own family. The stories are told in his new book\, A Village with My Name: A Family History of China’s Opening to the World. \n \nHe begins by pursuing the lives of relatives and ancestors whose names are hardly ever spoken at the family table. The untold stories and history help fill in an oft-ignored chapter in the China story: the contribution of mainlanders who adopted the ideas\, music and literature of the outside world. Although A Village with My Name is a personal\, historical work of narrative nonfiction\, it provides history as context to the present. Tong\, who is reporting on the current globalization backlash\, will also address issues of national identity\, globalization and drawbridges that many in the world are asking right now.\n\nScott Tong has reported from more than a dozen countries as correspondent for Marketplace\, from refugee camps in east Africa to shoe factories in eastern China. He toured the oil sands of Canada and snuck into Burma. Currently he serves as correspondent for Marketplace’s Sustainability Desk\, where his coverage focuses on energy\, the environment\, natural resources and the global economy.\n\nIn 2006\, Scott opened Marketplace’s first permanent bureau in China\, as Shanghai bureau chief. His first book\, A Village with My Name: A Family History of China’s Opening to the World (University of Chicago Press\, 2017)\, is a personal\, journalistic discovery of China’s long and interrupted economic opening. More than a faraway story from a long time ago\, it addresses the divisive questions about globalization and drawbridges that many countries are debating today.\n\nHis reporting includes special coverage of the 2016-2017 globalization backlash\; Water: The High Price of Cheap\; Venezuela’s economic collapse\; the triumph of the shareholder value model in the U.S. and the Price of Profits\; the challenge of long-term job creation in the United States\; the 2011 Japan tsunami and recovery\; the 2011 famine in the Horn of Africa\; and the economics of one child in China. In 2013-14\, Scott was awarded the Knight-Wallace journalism fellowship at the University of Michigan.\n\nScott joined Marketplace in 2004\, after working as a producer and off-air reporter for the PBS NewsHour\, where he produced a series of mini-documentaries from Iraq following the U.S. invasion in 2003. He’s appeared on the PBS NewsHour\, the Aspen Ideas Festival and TedxFoggybottom.\n\nA graduate of Georgetown University\, Scott is a native of Poughkeepsie\, New York. He lives in Arlington\, Virginia with his wife Cathy and three children. He is an acknowledged soccer dad and cycles to work at a measured pace.\n\nCosponsored by the U-M Knight-Wallace Program.\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. UID:48862-11317268@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48862 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asia,Chinese Studies,History,Media LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 110 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180122T140819 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T180000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Nate Mills Lecture DESCRIPTION:The concept of the lumpenproletariat\, the “proletariat in rags\,” is peculiar to Marxism (Marx and Engels created the term) yet under-explicated by Marx and neglected in Marxist theoretical discourse. The term names individuals who persist outside of capitalist productive relations and\, as a result\, lack a place within capitalist social formations. Marx typically invokes such types only to dismiss them as irrelevant to theoretical concerns of production and class struggle\, or to scorn them as immoral\, criminal\, and self-interested enemies of the proletariat. The dispossessed of modern society—drifters\, criminals\, underworld agents\, etc.—are thus named by Marxism but denied proper epistemological scrutiny. The lumpenproletariat thus possesses a somewhat archival character: it’s catalogued and registered in Marxism’s conceptual finding aid\, but awaits full exhumation and serious study. Similarly\, much of the Depression-era fiction and poetry of two African American writers—Ralph Ellison and Margaret Walker—that resituates the lumpenproletariat as a means of understanding U.S. social arrangements and imagining revolutionary African American political desires also resides\, unfinished and unstudied\, in manuscript archives. \n\nIn this talk\, I discuss Ellison and Walker’s innovative 1930s writings\, showing how the concept of the lumpenproletariat allowed them to\, in various ways\, renovate Marxist theory in order to illuminate and challenge the intersectional dynamics of capitalism\, patriarchy\, and Jim Crow in America. Ellison and Walker also provide an occasion for thinking the importance of the archive\, not only as a site of innovative experiments in radical literature and culture\, but as a means of designating the place of the understudied within the conceptual topography of Marxist and radical thought. If Walker and Ellison were inspired by a concept Marxism had overlooked and by individuals Depression America had discarded\, then we might consider their efforts as models of how to engage with Marxism through its archive\, through its de-prioritized and unexamined resources.\n\nNathaniel Mills is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of Ragged Revolutionaries: The Lumpenproletariat and African American Marxism in Depression-Era Literature (University of Massachusetts Press\, 2017). His articles on U.S. and African American literary radicalism have appeared or are forthcoming in venues such as African American Review\, MELUS\, Twentieth-Century Literature\, Studies in American Naturalism\, The Cambridge Companion to Richard Wright\, and The Cambridge Companion to American Literature of the 1930s. UID:42999-9693637@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42999 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,Literature,Politics LOCATION:Angell Hall - 3154 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180207T121657 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Russian Undergraduate Conversation Group DESCRIPTION:Are you a student of Russian looking to develop your conversational skills? Does the world of contemporary Russian popular culture interest you? Would you like to meet other ambitious students in the field? If so\, please consider attending the Russian Language conversation group this year at the University of Michigan. Students from all language levels are welcome. \n\nIf you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to participate in this event\, please contact slavic@umich.edu (or call 734.764.5355). Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the University to arrange. UID:48839-11308943@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48839 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:European,International,Language,Literature,Study Abroad,Undergraduate LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - 3310 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180205T110452 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T190000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chili Week DESCRIPTION:Twigs Dining Hall is featuring Chili all week! Come enjoy a variety of unique types of chili. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47492-11529659@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47492 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:Martha Cook Residence CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180205T110452 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chili Week DESCRIPTION:Twigs Dining Hall is featuring Chili all week! Come enjoy a variety of unique types of chili. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47492-10932351@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47492 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:Oxford Housing CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180205T110452 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chili Week DESCRIPTION:Twigs Dining Hall is featuring Chili all week! Come enjoy a variety of unique types of chili. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47492-11529629@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47492 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:East Quadrangle CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180205T110452 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T210000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chili Week DESCRIPTION:Twigs Dining Hall is featuring Chili all week! Come enjoy a variety of unique types of chili. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47492-11529634@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47492 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:South Quad CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180205T110452 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chili Week DESCRIPTION:Twigs Dining Hall is featuring Chili all week! Come enjoy a variety of unique types of chili. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47492-11529639@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47492 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:North Quad CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180205T110452 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T210000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chili Week DESCRIPTION:Twigs Dining Hall is featuring Chili all week! Come enjoy a variety of unique types of chili. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47492-11529644@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47492 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:Bursley Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180205T110452 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chili Week DESCRIPTION:Twigs Dining Hall is featuring Chili all week! Come enjoy a variety of unique types of chili. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47492-11529654@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47492 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:Mary Markley Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180123T172006 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T180000 SUMMARY:Other:ITiMS application due\, March 1! DESCRIPTION:* Funding for dissertation research\, trainings and travel.\n* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition\, stipend\, & insurance) for up to 2 years.\n\nITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.\n\nRequirements:\n1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)\n2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies\; laboratory techniques\; statistics/bioinformatics\; and mathematical modeling\n3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches\n4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department \n\nStudents can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.\nProposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences\, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.\n\nDirectors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu)\; Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)\nVisit our website for more on How to Apply! UID:49197-11386650@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry,Civil and Environmental Engineering,Deadlines,Dissertation,Ecology,Environment,Graduate,Graduate School,Interdisciplinary,Life Science,Mathematics,Medicine,Multidisciplinary Design,Pre Med,Public Health,Research,Scholarship,Scholarships,Science LOCATION:Public Health II CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180223T123025 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T183000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:PwC' s Women's Consulting Experience Presentation DESCRIPTION:Calling all Sophomore women interested in a career in Consulting! Come to the PwC presentation at 5pm in Ross on Thursday\, 2/8 to learnmore about this leadership conference and how you can be on a path to a summer 2019 internship offer now! UID:49867-11557829@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49867 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Ross School of Business, B1580 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180206T143738 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Supersymmetry and the Philosophy of Space and Time DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Some areas of physics are heavily discussed by philosophers\; others are engaged with more sparsely. Despite its being a central component of many attempts to go beyond the standard model of particle physics\, supersymmetry (SUSY) is an example of the latter. This talk is part of an ongoing project to establish a discussion in the philosophy of SUSY.\n\nSUSY is a proposed dynamical symmetry between bosons (broadly speaking\, force carriers) and fermions (matter). As a result of being a transformation between particles of different spin\, the algebra of its generators has an interesting feature---it appears to allow for an interpretation as a (generalisation of a) spacetime symmetry. Construing SUSY as such\, it is possible to re-express the theory in a new setting---superspace\, in which ordinary Minkowski spacetime is augmented with a number of anticommuting ‘dimensions’. These are dimensions along which\, counter-intuitively\, coordinate values are sensitive to the order in which they are multiplied---they cannot\, therefore\, be visualised in the way that ordinary spatial or temporal dimensions are\, as lines extending in some direction. Even though superspace is not a geometry in the familiar point-set sense\, it manifests geometric structure in a more general\, algebraic way: objects with the algebraic properties of vectors\, tensors\, derivative operators and so on are well-defined. Thus metrical and inertial structures exist in superspace\, but algebraically. In this talk\, I address the question of what difference this generalisation makes to our understanding of the roles of the metric and inertial structure in constituting spacetime.\n\n(No prior familiarity with supersymmetry or quantum field theory will be assumed) UID:48908-11328385@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48908 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Philosophy LOCATION:Angell Hall - 1171 (Tanner Library) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180122T123017 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T210000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Weddings Around the World Theme Dinner DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, February 8th\, South Quad Dining hall is having a Wedding's Around the World Theme Dinner! Don't miss out on this delicious meal! Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:49082-11375464@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49082 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:South Quad CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171221T121529 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T171000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T183000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Stephen Burks: Towards a New Perception of Design DESCRIPTION:Stephen Burks believes in a pluralistic vision of design that is inclusive of all cultural perspectives. His ongoing Man Made project bridges the gap separating authentic developing-world production\, industrial manufacturing\, and contemporary design. Independently and through association with many nonprofit organizations\, he has worked as a product development consultant throughout the globe. Through his New York studio\, Stephen Burks Man Made\, many of the world’s leading design-driven brands have commissioned Burks to develop collections that engage hand production as a strategy for innovation for manufacturers worldwide. His work has been exhibited internationally\, including solo museum exhibitions at the Studio Museum in Harlem and the Museum of Arts & Design. He has received the Illinois Institute of Technology Alumni Professional Achievement Award\, the Brooklyn Museum Young Modernist Award\, the Architektur & Wohnen Audi Mentor Prize\, and the 2008 United States Artists Architecture & Design Target Fellowship Grant\, as well as the 2015 Cooper Hewitt National Design Award in product design.\n\nThis Penny Stamps Speaker Series event is supported by the Detroit Creative Corridor Center\, stewards of the UNESCO City of Design designation. UID:47870-11035895@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47870 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180113T181954 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T210000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:4th Annual W.M. Trotter Lecture DESCRIPTION:The W.M. Trotter Multicultural Center is honored to be centering the voices of transgender and non-binary individuals at our 4th Annual W.M. Trotter Lecture\, with a particular focus on the intersecting identities of gender and race. We are beyond thrilled to welcome to the University of Michigan\, speakers Janet Mock\, author of Redefining Realness\, Surpassing Certainty\, and King Amiyah Scott of Fox Network’s STAR. Current and former students and staff from the University of Michigan will also contribute to this phenomenal event! We aim to hold a space in which the personal narratives and lives of trans folks can be shared\, celebrated\, and honored.\n\nPrevious lectures include The Black Male Athlete\; Who is He and What is He to You in 2016\, which was held in the Ross Auditorium\, celebrating Student Leaders in 2015\; as well as\, the 2014 Inaugural W.M. Trotter Lecture that featured activist\, poet\, and educator Cheryl Clarke. UID:47335-10869002@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47335 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,Culture,Discussion,Diversity,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Education,Faculty,first-generation,Free,Graduate Students,Inclusion,Lecture,LGBT,Media,Multicultural,Networking,Poetry,Reception,Social Impact,Social Justice,Storytelling,Student Affairs,Talk,Women's Studies LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Rackham Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180130T104238 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T200000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Angst: Raising Awareness Around Anxiety DESCRIPTION:Producers Scilla Andreen and Karin Gornick have one goal: to start a global conversation and raise awareness around anxiety. Through candid interviews\, they utilize the power of film to tell the stories of many kids and teens who discuss their anxiety and its impacts on their lives and relationships\, as well as how they’ve found solutions and hope. The film also includes a special interview with Michael Phelps\, a mental health advocate and one of the greatest athletes of all-time. In addition\, the documentary provides discussions with mental health experts about the causes of anxiety and its sociological effects\, along with the help\, resources and tools available to address the condition. \n\nAfter the 56 minute screening\, there will be a discussion facilitated by professionals from U-M Counseling and Psychological Services. UID:49239-11397812@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49239 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Film,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Angell Hall - Aud B CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180223T123027 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T190000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:DPhiE: Build Your Network DESCRIPTION:70% of jobs/internships are found through networking\, wait\, what? But\, how do I start “networking?” This workshop will give you the confidence and tools to examine personal and potential connections withalumni and professionals. We will go into how to conduct informational interviewing to use as a tool for connection building. \nYou should come if you...\n- feel like you should be “networking” but not sure how to begin\n- want to learn ways to connect with alumni and friends\n- looking forways to boost your internship or job search game\nWhat you’ll do:\n- Develop understanding of networking and the importance\n- Examine your current and potential connections\n- Identify ways to expand your network\n- Recognize ways to utilize LinkedIn and UCAN for building connections\nWhat you need to do before coming... UID:50006-11613949@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/50006 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:800 Oxford Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104, United States CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180205T162819 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T200000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Eye On Detroit: The Automation Apocalypse DESCRIPTION:The world of work is changing dramatically. Robots and algorithms are projected to take over many jobs humans currently have. As this scenario plays out the City of Detroit is challenged by a skills gap in the current workforce. Join us as we discuss the options and opportunities for Detroiters to gain the skills of the future and the challenges facing the City in providing the necessary training. \n\nThe following panelists will be featured: \n-Chad Livengood\, Crain Publications\n-Patrick Beal\, Detroit Training Center\n-Krista McKinney\, Randolph Career and Tech Center\n-John Austin\, Michigan Economic Center\n\nThe event will be moderated by UM Professor Jeff DeGraff.\n\nRSVP at http://myumi.ch/6kbzb. UID:49179-11386615@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49179 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Detroit,Discussion,Information and Technology,Professional Development LOCATION:Detroit Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180208T180017 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T190000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:North Campus Bible Study DESCRIPTION:Weekly Bible study on Exodus UID:49048-11369802@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49048 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Corner Room - Pierpont Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180117T130446 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T193000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Peer Perspectives: Finance DESCRIPTION:Learn more about the finance recruiting process from your peers who have successfully secured analyst positions at major firms. UID:48872-11320035@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48872 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Business,Corporate,Internship,Networking,Undergraduate LOCATION:LSA Building - 2001 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180126T123212 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T190000 SUMMARY:Rally / Mass Meeting:U-M Biological Station Information Session DESCRIPTION:Interested in the U-M Biological Station? Come learn more about earning credits\, gaining research experience\, and spending the spring and/or summer at our field station in beautiful Northern Michigan. UMBS professors and staff will be on hand to answer questions and discuss 2018 course offerings. UID:48399-11230610@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48399 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Chemistry,Ecology,Environment,Life Science LOCATION:Dana Natural Resources Building - 2024 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180102T150811 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Active Learning Practice DESCRIPTION:This session offers an opportunity to practice active learning techniques by presenting a lesson to a small peer group. In advance\, participants review short online videos about active learning. Then\, participants plan and deliver a 10-minute lesson using active learning. Finally\, participants reflect on their experience and exchange supportive feedback.\n\nPractice teaching sessions will be in the Gorguze Family Laboratory (home of CRLT-Engin). You should report promptly at either 3:15 or 5:45 pm to 211 Gorguze Family Laboratory\, where you will be directed to your Practice Teaching room. UID:47430-10901460@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47430 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Education,Engineering,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Gorguze Family Laboratory - 211 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180129T162211 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T203000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Café Shapiro DESCRIPTION:Students\, nominated by their instructors\, have been invited to read their own poems and short stories to a peer audience. For many student writers\, Café Shapiro is a first opportunity to read publicly from their creative work. For others\, it provides a fresh audience\, and the ability to experience the work of students they may not encounter in writing classes.\n\nThrough its over 20 years of existence\, Café Shapiro has evolved to become several nights of sharing among some of our best undergraduate writers\, their friends\, families\, and the wider community. This year there are a total of 46 students participating over five days. We'll have light refreshments available. Please stop by!\n\nMonday\, 2/5/18\nTuesday\, 2/6/18\nThursday\, 2/8/18\nMonday\, 2/12/18\nTuesday\, 2/13/18\n\nRead student work from many previous years in annual Café Shapiro Anthologies: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cafe?page=issues UID:49336-11420289@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49336 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Library,Poetry,Writing LOCATION:Shapiro Library - Bert's Study Lounge (Lobby) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180131T111617 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T203000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CMENAS and EMU Lecture. Why is Anyone Anti-Vaccine? A History of Vaccination and Anti-Vaccination DESCRIPTION:Ellen Amster is the Hannah Chair in the History of Medicine at McMaster University\, and Associate Professor in the Departments of Family Medicine and History. She received her B.A. from the University of Chicago and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. A historian of North Africa and France\, her research on science in the French-Islamic colonial encounter was first a book\, Medicine and the Saints: Science\, Islam\, and the Colonial Encounter in Morocco\, 1877-1956 (University of Texas ) and now extends to a field and Arabic course for students in Morocco and CIHR-funded global health work in maternal and infant health. Her recent articles touch on political Islam\, Islamic biopolitics\, the history of public health\, and Sufism\; her current research includes Muslim midwifery\, medical humanities\, the material and visual cultures of religion\, the body\, and women’s history. She has created the History of Medicine and Medical Humanities Research Portal\, a resource for all researchers with library\, archival\, museum\, and digital collections.\n\nCo-sponsors: \nEastern Michigan University Center for Jewish Studies\, Eastern Michigan University College of Health and Human Services UID:49545-11473478@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49545 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Discussion,History,Medicine,Middle East Studies LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Room 300 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180131T181521 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T190000 SUMMARY:Performance:Department of Theatre & Drama Studio Production: Wild Honey DESCRIPTION:By Michael Frayn.\nFrom the Comedy by Anton Chekhov. \nDirected by Gillian Eaton. \n\nA glorious few weeks in the hot sun drives a community of provincial characters into frenzies of wild passion. Adapted from Chekhov’s first play written when he was only 21 years old\, Wild Honey hilariously foreshadows his later works. UID:47095-10790908@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47095 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Theater LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Newman Studio CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180118T140500 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T203000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Jane Austen LIVE DESCRIPTION:If you love all things Austen\, from the books\, to the frocks\, to the many\, many film adaptations\, this event is for you. Audience members will be invited to participate in Austen-themed games such as Who Wants to Marry a Single Man in Possession of a Good Fortune. There will be book and movie trivia and chances to win fabulous prizes. This event is for Austen lovers of all stripes\, so whether your fandom extends to wearing a bonnet or is limited to discreet snickering at Emma Woodhouse jokes\, please join us!\n\nThis event is intended for Ages 21+ UID:48928-11331173@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48928 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Library,Social LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180208T180017 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T230000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Zouk Thursdays DESCRIPTION:7:00pm Intermediate Lesson\n8:00pm Practica practice\n9:00pm 2-hour Zouk Social\n\nLocation: Michigan Union in the Parker room (second floor)\nCost:Free for first timeMembership required for continued lessonsPractica and Social always free (don't need membership to attend those)Membership details in a photo in the photo album (or can email janibogo@umich.edu to get info sent directly to you)\nEveryone is welcome. You don’t have to be a student. You don’t have to have any experience in dance. We have a very welcoming community filled with dancers of all levels. I can’t wait to meet you and make you addicted to Zouk. :) UID:48091-11180538@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48091 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180122T181516 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T193000 SUMMARY:Performance:SMTD Faculty Showcase DESCRIPTION:A mini-collage concert of faculty performers featuring Elizabeth Ames\, piano\; Danielle Belen\, violin\; Andrew Bishop\, saxophone\; Amy I-Lin Cheng\, piano\; David Daniels\, countertenor\; Christopher Harding\, piano\; Jeffrey Lyman\, bassoon\; Martin Katz\, piano\; Nancy Ambrose King\, oboe\; Timothy McAllister\, saxophone\; Jonathan Ovalle\, percussion\; Amy Porter\, flute\; Ellen Rowe\, piano\; Stephen Shipps\, violin\; and Adam Unsworth\, horn. UID:47183-10813700@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47183 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180208T180017 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T220000 SUMMARY:Exercise / Fitness:Mswing Open Swing DESCRIPTION:We play mostly current music\, but its a mix of everything you could potentially swing dance. We teach hustle which is a type of swing dance. So beginners are always welcome. As are people who want to learn aerials and flips. We are a group of people who just like to dance. Come and join. :) UID:48189-11185898@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48189 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan League CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180601T120009 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T235959 SUMMARY:Community Service:Assisting Elderly At Medical Appointments With Jewish Family Services and Partners In Care Concierge DESCRIPTION:Volunteers will accompany older adults to medical appointments and provide support to the client.  Volunteers will facilitate communication with medical staff to ensure all necessary questions are asked\, taking notes for the patients to reference.  Just 2-3 hours of your time can help patients to attend appointments safely and provide comfort and confidence to them and their family members.  Volunteers must commit to a minimum of one appointment a month for a minimum of nine months.  Must fill out application\, background check\, and attend a two-hour training session. Contact carolcib@umich.edu for the necessary materials and directions to apply!40 Points/SemesterSign-Up Here UID:43238-12816434@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43238 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Jewish Family Services CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170807T101147 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T235900 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:First 7 Week Classes Pass/Fail Deadline DESCRIPTION:First 7 week classes drop and pass/fail deadline without SSC Petition UID:41766-9470818@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41766 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Deadlines,Engineering Academic Calendar,Graduate Students,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180502T120011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Food Distribution with Community Action Network DESCRIPTION:Volunteers help distribute food from the truck\, \"shop\" with families\, and clean the community center afterward. Volunteers must complete volunteer application and brief online training. This is a large-scale food pantry in Ann Arbor that supplies food to hungry families. Join us and make a positive difference by helping families select the foods they need to bring back to their families.  Sign-Up Here UID:42456-12507641@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42456 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Bryant Community Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180225T180015 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Michigan Difference Student Leadership Awards Nominations DESCRIPTION:Are you a student leader? Have you been inspired by a student leader? Help recognize student contributions to campus and the world by nominating and attending the Michigan Difference Student Leadership Awards. Nominations can be submitted by students\, faculty\, and staff members\, now through Sunday\, February 25\, 2018. NOMINATE TODAY! For questions about the event please email bluecarpet@umich.edu.  UID:49718-11762512@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49718 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:https://studentlife.umich.edu/article/nominate-student-leader CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180408T060016 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T235959 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Practice on Rowing Machines DESCRIPTION:Practices on rowing machines with the team.Time:Wednesdays:  7AM (~80 min)Fridays:         7AM (~80 min)Sundays:       9AM (~120 min) UID:50346-12237297@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/50346 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:IMSB CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180413T000026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T235959 SUMMARY:Other:UMix Winter 2018 DESCRIPTION:UMix Late Night attendance for winter 2018 UID:51525-12291323@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/51525 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170927T201723 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T235900 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Window Installation | Cosmogonic Tattoos DESCRIPTION:In celebration of the University’s Bicentennial in 2017\, artist and professor Jim Cogswell has been invited by the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology and the University of Michigan Museum of Art to create a set of public window installations in response to the objects in their collections. Titled \"Cosmogonic Tattoos\,\" his project uses adhesive vinyl images applied in saturated colors to windows in the two buildings\, highlighting the role of these museums in the life of our campus community. Through close examination of objects separated from us by deep chronological and cultural divides\, imaginatively transformed within our campus context\, this project celebrates the power of architecture\, ornament\, and material objects to shape knowledge\, historical memory\, and cultural identity. UID:44018-9869333@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/44018 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Archaeology,Art,Exhibition,Museum LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171117T093156 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:\"Student Reflections: A Retrospective of Dental Education\" DESCRIPTION:“Student Reflections: A Retrospective of Dental Education\,” 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday\, through December 2019\, Sindecuse Museum of Dentistry\, School of Dentistry\, 1011 N. University. The major new exhibit features artifacts\, photos and stories of student life in the 142 years that the U-M dental school has been educating dentists. Displays date to the late 1880s when “new technology” meant primitive gas lamps replaced window light\, which was the only light source for dental treatment when the school was founded in 1875. The exhibit showcases changes in students\, tools and technology from the school’s pioneering early days to its standing today as one of the top dental schools in the world. UID:46881-10667186@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46881 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dentistry,History,Science LOCATION:Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute - Atrium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171117T093156 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:\"Student Reflections: A Retrospective of Dental Education\" DESCRIPTION:“Student Reflections: A Retrospective of Dental Education\,” 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday\, through December 2019\, Sindecuse Museum of Dentistry\, School of Dentistry\, 1011 N. University. The major new exhibit features artifacts\, photos and stories of student life in the 142 years that the U-M dental school has been educating dentists. Displays date to the late 1880s when “new technology” meant primitive gas lamps replaced window light\, which was the only light source for dental treatment when the school was founded in 1875. The exhibit showcases changes in students\, tools and technology from the school’s pioneering early days to its standing today as one of the top dental schools in the world. UID:46881-10667297@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46881 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dentistry,History,Science LOCATION:Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute - Atrium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180214T140043 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism DESCRIPTION:This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health\, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves\, their children\, and their communities.\n\nOn display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March). \n\nThe exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History\, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells\, Mahal Stevens\, Jewel Drigo\, Kelly Kacan\, and Alyssa Erebor.\n\nFunding and support from the Department of History\, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies\, University Library\, Hatcher Gallery Team\, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History. UID:50081-11633569@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,History,Medicine,Social Justice,Women's Studies LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Lobby CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T133905 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Contemplate the Calm: Mixed Media DESCRIPTION:A Japanese native\, now living in Royal Oak\, Michigan\, Hiroko Lancour has become a full-time artist after retiring from her career in information technology. She is a mixed media artist with cross cultural aesthetics between East and West. Lancour often uses repetitive patterns and processes with natural materials such as paper and fiber. Her contemplative works transcend cultural differences to address common feelings among many people. UID:47148-10802039@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47148 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness,International,Japanese Studies LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T140141 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Detroit Music Legends DESCRIPTION:As a community activist and artist in Detroit who focuses on neighborhood empowerment\, Nicole Macdonald makes large scale public paintings featuring city luminaries past and present on reclaimed materials. The Detroit Music Legend portraits are 6 x 8 foot\, the size of the windows where they will be installed in late 2018 on the Detroit Savings Bank Building\, designed by Albert Kahn at 6438 Woodward Avenue. A muralist\, collagist\, painter and tagger\, Macdonald co-founded City Sculpture\, a nonprofit Detroit art park\, is a board member of Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit\, and has exhibited at the Detroit Institute of Arts and Casco Gallery\, Netherlands. UID:47154-10802376@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47154 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Art,Children,Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness,Music,Social Impact LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T134533 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Distinctive American Art Tile DESCRIPTION:Motawi Tileworks was started in Ann Arbor\, Michigan 25 years ago by Nawal Motawi in a small garage. Today\, Motawi tiles are sold in over 300 locations nationwide\, including galleries and the shops in Detroit Institute of Arts and the National Gallery of Art in Washington\, DC. Tiles are made from a porcelain hybrid clay\, a recipe unique to Motawi tiles. The raised lines on each tile require a hand glaze technique to pool the glaze between the lines. Motawi Tileworks has many themed collections\, some based on the work of fine artists such as Frank Lloyd Wright and Charley Harper. You can also see 17 permanent Motawi art tile murals throughout Michigan Medicine. UID:47151-10802124@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47151 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T135516 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents From Mud to Beauty: Ceramics DESCRIPTION:Jean-Marc Fontaine\, a French scientist and artist who earned his Ph.D. from University of Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris\, presents a unique set of ceramic works inspired from 10th-8th century BC to the present day. The style varies from simple\, traditional forms to elaborate\, one-of-a-kind creations. Featuring rustic antique surfaces\, warm colors and highly individualized textures\, his work also occasionally takes whimsical forms. He also plays the accordion. Fontaine is a research scientist at the U-M Medical School in biochemistry. UID:47153-10802292@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47153 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Classical Studies,Culture,European,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness,International LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171218T153927 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Ink Portraits DESCRIPTION:Based out of Chelsea\, Michigan\, John Pappas believes that if you can imagine a fun idea making sense\, you should make it. He applies this to both his graphic design and fine art. With so much to see and ruminate on in life\, Pappas keeps his hands busy by putting pen to paper. This body of work consists of portraits drawn with ink on a variety of surfaces including paper\, basswood and aspen panels in an offbeat pen and ink style that leans heavily on pointillism and crosshatching. The subjects range from athletes to musicians to personal friends. UID:47155-10802460@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47155 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Athletics,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T140926 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents My Playground: Assemblage Sculpture DESCRIPTION:Starting with watercolor\, Joan Painter-Jones’ work kept building out farther and farther until it became sculpture. Brought up in a household where money was tight\, she doesn’t like to waste anything and is captivated by old scraps of things with peeling paint and rusty metal – especially broken things that have a story to tell. She usually starts out with an interesting piece of wood and builds on it\, often painting on it and adding collage\, all while developing an emotional connection to it. Working in her quiet Milan\, Michigan backyard art loft “playground\,” she has no message to preach with her work\, just her own personal wish for peace and justice. UID:47156-10802544@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47156 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T134925 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Prairie Mantras: Paint & Vinyl on Aluminum DESCRIPTION:Desiree Warren’s current body of work is a journey using one shape (the orzo) to create a multitude of layers that evoke landscapes and organic assimilations. Growing up in the country in Kansas\, she had wide open spaces to explore\, as well as many of her family’s dilapidated farm buildings and overgrown pasture lands. At the University of Kansas\, she began working with street sign material and has continued to incorporate aluminum and vinyl in her work. Part of this series is included in the 2017 Women to Watch: Metals exhibition at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City\, Missouri\, where she lives and works. UID:47152-10802208@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47152 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T141252 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents The Desert Southwest: Photography DESCRIPTION:Born and raised in Flint\, Michigan\, Daniel Sidoli has always had the creative itch. It led him to the University of Nevada\, Las Vegas and a BA degree in Fine Arts. With this body of work\, his intent is to capture images that illustrate the unique landscape that erosion sculpts over time. His goal with photography is to be artistic yet convey truth. He wants the subject to inspire the audience and leave a lasting impression: to elicit an emotional response. Each image represents moments in time and of journeys traveled\, both figuratively and literally\, since he is involved in every step of the process as he sees each piece to completion. UID:47157-10802628@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47157 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Cancer Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Comprehensive Cancer Center, Level 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171214T122637 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Life and Times of Lizzy Bennet DESCRIPTION:As the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s death\, 2017 presents an opportunity to showcase not only significant early editions of Austen’s works held in the Special Collections Library\, but a much broader swath of materials revealing the historical milieu in which she and her characters lived.\n\nThe 1780s-1810s was a tumultuous time period in Britain with effects reaching to the present day\, and we are fortunate to be able to draw on a rich collection of sources that illustrate Austen’s historical moment\, from A Companion to the Ballroom and The Book of Common Prayer to An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species... and A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.\n\nThe Library will be closed December 23 to January 1. UID:45823-10310448@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/45823 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,History,Library,Literature LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Audubon Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180224T063020 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T122000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:DocNetwork Business Development Startup Immersion DESCRIPTION: \nOn Friday\, February 9th\, the University Career Center will be taking 25 students to spend half a day at DocNetwork in Ann Arbor. During this experience\, students will tour the organization & have the chance to see the new work space. Students will engage with the DocNetwork team and gain a deeper understanding of their different areas of work\, specifically Customer Success and Account Management. Participants will leave with a complete understanding of the company\, their roles\, and their great company culture! \n\nThis is a great opportunity for undergraduate students interested in learning about working in business development at a startup organization. DocNetwork is the parent company of CampDoc and SchoolDoc providing the leading electronic health record system for camps and schools. The company has consistently doubled in size\, winning the SPARK Fast Track awards for the past two years. \n\nDocNetwork Business Development Startup Immersion schedule: \n\n8:30am - Meet at the first floor of the Student Activities Building \n8:45am - Take bus from the Student Activities Building to DocNetwork in Ann Arbor\n9:00am - Immersion visit starts \n - Tour the DocNetwork space \n - Meet with DocNetwork team & learn about the day-to-day of different roles (Current interns\, Account Managers\, \n Head of Accounts\, Director of Operations\, Support Lead\, Owner/CEO\, and an Intern turned full-time Account Manager)\n - Hear from DocNetwork HR to learn what they're looking for on applications/interviews \n - Experience what some of their work is like through an interactive activity with DocNetwork team members \n12:00pm - Immersion ends \n12:20pm - Arrive back at the Student Activities Building \n\nAny questions? Email Kathleen at kathlmcd@umich.edu \n\n***The University Career Center will be providing transportation for this visit. This application will open on Monday\, January 22nd and close on Friday\, February 2nd - please click 'join event' tofill out your application if you are certain you would be available to attend. We will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis and if there isa large interest in the event and we receive a large number of applications early on\, this application may close early. Students must be able to attend the full program to participate. University Career Center staff willbe along with you on the Immersion to guide you through the day\, and more details will be provided to the selected participants. Students are advised to bring a copy of their updated resume to the event. \n\nIf you areno longer able to attend this Immersion\, you must notify Kathleen of thecancellation via email at kathlmcd@umich.edu by 2/2/18. If you do not formally cancel by 2/2/18\, you will receive a cancellation penalty. For moreinformation on Immersion policies\, please visit: https://careercenter.umich.edu/article/handshake-policy-statement UID:47907-11048822@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47907 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:4750 Venture Drive STE 101, Ann Arbor, MI 48108 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180115T182509 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibition | Excavating Archaeology @ U-M: 1817‐2017 DESCRIPTION:This exhibition explores the history of archaeology and museums at the University of Michigan for the past 200 years and looks forward to the future of archaeology and museums at Michigan in the coming century. The exhibition relies on carefully chosen objects\, archival documents and images\, and other illustrative materials to examine moments in the history of the University of Michigan’s involvements in archaeology and the location of archaeology in the museum environment.\n\nCurators: Carla M. Sinopoli and Terry G. Wilfong\n\nVisit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/excavating-archaeology-bicentennial/ UID:44170-9889143@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/44170 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Archaeology,Bicentennial,Exhibition,Museum LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180102T121524 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Future Former: An Exhibition of Alumni Work DESCRIPTION:Future Former: An Exhibition of Alumni Work honors the creative work and careers of all Stamps School alumni\, creates an aspirational connection between generations of U-M artists and designers and current Stamps students\, and inspires reflection during the university’s Bicentennial year. Funds raised through this exhibition will support new studios and collaborative spaces at Stamps.\n\nCurated by Stamps Professor Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo with alumna Emily Schumer (BFA 2017)\, Future Former will be on view Monday\, January 8-Friday\, February 9\, 2018 on the first floor of the Art and Architecture Building.\n\nExhibition Dates: Monday\, January 8 - Friday\, February 9\, 2018\nArtist Panel and Reception: Monday\, January 29\, 2018 from 5 - 6:30 pm\nArtist Panel: 5 pm\, Stamps Auditorium\nReception: 5:45 pm\, Street Gallery UID:43757-9838288@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43757 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Art,Exhibition LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180110T135934 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:of 72 DESCRIPTION:Note: Ebony Patterson Stamps lecture takes place Feb 1\, 5pm\, at the Michigan Theater\, immediately followed at 6pm by artist reception at the Institute for the Humanities.\n\n“What happens when seventy-two men and one woman die and no one knows who they are?” Jamaican artist Ebony Patterson’s of 72—a mixed media work on fabric with digital imagery\, embroidery\, rhinestones\, trimmings\, bandanas\, and floral appliques—considers the 2010 “Tivoli Incursion” in Kingston\, Jamaica. This armed conflict between the Shower Posse drug cartel and Jamaica's military and police took place when security forces began searching for drug lord Christopher \"Dudus\" Coke\, after the United States requested his extradition. The violence killed at least 73 civilians.\n\n\"Of 72\" will be in conversation with Patterson's more recent work \"...And Babies...\" created at the Tyler School of Art\, Temple University. The lush tapestry-like floor piece continues where \"Of 72\" leaves us and serves to honor both the spirit and the loss of so many black bodies...women\, little boys\, little girls\, even babies\, subjected to acts of violence and abuse. \n\nEbony G. Patterson is a Jamaican artist born in Kingston\, Jamaica. She studied at Edna Manley College of Visual and Performing Arts and the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis. An assistant professor in painting at the University of Kentucky\, she has shown her artwork in numerous solo and private exhibitions and is represented by Monique Meloche Gallery. UID:47319-10866158@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47319 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,History,International,Latin America,Multicultural,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180116T161608 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Pre-Fab/Post-Fab: Art in a Readymade Era DESCRIPTION:Pre-Fab/Post-Fab: Art in a Readymade Era showcases the works of Heidi Barlow\, Shaina Kasztelan\, and Bailey Scieszka\, three young women artists based in Detroit\, MI. Their work\, although varying in style and form\, speaks to a generation growing up with the influence of mass consumption\, internet shopping\, the glut of plastic toys\, fake jewels\, and tchotchkes. Whereas artists of the ‘60s and ‘70s reached first for paint tubes and canvas\, these artists use inexpensive and lowbrow materials to twist the signifiers of pop culture\, as they relate to gender politics and American ideals. It’s a balancing act between the icing and the cake\, surface and substance. \n\nBarlow’s confection-like constructs are unsettling\, much like an empty float or matted-hair Barbie in a backyard pool. Although enticing\, they allude to something lost in the translation\, some sweetness\, or idealism gone missing\, along with what once mattered. Yet\, the work isn’t cynical\, but embraces transition instead. We’ve hardened a little in the process\, much like the stiff and sugary piping Barlow often incorporates in her works. And maybe that’s a good thing. \n\nIf Barlow’s aesthetic leans towards Stepford Wives gone awry and the guilty pleasure of eBay\, Shaina Kasztelan offers us psychedelic Middle America. Her assemblages are disorienting\, vertigo-inducing. Technicolor sculptures conjure up hallucinations of the mall\, or spinning carnival rides that last too long. Kasztelan’s work is sinister\, even a little menacing. As viewers we are leery.\n\nFinally\, Bailey Scieszka takes this subversive garish ethos full tilt and invents her own world\, literally morphing into her own creation. Scieszka’s alter-ego Old Put\, a demonic shape-shifting clown\, becomes the artist/protagonist and creates work in performance\, video and drawing. Old Put collects pop culture references like artifacts of a lost civilization\, and seems as likely to commit a murder as bake a cake. \n\nFor Barlow\, Kasztelan and Scieszka\, outdated paradigms about class\, good taste\, and femininity are just temporal flashes in the pan. And it’s their party. UID:47322-10866221@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47322 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Multicultural,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Osterman Common Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180206T104734 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T170000 SUMMARY:Ceremony / Service:Science as Art Exhibition and Award Ceremony DESCRIPTION:Come and view the Science As Art entries all week February 5-9\, 2018 in Hatcher Graduate Library\, Room 100. Contest winners will be announced at the Awards Ceremony on Friday\, February 9 from 2-4pm. Refreshments will be served. UID:49803-11540898@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49803 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180529T094952 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T103000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Workshop on Poverty and Inequality DESCRIPTION:This workshop series\, sponsored by Poverty Solutions\, is designed to engage PhD students in an ongoing dialogue on poverty in America and to explore poverty-related research. \n\nFall 2018 speakers and dates TBD.\n\nInterested students are invited to contact Poverty Solutions Administrative Coordinator Damien Siwik at dsiwik@umich.edu. UID:43185-10703029@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43185 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Poverty LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - 5240 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180209T103514 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T160000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:History of Chinese Food in America DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by the Confucius Institute and Department of Asian Languages and Cultures\, the conference will examine the historical and contemporary connections between Chinese food in America. The participants will discuss various issues surrounding food practices and traditions in China and in America including cookeries\, culinary traditions\, and more.\n\nDiscussants: \nYong Chen\, Professor of History\, UC Irvine\nYan Liang\, Professor of Chinese Language and Literature\, Great Valley State University\nCarolyn Phillips\, Blogger\, writer\, and chef @MadameHuang\nEdward Q. Wang\, Professor of History\, Rowan University\n \n10 AM -12 PM Panel Discussion 1 \n12 PM - 1 PM Lunch (RSVP Closed)\n1-2:30 PM Panel Discussion 2\n2:30 - 4 PM Panel Discussion 3 (closed door session) UID:49778-11532468@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49778 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chinese Studies,Culture,Food LOCATION:Michigan League - Michigan Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171013T100606 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Pioneer Americanists: Early Collectors\, Dealers\, and Bibliographers DESCRIPTION:The Pioneer Americanists: Early Collectors\, Dealers\, and Bibliographers is a captivating look at the lives and careers of eight generations of outstanding Americanists prior to 1900.\n\nIt features books\, manuscripts and pictorial material about White Kennett\, Isaiah Thomas\, James Lenox\, Joseph Sabin\, John Carter Brown\, Lyman Copeland Draper\, George Brinley Jr.\, and the other noteworthy specialists who created and nurtured the Americana field from the late seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries. Rarities from the remarkable collections of the Clements Library help provide a panoramic window on the early story of Americana appreciation\, collecting and description. Anyone with a professional or avocational interest in antiquarian Americana will find The Pioneer Americanists a fascinating treasury of information\, enlightenment and inspiration. UID:45741-10273894@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/45741 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Books,Education,History,Library,Literature,Museum,Philosophy,Research LOCATION:William Clements Library - Avenir Foundation Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180207T191043 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T113000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Information-age Conflict DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT: War is changing. It is being redefined by the connectivity and accessibility of today’s information age conveniences like smart phones and the internet. This has been enabled by rapid advances in Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Arguably\, ICT can fuel conflict\, which can now play out in new virtual venues including the world of social media. The growing dependence of individuals and states on ICT exacerbates their vulnerabilities as does the interconnections and interdependence growing between nation-states. Traditionally\, the definition of war between nation-states has been characterized by “armed conflict.” This is no longer the case. Information warfare (vs. traditional kinetic warfare) may be emerging as a more likely form. And\, free and open societies appear to be at a disadvantage to some extent. In this talk\, Dr. Porche will discuss how this new normal came about\, including the technology and policies that have enabled it. The goal of this talk is to motivate the audience to think about how technology and technological progress can do the following: (i) mitigate the vulnerabilities that free and open societies have inherited and (ii) safeguard key values like privacy and free expression\, which is what has helped foster the technological growth of the last few decades. \n\nBIO: Dr. Porche is a senior engineer at the RAND Corporation\, where he currently serves as the Director of the Acquisition and Development Program in the Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center (HSOAC). As a program director\, he overseas a wide range of projects supporting the Department of Homeland Security and its components. Dr. Porche joined RAND in 1998 after graduating from the University of Michigan with a Ph.D. in electrical engineering. He has led research projects for the U.S. Navy\, the U.S. Army\, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)\, the Joint Staff\, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense. He has served on the U.S. Army Science Board supporting a number of its cyber-related panels. He is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Cyber and Homeland Security at George Washington University. At the Institute of Politics and Strategy at Carnegie Mellon University\, Dr. Porche serves as an adjunct instructor\, where he teaches a graduate class titled “Policy and Technology of Cyberwar.” He has authored numerous RAND publications\, peer-reviewed journal articles and conference papers. He is also a frequent contributor of op-eds and commentary for news outlets on military and science topics and has been quoted in other media outlets including National Public Radio\, the San Francisco Chronicle\, and the Baltimore Sun. Dr. Porche’s areas of expertise include cybersecurity\, network and communication technology\, intelligence\, surveillance\, and reconnaissance (ISR) systems\, data mining\, modeling and simulation\, cybersecurity\, rapid acquisition processes\, and operations research techniques. In 2016\, he presented testimony on emerging cyber threats and implications before the House Homeland Security Committee\, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity\, Infrastructure Protection\, and Security Technologies. His latest RAND publication\, Cyber Power Potential of the Army’s Reserve Component\, focuses on how to train\, manage\, and develop the Army’s cyber force. He is the author of the forthcoming book Cyberwarfare 101: Technology\, Tactics\, and Techniques for Information-age Conflict (Artech House\, 2019). \n\nABOUT THE EVENT: Dr. Porche is the inaugural speaker for the ECE Willie Hobbs Moore Alumni Lecture.\n\nThe ECE Willie Hobbs Moore Alumni Lecture is given by ECE alumni from traditionally underrepresented groups in Electrical and Computer Engineering who are leaders in their field and serve as role models for the ECE community through their leadership\, impact on society\, service to the community\, or other contributions.\n\nWillie Hobbs Moore (1934–1994) was the first African American woman at Michigan to earn a BS and MS in Electrical Engineering (‘58 and ‘61)\, and the first African American woman in the country to earn a PhD in physics in 1972. She joined Ford Motor Company in 1977\, where she was known for expanding the use of Japanese engineering and manufacturing methods. She was named one of the 100 “most promising black women in corporate America” by Ebony magazine in 1991. UID:49276-11406204@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49276 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Engineering,Graduate Students,Information and Technology,Lecture,Politics,Public Policy,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building - 1200 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180205T110452 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T140000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chili Week DESCRIPTION:Twigs Dining Hall is featuring Chili all week! Come enjoy a variety of unique types of chili. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47492-10932347@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47492 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:Oxford Housing CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180123T134323 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:In the Archives: Black Radical Thought DESCRIPTION:This roundtable will focus on the role of institutions in shaping the work of black radical authors and artists and on the archival research needed to track that history. \nParticipants include Nate Mills (University of Minnesota\; UM English PhD 2011)\, Howard Brick\, Ingrid Diran\, Daniel Fryer\, and Alan Wald. \n\nTo RSVP\, please contact Hayley O'Malley (hayleyom@umich.edu) UID:47409-10891058@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47409 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,Literature LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Osterman Common Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171106T140104 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Matisse Drawings: Curated by Ellsworth Kelly from The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Collection DESCRIPTION:\"Matisse Drawings: Curated by Ellsworth Kelly from The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Collection\" showcases the master draftsmanship of two of the most significant artists of the twentieth century: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) and Ellsworth Kelly (1923–2015). Curated by Kelly in 2014\, the exhibition speaks to his admiration for Matisse\, as well as to the centrality of drawing in both artists’ practices. To accompany the forty-five rarely exhibited works by Matisse made in the first half of the 20th century\, which reveal his process and range of creativity as a draftsman\, Kelly selected nine of his own lithographic drawings that derive from his time in France during the 1960s\, when the American artist studied Matisse’s sketches and studies of nature and human figures. Together\, the works by Matisse and Kelly form a thought-provoking\, visually striking artistic dialogue\, allowing viewers to experience one artist through the eyes of another and to immerse themselves in the pleasures of close looking.\n \n\"Matisse Drawings: Curated by Ellsworth Kelly from The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Collection\" is organized by the American Federation of Arts and the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum in collaboration with The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation.\n\nThis exhibition was made possible by the generous support of the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust and The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation. Additional support provided by the JFM Foundation and Mrs. Donald M. Cox.\n\nLead support for the local presentation of this exhibition is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, Michigan Medicine\, the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs\, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund\, and the University of Michigan Ross School of Business and the Department of the History of Art. UID:46544-10546898@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46544 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - A. Alfred Taubman Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180116T132347 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:New at UMMA: Paul Rand DESCRIPTION:Throughout the second half of the twentieth century\, pioneering art director and graphic designer Paul Rand (1914–1996) was celebrated for crafting the brand identities of such American corporate icons as ABC\, IBM\, UPS\, and Westinghouse. Rand considered the designer’s task to be the symbolic communication of a company’s character. This recent acquisition presentation features the poster Rand created as part of IBM’s THINK promotional campaign. The design is a rebus\, or visual puzzle\, wherein Rand cleverly transforms the letters of IBM’s logo into pictures. The whimsical use of symbols encourages viewers to interpret—or think—in order to comprehend the company’s intended message that it values “insight\,” “industriousness\,” and “motivation.” The poster is part of a larger recent gift of archival Paul Rand objects donated to UMMA by Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo—professor in the U-M Stamps School of Art and Design and published scholar on Paul Rand—and Maria Phillips.\n\nThis work was recently gifted to UMMA by Maria Phillips and Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo. UID:46548-10547132@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46548 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - The Connector CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180105T082733 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Overcoming Perfectionism Workshop DESCRIPTION:This workshop is for College of Engineering Graduate Students.\n\nMany college students believe that in order to be successful\, they must strive to be perfect\, and later suffer the consequences in this impossible pursuit. In this workshop\, we will discuss the differences between having a perfectionist and success-oriented mindset. We will look at strategies for overcoming perfectionism and you will walk away with an array of coping tools. \n\nLunch will be provided\n\nQuestions may be sent to ajrose@umich.edu. UID:48196-11188588@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48196 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Workshop LOCATION:Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr - Johnson Rooms, 3rd floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171106T142603 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Patricia Piccinini: The Comforter DESCRIPTION:Australian artist Patricia Piccinini’s strange\, hyperreal yet sentimental sculptures are often rooted in her speculative visualizations of future species—beings transformed by\, or even created by\, developments in genetic engineering and technology. On view at UMMA\, \"The Comforter\" presents the likeness of a young girl whose appearance suggests a rare genetic condition causing excessive hair across her face and body. In her lap she tenderly cradles an udder-shaped\, eyeless creature—a possible reference to current experiments in genetically altered milk-producing animals. The encounter staged by the sculpture\, though curious and unexplained\, appears to be one of innocence and intimacy\, and suggests the potential for emotional connection between a diversity of beings. This theme is a common one for Piccinini\, whose work incorporates (often obliquely) ideas and questions about the ethical implications of scientific progress and the conflicts in our culture between the natural and the man-made.\n\nLead support for \"Patricia Piccinini: The Comforter\" is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment\, and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and the Institute for Research on Women and Gender. UID:46549-10547253@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46549 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - Irving Stenn, Jr. Family Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180201T000104 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Suzy Lake DESCRIPTION:Suzy Lake was born and raised in Detroit. Following the social and political unrest of the 1960’s Lake emigrated to Montreal in 1968\, where she was among the first female artists in the nation to adopt performance\, video\, and photography to explore the politics of gender\, the body\, and identity. In this exhibition\, Lake returns to her childhood neighborhood and various locations central to her family history to explore the cycles of urban development and decay in working class Detroit\, as well as her experience with ageism.\n\nExhibition Dates: January 19 - February 25\nHours: Open during exhibitions Tuesday through Sunday\, 11:00 am - 5:00 pm\; Thursday and Friday\, 11:00 am - 7:00 pm. Closed Mondays and holidays.\nExhibition Reception: Friday\, January 19\, 2018\, 6 - 8 pm\nArtist Talk & Conversation: Saturday\, January 20\, 2018\, 3 - 5 pm\n\nStamps Gallery\n201 S. Division Street\, Ann Arbor MI 48104 UID:47736-11004707@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47736 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171106T140510 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Tim Noble and Sue Webster: The Masterpiece DESCRIPTION:Since the 1980s\, British artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster have been known for their shadow sculptures built from materials as diverse as scrap metal\, garbage\, taxidermy\, and sex toys. When light is directed at these assemblages\, they project shadows that are exceptionally accurate and intricate representations of other things entirely.\n\n\"The Masterpiece\" (2014) is a shadow self-portrait of the artists created from metal casts of dead vermin they collected and welded together into a ball. From afar the casts appear to be a stunning abstract silver sculpture\; on closer inspection the disturbing menagerie of creatures emerges\, only to change form again—as a shadow on the wall—into a precise and elegant image that is astonishingly different from the objects that create it.\n\nLead support for \"Tim Noble and Sue Webster: The Masterpiece\" is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment\, the Susan and Richard Gutow Fund\, and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities. Additional generous support is provided by the Richard and Janet Miller Fund. UID:46545-10546977@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46545 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Media,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - Media Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180115T142804 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CJS Special Lecture | Japanese Economy: Successful Recovery\, Challenges\, Foreign Policy\, and US Relations DESCRIPTION:The Japanese economy appears to have recovered from a two-decade long recession\, which began in the early 1990s\, as it is currently experiencing continuous growth for a seven-quarter period albeit meager growth rate of approximately 1 percent per year. Low unemployment rate of 2.7 percent and record high corporate profits also reflect relatively favorable economic situation. Despite favorable performance of the Japanese economy at the moment\, future prospects are rather dim unless Japan can successfully deal with various structural problems\, which include shrinking and ageing population\, increasing government debt\, and low exposure to the global economy. One important and effective policy that may contribute to solving/mitigating these problems is activist international economic policy such as free trade agreements (FTAs) and economic assistance policy such as official development assistance. Professor Shujiro URATA examines Japan’s current economic situation and identifies the problems\, then he discusses the importance of adopting an activist international economic policy with a focus on its relationship with the United States\, in order to overcome the problems and achieve sustained economic growth. \n \nShujiro Urata is Dean and Professor of Economics at Graduate School Asia-Pacific Studies\, Waseda University. He is also Specially Appointed Fellow at the Japanese Centre for Economic Research (JCER)\, Faculty Fellow at the Research Institute of Economy\, Trade & Industry (RIETI)\, and Senior Research Adviser for the Executive Director of the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) in Jakarta. Professor Urata received his B.A. in Economics from Keio University and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics at Stanford University. He is a former Research Associate at the Brookings Institution\, an Economist at the World Bank. He specializes in International Economics and Economics of Development. He has held a number of research and advisory positions including senior advisor to the Government of Indonesia\, consultant to the World Bank\, OECD\, the Asian Development Bank and the Government of Japan. He published and edited a number of books on international economic issues and is an author and co-author of numerous articles in professional journals. His book publications in English include Multinationals and Economic Growth in East Asia\, co-editor\, Routledge\, 2006\, Free Trade Agreements in the Asia-Pacific\, co-editor\, World Scientific\, 2010\, Economic Consequences of Globalization: Evidence from East Asia\, co-editor\, Routledge\,2012\, and others.\n\nCosponsored by the Consulate-General of Japan in Detroit . UID:48734-11297750@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48734 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asia,Economics,Japanese Studies LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 110 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180119T140454 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:\"Ruth Gruber\, Photojournalist\" Art Exhibition DESCRIPTION:\"Ruth Gruber\, Photojournalist\" celebrates the remarkable life\, vision\, and heroic tenacity of a 20th-century pioneer and trailblazer. Once the world’s youngest Ph.D.\, Ruth Gruber died in November of 2016 at the age of 105. The photographs in this exhibition span more than 50 years\, from her groundbreaking reportage of the Soviet Arctic in the 1930s and iconic images of Jewish refugees from the ship Exodus 1947\, to her later photographs of Ethiopian Jews in the midst of civil war in the 1980s. A selection of Gruber’s vintage prints\, never before exhibited\, will be presented alongside contemporary prints made from her original negatives. \n\nThe Opening Reception will take place on Wednesday\, February 7\, 2018\, at 6:00pm.\n\n\"Ruth Gruber\, Photojournalist\" is organized by the International Center of Photography and was made possible by Friends of Ruth Gruber. The exhibition is also co-sponsored by the U-M Office of the Provost.\n\nPhoto: Unidentified Photographer\; Ruth Gruber\, Alaska\, 1941-43 UID:47419-10898817@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47419 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Art,Exhibition,Graduate School,Museum,Photography,Rackham,Reception,Visual Arts LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Duderstadt Center Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180202T114944 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T133000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:How Hitting Children Hurts Black Families and Communities DESCRIPTION:Dr. Stacy Patton\, Assistant Professor School of Global Journalist & Communication\, Morgan State University\, is building a movement to change the culture of black family violence in the United States. Her goal is to provide parents\, teachers\, foster care providers\, social workers\, law enforcement officials\, judges\, adoption agencies\, child advocates\, ministers\, and young people from all backgrounds with the tools to better understand the historical roots of corporal punishment against children. She is making the case for transforming this outdated vestige of slavery into healthier\, more appropriate 21st-century parenting practices. UID:49453-11462125@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49453 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Children,Diversity,Family,Multicultural,Social Justice LOCATION:School of Social Work Building - Educational Conference Center, 1840 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180122T134209 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T133000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Loving My LGBTQ+ Body DESCRIPTION:The event works to promote self love and body positivity for LGBTQ+ folk. The diversity of gender and sexuality expressions means that every person has a unique relationship with their body\, and thus unique ways of experiencing self-love. This intersection is extremely important and not often talked about. The body and appearance is an expression of self for others too. Everyone deserves to be respected for how they show up in the world. We will discuss practices to empower the LGBTQ+ community in a positive body image\, as well as how to be an ally by not perpetuating stigma in order to increase self esteem\, empowerment\, self love\, empathy\, and create a less judgmental campus and expand the view of body image. Refreshments will be provided. This event is presented as apart of LGBTQ Health and Wellness Week and is organized by Body Peace Corps. UID:49104-11375487@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49104 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Diversity Equity and Inclusion,LGBT LOCATION:Michigan Union - Pond Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180207T082627 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T130000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Psychology Methods Hour: Too Good to Be False: A Personal Perspective on the Replication Crisis in Psychological Science DESCRIPTION:Dr. Meyer describes his talk in this way: “I will share some of my evolving views and opinions about the essence of the so-called 'Replication Crisis' in Psychological Science\, how it came to be\, what should be done about it\, and why this matters to both me and you. The presentation will be at least somewhat historical and idiosyncratic in nature. Prospective audience members should ponder beforehand what their own views on these matters are. In so far as I do not deal with all of the relevant issues mentioned here\, attendees may ask me at the presentation about particular my views. UID:47520-10940130@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47520 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Discussion LOCATION:East Hall - 4464 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180203T180051 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T133000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Curious Rise and Fall of African Authoritarian Successor Parties DESCRIPTION:This week CPW is hosting Nicolas van de Walle (Professor of Government\, Cornell University). Nic will be presenting\, \"The Curious Rise and Fall of African Authoritarian Successor Parties\"\, a chapter from his forthcoming Cambridge University Press book\, Electoral Politics in Africa: Continuity in Change since 1990. The book is co-authored with Jaimie Bleck (Assistant Professor\, Notre Dame). \n\nSeveral hundred multi-party elections have been held in 46 of the 49 countries of Sub-Saharan Africa since a wave of democratization swept across the region in the early 1990s. This book explores the role of electoral politics in Africa from multi-party transitions drawing on cross-national data and more in-depth analysis of 8 countries: Senegal\, Zambia\, Uganda\, Ghana\, Nigeria\, Benin\, Kenya and Mozambique. Multi-party elections have been institutionalized during this quarter century but\, we do not observe broader democratic consolidation in most of these countries. Instead the democratization of the early 1990s remains incomplete in much of the region to this day. Despite much apparent change since 1990\, many of the same men\, and rather fewer women\, remain in positions of power today. On the whole\, and with notable exceptions\, the same political class that dominated national politics before transitions continue to do so. \n\nThis book will both document the paradoxical disjuncture between a rapidly changing Africa and stagnant electoral politics and investigate its implications for electoral politics. Given the regularization of multi-party elections\, coupled with the change in media landscape and demographic trends including higher growth rates\, urbanization\, and unprecedented access to schooling –why do we observe relative political stasis? We argue that two key factors promote continuity: presidentialism and the “liability of newness.” These factors enhance the sitting president’s incumbency advantage. Still\, elections can serve as “political moments” which generate substantial change. In very young and still unsettled electoral systems\, in addition\, we argue that each election also provides a moment of temporary political fluidity. This political opportunity can result in substantial democratic gains\, or conversely\, backsliding. UID:49748-11510004@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49748 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Africa,History,Politics LOCATION:Haven Hall - 5670 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180224T063026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T133000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:The Impact of Including Identity-Based Involvement on Your Resume DESCRIPTION:If you are in Handshake\, Click \"Join event\" to RSVP* Not in Handshake? Click here: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/events/124294\n\nInclusion of identity-based extra-curricular involvement can be a touchy subject for many students. The University Career Center will provide an overview of how to effectively sell experiences\, and to be self-reflective about the resume. For My Brothers: Students\, Faculty\, and Staff Males of Color.\n\nNote: This event’s information is shown in Handshake as well as on the Happening @ Michigan calendar so that it will be seen by a larger number of U-M students. You can only register to attend this event within Handshake. If you'd like to indicate that you'll be attending this event then please go to umich.joinhandshake.com\, locate the event\, and then clickthe 'Join Event’ button. UID:49444-11456556@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49444 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:North Quadrangle Residence Hall, 2435, 105 S State St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171130T172800 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T131500 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:HP1B - a Euchromatic HP1 Homolog with Links to Metabolism DESCRIPTION:Host: Gyorgyi Csankovszki UID:47197-10813714@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47197 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Research,Science LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180205T104556 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T143000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Economics at Work DESCRIPTION:Brook Cunningham is a Managing Director at Lazard\, based in Chicago. She leads Lazard’s North American Agribusiness and Commodities investment banking practice and is responsible for coordination of the business on a global basis\, and also plays a key role in the Firm’s Midwest Advisory practice.\n\nMs. Cunningham advises companies on matters involving corporate strategy\, mergers and acquisitions\, business separations\, sales\, strategic investments\, capital structure and shareholder activism\, among others.\n\nPrior to joining Lazard in 2010\, Ms. Cunningham was an Investment Banking Associate at Lehman Brothers and Barclays Capital.\n\nMs. Cunningham graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.A. in Economics in 2002. She earned her MBA degree from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan in 2007. UID:48203-11188800@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48203 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Career,Economics,seminar LOCATION:Lorch Hall - 140 (Askwith Auditorium) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180122T140757 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Writing Aware DESCRIPTION:HZWP community discussion forum on issues of identity and intersectionality and the craft of writing. UID:49112-11375495@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49112 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Art,Books,Culture,Inclusion,LGBT,Literature,Multicultural,Muslim,Poetry,Politics,Social Impact,Social Justice,Storytelling,Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - Hopwood Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180205T214848 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T150000 SUMMARY:Meeting:Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations DESCRIPTION:We write to invite you to a reading group on Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations. This group will not require preparation prior to the meetings. The format of the reading group will be a slow but deep dive into the Investigations by reading aloud and then discussing the book\, section by section. We hope to make it through 5 to 10 sections each meeting. After the discussion on a section dries up\, we’ll move to the next section until the hour and a half of the meeting is over. This design is meant to accommodate busy schedules\, and it also should be amenable to varying degrees of familiarity with the Investigations and Wittgenstein’s other work.\n\nWe have multiple meetings throughout winter term on Fridays from 1:30-3:00pm. Location: Angell Hall 3184. All interested faculty\, staff\, and graduate students are welcome to attend. RSVP to Bryan Kim-Butler (bkimbutl@umich.edu) and Ben Mangrum (bmangrum@umich.edu). If you can’t make it for the first meeting but are interested\, please let us know and we’ll add you to the mailing list.\n\nWe'll bring photocopies of the sections likely to be read and discussed each meeting. However\, you’re also welcome to bring your own copy of the Investigations. UID:49794-11535285@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49794 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:English Language & Literature LOCATION:Angell Hall - 3154 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180115T144011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Between Past and Future: Wang Qingsong 1999-2006 DESCRIPTION:Curated by ZHANG Fang\, this art exhibition will include six of WANG Qingsong’s representative photo works that depict the traumatic transformations that have taken place inside China. These photographs are inspired by China’s drive for globalization over the last few decades. \n\nPlease join us for the reception and Meet the Artist at 4 pm\, January 24 at the Willis Ward Art Lounge. \n\nAbout WANG Qingsong\n\nAn artist\, educator\, and curator\, WANG Qingsong represents a generation of Chinese cultural producers and creative intellectuals who have exerted a profound influence on contemporary Chinese art practices. Wang’s large format photographic film works have been exhibited around the world at major museums\, art centers\, and galleries\, playing a pivotal role in expanding the international art market for Chinese visual arts.\n\nFormally trained as a painter\, WANG Qingsong now works more like a film director who gathers dozens – sometimes even hundreds – of participants to produce improvisatory works that comment on consumerism\, urbanization and social change. In 2014\, Wang worked with University of Michigan faculty and students to create a large scale installation-photography work\, one that has students perched along a thin stairway spanning the diagonal of a massive chalkboard\, on which names of the top 500 institutions of higher education were written.\n\nIn winter 2018\, Wang Qingsong will stage a new work that would stimulate comparative study of urban renewal efforts in China and the U.S. The work will feature photographic/film images of Detroit’s historical Chinatown and industrial-warehouses areas which have undergone urban renewal since the 1960s.\n\n*Image: The Glory of Hope\, 240x180cm\, 2007\, courtesy of the artist Wang Qingsong UID:48737-11297784@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48737 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Chinese Studies,Exhibition LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180202T101416 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T150000 SUMMARY:Presentation:CCN Forum-Brain Network Properties in Aging: A Graph-Theoretic Approach DESCRIPTION:Talk Abstract: Growing evidence suggests that healthy aging affects the configuration of large-scale brain networks. Functional brain organization has traditionally been studied using fMRI-based “resting-state” functional connectivity and more recently\, in conjunction with graph-theoretic analyses. The graph-theoretic approach enables characterization of the brain’s connectivity structure and derives measures that assess global and local features that may be important for network function. First\, I will provide a brief introduction to network theory\, focusing on key topological network properties\, such as modularity. Then\, I will present several representative results from recent fMRI investigations showing age differences in global and local network properties. Finally\, I will highlight several methodological aspects that are relevant for functional connectivity and network measures calculations.\n\nBrief Bio: Alex is a postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Psychology\, working with Dr. Patricia Reuter-Lorenz. His main research interests are in understanding the structure and dynamics of the large-scale brain networks that mediate interactions between cognitive control and emotion\, as well as the roles of aging and training in these interactions. Alex is from Bucharest\, Romania. After completing his undergraduate and graduate studies in Psychology and Neurobiology and the University of Bucharest\, he joined the Ph.D. program in Neuroscience at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign\, where he studied the effects of emotional distraction on working memory using brain imaging. In 2016\, he joined the Psychology Department at the University of Michigan\, where he is currently working on several projects\, including the investigation of large-scale brain networks in aging and the effects of cognitive training. His research has been published in several journals including Cerebral Cortex\, Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience\, Cognitive Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience\, and Biological Psychology. UID:47651-10971156@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47651 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:colloquium LOCATION:East Hall - 4464 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180206T103222 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:DQSN: Kadji Amin Lecture DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a lecture by Kadji Amin\, Assistant Professor of Women's\, Gender\, and Sexuality Studies at Emory University. UID:49693-11498709@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49693 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Women's Studies LOCATION:Lane Hall - 2239 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180104T141330 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T170000 SUMMARY:Other:Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-February 23\, 2018 DESCRIPTION:Michigan in Washington application deadline for Fall 2018 and early admission Winter 2019 cohorts. All colleges and majors welcome. Scholarship funding available. UID:48123-11180703@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48123 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Admissions,Applications,Career,Deadlines,Internship,Majors,Networking,Professional Development LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180130T093825 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T190000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Science\, Values\, and the Public DESCRIPTION:**February 9\, 2018 (3222 Angell Hall)**\n\n2:00 -2:30pm Coffee and Opening Remarks \n\n2:30-4:30pm Heather Douglas - \"Scientific Experts and the Public: How to Build Trust in a Complex World\"\n\n4:30-5:00pm Coffee \n\n5:00-7:00pm Dan M. Kahan - \"Science Comprehension Without Curiosity is No Virtue\, and Curiosity Without Comprehension is No Vice\"\n\n**February 10\, 2018 (3222 Angell Hall)**\n\n9:30-10:00am Breakfast \n\n10:00am-12:00pm Elisabeth Lloyd - \"Climate Change Attribution: When is it Appropriate to Accept New Methods?\" \n\n12:00-1:30pm Lunch \n\n1:30-3:30pm Quayshawn Spencer - \"A Race Theory for Medical Genetics\" UID:41546-9334661@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41546 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:conference,Philosophy LOCATION:Angell Hall - 3222 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180209T100308 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T163000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:EVENT CANCELLED - Identities Abroad: Queer Student Panel DESCRIPTION:Due to inclement weather\, we will be rescheduling this event.\n\nPlease join us to learn more about what it means to study abroad as someone who identifies within the LGBTQ community. We will also host a few student panelists to talk about their experience abroad. UID:49106-11375489@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49106 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Diversity Equity and Inclusion,LGBT LOCATION:North Quad - North Quad Room 2435 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180108T143508 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T210000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Wilderness First Aid Certification DESCRIPTION:This course covers all the basics you should know before heading out into the wilderness with family\, friends\, or by yourself. By providing a combination of medical knowledge and hands-on training this short\, intense course prepares you to react appropriately accidents\, injuries\, and illnesses.\n\nClass will take place over the course of three days at the Adventure Education Center\, 1120 N. Dixboro Rd.\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48105.\n\nFriday\, February 9 from 3:00pm – 9:00pm\nSaturday\, February 10 from 8:00am – 5:00pm\nSunday\, February 11 from 8:00am – 5:00pm\n\nRegistration is required at https://recsports.umich.edu/trips/wfr/ UID:48347-11222719@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48347 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Environment,Health & Wellness,Outdoors,Professional Development,Rec Sports,Training,Workshop LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171211T134543 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T163000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Smith Lecture: The Meandering Path from River Dynamics to Valley Form DESCRIPTION:River channels are central features of many landscapes. In uplands\, rivers carve valleys by migrating laterally and cutting downward into the landscape. Viewed in cross-section\, valleys often show a textbook “V” shape. In other valleys\, the path from the valley top to valley floor descends in discrete steps as river terraces\, or in one steep drop into a river gorge. A longstanding question is whether these steps in valley topography record step changes in the history of river incision—driven\, for example\, by a pulse of tectonic uplift or a change in climate—or instead form by river erosion under steady forcing. Distinguishing these scenarios is central to reconstructing tectonic history and predicting landscape response to contemporary climate change. Numerical models provide a tool for predicting how rivers imprint the landscape\, but face significant complications for treating bedrock valleys and common river shapes\, including meandering and braiding. \n\nI will present results from a new numerical modeling approach that fingerprints a background process of erosion by meandering rivers using surface ages and geometries. I will then apply this framework to test the likelihood of valley evolution driven by climate change for several North American river valleys. Finally\, I will discuss an ongoing physical experiment to test how braided rivers shift across landscapes over geologic timescales. These case studies illuminate key challenges and opportunities for using river dynamics to interpret planetary landscapes and the geologic record. UID:46206-10418369@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46206 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Lecture LOCATION:1100 North University Building - 1528 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180209T103222 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T180000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CMENAS Lecture. \"The Body and the Body Politic in the Middle East and North Africa--History\, Traditional Healing\, and Biomedicine\" DESCRIPTION:Ellen Amster is the Hannah Chair in the History of Medicine at McMaster University\, and Associate Professor in the Departments of Family Medicine and History. She received her B.A. from the University of Chicago and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. A historian of North Africa and France\, her research on science in the French-Islamic colonial encounter was first a book\, Medicine and the Saints: Science\, Islam\, and the Colonial Encounter in Morocco\, 1877-1956 (University of Texas ) and now extends to a field and Arabic course for students in Morocco and CIHR-funded global health work in maternal and infant health. Her recent articles touch on political Islam\, Islamic biopolitics\, the history of public health\, and Sufism\; her current research includes Muslim midwifery\, medical humanities\, the material and visual cultures of religion\, the body\, and women’s history. She has created the History of Medicine and Medical Humanities Research Portal\, a resource for all researchers with library\, archival\, museum\, and digital collections. http://medhumanities.mcmaster.ca/ UID:47709-11002082@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47709 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,International,Middle East Studies LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 555 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180209T103139 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CSAS Lecture Series | India: The Contours of Emerging Agrarian Crisis and its Implications DESCRIPTION:If you are unable to join us in person due to the inclement weather\, we will also be livestraming this event here: https://ii.umich.edu/csas/news-events/events/live-streaming-event.html\n\n'Everything else can wait but not agriculture'. Indian agriculture has come a long way. Today the agrarian crisis in India has assumed systemic proportions. This has not happened suddenly. This story of agrarian crisis is a story that has unfolded in some sense over last two and a half decades and more. However this crisis is of a completely different dimension and will have a long term impact on the nature of the Republic itself. What then is the nature of this crisis? What are the systemic issues it poses? This presentation is about raising such questions and the way they are framed. The unravelling of India's agrarian landscape potentially has global implications. This presentation is a limited and inadequate attempt to frame the outlines of an understanding of the nature of this crisis.\n\nAjay Dandekar did his PhD from the Centre for Historical Studies\, Jawaharlal Nehru University\, Delhi in the early nineties. He has worked on the issue of Denotified and Nomadic Communities\, and Pastoral Nomadic groups. He has done work on the agrarian crisis and farmers' suicides. Lately his research interest has spilled over in the issues of resources and conflict in the tribal heartland and he has contributed writings on the same. He is at present a faculty member in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences\, Shiv Nadar University. UID:48761-11306093@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48761 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asia,Ecology,India LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 110 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180104T102620 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T173000 SUMMARY:Rally / Mass Meeting:Minor in Writing Info Session DESCRIPTION:The Sweetland Minor in Writing is designed for undergraduate students who are interested in developing their disciplinary and professional writing abilities while pursuing their majors. It gives you the freedom to write about what matters to you while helping you develop as a writer and thinker. \n\nStudents currently in the Minor program come from all over the university bringing a wealth of diverse interests to the classroom. You might find a screenwriter sitting between a scientist and a musician or Kinesiology\, Business\, and Communications majors giving each other feedback on their writing. \n\nWith a Sweetland Minor in Writing you will earn a credential that certifies your writing expertise to prospective employers and graduate programs. You will also pick up new media skills designing and creating content for your electronic writing portfolios. \n\nIf you are interested in learning more about the Sweetland Minor in Writing from current students and faculty you can attend our informal Minor in Writing Information Session on Friday\, February 9th from 4-5:30pm at Sweetland's Peer Writing Center in Angell Hall G219. Food and refreshments provided.\n\nThe deadline to apply for Fall 2018 is Monday\, March 12th at noon.\n\nMore info at http://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/undergraduates/minor-in-writing/application-process.html UID:47813-11015152@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47813 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Interdisciplinary,Majors,Mass Meeting,Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - G219 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180109T112425 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:NERS Colloquium: Morag Smith\, PhD\, Los Alamos National Laboratory DESCRIPTION:Morag Smith\, PhD\, Los Alamos National Laboratory \n\nTitle: \"Introduction to Nuclear Arms Control\" UID:48404-11230616@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48404 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Discussion,Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences LOCATION:Cooley Building - White Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180116T113248 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Seminar Title: \"Evolution\, Epistasis and Ensembles: Studies of Protein Evolution Through Sequence Space\" DESCRIPTION:In the Harms lab\, we are interested in the interplay between the biophysical properties of proteins and their evolution. I will discuss two ongoing projects. In the first\, we are investigating how the map between protein genotype and phenotype shapes evolutionary outcomes. We have uncovered extensive multi-way interactions between mutations\, meaning that the effect of a given mutation depends strongly on the presence of two or more other mutations. The magnitudes of these interactions are small\, but they have an out-size effect on the accessibility of evolutionary trajectories. We have further found that we can produce these multi-way interactions using a simple\, statistical thermodynamic model of proteins. This work reveals that the effect of mutations will be different if they occur early or late in evolution\, and that knowing the effects of a mutation early in a trajectory is insufficient to predict future evolution. In the second project\, we are experimentally investigating the evolution of new peptide binding specificity in several members of the S100 protein family. These proteins bind to extremely diverse\, short regions of target proteins. Despite this apparent lack of specificity\, we find that the same peptide binding profile has been conserved for different protein family members for the last 300 million years\, suggesting this profile has been maintained by natural selection. To understand the origins of the specificity of these proteins\, we next constructed a predictive binding model using a high-throughput peptide interaction assays coupled to supervised machine learning. We find that these proteins discriminate peptides based largely on packing and shape criteria rather than specific polar contacts. Further\, by repeating these analyses on reconstructed ancestral proteins\, we were able to reveal that protein specificity increased on one lineage while decreasing along the other. This reveals that extremely “sloppy” low-specificity proteins exhibit evolutionary patterns similar to those of well-studied high-specificity proteins. UID:48005-11167561@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48005 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1300 Chemistry CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180205T110452 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T190000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chili Week DESCRIPTION:Twigs Dining Hall is featuring Chili all week! Come enjoy a variety of unique types of chili. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47492-11529660@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47492 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:Martha Cook Residence CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180109T103125 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:CenterSpace DESCRIPTION:CenterSpace provides a weekly drop-in space for different communities within queer life at the University of Michigan. CenterSpace creates space for people of similar identities to gain support from one another while building a community of collective resources. UID:48396-11230597@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48396 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Inclusion,LGBT,Social,Undergraduate LOCATION:Michigan Union - Spectrum Center- 3200 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180205T110452 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chili Week DESCRIPTION:Twigs Dining Hall is featuring Chili all week! Come enjoy a variety of unique types of chili. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47492-10932352@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47492 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:Oxford Housing CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180205T110452 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chili Week DESCRIPTION:Twigs Dining Hall is featuring Chili all week! Come enjoy a variety of unique types of chili. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47492-11529630@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47492 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:East Quadrangle CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180205T110452 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T210000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chili Week DESCRIPTION:Twigs Dining Hall is featuring Chili all week! Come enjoy a variety of unique types of chili. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47492-11529635@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47492 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:South Quad CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180205T110452 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chili Week DESCRIPTION:Twigs Dining Hall is featuring Chili all week! Come enjoy a variety of unique types of chili. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47492-11529640@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47492 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:North Quad CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180205T110452 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chili Week DESCRIPTION:Twigs Dining Hall is featuring Chili all week! Come enjoy a variety of unique types of chili. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47492-11529655@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47492 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:Mary Markley Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180112T123009 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T170000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Deloitte National Undergraduate Case Competition DESCRIPTION:We are looking forward to hosting our local round of our National Undergraduate Case Competition on your campus in the spring semester. The date for the University of Michigan local competition has not been setyet\, but we will be sending more details in the coming weeks with the finalized date and how to apply.\n\nWe are excited to include students in the creation of the case challenge this year. We’d like you to help us choose a topic for the local case competition. Please see the prompt below and send us your suggestions (via the link provided). Please send in your suggestions by November 13th. The winning suggestion will receive a fun prize!\n\nPrompt:\nIn today’s hyper-connected world\, the challenges facing our local communities are more prominent than ever\, and individuals are driving change. Have you seen an area in your local community that is experiencing challenges adapting to change? Many of these challenges have parallels to those that other communities are facing and can be actioned on by a small group of people to drive impact. Some examples of challenges facing communities are: The handling of hunger and poverty\, response to increased environment degradation\, unavailability of affordable housing\, etc.\n\nIn 140 characters or less\, hashtags encouraged\, please ‘tweet’ a change that you want to see in your community (in the survey link provided). Use your imagination\, and ‘go wild’! These ideas will be used to create the topic for the Deloitte National Undergraduate Case Competition – your idea may be featured!\n\nSubmit your suggestion here: https://deloittesurvey.deloitte.com/Community/se/3FC11B262DABC6C1 UID:46677-10581032@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46677 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:TBD once date is finalized CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180123T172006 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T180000 SUMMARY:Other:ITiMS application due\, March 1! DESCRIPTION:* Funding for dissertation research\, trainings and travel.\n* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition\, stipend\, & insurance) for up to 2 years.\n\nITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.\n\nRequirements:\n1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)\n2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies\; laboratory techniques\; statistics/bioinformatics\; and mathematical modeling\n3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches\n4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department \n\nStudents can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.\nProposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences\, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.\n\nDirectors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu)\; Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)\nVisit our website for more on How to Apply! UID:49197-11386651@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry,Civil and Environmental Engineering,Deadlines,Dissertation,Ecology,Environment,Graduate,Graduate School,Interdisciplinary,Life Science,Mathematics,Medicine,Multidisciplinary Design,Pre Med,Public Health,Research,Scholarship,Scholarships,Science LOCATION:Public Health II CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180206T181520 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T170000 SUMMARY:Performance:Musicology Distinguished Lecture & Performance: Prof. John Rice DESCRIPTION:Pompeo Batoni’s portrait of the young noblewoman Giacinta Orsini\, leaning on a harpsichord and holding a lyre\, is well known to historians of eighteenth-century Italian portraiture. It has been exhibited and reproduced often\, attracting attention not only for its beauty and for the teenage subject’s amazing accomplishments and talents\, but also because of Batoni (known today primarily as a painter of Englishmen on the Grand Tour) made few portraits of Italian women. The scholars who have commented on the portrait have said little about the prominent role of musical instruments and notation. They have largely ignored the manuscript that rests conspicuously on the music stand\, as if inviting the viewer to peruse it.\n\nAccepting the invitation\, I have identified the music as an excerpt from a cantata by Antonio Aurisicchio\, virtuoso in the service of Cardinal Domenico Orsini\, Giacinta’s father. The cantata\, which survives in at least two manuscripts\, is a substantial work for soprano and orchestra consisting of an overture\, two obbligato recitatives and two arias. The manuscripts do not name the author of the text or explain its purpose. The author was Giacinta herself\; she addressed this componimento per musica to her father\, who was about to set out on a long voyage\n\nThe identification of Giacinta and Aurisicchio as co-creators of the music in Batoni’s portrait\, and the discovery that it served as an expression of a daughter’s affection for her father\, enhance our understanding of the painting’s complex program\, which documents Giacinta’s roles within the Arcadian Academy and within one of Rome’s wealthiest families.\n\nPortions of Aurisicchio's cantata discussed by Prof. Rice will be performed immediately after the lecture in Kevreson Rehearsal Hall by a chamber ensemble led by Prof. Joseph Gascho.\n\nCo-sponsored by the U-M Departments of Romance Languages\, History of Art\, and Orgran\, Harpsichord\, and Carillon. UID:48329-11222700@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48329 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Carolyn and Milton Kevreson Rehearsal Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180205T141516 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Preview Party for 23rd Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners DESCRIPTION:The Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners is one of the largest exhibition of art by incarcerated artist in the country. Each year\, faculty\, staff and students from the University of Michigan’s Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) travel to 28 correctional facilities across Michigan and select work for the exhibition. \n\nCome check out 8 out of the 600+ pieces in the exhibition\, meet PCAP curators and returning artists\, and enter a free raffle to win high-resolution prints of the artwork! This event is free and open to public. UID:49782-11532473@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49782 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180126T092002 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T200000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:CSEAS Film Screening. Thai Movie Night: How to Win at Checkers Every Time DESCRIPTION:After the loss of both parents\, 11 years old Oat faces an uncertain future when his older brother must submit to Thailand's annual military draft lottery. Unable to convince his brother to do whatever he can to change his fate\, Oat takes matters into his own hands resulting in unexpected consequences. \n\nBased on the stories from the bestselling book Sightseeing by Rattawut Lapcharoensap\, the film is set in the economic fringes of Bangkok and examines the joys and challenges of growing up in contemporary Thailand. UID:49311-11417451@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49311 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asia,Film,Multicultural,Southeast Asia LOCATION:Shapiro Library - Room 2160, Askwith Media Library (Shapiro Screening Room) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180122T134309 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T200000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Our Love is Beyond Your Imagination DESCRIPTION:Please join SAPAC's Consent\, Outreach\, and Relationship Education Program (CORE) in welcoming Alex Jenny and Effee Nelly to campus for a talk about healthy relationships and QTPOC love. Following the event\, there will be a QTPOC safe space and refreshments will be served. We hope you will join us! Interested in learning more about our speakers? See alexandeffee.com UID:49107-11375490@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49107 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Diversity Equity and Inclusion,LGBT LOCATION:Michigan Union - Michigan Union Anderson Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180202T114808 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T200000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Our Love is Beyond Your Imagination: SAPAC CORE Presents Alex & Effee DESCRIPTION:Please join SAPAC's Consent\, Outreach\, and Relationship Education (CORE) Volunteer Program in welcoming Alex and Effee to campus for a talk about the intersection of queer\, trans\, and PoC identity and healthy relationships. Following the event\, there will be a QTPOC safe space and refreshments will be served. We will be in the Anderson Room of the Michigan Union!\n\nInterested in learning more about our speakers? Please visit alexandeffee.com\n\nCosponsored by the Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives (OAMI)\, University of Michigan Spectrum Center\, and Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs (MESA). Thank you!\n\nArtwork by: Wang Zhao UID:49228-11397800@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49228 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Inclusion,LGBT,Multicultural,Social Justice LOCATION:Michigan Union - Anderson Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180117T155349 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T210000 SUMMARY:Presentation:A Field of Foundlings: Selected Poetry of Iryna Starovoyt DESCRIPTION:Presented in a dual-language format\, A Field of Foundlings is the first in Lost Horse Press's series of Ukrainian poetry in translation. Starovoyt's poetry investigates the curse and virtue of forgetting\, the suppressed generational memory of the twentieth century\, and the new context of its retelling in Eastern Europe. Drawing on the paradoxes of mythology\, technology\, and tradition\, Starovoyt brings the traces of undesirable history and the minefields of memory into an unexpected constellation to interrogate assertions of knowledge and meaning-making in the world today. In a time where the chaos and power of forces beyond our own seem to diminish the potency of the past\, Starovoyt's poems invoke a conscious dialogue with a past that is not severed from the ever-changing present\, but echoes in our sense of self\, brings some continuity to our daily decisions\, and orients us toward the future. UID:47487-10932334@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47487 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Books,European,Graduate,International,Language,Literature,Writing LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180116T141159 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:ArtsX UMMA presents: UNDEFINED DESCRIPTION:This program is free and open to the public. Seating is first come\, first served.\nIn today's fractured environment where our identities are too often framed in ways that divide us\, ArtsX UMMA: UNDEFINED is an evening of student performance that aims to reject divisive categorization\, emphasize the fluidity of the human experience\, and view our differences and similarities as cause for celebration.\nPerformances include dance\, music\, spoken word\, and a variety of mixed media and digital arts. Artists include Anthony Coffee\, Spencer Haney\, Olivia Johnson\, Alex Kime\, Hannah Marcus\, Maddy Joss & Johnny Matthews\, Augie Lessins & Daniel Kumapayi\, Red Shoe Company\, Nichole Reehorst\, and more!\n\nJoin us for this special evening hosted by the UMMA Student Engagement Council\, in partnership with Arts at Michigan\, the Michigan Community Scholars Program\, the School of Music\, Theatre & Dance\, and Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs. \n\n\"I’m a lychee peel in peril\nPlates tipping off the table\nBy catnipped paw.\nI’m those ecstatic missing thumbs.\nI’m ghosting the trains until home.\nI’m a wash-and- wear sunburnt mess of curls.\nI’m 7 Train Love Local\,\nNo names Express.\"\n — From \"Song of Waxing Gibbous\" in Solecism by Rosebud Ben-Oni (Virtual Artists\nCollective\, 2013)\n\nStudent programming at UMMA is generously supported by the University of Michigan Credit Union Arts Adventures Program\, UMMA's Lead Sponsor for Student and Family Engagement. \n\nThis year's ArtsX UMMA program is sponsored by Arts at Michigan\, Michigan Community Scholars Program\, Helen Zell Writers' Program\, MUSIC Matters\, and Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs. Additional partners include Michigan in Color and WCBN.\n\nArtsX UMMA: UNDEFINED is presented by the UMMA Student Engagement Council and co-sponsored by Arts at Michigan\, the U-M Department of Dance\, the Michigan Community Scholars Program\, the Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs\, and the School of Music\, Theatre & Dance. Additional partners include the U-M Spectrum Center. UID:48814-11308901@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48814 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Concert,Culture,Dance,Exhibition,Multicultural,Museum,Music,Poetry,Storytelling,Theater,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - Forum and Museum Apse CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180207T181525 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T190000 SUMMARY:Performance:ArtsX UMMA: Undefined DESCRIPTION:In today's fractured environment where our identities are too often framed in ways that divide us\, ArtsX UMMA: UNDEFINED is an evening of student performance that aims to reject divisive categorization\, emphasize the fluidity of the human experience\, and view our differences and similarities as cause for celebration.\nPerformances include dance\, music\, spoken word\, and a variety of mixed media and digital arts. Artists include Anthony Coffee\,  Gadzooks\, Girlnoise\, Spencer Haney\, Olivia Johnson accompanied by Evan Hines\, Alex Kime\, Hannah Marcus\, Johnny Matthews\, Augie Lessins & Daniel Kumapayi\, Red Shoe Company (Sydney Schiff)\, Nikki Reehorst\, and Sisi Reid!\n\nJoin us for this special evening hosted by the UMMA Student Engagement Council\,  in partnership with Arts at Michigan\, the Michigan Community Scholars Program\, the School of Music\, Theatre & Dance\, and Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs.\n\nArtsX UMMA: UNDEFINED is presented by the UMMA Student Engagement Council and co-sponsored by Arts at Michigan\, the U-M Department of Dance\, the Michigan Community Scholars Program\, the Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs\, and the School of Music\, Theatre & Dance. Additional partners include the U-M Spectrum Center and Trotter Multicultural Center. UID:49439-11456552@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49439 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culture,Dance,Free,Media,Multicultural,Museum,Music,Storytelling,Theater,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180131T181521 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T190000 SUMMARY:Performance:Department of Theatre & Drama Studio Production: Wild Honey DESCRIPTION:By Michael Frayn.\nFrom the Comedy by Anton Chekhov. \nDirected by Gillian Eaton. \n\nA glorious few weeks in the hot sun drives a community of provincial characters into frenzies of wild passion. Adapted from Chekhov’s first play written when he was only 21 years old\, Wild Honey hilariously foreshadows his later works. UID:47095-10790909@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47095 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Theater LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Newman Studio CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180209T121520 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T193000 SUMMARY:Performance:Faculty Recital: Stephen Shipps\, *RESCHEDULED to 2/14 DUE TO WEATHER* DESCRIPTION:PROGRAM: Pasquali- Ysaÿe Sonata\; Ysaÿe- Poème Elegiaque\, Reve d’Enfant\; Chopin- Ysaÿe Waltz\; Bloch- Baal Shem Suite\; Chausson- Poème UID:46888-10670065@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46888 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180109T181515 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Faculty Recital: Anıl Çamcı DESCRIPTION:A collection of electronic music works from the past decade by Performing Arts Technology Assistant Professor Anıl Çamcı. The program will include the world premiere of a new composition\, and the multi-channel diffusion of pieces remastered for the Chip Davis Technology Studio. UID:46933-10703003@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46933 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Chip Davis Technology Studio CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180130T181527 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Masters Recital: Anthony DeMartinis\, percussion DESCRIPTION:PROGRAM: Deyoe - Fantasia IIIb\; Liang - Dialectal Percussions\; Bunch - Paraphraseology\; Barnson - Halo Study II\; Thomson - Catapult. UID:49531-11467914@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49531 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Hankinson Rehearsal Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180110T153527 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T220000 SUMMARY:Performance:Yissy García & Bandancha DESCRIPTION:Afro-Cuban Concert & Dance Party \nfeaturing Yissy García and Bandancha\nMichigan League Ballroom\nFebruary 9\, 2018 at 8pm\n\nUniversity of Michigan Center for World Performance Studies hosts the sensational young Cuban drummer\, Yissy García and her band Bandancha from February 8-12\, 2018. The highlight of this four day residency will be a performance by the band at the Michigan League Ballroom at 8pm on Friday\, February 9\, followed by a dance set by DJ Jigüe.\n\nGrowing up the daughter of famed drummer Bernardo García in Cayo Hueso\, a neighborhood in Havana considered the cradle of rumba and Afro Cuban rhythms\, Yissy Garcia was already immersed in the tradition when she discovered jazz as a teenager. But the founding of her own band\, Bandancha\, was rooted in a desire to see people dance to her music. She says\, “The reason I put this band\, this fusion\, together is because I love to see people dancing\, enjoying themselves and ignoring that chip that says that jazz is not for dancing.” In order to accomplish this task\, she recruited well known Cuban DJ El Jigue\, accomplished in the hip hop art of scratching\, who plays live with the rest of the musicians in the group. Not only do Yissy & Bandancha exemplify the adaptation of traditional music to new forms and younger audiences\, but also the adaptation of technology to a new performance environment.\n\nIf you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to participate in this event\, please contact Center for World Performance Studies\, at 734-936-2777\, at least one week in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the University to arrange. UID:48515-11243802@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48515 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,International,Latin America,Multicultural,Music,Spanish Studies LOCATION:Michigan League - Ballroom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171219T115121 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T235900 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Friday Flicks: The Darkest Hour DESCRIPTION:We're still so deep into winter that darkness comes too early every afternoon\, but join us on Friday\, February 9\, from 9pm-midnight in the Kuenzel Room of the Michigan Union to watch The Darkest Hour. We'll bring the popcorn! \n\n\"A thrilling and inspiring true story begins at the precipice of World War II as\, within days of becoming Prime Minister of Great Britain\, Winston Churchill (Academy Award nominee Gary Oldman) must face one of his most turbulent and defining trials: exploring a negotiated peace treaty with Nazi Germany\, or standing firm to fight for the ideals\, liberty and freedom of a nation. As the unstoppable Nazi forces roll across Western Europe and the threat of invasion is imminent\, and with an unprepared public\, a skeptical King\, and his own party plotting against him\, Churchill must withstand his darkest hour\, rally a nation\, and attempt to change the course of world history.\" UID:47801-11012569@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47801 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Film,Free LOCATION:Michigan Union - Kuenzel Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180209T180021 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T000000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Friday Flicks: The Darkest Hour DESCRIPTION:We're still so deep into winter that darkness comes too early every afternoon\, but join us on Friday\, February 9\, from 9pm-midnight in the Kuenzel Room of the Michigan Union to watch The Darkest Hour. We'll bring the popcorn! \n\n\"A thrilling and inspiring true story begins at the precipice of World War II as\, within days of becoming Prime Minister of Great Britain\, Winston Churchill (Academy Award nominee Gary Oldman) must face one of his most turbulent and defining trials: exploring a negotiated peace treaty with Nazi Germany\, or standing firm to fight for the ideals\, liberty and freedom of a nation. As the unstoppable Nazi forces roll across Western Europe and the threat of invasion is imminent\, and with an unprepared public\, a skeptical King\, and his own party plotting against him\, Churchill must withstand his darkest hour\, rally a nation\, and attempt to change the course of world history.\" UID:47804-11015145@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47804 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan Union, Kuenzel Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180601T120009 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T235959 SUMMARY:Community Service:Assisting Elderly At Medical Appointments With Jewish Family Services and Partners In Care Concierge DESCRIPTION:Volunteers will accompany older adults to medical appointments and provide support to the client.  Volunteers will facilitate communication with medical staff to ensure all necessary questions are asked\, taking notes for the patients to reference.  Just 2-3 hours of your time can help patients to attend appointments safely and provide comfort and confidence to them and their family members.  Volunteers must commit to a minimum of one appointment a month for a minimum of nine months.  Must fill out application\, background check\, and attend a two-hour training session. Contact carolcib@umich.edu for the necessary materials and directions to apply!40 Points/SemesterSign-Up Here UID:43238-12816435@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43238 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Jewish Family Services CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180502T120011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Food Distribution with Community Action Network DESCRIPTION:Volunteers help distribute food from the truck\, \"shop\" with families\, and clean the community center afterward. Volunteers must complete volunteer application and brief online training. This is a large-scale food pantry in Ann Arbor that supplies food to hungry families. Join us and make a positive difference by helping families select the foods they need to bring back to their families.  Sign-Up Here UID:42456-12507642@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42456 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Bryant Community Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180225T180015 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Michigan Difference Student Leadership Awards Nominations DESCRIPTION:Are you a student leader? Have you been inspired by a student leader? Help recognize student contributions to campus and the world by nominating and attending the Michigan Difference Student Leadership Awards. Nominations can be submitted by students\, faculty\, and staff members\, now through Sunday\, February 25\, 2018. NOMINATE TODAY! For questions about the event please email bluecarpet@umich.edu.  UID:49718-11762513@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49718 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:https://studentlife.umich.edu/article/nominate-student-leader CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180408T060016 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T235959 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Practice on Rowing Machines DESCRIPTION:Practices on rowing machines with the team.Time:Wednesdays:  7AM (~80 min)Fridays:         7AM (~80 min)Sundays:       9AM (~120 min) UID:50346-12237298@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/50346 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:IMSB CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180413T000026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T235959 SUMMARY:Other:UMix Winter 2018 DESCRIPTION:UMix Late Night attendance for winter 2018 UID:51525-12291324@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/51525 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170927T201723 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T235900 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Window Installation | Cosmogonic Tattoos DESCRIPTION:In celebration of the University’s Bicentennial in 2017\, artist and professor Jim Cogswell has been invited by the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology and the University of Michigan Museum of Art to create a set of public window installations in response to the objects in their collections. Titled \"Cosmogonic Tattoos\,\" his project uses adhesive vinyl images applied in saturated colors to windows in the two buildings\, highlighting the role of these museums in the life of our campus community. Through close examination of objects separated from us by deep chronological and cultural divides\, imaginatively transformed within our campus context\, this project celebrates the power of architecture\, ornament\, and material objects to shape knowledge\, historical memory\, and cultural identity. UID:44018-9869334@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/44018 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Archaeology,Art,Exhibition,Museum LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180210T120013 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T170000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Glass City Duels DESCRIPTION:Glass City Duels at the University of Toledo UID:49360-11450789@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49360 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:University of Toledo CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180211T120013 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T235959 SUMMARY:Other:MCRHL Regular Season Event DESCRIPTION:Regular season games for the MCRHL. UID:47032-11599733@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47032 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Joe Dumars Fieldhouse CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180211T120020 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T235959 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Purdue Golden Grips 2018 DESCRIPTION:Purdue University's Golden Grips Invitational Gymnastics meet. UID:49445-11599873@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49445 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Lambert Field House CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171117T093156 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:\"Student Reflections: A Retrospective of Dental Education\" DESCRIPTION:“Student Reflections: A Retrospective of Dental Education\,” 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday\, through December 2019\, Sindecuse Museum of Dentistry\, School of Dentistry\, 1011 N. University. The major new exhibit features artifacts\, photos and stories of student life in the 142 years that the U-M dental school has been educating dentists. Displays date to the late 1880s when “new technology” meant primitive gas lamps replaced window light\, which was the only light source for dental treatment when the school was founded in 1875. The exhibit showcases changes in students\, tools and technology from the school’s pioneering early days to its standing today as one of the top dental schools in the world. UID:46881-10667187@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46881 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dentistry,History,Science LOCATION:Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute - Atrium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T133905 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Contemplate the Calm: Mixed Media DESCRIPTION:A Japanese native\, now living in Royal Oak\, Michigan\, Hiroko Lancour has become a full-time artist after retiring from her career in information technology. She is a mixed media artist with cross cultural aesthetics between East and West. Lancour often uses repetitive patterns and processes with natural materials such as paper and fiber. Her contemplative works transcend cultural differences to address common feelings among many people. UID:47148-10802040@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47148 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness,International,Japanese Studies LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T140141 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Detroit Music Legends DESCRIPTION:As a community activist and artist in Detroit who focuses on neighborhood empowerment\, Nicole Macdonald makes large scale public paintings featuring city luminaries past and present on reclaimed materials. The Detroit Music Legend portraits are 6 x 8 foot\, the size of the windows where they will be installed in late 2018 on the Detroit Savings Bank Building\, designed by Albert Kahn at 6438 Woodward Avenue. A muralist\, collagist\, painter and tagger\, Macdonald co-founded City Sculpture\, a nonprofit Detroit art park\, is a board member of Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit\, and has exhibited at the Detroit Institute of Arts and Casco Gallery\, Netherlands. UID:47154-10802377@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47154 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Art,Children,Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness,Music,Social Impact LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR