Careers / Jobs:Open Interviews with Nike Howell
2019-11-05 10:00 - 16:00 (America/Detroit) | 1475 N Burkhart Rd, Howell, Michigan 48855, United States
Do you have what it takes to live the #SwooshLife? Come to Nike Howell on Tuesday, November 5th for open interviews. Learn about Nike History and Heritage along with all the amazing benefits that come with being a Nike Athlete (Sales Associate).

FAQs
Must be 18 to attend and apply.

Must fill out application online through jobs.nike.com prior to arrival.

Meeting:CGIS Romance Language Open Advising: Spring, Summer, & Fall 2020
2019-11-05 10:30 - 12:30 | Weiser Hall - Suite 255
CGIS will be hosting an open-advising event for Spring, Summer, & Fall 2020 Romance Languages programs. Whether students are interested in studying French, Italian, or Spanish, CGIS offers intermediate & advanced programs, and faculty-led programs to help you satisfy LSA Language requirements. Advisors and Peer Advisors will be available to discuss programs that allow you to take French 230/232, Italian 230, and Spanish 230/232.

Performance:Ran Dank and Soyeon Kate Lee, piano, Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music
2019-11-05 10:30 | Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall
Ran Dank is the recipient of numerous honors, including the Naumburg Piano Competition and the Sydney International Piano Competition, and First Prize-winner of the Hilton Head International Piano Competition. First prize-winner of the 2010 Naumburg International Piano Competition and the 2004 Concert Artist Guild International Competition,

Korean-American pianist Soyeon Kate Lee has been lauded by The New York Times as a pianist with “a huge, richly varied sound, a lively imagination and a firm sense of style,” and by The Washington Post for her “stunning command of the keyboard.”

Exhibition:Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s
2019-11-05 11:00 - 17:00, 2019-11-06 11:00 - 17:00, 2019-11-07 11:00 - 17:00 | Museum of Art - A. Alfred Taubman Gallery II
Can abstract art be about politics? In the early 1970s, that question was hotly debated as artists, critics, and the public grappled with the relationship between art, politics, race, and feminism. Many of those debates centered on bringing to light the roles that gender and race played in how “great modern art” was defined and assessed, and on employing art to advance civil rights. Within this discourse, abstraction had an especially fraught role. To many, the decision by women artists and artists of color to make abstract art seemed to represent a retreat from politics and protest: an abnegation of a commitment to civil rights and feminism. Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s presents large-scale work by four leading American artists—Helen Frankenthaler, Sam Gilliam, Al Loving, and Louise Nevelson—who chose abstraction as a means of expression within the intense political climate of the early 1970s.

UMMA gratefully acknowledges the following donors for their generous support of this exhibition:

Lead Exhibition Sponsors: University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, and College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Exhibition Endowment Donors: Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund, Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and Robert and Janet Miller Fund

University of Michigan Funding Partners: Institute for Research on Women and Gender, School of Social Work, Department of Political Science, and Department of Women's Studies

Exhibition:Abstraction, Color, and Politics:
2019-11-05 11:00 - 17:00, 2019-11-06 11:00 - 17:00, 2019-11-07 11:00 - 17:00 | Museum of Art - A. Alfred Taubman Gallery II
In the midst of the political and cultural upheavals of the 60s and 70s, artists, critics, and the public grappled with the relationship between art, politics, race, and feminism. During these decades, the notion that abstraction was a purely formal and American art form, concerned only with timeless themes disconnected from the present, was met with increased skepticism. Women artists and artists of color began to actively and assertively explore abstraction’s possibilities. The artworks in Abstraction, Color, and Politics: The 1960s and 1970s demonstrate both radical and disarming changes in how artists worked and what they thought their art was about. Their new formal and intellectual strategies—seen here across large-scale and miniature work—dramatically transformed the practice of abstraction in the 1960s and 1970s in a politically shifting American landscape.

UMMA gratefully acknowledges the following donors for their generous support:

Lead Exhibition Sponsors: University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, and College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Exhibition Endowment Donors: Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund, Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and Robert and Janet Miller Fund

University of Michigan Funding Partners: Institute for Research on Women and Gender, School of Social Work, Department of Political Science, and Department of Women's Studies

Exhibition:Border Control: Traversing Horizons in Media Practice
2019-11-05 11:00 - 17:00, 2019-11-06 11:00 - 17:00, 2019-11-07 11:00 - 17:00 | Off Campus Location
In September 2019, the University of Michigan Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design will host the New Media Caucus 2019 Symposium and Exhibition, Border Control. Symposium and exhibition events will take place in Ann Arbor at the Stamps School of Art and Design (2000 Bonisteel Blvd.) and Stamps Gallery (201 S. Division St.).

Exhibition Dates: September 20 - November 10, 2019
Symposium Dates: September 19 - 22, 2019
Guest Curator: Allison Collins, Media Arts Curator, Western Front

Curated by Allison Collins in collaboration with Carrie Edinger and Srimoyee Mitra.
In partnership with the New Media Caucus

Human migration is a defining issue of the 21st century, often calling into question the relevance, role, and responsibilities of national borders across the globe. As individuals seek refuge from geopolitical and environmental forces, we become an increasingly globalized community. Demarcations of all types are simultaneously porous and closed, defensive and receptive, and seen in almost every facet of our existence. Border Control responds to these conditions with an open-ended question, asking: “How has humanity made sense of the world in relation to borders and boundaries, both physically and psychologically?” While positioned within (or outside of) defined spaces and identities, human refusal of such literal definitions is paramount. Even while lines drawn have important consequences for lived reality, the winds, currents, and natural energies of the Earth deny enclosures and definitions that politics and maps might suggest.

Drawn from practices that are touched or driven by new media, Border Control assembles works by artists who consider geographical contexts, patterns of migration, displacement, and statelessness. Collectively, they offer projects with subterfuge, refusal, and reconsideration of imposed state-sanctioned boundaries.

Exhibition:Collection Ensemble
2019-11-05 11:00 - 17:00, 2019-11-06 11:00 - 17:00, 2019-11-07 11:00 - 17:00 | Museum of Art - Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Apse
Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Exhibition:Copies and Invention in East Asia
2019-11-05 11:00 - 17:00, 2019-11-06 11:00 - 17:00, 2019-11-07 11:00 - 17:00 | Museum of Art - A. Alfred Taubman Gallery I
Far from being frowned upon as uncreative, in China, Korea, and Japan, copying has long been considered a valuable practice. Through works of art spanning ancient to contemporary times, Copies and Invention in East Asia challenges our understanding of originality, and presents copying as an act of imaginative interpretation. The exhibition includes burial goods that conjure a world for the deceased; Buddhist sculptures produced in multiples to amplify religious experience and meaning; paintings in which a master’s brushstrokes are faithfully duplicated as a way of shaping the self; and contemporary works that address multiplicity and duplication in the modern world.

Lead support is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, Center for Japanese Studies, Nam Center for Korean Studies, School of Information, and College of Engineering. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan Fabrication Studio at the Duderstadt Center, the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, and SeeMeCNC 3D Printers.

Exhibition:Mari Katayama
2019-11-05 11:00 - 17:00, 2019-11-06 11:00 - 17:00, 2019-11-07 11:00 - 17:00 | Museum of Art - Irving Stenn, Jr. Family Gallery
Japanese artist Mari Katayama (born 1987) features her own body in a provocative series of works combining photography, sculpture, and textile. Born with a developmental condition, the artist had both her legs amputated at the age of nine and has worn prosthetics ever since. In order to fill a deep gap between her own understanding of self and physicality, and contemporary society’s simplistic categorizations, Katayama began to explore her identity by objectifying her body in her art. In photographs she assumes different personas, dressed in revealing lingerie in private, domestic spaces or in dramatic waterscapes. The unflinching display of the vulnerabilities and limits of Katayama’s body opens up a broader conversation about anxieties and wounds for all of us—disabled or nondisabled—living in an age obsessed with body image. UMMA’s installation will be the artist’s first solo exhibition in the U.S.

Lead support for this exhibition is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Center for Japanese Studies, the Japan Business Society of Detroit Foundation, the Japan Cultural Development, and Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment. Additional generous support is provided by the Susan and Richard Gutow Endowed Fund, the University of Michigan CEW+ Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, and Women's Studies Department.

Exhibition:New at UMMA: Walter Oltmann
2019-11-05 11:00 - 17:00, 2019-11-06 11:00 - 17:00, 2019-11-07 11:00 - 17:00 | Museum of Art - The Connector
Infant Skull II, a woven “tapestry” made out of very fine aluminum wire, only reveals its shape when seen from afar. Drawing inspiration from his country’s basketry traditions, the South African artist Walter Oltmann (b. 1960) alternates densely layered sections with open spaces, allowing the underlying surface of the work to show through. The skull that emerges is, in a South African context, evocative of the Cradle of Humankind—a series of caves outside Johannesburg, where some of the oldest hominin fossils in the world have been found.

The work complements UMMA’s renowned and growing collection of historical and contemporary African art and reminds us of the central role of Africa in the history of humankind. The purchase was made possible thanks to the generosity of UMMA Director's Acquisition Committee.

This acquisition was made possible by the generosity of the UMMA Director's Acquisition Committee, 2016.

Exhibition:Take Your Pick: Collecting Found Photographs
2019-11-05 11:00 - 17:00, 2019-11-06 11:00 - 17:00, 2019-11-07 11:00 - 17:00 | Museum of Art - ArtGym
Come help build our collection of “ordinary” American 20th-century photographs.

Take Your Pick invites you—the Museum’s visitors—to select photographs for our permanent collection. What belongs in a permanent collection, and why? Who and what should be represented, and how should we decide? This exhibition considers these questions in regard to 1,000 amateur photographs on loan from the private collection of Peter J. Cohen, who has gathered more than 60,000 snapshots while exploring flea markets in the United States and Europe over two decades. The images he has collected depict all aspects of daily life and reveal the dynamic histories of amateur photography. Such pictures have particular significance in the current digital age, when it is much less common to make physical copies of personal photographs. They constitute important artifacts of twentieth-century visual culture and precedents for the photographs we still make today. You are invited to make your voice heard in the selection process by voting for the photographs that resonate most with you!

Vote for your favorite pictures: Saturday, September 21, 2019 – Sunday, January 12, 2020 Final selections on view: Tuesday, January 14 – Sunday, February 23, 2020

Support for this exhibition is provided by Cecilia and Mark Vonderheide and the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and Department of Film, Television, and Media.

Workshop / Seminar:Complex Systems Seminar | Network reconstruction and community detection from dynamics
2019-11-05 11:30 - 13:00 | Weiser Hall - 747
The observed functional behavior of a wide variety large-scale systems is often the result of a network of pairwise interactions between individual elements. However, in many cases these interactions are hidden from us, either because they are impossible to be measured directly, or because their measurement can be done only at significant experimental cost. In such situations, we are required to infer the network of interactions from the observed functional behavior.

In this talk, I will present a scalable nonparametric Bayesian method to perform network reconstruction from observed functional behavior, that at the same time infers the modular structure (or "communities") present in the network. I will show how the joint reconstruction with community detection has a synergistic effect, where the edge correlations used to inform the existence of communities are also inherently used to improve the accuracy of the reconstruction which, in turn, can better inform the uncovering of communities. I will illustrate the use of the method with observations arising from epidemic models and the Ising model, both on synthetic and empirical networks, as well as on data containing only functional information.

Workshop / Seminar:Health, History, Demography & Development (H2D2)
2019-11-05 11:30 - 12:50 | Lorch Hall - 201
Details to come.

Presentation:Biopsychology Colloquium: The neurobiology of empathy in the prairie vole
2019-11-05 12:00 - 13:00 | East Hall - 4464
Empathy for the pain and suffering of others is widespread among social animals, and can provide a motivation for prosocial behaviors, including consolation. Here, I describe a definition-free approach to studying empathy using consoling behavior in the prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster). I use a series of behavioral assays to demonstrate empathy-related characteristics and capacities in prairie vole, including pro-social contact, social buffering, emotional contagion, state matching, and familiarity bias. I then explore the neurobiology of empathy using this model, implicating the anterior cingulate cortex and the neurohormone oxytocin. Finally, I demonstrate how empathy-related behaviors in rodents can be used to assess autism phenotypes by discussing my experiments looking at behavioral and neurological effects of developmental toxin exposure in mice. Animal models of empathy hold significant promise as outcome measures relevant to autism research.

Careers / Jobs:DEVELOP YOUR CAREER WITH NASA DEVELOP!
2019-11-05 12:00 - 13:00
Are you a student, recent graduate, or early/transitioning career professional seeking to make a positive impact on the environment and society?

Join us to learn about Applied Earth Science Opportunities with the NASA DEVELOP Program during one of our informational webinars!

Nov. 5th, 12pm ET
Webinar via WebEx- Click or visit https://tinyurl.com/yxgc3ybq to attend this webinar.

The NASA DEVELOP National Program addresses environmental and public policy issues through interdisciplinary research projects that apply the lens of NASA Earth observations to community concerns around the globe. Teams of DEVELOP participants partner with decision makers to conduct 10-week, rapid feasibility projects that highlight relevant applications of NASA Earth observing missions, cultivate advanced skills, and increase understanding and use of NASA Earth science data and technology.

Website: develop.larc.nasa.gov

Workshop / Seminar:EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar: Using mechanistic experiments, macroecology, and the Michigan Biological Station to understand biodiversity in a changing world
2019-11-05 12:00 - 13:00 | Biological Sciences Building - 1010
Please join us for our weekly brown bag lunch seminar.

In this talk, I'll summarize our work aimed at understanding the factors that shape biodiversity, from m2 quadrats to the globe. In particular, I will highlight how our work blends macroecological approaches, physiological experiments in the lab, and experimental manipulations in the field, mostly on ants. My view is that this synthetic approach, across scales, is the best way to understand and predict how biodiversity responds to global change drivers. Field stations are perfect launching pads for this kind of research and for introducing students, across disparate disciplines, to biodiversity and the services and functions it provides. Field stations can also be hubs for interdisciplinary collaborations and provide opportunities to ask, and address, pressing and fundamental questions across fields. The UMBS has been both a launching pad and hub for decades and is poised for continued growth and success.

View YouTube video of seminar: https://youtu.be/ND2ttvGjZ7U

Lecture / Discussion:LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Estimating the Unofficial Income of Officials from Large Asset Purchases
2019-11-05 12:00 - 13:00 | Weiser Hall - Room 110
From a paper co-authored by Yongheng Deng (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Shang-Jin Wei (Columbia University, FISF, and NBER) and Jing Wu (Tsinghua University)

Professor Deng and his co-authors propose a method to estimate not only the relative size of unofficial incomes but also the pervasiveness of corruption based on large asset purchases. Additionally, they applied this idea to a unique Chinese data and provide a first estimate of the proportion of officials who take in unofficial incomes. They have found that an average official’s unofficial income is 83% of his/her official income, and 57% of the officials have an unofficial income and this proportion rises with the rank. They also tested and reject the notion that unofficial incomes are a compensation for below-the-market government salaries.

Yongheng Deng is a Professor and the John P. Morgridge Distinguished Chair in Business, in the Department of Real Estate and Urban Land Economics, Wisconsin School of Business, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Before joining Wisconsin School of Business, Professor Deng has served as a Provost's Chair Professor of Real Estate and Finance, Director of the Institute of Real Estate Studies, and Head of the Department of Real Estate, at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He was also a Professor in the Department of Finance at NUS Business School, and Director of the Lifecycle Financing Research Program at NUS Global Asia Institute. Professor Deng was also a Professor at the University of Southern California (USC), School of Policy, Planning and Development, and the Marshall School of Business.

Professor Deng holds a Ph.D. in Economics from University of California at Berkeley, and a Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Wharton Real Estate Center, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. While Professor Deng’s recent research interest is in evaluating conditions in Asian and China’s real estate markets; his research pertains to a wide variety of issues in residential and commercial real estate finance and capital market worldwide. That includes real estate related financial capital market and asset-backed security pricing and risk analysis, econometric analysis of competing risks of mortgage prepayment and default with unobserved heterogeneity.

Professor Deng has published his research works in leading economics and finance journals. Some of those journals include “Econometrica,” “Journal of Financial Economics,” “Journal of Urban Economics,” “Review of Finance,” “China Economic Review,” “European Economic Review,” “Capitalism and Society,” and “Real Estate Economics,” among others. Major global media have frequently cited his research works, for example, “Wall Street Journal,” “New York Times,” “Economist Magazine,” “Telegraph,” “Forbes,” “People’s Daily” (China), and more.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us at least 2 weeks 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.

Lecture / Discussion:Mechanisms of Ribosome-Associated Quality Control- Biological Chemistry Seminar
2019-11-05 12:00 - 13:00 | Medical Science Unit II - North Lecture Hall
Dr. Sichen Shao, Assistant Professor of Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School, will deliver the weekly Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar on Tuesday November 5th, 2019. Please join us in North Lecture Hall, MS II for this seminar.

Careers / Jobs:Ph.D. Pathways - Developing a Growth Mindset, and Discussing the Value of the Ph.D.
2019-11-05 12:00 - 13:30 | University Career Center, 3200 Student Activities Building, Program Room (3003), 515 E Jefferson St, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
The Ph.D. is the highest level of education, however, the job market and many other factors sometimes lead to a lack of confidence in career goals and skills. The University Career Center will provide an interactive workshop that motivates you to develop a growth mindset in both career exploration, and the job search to encourage you to be bold in advancing your career!

Please register using external link: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/session/17765

Workshop / Seminar:Ph.D. Pathways: Developing a Growth Mindset and Discussing the Value of the Ph.D.
2019-11-05 12:00 - 13:30 | Student Activities Building
The Ph.D. is the highest level of education, however, the job market and many other factors sometimes lead to a lack of confidence in career goals and skills. The University Career Center will provide an interactive workshop that motivates you to develop a growth mindset in both career exploration and the job search to encourage you to be bold in advancing your career!
This workshop is designed for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Space is limited. For faculty and staff, please contact RackhamEvents@umich.edu to see if we can accommodate your attendance.
Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/QAAkE.
We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.

Workshop / Seminar:Sandwiches and Science: Training (for) Better Presentations Graduate Speaker Series
2019-11-05 12:00 - 13:30
**Fall 2019 KICK-OFF WORKSHOP SEPTEMBER 23RD**

Sandwiches and Science: Training (for) Better Presentations marks the third run of the professional development event hosted by Tau Beta Pi aimed at providing Michigan Engineering graduate students the opportunity to enhance their scientific communication skills. The series will be co-hosted/sponsored by TBP and the graduate societies of MSE, ECE, ChE, and MACRO and also sponsored by the Office of Student Affairs! As "learning-by-practice" event, it aims to help students learn how to effectively convey the "big picture" value of their research to a diverse audience, while also engaging a dialog of science and engineering research among graduate students across the entire College of Engineering. The event is aimed primarily at graduate students planning to take their candidacy exam, but anyone is welcome to participate! We will host 7-10 events each term, and event dates/times will be announced on a rolling basis.

Each session is structured to have student speakers (2-3 per session) make a timed (15-20 min) presentation on their graduate research to a broad engineering audience and a communications expert panel (3-4 panelists). Our expert panelists will provide constructive feedback to the speakers (and the audience), highlighting the positive aspects of each presentation and also indicating opportunities for improvement. This structure will allow for the speakers to receive specific feedback on their communication skills, while also providing the audience with generalized guidelines for good scientific communication.

If you would like to participate as a speaker/audience, please fill out the links below. We will follow-up with you with scheduling details. NOTE: The event is open to ALL CoE students, regardless of TBP membership status.

Lecture / Discussion:Sexual Harassment in STEM: A View from the National Academies
2019-11-05 12:00 - 13:00 | Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr - Johnson Rooms
Sexual harassment damages research integrity and shrinks the talent pool in science engineering and medicine.

In 2016, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine assembled a committee to conduct a study on this problem. They published a landmark report in 2018 titled, Sexual Harassment of Women: Climate, Culture, and Consequences in Academic Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

Committee member and contributing author, U-M Professor Lilia Cortina will present its key findings and recommendations. Preventing all forms of sexual and gender-based misconduct remains a top priority for the University of Michigan.

RSVP TODAY
Food will be provided. Limited capacity.

Reception / Open House:Cognitive Science Open House
2019-11-05 12:30 - 14:30 | Weiser Hall - 10th floor
Drop by the Cognitive Science Open House anytime between 12:30 and 2:30pm. You'll be able to:
--Declare Cognitive Science as your major (as long as you've already taken or are currently enrolled in COGSCI 200)
--Connect with cognitive science students, staff, and affiliated faculty
--Learn how to get more involved with cognitive science through research, student groups, study abroad, and more
--Eat free lunch!

The following faculty members will be available:
Steve Abney (12:30- )
Mara Bollard
David Brang
Jon Brennan
Marlyse Baptista (12:30-1:15 pm)
John Jonides (12:30- )
Rick Lewis

Class / Instruction:“Anyone who Thinks He Understands Quantum Mechanics has to have Rocks in His Head“
2019-11-05 13:00 - 15:00 | Off Campus Location
Quantum physics - the physics of ultra-tiny objects like atoms, molecules, and subatomic particles - is arguably the most successful theory in all of science. It predicts a stunning variety of phenomena to an extraordinary degree of accuracy, and its impact goes well beyond the world of the very small and into our everyday lives.
Yet at its foundation quantum physics is seriously flawed, the orthodox “Copenhagen interpretation” replacing locality with, in Einstein’s words, “spooky action at a distance”; it is at once fundamentally concerned with measurement but unable to define it.
We will discuss this and several other interpretations using physicist/philosopher Adam Becker’s fascinating book, "What is Real?". Please read Part 1 (of 3) for the first session. The fourth session will be a discussion with an expert in the field, TBD (possibly Adam Becker).
Craig Stephan, instructor, is a retired physicist who has led several study groups at OLLI, including ones on cosmology, the Higgs boson, and (concurrently) astrophysics. He is quite sure he does not have rocks in his head. This Study Group is for those 50 and over and meets select Mondays and Tuesdays, 1:00-3:00 pm on November 5, November 12, November 19, and November 25.

Careers / Jobs:Affirm Career Day
2019-11-05 13:00 - 16:00 | Duderstadt Center - Duderstadt Connector
The ECRC is hosting a Career Day for Affirm on Tuesday, November 5, from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM in the Duderstadt Connector.

Affirm, founded by Max Levchin (co-founder of Paypal), is a San Francisco-based financial technology company offering financial services that are actually on your side. Come meet Affirm engineers and grab some treats on 11/5 from 1-4pm!

Lecture / Discussion:Critical Conversations: Dissertation Showcase
2019-11-05 13:00 - 14:30 | Angell Hall - 3222
"Critical Conversations" is a monthly lunch series organized by the English Department for 2019-20. In each session, a panel of four faculty members give flash talks about their current research as related to a broad theme. Presentations are followed by lively, cross-disciplinary conversation with the audience.

Lunch will be available at 12:30. Presentations begin at 1:00pm, followed by discussion. The session concludes at 2:30.

Class / Instruction:German Lab
2019-11-05 13:00 - 16:00, 2019-11-06 13:00 - 16:00, 2019-11-07 13:00 - 16:00 | North Quad - Alcove B in the Language Resource Center (ground level of North Quad, Room 1500)
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/

Social / Informal Gathering:Ukrainian Faculty Office Hours
2019-11-05 13:00 - 14:00 | Mason Hall - hallway
See Svitlana or Eugene every Tuesday afternoon in the Mason Hall Hallway to speak Ukrainian!

Lecture / Discussion:ChE Seminar Series: Qian Chen
2019-11-05 13:30 - 14:30
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

>>This Seminar will be held in the North Campus Research Complex, Building 32, Auditorium

ABSTRACT

“'Cinematography' at the nanoscale, from colloidal crystallization to protein transformation"

I will discuss my group’s recent progress on applying low-dose liquid-phase TEM to synthetic and biological colloidal systems. In the first system, we directly image the otherwise elusive crystallization pathways of nanosized colloids into superlattices, where the discreteness and multi-scale coupling effects complicate the free energy landscape and the application forms of the final superlattices. We find that there exist similarities to the prevalent model system of micron-sized colloids, such as a non-classical two-step crystallization pathway, and an agreement with the capillary wave theory. But there are also differences, in particular, a universal layer-by-layer growth mode that we observe consistently for diverse nanoparticle shapes. Single particle tracking, trajectory analysis, and simulations combined unravel the energetic and kinetic features rendering this crystal growth mode possible and universal at the unexplored nanoscale, enabling advanced crystal engineering. In the second system, we sandwich and capture moving membrane proteins in their native lipid and liquid environment at nm resolution. The proteins exhibit real-time “fingering” fluctuations, which we attribute to dynamic rearrangement of lipid molecules wrapping the proteins. The conformational coordinates of protein transformation obtained from the real-space movies are used as inputs in our molecular dynamics simulations, to verify the driving force underpinning the function-relevant fluctuation dynamics. This platform invites an emergent theme of structural biophysics as we foresee.

BIO

Qian Chen is currently an Assistant Professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). She obtained her PhD from the same department with Steve Granick (2012) and did her postdoc with Paul Alivisatos at UC Berkeley under Miller Fellowship. She joined the faculty of UIUC in 2015 and since then has received awards for the research in her group including Victor LaMer award in ACS (2015), Forbes 30 under 30 Science List (2016), Air Force Office of Scientific Research YIP award (2017), National Science Foundation CAREER award (2018), Sloan Research Fellow in Chemistry (2018), and Unilever award in ACS (2018). The research in her group focuses on the broad scheme of imaging, understanding and engineering active soft matter, including systems such as colloidal self-assembly, protein aggregation, advanced battery devices, and energy-efficient separation strategies.

Lecture / Discussion:Interdisciplinary Seminar in Quantitative Methods (ISQM)
2019-11-05 14:00 - 15:30 | Haven Hall - Eldersveld Room (5670)
The goal of the Interdisciplinary Seminar in Quantitative Methods is to provide an interdisciplinary environment where researchers can present and discuss cutting-edge research in quantitative methodology. The talks are aimed at a broad audience, with emphasis on conceptual rather than technical issues. The research presented is varied, ranging from new methodological developments to applied empirical papers that use methodology in an innovative way. We welcome speakers and audiences from all disciplines and fields, including the social, natural, biomedical, and behavioral sciences.

Well-being:Finding Your Center: Staying Grounded While Navigating Decisions
2019-11-05 14:30 - 16:30 | Center for the Education of Women
Presenters: Morgan Hull, LLMSW, Program Coordinator & Doreen Murasky, LMSW, ACSW Student Program Manager, Senior

Every day, whether big or small, hard or easy, you make decisions; from the kind of breakfast you will eat to changing jobs or returning to school. These choices, although a part of life, can be stressful. This interactive workshop is created to dedicate a space for you to hit ‘pause’ and find your center. You will leave equipped with tools and resources to help reduce stress by staying grounded while navigating the many decisions of life.

Workshop / Seminar:Labor Economics & Economic History: Can you move to opportunity? Evidence from the Great Migration
2019-11-05 14:30 - 16:00 | Lorch Hall - 201
Abstract:

The northern United States long served as a land of opportunity for black Americans, but today the region's racial gap in intergenerational mobility rivals that of the South. I show that racial composition changes during the peak of the Great Migration (1940-1970) reduced upward mobility in northern cities in the long run, with the largest effects on black men. I identify urban black population increases during the Migration at the commuting zone level using a shift-share instrument, interacting pre-1940 black southern migration patterns with predicted out-migration from southern counties. The Migration's negative effects on children's adult outcomes appear driven by neighborhood factors, not changes in the characteristics of the average child. As early as the 1960s, the Migration led to greater white enrollment in private schools, increased spending on policing, and higher crime and incarceration rates. I estimate that the overall change in childhood environment induced by the Great Migration explains 28% of the upward mobility gap between black and white households in the region today.

Performance:The Sally Fleming Guest Masterclass Series: Eugene Watanabe, violin
2019-11-05 14:30 | Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall
Eugene Watanabe and his wife Dr. Vera Watanabe, were the founders of the Gifted Music School, a non-profit educational institution in Salt Lake City committed to defining the standard for high level music education. As artistic director he leads a synergistic team of faculty, administrators, students and parents, and donors. As a music educator, Watanabe’s students have regularly gained acceptance to the top music programs in the country including Juilliard, Colburn, New England Conservatory, Cleveland, Michigan, San Francisco, Peabody, and Manhattan. His students have been frequently recognized at national solo and chamber competitions as well as international events. Watanabe achieved a rare double win at the 2019 MTNA Nationals in Spokane having taught the 1st place awardees in both the Junior High and High School categories.

Careers / Jobs: KP Regional Health Education Graduate Student Summer Internship Information Session
2019-11-05 16:00 - 17:00
Kaiser Permanente Regional Health Education
Summer 2020 Graduate Student Internship Program
Oakland, California

NATIONWIDE VIRTUALINFORMATION SESSION
OPEN TO PUBLIC HEALTH GRADUATE STUDENTS

Please register here: https://bit.ly/2IVggiY

November 5 4pm-5pm PST (7pm-8pm EST)

Interested in health communication consulting?

Learn about our summer internship program in this 1 hour session.

Hear from former internsand current consultants.

Get your questions about the program answered.

Workshop / Seminar:CM/AMO Seminar | X-ray Vision of Spins, Charges and Orbitals for Understanding Emergent electronic States in Complex Oxides
2019-11-05 16:00 - 17:00 | West Hall - 335
Many of the most remarkable properties of quantum materials come from the interplay of multiple charge, orbital and spin degrees of freedom. Probing all of these with a single technique is consequently highly desirable. In this talk, I will describe how resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) opens up important new possibilities for measuring these degrees of freedom. This includes observing precursor charge density wave correlations in cuprates [1], observing orbital hybridization in iridates [2], and characterizing the spin behavior within the transient state of photo-doped Sr_2IrO_4 [3].

References
1. H. Miao et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A 114, 12430–12435 (2017); H. Miao et al., Phys. Rev. X 8, 011008 (2018); H. Miao et al., Phys. Rev. X 9, 031042 (2019)
2.Y. Wang et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 106401 (2019)
3. M. P. M. Dean et al., Nature Materials 15, 601-605 (2016); Y. Cao et al., Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 377: 20170480 (2019)

Class / Instruction:Cross-Campus Transfer Info Sessions
2019-11-05 16:00 - 17:00 | Angell Hall - G243
If you are enrolled in another University of Michigan-Ann Arbor school or college and are interested in transferring to LSA, you must attend a transferring to LSA information session.

Info sessions will be held in Angell Hall, Room G243 at 4:00 p.m. on the following dates:

Monday, September 9

Wednesday, September 18

Tuesday, October 1

Monday, October 21

Tuesday, November 5

Monday, November 18

Wednesday, December 4

Thursday, December 12

Lecture / Discussion:Genetics of Invasive Glioblastoma Cells
2019-11-05 16:00 - 17:00 | Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - ABC Seminar Room
2019 – 2020 Center for Organogenesis Seminar Series
Faculty Host: Xing Fan, Ph.D.
For additional information contact: organogenesis@umich.edu

Lecture / Discussion:Ghetto: The History of a Word
2019-11-05 16:00 - 17:30 | 202 S. Thayer - Room 2022
Few words are as ideologically charged as "ghetto." Its early uses centered on two cities: Venice, the site of the first ghetto in Europe, established in 1516; and Rome, where the ghetto endured until 1870, decades after it had been dismantled elsewhere. Over the nineteenth century, as Jews were emancipated and ghettos were dissolved, the word "ghetto" transcended its Italian roots and became a more general term for pre-modern Jewish life. It also came to designate new Jewish spaces—from voluntary immigrant neighborhoods like New York’s Lower East Side to the holding pens of Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe—as dissimilar from the pre-emancipation European ghettos as they were from each other. After World War Two, ghetto broke free of its Jewish origins and became more typically associated with African Americans than with Jews. Chronicling this sinuous transatlantic journey, this talk reveals how the history of ghettos is tied up with the struggle and argument over the meaning of a word.

There is both an accessible elevator and gender-neutral restroom on the first and second floor. If you have a disability that requires an accommodation, contact the Judaic Studies office at judaicstudies@umich.edu or 734-763-9047.

Careers / Jobs:Internship Lab
2019-11-05 16:00 - 17:00 | University Career Center, 3200 Student Activities Building, Program Room (3003), 515 E Jefferson St, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Are you ready to start searching for a great internship? Do you have a few ideas, but you’re not sure where to get started? Wherever you’re at: that's ok!

Get real time, personalized support by checking out the Internship Lab. It's designed as a drop-in hour, so come when you can during this time. It's a place for you to search for and find a great internship experience!

Chat with folks from the University Career Center to explore Handshake, the University Career Alumni Network (UCAN) and to learn about other tools you can use to build a great job/internship search strategy.

**If you're not sure what you're interested in, consider making an "Exploring Major/Career Option" appointment to get started clarifying your interests with a career coach in a 1-on-1 setting.

**If you're a Graduate Student, please make a 1:1 appointment instead of attending the Lab because this event is designed for undergraduates.

Note: 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. If you'd like to indicate that you'll be attending this event then please go to: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/events/326486

Other:Stacia Everett Office Hours
2019-11-05 16:00 - 18:00 | East Quadrangle - 1730
Got questions about Semester in Detroit (SiD)? Drop by Stacia's office hours! Stacia Everett is currently a senior at the University of Michigan majoring in Political Science. She participated in Semester in Detroit during the Spring/Summer '17 and was apart of the BEST Cohort Codename: SID Next Door! She loves to sing enjoys discussing social justice topics.

SiD office hours are held in our office at 1720 East Quad. For further questions, email us at semesterindetroit@umich.edu.

Careers / Jobs:Start with Talent; Finish with Strengths- UNLEASH YOUR TALENTS
2019-11-05 16:00 - 17:00 | Angell Hall , Comprehensive Studies Program Office, 435 South State Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108, United States
Clifton Strengths Workshop for CSP Mentors and Advisors

Lecture / Discussion:Conversations on Europe. Brexit Roundtable
2019-11-05 16:30 - 18:00 | Weiser Hall - 1010
Tough negotiations, shifting deadlines, and the constant threat of a “no deal” Brexit scenario have monopolized British headlines for months. What’s the big picture? A historian, a political scientist, and an economist will share their perspectives on the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union.

Kali Israel, associate professor of history at U-M, specializes in modern British and Scottish history. Her research focuses on women, modernities and cosmopolitanism in late 19th to mid-20th century Edinburgh. She teaches about contemporary events in Britain and Scotland through multiple genres and in historical context.

Scott L. Greer is a professor of health management and policy, public health, and political science at U-M. He is a Senior Expert Advisor on Health Governance for the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies. He researches the politics of health policies, with a special focus on the politics and policies of the European Union and the impact of federalism on health care.

Kyle Handley, Alexander M. Nick Professor and associate professor of business economics and public policy at U-M, studies international trade, investment, uncertainty, and firm employment dynamics. He is a faculty research fellow in the National Bureau of Economic Research and has been featured in numerous media outlets.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to cesmichigan@umich.edu at least 2 weeks 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.

Photo attribution: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Manchester_Brexit_protest_for_Conservative_conference,_October_1,_2017_17.jpg
Captioned: “Manchester Brexit protest for Conservative conference, October 1, 2017” by iloveeu is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 [creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0]

Reception / Open House:Digital Studies Minor Backpack-a-palooza
2019-11-05 16:30 - 18:00 | Mason Hall - G325
Interested in a Digital Studies Minor? Not sure when or how to declare? Have questions about courses or requirements?

Get answers, learn about W2020 Digital Studies courses, get FREE FOOD, and even declare your minor!

Free food! Bring a friend or two!

Lecture / Discussion:Nam Center Colloquium Series | Pop City: Korean Popular Culture and the Selling of Place
2019-11-05 16:30 - 18:00 | Weiser Hall - Room 110
Cosponsored by the Department of Communication and Media.

Pop City examines the use of Korean television dramas and K-pop music to promote urban and rural places in South Korea. Building on the phenomenon of Korean pop culture, Youjeong Oh argues that pop culture-featured place selling mediates two separate domains: political decentralization and the globalization of Korean popular culture. The local election system introduced in the mid 90s has stimulated strong desires among city mayors and county and district governors to develop and promote their areas. Riding on the Korean Wave—the overseas popularity of Korean entertainment, also called Hallyu—Korean cities have actively used K-dramas and K-pop idols in advertisements designed to attract foreign tourists to their regions. Hallyu, meanwhile, has turned the Korean entertainment industry into a speculative field into which numerous players venture by attracting cities as sponsors.

By analyzing the process of culture-featured place marketing, Pop City shows that urban spaces are produced and sold just like TV dramas and pop idols by promoting spectacular images rather than substantial physical and cultural qualities. Popular culture-associated urban promotion also uses the emotional engagement of its users in advertising urban space, just as pop culture draws on fans’ and audiences’ affective commitments to sell its products. Oh demonstrates how the speculative, image-based, and consumer-exploitive nature of popular culture shapes the commodification of urban space and ultimately argues that pop culture–mediated place promotion entails the domination of urban space by capital in more sophisticated and fetishized ways.

Youjeong Oh is Assistant Professor in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Her topics of interest include urban processes in Korea and East Asia, development and social movement, Korean popular culture, and media and space.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us at least 2 weeks 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.

Careers / Jobs:Venture For America 101 (November 2019)
2019-11-05 16:30 - 17:30
Learn the nuts and bolts Venture For America’s two-year fellowship program for recent graduates who want to move to a city in our network and gain the skills they need to become a startup leader and/or founder.

Workshop / Seminar:Finding Research: Using the Psychology Research Opportunity Tool
2019-11-05 17:00 - 18:00 | East Hall - 4464
The Psychology Department has a new online tool for helping students find research. This interactive workshop will teach you how the tool works and provide tips for making a competitive profile. Bring your laptop to actively work on your profile during this session. There will also be FREE PIZZA! Please RSVP to help us order enough: https://myumi.ch/jxgrN

Well-being:HSV Support Group
2019-11-05 17:00 - 18:00 | Health Service - 0210
Please note: Due to COVID-19 we will not be hosting an additional in-person meeting this year. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. If you'd like to connect with a health educator for support over email or video chat, please email Laura at sexualhealth@umich.edu to arrange.

New this fall, Wolverine Wellness is hosting a herpes simplex virus (HSV) support group for students (undergraduates and graduate students welcome).

This group is co-facilitated by a sexual health professional and a student. All are welcome to come discuss:
-Relationships & sexuality
-Self-image
-Stigma & empowerment
-Topics as chosen by the group

If you've been diagnosed with HSV and could use some connection and affirmation, or if you just want to know more about how students navigate an HSV diagnosis, you're invited to come chat with us!

Presentation:LSA Bonderman Fellowship Info Session
2019-11-05 17:00 - 18:00 | Michigan League - Room D (3rd floor)
The Bonderman Fellowship offers 4 graduating University of Michigan LSA (Literature, Science and the Arts) seniors $20,000 to travel the world. They must travel to at least 6 countries in 2 regions over the course of 8 months and are expected to immerse themselves in independent and enriching explorations.

Come to a Bonderman information session to learn more about the fellowship and how to apply! Pizza will be provided!

Lecture / Discussion:Business Won't Save the World:
2019-11-05 17:30 - 18:30 | Ross School of Business - Robertson Auditorium
Join us for a thought-provoking conversation about the culprits of and solutions for the largest issues facing the world today.

The Erb Institute is proud to host an evening with Anand Giridharadas, author of the National Best Seller, Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World. This candid conversation will examine the role of business in society, the flaws of philanthropy and the possibility of changing the world from the ground up. We'll discuss climate change—culprits, challenges and collaboration for progress—social inequality—who's winning, who's losing and why—and what needs to change.

Seating will be on a first come first served basis. Book signing in partnership with Literati to immediately follow the event.

Well-being:CBT Group for Social and Performance Anxiety
2019-11-05 17:30 - 19:00 | Off Campus Location
Registration is open for the University Psychological Clinic’s fall CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) group for adults with social or performance anxiety. People with social anxiety often worry about seeming incompetent, unintelligent, or awkward in social situations. Symptoms like heart pounding, shaking, sweating, dry mouth, or “blanking out” are common symptoms. People with social anxiety may continue to worry about how they came across to others long after the event is over. This group can help you build skills to counter the effects.

If you think social anxiety is negatively affecting your relationships, your work, or your overall mental health, this group might be the next step for you. Clinicians at the Psychological Clinic use evidence-based group therapy to help participants learn to identify and shift unhealthy thinking patterns. You will build coping skills and increase confidence in a supportive environment and at your own pace. The group will meet on Tuesdays, beginning October 15, 2019, for eight weeks, with an additional follow-up booster session a month after the program’s conclusion.

If you think this group is the right fit for you, call the Psych Clinic at (734) 764-3471 to schedule an individual, preliminary screening. This screening will take 30-60 minutes. Some insurance is accepted to cover the cost. Without insurance the screening cost is $20. This screening allows you to work with a clinician to determine if the group is right for you.

Please send referrals by faxing a brief treatment summary or evaluation report to the Psychological Clinic, attention Michelle Van Etten Lee, Ph.D. The fax number is (734) 764-8128.

Reception / Open House:OS Info Night
2019-11-05 17:30 - 19:00 | Angell Hall - Auditorium D
Want to learn more about Organizational Studies?

Join us to hear more about this interdisciplinary major based in social sciences where students customize their own education. Enjoy a small community of dedicated and ambitious students with access to top-notch faculty and an engaged alumni network.

You'll have the opportunity to hear from the Program Director, Major Advisor, Prospective Student Advisors, and a diverse panel of OS students!

Feel free to visit our website in the meantime for more information on the curriculum, application, or to sign-up for a prospective student advising meeting!

Social / Informal Gathering:Schokoladenstunde
2019-11-05 17:30 - 18:30, 2019-11-07 11:00 - 12:00 | North Quad - Language Resource Center
All 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 Silvia Grzeskowiak, and on Thursdays by Mary Gell or sometimes Veronica Williamson.

"Schokoladenstunde" will take place in the comfortable seating area between the two computer classrooms in the Language Resource Center. You will be able to get some German chocolate and speak German with language instructors.

Careers / Jobs:StudentSpot Webinar Series: Ask a HubSpot Sales Recruiter
2019-11-05 17:30 - 18:30
Learn more about this Q&A event about interviewing for entry-level sales roles and RSVP now at https://hubs.life/StudentSpot.

Please do not only RSVP on Handshake, or you will not be able to receive the webinar link on the day of th event.

Careers / Jobs: Midea Group-Open Full Time Positions & Internships
2019-11-05 18:00 - 21:00 | G.G. Brown Building Room 2505, 2350 Hayward Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Midea is the world’s largest producer of major appliances and the world’s No.1 brand of air-treatment products, air-coolers, kettles, and rice cookers. Midea Group is a world leading technologies group in consumer appliances, HVAC systems, robotics and industrial automation systems, and smart supply chain (logistics). Midea offers diversified products, comprised of consumer appliances (kitchen appliances, refrigerators, laundry appliances, and various small home appliances), HVAC (residential air-conditioning, commercial air-conditioning, heating & ventilation), and robotics and industrial automation (Kuka Group and Yaskawa joint venture). Midea is committed to improving lives by adhering to the principle of “Creating Value for Customers”. Midea focuses on continuous technological innovation to improve products and services to make life more comfortable and pleasant.

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Careers / Jobs:Wade Trim Info Session, hosted by SWE
2019-11-05 18:00 - 19:30 | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building - 1003 EECS
Positions: Full-time, intern
Majors: Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering
US Citizenship or Permanent Resident
Resumes: Yes

Meeting:Weil Legal Innovators Program Reception
2019-11-05 18:30 - 20:30 | Off Campus Location
The Weil Legal Innovators Program engages incoming law school students in addressing some of the most pressing social and legal challenges in our communities today. On November 5th, the firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP will be hosting a reception at Vinology at 6:30 PM for Michigan students interested in participating in this unique opportunity.

Weil Legal Innovators is comprised of a cohort of 10 incoming law school students who plan to attend one of our WLI Law School Partners (Columbia, Duke Georgetown, NYU, and UPenn). Innovators defer their first year of law school to work at one of WLI's sponsoring nonprofit organizations, executing a strategic initiative designed to leverage their business acumen and commitment to public service, while amplifying the impact of the sponsoring nonprofit.

What do Innovators receive for their participation?

$50,000 salary plus health benefits

$10,000 law school scholarship

Ongoing engagement with Weil, including a Weil Partner Mentor

Opportunity to interview for the Weil Summer Associate program

Registration is required: https://wgm.weil.com/201/1811/landing-pages/rsvp-blank-(generic).asp?sid=f1382042-2faa-4e73-823f-f756b14bd36a)

Presentation:Jewish Community, Race, and Social Justice with Ilana Kaufman
2019-11-05 19:00 - 20:30 | School of Social Work Building - Educational Conference Center
Ilana Kaufman’s talk, “Jewish Community, Race, and Social Justice” will be presented free and open to the public on Tuesday, November 5 from 7-9 pm. The event will be held in the Educational Conference Center of the School of Social Work (1080 S University Ave). She will discuss the intersection of U.S. Jewish identity and race, as animated by modern movements for social justice. Informed by community pain-points such as Jewish communal reactions to the Women’s March and the Movement for Black Lives Platform, Kaufman will explore notions of anti-Semitism, community and movement-building, and how to effectively partner with groups despite some fundamental disagreements and tensions.

Ilana Kaufman is the Executive Director of the Jews of Color Field Building Initiative. Kaufman’s work aims to draw attention to those in the Jewish community who have diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds, namely non-white and non-Ashkenazi heritage, or of multiple racial and ethnic identities. These individuals, many of whom identify as Jews of Color, have historically been underrepresented in our Jewish institutions and largely invisible in Jewish demographic studies. Through the Jews of Color Field Building Initiative, Kaufman develops more accurate demographic information about how many American Jews of Color there are and how to create more inclusive Jewish communities. She focuses on grantmaking to programs that support Jews of Color, research and field building, and community education.

The event is generously sponsored by the Jewish Communal Leadership Program in the School of Social Work, Trotter Multicultural Center, Michigan Hillel, The School of Social Work Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, LSA Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and the Jean and Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies.

Lecture / Discussion:The “Irrepressible Conflict”: Slavery, the Civil War and America’s Second Revolution
2019-11-05 19:00 - 21:00 | Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - 4th Floor - Rackham Ampitheatre
LECTURE 2 OF A 3-PART SERIES

The “Irrepressible Conflict”: Slavery, the Civil War and America’s Second Revolution – Speaker: Eric London
• The origins of the Civil War
• The role of white workers in the abolition of slavery
• How did Marx view the Civil War?
• Reconstruction, the emergence of the working class, and the origins of Jim Crow

Eric London is a member of the National Committee of the Socialist Equality Party and writer for the World Socialist Web Site with a focus on US politics, immigration, US history, Latin America, workers struggles and democratic rights. He is also the author of the recently released book Agents: The FBI and GPU Infiltration of the Trotskyist Movement.

The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) in the US and its youth and student movement, the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE), is holding a series of meetings on “Race, Class and the Fight for Socialism: Perspectives for the Coming Revolution in America.”

This series is the socialist answer to the New York Times “1619 Project,” which has been accompanied by an unprecedented publicity blitz, including at schools and campuses throughout the country. The occasion they cite for the publication of this project is the 400th anniversary of the arrival of 20 African slaves at Port Comfort, Virginia.

The Times project raises the question: Is race the driving force of history, as the Times insists? Or, as Karl Marx analyzed, is it class? Is “anti-black racism … in the very DNA of this country” as the Times writes? Or is the history of the United States fundamentally the history of class struggle? As social inequality reaches record levels, is America heading toward race war or socialist revolution?

The promotion of the 1619 Project takes place under conditions of expanding class struggle internationally and a growing interest in socialism among workers and youth in the United States. Its aim is to block the development of a united movement of workers across all races by cultivating racial divisions.

These meetings will refute the historical falsifications advanced in the 1619 Project, explain their underlying political motivations and present the strategy for socialist revolution in America today.

Performance:Wilco
2019-11-05 19:30 - 23:00 | Hill Auditorium
Doors: 6:30 PM
Show: 7:30 PM

Wilco is a Chicago sextet formed by singer-songwriter and guitarist Jeff Tweedy in the mid-1990s. The band’s current lineup solidified in 2004 when guitarist Nels Cline and guitarist/keyboardist Patrick Sansone joined Tweedy, founding bassist John Stirratt, drummer Glenn Kotche and keyboardist Mikael Jorgensen. Wilco’s brand of classic roots rock incorporates folk, pop and genre-spanning experimentalism. The band’s 10-album catalog includes 2002’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (named one of the 500 greatest albums of all time by Rolling Stone), 2005’s Grammy award-winning A Ghost is Born, the Grammy-nominated Wilco (The Album) and The Whole Love and more. NPR has called Wilco “the best rock band in America” and the band has been heralded by the Los Angeles Times as “an amazing machine whose six players seem more at one with their music than any rock group working today.”

Performance:David Wax Museum
2019-11-05 20:00 - 22:00 | Off Campus Location
Presented by The Ark.
The roots of David Wax Museum stretch back over a decade, and all the way from New England to Mexico. As a student at Harvard, David Wax began traveling south of the border to study and immerse himself in Mexico's traditional music and culture. Back in Boston, he met fiddler/singer Suz Slezak, whose love of traditional American and Irish folk music fused with Wax's Mexo-Americana into a singular, energetic blend that captivated audiences and critics alike (Bob Boilen of NPR Music hailed their live performance as "pure, irresistible joy"). Their 2010 breakout performance at the Newport Folk Festival made them the most talked-about band of the weekend. They released a trio of albums that earned escalating raves everywhere from SPIN and Entertainment Weekly (which described them as sounding "like Andrew Bird with a Mexican folk bent") to the New York Times and the Guardian (which dubbed the music "global crossover at its best").

Careers / Jobs:Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program
2019-11-06 08:00 - 23:00, 2019-11-07 08:00 - 23:00
UROP's Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program ( DCERP) will be accepting applications for Summer 2020 through December 3rd! DCERP students will gain valuable experience while helping community organizations with their research needs. They'll also become part of a dynamic learning community that will get to know about Detroit history, have fun together, and share their passion for social justice. Students will receive a stipend and housing for this 9-week program.

Apply today! http://myumi.ch/erK95

Exhibition:CCPS Exhibition. Stasys Eidrigevičius: Collages
2019-11-06 08:00 - 17:00, 2019-11-07 08:00 - 17:00 | Weiser Hall - International Institute Gallery, 547 Weiser Hall
*The juxtaposition of fragments creates original, unexpected, and often surrealist images that unlock a new imaginary universe.*

Stasys Eidrigevičius, often referred to simply as “Stasys,” was born in Mediniskiai, Lithuania in 1949. He studied at the Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts before moving to Warsaw in 1980 where he established a reputation as a world-renowned artist. A master of many techniques as an illustrator, book cover designer, sculptor, painter, and photographer, Stasys is perhaps best known for his graphics and poster art. He has exhibited in the United States, Switzerland, Japan, Great Britain, Spain, France, Germany and many other countries.

Stasys is the recipient of numerous international prizes and medals in various fields of artistic activity including: the Grand Prize at the International Book Illustration Contest in Barcelona (1986); Gold Medal at the International Poster Festival in Chicago (1987); Silver Medal at the 2nd International Exhibition of Graphic Art in New York (1988); Grand Prize at the 1st International Biennial Exhibition of Book Illustration in Belgrade (1990) and Bratislava (1991); Grand Prize at the International Salon of Poster in Paris (1993); Gold Medal at the 4th International Triennial of Poster in Toyama (Japan, 1994); and at the Polish Poster Biennale in Katowice (1999). In 2019, he was honored with the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this exhibition, please reach out to copernicus@umich.edu at least 2 weeks 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.

Exhibition:Civitates Orbis Terrarum: Braun & Hogenberg’s Evolving World
2019-11-06 08:00 - 18:00, 2019-11-07 08:00 - 18:00 | Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library
Civitates Orbis Terrarum (Cities of the World), the first standardized city atlas, contains over 540 maps and views between its six volumes. First published in 1572 by Georg Braun (1541-1622) and Frans Hogenberg (1535-1590), Civitates was first intended as a companion to Ortelius’s Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. New editions of the city atlas continued to be printed through 1617. Hogenberg, one of the most prolific engravers of the time, was joined by many other engravers in creating the Civitates. Braun edited the work and provided the descriptions of the cities on the verso of each plate. This exhibit contains 18 works from the Civitates, including many from the Clark Library’s holdings. Also included are reproductions of large panoramas Amsterdam, London, and St. Petersburg that reflect the evolution of city mapping through the 17th and 18th centuries.

Exhibition:Football & Pets: Paper Sculpture
2019-11-06 08:00 - 20:00, 2019-11-07 08:00 - 20:00 | University Hospitals
This exhibit of Steve Wirtz’ sculptures features a selection of his Dynamic Football series and animal works. The Dynamic Football laminated paper works explore compositions of action, allowing the artist to exploit the properties of the medium. The pieces are constructed by gluing many layers of paper over wire armatures. When dry, the sculptures are painted in an often splashy, sketchy style. Wirtz’ silly animal works are what the artist is best known for, and they take shape in his Goetzville, Michigan studio.

Gifts of Art Gallery – University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Exhibition:Michigan Medicine Employee Art Exhibition
2019-11-06 08:00 - 20:00, 2019-11-07 08:00 - 20:00 | Taubman Center
Each year Gifts of Art presents an exhibition of artwork by Michigan Medicine faculty, staff, students, volunteers and family members. It showcases the exceptional talent, creativity and accomplishments of artists in the extensive (~26,000) Michigan Medicine community. There are artist juried ribbon awards for Best in Category, Best in Show, and a People's Choice award determined by ballots in the on-site voting box. Winners will be announced at the Award Ceremony & Reception held in the exhibit gallery, date TBA. For more information, please visit: www.med.umich.edu/goa/employee.htm.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Exhibition:Michigan Sports Galore: Oil on Canvas
2019-11-06 08:00 - 17:00, 2019-11-07 08:00 - 17:00 | Cancer Center
Brighton, Michigan artist Jeff Joseph’s introduction to art making was drawing pencil sketches of his junior high classmates. His specialty is sports arts, and he has a license to create art for several universities including U-M, Ohio State and Michigan State. His work is about the quiet moments of sports as well as the shifting and complex panorama of all sports. This exhibit will include portraits, stadium landscapes and images from Michigan sports teams. Focusing on accuracy and detail, his originals can take anywhere from four months to a year to complete, but he is always updating collectors around the country with new pieces.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center, Level 1
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Exhibition:Oil on Water: Painting on Linen
2019-11-06 08:00 - 20:00, 2019-11-07 08:00 - 20:00 | University Hospitals
Danielle Eubank is an award-winning artist who has been on four international sailing expeditions and painted every ocean on the planet to raise awareness about the oceans and climate change. Her large paintings are emotive abstract portraits of specific bodies of water. The Oil on Water exhibition features Eubank’s oil on linen paintings of the Arctic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. She creates patterns within patterns, representing vertical stacks of rhythms. The undulating forms, such as water ripples, oil slicks, and refuse, combined with the memories that water evokes, makes her work eye-opening, yet soothing and sensual.

Gifts of Art Gallery – University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Exhibition:Pen & Ink Queens
2019-11-06 08:00 - 20:00, 2019-11-07 08:00 - 20:00 | University Hospitals
Introverted and shy by nature, Laura Cavanagh uses her art as an outlet to create humorous larger than life personalities. In Pen & Ink Queens, Cavanagh draws inspiration from medieval and renaissance-era garments to adorn quirky, queenly figures. Cavanagh works in a style that is hyper-detailed and intricate, so she remains present during the creative process. A true Michigander, Cavanagh was born and raised in Southeast Michigan, attended U-M, and currently works in Detroit. Cavanagh makes a concerted effort to exhibit as much as possible in her home state, and when she is not in her studio, you can find her cooking, practicing yoga or playing with her cat, Benji.

Gifts of Art Gallery – University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Exhibition:The Un-Quarium: Mixed Media
2019-11-06 08:00 - 20:00, 2019-11-07 08:00 - 20:00 | Taubman Center
Unruly Arts is a professional art studio that serves adults with disabilities, located within the Artist Village at the Toledo Botanical Garden. In this supportive community, each artist is encouraged to find and develop their authentic voice through art and the creative process. The Un-Quarium exhibit is a series of three large canvases of stretched silk polyester, along with a collection of smaller aquatic themed glass and silk abstracts showcasing a wondrous world beneath the sea. The works reflect a collaborative effort by eighteen artists from Unruly Arts studio. Their art celebrates the joyful and vibrant expression of color and texture as well as their unique vision.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Exhibition:Ваза: Copper & Brass Vessels
2019-11-06 08:00 - 20:00, 2019-11-07 08:00 - 20:00 | Taubman Center
Victoria (Vika) Bulgakova grew up in Ukraine, a part of the former Soviet Union. She immigrated to the U.S. in 1994, and for the next 22 years, New York became her home. In 2016, she moved to Michigan to pursue an MFA at Cranbrook Academy of Art. She found the raw beauty of Detroit inspiring and kept her metalsmithing studio practice in the city. The copper and brass vessels in her Ваза series and other included works are a meditation on fluidity of memories: their ability to shift from reflection to re-invention over time. Each vessel potentially holds something within its boundaries, whether tangible or not.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Exhibition:Exhibition | Graffiti as Devotion along the Nile: El-Kurru, Sudan
2019-11-06 09:00 - 16:00, 2019-11-07 09:00 - 16:00 | Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Ancient graffiti provide a unique glimpse into the lives of individuals in antiquity. Religious devotion in ancient Kush (a region located in modern-day northern Sudan), involved pilgrimage and leaving informal marks on temples, pyramids, and other monumental structures. These graffiti are found in temples throughout the later (“Meroitic”) period of Kush, when it bordered Roman Egypt. They represent one of the few direct traces of the devotional practices of private people in Kush and hint at individuals’ thoughts, values, and daily lives. This exhibition explores the times and places in which Kushite graffiti were inscribed through photos, text, and interactive media presentations. At the heart of the show are the hundreds of Meroitic graffiti recently discovered in a rock-cut temple by the Kelsey expedition to El-Kurru in northern Sudan.

Curators: Geoff Emberling and Suzanne Davis

View the online exhibition:
http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/graffiti-el-kurru/

Exhibition:Other Crusoes, Other Islands: Mapping a Complex Legacy
2019-11-06 09:00 - 18:00, 2019-11-07 09:00 - 18:00 | Hatcher Graduate Library - Audubon Room
On the 300th anniversary of the publication of The Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner, this exhibit interrogates the troubled legacy of Daniel Defoe’s seminal English novel. It also explores how creators have pushed back against the colonialist, hyper-masculine, and racist ethos of the text by using the castaway narrative to explore self-sufficiency, otherness, and the role of gendered and racialized ideas in constructing the self.

This novel of shipwreck, survival, and rescue has become a cultural touchstone. Today, many people who haven’t read the novel still feel familiar with key plot elements, Robinson Crusoe, and Friday. Yet, there is less familiarity with how both the original text and many of the adaptations of Robinson Crusoe have fed into and reinforced narratives of imperialism and racism. Drawing on the Hubbard Collection of Imaginary Voyages - one of the world’s most comprehensive collections of editions, translations, adaptations, and spin-offs of Robinson Crusoe - Other Crusoes, Other Islands seeks to understand how readers and writers have engaged with the story since its initial publication in 1719.

Content Advisory: Please be aware that some items in this exhibit feature racist imagery and potentially painful content. Although Robinson Crusoe is often treated as children’s literature and this exhibit includes children’s books and board games, it is not an exhibit geared towards children and reflects the significant shifts over time in ideas about what is appropriate for children.

Meeting:U-M Aphasia Community Group (UMAC)
2019-11-06 09:00 - 11:45 | Off Campus Location
The U-M Aphasia Community Group (UMAC) is a great way to meet people in the aphasia community, while boosting communication skills and confidence! If you or your loved one has the communication disorder aphasia, consider joining the conversation group. All ages are welcome.

UMAC is offered once a week, Wednesday, for four-week sessions. The cost is $140 for the month (includes 4 weekly sessions). The meeting is facilitated by a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist who prepares activities for groups of varying sizes and skill levels. Activities target all aspects of communication, including speaking, listening, and comprehending. You will practice speaking and interacting in a supportive and friendly environment, and learn new techniques to take home after the program ends!

You can fill out the UMAC online application. If you have additional questions, please call (734) 764-8440.

This group is open to those of all communication skill levels. Aphasia can be incredibly isolating and takes a toll on confidence — this group takes aim at making connections and building confidence in speech and social interactions.

For more information, see: https://mari.umich.edu/ucll/umap/aphasia-community

Workshop / Seminar:ISR CoderSpace with Erin Ware
2019-11-06 09:30 - 10:30 | Institute For Social Research - 6080
Dr. Ware is a self-taught HPC user and excited to host a weekly CoderSpace again! She is an Assistant Professor of Research in the Population, Neurodevelopment, and Genetics group at ISR. Her training has been in genetic epidemiology, public health, and statistics using SAS (local), R (server), Linux (on FLUX, MBNI, and other personal servers), batch scripting (SGE, PBS, Slurm). Dr. Ware has taught SAS (data management and statistical modeling) and introductory statistics using R. She is experienced in teaching high performance computing to individuals with limited programming background. This fall semester, she is also teaching SIADS502: math methods for data science for the online master’s of data science degree program through the School of Information.

Exhibition:Art Exhibition: Blood Underwater
2019-11-06 10:00 - 17:00, 2019-11-07 10:00 - 17:00 | East Quadrangle - Residential College Art Gallery
Water, as a natural resource, has been weaponized or made treacherous against people seeking safety and security. Some have been tortured or killed through waterboarding, others have been forced into oceans to die or disappear. Refugees across world regions have drowned crossing bodies of water in hopes for a better life.

Millions of people all over the world are being tortured, disappeared, and forcibly displaced by repressive regimes and wars while governments of other countries are denying them a safe place to live. There are now as many as 1.3 million survivors of politically motivated torture survivors living in the U.S. And over 70 million refugees in the world according to the United Nations Refugee Agency, the highest number in the almost 70 years since the refugee agency was founded.

During this time of rapid political change worldwide, the Blood Underwater Workshop and Exhibition offers an opportunity for students, activists, members of civil society organizations, and NGOs to come together as change agents to protect human rights, freedom and dignity, and to spread peace, justice and love.

Blood Underwater is a collaborative work, which encourages deep thinking and creative expression. It provides a voice for community members and activists, especially from political, national, racial, religious and other minorities, to express their concerns about global suffering through art. Participants gather around a large canvas with paints and music and are guided through a series of artistic expressions by “artivist” Elshafei Dafalla. The purpose is to use art to protest against violence, torture, enforced disappearances and other forms of brutality.

Blood Underwater is a demand for “freedom, peace and justice” -- from San Salvador to Khartoum to Sindh -- and throughout the world. This visual narrative will recognize men and women who have been murdered because they wanted to live in freedom, political prisoners, people forced from their homes, and those who have been tortured for standing up to dictatorships.

The Blood Underwater artwork narrative will connect participants to one another, and to refugees, asylum seekers, political prisoners and others who have already died or are currently suffering in their own countries or in new lands. This collaboration and new knowledge will enable participants to reflect together about global suffering, and what can be done about it.

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Eishafei Dafalla received a Bachelor of Arts in Sculpture from the College of Fine and Applied Art at the University for Science and Technology in Khartoum, Sudan as well as a Diploma in Folklore from the Afro-Asian Institute at the University of Khartoum. He earned a Master of Fine Arts from the Stamps School of Art and Design at University of Michigan. Dafalla has participated in more than fifty exhibits worldwide, and his work is part of public and private collections in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Europe and the United States. He continues to lecture and to exhibit his work, holding artist residencies, participating in community building activities, and creating performative installation events around the U.S. and internationally. An extended interview with Dafalla was created by the Washington DC-based, nonprofit, Center for Concern.

The exhibition will be on display November 4-22, M-F, 10am-5pm, at the Residential College Art Gallery at 701 East University Ave., Ann Arbor MI 48109. Free and open to the public.

There will be an opening reception for Blood Underwater with Elshafei Dafalla in attendance on November 1 from 6-8pm, and refreshments will be served.

Social / Informal Gathering:Cocoa, Coffee, and Chat
2019-11-06 10:00 - 11:30 | Trotter Multicultural Center - Lounge
The Trotter Multicultural Center Staff invite students to stop by and grab a donut, coffee, and hot apple cider. This is an opportunity to meet and connect with staff and learn more about upcoming events. We look forward to meeting you!

Exhibition:Literature in Fragments: Lost Greek Works at Michigan
2019-11-06 10:00 - 17:00, 2019-11-07 10:00 - 17:00 | Hatcher Graduate Library - Special Collections Research Center, 6th Floor
This exhibit presents a selection of such fragmentary literary texts from the University of Michigan’s Papyrology Collection. Although literary papyri represent a small fraction of surviving papyrus texts, they nonetheless enable scholars both to improve their readings of known literary texts and to illuminate the rich diversity of ancient Greek literature, the overwhelming majority of which has been lost to time.

The Greek literature that survives complete in the present day largely represents the texts that were the most popular in antiquity, works like Homer’s Iliad and Euripides’ Medea. These texts were repeatedly copied throughout antiquity and the Middle Ages, ensuring their continued transmission. Literary texts on papyri, however, provide a rare opportunity to glimpse fragments of ancient literature in their original form and to discover works that were read in antiquity but did not otherwise survive into the medieval and modern periods. This includes lesser-known works by such famous authors as Aristophanes and the Greek tragedians, as well as fragments of texts whose authors remain unknown.

The exhibit was curated by Allison Thorsen, UMSI student, and can be viewed during regular hours of the Special Collections Research Center:
https://www.lib.umich.edu/special-collections-research-center

Exhibition:Nature a Moment: Visions of the World from Three Korean-American Artists
2019-11-06 10:00 - 16:30, 2019-11-07 10:00 - 16:30 | Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Three Chicago-area Korean-American artists render deeply personal interpretations of the natural world in the exhibit “Nature a Moment” at Matthaei Botanical Gardens. Using woodcut, painting on canvas, and mixed media, Linda Hyong, Sung Eun Hong, and Seong Ok Lee explore the world of flowers, gardens, and nature in vivid works that slow time to a fleeting present moment.

Linda Hyong is a University of Michigan alumna and former teaching assistant in the U-M Stamps School of Art & Design. She draws her inspiration from Claude Monet’s water lily garden in France to create her own modern interpretation of impressionism. Seong Ok Lee is inspired by flowers, which she believes are the most beautiful forms in nature. In her dream-like, nearly abstract paintings, Sung Eun Hong communicates her vision of what she calls “pure dreams and fantasy.”

Exhibit runs September 14 through November 15, 2019 at the

University of Michigan Matthaei Botanical Gardens, 1800 N. Dixboro Rd., Ann Arbor. Free.

Workshop / Seminar:From Design to Control: Robotics at the Intersection of Design, Engineering, and Construction
2019-11-06 10:30 - 11:30 | GG Brown Laboratory - 2029
Despite the opportunities presented by new technologies, the building construction process remains highly resource intensive, with considerable room for improving efficiency. This becomes acutely important in the face of climate change; while new, more sustainable materials are an important step, material optimization strategies are just as important, and these techniques rely almost exclusively on digital fabrication and robotic manufacturing and construction technologies. In this talk I will discuss the challenges and opportunities that face the use of robotics in the design and construction industry. We will discuss a range of existing and emerging design to fabrication workflows, as well as several case studies which demonstrate how the use of industrial robots as a prototyping platform opens the door to new modes of construction.

Wesley McGee is an Associate Professor of Architecture and Director of the FABLab at the University of Michigan.

Well-being:National Nacho Day
2019-11-06 10:30 - 17:00 | Bursley Hall
What do you call cheese that isn't your's?

Nacho Cheese!!

Stop in and see some of the fun events we have to celebrate!

SQ: All day nachos
Twigs: Nacho night
Bursley: Signature Lunch

Other:Jamaica Jordan Office Hours
2019-11-06 11:00 - 13:00 | East Quadrangle - 1720
Got questions about Semester in Detroit (SiD)? Stop by during Jamaica's office hours! Jamaica Jordan is a senior, Pre-Medicine student with a major in Gender & Health. Jamaica grew up in Detroit and attended Detroit Public Schools. Jamaica’s favorite activities are to watch movies and travel. Working for Semester in Detroit for the past 2 years has helped her grow in leadership, team building, communication, and utilizing university resources. After interning at Eastern Market Corporation through Semester in Detroit, summer 2017, she was given the opportunity to continue working for Eastern Market the following summer, working in the Market’s Nutrition Educational programs. In Jamaica’s previous three years at the university she has continued to be lifted by her mentors and values the work of mentorship, this has lead her to accept a position with the Office of Multicultural Initiatives as an Academic Success Partner mentoring freshmen and sophomore students. The past three years at the University and the past 2 years at Semester in Detroit has continued to bring blessings of new and challenging experiences.

Careers / Jobs:Neuroscience/Pre-Health Walk-In Co-Advising Session
2019-11-06 11:00 - 13:00 | Undergraduate Science Building - 1140
Come have your questions about neuroscience or pre-health studies answered during our Walk-In Co-Advising Session! Advisors will be ready to answer your questions!

Meeting:STRESS MANAGEMENT and Resilience at Work
2019-11-06 11:45 - 13:00 | Administrative Services Building - Room 2072L East & West
FASCCO is offering a four-week educational and support group for faculty & staff who are experiencing job stress. This interactive group will explore causes and dynamics of job stress, including both personal and organizational factors. Participants will identify their own signs of job stress and develop stress management strategies, in order to reduce and prevent its personal impact and to enhance resilience at work.

Sessions are at no charge to faculty and staff. Information shared in the group will be strictly confidential.

Class size is limited so those interested are encourage to register promptly.

Registration: Contact Tina at 734-936-8660 or cmwey@umich.edu to register

Rewards eligible. Attendance at all sessions is requested.

Presentation:BLI Capstone: Build a Team
2019-11-06 12:00 - 13:30 | North Quad - Space 2435
What would you do with an idea and $10,000?

The Capstone Experience at the Barger Leadership Institute (BLI) supports undergraduate students in designing and implementing evidence-based, collaborative projects that seek to bring about small (and big) wins for the complex, ambiguous problems that exist in our deeply interconnected world.

Join us at one of the sessions to learn about Capstone and meet like-minded students with ideas and skills to collaborate with. Teams, individuals, BLI members or those just interested in learning more are all welcome! Each session is broken into two parts: first, learn about the Capstone Experience; second, engage in a speed-dating exercise to meet other undergraduates interested in building a team.

This event is perfect for: people who want to learn more about the Capstone Experience; people who have an idea or project but need partners; people who have a passion but not a project; people who have skills that would benefit a team but no team.

Question? Reach out to BLI Academic Program Manager Fatema Haque, haque@umich

Lecture / Discussion:HET Brown Bag Seminars | Extremal Black Holes and EFTs
2019-11-06 12:00 - 13:00 | Randall Laboratory - 3481
Higher-dimension operators in the action modify the extremality condition for black holes. In this talk, I will explore implications for these extremality corrections as a consequence of bounds on Wilson coefficients coming from scattering amplitudes. I will discuss connections to the Weak Gravity Conjecture and generalizations to dyonic, spinning, and BTZ black holes, as well as bounds on Wilson coefficients coming from consistency of black hole entropy.

Presentation:Social Area Brown Bag: Are online survey participants motivated to provide high-quality data (and do they)?
2019-11-06 12:00 - 13:20 | East Hall - 4464
Abstract:

Researchers want high-quality data from their participants. As long as many researchers across the social sciences have been collecting large amounts of data from online convenience samples like MTurk and Prolific, some have expressed skepticism whether data from these sources are high-quality. Such skepticism stems in part from the fact that online survey compensation is often low (e.g., 10 cents per minute) and the fact that a concerning percentage of participants fail English language comprehension questions as well as attention checks. Despite plausible reasons to expect low-quality, researchers have replicated online the psychometric properties of well-known personality and individual differences instruments (e.g., Big Five, Adult Attachment) as well as classic experimental findings (e.g., framing and anchoring effects). Such findings suggest high-quality. But how? We wondered whether these data are of high quality in part because participants are simply motivated to thoughtfully and honestly respond to surveys for reasons other than money. Across four convenience samples, we assessed data quality, survey-taking motivation, and self-reported engagement in surveys. I will present and discuss the results during my talk.

Workshop / Seminar:Unconscious Bias in Everyday Life
2019-11-06 12:00 - 13:30 | Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
The unconscious mind is a powerful and intrinsic force in helping to shape our overall behavior in our everyday lives. This interactive session is designed to examine how unconscious bias can affect one’s perceptions, decisions, and interactions.
You will learn to:

Identify how bias and the processes of the unconscious mind can impact your decisions and results
Utilize strategies to practice more conscious awareness so you are better able to advocate for inclusion in your organization

You will benefit by:

Understanding the science and research of unconscious bias
Having an increased awareness of your own diverse background, and its influence on your perceptions

This workshop is designed for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Space is limited. For faculty and staff, please contact RackhamEvents@umich.edu to see if we can accommodate your attendance.
Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/ovv8X.
We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.

Performance:Brown Bag Recital Series: George Gotfredson, organ
2019-11-06 12:05 | Off Campus Location - Community Room
Works by Du Mage, Muffat and Mendelssohn. Gotfredson is an undergraduate student in organ performance and sacred music.

Workshop / Seminar:CSAAW Presents "Lunch with the Director"
2019-11-06 12:30 - 13:30
If you're new to complex systems, this is a great chance to come ask questions about CSAAW, the Complex Systems Center, or what complexity science is and how complex systems might be relevant to you. Otherwise, this is a great chance to chat with us and eat a free lunch!

Please RSVP to csaaw-organizers@umich.edu by 5 pm on Monday November 4, and tell us your dietary restrictions, so that we can order lunch for everyone.

Conference / Symposium:ELSI-LHS Symposium
2019-11-06 12:30 - 15:00
REGISTER NOW! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2019-elsi-lhs-symposium-workshop-tickets-62220293573

Join us for our 4th annual symposium and workshop on the ethical, legal and social implications of learning health systems (ELSI-LHS).

The theme of the 2019 ELSI-LHS Symposium is Precision Medicine & Learning Health Systems, and will explore ethics, equity, active learning health initiatives, and future directions for innovation and research.

The event will be held on Wednesday, November 6 from 12:30-3:00pm and Thursday, November 7 from 8:30am-3:00pm.

#elsilhs

Class / Instruction:Grant Writing for All
2019-11-06 13:00 - 15:00 | Off Campus Location - Day/Time: Wednesdays, 1:00–3:00pm Dates: November 6 – December 4 (no class on November 27) Instructors: Beverly Bagozzi & Sara Holmes Location: TSRC, Annex Cost: $35
Participants will learn about different types of grants, how grants are used to fund Geriatric Community Programs, and specific steps to writing a grant proposal. Additionally, participants will work in groups to write an actual grant proposal designed to provide funding for OLLI, Wellness Center, or Silver Club programs. Through a combination of lecture, PowerPoint, discussion, handouts, and hands-on experience participants will learn to write an effective community grant application.

This study group for those 50 and over will meet for two hours on Wednesdays from November 6 through December 4 (except on November 27).

Instructor Beverly Bagozzi, MA, Gerontology, most recently was the OLLI staff member responsible for the preparation of grant applications and grant reports. Prior to this position, she provided assistance in grant preparation, grant reporting, and program development to various Turner Social Work and Community programs and other community based non-profit organizations.

Instructor Sara Holmes, MPH, was the Education Coordinator for the Michigan Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at UM and currently serves as Chair of the Silver Club Advisory Council.

Other:Hannah Myers Office Hours
2019-11-06 13:00 - 15:00 | East Quadrangle - 1720
Got questions about Semester in Detroit? Stop by Hannah's office hours! Hannah is a Junior in the Residential College. She was a part of the Spring/Summer 2018 Semester in Detroit cohort, and interned with Detroit Audubon. Hannah enjoys eating clementines, making collages, and pretending to know a lot about birds.

Careers / Jobs:Kimberly Clark: Supply Chain Co-op Virtual Info Session
2019-11-06 13:00 - 14:00
Join us to learn more about our co-op program!

SUPPLY CHAIN ANALYST CO-OP
Work Type: Co-op
Locations: Neenah, WI & Roswell, GA & Knoxville, TN; Rogers, AR
Start Dates: January & June

Our co-op will offer you a chance to explore the breadth of opportunities available in the supply chain while working on real projects such as process improvements in flow planning for finished products, raw materials and finishingsupplies, space utilization and optimization analysis, or warehouse operations systems analysis. You will be provided meaningful work experiences that contribute to the overall strategic business goals of Kimberly-Clark. You’ll be treated and respected as a valuable contributor and given your own responsibilities and accountabilities. Your intern experience will include performance evaluations that provide you with valuable professional feedback to gauge your strengths and measure areas of improvement.

At Kimberly-Clark, Supply Chain co-op experiences are a valued part of our culture. Kimberly-Clark considers its pool of co-ops and interns to bea great source of future full-time employees.

Logistics Structure
There may be no better place to launch or advance your supply chain career than at Kimberly-Clark. That's because we've structured our logistics organization in a way that enables you to achieve a comprehensive understanding of the supply chain and a rewarding work experience. Whether beginning your supply chain career or seeking a new challenge as an experienced professional, our team environment will allow you to contribute to your fullest potential.

Functional Overviews
Procurement - Negotiate with suppliers on matters of quality, service price and other areas of value. Per Kimberly-Clark’s “Strategic Category Management” process, create and develop sourcing plans and conduct industry analysis. Participate on project teams and meet objectives by providing procurement expertise through acquiring assigned goods, equipment and/or services that provide the best total cost of ownership to the corporation. Key customers are business units, suppliers and product development.

Supply Planning - Review and analyze material demand and strategically collaborate with vendors to support production schedules. Develop, control, and manage operating schedules in the company's production facilities using sales forecasts developed with marketing. Utilizing knowledge of mill capabilities, SAP tools are used to establish mill production levels and inventory targetsto meet demand needs. Perform short and long-term analysis of equipment capacity and material needs. Key customers are marketing, mill operations, customer service, and suppliers.

Logistics Capabilities – Providecontinuous improvement solutions for order management and distribution toimprove supply chain performance and to reduce costs. Activities includecommunicating and resolving order issues, assisting with DC and inventory constraint management, and report generation. Key customers are deployment, distribution, and customer solutions.

Distribution Operations–Team members manage the flow of product from the case packer through shipment loading at both mills and distribution centers. Drive performance of third party DC operations, problem solve across functional supply chain groups to deliver service to retail customer, support distribution initiatives (new DC start-ups, automation), and monitor supply chain cost. Key customers are business units, retail customers, mill operations, third party operators and transportation.

Distribution Process & Systems- Team members are responsible for the Warehouse Management System (WMS) that directs work activity within a DC related to unloading, storage, replenishment, case picking and outbound loading, as well as the standard processes and warehouse layouts that govern the network of DCs. Analysis of lift-truck operator productivity, industrial engineering of productivity standards, participation in expansion of e-commerce fulfillment processes, support of transformational order pick processes and opportunity to travel to mills and DCs for on-site engagement. Key customers are business units, retail customers, mill operations, third party operators and transportation.
Customer Logistics Strategies and Service – Provide efficient, cost-effective solutions for order management and aggressively work to improve supply chain performance. Build relationships with internal and external customers. Work proactively with customer and sales to reduce cost to serve. Communicate and resolve order issues with customers and sales. Key customers are retail customers, sales, transportation, distributors and planning.

Transportation - Negotiate with carriers for price, service and equipment to achieve delivery of materials and product at minimum distribution costs. Analyze and perform mode/carrier selection, shipment tracking, and measurement of customer service and carrier performance. Key customers are distribution, retail customers and transportation providers.

Qualifications
• Students must have completed 2-3 years toward a four year college degree; preferably in Business, Logistics Management, Manufacturing Operations, Industrial Engineering or related field.
• Minimum 3.0 out of 4.0 overall GPA is preferred (transcripts will berequested).
• A high degree of analytical skill is required.
• Students must be authorized to work indefinitely in the U.S. on a regular full time basis.

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Workshop / Seminar:Introduction to Lean
2019-11-06 13:30 - 14:30 | GG Brown Laboratory - 2029
About the Speaker: Brad Booker currently serves as the Regional Lean Manger for Turner’s Great Lakes Region, which covers Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan. Brad joined Turner as a Field Engineer in 1994, after earning a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Purdue University and completing Officer Basic Course as a Reserve Army Officer. He was a Project Manager in the Special Projects Division until 1998 when he joined the Estimating Department. He was an estimator for 2 years then joined the Northern Illinois University Convocation Center team as the Project Engineer from 2000 - 2002. As that project was completed Brad was activated and served 14 months on active duty as a Captain in the United States Army.

Upon his return in 2004 he worked on a variety of academic and science buildings at several community colleges where he held positions as a Project Engineer, Project Manager, and Senior Project Manager. His last project prior to taking his current position was replacing the video boards at Soldier Field.

Careers / Jobs:PSYCH 653: Exploring and Preparing for Diverse Career Options
2019-11-06 13:30 - 14:25 | 530 Church St, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104, United States
This is a closed session for Ph.D. students enrolled in PSYCH 653 to discuss preparing for a diverse range of career options.

Lecture / Discussion:Ph.D. Defense: Dakota Crisp
2019-11-06 14:00 - 15:00 | North Campus Research Complex Building 10 - ACR 1
Epilepsy is characterized by spontaneously recurring seizures that severely disrupt quality of life and pose risks of injury and death. It is a highly heterogenous disease, with seizures seen in a wide range of other diseases (Alzheimer’s, autism, Down’s syndrome, etc.). Yet to date, there is no method of categorizing seizures that can help distinguish the link between pathology and seizures. The aim of this work is to validate and explore a method of categorizing seizures based on their fundamental dynamics to provide a framework for future research to better investigate the underlying mechanisms of seizures and therapeutic approaches to stop them.

The first study used predictions from a previously-published computational model to visually classify seizures using dynamical transition features in two large datasets (simulated and real human data). Machine learning was applied to raw signal features to verify the accuracy of the reviewer’s labels. It found that visual classification is consistent and supported by the signal feature analysis. We also investigate the model’s predictions in real human data, finding that most dynamic classifications were observed and patients can have varying seizure dynamics over time. A major unpublished aspect of this work is that the human data analysis was crucial in the original development of the model.

The second study used data mining and machine learning in a long-term rat model of epileptogenesis to investigate the viability of these same dynamic principles as a biomarker of epileptic brain state. It also applied the same rigor to an analysis of the response to electrical stimulation. We found that evoked responses can be used to predict if an injured brain would eventually develop seizures or not. Once seizures began manifesting, both evoked responses and seizure onset dynamics had strong correlation with the progression of epileptogenesis, suggesting they are independent biomarkers.

For the final study, we use the same principles of dynamics and machine learning to characterize differences between a low Mg2+ / high K+ mouse brain-slice seizure model with and without different anti-seizure drugs. It found that anti-seizure drugs can change the observed seizure dynamics, and each drug has a different effect on brain dynamics.

These three studies provide evidence that seizures can be categorized by their fundamental dynamics. These dynamics can provide mechanistic insights into current brain state, future brain states, and the response to anti-epileptic drugs. The results presented in this dissertation can be used as a framework to further investigate seizure mechanisms and personalize patient treatment and research.

Workshop / Seminar:Speaking American English
2019-11-06 14:00 - 15:30 | V. Vaughan
Are you looking to increase confidence in your use of American English? The University Center for Language and Literacy (UCLL) at U-M offers a special workshop designed for non-native English speakers who want to expand their communication skills. Our program provides the perfect environment for you to reach your personal goals and we’re registering now!

Our certified Speech and Language Pathologists use techniques technically known as accent reduction to help non-native speakers feel more at home in their communications — whether that’s giving a presentation or taking notes in a class with a native speaker with a fast cadence. The goal of the program is certainly not to eliminate the accents of our clients, but to enhance communication skills for greater confidence in all settings. Participants will set their own individual objectives at the start of the workshop and will work to reach those goals using a combination of small group activities and one-on-one interaction, facilitated by a Speech and Language Pathologist.

The workshop will run from October 16 to December 18, 2019. Participants will meet weekly on Wednesdays. The time is TBD. There will be no meeting on November 27. The program cost is $275.00, plus the purchase of Mastering the American Accent by Lisa Mojsin.

If you have questions, need assistance, or want more information, please call (734) 764-8440 or visit https://mari.umich.edu/ucll

Other:Slavic FLAS Information Session
2019-11-06 14:30 - 16:00 | Modern Languages Building - 3308
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships provide tuition and stipend to students studying designated foreign languages in combination with area studies or international aspects of professional studies. The priority is to encourage the study of less commonly taught modern languages. FLAS Fellowships are administered by the University of Michigan International Institute and its area studies centers and are awarded competitively through annual fellowship competitions.

There are three different types of FLAS Fellowships: Graduate Academic Year FLAS, Undergraduate Academic Year FLAS, and Summer FLAS. Each type of award has slightly different sets of rules and application procedures. Join us to learn about best application practices and understandings.

Eligible Slavic languages include:

Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian

Meeting:BLI GLOBAL ACCESS OPPORTUNITY: Mindful Peace Leadership Experience in Japan
2019-11-06 15:00 - 16:00 | Weiser Hall - 806
Central to peace leadership is a desire for inclusion and cohesion whereby individuals are enabled to live in liberty to their fullest potential, free from the oppression of powers who seek to wield dominance. Peace leadership, therefore, is focused on creating a positive peace, while including essential elements working against forces for violence and aggression, or negative peace (Galtung, 3).

A select group of 6-8 students will join BLI Director and Mindful Leadership Researcher Ram Mahalingam and BLI Academic Program Specialist and Mindful Cohort program manager, Elizabeth Rohr, on a 3-week, immersive peace leadership journey in Japan. Students will observe and learn about peace studies, mindfulness and contemplative practices with a focus on Japanese aesthetics to help build their leadership portfolio and promote peace, dignity, and sustainability in their personal, social and workplace domains.

This experiential learning opportunity will include travel to multiple sites throughout Japan and will include classroom workshops on meditation, mindfulness, and peace and conflict resolution.

Careers / Jobs:DEVELOP YOUR CAREER WITH NASA DEVELOP!
2019-11-06 15:00 - 16:00
Are you a student, recent graduate, or early/transitioning career professional seeking to make a positive impact on the environment and society?

Join us to learn about Applied Earth Science Opportunities with the NASA DEVELOP Program during one of our informational webinars!

Nov. 6th, 3pm ET
Webinar via WebEx- Click or visit https://tinyurl.com/yyetpopf to attend this webinar.

The NASA DEVELOP National Program addresses environmental and public policy issues through interdisciplinary research projects that apply the lens of NASA Earth observations to community concerns around the globe. Teams of DEVELOP participants partner with decision makers to conduct 10-week, rapid feasibility projects that highlight relevant applications of NASA Earth observing missions, cultivate advanced skills, and increase understanding and use of NASA Earth science data and technology.

Website: develop.larc.nasa.gov

Workshop / Seminar:Pablo Zavattieri: Clever Architectures, Interfaces and Competing Mechanisms in Biological Materials
2019-11-06 15:00 - 16:00 | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building - RM 1303
Abstract:Nature uses modest constituents to synthesize composite materials with exceptional mechanical properties for structural and impact resistance purposes. In most cases, these materials achieved outstanding mechanical properties avoiding the typical trade-offs often attained by manmade materials. While these materials require modern microscopy techniques to characterize their complex hierarchical structures, most of our learnings come from the way these materials mitigate catastrophic damage, revealing the most important mechanisms and features of their inner structure that contribute to energy dissipation and toughening. Considering the current progress in material synthesis and manufacturing, these new concepts have converged to the field of architected materials. In this talk, I will describe some interesting mechanics problems that we encountered as we studied some extraordinary species, and how we can translate these lessons learned to architected materials. In particular, I will focus on a few examples related to how the combination of clever architectures, interfaces, material properties and competing mechanisms can promote delocalization to mitigate catastrophic failure, hence, improving toughness and impact resistance without sacrificing other important mechanical properties. Most of this discussion is driven by how we can eventually translate these lessons learned to the development and manufacturing of architected materials.

Bio: Dr. Pablo Zavattieri is a Professor of Civil Engineering and University Faculty Scholar at Purdue University. Zavattieri received his BS/MS degrees in Nuclear Engineering from the Balseiro Institute (Argentina) and PhD in Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering from Purdue University.

Workshop / Seminar:Department Colloquium | Physics Adventures in Cancer Research: Cell Motility, Signaling, and Metastasis
2019-11-06 16:00 - 17:00 | West Hall - 340
Struck by the near total absence of physics thinking and methods in biological research, for the last 30 years, the speaker has endeavored to understand certain phenomena utilizing methods that are based on Physics and are applied to the interpretation of complex biological data. She will discuss 3 examples. In conclusion, we will discuss: Are we ready for the Physics laws of Biology?

Lecture / Discussion:Department of Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics Weekly Seminar
2019-11-06 16:00 - 17:00 | Palmer Commons - Forum Hall
Abstract: Although central architectures drive robust oscillations, biological clock networks containing the same core vary drastically in their potential to oscillate. What peripheral structures contribute to the variation of oscillation behaviors remains elusive. We computationally generated an atlas of oscillators and found that, while certain core topologies are essential for robust oscillations, local structures substantially modulate the degree of robustness. Strikingly, two key local structures, incoherent inputs and coherent inputs, can modify a core topology to promote and attenuate its robustness, additively. These findings underscore the importance of local modifications besides robust cores, which explain why auxiliary structures not required for oscillation are evolutionarily conserved. We further apply this computational framework to search for structures underlying tunability, another crucial property shared by many biological timing systems to adapt their frequencies to environmental changes.

Experimentally, we developed an artificial cell system to reconstitute mitotic oscillatory processes in water-in-oil microemulsions. With a multi-inlet pressure-driven microfluidic setup, these artificial cells are flexibly adjustable in sizes, periods, various molecular and drug concentrations, energy, and subcellular compartments. Using long-term time-lapse fluorescence microscopy, this system enables high-throughput, single-cell analysis of clock dynamics, functions, and stochasticity, key to elucidating the topology-function relation of biological clocks.

We also investigate how multiple clocks coordinate via biochemical and mechanical signals in the essential developmental processes of early zebrafish embryos (e.g., mitotic wave propagation, synchronous embryo cleavages, and somitogenesis). To pin down the physical mechanisms that give rise to these complex collective phenomena, we integrate mathematical modeling, live embryo and explant imaging, nanofabrication, micro-contact printing, and systems and synthetic biology approaches.

BlueJeans livestream: https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/live-event/rbuvycdc
Qiong Yang: https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/dcmb/qiong-yang-phd

3:45 pm to 4:00 pm - Light refreshments
4:00 pm - Lecture

Lecture / Discussion:Donia Human Rights Center Distinguished Lecture. Global Challenges to Human Rights Today
2019-11-06 16:00 - 17:30 | Weiser Hall - 1010
From refugee crises and global poverty to rigged elections, growing populism – and the intolerance and oppression it breeds, we are at a pivotal moment in the fight for human rights. Throughout his years of service as a career diplomat and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein has been a champion for the protection of fundamental human rights. His work has involved the security of equality, justice, and respect – and has directly influenced international justice, United Nations peacekeeping, and women’s development. In this speech, Zeid discusses his concerns about the threats to global stability posed by such forces as racism, xenophobia, nationalism and authoritarian leaders, and poses that the safety of humanity will be secured only through vision, energy and generosity of spirit. According to Zeid, “Silence does not earn you any respect — none,” and only through civic activism can we ensure equality and justice.

Prince Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein of Jordan is the former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Known for his outspoken criticism of the fascism, religious radicalism, and threats to civil liberties growing in countries around the world, Zeid was a powerful advocate for human rights and open societies. Zeid was the sixth High Commissioner for Human Rights, serving from 2014 to 2018. He was the first Arab and Muslim to hold the post. In his speaking engagements, Zeid draws from his career in diplomacy and as the Human Rights Chief to address the geopolitical climate, relations in the middle east, and the current challenges to human rights. At the U.N., he called upon powerful and small states alike to secure human rights in their own countries and internationally, drawing notable attention to atrocities committed in Syria, Venezuela, Nicaragua, by ISIS, to the treatment of migrants and refugees in Libya, and the Rohingya genocide in Myanmar. His principled approach to his role became most evident when he announced that he wouldn’t seek a second term due to the trying task of dealing with governments and the limited power of the U.N. security council. In his final U.N. address, Zeid shared his concern about the threat to global stability posed by increasing nationalism, and warned world powers against undermining civil liberties. A veteran multilateral diplomat, Zeid was Jordan’s Permanent Representative to the U.N. from 2000 to 2007 and again from 2010 to 2014. From 2007 to 2010 he was Jordan’s Ambassador to the U.S. He also served as Jordan’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the U.N. with the rank of Ambassador from 1996-2000. An expert in the field of international justice, Zeid was a central figure in the establishment of the International Criminal Court (ICC), chairing the complex negotiations to establish the exact terms of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. He was subsequently elected the first President of the governing body of the ICC in 2002, and grew it into the internationally recognized court that it is today. Zeid has been active on many legal issues, including international law, post-conflict peace-building, international development, counter-nuclear terrorism, and women’s development. Following allegations of widespread abuse being committed by U.N. peacekeepers, Zeid was appointed by Kofi Annan as Advisor to the Secretary-General on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse. His report on this subject was the first comprehensive strategy for the elimination of sexual exploitation and abuse in U.N. peacekeeping operations. He recently pledged to be an International Gender Champion, committed to advancing gender equality in the office of Human Rights. In 2018, the International Women's Health Coalition honored Zeid with the Visionary Leadership Award. He was also the Stockholm Human Rights Award recipient in 2015 and winner of Foreign Policy's Career Diplomat of the Year Award in 2018. In 1989, Zeid received his commission as an officer in the Jordanian desert police (the successor to the Arab Legion) and saw service with them until 1994. He spent two years as a political affairs officer for UNPROFOR, the United Nations (U.N.) force in the former Yugoslavia, before starting his diplomatic career. Zeid holds a B.A. from The Johns Hopkins University, a PhD. in history from Cambridge University, and was presented with an Honorary Doctorate of Laws by the Southern California Institute of Law for his work on international justice.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please contact us at umichhumanrights@umich.edu, we'd be happy to help. As you may know, some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange, so please let us know as soon as you can.

Lecture / Discussion:Hopwood Teaching Roundtable
2019-11-06 16:00 - 17:00 | Angell Hall - Hopwood Room 1176 Angell Hall
New, experienced, and future teachers of creative writing are invited to join an ongoing conversation about the art and craft of teaching creative writing. As a group, we will ask and answer questions, share resources and experiences, and try out exercises. Hopwood Teaching Roundtables are primarily intended to support new teachers of undergraduate creative writing, but all those interested in the teaching of creative writing are welcome to join the conversation.

RSVP and request accommodations at hopwoodprogram@umich.edu.

Moderator: Hopwood Program Manager Rebecca Manery

*Rebecca Manery earned a Ph.D. in English and Education from the University of Michigan, an MFA in Creative Writing from Bennington College, and an M.A. in Literacy Education from Northeastern Illinois University. She is the co-editor of Can Creative Writing Really Be Taught?: Resisting Lore in Creative Writing Pedagogy, 10th Anniversary Edition (Bloomsbury, 2017) and the author of a poetry collection, View from the Hotel de l’Etoile (Finishing Line Press, 2016).*

Workshop / Seminar:Macroeconomics
2019-11-06 16:00 - 17:20 | Lorch Hall - 201

Social / Informal Gathering:Pizza with Profs!
2019-11-06 16:00 - 17:00 | Angell Hall - 3222
Come meet our English professors and learn more about Winter 2020 undergraduate English classes.

Speed panel format with Q & A session.
Cottage Inn pizza provided!

Lecture / Discussion:Toward An Alternative Hispanism: Translation and the Worlding of Hispanofilipino Literature
2019-11-06 16:00 - 18:00 | Modern Languages Building - RLL Commons (4th Floor)
The Philippines is an underrepresented area in the study of Global Hispanism. Despite the awareness about the links between this Southeast Asian archipelago and regions readily identified as Hispanic, attempts to ‘world’ Filipino Hispanism are sparse, if not invisible. What happens instead is a reiteration of a historical narrative that presents Spain as a backward imperial power in opposition to the liberating colonial project of the US, which ruled the archipelago from 1898. This plays out in Hispanofilipino literature. This presentation will reflect on the question of worlding in Hispanofilipino literature and will examine translation as an alternative tool for engaging with the allures and discontents of a literature produced under the colonial condition and circulated in an intensely multilingual space.

Fair / Festival:Winter Course Fair
2019-11-06 16:00 - 17:30 | Haven Hall - Posting Wall
It's time to learn about the 70+ courses offered this Winter term by the U-M History Department! Come to the course fair to:

* Meet professors
* Learn about majors and minors
* Chat with other U-M History students

Located by the Haven Hall Posting Wall.
Wednesday, November 6 from 4-5:30 pm.

There will be free donuts and apple cider!

Performance:Department of Voice Recital
2019-11-06 16:30 | Earl V. Moore Building - McIntosh Theatre
Voice students present a recital of their latest repertoire.

*New for the ‘19-20 SMTD year, the Voice Department Recital will take place on Wednesday afternoons in McIntosh Theatre*

Social / Informal Gathering:First-Generation Graduate Student Pizza Dinner
2019-11-06 17:00 - 19:00 | Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Network with fellow first-generation graduate students, learn about the First-Gen Initiatives in the works, and give your input for the direction of First-Gen programs moving forward.
Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/zxw2V

Well-being:National Nacho Day
2019-11-06 17:00 - 21:00 | South Quad

Well-being:National Nacho Day
2019-11-06 17:00 - 23:00 | Oxford Housing

Careers / Jobs:Resume Lab for First Year Students!
2019-11-06 17:00 - 18:00 | West Quadrangle , Room G023, West Quadrangle, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Just getting started building a resume? Have a draft but not sure how to make it better? Want to learn about resources available to revise your resume? Wherever you’re at: that’s ok!

Get real time, personalized support by checking out the Resume Lab. It's designed as a drop-in hour, so come when you can during this time. It's a place for you to learn the basics to get your resume started and get feedback to take your resume from good to GREAT!

Chat with folks from the University Career Center to understand resume formatting, learn how to build great bullet points, and get feedback on your resume.

If you're a Graduate Student, please make a 1:1 appointment instead of attending the Lab so we can cater because this event is designed for undergraduates.

Note: 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. If you'dlike to indicate that you'll be attending this event then please go to: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/events/326049

Lecture / Discussion:Nam Center Presentation | 유쾌한 반란, Joyful Rebellion
2019-11-06 17:30 - 19:00 | Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery
강의 김동연

전 경제부총리 겸 기획재정부 장관
전 아주대 총장

한국 경제·사회의 3개 ‘회색 코뿔소(Grey Rhino)’와 나아갈 방향을 짚어봅니 다. 현실을 극복하고 변화시키는 가장 적극적인 의지의 표현으로 자기 자신의

틀과 사회를 뒤집는 ‘유쾌한 반란’을 주창합니다.

오후 5시 30 분 | 리셉션: 오후 5시

There will be an opening reception stating at 5:00PM.

This discussion will be in Korean; no translation will be provided.

Lecture / Discussion:Signe Karlström Annual Lecture
2019-11-06 17:30 - 19:00 | Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - East Conference Room
Signe Karlström Annual Lecture "Swedish Food Cultures" from the Viking age until today, and how the 19th century Swedish food culture came to be preserved in Swedish-America.

Free and open to the public. For more info, contact Johanna Eriksson, Scandinavian Program Director johannae@umich.edu

PhD Richard Tellström is an assistant professor in food and meal science at the University of Stockholm.

He can be seen in several popular TV productions on Swedish Television dealing with food history. He has been consulted for several contemporary Swedish movies, making sure the food is time appropriate. Books published include Hunger och Törst (2015) and Från krog till krog (2018).

Careers / Jobs:You have an offer...now what? Evaluating Job Offers Workshop
2019-11-06 17:30 - 18:30 | Duderstadt Center - 1180 Duderstadt
So you have a new job offer...now what? This workshop will provide you with detailed information on what to consider before making your final decision. We will also discuss the importance of asking pertinent questions such as:

“Can I negotiate my salary?”
“How do I ask for a deadline extension?”
“Should I stop my job search when I receive an offer?

This is a College of Engineering event.

NOTE: Space at this workshop is available on a first to arrive basis. Please plan to arrive early to ensure a seat.

Careers / Jobs:CANCELED: FOX Information Session
2019-11-06 18:00 - 20:00 | CANCELLED

Workshop / Seminar:Creating Positive Change through Working with K-12 Youth
2019-11-06 18:00 - 19:30 | School of Education - Room 2327 - Brownlee Room
Are you in planning to work with K-12 youth this year? Whether you are tutoring, mentoring or supporting after school programs, this session will help you develop skills to support participant learning and meet program goals. You will also reflect on your own motivations and learning through these experiences.

This interactive workshop introduces principles and practices for thoughtfully engaging with youth, including classroom management, impact of social identities, and strategies for engaging in reciprocal, ethical, and respectful ways.

Lecture / Discussion:Democracy Inaction: Why our elections are unfair
2019-11-06 18:00 - 19:00 | East Hall - 1324
Public Lecture
American presidential primaries are examples of multicandidate elections in which plurality usually determines the winner. Is this the "best" way to decide who wins? While plurality is a common procedure, it has serious flaws. Are there alternative procedures that are in some sense more "fair?" How do we determine the "fairness" of an election procedure? With no more mathematics than arithmetic (to count votes), we will examine some alternate procedures and fairness criteria.

Careers / Jobs:Info Session with Sandia National Laboratories, hosted by SWE
2019-11-06 18:00 - 19:30 | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building - 1012 EECS
For over 60 years, Sandia has delivered essential science and technology to resolve the nation's most challenging security issues. A strong science, technology, and engineering foundation enables our mission through a capable research staff working at the forefront of innovation, collaborative research with universities & companies, and discretionary research projects with significant potential impact. In keeping with our vision to be the nation's premier science and engineering laboratory for national security and technology innovation, we recruit the best and the brightest, equip them with world-class research tools & facilities, and provide opportunities to collaborate with technical experts from many different scientific disciplines.

Meeting:PCAP Membership Meeting Fall 2019
2019-11-06 18:00 - 20:00 | East Quadrangle - 1405
PCAP Membership Meeting Fall 2019
1405 East Quad, Residential College
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Careers / Jobs:Sandia National Labs Info Session, hosted by SWE
2019-11-06 18:00 - 20:00 | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building - 1012 EECS
Positions: Full-Time, Internships, Co-op
Majors: Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences
Degrees: Bachelors, Masters, PhD
Citizenship: US Citizenship
Resumes: Yes

For over 60 years, Sandia has delivered essential science and technology to resolve the nation's most challenging security issues. A strong science, technology, and engineering foundation enables our mission through a capable research staff working at the forefront of innovation, collaborative research with universities & companies, and discretionary research projects with significant potential impact. In keeping with our vision to be the nation's premier science and engineering laboratory for national security and technology innovation, we recruit the best and the brightest, equip them with world-class research tools & facilities, and provide opportunities to collaborate with technical experts from many different scientific disciplines.

Class / Instruction:Traveling the Silk Road through the Heart of Central Asia
2019-11-06 18:00 - 19:30 | Kellogg Eye Center
For almost 1,000 years the routes through central Asia linked East and Southeast Asia with West Asia, Southern Europe, and East Africa. Travelers shared silk and other trade goods, religions, sciences –and the plague.

Join Bill Roberts and Van Harrison as they share highlights from their June 2019 trip to the heart of the Silk Road.

Among the sites in Uzbekistan are Khiva, the fortress city and capitol of the Khanate of Kiva, Bukhara, capitol of the Emirate of Bukhara, and Samarkand, the capitol of Tamerlane’s 15th century empire with some of the world’s most beautiful Islamic architecture.

Next is travel through the mountainous country of Kyrgyzstan, known as “the Switzerland of Central Asia.” Just outside their yurts are views of spectacular mountains, glacier-fed rivers, and the world’s second largest mountain lake.

Finally, in southeastern Kazakhstan visit the Valley of Castles in Charyn National Park and Almaty, the country’s largest city and its commercial and cultural center. The trip includes six UNESCO World Heritage sites.

Please not the different start time for this event.

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute membership is not required to attend this event.

Presentation:Xylem Literary Magazine - Open Mic Night
2019-11-06 18:00 - 19:30 | Off Campus Location - Crazy Wisdom Bookstore
Open to all U-M undergraduates!

Share your writing, music, art and more!

Lecture / Discussion:Frankel Speaker Series: Be Strong and of Good Courage: How Israel’s Most Important Leaders Shaped Its Destiny
2019-11-06 19:00 - 20:30 | Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Amphitheater
Ambassador Dennis Ross is counselor and William Davidson Distinguished Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Prior to returning to the Institute in 2011, he served two years as special assistant to President Obama and National Security Council senior director for the Central Region, and a year as special advisor to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. For more than twelve years, Ambassador Ross played a leading role in shaping U.S. involvement in the Middle East peace process and dealing directly with the parties in negotiations. A highly skilled diplomat, Ambassador Ross was U.S. point man on the peace process in both the George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton administrations.

The front entrance of Rackham, located on East Washington, is accessible by stairs and ramp. There are elevators on both the east and wends ends of the lobby. The amphitheater is on the fourth floor. If you have a disability that requires an accommodation, contact judaicstudies@umich.edu or 734-763-9047.

Presentation:Liberty in North Korea l Creating LiNKs: Humanity Behind Another World
2019-11-06 19:00 - 21:00 | Angell Hall - Auditorium C
*****This event is FREE! *******
We want diverse perspectives to be available to all ♥

Liberty in North Korea at the University of Michigan is excited to invite two North Korean advocacy fellows from the LiNK HQ, Jeongyol Ri and Ilhyeok Kim, come to campus on November 6th, 2019!

Join us as they reflect on their first-hand experiences as North Korean escapees, and their adjustment after relocation.

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Jeongyol Ri was born in 1998, and spent his childhood in Pyongsong. Math was his most notable passion— by the time he was in elementary school, he had already in mastered a middle school math curriculum. He later went on to represent the the North Korean team for the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO). Over the course of four competitions, he had obtained a four silver medals. His success led the North Korean government to offer him a job, but he did not want to work for the regime. The Hong Kong IMO was Jeongyol’s last chance to defect while abroad; he was only 18 years old. While the rest of his team was packing for the return home, he snuck out and sought asylum at the South Korean consulate. In 2016 Jeongyol resettled in South Korea and in 2019 started Seoul National University.

Ilhyeok Kim was born in 1995 in Saetbyeol when the famine had just begun. As a result of the famine, his father became a broker who helped defectors in South Korea send money to relatives still in North Korea. When Ilhyeok was 12, his father was caught and imprisoned, but was eventually released for owning a Chinese cell phone. From that day onward, the government kept a close eye on his family. Despite the repercussions they would face if they escaped, they bravely decided to flee. In 2011 they arrived in South Korea. Ilhyeok aspires to work for the United Nations one day.

Social / Informal Gathering:Picture This
2019-11-06 19:00 - 21:00 | Pierpont Commons - East Room
Parents and families, this one's for you! Join us on November 6th from 7:00pm-9:00pm in the East Room at Pierpont Commons for Picture This! You'll decorate picture frames, take fun family photos, eat a delicious family dinner, and much more. Bring your kids, too--there's plenty of fun for the whole family!

Social / Informal Gathering:Picture This
2019-11-06 19:00 - 21:00 | East Room, Pierpont Commons

Lecture / Discussion:Primulas
2019-11-06 19:00 - 21:00 | Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Susan Haddock, local garden enthusiast, will discuss cultivating the many varieties of primula, commonly known as the primrose.
Part of Ann Arbor Garden Club’s Hands-on Home Gardening series.

Presented by Ann Arbor Garden Club

Meeting:Secular Student Alliance Weekly Meeting
2019-11-06 19:00 - 20:00 | G449 Mason Hall
Here we discuss all the big questions from morality to politics to religion. We discuss things like, What is the meaning of life? Do we have free will? We are primarily a group of secular / atheist students, but anyone is welcome to join regarless of their religion, worldview, or anything else for that matter.As always, every week we have FREE PIZZA and free friends, so come hang out!

Social / Informal Gathering:Stammtisch
2019-11-06 19:00 - 20:00 | Michigan League - Underground
The German Club hosts "Stammtisch," which brings students together to chat informally in German. Speakers at all levels are welcome.

If you have any questions, please contact Drue (druefro@umich.edu) or Paul (pauljc@umich.edu).

Lecture / Discussion:In a Distracted World, Solitude is Practice for Tomorrow’s Leaders
2019-11-06 19:30 - 21:30 | Weill Hall (Ford School) - Annenberg Auditorium
Michigan Leadership Collaborative (MLC) Speaker Event: In a Distracted World, Solitude is Practice for Tomorrow’s Leaders
with Mike Erwin

Introduction by Saddi Washington, U-M Basketball Assistant Coach

The volume of our communication, and our unfettered access to information and other people, have made it more difficult than ever to focus. Despite this reality, there is another truth: Opportunities to focus are still all around us. But we must recognize them and believe that the benefit of focus, for yourself and the people you lead, is worth making it a priority in your life. In other words, before you can lead others, the first person you must lead is yourself.

MIKE ERWIN was born and raised in Syracuse, NY. He has dedicated his life to serving the nation---and empowering people to build positive relationships.

A 2002 graduate of The U.S. Military Academy at West Point with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics, Mike was commissioned as an Intelligence Officer, deploying three times between 2004 and 2009. Following his third deployment, Mike attended the University of Michigan from 2009-2011, where he studied positive psychology and leadership under the tutelage of Drs. Chris Peterson and Nansook Park. He went on to serve as an Assistant Professor in Psychology & Leadership at West Point from 2011-2014.

While in graduate school in 2010, Mike founded a non-profit organization named Team Red, White & Blue (Team RWB). Team RWB’s mission is to enrich the lives of America’s veterans by connecting them to their communities through physical and social activity.

Mike is the co-author of LEAD YOURSELF FIRST by Bloomsbury Press (2017). The book focuses on how solitude strengthens people’s ability to lead with clarity, balance and conviction. The book profiles leaders including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Winston Churchill and Jane Goodall, and how they used solitude in some of their most pivotal moments.

Currently, Mike is leading another non-profit organization that he co-founded in 2015: The Positivity Project. Its mission is to empower America’s youth to build positive relationships through a deeper understanding of positive psychology’s 24 character strengths. Currently partnered with over 625 schools in 24 different states, The Positivity Project is helping over 400,000 students to see the good in themselves---and in other people---which is giving them the foundation to build stronger relationships.

EVENT NOTE: Please enter the building at State and Hill, 735 S. State Street.

Presentation:Michigan Leadership Collaborative Speaker Event
2019-11-06 19:30 - 21:30 | Weill Hall (Ford School) - Annenberg Auditorium
In a Distracted World, Solitude is Practice for Tomorrow's Leaders

Sporting Event:Michigan Rugby vs MSU Makeup Match
2019-11-06 19:30 - 21:00 | Mitchell Field
Boo Lightning, Let's Try This Again

Lecture / Discussion:Two Spirit Identity: Indigenous Gender & Sexuality
2019-11-06 19:30 - 21:00 | Michigan League - Vandenberg
Rebecca Lynn is a Two Spirit artist from the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, in Harbor Springs, MI. She studied sociology at the University of Michigan and is currently the owner and beader of QueerKwe Designs. Becca’s work aims to create representation for LGBTQ+ & Two Spirit indigenous folks by combining modern pride flags into her traditional beadwork. You can check out her work and mission on Instagram, @queerkwe, and Facebook, QueerKwe Designs.

This lecture will explore the complexities of gender and sexuality within Native American communities and the ways these views continue to be impacted by colonization efforts. Traditionally fluid and accepting nations were forced to conform to rigid, Western binaries through assimilation tactics, such as compulsory Christianity and Native American Boarding Schools. Today, LGBTQ2S+ and gender non conforming Indigenous people are reclaiming their space and traditionally sacred roles within their communities. Join us in learning about the emergence of Two Spirit identity, a contemporary term created to reject colonial binaries and embrace traditionally fluid ideas of gender and sexuality within our Native American communities.

Performance:Bob Dylan and His Band
2019-11-06 20:00 - 22:00 | Hill Auditorium
Student tickets are sold out. Full price tickets still available!

Performance:Chasing Lights Tour IDA MAE w/sg Logan Ledger
2019-11-06 20:00 - 22:00 | 1027 E. Huron Building
Presented by The Ark

Conference / Symposium:Global Operations Conference
2019-11-07 08:00 - 21:00 | Ross School of Business - Tauber Colloquium
The Global Operations Conference is an annual event that brings together leaders in industry and academia to explore current topics in the field of operations. This year's topics include Technology Trends - Industry 4.0 in the Upcoming Decade, Sustainability through Innovative Operations, The 2030 Customer: Changing Perceptions/Attitudes, and Global Factors Influencing Supply Chains of the Future. The conference is your opportunity to hear keynote speeches, attend panels, and network with industry leaders in operations from top companies.

Program details and session information is planned to be finalized soon - please stay tuned for more information!

For more information about the conference, visit GOC Conference >http://myumi.ch/4pye7.

Conference / Symposium:Rich Earth Summit: Policy, Regulation, and Moving to Implementation of New Technologies
2019-11-07 08:00 - 21:00 | Palmer Commons
A growing national team of experts is building momentum in the emerging field of study and practice of urine separation to rethink the the water-nutrient cycle. The summit's purpose is to look at how regulation can be changed to advance this work, showcase the latest developments, begin new collaborative projects and to share the enthusiasm and vast creative energies of entrepreneurs, engineers, researchers and practitioners.

Conference / Symposium:ELSI-LHS Symposium
2019-11-07 08:30 - 15:00 | Palmer Commons - Great Lakes

Conference / Symposium:Innovation in Aging
2019-11-07 08:30 - 16:30 | Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
This day of learning leverages expertise from industry, academia, healthcare, and
the social service sector in thinking outside of the box about serving older adults.

Louis Aronson, author of Elderhood is the keynote speaker. She will discuss her work, her book and her take on a vital stage of life that's neither a nightmare or a utopian fantasy.

Conference / Symposium:Warren Cook Health and Safety Discussional
2019-11-07 08:30 - 12:00 | Michigan League
Following a long tradition at the University of Michigan, the Center for Occupational Health and Safety Engineering and School of Public Health are proud to sponsor the Warren Cook Health and Safety Discussional. This program will consist of one and one-half days of discussion by prominent leaders in the fields of industrial hygiene, environment, health and safety. Discussion sessions are directed by University of Michigan faculty. The Discussional offers a unique opportunity to share information about issues of contemporary interest to professionals addressing occupational health, safety, environment, and sustainability topics.

Lecture / Discussion:BME Seminar: Michael Kolios, Ph.D.
2019-11-07 09:00 - 10:00 | Chrysler Center - 133
Photoacoustic imaging relies on the generation of ultrasound waves from optically absorbing structures. The physics of photoacoustic wave generation has been compared to lightning and thunder. The interest in photoacoustic imaging has been steadily growing as optical contrast can be probed deeper in tissues compared to optical methods alone, resulting in possibly one of the most exciting new biomedical imaging techniques of the decade. Ultrasound waves produced by the absorption of light in tissue can be analyzed by methods similar to those developed to analyze ultrasound backscatter signals in the field known as ultrasound tissue characterization or quantitative ultrasound. The physics of photoacoustic wave generation can help in the interpretation of the signals detected by ultrasound transducers in photoacoustics. In the absence of exogenous optical absorbers, hemoglobin in red blood cells is the primary endogenous chromophore in tissues (as melanin is predominantly confined to the skin). The spatial distribution of red blood cells, typically confined to the vasculature, determines the frequency content of the ultrasound signals produced. Analysis of the photoacoustic signals can reveal information related to the tissue vasculature. We have applied these principles to cancer treatment monitoring and other blood pathologies. Tumor blood vessels have a distinct organizational structure compared to healthy blood vessels: typical
vessel networks are hierarchically organized, with vessels that are evenly distributed to ensure adequate oxygen and nutrient delivery. Tumor vessels are structurally different: they are torturous and typically hyperpermeable. Therapies that target the vasculature can induce changes in the vascular networks that, in principle, should be detected using photoacoustic imaging. In this presentation, we will review the techniques we have developed, which depend on the analysis of the frequency content of the ultrasound photoacoustic waves. We will show how we can use this information to filter vessels according to size with high specificity (resulting in a technique we have termed F-mode) and for non-resolvable vessels, how the frequency content of the photoacoustic signals encodes information about the size, concentration and spatial distribution of blood vessels. We also show how these techniques can be used to assess treatment response and speculate how we can use photoacoustic imaging to guide drug delivery and monitor its effects on tissues.

Other:Allyssa Garza Office Hours
2019-11-07 10:00 - 12:00 | East Quadrangle - 1720
Got questions about Semester in Detroit? Stop by Allyssa's office hours! Allyssa Garza is a senior studying Political Science and Social Theory and Practice. She was a member of the Spring/Summer 2017 Semester in Detroit cohort, interning with Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision. One of Allyssa's favorite parts of her summer in Detroit was riding her bike around the city with friends. Allyssa enjoys gardening, talking about love languages, doing the New York Times crossword online, and dancing in her living room. You can find Allyssa trying her hardest to study in a coffee shop, but usually making a playlist instead.

Lecture / Discussion:Election and Voting Security in the United States
2019-11-07 10:00 - 11:30 | Off Campus Location
This lecture will include a review of some election security concerns across the United States, discussion of some of the methods used to detect these problems, and an overview of approaches being taken to mitigate them. Events and actions in and near Michigan will highlighted.

Walter R. Mebane, Jr., Professor of Political Science and Professor of Statistics at the University of Michigan, is a member of Michigan’s Election Security Task Force. His current research concerns Election Forensics, which develops statistical and computational tools to verify the accuracy of election results. His work includes analyses of U.S. presidential elections and many other elections. He has developed Bayesian models to detect frauds and a Twitter Election Observatory to monitor American elections

This is the second in a six-lecture series. The subject is Voting in America: Perennial Issues, Current Developments. The next lecture will be November 14, 2019. The title is: Why Do We Have the Electoral College? Should We?

Careers / Jobs:COME MEET WITH FACEBOOK!
2019-11-07 11:30 - 16:00 | University Career Center, 3200 Student Activities Building, University Career Center office, 515 E Jefferson St, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Facebook is partnering with the University Career Center & Services for Students with Disabilities office to invite students to Office Hours! You can sign up for a 15-minute slot during this block of time at the RSVP link below. There will be a Facebook recruiter present to answer any questions about Facebook, job and internship opportunities, resume review and submissions, etc.

These Office Hours are for students with disabilities with all majors! There will also be Facebook goodie bags for alland we will be raffling off an Oculus Go headset! Please RSVP and sign up for a 15-minute slot via this link: https://piazza.com/interview/facebook/ci_k26h9rrjfif111?inv=link_k26hk1xfwi41pk

We hope to see you all there and we’re excited for the opportunity to share more about Facebook, Instagram, Oculus, Whatsapp and more!

Workshop / Seminar:International Economics
2019-11-07 11:30 - 13:00 | Lorch Hall - 201

Lecture / Discussion:CJS Noon Lecture Series | History of Furigana
2019-11-07 12:00 - 13:30 | Weiser Hall - 110
See also: November 9th, Sat. 13:30 - 15:00, Asia Library Seminar Room, Hatcher Graduate Library, 4th floor, "Conversation with Professor Konno" (in Japanese language) Open to the public.

Furigana has its origins in Chinese documents and started to be used in Japan around the 10th century. Furigana was used to indicate the pronunciations of various Kanji (Chinese characters).

When Japanese people began to use Kanji to express both Chinese and Japanese characters, they began to adopt Kanji even when they express Japanese words.

Although Furigana, as phonetic characters, could express Japanese words, Chinese characters continued to be used because a significant amount of Chinese words had already become enrooted within the Japanese lexicon. Both Chinese characters, which are ideographic characters, and Furigana, which are phonetic characters, were used in the Japanese language. This lecture covers the development and the influence of Furigana as “linguistic phenomenon" in Japanese literary history.

Professor Konno’s specialty covers the history of the Japanese language from the 7th century to medieval to early modern period (Muromachi to Meiji period). His methodology is to find the common practice within the Japanese language during different periods of history and the language usage in art and everyday culture. His lecture is planning to focus on the development of KANA and the usage of FURIGANA and its influence on the literary expression found in various publications and art. His lecture should be of interest for both academic and layman audiences who are interested in Japanese Studies. His lecturer at Michigan should be informative for community members interested in Japanese culture.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us at least 2 weeks 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.

Meeting:Interdisciplinary Seminar on Social Science Methodology (I3SM)
2019-11-07 12:00 - 13:30 | Haven Hall - Walker Room (5664)
The primary function of this workshop is to provide an interdisciplinary forum for students and faculty to present their current projects and to receive feedback on either the methodological component of their project or a methodology under development.

Other:ISD Open House
2019-11-07 12:00 - 14:00 | School of Information North - 2nd Floor Commons Area
We'd love to meet you.

Are you a naturally curious, problem solving, cross-disciplinary, holistic thinking student who would like to chart the next course of your education?

If any or all of those descriptors applies to you, then please stop by during our Open House to learn about our graduate degree programs in:

Automotive Engineering
Design Science
Energy Systems Engineering
Global Automotive + Manufacturing Engineering
Manufacturing
Systems Engineering + Design

ISD staff, program directors, and other ISD students will be here to answer any questions you might have.

Stop in and stay as long as you like!

Refreshments will be provided.

Performance:Jazz & Contemporary Classical
2019-11-07 12:00 - 13:00 | University Hospitals
WindSong Woodwind Quintet is a group of highly sought after and dynamic musicians based in the Detroit area. Tracy Kash is on flute, Kim Pollack – oboe, Don Marriott – clarinet, Mark Berger – bassoon, and Dave Dodge – French horn. They’re veterans of the music industry whose performances cross over into many genres and styles, including jazz, pop, Latin and classical. They’re each accomplished musicians and participate in a variety of projects (often on a variety of instruments!) in the region.

Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019, 12:00-1:00 pm
University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Careers / Jobs:Live, with Schneider Electric! Our Leadership Development Program
2019-11-07 12:00 - 12:30
Learn about our Leadership Development Program from one of our#SEGreatPeople, Brianna Malczewski. She's sharing why this program was the best launch for her career, while going LIVE from #WE19, the world's largest conference for women engineers!

Join the fun on Thursday, 11/7, at 2 PM Central by clicking the Skype link (https://join.se.com/se.com/meet/lubna.owais/FS2KD5Q9). For audio only, call 1-844-817-4005, Passcode: [REDACTED]

Social / Informal Gathering:Meal with Middle East
2019-11-07 12:00 - 14:00 | 202 S. Thayer - 5044
All undergraduate students are invited to enjoy lunch and conversation with the current students, prospective students, faculty, and staff of the Department of Middle East Studies. Join us on November 7, 2019, anytime between 12:00-2:00pm.

RSVP at bit.ly/mealmes

Presentation:P&SC/G&FP Brown Bag
2019-11-07 12:00 - 13:30 | East Hall - 4464
Brotherhood Runs Deep: The Sexual Harassment of Men in the Military

Meeting:SUPPORT GROUP for Those Experiencing the Death of a Spouse or Partner
2019-11-07 12:00 - 13:15 | Off Campus Location - Exact room to be identified on the day of the group and signage will be present
The Faculty and Staff Counseling and Consultation Office (FASCCO) is offering an ongoing drop-in style confidential support group for anyone experiencing the death of a spouse or partner.

This group will address various topics that may include loneliness, parenting, social isolation, new role/identity as widow or widower, etc. The intent of the group will be driven by topics that are important to the participants. This offering emphasizes group discussion of participants as well as educational components. No one will be required to speak, but doing so often helps the grieving process.

There is no charge for faculty or staff to attend. Participants are encouraged to bring a lunch.

Contact Tina Weymouth cmwey@umich.edu or Joanne Bernard jmrbernar@umich.edu at 734-936-8660 to register for the group.

Lecture / Discussion:UMMAA presents the 2019 Parsons Lecture: Current Issues in Jomon Archaeology
2019-11-07 12:00 - 13:00 | School of Education - 1315 Whitney Auditorium
Jomon is the name of the prehistoric period and culture on the Japanese archipelago that follows the Paleolithic period and precedes the agricultural Yayoi period. This talk reviews new developments and current issues in Jomon archaeology, with an emphasis on long-term continuity and change in landscape practices in different parts of the Japanese archipelago. New lines of archaeological evidence, including molecular isotopic investigation of pottery and summed probability distribution of 14C dates, can help archaeologists tackle key questions that still remain unanswered.

Careers / Jobs:National Laboratories Recruitment Event & Panel Discussion
2019-11-07 12:30 - 16:00 | Duderstadt Center - Duderstadt Basement
Are you interested in a career with a National Laboratory or an affiliated research organization? On Thursday, November 7, the Engineering Career Resource Center will host the third annual National Laboratories Recruitment Event at Michigan Engineering. Attend the panel discussion from 12:30-1:45 pm in the Duderstadt Center Basement to learn more about each National Laboratory and affiliated research organization, find out about the types of career opportunities available, and gain valuable insight into the recruitment process for each organization.

Immediately following the panel discussion, each organization will host a networking booth in the Duderstadt Center Basement. Stop by the networking booths from 2:00-4:00 pm to speak directly with representatives from each organization. Be sure to take advantage of this valuable networking opportunity!

Event Schedule for Thursday, November 7, 2019:
12:30-1:45 pm: Panel Discussion, Duderstadt Center Basement
2:00-4:00 pm: Networking Booths, Duderstadt Center Basement

Following is a list of the organizations currently scheduled to participate in this event:

Air Force Research Laboratory - The Systems Technology Office
Argonne National Laboratory
Idaho National Laboratory
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Georgia Tech Research Institute
Sandia National Laboratories

Additional information regarding the organizations attending the National Laboratories Recruitment Event is currently available in the 'Events' section of Engineering Careers, as well as the Career Fair Plus app.

Well-being:Grad Wellness Break
2019-11-07 13:30 - 15:30 | Munger Graduate Residences - Lower Level
Stop by the Munger Graduate Residences (540 Thompson) for the Grad Wellness Break.

All graduate and professional students are invited to stop by enjoying massage chairs and sun lamps inside of the CAPS Wellness Zone, Snacks, Coffee, Games, and resources provided by student org as well as departments across campus!!

Pre-registration is not necessary

Workshop / Seminar:ISR CoderSpace with Jule Krüger
2019-11-07 14:30 - 16:00 | Institute For Social Research - Room 1450/Atrium
Dr. Krüger is the ISR program manager for big data and data science, based within the Center for Political Studies. She has more than 10 years of experience in processing, analyzing and interpreting data for social science research. An expert on data generating processes, triangulating multiple databases, and expanding methodology for researching difficult to observe populations, Dr. Krüger has proficient knowledge in computer programming, statistical analysis and scientific methodology. Using a combination of R, Python, Markdown, Make, bash, LaTeX and version control, she is experienced in automating research workflows for scalable, auditable and reproducible analysis. In this CoderSpace, the primary focus is on the Python programming language, but coders working in other languages are equally welcome to attend.

Workshop / Seminar:The Dawn of Mobility Revolution
2019-11-07 14:30 - 16:00 | GG Brown Laboratory - 2029
Mobility industry is going through significant transformation with three driving forces: autonomy, connectivity, and electrification (ACE). This talk discusses those disruptive technologies under the framework of S Curve described in the book of Innovator’s Dilemma. In order to predict the future, we should look back and review how internal combustion engine (ICE) disrupted the transportation industry in early 1900s and how society reacted to the new technology back then. Fast forward 100 years, we will take a peek into the future and understand how the three forces and big data will forever change the way we measure, operate, and manage transportation system. The talk concludes with a discussion on the challenges we are facing in this emerging area.

Dr. Bo Wang is a mobility analytics manager working at Global Data Insights & Analytics (GDIA) organization at Ford Motor Company. He is leading a team of data scientists and developers building AI driven mobility analytics products from inception to production.

Lecture / Discussion:Anelise Chen Roundtable Q&A
2019-11-07 15:00 - 16:00 | Angell Hall - Hopwood Room (First Floor, Room #1176)
Anelise Chen is the author of So Many Olympic Exertions (Kaya Press 2017), an experimental novel that blends elements of sportswriting, memoir, and self-help. A finalist for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award, the novel challenges modes of contemporary mythmaking and the validity and usefulness of our current narratives of success.

This event is free and open to the public.

The Zell Visiting Writers Series brings outstanding writers to campus each semester. The Series is made possible through a generous gift from U-M alumna Helen Zell (BA ’64, LLDHon ’13). For more information, please visit the Zell Visiting Writers Program webpage: https://lsa.umich.edu/writers

For any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs, please email asbates@umich.edu-- we are eager to help ensure that this event is inclusive to you. The building, event space, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. A lactation room (Angell Hall #5209), reflection room (Haven Hall #1506), and gender-inclusive restroom (Angell Hall 5th floor) are available on site. ASL interpreters and CART services are available upon request; please email asbates@umich.edu at least two weeks prior to the event.

U-M employees with a U-M parking permit may use the Church Street Parking Structure (525 Church St., Ann Arbor) or the Thompson Parking Structure (500 Thompson St., Ann Arbor). There is limited metered street parking on State Street and South University Avenue. The Forest Avenue Public Parking Structure (650 South Forest Ave., Ann Arbor) is five blocks away, and the parking rate is $1.20 per hour. All of these options include parking spots for individuals with disabilities.

Chen’s essays and reviews have appeared in numerous publications, such as the NY Times, New Republic, Village Voice, and BOMB Magazine. She has received residencies and fellowships from the Asian American Writers’ Workshop, Blue Mountain Center, Banff Centre, the Wurlitzer Foundation, and she is currently a 2019-2020 Literature Fellow at the Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart, Germany. She is an assistant professor of creative writing at Columbia University.

Chen is currently at work on a hybrid memoir, Clam Down (One World Random House), based on her mollusk column for the Paris Review. Bringing to mind Helen MacDonald, Rebecca Solnit, and Maggie Nelson, Chen transforms the ordinary clam into an unlikely metaphor for deep self-examination—how the specific shells we build for ourselves reflect our experiences of grief, assimilation, and connection.

Workshop / Seminar:Departmental Seminar (899): Nicoleta Serban, Georgia Tech
2019-11-07 15:00 - 17:00 | Industrial and Operations Engineering Building - 1680
The Departmental Seminar Series is open to all. U-M Industrial and Operations Engineering graduate students and faculty are especially encouraged to attend.

The seminar will be followed by a reception in the IOE Commons (Room 1709) from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Title:
Distributed Computational Methods For Healthcare Access Modeling

Abstract:
The research presented in this seminar has been motivated by one of my research programs to bring rigor in measurement of and inference on healthcare access, with a recent book to be released, titled Healthcare System Access: Measurement, Inference and Intervention. I will begin with an overview of the underlying framework to assess healthcare access with a focus on health policy making. I will use this framework to motivate the access model, a classic assignment optimization but with many important computational challenges, including spatial dependence in the outcome measures, complex system constraints, large-scale decision space among other. I will present computationally efficient methods for addressing large-scale optimization problems accounting for spatial coupling in the context of uncertainty quantification.

Bio:
Nicoleta Serban is Professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Serban's education and research trajectory makes her unique in the pursuit of data-driven discovery endeavors. While trained as a mathematician at the most prestigious university in Romania, she pursued a doctoral degree in Statistics at Carnegie Mellon University. Her doctoral research focused on fundamental statistical methods with application to genomics and protein structure determination. After graduation, she changed fields to take a tenure-track position in an engineering school at Georgia Institute of Technology. While at Georgia Tech, she has been engaged in engineering-focused research spanning multiple fields, including enterprise transformation, degradation modeling and monitoring, and healthcare among others. Her research record is quite diverse, from mathematical statistics to modeling to data analysis to qualitative insights on causality and complexity. Dr. Serban’s current research emphasis is on health analytics using massive data sets to inform policy making and targeted interventions. To date, she has published more than 60 journal articles, and a collaborative (with Dr. William B. Rouse) book titled Understanding and Managing the Complexity of Healthcare published by MIT Press. She is the Editor for physical sciences, engineering, and the environment for the Annals of Applied Statistics. She has reviewed for multiple funding agencies and she has served in multiple workshops and meetings organized by the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine.

Workshop / Seminar:Latinx Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
2019-11-07 15:00 - 18:00 | Mason Hall
Join us for a communal updating of Wikipedia entries on subjects related to Latinx communities and to recognize the accomplishments of Latinx folx. We will provide tutorials for the beginner Wikipedian, in-person assistance, reference materials, and refreshments. Bring your laptop, power cord and ideas for entries that need updating or creation. People of all backgrounds are invited to participate.

Wikimedia’s trouble in representing topics related to gender, race, and nationality are well-documented. While the reasons for the gaps are up for debate, the practical effect of this disparity is not. Content is skewed by the lack of female, queer, and PoC participation. This represents an alarming absence in an increasingly important repository of shared knowledge. In an attempt to help address these issues and to broaden the the community base of Wikipedians, and as part of the Latinx Heritage Month Celebrations at the University of Michigan, the library will be hosting this Latinx Wikipedia Edit-a-thon.

Lecture / Discussion:Leadership in an Era of Islamophobia
2019-11-07 15:00 - 16:30 | North Quad - Space 2435
The Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, a not-for-profit research organization focused on Muslim-American communities, is collaborating with several campus units to bring Dr. Debbie Almontaser, an internationally recognized, award-winning educator and speaker, to campus to discuss the challenges of leading while Muslim post-9/11, religious-based bullying, and the industry of Islamophobia.
