Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Teach Out Series: Solving the Opioid Crisis (July 23, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/47581 47581-12986961@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, July 23, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

The opioid epidemic is the deadliest drug crisis in US history, killing around 64,000 people in 2016 alone. Recently, the growing crisis was declared a “public health emergency.” In this Teach-Out, experts from the fields of Medicine, Pharmacy, Public Health, and Dentistry will help us examine the impacts of this national epidemic and answer the key questions: What are opioids? How did we get to the current crisis? How can we recognize opioid abuse and what can we do about it? What makes the crisis so complex? Join us in this active and ongoing public conversation as we create and share solutions.

This Teach-Out is being offered in partnership with the University of Michigan’s Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation and includes a number of expert voices including:
-Jay S. Lee, MD
-Rebecca L. Haffajee, J.D., Ph.D., M.P.H
-Michael A. Smith, PharmD, BCPS
-Pooja Lagisetty, M.D.
-Daniel Clauw, M.D.
-Vicki Ellingrod, PharmD
-Romesh Nalliah, D.D.S., M.H.C.M.
-Amy Bohnert, Ph.D., M.H.S.
-Larry Gant, Ph.D., MSW
-Will Potter

A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 21 Jun 2018 16:02:23 -0400 2018-07-23T00:00:00-04:00 2018-07-23T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
AE Defense: Lie Group Observer Design for Robotic Systems (July 23, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52998 52998-13176892@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, July 23, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Lie Group Observer Design for Robotic Systems: Extensions, Synthesis, and Higher-Order Filtering

David Zlotnik
Aerospace Engineering PhD Candidate

Prof. James R. Forbes
Dissertation Chair

Lie groups, a class of differential manifold with a group structure, arise naturally in the study of rigid-body kinematics. This dissertation studies the design of state observers for systems whose state evolves on a Lie group. State observers, or state estimators, are a crucial part of the navigation algorithms necessary for autonomous operation of robotic systems. One such nonlinear observer, the gradient-based observer, has generated significant interest in the literature due to its computational simplicity and stability guarantees. The first part of this dissertation explores several applications of the gradient-based observer, including both the attitude estimation problem and the simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) problem.

In addition, state of the art in Lie group observer design is extended by the development of a higher-order filter on a Lie group. By analogy to the classical linear complementary filter, the proposed method can be interpreted as a nonlinear complementary filter on a Lie group. A disturbance observer that accounts for constant and harmonic disturbances in the group velocity measurements is also considered. Local asymptotic stability about the desired equilibrium point is demonstrated. In addition, an H2-optimal filter synthesis method is derived and disturbance rejection via the internal model principle is considered.

Publications

Journal Publications

Zlotnik, D. E., and Forbes, J. R., "Higher-Order Nonlinear Complementary Filtering on Lie Groups,'' IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2018.

Zlotnik, D. E., and Forbes, J. R., "Gradient-Based Observer for Simultaneous Localization and Mapping,'' IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2018.

Zlotnik, D. E., and Forbes, J. R., "Exponential Convergence of a Nonlinear Attitude Estimator,'' Automatica, vol. 72, pp. 11-18, 2016.

Zlotnik, D. E., and Forbes, J. R., "Nonlinear Estimator Design on the Special Orthogonal Group using Vector Measurements Directly,'' IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2016.

Caverly, R. J., Zlotnik, D. E., and Forbes, J. R. "Saturated Control of Flexible-Joint Manipulators Using a Hammerstein Strictly Positive Real Compensator,'' Robotica, 2014

Forbes, J. R., de Ruiter, A. H., Zlotnik, D. E. "Continuous-Time Norm-Constrained Kalman Filtering,'' Automatica, vol. 50, no. 10, pp. 2546–-2554, 2014.

Zlotnik, D. E., and Forbes, J. R., "Dynamic Modelling, Estimation, and Control for Precision Pointing of an Atmospheric Balloon Platform, "Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 263-274, 2014, invited submission.

Caverly, R. J., Zlotnik, D. E., and Forbes, J. R. "Saturated Proportional Derivative Control of a Single-Link Flexible-Joint Manipulator,'' Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 241-250, 2014, invited submission.

Caverly, R. J., Zlotnik, D. E., L. J. Bridgeman and Forbes, J. R. "Saturated Proportional Derivative Control of Flexible-Joint Manipulators,'' Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing. Vol. 30, No. 6, 658-666, 2014.


Conference Publications

Zlotnik, D. E., Di Cairano, S., and Weiss, A., "MPC for coupled station keeping, attitude control, and momentum management of GEO satellites using on-off electric propulsion,'' 2017 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA), Mauna Lani, HI, 2017, pp. 1835-1840

Zlotnik, D. E., and Forbes, J. R., "Exteroceptive measurement filtering embedded within an SO(3)-based attitude estimator,'' Proc. of the Conference on Decision and Control, Las Vegas, NV, USA, December 12-14, 2016.

Zlotnik, D. E., Forbes, J. R., and Aldrich, J., ``Control Bandwidth Recovery of Flexible Pointing Systems,'' Proc. of the American Control Conference, Boston, MA, USA, July 6-8, 2016.

Zlotnik, D. E., and Forbes, J. R., "A Nonlinear Attitude Estimator with Desirable Convergence Properties,'' Proc. of the European Control Conference, Linz, Austria, July 15-17, 2015.

Zlotnik, D. E., and Forbes, J. R., "Effect of Pendulation on an SO(3)-Based Attitude Estimator for Precision Pointing of an Atmospheric Balloon-Borne Platform,'' AHAC Academic High Altitude Conference, Grand Forks, ND, USA, June 24-27, 2014.

Zlotnik, D. E., and Forbes, J. R., "Rotation-Matrix-Based Attitude Control Without Angular Velocity Measurements," American Control Conference, Portland, OR, USA, June 4-6, 2014.

Tran, N. K., Zlotnik, D. E., and Forbes, J. R., "Design of an Attitude Control System for a High-Altitude Balloon Payload'', AHAC Academic High Altitude Conference, Upland, IN, USA, June, 2013.

Zlotnik, D. E., and Forbes, J. R., "Dynamic Modelling, Estimation, and Control for Precision Pointing of an Atmospheric Balloon Platform," CCToMM M3 Symposium, Montreal, QC, Canada, May 30-31, 2013.

Caverly, R. J., D. E.Zlotnik, and Forbes, J. R., "Saturated Proportional Derivative Control of a Single-Link Flexible-Joint Manipulator," CCToMM M3 Symposium, Montreal, QC, Canada, May 30-31, 2013.

Tran, N.~K., He, X., Zlotnik, D. E., and Forbes, J. R., "Attitude Sensing and Control of a Stratosphere Balloon Platform,'' AIAA Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Technology Conference, Daytona Beach, FL, USA, March, 2013.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 13 Jul 2018 16:05:44 -0400 2018-07-23T13:00:00-04:00 2018-07-23T14:00:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Lecture / Discussion Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Teach Out Series: Solving the Opioid Crisis (July 24, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/47581 47581-12986962@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, July 24, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

The opioid epidemic is the deadliest drug crisis in US history, killing around 64,000 people in 2016 alone. Recently, the growing crisis was declared a “public health emergency.” In this Teach-Out, experts from the fields of Medicine, Pharmacy, Public Health, and Dentistry will help us examine the impacts of this national epidemic and answer the key questions: What are opioids? How did we get to the current crisis? How can we recognize opioid abuse and what can we do about it? What makes the crisis so complex? Join us in this active and ongoing public conversation as we create and share solutions.

This Teach-Out is being offered in partnership with the University of Michigan’s Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation and includes a number of expert voices including:
-Jay S. Lee, MD
-Rebecca L. Haffajee, J.D., Ph.D., M.P.H
-Michael A. Smith, PharmD, BCPS
-Pooja Lagisetty, M.D.
-Daniel Clauw, M.D.
-Vicki Ellingrod, PharmD
-Romesh Nalliah, D.D.S., M.H.C.M.
-Amy Bohnert, Ph.D., M.H.S.
-Larry Gant, Ph.D., MSW
-Will Potter

A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 21 Jun 2018 16:02:23 -0400 2018-07-24T00:00:00-04:00 2018-07-24T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Teach Out Series: Solving the Opioid Crisis (July 25, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/47581 47581-12986963@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 25, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

The opioid epidemic is the deadliest drug crisis in US history, killing around 64,000 people in 2016 alone. Recently, the growing crisis was declared a “public health emergency.” In this Teach-Out, experts from the fields of Medicine, Pharmacy, Public Health, and Dentistry will help us examine the impacts of this national epidemic and answer the key questions: What are opioids? How did we get to the current crisis? How can we recognize opioid abuse and what can we do about it? What makes the crisis so complex? Join us in this active and ongoing public conversation as we create and share solutions.

This Teach-Out is being offered in partnership with the University of Michigan’s Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation and includes a number of expert voices including:
-Jay S. Lee, MD
-Rebecca L. Haffajee, J.D., Ph.D., M.P.H
-Michael A. Smith, PharmD, BCPS
-Pooja Lagisetty, M.D.
-Daniel Clauw, M.D.
-Vicki Ellingrod, PharmD
-Romesh Nalliah, D.D.S., M.H.C.M.
-Amy Bohnert, Ph.D., M.H.S.
-Larry Gant, Ph.D., MSW
-Will Potter

A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 21 Jun 2018 16:02:23 -0400 2018-07-25T00:00:00-04:00 2018-07-25T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Teach Out Series: Solving the Opioid Crisis (July 26, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/47581 47581-12986964@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 26, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

The opioid epidemic is the deadliest drug crisis in US history, killing around 64,000 people in 2016 alone. Recently, the growing crisis was declared a “public health emergency.” In this Teach-Out, experts from the fields of Medicine, Pharmacy, Public Health, and Dentistry will help us examine the impacts of this national epidemic and answer the key questions: What are opioids? How did we get to the current crisis? How can we recognize opioid abuse and what can we do about it? What makes the crisis so complex? Join us in this active and ongoing public conversation as we create and share solutions.

This Teach-Out is being offered in partnership with the University of Michigan’s Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation and includes a number of expert voices including:
-Jay S. Lee, MD
-Rebecca L. Haffajee, J.D., Ph.D., M.P.H
-Michael A. Smith, PharmD, BCPS
-Pooja Lagisetty, M.D.
-Daniel Clauw, M.D.
-Vicki Ellingrod, PharmD
-Romesh Nalliah, D.D.S., M.H.C.M.
-Amy Bohnert, Ph.D., M.H.S.
-Larry Gant, Ph.D., MSW
-Will Potter

A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 21 Jun 2018 16:02:23 -0400 2018-07-26T00:00:00-04:00 2018-07-26T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Teach Out Series: Solving the Opioid Crisis (July 27, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/47581 47581-12986965@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, July 27, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

The opioid epidemic is the deadliest drug crisis in US history, killing around 64,000 people in 2016 alone. Recently, the growing crisis was declared a “public health emergency.” In this Teach-Out, experts from the fields of Medicine, Pharmacy, Public Health, and Dentistry will help us examine the impacts of this national epidemic and answer the key questions: What are opioids? How did we get to the current crisis? How can we recognize opioid abuse and what can we do about it? What makes the crisis so complex? Join us in this active and ongoing public conversation as we create and share solutions.

This Teach-Out is being offered in partnership with the University of Michigan’s Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation and includes a number of expert voices including:
-Jay S. Lee, MD
-Rebecca L. Haffajee, J.D., Ph.D., M.P.H
-Michael A. Smith, PharmD, BCPS
-Pooja Lagisetty, M.D.
-Daniel Clauw, M.D.
-Vicki Ellingrod, PharmD
-Romesh Nalliah, D.D.S., M.H.C.M.
-Amy Bohnert, Ph.D., M.H.S.
-Larry Gant, Ph.D., MSW
-Will Potter

A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 21 Jun 2018 16:02:23 -0400 2018-07-27T00:00:00-04:00 2018-07-27T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Teach Out Series: Solving the Opioid Crisis (July 28, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/47581 47581-12986966@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, July 28, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

The opioid epidemic is the deadliest drug crisis in US history, killing around 64,000 people in 2016 alone. Recently, the growing crisis was declared a “public health emergency.” In this Teach-Out, experts from the fields of Medicine, Pharmacy, Public Health, and Dentistry will help us examine the impacts of this national epidemic and answer the key questions: What are opioids? How did we get to the current crisis? How can we recognize opioid abuse and what can we do about it? What makes the crisis so complex? Join us in this active and ongoing public conversation as we create and share solutions.

This Teach-Out is being offered in partnership with the University of Michigan’s Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation and includes a number of expert voices including:
-Jay S. Lee, MD
-Rebecca L. Haffajee, J.D., Ph.D., M.P.H
-Michael A. Smith, PharmD, BCPS
-Pooja Lagisetty, M.D.
-Daniel Clauw, M.D.
-Vicki Ellingrod, PharmD
-Romesh Nalliah, D.D.S., M.H.C.M.
-Amy Bohnert, Ph.D., M.H.S.
-Larry Gant, Ph.D., MSW
-Will Potter

A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 21 Jun 2018 16:02:23 -0400 2018-07-28T00:00:00-04:00 2018-07-28T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Teach Out Series: Solving the Opioid Crisis (July 29, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/47581 47581-12986967@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, July 29, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

The opioid epidemic is the deadliest drug crisis in US history, killing around 64,000 people in 2016 alone. Recently, the growing crisis was declared a “public health emergency.” In this Teach-Out, experts from the fields of Medicine, Pharmacy, Public Health, and Dentistry will help us examine the impacts of this national epidemic and answer the key questions: What are opioids? How did we get to the current crisis? How can we recognize opioid abuse and what can we do about it? What makes the crisis so complex? Join us in this active and ongoing public conversation as we create and share solutions.

This Teach-Out is being offered in partnership with the University of Michigan’s Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation and includes a number of expert voices including:
-Jay S. Lee, MD
-Rebecca L. Haffajee, J.D., Ph.D., M.P.H
-Michael A. Smith, PharmD, BCPS
-Pooja Lagisetty, M.D.
-Daniel Clauw, M.D.
-Vicki Ellingrod, PharmD
-Romesh Nalliah, D.D.S., M.H.C.M.
-Amy Bohnert, Ph.D., M.H.S.
-Larry Gant, Ph.D., MSW
-Will Potter

A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 21 Jun 2018 16:02:23 -0400 2018-07-29T00:00:00-04:00 2018-07-29T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Teach Out Series: Solving the Opioid Crisis (July 30, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/47581 47581-12986968@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, July 30, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

The opioid epidemic is the deadliest drug crisis in US history, killing around 64,000 people in 2016 alone. Recently, the growing crisis was declared a “public health emergency.” In this Teach-Out, experts from the fields of Medicine, Pharmacy, Public Health, and Dentistry will help us examine the impacts of this national epidemic and answer the key questions: What are opioids? How did we get to the current crisis? How can we recognize opioid abuse and what can we do about it? What makes the crisis so complex? Join us in this active and ongoing public conversation as we create and share solutions.

This Teach-Out is being offered in partnership with the University of Michigan’s Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation and includes a number of expert voices including:
-Jay S. Lee, MD
-Rebecca L. Haffajee, J.D., Ph.D., M.P.H
-Michael A. Smith, PharmD, BCPS
-Pooja Lagisetty, M.D.
-Daniel Clauw, M.D.
-Vicki Ellingrod, PharmD
-Romesh Nalliah, D.D.S., M.H.C.M.
-Amy Bohnert, Ph.D., M.H.S.
-Larry Gant, Ph.D., MSW
-Will Potter

A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 21 Jun 2018 16:02:23 -0400 2018-07-30T00:00:00-04:00 2018-07-30T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Teach Out Series: Solving the Opioid Crisis (July 31, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/47581 47581-12986969@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, July 31, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

The opioid epidemic is the deadliest drug crisis in US history, killing around 64,000 people in 2016 alone. Recently, the growing crisis was declared a “public health emergency.” In this Teach-Out, experts from the fields of Medicine, Pharmacy, Public Health, and Dentistry will help us examine the impacts of this national epidemic and answer the key questions: What are opioids? How did we get to the current crisis? How can we recognize opioid abuse and what can we do about it? What makes the crisis so complex? Join us in this active and ongoing public conversation as we create and share solutions.

This Teach-Out is being offered in partnership with the University of Michigan’s Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation and includes a number of expert voices including:
-Jay S. Lee, MD
-Rebecca L. Haffajee, J.D., Ph.D., M.P.H
-Michael A. Smith, PharmD, BCPS
-Pooja Lagisetty, M.D.
-Daniel Clauw, M.D.
-Vicki Ellingrod, PharmD
-Romesh Nalliah, D.D.S., M.H.C.M.
-Amy Bohnert, Ph.D., M.H.S.
-Larry Gant, Ph.D., MSW
-Will Potter

A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 21 Jun 2018 16:02:23 -0400 2018-07-31T00:00:00-04:00 2018-07-31T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
UMBS Summer Lecture Series: The value of basic scientific research: How water fleas might teach us how to fight fungal infections in people (July 31, 2018 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52447 52447-12732392@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, July 31, 2018 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Biological Station

Dr. Meghan Duffy, Associate Professor and researcher at the University of Michigan, will give the Pettingill Endowed Lecture in Natural History at the U-M Biological Station, open to students, faculty, researchers, and the public.

Dr. Duffy's research focuses on the ecology and evolution of host-parasite interactions, with a particular focus on freshwater systems. She is especially interested in the intersection of ecology and evolutionary biology, including how rapid evolution affects host-parasite interactions, and how ecological context influences host-parasite evolution. Her research uses a combination of observational studies of natural populations and communities, manipulative experiments in the lab and field, and mathematical models. Most of her research focuses on the ecologically important freshwater crustacean Daphnia as host; Daphnia have long been a model system in ecology and evolutionary biology, and are emerging as a model organism for studies of host-parasite interactions.

Dr. Duffy received her B.S. in Biological Sciences from Cornell University in 2000. After a brief stint working as a field technician in Antarctica, she moved to the Kellogg Biological Station and Michigan State University for graduate school. She received her Ph.D. in Zoology and Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Behavior from MSU in 2006. From there, she moved to the University of Wisconsin for her postdoctoral research, which was supported by an NSF postdoctoral fellowship in biological informatics. From 2008-2012, she was an assistant professor in the School of Biology at Georgia Tech. She joined the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology faculty at U-M in August 2012.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 30 Jul 2018 13:57:56 -0400 2018-07-31T19:30:00-04:00 2018-07-31T20:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Biological Station Lecture / Discussion An avatar of Dr. Duffy with a black mud puppy
AE Dissertation Defense: Development and Application of Multidimensional Computational Models for Hall Thrusters (August 2, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53081 53081-13220163@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 2, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

AE Dissertation Defense: Development and Application of Multidimensional Computational Models for Hall Thrusters

Horatiu C. Dragnea
Aerospace Engineering PhD Candidate

Prof. Iain D. Boyd
Dissertation Chair

This work is focused on improving the state-of-the-art in the field of Hall thruster numerical simulation, as well as investigating several physical processes that are important to Hall thruster development and application. Since Hall thrusters have been in use for more than half a century, they have built a reputation of reliability, however they are known for low power operation with primary applications such as station- keeping and orbit raising. Within the past decade there has been a significant effort to increase the power levels for these electric propulsion devices, but when considering such recent developments, several problems become apparent.

First, propellant cost, which is addressed through a study of an alternative and less expensive option to the ubiquitous xenon gas: krypton. Next, the problem of discharge channel erosion is investigated by simulating an optical experimental diagnostic: cavity-ring-down spectroscopy. Further, two approaches are used to analyze a nested Hall thruster: both a neutral simulation of dual channel operation and a plasma simulation of the thruster running in single channel mode. It is determined that improved modeling capabilities are required, therefore a new Cartesian 2D axisymmetric electron fluid model is developed, verified and then integrated within an existing, state-of-the-art, hybrid particle-in-cell framework.

Dissertation Committee
Chair: Prof. Iain D. Boyd
Cognate: Prof. Mark J. Kushner (EECS)
Members: Prof. Alec D. Gallimore and Member: Prof. John E. Foster (NERS)


Publications:

Journal Articles
1. Cusson, S. E., Georgin, M. P., Dragnea, H. C., Dale, E. T., Dhaliwal, V., Boyd, I. D., and Gallimore, A. D. " On Channel Interactions in Nested Hall Thrusters", Journal of Applied Physics Vol. 123, Issue 13, 2018, 133303.

2. Dragnea, H. C., Boyd, I. D., Lee, B. C., and Yalin, A. P., "Characterization of Eroded Boron Atoms in the Plume of a Hall Thruster", IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Vol. 43, Issue 1, 2015, pp. 35-44.

Conferences

1. Dragnea, H. C., and Boyd, I. D., "Axisymmetric Fully 2D Hybrid-PIC Model for Hall Thrusters", AIAA Paper 2018-4811, July 2018

2. Dragnea, H. C., Hara, K., and Boyd, I. D., "Development of a 2D Axisymmetric Electron Fluid Model in Hall Thrusters", AIAA Paper 2017-4632, July 2017.

3. Dragnea, H. C., Lopez Ortega, A., and Boyd, I. D., "Simulation of a Hall Effect Thruster with Krypton Propellant", AIAA Paper 2017-4633, July 2017.

4. Dragnea, H. C., Hara K., and Boyd, I. D., "Fully 2D Numerical Simulation of a Nested Channel Hall Thruster", Association Aéronautique et Astronautique de France, SP2016_3124969, July 2016.

5. Dragnea, H. C. and Boyd, I. D., "Simulation of a Nested Channel Hall Thruster", Electric Rocket Propulsion Society, IEPC Paper 2015-250, July 2015.

6. Dragnea, H. C., Boyd, I. D., Lee, B. C., and Yalin, A. P., "Characterization of Eroded Boron Atoms in the Plume of a Hall Thruster", Electric Rocket Propulsion Society, IEPC Paper 2013-158, October 2013.

Presentations and Posters:

1. Dragnea, H. C., Hara, K., and Boyd, I. D., “A Fully 2D Electron Fluid Model for Hall Thrusters”, Gaseous Electronics Conference, Honolulu HI, October 2015.

2. Dragnea, H. C., Hara, K., and Boyd, I. D., “Development of a 2D Axial-Radial Fluid Electron Model”, Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering Symposium, U-M, October 2015.

3. Dragnea, H. C., Hall, S. J., Boyd, I. D. and Gallimore, A. D. “Preliminary Results and Future Goals for a Simultaneous Characterization of a Nested-channel Hall Thruster in Experiment and Simulation”, Advanced Space Propulsion Workshop, Ohio Aerospace Institute, November 2014.

4. Dragnea, H. C. and Boyd, I. D., “An Inner Channel Simulation of the X2 Nested Channel Hall Effect Thruster”, Engineering Graduate Symposium, U-M, November 2014.

5. Dragnea, H. C. and Boyd, I. D., “The X2 Nested Channel Hall Effect Thruster: An Inner Channel Simulation”, Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering Symposium, U-M, October 2014.

6. Dragnea, H. C. and Hall, S. J., “Simultaneous Characterization of a Nested-channel Hall Thruster in Experiment and Simulation” Aerospace Engineering Graduate Student Seminar Series, U-M, September 2014.

7. Dragnea, H. C. and Boyd, I. D., “Simulation of Sputtered Boron Atoms in the Plume of a SPT-70 Hall Thruster”, Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering Symposium, U-M, September 2013.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 19 Jul 2018 13:58:43 -0400 2018-08-02T13:00:00-04:00 2018-08-02T14:30:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Lecture / Discussion Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Emergent Research Summer Series (August 8, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52710 52710-12969906@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 8, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

Join us for the Emergent Research Summer Series! Over the course of the summer, we’ve invited our Library colleagues to present 5 minute lightning talks on their recent publications, presentations, projects, or grants. As those invested in the production and preservation of knowledge, we work with a variety of research methods, including investigation, evaluation, experimentation, and careful study. Often, these projects take us beyond the day-to-day aspects of our jobs, encouraging us to solve unique problems and discover new possibilities. Talks will be presented in a casual format with plenty of time for audience engagement.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 19 Jun 2018 13:44:03 -0400 2018-08-08T14:00:00-04:00 2018-08-08T15:30:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Lecture / Discussion Emergent Research Image
UMBS Summer Lecture Series: From green roofs to urban farms: The importance of cities for pollinator conservation (August 8, 2018 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52448 52448-12732393@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 8, 2018 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Biological Station

Dr. Rebecca Tonietto, Associate Professor and pollinator researcher at the University of Michigan - Flint, will give the Bennett Endowed Lecture in Plant & Fungal Ecology at the U-M Biological Station. The lecture is open to students, faculty, researchers, and the public.

Dr. Tonietto studies native bee communities – how their diversity and structure are related to plant communities, surrounding land-use, and management – for pollinator conservation. She works at the intersection of multiple fields, but is primarily a community ecologist interested in conservation and restoration biology.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 24 May 2018 10:09:30 -0400 2018-08-08T19:30:00-04:00 2018-08-08T20:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Biological Station Lecture / Discussion Dr. Tonietto with a bee net
In Conversation: Borders in the Age of Globalization (August 12, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53391 53391-13358059@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, August 12, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

This program is free and open to the public, but space is limited. Visit our website to register.

More than ever, ideas cross geographic, generational and ethnic boundaries, even at a time when national borders are becoming increasingly impenetrable. 'Beyond Borders: Global Africa' reflects on this moment by considering the arts of Africa and how they have been shaped by, and have contributed to, conversations taking place across the world. Join exhibition curator Laura De Becker for this first look at the dynamic and influential qualities of contemporary African art and discuss works by leading artists such as Kudzanai Chiurai, Yinka Shonibare and Serge Alain Nitegeka, among others.

Lead support for 'Beyond Borders: Global Africa' is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the University of Michigan Office of Research, African Studies Center, and Department of Afroamerican and African Studies. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan CEW+ Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund and Susan Ullrich.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 03 Aug 2018 12:03:20 -0400 2018-08-12T15:00:00-04:00 2018-08-12T16:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Lecture / Discussion Seydou Keïta, Untitled, 1956-57, gelatin silver print. Courtesy of the Contemporary African Art Collection (CAAC), Collection Jean Pigozzi, Geneva, Inv# MA/KE.046.D, © Seydou Keïta / SKPEAC
Consciousness and Self in Vedanta (August 12, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53147 53147-13256659@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, August 12, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Hussey Room, Michigan League
Organized By: Maize Pages Student Organizations

Dear All, we cordially invite you to the spiritual talk "Consciousness and Self in Vedanta", delivered by Rev. Swami Sarvapriyananda ji Mj, who is the present in-charge of the Vedanta Society of New York.This discussion will delve into the ancient Hindu philosophy of Vedanta and it's differences from materialism to address the true meaning of Self. Complementary reasoning from contemporary research on consciousness and modern psychology as well as Buddhism will also be explored.

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Lecture / Discussion Sun, 12 Aug 2018 12:00:12 -0400 2018-08-12T16:00:00-04:00 2018-08-12T17:30:00-04:00 Hussey Room, Michigan League Maize Pages Student Organizations Lecture / Discussion
Consciousness and Self in Vedanta (August 12, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53146 53146-13254677@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, August 12, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Vedanta Study Circle

Dear All, we cordially invite you to the spiritual talk "Consciousness and Self in Vedanta", delivered by Rev. Swami Sarvapriyananda ji Mj, who is the present in-charge of the Vedanta Society of New York.

This discussion will delve into the ancient Hindu philosophy of Vedanta and it's differences from materialism to address the true meaning of Self. Complementary reasoning from contemporary research on consciousness and modern psychology as well as Buddhism will also be explored.

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Lecture / Discussion Sun, 22 Jul 2018 15:53:22 -0400 2018-08-12T16:00:00-04:00 2018-08-12T17:30:00-04:00 Michigan League Vedanta Study Circle Lecture / Discussion poster
Argus Farm Stop (August 14, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/48313 48313-11212300@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 14, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

In 2014, Kathy Sample and Bill Brinkerhoff co-founded Argus Farm Stop in Ann Arbor with the goal of growing the local-food economy. Argus Farm Stop is a new retail model designed to provide locally grown food year-round, an every-day venue for farmers to sell their products.

In August 2017, Argus opened a second location on Packard Road near Wells. The original location puts over $1 million per year back into the hands of local farms and producers, and the second store is on target to do the same. Kathy and Bill are currently working with more than 20 individuals and groups to open similar models around the U.S. They have 3 children, and have made Argus a family adventure.

After 5 events are open to the public, and do not require OLLI membership.

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE IN LOCATION TO THE KELLOGG EYE CENTER, 1000 WALL STREET.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 18 Apr 2018 15:47:20 -0400 2018-08-14T19:00:00-04:00 2018-08-14T20:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion OLLI After 5
Cosmic Designs: Reflections on Jim Cogswell's Installation 'Cosmogonic Tattoos' (August 15, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53800 53800-13461561@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 15, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Comparative Literature

Speakers:
Laura De Becker (UMMA)
Ian Fielding (Classical Studies)
Peggy McCracken (Romance Languages and Comparative Literature)
Keith Taylor (English)

Respondent: Jim Cogswell (Stamps School of Art and Design)

Chair: Vassilis Lambropoulos (Classical Studies and Comparative Literature)

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 04 Sep 2018 10:45:49 -0400 2018-08-15T14:00:00-04:00 2018-08-15T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Comparative Literature Lecture / Discussion poster
ChE Special Seminar: Marie-Paule Pileni (August 16, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52891 52891-13107800@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 16, 2018 1:30pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 10
Organized By: Chemical Engineering

Marie-Paule Pileni
Université Pierre et Marie Curie
Paris, France

"Nanocrystallinity, Supracrystals: Unexpected Behavior"

ABSTRACT: The nanocrystals with low size distribution self assemble in 3D superlattices called supracrystals. The crystalline structure of nanocrystals called nanocrystallinity plays a key role on these self-assemblies Heterogeneous and homogeneous growth processes of supracrystals take place inducing marked changes in their physical properties.

We describe some physical and chemical properties of nanomaterials differing by the crystalline structures called nanocrystallinity: It is demonstrated that nanocrystallinity plays a major role in the final structure when nanocrystals are subjected to oxidation processes (Kinkendall effect). Concerning the optical properties, some processes are markedly affected by the crystalline structure whereas others are negligeable.

“Clustered” and “eggs” structures are hydrophobic supracrystals are dispersed in aqueous solution with a very high stability (almost two years). Solubilization of hydrophobic supracrystal in aqueous solution is obtained with Co and Au supracrystals with appearance of tunable plasmonic metamaterials. With Au supracrystals, the optical properties revealed that the fingerprint of nanocrystal is preserved even for large crystalline aggregates demonstrating that the nanocrystal could be used as a probe for investigating the optical properties of such assemblies.

BIO: Marie-Paule Pileni is a distinguished professor at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC). She obtained an honors degree in physical chemistry (1970) and a Ph.D (1977) at the UPMC. She was director, between 1996 and 2000, of the Struc­ture and Reactivity of Interfaces Laboratory (SRI), a Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) joint unit. In 2000, she created the Laboratoire des Matéri­aux Mésoscopiques et Nanométriques (LM2N) (Mesoscopic and Nanometric Materials Laboratory). Her areas of specialization are nanomaterials self assemblies, colloids, and physical chemistry.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 05 Jul 2018 15:50:50 -0400 2018-08-16T13:30:00-04:00 2018-08-16T14:30:00-04:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 10 Chemical Engineering Lecture / Discussion
BME PhD Defense: Steven M. Peterson (August 17, 2018 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53424 53424-13381393@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 17, 2018 10:30am
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

Humans must frequently adapt their posture to prevent loss of balance. Such balance control requires complex, precisely-timed coordination among sensory input, neural processing, and motor output. Despite its importance, our current understanding of cortical involvement during balance control remains limited by traditional neuroimaging methods, which are stationary and have poor time resolution. High-density electroencephalography (EEG), combined with independent component analysis, has become a promising tool for recording cortical dynamics during balance perturbations due to its portability and high temporal resolution. Additionally, recent improvements in immersive virtual reality headsets may provide new rehabilitative paradigms, but the effects of virtual reality on balance and cortical function remain poorly understood.

In my first study, I recorded high-density EEG from healthy, young adult subjects as they walked along a beam with and without virtual reality high heights exposure. While virtual high heights did induce stress, the use of virtual reality during the task increased performance errors and EEG measures of cognitive loading compared to real-world viewing without a headset. In my second study, I collected high-density EEG from healthy young adults as they walked along a treadmill-mounted balance beam to determine the effect of a transient visual perturbation on training in virtual reality. Subjects in the perturbations group improved comparably to those that trained without virtual reality, indicating that the perturbation helped subjects overcome the negative effects of virtual reality on motor learning. The perturbation primarily elicited a cognitive change. In my third study, healthy, young adult EEG was recorded during physical pull and visual rotation perturbations to tandem walking and tandem standing. I found similar electrocortical patterns for both perturbation types, but different cortical areas were involved for each. In my fourth study, I used a phantom head to validate EEG connectivity methods based on Granger causality in a real-world environment. In general, connectivity measures could determine the underlying connections, but many were susceptible to high-frequency false positives. Using data from my third study, my fifth study analyzed corticomuscular connectivity patterns following sensorimotor balance perturbations. I found strong occipito-parietal connections regardless of perturbation type, along with evidence of direct muscular control from the supplementary motor area during the standing perturbation response.

Taken together, the work presented in this dissertation greatly expands upon the current knowledge of cortical processing during sensorimotor balance perturbations and the effect of such perturbations on short-term motor learning, providing multiple avenues for future exploration.

CO-CHAIRS: Dr. Cynthia Chestek and Dr. Daniel P. Ferris

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 06 Aug 2018 10:12:36 -0400 2018-08-17T10:30:00-04:00 2018-08-17T11:30:00-04:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr Biomedical Engineering Lecture / Discussion BME
Immigration: A WeListen Staff Discussion (August 17, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53078 53078-13218009@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 17, 2018 11:00am
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Department of Psychology

This session of WeListen is open to all UM staff members. All voices and views are welcome and lunch will be provided!

RSVP here: http://myumi.ch/abjX2

Join us at this WeListen Staff Session to learn current immigration policies and to participate in small group discussions about this complex topic. Our aim is to bring liberals, conservatives, libertarians- everyone across the political spectrum- together for constructive conversation. The goal of WeListen discussions is not to debate or argue, but to understand the views and values of others and to learn from their perspectives. The session will begin with a brief content presentation to provide a basic understanding of the topic. No specific level of knowledge is required to participate in WeListen discussions.


By participating in WeListen sessions, staff members will:
- Expand understanding of a prominent political topic
- Practice discussing difficult topics with others,
- Gain openness to new ideas and perspectives,
- Learn to productively challenge an idea, and
- Form a sense of community among fellow staff members.

Questions? Email us at welistenstaff@umich.edu.

This event is co-sponsored by the UM Office of DEI and the LSA DEI Implementation Leads. The planning committee includes staff members from the Ginsberg Center, the LSA Dean's Office, LSA History, LSA Psychology, the Office of Communtiy-Engaged Academic Learning, and the Michigan Community Scholars Program.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 10 Jan 2019 10:28:32 -0500 2018-08-17T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-17T13:00:00-04:00 North Quad Department of Psychology Lecture / Discussion Immigration flyer. August 17th, 11am-1pm. North Quad Space 2435.
BME PhD Defense: Grant Hanada (August 17, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53562 53562-13407924@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 17, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

Mobile brain and body imaging (MoBI) presents new and promising methods for moving traditional research studies out of a controlled laboratory and into the real world. Most current neuroimaging techniques require subjects to be stationary in laboratory settings because of both hardware and software limitations. Recent developments in mobile brain imaging have utilized Electroencephalography (EEG) in conjunction with advanced signal processing techniques such as Independent Component Analysis (ICA) to overcome these obstacles and study humans doing complex tasks in non-traditional environments. In my first study, I used high density EEG to examine the cortical dynamics of subjects walking on a split-belt treadmill with legs moving independently of each other at different speeds to investigate how humans adapt to novel perturbations. I found significantly increased low and high frequency spectral power across all sensorimotor and parietal neural sources during split-belt adaptation compared to normal walking, which provides insight into the brain areas and patterns used to accommodate locomotor adaptation. In my second study I combined multi-modal sensing and biometric devices including EEG, eye tracking, heart rate, accelerometers, and salivary cortisol into a portable setup that subjects wore indoors on a treadmill using virtual reality as well as outdoors in a public arboretum. Subjects walked for 1 hour each indoors and outdoors while completing a free viewing visual search oddball task in virtual reality and in real life. I reported on the methods for how to set this experiment up, synchronize all data, and standardize the data in order to make it usable as an open access dataset that has been made available to the public online. My third study used this data set to examine the P300 event-related potential response during both indoors in virtual reality and outdoors in the arboretum. I found a significantly increased P300 amplitude response across the centro-parietal electrodes that distinguished target flags from distractor flags during visual search for both indoor and outdoor environments. And finally, for my fourth study I used the same data set to look at the behavioral and neural correlates associated with gait dynamics when subjects walked indoors on a treadmill vs outdoors in variable terrain while also doing the visual search task. I found significant EEG power differences across multiple neural sources that showed increased spectral fluctuations throughout the gait cycle when subjects walked outdoors compared to indoors on a treadmill.

The collective studies in this dissertation present new ways of using mobile brain and body imaging devices to expand our knowledge of the neural dynamics involved in humans moving in complex ways and in variable environments outside of traditional laboratories.

DATE: Friday, August 17, 2018
TIME: 1:30 PM
LOCATION: General Motors Conference Room, Lurie Engineering Center (4th floor)
CO-CHAIRS: Dr. Cynthia Chestek and Dr. Daniel P. Ferris

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 09 Aug 2018 09:24:16 -0400 2018-08-17T13:30:00-04:00 2018-08-17T14:30:00-04:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr Biomedical Engineering Lecture / Discussion BME
Learning Supported Predictive Control of Autonomous Systems (August 17, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53463 53463-13383955@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 17, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Learning Supported Predictive Control of Autonomous Systems

Rolf Findeisen
Laboratory for Systems Theory and Automatic Control Otto-von-Guericke
University Magdeburg, Germany

Due to rapid advancements in communication and information technology systems increasingly exchange information with neighboring systems or systems in the cloud. Examples are smart grids, production systems or multi-modal transportation systems. While the interconnections provide many fascinating possibilities, they also pose several challenges. What are suitable scalable control and monitoring technologies, which facilitate autonomy, plug and play operation while leading to an overall optimal behavior? How can such approaches be combined with methods from machine learning to cope with uncertainties? In the first part of this talk, we outline how contract based predictive control strategies allow a modular design of complex systems which facilitates hierarchical as well as decentralized autonomous operation of systems. The second part focuses on the fusion of learning approaches and predictive control methods to allow for adaptation in a changing environment. We consider the use of Gaussian Processes to learn model uncertainties and disturbances as well as the use of model predictive control and learning when the controlled system is subject to several possible, yet unknown modes. The presented methods are underlined by examples from robotics, autonomous driving, and air conditioning systems.


About the Speaker:

Rolf Findeisen obtained an M.S. degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, a Diploma in Engineering Cybernetics and Doctorate from the University of Stuttgart. Since 2007 he is heading the Laboratory for Systems Theory and Automatic Control at the Otto-von-Guericke Universität Magdeburg. Rolf is editor/associated editor of several journals including the IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems and he is the international program co-chair of the IFAC World Congress 2020 in Berlin. The research of his group focuses on optimal and predictive control, control for autonomous systems, learning and control, decision-making under uncertainty, and network controlled systems. The considered fields of applications span from biotechnology, process automation, chemical processes, automotive applications and robotic, systems medicine.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 13 Aug 2018 10:31:12 -0400 2018-08-17T14:00:00-04:00 2018-08-17T15:30:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Lecture / Discussion Findeinsen photo
On the Road for Climate Action (August 18, 2018 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53206 53206-13282861@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, August 18, 2018 10:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Citizens Climate Lobby

Dr. Shahir Masri is a University of California-Irvine air pollution scientist and author. Athina Simolaris is an educator. This summer they’re pausing their careers for 1 year of grass-roots climate advocacy. On Aug 1st they will kick off the year embarking on “On the Road for Climate Action,” an 11-week public outreach tour across 35 states.

On August 18, their tour takes them through Ann Arbor where they will give a presentation at the Nature Cove Community Room. Their presentation will:

- Touch on climate science
- Feature solutions to climate change
- Inspire Action!

Don't miss this chance to meet Shahir and Athina during their stop in Ann Arbor on August 18.

Shahir will also have copies of his book, "Beyond Debate, Answers to 50 Misconceptions on Climate Change", available for signing. ​

RSVPs are appreciated but not required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/on-the-road-for-climate-action-tickets-48303833065

Find out more about their journey here: http://www.roadforclimateaction.com/

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 25 Jul 2018 22:51:51 -0400 2018-08-18T10:30:00-04:00 2018-08-18T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Citizens Climate Lobby Lecture / Discussion Shahir and Athina
PhD Defense: Matthew Marcath (August 21, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53937 53937-13502210@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 21, 2018 10:00am
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

Title: Measured and Simulated Prompt Fission Neutron and Photon Correlations

Chair: Prof. Sara Pozzi

An accurate understanding of fission is critical to characterization of special nuclear material (SNM) for nonproliferation and safeguards applications. Noninvasive and nondestructive techniques rely primarily on highly penetrating and relatively abundant fission emissions. Spontaneously and under particle interrogation, SNM emits neutrons and photons from fission, which are characteristic of the fissioning isotopes. Characteristic neutrons and photons are emitted from nuclear fission when a deformed, neutron-rich nucleus divides into two fragments that then de-excite. During de-excitation, neutrons are emitted first, followed by photons; this process gives rise to correlations. New, event-by-event, physics-based models, CGMF (Los Alamos National Laboratory) and FREYA (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), predict correlations in prompt fission emissions. Current safeguards and nonproliferation systems do not utilize angular or multiplicity correlations. Little data exist to validate these models; correlated quantities have been measured only for 252Cf(sf). My work provides measured correlation data to validate models useful for future system design.

Previous correlation measurements have been limited by the acquisition challenges of a many-detector array and therefore have used simple detector systems. Additionally, few detection methods exist that are simultaneously efficient to neutrons and photons. In this work, I show a many-detector array of pulse-shape-discrimination-capable organic scintillators, sensitive to both fast neutrons and photons, to measure correlations in neutron energy, photon energy, multiplicity, and emission angle. This work is achieved through MCNPX-PoliMi simulations and through use of time-synchronized, high-throughput, multiple-digitizer acquisition systems. I measured the 240Pu(sf) neutron-neutron angular distribution and found it to be less anisotropic than the 252Cf(sf) neutrons. 240Pu(sf) and 252Cf(sf) neutron-neutron angular distribution simulation results indicate that fission models capture the general trend of neutron anisotropy. 252Cf(sf) and 240Pu(sf) experimental multiplicity results suggest weak neutron-photon competition during fragment de-excitation. The measured correlations were compared with MCNPX-PoliMi simulations using the built-in model and two new event-by- event fission models, CGMF and FREYA, which predict correlations in prompt emissions from fission. Simulation results from CGMF and FREYA predict a stronger negative correlation than the experiment result.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 20 Aug 2018 10:55:18 -0400 2018-08-21T10:00:00-04:00 2018-08-21T12:00:00-04:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Lecture / Discussion Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Prison Archivists: Preserving Confederate Memory in Union Prisons. (August 23, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53656 53656-13444105@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 23, 2018 12:00pm
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

As many as 420,000 men were imprisoned during the American Civil War. Both Union and Confederate prisons were filthy, mismanaged, and deadly. Yet they were also places where captured soldiers thought about the meaning of the war and their role in it. This was especially the case in Union prisons for Confederate soldiers. In this talk, Williams will show how captured prisoners’ dispositions to think and reflect also led them to record their own memories. In the process, they assembled a vast, useable archive of Confederate reminiscences that have had a lasting effect on popular understandings of the Civil War to the present day.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 13 Aug 2018 15:27:20 -0400 2018-08-23T12:00:00-04:00 2018-08-23T13:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Lecture / Discussion Tim Williams
Sound Education Between Healing and Mercy (August 24, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53606 53606-13556692@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 24, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Maize Pages Student Organizations

Rumi Club at University of Michigan invites you for a weekend with the erudite scholar and author Imam Fode Drame as he expounds upon his new book titled 'The Book of Knowledge' as well as a teaching on the method of sound education based on healing and mercy. 

Imam Fode Drame is a profound Muslim scholar and a descendent of a noble clan that has represented the Islamic scholarly tradition in the Senegambia region of West Africa for over 1,100 years. His unique aspect is his original teachings in the field of Qur'anic exegesis. Imam Fode is also an expert in the traditions of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), the knowledge and practice of spiritual excellence, Arabic grammar, and poetry. He is a prolific writer and only a small portion of his 70,000 page manuscript has been translated to English.

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Lecture / Discussion Sun, 26 Aug 2018 12:00:12 -0400 2018-08-24T14:00:00-04:00 2018-08-24T23:59:59-04:00 Michigan League Maize Pages Student Organizations Lecture / Discussion
DAAS Diasporic Dialogues with Aph Ko (August 24, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54208 54208-13539466@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 24, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Aph Ko is a decolonial theorist and founder of the website, Black Vegans Rock. In 2017, Aph co-authored her first book, Aphro-ism: Essays on Pop Culture, Feminism, and Black Veganism from Two Sisters. She is currently writing her second book about afro-zoological anti-racist activism.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 24 Aug 2018 16:39:40 -0400 2018-08-24T16:00:00-04:00 2018-08-24T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Lecture / Discussion
DAAS Diasporic Dialogues with Aph Ko (August 24, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54208 54208-13539467@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 24, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Aph Ko is a decolonial theorist and founder of the website, Black Vegans Rock. In 2017, Aph co-authored her first book, Aphro-ism: Essays on Pop Culture, Feminism, and Black Veganism from Two Sisters. She is currently writing her second book about afro-zoological anti-racist activism.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 24 Aug 2018 16:39:40 -0400 2018-08-24T16:00:00-04:00 2018-08-24T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Lecture / Discussion
Sound Education Between Healing and Mercy (August 25, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53606 53606-13556693@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, August 25, 2018 12:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Maize Pages Student Organizations

Rumi Club at University of Michigan invites you for a weekend with the erudite scholar and author Imam Fode Drame as he expounds upon his new book titled 'The Book of Knowledge' as well as a teaching on the method of sound education based on healing and mercy. 

Imam Fode Drame is a profound Muslim scholar and a descendent of a noble clan that has represented the Islamic scholarly tradition in the Senegambia region of West Africa for over 1,100 years. His unique aspect is his original teachings in the field of Qur'anic exegesis. Imam Fode is also an expert in the traditions of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), the knowledge and practice of spiritual excellence, Arabic grammar, and poetry. He is a prolific writer and only a small portion of his 70,000 page manuscript has been translated to English.

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Lecture / Discussion Sun, 26 Aug 2018 12:00:12 -0400 2018-08-25T00:00:00-04:00 2018-08-25T23:59:59-04:00 Michigan League Maize Pages Student Organizations Lecture / Discussion
Sound Education Between Healing and Mercy (August 26, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53606 53606-13556694@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, August 26, 2018 12:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Maize Pages Student Organizations

Rumi Club at University of Michigan invites you for a weekend with the erudite scholar and author Imam Fode Drame as he expounds upon his new book titled 'The Book of Knowledge' as well as a teaching on the method of sound education based on healing and mercy. 

Imam Fode Drame is a profound Muslim scholar and a descendent of a noble clan that has represented the Islamic scholarly tradition in the Senegambia region of West Africa for over 1,100 years. His unique aspect is his original teachings in the field of Qur'anic exegesis. Imam Fode is also an expert in the traditions of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), the knowledge and practice of spiritual excellence, Arabic grammar, and poetry. He is a prolific writer and only a small portion of his 70,000 page manuscript has been translated to English.

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Lecture / Discussion Sun, 26 Aug 2018 12:00:12 -0400 2018-08-26T00:00:00-04:00 2018-08-26T13:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Maize Pages Student Organizations Lecture / Discussion
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (August 27, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13470157@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, August 27, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-08-27T00:00:00-04:00 2018-08-27T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (August 28, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13470158@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 28, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-08-28T00:00:00-04:00 2018-08-28T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (August 29, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13470159@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 29, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-08-29T00:00:00-04:00 2018-08-29T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
AE 585 Seminar Series - Reasoning in the Design of Cyber-Physical Systems (August 29, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53577 53577-13583286@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 29, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Reasoning in the Design of Cyber-Physical Systems

Kemper Lewis
Professor and Chair, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo - SUNY

Cyber-physical systems and the emerging data analytics supporting their operation are revolutionizing many facets of our lives including business, transportation, finance, defense, energy, and manufacturing. Necessary to the success of these complex systems is interdisciplinary design knowledge that integrates quantitative and qualitative methods. In this seminar, the concept of inference in cyber-physical systems is discussed using methods rooted in the developing science of design. Recent research in cyber-empathic design using embedded product sensors, coordination of autonomous rescue drones, and geometric reasoning in additive manufacturing is presented.

About the Speaker:

Kemper Lewis is Professor and Chair of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University at Buffalo (UB). He is also the Director of the Sustainable Manufacturing and Advanced Robotic Technologies (SMART) Community of Excellence. His research expertise is in the areas of design analytics, strategic design, decision networks, and complex system tradeoffs. He is a Fellow of ASME, an Associate Fellow of AIAA, and his research has resulted in over 200 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers, and over $18M in research funding from NSF, NASA, NIH, DoD, ONR, and private industry.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 03 Dec 2018 14:20:29 -0500 2018-08-29T12:00:00-04:00 2018-08-29T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Aerospace Engineering Lecture / Discussion Lewis Photo
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (August 30, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13470160@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 30, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-08-30T00:00:00-04:00 2018-08-30T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
How to Write Better Proofs (August 30, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53166 53166-13269766@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 30, 2018 10:00am
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Proofs are essential to mathematics, but what about engineering? In this 1.5-hour seminar, I will discuss the role of proofs in mathematics and their value in engineering research. Next, I will review the basics of logic for writing mathematically precise definitions and theorems. Finally, I will describe strategies and techniques for constructing clear, coherent, and well-structured proofs. This seminar is intended for graduate students in engineering whose research involves proofs, but beginning and advanced graduate students and faculty from all areas are welcome to attend. The seminar will be informal, with questions invited throughout.



About the Speaker:

Professor Bernstein’s interests include identification, estimation, and control for aerospace applications. His current research is focused on adaptive control of aircraft and spacecraft. He has coauthored more than 200 journal papers and 400 conference papers, and he is the author of Scalar, Vector, and Matrix Mathematics, third edition published in 2018.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 13 Aug 2018 10:19:49 -0400 2018-08-30T10:00:00-04:00 2018-08-30T11:30:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Lecture / Discussion Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (August 31, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13470161@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 31, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-08-31T00:00:00-04:00 2018-08-31T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (September 1, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13470162@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 1, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-09-01T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-01T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (September 2, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13470163@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 2, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-09-02T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-02T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (September 3, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13470164@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 3, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-09-03T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-03T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (September 4, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13470165@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 4, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-09-04T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-04T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Comparative Politics Workshop (September 4, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53064 53064-13217923@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 4, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP)

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 08 Aug 2018 10:20:50 -0400 2018-09-04T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-04T17:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP) Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (September 5, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13470166@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 5, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-09-05T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-05T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
How to Talk Across the Political Divide (September 5, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53653 53653-13444102@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 5, 2018 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Dr. Deegan-Krause is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at Wayne State University.

This is the Kick-Off event for the 2018-19 season for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Michigan.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 13 Aug 2018 14:46:02 -0400 2018-09-05T10:00:00-04:00 2018-09-05T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion olli-image
Defining the hierarchy through which the epigenetic identify of T cells is established (September 5, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53491 53491-13645296@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 5, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Cell & Developmental Biology

2018 Cell & Developmental Biology Series Seminar Series

Hosted by:
Doug Engel, Deneen Wellik

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 15:40:08 -0400 2018-09-05T15:00:00-04:00 2018-09-05T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Cell & Developmental Biology Lecture / Discussion Golnaz Vahedi, Ph.D.
Split decisions: the molecular control of cytokinesis (September 5, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54821 54821-13645297@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 5, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Cell & Developmental Biology

2018 Cell & Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Hosted by:
Mel Ohi, Lois Weisman

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 15:42:03 -0400 2018-09-05T15:00:00-04:00 2018-09-05T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Cell & Developmental Biology Lecture / Discussion Kathleen Gould
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (September 6, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13470167@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 6, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-09-06T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-06T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
“Molecular Imaging and Cellular Manipulation in Immuno-engineering” (September 6, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53897 53897-13476566@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 6, 2018 9:00am
Location: Chrysler Center
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

Abstract:

Genetically-encoded biosensors based on fluorescence proteins (FPs) and fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) have enabled the specific targeting and visualization of signaling events in live cells with high spatiotemporal resolutions. Single-molecule FRET biosensors have been successfully developed to monitor the activity of a variety of signaling molecules, including tyrosine/serine/threonine kinases. We have a developed a general high-throughput screening (HTS) method based on directed evolution to develop sensitive and specific FRET biosensors. We have first applied a yeast library and screened for a mutated binding domain for phosphorylated peptide sequence. When this mutated binding domain and the peptide sequence are connected by a linker and then concatenated in between a pair of FRET FPs, a drastic increase in sensitivity can be achieved. It has also been increasingly clear that controlling protein functions using lights and chemical compounds to trigger allosteric conformational changes can be applied to manipulate protein functions and control cellular behaviors. In this work, we first engineered a novel class of machinery molecules which can provide a surveillance of the intracellular space, visualizing the spatiotemporal patterns of molecular events and automatically triggering corresponding molecular actions to guide cellular functions. We have adopted a modular assembly approach to develop these machinery molecules. As a proof-of-concept, we engineered such a molecule for the sensing of intracellular tyrosine phosphorylation based on fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) and the consequent activation of a tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) Shp2, which plays a critical and positive role in various pathophysiological processes. We have further integrated this machinery molecule to the “don’t eat me” CD47 receptor SIRPa on macrophages such that the engagement of SIRPa and its activation of naturally negative signals will be rewired to turn on the positive Shp2 action to facilitate phagocytosis of red blood cells and target tumor cells, initiated by the specific antigen-targeting antibodies and their interaction with Fcg receptors. Because of the modular design of our engineered molecule, our approach can be extended to perform a broad range of cell-based imaging and immunotherapies, and hence highlight the translational power in bridging the fundamental molecular engineering to clinical medicine. We have also integrated with lights and ultrasound to manipulate the molecular activation of genes and enzymes, which allowed us to control the cellular functions of immunocells with high precision in space and time. As such, we can integrate fundamental science and engineering principles for biomedical and clinical applications.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 17 Aug 2018 10:43:44 -0400 2018-09-06T09:00:00-04:00 2018-09-06T10:00:00-04:00 Chrysler Center Biomedical Engineering Lecture / Discussion BME
CJS Thursday Noon Lecture Series | Finding a Dream in Adversity (September 6, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53551 53551-13401559@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 6, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

Part of the Toyota Visiting Professor 30th Anniversary Special Lecture Series

I was born as the seventh son of a peasant and graduated from high school at the bottom of my class. It was at the age of 21 years old, working at an agricultural cooperative that I reached a turning point in my life. I went to Idaho as an agricultural trainee, and then I studied at the University of Nebraska and Harvard University. Finally, at the age of 61 years old, I was elected Governor of Kumamoto Prefecture and my dream of becoming a politician came true.

I will talk about how I took advantage of my experiences in the United States in my approach to advancing regional governance in Japan, as well as the response to the Kumamoto earthquake that occurred in 2016.

Ikuo Kabashima is currently in his third term as Governor of Kumamotto Prefecture, Japan. In addition, from 2008 to the present, he is Emeritus Professor at University of Tokyo, He received a Ph.D in Political Economy and Government from Harvard University in 1979. In addition to teaching at University of Tokyo, he taught at Tsukuba University from 1985-1997.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to bkinzer@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.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 31 Aug 2018 14:05:48 -0400 2018-09-06T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-06T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Japanese Studies Lecture / Discussion Ikuo Kabashima, Governor of Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
AE585 Graduate Seminar Series - Current Research in Composite Aerostructures (September 6, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54832 54832-13645309@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 6, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Anthony Waas, Richard A Auhl Department Chair of Aerospace Engineering
Felix Pawlowski Collegiate Professor, University of Michigan

After providing the introductory materials for this course, the speaker will describe current research in the Composite Structures Laboratory (CSL) at the University of Michigan related to Advanced (Robotic) Fiber Placement (AFP) technology. Furthermore, research and development related to characterizing impact damage and the residual strength of damaged composite aerostructures will also be described.

About the speaker...
Anthony M. Waas is the Richard A Auhl Department Chair of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor where he holds the Felix Pawlowski Collegiate Chair. Prior to that he was the Boeing Egtvedt Endowed Chair Professor and Department Chair in the William E. Boeing Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the University of Washington, Seattle. Professor Waas’s research interests are: computational modeling of lightweight composite structures, robotically manufactured aerospace structures, 3D printing in aerospace, damage tolerance of aerospace composites, mechanics of textile composites and data science applications in aerospace engineering. Professor Waas was the Felix Pawlowski Collegiate Chair Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Director, Composite Structures Laboratory at the University of Michigan, from 1988 to 2014, prior to joining UW in January 2015. Professor Waas is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), the American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME), and the American Academy of Mechanics (AAM). He is a recipient of several best paper awards, the 2016 AIAA/ASME SDM award, the AAM Jr. Research Award, the ASC Outstanding Researcher Award, and several distinguished awards from the University of Michigan. He received the AIAA-ASC James H. Starnes, jr. Award, 2017, for seminal contributions to composite structures and materials and for mentoring students and other young professionals. In 2017, Professor Waas was elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences, and in 2018 to the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Professor Waas obtained his B.Sc in Aeronautics with First Class Honors from Imperial College, London, 1982, the ACGI in 1982, the MS and Ph.D in Aeronautics and Applied Mathematics (minor) from Caltech, 1983 and 1988, respectively.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 16:31:14 -0400 2018-09-06T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-06T17:00:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Lecture / Discussion Waas photo
Not For Long: The Life and Career of the NFL Athlete (September 6, 2018 5:45pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54027 54027-13513140@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 6, 2018 5:45pm
Location: LSA Building
Organized By: Department of Sociology

Drawing on personal experience as a former professional football player and
interviews with over 120 current and former NFL players, Robert Turner gets behind
the bravado to reveal what it means to be an athlete in the NFL and why so many
players struggle with life after football. With compassion and objectivity, Dr. Turner
reveals the life and mind of high school, college, and NFL athletes, shedding light on
what might best help players transition successfully out of the sport.

Robert W. Turner II earned his Ph.D. in sociology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He is Assistant Professor of Clinical Research and Leadership at George Washington University. Dr. Turner played football professionally in the now defunct United States Football League, the Canadian Football League, and briefly in the National Football League.

Dinner provided - RSVP Required! Please RSVP here: https://myumi.ch/a801K

More information on Not For Long: The Life and Career of the NFL Athlete (book) can be found here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/not-for-long-9780199892907?cc=us&lang=en&

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 22 Aug 2018 15:37:51 -0400 2018-09-06T17:45:00-04:00 2018-09-06T19:00:00-04:00 LSA Building Department of Sociology Lecture / Discussion Book Cover
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (September 7, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13470168@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 7, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-09-07T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-07T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Phondi Discussion Group (September 7, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54704 54704-13636364@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 7, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

Phondi is a discussion and research group for students and faculty at U-M and nearby universities who have interests in phonetics and phonology.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 25 Sep 2018 09:51:46 -0400 2018-09-07T13:00:00-04:00 2018-09-07T14:00:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion Lorch Hall
AE285 Undergraduate Seminar: Dissecting Boeing’s Middle of the Market Aircraft (September 7, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54893 54893-13651923@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 7, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Mike Stengel, Associate, AeroDynamic Advisory

The rumored Next Midsize Airplane (NMA), also known as the Middle of the Market (MoM) or 797, potentially represents Boeing’s first clean-sheet aircraft design since the introduction of the 787 in 2011. The aircraft is a challenging design concept, sitting at the intersection of narrowbody and widebody product lines, and also faces competition from existing aircraft models. Furthermore, Boeing has corporate goals to learn the lessons of its past to reduce aircraft development risk, and increase its services business. Given all these factors, what could the proposed design look like? What are the key technologies that Boeing could incorporate? What will be new and what will remain the same from previous aircraft models? What clues do Boeing’s public comments and perceived corporate strategy reveal? In this seminar, Mike Stengel, an Associate with consulting firm AeroDynamic Advisory in Ann Arbor, MI will dissect Boeing’s next clean-sheet aircraft and offer a perspective, taking into account business realities and available technologies.

About the speaker...
Mike Stengel is an Associate at AeroDynamic Advisory, a boutique consultancy focused exclusively on serving the aerospace industry. His particular area of focus is in the air transport Maintenance, Repair, & Overhaul (MRO) and manufacturing sectors. Mike has contributed to projects in multiple disciplines for a variety of aerospace clients, including airlines, manufacturers, maintenance providers, economic development agencies, and private equity firms. Previously, Mike was an Associate at ICF International’s Aerospace & MRO consulting practice from 2014-2016. Prior to that, he interned at United Airlines in their San Francisco, CA engine and APU maintenance facility, as well as at AeroStrategy in 2011. Mike began flying at the age of 12, and has since received his Commercial License and Instrument Rating (ASEL), and is a graduate of the University of Michigan with a Bachelor’s in Aerospace Engineering (cum laude).

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 06 Sep 2018 09:21:24 -0400 2018-09-07T13:30:00-04:00 2018-09-07T15:00:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Lecture / Discussion Stengel photo
Values at the End of Life: Toward a Sociology of Economization (September 7, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54827 54827-13645291@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 7, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

Over the past forty years, “the end of life” has become the center of extensive economic, policy, ethical, and medical discussions. Health economists measure and evaluate its cost; ethicists debate the morality of various approaches to “end-of-life care”; policymakers ponder alternative “end of life”-related policies; and clinicians apply a specialized approach (hospice and palliative care) to treat patients whom they diagnose as being at “the end of life.” This talk analyzes the proliferation of conversations on “the end of life” as emblematic of a peculiar moment in human history. Ours is a period where modern growth stagnates and the main challenge developed societies face becomes delineating the limits of human agency and governing populations within these limits. Drawing on a combination of historical and ethnographic analysis of the work of palliative care clinicians in three California hospitals, I analyze how the limits of what can be done, medically and financially, to prolong life are communicated to severely ill patients and families. I use this empirical case to flesh out different dimensions in the concept of economization, which has recently attracted much theoretical attention in economic sociology.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 15:25:33 -0400 2018-09-07T13:30:00-04:00 2018-09-07T15:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
DocDi Discussion Group (September 7, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54939 54939-13654183@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 7, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

DocDi is a discussion group that centers on linguistic documentation techniques and tools, theory, language rights, and engagement with indigenous communities.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 06 Sep 2018 15:44:51 -0400 2018-09-07T14:00:00-04:00 2018-09-07T15:00:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion Lorch Hall
SoConDi Discussion Group (September 7, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54705 54705-13636368@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 7, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

The SoConDi group is both a discussion platform and a study group for students and faculty members who are interested in sociolinguistics, language contact, discourse analysis and related disciplines including linguistic anthropology.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 04 Sep 2018 16:01:01 -0400 2018-09-07T15:00:00-04:00 2018-09-07T16:00:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion Lorch Hall
Interdisciplinary Workshop American Politics (IWAP) (September 7, 2018 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53553 53553-13401561@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 7, 2018 3:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics

The positive role of negative emotions in facilitating democratic engagement has come to the fore in recent political science research. But negative emotions are not always a democratic plus. In this study, we focus on the ways in which negative emotions drive selective news exposure, focusing on the decision to consume news about terrorist violence. Drawing on data from a two-wave national online panel of Americans, we find that anxiety is associated with avoidance of news stories about recent terror attacks whereas anger is linked to increased consumption and repeat exposure. Panel data confirm that emotions precede selective exposure. Those angry at terrorists in wave 1 were more likely to watch a complete news story about the Boston marathon in wave 2 whereas those who felt anxious in wave 1 were less likely to watch the entire story in wave 2. These findings are consistent with an emotion regulation model of selective news exposure in which news is consumed if it is expected to arouse positive emotions or satisfy functional goals and avoided if it is expected to arouse negative emotions. We also find that exposure to terrorist violence is politically consequential. Those who reported greater exposure to stories of terror attacks were more likely to support aggressive national security policies in wave 1. In addition, a graphic reminder of the Boston marathon bombing in wave 2 boosted support for national security policies by enhancing the effects of anger on support for torture and increasing the effects of anxiety on support for heightened domestic surveillance policies. In developing an emotion regulation approach to the study of selective news exposure, we underscore the political implications of a highly arousing online news environment in which news consumption is driven by both emotional and informational goals.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 29 Aug 2018 12:41:10 -0400 2018-09-07T15:30:00-04:00 2018-09-07T17:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Smith Lecture: Exposure to Airborne Magnetite Pollution Nanoparticles: a Possible Environmental Risk Factor for Alzheimer’s Disease (September 7, 2018 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52657 52657-12925293@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 7, 2018 3:30pm
Location: 1100 North University Building
Organized By: Earth and Environmental Sciences

We have identified in human brains the abundant presence of tiny magnetic particles which show striking similarity to magnetite particles which occur wherever the atmosphere is polluted with combustion-derived particulate matter (PM). Until now, all brain magnetite has been thought to be of in situ, biological origin. Because magnetite is known to be toxic to brain cells, exposure to these externally-formed magnetite pollution particles may be a risk factor for neurodegenerative disease, including Alzheimer’s disease (AD).

Rounded, nanoscale magnetite particles – magnetite ‘nanospheres’ – are ubiquitous and abundant in urban, airborne pollution. They form at high temperatures, as combustion-derived, iron-rich ‘droplets’, which condense and partially oxidise as they cool upon airborne release. Often associated with other metal pollution particles, they range in size from < 5 nm to more than 100 nm. Vehicles are a major source of magnetite nanospheres due to fuel combustion, iron wear from the engine block and frictional heating from brake pads. Larger magnetite ‘spherules’ – which can grow to >10 micrometres – are often associated with industrial sources, such as power stations. Magnetite pollution particles which are smaller than ~ 200 nm can enter the brain directly by being breathed in through the nose and then travelling through the nerve cells of the olfactory bulb. There is no blood-brain barrier with nasal delivery. Once nanoparticles enter olfactory areas of the brain through the nose, they can spread to other areas of the brain, including the hippocampus and cerebral cortex – regions affected in AD.

The presence in the brain of magnetite might be causally linked with neurodegenerative disease, including AD. Magnetite contains a mix of ferric and ferrous iron; ferrous iron has been shown to be an effective catalyst for the production of damaging reactive oxygen species (free radicals) in brain tissues. Magnetite particles have been found directly associated with AD plaques, and may enhance the toxicity of the plaque-forming protein, β-amyloid.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 17 Aug 2018 09:38:06 -0400 2018-09-07T15:30:00-04:00 2018-09-07T16:30:00-04:00 1100 North University Building Earth and Environmental Sciences Lecture / Discussion 1100 North University Building
CSAS Lecture Series | Decasticization,"Dirty Work" and Dignity: A Case Study of Arunthathiyars in Tamil Nadu (September 7, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53281 53281-13332421@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 7, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for South Asian Studies

Using the Chennai floods as a case study, I will explore how intersections of caste, class, "dirty work," and the politics of cleaning continue to ignore the sufferings of Arunthathiyar (A Dalit caste group in Tamil Nadu) as they cleaned the city after the Chennai floods in 2015. This presentation particularly focuses on the invisibility and erasure of the sufferings of Arunthathiyars from public memory.

Using qualitative interviews and social media analyses, my project explores the complex consequences of corporate irresponsibility in the mistreatment of Aruthathiyar janitors and active documentation of Arunthathiyars' sufferings by progressive and Dalit activists acting as their mnemonic communities. I will argue for the need to incorporate a social marginality perspective for disaster management to prevent dignity injuries and occupational hazards of the most marginalized groups, such as Arunthathiyars.

Ram Mahalingam is a professor of psychology at the University of Michigan. He is currently the Director for the Barger Leadership Institute (https://lsa.umich.edu/bli/People1/people/RamaswamiMahalingam.html), and is a cultural psychologist originally from Tamil Nadu, India.

Intersectionality, gender, and social marginality are the major themes of his research. He has edited two books and published numerous journal articles in interdisciplinary journals. His previous research explored the relationship between essentialism and power at the intersections of caste, social class, gender, race, and ethnicity.

He is currently working on three projects:

(a) dignity in the workplace, with a specific focus on janitors in India, the US, and South Korea;
(b) mindfulness, dignity, and social justice;
(c) cell phones and the making of the self.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 04 Sep 2018 12:29:28 -0400 2018-09-07T17:00:00-04:00 2018-09-07T18:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for South Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Ram Mahalingam, Professor, Department of Psychology, U-M
Prehistory of a Museum of Capitalism (September 7, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53953 53953-13504389@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 7, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University Library

Founders of the Museum of Capitalism give a brief “prehistory” of the institution, weaving historical precedents together with a curator’s account of recent programming and research, including their current Heidrich Fellowship at U-M Library’s Joseph A. Labadie Collection.

The Museum of Capitalism is an institution dedicated to educating this generation and future generations about the ideology, history, and legacy of capitalism, through exhibitions, research, publication, collecting and preserving material evidence, art, and artifacts of capitalism, and a variety of public programming. Founded by artists, the museum organizes projects in collaboration with other artists and curators, writers, designers, historians, economists, and other scholars.

This program is supported by the University of Michigan Library and the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA).

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 20 Aug 2018 13:25:43 -0400 2018-09-07T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-07T19:30:00-04:00 Museum of Art University Library Lecture / Discussion Lights on a shelf
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (September 8, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13470169@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 8, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-09-08T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-08T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Osborne Macharia with Blinky Bill: The Rude Boyz (The Wright Museum) (September 8, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54036 54036-13515307@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 8, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Special Event: Saturday, September 8, 7pm / Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, 315 East Warren Avenue, Detroit, MI 48201

As a multi-award-winning photographer and digital artist based in Nairobi, Kenya, Osborne Macharia’s visual- and narrative-driven style, known as ‘Afrofuturism,’ has been recognized internationally not only as entertaining and Afrocentric but also as a platform for discussing critical social issues and conveying important messages on topics such as inclusion, representation, gender abuse, female genital mutilation, albinism, conservation, and care for the elderly. As a commercial photographer Macharia has been privileged to work with some top local and international brands, including Marvel (Black Panther), Disney, the Oprah Winfrey Network (Queen Sugar), Absolut, MTV, Volkswagen, Forbes, Guinness, and Mercedes-Benz. In 2018, Macharia was also the first Kenyan ever to be selected as a jury member for the prestigious Cannes Lions creative awards and the ADC/One Show Awards.

Nairobi-based “Blinky” Bill Sellanga is a singer-songwriter, beat maker, producer, TED Fellow, and one-fourth of the Kenyan art and music collective Just a Band. He is an alumnus of the Red Bull Music Academy and the OneBeat international music collaboration. In 2017, Sellanga released his debut solo album, titled Everyone’s Just Winging It And Other Fly Tales, on the heels of his experimental 2016 EP, We Cut Keys While You Wait.

Osborne and Bill will discuss their recent creative collaboration entitled: Remember The Rude Boy. A fictional narrative about a tailor and his “up-cycled” thrift shop fashion collections, Remember The Rude Boy is a celebration of Black Fatherhood and mentorship within the community. The initial project took place in Nairobi, Kenya, with subsequent editions in Accra, Ghana, and Johannesburg, South Africa. During a week-long residency in Detroit as part of the Witt Visiting Artists program at the Stamps School of Art & Design, the artists plan to connect with African-American veterans in Detroit to create a new edition of the project. Remember The Rude Boy - Detroit will premiere at the Thursday, September 13 Speaker Series event in Ann Arbor’s Michigan Theater.(https://stamps.umich.edu/stamps/detail/osborne_macharia_with_blinky_bill)

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 24 Aug 2018 18:15:31 -0400 2018-09-08T19:00:00-04:00 2018-09-08T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Lecture / Discussion https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/lectures/macharia1.jpg
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (September 9, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13470170@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 9, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-09-09T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-09T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (September 10, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13470171@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 10, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-09-10T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-10T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Detroit’s African American History Tour (September 10, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53410 53410-13364432@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 10, 2018 8:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Join OLLI on October 16th for a day filled with rich history and current issues. We’ll begin the morning by having a bus tour of the old Hastings Street neighborhood, Lafayette Park, Black Bottom, and Paradise Valley, emphasizing insights into neighborhood decline, racial challenges, and impact of expressways for urban renewal.

Next, a docent-led tour of the Motown Museum, filled with fun, music, and history. Enjoy a soul-food buffet lunch at Bert’s Market Place with a brief presentation and Q&A about the era of jazz, Motown, and civil rights. We will also have time to view the historical murals located inside Bert’s jazz club.

For the afternoon, you can choose between a visit to either (1) the Charles H. Wright African-American Museum, where there will be a docent-led tour of its main permanent exhibit entitled “And Still We Rise: Our Journey through African-American History and Culture.” Visitors will travel over time and across geographic boundaries, or (2) the Detroit Historical Museum to view the exhibit “Detroit 67: Perspectives. Looking Back to Look Forward,” which covers a period of 150 years. Those who select this exhibit will be better able to understand the events leading up to July 1967 (often referred to as the riots, uprising, or rebellion), where we are today, and connect to efforts that are moving Detroit forward.

When you register, please select choice of afternoon museum. This day includes some walking, standing, and a few steps. Boarding begins at 8:00 a.m. to ensure prompt departure at 8:30 a.m.

No refunds without replacements inside 30 days of trip departure.

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 04 Aug 2018 07:13:49 -0400 2018-09-10T08:30:00-04:00 2018-09-10T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion Out of Town
Accepting Corruption: What role do Machiavellianism and Rationalization play? (September 10, 2018 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53958 53958-13504392@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 10, 2018 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: International Policy Center

Despite the increasing number of anti-corruption campaigns, corruption is still a considerable challenge in many countries around the globe. We examine the link between personal characteristics and the propensity to accept corrupt behavior. In particular, we aim at illuminating how Machiavellianism and Rationalization are linked to the attitude of a person towards corrupt practices. The empirical analysis is based on the responses of 174 internationally active business professionals. As expected, the results indicate that professionals with high levels of Machiavellian traits seem to be more likely to accept corrupt behavior than those low in Machiavellian orientation. However, we find that a person’s ability to rationalize corruption has a stronger link to the likelihood to accept corrupt behavior than Machiavellianism. From these results, we offer avenues for further research and implications for practitioners.

Aram Simonyan's research focuses on international economic relations, corruption, institutional economics and culture, and entrepreneurship. He has been a guest researcher at the University of Trier and the University of Siegen, both in Germany. Aram has also held financial positions at the Armenian Air Traffic Services and “Norq” Information Analytical Centre. Professor Simonyan will spend four weeks at U-M in September 2018, working on a project entitled “The Role of Entrepreneurial Culture and Norms in Accepting Corruption” in collaboration with John Ciorciari, associate professor of public policy.

Please join us for a discussion with Professor Simonyan on Monday, September 10 at 11:30am at 3240 Weill, Gerald. R. Ford School of Public Policy.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 21 Aug 2018 14:22:48 -0400 2018-09-10T11:30:00-04:00 2018-09-10T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location International Policy Center Lecture / Discussion
Donia Human Rights Center Distinguished Lecture. Blood Oil: Tyrants, Violence, and the Rules that Run the World (September 10, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53104 53104-13235260@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 10, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Donia Human Rights Center

The Soviet Union, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Al Qaeda, ISIS, Syria, Russia... for 40 years the West's most serious foreign threats and crises have come from oil states. Oil states are also at higher risk for systemic human rights violations. What drives the 'oil curse' is an archaic law that forces us to fund oppressive regimes and extremist groups whenever we shop. Only by abolishing the law that makes us finance violence and repression abroad can we hope for a more stable, more just, and more peaceful world.

Leif Wenar's book, Blood Oil: Tyrants, Violence, and the Rules that Run the World, will be available for purchase before and after the lecture. A book signing will follow the lecture.

Leif Wenar holds the Chair of Philosophy and Law at King’s College London. After graduating from Stanford he went to Harvard to study with John Rawls, Robert Nozick, and T.M. Scanlon. He has been a visiting professor at Stanford, Princeton, and ANU, and a fellow of the program on Justice and the World Economy at the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs. He is the author of Blood Oil: Tyrants, Violence, and the Rules that Run the World and Beyond Blood Oil: Philosophy, Policy, and the Future. His work has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, Foreign Affairs, CNN, and the playbill for the White Light Festival at Lincoln Center.

This event is co-sponsored by: African Studies Center, Department of Philosophy, Department of Sociology, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, Department of Anthropology, Department of Political Science, and Program in International and Comparative Studies.

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. Please email: umichhumanrights@umich.edu.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 14 Aug 2018 07:52:18 -0400 2018-09-10T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-10T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Donia Human Rights Center Lecture / Discussion book jacket
IOE 813 Seminar: Jim Bagian (September 10, 2018 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54901 54901-13651933@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 10, 2018 4:30pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Patient Safety Challenges and Ways to Overcome Them with a Systems Approach

Patient safety has become a commonly recognized challenge among not only care providers but patients throughout the world over the last 19 years. Its rise to prominence was spurred by the Institute of Medicine’s (now called the National Academy of Medicine) landmark report entitled ‘To Err Is Human”. While initially, there was a good deal of denial in the healthcare industry that the level and frequency of harm to patients was not as high as the report contended, 44,000 to 98,000 annually, there was general agreement that the number by any accounting was too high.  More recently, there have been reports that put the annual number of deaths at 250,000 or more making it the 3rd leading cause of death in the USA. This increase in the reported number of patients harmed may be more a result of the methods used in the counting process rather than an increase in the risk of harm due to care but reinforces the reality that the risk is still one that can benefit from corrective action.

Obstacles to improvement range from a failure to acknowledge that the problem exists, to who is responsible for establishing what level of risk is acceptable, to an over-simplistic and superficial perspective that seldom goes past the determination of proximate cause and implementation of siloed symptom-based corrective actions.  The failure to routinely take a systems-based approach to the identification of vulnerabilities that place the patient at risk and failure to formulate and implement corrective actions that address these foundational vulnerabilities as well as a widespread lack of a robust quality assurance process are the principal challenges that the patients and healthcare faces today.

The presentation will identify some of the barriers to improvement and potential approaches to overcome these barriers.

Dr. James P. Bagian is the Director of the Center for Healthcare Engineering and Patient Safety and is a Professor in the  Department of Anesthesiology in the Medical School and the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan. Previously, he served as the first Director of the VA National Center for Patient Safety (NCPS) and the first Chief Patient Safety Officer for the Department of Veterans Affairs from 1999 to 2010 where he developed numerous patient safety related tools and programs that have been adopted nationally and internationally. Dr. Bagian served as a NASA astronaut and is a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions and was an investigator of both the Challenger and Columbia Space Shuttle mishaps. Presently, he is applying systems engineering approaches to the analysis of medical adverse events and the development and implementation of systems-based corrective actions that will enhance patient safety primarily through preventive means. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Drexel University and his M.D. from Jefferson Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University. He is a Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and has received numerous awards for his work in the field of patient safety and aerospace medicine.

The seminar series “Providing Better Healthcare through Systems Engineering” is presented by the U-M Center for Healthcare Engineering and Patient Safety (CHEPS): Our mission is to improve the safety and quality of healthcare delivery through a multi-disciplinary, systems-engineering approach.
For additional information and to be added to the weekly e-mail for the series,
please contact genehkim@umich.edu

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 06 Sep 2018 10:26:37 -0400 2018-09-10T16:30:00-04:00 2018-09-10T18:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Lecture / Discussion
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (September 11, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13470172@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 11, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-09-11T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-11T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar (September 11, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53929 53929-13502202@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 11, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Medical Science Unit II
Organized By: Biological Chemistry

Dr. Amy Rosenzweig, Weinberg Family Distinguished Professor of Life Sciences, Professor of Molecular Biosciences at Northwestern University, will present a Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar on Tuesday 09/11/2018 at 12:00 noon in North Lecture Hall, MS II. The title of the seminar is: "Copper and Biological Methane Oxidation."

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 20 Aug 2018 08:36:30 -0400 2018-09-11T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-11T13:00:00-04:00 Medical Science Unit II Biological Chemistry Lecture / Discussion
Open Lecture | Sounding the deeps of nature: lyric language and the language of oppression (September 11, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54812 54812-13645241@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 11, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: LSA Honors Program

Speaker's Notes:
The concept of oppression, just as the concept of freedom, is narrative and operates at the level of words: there is a narrative that accompanies every transaction of meaning taking place between us and the larger forces of the world. This lecture will address the interface between poetry and politics in language, using the reality of oppression in order to probe deeper into the fundamental concept of freedom. Poetry is used as a thinking and a feeling ground on which the language of oppression and lyrical language come into contact, giving us a deeper sense of our human condition. I will argue for the importance of claiming one's inner freedom from the language of oppression that enters the language of poetry.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 14:31:08 -0400 2018-09-11T15:00:00-04:00 2018-09-11T16:00:00-04:00 Chemistry Dow Lab LSA Honors Program Lecture / Discussion Carmen Bugan
Comparative Politics Workshop (September 11, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53064 53064-13217924@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 11, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP)

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 08 Aug 2018 10:20:50 -0400 2018-09-11T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-11T17:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP) Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Conversations on Europe. Poland, the EU, and Illiberal Democracy (September 11, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54132 54132-13530675@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 11, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for European Studies

In 2015, Poland entered a new era. The right-wing and populist government decided to change the way Poland carries out its internal and external policies under the slogan “A Good Change” ("Dobra zmiana"). Since then, the Law and Justice government has worked diligently to dismantle the constitutional system, destroy the balance of powers, and undermine the justice system. The “Good Change” approach has also involved shrinking the space for civil society and curtailing human rights, especially women’s reproductive rights. Last but not least, the government’s “Good Change” has altered Poland’s position vis-à-vis its dearest values, and shifted its orientation in international relations, most significantly toward the European Union. Dr. Śmiszek’s lecture will analyze these profound transformations, as well as discuss civil society’s resistance to these changes and different institutions’ attempts to preserve the liberal democratic order in Poland.

Krzysztof Śmiszek is a Polish human rights lawyer and activist. He received his Ph.D. in law from the University of Warsaw and is a lecturer at the Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University in Poland. Dr. Śmiszek’s main areas of expertise are human rights of minorities and women, with a special focus on LGBTI rights. He is also interested in comparative international anti-discrimination legislation and institutional protection against discrimination. He is currently the managing editor of "The Anti-Discrimination Law Review." In Fall 2018, he is the Distinguished Fellow at University of Michigan's Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to crees@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.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 07 Sep 2018 13:45:00 -0400 2018-09-11T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-11T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for European Studies Lecture / Discussion Krzysztof Śmiszek
LingAMod Discussion Group (September 11, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54940 54940-13654188@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 11, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

The language across modalities discussion group provides a space for students, faculty, and community members to discuss research that spans the modes of human communication - speech, sign, gesture, and more. Our group meets to discuss research articles and to informally present ongoing research. All meetings have captioning or ASL-English interpreting.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 06 Sep 2018 15:59:31 -0400 2018-09-11T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-11T17:00:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion Lorch Hall
JIT Exchange: Panel Discussion | Zimbabwe - Detroit Cultural Collaborations (September 11, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53505 53505-13392467@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 11, 2018 6:00pm
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Center for World Performance Studies

This panel, moderated by Stamps School of Art & Design MFA student Masimba Hwati, explores the ongoing work of the Zimbabwean Cultural Centre of Detroit, building bridges between Harare and Detroit through cross-cultural projects and artist residencies.

The Jit Exchange is a ZCCD project made possible through John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, presented in collaboration with U-M Center for World Performance Studies and Department of Afroamerican and African Studies. Co-sponsored by the African Studies Center, Institute for Humanities, Residential College, School of Music, Theatre & Dance, and the University of Michigan Museum of Art, with support from the King•Chavéz•Parks Visiting Professors Program and the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 30 Aug 2018 09:49:20 -0400 2018-09-11T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-11T20:00:00-04:00 East Quadrangle Center for World Performance Studies Lecture / Discussion Jit Dancers
Bioethics Discussion: Neuroethics (September 11, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49420 49420-11453762@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 11, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on the origins of our moral situation.

Readings to consider:
"Neuroethics: an agenda for neuroscience and society"
"Neuroethics: the practical and the philosophical"
"Neuroethics for the new millennium"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/.

Please also swing by the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 29 Jun 2018 05:39:23 -0400 2018-09-11T19:00:00-04:00 2018-09-11T20:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Neuroethics
Central and North Campus Mass Meetings (September 11, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54087 54087-13525967@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 11, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Pierpont Commons, Boulevard Room
Organized By: Maize Pages Student Organizations

Join us as we discuss our plans for the upcoming school year! At the end of each presentation, we welcome guest industry professionals from Irvine-Ondrey Engineering for an open Q&A session.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 11 Sep 2018 18:00:13 -0400 2018-09-11T19:00:00-04:00 2018-09-11T20:00:00-04:00 Pierpont Commons, Boulevard Room Maize Pages Student Organizations Lecture / Discussion
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (September 12, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13470173@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-09-12T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-12T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Diversity of Thought and Respecting the Other Side of the Argument: Insights from the Office of the U.S. Solicitor General (September 12, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/55170 55170-13704910@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Law School

A star-studded group of former members of the U.S. Solicitor General’s Office will explore the possibility of drawing lessons from that institution for how to approach the hardest discussions on campus. The panel will draw on the framework, ethos, and practice of the Solicitor General’s office to explore insights on how students, faculty, and staff can approach controversial issues on campus—and in particular listening, analyzing, tackling, and responding to arguments on the other side. The panel will seek to offer meaningful reflections on the lifelong process of understanding and responding to deeply controversial arguments, even those that are—to some or many—odious.

Panelists:
- Paul D. Clement, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis, and Distinguished Lecturer in Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Solicitor General, 2005-08
- Charles Fried, Beneficial Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Solicitor General, 1985-89
- Gregory G. Garre, Partner and Chair of the Supreme Court and Appellate Practice Group, Latham & Watkins
Solicitor General, 2008-09
- Ian H. Gershengorn, Partner and Chair of the Appellate and Supreme Court Practice Group, Jenner & Block
Acting Solicitor General, 2016-17
- Nicole A. Saharsky, Partner and Co-Chair of the Appellate and Constitutional Law Practice Group, Gibson Dunn
Assistant to the Solicitor General, 2007-17

Moderated by Julian Davis Mortenson, Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School

This event is free and open to the public and will be followed by a reception in the Lawyers Club Lounge.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 24 Sep 2018 10:57:58 -0400 2018-09-12T10:00:00-04:00 2018-09-12T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Law School Lecture / Discussion
CREES Noon Lecture. U.S.-Russia Relations in the Age of Trump and Putin (September 12, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54187 54187-13539442@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

Professor Cook will discuss the Russian economy in the 21st century, including the recent U.S. sanctions. She will also examine how they shape U.S.-Russia relations.

Lisa D. Cook is an associate professor in the Department of Economics and in International Relations (James Madison College) at Michigan State University. The first Marshall Scholar from Spelman College, she received a second B.A. from Oxford University in philosophy, politics, and economics. Professor Cook earned a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Berkeley. Among her current research interests are economic growth and development, financial institutions and markets, innovation, and economic history. From November 2008 to January 2009, Cook was on the Obama Presidential Transition Team and led the review of the World Bank and International Affairs division of the Treasury Department. She is a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and a Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer. Professor Cook speaks French, Russian, Spanish, and Wolof.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to crees@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.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 24 Aug 2018 12:49:15 -0400 2018-09-12T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-12T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Lecture / Discussion Lisa Cook
BME PhD Defense: Diana Dillstrom (September 12, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54489 54489-13589890@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a genetic disorder caused by collagen-related mutations which leads to increased bone fragility and low bone mass. Although the past decade has been marked by numerous advances in therapies that aim to stabilize the onset of metabolic bone disease, current treatment strategies leave room for substantial improvements. The studies that will be presented in this thesis focus on designing systematic treatments for two challenging clinical scenarios that require novel approaches. All studies have been approached in the context of OI using the Brtl/+ mouse model.

While the maternal skeleton goes through significant bone loss during pregnancy and lactation, this period of skeletal vulnerability can exacerbate an underlying metabolic bone condition like OI. In view of increasing use of bisphosphonates (BP) in premenopausal women to treat OI, the potential risks from long-term exposure on both maternal and neonatal skeleton during pregnancy and lactation remain inconclusive. When we assessed the maternal skeletal changes during pregnancy and lactation in Brtl/+ dams, pregnancy led to maternal trabecular gains in vertebral bone mass, while lactation induced maternal cortical and trabecular bone loss in both vertebra and femur. When BPs were administered prior to conception, bone mass gains due to pregnancy were amplified and lactation-induced bone loss was prevented. However, this protective effect was more modest with BP intervention during pregnancy, and ceased to exist in the late stages of lactation. Despite preventing lactation-induced maternal bone loss, no negative skeletal effects of BPs on offspring were observed. These findings indicate that during this period of significant imbalance between bone resorption and formation, BPs can help reduce the risk of maternal bone fragility in OI by inhibiting lactation-induced bone resorption without affecting bone development in their offspring.

The second half of this thesis explores clinical cases with a critically depleted bone structure, such as severe OI. These cases pose a challenge to current antiresorptive and anabolic therapeutics since their response mechanisms target different abnormalities in the bone remodeling cycle. In this study, rapidly growing Brtl/+ mice were treated with a combination of pamidronate (PAM) and an anabolic (SclAb) in order to attain superior bone mass and strength effects compared to monotherapy. Results from this study showed that following one cycle of combination therapy, a single dose of PAM in combination with SclAb led to a cumulative effect on bone mass, but each through independent means. PAM retention mechanism led to an increase in trabecular number as the dosage increased while no additional gains were observed with SclAb. Conversely, while PAM showed no significant effect on trabecular thickness, SclAb induced a consistent trabecular thickening across all BP dosages. Chronic effects of concurrent administration of BP and SclAb revealed that accumulating cycles conferred synergistic gains in trabecular mass and vertebral stiffness, suggesting a distinct advantage of both therapies combined.

Given the lack of knowledge regarding the effects of BPs during reproductive periods and lack of treatment options for patients with severe OI, this thesis provides valuable insight that can help develop patient-specific treatment plans. By understanding the changes in bone metabolism of the clinical conditions we are trying to resolve, and by combining this knowledge with our understanding of the targeted pathways of available pharmaceuticals, we can strategically and systematically optimize bone therapeutics so that the best clinical outcome can be achieved.

DATE: Wednesday, September 12, 2018
TIME: 2:00 PM
LOCATION: Earl Lewis Room in Rackham Building
CHAIR: Dr. Kenneth Kozloff

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 30 Aug 2018 10:50:02 -0400 2018-09-12T14:00:00-04:00 2018-09-12T15:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Biomedical Engineering Lecture / Discussion BME
IOE 899 Seminar: Peter Frazier, Cornell University and Uber (September 12, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54693 54693-13636286@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Abstract: We discuss Bayesian optimization, a class of methods for optimizing expensive or slow-to-evaluate objective functions. We describe optimization as a decision-making task ("where should I sample next?"), and show how guidance from decision theory can reduce the number of function evaluations required to find approximate optima. We discuss these methods in the context of applications from the tech sector: optimizing e-commerce systems, real-time economic markets, mobile apps, and hyperparameters in machine learning algorithms. Motivated by these applications, we present a new Bayesian optimization method designed for parallel noisy function evaluations, the parallel knowledge gradient method. This method makes use of infinitessimal perturbation analysis within a stochastic approximation framework to find a one-step average-case optimal set of points at which to evaluate the objective function. We conclude with examples of how this and other closely-related methods are used in practice, based on the speaker's experiences working with Yelp, Uber, and the Bayesian Optimization startup company, SigOpt.

This talk is based on https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.02811 and https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.04414.

Bio: Peter Frazier is an Associate Professor in the School of Operations Research and Information Engineering at Cornell University. He works on learning and decision-making, including Bayesian optimization, multi-armed bandits, optimization via simulation, and incentivized exploration. He is also a Staff Data Scientist at Uber, where he works on pricing and marketplace design. He received a Ph.D. in Operations Research and Financial Engineering from Princeton University in 2009. He is the recipient of an AFOSR Young Investigator Award and an NSF CAREER Award, and is an associate editor for Operations Research, ACM TOMACS, and IISE Transactions.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 04 Sep 2018 13:28:20 -0400 2018-09-12T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-12T17:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Lecture / Discussion Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
The Joseph and Sally Handleman Lecture Series presents Neri Oxman (September 12, 2018 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53456 53456-13383550@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 6:30pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: Michigan Ross

What does innovation look like when we dissolve the borders between artistic creativity and the scientific method, speculative design and applied engineering, and problem solving and problem seeking? Find out Wednesday, September 12, as we host Neri Oxman on campus! An award-winning designer, architect, and director of the Mediated Matter Group at MIT, Neri’s work transcends the traditional boundaries between art, science, and nature.

This event is free and open to the public.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 06 Aug 2018 14:18:35 -0400 2018-09-12T18:30:00-04:00 2018-09-12T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium Michigan Ross Lecture / Discussion The Joseph and Sally Handleman Lecture Series presents Neri Oxman
ASP Lecture | The Emergence and Transformation of the Armenian Land Question (September 12, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53420 53420-13381387@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Armenian Studies

The Armenian land question is referred to as a distinct social problem concerning the seizure of lands belonging to Armenians in the late Ottoman period. This lecture will detail the history of the emergence and transformation of this social problem. Dr. Polatel will talk about two major trends that he argues were at the core of the Armenian land question. The first is the liberalization of the Ottoman economy and the acceleration of its integration into the world economy. These developments brought about the commodification of land along with new conceptions of property rights. The second factor shaping the transformation of the Armenian land question was the rise of territorial nationalism and demographic concerns which subsequently brought about the politicization of land and land ownership. Dr. Polatel’s lecture will examine the ways these conflicting macro trends shaped the scope and the characteristics of land disputes, and how this problem was interpreted by different actors.

Photo Caption: Harvest in the Dzvsdan [Elmalık] village of Van

Photo Credit: Originally in Keghuni (Venice, 1905), p. 65; this image was taken from Raymond H. Kévorkian and Paul B. Paboudjian, 1915 Öncesinde Osmanlı İmparatorluğu'nda Ermeniler [Armenians in the Ottoman Empire before 1915] (Istanbul: Aras, 2012), p. 540.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us (tumanyan@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.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 15:34:53 -0400 2018-09-12T19:00:00-04:00 2018-09-12T20:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Armenian Studies Lecture / Discussion Armenian Land Question
Betty Ford: First Lady, Women’s Advocate, Survivor, Trailblazer (September 12, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53944 53944-13504376@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

Join Lisa McCubbin, award-winning journalist and the author of numerous New York Times bestselling titles, as she discusses her newly released book on Betty Ford. Betty Ford: First Lady, Women’s Advocate, Survivor, Trailblazer is based on intimate in-depth interviews with family, friends, and colleagues of Mrs. Ford. McCubbin reveals a fiercely independent woman who had a lively sense of humor, unwavering faith, and an indomitable spirit—the true story behind one of the most admired and influential women of our time.

Betty Ford: First Lady, Women’s Advocate, Survivor, Trailblazer is a deeply personal, empathic portrait of an outspoken First Lady, who was first and foremost a devoted wife and mother. Lisa McCubbin brings to light Gerald and Betty Ford's sweeping love story: from Michigan to the White House, until their dying days, their relationship was that of a man and woman utterly devoted to one another - a relationship built on trust, respect, and an unquantifiable chemistry.

This event is part of the Betty Ford Centennial Celebration.

Free Admission. Free Parking. Book sales/signing and reception follow program.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 20 Aug 2018 12:31:10 -0400 2018-09-12T19:00:00-04:00 2018-09-12T21:00:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Lecture / Discussion Lisa McCubbin
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (September 13, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13470174@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 13, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-09-13T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-13T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Improving Intracortical Microelectrode Interface Utilizing Nano-Architecture (September 13, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54258 54258-13563460@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 13, 2018 9:00am
Location: Chrysler Center
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

Abstract: Intracortical microelectrodes provide a means to both treat and understand diseases and injuries of the nervous systems. A major hurdle to the clinical deployment of microelectrode technologies is recording instability caused by the neuroinflammatory response and lack of integration with the native tissue. The neuroinflammatory response observed after device implantation has been linked to oxidative stress that occurs due to neurological injury and disease. It is important to improve the understanding of the neuroinflammatory and oxidative stress response in order to develop next generation electrodes and treatment strategies. A potential strategy to mitigate this response involves understanding the disparity in architecture between the in vivo environment and commercially available intracortical microelectrodes. The smooth surface structure of intracortical microelectrodes implanted within the nanometer-scale architecture of brain tissue may contribute to the foreign body response. The factors examined in Dr. Ereifej’s work and how they are utilized to inform the future design of compatible intracortical microelectrodes will be discussed.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 08:51:46 -0400 2018-09-13T09:00:00-04:00 2018-09-13T10:00:00-04:00 Chrysler Center Biomedical Engineering Lecture / Discussion BME
MODERN KOREA: HISTORY AND EVENTS (September 13, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53613 53613-13418593@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 13, 2018 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Se-Mi Oh is an Assistant Professor of Modern Korean History in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Michigan. She received her Ph.D. from Columbia University, and served as a post-doctoral fellow at the Korean Institute of Harvard University. Her research focuses on the architectural and urban practices of Colonial Seoul of the 1920s and 1930s and explores the relationship between space and history.

As this lecture will be the first in the series, it will introduce important events in modern Korean history. Starting from the late nineteenth century, it will trace the tumultuous processes of Korea’s modernization, colonialism, war, division, nation building, industrialization, dissident movement, cultural development, and explore the entangled history of two Koreas from 1945 to the present day.

This is the first of a six-lecture series. The subject is The Koreas – More Than You Know. The next lecture series starts October 25th and runs through December 6th. The subject is Immigration.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 10 Aug 2018 15:21:52 -0400 2018-09-13T10:00:00-04:00 2018-09-13T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion olli-image
CJS Thursday Noon Lecture Series | The Big House" Project: How and Why We Made the Documentary in Observational Method and Style (September 13, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53642 53642-13441964@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 13, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

Part of the Toyota Visiting Professor 30th Anniversary Special Lecture Series

NOTE: Join us for a screening of “The Big House” in the Modern Languages Building Auditorium 4 on Friday, September 14 at 4:40pm, sponsored by the University of Michigan Alumni Associate. Advance registration recommended: https://umalumni.force.com/s/lt-event?id=a1Q1a000008kSP4EAM

It was Professor Markus Nornes’ long time ambition to make a documentary on the Michigan Stadium, or the Big House. His idea was to create a class through which students would collaboratively make a feature length documentary in the observational style and method.

In the fall of 2016, three professors (Markus Nornes, Terri Sarris, and Kazuhiro Soda) taught 13 students for 7 hours a week for a semester. They were granted almost complete access to every corner of the Big House ––– from the field to the locker rooms to the gigantic kitchen to the VIP rooms. To minimize their preconception and to make new discoveries, they kept their pre-shoot research minimum and shot the film without much planning. The result is a 119-minute direct cinema style documentary, entitled "The Big House".

In this lecture, Kazuhiro Soda will explain his "10 commandments" of documentary filmmaking, and will discuss how and why they took the observational approach to make "The Big House".

"10 Commandments" of Observational Filmmaking
1 No research.
2 No meetings with subjects.
3 No scripts.
4 Roll the camera yourself.
5 Shoot as long as possible.
6 Cover small areas deeply.
7 Do not set up a theme or goal before editing.
8 No narration, title, or music.
9 Use long takes.
10 Pay for the production yourself.

Kazuhiro Soda is a Peabody Award-winning filmmaker. He served as a Toyota Visiting Professor at the Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan in 2016-2017. His films have been screened at such events as Berlin International Film Festival, Venice International Film Festival, Locarno International Film Festival, Busan International Film Festival, among others, winning numerous awards. His filmography includes "Campaign" (2007), "Mental" (2008), "Peace" (2010), "Theatre 1" (2012), "Theatre 2" (2012), "Campaign 2" (2013), "Oyster Factory" (2015), and "Inland Sea" (2018). He is also the author of nine books published in Japan.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to bkinzer@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.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 12 Sep 2018 07:35:46 -0400 2018-09-13T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-13T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Japanese Studies Lecture / Discussion Kazuhiro Soda, Peabody Award-winning Filmmaker
Critical Conversations Graduate Panel: Sexual Modernities (September 13, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52289 52289-12590266@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 13, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Modernist Studies Workshop

This panel, part of the graduate student Critical Conversations series, will feature graduate student papers on the topic of "Sexual Modernities," anticipating the conference of the same name to be held at the University of Michigan on March 14-16, 2019. This panel will be held over lunch and is open to all members of the University of Michigan community.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 10 Sep 2018 12:53:16 -0400 2018-09-13T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-13T14:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Modernist Studies Workshop Lecture / Discussion sexual modernities
Greetings from U-M President, Dr. Mark Schlissel (September 13, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54296 54296-13565719@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 13, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Retirees Association (UMRA)

President Schlissel will speak with retirees about the U-M and plans and ideas for the future of this great university.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 15:23:25 -0400 2018-09-13T14:00:00-04:00 2018-09-13T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Retirees Association (UMRA) Lecture / Discussion
AE 585 Seminar Series - Laser Communication with CubeSats (September 13, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53574 53574-13410067@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 13, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Laser Communication with CubeSats

Kerri Cahoy
Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT

CubeSats can be as large as a toaster oven, only with 100 times less available power. CubeSats typically use radio frequency (RF) communication, where higher data rates usually belong to commercial CubeSats. Due to size, weight, and power (SWaP) limits and regulatory constraints, most CubeSats transmit at <2 Watts with relatively low gain antennas. With the rapid growth in CubeSats on orbit, RF licensing is a challenge. Laser communications (lasercom) systems have access to currently unregulated bandwidth. We demonstrate how improvement in fine pointing capability allows CubeSats in Low Earth Orbit to track a ground station or crosslink to another CubeSat, enabling lasercom up to Gbps, with enough power efficiency to allow use of instrument payloads. Low-cost, compact lasercom terminals can support large constellations or swarms of CubeSat sensors collecting terabytes or petabytes of remote sensing data daily. Lasercom downlinks and crosslinks within constellations and swarms can also enable exchanges of large volumes of data for autonomous onboard processing toward intelligent system planning and scheduling. We discuss MIT's Nanosatellite Optical Downlink Experiment and its corresponding Portable Telescope for Lasercom (PorTeL), MIT's CubeSat Lasercom Infrared CrosslinK mission (CLICK), and MIT's Scheduling, Planning and Routing Intersatellite Networking Tool (SPRINT).

About the Speaker:

Kerri L. Cahoy, Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT, received her B.S. (2000) in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University, and her M.S. (2002) and Ph.D. (2008) degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University working with the Radio Science Team on Mars Global Surveyor. From 2006 to 2008, she was a Senior Payload and Communication Sciences Engineer at Space Systems Loral in Palo Alto, CA. From 2008 to 2010, Dr. Cahoy was a NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow in Exoplanet Exploration at NASA Ames Research Center. From 2010 to 2011, she was a Radio Science research scientist on the MIT Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) lunar mission team at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Prof. Cahoy currently holds the Rockwell International Career Development Chair. Dr. Cahoy leads the MIT Space, Telecommunications, Astronomy, and Radiation (STAR) Lab, part of the Space Systems Laboratory

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 29 Aug 2018 12:10:03 -0400 2018-09-13T16:00:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Lecture / Discussion Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
EEB Thursday Seminar: Insights into ecology and evolution of microbial populations through single-amino acid variants (September 13, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49646 49646-11487531@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 13, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Neither the mechanisms by which genomic heterogeneity emerges within naturally occurring microbial populations, nor how it drives the partitioning of ecological niches are well understood. Yet the increasing number of environmental metagenomes with astonishing depth of sequencing offer new opportunities to investigate evolutionary processes acting upon them, and link genomic variation to predicted tertiary structures of genes to gain biochemical insights.

Cosponsored by Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering

View YouTube video of seminar: https://youtu.be/7jUvGkA0iRE

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 09 Nov 2018 14:37:22 -0500 2018-09-13T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-13T17:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion protein structure graphic
EIHS Lecture: The Impostor Sea: The Making of the Medieval Mediterranean (September 13, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52312 52312-12631412@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 13, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies

Abstract: The past century of scholarship has offered two competing views of the medieval Mediterranean: a zone of intense conflict or one of intense connectivity. Grounded in Latin, Romance, and Arabic sources, this lecture traces the activities of criminal merchants—smugglers—who populated the thirteenth- and fourteenth- century Mediterranean, in order to rethink the relationship between religion and economy. I approach these figures not as “enemies of all” but rather as central to the making of the late medieval Mediterranean. I argue that efforts to regulate illicit activity reflected an important juridical turn that profoundly shaped the emergence of new religious, territorial, and racial boundaries.

Hussein Fancy’s research and writing focus on the social, cultural, and intellectual history of religious interaction in the medieval Mediterranean. In particular, he is interested in projects that combine the use of Latin, Arabic, and Romance archival sources. His first book, The Mercenary Mediterranean, which recently received the Verbruggen Prize for military history, examined the service of Muslim soldiers from North Africa to the Christian kings of the Crown of Aragon in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Far from marking the triumph of toleration, he argued, the alliance of Christian kings and Muslim soldiers depended on and reproduced ideas of religious difference. He is currently working on two projects. The first, entitled The Impostor Sea: The Making of the Medieval Mediterranean, follows the activities of criminal merchants—pirates and smugglers—in order to rethink the relationship between religion and trade. Rather than “enemies of all,” this book argues that these figures were central to the making of new legal, religious, and racial boundaries in the late medieval Mediterranean. The second, entitled The Eastern Question, examines western views of Islam from the seventh century to the present. Professor Fancy has been the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships. Most notably, he was a Junior Fellow of the Michigan Society of Fellows, a Carnegie Scholar, an ACLS Fellow, and a Rome Prize Fellow at the American Academy in Rome.

Free and open to the public.

This event is part of the Thursday Series of the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies. It is made possible by a generous contribution from Kenneth and Frances Aftel Eisenberg.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 14 Aug 2018 16:21:28 -0400 2018-09-13T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-13T18:00:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies Lecture / Discussion Hussein Fancy
Personalizing Health Care with Economics (September 13, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52692 52692-12933800@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 13, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Experiments and clinical trials are the "gold standard’’ for evidence in economics and medicine. It is straightforward to analyze them to determine the average impact of a treatment. However, even if a treatment helps patients on average, it is much more difficult to determine if it will help all patients equally. Using methods from economics, I re-analyze data from experiments and clinical trials with the goal of personalizing recommendations. As an economist, I take into account not only whether the recommendations are sound, but also who will follow them.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 08 Aug 2018 12:56:35 -0400 2018-09-13T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-13T17:30:00-04:00 Lorch Hall The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Lecture / Discussion Kowalski Poster
Positive Links Speaker Series (September 13, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54141 54141-13530684@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 13, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations

Positive Links Speaker Series
The Role of Passion in Facilitating Optimal Functioning in Employees and Organization
Robert J. Vallerand

Thursday, September 13, 2018
4:00-5:00 p.m.
Free and open to the public.

Register here: http://myumi.ch/aGKYP

Michigan Ross Campus
Blau Hall
700 East University
Colloquium, 5th Floor
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1234

Positive Links:
The Positive Links Speaker Series, presented by Michigan Ross’ Center for Positive Organizations, offers inspiring and practical research-based strategies for building organizations that are high performing and bring out the best in its people. Attendees learn from leading positive organizational scholars and connect with our community of academics, students, staff, and leaders.

Positive Links sessions take place at Michigan Ross, and are free and open to the public.

About the talk:
Passion is largely recognized as one of the most important factors in successful organizations. In this presentation, Vallerand will introduce the concept of passion and present theory and research that shows when passion leads to optimal functioning and when it does not. Further, some suggestions for applications will be discussed.

About Vallerand:
Robert J. Vallerand is currently Professor of Psychology at the Université du Québec à Montréal where he holds a Canada Research Chair in Motivational Processes and Optimal Functioning and is Director of the Research Laboratory on Social Behavior. Vallerand obtained his doctorate from the Université de Montréal and pursued postdoctoral studies at the University of Waterloo.

Vallerand is recognized as a leading international expert on motivational processes where he has developed theories dealing with intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, as well as passion for activities. He has published seven books and over 300 scientific articles and book chapters. His research has been cited extensively and he has received more than eight million ($) in research grants.

Host:
Kim Cameron, co-founder of the Center for Positive Organizations; William Russell Kelly Professor Emeritus of Business Administration; Professor Emeritus of Higher Education

Sponsors:
The Center for Positive Organizations thanks University of Michigan Organizational Learning, Sanger Leadership Center, Tauber Institute for Global Operations, Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, Lisa and David (MBA ‘87) Drews, and Diane (BA ‘73) and Paul (MBA ‘75) Jones for their support of the 2018-19 Positive Links Speaker Series.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 23 Aug 2018 15:21:17 -0400 2018-09-13T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-13T17:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations Lecture / Discussion Robert J. Vallerand
Taubman Technology Talks (September 13, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54149 54149-13530692@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 13, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Frankel Cardiovascular Center
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute

Fei Wen, PhD, Dow Corning Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering will present, ““A 40-parameter view of the immune landscape at single-cell resolution…and other cool things you can do with CyTOF!” in the inaugural Taubman Technology Talk.

Her presentation will be 5-5:45 pm followed by a 15-min.question and answer period. A reception will follow from 6-7 pm.

The Taubman Technology Talks is a new series sponsored by the Taubman Institute, that aims to inform the UM community about the ongoing advances in technologies. All welcome; please join us!

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 23 Aug 2018 15:51:51 -0400 2018-09-13T17:00:00-04:00 2018-09-13T19:00:00-04:00 Frankel Cardiovascular Center A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute Lecture / Discussion TechTalk Sept 13 flyer
"The Draft" Opening Reception & Artist Conversation (September 13, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53900 53900-13476596@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 13, 2018 6:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

African-Canadian artist Esmaa Mohamoud will discuss her work and current exhibition "The Draft" with U-M Institute for the Humanities curator Amanda Krugliak, followed by a reception.

Esmaa Mohamoud investigates the intangibility of Blackness through issues surrounding Black representation and Black body politics in contemporary spaces. The Draft explores material and popular Black culture through the realm of athletics. With the use textiles and concrete, The Draft address the ways in which Black bodies navigate spaces as both visible, and at times invisible.

Esmaa Mohamoud (Canadian, b. 1992), is a Toronto-based African-Canadian artist. She holds a BFA from Western University (2014) and an MFA from OCAD University (2016). Recently, Mohamoud has exhibited at the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Royal Ontario Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts Montreal. She is represented by Georgia Scherman Projects.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 23 Aug 2018 14:21:01 -0400 2018-09-13T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-13T20:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion One of the Boys
Discover Series: Using Collections (September 13, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53858 53858-13470117@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 13, 2018 6:00pm
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Learn more about registering as a reader and how to use primary sources in research. Items from the collection will be used to illustrate possible projects.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 16 Aug 2018 13:38:08 -0400 2018-09-13T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-13T19:30:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Lecture / Discussion Avenir Room
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (September 14, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13470175@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 14, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-09-14T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-14T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
CSEAS Friday Lecture Series. Facebook, Politics, and Participation in the Philippines (September 14, 2018 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53507 53507-13392479@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 14, 2018 11:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

Filipinos spend more time on social media than anyone else in the world, yet little is understood about how social media impacts politics in the Philippines. The speakers have examined the broad relationship between Facebook usage and political participation in an increasingly digitally networked Philippines society. New scholarship in political communication espouses a strong positive relationship between social media and the rise of populist politicians, but this hypothesis may not hold true in the case of Rodrigo Duterte's electoral victory. Citing survey findings and social network analysis following the 2016 presidential election, the speakers will demonstrate that political engagement via Facebook played a key role in this unprecedented election, but not in ways previous research has posited. The speakers will use their findings to explain the implications for future political developments in the Philippines and across Southeast Asia.

Aim Sinpeng is a lecturer in the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney. She is a co-founder of the Sydney Cyber Security Network and a Thailand Coordinator for the Sydney Southeast Asia Centre. She has published widely on Thai politics and has been awarded multiple research grants to study social media and political participation in Southeast Asia. She is completing a manuscript on anti-democratic politics in democratizing states.

Aries A. Arugay is an associate professor of political science and co-convenor of the Strategic Studies Program of the Center for Integrative and Development Studies at the University of the Philippines Diliman. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on comparative politics, international relations, research methodology, and political thought. He currently holds an ASEAN@50 Fellowship from New Zealand’s Southeast Asia Centre of Asia-Pacific Excellence and the One UP Professorial Chair in Comparative Democratization.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to cseas@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.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 07 Aug 2018 15:33:48 -0400 2018-09-14T11:30:00-04:00 2018-09-14T12:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Southeast Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Sinpeng Arugay
Eldersveld Prize Lecture (September 14, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52765 52765-13027851@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 14, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

When Sam Eldersveld died, he generously donated money to the Department of Political Science to be used to honor faculty and graduate students (in alternating years) for their research accomplishments. Every other year the Department's Executive Committee chooses a faculty member to receive the Eldersveld Prize. Iain Osgood is this year's recipient of the prize.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 24 Jul 2018 11:47:17 -0400 2018-09-14T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-14T13:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Phondi Discussion Group (September 14, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54704 54704-13636365@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 14, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

Phondi is a discussion and research group for students and faculty at U-M and nearby universities who have interests in phonetics and phonology.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 25 Sep 2018 09:51:46 -0400 2018-09-14T13:00:00-04:00 2018-09-14T14:00:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion Lorch Hall
The Promise of Making: Desiring Alternatives and Hacking Entrepreneurial Living in China (September 14, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54822 54822-13645285@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 14, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

Since 2014, a series of Western media outlets from Wired UK over the Economist to Forbes have begun celebrate the city of Shenzhen in the South of China as a rising hub of innovation, a so-called “Hollywood for Makers” and “Silicon Valley of Hardware.” These media stories took up an idea that open source hardware advocates had been promoting for several years: that the city of Shenzhen had become crucial for the realization of one of the key promises of the maker movement, i.e. to prototype concrete alternatives to the pitfalls of the information society and contemporary capitalism. Just a couple years earlier, Shenzhen was largely known as a place of copycats and fakes that lacked creativity where ideas created elsewhere were simply executed and mass produced. What happened within the timespan of only a few years that changed Shenzhen’s image from demonstrating China’s continuous lag in technology innovation towards a place where alternatives to neoliberal capitalism could be prototyped? In this talk, I present excerpts from my forthcoming book “The Promise of Making” to unpack the historical contingencies of this transformation of Shenzhen, and with it China, in the global tech imaginary. Drawing from more than seven years of ethnographic research, I show how the displacement of technooptimistic onto Shenzhen unfolded through and alongside the emergence of “making” as a mode of intervention in the status-quo by hacking not only machines, but also markets and work itself. Shenzhen, I show, was rendered by open source hardware advocates, venture capitalists, avant-garde designers, Chinese politicians and state actors alike as a laboratory to prototype what I call “entrepreneurial living,” i.e. a naturalization of experimentation as a mode of “living on" amidst a pervasive economization of life. While making reformulated a key neoliberal logic of self-economization as a story of empowerment by promising to include ever more people in its call for self-transformation into human capital, Shenzhen came to be seen as the place to accomplish this upgrade of the self and to regain a sense of control amidst anxieties over economic and environmental crisis. Entrepreneurial living as an analytical frame moves beyond a theorization of making or hacking as a countercultural or grassroots movement that exists separate or independent from the systems it sets out to challenge, but points instead to the parasitic relations between contemporary maker cultures, China’s shifting relations in geopolitics and the global political economy.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 14:54:46 -0400 2018-09-14T13:30:00-04:00 2018-09-14T15:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
HistLing Discussion Group (September 14, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54706 54706-13636375@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 14, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

The HistLing Discussion Group is devoted to discussions of language change. On Friday, Sept. 28, Savi Namboodiripad will give a presentation on “Sounding English” while speaking Malayalam: Malayalam-English language contact and loanword (non)adaptation."

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 19 Sep 2018 15:00:24 -0400 2018-09-14T14:00:00-04:00 2018-09-14T15:00:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion Lorch Hall
Michigan's Theme Park Engineering Group Hosts Universal Creative Lead Engineer (September 14, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55438 55438-13725312@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 14, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Engineering Office of Student Affairs

The Theme Park Engineering Group (TPEG) at the University of Michigan is pleased to share that a very important man within themed entertainment is coming to campus on Tuesday! Justin Scwartz, the head of engineering and safety at Universal Creative, is meeting with them for an open interview. He has done work with Universal Studio's Rip Ride Rockit, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter's Hogsmeade and Diagon Alley, and Universal's Volcano Bay. This event is open to the university, and they invite anyone interested to attend this awesome evening with Justin.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 14 Sep 2018 15:38:11 -0400 2018-09-14T15:00:00-04:00 2018-09-14T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Engineering Office of Student Affairs Lecture / Discussion
Open Lecture | The Lyric “I”: private and public narratives (September 14, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54824 54824-13645286@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 14, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Mason Hall
Organized By: LSA Honors Program

There are two versions of personal identity that often clash in the artistic process originating in oppression; they destabilize the voice of the “Lyric I". This lecture will raise several questions about the relationship between personal biography and the construction of a lyric speaker, and will explore the notion of a poetics that insists on healing the damage politics does on family; it will discuss what happens when private and public identities become conflated because of politics, and how poetry “acts” on the sense of family as a social microcosm where the battle between political self of the private sense of self takes place.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 14:58:53 -0400 2018-09-14T15:00:00-04:00 2018-09-14T16:00:00-04:00 Mason Hall LSA Honors Program Lecture / Discussion Carmen Bugan
SynSem Discussion Group (September 14, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54707 54707-13636380@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 14, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

The syntax-semantics group provides a forum within which Linguistics students and faculty at U-M and from neighboring universities can informally present or just discuss and share their ongoing research in these domains.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 04 Sep 2018 16:13:43 -0400 2018-09-14T15:00:00-04:00 2018-09-14T16:00:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion Lorch Hall
Smith Lecture: Ice in Equatorial Pangaea? (September 14, 2018 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52658 52658-12925294@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 14, 2018 3:30pm
Location: 1100 North University Building
Organized By: Earth and Environmental Sciences

The Late Paleozoic (300 Ma) archives the longest glaciation of the Phanerozoic, and Earth’s only example of icehouse collapse on a vegetated planet. Although glaciation is well documented from the southern paleolatitudes, the low-latitude tropics have long been considered uniformly warm. We hypothesize that alpine glaciation occurred in relatively low-elevation regions of tropical Pangaea. This hypothesis has been widely criticized as “outrageous” and remains poorly accepted; if valid, however, it implies globally cool temperatures at least episodically during the late Paleozoic Ice Age, and raises major questions about how this could have occurred.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 20 Aug 2018 11:42:11 -0400 2018-09-14T15:30:00-04:00 2018-09-14T16:30:00-04:00 1100 North University Building Earth and Environmental Sciences Lecture / Discussion 1100 North University Building
ARCHITECTURE PRACTICE SESSIONS: LECTURE - Third Century Grant Initiative (September 14, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55264 55264-13709332@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 14, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Art and Architecture Building
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

Laurel Consuelo Broughton and Andrés Jaque will lecture as part of the Practice Sessions series. Practice Sessions is part of the University of Michigan’s Third Century Initiative which funds experimental pedagogies in a bid to change how teaching and learning happen within the bounds of the institution. Over a five-year period, ten architectural practices will be invited to Taubman College to run a practice session.

Laurel Consuelo Broughton
Laurel Consuelo Broughton is a designer and educator who explores her interests in narrative, material culture, and style within architecture, design, and fashion through projects, publications, and collaborations at a multiplicity of scales. The object as form and cultural figure features broadly throughout all her work. She has taught at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University, the College of Environmental Design at University of California, Berkeley and the School of Architecture at the University of Southern California.

Laurel is the director of WELCOMEPROJECTS, a studio of discursive sensibilities focused on the production of real things in the world along with all the incumbent, critical fictions needed for their survival. WELCOMEPROJECTS are large (buildings, houses, interiors), medium (installations, films, furniture) and small (handbags, games, wagons). The studio tells stories through design imbuing each project with curiosity and playful seriousness. Recent work has been exhibited at the 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennial, Materials and Applications in Silverlake, A+D Architecture and Design Museum, Harvard Graduate School of Design, and galleries in Los Angeles and New York and most recently published in the Los Angeles Times, Art Papers, Attention, Pidgin, Metropolis, Offramp, and Surface.

WELCOMEPROJECTS also designs and produces WELCOMECOMPANIONS, a project that reinterprets everyday sartorial accessories and objects. The project seeks to inject a sense of play, suspense, and narrative into the objects we interact with and depend upon on a daily basis. We suggest the novelty that in our accessories, function is not wholly dependent on utilitarian form. Launched in 2012, WELCOMECOMPANIONS has been featured in numerous publications including Vogue.com, New York Times, Paper Magazine, Vogue Italia, Elle Italia, Newsweek, Marie Claire Italia, Lucky Magazine and Nylon Magazine among others. WELCOMECOMPANIONS are sold in boutiques in Los Angeles, New York, Tokyo, San Francisco, Sydney, and Hong Kong.

Andrés Jaque
Andrés Jaque is the founder of the Office for Political Innovation, an international architectural practice working in the intersection of design, research and critical practices. He is the author of awarded projects including ‘Plasencia Clergy Hall of Residence’, ‘House in Never Never Land’, ‘TUPPER HOME’, ‘ESCARAVOX’ or ‘COSMO, MoMA PS1’. He is the Director of the Advanced Architectural Design Program at Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.

In 2016, he received the Frederick Kiesler Prize from the City of Vienna, and he has been awarded with the SILVER LION to the Best Research Project at the 14th Venice Biennale, and the Dionisio Hernández Gil Award.

Andrés Jaque is Associate Professor at Columbia University, Phd Architect (ETSAM), Alfred Toepfer Stiftung’s Tessenow Stipendiat (Hamburg) and Graham Foundation Grantee. His publications include Transmaterial Politics (2017), Calculable (2016) PHANTOM. Mies as Rendered Society, Different Kinds of Water Pouring into a Swimming Pool, Dulces Arenas Cotidianas (2013), Everyday Politics (2011), Melnikov. 1000 Autos Garage in Paris 1929 (2004). His research work has been published in Perspecta, Log, Thresholds, Volume, among many others.

The design work of his office has been published in the most important architectural and general media, including A+U, Bauwelt, Domus, El Croquis, The Architectural Review and The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, El País; and it has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art MoMA, London Design Museum, MAK in Vienna, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, RED CAT Cal Arts Contemporary Art Center in Los Angeles, Z33 in Hasselt, Schweizerisches Architektur Museum in Basel, Princeton University SoA and the Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine de Paris among many others.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 12 Sep 2018 23:04:02 -0400 2018-09-14T18:00:00-04:00 Art and Architecture Building A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Lecture / Discussion Never Never Land House
Central and North Campus Mass Meetings (September 14, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54088 54088-13525972@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 14, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: Maize Pages Student Organizations

Join us as we discuss our plans for the upcoming school year! At the end of each presentation, we welcome guest industry professionals from Irvine-Ondrey Engineering for an open Q&A session.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 14 Sep 2018 18:00:25 -0400 2018-09-14T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-14T19:00:00-04:00 Pierpont Commons Maize Pages Student Organizations Lecture / Discussion Pierpont Commons
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (September 15, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13470176@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 15, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-09-15T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-15T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (September 16, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13470177@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 16, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-09-16T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-16T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (September 17, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13470178@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 17, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-09-17T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-17T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
LIMITATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ENJOYMENT UNDER THE NEW REGIME OF ILLIBERAL DEMOCRACY IN POLAND (September 17, 2018 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54581 54581-13601158@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 17, 2018 11:30am
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: International Policy Center

International Policy Center will host an informal workshop lunch discussion with Krzysztof Smiszek on how facade democracies are narrowing the space for fundamental freedoms and rights. What are the strategies of the authorities? What kind of legal tools are being employed to distract society from the desire of expressing its opinions and objection? What are the strategies of human rights defenders? Who are the first scapegoats of the new government?

We hope you can join us. Please sign up with Zuzana Wiseley at zwiseley@umich.edu

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 31 Aug 2018 15:03:57 -0400 2018-09-17T11:30:00-04:00 2018-09-17T13:00:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) International Policy Center Lecture / Discussion
CMENAS Colloquium Series. Fits and Starts (September 17, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54813 54813-13645243@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 17, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

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The 2018 CMENAS Colloquium Series theme, “The Process of Discovery: How Scholars Write Books Today” will discuss how in popular media, writing is fantastically presented as a process whereby inspiration—a muse— comes to the writer (or fails to). In this fantasy, writers type fiendishly or crumple up one sheet after another. The reality is at once more complicated and humble than this. Come discover how scholars discover. The colloquium series will feature presentations from CMENAS faculty on their recent book projects and will explore the research process from start to finish.
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Lecture Abstract:
Professor Muehlberger will be discussing the origins of her latest project, a book now in production about how early Christians thought about death. In this lecture, she will show that research projects, especially book-length projects, grow and develop over time in direct relationship to the opportunities that a writer takes to think about them. She encourages researchers to seek out opportunities to write about a project, long before they are certain what the topic or approach will be.

Speaker Bio:
Ellen Muehlberger is Associate Professor of Christianity in late antiquity in the departments of Middle East Studies and History at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where she teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on ancient history, contemporary religious traditions, scholarly methods, and Coptic and Syriac language. Muehlberger has held fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Council of Learned Societies. She edited Practice, a 2017 collection of newly-translated primary sources about early Christian education, asceticism, and reading for the series Cambridge Editions of Early Christian Writings, and her new book, Moment of Reckoning: Imagined Death and Its Consequences in Late Ancient Christianity, will appear with Oxford in Spring 2019. You can find her on Twitter @emuehlbe

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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. Contact: jessmhil@umich.edu

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 07 Sep 2018 08:44:53 -0400 2018-09-17T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-17T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Lecture / Discussion muehlberger_image
Inaugural Counsell Lectureship in Radiology and Pharmacology (September 17, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54075 54075-13521841@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 17, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Michigan Pharmacology

"Development and Use of Selective Amyloid Imaging Agents"

Lunch will be served following the presentation in the A, B, C seminar rooms, BSRB

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 22 Aug 2018 16:22:12 -0400 2018-09-17T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-17T13:00:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Michigan Pharmacology Lecture / Discussion
Vox Populi Vox Dei: Populism, Elitism and Private Reason (September 17, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52375 52375-12652719@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 17, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

Populists often claim that representatives represent the people by complying with their preferences and judgments. As Donald Trump argued in the National Republican Convention, he represents 'the voice of the people'. Elitists, by contrast, argue that representatives are bound to decide wisely or correctly rather than conform blindly to popular sentiments.

This Article argues that the populist and elitist view of representation are both false. It argues that representation indeed requires the representative to endorse the perspective and worldview of the represented. But often endorsing the perspective of the represented requires the representative to act against the actual convictions of the represented. More specifically, to look at the world 'from the perspective of the represented' the representative’s decisions ought to satisfy the condition of justifiability-to the represented, namely, they must rest on reasoning that is accessible to the represented.

This understanding of representation has broader implications for political theory. It implies that private reason has important role to play in democratic politics: the constituency’s basic convictions should be taken into account in the reasoning of the representatives. Yet the duty of representation, that requires that the representatives' reasons be accessible to the represented, is only a pro tanto duty that can be overridden by conflicting normative considerations.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 04 Sep 2018 08:07:46 -0400 2018-09-17T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-17T14:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Department of Philosophy Lecture / Discussion
Critical Conversations -- Performance (September 17, 2018 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52045 52045-12376542@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 17, 2018 12:30pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Please join us for a conversation about Performance and Contemporary Studies

Featuring panel presentations by:
Naomi André; Clare Croft; Reginald Jackson; Ashley Lucas; Petra Kuppers (chair)

Please kindly RSVP: https://goo.gl/forms/6L0caocbRIIoGncC3
(Lunch is available at 12pm; Presentations begin at 12:30pm)

"Critical Conversations" is a new monthly lunch series for 2018-19. 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.

Sponsored by: the English Department; Critical Contemporary Studies; Transnational Contemporary Literature Workshop

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Lecture / Discussion Sun, 16 Sep 2018 15:27:12 -0400 2018-09-17T12:30:00-04:00 2018-09-17T14:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Lecture / Discussion
Information Privacy and Security: A Roundtable Discussion (September 17, 2018 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55240 55240-13707116@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 17, 2018 3:30pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: School of Information

The School of Information Center for Social Media Responsibility will host a roundtable discussion moderated by U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12).
Panelists:
Claire Garland, Privacy and Public Policy Manager, Facebook
Florian Schaub, Assistant Professor, School of Information
J. Alex Halderman, Director of the Center for Computer Security and Society, U-M, and Professor of Computer Science and Engineering.

Among the topics likely to be discussed:
What has been the impact of Europe’s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on U.S. consumers’ use of the Internet? Should the U.S. craft its own privacy legislation? How are major social media platforms like Facebook educating users as to their privacy policies?

Faculty and students are invited to attend. Registration is requested but not required. Registration link is below, under Web and Social.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 13 Sep 2018 09:25:48 -0400 2018-09-17T15:30:00-04:00 2018-09-17T16:30:00-04:00 North Quad School of Information Lecture / Discussion Debbie Dingell
FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel on Network Neutrality (September 17, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54749 54749-13642968@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 17, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

This event will be live webstreamed. Check fordschool.umich.edu just before the event for viewing details.
Join the conversation: #policytalks

In her dissent from the Federal Communications Commission's May 2018 decision to end net neutrality protections, Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel wrote, "The FCC is on the wrong side of history, the wrong side of the law, and the wrong side of the American people. It deserves to have its handiwork revisited, reexamined, and ultimately reversed. I raised my voice to fight for internet freedom. I’ll keep raising a ruckus to support net neutrality and I hope others will too.”

In this Policy Talks @ the Ford School event, Rosenworcel, a lawyer with over two decades of experience in communications policy and public service, will explore the issues in conversation with University of Michigan's associate general counsel Jack Bernard.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 10:18:16 -0400 2018-09-17T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-17T17:20:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Jessica Rosenworcel
Cosmic Designs: Reflections on Jim Cogswell's Installation 'Cosmogonic Tattoos' (September 17, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53800 53800-13461560@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 17, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Comparative Literature

Speakers:
Laura De Becker (UMMA)
Ian Fielding (Classical Studies)
Peggy McCracken (Romance Languages and Comparative Literature)
Keith Taylor (English)

Respondent: Jim Cogswell (Stamps School of Art and Design)

Chair: Vassilis Lambropoulos (Classical Studies and Comparative Literature)

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 04 Sep 2018 10:45:49 -0400 2018-09-17T17:00:00-04:00 2018-09-17T19:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Comparative Literature Lecture / Discussion poster
A/PIA Studies & WeListen: 'Slants' Panel and Discussion Session (September 17, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53906 53906-13478723@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 17, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies

Following the "A/PIA The Slants Concert and Keynote Lecture," A/PIA Studies and WeListen are teaming up to bring you a Panel and Discussion Session event about the Supreme Court case involving the Asian American dance rock group, The Slants, over trademarking.

There will be short presentations from four of our U-M faculty experts: Leonard Niehoff of the Law School will provide legal commentary on the case and issues of free speech/hate speech related to the case. Amy Stillman, Matthew Countryman, and Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes of American Culture will comment on efforts by targeted groups to reclaim derogatory/hate terms. Bethany Hughes of American Culture will provide commentary on how targeted groups, especially Native Americans, respond to the commercial use of "derogatory" terms.

Following the presentations, WeListen will lead a discussion session with all of the attendees sorted into groups.

Learn more about the case before the panel: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/19/533514196/the-slants-win-supreme-court-battle-over-bands-name-in-trademark-dispute

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 17 Sep 2018 14:32:55 -0400 2018-09-17T17:30:00-04:00 2018-09-17T19:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies Lecture / Discussion Picture
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (September 18, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13567904@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-09-18T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-18T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
European Populism: Similarities and Differences with the Past (September 18, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53654 53654-13444103@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Andrei S. Markovits is the Karl W. Deutsch Collegiate Professor of Comparative Politics and German Studies and an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor at the University of Michigan. His many books, articles and reviews on topics as varied as sports, dog rescue and many aspects of European and comparative politics have been published in fifteen languages. He has received many prestigious prizes and fellowships. He has also won multiple teaching awards, most notably the Golden Apple Award at the University of Michigan in 2007.

In Germany, France, Austria, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Russia, and a number of other European countries, populist movements have appeared recently in many guises, altering these countries’ politics and policies. The movements have displayed characteristics that are reminiscent of - though not identical to developments of the 1920s and 1930s. The lecture will highlight the current situation, analyze its causes and manifestations, and look at similarities and differences to earlier events that contributed to a very turbulent history in Europe.

This is the first in a series of monthly lectures on various topics. The next lecture will be on October 9th. The title is How Legal “Ethics” Kept an Innocent Man in Prison for 26 Years.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 13 Aug 2018 15:04:29 -0400 2018-09-18T10:00:00-04:00 2018-09-18T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion olli-image
Rowena Matthews Lectureship In Biological Chemistry (September 18, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53930 53930-13502203@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Medical Science Unit II
Organized By: Biological Chemistry

Dr. Krishna Niyogi, HHMI Investigator and Professor of Plant and Microbial Biology will present the Inaugural Rowena Matthews Lectureship in Biological Chemistry on Tuesday 09/18/18 at 12 noon in North Lecture Hall, Med Sci II. The title of this lecture is: Understanding and Altering Regulation of Photosynthesis to Improve Crop Productivity."

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 20 Aug 2018 09:07:22 -0400 2018-09-18T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-18T13:00:00-04:00 Medical Science Unit II Biological Chemistry Lecture / Discussion
CSEAS Discussion. Viet Thanh Nguyen: Discussion of his presentation and works (September 18, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55419 55419-13725280@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

The Vietnam Discussion Group invites all interested to join a discussion of Viet Thanh Nguyen's recent presentation (on 9/11) and his works.

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. Contact: alibyrne@umich.edu

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 14 Sep 2018 13:28:09 -0400 2018-09-18T14:00:00-04:00 2018-09-18T15:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Southeast Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
Comparative Politics Workshop (September 18, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53064 53064-13217925@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP)

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 08 Aug 2018 10:20:50 -0400 2018-09-18T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-18T17:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP) Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
DAAS Africa Workshop with Ato Quayson (New York University) (September 18, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54109 54109-13528454@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Ato Quayson is a Ghanaian academic and literary critic, and Professor of English at New York University. His writings on African literature, postcolonial studies, disability studies, urban studies and in literary theory have been widely published. He is a Fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences (2006) and the Royal Society of Canada (2013). He is founding editor of the Cambridge Journal of Postcolonial Literary Inquiry, and is on the editorial boards of Research in African Literatures, the University of Toronto Quarterly, and New Literary History. He was Chief Examiner in English of the International Baccalaureate (2005–07) and has been a member of the Diaspora and Migrations Project Committee of the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) of the UK, and the European Research Council award grants panel on culture and cultural production.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 23 Aug 2018 12:28:49 -0400 2018-09-18T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-18T18:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Humanities & Environments Faculty Panel: "Concepts for the Environmental Humanities" (September 18, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54076 54076-13521842@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 4:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

During our 2018-19 Year of Humanities and Environments, we've organized faculty panels to explore contributions of humanistic inquiry around specific environmental subjects. Today: "Concepts in Environmental Humanities," with:

Miranda Brown (Asian languages & cultures): “Food”
Gregg Crane (English): “Immersion”
Sarah Ensor (English, PITE): “Queer”
Ingrid Diran (Afroamerican and African studies, PITE): “Species”
Sam White (history, Ohio State University): “Climate”
Paolo Squatriti (history, Italian, PITE): “Weeds”

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 13 Sep 2018 11:10:28 -0400 2018-09-18T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-18T17:30:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion a notorious weed from a sixth century medical manuscript
Unheard Voices of the #MeToo Movement: Telling the Stories of America’s Most Vulnerable Workers (September 18, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53192 53192-13278547@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Wallace House Center for Journalists

Bernice Yeung, award-winning journalist and 2016 Knight-Wallace Fellow, will discuss the sexual harassment and assault that farmworkers, night-shift janitors and other low-wage and immigrant workers routinely face on the job and examine what these workers have done to fight back and seek justice.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 25 Jul 2018 11:48:10 -0400 2018-09-18T17:00:00-04:00 2018-09-18T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Wallace House Center for Journalists Lecture / Discussion Bernice Yeung, 2016 Knight-Wallace Fellow
Center for World Performance Studies | PERFORMANCE TALKS (September 18, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53896 53896-13476565@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 6:00pm
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Center for World Performance Studies

Prisoner's Song, a critically acclaimed multimedia performance about the experience of the incarcerated in America, will be presented at four different Detroit venues this September, free of charge and open to the general public. University of Michigan's Center for World Performance Studies presents a Performance Talk with Gelsey Bell and Erik Ruin, on Tuesday, Sept. 18th at 6pm. Prisoner's Song is the recipient of a Knight Arts Challenge Grant.

Prisoner’s Song is an hour-long performance comprised of ten chapters based on various primary sources, approached in an array of performance styles. The performance, by New York-based composer Gelsey Bell and Philadelphia-based (and Detroit-raised) visual artist Erik Ruin, uses shadow puppets, projections, and a variety of musical idioms to portray the prison experience. For instance, the 19th-century British folk ballad “Adieu To All Judges and Juries” tells the tale of a woman yearning for her lover who has been forcibly exiled, set to an original arrangement by Bell and illustrated by an intricate paper-cut scroll 10.5 feet in length. In contrast, an inventory of prisoners’ personal possessions from the Eastern State Penitentiary in the 1930s is performed as an abrupt sequence of voices and percussion, with the silhouettes of found objects starkly flickering across the screen.

By drawing on historic ballads, poetry, audio interviews with people who have spent time in prison, and other primary sources, Prisoner's Song allows audiences to encounter the states of mind and heart that prison engenders. The New York Times calls Prisoner’s Song“uncomfortably powerful … evoking the restrictive and impoverished reality of incarceration even as it pays tribute to the resilience, ingenuity and poetry that can transcend it.”

Prisoner's Song is presented free through the contributions of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Carrie Morris Arts Production, the U-M Center for World Performance Studies, the U-M Prison Creative Arts Project, Power House Productions, and through the generosity of many individual donors.

Detroit Performances of Prisoner's Song:
Wednesday, Sept. 19, 7pm | Light Box
Thursday, Sept. 20, 7pm | Cass Corridor Neighborhood Development Corporation Community Center
Friday, Sept. 21, 8pm | Play House
Saturday, Sept. 22, 8pm | Trumbullplex

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 17 Aug 2018 10:32:43 -0400 2018-09-18T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-18T19:30:00-04:00 East Quadrangle Center for World Performance Studies Lecture / Discussion Gelsey Bell
Michigan's Theme Park Engineering Group Hosts Universal Creative Lead Engineer (September 18, 2018 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55438 55438-13725311@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 6:30pm
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: Engineering Office of Student Affairs

The Theme Park Engineering Group (TPEG) at the University of Michigan is pleased to share that a very important man within themed entertainment is coming to campus on Tuesday! Justin Scwartz, the head of engineering and safety at Universal Creative, is meeting with them for an open interview. He has done work with Universal Studio's Rip Ride Rockit, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter's Hogsmeade and Diagon Alley, and Universal's Volcano Bay. This event is open to the university, and they invite anyone interested to attend this awesome evening with Justin.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 14 Sep 2018 15:38:11 -0400 2018-09-18T18:30:00-04:00 2018-09-18T20:00:00-04:00 Pierpont Commons Engineering Office of Student Affairs Lecture / Discussion Pierpont Commons
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (September 19, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13567905@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 19, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-09-19T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-19T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Chinese Theater, Drama Publications, and the Printed Image (September 19, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54205 54205-13539459@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 19, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan

Professor Patricia Sieber will examine different early modern editions of The Story of the Western Wing in an effort to tease out how images in drama publications not only altered the reading experience of such texts, but also changed the performative enactment of theatrical forms. Thus rather treating such images as mere “illustrations,” the talk seeks to show that the appearance of images in theater-related texts was a transformative moment for the history of the book and for the culture of theater alike.

About the speaker:

Patricia Sieber is an Associate Professor of Chinese Literature in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures where she teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on premodern Chinese drama and fiction, the history of the book, and translation studies. She is the author of Theaters of Desire: Authors, Readers, and the Reproduction of Early Chinese Song-Drama, 1300-2000 and is currently the lead editor for How To Read Chinese Drama: A Guided Anthology. She has given talks in the US, Europe, Russia, China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan and her work has appeared in English, Chinese, and German.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 24 Aug 2018 16:13:31 -0400 2018-09-19T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-19T13:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan Lecture / Discussion Patricia Sieber
IOE 899 Seminar: Yafeng Yin, U-M CEE (September 19, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54403 54403-13581104@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 19, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Abstract: Ride-sourcing companies such as Uber, Lyft and Didi Chuxing are transforming the way people travel in cities. These companies provide ride-hailing applications that intelligently match riders to drivers; drivers are private car owners who drive their own vehicles to provide ride-for-hire services for profit. Since their advent in 2009, ride-sourcing companies have enjoyed huge success, but also created many controversies. One of them centered on surge pricing, which algorithmically varies price across different geographic areas and periods. In this talk, we present an equilibrium modeling framework for analyzing ride-sourcing systems to estimate the impacts of surge pricing on the overall system performance. We will discuss critical ingredients of the modeling framework, including capturing drivers’ labor supply decision, and approximating the market frictions due to the matching technology adopted by a ride-sourcing platform to match riders and drivers. We will then configure the framework to develop various models to investigate the pricing of the ride-sourcing markets and its welfare impacts. Potential regulatory policies are subsequently discussed.

Bio: Dr. Yafeng Yin is a Professor at Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He works in the area of transportation systems analysis and modeling, and has published approximately 100 refereed papers in leading academic journals. Dr. Yin is the Editor-in-Chief of Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies. He is also an Associate Editor of Transportation Science, and serves on the editorial boards for another four transportation journals such as Transportation Research Part B: Methodological. Dr. Yin received his Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo, Japan in 2002, his master’s and bachelor’s degrees from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China in 1996 and 1994 respectively. Prior to his current appointment at the University of Michigan, he was a faculty member at University of Florida between 2005 and 2016. He worked as a postdoctoral researcher and then assistant research engineer at University of California at Berkeley between 2002 and 2005. Between 1996 and 1999, he was a lecturer at Tsinghua University. Dr. Yin has received recognition from different institutions. He was one of the five recipients of the 2012 Doctoral Mentoring Award from University of Florida in recognition of his outstanding graduate student advising and mentoring. One of his papers won the 2016 Stella Dafermos Best Paper Award and the Ryuichi Kitamura Paper Award from Transportation Research Board. He was recently elected to serve on the International Advisory Committee of the International Symposium of Transportation and Traffic Theory (ISTTT).

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 19 Sep 2018 14:30:45 -0400 2018-09-19T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-19T17:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Lecture / Discussion Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions: Speaker Series (September 19, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54334 54334-13572316@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 19, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Mason Hall
Organized By: Poverty Solutions

Join us for Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions, a series of talks featuring experts in policy and practice from across the nation. They will ignite new conversations and deepen our understanding regarding poverty prevention and alleviation strategies and programs.

Wednesdays, 4-6PM

These events are free and open to the public as well as part of the coursework for Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions--a one-credit course for U-M students.

Visit poverty.umich.edu/speakers for more information.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 28 Aug 2018 11:20:33 -0400 2018-09-19T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-19T18:00:00-04:00 Mason Hall Poverty Solutions Lecture / Discussion Image with text
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (September 20, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13567906@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 20, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-09-20T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-20T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY OF THE KOREAS (September 20, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53625 53625-13427093@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 20, 2018 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Jordan Siegel is an Associate Professor of Strategy and is the Michael R. and Mary Kay Hallman Faculty Fellow at UM’s Ross School of Business. Professor Siegel is also a Research Fellow at the William Davidson Institute and an Associate-in-Research at the Harvard Korea Institute of the Harvard Asia Center. Professor Siegel specializes in the study of how companies gain competitive advantage through their global strategy.

Professor Siegel will address the economic and business aspects of South Korea and include some similar comments on North Korea. This will include the rapid rise of the South Korean business sector with associated data and reference to the educational and legal systems that support the business sector. He will explore how South Korea was able to gain and maintain economic advantages, especially in the technical sector.

This is the second of a six-lecture series. The subject is The Koreas – More Than You Know. The next lecture series starts October 25th and runs through December 6th. The subject is Immigration.

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 11 Aug 2018 14:11:58 -0400 2018-09-20T10:00:00-04:00 2018-09-20T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion olli-image
ChE Seminar Series: Darrell J. Irvine (September 20, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54517 54517-13592093@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 20, 2018 10:00am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Chemical Engineering

Dept. of Biological Engineering, Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, MA
Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Cambridge, MA
Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, MA
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD

ABSTRACT
"Engineering immunity via chemistry and materials design: Toward an HIV vaccine and enhanced therapies for cancer"

Our laboratory focuses on applying principles from engineering and technologies from materials science, chemistry, and bioengineering to develop new approaches to study the immune system, create new diagnostics, and create next generation vaccines and cancer immunotherapies. Two examples drawn from our work on HIV vaccines and cancer immunotherapy will be described:

The kinetics of antigen availability following immunization impact follicular helper T cell priming, germinal center responses, and ultimate antibody production, but clinically-relevant methods to control the duration of antigen delivery to lymph nodes in subunit vaccines are lacking. We conjugated antigens derived from the gp140 HIV envelope trimer with a peptide-polymer affinity tag containing repeating phosphoserine (pSer) residues that binds tightly to the most common clinical adjuvant, aluminum hydroxide (Alhydrogel, or alum). Site specific modification of HIV antigens with varying numbers of pSer groups allowed the binding strength to alum to be tuned and alum-bound antigens were presented from alum particle surfaces with a defined orientation. pSer-antigen conjugates in alum could be tuned to steadily release antigen from an injection site over multiple weeks in mice. This persistence led to improved lymph node uptake and colocalization of antigen with B cell follicles. Ultimately, a 20-fold increase in antibody titers relative to the unmodified protein was observed four weeks after primary immunization with both pSer-eOD and pSer-SOSIP conjugates, and long-lived plasma cells in bone marrow were doubled by immunization with pSer-modified immunogens. Additionally, conjugation of pSer linkers to the base of SOSIP trimers minimized the formation of base-specific antibodies, suggesting that antigen arrives in lymph nodes still bound to alum particles.

In a second example, a novel strategy for targeting antigens and immunostimulatory agents to lymph nodes for therapeutic cancer vaccines will be described. Lymph node targeting is achieved clinically is sentinel lymph node mapping in cancer patients, where small-molecule dyes are efficiently delivered to lymph nodes by binding to serum albumin. To mimic this process in vaccine delivery, we synthesized amphiphiles designed to non-covalently bind vaccine antigens and adjuvants to endogenous albumin. These “albumin-hitchhiking” amphiphiles were efficiently delivered to lymph nodes following injection, leading to as much as 30-fold amplified cellular immune responses and anti-tumor immunity. When combined with complementary immunotherapy agents, these lymph node-targeted vaccines are capable of eradicating large established tumors in several mouse models, providing a blueprint for curative immunotherapies. These examples illustrate the power of bioengineering approaches in shaping the immune response in vivo.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 13 Sep 2018 09:56:03 -0400 2018-09-20T10:00:00-04:00 2018-09-20T11:00:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Chemical Engineering Lecture / Discussion Gerald Ford Library
A Bioethical Lunch in a "Moral Minute" (September 20, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54447 54447-13585498@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 20, 2018 12:00pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 18
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A lunchtime discussion of the ethical implications of the (biomedical) work of current Ph.D students here at the University of Michigan.

Please RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeShJcc1nm5X6gCZMTZZdMDe7KBUKtcpEHBDdVTVoSa7NVH9A/viewform

For more information about the group in general, please check out our website: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 15 Sep 2018 11:15:04 -0400 2018-09-20T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-20T13:30:00-04:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 18 The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion A moral minute
CJS Noon Lecture Series | Cheerful Disguise of Japanese Militarism: Geisha's Performances in the 1930’s (September 20, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53992 53992-13510885@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 20, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

Part of the Toyota Visiting Professor 30th Anniversary Special Lecture Series.

Dance performance of geisha was one of the leading popular entertainments in the first half of the 20th century. Of them, Miyako Odori, an annual dance performance of geisha of Gion, Kyoto was especially powerful. Themes of every year’s Miyako Odori used to be happy, cheerful, beautiful, gorgeous, and were not serious at all. However sudden change was seen in the year 1933. The theme turned heavily political. They seemed to have competed to express their obedience to the national policy of the time, choosing themes to lift the spirits for the war.

Mariko Okada is Associate Professor at Faculty of Humanities, J. F. Oberlin University, Tokyo, Japan. She received her Ph.D. from Waseda University in Tokyo in 2011. She published her book “The Birth of Kyōmai ("Kyoto Dance"): Inoue-ryu Dance in Nineteenth-Century Kyoto, Japan" (Japanese) in 2013.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to bkinzer@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.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 23 Aug 2018 08:51:59 -0400 2018-09-20T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-20T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Japanese Studies Lecture / Discussion Mariko Okada, Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities, J.F. Oberlin University, Tokyo, Japan
The Transformations of Complex N1 during the Late Horizon (AD1470-1534), Chincha Valley, Perú (September 20, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55485 55485-13747853@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 20, 2018 12:00pm
Location: School of Education
Organized By: Museum of Anthropological Archaeology

The Chincha Valley of Peru has been the subject of archaeological studies since the 1920s due to its rich ethnohistoric record and wealth of archaeological sites with excellent preservation. This presentation will share recent data from Complex N1 at the site of Las Huacas. Las Huacas is a large 105-hectare agricultural center that was occupied since the Early Intermediate Period (AD200-600) into the Colonial Period (AD 1534-1821). Research in 2017 and 2018 focused on excavations within a 12 x 8-meter room and the Late Horizon (AD 1470-1534) occupation of Complex N1. During the Late Horizon, the Chincha were incorporated into the Inca Empire and were granted a prestigious position. Excavations of the room within Complex N1 recovered a wealth of information about craft production, mortuary traditions, and architectural transformations during this dynamic time period. The talk will conclude by introducing future directions for the investigations which will provide important details on how the inhabitants of Las Huacas were affected by Inca expansion.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 17 Sep 2018 11:08:04 -0400 2018-09-20T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-20T13:00:00-04:00 School of Education Museum of Anthropological Archaeology Lecture / Discussion School of Education
Public Lecture: Billy Whiskers Bashes His Way into History (September 20, 2018 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55487 55487-13747855@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 20, 2018 2:30pm
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

JFK’s Favorite Childhood Series Defined America For Millions!

Billy introduced ideas about America and freedom to children at a transitional period in the nation’s history. Frances Trego Montgomery’s series (1902-1930, reissues in 1960s) was an enormously influential illustrated series contemporary with the Oz books, as well as with America’s rise to world leadership, and social unrest over race and immigration. Montgomery’s relentlessly destructive male goat, the favorite childhood reading of Joe, Jack, and Bobby Kennedy, raises questions about the nation’s defining role, as well as the influence of childhood reading on children who become presidents.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 17 Sep 2018 11:45:53 -0400 2018-09-20T14:30:00-04:00 2018-09-20T15:30:00-04:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Lecture / Discussion Billy Whiskers' Adventures
“Mythmaking, Memory, and A Sacred Landscape in Republican Rome” (September 20, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54696 54696-13636289@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 20, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: History of Art

The “Rape of the Sabine Women” and the subsequent Sabine War were considered in ancient Rome one of the most important and formative events in Rome’s early history. While several sites in and around the Forum preserved the memory of specific events in the Sabine War, Dr. Andrews argues that the memory of the Sabine women themselves was rooted in the Subura valley to the east of the Forum.

This talk presents the first chapter from Dr. Andrews' current monograph on the longue durée history of the Subura and its role as the primary locus for an institutional discourse on feminine virtue throughout its pre-modern history. She shows when, how, and why the story of the Sabine Women emerged and, more importantly, how it became anchored in the landscape of the Subura valley through a series of cult sites. She argues that the critical period was the Middle Republic, when the area experienced extensive residential development and became a venue for aristocratic competition. The narrative of the Sabine women was promulgated by victors in the Italian wars of the third century BCE and grafted onto pre-existing sacred sites in the valley, where many of these victors likely lived. This mythmaking in the Middle Republican period is but the first instance of the manipulation of local memory over the long history of the Subura.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 11 Sep 2018 14:10:24 -0400 2018-09-20T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-20T18:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall History of Art Lecture / Discussion poster
AE Graduate Seminar Series - Boundary Layer Ingestion for Transport Aircraft: Power Balance, Wind Tunnel Tests, and Analysis Framework (September 20, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55252 55252-13707127@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 20, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Alejandra Uranga, Gabilan Assistant Professor, USC

Boundary layer ingestion (BLI), in which part of an aircraft airframe's boundary layer is ingested by the propulsors, has the potential to provide significant improvements in fuel efficiency compared to conventional engine installations. The wind tunnel tests of the D8 "double-bubble" aircraft in back-to-back BLI and non-BLI configurations constitute a proof-of-concept for the use of BLI in transport aircraft. These were carried out as part of a NASA N+3 project led by MIT in collaboration with Aurora Flight Sciences and Pratt & Whitney.

This presentation will cover the wind tunnel experiments, with emphasis on the quantification of the power-saving benefit of BLI. It will introduce the power balance method for analyzing highly-integrated aircraft configurations, and how it was applied to the D8 tests to determine the aerodynamic benefit of BLI. The different sources of benefits with BLI will be related to the dissipation sources in the flowfield, and an analysis framework for aircraft with BLI will be presented.

About the speaker...
Alejandra Uranga is a Gabilan Assistant Professor in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at USC. Before joining USC in 2016, she was a Research Engineer at MIT in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. While at MIT, she was the project technology lead and co-PI for design, development, simulation, and wind tunnel testing of the D8 double-bubble advanced transport aircraft concept under the NASA N+3 program.

She holds a PhD degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT, and a Master's of Applied Sciences in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Victoria, BC, Canada. She completed her undergraduate education at the Université Paris 7 Denis Diderot, Paris, France, with an associate's degree in Mathematics, and has a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the Florida Institute of Technology. Her research interests are in aerodynamics, novel aircraft design, and integrated propulsion systems, for which she favors a combined computational and experimental approach.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 12 Sep 2018 16:31:43 -0400 2018-09-20T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-20T17:30:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Lecture / Discussion Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
EEB Thursday Seminar- Community assembly and structure in islands: a bottom up approach (September 20, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49647 49647-11487532@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 20, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Oceanic islands and archipelagos provide simplified biological communities compared to continental settings, making them useful systems for ecological and evolutionary investigation. Much of our general understanding of how such insular communities assemble over time comes from top-down extrapolations of process from species distribution data and molecular phylogenetic data. Here I will argue that to connect pattern with process, geographically explicit individual-based bottom-up approaches are needed that are broadly representative of the community itself. We have been working toward this, developing community-level sampling protocols for arthropod taxa that integrate DNA sequencing techniques to simultaneously facilitate taxonomic assignment and test hypotheses about the drivers of speciation. I will present results that reveal the subtle but pervasive impacts of island topography and climate that act in concert to drive speciation across entire arthropod communities. I will also present data from recent efforts within our research group to overcome the logistical constraints of geographic and taxonomic scale for comparative molecular analysis of invertebrate communities.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 13 Sep 2018 14:11:49 -0400 2018-09-20T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-20T17:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion Brent Emerson
Public Lecture: On Langston Hughes’s Black Leninism (September 20, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53605 53605-13412222@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 20, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

This talk is part of a project, "Black Leninism: How Revolutionary Counter-Moods Are Made," which turns to the black radical tradition in order to understand the formation of transformative political collectives. Here, Flatley focuses on Langston Hughes, and Hughes’s engagement with the political and poetic problem of representing a black collectivity—first of all to itself. Flatley suggests that Hughes’s poetry speaks not only to fundamental questions in African American letters concerning the political import of black writing, but also to basic questions in the Marxist tradition about the role of representation and aesthetic experience in the creation of a revolutionary “class-for-itself.” And he makes a case for the continuing relevance of Hughes’s poetry to the present moment, when the representation and affirmation of black lives
 remains a vital political and poetic task.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 10 Sep 2018 11:30:12 -0400 2018-09-20T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-20T18:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Lecture / Discussion
"Grievance and Protest" Why Does the First Amendment Protect Speech Critical of the Government? (September 20, 2018 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53535 53535-13399423@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 20, 2018 4:30pm
Location: South Hall
Organized By: University of Michigan Law School

A conversation with:
Vincent Blasi, Corliss Lamont Professor of Civil Liberties, Columbia Law School
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Ashley Messenger, First Amendment / Media Lawyer, National Public Radio

Moderated by Len Niehoff, Professor from Practice, University of Michigan Law School

Sponsored by the U-M Office of the Provost and the University of Michigan Law School

This event is free and open to the public.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:33:54 -0400 2018-09-20T16:30:00-04:00 2018-09-20T18:00:00-04:00 South Hall University of Michigan Law School Lecture / Discussion South Hall
High Stakes Culture (September 20, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55253 55253-13707129@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 20, 2018 5:30pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

We are in a moment in which a ‘culture war’—in large part about race—has been ignited and is being stoked daily by activists across the political spectrum and by the President of the United States himself. This high stakes culture war is playing out across digital media in ways that we need to better understand.

Please join us for a conversation about Childish Gambino’s “This is America” and the sprawling, contentious conversation it sparked across the internet. What is he trying to say? How did the internet respond? How are our meaning making practices evolving? Why does culture matter so much now to so many, and who gets to decide what it means?

Come talk to humanities scholars Megan Ankerson (communication studies), Anita Gonzalez (theater), Robin Wilson (dance), Stephen Berrey (American culture & history), and moderator Angela Dillard (Afroamerican and African studies & Residential College) about these questions and others you might have about Childish Gambino’s America and yours.

About the High Stakes Culture Series:

For the second year, the High Stakes Culture series explores the “culture wars” that have recently been ignited across the country. Activists from all points of the political spectrum, even the President of the United States himself, are turning to beloved cultural objects to stake a claim for their differing beliefs in a politically fraught moment. Black athletes are taking a knee. Anti-immigration voters are rallying for a wall. Long-standing Confederate monuments are coming down.

What is at stake in the ways we understand culture and cultural conflict? High Stakes Culture is a series, presented by the Institute for the Humanities and the Humanities Collaboratory, that brings humanities perspectives to bear on current debates. Join us as we ask: How and why does culture matter so much now?

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 14 Sep 2018 10:16:44 -0400 2018-09-20T17:30:00-04:00 2018-09-20T19:00:00-04:00 North Quad Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion This is America
Open Lecture & Book Signing (September 20, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53214 53214-13289327@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 20, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: LSA Honors Program

Carmen Bugan discusses how political repression and escaping persecution have influenced her writing and her views on language. Her lecture looks at several consequences of politics on the artistic process and argues for the necessity of addressing the larger, timeless issues such as suffering, hope, and love, rather than adopting a partisan politics in one’s literary work. In portraying the effects of turbulent politics on individual lives, literature has a unique opportunity to ponder and celebrate our humanity. It can counteract the manipulative language of propaganda by drawing from the rich resources of a language that is able to sustain us through moments of political upheaval. Please use the "To Register" link below.

Biography:
Bugan was born in 1970 in Romania and has since lived in the US, Ireland, England, and France. She is the author of three collections of poems: Crossing the Carpathians (Oxford Poets/Carcanet), The House of Straw (Shearsman), and Releasing the Porcelain Birds (Shearsman); as well as the memoir Burying the Typewriter and the critical study Séamus Heaney and East European Poetry in Translation: Poetics of Exile. Bugan was educated at the University of Michigan and Oxford University, UK, where she obtained a doctorate in English literature. Her essays, reviews, and poems appear in publications such as PEN, the TLS, Modern Poetry in Translation, PN Review, Harvard Review, and the BBC Magazine. In 2017 Carmen was made a George Orwell Prize Fellow. She teaches at the Gotham Writers Workshop in NYC and lives in Long Island, NY.

From the Pan MacMillan Blog:
"Being an immigrant writer in American today" ~ "At 2 a.m. on 10 March 1983, Carmen Bugan's father left the family home, alone. That afternoon, Carmen returned from school to find secret police in her living room. Her father's protest against the regime had changed her life forever. This is her story."

"One of the most telling insights I've read about life under communism...warm and humane." ~Observer

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 11:01:05 -0400 2018-09-20T17:30:00-04:00 2018-09-20T18:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) LSA Honors Program Lecture / Discussion Bugan speaking at Wowfest
FAST Lecture (September 20, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54872 54872-13647538@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 20, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

- Nadhira Hill, "Searching for Standardization in Classical Athens"
- Andrew Cabaniss, "Sauces or Sacrifices: Small Cooking Pots from Athens and Olynthos, Greece"
- Arianna Zapelloni Pavia, "Interpreting Votive Offerings in Umbria from the 6th to the 1st c. BCE"

Presented by Field Archaeology Series on Thursday; sponsored by the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, the Department of Classical Studies, and the Interdepartmental Program in Classical Art and Archaeology.

Reception at Kelsey Museum 5:30PM, lecture to follow at 6:00PM.

FAST lectures are free and open to the public.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this lecture, please contact the education office (734-647-4167) as soon as possible. We ask for advance notice as some accommodations may require more time for the University to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 19:36:25 -0400 2018-09-20T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-20T19:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Lecture / Discussion FAST lecture
Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-in: One-year since Hurricane Maria (September 20, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54565 54565-13598941@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 20, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

The Listening to Puerto Rico teach-in event will feature a panel discussion with U-M faculty and collaborators from Puerto Rico. During this discussion you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future. During the teach-in event, there will be an opportunity for audience members to share their own story about Hurricane Maria and Puerto Rico or to ask the panelists a question. Light refreshments will be provided.

Panelists will include:

- Moderator: Will Potter, Distinguished Lecturer in the English Department and Senior Academic Innovation Fellow
- Rose Figueroa, Two-time Michigan Alumna who helped lead collection efforts across Michigan in the wake of Hurricane Maria
- Larry La Fountain-Stokes, Interim Director of Latina/o Studies Program and Associate Professor of Spanish, University of Michigan
- Amilcar Matos-Moreno, PhD Candidate in the School of Public Health
- Luis Trelles, Producer, Radio Ambulante and 2018-19 Knight Wallace Fellow

This event is co-sponsored by the Latina/o Studies Program and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, both housed in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts. This teach-in is associated with the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out, which is an online learning event created by the Office of Academic Innovation at U-M and the Office of Digital Learning at the University of Notre Dame. We encourage you to join the online conversation, which is is live until September 24th.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 19 Sep 2018 09:47:53 -0400 2018-09-20T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-20T20:00:00-04:00 Pierpont Commons Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Puerto Rico Mural
Gay Sunshine (September 20, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53430 53430-13381400@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 20, 2018 7:00pm
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

"Prison Sounds": The forgotten history of LGBT activism in U.S. prisons in the 1970s.

Presented by Dr. Jim Downs of Connecticut

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 06 Aug 2018 10:54:54 -0400 2018-09-20T19:00:00-04:00 2018-09-20T20:30:00-04:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Lecture / Discussion Gay Sunshine
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (September 21, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13567907@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 21, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-09-21T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-21T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
U-M Structure Seminar - "Examination of the LCAT-HDL complex" (September 21, 2018 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/55537 55537-13756880@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 21, 2018 10:30am
Location: Life Sciences Institute
Organized By: U-M Structural Biology

U-M Structure Seminar Series

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 18 Sep 2018 15:24:29 -0400 2018-09-21T10:30:00-04:00 2018-09-21T11:30:00-04:00 Life Sciences Institute U-M Structural Biology Lecture / Discussion UM Structure Logo
IOE 836 Seminar: Matthew P. Reed, PhD (September 21, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55486 55486-13747854@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 21, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Title: The Meaning is the Variance: Population Heterogeneity Should be the Focus of Ergonomics and Biomechanics Research

Bio: Matthew P. Reed, PhD., is the Don B. Chaffin Collegiate Research Professor and head of the Biosciences Group of the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. He also has appointments in Integrative Systems and Design, where he is Chair of the interdisciplinary Design Science program, and Industrial and Operations Engineering, where he leads the Human Motion Simulation Laboratory in the Center for Ergonomics. Dr. Reed’s research focuses on vehicle safety, engineering anthropometry, and ergonomics. He is an author of more than 250 publications relating to humans in engineered systems. Dr. Reed is a Fellow in SAE International and a member of the SAE Human Accommodation and Design Devices Committee, Driver Vision Standards Committee, and Truck and Bus Human Factors Committee. He has received outstanding paper awards from SAE, including the Arch T. Colwell Merit Award, the Myers Award, and the Isbrandt Award for crash safety research. He currently serves as vice-president of the International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury.

Abstract: The “50th-percentile” male is never the limiting case, and the “5th-percentile female” and “95th-percentile male” don’t exist. Why do people keep talking about them? I will discuss why mean and univariate effects in ergonomics and biomechanics often leave out most of the interesting phenomena and why we should focus our efforts in education and research on rigorous, multivariate consideration of population heterogeneity with examples from industrial ergonomics, product design, and crash safety.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 17 Sep 2018 13:33:25 -0400 2018-09-21T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-21T12:50:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Lecture / Discussion Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
ChE Special Seminar: David P. Fenning (September 21, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55293 55293-13713788@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 21, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Chemical Engineering

"Defect-Tolerant? Nanoscale Insights into the Structural and Chemical Determinants of Halide Perovskite Optoelectronic Performance"

ABSTRACT:
Halide perovskites have attracted widespread interest for application in optoelectronics including solar cells, LEDs, and lasers because of their low-temperature synthesis and reported defect tolerance, in stark contrast to commercialized silicon and thin film technologies. In this talk, I will discuss how we are using nanoprobe X-ray microscopy to investigate the relationship between the defects that do appear in hybrid perovskites and optoelectronic performance and stability. Using a series of model materials, we have studied the heterogeneity in local chemistry and structure in these films and its significant impact on charge collection and degradation. I will also share insights from our in situ nanoprobe investigations of non-stoichiometry in operating perovskite solar cells. By understanding and mitigating defects in the bulk and at interfaces, we aim to systematically accelerate the development of these optoelectronic materials.

BIO:
Dr. David P. Fenning is an Assistant Professor in NanoEngineering at UC San Diego, where his group researches materials for solar energy conversion and storage. Currently, his work focuses on defects and reliability in silicon and hybrid perovskite solar cells and CO2 electrocatalysis for solar fuels. After completing his Ph.D. on silicon solar cell materials at MIT in 2013, he worked with the silicon R&D team at 1366 Technologies Inc., followed by an MIT/Battelle postdoctoral fellowship in solar fuels. He joined the NanoEngineering department at UC San Diego in 2015. He is a recipient of the American Chemical Society’s PRF New Investigator award and was recognized as a 2017 Hellman Fellow. His research is supported by the DOE SunShot Initiative and the California Energy Commission.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 13 Sep 2018 10:08:21 -0400 2018-09-21T13:00:00-04:00 2018-09-21T14:00:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Chemical Engineering Lecture / Discussion Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Phondi Discussion Group (September 21, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54704 54704-13636366@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 21, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

Phondi is a discussion and research group for students and faculty at U-M and nearby universities who have interests in phonetics and phonology.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 25 Sep 2018 09:51:46 -0400 2018-09-21T13:00:00-04:00 2018-09-21T14:00:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion Lorch Hall
Jim Crow and the Spatial Mismatch Hypothesis (September 21, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54826 54826-13645290@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 21, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

A robust body of social science research has investigated the spatial mismatch hypothesis (SMH), considering the consequences of geographic disparities between black residential locations and potential opportunities for employment. Focusing on U.S. urban areas between the 1970s and the present, studies have produced equivocal evidence on the implications of spatial mismatch for black employment. In this paper, we argue that the mixed evidence may result from a misspecification in both the historical time period and mechanisms whereby spatial mismatch affects black employment opportunities. We show that national declines in black employment and labor force participation, particularly among black women, were especially pronounced in the Jim Crow era (1880s-mid 1960s), rather than the post-industrial era (1970s to present) in which the SMH has generally been tested. We then investigate the extent to which the SMH should be formulated as a commuting problem, involving the difficulties that blacks face in reaching non-residential sites of employment, or a problem of residential ecology, in which blacks who do not live near entrepreneurs or white neighbors are less likely to obtain jobs. Analysis of census micro-data between 1910 and 1970 suggests that residential segregation provides the most consistent account of black-white employment gaps, insofar as employment under Jim Crow suffered when black housing was separated from the homes of business owners and work opportunities in residential locales.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 15:23:29 -0400 2018-09-21T13:30:00-04:00 2018-09-21T15:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Early Atlantic Workshop. Crowded Places: Slavery, Science, and the Roots of Fresh Air in the Atlantic World (September 21, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55250 55250-13707122@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 21, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Department of History

In the late-eighteenth century, European chemists Antoine Lavoisier, Joseph Priestley, and Carl Wilhelm Scheele all individually claimed that they had first discovered the element oxygen. While the debate escalated among British, German, and French scientists, British physicians proved the existence of oxygen by turning to the international slave trade. They showed how lack of oxygen among enslaved Africans crammed in the bottom of ships, which traveled from Africa to the Caribbean, led to high mortality rates. The international slave trade, in turn, made a scientific theory legible. Oxygen later emerged as a key element in the periodic table but how the international slave trade gave it scientific validity has been forgotten.

This paper grows out of Prof. Downs' book project, "The Laboring Dead: From Subjugation to Science in Global History."

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 13 Sep 2018 08:31:56 -0400 2018-09-21T14:00:00-04:00 2018-09-21T16:00:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Department of History Lecture / Discussion Tisch Hall
SoConDi Discussion Group (September 21, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54705 54705-13636369@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 21, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

The SoConDi group is both a discussion platform and a study group for students and faculty members who are interested in sociolinguistics, language contact, discourse analysis and related disciplines including linguistic anthropology.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 04 Sep 2018 16:01:01 -0400 2018-09-21T15:00:00-04:00 2018-09-21T16:00:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion Lorch Hall
Smith Lecture: The Making of a Continent (September 21, 2018 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52659 52659-12925295@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 21, 2018 3:30pm
Location: 1100 North University Building
Organized By: Earth and Environmental Sciences

Continents ride high because they are underlain by thick, in contrast to the low riding ocean basins, which have thin crust. The birth of continent is fundamentally controlled by processes that generate thick crust: magmatism and tectonic compression. Continents are born in magmatic orogenies, during which magmatism and thickening feedback on each other to influence the extent and nature of magmatic differentiation. As crust thickens, the depth and extent of differentiation increases, eventually resulting in the fractionation of garnet, which drives residual magmas towards silicic and iron depleted signatures. Eventually, these garnet-rich cumulates, owing to their high densities founder back into the mantle, leaving behind a felsic continental crust. A key component to continent formation processes is erosion. Erosion is highest during magmatism, when the crust is thick and elevations high, resulting in rapid synmagmatic exhumation. As the magmatic and tectonic driving forces wane, continued erosion gradually thins the crust, causing elevations to decrease. With time, thermal relaxation becomes important, resulting in further subsidence. Eventually, the mountain subsides into a continental basin and transitions from erosion to deposition. The final resting state of a continent depends on a number of factors, including the average temperature of the mantle. As the Earth cools, the resting states of stable continents rise, returning them to above sea level.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 29 Aug 2018 07:38:02 -0400 2018-09-21T15:30:00-04:00 2018-09-21T16:30:00-04:00 1100 North University Building Earth and Environmental Sciences Lecture / Discussion 1100 North University Building
Linguistics Colloquium (September 21, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53458 53458-13383554@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 21, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

The Department of Linguistics Fall 2018 Colloquium Series begins September 21st with a presentation by Stephanie Shih, Assistant Professor of Linguistics, University of Southern California.

ABSTRACT
Catching phonology in the Pokéverse: Cross-linguistic comparisons in sound symbolism

Sound symbolism flouts the core assumption of the arbitrariness of the sign in human language. The cross-linguistic prevalence of sound symbolism raises key questions about the universality versus language-specificity of sound symbolic correspondences. One challenge to studying cross-linguistic sound symbolic patterns is the difficulty of holding constant the real-world referents across cultures. In this talk, I present a rich, cross-linguistic dataset that addresses the challenges of cross-linguistic comparison by providing a controlled reference ‘universe’: the Pokémon game franchise. Pokémon names are compared across six languages—Japanese, English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, and Russian. The results show that while languages have a tendency to encode the same attributes with sound symbolism, they crucially also feature differences in sound symbol-ism that are rooted in language-specific grammar dependence. The Pokémon findings are significant to understanding how phonology interacts with the real world, in the cueing of socioculturally-defined categories.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 17 Sep 2018 14:21:00 -0400 2018-09-21T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-21T17:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion Stephanie Shih
NERS Colloquium: Areg Danagoulian, MIT (September 21, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55541 55541-13756886@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 21, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Cooley Building
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

Areg Danagoulian, MIT

Title: Nuclear Disarmament Verification via Resonant Phenomena

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 18 Sep 2018 10:44:22 -0400 2018-09-21T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-21T17:00:00-04:00 Cooley Building Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Lecture / Discussion Cooley Building
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (September 22, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13567908@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 22, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-09-22T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-22T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Saturday Morning Physics | Opening Up the Solar System and Beyond: The Promise of Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion (September 22, 2018 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53966 53966-13504397@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 22, 2018 10:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Saturday Morning Physics

Part of the 50th Anniversary Live Presentation of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey
Co-Presentation with: UMS and the College of Engineering
We survey propulsion technologies that can enable reduced trip times for robotic and human missions alike beyond Mars, opening up the full solar system to in depth exploration and eventual colonization. Enabling these advances is the utilization of the power of the nucleus-nuclear energy.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 22 Aug 2018 14:44:48 -0400 2018-09-22T10:30:00-04:00 2018-09-22T11:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Saturday Morning Physics Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
Panel Discussion: Looking Back/Moving Forward: Activating the Archive and Documenting a Movement (September 22, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54713 54713-13638570@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 22, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Join us for a discussion on the social movements (Anti-War Movement, Civil Rights Movements and Student Movements, including the Black Action Movement) and experimental art practices (The Once Group) that were born and nurtured in Ann Arbor and on the University of Michigan campus from the late-1950s to the 1970s. Panel participants include artists, educators and activists who played an active role in the happenings that defined these radical times in Ann Arbor’s history. This is a public program for the exhibition Have We Met? Dialogues on Memory and Desire on view at Stamps Gallery from Sept. 21 - Nov. 18, 2018.

Panelists: Julie Herrada (Curator, Labadie Collection), Buster Simpson (Artist & Stamps Alum ‘69 MFA), Leni Sinclair (Artist & Activist)

Moderated by Diane Kirkpatrick, Professor Emerita, History of Art, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.







Diane M. Kirkpatrick, Ph.D., Professor Emerita, History of Art, University of Michigan, received her B.A. degree from Vassar College in 1955, her M.F.A. degree from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1957, and her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Michigan in 1965 and 1969, respectively. Kirkpatrick joined the faculty as a lecturer in the history of art in 1968 and was promoted to instructor in 1969, assistant professor in 1972, associate professor in 1974, and professor in 1982. A specialist in contemporary art, including photography, cinema, and technological media, Kirkpatrick has published widely, has two books in progress, and has presented numerous conference papers, all while undertaking educational television productions, guest curatorships, and a wide range of media projects. She was a pioneer in recognizing the potential of computer technologies for research, teaching, and exhibiting.









Buster Simpson has been active as an artist working in the public since the late 1960’s. His work ranges from stand alone sculpture to integrated and/or collaborative works. His work incorporates ecological, historical, social, and technological considerations, contextualizing them into a site specific aesthetic. His art, its medium and product vary, but the methodology and underpinning conceptual approach are consistent. All aspects of the public realm potentially could become part of the palette; the landscape, the infrastructure, the built environment, and the social and economic engagement. Simpson has stated, “I prefer working in public spaces. The complexity of any site is its asset; to build upon, to distill, to reveal its layers of meaning. Process becomes part and parcel to the art of the place.” Simpson has worked on major infrastructure projects, site master planning, signature sculptures, museum installations, and community projects. Simpson has completed numerous art master plans for urban centers and watersheds that integrate community, ecology and art.









Leni Sinclair was born in Koenigsberg, East Prussia, and raised on a Collective Farm in the former East Germany. She escaped from there before the Berlin Wall was built, and emigrated to America with the help of relatives and settled in Detroit. While studying geography at Wayne State University in the early 1960s, she helped organize the Detroit Artists Workshop and began documenting the cultural and political history of Detroit with her camera. She soon discovered the thriving Detroit jazz clubs and by mid-decade, she also found herself amidst an explosive “Michigan Rock” scene, working with emerging artists such as the MC5, Iggy and the Stooges, and Bob Seger while also serving as part of the lighting crew at the legendary Grande Ballroom. Leni possesses a genuinely iconic collection of photographs documenting the political and cultural transformations taking place in Detroit and Ann Arbor from 1965 to 1975. In 2009, Leni had her first major museum exhibit at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit, and since then had exhibitions in Lille, France; in Munich, Germany; and in Lagos, Nigeria, as well as at the Susanne Hilberry Gallery in Ferndale, Michigan in 2014. From Coltrane and Sun Ra to Howlin’ Wolf, Hendrix, and Aretha Franklin, Leni Sinclair’s images present not merely five decades of music photography, but an essential portrait of American culture.









Before assuming the role of Labadie Collection curator in 2000, Julie Herrada served for six years as assistant curator of the collection. Not only does she collect and manage holdings related to international social protest movements, she also curates exhibits, assists students and researchers from all over the world, and is constantly collaborating and thinking of ways to preserve and provide universal access to hidden histories. Herrada has authored several book reviews and has published articles in professional journals such as Archival Issues, Collection Building, Progressive Librarian, Serials Review and RBMS Journal (publication of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of the American Library Association). In 2002 Herrada was one of the first people selected as a Mover and Shaker by Library Journal. The award is bestowed on those in the library profession who are “innovative, creative and making a difference.” In May of 2008 she was part of a small group who organized an international symposium called “Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Archives and the Ethics of Memory Construction”, which explored the relationships between archives, professional ethics, power, social justice, and contemporary and historical accountability. In 2011 Herrada received the Distinguished Alumna Award from Wayne State University’s School of Library and Information Science.

Image credit: Leni Sinclair, “1520 Hill Street, Ann Arbor, 1970”

Please RSVP to reserve your place for this free event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/looking-backmoving-forward-activating-the-archive-and-documenting-a-movement-tickets-49847891385

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 14 Sep 2018 12:15:54 -0400 2018-09-22T14:00:00-04:00 2018-09-22T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Lecture / Discussion https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/calendar/1520_Hill_Street_Ann_Arbor_1970_2.jpg
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (September 23, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13567909@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 23, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-09-23T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-23T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (September 24, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13567910@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 24, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-09-24T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-24T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
AE Dissertation Defense - Design Optimization of a Boundary Layer Ingestion Propulsor Using a Coupled Aeropropulsive Model (September 24, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/55229 55229-13707100@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 24, 2018 10:00am
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Justin S. Gray
PhD Candidate, Aerospace Engineering

Professor Joaquim R.R.A. Martin
Dissertation Chair

Within a few years of the first jet engine aircraft entering military service, engineers proposed an aeropropulsive concept called boundary layer ingestion (BLI) that could offer reduced aircraft fuel burn.

The jet engine would ingest the boundary layer air and thereby reduce aircraft drag and improve propulsion system efficiency at the same time. Although a promising idea, lack of computational power and aerodynamic analysis tools for viscous flows prevented its adoption.

Thanks to the modern computing power and developments in the field of multidisciplinary design optimization, RANS CFD is now a viable tool for early-stage aircraft design. This has opened the door to the design of BLI propulsion systems.

This thesis presents a detailed aeropropulsive study of the aft-mounted BLI propulsor for NASA's turboelectric STARC-ABL aircraft. The multidisciplinary modeling was performed using a coupled model built with RANS CFD and newly developed 1-D thermodynamic propulsion analysis.

The results of the study show that STARC-ABL could use between 1\% and 4.6\% less energy at cruise compared to a non BLI aircraft. Further results show aerodynamic shape optimization of the aft-fuselage and BLI propulsor nacelle can be used to limit inlet distortion with an associated reduction in BLI performance.

Dissertation Committee:
Chair: Professor Joaquim R. R. A. Martins
Member: Professor James F. Driscoll
Member: Dr. James Heidmann
Cognate: Professor Eric Johnsen


Publications list:

Journal:

J. S. Gray, J. R. R. A. Martins, "Coupled Aeropropulsive Design Optimization of a Boundary Layer Ingestion Propulsor", The Aeronautical Journal, submitted

J. S. Gray, C. A. Mader, G. K. W. Kenway, and J. R. R. A. Martins, “Modeling boundary layer ingestion using a coupled aeropropulsive analysis,” Aiaa journal of aircraft, vol. 55, p. 1191–1199, 2018.

J. S. Gray, J. Chin, T. Hearn, E. Hendricks, T. Lavelle, and J. R. R. A. Martins, “Chemical equilibrium analysis with adjoint derivatives for propulsion cycle analysis,” Journal of propulsion and power, vol. 33, iss. 5, p. 1041–1052, 2017.

Conference:
J. S. Gray, G. K. W. Kenway, C. A. Mader, and J. R. R. A. Martins, “Aeropropulsive design optimization of a turboelectric boundary layer ingestion propulsion,” in 2018 aviation technology, integration, and operations conference, Atlanta, GA, 2018.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 13 Sep 2018 14:54:12 -0400 2018-09-24T10:00:00-04:00 2018-09-24T12:00:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Lecture / Discussion Gray image
Woll Family Speaker Series on Health, Spirituality and Religion at the University of Michigan Medical School (September 24, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53743 53743-13455135@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 24, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: The University of Michigan Medical School Program on Health, Spirituality and Religion

Dr. Jeffrey Bishop is a social and moral philosopher, teaching medical ethics and philosophy at Saint Louis University. He is also a physician. His first book, "The Anticipatory Corpse: Medicine, Power, and the Care of the Dying" is a philosophical history of the care of the dying, from ICU to palliative care. He will be giving a noon time talk on September 24th in West Lecture Hall Med Sci II as part of the University of Michigan Medical School Program on Health, Spirituality and Religion. Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP to Renee Hafner, rhafner@med.umich.edu if you plan on attending.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 19 Sep 2018 10:23:41 -0400 2018-09-24T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-24T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location The University of Michigan Medical School Program on Health, Spirituality and Religion Lecture / Discussion
CMENAS Colloquium Series. Coffee and Literature (September 24, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54847 54847-13645319@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 24, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

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The 2018 CMENAS Colloquium Series theme, “The Process of Discovery: How Scholars Write Books Today” will discuss how in popular media, writing is fantastically presented as a process whereby inspiration—a muse— comes to the writer (or fails to). In this fantasy, writers type fiendishly or crumple up one sheet after another. The reality is at once more complicated and humble than this. Come discover how scholars discover. The colloquium series will feature presentations from CMENAS faculty on their recent book projects and will explore the research process from start to finish.
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Lecture Abstract:
How did a literary scholar come to write a book, "A Rich Brew: How Cafés Created Modern Jewish Culture," about coffeehouses and their role in multilingual modern Jewish literature and culture? Professor Pinsker will explain how the project grew out of the research he did for his previous book. The discussion will focus on how issues of audience, mode (and language) of publication, access to archives and materials influence how we think of projects and books, and how they develop organically. Professor Pinsker will also explain the collaborative nature of the work on the book, and how a Digital Humanities project complements the book, combining mapping with images, texts, networks analysis, and storytelling.

Speaker Bio:
As a specialist in modern Hebrew and Jewish literature and culture, Professor Pinsker is interested in Hebrew literature written in Palestine/Israel, Europe and America, as well as Jewish literature in Yiddish, English, German and other languages. He has a joint appointment at the Department of Middle East Studies and the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies. He is the author and editor of five books, and currently writing a new book on Yiddish in Israeli LIterature.

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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. Contact: jessmhil@umich.edu

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 07 Sep 2018 08:45:14 -0400 2018-09-24T13:00:00-04:00 2018-09-24T14:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
LOOK 101: Seeing Art in an Instagram World (September 24, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53901 53901-13478718@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 24, 2018 1:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Note: Seating is limited and pre-registration is required. Lunch will be served. Register at: http://myumi.ch/LqeD0

Geared toward undergraduate students and focusing on the current exhibitions at the Institute for the Humanities, this contemporary series of discussions offers a fresh take on the basics of looking and evaluating art in the gallery and how it’s organized, making the connection from the traditional “white cube gallery” to iGen visual worlds like Facebook and Instagram. Today: How to look at the art of Esmaa Mohamoud with Institute for the Humanities curator Amanda Krugliak.

African-Canadian artist Esmaa Mohamoud investigates the intangibility of Blackness through issues surrounding Black representation and Black body politics in contemporary spaces. The Draft explores material and popular Black culture through the realm of athletics. With the use textiles and concrete, The Draft address the ways in which Black bodies navigate spaces as both visible, and at times invisible.

Esmaa Mohamoud (Canadian, b. 1992), is a Toronto-based African-Canadian artist. She holds a BFA from Western University (2014) and an MFA from OCAD University (2016). Recently, Mohamoud has exhibited at the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Royal Ontario Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts Montreal. She is represented by Georgia Scherman Projects.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 21 Sep 2018 14:32:16 -0400 2018-09-24T13:00:00-04:00 2018-09-24T14:30:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion One of the Boys
Donia Human Rights Center Lecture. LGBTQ Rights in Poland and EU: Legal and Social Perspective (September 24, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52901 52901-13140061@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 24, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Donia Human Rights Center

Europe, as well as the rest of the world, is witnessing rapid changes regarding perception and recognition of the rights of LGBTQ persons. Decriminalization of same-sex relations, prohibition of unequal treatment in the workplace, recognition of family rights, and equal access to goods and services are among the issues that heat up public and legal debates in the European Union member states.

Poland is not an exception and debates about LGBTQ rights are also in the center of the public discourse. However, the specificity of the Polish situation is a result of a dramatic clash of diverse arguments and values, and also of a religious and political nature. Poland is torn between progressive and pro-Western orientation and traditional catholic influence which strengthens homophobic and trans-phobic atmosphere, incitement to hatred and violence. Poland is a country where an openly gay man is one of the most popular politicians at the national level on one hand and on the other, the governing majority is almost openly questioning fundamental human rights of LGBTQ persons.

The lecture will analyze these different components of political, social, and legal debates around LGBTQ rights in EU and Poland, including latest mile-stone court judgments in this field.

Krzysztof Śmiszek is a Polish human rights lawyer and activist. He is a graduate of the University of Warsaw, Faculty of Law and Administration (2003) as well as European Law Postgraduate Studies (2006). He received his PhD on Human Rights Law and the European Union from University of Warsaw, Faculty of Law and Administration (2016). Currently, he is a lecturer at the Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University.

Krzysztof’s main areas of interest are human rights of minorities and women with a special focus on LGBTI rights. He is also interested in international comparative perspective of anti-discrimination legislation as well as institutional protection against discrimination.

He has published in Polish and English. Currently, he is a managing editor of The Anti-Discrimination Law Review.

This event is co-sponsored by: Center for the Education of Women+ (CEW+), Women's Studies Department, Copernicus Program in Polish Studies, and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

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. Please contact: umichhumanrights@umich.edu

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 06 Aug 2018 12:24:21 -0400 2018-09-24T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-24T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Donia Human Rights Center Lecture / Discussion speaker
IOE 813 Seminar: Maria Mayorga (September 24, 2018 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55718 55718-13775234@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 24, 2018 4:30pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Using Systems Engineering to Inform Public Health Policies: A Simulation Model to Assess the Impact of Insurance Expansion on Colorectal Cancer Screening

Recent health care reform debates have triggered substantial discussion on how best to improve access to insurance. Colorectal cancer (CRC) is an example of a largely preventable condition, if access to and use of healthcare is increased. Early and ongoing screening and intervention can identify and remove polyps before they become cancerous. We present the development of an individual-based discrete-event simulation model to estimate the impact of insurance expansion scenarios on CRC screening, incidence, mortality, and costs. A national repeated cross-sectional survey was used to estimate which individuals obtained insurance in North Carolina (NC) after the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The potential impact of expanding the state’s Medicaid program is tested and compared to no insurance reform and the ACA without Medicaid expansion. The model integrates a census-based synthetic population, national data, claims based statistical models, and a natural history module in which simulated polyps and cancer progress.

A brief overview of other precision medicine related research projects in Health Systems Engineering at NC State are also presented.

MARIA E. MAYORGA is a Professor of Personalized Medicine in the Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at North Carolina State University. She received her M.S. and PhD degrees in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the University of California, Berkeley. Her research interests include predictive models in health care, health care operations management, emergency response, and humanitarian logistics. She has authored over 65 publications in archival journals and refereed proceedings. Her research has been supported by NIH and NSF, among others. She received the distinguished National Science Foundation CAREER Award for her work to incorporate patient choice into predictive models of health outcomes. She is a member of INFORMS and the Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers, and serves on the editorial board for the journals Health Systems, IISE Transactions, IISE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering, OMEGA and Service Science.

The seminar series “Providing Better Healthcare through Systems Engineering” is presented by the U-M Center for Healthcare Engineering and Patient Safety (CHEPS): Our mission is to improve the safety and quality of healthcare delivery through a multi-disciplinary, systems-engineering approach.

For additional information and to be added to the weekly e-mail for the series,
please contact genehkim@umich.edu

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 20 Sep 2018 11:59:50 -0400 2018-09-24T16:30:00-04:00 2018-09-24T18:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Lecture / Discussion
MES Lecture Series - A Profession Unregulated: The Americanization of the American Imam (September 24, 2018 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55708 55708-13775073@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 24, 2018 4:30pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Department of Middle East Studies

"A Profession Unregulated: The Americanization of the American Imam,” depicts competing points of authorization for Islam in America to demonstrate how the profession of the American imam is still in gestation and is being co-constituted by an Islamic tradition, a historically Christian American religious culture, and the bureaucratic processes of institutionalization to argue that there is a transition unfolding from a more dominant traditional Islamic authority to an administrative authorizing power through pursuit of greater professional regulation.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 20 Sep 2018 15:29:00 -0400 2018-09-24T16:30:00-04:00 2018-09-24T18:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Department of Middle East Studies Lecture / Discussion 202 S. Thayer
Reimagining Healthcare (September 24, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55155 55155-13691646@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 24, 2018 5:30pm
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: NextGen Med

Monday, September 24th, 2018
5:30-7:00 PM
Ford Auditorium, University Hospital

Please join us as our panelists share their perspectives on the future of healthcare in the United States focusing on how the government, payers, and providers can interact to alleviate some of the key issues facing healthcare today.

This event is free, and we welcome all members of the University of Michigan community including students, faculty, and staff. Food will be served following the panel while supplies last.

Please RSVP at https://goo.gl/GbazVh

Please direct any additional questions to MedECGUMMS@gmail.com or NextGenMed@umich.edu or visit medecg.org/reimagining-healthcare for more information.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 10 Sep 2018 19:00:47 -0400 2018-09-24T17:30:00-04:00 2018-09-24T19:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals NextGen Med Lecture / Discussion
Elections 2018: Is There a Big Blue Wave Coming? (September 25, 2018 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53707 53707-13450539@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UM Lansing Service Center

You are cordially invited to join us on Tuesday, September 25, 2018 for the final Wolverine Caucus forum of 2018 - Elections 2018: Is There a Big Blue Wave Coming? featuring Professor Emeritus Michael Traugott, UM Center for Political Studies, Institute for Social Research; and Communication Studies, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.

The forum will be held in the Anderson House Office Building, 124 North Capitol Avenue, in the Mackinac Room, 5th Floor, 11: 30 a.m - 12:30 p.m. Please bring a photo ID for building entrance security. Feel free to RSVP at amccullu@umich.edu, or call the UM Lansing Service Center at (517) 372-7801. Thank you immensely for your participation and membership in the Wolverine Caucus!

RSVP Here: http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07efhi0e8i466297df&llr=hdq6bj7ab&showPage=true

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 14 Aug 2018 10:59:42 -0400 2018-09-25T11:30:00-04:00 2018-09-25T12:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UM Lansing Service Center Lecture / Discussion WC flyer
Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar (September 25, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54902 54902-13651934@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Medical Science Unit II
Organized By: Biological Chemistry

Dr. Jie Xiao, Associate Professor of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, will be delivering a seminar on Tuesday September 25th at 12:00pm in North Lecture Hall, Med Sci II. The title of this seminar is: "Spatial Organization and Dynamics of RNA Polymerase in E.Coli Cells."

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 06 Sep 2018 10:52:39 -0400 2018-09-25T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-25T13:00:00-04:00 Medical Science Unit II Biological Chemistry Lecture / Discussion
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Performing Artivism: Feminists, Lawyers, and Online Mobilization in China (September 25, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52909 52909-13142320@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

Comparing the political activism of feminists and lawyers in China and drawing on theories of performance and dramaturgy, this project investigates how performance arts are used by activists to challenge the authoritarian state in the age of social media. Adopting a strategy of subversive disruption, Chinese activists used social media and performance arts to expose the state’s illegal or repressive backstage actions in the public eye. However, it was precisely the success of their “artivism” that contributed to the crackdowns on feminists and lawyers in 2015.

Sida Liu is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto and Faculty Fellow at the American Bar Foundation. Before joining the University of Toronto faculty in 2016, he taught sociology and law at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for seven years and directed its East Asian Legal Studies Center in 2014-2016. He received his LL.B. degree from Peking University Law School and his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Chicago. Professor Liu has conducted extensive empirical research on China’s legal reform and legal profession. His most recent research project is on the impact of China’s rise as a global power on the legal professions in Hong Kong and Taiwan. In addition to Chinese law, he also writes on sociolegal theory and general social theory. He is the author of three books in Chinese and English, most recently, "Criminal Defense in China: The Politics of Lawyers at Work" (with Terence C. Halliday, Cambridge University Press, 2016). He has also published many articles in leading law and social science journals, including the "American Journal of Sociology," "Sociological Theory," "The China Quarterly," "Law & Society Review," "Law & Social Inquiry," "Law & Policy," "Wisconsin Law Review," "Fordham Law Review," etc.

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. Email us at chinese.studies@umich.edu.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 15:24:38 -0400 2018-09-25T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-25T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion Sida Liu, September 25
The Science of Materials: Impactful Solutions to Big Global Challenges (September 25, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55172 55172-13696043@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: Chemical Engineering Graduate Society

Dr. A.N. Sreeram, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer from The Dow Chemical Company, is visiting campus to give a seminar. Science and engineering graduate students, postdocs and faculty are invited to attend.

Time: 12:00-1:30 PM
Date: September 25th, 2018
Location: Pierpont Commons East Room

Due to limited space, please RSVP through the link provided below under "Web and Social"

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 11 Sep 2018 10:53:33 -0400 2018-09-25T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-25T13:30:00-04:00 Pierpont Commons Chemical Engineering Graduate Society Lecture / Discussion SeminarTitle
Open Lecture | Writing in-between languages: poetry in a second language (September 25, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54814 54814-13645242@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: LSA Honors Program

When the native language becomes unstable, and writers are forced to abandon it, or when experience simply destroys the transaction of meaning or truth between a writer and her language, the notion of the “place of writing” itself becomes destabilized and abstracted. This lecture probes the poet's relationship with an adopted language, acknowledging losses and gains, and offers a glimpse into the experience of writing in-between languages, hovering at the borders between them.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 14:34:57 -0400 2018-09-25T15:00:00-04:00 2018-09-25T16:00:00-04:00 Chemistry Dow Lab LSA Honors Program Lecture / Discussion Carmen Bugan
AMAS Lecture: As Black Muslim as Bean Pie: Food, Faith, and Nationhood in African American Islam (September 25, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54303 54303-13565725@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Arab and Muslim American Studies (AMAS)

*Bean pie will be served!*

If American national identity can be signified by apple pie, then African American Muslim identity can be signified by navy bean pie. Developed in the early 20th century by members of the Nation of Islam (NOI), the bean pie has achieved iconic status in Black urban communities as a tasty dessert associated closely with African American Muslims (in and out of the NOI) who produce and distribute it. As a signature dish, the pie is much more than an edible treat—baked into the pie are communities’ spiritual commitments, political ideologies, cultural discourses, and economic programs. Drawing on oral histories and archival sources, this presentation will examine what the navy bean pie and food practices of African American Muslims can tell us about their faith, politics, and culture.

Zaheer Ali is the Oral Historian at Brooklyn Historical Society, where he currently directs Muslims in Brooklyn, a public history and arts project designed to amplify the stories of Brooklyn’s Muslim communities and contextualize those stories in the broader histories of Brooklyn, New York City, and the United States. His work on the project was recently featured in a now viral video on the Muslim bean pie for Slate.com’s Who’s Afraid of Aymann Ismail? that has been viewed over 4 million times on Facebook, with over 50,000 shares. He also co-hosts and co-produces Flatbush + Main, Brooklyn Historical Society’s award-winning monthly podcast, now in its third year of exploring Brooklyn’s past and present through scholarly discussions, historical archives, and oral histories. Formerly, he served as Project Manager of Columbia University’s Malcolm X Project under the direction of the late Manning Marable, and served as a lead researcher for Marable’s Pulitzer Prize winning biography, Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention (2011). In addition to Brooklyn, Muslims in America, and Malcolm X, his scholarly interests include 20th century United States history, the Black freedom movement, and Prince Rogers Nelson—topics explored in courses he has taught as an adjunct lecturer at New York University.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 24 Sep 2018 09:25:25 -0400 2018-09-25T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-25T17:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Arab and Muslim American Studies (AMAS) Lecture / Discussion Picture
Comparative Politics Workshop (September 25, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53064 53064-13217926@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP)

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 08 Aug 2018 10:20:50 -0400 2018-09-25T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-25T17:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP) Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
LingAMod Discussion Group (September 25, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54940 54940-13654189@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

The language across modalities discussion group provides a space for students, faculty, and community members to discuss research that spans the modes of human communication - speech, sign, gesture, and more. Our group meets to discuss research articles and to informally present ongoing research. All meetings have captioning or ASL-English interpreting.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 06 Sep 2018 15:59:31 -0400 2018-09-25T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-25T17:00:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion Lorch Hall
Exhibition Opening Lecture | Ecology and the Ancient City: The Case of Pergamon (Turkey) and Its Microregion (September 25, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52179 52179-12520922@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Please join us in celebrating the opening of our new special exhibition "Urban Biographies," featuring three ancient cities and Detroit, all the focus of current U-M research projects. The Opening Lecture will be delivered by Felix Pirson, Director of the Istanbul branch of the German Archaeological Institute (DAI).

Lecture will take place in the Helmut Stern Auditorium at the University of Michigan Museum of Art. Reception and viewing of the exhibition "Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern" to follow at the Kelsey Museum.

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 18 Sep 2018 15:07:53 -0400 2018-09-25T17:30:00-04:00 2018-09-25T19:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Lecture / Discussion Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Innovation Week Keynote (September 25, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55894 55894-13802788@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Design + Business

Many organizations have “woken up” to the idea of design being a key business differentiator. Gone are the days when simply having the best-engineered solution would guarantee the success of a product. However, many product stakeholders today find it hard to connect the dots between the realities of business and design, and shifting design from a team function to a strategic function is still a challenge in many organizations.

In his talk, Satyam will share many of his personally hard-won insights about the relationship between business and design. He will introduce key concepts such as “Design Premium”, “Risk Mitigation”, and "Empathy Quotient” that push the conversation further on how design can (and should!) help drive business more effectively.
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About Satyam:
Satyam is Co-founder and Chief Experience Officer at UXReactor. With a design career spanning almost 2 decades, he has been the primary driver in developing a design playbook connecting the dots between design, business and engineering called “PragmaticUX” that serves as the foundation of the UXReactor practice.

His present focus is to drive impact in two major areas: firstly, to create business value through the UX design practice; and second, to help close the gap between in-house design teams and design agencies through a managed design service (think UX-as-a-service, or UXaaS). Tackling these challenges requires Satyam to draw upon his unique background as a trained engineer, designer, and business leader.

Before starting his entrepreneurial journey, Satyam served as Managing Director of Product Design at Citrix, where he played a key role in growing the product design team from 4 members to over 100+ practitioners. Prior to that, Satyam was instrumental in building PayPal’s Global Design Center in India while leading a design team in Silicon Valley. He is an alumnus of Harvard Business School’s famed General Management Program, with a Masters in Human Factors from Wright State University, and a Bachelors in Electronics Engineering from Osmania University, India.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 24 Sep 2018 11:07:47 -0400 2018-09-25T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-25T19:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Design + Business Lecture / Discussion Satyam Kantamneni, Chief Experience Officer at UXReactor
Sacagawea's Capture and the History of the Early West (September 25, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53657 53657-13444106@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

In this illustrated slide-lecture, Organization of American Historians (OAH) Distinguished Lecturer Elizabeth Fenn uses the circumstances of Sacagawea’s capture to illuminate a deeper history of the northern plains and Rockies. Fenn discusses indigenous warfare, hunting techniques, environmental conditions, horse-borne interactions, and plains power dynamics as they pertained to a one-month period of Sacagawea’s life.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 13 Aug 2018 15:32:52 -0400 2018-09-25T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-25T19:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business William L. Clements Library Lecture / Discussion Elizabeth Fenn
Bioethics Discussion: Drugs (September 25, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49421 49421-11453763@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on the manipulation of our biochemical status.

Readings to consider:
"Towards responsible use of cognitive-enhancing drugs by the healthy"
"Adverse health effects of marijuana use"
"Practical, legal, and ethical issues in expanded access to investigational drugs"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/017-drugs/.

Partake in the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 13 Sep 2018 17:53:37 -0400 2018-09-25T19:00:00-04:00 2018-09-25T20:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Drugs
Uncovering the structures, regulation, and functions of nuclear actin (September 26, 2018 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53490 53490-13390335@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 9:30am
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Cell & Developmental Biology

2018 Cell & Developmental Biology Seminar Series


Hosted by:
Kristen Verhey, Yukiko Yamashita, Ben Allen

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 15:46:06 -0400 2018-09-26T09:30:00-04:00 2018-09-26T10:30:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Cell & Developmental Biology Lecture / Discussion Tina Tootle, Ph.D.
BLI Lunch and Learn with Nancy Thomas (September 26, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54189 54189-13539450@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Barger Leadership Institute

In support of our commitment to the Big Ten Voter Challenge, Barger Leadership Institue is hosting a Lunch & Learn event featuring Nancy Thomas, the Director of the Institute for Democracy & Higher Education at Tufts University. This special Lunch and Learn is co-hosted by Michigan Community Scholars Program (MCSP).

Lunch served and registration is required.

Dr. Nancy Thomas is the Director of the Institute for Democracy and Higher Education at Tufts University. Nancy Thomas directs research on higher education’s role in American democracy, including the National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE). Prior to joining Tisch College in 2012, Nancy directed the Democracy Imperative, a national network of academics and practitioners working to advance deliberative democracy in higher education. Earlier in her career, she practiced university law. She currently serves as an associate editor for the Journal of Public Deliberation and senior associate with Everyday Democracy. Her professional interests connect political learning and democratic engagement; equity, diversity, and inclusion; academic freedom and free speech, and; legal issues in higher education. She holds a doctorate from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a JD from Case Western Reserve University.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 18 Sep 2018 20:39:05 -0400 2018-09-26T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-26T13:30:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Barger Leadership Institute Lecture / Discussion vote
CREES Noon Lecture/Conversations on Europe. Living the End of the Habsburg Empire (September 26, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54142 54142-13530687@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

The fall of European empires in the twentieth century brought a variety of challenges for the nations that had once ruled those empires. The post-World War I transition was particularly difficult in Austria, once the seat of a multinational empire of 52 million people, now a republic of six million, ignominiously referred to as “rump Austria.” The transition spawned a host of worries about the viability of a “small state.” This lecture explores Austrians’ persistent anxieties about being “small,” highlighting a number of ways that kleinstaat rhetoric manifested in domestic politics and foreign affairs.

Maureen Healy received her PhD from the University of Chicago, and is associate professor of history at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon. She has been an IFK-Fulbright Senior Fellow, and held fellowships at the National Humanities Center in Research Triangle Park, NC, and the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, DC. Her book "Vienna and the Fall of the Habsburg Empire: Total War and Everyday Life in World War I" (Cambridge University Press, 2004) was awarded the Herbert Baxter Adams Prize from the American Historical Association and the Jelavich Book Prize from the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies. Until recently she was book review editor for the "Austrian History Yearbook," and currently serves as director of the first-year Exploration and Discovery program at Lewis & Clark.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to crees@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.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 23 Aug 2018 15:17:30 -0400 2018-09-26T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-26T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Lecture / Discussion Maureen Healy
Listening to the Grassroots (September 26, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54432 54432-13583308@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan

Zhou Family Band is a group of family musicians that play ceremonial music at weddings, funerals, and birthdays. They represent the tradition of chuida (“blown and percussion”), which has been important in rural people’s lives in China but has been declining due to urbanization. Mu Qian will discuss the challenges and opportunities of traditional Chinese folk music. The members of Zhou Family Band will also participate in the talk.

About the speaker:
MU Qian is an ethnomusicologist, performing arts curator, and writer. He is a doctoral student of ethnomusicology in SOAS, University of London. He has extensively toured with traditional Chinese groups like the Dong Singers and Zhou Family Band in Europe. Mu has written articles for various publications, especially China Daily and the Financial Times (Chinese). He is also the Chinese translator of Alan P. Merriam’s book Anthropology of Music.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 29 Aug 2018 15:46:19 -0400 2018-09-26T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-26T13:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan Lecture / Discussion mu qian lecture
Special Seminar: Speciation with introgression: a case of dynamic distributions and a part-time lover (September 26, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56037 56037-13821113@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Dr. Brown's primary research interests include spatial evolutionary ecology and conservation. Additional information about his research program, methodological tools, and databases is included below.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 26 Sep 2018 11:26:00 -0400 2018-09-26T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-26T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion frog diagram
Cognitive Science Community (September 26, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55432 55432-13823421@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science

The second group discussion of Cognitive Science Community will focus on Allen Newell and Herbert Simon’s classic paper "Human problem solving: The state of the theory in 1970." Cognitive Science Community meets every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. to host student- and professor-led discussions on the latest topics in cognitive science and related fields.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 01 Oct 2018 15:37:25 -0400 2018-09-26T13:00:00-04:00 2018-09-26T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science Lecture / Discussion Cog Sci Community illustration
EER Guided Discussion (September 26, 2018 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55778 55778-13777546@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 3:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: American Society for Engineering Education Student Chapter

This session will focus on the “middle years” of engineering education. Jess Swenson and Aaron Johnson will give some background and then pose the following discussion question to the group: "What makes core technical courses (200- and 300-level non-lab, non-design courses) engineering courses rather than math or science courses?"

To register for this session, please visit this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1-sM68zA-GLY8dCCcHWaVI-GzW0cHi6jWs9B8unNViBs/viewform?edit_requested=

As a part of the "Exploring the Teaching Side of Academia" series, ASEE and the EER program are offering a series of guided discussions, where a member of the EER community will overview research on a particular topic, after which you will have an opportunity to engage in discussion about this topic with other attendees. Everyone is welcome to attend these events, and there is no preparatory work that you need to do before attending. Coffee and refreshments will also be provided.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 21 Sep 2018 09:49:52 -0400 2018-09-26T15:30:00-04:00 2018-09-26T16:30:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building American Society for Engineering Education Student Chapter Lecture / Discussion Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building