Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. U-M Structure Seminar (January 18, 2019 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/55751 55751-13777523@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 18, 2019 10:30am
Location: Life Sciences Institute
Organized By: U-M Structural Biology

Ana Luis, Research Fellow, University of Michigan

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 20 Sep 2018 14:58:09 -0400 2019-01-18T10:30:00-05:00 2019-01-18T11:30:00-05:00 Life Sciences Institute U-M Structural Biology Lecture / Discussion Life Sciences Institute
"Quantifying Temperature’s Effect on the Cardiovascular System" (January 18, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59710 59710-14780091@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 18, 2019 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

Abstract
“Those diseases that medicines do not cure are cured by the knife. Those that the knife does not cure are cured by fire. Those that fire does not cure, must be considered incurable.” Hippocrates in 370 BC made the first recorded mention of the use of heat as a therapeutic. To this day, the effect of temperature on the body is of interest to clinicians, athletes, researchers, and perhaps anyone that has lived through Georgia summers or Michigan winters. The body maintains temperature homeostasis by the process of thermoregulation. The body’s ability to thermoregulate is an important coping mechanism to withstand various physiological states, such as fever, and environmental exposures such as the weather. The cardiovascular (CV) system plays a vital role in thermoregulation because of its influence on heat transfer via forced convection and conduction by changes in blood distribution, blood velocity, and proximity of tissues. It remains unclear how the allocation of blood in various compartments (such as the innermost core, fat, muscle, and skin) changes with temperature. Challenges in measuring core vasculature have resulted in a lack of empirical information regarding how it might change with core temperature. Therefore, to fully understand the CV system’s role in thermoregulation, this thesis focuses on using murine models to study the effect of temperature on core vasculature. The overall purpose is to provide a novel and physiologically accurate approach to studying thermoregulation by incorporating structural and functional changes in the CV system occurring in the core. Using murine models and MRI, we noninvasively quantified structural and functional vascular response in core arteries and veins to increasing core body temperature. We also studied the effects of sex and age on the CV response to increasing temperature. Using a PID-controlled heater to blow hot air across the animals, core temperature was controlled from mild hypothermia (35 °C) to mild hyperthermia (38 °C). At each temperature, we imaged three to four locations of the body from head-to-toe, and quantified blood flow and velocity, vessel area, and
measured circumferential cyclic strain of the core vessels. Overall, we have shown: 1) that increases in flow occur in most arteries and veins, which is opposite to current hypotheses regarding the venous response; 2) that the magnitude of increased flow varies based on anatomical location; and, 3) that the increase in flow sometimes involves cross-sectional area and velocity and other times involves only one or the other. These vascular responses are also influenced by sex and age. It is important to incorporate the cardiovascular changes occurring in the core into future bioheat or computational fluid dynamics modeling because blood flow is critical in heat
generation and transfer in vivo. This research can help researchers, clinicians, and others interested in temperature’s effect to better model and predict cardiovascular outcomes.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 14 Jan 2019 14:59:45 -0500 2019-01-18T11:00:00-05:00 2019-01-18T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Biomedical Engineering Lecture / Discussion Biomedical Engineering
Phondi Discussion Group (January 18, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58814 58814-14737034@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 18, 2019 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 Wed, 19 Dec 2018 14:26:33 -0500 2019-01-18T13:00:00-05:00 2019-01-18T14:00:00-05:00 Lorch Hall Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion Lorch Hall
Identity Contingency Cues in Employee Recruitment and Selection (January 18, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57827 57827-14321123@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 18, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

For individuals who are members of socially stigmatized identity groups, recruitment and hiring processes can signal belonging, fairness and identity safety, or wariness and identity threat. This talk will focus on how the changing landscape of hiring processes, particularly the use of technology, can lead to subtle identity contingency cues affecting the experiences and performance of applicants. Results of studies on how demographic variability in assessment materials affects performance and assessments of organizational fit will be discussed as an illustration. Projections regarding how the use of avatars, algorithms, digital interviewing, mobile platforms, and other technological advances in hiring may affect identity safety and threat will be discussed.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 21 Nov 2018 11:36:06 -0500 2019-01-18T13:30:00-05:00 2019-01-18T15:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
“Konfrontation mit meinem Mitläufertum”: Paratextual Self-Encounters in Diaries of the Second World War (January 18, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59502 59502-14745935@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 18, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

When writers publish their diaries years after writing them, they often append a preface or afterword, a layer of retrospective reflection that complicates the already unique temporality of the diary’s ever-shifting present. The focus of this talk is on the self-encounters that take place in diaristic paratexts from non-Jewish Germans who wrote diaries during the Second World War. The diary’s paratexts highlight the discontinuous nature of the self, the various ways individuals position themselves as Zeitzeugen, and the diary’s function as a space for writerly self-construction in the context of German Aufarbeitung der Vergangenheit.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 10 Jan 2019 16:25:58 -0500 2019-01-18T14:00:00-05:00 2019-01-18T16:00:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building Germanic Languages & Literatures Lecture / Discussion Kathryn Sederberg
A nAttractor Mechanism for nAdS(2)/nCFT(1) (January 18, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59610 59610-14754562@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 18, 2019 3:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Leinweber Center for Theoretical Physics

High Energy Theory Talk

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 18 Jan 2019 13:16:43 -0500 2019-01-18T15:00:00-05:00 2019-01-18T16:00:00-05:00 West Hall Leinweber Center for Theoretical Physics Lecture / Discussion West Hall
SynSem Discussion Group (January 18, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58816 58816-14561465@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 18, 2019 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 Thu, 24 Jan 2019 15:04:02 -0500 2019-01-18T15:00:00-05:00 2019-01-18T16:00:00-05:00 Lorch Hall Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion Lorch Hall
The Michigan Anthropology Colloquia Series: "Mississippian Migration and Polity Formation in Central Alabama: Conflict or Communitas?" (January 18, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51871 51871-12274331@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 18, 2019 3:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Department of Anthropology

"Mississippian cultural practices appear somewhat later in Central Alabama than in other regions of the Southeastern United States. Although evidence of trade and exchange between Late Woodland communities in the region and Mississippian groups is present, it appears as though local Woodland groups were reluctant to fully embrace what archaeologists have defined as “classic" Mississippian culture. This talk centers on archaeological research at several Terminal Woodland sites in Central Alabama, highlighting cases where interactions with Mississippian groups generated archaeological remains that can be interpreted as either evidence of conflict or communitas as initial Mississippian settlement of the region took place."

The Michigan Anthropology Colloquia Series presents speakers on current topics in the field of anthropology

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 12:43:58 -0500 2019-01-18T15:00:00-05:00 2019-01-18T17:00:00-05:00 West Hall Department of Anthropology Lecture / Discussion West Hall
Interdisciplinary Workshop American Politics (IWAP) (January 18, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53067 53067-13217980@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 18, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics

TBA

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 15:22:27 -0500 2019-01-18T15:30:00-05:00 2019-01-18T17:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Smith Lecture: The Geologic History of Seawater δ18O (January 18, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52675 52675-12927429@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 18, 2019 3:30pm
Location: 1100 North University Building
Organized By: Earth and Environmental Sciences

The isotopic composition of O in seawater (δ18O) is a fundamental property of Earth’s oceans, which is key to paleoclimate reconstructions and to our understanding of the origin of water on Earth, the water-rock reactions that govern seawater chemistry, and the conditions under which life emerged. Despite more than five decades of research, the coupled long-term geologic history of seawater temperature and δ18O remains a topic of intense debate. The problem exists because the δ18O values measured in marine sedimentary rocks (e.g., carbonates, cherts) reflect both their temperature of formation and the δ18O of the seawater from which they formed. This duality has prevented a unique interpretation of a long-term secular increase in δ18O values recorded in marine sedimentary rocks, which can be used to infer either much warmer (>70°C) early oceans, much more 18O-depleted seawater, or a combination of the two. We addressed this problem with a new record of δ18O in iron oxides formed in shallow marine environments through time. The new record shows that the long-term secular increase observed in the δ18O values of various marine precipitates is due to enrichment of seawater in 18O rather than in a gradual cooling of Earth’s oceans. The record suggests that Earth’s climate has been mostly warm and stable over the past 3.5 billion years, implying the existence of efficient climate stabilization feedbacks. A possible driver of the long-term increase in seawater δ18O values is decreasing heat production in the Earth’s interior through time and its effect on seafloor spreading rates and oceanic plate lifetimes. As the water-rock interactions that govern seawater δ18O through time are also those that drive the chemical evolution of the oceans, a robust seawater δ18O record importantly also informs the long-term evolution of seawater chemistry.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 26 Sep 2018 10:35:23 -0400 2019-01-18T15:30:00-05:00 2019-01-18T16:30:00-05:00 1100 North University Building Earth and Environmental Sciences Lecture / Discussion 1100 North University Building
CSAS Lecture Series | Understanding the New Credibility Regimes of Development: The Politics of Sanitary Pads as a Pro-Poor Technology in India (January 18, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53181 53181-13272086@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 18, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for South Asian Studies

Technology has long played a central role in efforts to alleviate global poverty, with international NGOs and developed world governments using it as an important modernization tool. But these interventions have had mixed impacts: in addition to perpetuating the West’s dominance, these technologies are often simply rejected by citizens in the developing world because they do not embody relevant values and priorities. But in recent years the international development landscape has changed. The players involved have diversified, now including international and local NGOs, social entrepreneurs and innovators, venture capitalists, universities, and developing world governments. And, there have been growing calls to ensure that interventions are “evidence-based”, preferably deployed on the basis of large-scale, quantitative evidence and even randomized controlled trials. How have these changes affect the pro-poor technology landscape and its politics? What are the implications for citizens in the developing world? In this paper I explore these questions by focusing on the politics of the sanitary pad in India. In recent years, “period poverty” has come to be seen as an important development issue, with sanitary pads becoming the main solution. Rather than the result of systematic and unbiased evidence gathering, however, I argue that this problem and solution are the result of the new credibility regimes that underlie development governance today. I pay attention to how and why particular kinds of interventions are recognized and validated by public and private, large and small, development initiatives. Indeed, even the definitions of knowledge and expertise are shaped by these priorities. The national and international media play important roles in influencing the sanitary pad intervention as well. Finally, I explore how these politics shape the role, rights, and responsibilities of the female citizen in India.

Shobita Parthasarathy is Professor of Public Policy and Women's Studies, and Director of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, at University of Michigan. She is interested in how technological innovation, and innovation systems, can better achieve public interest and social justice goals, as well as in the politics of knowledge and expertise in science and technology policy. Her current research focuses on the politics of technology for the poor, with a focus in India. She is the author of numerous articles and two books:Patent Politics: Life Forms, Markets, and the Public Interest in the United States and Europe(University of Chicago Press, 2017) and Building Genetic Medicine: Breast Cancer, Technology, and the Comparative Politics of Health Care (MIT Press, 2007).

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 05 Nov 2018 13:37:35 -0500 2019-01-18T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-18T17:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for South Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Shobita Parthasarathy, Professor of Public Policy, U-M
Martin Luther King, Jr. Linguistics Colloquium: "Sociolinguistic Justice and Transgender Lives" (January 18, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58460 58460-14502390@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 18, 2019 4:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

Please join the Linguistics Department for a special MLK Colloquium featuring Lal Zimman, Assistant Professor of Linguistics, University of California, Santa Barbara, who will speak on "Sociolinguistic Justice and Transgender Lives."

A reception will immediately follow on the third-floor terrace of East Hall (just below room 4448).

ABSTRACT
Sociolinguistic Justice and Transgender Lives

Over the past decade, transgender people have moved from a marginalized position in American society to a level of visibility that Time magazine characterized in 2015 as a “transgender tipping point.” With this growth in visibility, we can see both increased sensitivity to trans people’s experiences and increased vulnerability to widescale transphobia, particularly at the institutional level. While trans issues were hardly on the political radar in the 1990s and 2000s, trans communities today have become a major target of exclusionary laws and practices.

Language has played a major role in the uncertain place of trans communities in contemporary American society; indeed, being trans is as much about language as it is about clothing, hairstyles, and medical interventions. We can see the crystallization of linguistic conflict on college campuses in particular, where discussions of names, pronouns, and identity labels have led to national, and even international, debates on questions like whether people should be given the power to select the pronouns others should use when talking about them. Yet Linguists have only rarely weighed in on these issues on the broad scale, despite possessing a number of tools and principles that can help us understand the language reform efforts in which trans people are engaged.

This talk focuses on three domains of language in order to explore the critiques being levied by trans language reform activists, the responses to those critiques by non-trans people, and how linguistics might inform these debates. The first aspect of language discussed is the English pronoun system – the highest profile and perhaps most contentious aspect of trans language reform in the United States. I discuss the political discourses surrounding pronoun practices and how trans activists are pushing not only for new pronouns, but new ways of thinking and talking about pronouns. The second linguistic issue is talk about the body. While self-identification is increasingly recognized as determining a person’s social gender, bodies are typically seen as having an “objective truth” that is not susceptible to self-definition. Here I explore the ways trans people are advancing alternative models for understanding “biological sex” that recognizes the highly social nature of human embodiment. The final aspect of linguistic structure discussed here is grammatical gender systems in languages that display much more extensive marking of gender than English does. Here I also reflect on language pedagogy and how the strategies for teaching these languages perpetuates trans exclusion.

Each aspect of language discussed in this talk highlights the material impacts that language has on trans lives. We can draw a direct line between language and trans people’s oppression, and for this reason we each have a moral obligation to consider the implications of our own language use. The talk concludes with a discussion of the relationship between linguistics and transgender communities, arguing that the relative absence of trans people from our discipline should push us to consider the potential exclusionary effects of our models of language and how our academic work might be used to empower this still highly marginalized community.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 09 Jan 2019 14:42:49 -0500 2019-01-18T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-18T17:30:00-05:00 East Hall Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion East Hall
NERS Colloquium: Rachel Slaybaugh, University of California, Berkeley (January 18, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59713 59713-14780094@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 18, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Cooley Building
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

Title: Creating the Future of Nuclear Energy

Abstract: The nuclear energy industry is at a crossroads: existing nuclear reactors are struggling to operate economically in some tough markets, and construction of new designs in the U.S. is slow and over budget. At the same time, interest in and development of the next generation of nuclear reactors is growing at an unprecedented rate, and some other nations are building new reactors efficiently. Can the current fleet reduce costs? Will the next generation of designs be "walkaway safe" and cost-competitive? What about safeguards and recycling of nuclear fuel? Many new technologies, including Data Analytics and Machine Learning, can be impactful in answering these questions. This talk will frame some of the big challenges in nuclear energy and how new technologies are starting to be used. We'll also look to the future in terms of where the biggest impacts are likely to be and what we can do to move quickly.

Bio: Rachel Slaybaugh is an Assistant Professor of Nuclear Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. Prof. Slaybaugh researches computational methods applied to nuclear reactors, nuclear non-proliferation and security, and shielding. Slaybaugh is currently serving as a Program Director at ARPA-E. She is also a Senior Fellow at the Breakthrough Institute and at the Berkeley Institute of Data Science.

Slaybaugh received a BS in Nuclear Engineering from Penn State, where she served as a licensed nuclear reactor operator, and a PhD from University of Wisconsin–Madison in Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics with a certificate in Energy Analysis and Policy. Slaybaugh’s Rickover Fellowship took her to Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory prior to joining Berkeley.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 14 Jan 2019 15:27:41 -0500 2019-01-18T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-18T17:00:00-05:00 Cooley Building Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Lecture / Discussion image of colloquium flyer for Jan 18, 2019
The University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning presents Raoul Wallenberg Lecture: Eyal Weizman (January 18, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59370 59370-14734938@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 18, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

Eyal Weizman is an architect, Professor of Spatial and Visual Cultures, and Director of Forensic Architecture. He is a founding member of the architectural collective DAAR in Beit Sahour/Palestine. His books include Forensic Architecture: Violence at the Threshold of Detectability (2017), The Conflict Shoreline (with Fazal Sheikh, 2015), FORENSIS (with Anselm Franke, 2014), Mengele’s Skull (with Thomas Keenan at Sterenberg Press, 2012), Forensic Architecture (dOCUMENTA13 notebook, 2012), The Least of All Possible Evils (Verso 2011), Hollow Land (Verso, 2007), A Civilian Occupation (Verso, 2003), the series Territories 1, 2 and 3, Yellow Rhythms and many articles in journals, magazines, and edited books. He has worked with a variety of NGOs worldwide and was a member of the B’Tselem board of directors.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 09 Jan 2019 11:20:16 -0500 2019-01-18T18:00:00-05:00 2019-01-18T19:30:00-05:00 Walgreen Drama Center A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Lecture / Discussion Eyal Weizman
The Sally Fleming Masterclass Series: Simon James, violin *CANCELED* (January 19, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58189 58189-14437635@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 19, 2019 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

This master class has been canceled.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 16 Jan 2019 18:15:17 -0500 2019-01-19T10:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion
MFA Graduate Student Symposium: Site, Non-Site, Website (January 19, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58510 58510-14510832@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 19, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Join the next generation of artists at their studio site as they explore theory and practice in the age of the internet. Keynote presentation at 11 a.m.: "The Body as a Cyberfeminist Non-Web Site" by Yvette Granata, followed by demos, interactive workshops, and an opportunity to tour the Graduate studios.     Yvette is a multi-media artist, writer, film designer, and sometimes curator. Her work explores the socio-politics of technology through feminist art practice, cyber feminism, and techno-philosophy. Her work takes the shape of various forms and intersects video, sound, performance, computational media, and theoretical installations. Her media artwork has been exhibited at the Harvard Carpenter Center for the Arts, The Eye Film Institute in Amsterdam, The Kunsthalle in Detroit, Papy Gyro Nights in Norway and Hong Kong, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center and Squeaky Wheel Media Arts Center in Buffalo. www.yvettegranata.com

Art in the Age of the Internet, 1989 to Today is organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston and curated by Eva Respini, Barbara Lee Chief Curator, with Jeffrey De Blois, Assistant Curator.

Major support is provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

​UMMA gratefully acknowledges the following donors for their generous support:

Lead Exhibition Sponsors:
Candy and Michael Barasch, University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, and the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs

Individual and Family Foundation Donors:
William Susman and Emily Glasser; The Applebaum Family Compass Fund: Pamela Applebaum and Gaal Karp, Lisa Applebaum; P.J. and Julie Solit; Vicky and Ned Hurley; Ann and Mel Schaffer; Mark and Cecelia Vonderheide; and Jay Ptashek and Karen Elizaga  

University of Michigan Funding Partners:
School of Information; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Institute for Research on Women and Gender; Institute for the Humanities; Department of History of Art; Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning; Department of American Culture; School of Education; Department of Film, Television, and Media; Digital Studies Program; and Department of Communication Studies
 

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 18 Jan 2019 12:16:26 -0500 2019-01-19T11:00:00-05:00 2019-01-19T16:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Lecture / Discussion Museum of Art
One family's story: People, policy, & the politics of deportation (January 21, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59395 59395-14737076@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 21, 2019 11:30am
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Free and open to the public. RSVP here: https://goo.gl/forms/1F89tlEPAScS7z0S2

11:30 - 12:00: Strolling lunch and viewing of Deported: An American Division
12:15 - 1:30: Panel discussion

Join Rachel Woolf, Independent visual journalist; Emilio Gutiérrez Soto, Knight-Wallace Fellow, Mexican journalist and asylum seeker; Laura Sanders, co-founder of the Washtenaw Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights; and School of Public Health clinical assistant professor William D. Lopez for an interdisciplinary discussion moderated by Ford School professor Ann Lin on the recent history, impact, and ramifications of current American immigration policy.

For more information about the exhibit, visit http://www.artworksprojects.org/project/deported/

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 14:40:12 -0500 2019-01-21T11:30:00-05:00 2019-01-21T13:30:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Lourdes Salazar Bautista
Slavic Pedagogy Roundtable: (January 21, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60110 60110-14838296@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 21, 2019 12:00pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Slavic Languages & Literatures

Participants: Eugene Bondarenko, Jodi Greig, Alina Makin, Ewa Pasek, Marija Rosic, Svitlana Rogovyk, and Nina Shkolnik.

Developing a supportive, caring, and respectful learning environment for students across five Slavic languages has become a core teaching philosophy for the University of Michigan Slavic language program. In June 2018, the team of seven language lecturers was awarded LSA DEI New Instructional/New Initiatives (NINI) funding to support our Slavic Language Program Collaborative Curriculum Revision Project.

This roundtable will discuss the work in progress on revision and modernization of the current course curricula in Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian, Russian, Polish, and Ukrainian with focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion in teaching and learning through the creative use of digital resources, experiential learning methods, and instructional technologies.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 21 Jan 2019 10:45:53 -0500 2019-01-21T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-21T14:00:00-05:00 North Quad Slavic Languages & Literatures Lecture / Discussion North Quad
29th Annual MLK Health Sciences Lecture (January 21, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60018 60018-14812554@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 21, 2019 1:00pm
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: School of Nursing

Jacquelyn Taylor, Ph.D., RN, PNP-BC, FAHA, FAAN, will discuss steps she has taken in her research career using genomic and environmental methods to unravel hypertension health disparities in African American women. Dr. Taylor’s current work exams the gene-environment and DNAm-environment interactions of perceived racism and discrimination, parenting stress, and maternal mental health on blood pressure on African American mothers and their young children. Dr. Taylor will also share reflections about her recent study on the genomics of lead poisoning in Flint, MI. She was awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) by President Barack Obama, the highest honor awarded by the federal government to scientists and engineers, where she examines next-generation sequencing-environment interactions on blood pressure among African Americans. Her long-term goals are to develop nursing interventions to reduce and prevent -omic-environment risks that contribute to health disparities for common chronic conditions among underrepresented minority populations across the lifespan in the United States and vulnerable populations abroad. Dr. Taylor is the inaugural Vernice D. Ferguson Professor in Health Equity at New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing.

Sponsored by: University of Michigan Schools of Nursing (Ann Arbor & Flint), Dentistry, Kinesiology, Public Health and Social Work, College of Pharmacy, Michigan Medicine, Office of Health Equity (OHEI), and MICHR

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Lunch will be served after the lecture.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 18 Jan 2019 11:18:18 -0500 2019-01-21T13:00:00-05:00 2019-01-21T14:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals School of Nursing Lecture / Discussion Dr. Jacquelyn Taylor
Fights about Language and Political Correctness: What’s At Stake? (January 21, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59597 59597-14754550@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 21, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Debates abound about pronouns on class rosters, the name of the Washington Redskins, the reclamation of the word “queer,” trigger warnings, the connotations of “lady” versus “woman,” the choice of “black” or “Black” or “African American,” and telling someone to “check their privilege,” just to name a few.

Who has the right to tell others how they should and shouldn’t use language—and when? Do “superficial” changes in the language we use really matter? What’s at stake in debates about language?

Efforts to render language more respectful and inclusive of all persons are sometimes perceived as policing other people’s language, and “politically correct” is no longer a neutral term (if it ever really was). In this workshop, Professor Anne Curzan and Professor Robin Queen discuss the merits and the criticisms of “politically correct” language, drawing from specific cases that have received national attention as well as significant attention on the University of Michigan campus.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 15 Jan 2019 15:51:05 -0500 2019-01-21T13:00:00-05:00 2019-01-21T14:30:00-05:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Lecture / Discussion MLK 2019
MLK Day: Michael Eric Dyson (January 21, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58357 58357-14485812@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 21, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: University Library

Michael Eric Dyson speaks about Martin Luther King Jr. and African-American Leadership in the 21st Century.

Dyson's rise from humble roots in Detroit to his present perch as a world class intellectual, noted author of 19 books, prominent leader and national media fixture testify to his extraordinary talent. He is a Georgetown University sociology professor, a New York Times contributing opinion writer, and a contributing editor of The New Republic and of ESPN's The Undefeated website.

Sponsors: University Library, University Housing, School of Information, Bentley Historical Library, and Office of Academic and Multicultural Initiatives (OAMI)

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 14 Dec 2018 10:14:09 -0500 2019-01-21T14:00:00-05:00 2019-01-21T16:30:00-05:00 Michigan League University Library Lecture / Discussion Michael Dyson
Unravel Injustice: Taking Action (January 21, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58725 58725-14544830@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 21, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

A two-part discussion on our roles as citizens and scholars in movements to create a more just and humanistic society.

2019 University of Michigan MLK Symposium

Monday, January 21, 2019, 2:00-4:00pm, ISR Thompson Rm 1430

Keynote: Transforming ourselves to build an inclusive society
By: john a. powell, Director Haas Institute for a Fair & Inclusive Society, UC Berkeley

Panel discussion with noted citizen activists to follow keynote:
Moderator: Neda Ulaby, National Public Radio
-Nick Licata, Founding Chair, Local Progress (Seattle, WA), @NickJLicata
-Rosalie Lochner, Founder, Michigan Support Circle
-Jessyca Matthews, MI English Teacher of the Year, Carmen-Ainsworth High School (Flint, MI)
-Kayla Reed, Founder, St. Louis Action Council, @iKaylaReed

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 08 Jan 2019 17:01:08 -0500 2019-01-21T14:00:00-05:00 2019-01-21T16:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event flyer
2019 North Campus Deans’ Martin Luther King Jr. Keynote: Tania León (January 21, 2019 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58889 58889-14572065@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 21, 2019 2:30pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Tania León is a highly regarded composer and conductor recognized for her accomplishments as an educator and advisor to arts organizations. Recent commissions include “The Little Rock Nine”, an opera with libretto by Thulani Davis and historical research by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. “Ser” for the Los Angeles Philharmonic and “Green Pastures” for The Metropolitan Museum.
Her honors include the 2018 US Artist Fellowship, the New York Governor’s Lifetime Achievement Award, the American Academy of Arts and Letters the Eileen Southern Distinguished Visitor, Harvard University, and Doctorate Degrees from Colgate University, Oberlin and SUNY Purchase Colleges.
A founding member of the Dance Theatre of Harlem, she instituted the Brooklyn Philharmonic Community Concert Series, was co-founder of the American Composers Orchestra “Sonidos de las Americas Festivals,” new music advisor to the New York Philharmonic and founder, artistic director of the Composers Now organization and annual festival. Composers Now is an organization in New York City founded in 2010, and dedicated to empowering all living composers, while celebrating the diversity of their voices and honoring the significance of their contributions to the cultural fabric of society. A professor at Brooklyn College since 1985, she was named Distinguished Professor of the City University of New York in 2006. In 2010 she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, in 2013 she was the recipient of the prestigious 2013 ASCAP Victor Herbert Award. Most recently she was awarded a 2018 United States Artists Fellowship and is a newly elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Science.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:02:49 -0500 2019-01-21T14:30:00-05:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion Tania Leon
RNA Innovation Seminar, Theme: Microbiology (January 21, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59712 59712-14780097@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 21, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for RNA Biomedicine

1.) Adam Lauring, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology
Title of talk: “RNA virus mutation rates, new approaches to some old problems”
Keywords: Viral genetics, evolution, RNA dependent RNA polymerase, poliovirus, influenza virus

2.) Janet Price, Ph.D. candidate
from Matthew Chapman lab
Title of talk: “Seq-ing to Find Population Development During Biofilm Formation”

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 15 Jan 2019 15:34:41 -0500 2019-01-21T15:00:00-05:00 2019-01-21T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for RNA Biomedicine Lecture / Discussion flyer
Marjorie Lee Browne Colloquium (January 21, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59659 59659-14777893@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 21, 2019 4:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Department of Mathematics

Abstract:
One can only imagine what it was like for Marjorie Lee Browne as she pursued her PhD at the University of Michigan in 1950. As the first African-American woman to come through the doctoral program in Mathematics at U of M, she would have had to navigate and clear her own unique path to take her place at the table. Forty-five years later, the speaker earned a PhD from the same department and acknowledges that Dr. Browne’s achievements made space for her success.

This talk will give an overview of the speaker’s my professional life with a highlight on her work in building partnerships between universities and industry. She will also talk about the efforts to ensure that a more diverse generation of young people with a diverse range of interests take their rightful place in mathematics communities, and that there is welcoming space for them. A reception for the speaker will be held in the Mathematics Atrium immediately following the talk.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 14 Jan 2019 09:59:22 -0500 2019-01-21T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-21T17:00:00-05:00 East Hall Department of Mathematics Lecture / Discussion East Hall
CMENAS Teach-In Town Hall. BDS, Nonviolence, and MLK's Legacy in the Middle East (January 22, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59162 59162-14692578@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 22, 2019 10:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.” -- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Nobel Peace Prize, 1964)

The legacy of MLK not only demands justice at home, but justice abroad -- dignity, socio-economic equality, and human rights globally. The world's threats were characterized by him as the “triple giant evils” of racism, poverty, and militarism. How does that legacy inform the quest for justice in Israel/Palestine today?

The CMENAS Teach-In Town Hall will explore the implications of MLK's message as it pertains to a particular protest strategy: the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement in solidarity with Palestinian and Israeli nonviolent activists. More than 100 artists and musicians, in addition to 37 Jewish groups in 15 countries, have joined the BDS movement to protest state structures of oppression in Israel deemed "apartheid" by many thinkers and activists, including Nobel Peace Laureates, Jimmy Carter and Desmond Tutu.

CMENAS hosts three BDS experts to discuss MLK's legacy in the Middle East, including activists Cindy and Craig Corrie (Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice) and Prof. David Palumbo-Liu (Stanford University). After their brief presentations, an open exchange will unfold with Q & A and discussion in a Town Hall format.

A luncheon reception will follow the event. Everyone welcome!

Funded by CMENAS Endowment, International Institute, Arab & Muslim American Studies, International Studies (U-M Library), Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies Seminar, the Departments of American Culture, Sociology, Afroamerican and African Studies, Women’s Studies, Anthropology, and the Humanities Institute.

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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, 7-4143

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 22 Jan 2019 08:56:28 -0500 2019-01-22T10:00:00-05:00 2019-01-22T12:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Lecture / Discussion bds_image
Comparative Politics Workshop (January 22, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53064 53064-13217943@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 22, 2019 12:00pm
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 2019-01-22T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-22T13:30:00-05:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP) Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
UROP Brown Bag (January 22, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55331 55331-13722889@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 22, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Undergraduate Science Building
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The UROP Brown Bag Speaker Series are informal discussions on a topic pertaining to an aspect of research. All UROP students must register for and attend one Brown Bag presentation during the 18-19 academic year. Please follow the link to search for the best Brown Bag Series Speaker and Topic that suits your research pursuits.
https://ttc.iss.lsa.umich.edu/undergrad/?s=urop+brown+bag&submit=Search

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 03 Oct 2018 15:10:49 -0400 2019-01-22T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-22T13:00:00-05:00 Undergraduate Science Building UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Lecture / Discussion UROP Brown Bag
Linking a dose-response model to observed infection to describe spatial-temporal patterns in a Q fever outbreak (January 22, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59717 59717-14780104@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 22, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Public Health I (Vaughan Building)
Organized By: Center for Midlife Science

Abstract: We explore a Netherlands outbreak of Q fever in 2009 by combining a human dose–response model with geostatistics to predict local probability of infection, associated probability of illness, and local effective exposures to Coxiella burnetii. We begin with the spatial distribution of 220 notified cases in the at–risk population. Next, we use the dose-response relationship (established via historical experiments) to convert the observed risk map into an estimated smooth spatial field of local dose. Based on the observed symptomatic cases, the dose–response model predicts a median of 611 asymptomatic infections (95% range 410 to 1,084), i.e., 2.78 (95% range 1.86 to 4.93) asymptomatic infections for each reported case. The estimated peak levels of exposure extend to the north–east from the point source with an increasing proportion of asymptomatic infections further from the source. Our work combines established methodology from model-based geostatistics and dose-response modeling providing a novel approach to study outbreaks. Such predictions (and associated uncertainties) are important for targeting interventions during an outbreak, estimating future disease burden, and planning public health response.

Joint work with R. John Brooke, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis TN; Peter FM Teunis, Centre for Infectious Disease Control, RIVM, Bilthoven, the Netherlands; Mirjam EE Kretzschmar, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands. Sponsored by: Integrated Health Sciences Core of the Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD).

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 14 Jan 2019 15:50:18 -0500 2019-01-22T13:00:00-05:00 2019-01-22T14:00:00-05:00 Public Health I (Vaughan Building) Center for Midlife Science Lecture / Discussion 2019 Environmental Statistics Day
An Emergent Research Talk with Nicky Andrews (January 22, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58208 58208-14441918@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 22, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

Join us for discussion with Nicky Andrews (she/they) North Carolina State University library fellow. Her research interests include Mātauranga Māori, Indigenous knowledge systems, and exploring meaningful ways of sustaining retention for minoritized people in librarianship.

As a Māori library student at the University of Washington in 2017, Andrews did not expect to be able to engage with her culture as part of her professional work. After visiting the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture on campus, she began to work to restore the mana of the museum's Māori photographic collection and display the toanga in connection to the people and land they came from. Andrews will discuss her work with Māori taonga, her attempts to identify and care for the Rangatira in the photographs, and thoughts on challenges for Indigenous peoples within librarianship.

Andrews holds a Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences from Auckland University of Technology; a Master of Library & Information Science from the University of Washington; and is a candidate for the Master of Indigenous Studies at the University of Otago.

Emergent Research Series events seek to examine all aspects of the research lifecycle, with a critical focus on ethics, access, and innovation, and with an interest in emerging topics that are relevant to our local and global communities. These events are aimed at better understanding the new ways in which research relies on the work of libraries and information professionals, and where cutting-edge research pushes past what libraries currently support.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Dec 2018 11:47:47 -0500 2019-01-22T14:00:00-05:00 2019-01-22T15:30:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Lecture / Discussion Emergent research
Gender: New Works, New Questions event Black Opera: History, Power, Engagement by Naomi Andre (January 22, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57786 57786-14306143@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 22, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

Speakers:
- Naomi André, Associate Professor in Women’s Studies, Afroamerican and African Studies, and Associate Director for Faculty at the Residential College
- Abigail Stewart, Sandra Schwartz Tangri Distinguished University Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies
- Gabriela Cruz, Associate Professor of Musicology, School of Music, Theatre & Dance

From classic films like Carmen Jones to contemporary works like The Diary of Sally Hemings and U-Carmen eKhayelitsa, American and South African artists and composers have used opera to reclaim black people's place in history.

In her recent book from the University of Illinois Press (2018), Naomi André draws on the experiences of performers and audiences to explore this music's resonance with today's listeners. Interacting with creators and performers, as well as with the works themselves, André reveals how black opera unearths suppressed truths. These truths provoke complex, if uncomfortable, reconsideration of racial, gender, sexual, and other oppressive ideologies. Opera, in turn, operates as a cultural and political force that employs an immense, transformative power to represent or even liberate.

This event is part of IRWG's Gender: New Works, New Questions series, which spotlights recent publications by U-M faculty members and allows for deeper discussion by an interdisciplinary panel.

Attendees will have a chance to win a free copy of the book! Must be present at the beginning of the event to win.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 09 Jan 2019 14:20:50 -0500 2019-01-22T16:00:00-05:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Lecture / Discussion Naomi André book cover
King Talks (January 22, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58249 58249-14446324@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 22, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Rackham Graduate students will communicate the relevance of their work to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy in a TED-talk style. Presentation is from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. with a reception to follow from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m in the Assembly Hall.
Pre-registration is required at https://myumi.ch/J7XQm.
Speakers
Shannon Moran

Hometown: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Degree Program: Ph.D. Student, Chemical Engineering

Be the Mentor You Wish You’d Had: An Evidence-Based Appeal
Mentorship isn’t something we start only when we’ve reached the high point of our careers—it’s something we can start now as young professionals. Mentorship is one effective and rewarding way of supporting the pipeline of folks from underrepresented groups in our fields. In this talk, I’ll discuss the evidence for prioritizing mentorship in promoting diversity and my own experience with mentorship as a gay woman in STEM.
Aunrika Tucker-Shabazz

Hometown: DeKalb, Illinois
Degree Program: Ph.D. Student, Sociology

Fighting the Hidden Fees: Unraveling Disciplinary Disparities in Public School Punishment of Young Black Girls
Black girls continue in 2018 to be understudied and overlooked by research investigating the impact of criminalizing children through stigmatizing school discipline strategies, despite being the fastest growing demographic affected by the strictest disciplinary procedures such as expulsion, indefinite suspension, arrests, and referrals to the juvenile system (Girlhood Interrupted: The Erasure of Black Girls’ Childhood [2017]). But Black girls need more attention as subjects outside of the academy and inside our communities. When disciplining young Black girls for minor misbehaviors, school officials often unevenly distribute the “benefits and disadvantages of doubt” in racially gendered ways that expose Black girls to the criminal justice system as early as pre-school. By exploring the trend of pre-school arrests of Black girls since 2005, this talk aims at unraveling the hidden tolls Black girls are forced to pay along the school-to-prison pipeline.
Kavitha Lobo

Hometown: San Diego, California
Degree Program: Master’s Student, Social Work

Care Not Cure: The Benefits of Deinstitutionalizing Mental Health Care
As part of a global social work project I designed, I was recently immersed in the tiny town of Geel, Belgium, which has a 750-year history of deinstitutionalized mental health care. This is practiced in Geel through placing boarders, the term used for those with mental illness, with foster families who welcome and accept boarders as they are. In comparing how the Geelian culture has produced and sustained the family foster care system to the cultural attitudes towards mental health care in America, I will unravel conceptions around alternative modalities of mental health care. In looking at the humanizing, community-based approach to psychiatric care in Geel I will show how benefits are emphasized in those otherwise seen as burdened and burdens due to their psychological difference.
Steven M. Smith

Hometown: Detroit and St. Clair, Michigan
Degree Program: Master’s Student, Public Administration and Sport Management

Our Most Valuable Things: Connecting with Each Other, and the Time We Have
We in society today need to unravel from the frivolous things that take up our time and connect to the work that we want to do and need to do—the work that is necessary to better our lives and the lives of those who are around us. I want to address why we need to do this: to advance ourselves, but just as importantly connect to our communities and the people we are surrounded by. It’s no secret that while we are connected through technology like never before, there is a sense of isolation that many people feel, and I believe it has to do with our values and the communities that we have drifted away from.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 21 Jan 2019 18:16:20 -0500 2019-01-22T18:00:00-05:00 2019-01-22T20:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Lecture / Discussion https://rackham.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/king-talks-event-page-3.png
Cognitive Science Community (January 22, 2019 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59961 59961-14806081@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 22, 2019 6:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science

The first event of the winter semester will take place Tuesday, January 22, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Professor Susan Gelman will talk about developmental psychology and concept formation.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 17 Jan 2019 12:01:56 -0500 2019-01-22T18:30:00-05:00 2019-01-22T19:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
Food Literacy for All (January 22, 2019 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57760 57760-14287007@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 22, 2019 6:30pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative

Food Literacy for All is a community academic partnership course at the University of Michigan.  UM students can enroll in the course for credit and community members can attend the series for free. Every Tuesday evenings from 6:30 - 8pm in Winter 2019.

The course is co-led by Lesli Hoey (Taubman College), Jerry Ann Hebron (Oakland Ave. Farm) and Lilly Fink Shapiro (Sustainable Food Systems Initiative). In partnership with Detroit Food Policy Council and FoodLab Detroit.

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 17 Nov 2018 10:04:58 -0500 2019-01-22T18:30:00-05:00 2019-01-22T20:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative Lecture / Discussion Food Literacy for All Flyer
Connecting Digital Scholarship (January 23, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60145 60145-14840459@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 8:30am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: LSA Technology Services

Join us as we engage in a lively discussion focused on Digital Humanities/Digital Scholarship/Digital Studies. This event will offer a series of lightning talks and a panel discussion that showcase several faculty involved in DH/DS projects. Participants will reflect on the potential of and challenges related to digital scholarship and its role in teaching, research, and publishing. In other words, how do you find the people or resources to calibrate ambitions and expectations and talk through core needs and issues of labour? There will be opportunities for informal conversation and networking with peers since a goal of this event is to generate awareness and strengthen connections among scholars and support partners. Sponsors for this event include U-M Library, LSA Technology Services, U-M Press, UMMA and others.

When: January 23rd, 8:30 a.m. – noon

Where: UMMA Multipurpose Room

Who: Scholars doing or interested in doing Digital Scholarship, and their support partners (IT, Library, etc.). The event is being organized by U-M Library, LSA Technology Services, U-M Press, UMMA, and others.

What: An event to showcase a few specific U-M Digital Scholarship projects as well as network with peers. It will have a round of lightning talks followed by a panel discussion and will wrap up with some time to network.

Why: To generate awareness and form or strengthen collaboration between scholars and support partners in the Digital Scholarship space.

Registration & more info: https://ttc.iss.lsa.umich.edu/ttc/sessions/connecting-digital-scholarship/
Digital Scholarship consists of “. . . new ways of doing scholarship that involve collaborative, transdisciplinary, and computationally engaged research, teaching, and publishing. It brings digital tools and methods to the study of the humanities with the recognition that the printed word is no longer the main medium for knowledge production and distribution” (Wikipedia).

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 21 Jan 2019 14:40:05 -0500 2019-01-23T08:30:00-05:00 2019-01-23T12:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art LSA Technology Services Lecture / Discussion Museum of Art
Cultural Racism & American Social Structure Speaker Series (January 23, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58198 58198-14441905@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 9:00am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

A winter 2019 interdisciplinary speaker series sponsored by Institute for Social Research Survey Research Center and Rackham Graduate School

All talks are held at the Institute for Social Research (426 Thompson Street) Room 1430 at 9:00-10:30am

"Discourses of White nationalism & racism today" by Alexandra Stern, Professor & Chair
Dept of American Culture, University of Michigan

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 16 Jan 2019 09:37:59 -0500 2019-01-23T09:00:00-05:00 2019-01-23T10:30:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event flyer
Latinx Lunch Series (January 23, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58358 58358-14485813@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 11:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

Visit the Hatcher Gallery to participate in a lunch series focused on building community on campus for Latinx students while providing education and resources for mental health wellness. We'll have open discussions founded on principles of Positive Psychology, and hope it will be a space to build community, reduce stigma regarding mental health support, and promote resilience of Latinx Wolverines. Topics include the importance of connection, how to build self-compassion, and fostering hope.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 10 Dec 2018 12:39:16 -0500 2019-01-23T11:30:00-05:00 2019-01-23T13:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Lecture / Discussion Mi Gente Latinx Lunch Series
Wolverine Caucus: Changing course in International Trade Policy – a growing concern in Michigan, the US and the World Who is helped – who is hurt? (January 23, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57854 57854-14363807@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UofM Government Relations

President Donald Trump has tackled international trade policy during his second year in of office, just as he promised he would during his 2016 election campaign. Tariffs on steel and aluminum from various countries, exports from China, and potentially on automobiles and supply chains are having an effect – including the likelihood that consumers at home will see rising prices in the months and years to come. Renegotiated trade agreements made with South Korea, Mexico, and Canada will also change trade outcomes and could in influence corporate decision making in the manufacturing of goods and products. Please join us for an enlightening presentation by Professor Alan Deardorff who will explore these and other changes taking place in trade policy, and their likely implications for Michigan, the United States, and the world!

Alan V. Deardorff is the John W. Sweetland Professor of International Economics and Professor of Public Policy. His research focuses on international trade. Dr. Deardorff and Bob Stern have developed the Michigan Model of World Production and Trade, which is used to estimate the effects of trade agreements. He is also doing theoretical work in international trade and trade policy. He has served as a consultant to the U.S. Departments of Commerce, Labor, State, and Treasury and to international organizations including the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the World Bank. Dr. Deardorff received his Ph.D. from Cornell University.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 26 Nov 2018 09:42:55 -0500 2019-01-23T11:30:00-05:00 2019-01-23T12:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UofM Government Relations Lecture / Discussion Changing course in International Trade Policy
CREES Noon Lecture. National Minorities as a Legal Category in the Czech Republic (and Beyond) at the Time of Rising Nationalism (January 23, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58912 58912-14578299@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

The Czech philosopher Jan Patočka wrote in Europe and the post-European Age that demolition is a certain type of construction. The current rise of nationalism, the erosion of the rule of law, and the dismantlement of liberal state institutions in Europe raise concerns about what could be built after that demolition of the European order. While Hungary and Poland have made a sharp right-turn, the Czech Republic is still at the crossroads. Which way might it go? In this lecture, Hofmannová will focus on the status of national minorities and discuss the differences between a “conservative” and a “flexible” definition of what constitute a national minority. Does a flexible approach, advocated by International organizations, still have a chance to be promoted in Europe?

Helena Hofmannová is an associate professor of constitutional law at Charles University in Prague as well as an adviser to the judge of the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic. After the fall of communism, she has been a pioneer researcher in the field of the legal and social positions of Jewish minorities in the Czech Republic. Recently, in light of the threats to liberal democracy, she has lectured on human rights protection and democratic theory, with a special focus on Europe. Between 2012 and 2014, she was a member of the Advisory Committee of the Framework Convention on the Protection of National Minorities. In 2018, she was appointed to the Council of Europe’s European Commission against Racism and Intolerance. She is the author and co-author of several books, as well as a number of articles.

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 Sat, 29 Dec 2018 19:39:14 -0500 2019-01-23T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-23T13:20:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Lecture / Discussion Helena Hofmannova
UROP Brown Bag (January 23, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55331 55331-13722890@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Undergraduate Science Building
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The UROP Brown Bag Speaker Series are informal discussions on a topic pertaining to an aspect of research. All UROP students must register for and attend one Brown Bag presentation during the 18-19 academic year. Please follow the link to search for the best Brown Bag Series Speaker and Topic that suits your research pursuits.
https://ttc.iss.lsa.umich.edu/undergrad/?s=urop+brown+bag&submit=Search

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 03 Oct 2018 15:10:49 -0400 2019-01-23T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-23T13:00:00-05:00 Undergraduate Science Building UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Lecture / Discussion UROP Brown Bag
6th Annual Omenn Lecture & Poster Session (January 23, 2019 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58784 58784-14559365@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 2:30pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Omenn Lecture

Olga Troyanskaya is a professor at the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics and the Department of Computer Science at Princeton University, where she has been on the faculty since 2003. In 2014 she became the deputy director of Genomics at the Center for Computational Biology at the Flatiron Institute, a part of the Simons Foundation in NYC. She holds a Ph.D. in Biomedical Informatics from Stanford University, has been honored as one of the top young technology innovators by the MIT Technology Review, and is a recipient of the Sloan Research Fellowship, the National Science Foundation CAREER award, the Overton award from the International Society for Computational Biology, and the Ira Herskowitz award from the Genetic Society of America.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 23 Jan 2019 10:28:50 -0500 2019-01-23T14:30:00-05:00 2019-01-23T17:30:00-05:00 Palmer Commons Omenn Lecture Lecture / Discussion
ASP Lecture: Bridging Memories in a Contested Geography – Eastern Turkey between Western Armenia and Northern Kurdistan (January 23, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57956 57956-14381732@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Armenian Studies

Grounded in the field of late Ottoman history this lecture will draw on the disciplines of political sociology and anthropology to challenge bottom-up narratives and relate the past of contested geographies located in the shattered zones of the post-Ottoman and the post-Soviet. Dr. Leupold will examine the relationship between biographical subjects, the politics of memory and communal boundaries in the region around Lake Van - a geography where collective violence stretches back in time to the Armenian Genocide of 1915 and into the contemporaneous Kurdish conflict. The lecture will begin by reconstructing the history of competing national movements and collective violence in the late-Ottoman period, and then deconstruct official Armenian, Turkish and Kurdish accounts to juxtapose ‘official histories’ with their local counter-narratives.

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.

Photo caption: Yüksekova, Southeastern Turkey

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 28 Nov 2018 09:32:27 -0500 2019-01-23T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-23T17:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Armenian Studies Lecture / Discussion Yüksekova, Southeastern Turkey
POSTPONED: Representatives Debbie Dingell and Fred Upton: Voices from across the aisle (January 23, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59799 59799-14788681@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

EVENT POSTPONED: Due to changes in the congressional schedule related to the ongoing partial government shutdown, Representatives Dingell and Upton must be in DC on Wednesday, January 23. Therefore, this event has been postponed—we look forward to sharing a new date for their conversation at the Ford School as soon as one becomes available. Visit event website for latest updates.

Free and open to the public. Reception to follow.

This event will be live webstreamed. Please check event website before the event for viewing details.

Join the Ford School and WeListen for a Conversations Across Difference event with U.S. Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI 12th District) and Fred Upton (R-MI 6th District) moderated by Brendan Nyhan, professor of public policy at the Ford School. The conversation will consider the opportunities for and obstacles to bipartisan cooperation, while also tackling in thoughtful dialogue some of the most pressing issues currently dividing the two parties, such as immigration policy, the government shutdown, and health care.

Hosted by the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and co-sponsored by WeListen and the Program in Practical Policy Engagement.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 21 Jan 2019 16:30:01 -0500 2019-01-23T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-23T17:20:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Debbie Dingell & Fred Upton
JuYeon Kim: Consolation (January 23, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58869 58869-14569977@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Special Event: Wednesday, January 23, 5:30pm / Helmut Stern Auditorium, UMMA, 525 S State St, Ann Arbor 48109

Born in Seoul, South Korea, JuYeon Kim works and lives in New York. She has shown in both solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally including New York, Washington, DC, Shanghai, and Seoul. Additionally, Kim has been awarded several residencies such as MacDowell Colony, Kohler Arts Center, Triangle, and the Roswell Artist in Residence Fellowship. Kim has also held several positions as a visiting artist and professor. A 2018–2019 Roman Witt Resident, Kim is creating a multimedia installation work in collaboration with the Stamps School community and composer George Tsontakis that seeks to explore themes around Korean “comfort women”— the female prisoners of the Japanese army during World War II.  Kim states: “Although my installation project was conceived and initiated before my awareness of the #MeToo movement developing in the States and around the world, it seems to me to be so poignantly connected to the historical plight of women everywhere. While the travails of the Korean ‘comfort women’ are an extreme example of women’s integrity being compromised, the assault sadly continues on various levels and by different degrees.”

Presented with support from the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) and the Institute for the Humanities.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 10 Jan 2019 12:24:50 -0500 2019-01-23T17:30:00-05:00 2019-01-23T19:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Lecture / Discussion https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/lectures/kim.jpg
Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series: Consolation, JunYeon Kim (January 23, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59121 59121-14686287@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Born in Seoul, South Korea, JuYeon Kim works and lives in New York. She has shown in both solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally, including NY, Washington DC, Shanghai, and Seoul. Additionally, Kim has been awarded several residencies such as MacDowell Colony, Kohler AIR, Triangle, and the Roswell Art in Residence Fellowship. Kim has also held several positions as a visiting artist and professor. A 2018-2019 Roman Witt Resident, Kim is creating a multi-media installation work in collaboration with the Stamps School community and composer George Tsontakis that seeks to explore themes around Korean “comfort women”— the female prisoners of the Japanese army during WWII.

This program is organized by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design and co-sponsored by UMMA.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 23 Jan 2019 18:16:43 -0500 2019-01-23T17:30:00-05:00 2019-01-23T19:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Lecture / Discussion Museum of Art
EER Community Led Research (January 24, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60115 60115-14838301@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 24, 2019 8:30am
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

* Breakfast provided
Featuring a mix of Work-in-Progress presentations and Guided Discussions

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 21 Jan 2019 11:36:52 -0500 2019-01-24T08:30:00-05:00 2019-01-24T10:00:00-05:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Engineering Education Research Lecture / Discussion Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE (VANISHING?) FUTURE OF WORK (January 24, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58454 58454-14502334@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 24, 2019 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Kentaro Toyama is W. K. Kellogg Professor of Community Information at the University of Michigan School of Information, a fellow of the Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values at MIT, and author of Geek Heresy: Rescuing Social Change from the Cult of Technology. In previous lives, Kentaro taught at Ashesi University in Ghana and co-founded Microsoft Research India, where he did research on the application of information and communication technology to international development.

Will artificial intelligence (AI) take away jobs or usher in a prosperous utopia? Will self-driving cars reduce our use of fossil fuels or accelerate emissions? What will a college degree be worth when knowledge work can be done by machine? This talk considers these and other questions through the lens of technology’s “Law of Amplification.” Paradoxically, what is needed most in a world of advanced technology is greater attention to human values.

This is the fourth in a six-lecture series. The subject is The Future of Work. How Will Your Grandchildren Make a Living? The next lecture will be January 31, 2019. The subject is: Preparing Students For The Future of Work.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 04 Feb 2019 18:02:57 -0500 2019-01-24T10:00:00-05:00 2019-01-24T11:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion olli-image
CJS Thursday Noon Lecture Series | Poetry, Class, and Politics: Making Haiku into “Literature” in Meiji Japan (January 24, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58147 58147-14433276@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 24, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

Known for its emphasis on nature and the seasons, as well as its accessibility and broad appeal, haiku is now one of Japan’s best-known cultural exports. These ideas, though, as well as the scholarly narratives that have accounted for haiku’s rise, are very much a victor’s history, one formulated by men such as the famous poet Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902). In this talk, Robert Tuck provides a revisionist history of modern haiku, highlighting both its widespread use as political discourse in Meiji media and the divisive rhetoric of social class that accompanied its rise to the status of “modern literature.”

Robert Tuck is Assistant Professor of Modern Japanese Literature and Culture at Arizona State University. His research centers on 19th and 20th century literature, especially poetry, media, and Sino-Japanese genres of writing. His most recent work is Idly Scribbling Rhymers: Poetry, Print, and Community in 19th Century Japan (Columbia University Press, 2018).

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.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 08 Jan 2019 13:42:14 -0500 2019-01-24T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-24T13:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Japanese Studies Lecture / Discussion Robert Tuck, Assistant Professor of Modern Japanese Literature and Culture, Arizona State University
Fellowship and Grant Opportunities for Graduate Students (January 24, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58892 58892-14572068@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 24, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Panelists will speak for the first portion of the event, and then take questions from the audience regarding funding opportunities and application best practices for graduate students.
Panelists:

Donna Huprich, Director of Fellowships and Financial Aid, Rackham Graduate School
Tiffany Marra, Director of the Center for the Education of Women
Paul J. Barrow, Foundations and Grants Librarian, University of Michigan Library

Pre-reqistration is required at https://myumi.ch/LqEwv.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:31:38 -0500 2019-01-24T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-24T13:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Lecture / Discussion Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
UROP Brown Bag (January 24, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55331 55331-13722891@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 24, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Undergraduate Science Building
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The UROP Brown Bag Speaker Series are informal discussions on a topic pertaining to an aspect of research. All UROP students must register for and attend one Brown Bag presentation during the 18-19 academic year. Please follow the link to search for the best Brown Bag Series Speaker and Topic that suits your research pursuits.
https://ttc.iss.lsa.umich.edu/undergrad/?s=urop+brown+bag&submit=Search

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 03 Oct 2018 15:10:49 -0400 2019-01-24T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-24T13:00:00-05:00 Undergraduate Science Building UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Lecture / Discussion UROP Brown Bag
Astronomy Colloquium Series Presents (January 24, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58458 58458-14502340@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 24, 2019 3:30pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Department of Astronomy

“Origin of Molecular Clouds in Early Type Galaxies”

The Atacama Large Millimeter Array has changed our view of molecular clouds in central cluster galaxies. Unlike spiral galaxies where molecular gas lies in a disk moving in ordered motion about the center of the galaxy, molecular clouds in cluster centrals likely form in the updrafts of rising radio bubbles. Less is known about molecular gas in normal giant ellipticals. However, trends between the thermodynamic properties of the hot atmospheres in normal elliptcals and cluster centrals suggests much of the molecular gas in ellipticals condensed from their hot atmospheres.

Should you require any reasonable accommodations to ensure equal access and opportunity related to this event, please contact Stacy Tiburzi at 734-764-3440 or stibu@umich.edu.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 15 Jan 2019 12:48:55 -0500 2019-01-24T15:30:00-05:00 2019-01-24T16:20:00-05:00 West Hall Department of Astronomy Lecture / Discussion Dr. Brian McNamara
CLaSP Seminar Series - Prof. David Southwood (January 24, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60137 60137-14840444@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 24, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Space Research Building
Organized By: Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering

Our guest for this week's CLaSP Seminar Series will be Prof. David Southwood of Imperial College London. Please join us!

Title: "Why Saturn’s magnetic field pulses: certainties, probabilities, possibilities"

Abstract: Regular magnetic oscillations with slightly separate periods for northern and southern hemispheres permeate Saturn’s magnetosphere. Much is known of them but an established consensus on their precise origin or whether they play a fundamental role in magnetospheric dynamics has been hard to reach. Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) should apply and we will apply some simple ideas from MHD. However, we start from signal characteristics established from the 13 years of Cassini observations. Symmetry arguments can help. Indeed, when northern and southern periods matched for around a year in 2013-14, we argue that the symmetry seen reveals a lot. Using these results with early MHD theory (from the 80s), in this special case one can show that the transverse field components have equatorial nodes and so that the equatorial (torus) plasma executes large (Rs) gyrations always in the same sense. A subtler deduction is that energy absorption or mode conversion near the equator is unavoidable. Estimating gyration amplitude suggests steady substantial angular momentum transfer is likely. Indeed, re-examining data on both steady and oscillatory electrical currents with this in mind reveals that the oscillations are likely to be the major means of ionosphere-magnetosphere angular momentum transfer in the middle magnetosphere. Energy principle arguments add to the credibility of the latter idea. Finally, we speculate on the gyrations role in radial transport.

David Southwood is planetary scientist with primary interest in magnetism and magnetohydrodynamics. Currently a Senior Research Investigator at Imperial College, London. He is a member of the NASA JPL Advisory Council and ESA Council, Chair of the Steering Board of the UK Space Agency, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the London Institute for Space Policy and Law and a past president of the Royal Astronomical Society. After an academic career as a space scientist at Imperial College, he joined ESA as Head of Earth Observation Strategy, drawing up for ESA what is the current architecture for European Earth Observation programmes (Earth Explorers and Copernicus). In 2001 he became Director of Science at ESA, taking responsibility for all Astronomy and Space science missions, developing Herschel, Planck and GAIA astronomical observatories, Mars Express and Venus Express and oversight of Huygens landing on Titan. He later took responsibility for developing Europe’s long term plans in Mars exploration. He returned to Imperial College in 2011.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 21 Jan 2019 14:06:23 -0500 2019-01-24T15:30:00-05:00 2019-01-24T17:00:00-05:00 Space Research Building Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering Lecture / Discussion clasp logo
Donia Human Rights Center Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture. Locking up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America (January 24, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56181 56181-13841867@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 24, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Donia Human Rights Center

In his lecture, James Forman, Jr. will discuss some of the questions raised by his Pulitzer-prize winning book, Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America. How did African-American elected officials and citizens respond to the surge in crime and drug addiction beginning in the 1970s? What were the impact of those decisions? Can we make different choices today?

A reception and book signing will follow the public lecture.

This event is co-sponsored with support from: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, Department of History, Department of Sociology, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Institute for the Humanities, International Institute Conflict and Peace Initiative, and the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

A former public defender and a child of civil rights activists, Professor Forman will share riveting stories of his clients, politicians, judges, and ordinary citizens. He will speak with compassion about individuals trapped in terrible dilemmas. His lecture will enrich our understanding of why America has become so punitive and will offer important lessons about the future of race and the criminal justice system in this country.

James Forman, Jr. graduated from Roosevelt High School in Atlanta, Brown University, and Yale Law School. He worked as a law clerk for Justice Sandra Day O’Connor of the U.S. Supreme Court. After clerking, he joined the Public Defender Service in Washington, D.C., where for six years he represented juveniles and adults in felony and misdemeanor cases. He has also won the general non-fiction Pulitzer Prize for his book "Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America."

Professor Forman loved being a public defender, but he quickly became frustrated with the lack of education and job training opportunities for his clients. So in 1997, along with David Domenici, he started the Maya Angelou Public Charter School, an alternative school for dropouts and youth who had previously been arrested. A decade later, in 2007, Maya Angelou School expanded and agreed to run the school inside D.C.’s juvenile prison. That school, which had long been an abysmal failure, has been transformed under the leadership of the Maya Angelou staff; the court monitor overseeing D.C.’s juvenile system called the turnaround “extraordinary.”

At Yale Law School, where has taught since 2011, Forman teaches Constitutional Law and a course called Race, Class, and Punishment. Last year he took his teaching behind prison walls, offering a seminar called Inside-Out Prison Exchange: Issues in Criminal Justice, which brought together, in the same classroom, 10 Yale Law students and 10 men incarcerated in a CT prison.

Professor Forman has written many law review articles, in addition to op-eds and essays for the New York Times, the Atlantic, the New Republic, the Nation, and the Washington Post. His first book is the critically acclaimed, Pulitzer Prize-winning "Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America" (2017) which explores how decisions made by black leaders, often with the best of intentions, contributed to disproportionately incarcerating black and brown people. A Washington Post bestseller, "Locking Up Our Own" was longlisted for the National Book Award and has been named a Best Book of the Year by numerous publications, including the New York Times, The Marshall Project, Publisher’s Weekly, and GQ Magazine. Reviewers have called the book “superb and shattering” (New York Times), “eloquent” and “sobering” (London Review of Books), and “moving, nuanced, and candid” (New York Review of Books). On Twitter, the New York Times book reviewer Jennifer Senior called "Locking Up Our Own" “the best book I’ve read this year.”

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to umichhumanrights@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, 10 Jan 2019 08:47:27 -0500 2019-01-24T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-24T17:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Donia Human Rights Center Lecture / Discussion James Forman
EEB Thursday Seminar Series: Towards understanding the evolution of plant diversity in a biodiversity hotspot: insights from integrative systematics (January 24, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49659 49659-11487544@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 24, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Understanding the origin and evolution of biodiversity is one of the main aims of systematics. Because the mountains of South America are hotspots of plant diversity, they provide an ideal opportunity to study the role that geographic and ecological factors play in the origin and evolution of plant species. In this seminar, I will present an "integrative systematics" analysis of Escallonia, an eco-phenotypically diverse group of shrubs widely distributed in montane South America. Integrating phylogenetic, biogeographic, and bioclimatic analyses with a multidimensional approach to species delimitation, I show that the majority of species in Escallonia have diversified across environmental gradients in close geographic proximity. This is consistent with the hypothesis that parapatric speciation has been the main diversification mechanism in these plants, and suggests that ecological factors may be key forces in generating and maintaining plant species diversity in the mountains of South America.

View YouTube video of seminar: https://youtu.be/Wo4kxiE51W4

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 30 Apr 2019 12:13:21 -0400 2019-01-24T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-24T17:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion Map of South America with phylogeny
Precision Measurements and Control of Single Biomolecules in Free Solution (January 24, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60036 60036-14814804@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 24, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

Abstract
By looking at molecules as individuals, single-molecule experiments can provide rich details that complement and deepen our understanding from bulk measurements. The ultimate goal of most single- molecule techniques is to reveal population-level or time-dependent heterogeneity in a system of interest by directly monitoring individual particles in a near-native environment. However, confining a single molecule within an observation volume for long enough to detect a small, noisy signal – without substantially perturbing that signal – is challenging, especially in situations where tethering particles in place may restrict throughput or directly change the sample’s behavior. Since nearly all molecules possess some native charge, electrophoretic forces that are generated by application of electric fields are an attractive option for manipulating particles without physical attachment. Similarly, the electric field- induced motion of ions in the double layer near the walls of a micro- or nanofluidic channel can induce electroosmotic flow, which imparts hydrodynamic forces that can be used to manipulate particles.


Here, I will present an overview of my recent work related to two unique single-molecule techniques that employ electric fields to enable control and precision measurements of single molecules and nanoscale particles in free solution. These strategies enable concurrent multi-parametric readout of the states of those objects, which then can be used to classify their nature and behaviors. First, I will discuss the use of static electric fields to draw charged biopolymers to and through small solid-state nanopores, which can be used to resistively sense variations in chemical or geometric structure along the length of the analyte molecule. Second, I will present results obtained via an Anti-Brownian Electrokinetic (ABEL) trap, a technique in which Brownian motion is directly counteracted by active electrophoretic or electroosmotic feedback to maintain the position of a single molecule within a small confocal region. Because single molecules can be trapped for many seconds each, high-precision fluorescence measurements can report on either static or dynamic heterogeneity in their structure and interactions.


Because these techniques utilize electrophoretic and electroosmotic forces, the native charge of the analyte or surrounding medium are sufficient to achieve tether-free nanoscale confinement of single molecules and nanoparticles, providing highly versatile sensing platforms to address both applied and basic biomedical, biophysical, and biochemical challenges.

Allison Squires, Ph.D., is a Postdoctoral Scholar at Stanford University.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 18 Jan 2019 15:18:42 -0500 2019-01-24T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-24T17:00:00-05:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Biomedical Engineering Lecture / Discussion Biomedical Engineering
Marisa Morán Jahn: Unraveling Power Through Art, Play, and Hijinks (January 24, 2019 5:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58870 58870-14569978@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 24, 2019 5:10pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

An artist, filmmaker, and writer of Ecuadorian and Chinese descent, Marisa Morán Jahn founded Studio REV-, a nonprofit organization whose public art and creative media affects the lives of low-wage workers, immigrants, women, and youth. Key projects include El Bibliobandido (a masked, story-eating bandit who terrorizes little kids to offer him stories they’ve written), Video Slink Uganda (experimental films slipped or “slinked” into Uganda’s bootleg cinemas), and Contratados (a Yelp for migrant workers). As an artist in residence with the National Domestic Workers Alliance since 2012, Jahn co-created various projects that amplify the voices of America’s fastest growing workforce, caregivers: two mobile studios (NannyVan, CareForce One), an app for domestic workers that CNN named “one of five apps to change the world,” and CareForce One Travelogues, a Sundance-supported docu series for PBS/ITVS co-produced with Oscar- and Emmy-winning filmmaker Yael Melamede. Jahn’s work has been reviewed by the New York Times, BBC, Univision, and Artforum, which described Jahn’s work as “exemplifying the possibilities of art as social practice.” Her work has been awarded numerous grants and has been exhibited at the White House, Museum of Modern Art, New Museum, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Walker Art Center, and more.

Presented in partnership with Stamps Gallery as part of the 2019 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 10 Jan 2019 12:17:58 -0500 2019-01-24T17:10:00-05:00 2019-01-24T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Lecture / Discussion https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/lectures/jahn.jpg
Penny W. Stamps Speaker Series - Marisa Morán Jahn (January 24, 2019 5:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58767 58767-14553143@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 24, 2019 5:10pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Join us at the Michigan Theater for Marisa Morán Jahn’s Penny W. Stamps Speaker Series talk, titled “Unraveling Power Through Art, Play, and Hijinks.”

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 18 Dec 2018 12:15:21 -0500 2019-01-24T17:10:00-05:00 2019-01-24T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Lecture / Discussion https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/exhibitions/Driver-mirror-mask.jpg
Elif Batuman Reading & Booksigning (January 24, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58262 58262-14450684@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 24, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program

Elif Batuman has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 2010. She is the author of the novel, The Idiot, and The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Her stories have been anthologized in the 2014 Best American Travel Writing and the 2010 Best American Essays collections. She is the recipient of a Whiting Writers’ Award, a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award, and a Paris Review Terry Southern Prize for Humor. Batuman holds a doctoral degree in comparative literature from Stanford University. From 2010 to 2013, she was writer-in-residence at Koç University, in Istanbul. She lives in New York.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 06 Dec 2018 10:46:05 -0500 2019-01-24T17:30:00-05:00 2019-01-24T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program Lecture / Discussion Elif Batuman
LanguageMatters Lab (January 24, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58464 58464-14686295@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 24, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

The LanguageMatters initiative at U-M is interested in issues of language diversity on and around campus, linguistic discrimination, social justice, inclusivity, and equality, how different dialects and languages are treated on campus and in the classroom, and the ways in which intentional language can be used for positive social impact.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 09 Jan 2019 14:54:15 -0500 2019-01-24T17:30:00-05:00 2019-01-24T19:00:00-05:00 Lorch Hall Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion Lorch Hall
FAST Lecture | Mass Violence in the Roman World: Fieldwork Results and Theoretical Debates (January 24, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59868 59868-14795174@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 24, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

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 the Kelsey Museum at 5:30 p.m., lecture to follow at 6:00 p.m.

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) at least two weeks in advance. 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, 16 Jan 2019 11:19:04 -0500 2019-01-24T18:00:00-05:00 2019-01-24T19:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Lecture / Discussion FAST poster
Webster Reading Series Featuring Zell MFA Students (January 24, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69029 69029-17220006@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 24, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: Zell Visiting Writers Series

The Webster Reading Series, which remembers the poetry and life of Mark Webster, presents two second-year MFA student readers (one poet and one fiction writer) from the University of Michigan’s Helen Zell Writers’ Program. Each reader is introduced by a fellow poet or fiction writer.

Webster Readings are free and open to the public and are hosted in partnership with the University of Michigan Museum of Art. This is a wonderful opportunity to hear from emerging writers in a warm and relaxed setting.

For any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs, please email asbates@umich.edu-- we are eager to help ensure that this event is inclusive to you. The building, event space, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Diaper changing tables are available in nearby restrooms. Gender-inclusive restrooms are available on the second floor of the Museum, accessible via the stairs, or in nearby Hatcher Graduate Library (Floors 3, 4, 5, and 6). The Hatcher Library also offers a reflection room (4th Floor South Stacks), and a lactation room (Room 13W, an anteroom to the basement women's staff restroom, or Room 108B, an anteroom of the first floor women's restroom). ASL interpreters and CART services are available upon request; please email asbates@umich.edu two weeks prior to the event whenever possible, to allow time to arrange services.

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

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 01 Nov 2019 10:05:42 -0400 2019-01-24T19:00:00-05:00 2019-01-24T20:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art Zell Visiting Writers Series Lecture / Discussion Webster Reading Series
Acoustical Methods for Cavitation Control in Shockwave Lithotripsy and Histotripsy (January 25, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59701 59701-14780081@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 25, 2019 10:00am
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

The overall goal of the work presented in this dissertation is to develop acoustic mechanisms to modulate, or manipulate, cavitation events in histotripsy and lithotripsy therapies in order to achieve efficient and fast histotripsy, high shock rate lithotripsy, and active tissue protection. We investigated the effects of applying properly tuned low pressure acoustic pulses before and during therapy in order to control the cavitation threshold, the shape of the resulting bubble cloud, and the behavior and interactions of residual microbubbles.



Histotripsy is a tissue ablation method that utilizes focused high amplitude ultrasound to generate a cavitation bubble cloud that mechanically fractionates tissue. Effective histotripsy depends on initiation, control, and maintenance of cavitation bubble clouds in the targeted area. The work in this dissertation seeks to develop active tissue protection techniques by modulating the pressure threshold of bubble cloud initiation and focal sharpening using bubble suppressing pulses. We demonstrated that by applying a properly tuned low pressure pulse sequence before and/or during shock scattering histotripsy therapy, both the cavitation initiation pressure threshold and the growth of the cavitation bubble can be modified. This mechanism can be used to produce well defined lesions with minimal collateral damage. It can also be a way to actively protect soft tissue from cavitation damage during both lithotripsy and histotripsy by increasing the pressure threshold for bubble cloud initiation in the periphery zone.



Cavitation also plays a significant role in the efficacy of stone comminution during shockwave lithotripsy (SWL). Although cavitation on the surface of urinary stones helps to improve stone fragmentation, cavitation bubbles along the propagation path may shield or block subsequent shockwaves and potentially induce collateral tissue damage. At low firing rates, there is sufficient time for the majority of the bubbles to passively dissolve, while at high firing rates the per shockwave efficacy is significantly reduced due to pre-focal persisting bubbles. We investigated acoustic methods for removing residual bubble nuclei in order to avoid shielding effects. Previous in vitro work has shown that applying low amplitude acoustic waves after each shockwave can force bubbles to consolidate and enhance SWL efficacy. In this work, the feasibility of applying acoustic bubble coalescence (ABC) in vivo was examined. We further optimized the parameters of bubble coalescing pulses, and conducted a feasibility investigation of bubble dispersion by forcing the residual bubble nuclei to disperse from the propagation path away or toward the targeted area before the arrival of the next therapy pulse. These results suggest that manipulation of residual bubbles after each shockwave can be further optimized by acoustic bubble coalescence and dispersion, which can reduce the shielding effect of residual bubble nuclei more efficiently than relying only on immediate coalescence of residual bubbles, resulting in a more efficient SWL treatment.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 14 Jan 2019 12:18:56 -0500 2019-01-25T10:00:00-05:00 2019-01-25T11:00:00-05:00 Duderstadt Center Biomedical Engineering Lecture / Discussion Biomedical Engineering
Mass Incarceration: A WeListen Staff Discussion (January 25, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59327 59327-14730608@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 25, 2019 11:00am
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Department of Psychology

Mass Incarceration: A WeListen Staff Discussion

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/6wE9n

The U.S. has the most incarcerated people in the world: 2.1 million. The corrections system costs $81B annually, while corporations make $7.4B from private prisons and $2B+ from prison labor. Black and Hispanic Americans are overrepresented in U.S. prisons and 83% of formerly incarcerated people are rearrested within 9 years of release.

Is mass incarceration working? Why are racial minorities overrepresented? Should the U.S. consider different sentencing and correctional models? Has privatization in our justice system gone too far, or not far enough?

Join us at this WeListen Staff Session to learn about mass incarceration 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, and LSA Psychology.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 09:26:13 -0500 2019-01-25T11:00:00-05:00 2019-01-25T13:00:00-05:00 North Quad Department of Psychology Lecture / Discussion North Quad
CSEAS Friday Lecture Series. Photographic Mourning: Witnessing the Philippine Drug War (January 25, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58252 58252-14450642@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 25, 2019 11:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

Under the regime of Pres. Rodrigo Duterte, the so-called drug war in the Philippines has exacted an enormous toll. In this talk, I inquire into one of the earliest and most graphic responses to this war: the work of photojournalists. How does photojournalism become a kind of advocacy by becoming a mode of mourning? How are trauma and witnessing braided together in the experience of photographers covering war? Indeed, how does photography offer evidence that trauma can be the site for the emergence of truth? What is the role of the camera and what are the ambivalent effects of the technical and aesthetic imaging of the dead and their survivors? What is the fate of photographic images once they travel beyond the control of photographers? For example, converted into commodities, what happens to them when they circulate in the global mediascape and are rendered into items for the daily consumption of anonymous viewers? And among the family of victims, how do dreams recapitulate as they displace the work of photographic mourning?

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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: alibyrne@umich.edu

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 13:27:49 -0500 2019-01-25T11:30:00-05:00 2019-01-25T12:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Southeast Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion event_image
The answer is blowin' in the wind: Do American attitudes on energy and economic willingness to pay for renewables reflect behavioral outcomes? (January 25, 2019 11:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59230 59230-14719680@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 25, 2019 11:45am
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: University of Michigan Energy Institute

University of Michigan Energy Institute Postdoctoral Seminar
Location: Ford School of Public Policy, Weill 3240 (3rd floor seminar room) (talk will start promptly at 11:45; space is limited)

An important strategy for climate protection is through deep, decarbonization and a transition from a fossil to renewable energy portfolio in the electricity sector. There is much evidence of national, growing public support for state policies to spur such a transition, including Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) and various incentive programs. Select utilities in states with RPS policies have been offering green power purchase programs that enable consumers to pay premiums (from 0.1- 7.0 ¢/KWh) for electricity from wind or solar power. Using a novel approach to compare consumer survey data to revealed program outcomes, we investigate: does sentiment for climate action translate into actual behavior as measured through ratepayer purchases of green power? The University of Michigan Energy Institute collects national data on energy attitudes and environmental concerns (U-M Energy Survey), a quarterly rider on the U-M’s Institute for Social Research Surveys of Consumers (SCA). The U-M Ford School’s Center for Local State and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) collects national data on energy policy preferences, including the extent consumers would be willing to pay more for renewable energy via particular state policies. This analysis combines these sets of survey data with federally collected data on utility-level green power premiums and utility-wide demographics and electricity prices. This seminar will show initial results pertaining to the state of U.S. utility green pricing behavior, and how attitudes and stated willingness to pay premiums for green power actually correlate with behavioral outcomes. Such findings offer insights for program evaluation, increasing green pricing enrollment and informing the development of future market-based policy interventions. The presentation will conclude with a discussion to answer questions and solicit suggestions.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 07 Jan 2019 16:35:25 -0500 2019-01-25T11:45:00-05:00 2019-01-25T13:00:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) University of Michigan Energy Institute Lecture / Discussion Lauren Knapp
Psychology Methods Hour: Context effects in Hierarchical Linear Modeling (HLM) – obvious and no-so-obvious issues using a simple data example (January 25, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59123 59123-14686289@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 25, 2019 12:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Department of Psychology

Context effects are a common element in testing hypotheses involving nested data structures: Do students learn better if they are surrounded by high achieving students? Is the association between unemployment and depression stronger in affluent neighborhoods? Unfortunately, it is not always clear how to specify a context effect correctly in hierarchical linear modeling (HLM). Dr. Cortina will demonstrate that the different options of centering predictor variables can be confusing and often leads to inconsistent statistical conclusions. While there are special cases that require more complex models, he argues that most empirical studies in psychological research follow a straightforward definition of context effects.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 22 Jan 2019 12:40:52 -0500 2019-01-25T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-25T13:00:00-05:00 East Hall Department of Psychology Lecture / Discussion Kai Cortina
Phondi Discussion Group (January 25, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58814 58814-14737035@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 25, 2019 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 Wed, 19 Dec 2018 14:26:33 -0500 2019-01-25T13:00:00-05:00 2019-01-25T14:00:00-05:00 Lorch Hall Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion Lorch Hall
Special Lecture: Listening to the Environment with Seismic Waves (January 25, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52676 52676-12927430@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 25, 2019 1:30pm
Location: 1100 North University Building
Organized By: Earth and Environmental Sciences

Throughout the Fall and Winter terms, the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences hosts lectures that brings in distinguished speakers from other universities and research institutions.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 15 Jan 2019 09:34:19 -0500 2019-01-25T13:30:00-05:00 2019-01-25T14:30:00-05:00 1100 North University Building Earth and Environmental Sciences Lecture / Discussion 1100 North University Building
Understanding Barriers to Women’s Advancement in the Workplace: Applied and Action-Oriented Research (January 25, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57828 57828-14321124@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 25, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

Despite significant gains in women’s educational attainment, gender differences in labor market outcomes persist and barriers to the advancement of women in the workplace still remain. In this talk I will discuss my portfolio of research in this area as well as speak about the pleasures and pitfalls of doing action-oriented research.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 21 Nov 2018 11:37:56 -0500 2019-01-25T13:30:00-05:00 2019-01-25T15:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
HistLing Discussion Group (January 25, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58465 58465-14502472@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 25, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

HistLing is devoted to discussions of language change. Group members include interested faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates from a wide variety of U-M departments -- Linguistics, Anthropology, Asian Languages and Cultures, Classics, Germanic Languages, Near Eastern Studies, Romance Languages, Slavic Languages - and from two nearby universities, Eastern Michigan (Ypsilanti) and Wayne State (Detroit). Some meetings feature faculty or student presentations; other meetings have an announced topic for discussion and a volunteer moderator.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 22 Jan 2019 12:47:54 -0500 2019-01-25T14:00:00-05:00 2019-01-25T15:00:00-05:00 Lorch Hall Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion Lorch Hall
Dark Matter Production: Finite Temperature Effects in the Early Universe (January 25, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60030 60030-14814795@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 25, 2019 3:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Leinweber Center for Theoretical Physics

In the early universe, the Standard Model particles formed a hot thermal bath. We highlight the importance of finite temperature corrections in these conditions on various production mechanisms of dark matter, primarily through temperature dependent masses and scalar vevs. We first consider a variation on standard freeze-out, where kinematic thresholds determine the relic abundance. We then consider a freeze-in model where the production rate is dramatically increased when a kinematic threshold opens. Finally, we present a qualitatively new production mechanism for dark matter, where dark matter decay is allowed for a limited amount of time just before the electroweak phase transition.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 04 Feb 2019 13:15:24 -0500 2019-01-25T15:00:00-05:00 2019-01-25T16:00:00-05:00 West Hall Leinweber Center for Theoretical Physics Lecture / Discussion West Hall
SoConDi Discussion Group (January 25, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58466 58466-14734941@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 25, 2019 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 Wed, 12 Dec 2018 15:54:39 -0500 2019-01-25T15:00:00-05:00 2019-01-25T16:00:00-05:00 Lorch Hall Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion Lorch Hall
The Michigan Anthropology Colloquia Series: "Rally Days: Violence and Political Aesthetics in post-war Sierra Leone" (January 25, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52365 52365-12650113@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 25, 2019 3:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Department of Anthropology

"In March, 2018, voters in Sierra Leone went to the polls to elect a new president. These were arguably the first post-war elections in this West African state in which the dominant parties did not threaten to remobilize veterans of the country's long recent war. But this did not mean the end of violence in Sierra Leonean political campaigns. Violence and the threat of violence remain an integral part of the political imaginary in national politics. Drawing on film footage from the final rally days of the various political parties, I explore in this talk the fundamental role of violence in Sierra Leone's political aesthetics."

The Michigan Anthropology Colloquia Series presents speakers on current topics in the field of anthropology

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 04 Dec 2018 08:37:41 -0500 2019-01-25T15:00:00-05:00 2019-01-25T17:00:00-05:00 West Hall Department of Anthropology Lecture / Discussion West Hall
Interdisciplinary Workshop American Politics (IWAP) (January 25, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53067 53067-13217981@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 25, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 15:22:27 -0500 2019-01-25T15:30:00-05:00 2019-01-25T17:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
“Good Intentions: Is Art an Effective Means of Activism?” & Opening Reception (January 25, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58130 58130-14426852@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 25, 2019 4:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Join us for light refreshments and conversation as artist David Opdyke, journalist Lauren Sandler, art historian Tara Ward, and arts curator Amanda Krugliak explore the power, or lack thereof, of art to address politically urgent issues and the effectiveness of socially driven art.

About "Paved with Good Intentions," David Opdyke's exhibition at the Institute for the Humanities through Feb. 26:

In keeping with artist David Opdyke’s previous work, this site-specific installation serves as a critique of U.S. culture and politics. In an era of fake news and daily hyperbole, Opdyke literally changes the picture by hand painting on 528 vintage postcards of well-known American landmarks and destinations. The postcards are assembled into a large mural--a vast gridded landscape beset by environmental chaos. Each card is placed to fit into the overall image, and carefully modified with the gouache to show a realistically rendered piece of the overall turmoil.

The installation also features animated shorts and script-driven video, which take place within the visual confines of one or more postcards. The animation is inspired, in part, by Terry Gilliam’s animation work on Monty Python’s "Flying Circus" and by the classical music sound effects in the Road Runner cartoons.

About David Opdyke:
David Opdyke is a draughtsman, sculptor, and animator known for his trenchant political send-ups of American culture. Born in Schenectady, NY in 1969, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in painting and sculpture. His work is informed by the massive industrial and corporate restructuring he witnessed growing up, namely the abandonment of the city center by manufacturing giants General Electric and ALCO. As GE shifted resources to neighboring Niskayuna, the disparities became hard for Opdyke to ignore. Massive, decaying factories, an empty interstate loop, and unemployment were downtown; new streets, expensive homes, sushi and shopping malls were in the suburbs.

For 20 years Opdyke worked as a scenic painter and architectural model-maker. Ranging from intricate miniature constructions to room-sized installations, his artwork explores globalization, consumerism, and civilization’s abusive relationship with the environment.

This project is supported by a grant from the Efroymson Family Fund.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 21 Jan 2019 11:10:26 -0500 2019-01-25T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-25T18:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion Paved with Good Intentions
NERS Colloquium: Jeff Harper, X-Energy (January 25, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60109 60109-14838295@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 25, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Cooley Building
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

Title: Generation IV Nuclear Reactors: "Liángjī" for Global Nuclear X-energy: A Model for Nuclear Innovation

Abstract: Western proverbial wisdom has referred to the Chinese word for "Crisis" as meaning both "Danger" and Opportunity." However, according to Dr. Victor Mair, Professor of Chinese Language and Literature, University of Pennsylvania, this is a grossly inaccurate statement when trying to describe the concept of opportunity. Instead, he recommends the word "Liángjī"(Excellent" + "Incipient moment" = Opportunity) to explain real opportunity at an inflection point in time. The US commercial nuclear industry can be considered an "Liángjī." US nuclear electricity generating capacity is expected to decline over the next 30 years, the recent boom in shale oil discoveries, low natural gas prices, and the apparent inability to construct and deliver US commercial nuclear power plants on time and within budget have all contributed to a low confidence in the future of commercial nuclear power. However, a new class of nuclear power plants, Generation IV (Gen IV), with the ability to provide cogeneration solutions (electricity and process heat) for non-traditional applications and, in some cases, utilize nuclear waste as fuel has the potential to enable the industry, like a Phoenix, to raise from the ashes of gloom. This presentation will describe considerations, strategies and plans of X-energy, a Gen IV High Temperate Gas Reactor technology developer, as it leapfrogs traditional commercial nuclear power plant technology to globally deliver breakthrough clean, safe, secure and affordable energy solutions.

Bio: As vice president for strategy and business development at X-energy, Jeff directs long-term business plans specifically focused on customers, partners and markets. Jeff has 30 years of entrepreneurial, general management, and nuclear power industry experience in Africa, Europe, and the US. Prior to joining X-energy, Jeff worked at the Westinghouse Advanced Reactors Program (pebble bed reactor), where he was a commercial/business development program leader and the initial commercial leader for its Small Modular Light Water Nuclear Reactor program. Prior to Westinghouse, Jeff was Founder and CEO for Turner, Harper & Associates, a niche global engineering firm, with 100 full time staff serving key clients including the Department of Energy, the CEZ - Czech Republic Nuclear Power Company, Lockheed-Martin, and Bechtel Jacobs. Jeff also served as a Vendor Inspector for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, where he led more than 30 management, technical, and quality assurance inspections and audits of nuclear power plants and vendors. Jeff serves on the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Civil Nuclear Trade Advisory Committee, Nuclear Energy Institute’s Suppliers Advisory Committee, Prince George’s County Workforce Development Board and is a frequent speaker on advanced nuclear. Jeff received a B.S. in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 21 Jan 2019 11:48:06 -0500 2019-01-25T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-25T17:00:00-05:00 Cooley Building Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Lecture / Discussion flyer for NERS Colloquium, Jan 25, 2019
Ferrando Family Lecture (January 25, 2019 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52606 52606-12899825@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 25, 2019 4:30pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

"Economics vs. philosophy: which will come out on top?"

Tyler Cowen will consider the relative strengths and weaknesses of economic and philosophical reasoning, and how the two modes of thought might be best integrated.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 25 Jan 2019 09:16:54 -0500 2019-01-25T16:30:00-05:00 2019-01-25T18:30:00-05:00 Angell Hall Department of Philosophy Lecture / Discussion
Musicology Distinguished Lecture Series: Prof. Edmund Goehring, Western University (Ontario) (January 25, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58195 58195-14437641@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 25, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

This talk works through some under-examined troubles besetting de-Romanticized criticism that uses the mechanisms of music to negate the force of subjectivity. It does so by drawing on a pair of categories first developed for the analysis of literature and the visual arts: A. D. Nuttall’s “transparent” and “opaque” modes. Nuttall’s categories present both a challenge and opportunity by bringing back into view an older mode of criticism that can see not just different things from the new, but more things, and with no loss of intellectual rigor or weakening of validity as historical and aesthetic insight.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 16 Jan 2019 18:15:19 -0500 2019-01-25T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion Edmund Goehring
The University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning presents Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture: Mabel O. Wilson, "Memory/Race/Nation: The Politics of Modern Memorials" (January 25, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59378 59378-14737030@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 25, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Art and Architecture Building
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

Mabel O. Wilson is a Professor of Architecture, a co-director of Global Africa Lab (GAL) and the Associate Director at the Institute for Research in African American Studies at Columbia University. She’s currently writing Building Race and Nation, a book about how slavery influenced early American civic architecture. She has authored Begin with the Past: Building the National Museum of African American History and Culture (2016) and Negro Building: African Americans in the World of Fairs and Museums (2012). She is a member of the design team for the Memorial to Enslaved African American Laborers at the University of Virginia. She was recently one of twelve curators contributing to MoMA’s current exhibition “Frank Lloyd Wright at 150: Unpacking the Architecture.” She’s a founding member of Who Builds Your Architecture? (WBYA?) a collective that advocates for fair labor practices on building sites worldwide and whose work was most recently shown in a solo show at the Art Institute of Chicago.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 10 Jan 2019 19:05:40 -0500 2019-01-25T18:00:00-05:00 2019-01-25T19:30:00-05:00 Art and Architecture Building A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Lecture / Discussion Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture: Mabel O. Wilson
Is it Dementia (January 26, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60049 60049-14814819@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 26, 2019 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

On Saturday, January 26, 2018, the Michigan Center for Contextual Factors in Alzheimer's Disease (MCCFAD) will hold its second event to connect with the community to provide more information and resources.

Experts from the Alzheimer’s Association Greater Michigan Chapter will connect with the Arab-American community to provide information and resources in situations where one suspects dementia. This will be followed by a panel of community members who will share their experiences of what they did when they first noticed a family member had memory loss.

The event is open and free to the public, desserts and refreshments will be provided.

WHERE: ACCESS Arab Community Center for Economic & Social Services,
6450 Maple, Dearborn, MI 48126, Second building from Schaefer 2nd floor

WHEN: 11 am - 1 p.m. Saturday, January 26,2019

RSVP: The researchers encourage but do not require an RSVP. To register, email Donna Jawad at donjawad@umich.edu or call the University of Michigan Life Course Development Program at 734-763-4993.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 22 Jan 2019 10:47:11 -0500 2019-01-26T11:00:00-05:00 2019-01-26T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion logo
Don Chisholm Jazz Vocal Masterclass with Sunny Wilkinson (January 27, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57830 57830-14323258@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 27, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Stearns Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Vocal students from the Departments of Jazz and Musical Theatre perform for guest clinician Sunny Wilkinson in a master class setting.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 06 Feb 2019 00:15:29 -0500 2019-01-27T15:00:00-05:00 Stearns Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion Sunny Wilkinson
Luigi Ferri: The Survival of a 12-year-old Italian Child at Auschwitz (January 27, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59200 59200-14717505@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 27, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Department of Middle East Studies

Seven hundred and seventy six Italian children under the age of 14 were deported to Auschwitz. Only 25 survived the gas chambers. Luigi Ferri was one of them.

As the child of mixed marriage he could have avoided deportation, but he refused to abandon his beloved Jewish grandmother when she was arrested in June 1944 in Trieste.

At Auschwitz they were sent to the gas chambers, but Luigi was spared at the last moment, only because a Jewish inmate who was working as a doctor at the hospital of the camp, Dr. Otto Wolken, took him under his protection.

Luigino remained hidden for weeks in a barrack and was then registered (tattooed) and "employed" as an errand boy. He and his protector miraculously survived the liquidation of the camp. In April 1945, Luigi was one of the first witnesses of the atrocities of the camp to appear before a Polish tribunal. Afterwards, he mysteriously vanished for the
rest of his life, the only Italian Auschwitz survivor of whom no news ever surfaced again - or at least this is what is commonly repeated. Newly discovered documents are now revealing us the whole story.

Presented by The Dante Alighieri Society of Michigan, in collaboration with the Department of Middle East Studies, the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, the Consulate of Italy in Detroit, and the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago.

This event is free and open to the public. Pre-registration is welcomed, but it is not required for UM Faculty and students.

RSVP by January 25, 2019 at: dantemichigan.org

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 07 Jan 2019 16:14:59 -0500 2019-01-27T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-27T18:00:00-05:00 Michigan League Department of Middle East Studies Lecture / Discussion Boccaccini Lecture Poster
Water System Finance: the Political Pitfalls of Public-Private Partnerships (January 28, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60055 60055-14814820@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 28, 2019 11:30am
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Free and open to the public

About the Lecture:
Please join us in a Conversation Across Difference, as Professor Teodoro discusses alternative ownership and management models for water and sewer utilities, as well as the political dimensions of public, private, and public-private partnerships (P3s), and what they mean for cost and quality.

Currently about 84% of American drinking water utilities are owned and operated by local governments; about 15% are private, investor-owned companies, and a tiny percentage operate as public-private partnerships (P3s). Many communities with struggling utilities pursue privatization or P3s as potential ways to address their problems. These processes invariably focus principally on finance, with little attention to water quality or political processes.

Dr. Teodoro will share theory, case studies, and statistical models that tell the story of the advantages and disadvantages of public and private ownership of water and sewer for urban/rural and large/small systems.

Sponsored by: University of Michigan Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) and the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
Co-sponsored by: Environmental Law and Policy Program (ELPP), Graham Sustainability Institute, School for Environment and Sustainabillity (SEAS)

For more information visit www.closup.umich.edu or call 734-647-4091. Follow on Twitter @closup.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 18 Jan 2019 17:02:09 -0500 2019-01-28T11:30:00-05:00 2019-01-28T12:50:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Manny Teodoro
Water System Finance: the Political Pitfalls of Public-Private Partnerships (January 28, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58361 58361-14485818@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 28, 2019 11:30am
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP)

Betty Ford Classroom (1110)
735 S. State Street, Ann Arbor 48109-3091

11:30am-12:50pm (pizza lunch provided)

Free and open to the public

About the Lecture:
Please join us in a Conversation Across Difference, as Professor Teodoro discusses alternative ownership and management models for water and sewer utilities, as well as the political dimensions of public, private, and public-private partnerships (P3s), and what they mean for cost and quality.
Currently about 84% of American drinking water utilities are owned and operated by local governments; about 15% are private, investor-owned companies, and a tiny percentage operate as public-private partnerships (P3s). Many communities with struggling utilities pursue privatization or P3s as potential ways to address their problems. These processes invariably focus principally on finance, with little attention to water quality or political processes.

Dr. Teodoro will share theory, case studies, and statistical models that tell the story of the advantages and disadvantages of public and private ownership of water and sewer for urban/rural and large/small systems.

Dr. Manny Teodoro’s scholarship stands at the nexus of politics, public policy, and public management. His research focuses on U.S. environmental policy, examining the ways in which human capital, management practices, and political institutions condition the implementation of federal environmental regulations. He pursues a line of applied policy research on water utility finance and management, and has developed new methods for assessing rate equity and affordability. Ongoing efforts include comparative analysis of private and public utility management, as well analysis of racial, ethnic, and income disparities in environmental compliance and enforcement.

Professor Teodoro’s public administration research emphasizes executive behavior, with special attention to professions and bureaucratic career systems as political phenomena. His award-winning book, Bureaucratic Ambition (2011, Johns Hopkins University Press), argues that ambition–psychological motives manifested in a career opportunity structure–shapes administrators’ decisions to innovate and to engage in politics, with important consequences for innovation in government and democratic governance. Current research on executive career systems seeks to link executive backgrounds and career paths to management behavior and organizational outcomes.
Professor Teodoro’s research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, Water Research Foundation, and American Water Works Association. His work has been published in the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Public Administration Review, Journal of Public Policy, State & Local Government Review, and the Journal of the American Water Works Association.

Sponsored by: University of Michigan Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) and Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

For more information visit www.closup.umich.edu or call 734-647-4091. Follow on Twitter @closup

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 10 Dec 2018 16:25:50 -0500 2019-01-28T11:30:00-05:00 2019-01-28T12:50:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) Lecture / Discussion
ELPP Lecture Series: Opportunity and Action in Federal Environmental Policy (January 28, 2019 11:50am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60186 60186-14846879@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 28, 2019 11:50am
Location: Jeffries Hall
Organized By: Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program

The Trump administration has drastically changed how federal environmental policy is shaped and implemented. Beyond this obvious headline, there are much bigger trends that will influence the environment and economy in the years ahead. Mr. Parker will discuss where the real action and opportunity will be in this space in the coming years.

This lecture is free and open to the public.

Doug Parker is a recognized leader in environmental risk and compliance who advises clients on environmental policy, public sector strategies, enforcement actions and crisis management.

At E&W Strategies, he serves clients by providing strategic direction in the areas of corporate and individual risk, crisis mitigation and environmental compliance. He brings a unique perspective to his role as the former Director of EPA's Criminal Investigation Division where he oversaw matters ranging from the investigation into the Deepwater Horizon disaster to the Volkswagen emissions cheating scandal.

Mr. Parker counsels clients on navigating environmental, health and safety compliance challenges across multiple industries, including the automotive, energy, chemical, utility and manufacturing sectors. He also provides guidance to law firms, consulting firms, and financial entities that are managing compliance matters or are engaged in due diligence with environmental risk implications. Additionally, Mr. Parker serves as a subject matter expert for those seeking to understand and navigate the environmental and natural resource policy space or who may be advocating at the federal level on critical policy and enforcement issues.

Mr. Parker speaks regularly to industry groups on strategies for navigating environmental risk and has shared his insights on CNN, National Public Radio, as well as in The New York Times and numerous other media outlets.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 22 Jan 2019 10:36:56 -0500 2019-01-28T11:50:00-05:00 2019-01-28T12:50:00-05:00 Jeffries Hall Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program Lecture / Discussion
Population Studies Center Brown Bag Series, 2018-2019 (January 28, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59182 59182-14694668@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 28, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Brown Bag seminars highlight recent research in population studies.

Monday, January 28, 2019, 12:00 pm to 1:25 pm
Paul Fleming, University of Michigan, Health Behavior & Health Education

Location: 1430 ISR - Thompson

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 04 Jan 2019 16:24:49 -0500 2019-01-28T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-28T13:25:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event flyer
The Woll Family Speaker Series on Health, Spirituality and Religion. (January 28, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58200 58200-14441907@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 28, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Buhl Res Cen for Human Genetics
Organized By: The University of Michigan Medical School Program on Health, Spirituality and Religion

When: Monday January 28th from 12-1 pm.
Where: Medical Science Bldg. II - West Lecture Hall
R.S.V.P. to Renée Hafner (rhafner@umich.edu) by January 23rd

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Dec 2018 10:44:12 -0500 2019-01-28T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-28T13:00:00-05:00 Buhl Res Cen for Human Genetics The University of Michigan Medical School Program on Health, Spirituality and Religion Lecture / Discussion
Race, Health, and Wealth Disparities (January 28, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59556 59556-14752317@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 28, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

RCGD's Winter 2019 Speaker Series, sponsored by PRBA & MCUAAAR

Monday, January 28, 2019
Rm 1430, 3:30-5:00pm, ISR, 426 Thompson St, Ann Arbor, MI

“A Culture of Racism: Conceptual and Methodological Innovations.”

By Courtney Cogburn, PhD
Assistant Professor of Social Work
Columbia University

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 09:29:57 -0500 2019-01-28T15:30:00-05:00 2019-01-28T17:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event flyer
STPP Lecture Series: Making Government Digital in a City of Contradictions (January 28, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60057 60057-14814822@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 28, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) Program

What does it take to bring digital transformation to government in San Francisco, a tech city where expectations are high and social justice activism is a part of daily life? From policy old and new, to the challenges of making government digital, this talk will give an insight into making change happen in city government. Drawing on examples from city government in the UK and US, Carrie will share what a Chief Digital Officer does all day, and a glimpse of the future of city government.

Speaker Bio
Carrie Bishop is the Chief Digital Services Officer for the City and County of San Francisco. She loves her job. Having started her career in local government in the UK, Carrie believes passionately about public services designed around the people that use them. Prior to moving to SF, Carrie spent eight years running FutureGov, a digital design agency for public services, working with cities in the UK, Europe and Australia. Fulfilling a lifelong dream to live in the US, Carrie moved to San Francisco in 2017. In her role at the city she is leading the team that builds new digital services, redesigns services, and makes sure that all San Franciscans are at the heart of everything the city does.

This talk is co-sponsored by the School of Information.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 21 Jan 2019 16:16:21 -0500 2019-01-28T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-28T17:30:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) Program Lecture / Discussion
*CANCELED* Guest Master Class: Carl Topilow, music director and conductor (January 28, 2019 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58779 58779-14555223@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 28, 2019 4:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Carl Topilow is renowned worldwide for his versatility, whether he is holding a conductor's baton or his trademark red clarinet. He is a multi-talented virtuoso who is equally at home in classical and popular music both as conductor and instrumentalist. Topilow's pops performances blend the music of Broadway and Hollywood, as well as popular music, light classics and jazz, often finding an occasion to include a number on his array of brightly colored clarinets. His unique approach to pops programming includes extensive audience involvement and true showmanship.

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Lecture / Discussion Sun, 27 Jan 2019 12:15:24 -0500 2019-01-28T16:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion Carl Topilow
A conversation and book talk with Harold Koh on his new book: The Trump Administration and International Law (January 28, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59600 59600-14754553@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 28, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Weiser Diplomacy Center

Join John Ciorciari, director of International Policy Center and Weiser Diplomacy Center, for a conversation with Harold Koh not only about his book The Trump Administration and International Law.

This book answers one of the most pressing questions of our time: who is winning the battle of Donald Trump versus international law? This clear and comprehensive tour d'horizon, by one of America's leading international lawyers, explains why, in his first two years, Trump is not "winning" in his effort to resign the U.S. from global leadership, and how the Resistance is blunting his initiatives.

The book surveys many fields of international law: immigration and refugees, human rights, climate change, denuclearization, trade diplomacy, relations with North Korea, Russia and Ukraine, and America's "Forever War" against Al Qaeda and the Islamic State and its challenges in Syria.

Offers a counter-strategy to preserve the rule of law against the Trump Administration's many initiatives to change the nature of America's relationship with international law and its institutions.

Harold Hongju Koh is Sterling Professor of International Law at Yale Law School. He returned to Yale Law School in January 2013 after serving for nearly four years as the 22nd Legal Advise of the U.S. Department of State.

Professor Koh is one of the country’s leading experts in public and private international law, national security law, and human rights. He first began teaching at Yale Law School in 1985 and served as its fifteenth Dean from 2004 until 2009. From 2009 to 2013, he took leave as the Martin R. Flug ’55 Professor of International Law to join the State Department as Legal Adviser, service for which he received the Secretary of State's Distinguished Service Award. From 1993 to 2009, he was the Gerard C. & Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law at Yale Law School, and from 1998 to 2001, he served as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 13:25:16 -0500 2019-01-28T18:00:00-05:00 2019-01-28T19:30:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Weiser Diplomacy Center Lecture / Discussion Harold Koh
ChE Seminar Series: Chibueze Amanchukwu (January 29, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59977 59977-14806101@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 11:30am
Location: Herbert H. Dow Building
Organized By: Chemical Engineering

Stanford University
“Controlling Electrochemistry using Electrolyte Design”

ABSTRACT
To accelerate the electrification of transport, batteries based on a lithium metal anode and an oxygen/sulfur-based cathode with high energy densities have elicited great interest. However, electrolyte selection and degradation has limited the maximal energy that can be extracted, and reduced cycle life. In this talk, I will discuss my work on developing small molecule and polymer-based composite electrolytes that can decouple instability from ionic transport. I show novel ionic transport processes within these electrolyte architectures, and their ability to control electrochemical reactions at both the negative and positive electrode surfaces. Firstly, a gel polymer electrolyte is designed to control the oxygen reduction pathway in a lithium-air battery, and secondly, a small molecule electrolyte mixture is designed to reduce the overpotentials required for lithium metal deposition and stripping. Using the electrolyte to control electrochemical reactions provides an additional knob for the design of high energy density systems.


SHORT BIO
Chibueze Amanchukwu is a TomKat Center Postdoctoral Fellow in Sustainable Energy at Stanford University. His expertise involves the study of ionic transport processes in electrolytes for energy storage applications. Under the supervision of professor Zhenan Bao at Stanford and in collaboration with professor Yi Cui, his work has focused on understanding ionic transport processes in small molecule electrolytes and controlling lithium metal deposition and stripping. During his PhD with professor Paula Hammond at MIT and collaboration with professor Yang Shao-Horn, he studied degradation processes and ionic transport in polymer electrolytes for lithium-air batteries. He is broadly interested in electrolytes and electrochemistry.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 24 Jan 2019 15:10:50 -0500 2019-01-29T11:30:00-05:00 2019-01-29T12:30:00-05:00 Herbert H. Dow Building Chemical Engineering Lecture / Discussion Herbert H. Dow Building
Comparative Politics Workshop (January 29, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53064 53064-13217944@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP)

TBA

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 08 Aug 2018 10:20:50 -0400 2019-01-29T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-29T13:30:00-05:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP) Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | A Colonial Muslim History of Qing Central Asia: Revisiting Sayrāmī's "Tārīkh-i Ḥamīdī" (January 29, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59302 59302-14728387@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

The "Tārīkh-i Ḥamīdī of Mullah Mūsa Sayrāmī" (1836-1917) is celebrated as a monument of Uyghur literature and the preeminent Muslim history of nineteenth-century Xinjiang (East Turkestan). Sayrāmī's work is also layered, polyvocal text, and one that best recontextualization and rereading through different analytical approaches. This talk will explore the Tārīkh-i Ḥamīdī both in terms of its interaction with other Muslim and Chinese sources and as a colonial, transcultural text that advances insightful observations of Chinese power and new theories about its workings.

Eric Schluessel as an assistant professor at the University of Montana and current Mellon Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study. He is the author of several articles, a new textbook for the Chaghatay language, and a forthcoming monograph titled “Land of Strangers: The Civilizing Project in Qing Central Asia.”

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.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 08:32:31 -0500 2019-01-29T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-29T13:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion A Colonial Muslim History of Qing Central Asia: Revisiting Sayrāmī's "Tārīkh-i Ḥamīdī"
UROP Brown Bag (January 29, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55331 55331-13722892@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Undergraduate Science Building
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The UROP Brown Bag Speaker Series are informal discussions on a topic pertaining to an aspect of research. All UROP students must register for and attend one Brown Bag presentation during the 18-19 academic year. Please follow the link to search for the best Brown Bag Series Speaker and Topic that suits your research pursuits.
https://ttc.iss.lsa.umich.edu/undergrad/?s=urop+brown+bag&submit=Search

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 03 Oct 2018 15:10:49 -0400 2019-01-29T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-29T13:00:00-05:00 Undergraduate Science Building UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Lecture / Discussion UROP Brown Bag
FellowSpeak: “Building Race and Nation: Slavery, Dispossession and Early American Civic Architecture” (January 29, 2019 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58287 58287-14452844@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 12:30pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Institute for the Humanities Visiting Professor Mabel Wilson (Columbia University) will give a 30 minute talk followed by Q & A.

Wilson will also give the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture: "Memory/Race/Nation: The Politics of Modern Memorials" on January 25, 6pm, at the Art & Architecture Building, A&A Auditorium.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 15:43:47 -0500 2019-01-29T12:30:00-05:00 2019-01-29T13:30:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion Samuel Jennings, Liberty Displaying the Arts and Sciences or the Genius of America of America Encouraging the Emancipations of the Blacks, 1792. Library Company of Philadelphia
"Taxing Identities": The Impact of 'Pardon Taxes' on Converso Identity (January 29, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57440 57440-14193512@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 4:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Judaic Studies

This lecture will reassess Converso-Sephardi identities, especially in early modern Portugal. Stuczynski will explore the archeology of the term "men of the nation," as the Portuguese New Christians or Conversos were named, by searching its chronological appearance, function, and semantic field. He will also discuss the extant lists of Converso "pardon tax payers" and those who tried to prove their non-inclusion in these lists through dispensations in order to be dissociated from the "men of the nation" group. This lecture will analyze these sources in a way that attempts to change the way we perceive Converso identity. Instead of depicting it in passive terms of imposed and/or inherited ethnicity, or in loose terms of Converso memory, an analysis of the lists of tax pardon payers and documents of pardon dispensations implies an engaging construction of Converso identities Stuczynski calls: "negotiations of belonging."

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

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 08 Nov 2018 13:29:22 -0500 2019-01-29T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-29T17:30:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Judaic Studies Lecture / Discussion Claude Stuczynski
Amelia Worsley Lecture (January 29, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52899 52899-13133608@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Many solitaries populate Charlotte Smith’s poems: perhaps the most famous are the hermits in her poem Beachy Head. In this talk, I follow Smith’s solitaries through the lonely landscapes of her poetry—along riverbanks, into caves, and finally into the sea—tracing how she repeatedly uses the image of the “shell” as a conceit for the poet’s lyre, in order to theorize lyric. Although Smith seems to emphasize solitude as singularity, I show how she makes supposedly singular voices multiple. Allusion, quotation, and self-quotation abound, constituting a playful, echoic poetics, in which the same lines are sometimes voiced by different characters, echoing across the distance between different texts. Her vision of loneliness questions the assumption that singular minds are constrained by singular bodies. Challenging our understanding of Romantic loneliness, Smith presents a model for how Romantic poets were lonely together.

Amelia Worsley is an Assistant Professor of English at Amherst College. Her current book project, Lonely Poets and their Publics: Being Alone Together in British Romantic Poetry, focuses on Mary Robinson, Charlotte Smith, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Wordsworth, Robert Southey, and various abolition poets. She has also written articles about loneliness in Shakespeare, Milton, and D.W. Winnicott.

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 19 Jan 2019 09:15:16 -0500 2019-01-29T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-29T18:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Lecture / Discussion
Distinguished University Professorship Lecture Series - Reflections of a Gene Hunter: The Value of Mouse Genetics in an era of Genomic Medicine (January 29, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60213 60213-14849118@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: University and Development Events

Sally A. Camper is the Margery W. Shaw Distinguished University Professor of Human Genetics. She is recognized for research in the genetics of birth defects, mentoring trainees, and service activities. Her studies with human patients and genetically modified mice have revealed genetic causes and pathophysiological mechanisms of pituitary disease.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 24 Jan 2019 09:38:00 -0500 2019-01-29T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-29T18:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) University and Development Events Lecture / Discussion Sally Camper
Positive Links Speaker Series (January 29, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58845 58845-14567882@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations

Positive Links Speaker Series
Creating More Inclusive Workplaces in an Era of Discord – The Power of Helping Across Differences
Stephanie J. Creary

Tuesday, January 29, 2019
4:00-5:00 p.m.
Free and open to the public.

Michigan Ross Campus
Ross Building
701 Tappan
Robertson Auditorium
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1234

Register: http://myumi.ch/a0mnp

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:
Many of us want to work in organizations that enable us to draw on our unique perspectives to contribute and become our best work selves. Yet, sometimes our differences can make us feel uncomfortable, which can challenge our ability to engage with one another in healthy and productive ways. In this presentation, Creary will share a tool that she has developed from her research on multiple identities and helping at work that is designed to help people build more effective relationships across difference at work. The audience will have the opportunity to use the tool in real-time to create their own positive paths for making one particular work relationship across difference more effective.

About Creary:
Stephanie J. Creary, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Management at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. She is also an affiliated faculty member of Wharton People Analytics and a Senior Fellow of the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics (LDI) at the University of Pennsylvania. Previously, she was on the faculty of Cornell University. Prior to completing her PhD degree at the Boston College School of Management, she was a research associate at Harvard Business School and The Conference Board in NYC.

Creary’s research investigates how multiple identities, perspectives, and experiences are engaged and used in organizations to cultivate positive identities, improve the quality of relationships across difference, and promote change that is positive for organizations. She studies these dynamics in a variety of situations and organizational contexts including the development and implementation of corporate diversity and inclusion initiatives, career progression across demographic groups, socialization practices, and health care delivery.

She has published her research in leading management journals, co-authored several HBS case studies on leadership and diversity, written executive action reports on human capital for management audiences, and has won several research and teaching awards.

Host:
Jane Dutton, co-founder of the Center for Positive Organizations; Robert L. Kahn Distinguished University Professor Emerita of Business Administration and Psychology

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.

Register: http://myumi.ch/a0mnp

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 24 Jan 2019 16:49:24 -0500 2019-01-29T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-29T17:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations Lecture / Discussion Stephanie J. Creary
WDI Global Impact Speaker Series (January 29, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60021 60021-14812585@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: William Davidson Institute

The shift to large-scale, multi-sector, global collaborative efforts between the business, government, philanthropic and investment communities - after years of mistrust - in support of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be the topic of the talk by Tami Kesselman, an expert in impact investing.
Kesselman, the founder of Aligned Investing Global, will discuss the current era of multi-sector solutions and whether it is here to stay. She also will talk about the power players behind this seismic shift from silos and mistrust to the current climate of collaboration. Kesselman will recount the development of the Millennium Development Goals, how they influenced the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – a universal call to action by the United Nations to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity – and how businesses should respond.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 18 Jan 2019 11:50:04 -0500 2019-01-29T17:00:00-05:00 2019-01-29T18:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business William Davidson Institute Lecture / Discussion Tami Kesselman
POSTPONED: The University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning presents Lecture: Amanda Williams and Andres L. Hernandez, "PRACTICE or Holding Space for ______." (January 29, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59381 59381-14912638@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

Due to severe winter weather, the University of Michigan has declared an emergency reduction in operations beginning 12:00 am Wednesday, January 30 and extending through 7:00 am Friday, February 1. All classes and events are cancelled for this period. As such, the Thursday, January 31 Penny Stamps Speaker Series Talk with Amanda Williams and Andres L. Hernandez has been postponed. Additional details will be posted as they are available.

Amanda Williams is a visual artist who trained as an architect. Her practice blurs the distinction between art and architecture through works that employ color as a way to draw attention to the political complexities of race, place and value in cities. The landscapes in which she operates are the visual residue of the invisible policies and forces that have misshapen most inner cities. Williams’s installations, paintings, video, and works on paper seek to inspire new ways of looking at the familiar, and in the process, raise questions about the state of urban space in America. Amanda has exhibited widely, including the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale, a solo exhibition at the MCA Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago and the Pulitzer Arts Foundation in St. Louis. She is a a 2018 United States Artists Fellow, a Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors grantee, an Efroymson Family Arts Fellow, a Leadership Greater Chicago Fellow and a member of the multidisciplinary Museum Design team for the Obama Presidential Center. She is this year’s Bill and Stephanie Sick Distinguished Visiting Professor at the School of the Art Institute Chicago and has previously served as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Architecture at Cornell University and Washington University in St. Louis. She lives and works on Chicago’s south side.

Andres L. Hernandez is a Chicago-based artist, designer and educator who re-imagines the environments we inhabit, and explores the potential of spaces for public dialogue and social action. Hernandez is a 2018 Efroymson Contemporary Arts Fellow, and his recent projects include a 2018-2019 visiting artist residency with the University of Arizona School of Art, and Thrival Geographies (In My Mind I See A Line), a commissioned installation in collaboration with artists Amanda Williams and Shani Crowe for the U.S. Pavilion at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale. Hernandez is co-founder of the Revival Arts Collective, founder and director of the Urban Vacancy Research Initiative, and exhibition design team member for the Museum of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, IL. He received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Cornell University and a Master of Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he is an Associate Professor.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Jan 2019 18:59:14 -0500 2019-01-29T18:00:00-05:00 2019-01-29T19:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Lecture / Discussion Lecture: Amanda Williams and Andres L. Hernandez
Food Literacy for All (January 29, 2019 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57760 57760-14287008@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 6:30pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative

Food Literacy for All is a community academic partnership course at the University of Michigan.  UM students can enroll in the course for credit and community members can attend the series for free. Every Tuesday evenings from 6:30 - 8pm in Winter 2019.

The course is co-led by Lesli Hoey (Taubman College), Jerry Ann Hebron (Oakland Ave. Farm) and Lilly Fink Shapiro (Sustainable Food Systems Initiative). In partnership with Detroit Food Policy Council and FoodLab Detroit.

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 17 Nov 2018 10:04:58 -0500 2019-01-29T18:30:00-05:00 2019-01-29T20:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative Lecture / Discussion Food Literacy for All Flyer
Bioethics Discussion: Gender (January 29, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49430 49430-11453774@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on who we are, who society sees, and who we want to be.

Readings to consider:
"Doing gender"
"For whom the burden tolls"
"Performative acts and gender constitution"
"The restroom revolution: unisex toilets and campus politics"

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/024-gender/.

Take a look at the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 15 Sep 2018 03:29:55 -0400 2019-01-29T19:00:00-05:00 2019-01-29T20:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Gender
Towards Transformative Change: Institutional Self-Assessment and Relationship Building Between U-M and MSIs (January 30, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59317 59317-14730598@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Minority Serving Institutions have and continue to play an integral role in granting access, building knowledge, and empowering change that impacts both individuals and society. The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, whose legacy we commemorate as a critical figure in the advancement of civil rights and social justice, is an alumnus of Morehouse College—an MSI. Implicit in Dr. King’s push for righteousness, peace, and justice was an immense desire to transform how a nation and ultimately the world engaged with one another. It is in this spirit that we frame this forum and engagement with Minority Serving Institutions—from transactional to transformational/transformative change. Featured speakers will provide a broad overview of the MSI landscape, share their experiences with developing relationships with MSIs, and share information on how to do an institutional self-assessment before seeking to partner with MSIs. This session will serve as the first in a series of forums that foster discussion on the socio-historical and contemporary state of MSIs, insights from U-M units with relationships with MSIs, and practical information and resources for engaging MSIs.
Pre-registration is required at https://myumi.ch/JgPe8.
Due to the expectedly low temperatures, Towards Transformative Change: Institutional Self-assessment and Relationship Building Between U-M and MSIs, scheduled for January 30 will be rescheduled for another date.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Jan 2019 18:16:59 -0500 2019-01-30T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-30T13:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Lecture / Discussion https://rackham.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/lp-17.jpg
Ling.A.Mod Discussion Group (January 30, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59362 59362-14734859@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 3:00pm
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 Wed, 09 Jan 2019 10:06:32 -0500 2019-01-30T15:00:00-05:00 2019-01-30T15:50:00-05:00 Lorch Hall Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion Lorch Hall
CANCELED: Laser Wakefield Driven X-ray Sources in Canada: A Brilliant Future for Agriculture and Global Food Security (January 30, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59228 59228-14719607@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering (MIPSE)

Abstract: There is need for stand-alone systems for screening plants and seeds at production sites. I will discuss devel-opment of high throughput X-ray phase contrast plant imaging and screening using LWFA-based X-ray sources (30 keV-80 keV). This effort is an initiative led by the Global Institute for Food Security at the U of Saskatchewan to establish the correlation between the phenotypic expression of a plant and its adaptation to biotic and abiotic environmental stress. Intense hard X-ray beams (5-50 µJ/shot at 40 keV) are generated by maintaining the laser beam ultra-relativistic self-guiding over long gas jet (cm). I will describe experiments with our new laser facility (up to 7 J in 18 fs at 2.5Hz) and discuss empirical scaling laws correlating the X-ray photon number to the laser and gas jet parameters. High throughput X-ray phase contrast imaging and 3D tomography were realized with average X-ray power (40 keV) of 10 µW-50 µW. We demonstrated seeing very small transparent objects embedded in inhomogeneous and anisotropic thick environment (including soil). Our scaling indicates that with a 1 PW laser a 40 keV X-ray beam with a 1 mJ per shot can be produced and that 1 Gray/shot dose could be achieved in a bio-system.

About the Speaker: Jean Claude Kieffer is Professor at INRS since 1990 and fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He was Director of the INRS-EMT Center 2006 to 2011, and was the Canada Research Chair (Tier I) in ultrafast photonics from 2002 to 2016. He established in 2002 the Advanced Laser Light Source (ALLS) facility in Varennes (Qc), a Canadian National infrastructure. He is currently a member of the board of the Canadian Synchrotron and Science & Technology senior advisor for laser and optics for the President (M. Alain Rousset) of the Aquitaine Region Council (France). He is Vice President of the board of the Aquitaine technology transfer platform Alphanov (France). His research interests include plasma physics, ultrafast lasers, high intensity laser-matter interaction, particle acceleration and ultrafast x-ray sources and their societal applications. He manages the 600 TW short pulse laser (10J, 18fs) facility at INRS in Varennes. He is exploring the propagation of intense lasers in air for i) energy and wave guiding for homeland security and ii) remote environmental monitoring. He is also developing intense X-ray sources for Global Food Security.

The seminar will be web-simulcast. To view the simulcast, please follow this link:
https://mipse.my.webex.com/mipse.my/j.php?MTID=m7b1677054e9ba57084262c0819c0611c
Meeting number: 625 566 048
Meeting password: MIPSE

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Jan 2019 16:16:32 -0500 2019-01-30T15:30:00-05:00 2019-01-30T16:30:00-05:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering (MIPSE) Lecture / Discussion Jean-Claude Kieffer
2018-19 Tanner Lecture on Human Values: Concepts and Persons (January 30, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47518 47518-10940127@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

***THIS EVENT HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE GRADUATE HOTEL TERRACE BALLROOM. IT WILL STILL OCCUR FROM 4PM TO 6PM.***

The 2018-2019 Tanner Lecture at the University of Michigan will be given by prominent anthropology professor Michael Lambek. This year's Tanner Lecture will discuss the consideration of conceptual error and its application towards both philosophy and anthropology. In addition, Lambek will reflect on the duality of metapersons—how they are simultaneously concepts and persons—and common category mistakes such as the simplification of concepts.

This event is free and open to the public.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Jan 2019 18:04:12 -0500 2019-01-30T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-30T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Philosophy Lecture / Discussion 2018-2019 Tanner Lecture
Department of Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics Weekly Seminar (January 30, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60411 60411-14875271@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Robert A. Coleman, PhD (Asst. Prof., Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology in the Gruss-Lipper Biophotonics Center at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine) will present the following abstract: Years of biochemical experiments have led to the identification of the eukaryotic transcription machinery and a static view of gene regulation. However, mechanisms controlling the dynamics of transcriptional regulation inside a crowded nucleus remains poorly understood. Recent advances in single molecule imaging have begun to shine light on these mechanisms, providing an unprecedented dynamic view of transcriptional regulation in live cells. We and others have found that transcription factors form dynamic hubs of activity in select nuclear compartments. I will discuss how formation of these hubs and recognition of genomic targets is regulated by interactions between transcription factors and the histone tails of chromatin. Transcription factors cycle on and off of their chromatin targets within these hubs on the order of seconds that likely reflect dynamic rates of chromatin remodeling, RNA Polymerase II convoy formation and transcriptional output of a gene. These findings are put into context describing how expression of the p21 cell cycle arrest gene is dynamically regulated by the tumor suppressor p53 protein and chromatin remodelers.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 25 Jan 2019 16:10:59 -0500 2019-01-30T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-30T17:00:00-05:00 Palmer Commons DCMB Seminar Series Lecture / Discussion
PREPARING STUDENTS FOR THE FUTURE OF WORK (January 31, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58455 58455-14502335@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 31, 2019 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Dr. Rose B. Bellanca is the President and CEO of Washtenaw Community College. In this position, she is responsible for the organization, administration, and strategic direction of the college, which serves more than 100,000 students and community members a year, employs nearly 1,500 full- and part-time employees, and has an operational budget of more than $100 million. Dr. Bellanca has more than 20 years of executive leadership in higher education. She is the fourth president to lead Washtenaw Community College since its inception in 1965.

Technology and generational changes are increasingly changing how people work. These changes are affecting education, too, as students look to take control of their education, following the lead of on-demand services that have allowed people to manage nearly every other aspect of their lives. Dr. Bellanca will discuss how these changes will shape how we will learn, live, and work.

This is the fifth in a six-lecture series. The subject is The Future of Work. How Will Your Grandchildren Make a Living? The next lecture will be February 7, 2019. The subject is: Build a Workplace People Love – Just Add Joy.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 04 Feb 2019 18:05:48 -0500 2019-01-31T10:00:00-05:00 2019-01-31T11:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion olli-image
Postponed Due to Weather - A Bioethical Lunch on Publishing and Peer Review (January 31, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54451 54451-13585502@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 31, 2019 12:00pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 10
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

[CANCELED DUE TO THE UNIVERSITY SHUTDOWN. Our apologies.]

A lunchtime discussion on the ethics of publishing in science and the peer-review system, with special guest Nick Kotov.

Please note the location of the event is now at NCRC B10 G065. Sorry about any confusion.

Please RSVP here: https://goo.gl/forms/pTU6Py3FAZn1iSLm1

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 31 Jan 2019 10:42:45 -0500 2019-01-31T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-31T13:30:00-05:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 10 The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Race and gender
UROP Brown Bag (January 31, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55331 55331-13722894@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 31, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Undergraduate Science Building
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The UROP Brown Bag Speaker Series are informal discussions on a topic pertaining to an aspect of research. All UROP students must register for and attend one Brown Bag presentation during the 18-19 academic year. Please follow the link to search for the best Brown Bag Series Speaker and Topic that suits your research pursuits.
https://ttc.iss.lsa.umich.edu/undergrad/?s=urop+brown+bag&submit=Search

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 03 Oct 2018 15:10:49 -0400 2019-01-31T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-31T13:00:00-05:00 Undergraduate Science Building UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Lecture / Discussion UROP Brown Bag
CLaSP Seminar Series - Prof. Anantha Aiyyer (January 31, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60138 60138-14840452@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 31, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Space Research Building
Organized By: Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering

Our guest for this week's CLaSP Seminar Series will be Prof. Anantha Aiyyer of North Carolina State University.

Title: "New Perspectives in the Dynamics of African Easterly Waves"

Abstract: African Easterly waves are the main synoptic scale disturbances of the North African monsoon. They are also the primary precursors to tropical cyclones in the Atlantic. Many aspects of their origin, evolution and storm track structure are still poorly understood. In this talk, I will provide an overview of the basic properties of these disturbances and present some recent results from our group pertaining to their instability and coupling to precipitating convection.

Please join us!

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 21 Jan 2019 14:07:16 -0500 2019-01-31T15:00:00-05:00 2019-01-31T17:00:00-05:00 Space Research Building Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering Lecture / Discussion clasp logo
Rackham North: Women in Engineering Panel (January 31, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58387 58387-14494055@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 31, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Data tells us that women are underrepresented in many engineering fields. During this event, panelists will discuss their strategies for career success.
Panelist include:

Tershia Pinder-Grover, CRLT Engineering
Anne Juggernauth, UMOR Office of Tech Transfer
Carolyn Kuranz, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering
Constance Savander, Maritime Research Associates

Pre-registration is requested at https://myumi.ch/aMjoN.
Please note: Rackham Graduate School offices and the Rackham Building will be closed Wednesday and Thursday, January 30 and 31, in accordance with U-M’s declared Reduction in Operations. All events scheduled during those times have been cancelled. The Rackham Building and offices will reopen at 8:00 a.m. on Friday, February 1.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Jan 2019 18:17:00 -0500 2019-01-31T15:00:00-05:00 2019-01-31T17:00:00-05:00 Pierpont Commons Rackham Graduate School Lecture / Discussion Pierpont Commons
Astronomy Colloquium Series Presents (January 31, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58568 58568-14511741@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 31, 2019 3:30pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Department of Astronomy

"Solar System History via Near-Earth Asteroids (...and NASA's OSIRIS-REx Space Mission)"

We report on the current status and scientific results of NASA's OSIRIS-REx sample return mission that is visiting the B-type near-Earth asteroid (101955) Bennu. The spacecraft launched in September 2016, arrived at Bennu in December 2018 and will survey and study the asteroid until attempting to collect a sample in the summer of 2020 and return it to Earth in 2023. What will be learned from studying and sampling one near-Earth Asteroid?

Near-Earth Asteroids (NEAs) are transients that have escaped the Main Asteroid Belt and spend a paltry 10 Myr on planet-crossing orbits before hitting the Sun, a planet or getting ejected from the Solar System. All of the various taxonomic types of asteroids are represented amongst NEAs, but due to their chaotic orbits it is not possible to precisely retrace their history and determine where in the Main Asteroid Belt they came from. Furthermore, km-sized NEAs, are unlikely to have survived Solar System history intact and are expected to be reaccumulated remnants from a larger disrupted asteroid - they are often referred to as "rubble piles". In sum, any given small NEA comes from an unknown place and has an unknown parent asteroid and history. However, with Bennu, ultimately, returned samples from Bennu should clarify its history and evolution, and in the meantime its geology can reveal much of its history and shed light on its history in the Main Asteroid Belt.

Should you require any reasonable accommodations to ensure equal access and opportunity related to this event, please contact Stacy Tiburzi at 734-764-3440 or stibu@umich.edu.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 16 Jan 2019 12:35:05 -0500 2019-01-31T15:30:00-05:00 2019-01-31T16:20:00-05:00 West Hall Department of Astronomy Lecture / Discussion Dr. Kevin Walsh
"A Computational Approach to Translational Neuroscience and Neuroengineering" (January 31, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60040 60040-14814806@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 31, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

Traumatic injuries and diseases of the motor system affect millions of people worldwide. In Europe alone, approximately 3 million people are affected by the consequences of spinal cord injury, stroke and multiple sclerosis, for a total estimated healthcare cost of 45 billion euros per year. Treatments for these conditions are needed to ease both their growing economic and societal impact. Recent advances in neurotechnologies and brain machine interfaces have prompted promising results in laboratory settings. However, none of these approaches translated into actual clinical solutions to motor paralysis. Specifically, the scarce knowledge on the mechanisms of neural control of movement hinder the design of effective neurotechnologies thus limiting their usability for people with severe disabilities. Here I show how I developed a computational and technological framework to understand how damaged neural circuits can adapt to use electrical stimulation inputs for correcting aberrant motor behaviors I then show how I used this knowledge to design and test novel neurotechnologies enhancing motor recovery after paralysis.

Marco Capogrosso, Ph.D., is from the Department of Neurosciences and Movement Sciences at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 28 Jan 2019 11:58:47 -0500 2019-01-31T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-31T17:00:00-05:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Biomedical Engineering Lecture / Discussion Biomedical Engineering
CANCELLED - International Institute Round Table (January 31, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59350 59350-14734785@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 31, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

This event has been cancelled due to the emergency reduction in operations on January 30 & 31, 2019. We are working on rescheduling this important event.

This panel will discuss the situation faced by the Uyghurs, a Muslim minority group living in northwestern China. Since early 2018, media reports, NGOs, and eyewitness accounts have documented that up to one million Uyghurs and members of other Muslim groups have been detained and interned in "re-education camps" by the Chinese government. This discussion will give an overview of the current situation, how it developed, and what may happen in the future. A Q&A will follow.
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Moderator: Mary Gallagher, Director of the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

Panel:
Louisa Greve, Director of External Affairs, Uyghur Human Rights Project
Nico Howson, Professor of Law, University of Michigan
James Millward, Professor of History, Georgetown

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Jan 2019 16:26:32 -0500 2019-01-31T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-31T17:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
CANCELLED: Reading the Americanized Joothan: The Translator’s Cringe (January 31, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59242 59242-14719625@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 31, 2019 4:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Asian Languages and Cultures

My translation of Hindi Dalit writer, Omprakash Valmiki’s autobiography, Joothan, was published by Samya in 2003. Columbia University Press bought the American rights for the book and appointed an editor to edit my translation. My talk will look at some of the changes the American editor made to my translation. As I discovered, by comparing the Indian and American version, the changes are multiple, and, from my perspective, diminish the beauty and the power of this major Dalit text. Comparing the two versions also brings out the sad fact that certain cultural contexts require an open mind that does not rush to judgment when challenged to move out of its ‘comfort zone.’

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Jan 2019 16:25:14 -0500 2019-01-31T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-31T18:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Asian Languages and Cultures Lecture / Discussion Arun Mukherjee poster
Chair's Distinguished Lecture Series - Programmable metamaterials for redirecting stress waves on the fly (January 31, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60541 60541-14908097@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 31, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Osama R. Bilal, ETH Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

Mechanical metamaterials are material systems with tailored, architected geometry, designed to retain static and dynamic properties that do not exist or rare in nature. This class of materials usually features a structural pattern that repeats spatially (i.e., unit cell). Most of the metamaterials properties are inscribed in the unit cell’s frequency dispersion spectrum, ranging form its stiffness at zero frequency to its wave attenuation capacity at finite frequencies. These metamaterials are well suited to provide new materials-based advances (through geometry rather than chemical composition) to both structural and acoustical engineering of aerospace vehicles and structures. These advances, for example, can range from sound and vibration insulation to flow control. A major challenge in metamaterials design is to engineer unit cells that have the ability to change their mechanical properties in a predetermined manner, within practical time frames. As a demonstration of principle, we harness geometric and magnetic nonlinearities to tune the metamaterials’ dispersion characteristics. We program our nonlinear metamaterial to redirect stress waves, on the fly, in a reversible and element-wise fashion.

About the speaker...
Osama R. Bilal received his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder. He is currently a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Before relocating to Caltech, he was an ETH postdoctoral fellow in the department of mechanical engineering in ETH Zurich, Switzerland. His research interest spans the realization of advanced material and structures by design, autonomous deployment of material systems, topology optimization, flow control, and multifunctional metamaterials. Osama is the recipient of several awards, including the ARL postdoctoral fellowship (Army), ETH postdoctoral fellowship (ETH), the Graduate Student Service Award (CU-Boulder), the International Student Award (CU-Boulder), the Outstanding Academic Achievement Award (CU-Boulder) and the Phononics 2011 Fellowship (National Science Foundation), among others. More info at http://www.orbilal.com/

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 01 Feb 2019 14:18:08 -0500 2019-01-31T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-31T17:30:00-05:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Lecture / Discussion Bilal Photo
POSTPONED: The University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning presents Lecture: Amanda Williams and Andres L. Hernandez, "PRACTICE or Holding Space for ______." (January 31, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59381 59381-14737050@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 31, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

Due to severe winter weather, the University of Michigan has declared an emergency reduction in operations beginning 12:00 am Wednesday, January 30 and extending through 7:00 am Friday, February 1. All classes and events are cancelled for this period. As such, the Thursday, January 31 Penny Stamps Speaker Series Talk with Amanda Williams and Andres L. Hernandez has been postponed. Additional details will be posted as they are available.

Amanda Williams is a visual artist who trained as an architect. Her practice blurs the distinction between art and architecture through works that employ color as a way to draw attention to the political complexities of race, place and value in cities. The landscapes in which she operates are the visual residue of the invisible policies and forces that have misshapen most inner cities. Williams’s installations, paintings, video, and works on paper seek to inspire new ways of looking at the familiar, and in the process, raise questions about the state of urban space in America. Amanda has exhibited widely, including the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale, a solo exhibition at the MCA Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago and the Pulitzer Arts Foundation in St. Louis. She is a a 2018 United States Artists Fellow, a Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors grantee, an Efroymson Family Arts Fellow, a Leadership Greater Chicago Fellow and a member of the multidisciplinary Museum Design team for the Obama Presidential Center. She is this year’s Bill and Stephanie Sick Distinguished Visiting Professor at the School of the Art Institute Chicago and has previously served as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Architecture at Cornell University and Washington University in St. Louis. She lives and works on Chicago’s south side.

Andres L. Hernandez is a Chicago-based artist, designer and educator who re-imagines the environments we inhabit, and explores the potential of spaces for public dialogue and social action. Hernandez is a 2018 Efroymson Contemporary Arts Fellow, and his recent projects include a 2018-2019 visiting artist residency with the University of Arizona School of Art, and Thrival Geographies (In My Mind I See A Line), a commissioned installation in collaboration with artists Amanda Williams and Shani Crowe for the U.S. Pavilion at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale. Hernandez is co-founder of the Revival Arts Collective, founder and director of the Urban Vacancy Research Initiative, and exhibition design team member for the Museum of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, IL. He received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Cornell University and a Master of Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he is an Associate Professor.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Jan 2019 18:59:14 -0500 2019-01-31T17:00:00-05:00 2019-01-31T19:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Lecture / Discussion Lecture: Amanda Williams and Andres L. Hernandez
Arctic Internship Fellowship Information Session (February 1, 2019 11:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58768 58768-14553144@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 1, 2019 11:45am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Program in International and Comparative Studies

The Arctic Internship Fellowship provides funding for University of Michigan undergraduate students to complete internships that students secure from reputable organizations or create independent student-designed research projects. Student applicants should demonstrate an interest in or working on relevant topics related to the Arctic region, and related to the work of the host institution.

Come learn more about the summer Arctic internship opportunities or how to design an independent research project. The program coordinator will also go over options for the fellowship, eligibility, funding, and the application process.

Applications are due on Friday, February 15, 2019 (for Summer 2019).

This will be an informal meeting and a light lunch will be served.

Please contact is-fellowships@umich.edu with any questions.

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: is-michigan@umich.edu

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 20 Dec 2018 10:44:54 -0500 2019-02-01T11:45:00-05:00 2019-02-01T12:45:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Program in International and Comparative Studies Lecture / Discussion banner
CMENAS and International Economic Development Program Lecture. Beyond the Headlines: Morocco 8 Years after the February 20th Movement (February 1, 2019 11:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59606 59606-14754558@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 1, 2019 11:45am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

Eight years have passed since Morocco’s iteration of the “Arab Spring” with the February 20th Movement. Since then, Moroccans have continued expressing dissent in varying forms, while the state has responded with varying forms of oppression. Despite promises for reforms and grandiose development projects, socioeconomic indicators remain grim, contributing to an ongoing emigration of the country’s skilled and educated population. This talk will examine recent political, economic, and social developments in Morocco to better understand where the country stands today and to consider what possibilities for the future may hold.

Samia Errazzouki is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in history at the University of California, Davis. She is a former Morocco-based journalist, where she reported for the Associated Press and, later, Reuters. While in Morocco, Samia also worked as a research associate with the University of Cambridge, researching the media landscape in the country. Samia is a co-editor with Jadaliyya and a co-founder of their Maghreb Page. Her past publications have appeared in the Journal of North African Studies, the Washington Post, the Middle East Institute, and the Guardian, among others.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 13:45:57 -0500 2019-02-01T11:45:00-05:00 2019-02-01T13:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Lecture / Discussion speaker_image
CANCELED: EEB Seminar Series: Robots, telemetry, & the sex lives of wild birds: using technology to study courtship and conservation (February 1, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49660 49660-11487545@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 1, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Dr. Patricelli's travel plans were canceled due to the polar vortex. Organizers hope to reschedule in the fall.

Males in many species must convince females to mate by producing elaborate courtship displays tuned to female preferences, like the song of a cricket or the train of a peacock. But courtship in many species is more like a negotiation than an advertisement, thus in addition to elaborate signals, success in courtship may require tactical skills. These skills may include the ability to choose a flattering display site, respond appropriately to female courtship signals, and adjust display investment in response to the marketplace of other males and females. My lab has been investigating courtship negotiations in greater sage-grouse, which mate in an open marketplace of competing males and choosing females (the lek). I will discuss experiments using robotic females to investigate courtship interactions between the sexes. I will also discuss ongoing research investigating how off-lek foraging behaviors affect on-lek displays, and how this basic science has informed my lab's research into human impacts on lekking activities.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 30 Jan 2019 11:13:41 -0500 2019-02-01T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-01T13:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion bird in snow
Psychology Methods Hour: From Adaptive to Just-In-Time Adaptive Interventions in Mobile Health: Experimental Design Considerations (February 1, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59124 59124-14686290@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 1, 2019 12:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Department of Psychology

An adaptive intervention (AI) is an intervention design that seeks to address not only the unique, but also the changing needs of individuals as they progress through an intervention. AIs are intended to guide the efforts by therapists, teachers, and other clinical and/or academic staff to provide individualized intervention to individuals in practice. A Just-in-time Adaptive Intervention (JITAI) is a special form of an adaptive intervention that often capitalizes on advances in wireless and mobile devices to address the rapidly changing needs of individuals. In recent years there has been increased interest in developing empirically-informed AIs and JITAIs to address a wide range of behavioral health issues, including depression, anxiety, alcohol use, substance use and sedentary lifestyles. These intervention approaches play an important role in various domains of psychology, including clinical, educational, organizational and health psychology. The goal of this talk is to provide an introduction to AIs and JITAIs, and discuss novel experimental approaches for optimizing these interventions.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Jan 2019 12:07:46 -0500 2019-02-01T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-01T13:00:00-05:00 East Hall Department of Psychology Lecture / Discussion Inbal
Phondi Discussion Group (February 1, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58814 58814-14737036@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 1, 2019 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 Wed, 19 Dec 2018 14:26:33 -0500 2019-02-01T13:00:00-05:00 2019-02-01T14:00:00-05:00 Lorch Hall Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion Lorch Hall
"Dirty work," Invisibility and Dignity: An Intersectional Exploration of Janitors in India, US and South Korea (February 1, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60157 60157-14840472@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 1, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

My research explores “dirty work” and dignity, based on my comparative work of Janitors in the US, South Korea and India. Using an interdisciplinary framework, my talk will focus on how intersections of caste, gender, social class, age and ethnicity shape the invisibility of janitors in the workplace in culture-specific ways. Using qualitative interviews, social media analyses and ethnography, my research documents various dignity injuries experienced by janitors in these three cultural contexts. My talk will also present how Janitors also actively restore their dignity and infantilization of their labor in these three cultural contexts. I will discuss the relevance of intersectional framework to study dignity in workplace.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 21 Jan 2019 15:49:58 -0500 2019-02-01T13:30:00-05:00 2019-02-01T15:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Auerbach’s Augustine: Existential Realism and the Low Style; the annual Werner Grilk Lecture (February 1, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58790 58790-14559370@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 1, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

This lecture situates Auerbach in the context of the Christian Existentialism of Marburg during his pre-Istanbul time there and then sets his readings of Augustine in conversation with the Augustines of Hannah Arendt and Hans Jonas, both of whom were influenced by Heidegger’s Augustine. In the process, it will extract Auerbach out of the critical impasse into which he has been wedged between a mandarin Eurocentric and a pre-post colonial exilic consciousness. The theo-philosophical conversations in which he was engaged in his early work had a robust afterlife in the magisterial Mimesis (1946), and help explain the huge popularity of that book when it was translated into English in 1953.

Jane O. Newman is Professor of Comparative Literature at University of California, Irvine. She is interested in dialogues between the pre- and early modern past and the modern and postmodern present. Her primary fields are Renaissance and Early Modern English, French, German, Italian and neo-Latin literature and culture.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 19 Dec 2018 10:56:05 -0500 2019-02-01T15:00:00-05:00 2019-02-01T17:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Germanic Languages & Literatures Lecture / Discussion Jane O. Newman
Department of Performing Arts Technology Seminar: Scott Jaeger (February 1, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58097 58097-14411793@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 1, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Scott Jaeger is a musical instrument designer from Seattle. He obtained a BFA in performing arts technology from SMTD in 2004, and an MM in music technology from Northwestern University in 2007. Jaeger is the founder and president of Industrial Music Electronics, a synthesizer manufacturing company previously operating as The Harvestman Digital Audio Electronics since 2007. He is the designer and engineer of a modular synthesizer system now in its third hardware generation, with additional work in circuit bent instruments and guitar effects processors. Jaeger will demonstrate the capabilities of such an analog/digital hybrid modular synthesizer, including morphing wavetable oscillators, phase distortion synthesis under heavy frequency modulation, and a voltage-controlled preset manager. This event is sponsored by the EXCEL Lab.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 16 Jan 2019 18:15:18 -0500 2019-02-01T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion Scott Jaeger
SynSem Discussion Group (February 1, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58816 58816-14737047@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 1, 2019 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 Thu, 24 Jan 2019 15:04:02 -0500 2019-02-01T15:00:00-05:00 2019-02-01T16:00:00-05:00 Lorch Hall Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion Lorch Hall
Interdisciplinary Workshop American Politics (IWAP) (February 1, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53067 53067-13217982@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 1, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 15:22:27 -0500 2019-02-01T15:30:00-05:00 2019-02-01T17:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Smith Lecture: The Mineral Physics Test Kitchen: Finding the Recipe for Lower Mantle Heterogeneities (February 1, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52677 52677-12927431@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 1, 2019 3:30pm
Location: 1100 North University Building
Organized By: Earth and Environmental Sciences

The interiors of Earth and other planets were “cooked” by processes of accretion and differentiation and can be “tasted” by geochemical sampling at the surface and remote geophysical observations of physical properties at depth. Mineral physics experiments and simulations seek to reverse-engineer the recipes that generate the features we detect in the deep Earth today. Because Earth and other planets are almost entirely composed of materials at high pressures and temperatures, the key to translating geophysical observations to structure and composition is the dependence of mineral stability and physical properties such as density, elasticity, and transport properties on composition and thermodynamic conditions. I will discuss recent observations of chemical reactions and properties of minerals relevant to Earth’s mantle, and implications of these experiments for the compositions of layers and regions in the deep Earth.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 06 Nov 2018 13:13:49 -0500 2019-02-01T15:30:00-05:00 2019-02-01T16:30:00-05:00 1100 North University Building Earth and Environmental Sciences Lecture / Discussion 1100 North University Building
CANCELED: CSAS Lecture Series | Of Commodities and Frontiers: Looking for "Capitalism" on the Edges of Britain’s Indian Colonie (February 1, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53321 53321-13340972@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 1, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for South Asian Studies

Due to travel difficulties we regret that this event has been canceled. We hope to see you at our next event!

In a longer project called The Postcolonial Commons, I am interested in the emergence of fluid political subjectivities around questions of defending existing commons, and creating new ones, in two regions of India: of small-scale fishers in coastal Kerala, and small farmers in the Garhwal region of present-day Uttarakhand state. I am in conversation with strands of contemporary political theory (represented, among others, by Hardt and Negri, Federici, de Angelis, Zizek, and Bauwens) that posit a future organised around ‘the commons’. However, while these writings are futuristic, I suggest that they have an underpinning narrative of the transition from the ‘pre-capitalist commons’ to the ‘commons unmade through capitalism’, which has implications for the political imaginaries outlined in their works. I challenge their orthodox account of this transition with drawing on writings on ‘postcolonial capitalism’, including my own recent work.

For this seminar, I offer two sections of the ‘historical’ part of the larger project: a discussion of the historiographical challenges in reconstructing ‘the pre-capitalist commons’ and the transitions it undergoes ‘under capitalism’ in relation to Kerala fisheries and Garhwali forests, and the limits of the ‘commodity frontiers’ approach to narrate this process. Among other things, the very nature of ‘rule’, and the problems of establishing it in these ‘unruly’ spaces, has a bearing on the sources – rather, the lack thereof – on which an account of such a process can be reconstituted. Accounts are few, and the reliability of some sources is uncertain, for much of the period of early colonial conquest. And what accounts there are do not point to the transformation of fish or forest into ‘commodities’ until relatively recently. Nor are capitalist production relations visible in any meaningful sense. The conditions for fish and forests becoming ‘commodities’, and for the emergence of capitalism in these sectors, come from a number of scientific, technological and other governmental innovations under late-colonial and early-postcolonial developmentalism. I conclude by identifying the implications of my account for radical political theory of the commons.

Subir Sinha studied History at the University of Delhi (BA) and Political Science at Northwestern University (MS, PhD), and has taught at Northwestern University and the University of Vermont. His research interests are institutional change, sustainable development, social movements, state-society relations in development, and South Asian politics, with a current focus on decentralised development in India, early postcolonial planning, and on the global fishworkers' movement.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Jan 2019 13:31:21 -0500 2019-02-01T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-01T17:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for South Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Subir Sinha, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London
Distinguished University Professorship Lecture Series - The Joy of Collaboration (February 1, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60220 60220-14849123@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 1, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: University and Development Events

Martin Katz, holder of the Gwendolyn Koldofsky Distinguished University
Professorship, will give a lecture on musical collaboration.
Prof. Katz hopes to make his audience aware---or perhaps more aware---of what
some of the techniques, tools, and objectives are for any successful and committed
collaborative pianist. He will include illustrations of accommodating breathing,
telling stories, and orchestration in both art song and operatic repertoire, to name
just a few.
Speaking from the piano in order to provide audible examples for his listeners, he
will be assisted by graduate students in voice. Their common goal? To create a
seamless ensemble between the performers, as well as a convincing fusion of words
and music.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 24 Jan 2019 09:38:12 -0500 2019-02-01T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-01T18:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) University and Development Events Lecture / Discussion Martin Katz
Linguistics Colloquium (February 1, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59268 59268-14726030@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 1, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

The Department of Linguistics Winter 2019 Colloquium Series continues February 1 with a presentation by Linguistics Professor and Chair William Idsardi of the University of Maryland. His areas of specialization are phonology, cognitive neuroscience, and psycholinguistics. All are welcome. Light refreshments will be served.

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Exploring the Phonological Continuity Hypothesis

Fitch (2018) proposes the Phonological Continuity Hypothesis, "humans share the processing capabilities required to deal with regular-level sequential processing, and thus phonology, with other animals, and these shared capabilities are implemented in homologous neural processing algorithms and circuitry." In this talk I will offer some different ways to understand the differences between sentence patterns and sound patterns (Heinz & Idsardi 2011, 2013; Idsardi 2018), and will review some recent work testing song sequence recognition in songbirds (Lawson et al 2018).

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 24 Jan 2019 09:36:23 -0500 2019-02-01T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-01T17:30:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion William Idsardi
NERS Colloquium: Paul Wilson, University of Wisconsin- Madison (February 1, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60599 60599-14910418@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 1, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Cooley Building
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

Title: From Individual Neutrons to Fleets of Reactors: Software Tools for Analyzing Complex Nuclear Energy Systems

Abstract: There are many axes of complexity in nuclear energy modeling and simulation. Multi-physics, multi-scale feedback gets the most attention in efforts like CASL, MOOSE and NEAMS, with a focus on increasing the fidelity of those simulations to reduce approximations of well- understood fundamental physical phenomena on relatively simple geometric domains. My work explores alternative axes: in one case the geometry itself introduces the complexity; in the other, poorly defined interactions among facilities may lead to complex emergent behavior.

With CAD-based Monte Carlo radiation transport at its core, the Svalinn software suite supports workflows that couple the neutronics results in these complex geometries to other analyses including deterministic transport, neutron activation, heat transfer, and mechanical analyses. These tools are being used for support of licensing at ITER, designing radiation protection for astronaut travel to Mars, and experiment design at ATR.

Cyclus uses agent-based modeling to track the flow of material among nuclear energy facilities with a specific goal of facilitating the introduction of new facility models, either to improve the physics model, add nuance to the way the facility interacts with others, or both. This open source platform enables innovation while ensuring nuclear engineering material compatibility as new facilities are introduced and improved. Recent work has used Cyclus at large scale to study optimization of fuel cycles and hedging scenarios under disruption.

Bio: Paul Wilson is the Grainger Professor of Nuclear Engineering in the University of Wisconsin-Madison‘s Department of Engineering Physics, and Chair of the Energy Analysis and Policy Program. His research interests focus on developing improved tools for computational modeling of complex nuclear energy systems, with applications in radiation shielding, nuclear waste management, nuclear non-proliferation and energy policy. His Computational Nuclear Engineering Research Group (CNERG) develops and provides software for the analysis of complex nuclear energy systems. Paul joined the University of Wisconsin-Madison as an assistant professor in August 2001 as part of the Energy Systems and Policy Hiring Initiative. Paul received a B.A.Sc. (Engineering Science) from the U of Toronto, an MS from U. Wisconsin-Madison, a Dr.-Ing from the Technical University of Karlsruhe, and a PhD from U. Wisconsin- Madison. Paul was the founding President of the North American Young Generation in Nuclear [NA-YGN] and has been active in the American Nuclear Society for over 20 years. He represented the ANS and NA- YGN at the international climate change negotiations in Buenos Aires, Argentina (1998), and Bonn, Germany (1999).:

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Jan 2019 16:48:28 -0500 2019-02-01T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-01T17:00:00-05:00 Cooley Building Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Lecture / Discussion flyer of NERS Colloquium: Paul Wilson
Special Seminar: Dr. Michael Levitt, Professor or Structural Biology at Stanford University (February 1, 2019 5:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60614 60614-14919292@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 1, 2019 5:10pm
Location: Medical Science Unit I
Organized By: Biological Chemistry

Friday, Feb. 1. 5:10 PM in 5330 Med Sci I with overflow seating (live video/audio feed) in 3330 Med Sci I.
Special Seminar: Dr. Michael Levitt, Professor or Structural Biology at Stanford University and 2013 co-recipient of the the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (along with Arieh Warhsel and Martin Karplus) for development of computational approaches to studying macromolecular structure and dynamics: “A Wonderful Life in Science”

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 30 Jan 2019 17:12:27 -0500 2019-02-01T17:10:00-05:00 2019-02-01T18:10:00-05:00 Medical Science Unit I Biological Chemistry Lecture / Discussion
Guest Lecture: Parthenia (February 2, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60493 60493-14901367@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 2, 2019 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

An Academy of Early Music–Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments Partnership Event.

While Renaissance England treasured wildflowers, it had a less comfortable relationship with the wilderness, which harbored not only wild animals, but also malignant beings from ancient day: elves, fairies, hobgoblins, and the like. An ideal garden should be well-tended and have some symmetry. So too the instrumental music of the period, which was allowed to branch from its roots, and blossom, whilst keeping safely within prescribed boundaries. In the garden and the fantasia, pattern and tonality served as “safe zones” from which to observe the wonders of nature and the imagination.

The viol quartet PARTHENIA brings early music into the present with its repertoire that animates ancient and fresh-commissioned contemporary works with a ravishing sound and a remarkable sense of ensemble. These “local early-music stars,” hailed by The New Yorker and music critics throughout the world, are “one of the brightest lights in New York’s early-music scene.” Parthenia is presented in concerts across America, and produces its own series in New York City, collaborating regularly with the world’s foremost early music specialists.

The quartet has been featured in prestigious festivals and series as wide- ranging as Music Before 1800, the Harriman-Jewell Series, Maverick Concerts, the Regensburg Tage Alter Musik, the Shalin Lui Performing Arts Center, the Pierpont Morgan Library, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Yale Center for British Art, Columbia University’s Miller Theatre, and the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Parthenia’s performances range from its popular touring program, When Music & Sweet Poetry Agree, a celebration of Elizabethan poetry and music with actor Paul Hecht, to the complete viol fantasies of Henry Purcell, as well as the complete instrumental works of Robert Parsons, and commissions and premieres of new works annually.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 28 Jan 2019 12:15:27 -0500 2019-02-02T11:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion
Guest Master Class: Andrés Cárdenes, violin (February 2, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59231 59231-14719608@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 2, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Talented violinists from SMTD will perform for Andrés Cárdenes, one of the leading violinists of this generation.

Recognized worldwide as a musical phenomenon, Grammy-nominated Cárdenes parlays his myriad talents into one of classical music’s most versatile careers. A ferocious, passionate and personally charismatic artist, Cuban-born Cárdenes has garnered international acclaim from critics and audiences alike for his compelling solo violin, conducting, viola, chamber music, concertmaster and recorded performances.  

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 07 Jan 2019 12:15:19 -0500 2019-02-02T13:00:00-05:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion Walgreen Drama Center
Artist Talk: Connecting Communities: Wang Qingsong in Detroit and Beijing (February 2, 2019 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58525 58525-14510847@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 2, 2019 4:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Chinese artist Wang Qingsong’s 2018 work The Bloodstained Shirt restages in Highland Park, Michigan, an iconic 1959 drawing by Wang Shikuo of peasants rising up against a cruel landlord and triumphantly reclaiming their right to the land. Wang’s projects are usually located in China, but while visiting southeast Michigan he was struck by the similarities between the effects of inequitable real estate development on local communities in Detroit, Highland Park, and his native Beijing. His large-scale photograph in the UMMA exhibition Wang Qingsong/Detroit/Beijing features more than seventy volunteers from the greater Detroit community and University of Michigan. Eight months later, Michigan residents created a work of protest banners in collaboration with Wang, also included in the exhibition. Join the artist to hear more about the evolution of this project, from the initial idea to a larger project connecting the two urban centers.

Light refreshments and open gallery after the program. 

Lead support for Wang Qingsong/Detroit/Beijing is provided by the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, the Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan, the University of Michigan Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, and the Herbert W. and  Susan L. Johe Endowment.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 01 Feb 2019 18:16:46 -0500 2019-02-02T16:30:00-05:00 2019-02-02T18:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Lecture / Discussion Museum of Art
Cultural Racism & American Social Structure Speaker Series (February 4, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58199 58199-14441906@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 4, 2019 9:00am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

A winter 2019 interdisciplinary speaker series sponsored by Institute for Social Research Survey Research Center and Rackham Graduate School

All talks are held at the Institute for Social Research (426 Thompson Street) Room 1430 at 9:00-10:30am

"Perpetuation of cultural racism through social & mass media" by Travis Dixon, Professor, Dept of Communication, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 16 Jan 2019 09:42:58 -0500 2019-02-04T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-04T10:30:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event flyer
RNA Innovation Seminar, Theme: Medicinal Chemistry (February 4, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59715 59715-14780096@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 4, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Center for RNA Biomedicine

1.) Brittany Morgan, Ph.D.
from the Anna Mapp lab
Title of talk: “Rational Approaches to Design and Synthesize RNA-Biased Small Molecule Libraries”

2.) Andrew Robertson, Ph.D.
from the Sherman lab
Title of talk: “Towards the Treatment of HIV: Isolation and Structural Characterization of Natural Product Nef Inhibitors”

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 15 Jan 2019 15:35:03 -0500 2019-02-04T15:00:00-05:00 2019-02-04T16:00:00-05:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Center for RNA Biomedicine Lecture / Discussion flyer
Seminar: Regulation of gene expression by altered composition of chromatin remodeling complexes (February 4, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60405 60405-14875267@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 4, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Life Sciences Institute (LSI)

Abstract:
Chromatin remodeling plays a critical role in regulating all processes that require access to DNA. There are four families of chromatin remodelers, defined by the ATPase subunit of the complex. Although each family is often treated as a singular entity, in reality, the composition of remodeling complexes can vary greatly based on the inclusion of different subunits. SWI/SNF is the chromatin remodeler that best exemplifies the idea of compositional heterogeneity. More than half of its 12-15 subunits can be filled by mutually exclusive proteins. Despite the many studies on the function of SWI/SNF, considerably fewer have focused on regulation of assembly and composition of the complex. The goal of my lab is to understand how the composition of a chromatin remodeling complex is regulated, and how altered chromatin remodeling disrupts normal chromatin state and contributes to disease. My work integrates quantitative genomics, biochemistry, and molecular biology to develop a mechanistic understanding of how changes to the composition of a chromatin remodeling complex affects its function.

Speaker:
Jesse Raab received his Ph.D. from The University of California Santa Cruz working with Dr. Rohinton Kamakaka to uncover the role of human tRNA genes as chromatin insulator elements. In 2012, he joined the lab of Terry Magnuson to study how changes to the composition of chromatin remodeling complexes affect their function. He is now a research assistant professor in the Department of Genetics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where he has continued his research to understand how disruption of chromatin remodeling complex composition contributes to disease.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 25 Jan 2019 14:38:30 -0500 2019-02-04T15:00:00-05:00 2019-02-04T16:00:00-05:00 Palmer Commons Life Sciences Institute (LSI) Lecture / Discussion Jesse Raab, Ph.D.
The Michigan Anthropology Colloquia Series: "Quantitative analyses of the early ape Ekembo with implications for hominoid evolution" (February 4, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51780 51780-12248759@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 4, 2019 3:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Department of Anthropology

The Michigan Anthropology Colloquia Series presents speakers on current topics in the field of anthropology

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Jan 2019 10:07:17 -0500 2019-02-04T15:00:00-05:00 2019-02-04T17:00:00-05:00 West Hall Department of Anthropology Lecture / Discussion West Hall
Race, Health, and Wealth Disparities (February 4, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59559 59559-14752318@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 4, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

RCGD's Winter 2019 Speaker Series, sponsored by PRBA & MCUAAAR

Monday, February 4, 2019
Rm 1430, 3:30-5:00pm, ISR, 426 Thompson St, Ann Arbor, MI

“The Racialized Costs of ‘Traditional’ Banking in Segregated America.”

By Terri L. Friedline, PhD
Associate Professor of Social Work
University of Michigan

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 09:35:12 -0500 2019-02-04T15:30:00-05:00 2019-02-04T17:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event flyer
Gun violence in the United States: Competing frames and policy tensions (February 4, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60056 60056-14814821@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 4, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Free and open to the public. This event will be livestreamed. Check event website just before the event for viewing details.

Join the conversation: #policytalks

This event is made possible in part through the generous support of the Gilbert S. Omenn and Martha A. Darling Health Policy Fund.

About the event:

Gun violence represents a significant social problem in the United States. In a single week, the U.S. experiences, on average, over 1,200 gun-related incidents, including accidents, suicides, homicides, and mass shootings. Of all developed nations, the U.S. has - by far - the highest rates of gun ownership and gun violence.

Many competing lenses frame the primary causes or drivers of the unique and multi-faceted problem of gun violence in the U.S., lenses that invoke perspectives on crime, race, mental health, immigration, and other contentious issues. Moreover, the topic of gun violence results in extremely heated, bitter, and politically-divisive policy debates. This will be a moderated discussion with a panel of experts who have competing views on how best to frame or define the problem of gun violence and priority policy solutions.

Panelists:

Jane Coaston, Senior politics reporter at VOX

Jonathan Metzl, MD, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Sociology, Director of the Center for Medicine, Health and Society at Vanderbilt University

Rebecca Cunningham, MD, Professor of Emergency Medicine, Director of Injury Prevention Center, and Associate Vice President for Research-Health Sciences, University of Michigan

Moderator:

Paula Lantz, PhD, Professor of Public Policy, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Ford School of Public Policy

For more information, visit http://myumi.ch/aKrYo.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 21 Jan 2019 13:06:50 -0500 2019-02-04T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-04T17:20:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Jane Coaston, Jonathan Metzl, and Rebecca Cunningham
Handle with Care: Hazards and Wonders of Early Modern Greek Literature (February 4, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58794 58794-14561442@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 4, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Modern Greek Program

Three eighteenth-century texts will serve as points of reference in an attempt to map some of the issues involved in the study of early modern Greek literature. These texts come with a number of challenges – philological, methodological, hermeneutic – while also being fascinating literary artifacts. At the very least, they require a kind of treatment that would do justice to the determined interplay of what this talk will identify as their key features: a creative engagement with classical forms and genres; a programmatic interest in European paradigms; and a firm grasp of the realities and exigencies of the Ottoman status quo.

Bio:

Nikos Panou is Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Peter V. Tsantes Endowed Professor in Hellenic Studies at Stony Brook University. He received his Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Harvard University and has been a postdoctoral fellow at the Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies and the Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts, Princeton University. Before moving to Stony Brook he was a Visiting Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature at Brown University. His current research focuses on the ways power and authority were conceptualized and represented in pre-modern philosophical discourse, with a particular emphasis on moral and political works written from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century. He has published on topics ranging from Byzantine historiography to seventeenth-century satire.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 18 Jan 2019 16:33:48 -0500 2019-02-04T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-04T18:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Modern Greek Program Lecture / Discussion poster
Town Hall Meeting on English Department Interest Groups (February 4, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52311 52311-12631409@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 4, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

This meeting is both an opportunity for current interest group coordinators and advisors to discuss any organizational issues that have arisen this year, and for all members of the English department to think together about plans for next year (including possible guest speakers, department sponsored series, etc).

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 23 Jan 2019 22:37:07 -0500 2019-02-04T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-04T17:30:00-05:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Lecture / Discussion
Minds, Markets, and Machines: Capitalist Praxis and the Origin of Planetary Crisis (February 4, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60579 60579-14910392@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 4, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Science for the People

The rise of capitalism after 1450 marked a turning point in the history of humanity’s relation with the rest of nature. It was greater than any watershed since the rise of agriculture and the first cities. And in relational terms, it was greater than the rise of the steam engine. These historical questions have assumed new salience in an era of runaway global warming and the Anthropocene narrative, which seeks to explain the origins and prime movers behind such deepening planetary instability. In this talk, environmental historian Jason W. Moore explains why and how the early modern origins of capitalism – understood as a world-ecology of power, capital, and nature – have shaped the crises of the 21st century.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Jan 2019 13:30:42 -0500 2019-02-04T17:00:00-05:00 2019-02-04T18:00:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building Science for the People Lecture / Discussion moore monday talk
Climate Adaptation Lightning Talk (February 4, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60344 60344-14866435@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 4, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Dana Building
Organized By: School for Environment and Sustainability

Hosts:
Maria Carmen Lemos
Paige Fischer
Gretchen Keppel-Aleks

Speakers:
Meha Jain
Inés Ibáñez
Drew Gronewold
MaryCarol Hunter
Richard Rood
Allison Steiner
Elisabeth Gerber
Mark Flanner
Ashley Payne
Jeff Masters

Reception will follow in the Ford Commons in the Dana Building

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Jan 2019 13:56:41 -0500 2019-02-04T17:30:00-05:00 2019-02-04T19:30:00-05:00 Dana Building School for Environment and Sustainability Lecture / Discussion
CPPS Lecture and Exhibition Opening. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (February 4, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59371 59371-14734939@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 4, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

Zakopane is an extraordinary town. Located amidst the stunning beauty of the Tatra Mountains, it is Poland’s best-known holiday resort. Tourism has been growing there since the 1870s, when wealthy outsiders began building holiday homes to enjoy the town’s picturesque location.

With the outbreak of the First World War, many Zakopane residents rushed off to fight, but many others sought refuge in Zakopane to wait out the global conflict. The writer Stefan Żeromski became the informal leader of those who remained. As the war came to an end, the Austro-Hungarian and German Empires collapsed, joining the Russian Empire that had fallen a year earlier, creating a confusing vacuum of authority. On October 31, 1918, a group of politicians, intellectuals, and local activists in Zakopane took the initiative to disarm the local Austrian military police, and on November 1st they proclaimed the formation of a “National Council,” under Żeromski’s leadership. Thus was born the “Republic of Zakopane.”

Although Poles celebrate November 11, 1918, as the anniversary of independence, in fact there were many such proclamations in various towns and cities during those tumultuous weeks, each capturing a different vision of what this new country might become. The “Republic of Zakopane” may seem like an idiosyncratic curiosity, but it exemplifies the rich diversity of attitudes, dreams, and hopes that blossomed in 1918.

Maciej Krupa is a journalist and mountain guide who lives and works in Zakopane, Poland. An anthropologist and historian by training, he is the co-founder of the local weekly newspaper, "Tygodnik Podhalanski," and a former BBC World Service producer. Krupa has authored and co-authored several books and numerous publications on topics related to Zakopane and the Tatra Mountains. His most recent works in English include: "The Tatras," "Zakopane," "Podhale" (2018); "The Outstanding Residents of the Zakopane Trail" (2017); and "Zakopane, Past and Present" (2004).

This lecture marks the opening “100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918,” an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to copernicus@umich.edu at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:22:46 -0500 2019-02-04T17:30:00-05:00 2019-02-04T19:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Lecture / Discussion Zakopane 1918
Distinguished University Professorship Lecture Series - New Ways to Make Molecules: From Fundamental Science to Applications in Medical Imaging and Drug Development (February 5, 2019 4:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60223 60223-14849125@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 4:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: University and Development Events

This lecture will describe how fundamental studies of chemical bond-formation can be applied to achieve greener routes to industrial chemicals as well as to the development of novel medical imaging agents.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 24 Jan 2019 09:38:26 -0500 2019-02-05T04:00:00-05:00 2019-02-05T06:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) University and Development Events Lecture / Discussion Melanie Sanford
Comparative Politics Workshop (February 5, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53064 53064-13217945@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 12:00pm
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 2019-02-05T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-05T13:30:00-05:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP) Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar (February 5, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60114 60114-14838299@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Medical Science Unit II
Organized By: Biological Chemistry

Dr. Michael Laub, Professor of Biology at MIT and HHMI, will be presenting a seminar titled "Regulating Chromosome Replication and Cell Growth in Bacteria." This seminar will be presented on Tuesday February 5th, 2019 at 12:00 noon in North Lecture Hall, MS II.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 21 Jan 2019 11:07:13 -0500 2019-02-05T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-05T13:00:00-05:00 Medical Science Unit II Biological Chemistry Lecture / Discussion
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | US-China Relations in the Age of Trump and Xi (February 5, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60070 60070-14814838@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

This talk will examine the current state of US-China relations since the start of the Trump Presidency and the second term of Xi Jinping in China.

Mary E. Gallagher is the Amy and Alan Lowenstein Professor of Democracy, Democratization, and Human Rights Professor at the University of Michigan where she is also the director of the Kenneth G. Lieberthal and Richard H. Rogel Center for Chinese Studies. Professor Gallagher received her Ph.D. in politics in 2001 from Princeton University and her B.A. from Smith College in 1991. She was a foreign student in China in 1989 at Nanjing University. She also taught at the Foreign Affairs College in Beijing from 1996-1997. She was a Fulbright Research Scholar from 2003 to 2004 at East China University of Politics and Law in Shanghai, China. In 2012-2013, she was a visiting professor at the Koguan School of Law at Shanghai Jiaotong University. Her most recent book is "Authoritarian Legality in China: Law, Workers and the State," published by Cambridge University Press in 2017. She is also the author or editor of several other books, including "Contagious Capitalism: Globalization and the Politics of Labor in China" (Princeton 2005), "Chinese Justice: Civil Dispute Resolution in Contemporary China" (Cambridge 2011), "From Iron Rice Bowl to Informalization: Markets, Workers, and the State in a Changing China" (Cornell 2011), and "Contemporary Chinese Politics: New Sources, Methods, and Field Strategies" (Cambridge 2010).

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.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 24 Jan 2019 16:07:23 -0500 2019-02-05T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-05T13:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion Mary E. Gallagher is the Amy and Alan Lowenstein Professor of Democracy, Democratization, and Human Rights Professor at the University of Michigan where she is also the director of the Kenneth G. Lieberthal and Richard H. Rogel Center for Chinese Studies. Professor Gallagher received her Ph.D. in politics in 2001 from Princeton University and her B.A. from Smith College in 1991. She was a foreign student in China in 1989 at Nanjing University. She also taught at the Foreign Affairs College in Beijing from 1996-1997. She was a Fulbright Research Scholar from 2003 to 2004 at East China University of Politics and Law in Shanghai, China. In 2012-2013, she was a visiting professor at the Koguan School of Law at Shanghai Jiaotong University. Her most recent book is "Authoritarian Legality in China: Law, Workers and the State," published by Cambridge University Press in 2017. She is also the author or editor of several other books, including "Contagious Capitalism: Globalization and the Politics of Labor in China"
UROP Brown Bag (February 5, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55331 55331-13722895@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Undergraduate Science Building
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The UROP Brown Bag Speaker Series are informal discussions on a topic pertaining to an aspect of research. All UROP students must register for and attend one Brown Bag presentation during the 18-19 academic year. Please follow the link to search for the best Brown Bag Series Speaker and Topic that suits your research pursuits.
https://ttc.iss.lsa.umich.edu/undergrad/?s=urop+brown+bag&submit=Search

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 03 Oct 2018 15:10:49 -0400 2019-02-05T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-05T13:00:00-05:00 Undergraduate Science Building UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Lecture / Discussion UROP Brown Bag
Whole Earth, Fractured Planet: Geohistory, Climate Justice, and the Crisis of Capitalism (February 5, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60578 60578-14910391@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Dana Natural Resources Building
Organized By: Science for the People

“We have met the enemy, and he is us.” Cartoonist Walt Kelly’s iconic poster for the first Earth Day (1970) captured the zeitgeist of a new political imaginary: modern environmentalism. Ever since, its dominant metaphors – from Spaceship Earth to the Anthropocene – have stressed the fundamental unity of humans in facing, and creating, planetary crises. Rightly insisting that humans are part of the web of life, post-1970 environmentalism rapidly slipped into a second, more dubious, worldview: “we” created the conditions and realities of planetary crisis. The new global environmental imaginary had little sense of capitalism’s global fractures, above all the ways in which planetary color, gender, and class lines have been drawn and violently policed since 1492. As today’s climate crises unfold, so too has a resurgent Western universalism, captured in the Anthropocene’s discourse of Man versus Nature. Looking at capitalism’s long history of power and re/production, Moore shows how movements for planetary justice must directly challenge – and disrupt – the enduring legacies of racism, sexism, and colonialism as fundamental drivers of climate crisis and the enrichment of the globe’s One Percent.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Jan 2019 15:40:10 -0500 2019-02-05T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-05T13:00:00-05:00 Dana Natural Resources Building Science for the People Lecture / Discussion JMoore Tuesday talk
Chair's Distinguished Lecture Series - Programmable metamaterials for redirecting stress waves on the fly (February 5, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60541 60541-14937146@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Osama R. Bilal, ETH Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

Mechanical metamaterials are material systems with tailored, architected geometry, designed to retain static and dynamic properties that do not exist or rare in nature. This class of materials usually features a structural pattern that repeats spatially (i.e., unit cell). Most of the metamaterials properties are inscribed in the unit cell’s frequency dispersion spectrum, ranging form its stiffness at zero frequency to its wave attenuation capacity at finite frequencies. These metamaterials are well suited to provide new materials-based advances (through geometry rather than chemical composition) to both structural and acoustical engineering of aerospace vehicles and structures. These advances, for example, can range from sound and vibration insulation to flow control. A major challenge in metamaterials design is to engineer unit cells that have the ability to change their mechanical properties in a predetermined manner, within practical time frames. As a demonstration of principle, we harness geometric and magnetic nonlinearities to tune the metamaterials’ dispersion characteristics. We program our nonlinear metamaterial to redirect stress waves, on the fly, in a reversible and element-wise fashion.

About the speaker...
Osama R. Bilal received his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder. He is currently a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Before relocating to Caltech, he was an ETH postdoctoral fellow in the department of mechanical engineering in ETH Zurich, Switzerland. His research interest spans the realization of advanced material and structures by design, autonomous deployment of material systems, topology optimization, flow control, and multifunctional metamaterials. Osama is the recipient of several awards, including the ARL postdoctoral fellowship (Army), ETH postdoctoral fellowship (ETH), the Graduate Student Service Award (CU-Boulder), the International Student Award (CU-Boulder), the Outstanding Academic Achievement Award (CU-Boulder) and the Phononics 2011 Fellowship (National Science Foundation), among others. More info at http://www.orbilal.com/

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 01 Feb 2019 14:18:08 -0500 2019-02-05T15:00:00-05:00 2019-02-05T16:30:00-05:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Lecture / Discussion Bilal Photo
Special Lecture: Decoding Molecular Messages: Organic Biomarkers as Tracers of Microbial Controls on Biogeochemical Cycling (February 5, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60332 60332-14864273@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 3:30pm
Location: 1100 North University Building
Organized By: Earth and Environmental Sciences

The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences hosts lectures that bring in distinguished speakers from other universities and research institutions.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 24 Jan 2019 09:13:02 -0500 2019-02-05T15:30:00-05:00 2019-02-05T16:30:00-05:00 1100 North University Building Earth and Environmental Sciences Lecture / Discussion 1100 North University Building
Humanities & Environments Faculty Panel: "Neighborhoods, Suburbs, Environments" (February 5, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58925 58925-14578311@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 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, U-M faculty members explore the history and development of living environments, emphasizing the promises of sociability and social mobility suburban and city neighborhoods may have offered, and the realizations and failures of such promises.

Featuring:

Alexandra Murphy (sociology)
Matthew Lassiter (history, American culture)
Harley Etienne (architecture)

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 01 Feb 2019 13:05:05 -0500 2019-02-05T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-05T17:30:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion 202 S. Thayer
Lecture: "Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (February 5, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58490 58490-14510812@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

A current exhibit at the William L. Clements Library aims to present the experiences of ordinary Americans who served in France as part of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) during the First World War. Studying hundreds of letters written by soldiers, postcards, photographs, and other diverse materials, curator Louis Miller discovered some shared themes from these firsthand accounts to explore in the exhibition. Miller’s lecture will discuss some of the exceptional and heartbreaking stories found in the Clements’ archives and present an overview of the exhibit.

Join us for the lecture at the Hatcher Graduate Library Gallery; an after-hours viewing of the exhibit at the Clements Library will follow the lecture. Visitors have the opportunity to view both paper and three-dimensional objects relating to the First World War, including a doughboy helmet, censored letters, photographs, and souvenirs. A pamphlet of excerpts from the writings of Americans who served complements the exhibit.

Louie Miller is an archivist at the University of Michigan’s William L. Clements Library. He has a Masters of Science in Information from the U-M School of Information with a specialization in archives and records management and a Bachelors in History from Kalamazoo College. It was while working on his undergraduate thesis at Kalamazoo that he was first drawn to the topic of American involvement in the First World War.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 13 Dec 2018 12:08:41 -0500 2019-02-05T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-05T17:30:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library William L. Clements Library Lecture / Discussion "The Edge" by WWI veteran C. Leroy Baldridge
WCED Lecture. Impunity as State Formation: Dictatorship and the Future of Justice in Thailand (February 5, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57819 57819-14314716@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies

The regime of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), which took power in Thailand in the 22 May 2014 coup, is a dictatorship that has been marked by series of human rights violations including curtailment of freedom of expression, torture, arbitrary detention and unjust prosecutions which depart from the letter and spirit of the law. Four years after the coup, General Prayuth Chan-ocha and the NCPO have gestured towards a willingness to hold elections, albeit under circumstances highly-constrained by the 2017 Constitution. Taking an assumption that part of the NCPO’s reluctance to exit power is their realization of their many violations of the very law they claim to enforce, this lecture outlines how and on what charges General Prayuth Chan-ocha and other members of the NCPO could be indicted and prosecuted under domestic criminal law and with respect to Thailand’s international human rights violations. Reflecting on such a possible prosecution within the context of Thai and global histories of human rights and impunity, Haberkorn also explicates both the urgency of justice and potential obstacles to it.

Tyrell Haberkorn is an associate professor of Southeast Asian studies in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her work is primarily focused on state violence and dissident cultural politics in Thailand. She is the author of "Revolution Interrupted: Farmers, Students, Law and Violence in Northern Thailand" (University of Wisconsin Press, 2011), which rethinks the meaning of revolution in terms of legal rather than armed struggle, and "In Plain Sight: Impunity and Human Rights in Thailand" (University of Wisconsin Press, 2018), a new history of post-absolutist Thailand written through the lens of impunity. Tyrell also writes and translates frequently about Southeast Asia for a broad, public audience, including "Dissent," "Foreign Affairs," "Los Angeles Review of Books," "openDemocracy," and "Prachatai." Her work has been funded by fellowships from Fulbright, the Australian Research Council, the Association for Asian Studies, the Radcliffe Institute, and the Einstein Forum. She can be reached via email at tyrell.haberkorn@wisc.edu.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to weisercenter@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, 29 Nov 2018 16:04:44 -0500 2019-02-05T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-05T17:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies Lecture / Discussion Tyrell Haberkorn
Food Literacy for All (February 5, 2019 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57760 57760-14287009@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 6:30pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative

Food Literacy for All is a community academic partnership course at the University of Michigan.  UM students can enroll in the course for credit and community members can attend the series for free. Every Tuesday evenings from 6:30 - 8pm in Winter 2019.

The course is co-led by Lesli Hoey (Taubman College), Jerry Ann Hebron (Oakland Ave. Farm) and Lilly Fink Shapiro (Sustainable Food Systems Initiative). In partnership with Detroit Food Policy Council and FoodLab Detroit.

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 17 Nov 2018 10:04:58 -0500 2019-02-05T18:30:00-05:00 2019-02-05T20:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative Lecture / Discussion Food Literacy for All Flyer
Love Beyond Bounds (February 5, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60052 60052-14814816@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 7:30pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Spectrum Center

SAPAC, in co-sponsorship with Spectrum Center and CEW+, are bringing Corey Kempster and Jari Jones to talk about their relationship and love. The event is specifically near Valentine's Day, a holiday that is often very heteronormative and hurtful for people who hold marginalized identities. We hope that by creating an affirming and inclusive space that is a great representation of love and healthy relationship norms we can promote inclusivity and respect in all relationships on our campus!
Jari Jones is an actress/model/singer/activist who channels her talents into powerful trans-centric storytelling. She has been featured on FX’s Pose, starred in an Off-Broadway show called “The Sex Myth,” and just finished filming a movie with Leyna Bloom, directed by Martin Scorsese. Corey Kempster is a counselor for LGBT youth who are experiencing homelessness in addition to doing some modeling and acting. Together they have become an icon for healthy, positive queer relationships and have done numerous speaking and activism events around the country.

Light refreshments will be provided.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 18 Jan 2019 13:54:51 -0500 2019-02-05T19:30:00-05:00 2019-02-05T21:00:00-05:00 Michigan League Spectrum Center Lecture / Discussion image of stars and pink and orange planet surrounding text about the event
CREES Noon Lecture. The Polish Athens: Zakopane as a Center of Polish Culture (February 6, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59379 59379-14737031@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

The Zakopane of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a period referred to as “The Young Poland,” is of particular importance in Polish culture. It was the freest place in Poland at the time, partitioned by three neighboring empires – a place where artists, scientists, social, and political activists met. They went there to rest and rejuvenate; they roamed the Tatra Mountains, discussed, created, and conspired. Visitors at this time included the statesmen Józef Piłsudski and Roman Dmowski; writers Henryk Sienkiewicz and Stefan Żeromski; doctor Kazimierz Dłuski; and aristocrat Władysław Zamoyski. Anyone who meant anything in the spiritual life of the Poles frequented Zakopane, adding to the aura of this extraordinary place. Among the visitors were also people who became well-known in America: Helena Modjeska, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Artur Rubinstein, Bronisław Malinowski, and Joseph Conrad. Thanks to all of them, this small highlander village became known as the "Polish Athens” at a time when Zakopane achieved its spiritual peak.

Maciej Krupa, a journalist and mountain guide who lives and works in Zakopane, will discuss the importance of this time and place in Polish culture and history. Krupa has authored numerous publications related to Zakopane and the Tatra Mountains and is the co-founder of the local weekly newspaper "Tygodnik Podhalanski."

This lecture is related to “100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918,” an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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, 24 Jan 2019 15:22:22 -0500 2019-02-06T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-06T13:20:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Lecture / Discussion Maciej Krupa
UROP Brown Bag (February 6, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55331 55331-13722896@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Undergraduate Science Building
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The UROP Brown Bag Speaker Series are informal discussions on a topic pertaining to an aspect of research. All UROP students must register for and attend one Brown Bag presentation during the 18-19 academic year. Please follow the link to search for the best Brown Bag Series Speaker and Topic that suits your research pursuits.
https://ttc.iss.lsa.umich.edu/undergrad/?s=urop+brown+bag&submit=Search

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 03 Oct 2018 15:10:49 -0400 2019-02-06T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-06T13:00:00-05:00 Undergraduate Science Building UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Lecture / Discussion UROP Brown Bag
Critical Conversations -- Publics (February 6, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54732 54732-13638590@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

"Critical Conversations" is a new monthly lunch series for 2018-19 organized by the English Department. In each session, a panel of four faculty members give flash talks about their current research as related to a broad theme. Presentations are followed by lively, cross-disciplinary conversation with the audience.

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

Please kindly RSVP below (see website link)

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 07 Feb 2019 12:32:10 -0500 2019-02-06T13:00:00-05:00 2019-02-06T14:30:00-05:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Lecture / Discussion
Sociology of Health and Medicine: Rethinking Autonomy? (February 6, 2019 6:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60210 60210-14849101@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 6:15pm
Location: LSA Building
Organized By: Department of Sociology

Dr. Stonington will share stories from around the world that call into question the pervasive use of individual autonomy as the organizing framework of bioethics. Cases will include: cancer care in Thailand, obesity prevention in Mexico City, primary care for diabetes in Ypsilanti, MI, and others. The goal of these stories will be to challenge assumptions about how people do and/or should engage with their bodies, their health, and health interventions.

Dinner provided, RSVP Required: https://myumi.ch/aVA37

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 23 Jan 2019 08:40:00 -0500 2019-02-06T18:15:00-05:00 2019-02-06T19:15:00-05:00 LSA Building Department of Sociology Lecture / Discussion Event Flyer
He is Still Israel? Conversion and Jewish Identity in the Middle Ages (February 6, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57447 57447-14193519@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Judaic Studies

In the Middle Ages, Jews often faced pressure to convert to Christianity or Islam. While some did so out of conviction and others out of practical convenience, many in the Christian world converted as a response to pressure or force. A small number also sought conversion to Judaism. How did fellow Jews view converts and apostates in their midst? Did they distinguish between Jews who chose to leave the fold and those who were anusim, or "forced ones”? A traditional rabbinical theme that “Even though he sinned, he is still Israel” (BT Sanhedrin 44a) often guided discussion of how to deal with conversion, and not all were in agreement about the rights of a Jew to return to the fold. By the same token, not all could agree on the status of one who left his own religion to claim a Jewish faith and identity. This talk will present the stories of a variety of converts, including one story of forced “conversion” from Karaism within the Jewish community itself—to explore how changing religion affected the understanding of Jewish identity in the Middle Ages.

If you have a disability that requires an accommodation, contact the Judaic Studies office at judaicstudies@umich.edu or 734-763-9047.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 08 Nov 2018 13:25:20 -0500 2019-02-06T19:00:00-05:00 2019-02-06T20:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Judaic Studies Lecture / Discussion WBLS.Szpiech
Cognitive Science Community (February 6, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60743 60743-14961645@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 7:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science

The next student-led discussion will feature Colleen Frank, who will lead a discussion on the effectiveness of brain-training games. Interventions targeting primary cognitive functions are becoming increasingly popular, but are the results of these programs all that they seem to be? Discussion will include topics such as the potential of cognitive training, ethical considerations, and limitations of research and the claims being made.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 04 Feb 2019 09:21:09 -0500 2019-02-06T19:30:00-05:00 2019-02-06T20:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science Lecture / Discussion Cog Sci Community logo
BUILD A WORKPLACE PEOPLE LOVE - JUST ADD JOY (February 7, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58456 58456-14502338@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 7, 2019 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Menlo Innovations CEO, Rich Sheridan, had one thought during a difficult mid-career in the technology industry: ...things can be better -- much better! Ultimately, Rich and co-founder James Goebel invented Menlo Innovations in 2001 to “end human suffering in the world as it relates to technology.” Their unique company—which creates custom software--is so interesting that almost 4,000 people a year travel from around the world to see it. Rich is author of Joy, Inc. - How We Built a Workplace People Love. His second book, Chief Joy Officer, is due in December.

Rich will explore what an intentionally joyful work culture must choose as its focus. He will discuss what a joyful workplace looks and feels like, and how it is organized. You will see paradoxical approaches: How workplace noise increases productivity, how two people at one computer outperform hero-based organizations, how rigor and discipline emanate from a shared-belief system, how transparency conquers fear, and how quality can be a natural result of a team built on trust.

This is the last in a six-lecture series. The subject is The Future of Work. How Will Your Grandchildren Make a Living? The next lecture series will start February 14, 2019. The subject is: History of Comedy.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 12 Dec 2018 12:59:29 -0500 2019-02-07T10:00:00-05:00 2019-02-07T11:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion olli-image
Coffee with the Curators: Written Culture of Christian Egypt (February 7, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60746 60746-14961647@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 7, 2019 10:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

Join us to learn more about the exhibit Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection. Evyn Kropf and Pablo Alvarez will give you a tour of this extraordinary exhibit.
https://events.umich.edu/event/56679

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 04 Feb 2019 10:33:46 -0500 2019-02-07T10:00:00-05:00 2019-02-07T11:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Lecture / Discussion Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
ChE Seminar Series: Suchol Savagatrup (February 7, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60031 60031-14814797@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 7, 2019 11:30am
Location: Herbert H. Dow Building
Organized By: Chemical Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
“Imitating Nature’s Gentle Approach: Molecular Engineering of Soft Materials for Energy and Sensing”

ABSTRACT

While conventional electronic devices are composed of hard materials, the pliability and chemical reactivity of soft organic materials may afford new solutions to pressing scientific challenges for applications in energy and environmental monitoring. Here, I will present two examples of molecular engineering of soft materials for (1) mechanically robust organic photovoltaics (OPVs) and (2) bioinspired chemical sensors. OPVs hold promises to produce devices with performance approaching that of silicon-based electronics, but with the mechanical stability of conventional plastics. However, obtaining both “plastic” deformability and high energy conversion efficiency has proven challenging. I will discuss the relationships between mechanical compliance and charge transport in polymeric systems, and the rational design principles that lead to intrinsically stretchable OPVs, allowing for the co-optimization toward the “best of both worlds.” In addition, I will discuss the fabrications of chemical sensors based on complex liquid colloids. These dynamic, multicomponent emulsions behave as a natural sensor with reconfigurable morphologies that are extremely sensitive to the chemical environment. Specifically, their unique coupling between chemical, morphological, and optical properties can be leveraged to detect different classes of biomolecules. These nature-inspired examples serve as an important step in demonstrating the possibility of translating chemical principles to practical devices.

BIO

uchol Savagatrup obtained his Bachelor of Science from UC Berkeley in 2012 and his Ph.D. from UC San Diego in 2016, both in Chemical Engineering. At UC San Diego, Suchol worked in the laboratory of Prof. Darren Lipomi and was supported by several competitive fellowships including the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, the ARCS scholarship, and the Kaplan Dissertation Year Fellowship. Suchol is currently a Ruth L. Kirschstein NIH NRSA postdoctoral fellow in Prof. Timothy Swager’s lab at MIT. His research interests sit at the interface of soft materials science and device fabrication for applications in energy, human health, and environmental sustainability.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 05 Feb 2019 14:57:54 -0500 2019-02-07T11:30:00-05:00 2019-02-07T12:30:00-05:00 Herbert H. Dow Building Chemical Engineering Lecture / Discussion Herbert H. Dow Building
CJS Noon Lecture Series | Refuge Neighborhoods: Gentrification and Ontological Security in Japan’s Declining Yoseba (February 7, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60505 60505-14901382@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 7, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

Since the economic bubble’s collapse, Japan’s former yoseba (day labor ghettos) have transformed into concentrations of homelessness, welfare-subsidized housing, and supportive social services. However, many of the former pay-by-the-day hotels (doya) now cater to foreign and domestic budget travelers and the neighborhoods are seeing large scale redevelopment. How are residents, especially the poor, experiencing this advancing gentrification? Do these neighborhoods retain their function as neighborhoods of refuge (kakikomi chi’iki), buffering residents from the most extreme forms of urban marginality? I will explore these questions by drawing on ethnographic research in Tokyo’s San’ya and Osaka’s Kamagasaki conducted over a 25-year period.

Matthew Marr is Associate Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociocultural Studies and Asian Studies at Florida International University. His research focuses on homelessness in the US and Japan, showing how urban inequality is shaped by social conditions operating at multiple levels, from the global to the individual.

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.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 28 Jan 2019 13:19:51 -0500 2019-02-07T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-07T13:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Japanese Studies Lecture / Discussion Matthew Marr, Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociocultural Studies and Asian Studies,Florida International University
LSI Seminar Series: Nika Danial, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (February 7, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59352 59352-14734789@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 7, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Life Sciences Institute (LSI)

Abstract:
Chronic inflammation is linked to diverse disease processes, including impaired function and survival of insulin-producing beta-cells housed within pancreatic islets. While major efforts are focused on the immune cell component of islet inflammation and insulitis in diabetes, the nature of beta-cell-intrinsic mechanisms that can modulate islet inflammation are incompletely understood. Among these mechanisms are the beta-cell’s unique metabolic features, such as the low affinity glucose phosphorylating enzyme glucokinase (GK, hexokinase IV) and close coupling of glycolysis to mitochondrial pyruvate handling. Glucose imparts protective or toxic effects on beta-cells depending on the extent and duration of the increase in glucose flux through GK; however, our mechanistic understanding of these effects and their influence on the beta-cell response to inflammation is limited.

We investigated the contribution of glucose metabolism to beta-cell survival during islet inflammation by performing detailed metabolomics, biochemical and functional analyses comparing toxic versus protective GK activation in human donor islets. These integrative analyses uncovered a previously unappreciated link between mitochondrial pyruvate handling, amino acid metabolism and the extent of oxidative stress through nitric oxide synthesis. The mechanistic underpinnings of protective versus toxic glucose signaling in beta-cells and their translational utility for enhancing functional beta-cell mass in diabetes will be discussed.


Speaker:
Nika Danial, Ph.D., is an associate professor of cell biology at the Harvard Medical School and an associate professor of cancer biology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. She earned her Ph.D. from Columbia University before completing a postdoctoral fellowship at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School. Her research focuses on deciphering the molecular determinants of cellular fuel choice and their functional consequences, including metabolic adaptation and metabolic control of cellular stress responses. This research program has led to discoveries linking fuel metabolism to cellular fate and function that have relevant implications for diseases such as diabetes, seizure disorders and cancer.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 24 Jan 2019 11:01:46 -0500 2019-02-07T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-07T13:00:00-05:00 Palmer Commons Life Sciences Institute (LSI) Lecture / Discussion Nika Danial, Ph.D.
UROP Brown Bag (February 7, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55331 55331-13722897@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 7, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Undergraduate Science Building
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The UROP Brown Bag Speaker Series are informal discussions on a topic pertaining to an aspect of research. All UROP students must register for and attend one Brown Bag presentation during the 18-19 academic year. Please follow the link to search for the best Brown Bag Series Speaker and Topic that suits your research pursuits.
https://ttc.iss.lsa.umich.edu/undergrad/?s=urop+brown+bag&submit=Search

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 03 Oct 2018 15:10:49 -0400 2019-02-07T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-07T13:00:00-05:00 Undergraduate Science Building UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Lecture / Discussion UROP Brown Bag
Rackham North: Procrastination—How to Recognize It and How to Manage It (February 7, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58388 58388-14494056@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 7, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

We have all been in situations where procrastination has hurt our productivity. This panel of graduate students and postdocs will discuss and share best practices on how to identify, prevent, and manage procrastination. If you attend this event, consider taking the time management workshop on March 14.
Pre-registration is requested at https://myumi.ch/65ZGd.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 23 Jan 2019 18:16:29 -0500 2019-02-07T15:00:00-05:00 2019-02-07T17:00:00-05:00 Pierpont Commons Rackham Graduate School Lecture / Discussion Pierpont Commons
Astronomy Colloquium Series Presents (February 7, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58569 58569-14511743@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 7, 2019 3:30pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Department of Astronomy

“Mergers of compact objects in the Gravitational Wave Era”

The observation of gravitational waves has opened a new, unexplored window onto the Universe. Among the sources of gravitational wave transients, compact objects such as neutron stars (NSs) and black holes (BHs) play the most important role. In this talk, I will focus on the expected gravitational wave signal when two compact objects (NS-NS and NS-BH) in a binary merge. These events are believed to be accompanied by a strong electromagnetic signature in gamma-rays, followed by longer-wavelength radiation. I will discuss what can be learned from the complementary observations of the electromagnetic and the gravitational wave signals during these events.

Should you require any reasonable accommodations to ensure equal access and opportunity related to this event, please contact Stacy Tiburzi at 734-764-3440 or stibu@umich.edu.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 04 Feb 2019 13:25:04 -0500 2019-02-07T15:30:00-05:00 2019-02-07T16:20:00-05:00 West Hall Department of Astronomy Lecture / Discussion Dr. Rosalba Perna
CLaSP Seminar Series - Prof. Dustin Schroeder (February 7, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60139 60139-14840453@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 7, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Space Research Building
Organized By: Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering

Our guest for this week's CLaSP Seminar Series will be Prof. Dustin Schroeder of Stanford University.

Title: "Ice Penetrating Radar: A Window into the Physical Processes of Ice Sheets"

Abstract: Radio echo sounding is a uniquely powerful geophysical technique for studying the interior of ice sheets, glaciers, and icy planetary bodies. It can provide broad coverage and deep penetration as well as interpretable ice thickness, basal topography, and englacial radio stratigraphy. However, despite the long tradition of glaciological interpretation of radar images, quantitative analyses of radar sounding data are rare and face several technical challenges. These include attenuation uncertainty from unknown ice temperature and chemistry, clutter and losses from surface and volume scattering, and a lack of problem-specific radar theory. However, there is rich, often underexploited, information in modern radar sounding data, which is being collected over terrestrial and planetary ice at an unprecedented rate. The development and application of hypothesis-driven analysis approaches for these data can place observational constraints on the morphologic, hydrologic, geologic, mechanical, thermal, and oceanographic configurations of ice sheets and glaciers. These boundary conditions – and the physical processes which they express and control – are filling a fundamental gap our ability to understand the evolution of both marine ice sheets and icy moons. These include the subglacial hydrology of marine ice sheets and the thermophysical structure of planetary ice shells.

Please join us!

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Lecture / Discussion Sun, 03 Feb 2019 20:21:42 -0500 2019-02-07T15:30:00-05:00 2019-02-07T17:00:00-05:00 Space Research Building Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering Lecture / Discussion clasp logo
"The Rational Design of Affinity-Controlled Protein Delivery for Tissue Repair" (February 7, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60041 60041-14814807@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 7, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

Tissue repair requires a carefully orchestrated series of events in which
numerous cell populations, proteins, and matrix molecules participate under precise spatiotemporal control. Disruptions in these signaling events can cause aberrant healing, leading to impaired function. Biomaterials developed to deliver cells and proteins to tissue often fail to recapitulate the complex, endogenous healing response to injury, and lack the ability to control the bioactivity and local presentation of therapeutics in the injury site. I aim to engineer affinity interactions between therapeutic proteins and biomaterials to create delivery vehicles that can exert precise control over protein bioactivity and delivery. This seminar will demonstrate how novel approaches in protein engineering, computational bio-transport modeling, and directed evolution can be used to overcome the limitations of typical biomaterial delivery vehicles and advance clinically relevant treatment strategies for both musculoskeletal and central nervous system injuries.

Marian Hettiaratchi, Ph.D., is a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Shoichet Lab at the University of Toronto.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 04 Feb 2019 12:21:49 -0500 2019-02-07T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-07T17:00:00-05:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Biomedical Engineering Lecture / Discussion Biomedical Engineering
Chair's Distinguished Lecture Series - Harnessing Hypersonics: A Multi-Physics Frontier (February 7, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60816 60816-14970671@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 7, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Jack J. McNamara
Professor
Director: Multi-Physics Interactions Research Group
Director: AFRL-University Collaborative Center in Structural Sciences
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
The Ohio State University

Recent technological advancements and expanding investments worldwide place us on the cusp of a hypersonics revolution. Yet the hypersonic environment remains largely untamed, and routine operations within it, elusive. Prominent issues are difficulty in comprehensively replicating the environment during testing and a broad set of potential multi-discipline interactions that are not sufficiently understood. These obfuscate nearly all aspects of hypersonic vehicle development, and often lead to underachievement in performance objectives, catastrophic failure, or cancelled programs. The structural system plays a key role in the future of hypersonics by impacting vehicle robustness, survivability, agility, guidance/control, and propulsion. In this context, established challenges on fluid-thermal-structural interactions are briefly reviewed. A more focused discussion is then provided on a long-standing problem: namely deep understanding and modeling of loads transmitted from a turbulent boundary layer to a compliant structure. Key points covered are characteristic parameters that dominate energy transfer, the degree of coupling between turbulence and an aerothermoelastic structure, and how to efficiently capture dominant interactions for relevant thermo-structural response scales.

About the speaker...

Jack J. McNamara is a professor in the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at the Ohio State University. His research interests are broadly in the areas of computational fluid-structural interactions and model reduction of high-dimensional dynamical systems. A core application target is air vehicle operation in high-speed flow regimes, where there is a potential for complex interactions at both the component (fluid-thermal-structural-material) and vehicle (aero-servo-thermo-elastic-propulsive) levels. Other application areas include fluid-structural centric problems associated with ship airwakes, wind turbines, flapping wing air vehicles, automobiles, and turbomachinery. He is the director of the Multi-Physics Interactions Research Group at the Ohio State University and the seven-year AFRL-University Collaborative Center in Structural Sciences. The latter represents a partnership between the Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate, Ohio State University, Johns Hopkins University, Arizona State University, and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 05 Feb 2019 09:19:50 -0500 2019-02-07T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-07T17:30:00-05:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Lecture / Discussion McNamara photo
Communication and Media Speaker Series (February 7, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56313 56313-13878512@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 7, 2019 4:00pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Communication and Media

Dr. Meredith D. Clark is a former newspaper journalist whose research focuses on the intersections of race, media, and power. Her award-winning dissertation on Black Twitter landed her on The Root 100, the news website's list of the most influential African Americans in the country, in 2015. She's a regular contributor to Poynter.org's diversity column, and her research has been published in Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, the Journal of Social Media in Society, and New Media & Society.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 06 Feb 2019 09:51:45 -0500 2019-02-07T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-07T17:30:00-05:00 North Quad Communication and Media Lecture / Discussion North Quad
Donia Human Rights Center Special Lecture to Launch the Robert J. Donia Graduate Student Fellowship. Human Rights in the Neoliberal Maelstrom (February 7, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56182 56182-13841868@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 7, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Donia Human Rights Center

The age of human rights has been kindest to the rich. Even as state violations of political rights garnered unprecedented attention due to human rights campaigns, a commitment to material equality disappeared. In its place, market fundamentalism has emerged as the dominant force in national and global economies. In his provocative new book, "Not Enough: Human Rights in an Unequal World," Samuel Moyn analyzes how and why we chose to make human rights our highest ideals while simultaneously neglecting the demands of a broader social and economic justice.

This event is co-sponsored by the University of Michigan: Department of History, Department of Sociology, and Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies.

Samuel Moyn is Professor of Law and Professor of History at Yale University. His areas of interest in legal scholarship include international law, human rights, the law of war, and legal thought, in both historical and current perspective. In intellectual history, he has worked on a diverse range of subjects, especially twentieth-century European moral and political theory.

He has written several books in his fields of European intellectual history and human rights history, including "The Last Utopia: Human Rights in History" (2010), and edited or coedited a number of others. His most recent book, based on Mellon Distinguished Lectures at the University of Pennsylvania in fall 2014, is "Christian Human Rights" (2015). A final book of human rights history, "Not Enough: Human Rights in an Unequal World," appeared from Harvard University Press in April 2018. Over the years he has written in venues such as Boston Review, the Chronicle of Higher Education, Dissent, The Nation, The New Republic, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to umichhumanrights@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, 18 Jan 2019 14:29:37 -0500 2019-02-07T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-07T17:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Donia Human Rights Center Lecture / Discussion Samuel Moyn
Prometheus and Contemporary Concerns (February 7, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60261 60261-14855604@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 7, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Contexts for Classics

Anna Cornel: Danielle Allen, World of Prometheus: Politics of Punishing in Democratic Athens
Syd Riley Brown: Danielle Allen, Cuz: The Life and Times of Michael S.
Megan Wilson: Prometheus and prison

Organized by Francesca Schironi and Netta Berlin. Free & open to the public. Coffee & cookies served.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Feb 2019 11:16:18 -0500 2019-02-07T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-07T17:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Contexts for Classics Lecture / Discussion prometheus
Juliana Huxtable: Post (February 7, 2019 5:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58873 58873-14569981@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 7, 2019 5:10pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

The iconic Juliana Huxtable is an American artist, writer, performer, and musician. Exploring the intersections of race, gender, queerness, technology, and identity, Huxtable uses a diverse set of means to engage these issues, including self-portraiture, text-based prints, performance, nightlife, music, writing, and social media. Huxtable references her own body and history as a transgender African American woman as she challenges the socio-political and cultural forces that inform normative conceptions of gender and sexuality. Huxtable’s art and performance work has been featured at Roskilde Festival, Denmark (2018), Rewire Festival, Netherlands (2018); Park Avenue Armory, New York (2018); Reena Spaulings, New York (2017); Project Native Informant, London (2017); MoMA PS1, New York (2014); Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2014); Frieze Projects, London (2014); and the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York (2015), among other venues. Huxtable’s work is featured in Art in the Age of the Internet: 1989 to Today, on view at UMMA through April 7, 2019. She will stage a performance presented by the U-M School of Social Work on Wednesday, February 6 at 5 pm in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theater. Huxtable lives and works in New York, where she is the founder and DJ for Shock Value, and part of House of Ladosha a nightlife collective run by artists, DJs, writers, and fashion icons.

Presented in partnership with the University of Michigan School of Social Work with support from the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA); the Institute for Research on Women and Gender; and the Spectrum Center. This event is part of the 2019 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium.

Photo: © Juri-Hiensch.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 10 Jan 2019 12:23:25 -0500 2019-02-07T17:10:00-05:00 2019-02-07T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Lecture / Discussion https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/lectures/huxtable.jpg
Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series: Juliana Huxtable: POST (February 7, 2019 5:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58544 58544-14510866@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 7, 2019 5:10pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

The iconic Juliana Huxtable is an American artist, writer, performer, and musician. Exploring the intersections of race, gender, queerness, technology and identity, Huxtable uses a diverse set of means to engage these issues, including self-portraiture, text-based prints, performance, nightlife, music, writing, and social media. Huxtable does not privilege any method over another, and the lines between different forms of her work are often fluid. This approach aids Huxtable in her ongoing critiques of existing social norms and categorical distinctions while indicating alternate, more hopeful possibilities. Huxtable references her own body and history as a transgender African American woman as she challenges the socio-political and cultural forces that inform normative conceptions of gender and sexuality. Huxtable’s Art and Performance work has been featured at Roskilde Festival, Denmark (2018), ReWire Festival, Netherlands (2018), Park Avenue Armory, New York (2018), Reena Spauldings, Solo show, New York (2017), Project Native Informant, London UK, (2017) MoMA PS1, New York (2014); “Take Ecstasy with Me,” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2014); Frieze Projects, London (2014); and 2015 Triennial: Surround Audience, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York (2015); among other venues. She lives and works in New York, where she is the founder and DJ for Shock Value. And part of House of Ladosha a nightlife collective run by artists, DJs, writers, and fashion icons.​

Huxtable’s work is included in Art in the Age of the Internet, 1989 to Today on view at the University of Michigan Museum of Art from December 15, 2018 to April 7, 2019. Organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, the exhibition examines the radical impact of internet culture on visual art since the invention of the web in 1989. This exhibition presents more than forty works across a variety of media—painting, performance, photography, sculpture, video, and web-based projects. It features work by some of the most important artists working today, including Judith Barry, Juliana Huxtable, Pierre Huyghe, Josh Kline, Laura Owens, Trevor Paglen, Seth Price, Cindy Sherman, Frances Stark, and Martine Syms.

Major funding for Ms. Huxtable's residency was provided by The Faculty Alliance for Diversity at the University of Michigan School of Social Work.
 
Michigan Social Work gratefully acknowledges for their support, the Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series, the University of Michigan Museum of Art, The Institute for Research on Woman and Gender, and The Spectrum Center.


Art in the Age of the Internet, 1989 to Today is organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston and curated by Eva Respini, Barbara Lee Chief Curator, with Jeffrey De Blois, Assistant Curator.

Major support is provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

​UMMA gratefully acknowledges the following donors for their generous support:

Lead Exhibition Sponsors:
Candy and Michael Barasch, University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Ross School of Business, Michigan Medicine, and the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs

Individual and Family Foundation Donors:
William Susman and Emily Glasser; The Applebaum Family Compass Fund: Pamela Applebaum and Gaal Karp, Lisa Applebaum; P.J. and Julie Solit; Vicky and Ned Hurley; Ann and Mel Schaffer; Mark and Cecilia Vonderheide; and Jay Ptashek and Karen Elizaga  

University of Michigan Funding Partners:
School of Information; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Michigan Engineering; Institute for Research on Women and Gender; Institute for the Humanities; Department of History of Art; Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning; Department of American Culture; School of Education; Department of Film, Television, and Media; Digital Studies Program; and Department of Communication Studies
 

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 07 Feb 2019 18:17:17 -0500 2019-02-07T17:10:00-05:00 2019-02-07T18:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Lecture / Discussion Museum of Art
Ada Limon Poetry Reading and Booksigning (February 7, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58273 58273-14452827@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 7, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program

Ada Limón is the author of five books of poetry, including Bright Dead Things, which was named a finalist for the 2015 National Book Award in Poetry, a finalist for the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, a finalist for the 2016 National Book Critics Circle Award, and one of the Top Ten Poetry Books of the Year by The New York Times. Her other books include Lucky Wreck, This Big Fake World, and Sharks in the Rivers. Her new collection, The Carrying, was released by Milkweed Editions in August of 2018 and has been called “her best yet” by NPR, “remarkable” by The New York Times, “exquisite” by the Washington Post, and one of the Ten Titles to Pick Up Now by O Magazine. She serves on the faculty of Queens University of Charlotte Low Residency M.F.A program, and the 24Pearl Street online program for the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center. She also works as a freelance writer in Lexington, Kentucky.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 05 Feb 2019 15:54:01 -0500 2019-02-07T17:30:00-05:00 2019-02-07T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program Lecture / Discussion Ada Limon
LanguageMatters Lab (February 7, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58464 58464-14849047@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 7, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

The LanguageMatters initiative at U-M is interested in issues of language diversity on and around campus, linguistic discrimination, social justice, inclusivity, and equality, how different dialects and languages are treated on campus and in the classroom, and the ways in which intentional language can be used for positive social impact.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 09 Jan 2019 14:54:15 -0500 2019-02-07T17:30:00-05:00 2019-02-07T19:00:00-05:00 Lorch Hall Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion Lorch Hall
Webster Reading Series Featuring Zell MFA Students (February 7, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69029 69029-17220007@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 7, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: Zell Visiting Writers Series

The Webster Reading Series, which remembers the poetry and life of Mark Webster, presents two second-year MFA student readers (one poet and one fiction writer) from the University of Michigan’s Helen Zell Writers’ Program. Each reader is introduced by a fellow poet or fiction writer.

Webster Readings are free and open to the public and are hosted in partnership with the University of Michigan Museum of Art. This is a wonderful opportunity to hear from emerging writers in a warm and relaxed setting.

For any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs, please email asbates@umich.edu-- we are eager to help ensure that this event is inclusive to you. The building, event space, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Diaper changing tables are available in nearby restrooms. Gender-inclusive restrooms are available on the second floor of the Museum, accessible via the stairs, or in nearby Hatcher Graduate Library (Floors 3, 4, 5, and 6). The Hatcher Library also offers a reflection room (4th Floor South Stacks), and a lactation room (Room 13W, an anteroom to the basement women's staff restroom, or Room 108B, an anteroom of the first floor women's restroom). ASL interpreters and CART services are available upon request; please email asbates@umich.edu two weeks prior to the event whenever possible, to allow time to arrange services.

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

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 01 Nov 2019 10:05:42 -0400 2019-02-07T19:00:00-05:00 2019-02-07T20:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art Zell Visiting Writers Series Lecture / Discussion Webster Reading Series
U-M Structure Seminar (February 8, 2019 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/55752 55752-13777524@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 8, 2019 10:30am
Location: Life Sciences Institute
Organized By: U-M Structural Biology

Ben McIlwain, Research Fellow, Randy Stockbridge Lab, University of Michigan

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 20 Sep 2018 15:01:45 -0400 2019-02-08T10:30:00-05:00 2019-02-08T11:30:00-05:00 Life Sciences Institute U-M Structural Biology Lecture / Discussion Life Sciences Institute
My Brothers Empowerment Series (February 8, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58117 58117-14737077@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 8, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

My Brothers is a monthly dialogue series focused around the success and cross-cultural development of self-identified men of color at the University of Michigan. All students, staff, and faculty are invited to this space.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 09 Jan 2019 15:59:32 -0500 2019-02-08T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-08T13:30:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Lecture / Discussion Hatcher Event
Phondi Discussion Group (February 8, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58814 58814-14737037@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 8, 2019 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 Wed, 19 Dec 2018 14:26:33 -0500 2019-02-08T13:00:00-05:00 2019-02-08T14:00:00-05:00 Lorch Hall Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion Lorch Hall
Workplace Bullying, Mobbing, and Harassment: Demographic and Diversity Perspectives (February 8, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57984 57984-14383895@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 8, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

This talk will examine bullying, mobbing, and harassment at work, with an emphasis on demographics and diversity. It will briefly sketch out some basics, a sort of “Workplace bullying 101.” It will then look at the demographic and diversity dynamics of these behaviors overall, especially pertaining to aggressors and targets, especially in the context of organizational cultures. Finally, it will take a closer look at gendered aspects of bullying and related behaviors at work, including (1) linkages between bullying and sexual harassment in the midst of the #MeToo movement and (2) complicated issues of bullying-type behaviors between women at work. Plenty of time will be reserved for comments and questions.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 28 Nov 2018 16:44:10 -0500 2019-02-08T13:30:00-05:00 2019-02-08T15:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
HistLing Discussion Group (February 8, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59356 59356-14734852@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 8, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

HistLing is devoted to discussions of language change. Group members include interested faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates from a wide variety of U-M departments -- Linguistics, Anthropology, Asian Languages and Cultures, Classics, Germanic Languages, Near Eastern Studies, Romance Languages, Slavic Languages - and from two nearby universities, Eastern Michigan (Ypsilanti) and Wayne State (Detroit). Some meetings feature faculty or student presentations; other meetings have an announced topic for discussion and a volunteer moderator.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 22 Jan 2019 12:48:47 -0500 2019-02-08T14:00:00-05:00 2019-02-08T15:00:00-05:00 Lorch Hall Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion Lorch Hall
SoConDi Discussion Group (February 8, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58466 58466-14734942@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 8, 2019 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 Wed, 12 Dec 2018 15:54:39 -0500 2019-02-08T15:00:00-05:00 2019-02-08T16:00:00-05:00 Lorch Hall Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion Lorch Hall
The Michigan Anthropology Colloquia Series: "Cooperation without Submission: The Juris-diction of Significance in Hopi-U.S. Relations" (February 8, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56314 56314-13878513@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 8, 2019 3:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Department of Anthropology

The founding principles of U.S. law regarding Native Americans, first articulated in the 1830s, define them as “domestic dependent nations” who retain powers of self-government but who are also in a “state of pupilage” to the federal government, in a relationship like that of a “ward to its guardian.” This ambiguous status has offered cover for the shifting winds of U.S. political sentiment, leading sometimes to calls for the assimilation of Native peoples, sometimes for their rights to self-determination. Despite these shifts, tribes like the Hopi Nation in Arizona persist in their claims to being sovereign nations who nonetheless enjoy a unique trust relationship with the U.S. Since the 1990s, and passage of laws like Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, this relationship has been executed pursuant to rules requiring “meaningful tribal consultation” whenever U.S. agencies or their grantees propose actions that may impact Native peoples and their resources, particularly those of substantial natural and/or cultural significance. Disagreement persists about meaningful tribal consultation and its efficacies however. This paper deploys insights from indigenous studies, and legal and linguistic anthropology to analyze the details of the consultations I have observed, since 2012, between Hopi Nation officials and their non-native counterparts in the U.S. Forest Service and the Field Museum of Natural History. Unpacking those interactions in light of Hopi theories of knowledge and authority, through a theory of legal language as juris-diction, I argue that these consultations enact Hopi and Anglo-legal norms of “significance” in complex, contradictory ways. I suggest that understanding “meaningful tribal consultation,” and the settler legal status of Native Nations more generally, requires understanding how indigenous nations enact the conditions of their authority through juris-diction and the relations and refusals to settler colonialism this inevitably entails.

The Michigan Anthropology Colloquia Series presents speakers on current topics in the field of anthropology

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 25 Jan 2019 09:26:11 -0500 2019-02-08T15:00:00-05:00 2019-02-08T17:00:00-05:00 West Hall Department of Anthropology Lecture / Discussion West Hall
The Search for Axion Dark Matter (February 8, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62642 62642-15416701@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 8, 2019 3:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Leinweber Center for Theoretical Physics

Dark matter is the dominant source of matter in our Universe. However, while dark matter dictates the evolution of large-scale astrophysical systems through its gravitational effects, the particle nature of dark matter is unknown. This is despite the significant effort that has gone into the search for particle dark matter over the past decades. In this talk I will review the current status of the search for particle dark matter. I will focus specifically on a dark matter particle candidate called the axion, which is both well-motivated theoretically and also relatively unexplored experimentally. I will outline the near-term program for searching for axion dark matter and show that if this theory is correct, then we will probably know soon.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 27 Mar 2019 13:36:31 -0400 2019-02-08T15:00:00-05:00 2019-02-08T16:00:00-05:00 West Hall Leinweber Center for Theoretical Physics Lecture / Discussion West Hall
Interdisciplinary Workshop American Politics (IWAP) (February 8, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53067 53067-13217983@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 8, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 15:22:27 -0500 2019-02-08T15:30:00-05:00 2019-02-08T17:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Smith Lecture: Using Cr-Redox Systematics in Basaltic Liquids and Olivine to Decode the Oxidation State of Planetary Basaltic Magmas and their Mantle Sources (February 8, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52678 52678-12927432@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 8, 2019 3:30pm
Location: 1100 North University Building
Organized By: Earth and Environmental Sciences

The evaluation and interpretation of redox (i.e, fO2) “messages” carried by silicate liquids and their crystallization products, both terrestrial and planetary, has been a major theme and active field of petrologic research for the last 40 years. Chromium is a minor, yet consequential, multi-valent element that is present at dilute concentrations in nearly all basaltic magmas. Recent work has shown that synchrotron μ-XANES measurements of Cr valence in early liquidus olivine phenocrysts can be exploited to yield quantitative information on the prevailing fO2 conditions of primitive mantle-derived basaltic liquids. Spatially resolved measurements of Cr valence in olivine are also unique in that they can be placed into the context the growth history of the phenocryst, thus potentially revealing a wealth of information about temporal variations in the oxidation state of the magmatic system as a function of crystallization and the compositional evolution of the residual liquids. In this way, olivine phenocrysts may serve as high fidelity recorders of magmatic fO2 that can provide new insights into the connection between the oxidation state of basaltic magmas and their mantle sources. Decoding the Cr2+/ΣCr of natural olivine phenocrysts and exploiting this information as a redox “chronometer” is a challenging petrologic problem that requires a multifaceted experimental, analytical, and thermodynamic modeling approach to understand how Cr2+/ΣCr values are dictated by temperature, fO2 and melt chemistry.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 28 Jan 2019 13:34:29 -0500 2019-02-08T15:30:00-05:00 2019-02-08T16:30:00-05:00 1100 North University Building Earth and Environmental Sciences Lecture / Discussion 1100 North University Building
The Painted Face: Artistry, Design, and Voice in Chinese Opera (February 8, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60581 60581-14910395@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 8, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

A panel to further explore the artistic depth of the jing role will be held on Friday, February 15 at 5:00 pm, Weiser Hall, Rooom 555, 500 Church St., Ann Arbor.

Supported through the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, The Confucius Institute, the International Institute, and the University of Michigan Museum of Art.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Jan 2019 13:43:04 -0500 2019-02-08T17:00:00-05:00 2019-02-08T18:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion The Painted Face: Artistry, Design, and Voice in Chinese Opera
String Preparatory Academy Master Class: Anthony Elliott, cello (February 9, 2019 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58156 58156-14435422@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 9, 2019 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

SMTD Prof. Anthony Elliott provides a behind-the-scenes look at the making of a young artist.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 06 Feb 2019 18:15:23 -0500 2019-02-09T14:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion