Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Call for Applications - Big Data Summer Institute in Biostatistics (March 1, 2021 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/79587 79587-20414632@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 1, 2021 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Biostatistics

The 2021 University of Michigan Big Data Summer Institute in Biostatistics, a SIBS program, will be an eight-week part-time virtual program designed to expose undergraduate students to the intersection of big data and human health. Students will have the opportunity to work in mentored research groups, along with participating in other virtual events.

The BDSI *application opens on Tuesday, December 1*. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

Program dates are June 7 - July 30, 2021.

Please visit www.BigDataSummerInstitute.com for more information.

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Livestream / Virtual Sat, 28 Nov 2020 15:16:39 -0500 2021-03-01T00:00:00-05:00 2021-03-01T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Biostatistics Livestream / Virtual Big Data Summer Institute in Biostatistics 2021
Anti-Racism in an Abroad Context (March 1, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/80492 80492-20730266@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 1, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Structural racism in the United States is the normalization and legitimization of an array of dynamics—historical, cultural, institutional, and interpersonal—that routinely advantage whites while producing cumulative and chronic adverse outcomes for people of color. It is a system of hierarchy and inequity, primarily characterized by white supremacy—the preferential treatment, privilege, and power for white people at the expense of other racially oppressed people. It is also important to recognize that racism is a global issue and continues to be perpetuated in society across the globe and it manifests in many different ways at various levels. This anti-racism workshop in an abroad context aims to offer an entryway for the student to engage in observing how racism plays out in different societies outside the United States, utilizing examples, particularly media representation, that may reflect deeper messages, and what it means to be anti-racist in the abroad context for American students who have been abroad, or may be visiting, studying, or traveling abroad.
This workshop will engage participants in the following activities:

Better understanding of the phrase “anti-racism”
Learning about race and its nuances
Recognizing how culture can shape how racism and power structures develop
Seeing how media around the world uphold oppression in different ways, and
Creating action steps toward actively recognizing oppression abroad.

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

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 07 Jan 2021 12:15:30 -0500 2021-03-01T09:00:00-05:00 2021-03-01T10:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
Sweetland Write-Together (March 1, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81305 81305-20883854@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 1, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Write-Together sessions provide structure, accountability, and support for graduate writers working on writing at any stage, from papers to theses to journal articles to dissertations and more. For each of these remote sessions, participants access a shared Google document that will serve as a communal virtual space. Students will be invited to post pre-writing goals and post-writing reflections in the document. Writers can also schedule a 10-minute Zoom meeting with Sweetland faculty during each session to discuss writing questions. We will also provide weekly writing strategies to habituate students to best writing practices.
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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 27 Jan 2021 00:15:43 -0500 2021-03-01T09:00:00-05:00 2021-03-01T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
Magic in Mame-Loshn: Translating Harry Potter into Yiddish (March 1, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79545 79545-20375058@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 1, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Judaic Studies

The Harry Potter series is the most-translated book series of all time, having appeared in languages as various as Tamil, Ancient Greek, and Hawaiian. In this talk, Viswanath will be talking about the journey and challenge of translating Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone into Yiddish. Along the way, he will address questions and topics such as: Is Harry Potter particularly difficult to translate? What does it mean to translate something into a Jewish language? Who is reading Harry Potter in Yiddish? The book can be ordered online [harrypotter.olniansky.com], and a recording of the first chapter is available on Youtube [youtube.com/watch?v=6_fB0ZsjpgE].

Advance Registration Required: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/8716061622069/WN_go1LSrJ4SrecwpRr2wFNGw

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 12 Feb 2021 15:55:28 -0500 2021-03-01T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-01T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Judaic Studies Livestream / Virtual Yiddish Harry Potter Cover
Rackham Resolution Office: Virtual Office Hours (March 1, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79888 79888-20511611@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 1, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

If you have a quick question or have a time sensitive matter, attend the Rackham’s Resolution Office’s open office hours weekly on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. via Zoom. In the interest of providing students as much privacy as possible, you may spend a brief time in a waiting room if the resolution officer is engaged with another student. They will be with you as quickly as possible.
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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 10 Dec 2020 18:15:28 -0500 2021-03-01T14:00:00-05:00 2021-03-01T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
Intro to ONSF (March 1, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81066 81066-20840675@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 1, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF)

REGISTER: https://myumi.ch/ZQOXq

The Office of National Scholarships and Fellowships recruits and prepares U-M undergraduates, graduate and professional students, and recent alums for major national scholarship and fellowship competitions such as the Rhodes Scholarship for post-graduate study at Oxford.

Join us to learn more about the opportunities that ONSF supports for various graduate and career tracks as well as what it takes to be a competitive applicant.

This event is open to all U-M students, faculty, and staff!

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 21 Jan 2021 16:15:34 -0500 2021-03-01T16:00:00-05:00 2021-03-01T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF) Livestream / Virtual ONSF Students
Leadership and Professional Development (March 1, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81479 81479-20895807@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 1, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

A one-hour webinar for admitted students to learn more about the diverse resources available for students to develop their leadership and professional skills. Learn more about the Barger Leadership Institute (BLI), OptiMize, and the LSA Opportunity Hub, while talking to current students and their experiences in these programs!

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 23 Feb 2021 13:21:57 -0500 2021-03-01T16:00:00-05:00 2021-03-01T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Livestream / Virtual
Black History Month's Closing Speaker - JANAYA KHAN (March 1, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82365 82365-21070618@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 1, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA

MESA is proud to present Black History Month's Closing Speaker - JANAYA KHAN. Join us for a thrilling event where Janaya Khan will discuss “The Future within the Black Lives Matter Movement and The Intersections of being a Black, Queer, and Gender-Nonconforming Activist" This event is sponsored by The Spectrum Center and Central Student Government, and will be co-moderated by students Adrian King (they/them), PhD candidate in American Culture, and Jolyna Chiangong, who will be joined by Vice President Of Student Life Dr. Martino Harmon.

With a timely message about the transformational power of protest, Janaya Khan is a leading activist who engages their community in a profound discussion about social justice and equality. Known as ‘Future’ within the Black Lives Matter movement, Janaya is a black, queer, gender-nonconforming activist (pronouns: they, them, theirs), staunch Afrofuturist and social-justice educator who presents an enlightening point of view on police brutality and systemic racism.

“Throughout the political tumult of 2020, one of the most prominent voices to become a source of healing and hope was Janaya Future Khan, whose rapidly-growing audience across social media now numbers in the hundreds of thousands. But while the activist’s weekly Sunday Sermons on Instagram provided a necessary forum for those looking to reflect and regroup during the pandemic and the instances of police brutality that sparked a renewal of energy behind the Black Lives Matter movement, Khan’s activism extends much further back—all the way to their childhood, spent between Toronto and Florida, and their subsequent years as a competitive boxer.

Galvanized by the 2014 killings of Michael Brown in Ferguson and Jermaine Carby in Toronto at the hands of police officers, Khan has had a longstanding involvement in Black Lives Matter—even launching its first international chapter in Canada—and became a necessary and informed voice for those seeking direction last summer. And like many around the world, Khan found themselves dismayed and angered by the scenes that unfolded on Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol building, where riots led by Trump supporters sieged the building to disrupt the final counting of the Electoral College ballots in favor of Joe Biden’s Presidential win, resulting in five deaths.” BY LIAM HESS January 10, 2021

MESA and the Spectrum Center is dedicated to working towards offering equitable access to all of the events we organize. If you have an accessibility need you feel may not be automatically met at this event, fill out our Event Accessibility Form, found at http://bit.ly/SCaccess. You do not need to have a registered disability with the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) or identify as disabled to submit. Advance notice is necessary for some accommodations to be fully implemented, and we will always attempt to dismantle barriers as they are brought up to us. Any questions about accessibility at Spectrum Center events can be directed to spectrumcenter@umich.edu.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 23 Feb 2021 13:45:08 -0500 2021-03-01T18:00:00-05:00 2021-03-01T19:15:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA Livestream / Virtual JANAYA KHAN
Combating Anti-Asian Racism (March 2, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/80507 80507-20732241@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Professor Melissa Borja is a faculty member in the Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies Program and lead researcher with the Stop Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) Hate Reporting Center, a national effort to document and analyze coronavirus-related hate against Asian Americans. She will share her research as well as ways that graduate students and postdoctoral fellows can work to address anti-Asian racism as teachers, scholars, and community members.
This workshop is designed for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. For faculty and staff, please contact RackhamEvents@umich.edu to see if we can accommodate your attendance.
Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/r8op8.
We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 07 Jan 2021 18:15:32 -0500 2021-03-02T09:00:00-05:00 2021-03-02T10:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Propaganda as Viral Stunts: How Party Press in China Navigates Between Tradition and Innovation (March 2, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80186 80186-20594127@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

This talk presents findings from Dr. Zou’s recent work that investigates the production of soft propaganda campaigns on China’s social media, where ideological persuasion is entwined with various forms of digital play, such as hip-hop music videos, memes/hashtags, and interactive mini-games. China’s state-run media play a crucial role in producing and distributing soft propaganda campaigns. This talk offers a glimpse of such campaigns and presents a nuanced mezzo-level analysis on the inter- and intra-organizational dynamics within the Party press system that contribute to the increasing output of soft propaganda. It shifts the emphasis from the effect of propaganda as a political instrument to the design of propaganda, which fashions an aesthetic and affective experience and opens up an ambient process of subject formation.

Sheng Zou is a postdoctoral research fellow at Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies of the University of Michigan. He received his PhD in Communication from Stanford University. His research interests include global media industries, digital politics and popular culture, platform economy and labor, and emergent technologies. His dissertation and book project: "The Engineering of Sentiment and Desire: Unraveling the Aestheticized Politics of Ideotainment in China" examines the shifting paradigm of propaganda and emotional governance in China, with emphasis on the entanglement of ideological persuasion and online entertainment.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

Zoom webinar; attendance requires registration: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_y_v9cJkeQM2fyVFZQlH3ZA

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 06 Jan 2021 15:46:44 -0500 2021-03-02T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-02T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Livestream / Virtual Sheng Zou, Postdoctoral Fellow, Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan
PICS Career Event. Careers with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency (March 2, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79868 79868-20509636@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Program in International and Comparative Studies

Interested in careers with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency? Join us to learn from Senior Staff Development Officer (Refugee Law), UNHCR and University of Michigan alumnus, John A. Young (BA ‘86, JD ‘90) who will share his career and life experiences from his 25+ years of service with UNHCR.

Please note: This session will be held virtually EST through Zoom. This webinar is free and open to students, but registration is required. Once you've registered the joining information will be sent to your email.

Register at: http://myumi.ch/dOZkV

John A. Young, University of Michigan LS&A (Double majoring in Russian Language and Literature, and Russian and East European Studies) and Law, has worked most of his career on refugee protection. Mainly with UNHCR since 1994, he also served five years at the European Commission in pre-accession projects on law and justice. Throughout his career, John has been engaged in refugee status determination, resettlement, asylum-building, migration management, and the identification and response to vulnerable persons. While in Iraq, he oversaw the provision of shelter to hundreds of thousands of refugees and internally displaced persons. In Turkey, he was responsible for supervision of refugee status determination, resettlement, protection policy and all other issues falling under UNHCR's protection mandate, in what at the time were the largest Refugee Status Determination and Resettlement operations in UNHCR. Whilst in Brussels he prepared UNHCR's legal submissions for ECHR in Strasbourg, and the Court of Justice, and worked with the European Parliament and Commission on the recast Qualification Directive. Presently he is a Senior Staff Development Officer (Refugee Law), based in Budapest, Hungary. John has also served in Russia, Switzerland, Serbia and Slovakia, with missions to Kenya, Uganda, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at is-michigan@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 14 Dec 2020 08:34:15 -0500 2021-03-02T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-02T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Program in International and Comparative Studies Livestream / Virtual PICS Career Event. Careers with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
The Feeling of History: Islam, Romanticism, and Andalusia (March 2, 2021 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80392 80392-20713709@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 12:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Judaic Studies

In today’s world, the lines between Europe and the Middle East, between Christian Europeans and Muslim immigrants in their midst, seem to be hardening. Alarmist editorials compare the arrival of Muslim refugees with the “Muslim conquest of 711,” warning that Europe will be called on to defend its borders. Violence and paranoia are alive and well in Fortress Europe.

Against this xenophobic tendency, *The Feeling of History* examines the idea of Andalucismo—a modern tradition founded on the principle that contemporary Andalusia is connected in vitally important ways with medieval Islamic Iberia. Charles Hirschkind explores the works and lives of writers, thinkers, poets, artists, and activists, and he shows how, taken together, they constitute an Andalusian sensorium. Hirschkind also carefully traces the various itineraries of Andalucismo, from colonial and anticolonial efforts to contemporary movements supporting immigrant rights. *The Feeling of History* offers a nuanced view into the way people experience their own past, while also bearing witness to a philosophy of engaging the Middle East that experiments with alternative futures.

Charles Hirschkind is associate professor of anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. His research interests concern religious practice, media technologies, and emergent forms of political community in the urban Middle East and Europe. His published works include, The Ethical Soundscape: Cassette Sermons and Islamic Counterpublics (Columbia 2006), Powers of the Secular Modern: Talal Asad and his Interlocutors (co-edited with David Scott, Stanford 2005), and The Feeling for History: Islam, Romanticism, and Andalusia (Chicago 2020)

Flora Hastings is a PhD student in Social and Cultural Anthropology at SOAS, University of London, and a freelance journalist. Her research interests include Jewish-Muslim relations in contemporary Barcelona, progressive forms of Judaism and Islam, neo-liberalism, migration and contemporary European identity, diasporic identity, and modernisation processes. Flora is also a coordinator of the Jewish-Muslim Research Network.

Advance Registration Required: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/6716099411525/WN_WM3BO8GgTwGeJ49ZH9Z7iQ

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 25 Feb 2021 15:10:34 -0500 2021-03-02T12:30:00-05:00 2021-03-02T13:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Judaic Studies Livestream / Virtual The Feeling of History
DEI Workshop: Diversity 101 (March 2, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79158 79158-20217715@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

*Please direct any questions or accommodation requests to Mikalia Dennis (mikaliad@umich.edu) as soon as possible.*

In order to have meaningful, productive conversations about diversity, equity, and inclusion, we must start with a common language. This session will provide an introduction to key terminology as well as the categories and labels we use to describe others and ourselves. We will also examine how our identities shape the way we enter the world and our interactions with each other. Emphasis will be placed on using our identities to help us understand the identities and experiences of others.

In this session, participants will:

- Identify the benefits of inclusive environments
- Review key terminology related to diversity, equity, and inclusion
- Reflect on the origin of identities, their intersectionality, and their meanings
- Use our own identities as a window to understanding the identities of others to build more authentic, empathic relationships

Audience:

This session is open to all LSA Staff.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 13 Jan 2021 11:19:23 -0500 2021-03-02T13:00:00-05:00 2021-03-02T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location LSA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Livestream / Virtual We're better when we're united
Data Feminism Faculty Reading Group (March 2, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80428 80428-20719765@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

Faculty Reading Group led by Prof. Libby Hemphill on the book, "Data Feminism" by Catherine D'Ignazio and Lauren F. Klein. The group's goals are to read and discuss research, develop research collaborations, and eventually seek funding for future work.


FAQ
Q: When/where will meetings take place?
A: We'll start on Zoom, on Tuesdays at 3:00 p.m. ET, beginning January 19, 2021. Our plan is for this group to grow and expand to continue into the future and not just the winter term.

Q: Is the group for faculty only?
A: We may expand in the future, but for starters, the group is for faculty, including postdocs and research investigators, on any track and in any discipline(s).

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 06 Jan 2021 12:01:11 -0500 2021-03-02T15:00:00-05:00 2021-03-02T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Research on Women and Gender Livestream / Virtual book cover, Data Feminism
Distinguished University Professorship Lectures (March 2, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82058 82058-21014662@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

The Distinguished University Professorships recognize senior faculty with exceptional scholarly and/or creative achievements, national and international reputations for academic excellence, and superior records of teaching, mentoring, and service. At this virtual event, three recipients will present on their career work and answer audience questions.
Speakers
Paul Courant, Edward M. Gramlich Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Economics and Public Policy, Provost Emeritus, Howard T. Shapiro Collegiate Professor Emeritus of Public Policy, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus of Information
Leading policy economist and former University of Michigan Provost Paul Courant is nationally recognized for his groundbreaking research in urban economics and public finance, including such topics as tax policy and the impact of racial discrimination on housing markets. Among other contributions, he led the development of a transparent, intellectually coherent academic budgeting model used at Michigan and by many other universities, and he was instrumental in defining the role of university libraries in the digital age.
“Society, the University, and How I Spent the Last 40-Odd Years”
Harold Shapiro has pointed out that the university is both a servant and critic of society. Professor Courant will take the perspective of a policy-oriented economist in this lecture, to talk about what universities do and how well they do it. He will use his own career to illustrate how policy-oriented economics can help to achieve the purposes of the university (very much including the humanities) while guaranteeing a splendid time for all.
 
Deborah Goldberg, Margaret B. Davis Distinguished University Professor Emerita of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Emerita, Professor Emerita of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Pioneering plant ecologist Deborah Goldberg elucidates the fundamental processes that control the dynamics, structure, and function of ecological communities, including the impacts of anthropogenic drivers such as climate change and invasive species. Among other contributions, she developed a new paradigm for mechanisms of interactions among plants by distinguishing between effects on and responses to intermediates such as resources, pollinators, herbivores, and microbial symbionts, leading to greater predictability of the outcome of competition. Professor Goldberg also developed several model programs to increase the number and success of underrepresented young people going into science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).
“Ecology of the Anthropocene”
The current geological era has been dubbed the Anthropocene because of the dominance of human influences on climate and the environment. Understanding how ecological systems are being affected by human activities and the underlying processes is critical for predicting and managing the consequences. In this talk, Professor Goldberg describes some of her work on the mechanisms driving ecological responses to global change, including addressing the challenges of prediction in ecology.
 
Judith Irvine, Edward Sapir Distinguished University Professor Emerita of Linguistic Anthropology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Linguistic anthropologist Judith Irvine is an internationally recognized leader in anthropological theory and analysis. Famous for her groundbreaking research on the relationship between language and other social forms, she redefined key conceptual frameworks in linguistic anthropology, such as formality in language use and ideology of language. Her work demonstrates that language is a critical resource that organizes social relations. Throughout her career, Professor Irvine has stressed the importance of combining ethnographic research with linguistic investigation, challenging cultural anthropologists to bring linguistics into their understanding of face-to-face political interaction and linguists to seriously consider the political underpinnings of language diversity.
“Linguistic Difference and Social Stereotyping”
This talk is about sociolinguistic stereotypes: how they are built, and what people do with them—the linguistic part of social stereotyping. Sociolinguistic stereotypes are not built independently, one by one. Instead, they are always comparative; they always presume a system of contrasts. That system organizes how the linguistic behaviors are embedded in a social and political world. Cross-cultural research shows that perceived differences in ways of speaking contribute to stereotyping and social categorization, and that linguistic and social behaviors that don’t fit in the preconceived system are ignored, considered as marginal exceptions, or actively suppressed. In this talk, Professor Irving uses brief examples, drawn from the United State and West Africa, to illustrate: regional stereotypes; linguistic enactments of social hierarchy; multilingualism, language mapping, and ideologies of ethnicity; and nonstandard language as anti-elite politics.
Watch via Zoom

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 25 Feb 2021 12:15:51 -0500 2021-03-02T15:00:00-05:00 2021-03-02T16:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
Honors Admissions Q&A (March 2, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82460 82460-21106110@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Honors Program

This event is open to anyone wanting to learn more about the LSA Honors Program.

You can access the Webinar via the following link: https://myumi.ch/3q12E

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 02 Mar 2021 09:18:28 -0500 2021-03-02T16:00:00-05:00 2021-03-02T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location LSA Honors Program Livestream / Virtual Student standing on the U-M football field with text that reads: "Honors Admissions Q&A. Chat with admissions staff. Talk with peers."
Nam Center Colloquium Series | The Korean War through the Prism of the Interrogation Room (March 2, 2021 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78269 78269-20002852@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 4:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Nam Center for Korean Studies

Please note: This session will be held virtually EST through Zoom. This webinar is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Once you've registered the joining information will be sent to your email.

Register at:
https://myumi.ch/pdWPE

Through the interrogation rooms of the Korean War, this talk demonstrates how the individual human subject became both the terrain and the jus ad bellum for this critical U.S. war of ‘intervention’ in postcolonial Korea. In 1952, with the US introduction of voluntary POW repatriation proposal at Panmunjom, the interrogation room and the POW became a flashpoint for an international controversy ultimately about postcolonial sovereignty and political recognition.

The ambitions of empire, revolution and non-alignment converged upon this intimate encounter of military warfare: the interrogator and the interrogated prisoner of war. Which state could supposedly reinvent the most intimate power relation between the colonizer and the colonized, to transform the relationship between the state and subject into one of liberation, democracy or freedom? Tracing two generations of people across the Pacific as they navigate multiple kinds of interrogation from the 1940s and 1950s, this talk lay outs a landscape of interrogation – a dense network of violence, bureaucracy, and migration – that breaks apart the usual temporal bounds of the Korean War as a discrete event.

Monica Kim is a historian of the United States and international and diplomatic history. In her research and teaching, she focuses on three issues that have centrally informed the position of the United States vis-à-vis the decolonizing world during the twentieth century and beyond: the relationships between liberalism and racial formations, global militarism and sovereignty, and transnational political movements and international law.

Her book, The Interrogation Rooms of the Korean War: The Untold History (2019) has received three book prizes:
2021 James B. Palais Book Prize (Korean Studies) from the Association for Asian Studies
2020 Stuart L. Bernath Book Prize for Best First Book, Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations
2020 Distinguished Book Award in U.S. History, Society for Military History

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at edv@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 19 Feb 2021 16:27:07 -0500 2021-03-02T16:30:00-05:00 2021-03-02T17:45:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Nam Center for Korean Studies Livestream / Virtual Monica Kim, Assistant Professor, History, University of Wisconsin
Rackham North: Leading Effective Collaborative Teams (March 3, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80508 80508-20732242@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

The shape of research, creative scholarship, and teaching is in flux. In order to thrive, students and practitioners need to have the skills and knowledge to excel in collaborative team environments. However, most team leaders and facilitators have trouble helping their teams to identify their assets, understand their group dynamics, navigate conflict, and maintain positive communication.
ArtsEngine and Rackham North invite you to an engaging, hands-on workshop designed to give you important facilitation tools you can use to effectively lead diverse, interdisciplinary, and highly productive teams—setting your efforts up for success right from the start!
This workshop is designed for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. For faculty and staff, please contact RackhamEvents@umich.edu to see if we can accommodate your attendance.
Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/BoWz7.
We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 09 Feb 2021 12:15:54 -0500 2021-03-03T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-03T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
(VIRTUAL): CEW+Inspire Midweek Mindfulness-Guided Sits (March 3, 2021 12:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64874 64874-20517537@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 12:15pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: CEW+

As part of the CEW+Inspire initiative, CEW+ holds mindful meditation sits virtually on Wednesdays at 12:15.

Being present in the moment is a skill that can be learned when practiced on a regular basis and is especially important during these trying times. Psychological stress can damper your overall health, affecting your ability to remain resilient in the face of challenges. Evidence-based meditation has been shown to also reduce implicit age and race bias, reduce the symptoms of anxiety, depression, and pain, improve cognitive functioning, and assist in ending ruminating thought patterns.

Free and open to all levels of practice.

After registering, please check your email confirmation for the Zoom link!

Click here to RSVP and receive the Zoom link: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUtcumtpzIoHNdRoCz-lPKz9X7fb-Jp844o

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 25 Jun 2021 09:55:12 -0400 2021-03-03T12:15:00-05:00 2021-03-03T12:45:00-05:00 Off Campus Location CEW+ Livestream / Virtual Piece of paper that says mindfulness
Rackham Resolution Office: Virtual Office Hours (March 3, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79889 79889-20511612@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

If you have a quick question or have a time sensitive matter, attend the Rackham’s Resolution Office’s open office hours weekly on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. via Zoom. In the interest of providing students as much privacy as possible, you may spend a brief time in a waiting room if the resolution officer is engaged with another student. They will be with you as quickly as possible.
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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 10 Dec 2020 18:15:28 -0500 2021-03-03T14:00:00-05:00 2021-03-03T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
Yoga auf Deutsch (March 3, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83669 83669-21452192@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

Caitlin, the Max Kade RA, will host a virtual "Yoga auf Deutsch" session. She will stream a 30-60 minute yoga video from a German-speaking yoga instructor for you!

Weblink: https://umich.zoom.us/j/97965393213

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 09 Apr 2021 11:57:30 -0400 2021-03-03T16:00:00-05:00 2021-03-03T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Germanic Languages & Literatures Livestream / Virtual
German Convo Home Edition (March 3, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83673 83673-21454157@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

The "German Convo Home Edition" will provide fun and play games. Silvia Grzeskowiak (sgrzesko@umich.edu) will host the remotely held weekly session. Her Zoom link is: https://umich.zoom.us/j/99570729139.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 20 Apr 2021 15:58:14 -0400 2021-03-03T18:00:00-05:00 2021-03-03T19:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Germanic Languages & Literatures Livestream / Virtual German Convo Home Edition
Detroiters Speak Winter 2021 - Pandemic Politics: From Lockdown to Liberation (March 3, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81923 81923-20990903@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Semester in Detroit

"Pandemic Politics: From Lockdown to Liberation” is a Detroit community-based course that welcomes participation by the general public, including college students from both U-M and Wayne State University. The class is hosted and developed by a partnership among: the General Baker Institute (a non-profit community-based organization located in NW Detroit) faculty in the U-M Semester in Detroit Program, and faculty from the Wayne State University Department of African-American Studies and the Damon Keith Center for Civil Rights. This class is made possible with generous support provided by the Michigan-Mellon Project on the Egalitarian Metropolis, College of LSA & A. Alfred Taubman College of. Architecture and Urban Planning.
The minicourse will explore contemporary and historical intersections between public health and structural racism - both in Detroit and throughout U.S. society more broadly. Each week, we will be joined by Detroit activist-scholars who will help everyone more deeply understand what is happening today in Detroit and in our country more broadly.

In addition to the class content described above, U-M students who register for the 1-credit mini-course will also have the opportunity to meet and to learn from some of the veteran Detroit activists who are building the General Baker Institute (GBI). The organization recently opened its new community center in NW Detroit to honor the legacy of General Gordon Baker Jr., one of the most important labor and community activists in modern Detroit history.

For more information about this public series, please contact Craig Regester, Semester in Detroit Associate Director, at 313-505-5185 or email: regester@umich.edu. Session themes are outlined below, and the speakers will be announced (as well as suggested reading materials) on this website closer to the session dates.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 09 Feb 2021 13:34:49 -0500 2021-03-03T19:00:00-05:00 2021-03-03T20:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Semester in Detroit Livestream / Virtual Event title and session titles with blue accent colors and an image of a face mask with a fist made up of racial justice words on it
CJS Lecture Series | How Japan Got It Wrong: Government Policy, Gender, and the Birth Rate (March 4, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79789 79789-20493918@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

Please note, all posted event times are in the U.S. Eastern Time Zone.

Over the past three decades, the Japanese government has enacted a series of measures to boost the country’s anemic birth rate. Nevertheless, the birth rate has hovered around 1.4 children per woman, far below what is required for the population to reproduce itself. Why haven’t the policies worked? I argue that policies that have focused on trying to make women’s work lives more like men’s have fundamentally missed the mark. Not only have such policies failed to raise the birth rate, they have also arguably exacerbated gender inequality. This paper suggests that future government and workplace policies move in a different direction.

Mary C. Brinton is the Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology at Harvard University and the Director of the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies. Her research focuses on contemporary Japanese society and economy, labor markets, social demography, and gender inequality. She has published widely on gender inequality in Japan and in East Asia more broadly.

Zoom registration is required here: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JsLH5WpASsyrQLLYRqMn9g

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 10 Dec 2020 11:50:21 -0500 2021-03-04T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T13:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Japanese Studies Livestream / Virtual Mary C. Brinton, Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology, Harvard University
DCM&B Tools and Technology Seminar (March 4, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79918 79918-20515551@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: DCMB Tools and Technology Seminar

Tool link: https://github.com/rdcrawford/cognac

URL for remote viewing: https://umich-health.zoom.us/j/94886745590?pwd=LzhLU243K2ZhbXNzU1BJRHQ5V25BZz09

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 19 Feb 2021 14:34:43 -0500 2021-03-04T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location DCMB Tools and Technology Seminar Livestream / Virtual
Future Faculty Event to Enhance Diversity at Liberal Arts Colleges (March 4, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82321 82321-21068594@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Faculty from top liberal arts colleges are visiting for a virtual event on March 4 and 5 to promote greater diversity in the faculty at their institutions. Attendees will hear about work-life at a liberal arts college and network with faculty, administrators, and diversity officers from participating colleges. Attendees will also have the rare opportunity to meet one-on-one with a faculty member to discuss their individual job application portfolio materials (CVs, teaching philosophies, research statements, etc.). Registration closes on Monday, March 1 to allow time for scheduling one-on-one consultation meetings. A brief outline of the agenda for this event is below:
March 4
12:00 to 1:15 p.m.: Faculty Panel—Academic Life at Liberal Arts Colleges
1:15 to 1:30: BREAK
1:30 to 2:30 p.m.: Disciplinary Breakout Discussions (Arts & Humanities, Social & Behavioral Sciences, Natural Sciences & STEM)
3:00 to 5:00 p.m.: One-on-One Zoom Meetings (will be scheduled at the convenience of each faculty member)
March 5
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.: One-on-One Zoom Meetings (will be scheduled at the convenience of each faculty member)
Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/BoQzB.
We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 19 Feb 2021 12:16:08 -0500 2021-03-04T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
Interracial Dialogue (March 4, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81485 81485-20899743@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

The prospect of engaging in interracial dialogue can be a discomforting one for many people in the United States. There’s concern about saying the wrong thing, fear of how you or others will respond, and oftentimes a desire to get out of the moment as quickly as possible. In this session on navigating interracial dialogue, we will explore what are people’s biggest barriers to engaging in interracial dialogue, present a framework for engaging in race-aware interracial dialogue, and critique a dialogue for review. This training is being developed and facilitated by EQuity.
This workshop is designed for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. For faculty and staff, please contact RackhamEvents@umich.edu to see if we can accommodate your attendance.
Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/bv8Wl.
We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 29 Jan 2021 00:15:50 -0500 2021-03-04T15:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T16:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
POSTPONED: EEB Virtual Seminar: Evolution discussion (March 4, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82017 82017-21006755@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

We will announce a new date in the near future.

Professors Knowles and Rabosky present a discussion on evolution.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Feb 2021 12:07:16 -0500 2021-03-04T15:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Livestream / Virtual Biological Sciences Building with words EEB Thursday Seminar Series in yellow
BLI Alumni Panel (March 4, 2021 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82454 82454-21100208@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Barger Leadership Institute

Join us this Thursday to hear about the leadership journeys of a select panel of BLI alumni! Discover how these alumni translated their BLI experience into their professional and educational pursuits and learn how they continue to practice leadership beyond Michigan.

We are delighted to welcome back the following BLI Alum to the panel,

- Jon Rubenstein AB ’18 Organizational Studies, Writing Minor
- Patrick Mullan-Koufopoulos AB ’17, Public Policy, and AM ’20, Educational Leadership and Policy
- Mya Harris AB ’20, International Studies, Business Minor
- Clara Li  AB ’18, Public Policy
- Rae Oleshansky AB ’18, Sociology, Community Action and Social Change Minor

Virtual dinner provided for the first 15 students to RSVP and attend the event! Meals will be reimbursed up to $15 post event. Students eligible for meal replacement will be notified prior to the event.

The panel is from 5-6 pm with a networking opportunity from 6-6:30 pm.

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 01 Mar 2021 16:47:44 -0500 2021-03-04T17:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Barger Leadership Institute Livestream / Virtual BLI
Join Mentoring Sessions With Accomplished English Alumni (March 4, 2021 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82445 82445-21100192@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Mentoring sessions are meant to give a small group of students close interaction with one of our accomplished alumni. You should feel free to ask questions related to training, career trajectory, how to apply for internships or jobs - basically anything you want to know as you prepare for post-college plans. Each of the five participating alums will host their own breakout sessions.

Space for this event is limited - make sure to RSVP as soon as possible and definitely by Monday, March 1. When you RSVP, you will have the chance to tell us which mentor(s) you are most interested in working with. Zoom link and additional information will be provided after you RSVP.

RVSP by March 1st: https://forms.gle/VUyvHKwtXUHuN9yY9

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 23 Feb 2021 13:25:00 -0500 2021-03-04T17:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of English Language and Literature Livestream / Virtual English Mentoring
Charles Correa International Lecture: Xu Tiantian (March 4, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82206 82206-21052541@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

Xu Tiantian is the founding principal of DnA _Design and Architecture. She has received numerous awards such as the WA China Architecture Award in 2006 and 2008, the Architectural League New York’s Young Architects Award in 2008, the Design Vanguard Award in 2009 by Architecture Record and the Moira Gemmill Prize for Emerging Architect in 2019. She has built a number of projects, such as Songzhuang Art Center and Ordos Art Museum. In the past years she has been engaged extensively in the rural revitalising process in Songyang County, China. Her groundbreaking “architectural acupuncture” is a holistic approach to the social and economic revitalization of rural China and has been selected by UN Habitat as the case study of Inspiring Practice on Urban-Rural Linkages. Xu Tiantian received her masters in architecture and urban design from Harvard Graduate School of Design, and her baccalaureate in architecture from Tsinghua University in Beijing.

DnA_Design and Architecture is an interdisciplinary practice addressing our contemporary living environment, both physical and social, from scales small to large. Our approach to projects starts with research and discussion on context, program, and their interaction, which we believe are the fundamental elements, or the dna, that will define design and architecture, to adapt, engage, and contribute to our society of multiplicity and complexity. Context, program, and their potential relationship, will cultivate architecture into a multidimensional expression and generate new experiment and exploration for users. Architecture will continue to influence and inspire our contemporary life.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 17 Feb 2021 16:05:04 -0500 2021-03-04T19:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T21:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Livestream / Virtual Xu Tiantian
The Poverty Narrative: Confronting Inequity (March 5, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81991 81991-21004756@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Poverty Solutions

This FREE virtual event is dedicated to promoting a deeper understanding of the connections between race, structural racism, and poverty in the U.S. The COVID-19 pandemic, Black Lives Matter movement, and election season of 2020 highlighted the urgent need to confront the policies and practices that perpetuate inequity.

Join academic researchers and journalists to learn:
- The roles of academia and journalism in documenting systemic inequity and pointing to potential solutions that ensure just outcomes;
- The root causes of inequity in housing, education, and public health; and
- How to use data to identify disparities and the importance of putting that data in historical context.

The event includes four 60-minute sessions, which will be livestreamed on YouTube with time for panelists to respond to questions from viewers. The Poverty Narrative is open to journalists, academic researchers, and anyone interested in improving the narrative around poverty in the U.S. and promoting a better understanding of structural inequity.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 11 Feb 2021 08:41:08 -0500 2021-03-05T09:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T14:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Poverty Solutions Livestream / Virtual The Poverty Narrative
Rackham 101: Hidden Curriculum of Graduate School (March 5, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82273 82273-21062642@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

In this workshop, we will broadly discuss and define the hidden curriculum of graduate school and provide recommendations for how to navigate some of the things that are not explicitly taught.
Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/kxZOo.
We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 18 Feb 2021 18:16:10 -0500 2021-03-05T10:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T11:15:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
U-M Structure Seminar: "Carbohydrate capture by human gut bacteria: the first crystal structure of raw starch-binding protein, Doc6, from Ruminococcus bromii" (March 5, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76727 76727-19741013@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Structural Biology

Amanda Photenhauer
Graduate Student
Nicole Koropatkin Lab
University of Michigan

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 19 Feb 2021 09:48:44 -0500 2021-03-05T10:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T11:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location U-M Structural Biology Livestream / Virtual UM Structure Seminars
Russian Conversation Club (March 5, 2021 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81285 81285-20879929@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Slavic Languages & Literatures

Do you study Russian and want more opportunities to develop your speaking skills in a welcoming and low-stakes environment? Are you looking for an opportunity to socialize with your peers and bond over the difficulties of learning a foreign language? Would you like to learn more about the culture of one of the most politically important and fascinating regions of the world with the coolest undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Michigan?

If the answer to any or all of the above questions is "yes", then you should check out the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures weekly Russian conversation club (called КРЯ - Клуб Русского Языка)! Every Friday at 11:00, we convene for lighthearted discussion of ourselves, our language studies, and of course, the culture of the Russophone world. Regular attendance is not mandatory - you can drop in and out as you wish, and club participants are always willing to help each other out with questions about the language during our discussions. We meet in two groups, the first aimed at first-year students or any who are beginning their language study, and the second targeted towards students who have studied the language for at least a year. Participants are also encouraged to join our discord server, where we post weekly meeting announcements and other Russian-language related content.

Introductory Group Meeting Link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/94164643618

Advanced Group Meeting Link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/99310708629

Link to join our discord: https://discord.gg/FHguFGY

We hope to see you there!

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 26 Jan 2021 17:51:27 -0500 2021-03-05T11:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Slavic Languages & Literatures Livestream / Virtual Клуб Русского Языка
Biophysics Seminar Series (March 5, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79991 79991-20539092@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Biophysics

The Biophysics Virtual Seminar Series presents:

Dr. Samuel Butcher - Steenbock Professor of Biomolecular Structure, Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison

*“The epitranscriptome has been shaped by the co-evolution of RNA writer and reader proteins.”*

ABSTRACT: The epitranscriptome is characterized by dozens of post-transcriptional chemical modifications to RNA.  These chemical modifications are catalyzed by enzymes, or “writers” that chemically mark both coding and non-coding RNAs.  The post-transcriptional marks are then read by protein “readers” that bind to the RNA modifications and help direct their cognate RNAs towards different pathways in the cell. I will present our work showing how RNA writers
and readers have co-evolved to shape the epitranscriptome input and output. A series of comparative molecular structures will be described that illustrate how very subtle changes in enzyme active sites of RNA modifying enzymes result in different chemical marks that have co-
evolved with RNA reader proteins, which can adopt modular quaternary structures that are specifically tuned to read different modifications. This co-evolution of RNA writers and readers impacts nearly every step of eukaryotic gene expression.

*Join us on Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/j/92759610297*

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 02 Mar 2021 16:25:38 -0500 2021-03-05T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location LSA Biophysics Livestream / Virtual Dr. Samuel Butcher
CSAS Book Talk | The Globally Familiar Digital Hip Hop, Masculinity, and Urban Space in Delhi (March 5, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80586 80586-20759739@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for South Asian Studies

In The Globally Familiar Ethiraj Gabriel Dattatreyan traces how the rapid development of information and communication technologies in India has created opportunities for young people to creatively explore their gendered, classed, and racialized subjectivities in and through transnational media worlds. His ethnography focuses on a group of diverse young, working-class men in Delhi as they take up the African diasporic aesthetics and creative practices of hip hop. Dattatreyan shows how these aspiring b-boys, MCs, and graffiti writers fashion themselves and their city through their online and offline experimentations with hip hop, thereby accessing new social, economic, and political opportunities while acting as consumers, producers, and influencers in global circuits of capitalism. In so doing, Dattatreyan outlines how the hopeful, creative, and vitally embodied practices of hip hop offer an alternative narrative of urban place-making in "digital" India.

Registration for this Zoom lecture is required: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwscuyvqjIsE9aUrJqJmL3Sy-hBlM9endk1

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 26 Feb 2021 16:22:59 -0500 2021-03-05T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for South Asian Studies Livestream / Virtual CSAS Book Talk | The Globally: Familiar Digital Hip Hop, Masculinity, and Urban Space in Delhi
Interdisciplinary Seminar on Social Science Methodology (I3SM) (March 5, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80951 80951-20824878@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Political Science

The primary function of the Interdisciplinary Seminar in Social Science Methodology (I3SM) is to provide an interdisciplinary forum for students and faculty to present their current projects and to receive feedback on either the methodological component of their project or a methodology under development. Presenters can also present new research questions and ideas and receive ideas about which methodologies would work best to tackle such questions. We define methodology broadly as the approaches to which data is collected and/or organized to give empirical content to social science research. It includes both qualitative and quantitative methodologies.

To join the meeting via Zoom, email skuzushi@umich.edu for the meeting link.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 19 Jan 2021 12:45:40 -0500 2021-03-05T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T13:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Political Science Livestream / Virtual Methodology
On the Peripheries of the Subaltern: Privilege, Marginalization, and Intersectional Identities (March 5, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80573 80573-20749957@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Grounded in theoretical frameworks of “otherness,” such as Spivak’s “subaltern” and Canagarajah’s “periphery,” this workshop will explore the intersection of multiple identities which are simultaneously held by every individual.
After participants engage in an exploration of these intersectional identities, they will then analyze how biases—like colorism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, and xenophobia—can still be internalized within communities which are also marginalized.
This workshop is designed for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. For faculty and staff, please contact RackhamEvents@umich.edu to see if we can accommodate your attendance.
Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/yKNQn.
We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.

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Livestream / Virtual Sun, 10 Jan 2021 00:15:37 -0500 2021-03-05T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T13:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
The Numismatic Collection at the Kelsey: History and Highlights (March 5, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80756 80756-20783463@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

The majority of the numismatic collection at the Kelsey Museum comes from archaeological excavations undertaken by the University of Michigan in the first half of the 20th century. This talk will serve as an introduction to the collection, comprising over 40,000 coins. We will talk about the history of the material, specifically from the sites of Seleucia on the Tigris and Karanis, and some highlights of the collection.

Kelsey Museum Flash Talks are 15-minute Zoom lectures by Kelsey curators, staff members, researchers, and graduate students talking about their recent research or current projects. Each presentation is followed by 15 minutes of Q&A. Flash Talks are free and open to all visitors. They take place at noon on the first Friday of every month.

Join us via Zoom at:
https://umich.zoom.us/j/94856640990
Password: Kelsey

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 25 Feb 2021 16:55:17 -0500 2021-03-05T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T12:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Livestream / Virtual coin hoard from Seleucia
UMMAA Brown Bag Lecture Series: Life in the Center: Investigating Residential Contexts at Letchworth Mounds (8JE337) (March 5, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82144 82144-21042638@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Museum of Anthropological Archaeology

Letchworth Mounds is among the largest Woodland period ceremonial centers in Florida and includes one of the state’s tallest Pre-Columbian mounds, but has been understudied by archaeologists and omitted from regional syntheses. Despite the massive scale of the site and its primary mound, previous testing has produced little evidence of long-term habitation at Letchworth. Last year, the Letchworth Habitation Area Archaeological Project utilized remote sensing and targeted excavations to assess when and how people lived at the site. In this presentation, I discuss results from last year’s fieldwork, including a new chronology for Letchworth and the remains of a Woodland period building—the first one found at Letchworth and one of only a handful identified in the region. Based on these results, I will present an interpretation of daily life at Letchworth, comparisons with other sites in the region, and models of ceremonial center occupation in the Southeast.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 16 Feb 2021 09:58:05 -0500 2021-03-05T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Museum of Anthropological Archaeology Livestream / Virtual menz
DEI in Engineering Pedagogy - Find Your Students (March 5, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82451 82451-21100197@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) are central and defining components of pedagogy. When we don’t explicitly consider DEI in our courses (syllabi, assignments, exams, grades) we end up actively contributing to an oppressive, inequitable monoculture. One of most helpful and inclusive practices we can cultivate as teachers is to listen deeply and compassionately. Drawing from research on cognition, learning and epistemology as well as my own experience as a researcher and teacher, I have a few suggestions for how to use listening as a teaching tool. All teaching requires a contract between the teachers and the taught, and the default (historical and tacit) contract puts undue and inequitable burdens on our students. It is our responsibility as educators to change our practices to address these inequities.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 23 Feb 2021 15:07:50 -0500 2021-03-05T13:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T14:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Civil and Environmental Engineering Livestream / Virtual Devlin Montfort
Early Career Scientists Symposium | Natural History Collections: Drivers of Innovation (March 5, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81353 81353-20887833@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

A virtual symposium held on five consecutive Fridays beginning March 5, 2021.

REGISTRATION required for Zoom entry. Registrants will receive the Zoom link and passcode via email. See links this page to register and for more information.

Session l
1 pm Welcome and introduction: Cody Thompson

1:05 pm Opening remarks: Dan Rabosky

1:15 pm Keynote presentation: Rob Guralnick, Associate Curator, Biodiversity Informatics, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida

Talk title: Sizing up new uses of natural history collections for ecogeography and global change biology

2 pm Panel discussion: Rob Guralnick and Dan Rabosky

Abstract
Body size is a key integrator trait because it influences nearly all aspects of organismal biology. It has strong relationships with fitness, and is influenced by a number of biotic and abiotic factors, while also potentially functionally and structurally constrained. Given its central importance, body size has long been studied by ecologists and evolutionary biologists, including burgeoning interest in size change as a key response to global changes such as human predation and global warming. In this talk, I show the power of natural history collections to inform about long-standing and new questions about body size change broadly over space and time. I will first describe efforts to compile and share millions of measurements that have routinely been taken by field vertebrate biologists, utilizing a growing informatics toolkit and semantic web approaches to make those available. I then provide four case studies, two focused on examining a classical ecogeographical rule, Bergmann’s Rule. The first case study takes an initial look at this rule across 1000s of vertebrate species. The second focuses on a narrower subset but examines multiple climate predictors, not just temperature, and asks if species climate niche determines intraspecific body size change. The third case study asks if we can use natural history collections to understand body size changes over the recent past and due to climatic factors and human population changes, focusing on a case study on deer mice across North America. Finally, I showcase the potential to look over very broad evolutionary time, and understand shape and size change of butterfly wings, again using the power of natural history collections, showcasing vastly different evolutionary rates for fore- and hindwing shape and size. I close noting the importance of building the infrastructure to support the concept of the extended specimen, as a transformational next step in facilitating novel use of natural history collections.​

Read more, including about the speakers and their talks, on the ECSS website: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/ecss/

REGISTER: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/ecss/home/register/

Illustration: John Megahan. Image credits: Eric LoPresti, John Megahan, Timothy James, Linda Garcia

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 05 Mar 2021 07:27:44 -0500 2021-03-05T13:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Livestream / Virtual Illustration of museum drawers opened and boxes on top containing the following: shell, plant, grasshopper, mushroom, snake, skull and owl.
Psychology Presents: Careers A to Z (March 5, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82049 82049-21014655@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Psychology Undergraduates

Join us for an interactive panel discussion of Psychology Dept Alumni as they present their career path and discuss how they've used their degree since graduating. Students will then be able to sign up for 15 minutes one-on-ones with individual alumni in Zoom breakout rooms after the panel. During the 1:1, you can ask more questions about their career path, tips and advice, and even feedback on your resume.

Click here to register: https://myumi.ch/WwMMZ

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 02 Mar 2021 10:56:47 -0500 2021-03-05T13:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Psychology Undergraduates Livestream / Virtual Psychology Presents: Careers A to Z informational flyer
Consequences of Leader Diversity Ideology on Ethical Leadership Perception and organizational Citizenship Behavior (March 5, 2021 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79613 79613-20430436@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 1:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

Ethical Decision making, Organizational Justice, Diversity Issues.

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 30 Nov 2020 14:56:57 -0500 2021-03-05T13:30:00-05:00 2021-03-05T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Livestream / Virtual
An Introduction to CJARS: A new data platform for integrated criminal justice research (March 5, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81913 81913-20990884@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Webinar and Live Q&A

CJARS is a next generation data platform built on over 2+ billion lines of raw data, looking to transform criminal justice research and statistical reporting as we know it. The system, which grows each and everyday, currently contains over 133 million criminal justice events from arrest to parole, occurring in 18 states, covering over 33 million individuals. All of this data can be integrated at the individual level with extensive, longitudinal socio-economic data in partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau.

Topics to include:
- Contents and coverage of CJARS data infrastructure
- Comparison to existing BJS statistical series
- Opportunities for data linkage in the Federal Statistical Research
Data Center network
- Application process to work with CJARS data
- Resources available to support early-stage researchers

Interested researchers should register: https://forms.gle/xgmobvXtbLKKRFSPA
(Event link will be provided after registering)

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 09 Feb 2021 12:30:48 -0500 2021-03-05T14:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Livestream / Virtual CJARS - Criminal Justice Administrative Records System
Rackham Resolution Office: Virtual Office Hours (March 5, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79890 79890-20511613@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

If you have a quick question or have a time sensitive matter, attend the Rackham’s Resolution Office’s open office hours weekly on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. via Zoom. In the interest of providing students as much privacy as possible, you may spend a brief time in a waiting room if the resolution officer is engaged with another student. They will be with you as quickly as possible.
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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 10 Dec 2020 18:15:28 -0500 2021-03-05T14:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
Political Theory Workshop (PTW) (March 5, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82022 82022-21006759@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Political Theory Workshop (PTW)

U-M Political Science doctoral student David Suell will present, "Grounding radical democracy: Nyerere, Cabral, and narrating the anti-colonial state." Suell's research and teaching focuses on critical theory, comparative political theory, and African politics and political thought.

The Political Theory Workshop provides a venue for political theory-oriented scholarship broadly construed. Participants include theoretically-inclined members of social science and humanities departments across the University of Michigan, as well as institutions throughout southwest Michigan.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 11 Feb 2021 16:12:01 -0500 2021-03-05T14:30:00-05:00 2021-03-05T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Political Theory Workshop (PTW) Livestream / Virtual Suell
Cognitive Science Foundations & Frontiers Speaker Series: Universalization: philosophical origins and cognitive applications (March 5, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79447 79447-20327783@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science

Dr. Sydney Levine is a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT and the Department of Psychology at Harvard University. She will give two presentations on March 5 as part of the Foundations & Frontiers Speaker Series.

Schedule
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Foundations Presentation
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm Q & A
—5 minute break—
3:50 pm - 4:40 pm Frontiers Presentation
4:40 pm - 5:05 pm Q & A

Title:
Universalization: philosophical origins and cognitive applications

Abstract:
Some people think it is immoral not to vote, but why? Current theories of moral psychology — based largely on outcomes, rules, or affect — have trouble explaining this intuition. After all, one vote typically makes no difference in the overall outcome of an election. Moreover, there is not necessarily a rule or norm that mandates voting. And the thought of not voting isn’t particularly emotionally charged. Rather, I propose that moral judgments in cases like this arise out of the logic of universalization — essentially the process of asking “what if everyone did that?”

The logic of universalization is well-known to moral philosophers, appearing in the theories of Kant, RM Hare, George Singer, TM Scanlon and others. In the Foundations section of this talk, I will introduce the concept of universalization and explore how and why it has been used so effectively in moral philosophy. In the Frontiers section of the talk, I will demonstrate how I have used this philosophical concept as a starting place for a model of moral cognition. I will define a computational model of universalization and show how it predicts subject judgments with quantitative precision. In addition, developmental work suggests that universalization may even be used by children as young as 4. Finally, I will end by showing how universalization may be the key to a unified theory of moral cognition.

About the Series
The Foundations & Frontiers Speaker Series brings leading cognitive scientists to U-M (virtually) to present a special pair of presentations on the same day. The first presentation serves as an introduction to an important theoretical idea or method in the field -- the Foundations. The second presentation concerns the application of that idea or method to an innovative topic, thus exploring the Frontiers of the field in a way that highlights the significance of the theoretical idea.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 25 Feb 2021 13:41:48 -0500 2021-03-05T15:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T17:05:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science Livestream / Virtual Dr. Sydney Levine
Jad Abumrad: Making “Dolly Parton’s America” (March 5, 2021 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80901 80901-20818977@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Jad Abumrad is the host and creator of Radiolab, a public radio program broadcast on nearly 600 stations across the nation and downloaded more than 12 million times a month as a podcast. Abumrad employs his dual backgrounds as composer and journalist to create what’s been called “a new aesthetic” in broadcast journalism. He orchestrates dialogue, music, interviews, and sounds into compelling documentaries that draw listeners into investigations of otherwise intimidating topics, such as the nature of numbers, the evolution of altruism, or the legal foundation for the war on terror. He’s won three George Foster Peabody Awards, and in 2011 Abumrad was honored as a MacArthur Fellow (also known as the Genius Grant).

The MacArthur Foundation website says: “Abumrad is inspiring boundless curiosity within a new generation of listeners and experimenting with sound to find ever more effective and entertaining ways to explain ideas and tell a story.”

Abumrad also created and hosted three seasons of More Perfect, a series about untold stories of the Supreme Court, which The New York Times called “...possibly the most mesmerizing podcast.” And in 2019, along with OSM Audio’s Shima Oliaee, Jad Abumrad created Dolly Parton’s America, a Peabody Award-winning 9-part series that explores a divided America through the life and music of one its greatest icons. Alongside his radio work, Abumrad continues to work as a composer and remixer and is currently hosting a radio show on Apple Music.

For this speaker series event, Abumrad will be in conversation with Chris Azzopardi, editor of Q Syndicate, the national LGBTQ wire service serving LGBTQ publications across the United States. Azzopardi is also a contributor to The New York Times and has written for Vanity Fair, GQ, Billboard, and Oprah Magazine. His 2014 interview with Dolly Parton was published in an anthology of interviews spanning her life and career, entitled Dolly on Dolly: Interviews and Encounters with Dolly Parton. Over the course of Azzopardi’s career, he has interviewed musicians, actors, allies, and icons including Beyoncé, Meryl Streep, Lady Gaga, and Mariah Carey. Locally, his stories are published in Michigan's LGBTQ newspaper Between The Lines.

Our 2020-2021 Series is brought to you with the support of our streaming partners, Detroit Public Television and PBS Books.

How to WatchAll events will be webcast on Fridays at 8pm (ET) at http://pennystampsevents.org and https://dptv.org/pennystamps. Join the conversation on the Penny Stamps Series Facebook page.

Subscribe to receive weekly email reminders for Penny Stamps Speaker Series events.

Notice of uncensored content: In accordance with the University of Michigan’s Standard Practice Guidelines on “Freedom of Speech and Artistic Expression,” the Penny Stamps Speaker Series does not censor our speakers or their content. The content provided is intended for adult audiences and does not reflect the views of the University of Michigan or Detroit Public Television.

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 18 Jan 2021 18:15:09 -0500 2021-03-05T20:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T21:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Livestream / Virtual https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/lectures/Abumrad-Jad.jpg
Drop In and Get to Know CCL (March 6, 2021 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82080 82080-21020929@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 6, 2021 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Citizens Climate Lobby

Ann Arbor Citizens' Climate Lobby is the local chapter of a national organization advocating for federal legislation to tackle climate change. Would you like to know more about our work and how you can get involved? Join our casual drop-in session to meet a few members of our chapter, learn about our group, and ask questions. All are welcome and able to contribute - you don't need to be an expert!

Sign up here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEkfuigqTsrEteN-dQAGvU-g1Bm2iwM04AJ

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Livestream / Virtual Sat, 13 Feb 2021 16:23:49 -0500 2021-03-06T11:00:00-05:00 2021-03-06T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Citizens Climate Lobby Livestream / Virtual photo of coffee cup and computer with zoom meeting
Celebrate AmSARC: US Archaeological Projects in Sudan (March 6, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82100 82100-21036674@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 6, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Join the American Sudanese Archaeological Research Center (AmSARC) in a celebration of US archaeological projects in Sudan. Speakers include:

• Mohamed Faroug Ali (International University of Africa) on Butana
• Stuart Tyson Smith (UC Santa Barbara) on Tombos town
• Michele Buzon (Purdue University) on Tombos cemetery
• Sarah Schrader (Leiden University) on Abu Fatima
• Elizabeth Minor (Wellesley College) on es-Selim
• Geoff Emberling (University of Michigan) on Gebel Barkal
• Brenda Baker (Arizona State University) on al-Qinifab
• Pearce Paul Creasman (ACOR and University of Arizona) on Nuri pyramids
• Abagail Breidenstein (University of Zurich) on Nuri cemetery
• Richard Lobban (Rhode Island College) on Abu Erteila

This virtual event is free and all are welcome to attend. To register, please visit amsarc.org

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 15 Feb 2021 12:03:41 -0500 2021-03-06T13:00:00-05:00 2021-03-06T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Livestream / Virtual AmSARC
Nuclear Engineering and Classical Music (March 6, 2021 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82752 82752-21171614@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 6, 2021 1:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

Join Conductor Chelsea Gallo and Composer Corey Dundee in a chamber orchestra performance that explores the intersection of classical music and nuclear engineering. Professor Todd Allen, Chair of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, has included this performance in his class with the help of UMS. Students will discuss the performance and how the arts can inform their own discipline.

Livestream info below.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 04 Mar 2021 14:43:52 -0500 2021-03-06T13:30:00-05:00 2021-03-06T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Livestream / Virtual Sound Waves
Virtual Saturday Sampler Tour | Religious Practice in the Ancient World (March 6, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80100 80100-20556878@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 6, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Saturday Sampler tours are back! We've missed you and are thrilled to begin offering our Saturday Sampler tours virtually! Join us over Zoom to explore the Kelsey Museum from the comfort of your home.

The theme of this week's tour is "Religious Practice in the Ancient World."
Through the ages, religion in its many forms has been a constant part of human society. This live Zoom tour will examine a variety of religious practices in the ancient world. Using the Kelsey's rich collection of artifacts, it will look at how ancient peoples in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome celebrated their gods, treated their dead, prepared for the afterlife, and used religious practices to try to avoid harm.

Zoom link:
https://umich.zoom.us/j/98615763784

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 02 Mar 2021 16:20:45 -0500 2021-03-06T14:00:00-05:00 2021-03-06T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Livestream / Virtual egyptian mummy scene
Student Recital: Olivia Taylor, violin (March 6, 2021 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82831 82831-21181572@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 6, 2021 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PROGRAM:

The Lark Ascending - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Violin Sonata in G Minor - Claude Debussy
Violin Partita no. 2 in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 05 Mar 2021 18:15:08 -0500 2021-03-06T20:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Livestream / Virtual
Live Chat with a Lloyd Scholar (March 7, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81563 81563-21036708@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 7, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts

Find out what it means to be a Lloyd Scholar!
Meet our Student Leaders!
Ask questions!

Email us at LSWA@umich.edu to receive the Zoom link.

Current LSWA students will present an overview of our program during the following scheduled Zoom information sessions:
FEBRUARY:
Thursday, 2/18 - 6:00 pm
Saturday, 2/20 - 11:00 am
Sunday, 2/21 - 12:00 Noon & 3:00 pm
Monday, 2/22 - 7:00 pm
Saturday, 2/27 - 3:00 pm

MARCH:
Sunday, 3/7 - 12:00 Noon
Sunday, 3/14 - 3:00 pm
Wednesday, 3/17 - 6:00 pm
Friday, 3/19 - 6:00 pm
Sunday, 3/21 - 4:00 pm
Sunday, 3/28 - 4:00 pm

APRIL:
Saturday, 4/10 - 11:00 am
Saturday, 4/17 - 11:00 am
Thursday, 4/22 - 5:00 pm
Wednesday, 4/28 - 6:00 pm

MAY:
Sunday, 5/2 - 1:00 pm

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 13 Apr 2021 11:29:10 -0400 2021-03-07T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-07T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts Livestream / Virtual Live Chat with a Lloyd Scholar
University Symphony Orchestra (March 7, 2021 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82792 82792-21179560@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 7, 2021 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Kenneth Kiesler and Adrian Slywotzky, conductors

Dukas: Fanfare pour précéder La Péri
Strauss: Serenade Op. 7
Mozart: Adagio from Serenade in E-flat, K. 375
Glazunov: Saxophone Concerto
   Valentin Kovalev, 2021 Graduate Concerto Competition Winner
Milhaud: La création du monde
Mozart: Symphony No. 31 "Paris"

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 05 Mar 2021 12:15:07 -0500 2021-03-07T20:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Livestream / Virtual
Rackham North: Cultural Competencies During the Interview Process (March 8, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81537 81537-20907694@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 8, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Attend this session to learn more about inclusive interviewing from both sides. We will talk about how cultural awareness and experiences influence power dynamics during an interview. We will also discuss how employers might structure a culturally competent interview. To this end, you’ll learn and practice responses that center on your authentic self. You’ll also hear what’s universal about the interview process so you can prepare for the conversations. This session is tailored for international and BIPOC students and postdocs and other individuals interested in inclusive hiring and interviewing.
By the end of the session, participants will be able to:

Explain how cultural awareness impacts the interview processes
Identify culturally competent interviewing practices from the company’s side
Practice responses and phrases to prepare for the interview

Thi Nguyen, Ph.D. (she/hers) is an educator, career coach, community organizer, and founder of InterSECTjobsims.com. She practices inclusive learning principles. She has held positions as associate dean of graduate career development and program director for non-academic careers at universities. She earned B.A.s in psychology and biology from UT Austin and a Ph.D. in neuroscience from UT Southwestern.
This workshop is designed for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. For faculty and staff, please contact RackhamEvents@umich.edu to see if we can accommodate your attendance.
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Livestream / Virtual Sat, 30 Jan 2021 00:15:50 -0500 2021-03-08T09:00:00-05:00 2021-03-08T10:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
Sweetland Write-Together (March 8, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81541 81541-20915558@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 8, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Write-Together sessions provide structure, accountability, and support for graduate writers working on writing at any stage, from papers to theses to journal articles to dissertations and more. For each of these remote sessions, participants access a shared Google document that will serve as a communal virtual space. Students will be invited to post pre-writing goals and post-writing reflections in the document. Writers can also schedule a 10-minute Zoom meeting with Sweetland faculty during each session to discuss writing questions. We will also provide weekly writing strategies to habituate students to best writing practices.
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Livestream / Virtual Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:15:48 -0500 2021-03-08T09:00:00-05:00 2021-03-08T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
Resolution Office: Building Community and Relationships Story Circle (March 8, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81813 81813-20961273@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 8, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

A Story Circle is a small group of individuals sitting in a circle, sharing stories—usually from their own experience or imagination—focusing on a common theme. As each person in turn shares a story, a richer and more complex story emerges. By the end, people see both real differences and things their stories have in common. Story Circles are often understood as deriving from indigenous traditions. There are many variations (https://usdac.us).
In this session participants will be invited to share a story around the theme of Building Community and Relationships. Staff from the Rackham Resolution Office will serve as facilitators for the process and will end the session by sharing campus resources and information related to the theme.
The prompt for this story circle is: Share a story about what community has been like for you in graduate school.
Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/WwM89.
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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 05 Feb 2021 18:15:56 -0500 2021-03-08T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-08T13:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
Rackham Resolution Office: Virtual Office Hours (March 8, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79891 79891-20511614@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 8, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

If you have a quick question or have a time sensitive matter, attend the Rackham’s Resolution Office’s open office hours weekly on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. via Zoom. In the interest of providing students as much privacy as possible, you may spend a brief time in a waiting room if the resolution officer is engaged with another student. They will be with you as quickly as possible.
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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 10 Dec 2020 18:15:28 -0500 2021-03-08T14:00:00-05:00 2021-03-08T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
Organ Improvisation Master Class: Bruce Neswick (March 8, 2021 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81786 81786-20959275@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 8, 2021 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Bruce Neswick
Canon for Music, Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Portland, Oregon

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 11 Feb 2021 18:15:06 -0500 2021-03-08T15:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Livestream / Virtual
An Introduction to CJARS: A new data platform for integrated criminal justice research (March 9, 2021 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81913 81913-20990885@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 10:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Webinar and Live Q&A

CJARS is a next generation data platform built on over 2+ billion lines of raw data, looking to transform criminal justice research and statistical reporting as we know it. The system, which grows each and everyday, currently contains over 133 million criminal justice events from arrest to parole, occurring in 18 states, covering over 33 million individuals. All of this data can be integrated at the individual level with extensive, longitudinal socio-economic data in partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau.

Topics to include:
- Contents and coverage of CJARS data infrastructure
- Comparison to existing BJS statistical series
- Opportunities for data linkage in the Federal Statistical Research
Data Center network
- Application process to work with CJARS data
- Resources available to support early-stage researchers

Interested researchers should register: https://forms.gle/xgmobvXtbLKKRFSPA
(Event link will be provided after registering)

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 09 Feb 2021 12:30:48 -0500 2021-03-09T10:30:00-05:00 2021-03-09T11:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Livestream / Virtual CJARS - Criminal Justice Administrative Records System
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Cultural Mediations in the Great Wall Frontier: The Southern Xiongnu in Northern China (March 9, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80187 80187-20594128@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

The Great Wall regions of northern China have long been characterized as frontiers of political and cultural expansion in which steppe groups were acculturated and assimilated into Chinese society. Yet examinations of individual communities and persons in the frontier demonstrate overarching vacillations of political sovereignties and varied mélanges of cultural practices. This lecture engages historical and archaeological discussions of the Southern Xiongnu (ca.50-200 CE) as one example of local leaders who navigated their presence between exterior competing regimes through a suite of hybrid cultural mediations to successfully maintain independent political power.

Bryan K. Miller received a MA in Archaeology from UCLA and a PhD in East Asian Civilizations from the University of Pennsylvania. His research investigates the history and archaeology of early empires in East Asia, focusing on intrapolity social and economic developments that occurred over the course of large polities as well as the interaction between regimes of Mongolia and China. His publications include studies of political substrata and the roles of local elites in regional polities, alternate models of interaction for frontier matrices of cultures in contact, functions and configurations of urban settings, and the interplay between local politics and larger processes of globalization. He is currently completing a book manuscript on the Xiongnu Empire for Oxford University Press.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

Zoom webinar; attendance requires registration: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9qILPj9MQa6RuEtKpxd_9g

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 02 Feb 2021 14:51:15 -0500 2021-03-09T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-09T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Livestream / Virtual Bryan K. Miller, Lecturer in the U-M History of Art Department
Engaged Pedagogy: A Panel On Undergraduate Teaching (March 9, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82580 82580-21124021@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Women's and Gender Studies Department

Featured Speaker:

Dr. P. Nick Kardulias
National Award-Winning Educator
"A Life in Educating: 1980-2020"
Professor Emeritus of Classical Civilizations and Anthropology and Chair, Archaeology, College of Wooster

Moderator and opening comments:
Dr. Debotri Dhar
Author and Core Faculty, Women's and Gender Studies, University of Michigan

Closing comments:
Dr. Michael Galaty
Professor of Anthropology and Director, Museum of Anthropological Archaeology, University of Michigan

Respondents: Dr. Michael Toumazou, Professor of Classics and Affiliated Professor of Art, Davidson College; Dr. Whitney Goodwin, Adjunct Research Associate and Senior Research Specialist, University of Missouri; Dr. Greg Wiles, Professor of Earth Sciences and Chair of Environmental Studies, College of Wooster

Organized for Women's and Gender Studies 330, co-sponsored by UMMAA

Open to all U-M faculty, staff, and students

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 01 Mar 2021 15:09:12 -0500 2021-03-09T13:00:00-05:00 2021-03-09T14:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Women's and Gender Studies Department Livestream / Virtual Engaged Pedagogy - A Panel on Undergraduate Teaching
2021 Henry Russel Lecture (March 9, 2021 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81795 81795-20959286@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University and Development Events

Join us for the 2021 Henry Russel Lecture "From Socrates to Darwin and Beyond: What Children Can Teach Us About the Human Mind" presented by Susan Gelman, Heinz Werner Distinguished University Professor of Psychology and Linguistics.

This event will also recognize the 2021 Henry Russel Award Recipients: José Casas, Erin Cech, Matthew Davis, and Johanna Mathieu.

Tuesday, March 9, 2021
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST

Register at https://myumi.ch/lbHenryRussel

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 03 Mar 2021 09:52:34 -0500 2021-03-09T15:30:00-05:00 2021-03-09T16:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University and Development Events Livestream / Virtual 2021 Henry Russel Lecture
The Building Blocks for Creating an Encyclopedia: Cartography Discover Series, Session 1 (March 9, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82184 82184-21050551@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

In April of 2020, after nearly twenty years of planning, writing, and editing, *The History of Cartography Volume Four: Cartography in the European Enlightenment* (University of Chicago Press) appeared. A massive reference work of 1651 pages, it comprises 479 entries with 954 full color illustrations, written by 207 contributors from 26 countries. In this webinar series, Co-Editors Matthew Edney (University of Southern Maine) and Mary Pedley (Clements Library) enjoy three conversations about the design, contents, and illustrations of this volume.

In session 1, Pedley and Edney discuss the design and rationale for the encyclopedia format of the volume and the challenges and benefits of this structure.

Mary Sponberg Pedley is the Adjunct Assistant Curator of Maps at the Clements Library. Her research has focused on French and English map makers and map production in the long eighteenth century.

Matthew H. Edney holds the Osher Chair in the History of Cartography at the University of Southern Maine and is the Director of the History of Cartography Project, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Register at http://myumi.ch/0W0j3

*This online event is a Zoom Webinar with three sessions (March 9, March 16, March 23). Your microphone will be muted and video turned off automatically. Machine closed captioning will be available during the event. Live attendees will be encouraged to use the chat function to submit questions and comments. After each session, all registrants will receive a follow-up email with a link to the recording.*

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 17 Feb 2021 09:36:25 -0500 2021-03-09T16:00:00-05:00 2021-03-09T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location William L. Clements Library Livestream / Virtual Cover of "The History of Cartography Volume 4"
Graduate Student Career Pathways: Interviewing for Jobs Beyond the Professoriate (March 10, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81542 81542-20915559@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 10, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

This workshop will meet the needs of those applying for Rackham internship programs, but is open to any graduate students seeking guidance around interviewing for positions beyond tenure track roles, which can differ greatly from the academic job search process. It will focus on preparing graduate students to navigate the interview process, and to effectively answer questions by strategically articulating strengths and skills.
This workshop is designed for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. For faculty and staff, please contact RackhamEvents@umich.edu to see if we can accommodate your attendance.
Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/515DM.
We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.

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Livestream / Virtual Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:15:48 -0500 2021-03-10T09:00:00-05:00 2021-03-10T10:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
Webinar | Artist Spotlight Stories: Oksana Mirzoyan (March 10, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82635 82635-21147756@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 10, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Armenian Studies

Please register in advance to receive the short film links and to attend the discussion:

https://myumi.ch/r8gD2

For nearly a decade, the art of Oksana Mirzoyan has been exploring the social and cultural experiences of the Nagorno-Karabagh conflict. The territorial engagement, which began in the 1980s and unfolded across Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Nagorno-Karabagh was the catalyst for a sequence of pogroms leveled against Armenians living in major cities of the former Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, from Sumgait to Kirovabad (Ganja) and in 1990, the capital city of Baku.

The conflict had a massive influence not only on the cultural and political geography of the South Caucasus but continues to shape the everyday experience of people living in the region today as well as generations of displaced Armenians and Azerbaijanis. Among the millions forced to evacuate the region, thousands arrived in the United States, concentrating in urban and suburban communities, including in Detroit and surrounding Southeast Michigan. Born in Baku, Mirzoyan arrived in Detroit with her family as a result of the Nagorno-Karabagh conflict.

Mirzoyan’s research into the war starts with her passport photo as a refugee being granted asylum in the US in 1991. This discussion will include a screening of her short experimental works that use archival family footage (“Baku 1977”) and capture sceneries or people's lives in the city of Shushi (Swallows flying in the city of Shushi; "Barber of Shushi"). Her intimate knowledge of the region comes from her first-hand experience of walking on its minefields with Halo Trust, teaching filmmaking to students in Stepanakert (the capital city of Artsakh), and collecting the stories of its citizens. Much of Mirzoyan's art is an exploration of the filmmaker's personal trauma tied to the conflict in Nagorno-Karabagh/Artsakh and presents a journey of healing her past through her relationship with the country.

Oksana Mirzoyan is an Armenian-American artist focused on narrative filmmaking as a writer, director, and producer. Mirzoyan’s films have screened and been awarded internationally at festivals such as Clermont-Ferrand, Camerimage, and Locarno. Her short film“140 Drams" was an honoree of the Cinematographer’s Guild of America and won Best Short Film at Izmir Film Festival. Mirzoyan is based in Detroit where she is a Kresge Artist Fellow. Her experimental and narrative short films "140 Drams," "Sonnet," and "Susanna" were screened in a solo exhibition at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Currently, she is working on her first feature, "Abysm" which explores the ongoing conflict in Nagorno-Karabagh. The film has won Locarno Film Festival’s Open Doors Prize, along with support from the George Foundation. Mirzoyan has been recently experimenting with sculpture and installation work.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 02 Mar 2021 08:26:43 -0500 2021-03-10T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-10T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Armenian Studies Livestream / Virtual Oksana Mirzoyan, artist and filmmaker
(VIRTUAL): CEW+Inspire Midweek Mindfulness-Guided Sits (March 10, 2021 12:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64874 64874-20517538@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 10, 2021 12:15pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: CEW+

As part of the CEW+Inspire initiative, CEW+ holds mindful meditation sits virtually on Wednesdays at 12:15.

Being present in the moment is a skill that can be learned when practiced on a regular basis and is especially important during these trying times. Psychological stress can damper your overall health, affecting your ability to remain resilient in the face of challenges. Evidence-based meditation has been shown to also reduce implicit age and race bias, reduce the symptoms of anxiety, depression, and pain, improve cognitive functioning, and assist in ending ruminating thought patterns.

Free and open to all levels of practice.

After registering, please check your email confirmation for the Zoom link!

Click here to RSVP and receive the Zoom link: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUtcumtpzIoHNdRoCz-lPKz9X7fb-Jp844o

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 25 Jun 2021 09:55:12 -0400 2021-03-10T12:15:00-05:00 2021-03-10T12:45:00-05:00 Off Campus Location CEW+ Livestream / Virtual Piece of paper that says mindfulness
A Nanoscale Blueprint of the Human Kinetochore and the Functional Limits of its Design (March 10, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82844 82844-21201315@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 10, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Cell & Developmental Biology

We are pleased to announce that Alex Kukreja, CDB Ph.D. Candidate will present his dissertation defense during a virtual seminar on March 10, 2021!

Hosted by: Ajit Joglekar

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 08 Mar 2021 09:34:37 -0500 2021-03-10T13:00:00-05:00 2021-03-10T14:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Cell & Developmental Biology Livestream / Virtual A Nanoscale Blueprint of the Human Kinetochore and the Functional Limits of its Design
Rackham Resolution Office: Virtual Office Hours (March 10, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79892 79892-20511615@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 10, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

If you have a quick question or have a time sensitive matter, attend the Rackham’s Resolution Office’s open office hours weekly on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. via Zoom. In the interest of providing students as much privacy as possible, you may spend a brief time in a waiting room if the resolution officer is engaged with another student. They will be with you as quickly as possible.
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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 10 Dec 2020 18:15:28 -0500 2021-03-10T14:00:00-05:00 2021-03-10T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
CCMB / DCMB Weekly Seminar Series (March 10, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82479 82479-21108092@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 10, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Abstract: Single-cell technologies have transformed biomedical research in the last few years. With single-cell sequencing, we can now simultaneously measure thousands of genomics features in a large number of cells, which provides an ultrahigh resolution phenotypic map for each individual. However, single-cell protocols are complex. Even with the most sensitive platforms, the data are often sparse and noisy. Recent development of single-cell multi-omics and spatial transcriptomics technologies further imposed additional challenges on data integration. In this talk, I will present several machine learning methods that my group recently developed for single-cell and spatial transcriptomics data analysis. I will discuss methods for simultaneous denoising, clustering and batch effect correction, single-cell multi-omics data integration, identification of spatially variable genes, generation of super-resolution gene expression, and inference of cell type distribution in spatial transcriptomics. I will illustrate our methods by showing results from ongoing collaborations on cardiometabolic disease and applications to brain and cancer data.
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Biography: Dr. Li’s research interests include statistical genetics and genomics, bioinformatics, and computational biology. The central theme of her current research is to use statistical and computational approaches to understand cellular heterogeneity in human-disease-relevant tissues, to characterize gene expression diversity across cell types, to study the patterns of cell state transition and crosstalk of various cells using data generated from single-cell and spatial transcriptomics studies, and to translate these findings to the clinics. In addition to methods development, Dr. Li is also interested in collaborating with researchers seeking to identify complex disease susceptibility genes and acting cell types. She is Director of Biostatistics for the Gene Therapy Program at Penn, where she advises biostatistics and bioinformatics analysis for various gene therapy studies. She is also Chair of the Graduate Program in Biostatistics. Dr. Li actively serves in the scientific community. She served as a regular member for the NIH Genomics, Computational Biology and Technology (GCAT) study section for 6 years, and the NHGRI Center for Inherited Disease Research (CIDR) for 3 years. She is an Associate Editor of Annals of Applied Statistics, Statistics in Biosciences, PLOS Computational Biology, and Human Genetics and Genomics Advances. She is an elected member of the International Statistical Institute and a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Feb 2021 12:57:46 -0500 2021-03-10T16:00:00-05:00 2021-03-10T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location DCMB Seminar Series Livestream / Virtual
Peace Corps Identities Abroad: BIPOC Panel (March 10, 2021 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82721 82721-21163661@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 10, 2021 5:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: International Center

This virtual webinar will feature Returned Peace Corps Volunteers sharing their experiences participating in the Peace Corps as a BIPOC volunteer. By attending this webinar, you'll learn more about Peace Corps service and how identities can play a role in being abroad and serving in the Peace Corps.

Register here: https://myumi.ch/Gk9Ro

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 03 Mar 2021 17:11:59 -0500 2021-03-10T17:30:00-05:00 2021-03-10T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location International Center Livestream / Virtual Identities Abroad: Serving as a BIPOC Volunteer flyer
Conversation with Socially Conscious Tech Companies: Truepic (March 10, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82734 82734-21169593@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 10, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Tech for Social Good

Come to Tech for Social Good’s first conversation with a socially conscious tech company: Truepic. Truepic is a company focused on rebuilding trust in photos and videos in a world of photo manipulation and deep fakes by utilizing blockchains. We will be talking with them about what their platform does, what it means for social justice efforts like citizen journalism, and how they balance their company’s mission and values with their business model. One of the speakers will be a UM alum as well! 💙💛 Please RSVP at this link: tinyurl.com/truepic-new-rsvp, the first 20 people who rsvp will get reimbursed for food!

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 04 Mar 2021 11:48:31 -0500 2021-03-10T18:00:00-05:00 2021-03-10T19:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Tech for Social Good Livestream / Virtual The image is the poster for the event which includes the date: Wednesday, March 10th at 6 PM, the form to rsvp: tinyurl.com/truepic-new-rsvp, the form to ask questions tinyurl.com/truepic-questions and the zoom link: tinyurl.com/t4sgxtruepic
German Convo Home Edition (March 10, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83673 83673-21454158@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 10, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

The "German Convo Home Edition" will provide fun and play games. Silvia Grzeskowiak (sgrzesko@umich.edu) will host the remotely held weekly session. Her Zoom link is: https://umich.zoom.us/j/99570729139.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 20 Apr 2021 15:58:14 -0400 2021-03-10T18:00:00-05:00 2021-03-10T19:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Germanic Languages & Literatures Livestream / Virtual German Convo Home Edition
The Hub presents: The 2021 Grad School Fair (March 10, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80163 80163-20572608@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 10, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Opportunity Hub

The Hub’s annual Grad School Fair is a dedicated forum for LSA students looking to explore or pursue the possibility of graduate education. This year, our Grad School Fair will be held virtually via Career Fair+, a virtual career fair platform that’s conveniently accessible via a smartphone or laptop.

This event brings together graduate program representatives from across the country for an evening of exploring, learning, and networking! It’s a one-stop-shop to learn about the variety of grad programs, understand the realities of grad school, and what to expect throughout the application process.

Register in advance for 1:1 conversations with grad program representatives or attend drop-in group discussions during the event.

To make the most of your experience:
- Access an online Canvas module full of resources and content two weeks before the event to help you prepare for the fair
- Attend our Graduate School Funding Webinar with the Office of Financial Aid, Rackham Graduate School, and the University Career Center to discover funding on- and off-campus funding options
- Attend the Hub’s upcoming BIPOC Graduate Student panel in February to hear from current grad students and those who have recently graduated

You should attend this event if you are:
- A liberal arts and/or sciences (LSA) student
- Exploring the possibility of graduate school
- Looking for knowledge and clarity on your post-graduate plans
Intent on securing admission into a grad program

By attending, you will:
- Discover the diverse set of options out there for both graduate schools and degree programs in the US and abroad
- Connect with program representatives to glean actionable insights about the realities of grad school, the career doors it could open, and what makes a competitive candidate
- Develop a plan outlining what your next steps are in the process and establish criteria that can help you determine if a specific school or program can fit your learning and career goals
- Get a better sense of application timelines and requirements, how to secure funding, and more

Interaction Level: Full
- Video and audio presence is strongly encouraged
- The event will mainly be interactive through some combination of full-group interactions, small-group interactions, worksheets, and Q&As
NOTE: Students who cannot participate as recommended are still encouraged to attend

RSVP now to sign up for 1:1 conversations with grad school reps before spots fill up! You must RSVP in order to receive the information required to access this event.

The LSA Opportunity Hub aims to deliver inclusive and accessible experiences and welcomes all LSA students to participate. If you require accommodations to participate in this event please contact Paige Baker at paigebak@umich.edu or 734.763.4674. so we can make arrangements.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 03 Mar 2021 09:20:27 -0500 2021-03-10T18:00:00-05:00 2021-03-10T20:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location LSA Opportunity Hub Livestream / Virtual LSA student graduate
Detroiters Speak Winter 2021 - Pandemic Politics: From Lockdown to Liberation (March 10, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81924 81924-20990904@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 10, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Semester in Detroit

"Pandemic Politics: From Lockdown to Liberation” is a Detroit community-based course that welcomes participation by the general public, including college students from both U-M and Wayne State University. The class is hosted and developed by a partnership among: the General Baker Institute (a non-profit community-based organization located in NW Detroit) faculty in the U-M Semester in Detroit Program, and faculty from the Wayne State University Department of African-American Studies and the Damon Keith Center for Civil Rights. This class is made possible with generous support provided by the Michigan-Mellon Project on the Egalitarian Metropolis, College of LSA & A. Alfred Taubman College of. Architecture and Urban Planning.
The minicourse will explore contemporary and historical intersections between public health and structural racism - both in Detroit and throughout U.S. society more broadly. Each week, we will be joined by Detroit activist-scholars who will help everyone more deeply understand what is happening today in Detroit and in our country more broadly.

In addition to the class content described above, U-M students who register for the 1-credit mini-course will also have the opportunity to meet and to learn from some of the veteran Detroit activists who are building the General Baker Institute (GBI). The organization recently opened its new community center in NW Detroit to honor the legacy of General Gordon Baker Jr., one of the most important labor and community activists in modern Detroit history.

For more information about this public series, please contact Craig Regester, Semester in Detroit Associate Director, at 313-505-5185 or email: regester@umich.edu. Session themes are outlined below, and the speakers will be announced (as well as suggested reading materials) on this website closer to the session dates.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 09 Feb 2021 13:35:38 -0500 2021-03-10T19:00:00-05:00 2021-03-10T20:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Semester in Detroit Livestream / Virtual Event title and session titles with blue accent colors and an image of a face mask with a fist made up of racial justice words on it
Padnos Public Engagement on Jewish Learning Event: "The Historical Jesus in His Jewish Context" (March 10, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80033 80033-20548977@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 10, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Judaic Studies

Jesus of Nazareth was born, lived, and died as a Jew. But what kind of Jew was he in the diverse world of Second Temple Judaism? How did the movement he initiated within Judaism move into the pagan world and become what we now call Christianity? Specialists Amy-Jill Levine and Gabriele Boccaccini will engage in a conversation about the latest research on the historical Jesus and explore the implication for contemporary Judaic Studies, followed by a response from Jeremiah Cataldo.
Advance Registration Required: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/7716080595108/WN_srFRJezkTRahuYLDIv0Pow

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:12:44 -0500 2021-03-10T19:00:00-05:00 2021-03-10T20:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Judaic Studies Livestream / Virtual Amy-Jill Levin and Gabriele Boccaccini
Graduate English Welcome Week for MFA Prospective Students (March 11, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81081 81081-20846540@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 11, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Welcome Week Events for MFA Prospective Students

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 22 Jan 2021 10:38:43 -0500 2021-03-11T09:00:00-05:00 2021-03-11T20:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of English Language and Literature Livestream / Virtual
CSAS Film Series | Covid Response ~ A Himalayan Story; Talk and Q&A with the Director (March 11, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82550 82550-21116098@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 11, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for South Asian Studies

Covid response is a documentary on the ongoing global pandemic and how it affects a remote Himalayan state in India. The film is a critical look at the various ways in which people’s suffering- mental, physical and financial, have been worsened by the novel coronavirus.

Munmun Dhalaria is an independent filmmaker and National Geographic Storytelling Explorer, mainly focused on wildlife conservation, gender, science communication and human rights. She deals with her own sense of solastalgia by revealing unseen places and untold stories of people’s perseverance to protect our natural world.

Zoom registration is required to attend the event: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJArf-CgqjopHdBVcWS3XuiUI17eFTHz3xHf

Prior to the talk with Munmun Dhalaria, the documentary will be available for viewing online from Monday 3/8 until Sunday 3/14. To view it, please register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScu86F5Wjp0nWML3LSPak9wRyVKSG4rSt2Txm2QIL74bQYY5Q/viewform

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 01 Mar 2021 10:11:02 -0500 2021-03-11T10:00:00-05:00 2021-03-11T11:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for South Asian Studies Livestream / Virtual Covid Response ~ A Himalayan Story; Talk and Q&A with the Director
AROC Community Conversation: Opportunities for Conversation Subcommittee (March 11, 2021 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82753 82753-21171617@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 11, 2021 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Office for Health Equity and Inclusion

Community Conversation is an opportunity for faculty, staff and student to come together weekly to engage on meaningful ways to increase belonging at Michigan Medicine. We feel that it is important to carve out space for dialogue, provide support for one another, promote self-care, and share valuable resources. The sessions are designed for space to hear your voice and all are welcome!

https://ohei.med.umich.edu/events

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 04 Mar 2021 15:10:57 -0500 2021-03-11T11:30:00-05:00 2021-03-11T12:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Office for Health Equity and Inclusion Livestream / Virtual Community Conversation Image
Building Your Toolbox as an Anti-Racist Advocate in Higher Ed (March 11, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81654 81654-20939471@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 11, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Higher Ed is a particular kind of work and learning space. While it shares characteristics with its primary and secondary counterparts, it is decidedly different in its teaching, student, and administrative contexts. As a result, anti-racist work in higher education settings must look different than it might in K-12 contexts and in other types professional work settings (corporate, non-profit, etc.). This workshop will ask participants to think more closely about the nuances of racial in/justice and in/equity in higher education and how those nuances, along with the cultural and professional norms of academia, impact the frameworks and tools that we might use as racial justice proponents.
This workshop is designed for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. For faculty and staff, please contact RackhamEvents@umich.edu to see if we can accommodate your attendance.
Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/QArPY.
We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 03 Feb 2021 00:15:53 -0500 2021-03-11T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-11T13:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
Changing Times and Child Health Research (March 11, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80749 80749-20783446@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 11, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: OVPR Office of Research Development

U-M Research Development welcomes Dr. Diana W. Bianchi, Director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). Dr. Bianchi oversees an annual budget of approximately $1.5 billion in support of NICHD’s mission to lead research and training to understand human development, improve reproductive health, enhance the lives of children and adolescents, and optimize abilities for all.

Dr. Bianchi will discuss NIH child health research, the 2020 NICHD Strategic Plan, and what the Biden Administration and incoming legislature might mean for child health.

Dr. Julie Lumeng, Director of MICHR, will host and facilitate Q&A.

Zoom invites will be sent via email after you register.

You may contact Jill Jividen, Director of Research Development, with questions at jjgoff@umich.edu

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 14 Jan 2021 10:22:41 -0500 2021-03-11T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-11T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location OVPR Office of Research Development Livestream / Virtual U-M Research Development
DCM&B Tools and Technology Seminar (March 11, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79919 79919-20515552@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 11, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: DCMB Tools and Technology Seminar

Genomic and epigenomic features are captured at a genome-wide level by using high-throughput sequencing technologies. Peak calling is one of the first essential steps in analyzing these features by delineating regions such as open chromatin regions and transcription factor binding sites. Our original peak calling software, F-Seq, has been widely used and shown to be the most sensitive and accurate peak caller for DNase I hypersensitive sites sequencing (DNase-seq) data. However, F-Seq lacks support for user-input control dataset nor reporting test statistics, limiting its ability to capture systematic and experimental biases and accurately estimate background distributions. Here we present an improved version, F-Seq2, which combined the power of kernel density estimation and a dynamic “continuous” Poisson distribution to robustly account for local biases and solve ties when ranking candidate peaks. In F-score and motif distance analysis, we demonstrated the superior performance of F-Seq2 than other competing peak callers used by the ENCODE Consortium on simulated and real ATAC-seq and ChIP-seq datasets. The output of F-Seq2 is suitable for irreproducible discovery rate (IDR) analysis as the test statistics calculated for individual candidate summit and ties are robustly solved.

Tool Link: https://github.com/Boyle-Lab/F-Seq2

URL for remote viewing: https://umich-health.zoom.us/j/94886745590?pwd=LzhLU243K2ZhbXNzU1BJRHQ5V25BZz09

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 11 Dec 2020 08:08:59 -0500 2021-03-11T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-11T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location DCMB Tools and Technology Seminar Livestream / Virtual
Estate Planning and Gifting (March 11, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82315 82315-21066621@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 11, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Retirees Association (UMRA)

Discussion of gifting and plans for your estate.

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 19 Feb 2021 11:50:55 -0500 2021-03-11T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-11T13:15:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Retirees Association (UMRA) Livestream / Virtual
DEI Workshop: Implicit Bias (March 11, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79160 79160-20217718@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 11, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

*This program has been modified to deliver in a remote setting and updated to include content directly related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Please direct any questions or accommodation requests to Mikalia Dennis (mikaliad@umich.edu) as soon as possible.*


In this session, participants will learn to:

- Examine your own background and identities and how these identities shape our experiences and perspectives
- Discuss how the brain functions, and relate how unconscious bias is a natural function of the human mind
- Identify patterns of unconscious bias that influence decision-making processes
- Confront internal biases and practice conscious awareness
- Review strategies to create transformational change in the workplace

You will benefit by:

- Raising self-awareness, sparking conversation with others and initiating new actions
- Enhancing your professional and personal effectiveness on and off the job
- Positively influencing personal and organizational decisions
- Creating stronger and more positive work relationships with others

Audience:

This session is open to all LSA Staff. It is recommended that participants complete this course before enrolling in the Microaggression Session.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 03 Nov 2020 14:16:01 -0500 2021-03-11T13:00:00-05:00 2021-03-11T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location LSA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Livestream / Virtual Light in the U-M Law Quad
The Conditions of the Great Lakes (March 11, 2021 1:45pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82366 82366-21070619@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 11, 2021 1:45pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Retirees Association (UMRA)

Dr. Diana will focus on aquatic animals and their interactions with the environment. He will speak on two major research areas: sustainable aquaculture and its role in feeding the world, and the ecology of natural fish populations, particularly in the Great Lakes region. Dr. Diana's research focuses on the interaction between aquaculture practices and environmental impacts and seeks to find solutions for more sustainable production in the future.

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 19 Feb 2021 21:13:23 -0500 2021-03-11T13:45:00-05:00 2021-03-11T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Retirees Association (UMRA) Livestream / Virtual
Alum Connections: Stephanie Mansour (March 11, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82261 82261-21060579@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 11, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Opportunity Hub

Alum Connection: Stephanie Mansour, Health & Fitness Expert and National TV Host of Step It Up with Steph

Dynamic. Passionate. Dedicated. These are just a few words to describe LSA alum Stephanie Mansour. As an entrepreneur and National TV host, Steph knows about the values of hard work, perseverance, and tapping into your network for career progress. Join the Hub on Thursday, March 11 from 2:30-3:30 p.m. for a conversation with Steph about TV and broadcasting, health and fitness, and building your own business.

About Stephanie:
Stephanie Mansour is founder and host of Step It Up with Steph airing nationally on PBS & CREATE TV. She's a regular TV contributor in Chicago and across the globe, reaching more than 52 million viewers per month. Prior to starting her show in 2008, she worked for Marianne Williamson (Oprah’s XM Radio show host), the Dr. Phil show, Lifetime TV, and WNET PBS.

For the past decade, Steph has been helping millions of people to “Step It Up” by providing weight loss tips, lifestyle hacks, and fitness secrets that can up their game. In fact, she coached one reality TV star to lose almost 90 lbs in 3 months! Her first success story was her own, and now she teaches others about the tools to stay and feel healthy.

Stephanie graduated from U-M with her BA in Communications in 2007 with an emphasis on Women’s Studies & Psychology. As a student at U-M, she worked for WOLV-TV, and she created the first ever aerobics TV show, Big House Beat.

You should attend this session if you are:
A UM undergraduate LSA student
Interested in TV & broadcasting, health & fitness, or entrepreneurship
Looking for advice on pursuing internships or other types of in-the-field experiences

What you’ll gain by attending:
Gain first-hand insights into the experiences and competencies needed in broadcasting and building a business
Get tips for identifying and pursuing your interests and bringing them to the forefront of your career
Make a valuable connection with Stephanie and discover internship opportunities with her

RSVP now to be part of the conversation. The link to join this Alum Connection will be emailed to you after you RSVP.

Posting Disclaimer:
RSVP now to reserve your spot. By signing up, you will receive an email with details on how to join this virtual workshop the morning of the session.

The LSA Opportunity Hub aims to deliver inclusive and accessible experiences and welcomes all LSA students to participate. If you require accommodations to participate in this event please contact the Hub at lsa-opphub@umich.edu so we can make arrangements. If you have any concerns or questions, please reach out to us at lsa-opphub@umich.edu.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 11 Mar 2021 16:11:02 -0500 2021-03-11T14:30:00-05:00 2021-03-11T15:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location LSA Opportunity Hub Livestream / Virtual Stephanie Mansour Photo
EEB Virtual Seminar: Socio-eco-evo dynamics: Exploring how society shapes the biology of cities (March 11, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80094 80094-20556871@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 11, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Urban ecosystems are intrinsically heterogenous, characterized by dynamic biotic and abiotic interactions that are not witnessed in non-urban environments. Urban flora and fauna experience a suite of novel disturbances and stressors that have led to remarkable phenotypic strategies and adaptations to cope with urban living. Despite recent groundbreaking discoveries and innovation in the fields of urban ecology and evolution, the drivers of urban heterogeneity that induce biological change are seldom articulated. The spatiotemporal distributions of urban organisms are directly affected by the uneven distribution of resources (e.g., refugia, food, water) across cities, all of which are connected to societal function and governance. Hence, to build a comprehensive understanding of urban systems and wildlife adaptation, we must integrate and reconcile how structural inequality – especially racism and classism – shape urban environmental mosaics. In this seminar talk, Dr. Chris Schell will discuss how structural and systemic inequalities, especially economic and racial inequality, shape ecological and evolutionary outcomes of wildlife. In doing so, he will discuss how leading with an environmental justice and activism framework in the natural sciences can promote conversation, sustainability, and resilience in a human-dominated world.
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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Feb 2021 11:25:47 -0500 2021-03-11T15:00:00-05:00 2021-03-11T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Livestream / Virtual Chris Schell field work
The Humanities at Work (March 11, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81799 81799-20959295@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 11, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Today: Peggy McCracken, Director of the Institute for the Humanities, talks to Cassie Miller, Senior Research Analyst at the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Project.

The Humanities at Work is a new series from the Institute for the Humanities that features the variety of careers pursued by Humanities PhDs. Organized as a series of conversations, these one-hour sessions will include a 30-minute informational interview in which the invited guest traces their trajectory, describes the extent to which graduate education prepared them for their current work, identifies things they wish they'd known or explored as a graduate student, and explains the qualifications their organization would seek in an applicant. We'll also ask our guests to describe how the humanities matter in the work they do. The second half of the hour will be devoted to questions from the audience.

About Cassie Miller:
Cassie Miller is a Senior Research Analyst at the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Project (www.splcenter.org/intelligence-report), where she arrived in 2016 as a Mellon Foundation/American Council for Learned Societies Public Fellow. She is an expert on the white power movement and political violence. Her work is published on the SPLC’s Hatewatch publication and she regularly speaks on far-right extremism to academic audiences, community groups, religious organizations, and government officials. Miller is frequently cited as an expert in the media and has appeared on numerous television and radio programs, both in the United States and abroad. She holds a PhD in History from Carnegie Mellon University.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 10 Mar 2021 11:24:21 -0500 2021-03-11T15:00:00-05:00 2021-03-11T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for the Humanities Livestream / Virtual Cassie Miller
2021 Nelson W. Spencer Lecture: Dr. Jack Kaye (March 11, 2021 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80426 80426-20719761@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 11, 2021 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering

The Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering department is very pleased to welcome Dr. Jack Kaye of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as our 2021 Spencer Lecturer.

Dr. Kaye is Associate Director for Research of the Earth Science Division (ESD) in NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD).

"From Alphabet Soup to Gourmet Cuisine - My 30+ Years of Interagency and International Coordination in Earth System Science"

The Earth is a complicated system that is driven by a mix of naturally-occurring and human-induced forcings, and its study requires a variety of integrated approaches addressing multiple Earth system components (atmosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, biosphere, lithosphere) and the processes that couple them, now combined into the overall subject of Earth System Science. Besides being simply an object of scientific study, Earth is also our collective home, and its response to natural and human change affects the lives of today’s and tomorrow’s global citizens, making Earth System Science a rich subject for both scientific research and for the application of the results of that research to policy and decision making. The scope and breadth of the topic makes the topic too big to be addressed fully by any one organization, so coordination across organizations, both domestically and internationally, becomes a key consideration in our respective efforts. The resulting coordination affects all aspects, including observations (from space, air, and surface), modeling, process research, assessment, and applications. In the US, this has meant interagency coordination, both bilateral and multilateral, while internationally, the coordination has also involved bilateral and multilateral relationships, the latter including those that are both government-driven and community-driven. In this talk, my experience in interagency and international coordination will be reviewed, along with some highlights, lessons learned, and thoughts about the future. Interagency examples will include the US Global Change Research Program and its National Climate Assessment, the Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology and the National Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite System, while international examples will include the World Climate Research Program, the World Meteorological Organization, and bilateral cooperation with several international partners on Space Shuttle and Satellite programs.

Please join us!

Contact: Laura Hopkins, lhopkins@umich.edu

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 08 Mar 2021 10:21:07 -0500 2021-03-11T15:30:00-05:00 2021-03-11T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering Livestream / Virtual 2021 Spencer Lecture 3
Quantitative Data Visualization for Academic Partners (March 11, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81643 81643-20935529@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 11, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

Sharing and translating data with community partners and community members is critically important to support equitable partnerships. Join us for an introductory virtual workshop on quantitative data visualization. Our focus is on how to interpret and display evidence based data in a visually pleasing and accessible way while also touching on the importance of understanding and working within basic data ethics.

This session is designed for faculty and academic program staff.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 02 Feb 2021 17:34:45 -0500 2021-03-11T16:00:00-05:00 2021-03-11T17:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Ginsberg Center Livestream / Virtual Academic Partnership logo
Global Connections: Community Ensembles and Music Learning in Europe (March 11, 2021 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81378 81378-20889802@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 11, 2021 4:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Amateur community ensembles are a pillar of European culture. Profs. John Pasquale and Richard Frey talk to Christoph Breithack (conductor of the Musikverein Freiburg, St. Georgen in Freiburg, Germany), Dr. Verena Mösenbichler-Bryant (Executive Director of the World Youth and Adult Wind Orchestras in Schladming, Austria), and Dr. Ulrich Nachbauer (President of the Berner Kammerchor in Bern, Switzerland) about the role, significance, and identity of community music making in Europe.

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 05 Mar 2021 00:15:05 -0500 2021-03-11T16:30:00-05:00 2021-03-11T17:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Livestream / Virtual
Symposium: Disruption. Action. Change (March 11, 2021 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82777 82777-21175585@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 11, 2021 4:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Presented by EXCEL in partnership with The Eastman School of Music’s Paul R. Judy Center for Innovation & Research.

The three-part online series features in-depth conversations with five performing arts change-makers who will explore the role of disruption as an essential force in the pursuit of a more just and equitable arts ecosystem. 

Each speaker will write an article to be released in advance of their session to spark ideas and questions for their conversations, which will take place on Thursdays, March 11, 18, and 25  from 4:30-6 p.m. EST via Zoom. The free symposium is open to all, and is especially relevant for the next generation of arts leaders, including students and young professionals.

To learn more about Disruption. Action. Change. and to register for the symposium, visit iml.esm.rochester.edu/DAC

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 05 Mar 2021 00:15:07 -0500 2021-03-11T16:30:00-05:00 2021-03-11T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Livestream / Virtual
Program in Biology and Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience Majors Panel (March 11, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82819 82819-21179587@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 11, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Program in Biology

Come meet representatives from the Program in Biology and Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience. You will be able to hear about the various majors available and ask any questions that you may have!

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 05 Mar 2021 13:39:06 -0500 2021-03-11T18:00:00-05:00 2021-03-11T19:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Program in Biology Livestream / Virtual PiB and UPIN Major Panel Information
CJS Lecture Series | 3.11—Ten Years Later: Addressing Gender Disparity in Japan’s Disaster Response (March 11, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79859 79859-20509624@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 11, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

Please note that this lecture will begin at 7pm, and all posted event times are in the U.S. Eastern Time Zone.

(日本語版はこちら)https://myumi.ch/v2y3Q
Delivered in Japanese with English translation.

Disasters have been known to exacerbate pre-disaster inequalities, with greater impact on vulnerable populations. In 2011, the “3.11 Great East Japan Disaster” — a cascade of a M9.0 earthquake, massive tsunamis, and a nuclear accident — struck Japan, which at that time ranked just 98th of the 135 countries on the Gender Gap Index (121th of the 153 countries in 2020). Now 10 years after 3.11, panelists will discuss the disaster’s effects on women through their own experience and grassroots activism, illuminating ways in which structures and norms of Japanese society contributed to women’s increased vulnerability in this time of crisis. They will provide invaluable first-hand accounts of how women in Japan organized and exposed post-disaster gender-based violence, advocated for more gender-informed disaster policies and response, shattered societal indifference and denial, and created change.

Teruko Karikome
Ms. Teruko Karikome is a founder and former Executive Director (2007~2019) of NPO Women’s Space Fukushima, Inc. (formerly Association for Women’s Independence). Following the Great East Japan Disaster, her organization managed “Women’s Space” in the biggest evacuation shelter in Fukushima, and continues to operate programs such as telephone counseling, support groups, and workshops on gender-based violence, while advocating for policy attention to women in Fukushima.

Reiko Masai
Ms. Reiko Masai is a founder and Executive Director of NPO Women’s Net Kobe, Inc., the first group in Japan to call attention to disaster-related gender-based violence. For over thirty years, Ms. Masai has worked to promote women’s rights and gender equality in Japan. In 2007, she launched Disaster & Gender Information Network, the first initiative of its kind in Japan, and co-founded Women's Network for East Japan Disaster in 2011, also the first of its kind, advocating for more inclusive disaster response.

Etsuko Yahata
Ms. Etsuko Yahata, founder and Executive Director of NPO Hearty Sendai Inc., spearheaded grassroots initiatives to assist women affected by the Great East Japan Disaster, on top of running a domestic violence shelter and many assistance programs. Originally trained as a midwife, she has since worked over 30 years in advocating against gender-based violence, promoting reproductive health and justice, human rights and nonviolence; also serving as board of director for Sendai Gender Equal Opportunity Foundation, Child Line Miyagi and many others.

Mieko Yoshihama
As a professor at the U-M School of Social Work, her teaching and research focus on promoting the wellbeing of marginalized communities. In Japan, she co-founded the Domestic Violence Research & Action Group in 1990 and conducted the nation’s first study of domestic violence; she also co-founded Women's Network for East Japan Disaster in 2011 and conducted a study of gender-based violence following the disaster, the first of its kind in Japan, as well as PhotoVoice Project (see below).

PhotoVoice Exhibit
Established in 2011, the PhotoVoice Project works with women affected by the Great East Japan Disaster, documenting their experiences through their own photography and written messages (“voices”), which serve to inform more inclusive disaster prevention and reconstruction efforts. This online PhotoVoice exhibition opens March 11, 2021.
https://photovoiceprojectjapan.zenfolio.com/exhibition


Registration for this Zoom event is required: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9hmDZTMnS5GkogTc2H0x4w

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 01 Mar 2021 12:05:05 -0500 2021-03-11T19:00:00-05:00 2021-03-11T20:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Japanese Studies Livestream / Virtual Addressing Gender Disparity in Japan’s Disaster Response
Graduate English Welcome Week for MFA Prospective Students (March 12, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81081 81081-20846541@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 12, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Welcome Week Events for MFA Prospective Students

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 22 Jan 2021 10:38:43 -0500 2021-03-12T09:00:00-05:00 2021-03-12T20:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of English Language and Literature Livestream / Virtual
U-M Structure Seminar: "Starch Recognition and Degradation by the Human Gut Symbiont Bacteroides ovatus" (March 12, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76185 76185-19671617@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 12, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Structural Biology

Haley Brown
Graduate Student
Koropatkin Lab
University of Michigan

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 22 Feb 2021 14:03:25 -0500 2021-03-12T10:00:00-05:00 2021-03-12T11:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location U-M Structural Biology Livestream / Virtual UM Structure Seminars
Alum Connections: Nancy Xiao (March 12, 2021 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82544 82544-21116093@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 12, 2021 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Opportunity Hub

Alum Connection: Nancy Xiao, President at Mason

There are many misconceptions about the tech industry, one being that you need a specialized education in order to find a meaningful career in tech. Join the LSA Opportunity Hub on Friday, March 12th for a special Alum Connections session with Nancy Xiao (English ‘14). Nancy will unravel myths and misconceptions about the industry, share her journey from LSA to President of hardware and software company Mason, and talk about her experiences working at Duo Security and Facebook. In addition, Nancy will share the myriad of roles that exist in the tech industry and tips on how to set yourself apart during interviews.

About Nancy:
Nancy is currently the President at Mason, a YCombinator graduate with $25M in Series A funding. She was previously at Facebook for 5+ years working in product management and product marketing within the Oculus and Parse teams. She received a dual degree from LSA and Ross studying English with a minor in Chinese and Business. Her experience spans virtual reality, gaming, advertising, mobile technology, and hardware. She loves a good read from Literati paired with a Zingerman's brownie!

You should attend this session if you are:
A UM undergraduate LSA student
Interested in pursuing a career in tech
Curious about how your LSA degree can translate into a career in tech

What you’ll gain by attending:
Take advantage of a special opportunity to network with an established tech professional
Get an understanding of projects and experiences you can create while an undergrad to set yourself apart in the interview process
Gain a first-hand perspective on the power of the UM network and how you can leverage alums to gain valuable advice

Posting Disclaimer:
RSVP now to reserve your spot. By signing up, you will receive an email with details on how to join this virtual workshop the morning of the session.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 11 Mar 2021 16:10:20 -0500 2021-03-12T11:00:00-05:00 2021-03-12T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location LSA Opportunity Hub Livestream / Virtual Nancy Xiao Photo
Russian Conversation Club (March 12, 2021 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81285 81285-20879930@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 12, 2021 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Slavic Languages & Literatures

Do you study Russian and want more opportunities to develop your speaking skills in a welcoming and low-stakes environment? Are you looking for an opportunity to socialize with your peers and bond over the difficulties of learning a foreign language? Would you like to learn more about the culture of one of the most politically important and fascinating regions of the world with the coolest undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Michigan?

If the answer to any or all of the above questions is "yes", then you should check out the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures weekly Russian conversation club (called КРЯ - Клуб Русского Языка)! Every Friday at 11:00, we convene for lighthearted discussion of ourselves, our language studies, and of course, the culture of the Russophone world. Regular attendance is not mandatory - you can drop in and out as you wish, and club participants are always willing to help each other out with questions about the language during our discussions. We meet in two groups, the first aimed at first-year students or any who are beginning their language study, and the second targeted towards students who have studied the language for at least a year. Participants are also encouraged to join our discord server, where we post weekly meeting announcements and other Russian-language related content.

Introductory Group Meeting Link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/94164643618

Advanced Group Meeting Link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/99310708629

Link to join our discord: https://discord.gg/FHguFGY

We hope to see you there!

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 26 Jan 2021 17:51:27 -0500 2021-03-12T11:00:00-05:00 2021-03-12T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Slavic Languages & Literatures Livestream / Virtual Клуб Русского Языка
Biophysics Seminar Series (March 12, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82542 82542-21116092@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 12, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Biophysics

The Biophysics Seminar Series Presents:

Dr. Pratyush Tiwary - Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and Institute for Physical Science & Technology, University of Maryland

*“Can artificial intelligence help understand and predict biomolecular dynamics?”*

ABSTRACT: The ability to rapidly learn from high-dimensional data to make reliable predictions about the future of a given system is crucial in many contexts. This could be a fly avoiding predators, or the retina processing terabytes of data almost instantaneously to guide complex human actions. In this talk we draw parallels between such tasks, and the efficient sampling of complex molecules with hundreds of thousands of atoms. Such sampling is critical for predictive computer simulations in condensed matter physics and biophysics, including but not limited to problems such as crystal nucleation, protein loop movement and drug unbinding. For this we use the Predictive Information Bottleneck (PIB) and long short-term memory (LSTM) frameworks from artificial intelligence (AI), and re-formulate them for the sampling of biomolecular structure and dynamics, especially when plagued with rare events. We demonstrate the methods on different test-pieces, where we calculate the dissociation pathway and timescales much longer than milliseconds. These include ligand dissociation from the protein lysozyme, protein kinases and and from flexible RNA. We will also discuss some generic challenges and proposed solutions regarding reliability, interpretability and extrapolative powers of AI when used in molecular simulations, drawing mutually beneficial connections between the at first glance disconnected fields of theoretical chemistry and AI.

*Join us on zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/j/92734220731*

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 25 Feb 2021 14:10:27 -0500 2021-03-12T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-12T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location LSA Biophysics Livestream / Virtual Dr. Pratyush Tiwary
LEAD: Racial Equity and Community Engagement (March 12, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82473 82473-21108087@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 12, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

LEAD, Leading Equity And Diversity, is a series of conversations where attendees have the opportunity to hear from a diverse group of guests who lead and/or support DEI and social justice initiatives. This month our focus is on higher education institutions and their impact and responsibility to the communities they serve. “The mission of the University of Michigan is to serve the people of Michigan and the world.” This quote comes directly from the mission statement from the Office of U-M President. Many universities have missions that discuss giving back to local communities, yet they continue to remain separate and exploit the communities that they purport to serve. Often, it is marginalized communities who suffer as a result of collegiate negligence—walls built to keep the school isolated or a lack of property taxes that underfund neighborhoods and districts. This webinar will discuss higher education’s responsibility for its impact on the surrounding communities, and how to respectfully and responsibly enter communities and empower community leaders and denizens. Featured guests Daphne Watkins and John M. Wallace have done this well and will share their experiences and strategies.
Access Real-Time Translation (CART) captioning services will be available.
Speakers
John M. Wallace
John M. Wallace, Jr., Ph.D. is the Vice Provost for Faculty Diversity and Development, holds the David E. Epperson Endowed Chair and is a professor at the University of Pittsburgh with appointments at the School of Social Work, the Katz Graduate School of Business, and the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences (Sociology). Wallace is also the senior pastor of Bible Center Church, located in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood. Over the past 30 years his work has focused on the well-being of African American children, youth, and communities. He is the principal investigator on the University of Pittsburgh Center on Race and Social Problems’ Comm-Univer-City of Pittsburgh Project, an integrated program of research, teaching, and service designed to investigate and ameliorate social problems that disproportionately impact economically disadvantaged children, families, and communities. Wallace is also the co-principal investigator on the Pitt Assisted Communities and Schools (PACS) project—a research and demonstration project that mobilizes the resources of the University of Pittsburgh to implement and evaluate a set of two-generation (i.e., parent and child) interventions for students and their parents who live, learn, play, and work in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood. Wallace is the co-founder and board president of Homewood Children’s Village, board president of Homewood’s leading community organizing entity, Operation Better Block, and the founder of The Oasis Project—the community and economic development division of Bible Center Church. Wallace earned his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Michigan.
Daphne C. Watkins
Daphne C. Watkins, Ph.D. is a University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor, Professor of Social Work, and a Faculty Associate at the Research Center for Group Dynamics, Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. She studies (1) behavioral interventions for historically marginalized groups; (2) mixed methods approaches to research in context; and (3) leadership development and organizational structures. Watkins’ research aims to maximize human potential, elevate social experiences, and provide equitable impact in communities and organizations. She is a community-practitioner interested in developing efficient tools and systems that activate positive, strengths-based outcomes for those most in need. Ultimately, she is committed to conducting and mobilizing cutting-edge, use-inspired research to address important social concerns. In addition to directing the Vivian A. and James L. Curtis Center for Health Equity Research and Training, Professor Watkins is the founding director of the Gender and Health Research (GendHR) Lab, the Certificate Program in Mixed Methods Research, and the award-winning Young Black Men, Masculinities, and Mental Health (YBMen) Project, which leverages technology to provide mental health education and social support for young Black men. She teaches graduate-level courses on research methods, social equity and equality, and community-based interventions. She also serves on committees and advisory boards aimed at improving men’s health equity both domestically and globally. Watkins earned her Ph.D. in health education from Texas A&M University.
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We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 26 Feb 2021 18:15:51 -0500 2021-03-12T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-12T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
Reimagining Liberation: How Black Women Transformed Citizenship in the French Empire (March 12, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81092 81092-20846553@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 12, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

Discussants:
- Annette K. Joseph-Gabriel, Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies, University of Michigan
- Lydia Kelow-Bennett, Assistant Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies, University of Michigan
- Supriya M. Nair, Professor of English Language and Literature, University of Michigan

Black women living in the French empire played a key role in the decolonial movements of the mid-twentieth century. As thinkers and activists, these women lived lives of commitment and risk that landed them in war zones and concentration camps and saw them declared enemies of the state.

Annette K. Joseph-Gabriel mines published writings and untapped archives to reveal the anticolonialist endeavors of seven women. Though often overlooked today, Suzanne Césaire, Paulette Nardal, Eugénie Éboué-Tell, Jane Vialle, Andrée Blouin, Aoua Kéita, and Eslanda Robeson took part in a forceful transnational movement. Their activism and thought challenged France's imperial system by shaping forms of citizenship that encouraged multiple cultural and racial identities. Expanding the possibilities of belonging beyond national and even Francophone borders, these women imagined new pan-African and pan-Caribbean identities informed by black feminist intellectual frameworks and practices. The visions they articulated also shifted the idea of citizenship itself, replacing a single form of collective identity and political participation with an expansive plurality of forms of belonging.

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.

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 22 Jan 2021 11:13:45 -0500 2021-03-12T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-12T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Research on Women and Gender Livestream / Virtual Reimagining Liberation
AIG (the American Institutions Group) (March 12, 2021 12:05pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80635 80635-20769606@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 12, 2021 12:05pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: American Institutions Group (AIG)

Anne Joseph O’Connell is a lawyer and social scientist (with graduate training in economics and political science) whose research and teaching focuses on administrative law and the federal bureaucracy.

AIG is a group of graduate students and faculty who meet to discuss American institutions. For the first half of our meetings, we talk about our research, happenings in the field, and politics, and for the second, we discuss a recently published article or working paper.

To join the meeting via Zoom, email Jared Cory and Benjamin Lempert (blempert@umich.edu) for the meeting link.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 12 Jan 2021 12:01:07 -0500 2021-03-12T12:05:00-05:00 2021-03-12T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location American Institutions Group (AIG) Livestream / Virtual Anne Joseph O'Connell
Chinese in the Kitchen (March 12, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82827 82827-21179593@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 12, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Asian Languages and Cultures

Amy Qian Liu and Miranda Brown are preparing a proposal for a co-taught class, "Chinese in the Kitchen." This class is intended to provide students with an immersive learning experience both inside of the traditional classroom and in the kitchen. Class content will focus on linguistic as well as cultural proficiency, with the goal of enabling students to develop the vocabulary necessary not only for cooking, but also describing regional cuisines and conducting themselves in business, family, and social settings -- in Chinese. Topics will range from the structure of the Chinese meal; the history of various staples (wheat, millet, rice); regional differences in cuisine; religious diversity within China; the role of food connoisseurship in Chinese culture.

During the colloquium, Amy and Miranda will introduce the design and aims of the course, and open a dialogue with faculty about the challenges. They also hope to solicit feedback and suggestions from the faculty.

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 05 Mar 2021 14:49:13 -0500 2021-03-12T13:00:00-05:00 2021-03-12T14:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Asian Languages and Cultures Livestream / Virtual
Do Socially Responsible Corporations Pay Taxes? CSR and Effective Tax Rates (March 12, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79617 79617-20430441@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 12, 2021 1:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

Current research projects include a study of the historical evolution of credit as a problem in the sociology of trust, regulatory arbitrage, what modern derivatives markets reveal about the relationship between law and capitalism

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 30 Nov 2020 16:06:37 -0500 2021-03-12T13:00:00-05:00 2021-03-12T15:00:00-05:00 Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Livestream / Virtual
Early Career Scientists Symposium: Natural History Collections: Drivers of Innovation (March 12, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81359 81359-20887834@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 12, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

A virtual symposium held on five consecutive Fridays beginning March 5, 2021.

REGISTRATION required for Zoom entry. Registrants will receive the Zoom link and passcode via email. See links this page to register and for more information.

Session II (Moderator: Taylor West)

1 pm Jocelyn Colella

1:30 pm Kelly Speer

2 pm Panel discussion: Jocelyn Colella and Kelly Speer

Jocelyn Colella
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Molecular, Cellular, and Biomedical Sciences Department, Hubbard Genome Sciences Center, University of New Hampshire

Talk title: Connecting next-generation museum collections to public health

Abstract
Natural history collections are recognized repositories of molecular data, critical for measuring change through time. Historically, technology has had limited access the molecular secrets of aged specimens; however, high-throughput short-read sequencing has recently enhanced our ability to interrogate historical archives. Although specimen-derived DNA is not often amenable to long-read sequencing, creative reduced-representation genomic approaches that circumvent issues of DNA quality (e.g., RADsequ, exome capture) have catalyzed the field of museomics. New linked-read sequencing approaches (e.g., 10X Genomics) further enhance our ability to generate quality de novo genome assemblies from degraded specimens. These methods geographically connect short-reads in genome-space, creating assemblies with greater completeness and contiguity relative to shot-gun only assemblies. New technologies and the expanding availability quality reference assemblies from across the tree of life, increasingly enable comparative and population genomic studies that leverage the temporal depth and geographic breadth of museum archives. We use population-level genomic sampling across multiple species of Peromyscus (deer mice), a well-represented taxon in natural history collections, to identify genetic mechanisms of dehydration-tolerance. Desert-adapted deer mice may never drink water or urinate during their lifetime, yet they remain behaviorally and cognitively intact under extreme dehydration. In contrast, there are millions of dehydration-related deaths in humans each year. Identification of the genes and regulatory regions involved in desert adaptation in other mammals will help identify candidate loci for potential gene therapies in humans. A strong link between museums and public-health will bolster funding for these critical repositories and expand molecular applications. As the primary consumers of cryogenic tissue resources, it is the responsibility of the molecular biology community to contribute to the growth and maintenance of collections through the active contribution of biological resources via fieldwork or the incorporation of long-term specimen preservation costs into grant applications.

Kelly Speer
Biodiversity Genomics and George E. Burch Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Conservation and Evolutionary Genomics, Smithsonian Institute of Conservation Biology, National Zoological Park and Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History

Talk title: Determining drivers of symbiont evolution in a multi-tier hierarchical system

Abstract
The use of natural history specimens is continually reimagined beyond the original intent with which they were collected. Recently, natural history specimens have been used to examine change in host-associated microbial communities through time in response to environmental change. Leveraging the inherent nestedness of host-parasite-microbiome assemblages to minimize sources of variation, I examine how the microbiomes of insect parasites change across space, time and environments, and assess the implications of these changes for pathogen prevalence. I focus on the bacterial microbiome of bat flies (Streblidae and Nycteribiidae), which are obligate, blood-feeding ectoparasites of bats, that vector pathogens to their hosts. I find that bat fly microbiomes are extremely specific to the species of fly they occupy regardless of abiotic factors. However, habitat fragmentation, time and geographic space also contribute to variation in the microbiome of bat flies. This variation is not correlated with prevalence of two arthropod-vectored pathogens of bats, but possibly strain-level occurrence. As greater interaction between humans and wildlife leads to increased zoonotic disease events, it is imperative to explore natural history collections as untapped sources of information about the progression of pathogen spread and corresponding wildlife microbiome change.

Read more, including about the speakers and their talks, on the ECSS website: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/ecss/

REGISTER: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/ecss/home/register/

Illustration: John Megahan. Image credits: Eric LoPresti, John Megahan, Timothy James, Linda Garcia

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 12 Mar 2021 15:08:39 -0500 2021-03-12T13:00:00-05:00 2021-03-12T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Livestream / Virtual Illustration of museum drawers opened and boxes on top containing the following: shell, plant, grasshopper, mushroom, snake, skull and owl.
MEMS Faculty Showcase. Early Islamic World 1: Orientalism and the Erasure of Arab Women Poets (March 12, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81553 81553-20925407@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 12, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS)

Orientalism and the Erasure of Arab Women Poets: Reinscribing Gender in Medieval Adab Culture

Arabic manuscripts in world archives transmit the speeches and poetry of women from pre-Islamic times to the modern era, citing at least 400 named women. Gendered eloquence (Balāghāt al-Nisāʾ) was a widely recognized category of verbal art in adab-humanities, from the ninth century onward. Thousands of texts document a Shahrazadian (logo-centric) counter-culture resistant to ossified patriarchal authority in pre-Islamic and medieval Arabo-Islamic societies. Over the past five centuries, though, oriental studies has taken little notice of the phenomenon and modern print sources have hardly done justice to the legacy of women’s verbal art. Western scholarship has in effect muted Arab women poets for centuries, with the attendant risks of permanent extinction of an intangible world heritage. How and why did this erasure happen? This talk shifts frame between the contemporary and the premodern, between the ghosts of orientalist scholarship and the legacy of premodern Arab women demanding to be heard and remembered once again.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 04 Mar 2021 11:00:39 -0500 2021-03-12T13:00:00-05:00 2021-03-12T14:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) Livestream / Virtual Bayad-oud-wine
Shaping Resource Flows | Buildings: A Climate Solution with Bruce King (March 12, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82478 82478-21108091@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 12, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Buildings: A Climate Solution tells the emerging story of architecture that heals the climate by storing more carbon than ever emitted: Building to cool the planet. Around the world, the theory and the practice of making “carbon smart” buildings is being developed by a rapidly expanding network of experts and innovators. Here we will explore the time value of carbon, low-carbon concrete and the new family of low-carbon building codes, and plant-based, carbon-storing materials, mapping an ambitious but practical pathway toward a built environment that has net zero operating emissions but also acts as a massive carbon sponge.

Bruce King is the author of “The New Carbon Architecture,” and has been a structural engineer for 40 years, designing buildings of every size and type all over the world. He is also author of the ASTM standard for earthen construction, the Marin County Low-Carbon Concrete code, and the books “Buildings of Earth and Straw,” “Making Better Concrete,” and “Design of Straw Bale Buildings.” Mr. King is also the Founder and Director of the Ecological Building Network (EBNet), a non-profit information resource that sponsors the BuildWell Source, an online library of low-carbon and carbon storing materials.

Panelists:

Lucca Henrion, Research Fellow, Global CO2 Initiative, University of Michigan

Lionel Lemay, Executive Vice President/Division Head, Structures and Sustainability, National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA)

Missy Stults, Sustainability and Innovations Manager, City of Ann Arbor

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 25 Feb 2021 13:08:06 -0500 2021-03-12T13:00:00-05:00 2021-03-12T14:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Civil and Environmental Engineering Livestream / Virtual Bruce King
Alum Connections: Erica Taylor (March 12, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81928 81928-20990910@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 12, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Opportunity Hub

Alum Connection: Erica Taylor, Executive Director of Marketing, COVID-19 at Gilead Sciences, Inc.

LSA alum Erica Taylor (Biochemistry, '00) is no stranger to navigating critical academic and career decisions. If you’re looking for first-hand advice on navigating time-sensitive decisions related to life changes, job uncertainty, grad school, career pivots, and more, join the Hub on Friday, March 12th from 2:00pm to 3:00pm EST to hear directly from Erica and ask your pressing questions.

About Erica:
Erica Taylor currently serves as Executive Director of Marketing, COVID-19 at Gilead Sciences. Prior to her role at Gilead, Erica spent ten years at Genentech, a subsidiary of Roche. Within their oncology therapeutics portfolio, she worked in multiple capacities such as analytics, sales, and marketing. Erica was born and raised in Detroit, MI and earned her BS in biochemistry with honors. During her time at Michigan, she participated in UROP and was later an RA for the WISE Residency Program. Erica went on to earn her PhD in Immunology from Stanford University.

You should attend this session if you are:
A UM undergraduate LSA student
Interested in pursuing a science related career
Looking to solidify your next steps and considering grad school

What you’ll gain by attending:
Get a first hand perspective on how to navigate various professional and personal challenges
Pose questions to an experienced scientist and immunology professional that are related to working in the biopharmaceutical space, including COVID-19 treatments
Gain an opportunity to expand your active network with LSA alums

RSVP now to be part of the conversation. The link to join this Alum Connection will be emailed to you after you RSVP.

Posting Disclaimer:
RSVP now to reserve your spot. By signing up, you will receive an email with details on how to join this virtual workshop the morning of the session.

The LSA Opportunity Hub aims to deliver inclusive and accessible experiences and welcomes all LSA students to participate. If you require accommodations to participate in this event please contact the Hub at lsa-opphub@umich.edu so we can make arrangements. If you have any concerns or questions, please reach out to us at lsa-opphub@umich.edu.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 11 Mar 2021 16:11:45 -0500 2021-03-12T14:00:00-05:00 2021-03-12T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location LSA Opportunity Hub Livestream / Virtual Erica Taylor Photo
Rackham Resolution Office: Virtual Office Hours (March 12, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79893 79893-20511616@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 12, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

If you have a quick question or have a time sensitive matter, attend the Rackham’s Resolution Office’s open office hours weekly on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. via Zoom. In the interest of providing students as much privacy as possible, you may spend a brief time in a waiting room if the resolution officer is engaged with another student. They will be with you as quickly as possible.
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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 10 Dec 2020 18:15:29 -0500 2021-03-12T14:00:00-05:00 2021-03-12T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
"Archaeologies of African Diasporan Reparations" (March 12, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81667 81667-20941454@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 12, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Anthropology

The Museum of Anthropological Archaeology and The Department of Anthropology present:

The "From the 'New Archaeology' to Equitable Archaeologies: Global Lessons from Black Scholars" Series

"Archaeologies of African Diasporan Reparations"

Terrance Weik, Associate Professor, Anthropology, University of South Carolina

Friday, March 12, 2021

3:00 PM

Zoom webinar: https://umich.zoom.us/j/91766825227

This talk will be recorded.

Live transcript will be provided.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 04 Mar 2021 10:16:55 -0500 2021-03-12T15:00:00-05:00 2021-03-12T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Anthropology Livestream / Virtual Flyer for talk. Text is available in event description.
A Congressional Update from U.S. Senator Peters and U.S. Senator Stabenow of Michigan (March 12, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82656 82656-21155670@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 12, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Central Student Government

Join us the afternoon of March 12 at 4:00 PM for two congressional updates and Q&A sessions with U.S. Senator Gary C. Peters and U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow of Michigan.

During this virtual event, Senator Peters will provide an update on his priorities for Michigan, including his work to address this pandemic and his role as the Chairman of Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee. Following Senator Peters’ update, students will have an opportunity to ask questions to Senator Peters.

Afterward, Senator Stabenow will offer a legislative update in her work as U.S. Senator and Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Later, students will have an opportunity to ask questions to Senator Stabenow.

Registration required to attend the virtual event. Please register at https://linktr.ee/umichcsg.

Speaker Bio: U.S. Senator Gary C. Peters
Senator Gary Peters has been honored to represent the State of Michigan in the U.S. Senate since 2015. He has focused on uniting our communities by fighting for the things we all agree on — a stronger economy, good-paying jobs, affordable health care, a secure retirement, and an opportunity for everyone to succeed. In the 117th Congress, Gary is the Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, which oversees the Department of Homeland Security and is the Senate’s top oversight committee. He also serves on the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee.

Speaker Bio: U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow
U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow made history in 2000 when she became the first woman from Michigan elected to the United States Senate. She is known for her ability to build coalitions to get things done for Michigan and our nation. As Chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, and Budget Committee, and a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, she has a powerful and unique role to play in shaping our nation’s health care, manufacturing, infrastructure, environment, and agriculture policies. Senator Stabenow is laser-focused on standing up for Michigan families, expanding affordable health care and lowering the costs of prescription drugs, helping Michigan businesses create good jobs here at home, and protecting our Great Lakes and outdoor heritage. She is a true champion for Michigan.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 04 Mar 2021 15:10:02 -0500 2021-03-12T16:00:00-05:00 2021-03-12T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Central Student Government Livestream / Virtual Senator Event
CSAS Lecture Series | The Price of Acceptability: On South Asian Inclusion and Exclusion in the US (March 12, 2021 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76261 76261-19679593@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 12, 2021 4:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for South Asian Studies

Bald will draw upon his past and ongoing historical research to trace out the ways that, for more than a century, South Asians have been simultaneously celebrated and vilified in U.S. popular culture and accepted only within narrowly and purposefully drawn limits as immigrants and citizens. He will examine a series of moments in South Asian American history - the "India Craze" at the turn of the 20th century; the shifting immigration laws of 1917 and 1965; the 1923 Supreme Court case of Bhagat Singh Thind; the 2016 presidential election - assessing how the "model minority" idea functions not simply as a myth, but as part of structures and processes of state discipline.

Vivek Bald is a scholar, filmmaker, and digital media producer whose work focuses on histories of migration and diaspora, particularly from the South Asian subcontinent. He is the author of *Bengali Harlem and the Lost Histories of South Asian America* (Harvard University Press, 2013), and co-editor, with Miabi Chatterji, Sujani Reddy, and Manu Vimalassery of* The Sun Never Sets: South Asian Migrants in an Age of U.S. Power *(NYU Press, 2013). Bald's articles and essays have appeared in *Souls, Dissent, South Asian Popular Culture*, and the collections *Black Routes to Islam, Asian Americans in Dixie, and With Stones in Our Hands: Writings on Muslims, Racism, and Empire*. His documentary films include *Taxi-vala/Auto-biography* (1994) and *Mutiny: Asians Storm British Music* (2003). Bald is currently working on a second book, *The Rise and Fall of "Prince" Ranji Smile: Fantasies of India at the Dawn of the American Century*, as well as the transmedia "Bengali Harlem/Lost Histories Project" which includes a feature-length documentary film, "*In Search of Bengali Harlem*", slated for broadcast on PBS in 2012, and an accompanying web-based community history platform. He is Associate Professor in Comparative Media Studies and Writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a member of MIT's Open Documentary Lab.

Registration for this Zoom lecture is required: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMrc-qorDkuE9VBv2d12jFx7naYiR9Vowtb

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us at csas@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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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 09 Mar 2021 11:30:13 -0500 2021-03-12T16:30:00-05:00 2021-03-12T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for South Asian Studies Livestream / Virtual Vivek Bald, Comparative Media Studies, MIT
Chitra Ganesh: On Utopia and Dissent (March 12, 2021 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80902 80902-20818978@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 12, 2021 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Chitra Ganesh is an artist living and working in Brooklyn. For the past 20 years, Ganesh's drawing-based practice has shed light on narrative representations of femininity, sexuality, and power typically absent from canons of literature and art. Ganesh’s installations, comics, animation, sculpture, and mixed media works on paper often take historical and mythic texts as inspiration and points of departure to complicate received ideas of iconic female forms. Her studies in literature, semiotics, and social theory have been critical to a steady engagement with narrative and deconstruction that animates her work. Her work has been widely exhibited in the United States, Europe, and Asia, with solo exhibitions at MoMA P.S.1, The Warhol Museum, Göteborgs Konsthall, Brooklyn Museum, Rubin Museum, Kitchen, and most recently, A city will share her secrets if you know how to ask, the 4th Annual QUEERPOWER Facade Commission at the Leslie Lohman Museum in New York City. (currently on view through October 2021).

Her work Sultana’s Dream was recently acquired by the University of Michigan Museum of Art and will be featured in the upcoming exhibition "Oh, honey… A queer reading of the collection" in fall 2021. Learn more about Sultana’s Dream in UMMA’s online presentation of the exhibition.

Ganesh's works are held in prominent public collections including The Museum of Modern Art, The Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Berkeley Museum of Art, San Jose Museum of Art, and the Whitney Museum, among others. She has received numerous awards, including the New York Foundation for the Arts; Art Matters Foundation; John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation; the Joan Mitchell Foundation; and the Hodder Fellowship at Princeton University, Pollock Krasner Foundation, and most recently the Anonymous was a Woman Award in 2020. She received her B.A. from Brown University and her M.F.A. from Columbia University.

This presentation is UMMA’s 2021 Doris Sloan Memorial Program. Established through the generosity of Dr. Herbert Sloan, the annual Doris Sloan Memorial Program honors one of the Museum’s most ardent friends and supporters, Doris Sloan, a long-time UMMA docent. Lead support for "Oh, honey…A queer reading of the collection" is provided by Alan Hergott and Curt Shepard and the University of Michigan Office of the Provost. Our 2020-2021 Series is brought to you with the support of our streaming partners, Detroit Public Television and PBS Books.

How to WatchAll events will be webcast on Fridays at 8pm (ET) at http://pennystampsevents.org and https://dptv.org/pennystamps. Join the conversation on the Penny Stamps Series Facebook page.

Subscribe to receive weekly email reminders for Penny Stamps Speaker Series events.

Notice of uncensored content: In accordance with the University of Michigan’s Standard Practice Guidelines on “Freedom of Speech and Artistic Expression,” the Penny Stamps Speaker Series does not censor our speakers or their content. The content provided is intended for adult audiences and does not reflect the views of the University of Michigan or Detroit Public Television.

Image: Urgency, 2020, digital print. Courtesy of the artist.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 27 Jan 2021 10:05:38 -0500 2021-03-12T20:00:00-05:00 2021-03-12T21:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Livestream / Virtual https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/lectures/Ganesh-Chitra.jpg
Symphony Band - Livestream (March 12, 2021 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82523 82523-21116074@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 12, 2021 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Michael Haithcock, conductor

Andre Gabrielli, Aria del Bagatallia
Donal Michalsky, Fanfare after Seventeenth Century Dances 
David Biedenbender, Schism
Paul Dooley, Point Blank
Edgar Varese, Integrales
Kurt Weill, ThreePenny Opera Suite

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 25 Feb 2021 12:15:05 -0500 2021-03-12T20:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Livestream / Virtual
Symphony Band - Livestream (March 12, 2021 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81784 81784-20959272@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 12, 2021 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Michael Haithcock, conductor

PROGRAM
Gabrielli - Aria de Bagatallia
Michalsky - Fanfare after Seventeenth Century Dances
Varese - Integrales
Bidenbender - Schism
Dooley - Point Blank
Weill - Three Penny Opera Suite

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 05 Feb 2021 12:15:04 -0500 2021-03-12T20:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Livestream / Virtual
Senior Recital: Natalie Myers, horn (March 13, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82918 82918-21221268@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 13, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PROGRAM: Glière - Horn Concerto in B-flat Major, op. 91; Gomez - La Calavera; Ries - Introduction and Rondo, op. 113, no. 2; Gillie - Horn Quartet no. 1.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 10 Mar 2021 18:15:06 -0500 2021-03-13T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Livestream / Virtual
Live Chat with a Lloyd Scholar (March 14, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81563 81563-21036709@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 14, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts

Find out what it means to be a Lloyd Scholar!
Meet our Student Leaders!
Ask questions!

Email us at LSWA@umich.edu to receive the Zoom link.

Current LSWA students will present an overview of our program during the following scheduled Zoom information sessions:
FEBRUARY:
Thursday, 2/18 - 6:00 pm
Saturday, 2/20 - 11:00 am
Sunday, 2/21 - 12:00 Noon & 3:00 pm
Monday, 2/22 - 7:00 pm
Saturday, 2/27 - 3:00 pm

MARCH:
Sunday, 3/7 - 12:00 Noon
Sunday, 3/14 - 3:00 pm
Wednesday, 3/17 - 6:00 pm
Friday, 3/19 - 6:00 pm
Sunday, 3/21 - 4:00 pm
Sunday, 3/28 - 4:00 pm

APRIL:
Saturday, 4/10 - 11:00 am
Saturday, 4/17 - 11:00 am
Thursday, 4/22 - 5:00 pm
Wednesday, 4/28 - 6:00 pm

MAY:
Sunday, 5/2 - 1:00 pm

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 13 Apr 2021 11:29:10 -0400 2021-03-14T15:00:00-04:00 2021-03-14T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts Livestream / Virtual Live Chat with a Lloyd Scholar
Concert Band (March 14, 2021 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82456 82456-21102175@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 14, 2021 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

University of Michigan Concert Band Chamber Winds
Courtney Snyder, conductor
Richard Frey and John Pasquale, guest conductors

Join the Concert Band for a evening of music for chamber winds from Renaissance through modern day. A Gabrieli canzon performed by consorts of brass, double reeds, and saxophones. Ravel's Mother Goose Suite transcribed for chamber winds by UM faculty Richard Frey. Gounod’s icon symphony for flute and harmonie ensemble. Krenek’s three parody marches from the early 1900s and a brand new piece for winds and fixed media inspired by the debacle of a presidential debate this past fall and composed for the UM Concert band by UM student composer Stephen Mitton.

Program: Gabrieli - Canzon Noni Toni a 12; Gounod - Petite Symphonie; Ravel - Mother Goose Suite; Mitton - Talking Points; Krenek - Drei Lustige Marche.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 23 Feb 2021 18:15:05 -0500 2021-03-14T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Livestream / Virtual
Dismantling White Supremacy (March 15, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81773 81773-20955330@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 15, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Culture reflects a set of agreed-upon expectations and norms in a social community. Culture includes values, beliefs, perceptions, and behaviors learned from one’s group. In the United States, white supremacy culture pervades the communities and organizations that we all inhabit. In this interactive session, we will discuss a brief article (required as pre-reading before the workshop) written by anti-racism scholars and activists on white supremacy culture. We will identify ways that we can dismantle white supremacy culture in our own communities.
This workshop is designed for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. For faculty and staff, please contact RackhamEvents@umich.edu to see if we can accommodate your attendance.
Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/ovP17.
We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 05 Feb 2021 00:15:55 -0500 2021-03-15T09:00:00-04:00 2021-03-15T10:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
Sweetland Write-Together (March 15, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81655 81655-20939472@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 15, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Write-Together sessions provide structure, accountability, and support for graduate writers working on writing at any stage, from papers to theses to journal articles to dissertations and more. For each of these remote sessions, participants access a shared Google document that will serve as a communal virtual space. Students will be invited to post pre-writing goals and post-writing reflections in the document. Writers can also schedule a 10-minute Zoom meeting with Sweetland faculty during each session to discuss writing questions. We will also provide weekly writing strategies to habituate students to best writing practices.
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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 03 Feb 2021 00:15:54 -0500 2021-03-15T09:00:00-04:00 2021-03-15T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
Aerospace Student Town Hall (March 15, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82787 82787-21177572@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 15, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Please join us virtually Monday March 15th from 12-1PM EST for a student town hall organized by the Undergraduate DEI Committee, GSAC DEI Committee, BSA, WAA, and SGT. This event is intended for Aerospace Engineering undergraduate students, graduate students and post doctoral fellows.

We want to hear your concerns with the department and/or ideas about how the department could improve. The organizing student groups will anonymously keep track of your input and use this to guide our efforts to promote a more equitable, inclusive and diverse department.

Please RSVP in advance with the linked form. Let us know what topics are of primary interest to you and include any questions/comments or concerns.

We look forward to seeing you all.

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 05 Mar 2021 10:50:53 -0500 2021-03-15T12:00:00-04:00 2021-03-15T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Aerospace Engineering Livestream / Virtual Townhall Flyer
Innovations in Global Maternal Healthcare Delivery (March 15, 2021 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82932 82932-21225228@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 15, 2021 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for the History of Medicine

Hi UMMS!

NextGen Med and the Society for the History and Philosophy of Medicine are excited to co-host an educational discussion on Monday, March 15th from 5-6PM via Zoom! Please join us for a talk and Q&A, "How Philanthropy Can Catalyze Innovation in Global Public Health: Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Focuses in the Gates Foundation," with Program Officer Mrs. Anisha Gururaj.

Anisha Gururaj is a Program Officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, in the Maternal Newborn Child Health, Discovery & Tools team, where she develops strategy and manages an investment portfolio focused on developing and delivering novel technologies, like digital health, AI, and connected diagnostics, to transform maternal and newborn health across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Previously, she has worked for a wide variety of technology and public health-focused organizations, ranging from the Baltimore city health department to med device startups and large manufacturing companies. She has a B.S. in Chemical-Biological Engineering from MIT and a dual MSc in Global Governance & Diplomacy and Women's Health Sciences from the University of Oxford where she studied as a Rhodes Scholar.

Zoom link here: https://umich.zoom.us/j/93942689324
Meeting ID: 939 4268 9324

Hope to see you there!

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 11 Mar 2021 12:50:14 -0500 2021-03-15T17:00:00-04:00 2021-03-15T18:15:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for the History of Medicine Livestream / Virtual
Program in International and Comparative Studies Fifth Annual International Studies Virtual Alumni Career Panel (March 15, 2021 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79503 79503-20343473@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 15, 2021 5:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Program in International and Comparative Studies

The Program in International and Comparative Studies (PICS) will host its fifth annual International Studies Virtual Alumni Career Panel virtually on Monday, March 15, 2021.

Please note: This session will be held virtually ET through Zoom. This webinar is free and open to students, but registration is required. Once you've registered, the joining information will be sent to your email.

Register at: http://myumi.ch/AxRwe

This virtual alumni panel will showcase and celebrate the university’s rich history of contributions made by International Studies alumni, while providing valuable insight for current students as they start to develop their own career paths. The panel will include a student Q&A portion.

PICS is home to the International Studies major and minor. Established in 2009, International Studies is one of the largest majors in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, with over 2000 accomplished alumni worldwide. International Studies graduates pursue numerous career paths, many going on to work with corporations, non-profits, or government agencies, as well as progressing directly on to graduate school.

Learn where an International Studies major can take you!

This event is co-sponsored by: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, Department of Political Science, LSA Opportunity Hub, and Sigma Iota Rho – Honor Society for International Studies.

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Panelists:

Jasmine Bell, MPH, Health Policy and Services Analyst, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
BA International Studies – Global Environment and Health; BA Spanish ‘17

Jasmine Bell is a Health Policy and Services Analyst, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She was previously a research Project Manager in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology with the University of Michigan. Jasmine received her master’s in public health from the University of Michigan where she studied Health Behavior and Health Education with a concentration in sexual and reproductive health. During her MPH she had the opportunity to participate in a community based surveillance project in rural Ghana to measure maternal mortality. She had the opportunity to publish with USAID for their family planning division. She also co-instructed a course on facilitating global engagement through the Global Scholars Program. In the future she hopes to continue being involved in community engaged research.

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Jacob Bailey, MA, Intelligence Analyst, Foreign Assessment and Counterterrorism Branch, United States Secret Service
Washington, D.C.
BA International Studies – International Security, Norms and Cooperation; BA Psychology; minor, Earth Science ‘18

Jacob Bailey is an Intelligence Analyst in the Foreign Assessment and Counterterrorism Branch of the United States Secret Service. As a member of the Foreign Operations Section, he is responsible for intelligence coverage during visits by USSS protectees to the European Union, as well as visits from European Heads of State to the U.S. Jacob graduated from the University of Michigan in 2018 with bachelor’s degrees in International Studies – Norms, Security, and Cooperation focus – and Psychology and a minor in Earth Science. After graduation, he received his Master’s Degree in Security Policy Studies from The George Washington University while working at the USSS, where he completed assignments in the Office of Strategic Planning and Policy and Open Source Intelligence Unit. While at Michigan, Jacob interned in the Parliament of Canada, studied abroad in New Zealand, and wrote a thesis on renewable energy prospects in Saudi Arabia.

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Anne Canavati, MPA, Senior Analyst, Energy Futures Initiatives
Washington, D.C.
BA International Studies – International Security, Norms and Cooperation; BA Arabic; BA Middle Eastern and North African Studies; minors, Business and Environmental Studies ‘16

Anne Canavati is a Senior Analyst at the Energy Futures Initiative (EFI), a non-profit think tank founded by the 13th Secretary of Energy, Ernest Moniz. At EFI, Anne conducts research and analysis on energy and climate policy, technology, and social equity issues. Previously, Anne earned a Master of Public Administration in Environmental Science and Policy from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. Prior to grad school, Anne held positions in working immigration law for a year and half and conducting research on electronic waste disposal in Ghana through a fellowship from the University of Michigan. As an undergraduate, Anne competed on and was Vice President of the U-M Club Triathlon Team, served as President of the Palestinian Student Association, worked as a research assistant for the Program on Intergroup Relations, and participated in Dance Marathon, Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity, and a number of other organizations.

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Munmun A. Khan, MPH, Health Policy Analyst, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA
BA International Studies – International Security, Norms and Cooperation; minor, Community Action and Social Change ‘14

Munmun A. Khan grew up in Detroit, Michigan, and is a graduate of the University of Michigan where she received her Master of Public Health and Certificate in Global Health from the U-M School of Public Health ’16 and received her Bachelor of Arts in International Studies with minor in Community Action and Social Change ‘14. Munmun started her career in federal service as a Presidential Management Fellow at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). At CDC, she manages the global health portfolio, with a focus on congressional affairs, appropriations, and budget policy. During her time at Michigan, she was an active member of the Global Scholars Program, The Program on Intergroup Relations (IGR), and Gates Millennium Scholars at Michigan. She currently serves as the President of the Gates Millennium Scholars Alumni Association, and is also an alumna of the New Leaders Council, Atlanta chapter. In her downtime, Munmun enjoys traveling, listening to podcasts to feed her curiosity for random knowledge, and enjoying diverse cuisines throughout Atlanta.

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Jennifer Kwon, Legislative Assistant, U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.
BA International Studies – International Security, Norms and Cooperation; BA Political Science ‘16

Jennifer Kwon is a Legislative Assistant for Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA). Prior to her current role, she was an Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS) fellow for Congresswoman Grace Meng (D-NY). Born in South Korea but raised in Louisville, Jennifer graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.A. in Political Science and International Studies. Upon graduation, Jennifer served as an English Teaching Assistant in Sejong City, South Korea through the U.S. Fulbright Program. She taught first through sixth graders while learning more about the culture and language of her heritage. Prior to her Fulbright grant year, Jennifer gained valuable government and public affairs experience at our nation’s capital. Her experience includes interning at the Bureau of Industry and Security at the U.S. Department of Commerce, the office of Rep. Joaquin Castro, and SKDKnickerbocker. Jennifer was also part of the Council of Korean American’s (CKA) inaugural public service program. Shaped by her experiences, Jennifer strives to build a coalition among AAPI communities and remove barriers for minority communities while pursuing her passion in national security and foreign affairs. In her spare time, Jennifer enjoys watching Korean dramas, reading, and traveling.

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Moderator:

Bryna Worner, Program Coordinator, Program in International and Comparative Studies and Donia Human Rights Center, University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
BA International Studies – International Security, Norms and Cooperation; BA Political Science; BA Spanish ‘13

Bryna Worner is an academic program specialist at the University of Michigan's International Institute for the Program in International and Comparative Studies and the Donia Human Rights Center. Bryna is responsible for public programming, financial and administrative support, and a number of new initiatives that have greatly increased student and alumni engagement. She has been with the International Institute since November 2015. Prior to joining the University of Michigan, she held positions at Edelman in consumer public relations and at The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company in their global corporate affairs department. Most recently, she worked at The Chicago Council on Global Affairs in both the programs and communications departments. Bryna earned her Bachelor of Arts with a triple major in International Studies, Political Science, and Spanish from The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and studied abroad in Salamanca, Spain.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at is-michigan@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 17 Feb 2021 13:02:46 -0500 2021-03-15T17:00:00-04:00 2021-03-15T18:30:00-04:00 Program in International and Comparative Studies Livestream / Virtual Program in International and Comparative Studies Fifth Annual International Studies Virtual Alumni Career Panel
Arab Heritage Month 2021: Opening Ceremony (March 15, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83020 83020-21251097@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 15, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA

Arab Heritage Month 2021 is just around the corner! Join us on Monday, March 15th at 6 PM for the Opening Ceremony! We are excited to kick-off our month long celebration and hope to see you there! The event will include a keynote and calendar & logo reveal! Register via the following link: https://myumi.ch/mnVGY

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Livestream / Virtual Sun, 14 Mar 2021 14:23:31 -0400 2021-03-15T18:00:00-04:00 2021-03-15T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA Livestream / Virtual Arab Heritage Month 2021 Opening Ceremony Flyer
Live Q&A with the Michigan Learning Communities (March 15, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82440 82440-21098223@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 15, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Join the College of LSA and the Michigan Learning Communities (MLCs) in an hour-long virtual event to learn more about them and get the answers to your questions!

**NEW TIME: 6:00 - 7:00PM**

Featuring:
Honors Program (exclusive to LSA students)
Residential College (exclusive to LSA students)
Health Sciences Scholars Program
Living ArtsEngine
Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts
Michigan Community Scholars Program
Michigan Research and Discovery Scholars
Women in Science and Engineering Residence Program

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 08 Mar 2021 15:12:57 -0500 2021-03-15T18:00:00-04:00 2021-03-15T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Livestream / Virtual Loyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts (LSWA) Faculty teaching class
T4SG Anti-Capitalist Computing talk with Nel Escher (March 15, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82930 82930-21225227@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 15, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Tech for Social Good

Come to Tech for Social Good’s upcoming conversation with Nel Escher, a Ph.D. candidate in computer science & engineering at the university of Michigan, whose research is under Computational Law and STS (Science, Technology, and Society).

We will be discussing anti-capitalist computing- how technology could dismantle harmful systems of exploitation and imagine ways to empower those who have been abused by them. Join the event (with dinner) on Monday Mar 15th, 6 pm EST. Please RSVP here: http://tinyurl.com/t4sg-computing-rsvp. We’re serving food for the first 20 people that sign up!

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 11 Mar 2021 09:51:00 -0500 2021-03-15T18:00:00-04:00 2021-03-15T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Tech for Social Good Livestream / Virtual The image is the poster for the event which includes the date: Monday, March 15th at 6 PM, the form to rsvp and to ask questions http://tinyurl.com/t4sg-computing-rsvp. the zoom link can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/t4sg-computing-nel
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Global Medicine in Chinese East Asia, 1937-1970 (March 16, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80188 80188-20594129@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 16, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

This presentation makes the case for a new concept of “global medicine" to highlight the multivalent and multidirectional flows of medical practices and ideas circulating around the world in the 20th century through the examination of two case studies on how the Chinese diaspora came to shape biomedicine in China and Taiwan from 1937 to 1970. First, the presentation examines how Chinese American women medical personnel came to establish the first Chinese blood bank in New York and Kunming, China. Second, this talk reveals how Singapore-born and Edinburgh-educated Dr. Robert Lim successfully relocated the National Defense Medical Center from China to Taiwan in 1948 despite the longstanding challenges posed by the Chinese Civil War. This presentation highlights the essential intersections of scientific expertise, political freedoms, and diasporic power in shaping global medicine in China and Taiwan through a critical examination of these two medical encounters between the diaspora and the local Chinese and Taiwanese.

Wayne Soon (PhD Princeton) is an Assistant Professor of History at Vassar College. His book, "Global Medicine in China: A Diasporic History" (Stanford University Press, 2020), tells the global medical histories of Chinese East Asia through the lens of diasporic Chinese medical personnel, who were central in introducing new practices of military medicine, blood banking, mobile medicine, and mass medical training to China and Taiwan. Universal care, practical medical education, and mobile medicine are all lasting legacies of this effort on both sides of the Taiwan Straits. Dr. Soon’s published and forthcoming articles can be found in "Twentieth Century China," "Bulletin of the History of Medicine," "American Journal of Chinese Studies," and "East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal."

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

Zoom webinar; attendance requires registration: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zruicPE8SpOGti5PJxsvAA

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 02 Mar 2021 16:32:00 -0500 2021-03-16T12:00:00-04:00 2021-03-16T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Livestream / Virtual Wayne Soon, Assistant Professor of History, Vassar
Rackham North: Demonstrating a Commitment to Diversity (March 16, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81948 81948-20994862@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 16, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) aptitude is now highly valued by many employers, both within and beyond academe. This interactive workshop will 1) show how employers are evaluating DEI in job interviews, 2) provide opportunities for reflection on how you demonstrate your commitment to DEI, and 3) provide time for students to practice answering common interview questions related to DEI. This workshop is designed primarily for graduate students seeking non-academic jobs beyond the professoriate.
This workshop is designed for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. For faculty and staff, please contact RackhamEvents@umich.edu to see if we can accommodate your attendance.
Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/7ZwV2.
We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 10 Feb 2021 00:15:57 -0500 2021-03-16T12:00:00-04:00 2021-03-16T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
Virtual Lunch with the Deans (March 16, 2021 12:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82589 82589-21126011@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 16, 2021 12:15pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Rackham Student Government is hosting a virtual lunch with the Rackham deans. This will be a chance for graduate students to talk directly with the deans and to provide thoughts on planning for the 2021–22 academic year, among other topics. Students can submit questions ahead of time when they register.
Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/lx9n2.
We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 26 Feb 2021 18:15:51 -0500 2021-03-16T12:15:00-04:00 2021-03-16T13:15:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
DEI Workshop: The Microaggression Session (March 16, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79161 79161-20217720@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 16, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

*This program has been modified to deliver in a remote setting and updated to include content directly related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Please direct any questions or accommodation requests to Mikalia Dennis (mikaliad@umich.edu) as soon as possible.*


Microaggressions are verbal, behavioral, or environmental slights. They can be overt, subtle or unintentional, and lead to significant consequences.

In this session, participants will:

- Learn about "microaggressions" and other concepts relevant to this topic
- Obtain an understanding of the social and psychological impacts of microaggressions
- Engage in activities and dialogue to unveil microaggressions within the workplace
- Validate experiences with microaggressions
- Identify and discuss techniques to combat microaggressions, as a bystander or as a recipient

Audience:

This session is open to all LSA Staff. It is recommended that participants complete a course on Implicit Bias before taking this session.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 03 Nov 2020 14:21:59 -0500 2021-03-16T13:00:00-04:00 2021-03-16T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Livestream / Virtual University of Michigan Law Library.
SEAS Ecosystem Science and Management Seminars Winter 2021 (March 16, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83094 83094-21266976@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 16, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School for Environment and Sustainability

Topic: Soil Microbial Structure and Function Underlying Sustainable Agroecosystems

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 16 Mar 2021 15:24:51 -0400 2021-03-16T14:30:00-04:00 2021-03-16T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School for Environment and Sustainability Livestream / Virtual Con Eco
Data Feminism Faculty Reading Group (March 16, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80428 80428-20719766@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 16, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

Faculty Reading Group led by Prof. Libby Hemphill on the book, "Data Feminism" by Catherine D'Ignazio and Lauren F. Klein. The group's goals are to read and discuss research, develop research collaborations, and eventually seek funding for future work.


FAQ
Q: When/where will meetings take place?
A: We'll start on Zoom, on Tuesdays at 3:00 p.m. ET, beginning January 19, 2021. Our plan is for this group to grow and expand to continue into the future and not just the winter term.

Q: Is the group for faculty only?
A: We may expand in the future, but for starters, the group is for faculty, including postdocs and research investigators, on any track and in any discipline(s).

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 06 Jan 2021 12:01:11 -0500 2021-03-16T15:00:00-04:00 2021-03-16T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Research on Women and Gender Livestream / Virtual book cover, Data Feminism
Hub Webinar: Graduate School Funding (March 16, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80165 80165-20572611@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 16, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Opportunity Hub

Intent on graduate or professional school but unsure about how to pay for it? Unaware of funding options available both on- and off-campus? This webinar is intended to help LSA students, like yourself, explore the means of making graduate or professional school financially feasible. By hearing from representatives from Rackham Graduate School and the Office of Financial Aid, you’ll learn about the differences between loans, work studies, grants, scholarships, fellowships, and graduate student teaching assistant positions.


The workshop will consist of:
- Three 10-minute presentations,
- A live 15-minute Q&A session where you can get your questions answered directly,
- And a group discussion led by Hub coaches about how the Hub can best support you throughout the process.

You should attend this workshop if you are:
- A liberal arts and/or sciences (LSA) student
- Eager to learn more about the possibility of graduate school
- Exploring available options for funding graduate school

What you’ll gain by attending:
- Discover funding opportunities that can help subsidize the cost of graduate school
- Make inroads into other departments and units across campus

Interaction Level: Full
0 Video and audio presence is preferred
- The event will be a mixture of interactive activities and passive viewing
NOTE: Students who cannot meet participation expectations are still encouraged to attend

RSVP now to reserve your spot! The link to join this webinar will be emailed to you after you RSVP.

The LSA Opportunity Hub aims to deliver inclusive and accessible experiences and welcomes all LSA students to participate. This event will be hosted on Zoom and can be accessed by phone or computer. Presentation materials may be shared in advance if requested, and live captioning will be provided. To request other accommodations please contact Paige Baker at paigebak@umich.edu or 734.763.4674. so we can make arrangements.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 03 Mar 2021 09:20:49 -0500 2021-03-16T16:00:00-04:00 2021-03-16T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Opportunity Hub Livestream / Virtual LSA student working on laptop
The Minutiae behind Mapmaking: Cartography Discover Series, Session 2 (March 16, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82185 82185-21050552@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 16, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Mary Pedley & Matthew Edney are joined by *The History of Cartography Volume Four* contributor on Ottoman mapping, Gottfried Hagen (University of Michigan), to explore the particularly special and unusual aspects of mapmaking in the long eighteenth century.

Gottfried Hagen is Associate Professor of Turkish Studies and teaches a broad range of courses on Turkish, Ottoman, and Islamicate cultural history, as well as Ottoman language. In his research, he asks how Ottoman culture constructed the globe and the universe, space, self, and others.

Mary Sponberg Pedley is the Adjunct Assistant Curator of Maps at the Clements Library and co-editor with Matthew Edney of *The History of Cartography Volume Four: Cartography in the European Enlightenment.* Her research has focused on French and English map makers and map production in the long eighteenth century.

Matthew H. Edney holds the Osher Chair in the History of Cartography at the University of Southern Maine and is the Director of the History of Cartography Project, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Register at http://myumi.ch/0W0j3

*This online event is a Zoom Webinar with three sessions (March 9, March 16, March 23). Your microphone will be muted and video turned off automatically. Machine closed captioning will be available during the event. Live attendees will be encouraged to use the chat function to submit questions and comments. After each session, all registrants will receive a follow-up email with a link to the recording.*

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 17 Feb 2021 09:45:15 -0500 2021-03-16T16:00:00-04:00 2021-03-16T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location William L. Clements Library Livestream / Virtual A chart of the bay of Marmorice on the coast of Anatolia… from an actual survey taken in 1801. Clements Library Image Bank.
LSA Transfer Student Alumni Panel (March 16, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82722 82722-21163660@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 16, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Transfer Student Center

Join a panel of LSA Transfer Alumni to learn how they leveraged their transfer student experience to become leaders in their career fields. Each night will feature four alumni working in a variety of careers. The program will begin with a panel discussion where the alumni will discuss their paths, what they learned from being a transfer student, and how the skills they developed as transfer students and LSA grads helped them get to where they are today. We will then break into breakout rooms where you will network with the alumni more informally.

In addition to learning about the alums specific fields, you will learn how to present yourself professionally as a transfer student and the transferable skills you can apply in a variety of fields.

Registration is required. To register please go to https://myumi.ch/E3095. You will receive the Zoom details after registering.

Come learn more from the following alumni.

*Kayla Musil* graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Economics and Environmental Studies (PitE) after transferring from Grand Rapids Community College. She works as an Energy Team Coordinator with E3M Solutions, a Grand Rapids business that specializes in Energy: Efficiency, Engineering, and Management. As a student, she was a peer mentor with Transfer Connections, a member of Phi Sigma Pi National Honor Fraternity, went to the Biological Station in Pellston, MI for 4 weeks, took summer classes, and participated in UROP. Her passions still revolve around sustainability and helping transfer students.

*April Shin* graduated in 2016 with a B.A. in International Studies and earned a M.S in Information Science from U-M’s School of Information in 2020. She currently works as a Product Designer at Microsoft where she works to deliver the best user experience for Outlook users and to create innovative solutions to the online meeting experience.

*Jocelyn Sontag* graduated in 1992 with a B.A. in Political Science.Jocelyn is an attorney but now focusing her efforts as a travel advisor with Valerie Wilson Travel, Inc. and with not-or-profit organizations in her community. Specifically, Jocelyn is a founding Board Member of Backyard Sports Cares, a local organization that provides sports programing to underserved and special needs children in Westchester County, NY. Jocelyn transferred from American University in the Winter Term 1990. Jocelyn attended Fordham University School of Law immediately after graduation.

*Erin Meter* graduated from the University of Michigan in 2007 with a BA in Sociology after transferring from Oakland University. After attending Michigan, she received her MPP at the George Washington University, following which she began working at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

In her current role at HHS, Erin serves as the Director of the Financial and Human Capital Division in the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC). In this role, Erin leads a team that is responsible for ONC’s human capital function, which includes leading ONC's employee development, labor/employee relations, performance management, and staffing and recruitment for approx. 170 staff. In addition, Erin leads the formulation and execution of ONC’s $60 million appropriation and $10 million in reimbursable funds.

*Sydney Foy* graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Communication Studies and Political Science. While at Michigan she participated in UROP, She's the First, Pi Sigma Alpha, Phi Beta Kappa and a Panhellenic sorority. She currently works as a Marketing Operations Associate at Numerator, a market research company in Chicago. She previously worked in communications and marketing roles at technology companies and in government. She currently is on the board for the Michigan Alumni Group of Chicago and is an Alumni Student Recruiter.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 09 Mar 2021 16:59:41 -0500 2021-03-16T18:00:00-04:00 2021-03-16T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Transfer Student Center Livestream / Virtual Transfer Student Center
31st Belin Lecture: Our Man in Budapest: Raoul Wallenberg, the United States, and the Myth of a Plan (March 16, 2021 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80009 80009-20541139@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 16, 2021 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Judaic Studies

In the summer of 1944, nearly a decade after his graduation from the University of Michigan, Raoul Wallenberg arrived into the chaos of wartime Budapest, Hungary. Now internationally honored for his work as a Swedish businessman-turned-Holocaust rescuer, Wallenberg actually traveled to Hungary to carry out “a humanitarian mission in [sic] behalf of the War Refugee Board,” a newly-established United States government agency tasked with trying to save the surviving Jews of Europe. This lecture explores Wallenberg’s work as revealed in United States government records: the context of his selection; the schemes proposed by the War Refugee Board staff; and the constant communication problems that ultimately kept Washington in the dark about much of his work, and Wallenberg unaware of their requests of him. As the situation in Hungary worsened, Wallenberg felt empowered to move from the vague initial plans of relief to embarking upon dangerous rescue work. Unfortunately, although his colleagues at the Swedish legation in Budapest did not know of his American ties, it is almost certain that the Soviet Union, his eventual captor and likely executioner, did.

Photo Credit: HS 59, U-M A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning Publications, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan.

Registration Required: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/8516079793542/WN_xGYi2bJCQ0yP92yTuEMh1A

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 19 Jan 2021 15:46:52 -0500 2021-03-16T19:30:00-04:00 2021-03-16T20:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Judaic Studies Livestream / Virtual HS 59, U-M A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning Publications, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan.
Second Dissertation Recital: Chao Gao, collaborative piano (March 16, 2021 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83038 83038-21259008@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 16, 2021 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PROGRAM: Dietrich, Schumann & Brahms - F.A.E. Sonata; Brahms - Zwei Gesänge, op. 91; Mahler - Fünf Lieder.

watch online at https://myumi.ch/lx2N7

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 15 Mar 2021 12:15:06 -0400 2021-03-16T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Livestream / Virtual
Stearns Collection Lecture: Instruments of Africa II: Uganda and East Africa, Charles Lwanga (March 16, 2021 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79348 79348-20280630@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 16, 2021 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Part of the Virginia Martin Howard Lecture Series

Charles Lwanga is an Assistant Professor of Musicology at the University of Michigan.

Watch at http://myumi.ch/r8Bbe

During each webinar, attendees may submit written questions which may be discussed in the Q&A period following the presentation. For more information, please contact stearnsoutreach@umich.edu.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 27 Jan 2021 18:15:04 -0500 2021-03-16T20:00:00-04:00 2021-03-16T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Livestream / Virtual
Food Literacy for All (March 17, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82937 82937-21225231@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative

Please join us for a virtual Food Literacy for All series with returning speakers! Themed around the Politics on our Plate, speakers will discuss the vision for our food system, the role of grassroots organizing, the impact of policy, and the responsibility of the media. To kickoff the series, join us for a conversation with Raj Patel and Ricardo Salvador, moderated by UM faculty Andy Jones on Wednesday March 17 at 12 pm EST.

Food Literacy for All is FREE, but registration is required.

The 2021 Food Literacy for All series is co-led by Andy Jones (UM School of Public Health), Devita Davison (FoodLab Detroit), and Lilly Fink Shapiro (UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative). Future sessions to be announced on this page and our newsletter, which you can sign up for on our homepage or in your registration.

The 2021 Food Literacy for All series is supported by the CEW+ Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 11 Mar 2021 11:19:48 -0500 2021-03-17T12:00:00-04:00 2021-03-17T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative Livestream / Virtual Session 1 Graphic
Writing a Diversity Statement for the Faculty Job Search (March 17, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81949 81949-20994863@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Increasingly, hiring committees are interested in how prospective faculty job candidates will contribute to diversity, equity, and inclusion. As a result, many academic employers have begun to request a “diversity statement” as part of the faculty job application process. In this interactive session, we will discuss best practices for writing diversity statements, examine sample statements, and work through activities designed to help participants start writing their own statement.
This workshop is designed for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. For faculty and staff, please contact RackhamEvents@umich.edu to see if we can accommodate your attendance.
Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/Gk91P.
We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 10 Feb 2021 00:15:58 -0500 2021-03-17T12:00:00-04:00 2021-03-17T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
(VIRTUAL): CEW+Inspire Midweek Mindfulness-Guided Sits (March 17, 2021 12:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64874 64874-20517539@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 12:15pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: CEW+

As part of the CEW+Inspire initiative, CEW+ holds mindful meditation sits virtually on Wednesdays at 12:15.

Being present in the moment is a skill that can be learned when practiced on a regular basis and is especially important during these trying times. Psychological stress can damper your overall health, affecting your ability to remain resilient in the face of challenges. Evidence-based meditation has been shown to also reduce implicit age and race bias, reduce the symptoms of anxiety, depression, and pain, improve cognitive functioning, and assist in ending ruminating thought patterns.

Free and open to all levels of practice.

After registering, please check your email confirmation for the Zoom link!

Click here to RSVP and receive the Zoom link: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUtcumtpzIoHNdRoCz-lPKz9X7fb-Jp844o

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 25 Jun 2021 09:55:12 -0400 2021-03-17T12:15:00-04:00 2021-03-17T12:45:00-04:00 Off Campus Location CEW+ Livestream / Virtual Piece of paper that says mindfulness
EEB student evaluation seminar: Regulatory evolution of duplicate genes (March 17, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82940 82940-21225236@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 11 Mar 2021 11:35:30 -0500 2021-03-17T14:00:00-04:00 2021-03-17T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Livestream / Virtual A graph showing regulatory evolution of duplicate genes
CCMB / DCMB Weekly Seminar Series featuring Sriram Chandrasekaran (Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering) (March 17, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82825 82825-21179592@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Abstract: Drug combinations have the potential to greatly expand our pharmacopeia while reducing both cost and drug resistance. Yet the current drug-discovery approach is unable to screen the astronomical number of possible combinations in different cell types and does not account for the complex environment inside the body. We have developed AI tools - INDIGO and MAGENTA - that predict the efficacy of drug combinations based on the properties of the drugs, the pathogen, and the infection environment. We are also using modeling to identify drugs that work in synergy with the host immune system. Using INDIGO and MAGENTA, we have identified highly synergistic combinations of repurposed drugs to treat drug resistant infections including Tuberculosis, the deadliest bacterial infection. INDIGO also accurately predicts the outcome of past clinical trials of drug combinations. Our ultimate goal is to create a personalized approach to treat infections using AI.
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Biography: Chandrasekaran received his bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology from Anna University in 2008, and a PhD in Biophysics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2013. He worked at Harvard University and MIT as a Harvard Junior Fellow between 2013 and 2016 and became an Assistant Professor at UM in 2017. His lab develops systems biology algorithms for drug discovery. Computer models from his lab like INDIGO and MAGENTA are being used to design effective therapies against drug resistant pathogens. His lab also develops systems biology algorithms to understand metabolic regulation. The approaches that they have created (PROM, ASTRIX, DFA, EGEM and GEMINI) perform complementary functions in modeling of metabolic and regulatory networks. Chandrasekaran’s research has been published in Cell, Genome Biology, mBio, and PNAS. For his work, Chandrasekaran previously received the 2013 Harvard Junior Fellowship, the 2011 Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) International Predoctoral Fellowship, the 2014 William Milton Fund award, 2018 UM Precision Health Investigator Award, and the 2018 Distinguished Young Investigator Award from the AICHE COBRA society.


https://umich-health.zoom.us/j/93929606089?pwd=SHh6R1FOQm8xMThRemdxTEFMWWpVdz09

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 05 Mar 2021 14:44:14 -0500 2021-03-17T16:00:00-04:00 2021-03-17T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location DCMB Seminar Series Livestream / Virtual Sriram Chandrasekaran, PhD (Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering)
EEB Virtual Seminar: The science underground: mycology as a queer discipline (March 17, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82462 82462-21106112@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Dr. Kaishian presents this virtual seminar with an extended Q & A session from 4:45 pm - 5:30 pm EST

SEE YOUR EMAIL or CONTACT US at eeb-webinfo@umich.edu for connection information.

Image credit: Patricia Kaishian

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 17 Mar 2021 12:25:50 -0400 2021-03-17T16:00:00-04:00 2021-03-17T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Livestream / Virtual Mushrooms growing from moss, with a rainbow arcing underneath the largest cap
Arab Heritage Month 2021: Our Voices, Our Power: Learning to Tell the Story Only You Can Tell (March 17, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83021 83021-21251098@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA

Join Dearborn Girl in an interactive virtual workshop via Zoom focusing on how to create a podcast in efforts to "learn how to tell the story only you can tell.” In doing so, you can learn to write your own narrative. Register via the following link: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/session/41882

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Livestream / Virtual Sun, 14 Mar 2021 14:31:30 -0400 2021-03-17T18:00:00-04:00 2021-03-17T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA Livestream / Virtual AHM 2021: Dearborn Girl Flyer
Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month Opening Ceremony (March 17, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82835 82835-21185522@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA

To launch this year's Asian American & Pacific Islander (AA&PI) Heritage Month, the Opening Ceremony will feature the hosts of the Continental Shifts Podcast, Gabriel Tanglao and Estella Owoimaha-Church! Gabriel and Estella describe themselves as “dope educators wayfinding the past, present, and future,” and their podcast centers around how AA&PI communities can organize, educate, and support one another as we learn from our cultures and work through current issues. Dinner will be available for pick up for those on/near campus who register for this event (you will receive a separate email with meal sign up options).

This event is a part of Asian American & Pacific Islander (AA&PI) Heritage Month which is celebrated mid-March to mid-April at the University of Michigan. All events this year will be held *virtually.* A full list events will be coming soon to the MESA website!

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Livestream / Virtual Sat, 06 Mar 2021 10:19:16 -0500 2021-03-17T18:00:00-04:00 2021-03-17T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA Livestream / Virtual AA&PI HM Opening Ceremony
German Convo Home Edition (March 17, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83673 83673-21454159@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

The "German Convo Home Edition" will provide fun and play games. Silvia Grzeskowiak (sgrzesko@umich.edu) will host the remotely held weekly session. Her Zoom link is: https://umich.zoom.us/j/99570729139.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 20 Apr 2021 15:58:14 -0400 2021-03-17T18:00:00-04:00 2021-03-17T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Germanic Languages & Literatures Livestream / Virtual German Convo Home Edition
Live Chat with a Lloyd Scholar (March 17, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81563 81563-21036710@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts

Find out what it means to be a Lloyd Scholar!
Meet our Student Leaders!
Ask questions!

Email us at LSWA@umich.edu to receive the Zoom link.

Current LSWA students will present an overview of our program during the following scheduled Zoom information sessions:
FEBRUARY:
Thursday, 2/18 - 6:00 pm
Saturday, 2/20 - 11:00 am
Sunday, 2/21 - 12:00 Noon & 3:00 pm
Monday, 2/22 - 7:00 pm
Saturday, 2/27 - 3:00 pm

MARCH:
Sunday, 3/7 - 12:00 Noon
Sunday, 3/14 - 3:00 pm
Wednesday, 3/17 - 6:00 pm
Friday, 3/19 - 6:00 pm
Sunday, 3/21 - 4:00 pm
Sunday, 3/28 - 4:00 pm

APRIL:
Saturday, 4/10 - 11:00 am
Saturday, 4/17 - 11:00 am
Thursday, 4/22 - 5:00 pm
Wednesday, 4/28 - 6:00 pm

MAY:
Sunday, 5/2 - 1:00 pm

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 13 Apr 2021 11:29:10 -0400 2021-03-17T18:00:00-04:00 2021-03-17T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts Livestream / Virtual Live Chat with a Lloyd Scholar
Alumni Networking | The Society for Asian Studies Students (March 17, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83077 83077-21266959@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Asian Languages and Cultures

The Society for Asian Studies Students (SASS) is hosting an alumni networking event with Julia Shiota and Elise Huerta, two U-M Asian Studies graduates!

If you're interested in pursuing a degree in Asian Studies or want to learn more about what you can do with an Asian Studies major or minor, join us!

Register for the event at tinyurl.com/sassalumni

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 16 Mar 2021 12:08:05 -0400 2021-03-17T19:00:00-04:00 2021-03-17T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Asian Languages and Cultures Livestream / Virtual Yellow Background Featuring Photos of Julia Shiota and Elise Huerta
Honors Admissions AMA (March 17, 2021 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82622 82622-21147747@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Honors Program

This event is open to anyone looking for more information about the LSA Honors Program or life at U-M in general.

You can access the Zoom meeting via the following link: https://myumi.ch/7ZxjY

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 02 Mar 2021 09:22:24 -0500 2021-03-17T20:00:00-04:00 2021-03-17T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Honors Program Livestream / Virtual Student standing on the U-M football field with text that reads: "Honors Admissions Q&A. Chat with admissions staff. Talk with peers."
Graduate English Welcome Week for PhD Prospective Students (March 18, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81084 81084-20846544@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 18, 2021 9:00am
Location:
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Graduate English Welcome Week Events for PhD Prospective Students

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 22 Jan 2021 10:38:18 -0500 2021-03-18T09:00:00-04:00 2021-03-18T20:00:00-04:00 Department of English Language and Literature Livestream / Virtual
Virtual Michigan Medicine Community Conversation (March 18, 2021 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82751 82751-21171615@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 18, 2021 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Office for Health Equity and Inclusion

The Michigan Medicine Veterans’ Connection and Resource Group (VCRG) is an affinity group centered on the experiences and needs of Veteran faculty, learners and staff at Michigan Medicine through the Office for Health, Equality & Inclusion.

We engage in authentic dialogue and share experiences for organizational improvement to be heard. This is a voluntary member led group aimed to utilize professional and social connections to leverage career development opportunities, enhance support systems, increase mentoring and foster shared learning.

We will address myths and stigmas that our Veterans face, increase awareness as to the experiences of our Veteran panelists, promote the unique skills sets and valuable assets our Veterans bring to Michigan Medicine, and promote the VCRG.

Please join us for this important conversation!

https://ohei.med.umich.edu/events

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 04 Mar 2021 13:19:54 -0500 2021-03-18T11:30:00-04:00 2021-03-18T12:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Office for Health Equity and Inclusion Livestream / Virtual Community Conversation Image
DCM&B Tools and Technology Seminar (March 18, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79920 79920-20515553@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 18, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: DCMB Tools and Technology Seminar

Tool Link: WIZARD: https://github.com/ML4LHS/wizard
Tool Link: Clinspacy: https://github.com/ML4LHS/clinspacy
Tool Link: Runway: https://github.com/ML4LHS/runway

URL for remote viewing: https://umich-health.zoom.us/j/94886745590?pwd=LzhLU243K2ZhbXNzU1BJRHQ5V25BZz09

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 11 Dec 2020 08:11:56 -0500 2021-03-18T12:00:00-04:00 2021-03-18T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location DCMB Tools and Technology Seminar Livestream / Virtual
FAST Lecture | Engraving One’s Name in the Wadi Hammamat Quarries: From Spatial Dynamics to Visual Discourses (March 18, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82959 82959-21227230@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 18, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Located halfway between the Nile and the Red Sea, Wadi Hammamat is the modern name given to a section of this ancient Eastern Desert road where greywacke and siltstone quarries were exploited from the Predynastic period onward. In addition to a current project which aims to (re)edit the rich epigraphic material uncovered in situ, approximately 400 pre-Late Period inscriptions, this corpus has recently been re-explored in terms of writing practices. Through a multidimensional perspective, Vincent Morel will give some new insights into what these engravings “tell” beyond the strictly linguistic level. Focusing on the Old Kingdom material (3rd millennium BCE), he will make use of an original heuristic approach, associating material, visual, and (inter[icono])textual investigations, to better understand the intelligibility of the writing act itself, in a liminal place where the mere mortal could partake in the divine.

Please note, this lecture takes place at 12 p.m. Eastern.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://umich.zoom.us/j/99474810409

FAST lectures are free and open to the public.

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 15 Mar 2021 10:58:20 -0400 2021-03-18T12:00:00-04:00 2021-03-18T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Livestream / Virtual Inscriptions at Wadi Hammammat. Flickr / kairoinfo4u
Fulbright U.S. Student Program Informational Session (March 18, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82881 82881-21209385@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 18, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: International Institute

Join our Fulbright U.S. Student Award Info Session!

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program offers research, study, and teaching opportunities in over 140 countries to recent graduates and graduate students. This competition is administered on campus by the International Institute. This is a great opportunity for Undergraduate Juniors and Seniors to look into, as well as Graduate and PhD students.

Join U-M campus representative Melissa Vert and representatives from the International Institute of Education as they discuss opportunities, awards, and the general application process. Please be sure to register at:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScrIvR8EeNkDQ8yuqe6iiGYK3iEdndFAEZ6MZrDnKFf-hp5cQ/viewform

Please sign up using the Google Form Link. A ZOOM link will be provided on the day of the event.

Co-sponsored by the International Institute of Education.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at mjfvert@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 09 Mar 2021 10:55:12 -0500 2021-03-18T14:00:00-04:00 2021-03-18T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location International Institute Livestream / Virtual Fulbright U.S. Student Program Informational Session
EEB Virtual Seminar: (1) From surviving to thriving: mapping classroom ecosystems to foster student learning and community in Intro Biology Lab & (2) Spatial patterns in ecology and what we can learn from them (March 18, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80459 80459-20722411@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 18, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Join us on Zoom

Image credits:
Plants: Andrew Seaman https://unsplash.com/photos/5uI3P4PEFiE
Aerial view of forest: Stephan Getzin

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 16 Mar 2021 14:52:14 -0400 2021-03-18T15:00:00-04:00 2021-03-18T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Livestream / Virtual plants growing in pots side by side, one pot labeled with the word grow
Entering, Engaging, and Exiting Communities Workshop (March 18, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79695 79695-20456291@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 18, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

This interactive virtual workshop introduces principles and practices for thoughtfully engaging with communities, including motivations, impact of social identities, and strategies for engaging in reciprocal, ethical, and respectful ways.
This workshop is designed for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. For faculty and staff, please contact RackhamEvents@umich.edu to see if we can accommodate your attendance.
Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/4pDON.
We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 03 Dec 2020 18:15:22 -0500 2021-03-18T15:00:00-04:00 2021-03-18T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
Enjoy the Planetarium from Home! (March 18, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82986 82986-21233298@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 18, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

A thirty-minute, lighthearted review of the current night sky, including constellations, visible planets, and other current astronomical events. Short Q&A session follows.

Groups of 7 or more should consider booking a private show for the best experience.

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 23 Jul 2021 12:11:40 -0400 2021-03-18T16:00:00-04:00 2021-03-18T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Museum of Natural History Livestream / Virtual
The Michigan Anthropology Colloquia Series: "Religion In the Closet: Heterosecularisms and Police Practitioners of African Diaspora Religions" (March 18, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82953 82953-21227221@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 18, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Anthropology

The Michigan Anthropology Colloquia

The Department of Anthropology presents:



"Religion In the Closet: Heterosecularisms and Police Practitioners of African Diaspora Religions"



Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesús

Professor of Spanish and Portuguese and American Studies

Princeton University

Thursday, March 18, 2021

4:00 p.m.

Zoom Webinar: https://umich.zoom.us/j/96568104186

"Drawing on ethnographic research with police officers and religious practitioners of African Diaspora religions in the United States, I examine how racialized religions are constructed as evil subjects of state criminality . In interviews with “police-practitioners” or those officers who secretly practice African diaspora religions, they described their religions as “in the closet.” I examine the erotics of religion in the closet as an example of a broader form of sexualized containment in everyday policing. I suggest that the policing of racialized religions in the United States joins emic police conceptions of Christian crusade logics, white supremacy, anti-blackness, and heteronormativity. In this process I argue that racialized religions are simultaneously queered and criminalized. This confluence between heteronormativity in the toxic masculinity of policing and Christian secularisms is what I am calling here, hetero-secularisms."

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 11 Mar 2021 13:42:42 -0500 2021-03-18T16:00:00-04:00 2021-03-18T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Anthropology Livestream / Virtual
Symposium: Disruption. Action. Change (March 18, 2021 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82777 82777-21175586@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 18, 2021 4:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Presented by EXCEL in partnership with The Eastman School of Music’s Paul R. Judy Center for Innovation & Research.

The three-part online series features in-depth conversations with five performing arts change-makers who will explore the role of disruption as an essential force in the pursuit of a more just and equitable arts ecosystem. 

Each speaker will write an article to be released in advance of their session to spark ideas and questions for their conversations, which will take place on Thursdays, March 11, 18, and 25  from 4:30-6 p.m. EST via Zoom. The free symposium is open to all, and is especially relevant for the next generation of arts leaders, including students and young professionals.

To learn more about Disruption. Action. Change. and to register for the symposium, visit iml.esm.rochester.edu/DAC

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 05 Mar 2021 00:15:07 -0500 2021-03-18T16:30:00-04:00 2021-03-18T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Livestream / Virtual
CJS Lecture Series | An Introduction to Ishinomaki Kokeshi (March 18, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79777 79777-20491897@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 18, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

Please note that this lecture will begin at 7pm, and all posted event times are in the U.S. Eastern Time Zone.

In this lecture, Takatoshi Hayashi will explain the origins of his "Ishinomaki Kokeshi" concept, reflect on its development over the past six years, and discuss its future. He will also demonstrate how to carve an Ishinomaki Kokeshi from his home workshop.

Takatoshi Hayashi was born and raised in Ishinomaki. After graduating from university, he spent ten years working as a quasi-civil servant in various capacities. In 2009, he returned home to help run his family's kimono shop, Hayashi Gofuku-ten. He became the official head of Hayashi Gofuku-ten in 2019.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

Zoom registration required: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9ro5btsbQA2HAY0D9rcGMQ

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 08 Mar 2021 10:20:01 -0500 2021-03-18T19:00:00-04:00 2021-03-18T20:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Japanese Studies Livestream / Virtual Takatoshi Hayashi, Maker of Kokeshi dolls
Stammtisch (March 18, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83680 83680-21454197@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 18, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

Join German Club for Stammtisch! All proficiency levels welcome! German students (German 101-231) can make up absences by attending any German Club event!

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 09 Apr 2021 12:41:46 -0400 2021-03-18T19:00:00-04:00 2021-03-18T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Germanic Languages & Literatures Livestream / Virtual Stammtisch
MAS Lecture | 50 Years of Archaeology at Chippewa Nature Center (March 18, 2021 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82933 82933-21225229@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 18, 2021 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Over the past 50 years, volunteers at Chippewa Nature Center in Midland, Michigan, have conducted archaeological investigations to study the relationship of people to the land and environment over time. Scott Beld has conducted research with a dedicated group of volunteers (Oxbow Archaeologists) for the last 25 of these years. This talk will discuss several of the sites that have been investigated including Sias East (late Middle Woodland), Cater (nineteenth century), and Ponton (nineteenth century) as an introduction to our research.

Join Zoom lecture:
https://umich.zoom.us/j/92529157452

Call-in number if link not working: +1 (301) 715-8592 with passcode 92529157452#

MAS lectures are free and open to the public. This lecture is sponsored by the Michigan Archaeological Society. To learn more about the MAS, please visit http://www.miarch.org/

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 11 Mar 2021 10:27:46 -0500 2021-03-18T19:30:00-04:00 2021-03-18T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Livestream / Virtual Chippewa Nature Center. Flickr / Christian Collins
Creative Arts Orchestra (March 18, 2021 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82776 82776-21175584@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 18, 2021 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Mark Kirschenmann, director

watch online at https://myumi.ch/yKjwn

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 15 Mar 2021 12:15:05 -0400 2021-03-18T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Livestream / Virtual
Trombone Studio Recital (March 18, 2021 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82774 82774-21175582@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 18, 2021 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Students of Professor David Jackson

watch online at https://myumi.ch/mnj91

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 15 Mar 2021 12:15:05 -0400 2021-03-18T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Livestream / Virtual
Heung Coalition Event | Empire's Afterlives: Legacies of Militarization and Cultural Politics in Korea (March 18, 2021 10:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82718 82718-21163657@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 18, 2021 10:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Nam Center for Korean Studies

Please register for this event here:
https://myumi.ch/qgkxW

In their article, “Transpacific Entanglements,” Yên Lê Espiritu, Lisa Lowe, and Lisa Yoneyama argue that “U. S. neoliberalism mediates itself through the U. S. national security state, which is simultaneously a racial and a settler state; this is expressed not merely in the racialization of the Asian and Pacific Islander peoples but significantly in the erasure of historical and ongoing settler colonialism and, furthermore, in a racial social order that simultaneously pronounces antiblackness and Islamophobia.” In the case of Korea, such processes are evident in the ongoing division of the peninsula, the presence of U. S. military bases, and the praise for South Korea’s ascendency in the global capitalist order - even as this ascent remains contingent upon exploitation in other countries such as Vietnam and Indonesia.

For this event, we bring together E. Tammy Kim and Eunsong Kim to discuss these “transpacific entanglements” with U. S. neoliberalism, militarization, and racism that South Korea’s own position reveals. What are the legacies of militarism in Korea and how do they impact the everyday lives of Koreans within and outside the peninsula? What does South Korea’s position as a sub-empire reveal about the ways in which ongoing legacies of the Cold War affect the narratives around Asia and Asia America? How do such narratives manifest in the cultural politics of South Korea? How can we form transnational spaces to counter the results and norms of U. S. militarism and work towards building solidarity outside the parameters inscribed by U. S. militarism? Please join us on Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 7pm PST for this important and timely conversation between E. Tammy Kim and Eunsong Kim.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Eunsong Kim is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English and an affiliate faculty of the department of Cultures, Societies and Global Studies at Northeastern University. Her practice spans: poetry, translation, visual culture and critical race & ethnic studies. Her book project in progress, "The Politics of Collecting: Property & Race & Aesthetic Formations" considers how legal conceptions of racialized property become foundational to avant-garde and modern understandings of innovation in the arts. Her essays have appeared in: "Lateral: Journal of the Cultural Studies Association," "Journal of Critical Library and Information Studies," and in the book anthologies, "Poetics of Social Engagement and Reading Modernism with Machines." Her poetry has appeared in the Brooklyn Magazine, The Iowa Review, Minnesota Review, and P-Queue amongst others. Her first book of poetry, "gospel of regicide," was published by Noemi Press in 2017, and her co-translation (with Sung Gi Kim) of Kim Eon Hee’s poetic text "Have You Been Feeling Blue These Days?" was published in 2019. She is the recipient of the Ford Foundation Fellowship, a grant from the Andy Warhol Art Writers Program, and Yale’s Poynter Fellowship.

E. Tammy Kim is a freelance reporter and essayist, a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times, and a co-host of the podcast Time to Say Goodbye. In 2016, with Yale Professor Michael Veal, she published Punk Ethnography, a book about the politics of contemporary world music. She writes about the Koreas and labor and public goods in the U.S. for The New York Review of Books, The Nation, The New Yorker, and many other outlets, and previously worked at The New Yorkerand Al Jazeera America. Before pursuing a career in journalism, Ms. Kim was a social justice attorney, and she has been active in the U.S. labor movement. She is currently the 2021 James H. Ottaway Sr. visiting professor of journalism at SUNY New Paltz.

Co-sponsored by the Heung Coalition, the Nam Center for Korean Studies at the University of Michigan and the Center for Korean Studies at UC Berkeley.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at youngkch@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 03 Mar 2021 17:25:35 -0500 2021-03-18T22:00:00-04:00 2021-03-18T23:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Nam Center for Korean Studies Livestream / Virtual Heung Coalition Event | Empire's Afterlives: Legacies of Militarization and Cultural Politics in Korea
Graduate English Welcome Week for PhD Prospective Students (March 19, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81084 81084-20846545@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 19, 2021 9:00am
Location:
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Graduate English Welcome Week Events for PhD Prospective Students

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 22 Jan 2021 10:38:18 -0500 2021-03-19T09:00:00-04:00 2021-03-19T20:00:00-04:00 Department of English Language and Literature Livestream / Virtual
Information Session (March 19, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/83072 83072-21264964@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 19, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

Are you interested in learning more about the requirements for the German major/minor, and about (virtual) study-abroad opportunities in Germany? Kalli Federhofer will be able to answer your questions.

Join us from 10-11am or from 3-4pm!

*Join us on Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/j/909147087*

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 16 Mar 2021 08:57:55 -0400 2021-03-19T10:00:00-04:00 2021-03-19T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Germanic Languages & Literatures Livestream / Virtual
The Clements Bookworm: "What We're Reading Now" (March 19, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82187 82187-21050554@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 19, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Panelists Dick Marsh, Sara Quashnie, and Paul Erickson revisit the theme of our first Bookworm in March 2020, discussing “what we’re reading now.”

Register at http://myumi.ch/gjgzR

*Panelists and featured guests discuss history topics in this webinar series. Recommended books, articles, and other resources are provided in each session.*

*Inspired by the traditional Clements Library researcher tea time, we invite you to pull up a chair at our [virtual] table. Live attendees are encouraged to post comments and questions, respond to polls, and add to our conversation and camaraderie.*

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 17 Feb 2021 10:11:52 -0500 2021-03-19T10:00:00-04:00 2021-03-19T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location William L. Clements Library Livestream / Virtual Bookshelves at the Clements Library
Russian Conversation Club (March 19, 2021 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81285 81285-20879931@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 19, 2021 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Slavic Languages & Literatures

Do you study Russian and want more opportunities to develop your speaking skills in a welcoming and low-stakes environment? Are you looking for an opportunity to socialize with your peers and bond over the difficulties of learning a foreign language? Would you like to learn more about the culture of one of the most politically important and fascinating regions of the world with the coolest undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Michigan?

If the answer to any or all of the above questions is "yes", then you should check out the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures weekly Russian conversation club (called КРЯ - Клуб Русского Языка)! Every Friday at 11:00, we convene for lighthearted discussion of ourselves, our language studies, and of course, the culture of the Russophone world. Regular attendance is not mandatory - you can drop in and out as you wish, and club participants are always willing to help each other out with questions about the language during our discussions. We meet in two groups, the first aimed at first-year students or any who are beginning their language study, and the second targeted towards students who have studied the language for at least a year. Participants are also encouraged to join our discord server, where we post weekly meeting announcements and other Russian-language related content.

Introductory Group Meeting Link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/94164643618

Advanced Group Meeting Link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/99310708629

Link to join our discord: https://discord.gg/FHguFGY

We hope to see you there!

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 26 Jan 2021 17:51:27 -0500 2021-03-19T11:00:00-04:00 2021-03-19T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Slavic Languages & Literatures Livestream / Virtual Клуб Русского Языка
Gendered Consequences of Systems Involvement (March 19, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81093 81093-20846554@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 19, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

Facilitators:
- Paige Sweet, Assistant Professor of Sociology, U-M
- Lisa Young Larance, PhD Student. Social Work/Sociology, U-M

Presenters:
- Elizabeth M. Armstrong, Assistant Professor of Social Work, University of Maine
- Emily Bosk, Assistant Professor of Social Work, Rutgers University
- Carol Jacobsen, Professor of Art & Design and Women's and Gender Studies, U-M
- Katharine McCabe, IRWG Postdoctoral Fellow in Law, Gender and Health, U-M
- Celeste Watkins-Hayes, Jean E. Fairfax Collegiate Professor of Public Policy; University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor; Professor of Sociology, U-M

Experiencing gender-based violence often throws victims into a complex relationship with state policy and programs, from family court cases to child services involvement to incarceration. In this panel, we’ll explore various aspects of systems involvement for women on the margins, asking questions about what it means to be targeted by coercive systems, to attempt to rebuild a liveable life using non-profit and state programs, and to be shuffled between systems by authorities. What kinds of expertise are embedded in these webs of systems involvement? What kinds of policies and programs can we imagine that would provide more autonomy?

Panelists will provide a “lightning round” overview of their work and then respond to questions from facilitators.

This event is presented by the Initiative on Gender-Based Violence and Sexual Harassment at IRWG.

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 22 Jan 2021 11:19:20 -0500 2021-03-19T12:00:00-04:00 2021-03-19T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Research on Women and Gender Livestream / Virtual Gendered Consequences of Systems Involvement
Gendered Consequences of Systems Involvement (March 19, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81405 81405-20893765@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 19, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Sociology

Facilitators:
- Paige Sweet, Assistant Professor of Sociology, U-M
- Lisa Young Larance, PhD Student. Social Work/Sociology, U-M

Presenters:
- Elizabeth M. Armstrong, Assistant Professor of Social Work, University of Maine
- Emily Bosk, Assistant Professor of Social Work, Rutgers University
- Carol Jacobsen, Professor of Art & Design and Women's and Gender Studies, U-M
- Katharine McCabe, IRWG Postdoctoral Fellow in Law, Gender and Health, U-M
- Celeste Watkins-Hayes, Jean E. Fairfax Collegiate Professor of Public Policy; University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor; Professor of Sociology, U-M

Experiencing gender-based violence often throws victims into a complex relationship with state policy and programs, from family court cases to child services involvement to incarceration. In this panel, we’ll explore various aspects of systems involvement for women on the margins, asking questions about what it means to be targeted by coercive systems, to attempt to rebuild a liveable life using non-profit and state programs, and to be shuffled between systems by authorities. What kinds of expertise are embedded in these webs of systems involvement? What kinds of policies and programs can we imagine that would provide more autonomy?

Panelists will provide a “lightning round” overview of their work and then respond to questions from facilitators.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 28 Jan 2021 09:15:48 -0500 2021-03-19T12:00:00-04:00 2021-03-19T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Sociology Livestream / Virtual IRWG Event Image
Interdisciplinary Seminar on Social Science Methodology (I3SM) (March 19, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80951 80951-20824879@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 19, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Political Science

The primary function of the Interdisciplinary Seminar in Social Science Methodology (I3SM) is to provide an interdisciplinary forum for students and faculty to present their current projects and to receive feedback on either the methodological component of their project or a methodology under development. Presenters can also present new research questions and ideas and receive ideas about which methodologies would work best to tackle such questions. We define methodology broadly as the approaches to which data is collected and/or organized to give empirical content to social science research. It includes both qualitative and quantitative methodologies.

To join the meeting via Zoom, email skuzushi@umich.edu for the meeting link.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 19 Jan 2021 12:45:40 -0500 2021-03-19T12:00:00-04:00 2021-03-19T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Political Science Livestream / Virtual Methodology
The Art of Uniting Through Story (March 19, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81989 81989-21002789@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 19, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Facilitated by The Diatribe, a non profit organization that uses performing arts to empower people to share their stories, raise awareness of social issues, and be active members in their communities, this workshop will help attendees to peel back the layers they have built to expose the raw, beautiful, and impactful pieces of their story that many fail to see as relatable. Attendees will get familiar with these two artists through listening to their story and soaking in their craft. Those attending will then work on crafting their own stories through creative expression.
Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/51r9B.
We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.
Facilitators
Marcel “Fable” Price
…Is a North American writer, teaching artist, community advocate, motivational speaker, and executive director of non profit organization The Diatribe.
Fable is the 2016 recipient of a Community Advocate Award, a 2017 40 Under 40 Honoree, and is a 2020 Grand Rapids Area Black Businesses Black Bottom Community Builder Award winner, and was the 2017-2020 Poet Laureate of Grand Rapids, MI.
He is the author of Adrift in a Sea of M&Ms (2016) and is currently working to finish his second collection of poems titled New American Monarch, an extroverted caterpillars guide to becoming an introverted butterfly. Among other goals, Fable hopes to launch a youth center focused in preforming arts, writing, and community advocacy in the 49507 zip code.
As the youngest, first person without a college degree, and only person of color to hold the title of Poet Laureate in Grand Rapids, MI, his work has been heavily influenced by contorting personal experiences into a kaleidoscope used to examine glass ceilings for points of fragility.
He lives to be a beacon of vulnerability for those that can relate to his work.
His work has previously been used by PBS, The Flynn Foundation, Mental Health America, and Habitat for Humanity. His poems have appeared in The Missouri Review, The Grand Rapids Grass Roots Anthology, The Spoon Knife Anthology, Button Poetry, and Write About Now.
Gleason
Gleason is a Michigan poet and performer, whose sharp tongue and soulful heart educate, encourage, and inspire. They are the Director of Education of The Diatribe, a nonprofit organization dedicated to uniting and inspiring the youth through poetry. Gleason’s work has been commissioned by local and national organizations, including The Hope Network and The National Fair Housing Alliance. They have represented Grand Rapids in slams on national stages and co-coached The Retort United Slam team from 2017-2019, which took home the third-place trophy for Group Piece Finals at the 2018 National Poetry Slam. They have spoken at TEDX events and universities across the country and their work has been featured by NPR, Pride.com, Curve Magazine, and DivaMag UK.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 17 Mar 2021 12:15:38 -0400 2021-03-19T12:00:00-04:00 2021-03-19T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
The Pottery of Chincha, Revisited: Jennifer Larios, Doctoral Candidate, University of Michigan (March 19, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83054 83054-21259025@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 19, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Museum of Anthropological Archaeology

The Pottery of Chincha, Revisited: Jennifer Larios

The Chincha Valley, Peru is most often cited as one of the few places that greatly benefited from Inca imperial expansion through alliance. The Chincha Valley is also known as being one of the points of study in Dorothy Menzel's seminal analysis on the pottery of the south coast of Peru. While Menzel's research was the first of its kind, very few attempts have been made to conduct an intensive study on the pottery of Chincha in order to obtain insights into the socioeconomic and political organization of the area. Thus, the purpose of this talk is to employ a much larger and diverse pottery sample in order to understand the nature of production, distribution, and exchange of pottery in the Chincha Valley.


Rising Complexity on the Frontier:
Isotopic Evidence of Administration at Iron Age Khirbet Summeily, Israel: Kara Larson

Khirbet Summeily is an Iron Age II site located northwest of Tell el-Hesi in Southern Israel. Excavations have revealed a large, singular structure with an adjoining ritual space dated to the Iron Age IIA (ca. 1000-870 bce). Recent interpretations suggest the site was integrated into a regional economic and political system and functioned as a potential administrative outpost based on the material culture and architecture recovered from the Iron Age IIA layers. This talk presents the carbon, oxygen, and strontium isotopic analyses of intra-tooth samples from ovicaprine and cattle remains to test herd management strategies in connection to administrative provisioning activities. The animal remains are used as proxies to identify political and economic ties through shared foodways and herd management patterns. Results suggest that the animals recovered at Khirbet Summeily were raised in local and non-local locations with differential diet and management patterns. This supports the hypothesis from other cultural material finds that Khirbet Summeily acted as an administrative outpost in the region. This is the first isotopic evidence indicating an administrative outpost in the Greater Hesi region and provides evidence for reforming political complexity during the Iron Age IIA.

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 15 Mar 2021 14:33:37 -0400 2021-03-19T12:00:00-04:00 2021-03-19T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Museum of Anthropological Archaeology Livestream / Virtual
Alum Connections: Chrissie Del Tatto (March 19, 2021 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82545 82545-21116095@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 19, 2021 12:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Opportunity Hub

Alum Connection: Chrissie Del Tatto, Senior Manager at Deloitte

Join the LSA Opportunity Hub for an in-depth session with Chrissie Del Tatto (English and Psychology, ‘05) on the myriad of career options that an LSA degree can open. Chrissie has experienced this versatility of an LSA education first-hand, having worked in tech, digital strategy, and now consulting since graduating. Along the way, she’s learned a lot about the power of mentorship, how to differentiate herself, and how to navigate her personal identity in a professional space. Currently serving as a Senior Manager at Deloitte, Chrissie will answer your most pressing questions about where your LSA degree can take you.

About Chrissie:
Chrissie has been a Senior Manager at Deloitte for 2.5 years, working with government and commercial clients on Data Transformation, Customer Experience, and Digital Acceleration programs. Prior to Deloitte, she spent over a decade at Google as a Sales Executive in Digital Advertising and Media. Chrissie has extensive experience transforming organizational culture, optimizing business processes, and driving revenue for top companies and organizations such as McDonald’s, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Costco, and The LDS Church.

You should attend this session if you are:
A UM undergraduate LSA student
Interested in pursuing a career in consulting
Looking to work at top organizations like Deloitte and Google

What you’ll gain by attending:
Find out how to build powerful mentoring relationships
Discover the doors that an LSA degree can open throughout your career
Learn what consulting work is all about

RSVP now to be part of the conversation. The link to join this Alum Connection will be emailed to you after you RSVP.

Posting Disclaimer:
RSVP now to reserve your spot. By signing up, you will receive an email with details on how to join this virtual workshop the morning of the session.

The LSA Opportunity Hub aims to deliver inclusive and accessible experiences and welcomes all LSA students to participate. If you require accommodations to participate in this event please contact the Hub at lsa-opphub@umich.edu so we can make arrangements. If you have any concerns or questions, please reach out to us at lsa-opphub@umich.edu.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 11 Mar 2021 16:09:47 -0500 2021-03-19T12:30:00-04:00 2021-03-19T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Opportunity Hub Livestream / Virtual Chrissie Del Tatto Photo
Early Career Scientists Symposium: Natural History Collections: Drivers of Innovation (March 19, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81368 81368-20887846@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 19, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

A virtual symposium held on five consecutive Fridays beginning March 5, 2021.

REGISTRATION required for Zoom entry. Registrants will receive the Zoom link and passcode via email. See links this page to register and for more information.

Session III (Moderator: Ben Nicholas)

1 pm Alexis Mychajliw

1:30 pm Daniel Park

2 pm Alex White

2:30 pm Panel discussion: Alexis Mychajliw, Daniel Park, Alex White

Alexis Mychajliw
Research Associate, La Brea Tar Pits and Museum
Assistant Professor, Middlebury College

Talk title: Conflicts in context: natural history collections as archives of human-carnivore interactions through time

Abstract
Human-wildlife conflict in both rural and urban areas is a persistent threat to the continued existence of many predators. Historically, mammalian carnivores have faced severe range contractions, but, in some places, they are naturally re-expanding or being reintroduced, accompanied by a range of political dilemmas and public misconceptions. In combination with traditional conservation studies of extant populations, I provide historic and pre-European baselines to anticipate these dilemmas and distinguish between novel behaviors versus the return of normal, pre-contraction variation. Museum collections (natural history, archaeological, and paleontological can provide unexpected spaces for policy-relevant dialogues among stakeholders and be at the center of interdisciplinary working groups including ecologists, paleontologists, historians, practitioners and social scientists. Employing a diverse range of geochemical, morphological and archival techniques in a conservation paleobiology framework, I have used museum collections to reframe public discourse on the reintroduction of grizzly bears to California, discover the first successful case of North American “Pleistocene rewilding” for carnivores from the 1930s, and evaluate how culturally important Japanese red foxes have responded to urbanization with attendant disease-transmission consequences. Given the cultural biases present in historical narratives of carnivore conflict, museum specimens provide an irreplaceable mechanism for separating perception from reality to guide real-world policy decisions, and museum exhibits themselves can be vehicles for communicating this new understanding.

Daniel Park
Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University

Talk title: Herbarium collections reveal wide variation in plant phenological responses to climate

Abstract
Changes in phenology–the timing of life history events–are among the most dramatic biological responses to climate change. Herbarium specimens represent snapshots of phenology (i.e. flowering and fruiting) at a specific place and time, and have tremendous promise to increase the spatial, temporal and taxonomic resolution of phenological data. However, difficulties in extracting useful information from specimens efficiently have limited efforts to apply collections-based approaches to large-scale phenological research. Here we present two contrasting approaches for this purpose; crowdsourcing and machine learning; and discuss the promises and opportunities of applying specimen-derived data to phenological research. Using these approaches, we examined tens of thousands of specimens and uncovered substantial and unexpected variation in phenological sensitivity across species ranges. We also observe patterns of temporal convergence among closely related species when they co-occur. These results suggest that phenological responses to climate change will be heterogeneous within communities and across regions, with large amounts of regional variability driven by local adaptation, phenotypic plasticity and differences in species assemblages. We thus demonstrate the utility of natural history collections in revealing large-scale patterns within assemblages and across continents that ultimately can improve forecasts of climatic change impacts on the structure and function of ecosystems.

Alex White
Machine Learning Postdoctoral Fellow, Data Science Lab, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

Talk title: Biogeography of fern shapes as revealed by deep learning

Abstract
With digitized herbarium specimens and associated metadata accumulating rapidly in open access repositories, we are now able to exploit data-hungry computer vision techniques in order to evaluate fundamental questions in plant evolution. High among the list of unknowns are the roles that ecological factors and morphological similarity play in mediating biogeographic patterns of taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity. Here, I integrate deep convolutional neural networks (CNNs) into a biogeographic study of morphological, taxonomic, and phylogenetic diversity in ferns and lycophytes. I show how CNNs and digitized specimens can be used to extract quantitative estimates of morphospace occupation, and I use these techniques to evaluate diversity-disparity relationships within ferns across latitudes. I also discuss how CNNs can be used to overcome logistical obstacles arising from modern specimen based workflows involving millions of images.

Read more, including about the speakers and their talks, on the ECSS website: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/ecss/

REGISTER: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/ecss/home/register/

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 12 Mar 2021 15:09:27 -0500 2021-03-19T13:00:00-04:00 2021-03-19T15:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Livestream / Virtual Illustration of museum drawers opened and boxes on top containing the following: shell, plant, grasshopper, mushroom, snake, skull and owl.
Lifting the Bar: Developing Relationships - Orienting 'Wise' Interventions to Make Schools Better for Students (March 19, 2021 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79618 79618-20430443@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 19, 2021 1:30pm
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Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

Committed to identifying psychological processes that contribute to social problems and to developing theory - based interventions to affect these processes.

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 30 Nov 2020 16:03:49 -0500 2021-03-19T13:30:00-04:00 2021-03-19T15:00:00-04:00 Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Livestream / Virtual
Alum Connections: Jeremy Goldberg (March 19, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82896 82896-21211380@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 19, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Opportunity Hub

Alum Connection: Jeremy Goldberg, Principal at StepStone Group

It’s often said here at LSA that a major does not equal a career. Meet LSA alum Jeremy Goldberg who embodies this reality as a General Studies (‘96) grad who is now the Principal at StepStone Group, a global private markets investment firm. Join the LSA Opportunity Hub on Friday, March 19th to connect directly with Jeremy and learn how Jeremy discovered his career options and formulated his next steps beyond graduation. You’ll also hear how about his experience leading a global firm out of Cleveland, including available internship opportunities.

About Jeremy:
Jeremy is Principal at StepStone Group, and a member of the real estate team, focusing on various investment and portfolio management activities. He has extensive experience in private and publicly traded real estate-centric companies.

Prior to StepStone, Jeremy was a Senior Vice President at Courtland Partners, Ltd., an international real estate advisory firm which integrated with StepStone Real Estate. Before that, he spent over 12 years in the banking industry, working in a variety of roles, such as leading the corporate finance and investor relations efforts for Associated Estates Realty Corporation, a publicly traded multifamily REIT. Shortly after graduating from LSA, Jeremy completed his MBA from Case Western Reserve University.

You should attend this session if you are:
A UM undergraduate LSA student
Interested in pursuing a career in finance, specifically real estate investing
Looking to unlock the secrets of career exploration

What you’ll gain by attending:
Gain insights about experiences that could prepare you for a career in the finance and real estate investing industry
Get first-hand knowledge about the highly competitive internships at StepStone Group
Making meaning from an opportunity to learn from an LSA alum with tremendous experience and success in his work

RSVP now to be part of the conversation. The link to join this Alum Connection will be emailed to you after you RSVP.

Posting Disclaimer:
RSVP now to reserve your spot. By signing up, you will receive an email with details on how to join this virtual workshop the morning of the session.

The LSA Opportunity Hub aims to deliver inclusive and accessible experiences and welcomes all LSA students to participate. If you require accommodations to participate in this event please contact the Hub at lsa-opphub@umich.edu so we can make arrangements. If you have any concerns or questions, please reach out to us at lsa-opphub@umich.edu.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 11 Mar 2021 16:09:06 -0500 2021-03-19T14:00:00-04:00 2021-03-19T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Opportunity Hub Livestream / Virtual Jeremy Goldberg Photo
Information Session (March 19, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83072 83072-21264965@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 19, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

Are you interested in learning more about the requirements for the German major/minor, and about (virtual) study-abroad opportunities in Germany? Kalli Federhofer will be able to answer your questions.

Join us from 10-11am or from 3-4pm!

*Join us on Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/j/909147087*

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 16 Mar 2021 08:57:55 -0400 2021-03-19T15:00:00-04:00 2021-03-19T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Germanic Languages & Literatures Livestream / Virtual
BLI Game Night (March 19, 2021 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83030 83030-21257028@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 19, 2021 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Barger Leadership Institute

Come join us this Friday for BLI Game Night, a social event for everyone in the BLI community to relax and hang out with each other. We will have 2 different breakout rooms dedicated to different virtual games.

Registrants can vote on the games they want to play AND this event will have meal reimbursements. The first 10 people that sign up and attend the event can be reimbursed up to $15. The sign-up will close on March 18th at 11:59pm. Students will be notified morning of the event if they were one of the first 10 people signed up!

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 16 Mar 2021 13:24:15 -0400 2021-03-19T17:00:00-04:00 2021-03-19T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Barger Leadership Institute Livestream / Virtual BLI
Honors Admissions Q&A (March 19, 2021 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82463 82463-21106113@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 19, 2021 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Honors Program

This event is open to anyone wanting to learn more about the LSA Honors Program.

You can access the Webinar via the following link: https://myumi.ch/yK2NP

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 02 Mar 2021 09:20:28 -0500 2021-03-19T17:00:00-04:00 2021-03-19T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Honors Program Livestream / Virtual Student standing on the U-M football field with text that reads: "Honors Admissions Q&A. Chat with admissions staff. Talk with peers."
What's on your plate? Designing for Equity and Access in Food Systems (March 19, 2021 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82161 82161-21046594@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 19, 2021 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Food is more than what we eat. It is a lens through which we can address the biggest challenges that face us in the 21st century. Our food systems are not broken, they were designed to support the few while depriving the many. Now we have an opportunity to design them differently,  to help cultivate sustainable resilient systems that nourish all people and the planet.

 

These public talks, by the fifth graduating class of Stamps Master of Design in Integrative Design program, will examine topics like climate change, value driven economic change, community, and education, through the lens of food.

Featured DesignersKeesa V. JohnsonNajwat RehmanLarrea YoungStamps events are free and open to the public, and we are committed to making them accessible to all attendees. This event will be online using the Zoom platform with an auto-generated Live Transcript available. If you anticipate needing any additional accommodations to participate, please email Meghan Jellema at mjellema@umich.edu at least one week in advance of the scheduled event so we can arrange for your accommodation or an effective alternative. After receiving your request, our team will follow up with you directly.

Please RSVP to reserve your place for this free event: https://umich.zoom.us/j/93068826830

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 03 Mar 2021 08:59:58 -0500 2021-03-19T17:00:00-04:00 2021-03-19T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Livestream / Virtual https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/calendar/web-talkposter2021.jpg
John Dinkeloo Memorial Lecture: Leong Leong (March 19, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82894 82894-21211378@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 19, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

The 2021 John Dinkeloo Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Leong Leong Founding Partners, Christopher Leong and Dominic Leong.

Leong Leong is a minority-owned architecture firm and creative agency that uses the power of design to advance visionary social agendas within the built environment for institutions, cultural enterprises, and forward-thinking clients.

Founded in 2009 in New York, Leong Leong works globally and at many scales including buildings, interiors, exhibitions, and furniture. As both architects and creative thought partners, we synthesize vision, design, and execution to generate projects with cultural resonance for diverse clientele.

The studio has been the recipient of the Architectural League of New York’s Emerging Voices Award, the AIA New York New Practices Award, and has been recognized as a Design Vanguard by Architectural Record.

In 2014, Leong Leong designed the U.S. Pavilion for the 14th Venice Architecture Biennale and has been exhibited in The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao and MoMA. Notable buildings include the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Anita May Rosenstein Campus in Hollywood, California and the Center for Community and Entrepreneurship in New York. Other current projects include the Eaton Workshop, a ground-up, co-working and hospitality project in San Francisco, and several private residences in Los Angeles. Leong Leong has worked as creative thought partners for The Wing, Sweetgreen, Block, Everlane, and Google.

The John Dinkeloo Memorial Lecture was established to recognize John Dinkeloo's extraordinary contributions to architecture, to honor his distinguished professional work and to pay tribute to this highly respected alumnus of the Architecture Program at the University of Michigan. This annual lecture recognizes and commemorates excellence in architectural design, and celebrates those designers whose work combines design excellence with structural ingenuity.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 09 Mar 2021 14:31:49 -0500 2021-03-19T18:00:00-04:00 2021-03-19T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Livestream / Virtual Leong Leong Lecture
Live Chat with a Lloyd Scholar (March 19, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81563 81563-21036711@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 19, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts

Find out what it means to be a Lloyd Scholar!
Meet our Student Leaders!
Ask questions!

Email us at LSWA@umich.edu to receive the Zoom link.

Current LSWA students will present an overview of our program during the following scheduled Zoom information sessions:
FEBRUARY:
Thursday, 2/18 - 6:00 pm
Saturday, 2/20 - 11:00 am
Sunday, 2/21 - 12:00 Noon & 3:00 pm
Monday, 2/22 - 7:00 pm
Saturday, 2/27 - 3:00 pm

MARCH:
Sunday, 3/7 - 12:00 Noon
Sunday, 3/14 - 3:00 pm
Wednesday, 3/17 - 6:00 pm
Friday, 3/19 - 6:00 pm
Sunday, 3/21 - 4:00 pm
Sunday, 3/28 - 4:00 pm

APRIL:
Saturday, 4/10 - 11:00 am
Saturday, 4/17 - 11:00 am
Thursday, 4/22 - 5:00 pm
Wednesday, 4/28 - 6:00 pm

MAY:
Sunday, 5/2 - 1:00 pm

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 13 Apr 2021 11:29:10 -0400 2021-03-19T18:00:00-04:00 2021-03-19T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts Livestream / Virtual Live Chat with a Lloyd Scholar
Emotional Creature (March 19, 2021 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83124 83124-21274901@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 19, 2021 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Emotional Creature explores the lives of young teenage girls as they grow into their adolescence. Along with the combined talents of BFA Acting majors (SMTD), Film, Television, and Media (FTVM) majors, and Art and Design (STAMPS) majors at the University of Michigan, this play has been reimagined into a raw and transformative film that seeks to demand answers, spark conversation, and incite change.

Originally Written By Eve Ensler
Adapted For Film And Directed By Levana Wang
Featuring the Women of the University of Michigan BFA Acting Class '21

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:50:34 -0400 2021-03-19T20:00:00-04:00 2021-03-19T22:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Livestream / Virtual Emotional Creature poster - outline of a woman's head radiating a rainbow on a black background.
Sun Young Park: Designing Health Technology to Empower Patients (March 19, 2021 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80903 80903-20818979@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 19, 2021 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Successful chronic illness management requires active patient participation and effective communication among the patient, caregivers, and clinicians. However, this can be difficult, especially for more vulnerable patients who may lack the self-knowledge, sufficient communication skills, or appropriate information access. Such patients’ needs, in consequence, are often overlooked, and their capacity to understand care information misjudged by providers and caregivers. To support patient empowerment and activation, Sun Young Park’s research focuses on vulnerable individuals with low health literacy and a lack of information access and accessible tools and examines their needs and barriers.

In this talk, Park presents work that investigates opportunities to empower and activate these vulnerable individuals through two case studies: patients in an emergency care setting and pediatric patients with cancer. The results of the studies reveal the details of the adaptation behaviors and experience of patients during an emergency care and pediatric cancer patients, shedding light on a need for redesigning Health IT systems to engage patients, who have not been sufficiently considered and involved in the current system design. In addition, the results point to a need for design considerations to promote and enhance the patients’ positive experiences. This talk will conclude with broader implications for evaluating and designing a socio-technical system in complex healthcare contexts, focusing on the role of HCI/design researchers in this emerging design space.

Sun Young Park, PhD is an assistant professor in Stamps School of Art and Design and the School of Information at the University of Michigan. Her research lies at the intersection of Health Informatics, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), and Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW). In particular, her research focuses on evaluating and designing health information systems and technologies in both the clinical and non-clinical settings. Her studies related to designing health IT systems that support healthcare providers’ information work, focusing on healthcare consumers’ information needs and behaviors in the hospital setting, earned a best paper award from the Journal of International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA), was chosen for the IMIA Yearbook 2013, garnered a finalist nomination for the Diana Forsythe Award from the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA). Her research projects have been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) CRII award in 2017, the Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) grant in 2018, and the NSF CAREER award in 2020. She was inducted into the Inaugural Class of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Future of Computing Academy in 2017. Park has served on many scientific and technical program committees for top-tier academic conferences, including ACM CHI, CSCW, and DIS.

Our 2020-2021 Series is brought to you with the support of our streaming partners, Detroit Public Television and PBS Books.

How to WatchAll events will be webcast on Fridays at 8pm (ET) at http://pennystampsevents.org and https://dptv.org/pennystamps. Join the conversation on the Penny Stamps Series Facebook page.

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Notice of uncensored content: In accordance with the University of Michigan’s Standard Practice Guidelines on “Freedom of Speech and Artistic Expression,” the Penny Stamps Speaker Series does not censor our speakers or their content. The content provided is intended for adult audiences and does not reflect the views of the University of Michigan or Detroit Public Television.

 

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 18 Jan 2021 18:15:09 -0500 2021-03-19T20:00:00-04:00 2021-03-19T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Livestream / Virtual https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/lectures/Park-Sun-Young.jpg
Meet a Scientist (March 20, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82039 82039-21012671@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 20, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Meet University of Michigan scientists and learn more about their cutting-edge research in this series of short, interactive presentations.
This virtual Zoom event is intended to be conversational with time built in for questions and discussion.
Saturday, March 20, 2021
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Free (Donations appreciated)

Presentations include topics in neurology, environmental engineering, psychology, chemistry, physics, evolutionary biology, and more!
Scientists are part of the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History's Science Communication Fellows program, aimed at bringing together researchers and the general public. This event is a virtual adaptation of the museum’s in-person Scientist Spotlight events.

For more information email ummnh.info@umich.edu.

Suggested donation $5 per person.

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 12 Feb 2021 07:17:53 -0500 2021-03-20T10:00:00-04:00 2021-03-20T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Museum of Natural History Livestream / Virtual Meet a Scientist Virtual Event
Masters Recital: Tiani Grace Butts, violin (March 20, 2021 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83037 83037-21259007@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 20, 2021 12:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PROGRAM: Bologne - Sonata no. 3 in G Minor; Fauré - Violin Sonata no. 1 in A Major, op. 13; Montgomery - Rhapsody no. 1 for solo violin; Hubay - Carmen Fantasie Brilliante.

watch online at https://myumi.ch/mnj91

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 15 Mar 2021 12:15:06 -0400 2021-03-20T12:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Livestream / Virtual
Virtual Saturday Sampler Tour | My Favorite Things (March 20, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80101 80101-20556879@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 20, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Saturday Sampler tours are back! We've missed you and are thrilled to begin offering our Saturday Sampler tours virtually! Join us over Zoom to explore the Kelsey Museum from the comfort of your home.

The theme of this week's tour is "My Favorite Things."
Our docents know so much about the artifacts in our collection, but have you ever wondered what their favorites are? Join us on this live Zoom tour as one of our docents takes a closer look at some of her favorite Kelsey objects.

Zoom link:
https://umich.zoom.us/j/98615763784

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 02 Mar 2021 16:24:12 -0500 2021-03-20T14:00:00-04:00 2021-03-20T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Livestream / Virtual Eggshell with pseudo-script
Horn Studio Recital (March 20, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83040 83040-21259010@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 20, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Students of Professor Adam Unsworth

watch online at https://myumi.ch/mnj91

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 15 Mar 2021 12:15:06 -0400 2021-03-20T14:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Livestream / Virtual
Artist Talks + Virtual Opening Reception for Heartened Surfaces: The 2021 MFA Thesis Exhibition (March 20, 2021 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82638 82638-21149733@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 20, 2021 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Join Stamps Gallery for the Virtual Opening Reception for Heartened Surfaces: The 2021 MFA Thesis Exhibition. Each student will be giving an Artist Talk about their work accompanied by a live Q&A. This event is free and open to the public. Registration required. 

Heartened Surfaces: The 2021 MFA Thesis Exhibition brings together culminating projects by second-year graduate students Christine Bruening, Nathan Byrne, Rey Jeong, and Benjamin Winans. The artist’s work is featured in individual exhibitions and in the collaborative exhibition The Dream is Not All Dream.

Heartened Surfaces: The 2021 MFA Thesis Exhibition is on view at Stamps Gallery from March 12, 2021 – May 2, 2021. For more information, visit: stamps.umich.edu/exhibitions/detail/2021_mfa_thesis_exhibition or contact Jennifer Junkermeier-Khan at jenjkhan@umich.edu.

Please RSVP to reserve your place for this free event: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0sf-GprTwvGt3IXdQxKv3qAwZe5HFSskf2

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 01 Mar 2021 18:15:06 -0500 2021-03-20T17:00:00-04:00 2021-03-20T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Livestream / Virtual https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/exhibitions/MFA2021-1000x501px.jpg
Peter Nichols, timpani & percussion (March 20, 2021 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83039 83039-21259009@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 20, 2021 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PROGRAM: Etezady - Boomslang; Saariaho - Six Japanese Gardens; Deyoe - Fantasia IIIb; Oliverio - Dantreume Leu Pliska (”Pre-recollections of War”).

watch online at https://myumi.ch/GkgxP

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 15 Mar 2021 12:15:06 -0400 2021-03-20T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Livestream / Virtual
Live from Ann Arbor! A Conversation with SNL Cast (March 20, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82829 82829-21179597@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 20, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Campus Involvement

Join the Center for Campus Involvement for a conversation with SNL Cast Members Heidi Gardner and Lauren Holt! Students from ComCo will moderate as the SNL cast members entertain us with stories, speak about their experiences as women in the comedy industry, and answer your questions!

Please Register in advance!: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/session/41875

The Center for Campus Involvement, University Unions, and Big Ticket Productions are excited to host this event!

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 16 Mar 2021 15:09:20 -0400 2021-03-20T18:00:00-04:00 2021-03-20T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Campus Involvement Livestream / Virtual Live from Ann Arbor!
Live Chat with a Lloyd Scholar (March 21, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81563 81563-21036712@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 21, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts

Find out what it means to be a Lloyd Scholar!
Meet our Student Leaders!
Ask questions!

Email us at LSWA@umich.edu to receive the Zoom link.

Current LSWA students will present an overview of our program during the following scheduled Zoom information sessions:
FEBRUARY:
Thursday, 2/18 - 6:00 pm
Saturday, 2/20 - 11:00 am
Sunday, 2/21 - 12:00 Noon & 3:00 pm
Monday, 2/22 - 7:00 pm
Saturday, 2/27 - 3:00 pm

MARCH:
Sunday, 3/7 - 12:00 Noon
Sunday, 3/14 - 3:00 pm
Wednesday, 3/17 - 6:00 pm
Friday, 3/19 - 6:00 pm
Sunday, 3/21 - 4:00 pm
Sunday, 3/28 - 4:00 pm

APRIL:
Saturday, 4/10 - 11:00 am
Saturday, 4/17 - 11:00 am
Thursday, 4/22 - 5:00 pm
Wednesday, 4/28 - 6:00 pm

MAY:
Sunday, 5/2 - 1:00 pm

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 13 Apr 2021 11:29:10 -0400 2021-03-21T16:00:00-04:00 2021-03-21T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts Livestream / Virtual Live Chat with a Lloyd Scholar
Sweetland Write-Together (March 22, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81990 81990-21002790@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 22, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Write-Together sessions provide structure, accountability, and support for graduate writers working on writing at any stage, from papers to theses to journal articles to dissertations and more. For each of these remote sessions, participants access a shared Google document that will serve as a communal virtual space. Students will be invited to post pre-writing goals and post-writing reflections in the document. Writers can also schedule a 10-minute Zoom meeting with Sweetland faculty during each session to discuss writing questions. We will also provide weekly writing strategies to habituate students to best writing practices.
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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 11 Feb 2021 00:16:13 -0500 2021-03-22T09:00:00-04:00 2021-03-22T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
The Special Friend: Considerations for Practitioners Working with the LGBTQ+ Community (March 22, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82038 82038-21010705@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 22, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

A moving, 10-minute sketch about a mother who dies with a family secret that spurs feuding between the two daughters and grieving husband she leaves behind. When her mother passes away, Cori expects that coping with the loss will be tough. What she hadn’t counted on was having to negotiate with her sister and father for full inclusion in her mother’s obituary. This play explores the challenges a family faces as they confront their own attitudes about acceptance and visibility while trying to honor the memory of a loved one. Written by playwright Dawn Richberg, this short play explores some of the issues faced by those in the LGTBQ community. A discussion with the playwright and the actors will follow.
Playwright and poet Dawn Richberg is an Ann Arbor-based writer currently working on an M.F.A. in playwriting at Western Michigan University. Her ten-minute play The Special Friend was chosen for selection in the 2020 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. Dawn’s goal as a writer is to use the page and the stage to tell good stories, particularly stories that affirm the lives and diversity of experiences of African Americans.
Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/xmZP0.
We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 17 Mar 2021 12:15:38 -0400 2021-03-22T12:00:00-04:00 2021-03-22T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual