Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. "Chinese 2" (September 20, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/85110 85110-21625586@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 20, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Continue to build strong Chinese language basics and foundation through analytic and systematic ways, also expand Chinese conversations. Angela Yang leads this course on Mondays September 20 through December 20 from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm. Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 10 Aug 2021 14:23:48 -0400 2021-09-20T10:00:00-04:00 2021-09-20T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Your Literacy Autobiography (September 20, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/85559 85559-21626849@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 20, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

In this class, we will develop “literacy autobiographies.” Through some readings, brief reflective writing assignments and discussion, we’ll explore our personal histories and experiences with reading.

Class 1: What happens while we are reading? Class 2: How did we learn to read in our first (or second or third) language? Class 3: What are our personal and professional reading experiences/contexts? Class 4: What is the impact of all things digital (audiobooks, screen vs. paper, etc.)?

Instructor Alice Horning is retired from Oakland U where she taught writing and linguistics for more than 30 years.

This study group will meet on Mondays for four weeks beginning on September 20. Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 24 Aug 2021 10:42:46 -0400 2021-09-20T10:00:00-04:00 2021-09-20T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
"Monday Painters" (September 20, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85060 85060-21625530@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 20, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Our study group not only studies, we actively use any art material available to us. The students are experienced painters as well as novices. We do our homework and see weekly videos pertaining to art and help each other navigate Zoom as well as the world of art. We also appreciate each other's work and the growth we see and talk about our common interests and goals. Study group leader Barbara Anderson is a retired special education teacher who used art to help teach children as they learned in different ways, ways that made sense to them. Since I retiring she has taken many classes and learned from expert teachers. Barbara Anderson leads this course on Mondays September 20 through August 29, 2022 (No classes on holidays) from 2:00 - 4:00 pm. Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 10 Aug 2021 09:04:18 -0400 2021-09-20T14:00:00-04:00 2021-09-20T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
The Futurescape of Medicine Lecture Series (September 21, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/85070 85070-21625544@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 21, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

The goal of this lecture series is to provide educational insights about future developments in five different areas of medical care.

Lecture #1 is Healthcare Financing - A Broken System in need of Repair. The speaker is Mark Frederick, MD.

Attention will be paid to current best practices, ethical implications of new technologies, promotion of consumer education and choices, and financial aspects of delivery in the context of value-based care. A lively discussion is anticipated for each lecture regarding the many issues raised by these trends and technologies.”

The series will take place every other Tuesday from 10-11:30 starting September 21. 2021, and ending November 16.

Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the lecture will be e-mailed prior to the event.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 10 Aug 2021 12:14:45 -0400 2021-09-21T10:00:00-04:00 2021-09-21T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Futurescape of Medicine
"Art History IV: Early Medieval Art in the West" (September 21, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85056 85056-21625526@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 21, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Following the enthusiastic reception of the three art history courses that I taught in Fall 2020 and Winter 2021, I am offering Art History IV, which continues the history of art and architecture with the courtly art of the Carolingian and Ottonian empires as well as the unrestrained exuberance of Hiberno-Saxon art in the British Isles and Scandinavian art of the 9th through 11th centuries. A goal of the course is to practice "close looking," in order to understand the multiples meanings of the art. The course will interest learners who have traveled in Western Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean. Molly Lindner leads this course on Tuesdays September 21 through October 26 from 2:00 - 3:30 pm. Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 10 Aug 2021 08:42:00 -0400 2021-09-21T14:00:00-04:00 2021-09-21T15:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
"Current Events" (September 21, 2021 3:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85064 85064-21625535@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 21, 2021 3:15pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This discussion group is for people interested in current events happening at the local, national and global level. All opinions will be heard courteously. No materials or special expertise is required, just an open mind and a good sense of humor. This group is co-led by Richard Garrett and Margaret Pooler. Richard is an economist, who retired from college teaching in the New York City area, and moved to Ann Arbor in 2020. He has been active in OLLI since then. Margaret, also an Ann Arbor resident, is a retired librarian who has been active in OLLI for many years. Margaret Pooler and Richard Garrett lead this course on Tuesdays September 21 through December 21 from 3:15 - 5:15 pm. Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 10 Aug 2021 09:30:43 -0400 2021-09-21T15:15:00-04:00 2021-09-21T17:15:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Mysteries in Our Cosmic Backyard: What We Do and Do Not Know About the Solar System (September 22, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/85557 85557-21626847@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 22, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

There is a common misconception, even among some astronomers, that there is little left to discover in our Solar System. However, many mysteries still remain even about our cosmic backyard. Do we have another, hidden planet? Was there life on Venus, Mars, or even an icy ocean moon?

We will cover recent, exciting research from the Sun to beyond Pluto, as well as any questions you have about the Solar System. This study group will last for 13 weeks and will be a combination of online lectures and student-driven discussions/learning. No previous math, physics, or astronomy knowledge is required.

Larissa Markwardt is a 5th year graduate student at UM. She studies special asteroids called Trojans, which are orbital companions to most of our planets.

This study group will meet on Wednesdays for 13 weeks beginning on September 22. Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 24 Aug 2021 10:45:55 -0400 2021-09-22T09:00:00-04:00 2021-09-22T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
Staying Safe With Your Computer and Phone (September 22, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/85564 85564-21626854@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 22, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Two fun and productive sessions to help you put an end to your computer and smartphone fears and enjoy your technology more. During the first session, we will examine how to browse the internet safely, avoid being tracked by advertisers, and stop malware dead in its tracks.

During the second session, we will focus on how to get all of your passwords under control and improve password security. We’ll also take a look at the latest computer and phone scams that plague our society and how to avoid them.

A long-time technology educator, study group leader Jim Keen holds a B.A. (communications) and an M.A. (educational studies) from the University of Michigan. He currently owns and operates Keen Focus Technology Tutoring.

This study group will meet on Wednesdays on September 22 and September 29. Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 24 Aug 2021 10:47:51 -0400 2021-09-22T10:00:00-04:00 2021-09-22T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
The Origin and Evolution of Earth I (September 22, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85553 85553-21626843@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 22, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

The class will follow Earth from the Big Bang to the formation of continents using Robert Hazen’s excellent DVD lectures from the Teaching Company supplemented with the latest findings. We’ll view two 30 minute lectures per class, each followed by 20 minutes for questions and discussion. (The full course has 48 lectures; we’ll cover the first 24 in the fall with the final 24 in the spring.)

Study group leader Dick Chase has worked 27 years as a research physicist for Ford and taught physics at several levels. At OLLI, he has taught 20 science courses and led 5 book discussion groups.

This study group will meet on Wednesdays for twelve weeks beginning on September 22 (no class on November 24). Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Sat, 28 Aug 2021 19:08:11 -0400 2021-09-22T13:00:00-04:00 2021-09-22T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
Virgil's AENEID (September 22, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85521 85521-21626811@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 22, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

We will read and discuss this famous Roman epic poem (Robert Fagles’ translation, Penguin Classics), which has been a key part of the Western canon for centuries. In addition, we will read and/or watch later interpretations of the hero Aeneas and his ill-fated love affair with Queen Dido.

Study group leader, Marilyn Scott, has led many OLLI study groups and has taught the Aeneid in Latin.

This study group will meet on Wednesdays for seven weeks beginning on September 22. Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Fri, 20 Aug 2021 15:35:02 -0400 2021-09-22T13:00:00-04:00 2021-09-22T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Groups
Working in Clay: The Motawi Tileworks Story (September 22, 2021 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85030 85030-21625472@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 22, 2021 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Motawi Tileworks was founded in 1992, and it has grown into a company employing more than 40 people, who specialize in handcrafted tiles in Art Nouveau, Arts and Crafts, and Midcentury Modern aesthetics, as well as other unique designs.

Motawi art tiles are currently sold in more than 300 locations in the U.S. and Canada, and Motawi tile installations grace homes and public spaces worldwide.

After graduating from the University of Michigan’s Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, Nawal Motawi moved to Detroit to learn tile-making at the renowned Pewabic Pottery. She later returned to Ann Arbor, where she began creating historically inspired tile in her garage and selling it at the local farmer’s market. And that’s only the beginning of her story!

Nawal Motawi, owner and artistic director of Motawi Tileworks in Ann Arbor, will share with us her stories of the company’s unique history and early beginnings, creative process and business strategies. She’ll share the company’s philosophy and how Motawi Tileworks has become a creative beacon of light in our community and around the world.

Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the lecture will be e-mailed prior to the event.

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Class / Instruction Sun, 08 Aug 2021 14:10:37 -0400 2021-09-22T15:30:00-04:00 2021-09-22T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Afternoons With OLLI
"Current Events, Law, Policy, and Politics" (September 23, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85061 85061-21625531@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 23, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This Study Group will be online. In 2021, for the first time in Michigan history, an Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission is drawing the boundaries of Michigan’s state legislative and U.S. congressional districts with input from the public. Our speaker, Professor Kevin Deegan-Krause, from Voters Not Politicians will explain how the new redistricting process has worked, who has participated, where things stand right now, and what to expect when the Commission completes the new redistricting in January 2022. Kevin Deegan-Krause leads this course on Thursday September 23 from 1:00 - 3:00 pm. Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 10 Aug 2021 09:13:20 -0400 2021-09-23T13:00:00-04:00 2021-09-23T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Memoirs and Personal Essays (September 23, 2021 2:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85570 85570-21626860@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 23, 2021 2:15pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This group meets every week from September to June except for holidays. There are no specific assignments. Each writer strives to find his or her own subject matter and stylistic voice. We read our work aloud and discuss it, making constructive suggestions for improvement. The important thing is to write well enough to interest others and to convey our ideas clearly. Participants are expected to read their work regularly. During the pandemic, we will use a combination of email and videoconferencing.

Instructor Eleanor Linn has led this group since 2014. She is a published author.

This study group will meet on Thursdays for thirty-eight weeks beginning on September 23. Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 24 Aug 2021 10:54:24 -0400 2021-09-23T14:15:00-04:00 2021-09-23T16:15:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
Writers Unlimited (September 24, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/85568 85568-21626858@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 24, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Participants present their short stories, novels, essays, or poems to be read in class. Fellow writers give constructive criticism and suggestions for improvement. Participants submit their writing to all other participants in advance of the Friday meeting. Constructive comments are offered after each reading.

Discussion leader Jerry Janusz has been a member of this group for thirteen years.

This study group will meet on Fridays for forty-nine weeks beginning on September 24 Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 24 Aug 2021 10:56:09 -0400 2021-09-24T10:00:00-04:00 2021-09-24T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
AE200 Seminar Series | Laying Out the National Space Security Enterprise (September 24, 2021 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/87322 87322-21641176@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 24, 2021 1:30pm
Location:
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Dr. Brandon "BT" Cesul
Technical Fellow & Principal Space Systems Engineer
KBR

Abstract:
Much discussion has been started on the potential of conflicts in space by policy makers, pundits, and military experts in the United States and around the globe. But what's the history of "space warfare"? What really is driving some of the research and development needs - and how much of that motivation is being caused by red herrings? Dr. Cesul has worked for the US Government and private industry as a leading expert on the future of space warfare and will present his perspectives on these issues (without complicated math!) ina fun, informative, interactive presentation with plenty of time for audience back and forth discussions.

About the speaker:
Dr. Brandon “B.T.” Cesul is a Principal Space Systems Engineer with KBR, a nationally recognized Defense and Intelligence Community contractor. Dr. Cesul is responsible for leading KBR’s efforts in supporting space intelligence customer sets across acquisition and operational communities, specializing in space remote sensing, space situational awareness, small satellites and space protection technology areas. Dr. Cesul also contributes to national level customers in the space policy development business area, with a focus on space protection and space control activities. Prior to joining KBR, Dr. Cesul was the Principal Intelligence Analyst in the Counterspace Analysis Squadron, National Air and Space Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson AFB. In just under 14 years as an AF civilian, Dr. Cesul was a contributing author on three National Intelligence Estimates, and primary author of over 200 studies and briefings for various senior leaders in the Department of Defense, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Department of State, NASA, and National Security Council. Dr. Cesul earned his PhD at the Air Force Institute of Technology in Astronautical Engineering, as well as a Master's of Engineering in Space Systems and Bachelors of Engineering in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 21 Sep 2021 17:34:06 -0400 2021-09-24T13:30:00-04:00 2021-09-24T15:00:00-04:00 Aerospace Engineering Class / Instruction Brandon "BT" Cesul
Diego Rivera and the Detroit Industry Murals at the DIA (September 24, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85047 85047-21625504@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 24, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Carlene VanVoorhies, DIA Docent, will take us on a virtual tour to learn the complex and intriguing story behind Diego Rivera and his Detroit Industry Murals. The “Detroit Industry Murals” (1932-1933) are a series of frescoes by the Mexican artist Diego Rivera, consisting of twenty-seven panels depicting industry at the Ford Motor Company and in Detroit.

Together they surround the interior Rivera Court in the Detroit Institute of Arts. Painted between 1932 and 1933, they were considered by Rivera to be his most successful work. On 23 April 2014, the “Detroit Industry Murals” were designated by the Department of Interior as a National Historic Landmark.

Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the lecture will be e-mailed prior to the event.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 09 Aug 2021 13:39:06 -0400 2021-09-24T15:00:00-04:00 2021-09-24T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Out of Town
"Understanding US-Iran Relations" (September 27, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/85092 85092-21625566@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 27, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This group study is intended to foster a better understanding of US-Iran relations. The topics include: US early missionaries in Iran; US and Iran political and cultural relations during Qajar dynasty; US and Iran relation during Pahlavi dynasty that includes these eras: WWI, Reza Shah, WWII, Mohammad Reza Shah, the 1953 coup, post-coup cooperation, cold war, US military assistance etc.; Iran 1979 revolution and Islamic Republic of Iran era: Iran hostage crisis, Iran-Iraq war, Iran-contra affair, Iran’s nuclear program, and current issues. Our speaker, Moe Bidgoli, graduated from University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He was professor of computer science and information system for 35 years. He became Emeritus Professor of CS & IS in June 2018. This course is on Mondays, Sept. 27 through Oct. 18 from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm. Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 10 Aug 2021 13:46:37 -0400 2021-09-27T10:00:00-04:00 2021-09-27T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
“Flourish”: Boot Camp for Difficult Times (September 29, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/85548 85548-21626838@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 29, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

“Flourish” by Martin E.P. Seligman - A must read for those wanting to understand how we thrive.

"The book is full of nuggets about why positive approaches work."
"An interesting and hope-inducing read with real-world application."

Seligman's approach is to take psychology from its traditional role in alleviating misery and broaden it into a solid research-based guidebook to wellbeing -- teaching us how to be wiser, stronger, more generous to others, more self-disciplined, and more capable of dealing with difficulty and rejection. Seligman asks, what is it that enables you to cultivate your talents, to build deep, lasting relationships with others, to feel pleasure, and to contribute meaningfully to the world? In a word, what is it that allows you to flourish?

This study group will meet on Wednesdays for six weeks beginning on September 29. Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 24 Aug 2021 10:57:20 -0400 2021-09-29T10:00:00-04:00 2021-09-29T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
Chair's Distinguished Lecture: The Exciting Re-emergence of Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion (September 30, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/87619 87619-21644330@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 30, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Dr. Ron S. Faibish
Senior Director of Strategic Development
General Atomics – Electromagnetic Systems Group

Abstract:
In recent years, there has been increased interest in nuclear power and propulsion capabilities for space applications. As is done for terrestrial needs, nuclear energy can facilitate robust, multi-year and uninterrupted operation due to the unique longevity of nuclear reactors and their fuel. Such longevity can be extremely beneficial to long-duration cislunar and deep space missions, lunar surface exploration and in-situ resource utilization, as well future human missions to Mars. The seminar will explore these exciting known and emerging space opportunities vis-à-vis technology development needs and U.S. national policy perspectives. Special emphasis will be placed on General Atomics specific activities in this area.

About the Speaker...
Dr. Ron S. Faibish has over 20 years of combined experience in the governemmt and industry energy sectors, including extensive work with and within the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratory complex and other government functions. He leads strategic development for General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems Group (GA-EMS) in the area of nuclear technologies and materials, such as high temperature gas-cooled fast reactor technologies, space nuclear thermal propulsion and power systems, advanced nuclear fuels, and various applications of advanced ceramic composite materials.

Prior to joining General Atomics, Dr. Faibish’s professional experience includes nearly 14 years with Argonne National Laboratory; an Argonne detailee with the DOE Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy, as the Senior Advisor to the Director and with the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, as a Senior Fellow. Prior to joining Argonne, Dr. Faibish worked as a Program Manager at the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Dr. Faibish received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles. He also completed a certificate program at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 28 Sep 2021 15:18:33 -0400 2021-09-30T15:00:00-04:00 2021-09-30T16:15:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Aerospace Engineering Class / Instruction Dr. Ron Faibish
"Medicare for All: A Citizen’s Guide" by Dr. Abdul El-Sayed (October 1, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/85050 85050-21625507@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 1, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

There are few issues as consequential in the lives of Americans as healthcare—and few issues more politically vexing. Every single American will interact with the healthcare system at some point in their lives, and most people will find that interaction less than satisfactory. And yet for every dollar spent in our economy, 18 cents go to healthcare. What are we paying for, exactly?

Healthcare policy is notoriously complex, but what Americans want is simple: good healthcare that's easy to use and doesn't break the bank.

Medicare for All is the leading proposal to achieve universal health coverage in America. But what is it exactly? How would it work? More importantly, is it practical or practicable?

“Medicare for All: A Citizen's Guide” goes beyond partisan talking points to offer a serious examination of how Medicare for All would transform the way we give, receive, and pay for healthcare in America.

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed is a physician, epidemiologist, educator, author, speaker, and podcast host. His newsletter, “The Incision”, cuts to the heart of the trends shaping our moment. He is a commentator at CNN. In addition to “Medicare for All” he has written “Healing Politics”, calling for a politics of empathy to cure our epidemic of insecurity. He is the host of “America Dissected,” a podcast by Crooked Media, which goes beyond the headlines to explore what really matters for our health. He is a Senior Fellow at the FXB Center for Health & Human Rights at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, and a Scholar-in-Residence at Wayne State University and American University, teaching at the intersection of public health, public policy, and politics. He is formerly the Health Director for the City of Detroit and candidate for Governor of Michigan in 2018.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 09 Aug 2021 14:06:03 -0400 2021-10-01T10:00:00-04:00 2021-10-01T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Reads
"Gallery Walks: Dutch Treats" (October 1, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85058 85058-21625528@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 1, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Join us as we visit Ghent and spend time examining Jan van Eyck's great Altarpiece of the Mystic Lamb in St. Bavo's Cathedral. Then we will travel north to Antwerp and spend time with Pieter Breughel the Elder, painter of The Wedding Dance, which graces the walls of our own Detroit Institute of Art. Moving on to Amsterdam, we will visit the studios of Rembrandt, whose Head of Christ can also be seen at the DIA. Michael Kapetan leads this course on Fridays October 1 through October 29 from 1:00 - 3:00 pm. Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 10 Aug 2021 08:53:24 -0400 2021-10-01T13:00:00-04:00 2021-10-01T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Artificial Intelligence - An Exciting Introduction (October 1, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85555 85555-21626845@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 1, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This study group is suitable for those who are curious about AI, but may not possess the technical background to fully comprehend its scope. We will study and understand AI’s present state, past history and mid-term future, its game-changing capabilities, underlying technologies, and its potentially revolutionary implications. As AI continues to gain critical mass, it’s going to change forever how we work and live.

The study group will be instructor led, but with plenty of room for robust discussion and respectful debate. Relevant pre-reading / pre-viewing materials (relevant videos, white papers) will be distributed in advance of each session.

Deb Mukherjee has been leading study groups at OLLI since 2012.

This study group will meet on Fridays for five weeks beginning on October 1. Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 24 Aug 2021 11:00:22 -0400 2021-10-01T13:00:00-04:00 2021-10-01T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
AE200 Seminar : Inspiring Future Aerospace Careers (October 1, 2021 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/87724 87724-21645394@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 1, 2021 1:30pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Aisha Bowe
Founder and CEO
STEMBoard

Abstract:
Private companies are changing the future of space and aviation. As startups prove their business plans and industry giants invest in next-generation technology, there is an increasing demand for innovative small companies. In this Introduction to the Aerospace Enterprise seminar, Aisha will share her experience transitioning from an aerospace engineer at NASA to the founder of a defense startup. After discussing new technology trends, investment, and policy, Aisha will share some advice on things to consider when launching your own small business.

About the speaker...
Aisha Bowe is a former NASA rocket scientist, motivational speaker and the founder and CEO of STEMBoard, a defense company that ranked on the 2020 Inc. 5000 fastest growing companies in America list. As an aerospace engineer who started her degree with pre-algebra in a community college, Aisha is on a mission to help youth break stereotypes, stop internalizing false narratives and pursue careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math).

A serial entrepreneur, Aisha also created LINGO, a self-paced coding kit that empowers students to learn technical concepts at-home. Complete with online tutorials and support, LINGO kits are a great way to learn the fundamentals of software and hardware engineering concepts. The home version and a school edition support the new remote and hybrid teaching model imposed by the pandemic. Clients include tech giants such as Microsoft, Leidos and GE, as well as non-profits, HBCUs and federal organizations.

Aisha regularly shares her story and message of self-empowerment in interviews and presentations worldwide. She speaks often as part of the US State Department’s speakers’ program and has been the subject of many articles including in Entrepreneur Magazine, Inc.com, Fast Company, and Wired. She was a featured guest on The Kelly Clarkson Show and The Tamron Hall Show, two of the most highly rated daytime talk shows in the United States. In addition, she was the subject of an Olay/BET public service announcement promoting women’s empowerment.

Prior to founding STEMBoard, Aisha worked at NASA’s Ames Research Center where she was a researcher in the Flight Trajectory Dynamics & Controls Branch of the Aviation Systems Division. Ames is renowned for its world-class research in air traffic management conducted in collaboration with the Federal Aviation Administration to make air travel safer, cheaper, and more efficient. Aisha’s work focused on developing methods to maintain safe separation of air traffic and optimize fuel consumption within automated systems.

Aisha holds a B.S.E in Aerospace Engineering and an M. Eng. in Space Systems Engineering, from the University of Michigan. She has received numerous awards for her dedication to technical excellence and the principles of diversity and opportunity. Aisha is a member of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). She currently sits on the University of Michigan Aerospace Department Industry Advisory Board (IAB).

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Class / Instruction Thu, 30 Sep 2021 12:28:18 -0400 2021-10-01T13:30:00-04:00 2021-10-01T15:00:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Class / Instruction Aisha Bowe
The Futurescape of Medicine Lecture Series (October 5, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/85071 85071-21625545@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 5, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

The goal of this lecture series is to provide educational insights about future developments in five different areas of medical care.

Lecture #2 - Current and Future Surgical Options for Hip and Knee Replacements. Brian Hallstrom is our speaker.

Attention will be paid to current best practices, ethical implications of new technologies, promotion of consumer education and choices, and financial aspects of delivery in the context of value-based care. A lively discussion is anticipated for each lecture regarding the many issues raised by these trends and technologies.”

Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the lecture will be e-mailed prior to the event.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 10 Aug 2021 12:15:40 -0400 2021-10-05T10:00:00-04:00 2021-10-05T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Futurescape of Medicine
Religious Traditions of India (October 6, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/85547 85547-21626837@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 6, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

The primary Indian religious tradition, the Hinduism originated in the unknown antiquity of the past, evolved over thousands of years and remains as the major faith in India. Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism grew out of Hinduism and spread over Asia.

The lectures will discuss the concept of divinity (God), mortal life (karma and cycle of rebirth) and afterlife (moksha) within these traditions and how they differ from the Abrahamic faiths (Judaism, Christianity and Islam). The discussions will be on the philosophy and historic evolution along with the contemporary Indian religious and social landscape.

Instructor Venkat Lakshminarayanan identifies with the Hindu religion, was born in India and has lived in the United States for the last fifty years. He worked for Ford Motor Company as an Automotive Engineer.

This study group will meet on Wednesdays for seven weeks beginning on October 6. Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 24 Aug 2021 11:01:53 -0400 2021-10-06T10:00:00-04:00 2021-10-06T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
Exploring Some of Shakespeare’s Plays (October 6, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85535 85535-21626825@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 6, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This study session will be a mini survey of Shakespeare’s canon. We will use Titus Andronicus, Much Ado about Nothing and The Winter’s Tale to frame the discussion. These selections offer a view of his early, middle and late plays with an examination of the history, tragedy, comedy and romance categories. Both novices and scholars of Shakespeare will be able to enjoy his works more than before our discussions.

Our study group leader, Robert Lamphear, still teaches Shakespeare at Gulf Coast State College in Florida after retiring from colligate education in English and Humanities in Michigan.

This study group will meet on Wednesdays for four weeks beginning on October 6. Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 24 Aug 2021 11:51:17 -0400 2021-10-06T13:00:00-04:00 2021-10-06T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
Fall 2021 AE200 Seminar Series: Global Civil Aviation, Sustainability, and Climate Change (October 6, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/87770 87770-21647588@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 6, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Jennifer A. Haverkamp
Graham Family Director, Graham Sustainability Institute
Professor from Practice, Michigan Law School
Professor of Practice, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Abstract:
In this guest lecture, Professor Haverkamp will discuss how the aviation industry is addressing sustainability concerns, and, in particular, its response to the flying public’s increasingly critical focus on aviation’s contribution to global climate change. She will cover the U.S. government agencies and international institutions responsible for setting environmental policies and adjudicating disputes in the civil aviation sector. She will also describe the “basket of measures” through which the international aviation industry is working to reduce its carbon footprint. In particular, she will introduce the class to the International Civil Aviation Organization’s 2016 agreement to limit GHG emissions through a carbon offsetting scheme (an agreement she helped negotiate while at the State Department), and examine the agreement’s effectiveness and level of industry support. She will conclude with an assessment of how the U.S. government, with its “all of government” approach to climate change, is tackling the problem in the aviation sector.

About the speaker...
Jennifer Haverkamp is the Graham Family Director of U-M’s Graham Sustainability Institute, a professor of practice at Michigan Law School, and a professor from practice at the Ford School of Public Policy. She also co-chaired President Schlissel’s Commission on Carbon Neutrality. Professor Haverkamp previously served as the U.S. State Department’s Ambassador and Special Representative for Environment and Water Resources, where in 2016 she led the successful negotiations of the International Civil Aviation Organization’s landmark CORSIA agreement to control global greenhouse gas emissions and the Kigali HFC-phasedown amendment to the Montreal Protocol. Ms. Haverkamp also directed Environmental Defense Fund's International Climate Program, served as the Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Environment and Natural Resources in the Executive Office of the President, and held posts at the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice. She has taught at Cornell Law School, George Washington University’s law school and Johns Hopkins graduate school, and has served on USTR's Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee and a number of nonprofit boards. Ms. Haverkamp holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, an M.A. in politics and philosophy from Oxford University (as a Rhodes Scholar) and a B.A. in biology from The College of Wooster.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 05 Oct 2021 10:13:07 -0400 2021-10-06T15:00:00-04:00 2021-10-06T16:30:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Class / Instruction Jennifer Haverkamp
CRISPR and the Food We Eat (October 7, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85552 85552-21626842@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 7, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

CRISPR technology is changing the medical treatments for genetic disorders, but gene editing will also change the food we buy in grocery stores.

Topics include an introduction to DNA and gene editing technology, feeding a growing world population, developing new crop varieties, creating a GMO, food labeling, and government regulation. Will scientists using gene editing make the same mistakes as they did with GMO? The course requires participants to view online video, articles and TED talks prior to class, followed by a Zoom conference to discuss controversial topics.

Instructor Brian McKersie has 40 years’ experience in leading plant biotechnology research.

This study group will meet on Thursdays for five weeks beginning on October 7. Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 24 Aug 2021 11:52:09 -0400 2021-10-07T13:00:00-04:00 2021-10-07T14:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
Chair's Distinguished Lecture: Computer Graphics-inspired Physics-based Simulation for Deployable Structures and Soft Robots (October 7, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/87772 87772-21645839@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 7, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

M. Khalid Jawed
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
University of California, Los Angeles

Abstract:
Metamaterials (e.g. origami) and complex materials (e.g. biological, composite) have become integral parts of engineering with a broad range of applications: deployable structures, soft robots, stretchable electronics, wearable devices, and additive manufacturing. The large number of parameters governing their mechanics imply that an empirical trial-and-error approach is often impractical in designing functional smart structures. Fast and efficient computer simulations that create a ``digital twin" -- a virtual analog that accurately portrays the physics and mechanics of a structure -- are required to come up with structural designs that feature the best performance. We adopt a combination of physics-based and data-driven approach to modeling and optimization of smart structures. The physics-based methods are motivated by fast algorithms developed by the computer graphics community for animation of hair and clothes in movies. The data-driven methods draw inspiration from the tools in the nascent field of machine learning and artificial intelligence. This talk will illustrate two representative structures designed in this paradigm. (1) A bacteria-inspired soft robot that leverages structural buckling to control its swimming direction. (2) Thin deployable shells and gridshells that pops-up from a planar shape to a preprogrammed 3D shape.

This work was supported by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture of the US Department of Agriculture.

About the speaker...
Dr. M. Khalid Jawed is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering of the University of California, Los Angeles and the Principal Investigator of the Structures-Computer Interaction Laboratory. He received his Ph.D. and Master's degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He holds dual Bachelor's degrees in Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Physics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He also served as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Carnegie Mellon University. He received the NSF CAREER Award in 2021, the outstanding teaching award from UCLA in 2019, the outstanding teaching assistant award from MIT in 2015, and the GSNP best speaker award at the American Physical Society March Meeting in 2014.

Dr. Jawed's research interests lie at the intersection of structural mechanics and robotics, emphasizing a data-driven and artificially intelligent approach to the modeling and design of programmable smart structures. Current research projects include robotic manipulation of flexible structures, numerical simulation of highly deformable structures, soft robotics, and robotics for precision agriculture.

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Class / Instruction Fri, 01 Oct 2021 11:04:58 -0400 2021-10-07T15:00:00-04:00 2021-10-07T16:15:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Class / Instruction M Khalid Jawed
Aero Cultural and Career Panel Discussions (October 8, 2021 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/87994 87994-21648235@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 8, 2021 1:30pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Panelists -
William Osborne (Senior Vice President, Boeing Defense, Space & Security)
Kathryn Elliott (Chief of Performance & Aerothermal Systems, Rolls-Royce Corporation)
Martha Neubauer (Senior Analyst, AeroDynamic Advisory)
Kathryn Clark (Associate Chair, School of Kinesiology & Aerospace Engineering)
Moderator: Morgan Serra (Aerospace Engineering Student)

Culture and Careers Panel Discussion is with accomplished executives in the Aerospace Enterprise, who either started out with a degree in Aerospace Engineering, or who may have come in to the enterprise at some point in their careers.

Purpose - To give students the broadest range of input as they shape their own careers and plans.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 06 Oct 2021 16:32:46 -0400 2021-10-08T13:30:00-04:00 2021-10-08T15:00:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Class / Instruction Cultural and Career Panelist
Paleontology (October 12, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85551 85551-21626841@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 12, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This course is based on the eponymous Great Courses series presented by Prof. Stuart Sutherland of the Department of Earth, Ocean, & Atmospheric Sciences at the University of British Columbia. It will cover the science and tools of paleontology, fossil analysis and dating, possible origins of life, and the evolution and diversification of life from the Paleozoic Era to the present. (See www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/introduction-to-paleontology for more details.)

We will view and discuss two half-hour lectures each session. Instructor Craig Stephan is a retired industrial physicist who has led many previous OLLI courses including Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Science of Climate Change, Cosmology, Astrophysics, and The Aging Brain.

This study group will meet on Tuesdays for ten weeks beginning on October 12. Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 24 Aug 2021 10:50:25 -0400 2021-10-12T13:00:00-04:00 2021-10-12T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
Free Writing (October 13, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/85567 85567-21626857@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

The way to begin that writing project is to write. Turn your text editor off and follow your wandering thoughts to see where they take you. Free Writing is about exploring ideas and memories. It’s about first drafts not finished products. Prompts will be given as a jumping off points for timed writings. We will share what we write in workshop without critique. Have a notebook and a comfortable pen handy. Be ready to write. What stories would you like to tell?

This study group, led by Diane Nash, will meet on Wednesdays for five weeks beginning on October 13. Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 24 Aug 2021 11:52:57 -0400 2021-10-13T10:00:00-04:00 2021-10-13T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
Free Writing your Medical Story (October 13, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85566 85566-21626856@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Have you ever received a medical diagnosis that redefined your life? Perhaps you were staring intently at scans or maybe only listening to the sound of your doctor’s voice, but in that split second, your reality changed.

Some of us became patients and others, caregivers, as the diagnosis took its place in our lives. We carry these stories in our hearts. This workshop, led by Instructor Diane Nash, provides an opportunity to construct a narrative from a collection of memories. It is not a support group. It is a writing workshop designed to help you reflect on and write about your experience. Through extemporaneous writings you will craft the story of the time illness entered your life.

This study group will meet on Wednesdays for four weeks beginning on October 13. Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 24 Aug 2021 11:53:57 -0400 2021-10-13T13:00:00-04:00 2021-10-13T14:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
The Love, Lure, and Lore of the Clothesline (October 14, 2021 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85560 85560-21626850@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 14, 2021 1:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Remember the days long ago when everyone hung their laundry out on the line to dry -- when folks went "online" without the internet? Instructor Anne Lawrence’s slide presentation will show why she (and so many others) love their clotheslines, will explain the lure of the line, and the lore that grew up around it.

There will be washday history, along with sociological issues, the role of feminism, industrialization, culture, and ecology involved. You may consider the clothesline in ways never before appreciated! The sharing of stories and memories will be encouraged. Let's hang out together -- Anne won't leave you hanging.

Anne has been a Clothesline Historian and Hobbyist for the past 40 years, collecting anything she can find that relates to laundry blowing in the wind on clotheslines, and since retiring, sharing her passion with those who remember.

Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 24 Aug 2021 11:54:33 -0400 2021-10-14T13:30:00-04:00 2021-10-14T15:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
Chair's Distinguished Lecture: Multifidelity Approaches for Uncertainty Quantification (October 14, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88209 88209-21651373@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 14, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Alex Gorodetsky
Assistant Professor
Department of Aerospace Engineering
University of Michigan

Abstract:
Digital design and simulation tools have rapidly expanded to encompass a vast array of applications across science and engineering. Decision making approaches and engineering and scientific predictions increasingly relying on simulation models that exhibit enormous amounts of uncertainty. Whether you are predicting the drag on an aircraft or the spread of covid-19 -- the models that underpin predictions must begin to honestly consider model parameter uncertainty, environmental uncertainty, and input uncertainties to yield robust and reliable predictions. Uncertainty quantification (UQ) provides a paradigm for all aspects of managing this uncertainty in simulation models, including: forward uncertainty propagation, inverse problems, and experimental design. Nevertheless uncertainty quantification is expensive, requiring the evaluation of high-fidelity simulation models more times than is typically affordable. Reduced order models and surrogate models help to an extent -- but they can deviate from their high-fidelity counterparts in ways that introduce unacceptable bias.

Multifidelity approaches to UQ offer a promising alternative to minimize computational cost while maintaining the accuracy of a UQ analysis. In this talk we provide an overview of both sampling and surrogate-based multifidelity approaches. We dive into one specific approach for each one that offers significant promise of generality and that encompasses existing approaches. In the sampling context, we provide an overview of approximate control variates -- which enhance Monte Carlo methods for estimating statistics by treating lower-fidelity models as a correlated information source. In the surrogate context, we discuss MFNets: an approach to model the interactions between multifidelity information sources via a directed acyclic graph that is amenable to large-scale fast gradient-based learning. Throughout the presentation we will present results on both synthetic examples as well as prototypical PDE-based models.

About the speaker...
Alex Gorodetsky is an Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan. His research interests include using applied mathematics and computational science to enhance scalable autonomous decision making under uncertainty. He is especially interested in controlling systems, like autonomous aircraft, that must act in complex environments that are often represented by expensive computational simulations. Toward this goal, he pursues research in wide-ranging areas including uncertainty quantification, statistical inference, machine learning, numerical analysis, function approximation, control, and optimization.

Prior to coming to the University of Michigan, Alex was the John von Neumann Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico. At Sandia, Alex worked in the Optimization and Uncertainty Quantification Group on algorithms for propagating uncertainty through physical systems described with computationally expensive simulations.

Alex completed his Ph.D. (2016) and S.M. (2012) in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he worked on algorithms for stochastic optimal control and estimation in dynamical systems. He received his B.S.E (2010) in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 13 Oct 2021 10:55:33 -0400 2021-10-14T15:00:00-04:00 2021-10-14T16:15:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Class / Instruction Alex Gorodetsky
Fall 2021 - AE200 Seminar Series | Business Communication & Presentation, College of Aerospace Engineering (October 15, 2021 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88236 88236-21651566@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 15, 2021 1:30pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Mary Hinesly
Department Chair, Business Communication
Professor of Executive Education
Faculty Director, Ross Summer Business Academy
Faculty Associate, Center for Positive Organizations

Abstract:
Effective communication is crucial to building better relationships, stronger business proposals, more effective engineering recommendations, and more successful careers. However, it is a discipline which is very much underrepresented and under-taught in engineering education today.

Mary Hinesly is the Chair of the Ross School of Communication, and in a very interactive lecture she will share teachings and perspectives on how to be an effective communicator.

About the speaker...
Dr. Mary Hinesly has been with the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan for over seventeen years. Hinesly was the Michigan Ross Teaching Excellence award winner and was recognized as the Honored Instructor at the University of Michigan. She was named Poets & Quants top business Professors for 2020.

Her research and consulting work focus on business communication and digital transformation. Dr. Hinesly presents workshops and seminars internationally for executives. She earned her doctorate at Grenoble École de Management Technology and Innovation in France. Dr. Hinesly has been involved with over 100 companies including Google, Cisco, Amazon, Jive, Microsoft, Yelp, Cupcake Digital, Wacker, GE, LVMH, and more.

Dr. Hinesly has over 23 years in the private sector. She has served as the Director of Research for Thompson Associates, and the Director of Educational Content and Research for the National Retail Federation. She was an acting CEO and a COO for retail organizations.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 13 Oct 2021 16:12:29 -0400 2021-10-15T13:30:00-04:00 2021-10-15T15:00:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Class / Instruction Mary Hinesly
A Brief Literary History of Romance Novels (October 18, 2021 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85542 85542-21626833@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 18, 2021 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Although romance novels have long been derided as “bodice-rippers” and “chick lit,” the genre is having a big cultural moment right now, thanks in part to the smash success of Netflix’s “Bridgerton”, adapted from Julia Quinn’s book series. What’s more, some critics have even begun to argue that romance novels are an actually important feminist genre.

How did we reach this point? How did romance novels develop into the genre we recognize today? At each meeting, we’ll discuss a notable romance novel and explore its contribution to the genre as a whole. No prior experience with the subject is necessary.

Molly Keran is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Michigan, where she studies genre and popular literature.

This study group will meet on Mondays for ten weeks beginning on October 18. Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 24 Aug 2021 11:55:08 -0400 2021-10-18T15:30:00-04:00 2021-10-18T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
The Futurescape of Medicine Lecture Series (October 19, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/85073 85073-21625547@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 19, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

The Futurescape of Medicine Lecture Series
The goal of this lecture series is to provide educational insights about future developments in five different areas of medical care.

Lecture #3 - The Role of 3D Printing in Organ Regeneration.
Our speaker is Jan Stegermann, PhD.

Attention will be paid to current best practices, ethical implications of new technologies, promotion of consumer education and choices, and financial aspects of delivery in the context of value-based care. A lively discussion is anticipated for each lecture regarding the many issues raised by these trends and technologies".

Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the lecture will be e-mailed prior to the event.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 10 Aug 2021 12:19:57 -0400 2021-10-19T10:00:00-04:00 2021-10-19T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Futurescape of Medicine
“PLASTIC MAN: the artful life of Jerry Ross Barrish” (October 19, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85057 85057-21625527@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 19, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Meet the artist and the makers from the film: “PLASTIC MAN: the artful life of Jerry Ross Barrish”. A fifth generation San Franciscan, Barrish was the product of an environment with little appreciation for the arts. His parents were boxing enthusiasts vaguely connected to the mob. It was this situation that got him started in the bail bonds business. Then he broke the mold, stepping-up to become the bailout guy for 1960’s protestors. Inspired by the times, he changed course in mid-life launching himself as a sculptor and filmmaker. Participants will be given a link to the film a week ahead of the class to view. Film director, William Farley and producer Janis Plotkin will join Barrish in his art studio for a post-screening conversation. Janis Plotkin leads this course on Tuesday October 19 from 1:00 - 3:00 pm. Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 10 Aug 2021 08:48:19 -0400 2021-10-19T13:00:00-04:00 2021-10-19T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
The University of Michigan Carillons (October 20, 2021 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85031 85031-21625473@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 20, 2021 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

We all are transfixed whenever we hear beautiful music emanating from either of the University’s two carillons on campus. And the simple sight of the towers housing the Baird and Lurie Carillons leave us awestruck. Have you ever wondered how our University was fortunate enough to acquire two carillons? Have you wondered how they were played? How were the bells made? Or who was the person (carillonneur) creating the music, and how do they make the huge bells ring out? How and when were the Baird and Lurie Carillons built on the UofM campus, and who were some of their notable carillonneurs? How do you play a carillon? I’ll bet you can’t guess!
We’ll learn about the origins of carillons in the 16th century to the future of carillon composing and performance in modern times.

Eva Albalghiti is a carillonneur at the University of Michigan. Eva began playing the carillon at Yale University, and was a member of the Yale Guild of Carillonneurs. She was also recognized for her talent through membership in the Guild of Carillonneurs of North America. After pursuing a two-year research opportunity in Beijing, China, she began her PhD in Environmental Engineering at the U of M. Eva plays a weekly carillon recital at Lurie Tower on UM’s North Campus. I’ll bet the view from the top is spectacular!

Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the lecture will be e-mailed prior to the event.

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Class / Instruction Sun, 08 Aug 2021 14:19:37 -0400 2021-10-20T15:30:00-04:00 2021-10-20T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Afternoons With OLLI
Writing a 'Legacy Letter' (October 21, 2021 1:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/85569 85569-21626859@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 21, 2021 1:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

A legacy letter (also called an “ethical will”) is a written document that allows you to share your life lessons, express your values and transmit your blessings to future generations. This course includes discussion and weekly brief writing exercises; it offers advice, encouragement and a model structure to help you draft and complete your own legacy letter.

Study group leader Jay Sherwin has practiced law, given away money for five different charitable foundations and served as a hospital chaplain. He has taught this course online for more than a dozen OLLI programs nationwide.

This study group will meet on Thursdays for four weeks beginning on October 21. Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 24 Aug 2021 11:55:49 -0400 2021-10-21T01:30:00-04:00 2021-10-21T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
Families in Film: What Can Films Tell Us About Ourselves and Others? (October 21, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85546 85546-21626836@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 21, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

The class will use segments of films as a starting point for stimulating discussions about families. During each of 5 sessions we will discuss one of these films: “The Great Santini” (1979); “Ordinary People” (1980); “Crooklyn” (1994); “The Wedding Banquet” (1993); and “When a Man Loves a Woman” (1994).
Participants can view the whole film at home before class if they wish. Students will receive discussion questions to ponder before each session.
We will look at: the films’ portrayals of communication, handling of feelings and conflict, family structure, and gender roles, as well as the family’s culture and environment.
Instructor Arlene Weisz is a retired social worker and social work professor who enjoyed using films as part of teaching about families for about 20 years.
This study group will meet on Thursdays for five weeks beginning on October 21. Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 24 Aug 2021 11:56:34 -0400 2021-10-21T14:00:00-04:00 2021-10-21T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
Chair's Distinguished Lecture: Save from Future Japan Social Crises! “Mothership” Project (October 21, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88418 88418-21653861@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 21, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Eiji Itakura
Captain and Group Manager of Mothership Project Group
Frontier Research Center
Toyota Motor Corporation

Abstract:
In the near future, many of the developed countries are likely to face Energy & Environment challenges, and increase in the social debt. Japan is likely to be "top runner" in facing such challenges.

We are considering a novel solution to address these challenges using the "Westerly Jet Stream" above Japan. Westerly jet stream is high density, endless energy source, just 10 km above the ground, resulting due to heat transfer from tropical to pole, inducing air convection (physics) and earth shape, size and rotation (Occasional luck).

"Mothership" is a visionary futuristic novel project, in which we are proposing to use a large tethered inflatable structure kite, that utilizes the “Westerly Jet Stream" to float at high altitude and offer many societal benefits, i.e. harvest energy, “sky crane” to move heavy payload in remote areas, communication relay station to help the satellite above clouds. We believe the envisioned "Mothership" project shows large potential to induce many new industries and ventures by offering innovative solutions.

Our global team consist of members from Toyota research centers in Japan, United States and Europe who are working on actual engineering development. We will share our vision of “Mothership”, current progress and remaining challenges.

About the speaker...
My name is Eiji Itakura and I am Captain and group manager of the Mothership Project in Frontier Research Center in Toyota Motor Corporation. I graduated from Kyoto University in 1988 with a Bachelor’s Degree and in 1990 with a Master Degree of Aeronautical Engineering. At that time my research team, Rarefied Gas Dynamics, found thermal creep flow characteristics and published a paper on the analytical method of Poiseuille and Thermal Creep Flow of any Knudsen number in JVSJ.

I took about ten years as a research engineer and reciprocating aircraft engine designer of Toyota from 1990 and experienced its Type Certification and Production Certification missions as a Toyota local representative to work with the FAA in the U.S. for three years. After manager promotion I experienced physics model based engine control and designing and prototyping full carbon monocoque cabins of Lexus Sports LFA.

I started “Mothership Project” in 2018 as a captain, project leader and group manager ‘from scratch’. I presented my project in AWEC2019. I wanted to be an astronaut, still I like Space and of course Aircrafts. My hobby is customizing old cars. I have spent lots of my money, almost the same as buying the most expensive new Lexus car.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 19 Oct 2021 13:37:44 -0400 2021-10-21T15:00:00-04:00 2021-10-21T16:15:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Aerospace Engineering Class / Instruction Eiji Itakura
Shakespeare's “Tempest” Over Time (October 21, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85540 85540-21626830@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 21, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

The first play to appear in Shakespeare's Folio, but thought to be one of his final plays written. "The Tempest" has become a touchstone in Shakespeare Studies for discussions about genre, authorship, feminism, and postcolonial theory. Yet, not long after its first performances, Shakespeare's play vanished from the stage, appearing only in adapted forms for the next 170 years.

Each meeting, we'll discuss an iteration of "The Tempest," beginning with Shakespeare's play up through Margaret Atwood's 2016 novel "Hag-Seed" in order to consider how approaches to the play have shifted over time.

Instructor Becky Hixon, is a PhD Candidate in English Language & Literature at the University of Michigan where she studies Shakespeare, adaptation, and gender and sexuality studies.

This study group will meet on Thursdays (excluding Thanksgiving) for eight weeks beginning on October 21. Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 24 Aug 2021 11:57:25 -0400 2021-10-21T15:00:00-04:00 2021-10-21T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
“Compassionate Conversations” Book Study (October 22, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85561 85561-21626851@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 22, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Do you ever struggle with conversations about controversial or delicate subjects? This 200 page book should provide plenty of stimulating conversation in how to speak and listen from the heart. The three diverse authors have much rich experience to share in this realm, and OLLI facilitator Beth Spencer, MSW, will assist in facilitation.

Among the 20 short chapters are such topics as: the conversation essentials, growing through conflict, hidden biases, talking about social privilege, atonement & forgiveness, and becoming wholehearted. This could be a platform for individuals to begin to heal the many divides within our relationships, community and country.

Instructor Barb Cherem is a skilled professor and facilitator who has led other OLLI groups.

This study group will meet on Fridays for five weeks beginning on October 22. Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 24 Aug 2021 11:58:42 -0400 2021-10-22T13:00:00-04:00 2021-10-22T14:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
King Lear: Shakespeare's Apocalyptic Drama (October 22, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85533 85533-21626824@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 22, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This course will provide a deep dive into William Shakespeare’s King Lear. Structurally, we will split a reading of the play over the five weeks we meet: each week we will begin by reading one act of the play and then spend the rest of our session in discussion (no outside reading is therefore required).

Active participation will be encouraged, but if you are more of a listener, then you can still join in on the discussion at the end without taking on an “acting” role. As we will discuss, there are significant textual variations in editions of the play; please purchase the Norton Critical Edition (edited by Grace Ioppolo, 2008).

Our study group instructor, Margo Kolenda-Mason, is a PhD Candidate in the English Language and Literature Department at UM, where she studies medieval and renaissance literature.

This study group will meet on Fridays for five weeks beginning on October 22. Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 24 Aug 2021 11:59:39 -0400 2021-10-22T13:00:00-04:00 2021-10-22T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
“Cassandra Speaks: When Women are the Storytellers, The Human Story Changes”, by Elizabeth Lesser: A Book Study (October 25, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/85558 85558-21626848@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 25, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Join us for a lively discussion of the book “Cassandra Speaks: When Women Tell the Stories, the Human Story Changes”, by Elizabeth Lesser. Part One explores the myths and stories that are in the DNA of our culture. Part Two looks at women and power and redefines what it means to be courageous, daring, and strong. And Part Three offers “A Toolbox for Inner Strength.”
Written in a fun and delightful way, Lesser points out many truths about how out of balance the United States is, and also believes in humanity's potential to rise to the challenges of our times. Women must be a big part of this. Instructors Bernadette Beach and Sigrid Herman will lead this Study Group.
This study group will meet on Mondays for six weeks beginning on October 25. Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 24 Aug 2021 12:00:13 -0400 2021-10-25T10:00:00-04:00 2021-10-25T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
Introduction to Survey Sampling (October 28, 2021 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/87433 87433-21642132@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 28, 2021 9:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques

Introduction to Survey Sampling
Course Date: Oct. 28-Nov. 18, 2021
Days: Th (9:00am-12:30pm)

Registration requires at, https://si.isr.umich.edu/

This is a foundation course in sample survey methods and principles. The instructors will present, in a non-technical manner, basic sampling techniques such as simple random sampling, systematic sampling, stratification, and cluster sampling. The instructors will provide opportunities to implement sampling techniques in a series of exercises that accompany each topic.

Participants should not expect to obtain sufficient background in this course to master survey sampling. They can expect to become familiar with basic techniques well enough to converse with sampling statisticians more easily about sample design.

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Class / Instruction Thu, 23 Sep 2021 10:26:57 -0400 2021-10-28T09:30:00-04:00 2021-10-28T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques Class / Instruction course flyer
Chair's Distinguished Lecture: Accelerating Nuclear Technologies for Space Applications via Terrestrial Microreactor Development Programs (October 28, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88656 88656-21656499@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 28, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Shannon M. Bragg-Sitton, Ph.D.
Idaho National Laboratory
Lead, Integrated Energy Systems

Abstract:
Advanced nuclear technology is being developed at a rapid rate for terrestrial applications, ranging from megawatt scale microreactors for remote villages and industrial activities to large-scale reactors that could support centralized electricity production in a manner similar to current nuclear power plants. Terrestrial microreactors, which operate at a power level comparable to reactors that might be deployed for nuclear electric propulsion, are on a faster development and demonstration timeline than space nuclear power systems. Development of these systems could provide technology advances and lessons learned relevant to the development of both nuclear electric and nuclear thermal propulsion (NEP and NTP) systems. This seminar will provide a high-level overview of NEP, NTP, and terrestrial microreactor system designs; discuss potential areas of similarity across these systems; and provide a summary of technology and infrastructure development that will support rapid deployment of terrestrial microreactors—and will hopefully accelerate space nuclear system deployment as well.

Bio:
Dr. Shannon Bragg-Sitton is the Idaho National Laboratory Lead for Integrated Energy Systems in the Nuclear Science & Technology Directorate. In this role, Shannon leads research in the innovative application of nuclear energy alongside other clean energy generators, seeking to maximize energy utilization, generator profitability, and grid reliability and resilience through systems integration. She also serves as the co-Director for the INL Laboratory Initiative on Integrated Energy Systems and is the National Technical Director for the DOE Office of Nuclear Energy Integrated Energy Systems program.

Shannon has held multiple leadership roles in DOE Office of Nuclear Energy programs since joining INL in 2010. These roles have included program leadership for space nuclear power and propulsion systems, advanced nuclear fuels, and microreactor development.

Prior to joining INL, Shannon was an Assistant Professor in the Nuclear Engineering Department at Texas A&M University (2007 – 2010) and was a Technical Staff Member at Los Alamos National Laboratory (2004 – 2007), during which time she was on assignment at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. In each of these capacities, her primary research area was in space nuclear power and propulsion systems.

Shannon frequently serves on national and international committees and has numerous publications. Shannon recently served as a member of the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine ad hoc committee on Space Nuclear Propulsion, which evaluated the primary technical and programmatic challenges, merits, and risks for developing and demonstrating space nuclear propulsion technologies of interest to future exploration missions. The committee report on Space Nuclear Propulsion for Human Mars Exploration was released in February 2021.

Dr. Bragg-Sitton holds a PhD and MS in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Michigan, an MS in Medical Physics from the University of Texas at Houston, and a BS in Nuclear Engineering from Texas A&M University.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 26 Oct 2021 10:00:01 -0400 2021-10-28T15:00:00-04:00 2021-10-28T16:15:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Class / Instruction Shannon M. Bragg-Sitton
AE200 Seminar Series | Expectations, Perceptions and Prejudice in the Workplace (October 29, 2021 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88657 88657-21656500@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 29, 2021 1:30pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Karen Albrecht
Lockheed Martin Executive (retired)

Abstract:
As you begin your career in the Workplace, you enter with certain expectations, and perceptions about what it will be in the Engineering Workplace. This course will provide insight on how your personal expectations and perceptions can be different than others and different from the organization. We will explor how each person’s personal prejudices can add/or detract to an expectation or perception that is not anywhere near the reality of the situation. This class will be interactive and will include viewing a video prior to the class, taking a survey a few minutes before the class and it will include polls during the class. There will be an opportunity to ask questions through the chat mode. Karen will use experiences from her nearly 40 year career as examples. As this course includes examples from a phenomenal career, there can be no pictures or video taken.

About the speaker...
Karen’s illustrious career as an Aerospace Engineer began at NASA JSC where she developed analytic methods for composite primary structure under fatigue and fracture mechanics for Space Shuttle. Karen participated in the Longitudinal Study of Astronaut Health (LSAH).

At Lockheed Martin, she worked on Missile Launching Systems, Basic Research, Commercial Aircraft, Undersea Systems, SMART Structures, Robotics and high performance Military Aircraft. She developed embedded fiber optics technology. She is a Master Black Belt in 6-sigma and Lean Engineering.

Karen serves on several university engineering and non-profit boards. Karen is the 2007 Distinguished Alumnus –Aerospace for the UM.

Karen is now CEO of Karen Albrecht Enterprises a Career and Personal Development Organization. Karen has delivered over 200 seminars for courses she developed and gives her time and knowledge to help students navigate career fairs and resume. Karen has set up an endowment fund for Aerospace undergraduate education and provides scholarships for Aerospace Engineering students who need the support to finish their education at the University of Michigan. She has already given out 10 scholarships to Aero students.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 26 Oct 2021 10:41:17 -0400 2021-10-29T13:30:00-04:00 2021-10-29T15:00:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Class / Instruction Karen Albrecht
The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know (November 1, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85563 85563-21626853@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 1, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

We will read and discuss “Think Again” by Adam Grant. He examines ways we could and should question our opinions and attempt to open other people's minds. Many of us favor the comfort of conviction over the discomfort of doubt. We see disagreement as a threat to our egos, rather than an opportunity to learn.

As the book says, “our beliefs get brittle before our bones.”

You will learn how an international debate champion wins arguments and how the author has coaxed Yankee fans to root for the Red Sox. Adam Grant shows how to get people to begin questioning their ideas, but he freely admits it is often impossible to change minds.

Instructor Gerry Lapidus has conducted OLLI book discussions since 2005. The classes are informal and conversational. He leads the first week's discussion and requests volunteers to lead the remaining sessions while he serves as moderator. Please read the Prologue and Section 1 (p.1-32) for the first session.

This study group will meet on Mondays for six weeks beginning on November 1. Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 24 Aug 2021 12:00:56 -0400 2021-11-01T13:00:00-04:00 2021-11-01T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
The Futurescape of Medicine Lecture Series (November 2, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/85074 85074-21625548@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 2, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

The goal of this lecture series is to provide educational insights about future developments in five different areas of medical care.

Lecture #4 - New Approaches to the Treatment of Gynecologic Cancers.
Our speakers will be Claire Friedman, MD and Alison Schram, MD.

Attention will be paid to current best practices, ethical implications of new technologies, promotion of consumer education and choices, and financial aspects of delivery in the context of value-based care. A lively discussion is anticipated for each lecture regarding the many issues raised by these trends and technologies.”

Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the lecture will be e-mailed prior to the event.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 10 Aug 2021 12:24:12 -0400 2021-11-02T10:00:00-04:00 2021-11-02T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Futurescape of Medicine
The Bee Lady Talks (November 2, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85549 85549-21626839@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 2, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Explore the life of the honeybee in and out of the hive. Instructor Victoria Dluzen McIntyre is an amateur apiarist whose love of honeybees comes to her naturally - her family name ‘dluzen’ means ‘keeper of the bees’ in Polish.

Known as ‘The Bee Lady’, Victoria has travelled around southeastern Michigan giving talks (The Bee Lady Talks) to schools, garden clubs, and civic groups. Come and learn about the mysteries of the hive and how 50,000 bees work together for one common good.

Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 24 Aug 2021 12:01:52 -0400 2021-11-02T15:00:00-04:00 2021-11-02T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
Introduction to Survey Sampling (November 4, 2021 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/87433 87433-21642133@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 4, 2021 9:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques

Introduction to Survey Sampling
Course Date: Oct. 28-Nov. 18, 2021
Days: Th (9:00am-12:30pm)

Registration requires at, https://si.isr.umich.edu/

This is a foundation course in sample survey methods and principles. The instructors will present, in a non-technical manner, basic sampling techniques such as simple random sampling, systematic sampling, stratification, and cluster sampling. The instructors will provide opportunities to implement sampling techniques in a series of exercises that accompany each topic.

Participants should not expect to obtain sufficient background in this course to master survey sampling. They can expect to become familiar with basic techniques well enough to converse with sampling statisticians more easily about sample design.

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Class / Instruction Thu, 23 Sep 2021 10:26:57 -0400 2021-11-04T09:30:00-04:00 2021-11-04T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques Class / Instruction course flyer
Whither Capitalism? (November 4, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88248 88248-21651843@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 4, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is part of the Thursday Morning Lecture Series on Our Changing Economic Landscape.

What is capitalism? What forms does it take in the world today? What forms did it take in the past? What forms will it take in the future? As economic systems go, has it performed well or poorly?

In this lecture, Professor Jim Adams will discuss the meaning of capitalism, the criteria we might use to evaluate capitalism, and the varieties of capitalism that have existed over time and across the globe. One lesson to emerge from this exercise will be a recognition that governments and markets are not opposites: The varieties of capitalism consist of diverse ways of combining government and market mechanisms to achieve socially desirable outcomes. Important measures of "outcome" include not only GDP per capita but also the distribution of health, happiness, income, and wealth.

Born in New York City and raised in East Lansing, Michigan, Professor Adams received three degrees in economics (AB summa cum laude, AM, and PhD) from Harvard University. In 1973, he joined the faculty of the University of Michigan, where his current title is Shorey Peterson Professor of Industrial Organization, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, and Professor of Economics. Adams has held numerous administrative positions, including chair of his department, associate dean of his college, director of the Program in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, and director of the Center for West European Studies. He has held visiting professorships at six European universities, including the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne and the University of Paris Dauphine.

He has advised the Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. Ambassador to France, and several foreign policy departments of the U.S. government. The father of two grown sons, he is married to a professor emerita of pediatric rheumatology.

Pre-registration for this event is required. A link to access the lecture will be provided shortly before the date of the event.

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Class / Instruction Thu, 14 Oct 2021 06:45:10 -0400 2021-11-04T10:00:00-04:00 2021-11-04T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Thursday Lectures
Chair's Distinguished Lecture: Where To Now in Hypersonics (November 4, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88911 88911-21658904@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 4, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Allan Paull BSc(Hon) PhD MEngSc
DST Chair in Future Hypersonic Technologies
Centre for Hypersonics
School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering
The University of Queensland

Abstract
Hypersonic powered flight has traditionally relied on fueled systems for propulsion. However, the energy density of electrical systems is fast approaching a point where they too will be useful. This seminar looks at ways to convert that energy into high speed propulsion.

About the speaker...
Allan Paull gained his PhD in applied mathematics at the University of Queensland (UQ) and subsequently obtained a MEngSc within the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering at UQ. He has worked for 34 years in hypersonics, primarily in the field of supersonic combustion and flight-testing. He was initially employed at UQ as a research assistant on a three-month non-extendable contract to Ray Stalker. 20 years later, he held the position of ARC Professorial Research Fellow, still working with Ray at UQ. Whilst at UQ he developed and led the HyShot flight program to establish the correlation between flight and shock tunnel measurements of supersonic combustion. HyShot led to the DARPA sponsored HyCAUSE program that led to the AFRL/DST HIFiRE flight program. In total, he has been the lead for 14 hypersonic flight tests. During the HIFiRE program he was employed at the Defense Science and Technology Group and remained an Adjunct Professor to UQ until 2019, when he rejoined UQ again in the position of DST Chair in Future Hypersonic Technologies where he now concentrates on advanced concepts. He is also the Technical Lead to the Australian Program Office for Advanced Hypersonics and the Technical Advisor to the UQ flight program called STAje-.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 03 Nov 2021 09:44:46 -0400 2021-11-04T15:00:00-04:00 2021-11-04T16:30:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Class / Instruction Allan Paull
"The Fortunes" by Peter Ho Davies (November 5, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/85051 85051-21625508@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 5, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Peter Ho Davies novel “The Fortunes” has been aptly described as “sly, funny, intelligent, and artfully structured.” “The Fortunes” expands the notion of a multigenerational novel by moving beyond the saga of a single family to the story of Chinese Americans beginning in the 1860’s - - - Ah Ling, a laundryman and railway worker in the1860’s; Anna May Wong a film star in 1920’s and 30’s; Vincent Chin, a young man beaten to death by two auto workers in Detroit in 1982; and finally, a Chinese American and his wife who travel to China to adopt a baby girl.

Joyce Carol Oates describes it as “A prophetic work, with passages of surpassing beauty…”

The Times Literary Supplement said The Fortunes “Should take its place as a seminal, defining text on the Chinese-American experience.”

“The Fortunes” was a New York Times Notable Book, won the Anisfield-Wolf Award and the Chautauqua Prize, and was a finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize.

Peter Ho Davies is a contemporary writer of Welsh and Chinese descent. He was born and raised in Coventry, England. He studied physics at Manchester University and then English at Cambridge University. In 1992, he moved to the United States to study in the graduate creative writing program at Boston University.

He has taught at the University of Oregon and at Emory University and is currently the Charles Baxter Collegiate Professor of English Language and Literature in the Helen Zell MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of Michigan. Peter Ho Davies is the author of the novels “A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself” (2021), “The Fortunes” (2016) and “The Welsh Girl” (2007), as well as the story collections “The Ugliest House in the World” (1997) and “Equal Love” (2000).

He has won numerous prizes for his short stories as well as his novels. Professor Davies lives in Ann Arbor with his wife and son.

Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the lecture will be e-mailed prior to the event.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 09 Aug 2021 14:09:46 -0400 2021-11-05T10:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Reads
Aerospace Department Seminar | Latest Trends in the Space Industry (November 5, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88936 88936-21659130@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 5, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Mr. Randy Kendall
Vice President of Launch and Enterprise Operations
The Aerospace Corporation

Mr. Randy Kendall, Vice President of Launch and Enterprise Operations at The Aerospace Corporation, will share insights on the latest trends in the space industry, from his perspective at a Federally Funded Research and Development Center, supporting the United States Space Force, NASA, and other civil and commercial space customers. In addition he will discuss key technologies of increasing importance and opportunities for faculty and students to do related research and development.

About the speaker...
Randy Kendall is vice president of Launch and Enterprise Operations (LEO) at The Aerospace Corporation. He assumed this position on July 1, 2015. Kendall is responsible for leading Aerospace’s support to the U.S. Air Force launch, range, ground, and satellite control programs. This includes all support to the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center’s Enterprise Corps, including the Launch Enterprise, the Cross-Mission Ground directorate, and the Product Support Enterprise directorate. In addition, LEO supports space launch activities for NASA’s Launch Services Program and Space Launch System, and provides advisory services to the Federal Aviation Administration Office of Commercial Space Transportation (FAA/AST), as well as other commercial and international launch systems.

Prior to holding this position, Kendall was vice president of Civil and Commercial Operations, directing all civil and commercial business at Aerospace; he was responsible for contracts valued at over $80 million annually.

Previously, Kendall was general manager of the Launch Systems Division. His responsibilities included leading Aerospace systems engineering support to the NSSL (formerly Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle, or EELV) programs, as well as managing Space Launch Operations’ support to NASA, the FAA, and other commercial programs.
Kendall began his career at Aerospace in 1988 as a control systems analyst in the Engineering and Technology Group. From 1993 until 2005 he held a variety of positions in the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program, the EELV Program, and in the National Systems Group leading Aerospace’s support to the National Reconnaissance Office’s Office of Space Launch.

Prior to joining Aerospace, Kendall worked as a flight controls engineer at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 03 Nov 2021 15:41:12 -0400 2021-11-05T13:00:00-04:00 2021-11-05T14:00:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Class / Instruction Randy Kendall
AE200 Seminar Series | Extreme Physiology: Life in Space (November 5, 2021 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88923 88923-21659069@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 5, 2021 1:30pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Kathryn Clark
Associate Chair, Movement Science
School of Kinesiology
Adjunct Associate Research Scientist, Aerospace Engineering
The University of Michigan

Space enthusiasts have been talking about going to Mars since we launched the first astronauts into space. We have not actually travelled very far from our home planet and we are only beginning to understand physiological changes and the potential for using science and engineering to overcome those challenges. For example, we know we on Earth are protected by the van Allen belts. Can we find a way to protect astronauts who travel beyond the 36,000 miles of van Allen belt coverage from the radiation? Can we overcome the loss of blood cells, muscle mass, proprioception, and immune system function? Some of these are scientific questions; others are engineering problems to solve. NASA and her international partners must work together to solve these problems if we are ever to travel back to the Moon, on to Mars, and beyond. This generation of scientists and engineers are going to be the people who overcome these challenges. A side benefit is for people all over the world to overcome differences and work together on this greatest of adventures.

About the speaker...
Dr. Clark is currently the Associate Chair of the Department of Movement Science in the School of Kinesiology here at UM. She is also an Adjunct Associate Research Scientist in the Department of Aerospace Engineering. However, these are both “retirement jobs” as she spent most of her career at NASA headquarters, first as the International Space Station (ISS) Senior Scientist and then as the Chief Scientist for Human Space Flight. She worked with scientists from all over the world to communicate research needs and identify areas for international collaboration. Her particular interest was in “Human Factors”, all the elements necessary for the health, safety, and efficiency of crews in space. One of the primary tasks was to identify the problems associated with long-duration space flight and use the ISS to find solutions to those problems. These include biological countermeasures for the undesirable physical changes as well as the psychological issues that may occur in response to the closed, dangerous environments while traveling in space or living on other planets. One result of this work was a talk she gave regularly on the speakers’ circuit called, “The 55 Reasons We Can’t Go.”

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Class / Instruction Wed, 03 Nov 2021 07:50:02 -0400 2021-11-05T13:30:00-04:00 2021-11-05T15:00:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Class / Instruction Kathryn Clark
Have You Checked Your Personality Lately? (November 8, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85562 85562-21626852@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 8, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Are you the same person you think you are? Are you the same "person" everyone else thinks you are? Like to try a few, very short personality "quizzes". (Ok, this is really just for FUN! It's absolutely no real attempt to analyze you. And, you don't have to divulge the outcomes!)

Over an hour or so, we'll do 4 or 5 exercises such as the Sherwin Williams Color Preference, the short-form Enneagram and even an old Meyers-Briggs initial quiz. I’ll come up with a couple of others ... just for fun! We’ll poll the class to see the range of personas indicated. Who knows?

Study group leader Doug Stowell has been a national OLLI Instructor since 2018. His career includes – Director of Market Research for the Xerox Corp., U.S. Director for the U.K. firm National Opinion Polling, Ltd., and Senior Consultant with Wirthlin Polling in DC. He opened his own firm in 2002 and continues today conducting global consumer issues surveys.

Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 24 Aug 2021 12:02:44 -0400 2021-11-08T13:00:00-05:00 2021-11-08T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
How to Count Like an Egyptian (November 8, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85554 85554-21626844@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 8, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

We will explore some ways that ancient cultures used mathematical ideas for counting, trading, measuring, keeping track of time, scheduling religious practices, recreation, and design. As we become familiar with these practices we will gain insights into each culture.

This course requires no mathematical expertise, only curiosity about those who came before us and their traditions. Expect a fun and lively course with interactive activities.

This study group, led by Instructor Joan Jones, will meet on Mondays on November 8 and November 15. Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 24 Aug 2021 12:03:28 -0400 2021-11-08T13:00:00-05:00 2021-11-08T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
Introduction to Survey Sampling (November 11, 2021 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/87433 87433-21642134@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 11, 2021 9:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques

Introduction to Survey Sampling
Course Date: Oct. 28-Nov. 18, 2021
Days: Th (9:00am-12:30pm)

Registration requires at, https://si.isr.umich.edu/

This is a foundation course in sample survey methods and principles. The instructors will present, in a non-technical manner, basic sampling techniques such as simple random sampling, systematic sampling, stratification, and cluster sampling. The instructors will provide opportunities to implement sampling techniques in a series of exercises that accompany each topic.

Participants should not expect to obtain sufficient background in this course to master survey sampling. They can expect to become familiar with basic techniques well enough to converse with sampling statisticians more easily about sample design.

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Class / Instruction Thu, 23 Sep 2021 10:26:57 -0400 2021-11-11T09:30:00-05:00 2021-11-11T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques Class / Instruction course flyer
The Economic Impact of Harnessing Artificial Intelligence (November 11, 2021 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88278 88278-21652021@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 11, 2021 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is part of the Thursday Morning Lecture Series on Our Changing Economic Landscape.

Artificial Intelligence technologies are expected to have a meaningful impact on the U.S. economy. After a brief introduction of AI from a technology perspective, we will learn about anticipated effects of AI on productivity and economic growth in the U.S.
Further, how should the U.S. be thinking about policy (e.g., regulation) to address AI?

We will also review the potential global effects on economies and societies, including competition among countries, and impacts on the wealth gaps between developed and developing countries.

Our speaker, Robert Seamans (Ph.D., UC Berkeley) is an Associate Professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business and Director of the Center for the Future of Management. Professor Seamans’ research focuses on how firms use technology in their strategic interactions with each other, and also focuses on the economic consequences of AI, robotics and other advanced technologies.

His research has been published in leading academic journals and been cited in numerous outlets including The Atlantic, Forbes, Harvard Business Review, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and others. In 2015, Professor Seamans was appointed as the Senior Economist for technology and innovation on President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers.

Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the lecture will be e-mailed shortly before the date of the event.

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Class / Instruction Thu, 14 Oct 2021 15:55:02 -0400 2021-11-11T11:00:00-05:00 2021-11-11T12:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Thursday Lectures
Chair's Distinguished Lecture: Hypersonic Turbulent Boundary Layer Flows (November 11, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89083 89083-21660460@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 11, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Rodney D. W. Bowersox
Aerospace Engineering
Texas A&M University

National interest in hypersonic flight provides motivation for accurate simulation of high-speed viscous flow. The purpose of this presentation is to explain our approach and progress in developing and validating turbulence closure for boundary layer flows with mechanical and/or thermochemical non-equilibrium. First, an overview of key research challenges associated with hypersonic viscous flow is provided. Second, mathematical treatments founded in second order transport, and algebraic reductions thereof, are examined with direct comparisons to available LES and DNS data from the literature. Third, experimental results, acquired at Mach 5, are described that characterize the role of pressure gradient driven mechanical non-equilibrium on the hairpin structure, energy spectra, and Reynolds averaged statistics, with comparison to Reynolds shear stress transport modeling. Fourth, a preview into current studies in modeling and experiments at high enthalpy is given. The presentation is concluded with a brief introduction to the OUSD JHTO University Consortium in Applied Hypersonics.

About the speaker...
Dr. Bowersox, Associate Dean for Research and Ford I Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University, received his BS, MS, and PhD in Aerospace Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University in 1988, 1990, and 1992, respectively. He founded and directs the Texas A&M University National Aerothermochemistry and Hypersonics Laboratory. He is the Senior Director for Research for the OUSD Joint Hypersonics Transition Office (JHTO) University Consortium for Applied Hypersonics. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the American Society of Mechanical Engineering. He is a 2017-2022 DoD Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellow. He is a Member of the American Chemical Society, American Physical Society, and the Optical Society of America. He is also an Associate Editor for the AIAA Journal and the AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 09 Nov 2021 14:20:31 -0500 2021-11-11T15:00:00-05:00 2021-11-11T16:15:00-05:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Class / Instruction Rob Meyerson
Become a UROP Research Mentor (November 12, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660865@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 12, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-11-12T07:00:00-05:00 2021-11-12T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
AE200 Seminar Series | Space is Open for Business (November 12, 2021 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89085 89085-21660462@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 12, 2021 1:30pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Tess Hatch
Partner
Bessemer Venture Partners

Entrepreneurs are flocking to the final frontier, where Moore’s Law has unleashed massive, enduring opportunities. This is how humanity will colonize cis-lunar, the moon, asteroids, Mars and beyond — through the emergence of a distributed, commercial ecosystem infinitely more powerful than any single company or government.

Bio:
Tess is partner at Bessemer Venture Partners fostering entrepreneurship of frontier technology, specifically the commercialization of space, drones, autonomous vehicles, and the future of agriculture and food technology. She wants to invest in technology and people who believe as strongly as she does that frontier technology will develop solutions for societal problems.

Tess earned a Bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Michigan and a Master’s degree in aeronautics and astronautics engineering from Stanford. She went on to work for Boeing and then SpaceX where she worked with the government on integrating its payloads with the Falcon9 rocket. Tess was recently named Forbes’ 30 Under 30 in Venture Capital.

Tess is passionate about space exploration and imagines a future where we all travel to space. She hopes to one day take a trip herself.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 09 Nov 2021 09:37:49 -0500 2021-11-12T13:30:00-05:00 2021-11-12T15:00:00-05:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Class / Instruction Tess Hatch
Mongolia: From the Capital to the Gobi Desert (November 12, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85048 85048-21625505@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 12, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Join photographer, Ann O’Hagan, for a visual journey through the highlights of Mongolia, a developing Asian country sandwiched between Russia and China. Once under the yoke of China then Russia, the republic transitioned to independence and democracy during a bloodless revolution in 1990.

View ancient and modern architecture in the capital, Ulaanbaatar. Take in beautiful snowcapped mountain landscapes, Lake Khovsgol on the Siberian border, and the Flaming Cliffs of the Gobi Desert.

Learn about the herding life of nomadic people and explore their countryside accommodations called gers, known as yurts in Russia. Experience the cultural reverence for Genghis Kahn and his warrior horsemen who established the largest land empire the world has ever known.

Through the camera lens, you’ll glimpse everything from Buddhist temples and shamanistic rituals to bands of horses and dromedary camels.
Don’t miss this opportunity for a photographic tour from the comfort of your living room.

Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the lecture will be e-mailed prior to the event.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 09 Aug 2021 13:48:51 -0400 2021-11-12T15:00:00-05:00 2021-11-12T16:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Out of Town
Become a UROP Research Mentor (November 13, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660866@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 13, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-11-13T07:00:00-05:00 2021-11-13T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (November 14, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660867@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 14, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-11-14T07:00:00-05:00 2021-11-14T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (November 15, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660868@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 15, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-11-15T07:00:00-05:00 2021-11-15T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (November 16, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660869@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 16, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-11-16T07:00:00-05:00 2021-11-16T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
The Futurescape of Medicine Lecture Series (November 16, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/85075 85075-21625549@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 16, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

The Futurescape of Medicine Lecture Series
The goal of this lecture series is to provide educational insights about future developments in five different areas of medical care.

Lecture #5 - Advances in Depression Research and Treatment: Now and For the Future. Our speaker is John F. Greden M.D.

Attention will be paid to current best practices, ethical implications of new technologies, promotion of consumer education and choices, and financial aspects of delivery in the context of value-based care. A lively discussion is anticipated for each lecture regarding the many issues raised by these trends and technologies.”

Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the lecture will be e-mailed prior to the event.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 10 Aug 2021 12:28:30 -0400 2021-11-16T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-16T11:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Futurescape of Medicine
Become a UROP Research Mentor (November 17, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660870@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 17, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-11-17T07:00:00-05:00 2021-11-17T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
"Seeing the American City" (November 17, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85059 85059-21625529@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 17, 2021 1:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Join Randolph G. Adams, Director of the Clements Library, and Paul Erickson for an online presentation of the Clements collection of birds'-eye views of America. Erickson will discuss the significance of these unique nineteenth-century depictions of communities throughout the United States and what we can learn about time and place. Paul Erickson leads this course on Wednesday November 17 from 1:00 - 2:30 pm. Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 10 Aug 2021 08:58:33 -0400 2021-11-17T13:00:00-05:00 2021-11-17T14:30:00-05:00 Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Some Perspectives on Cleopatra (November 17, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85530 85530-21626821@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 17, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Through a combination of informal lectures, assigned readings, films (to be viewed outside of class), and discussions, we will explore one of the world's most memorable and powerful women.

Texts: Shakespeare, ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA; G.B. Shaw, CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA.

This study group will meet on Wednesdays for six weeks beginning on November 17. Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Fri, 20 Aug 2021 15:21:44 -0400 2021-11-17T13:00:00-05:00 2021-11-17T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Groups
Forbidden Fruit: Traveling through Cuba by Motorcycle (November 17, 2021 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85032 85032-21625474@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 17, 2021 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

For the first half of the 20th century, Cuba was known as an exotic get-a-way for wealthy Americans, mobsters, and Ernest Hemingway. This ended with the American embargo imposed by President Kennedy in 1962, eased a bit with President Obama’s “Cuban thaw” in December, 2015, only to be re-imposed by the Trump administration in 2019.

During the thaw, our presenter spent a month in Cuba studying Spanish, volunteering in an after-school program, and exploring the island on a motorcycle. What did he learn about our “forbidden neighbor”, and how can Americans again sample the spice of Cuba? Find out during this photo presentation and discussion.

John Deikis caught the travel bug working on an ocean-going ship in the 1960’s. He later spent a year wandering to the southern tip of South America, Prudhoe Bay in Alaska, the North Cape of arctic Europe, and the Cape of Good Hope in Africa. Interrupted by an unexpected adulthood, he returned to traveling when he retired from a career as a clinical psychologist 10 years ago. His preferred mode of travel is now by motorcycle.

Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the lecture will be e-mailed prior to the event.

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Class / Instruction Sun, 08 Aug 2021 14:25:00 -0400 2021-11-17T15:30:00-05:00 2021-11-17T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Afternoons With OLLI
Become a UROP Research Mentor (November 18, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660871@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 18, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-11-18T07:00:00-05:00 2021-11-18T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Introduction to Survey Sampling (November 18, 2021 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/87433 87433-21642135@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 18, 2021 9:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques

Introduction to Survey Sampling
Course Date: Oct. 28-Nov. 18, 2021
Days: Th (9:00am-12:30pm)

Registration requires at, https://si.isr.umich.edu/

This is a foundation course in sample survey methods and principles. The instructors will present, in a non-technical manner, basic sampling techniques such as simple random sampling, systematic sampling, stratification, and cluster sampling. The instructors will provide opportunities to implement sampling techniques in a series of exercises that accompany each topic.

Participants should not expect to obtain sufficient background in this course to master survey sampling. They can expect to become familiar with basic techniques well enough to converse with sampling statisticians more easily about sample design.

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Class / Instruction Thu, 23 Sep 2021 10:26:57 -0400 2021-11-18T09:30:00-05:00 2021-11-18T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques Class / Instruction course flyer
Tax Policy and Wealth Inequality in the US: Trends and Remedies (November 18, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88280 88280-21652023@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 18, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is part of the Thursday Morning Lecture Series on Our Changing Economic Landscape.

What is the relationship between tax policy and the economy; in particular, what policies tend to stimulate economic growth and employment? We will learn about U.S. trends in both income and corporate tax policies in recent years, reasons for these trends, and how they have contributed to our increasing wealth inequality.

We will further explore a design for a more equitable income and corporate tax system for the US that could substantially reduce wealth inequality.

Our speaker, Professor Reuven S. Avi-Yonah specializes in corporate and international taxation. He has served as a consultant to the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on tax competition, and is a member of the steering group for OECD's International Network for Tax Research.

He also is a member of the American Law Institute, a fellow of the American Bar Foundation and the American College of Tax Counsel, and an international research fellow at Oxford University's Centre for Business Taxation. In addition to prior teaching appointments at Harvard University (law) and Boston College (history), he practiced law with Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy in New York; with Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in New York; and with Ropes & Gray in Boston.

He has published more than 250 books and articles, including Advanced Introduction to International Tax Law (Elgar, 2019), Global Perspectives on Income Taxation Law (Oxford University Press, 2011), and International Tax as International Law (Cambridge University Press, 2007).

Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the lecture will be e-mailed shortly before the date of the event.

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Class / Instruction Thu, 14 Oct 2021 16:03:25 -0400 2021-11-18T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-18T11:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Thursday Lectures
Chair's Distinguished Lecture: Effective Geometries in Elasticity: Wrinkles and Planar Kirigami (November 18, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89264 89264-21661651@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 18, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Ian Tobasco
Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science
University of Illinois at Chicago

What do wrinkles and shape-morphing architectural sheets have in common? The answer is fine scale buckling — a patterned response driven by mechanical instabilities enabling macroscopic shape change beyond bulk elasticity. This talk will highlight two recent developments in the mathematics of materials leading to new predictions for (i) the zoo of wrinkle patterns that form when a shell is incompatibly confined, and (ii) the emergent deformations of kirigami sheets made by removing a lattice of holes. Behind both advances is the concept of an “effective geometrical description” in which the underlying patterns are “averaged out”. Systematic energy minimization leads to a limiting description in which the effective geometry can be found, sometimes even by hand. Our story reminds of the classical homogenization of composites, but with fine scale buckling patterns in place of a rapidly oscillating material law. Finding effective geometries is the first step towards an effective mechanical theory of shape change.

About the speaker...
Ian Tobasco is an Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science. He holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University, and a B.S.E. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan. Tobasco works at the interface of mathematics, physics, and engineering, where advances in analysis can lead to scientific breakthroughs in the lab and vice versa. Besides elasticity, Tobasco’s current interests include the search for optimal transport mechanisms in fluid dynamics, and their comparison with naturally turbulent flows.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 17 Nov 2021 13:26:21 -0500 2021-11-18T15:00:00-05:00 2021-11-18T16:15:00-05:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Class / Instruction Ian Tobasco
Become a UROP Research Mentor (November 19, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660872@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 19, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-11-19T07:00:00-05:00 2021-11-19T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
AE200 Seminar Series | Expanding Your Flight Envelope: Careers in the Aerospace Industry (November 19, 2021 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89299 89299-21661869@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 19, 2021 1:30pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Ben Marchionna
Director of Technology & Innovation
Electra.aero

Aerospace engineers have the world as their oyster. From hopping around between small startups to lifelong stints at giant companies, Ben will help you see “the art of the possible” in expanding your own career flight envelope. He’ll cover the entire spectrum, their similarities, and differences, and how to figure out which is best for you. Ben will share a number of strategies to help you with personal career development, landing your dream job, charting a path for your future, and figuring out how to navigate internal politics, career ladders, and career path forks in the road – to name just a few. The goal will be to give you some tools that help you figure out both where you want to be, but also how to get there.

About the speaker...
Ben is currently the Director of Technology & Innovation at Electra.aero, a seed-stage startup focused on hybrid-electric short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft for urban and regional markets.

Most recently, Ben was the Vice President of Global Operations at SkySpecs, a venture-backed startup company developing and fielding at-scale autonomous robotics technologies for the clean energy industry. While there, he built an international team of 150+ professionals to execute SkySpecs’ global scaling to nearly 100,000 autonomous drone flights in 26 countries.

Prior to SkySpecs, Ben was a graduate of the Engineering Leadership Development Program at the famous Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, where he worked on a variety of revolutionary autonomous aircraft projects from conceptual design through flight test.

He earned a BSE in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan and an MS in Product Development Engineering from the University of Southern California.

Outside of work, Ben serves on the Industry Advisory Board of the University of Michigan's Department of Aerospace Engineering and the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Task Force for the State of Michigan. Ben has previously served on the Board of Directors of AIAA and as Vice President of the nonprofit Los Angeles County Air Show, Inc.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 16 Nov 2021 12:36:07 -0500 2021-11-19T13:30:00-05:00 2021-11-19T15:00:00-05:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Class / Instruction Ben Marchionna
Become a UROP Research Mentor (November 20, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660873@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 20, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-11-20T07:00:00-05:00 2021-11-20T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (November 21, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660874@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 21, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-11-21T07:00:00-05:00 2021-11-21T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (November 22, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660875@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 22, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-11-22T07:00:00-05:00 2021-11-22T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
"What in the World is Going On? A Top 10 Summary - 2021!" (November 22, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85063 85063-21625534@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 22, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

A comparison of the U.S. rankings in over 25 key global categories for 2021. We consider: economic factors like incomes, deductions and taxes; etc.; a change readiness index; happiest & most competitive countries; "best" countries ranked, "where" to be born - 2021; et.al. All charts and links to data sources will be provided to participants. This is year four for the compilation of rankings and is the most comprehensive yet! Our speaker, Doug Stowell, has been a national OLLI Instructor since 2018. His career includes - Director of Market Research for the Xerox Corp., U.S. Director for the U.K. firm National Opinion Polling, Ltd., and Senior Consultant with Wirthlin Polling Polling in DC. Douglas Stowell leads this course on Monday November 22 from 1:00 - 3:00 pm. Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 10 Aug 2021 09:24:52 -0400 2021-11-22T13:00:00-05:00 2021-11-22T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Become a UROP Research Mentor (November 23, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660876@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 23, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-11-23T07:00:00-05:00 2021-11-23T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (November 24, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660877@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 24, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-11-24T07:00:00-05:00 2021-11-24T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (November 25, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660878@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 25, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-11-25T07:00:00-05:00 2021-11-25T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (November 26, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660879@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 26, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-11-26T07:00:00-05:00 2021-11-26T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (November 27, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660880@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 27, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-11-27T07:00:00-05:00 2021-11-27T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (November 28, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660881@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 28, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-11-28T07:00:00-05:00 2021-11-28T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (November 29, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660882@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 29, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-11-29T07:00:00-05:00 2021-11-29T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (November 30, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660883@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 30, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-11-30T07:00:00-05:00 2021-11-30T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath”: Novel and Film (November 30, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85544 85544-21626834@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 30, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

For this class instructor, Mary Engelhardt, will facilitate a discussion of John Steinbeck’s novel and John Ford’s 1940 film adaptation, with ample time to process both what we read and what we see. Considered to be Steinbeck’s masterpiece, The “Grapes of Wrath” is a story of human unity and love, confirming the need for cooperation rather than individualism during hard times.

Please secure and read the entire 455-page novel. First published in 1939, the novel takes place during America’s Great Depression, which lasted from the Stock Market Crash of October 1929 until the beginning of World War II. During this time, a long period of drought and high winds impacted large parts of the American Midwest, creating what was called the Dust Bowl. Many people in the lower Midwest moved elsewhere, hoping to find fertile land on which to make a living.

The novel was #12 on the list of the 100 most-loved books in PBS’s The Great American Read.

Instructor, Mary Engelhardt has a BS degree in elementary education with a minor in Language and Literature from Eastern Michigan University. She earned a Master of Arts in Counseling Degree from Oakland University. Steinbeck is Mary’s favorite author.

This study group will meet on Tuesday, November 30 and Wednesday, December 1. Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Fri, 20 Aug 2021 15:44:34 -0400 2021-11-30T13:00:00-05:00 2021-11-30T15:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
Judaic Studies Hanukkah Cooking (November 30, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89359 89359-21662304@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 30, 2021 7:00pm
Location: South Quad
Organized By: Judaic Studies

You are invited to join the Judaic Studies Student Ambassadors for a Hanukkah cooking event! We are going to make different kinds of latkes with Chef Amanda, and learn from Professor Deborah Dash Moore about Hanukkah, Jewish foods, and Jewish traditions.

We’re going to meet at South Quad Dining Signature Room on Tuesday, November 30th at 7pm-9pm (don’t worry someone will be at the entrance to the South Quad Dining hall to show you where to go if you need!).

Spots are limited, so please RSVP HERE: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScyzvnsSXNHaB2ZY8bHBLXyFLTBrhezqpXJ3SP0heOrMvNHqQ/viewform?usp=sf_link .

If you have any questions, please email js-student-services@umich.edu.

We’re looking forward to meeting you!

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Class / Instruction Thu, 18 Nov 2021 09:33:03 -0500 2021-11-30T19:00:00-05:00 2021-11-30T21:00:00-05:00 South Quad Judaic Studies Class / Instruction Hanukkah Cooking
Become a UROP Research Mentor (December 1, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660884@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 1, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-12-01T07:00:00-05:00 2021-12-01T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
"Cuba and Venezuela: Contemporary Crises" (December 1, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/85062 85062-21625532@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 1, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Under Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro both countries formed a formidable alliance that was economic, political, and military. It particularly involved Cuba sending around 35,000 doctors to work in Venezuela in exchange for Venezuela sending around 90,000 barrels of oil a day. Both countries are now in a deep-seated state of crisis. This lecture explores the sources of the crises in both countries and their ongoing alliance. Silvia Pedraza leads this course on Wednesday December 1 from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm. Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 10 Aug 2021 09:18:51 -0400 2021-12-01T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-01T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Become a UROP Research Mentor (December 2, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660885@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 2, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-12-02T07:00:00-05:00 2021-12-02T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Wealth Redistribution, Innovations, and Sustainability (December 2, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88281 88281-21652024@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 2, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is part of the Thursday Morning Lecture Series on Our Changing Economic Landscape.

We will consider how migration is transforming societies around the globe. Are receiving countries better or worse off when they welcome new immigrants? How can migrant-receiving societies do a better job welcoming immigrants? How do sending countries fare when their citizens leave? How can sending countries best harness international migration opportunities for development back home? Overall, is a world with international migration better off than a world without it?

Our speaker, Dean Yang is Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the University of Michigan. His research agenda spans international migration, microfinance, health, disasters, and political economy. His fieldwork locations include El Salvador, Guatemala, Indonesia, Malawi, Mozambique, and the Philippines, as well as migrant populations worldwide.

He teaches courses in development economics at the Ph.D., master, and undergraduate levels. A native of the Philippines, he received his undergraduate and Ph.D. degrees in economics from Harvard University.

Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the lecture will be e-mailed shortly before the date of the event.

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Class / Instruction Thu, 14 Oct 2021 16:08:29 -0400 2021-12-02T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-02T11:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Thursday Lectures
Chair's Distinguished Lecture: Leveraging Multiple Information Sources to Enable High-Fidelity Uncertainty Quantification (December 2, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89607 89607-21664518@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 2, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Michael S. Eldred
Optimization & Uncertainty Quantification Dept
Sandia National Laboratories

Computational simulation continues to advance in its predictive capability through the development of high-fidelity multi-physics/multi-scale simulation models, with unprecedented resolution enabled by the latest high-performance computers. Uncertainty quantification (UQ) methodologies are challenged in this environment, both by the prohibitive cost of computing high-fidelity ensembles and by the increasing number of uncertainty sources that is often induced by this model complexity. One strategy to address these challenges is to harness the utility that exists within hierarchies of model forms (multifidelity) and resolution levels (multilevel and multi-index) in order to control multiple sources of error while optimizing the allocation of simulation resources. By relaxing the need for exclusive reliance on the most expensive models, high-fidelity UQ studies become tractable. This talk will overview our work in R&D of multilevel/multifidelity (ML/MF) algorithms and new directions identified in deployments to DOE mission areas.

About the speaker...
Mike received his B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Virginia Tech in 1989, his M.S.E. and Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1990 and 1993, and is currently a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff in the Optimization and Uncertainty Quantification Department within the Center for Computing Research at Sandia National Laboratories.

Mike is an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and a member of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), the International Society for Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (ISSMO), and the United States Association for Computational Mechanics (USACM). Mike currently serves as an alumni member of the AIAA Nondeterministic Approaches Technical Committee and on the editorial board for the International Journal for Uncertainty Quantification.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:00:50 -0500 2021-12-02T15:00:00-05:00 2021-12-02T16:15:00-05:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Class / Instruction Michael S. Eldred
Become a UROP Research Mentor (December 3, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660886@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 3, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-12-03T07:00:00-05:00 2021-12-03T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (December 4, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660887@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 4, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-12-04T07:00:00-05:00 2021-12-04T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (December 5, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660888@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, December 5, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-12-05T07:00:00-05:00 2021-12-05T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (December 6, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660889@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 6, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-12-06T07:00:00-05:00 2021-12-06T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (December 7, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660890@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 7, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-12-07T07:00:00-05:00 2021-12-07T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Detective Mystery Fiction on Film: Streaming At Home (December 7, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85545 85545-21626835@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 7, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Together we’ll enjoy detective mystery films available to stream at home. We’ll have a virtual meeting online, followed by individual screening of the film at home, and a subsequent online discussion meeting.

Two film adaptations of Patricia Highsmith are planned: “Strangers on a Train”, and “Purple Noon” (Plein soleil) (in French with English subtitles). A 3rd film will be announced. Scheduled films are subject to change, as streaming service availability may change. Each film will have two online meeting sessions: a presentation meeting on a Friday, and a discussion meeting the following Tuesday. Watch the film at home in between the two meetings. • Access to a streaming service subscription (such as Amazon Prime, Netflix, MHz, and BritBox) is required. Some films may be available to rent.

Instructor George Ferrell has led several detective mystery film study groups.

This study group will meet twice monthly on Tuesdays and Fridays (see above) for six weeks beginning on October 8. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Fri, 20 Aug 2021 15:48:27 -0400 2021-12-07T13:00:00-05:00 2021-12-07T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
Become a UROP Research Mentor (December 8, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660891@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 8, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-12-08T07:00:00-05:00 2021-12-08T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Picturing America (December 8, 2021 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85033 85033-21625475@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 8, 2021 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

America's art tells America's story - the optimism, struggles, humor and pain. We'll explore how people from early inhabitants to today pictured the history and landscape of the country reflecting its ideas and ideals.

Images will range from realistic paintings of John Singleton Copley to modern abstractions by Jackson Pollock, from the innocent America captured by Norman Rockwell in his early work to the struggles of black Americans seen in his late paintings and those of black artists like Jacob Lawrence, and from inspiring views of unspoiled country by Thomas Cole to the lonely cities of Edward Hopper. These artists, and others whose work we'll see, help build our picture of America.

Wendy Evans was raised among the museums of London, England. She has advanced degrees from Oxford University in England and Wayne State University in Detroit, taught Art History at Wayne State University and CCS, and is a long-time volunteer at the Detroit Institute of Arts. She gives Zoom presentations on a wide variety of art subjects. More information about Wendy is on her website www.art-talks.org

Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the lecture will be e-mailed prior to the event.

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Class / Instruction Sun, 08 Aug 2021 14:31:12 -0400 2021-12-08T15:30:00-05:00 2021-12-08T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Afternoons With OLLI
Become a UROP Research Mentor (December 9, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660892@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 9, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-12-09T07:00:00-05:00 2021-12-09T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Cryptocurrency: Economic and Environmental Impacts and U.S. Policy (December 9, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88282 88282-21652025@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 9, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is part of the Thursday Morning Lecture Series on Our Changing Economic Landscape.

Cryptocurrency is often in the news lately, yet its effects on the U.S. economy are complicated. After a brief introduction of cryptocurrency from a technology perspective, we will explore its role as an investment and/or a currency, and its potential effects on productivity and economic growth in the U.S. and globally.

Further, we will understand why it has been used to pay ransom related to cyber-hacking, and its environmental impacts due to its use of high levels of processing power. How should financial regulation policy address cryptocurrency in the U.S. going forward?

Our speaker, Robert (Bob) Dittmar is a Professor of Finance at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, the Faculty co-Director of the Ross Fintech Initiative, and the Faculty Director of the Tozzi Finance Center.

His research focuses on empirical determinants of financial security prices, including equities, fixed income securities, and derivatives. His work has been published in the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, and Journal of Econometrics.

Professor Dittmar received his Ph.D. in Finance from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2000, and previously taught at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University. He has taught courses at Ross in Fintech, Asset Management, Fixed Income Securities, and Options and Derivatives at the BBA, MBA, and Ph.D. level.

Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the lecture will be e-mailed shortly before the date of the event.

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Class / Instruction Thu, 14 Oct 2021 16:13:27 -0400 2021-12-09T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-09T11:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Thursday Lectures
MyUofMHealth/ Patient Portal (December 9, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85565 85565-21626855@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 9, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

The MyUofMHealth Patient Portal is a secure way to manage your health information, offering a round-the-clock connection to Michigan Medicine providers.. Instructor Ryan Lutter,moser will lead a discussion about how to:
- Register
- Request appointments
- Pay your bill
- Message your care team
- Request prescription refills
- View parts of your health records
- Video visits

Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Fri, 20 Aug 2021 17:25:00 -0400 2021-12-09T13:00:00-05:00 2021-12-09T14:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
Chair's Distinguished Lecture: Planetary Exploration, Systems Engineering Education, and Technology Development (December 9, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89719 89719-21665202@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 9, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Nilton O. Rennó
Professor of Aerospace Engineering
Professor of Climate & Space Sciences and Engineering
Member of the College of Engineering Executive Committee
Director of the Master of Engineering in Space Engineering Program
University of Michigan

The speaker will discuss top motivations for space exploration, the evolution of planetary atmospheres, and recent ideas about colonizing and terraforming Mars. The systems engineering approach used for developing complex systems and mitigating risks will be used to analyze critically the idea of colonizing Mars. The speaker will then explain how he uses his educational activities in space systems engineering to explore new ideas and develop new technologies. Moreover, he will explain how some of those technologies, like an aircraft icing detection system and a vision system for autonomous vehicles, were developed and are being transformed into commercial products.


About the Speaker...
The speaker received his Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1992 and joined the University of Michigan as Associate Professor in 2002, where he is currently Professor, and member of the College of Engineering Executive Committee. Professor Nilton Rennó has been director of the University of Michigan Master of Engineering in Space Engineering Program since January 2012. He is the lead teacher of the program’s two core classes on space systems engineering. Professor Rennó research interests include astrobiology, aerosols, instrument development, planetary science, thermodynamics, and systems engineering. He studies the physical processes that control the habitability of the Earth and other planets, aerosols transport, and designs and fabricate instruments for these purposes. Professor Rennó also translates some of his basic research into commercial products. He has more than 100 peer reviewed journal publications and seven patents. Professor Rennó has received numerous awards for his research and as a member of space missions, including the Space Foundation John L. “Jack” Swigert Jr. Award for Space Exploration, and the National Aeronautic Associations 2012 Robert J. Collier Trophy.

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Class / Instruction Fri, 03 Dec 2021 09:25:14 -0500 2021-12-09T15:00:00-05:00 2021-12-09T16:15:00-05:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Class / Instruction Nilton O. Rennó
Become a UROP Research Mentor (December 10, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660893@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 10, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-12-10T07:00:00-05:00 2021-12-10T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
"Detroit in Context: Assets, History and Challenges” (December 10, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85049 85049-21625506@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 10, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Living in Detroit can be complicated. It has tons of amazing assets but, also, faces many challenges. One thing is for sure, Detroit is more than the headlines and stereotypes portray it to be. This virtual tour by the Detroit Experience Factory will help provide understanding as to how Detroit’s history shaped where it is today, connect with what’s happening now, and instill inspiration to take an active role in creating the city’s future.

Highlights include:
● World Class Museums ● Parks and Public Spaces
● Entertainment Venues ● Campus Martius
● Indigenous Past and Present ● The Growth of Detroit
● Entrepreneurial Atmosphere and Grassroots Projects ● Racism in Detroit

Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the lecture will be e-mailed prior to the event.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 09 Aug 2021 13:55:30 -0400 2021-12-10T15:00:00-05:00 2021-12-10T16:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Out of Town
Become a UROP Research Mentor (December 11, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660894@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 11, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-12-11T07:00:00-05:00 2021-12-11T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (December 12, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660895@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, December 12, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-12-12T07:00:00-05:00 2021-12-12T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (December 13, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660896@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 13, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-12-13T07:00:00-05:00 2021-12-13T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (December 14, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660897@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 14, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-12-14T07:00:00-05:00 2021-12-14T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (December 15, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660898@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 15, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-12-15T07:00:00-05:00 2021-12-15T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (December 16, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660899@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 16, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-12-16T07:00:00-05:00 2021-12-16T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Center for Aero-Servo-Elasticity of Very Flexible Aircraft Seminar | The Airbus Beluga XL: the Super Transporter (December 16, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89954 89954-21666665@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 16, 2021 9:00am
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Veronique Roca
Senior Vice President Flight Physics Center of Competence
Engineering
Airbus S.A.S.

Veronique Roca is the newly nominated - since 1st of Sep 2021 - head of Flight Physics (IG) in Airbus Commercial Engineering. Veronique has spent her whole career in Airbus Commercial, starting in the Loads department where she spent 12 years working for A330/340 programme, from initial certification to later developments. In 2003 she moved over to programmes, in A380 central Chief Engineering organisation for another 10 years where she developed from loads activities to overall aircraft integration working on A380 developments. Then she was nominated France A330 Chief Engineer in 2013 and BelugaXL Chief Engineer in 2016.

Véronique is in a civil union, and the happy mother of 3 grown up daughters.

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Class / Instruction Fri, 10 Dec 2021 14:03:17 -0500 2021-12-16T09:00:00-05:00 2021-12-16T10:00:00-05:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr Aerospace Engineering Class / Instruction Veronique Roca
How American Health Care Became So Chaotic (December 16, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88283 88283-21652027@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 16, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is the last of the Thursday Morning Lecture Series on Our Changing Economic Landscape.

How did the American health care system develop its fragmented, irrational form? The answer is found in an unlikely place—the construction of the modern insurance system through collective bargaining in industry in the postwar years. The organized economic power of industrial workers had a transformative effect on the health care market and reshaped health care policy, as workers’ efforts to preserve their own health and well-being interacted with emerging deindustrialization and rising social inequality.

Our speaker, Gabriel Winant, is a historian at the University of Chicago. His first book, The Next Shift: The Fall of Industry and the Rise of Health Care in Rust Belt America, was published this year by Harvard University Press.

Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the lecture will be e-mailed shortly before the date of the event.

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Class / Instruction Thu, 14 Oct 2021 16:17:32 -0400 2021-12-16T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-16T11:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Thursday Lectures
Become a UROP Research Mentor (December 17, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660900@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 17, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-12-17T07:00:00-05:00 2021-12-17T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (December 18, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660901@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 18, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-12-18T07:00:00-05:00 2021-12-18T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (December 19, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660902@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, December 19, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-12-19T07:00:00-05:00 2021-12-19T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (December 20, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660903@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 20, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-12-20T07:00:00-05:00 2021-12-20T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (December 21, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660904@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 21, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-12-21T07:00:00-05:00 2021-12-21T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (December 22, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660905@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 22, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-12-22T07:00:00-05:00 2021-12-22T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (December 23, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660906@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 23, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-12-23T07:00:00-05:00 2021-12-23T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (December 24, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660907@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 24, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-12-24T07:00:00-05:00 2021-12-24T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (December 25, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660908@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 25, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-12-25T07:00:00-05:00 2021-12-25T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (December 26, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660909@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, December 26, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-12-26T07:00:00-05:00 2021-12-26T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (December 27, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660910@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 27, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-12-27T07:00:00-05:00 2021-12-27T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (December 28, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660911@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 28, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-12-28T07:00:00-05:00 2021-12-28T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (December 29, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660912@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 29, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-12-29T07:00:00-05:00 2021-12-29T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (December 30, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660913@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 30, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-12-30T07:00:00-05:00 2021-12-30T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (December 31, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660914@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 31, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2021-12-31T07:00:00-05:00 2021-12-31T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (January 1, 2022 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660915@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 1, 2022 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2022-01-01T07:00:00-05:00 2022-01-01T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (January 2, 2022 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660916@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 2, 2022 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2022-01-02T07:00:00-05:00 2022-01-02T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (January 3, 2022 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660917@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 3, 2022 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2022-01-03T07:00:00-05:00 2022-01-03T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (January 4, 2022 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660918@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 4, 2022 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2022-01-04T07:00:00-05:00 2022-01-04T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (January 5, 2022 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660919@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 5, 2022 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2022-01-05T07:00:00-05:00 2022-01-05T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
OLLI’s Winter Open House (January 5, 2022 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/90081 90081-21667714@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 5, 2022 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) would like to invite you to its Winter 2022 Open House.

Learn what is going on with OLLI for the coming Winter semester and hear from our keynote speaker, Dr. Jeffrey Kullgren when he talks about Taking the Pulse of Older Adults: Insights from the National Poll on Healthy Aging.

Dr. Kullgren’s research aims to develop innovative and scalable interventions to help patients and clinicians make sound health care decisions. He will talk about the work of the University of Michigan / AARP National Poll on Healthy Aging, which helps inform the public, clinicians, and policymakers on issues central to the health and health care of older Americans by conducting periodic nationally representative surveys of US adults age 50-80.

Dr. Kullgren, MD, MS, MPH, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School and a Research Scientist in the Center for Clinical Management Research at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System. He holds undergraduate and medical degrees from Michigan State University and a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Michigan. He completed his residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania. He serves as Associate Director of IHPI’s National Poll on Healthy Aging.

Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the presentation will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 15 Dec 2021 16:39:33 -0500 2022-01-05T10:00:00-05:00 2022-01-05T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Special Event
Become a UROP Research Mentor (January 6, 2022 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660920@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 6, 2022 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2022-01-06T07:00:00-05:00 2022-01-06T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (January 7, 2022 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660921@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 7, 2022 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2022-01-07T07:00:00-05:00 2022-01-07T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (January 8, 2022 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660922@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 8, 2022 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2022-01-08T07:00:00-05:00 2022-01-08T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (January 9, 2022 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660923@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 9, 2022 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2022-01-09T07:00:00-05:00 2022-01-09T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (January 10, 2022 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660924@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 10, 2022 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2022-01-10T07:00:00-05:00 2022-01-10T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (January 11, 2022 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660925@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 11, 2022 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2022-01-11T07:00:00-05:00 2022-01-11T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (January 12, 2022 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660926@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 12, 2022 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2022-01-12T07:00:00-05:00 2022-01-12T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (January 13, 2022 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660927@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 13, 2022 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2022-01-13T07:00:00-05:00 2022-01-13T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Chair's Distinguished Lecture: Supporting DEI Efforts in Engineering Education (January 13, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90871 90871-21674279@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 13, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Dr. Karen Thomas-Brown
Associate Dean
Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
College of Engineering
University of Washington

The body of knowledge in STEM education pays scant attention to the gendered nature of women's educational experiences, empirical evidence on faculty diversity initiatives, and the extent to which minoritized scientists, mainly black scientists, are funded. Even less attention is given to practical support for faculty diversity and the insidious barriers to funding for URM graduate students, faculty, and researchers through grants and scholarships. Additionally, there is professional isolation, the uncommon service load, and other expectations not addressed, while female and nonbinary constituents have their belonging repeatedly questioned. The systemic barriers entrenched in the rhetoric of “this is how we have always done it” that your URM grapple with daily in STEM education on a plethora of scales and at various levels of engagement foreshadows the need for non-performative work in this space. These are just a few scenarios that show the need for targeted, evidence-based DEI efforts in Colleges of Engineering. Our work in the Office of Inclusive Excellence focuses on systemic barriers and the solutions for dismantling these. The work uses a mission-driven, strategically focused approach that prioritizes inclusive infrastructure, data-driven equity-mindedness, and organizational change to diversify, establish, and sustain inclusive policies and practices, and changes the culture.

About the speaker:
Dr. Karen Thomas-Brown leads the University of Washington’s (UW) College of Engineering ongoing efforts to be an accessible, welcoming and inclusive community. She develops best practices and guidelines that strengthen the College’s goals around diversity, equity and inclusion, and collaborates with College and campus leaders to develop and implement programs that increase the participation and engagement of diverse and underrepresented groups across the College. Dr. Thomas-Brown joined the UW from the University of Michigan-Dearborn (UM-D) where she was a professor in the College of Education, Health and Humans Services with research and teaching in the Department of Education and the Department of Social Sciences. She holds a Ph.D. and Bachelor's degree in geography specializing in social and urban structures focusing on the sociological variables that shape human systems; and professional certificates in Executive Leadership, Performance Leadership, Change Management, and Diversity and Inclusion (DEI) from Cornell University.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 11 Jan 2022 19:48:33 -0500 2022-01-13T15:00:00-05:00 2022-01-13T16:15:00-05:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Class / Instruction Karen Thomas-Brown
Become a UROP Research Mentor (January 14, 2022 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660928@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 14, 2022 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2022-01-14T07:00:00-05:00 2022-01-14T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Writers Unlimited (January 14, 2022 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/90070 90070-21667702@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 14, 2022 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Participants present their short stories, novels, essays, or poems to be read in class. Fellow writers give constructive criticism and suggestions for improvement. Participants submit their writing to all other participants in advance of the Friday meeting. Constructive comments are offered after each reading.
Discussion leader Jerry Janusz has been a member of this group for thirteen years. This study group will meet Fridays beginning January 14 through August 26.
Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 15 Dec 2021 14:51:38 -0500 2022-01-14T10:00:00-05:00 2022-01-14T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Writing Our Stories (January 14, 2022 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/90069 90069-21667701@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 14, 2022 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Participants will learn how to tell the stories of their lives and those of their ancestors. We will meet weekly, and each participant should be prepared to read a story they have written (including the first class).

Instructor Jan Price calls herself a "very amateur memoirist" who has written her story after being motivated by an OLLI class. This study group will meet Fridays beginning January 14 through April 1.

Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 15 Dec 2021 16:28:18 -0500 2022-01-14T10:00:00-05:00 2022-01-14T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
AE200 Seminar Series | Aerospace - Beyond the Airframers, Dr. Juan M. de Bedout (January 14, 2022 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90965 90965-21675103@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 14, 2022 1:30pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Dr. Juan M. de Bedout
Vice President of Technology & Global Engineering
Aerospace Technology

The lecture will provide an overview of the role played by system providers in the Aerospace industry, which work closely with the airframers to produce much of the content that goes into their vehicles and platforms. Several examples of tough engineering challenges as well as areas of important innovation will be shared.

About the speaker:
Juan is the Vice President of Aerospace Technology in Technology & Global Engineering. In this role he works closely with the RTX businesses to shape the technology vision and strategy for the Company’s commercial offerings, and to drive the identification and use of technology synergies and best practices across RTX.

Prior to this role, Juan was the Vice President of Advanced Technology and Engineering Effectiveness at Collins Aerospace, leading a team of 2800 engineers across the United States, the United Kingdom, Poland and India. He shaped the composition and drove the integration of this team after the integration of Rockwell Collins and United Technologies Aerospace Systems in late 2018. In this role he worked closely with the engineering teams in Collins’ six business units to shape advanced technology planning and investment, drive the vitality of the Global Engineering Center teams, streamline engineering supplier planning, and promote continuous improvement throughout Collins’ businesses.

Prior to joining United Technologies, Juan was with the General Electric Company, where he served for 18 years in roles of increasing responsibility from his start at the Global Research Center in 2000. Juan’s last role with GE prior to joining Collins Aerospace was as the Chief Technology Officer for GE’s Grid Solutions business, a joint venture between GE and Alstom, serving the electrical transmission and distribution industry with a complete portfolio of high voltage equipment, energy management, controls and protection systems. In this role, he drove business technology strategy and new product development across seven diverse industry segments, leading a global team of 3,600 engineers with operations in over 18 countries around the world.

Juan is an avid Boilermaker through and through, with Bachelors, Masters and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University. He lives with his wife Erika, his son Carlos and his daughter Josephine in Sudbury, Massachusetts.

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Class / Instruction Thu, 13 Jan 2022 12:40:43 -0500 2022-01-14T13:30:00-05:00 2022-01-14T15:00:00-05:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Class / Instruction Juan M. de Bedout
Become a UROP Research Mentor (January 15, 2022 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660929@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 15, 2022 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2022-01-15T07:00:00-05:00 2022-01-15T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (January 16, 2022 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660930@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 16, 2022 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2022-01-16T07:00:00-05:00 2022-01-16T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Research Mentor (January 17, 2022 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660931@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 17, 2022 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2022-01-17T07:00:00-05:00 2022-01-17T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity (January 17, 2022 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/90061 90061-21667692@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 17, 2022 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Recent advances in genetics, reproductive technologies, data analysis and artificial intelligence allow us to treat and cure hereditary disease and solve many biological problems.
This class is based on Jamie Metzl's book (same name) that describes an exhilarating but frightening future involving screening, altering and writing genetic code, which is driven by competition and parent's instinct to give their children every advantage.
The class will address the science, his predictions and alternative visions. Bryan McKersie leads this study group that meets Mondays beginning January 17 through February 7.
Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 15 Dec 2021 13:32:26 -0500 2022-01-17T10:00:00-05:00 2022-01-17T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Monday Painters (January 17, 2022 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/90148 90148-21668202@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 17, 2022 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Our study group not only studies, we actively use any art material available to us. The students are experienced painters as well as novices. We do our homework and see weekly videos pertaining to art and help each other navigate Zoom as well as the world of art. We also appreciate each other’s work and the growth we see and talk about our common interests and goals.

Group leader Barbara Anderson is a retired special education teacher who used art to help teach children as they learned in different ways that made sense to them. Since retiring she has taken many classes and learned from expert teachers.

This class meets on Mondays, from January 17 - August 29. No classes on holidays.

Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Sat, 18 Dec 2021 11:01:12 -0500 2022-01-17T10:00:00-05:00 2022-01-17T11:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction
Monday Painters (January 17, 2022 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90187 90187-21668585@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 17, 2022 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Our study group not only studies, we actively use any art material available to us. The students are experienced painters as well as novices. We do our homework and see weekly videos pertaining to art and help each other navigate Zoom as well as the world of art. We also appreciate each other’s work and the growth we see and talk about our common interests and goals.

Group leader Barbara Anderson is a retired special education teacher who used art to help teach children as they learned in different ways that made sense to them. Since retiring she has taken many classes and learned from expert teachers.

This class meets on Mondays, from January 17 - August 29. No classes on holidays.

Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 20 Dec 2021 21:20:15 -0500 2022-01-17T14:00:00-05:00 2022-01-17T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Shakespeare in a Comic Vein (January 17, 2022 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90038 90038-21667633@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 17, 2022 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

We'll examine some of the sources of Shakespeare's comedy, both verbal and physical, as we read together and analyze "Much Ado About Nothing" and "Twelfth Night". Online viewing of the plays, as available, is recommended.
Instructor Marilyn Scott will lead this study group which will meet for five weeks on Mondays from January 17 through February 21.
Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 15 Dec 2021 11:03:02 -0500 2022-01-17T14:00:00-05:00 2022-01-17T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Become a UROP Research Mentor (January 18, 2022 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660932@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 18, 2022 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2022-01-18T07:00:00-05:00 2022-01-18T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Challenging Shakespeare (January 18, 2022 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90045 90045-21667641@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 18, 2022 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

In recent years, a growing faction of scholars and theater practitioners have argued that some of Shakespeare's plays should no longer be performed because of their potential to do harm. In this study group, we'll examine four of Shakespeare's most "challenging" plays alongside adaptations that might challenge how we interpret them.
This group will meet Tuesdays for 8 weeks beginning January 18, reading a play or adaptation each week for discussion during class. (We'll discuss Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew" our first week, if participants want to get a head start!)
Instructor Rebecca (Becky) Hixon is a PhD student in English at UM where she studies Shakespeare, adaptation, and gender and sexuality studies.
Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 15 Dec 2021 11:49:52 -0500 2022-01-18T13:00:00-05:00 2022-01-18T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Foreign Policy Association - Great Decisions Series (January 18, 2022 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90207 90207-21668718@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 18, 2022 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Great Decisions is the largest program on world affairs. The program model involves reading the Foreign Policy Association’s briefing book provided for each member, watching a DVD, and meeting in a group to discuss the most critical issues facing America today.

Instructor Leo Shedden will lead this group

This class meets on Tuesdays, from January 18 – May 31. No classes on holidays.

Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 21 Dec 2021 14:25:50 -0500 2022-01-18T13:00:00-05:00 2022-01-18T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
How Does the U.S. Rank - 2022? A Top 10 Summary! (January 18, 2022 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90212 90212-21668723@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 18, 2022 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

A comparison of the U.S. rankings in over 25 key, global categories for 2022. We consider: economic factors like incomes, deductions and taxes; the environment & pollution; energy sources; healthcare costs and outcomes; marriage, divorce & birth rates; education levels & achievement; life expectancy and paid vacations; population trends; an index on religiosity & atheism; immigration populations & trends; a national prosperity index; murder and crime rates; a change readiness index; happiest & most competitive countries; “best” countries ranked, “where” to be born - 2021; et al.

All charts and links to data sources will be provided to participants. This is year # 5 for the compilation of rankings and is the most comprehensive yet!

Doug Stowell has been a national OLLI Instructor since 2018. His career includes - Dir. of Market Research for the Xerox Corp., U.S. Director for the U.K. firm National Opinion Polling, Ltd., and Senior Consultant with Wirthlin Polling in DC. He opened A comparison of the U.S. rankings in over 25 key, global categories for 2022. We consider: economic factors like incomes, deductions and taxes; the environment & pollution; energy sources; healthcare costs and outcomes; marriage, divorce & birth rates; education levels & achievement; life expectancy and paid vacations; population trends; an index on religiosity & atheism; immigration populations & trends; a national prosperity index; murder and crime rates; a change readiness index; happiest & most competitive countries; “best” countries ranked, “where” to be born - 2021; et al.

All charts and links to data sources will be provided to participants. This is year # 5 for the compilation of rankings and is the most comprehensive yet!

Doug Stowell has been a national OLLI Instructor since 2018. His career includes - Dir. of Market Research for the Xerox Corp., U.S. Director for the U.K. firm National Opinion Polling, Ltd., and Senior Consultant with Wirthlin Polling in DC. He opened his own firm in 2002 and continues today conducting global, consumer issues surveys and political polls.

This class meets on Tuesday, January 18.

Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 21 Dec 2021 14:50:34 -0500 2022-01-18T13:00:00-05:00 2022-01-18T14:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Art History I: Paleolithic Through Old Kingdom (January 18, 2022 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90188 90188-21668586@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 18, 2022 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

The first in a sequence of three introductory art history courses, this study group will focus on works of art that demonstrate the ways in which artists documented their world.

Beginning in the pre-historic era artists painted cave paintings and carved images on stone and bison horn. In the subsequent Neolithic time period, technology and art joined to support the burgeoning agricultural society in the ancient Near East. The Sumerians, Akkadians, and Assyrians depicted their gods and religious rituals of their cultures, as well as the wars and empires that rose and fell. Contemporary with the Ancient Near Eastern civilizations were the Egyptians. We will focus on early Egyptian art and one of their pyramids as well as later sculptures of the human form, which became canonized and perfected in all media.

Instructor Molly Lindner brings eleven years of teaching art history at Kent State University to this subject. The diverse knowledge of the participants will lend to a lively discussion of these fabulous works of art.

This class meets on Tuesdays, from January 18 – February 22. No classes on holidays.

Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 20 Dec 2021 21:27:10 -0500 2022-01-18T14:30:00-05:00 2022-01-18T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Current Events (January 18, 2022 3:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90206 90206-21668717@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 18, 2022 3:15pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This discussion group is for people interested in current events happening at the local, national, and global level. All opinions will be heard courteously. No materials or special expertise required, just an open mind and a good sense of humor.

This group is led by Richard Garrett. Richard is an economist, who retired from college teaching in the New York City area, and moved to Ann Arbor in 2020.

This class meets on Tuesdays, from January 18 – May 31. No classes on holidays.

Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 21 Dec 2021 14:19:42 -0500 2022-01-18T15:15:00-05:00 2022-01-18T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Become a UROP Research Mentor (January 19, 2022 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660933@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 19, 2022 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2022-01-19T07:00:00-05:00 2022-01-19T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
What’s Your I-Factor?: Writing for Self-Discovery and Healing (January 19, 2022 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/90071 90071-21667703@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 19, 2022 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This one-morning, two-hour presentation will include lecture, storytelling, and discussion about the power of the I-Factor if you're looking for resolution, understanding, and healing through writing. Students will learn to harness the energy of freewriting no matter where they currently are with their books.
Instructor Ken Wachsberger will lead this study group.
This study group will meet Wednesday January 19.
Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 15 Dec 2021 14:56:00 -0500 2022-01-19T10:00:00-05:00 2022-01-19T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
The Origin & Evolution of Earth II (January 19, 2022 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90062 90062-21667693@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 19, 2022 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

The class will follow earth from the formation of continents to distant future using Robert Hazen's excellent DVD lectures from the Teaching Company supplemented with the latest findings. We'll view two-30 minute lectures per class, each followed by 20 minutes for questions and discussion. (The full course has 48 lectures; we'll cover the second 24.)
The study group leader, Dick Chase worked 27 years as a research physicist for Ford and taught physics at several levels. At OLLI, he has taught 21 science courses and led five book discussion groups. This study group will meet Wednesdays beginning January 19 through April 6.
Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 15 Dec 2021 13:40:49 -0500 2022-01-19T13:00:00-05:00 2022-01-19T15:15:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Food Gatherers Community Kitchen: A Recipe for Success Without Any Recipes! (January 19, 2022 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90082 90082-21667715@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 19, 2022 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

In the food service world, a well trained staff, tried and true recipes and inventory management are essential and non-negotiable. In the Food Gatherers Community Kitchen, our speaker, Scott Roubeck and his small team put out high quality, fresh, nutritious meals 364 days of the year without recipes, all prepared by volunteers and using rescued food that is delivered just two hours before the volunteers arrive to prepare each meal.

Scott will talk about what it takes to feed our neighbors in need, how it gets accomplished and all of the many initiatives that go into making the Community Kitchen shine.

Scott Roubeck is the Food Gatherers Community Kitchen Manager. Scott began volunteering at Food Gatherers in December of 2006 and joined the staff in January of 2008. Scott oversees the day-to-day operations of the Community Kitchen and also runs the Food Conversion Program and the Community Kitchen Job Training Program. Scott has been in the food and hospitality industry for 43 years.

Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 15 Dec 2021 16:45:04 -0500 2022-01-19T18:00:00-05:00 2022-01-19T19:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Afternoons With OLLI
Become a UROP Research Mentor (January 20, 2022 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89182 89182-21660934@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 20, 2022 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:57:19 -0500 2022-01-20T07:00:00-05:00 2022-01-20T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Class / Instruction UROP Mentor
Misidentifications in the Pohrt Collection of Native American Photography (January 20, 2022 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90213 90213-21668724@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 20, 2022 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

The Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography contains approximately 1,470 photographs related to Native Americans and Native American history taken mainly between 1860 and 1920 by more than 150 photographers. The majority of photographs are individual and group portraits of people from tribes west of the Mississippi, with the Apache, Cheyenne, Crow, and Lakota/Dakota being particularly well represented.

The collection contains both studio and outdoor photographs and reflects the dramatic upheavals in Native American life that occurred as a result of the expansion of the United States of America. Our speaker, Jakob Dopp, will discuss some of the challenges encountered while cataloging this collection (such as discovering misidentifications and other errors in certain photographs) as well as additional aspects of the project, including collaboration with Native American Tribal authorities and other consultants about how to appropriately deal with culturally sensitive materials and cultural dissemination.

This class meets on Thursday, January 20.

Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 21 Dec 2021 14:54:49 -0500 2022-01-20T13:00:00-05:00 2022-01-20T14:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Chair's Distinguished Lecture: Identification, Prediction, and Control of Disruptions in Airline Networks (January 20, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91151 91151-21677010@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 20, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Dr. Max Li
Visiting Assistant Professor
Aerospace Engineering
University of Michigan

Disruptions in the air transportation system often lead to flight delays and cancellations. In order to better predict the impact of disruptions, as well as provide more targeted and proactive system recovery actions, it is critical to unambiguously identify key characteristics such as: (1) When did a disruption begin, and how long did it last for, (2) Where did a disruption occur, and with what intensity, and (3) how will an ongoing disruption evolve. Identifying performance measures pertaining to, e.g., the duration or intensity of disruptions is straightforward for individual airports; however, this goal is significantly more challenging for a large, geographically disparate, and interconnected network of airports. Furthermore, a resilient air traffic management model ideally allows for a rapid recovery after such disruptions, but these models are often complicated by two factors: The lack of a high-fidelity model for predicting and controlling airport delay dynamics, and poor computational tractability of tailored large-scale flight rescheduling optimization problems.

I will discuss two recent interconnected works, the first of which addresses the identification and prediction of disruptions and recoveries in airline networks. We accomplish this by first formalizing the notion of disruption-recovery trajectories (DRTs). We show that these DRTs capture information regarding both the magnitude and spatial impact of disruptions in airline networks. Using this DRT framework, we identify past disruptions and recovery characteristics for four major US airlines, analyze airline-specific relationships between flight delays and cancellations, as well as predict short-term evolution of DRTs. In the second part, we combine the DRT framework (macroscopic) with a flight delay assignment optimization model (microscopic), resulting in a two-stage hierarchical control strategy for rescheduling aircraft (i.e., assigning delays) after network disruptions. If time permits, I will briefly touch on ongoing work related to an implementation of our hierarchical control strategy with multiple agents (i.e., airlines).

The work on identifying and predicting DRTs is joint work with Karthik Gopalakrishnan (Stanford University), Xiyitao Zhu, Aritro Nandi, Lavanya Marla (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), and Hamsa Balakrishnan (MIT). The work on flight delay assignments with hierarchical control objectives is joint work with Christopher Chin (MIT), Hamsa Balakrishan, and Karthik Gopalakrishnan.

About the speaker...
Max is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor and will be starting as an Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering in Fall 2022, with a courtesy appointment in Industrial and Operations Engineering. He is also currently a Senior Data Scientist at MITRE’s Center for Advanced Aviation System Development (CAASD). Max received his PhD in Aerospace Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2021. He earned his MSE in Systems Engineering and BSE in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics, both from the University of Pennsylvania, in 2018. Broadly, he is interested in the analysis, control, and optimization of networks and networked processes, signal processing over irregular domains and manifolds, and geometric/topological data analysis, with an eye towards applications in air transportation systems and other societal-scale networks. He is the recipient of the Federal Aviation Administration RAISE Award (2018), a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (2018), and the Wellington and Irene Loh Fellowship from MIT (2019), as well as several best paper awards from ICRAT and the ATM R&D Seminar, two joint FAA-Eurocontrol conferences.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 18 Jan 2022 08:41:23 -0500 2022-01-20T15:00:00-05:00 2022-01-20T16:15:00-05:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Class / Instruction Max Li
AE200 Seminar Series | How Advancements in Technology are Expanding the Space Frontier (January 21, 2022 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91163 91163-21677024@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 21, 2022 1:30pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Trudy Kortes
Director, Technology Demonstrations
NASA

Technology demonstrations are key to risk reduction and expanding capabilities needed for future science and human exploration. Come here how Technology Drives Exploration!

About the speaker...
Ms. Trudy F. Kortes serves as the Director of Technology Demonstrations within NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate, managing more than $500M annually for the Agency to accomplish key technology advancements for future science and human exploration missions for the Agency and nation. Under her leadership, the program has successfully developed important technology flight demonstrations, including the Green Propellant Infusion Mission, Deep Space Atomic Clock, Laser Communications, and the STMD technology investments onboard the Perseverance rover. She has over 28 years of experience at NASA holding various institutional and programmatic positions at the Johnson Space Center, Ames Research Center, Glenn Research Center, and NASA Headquarters. Ms. Kortes is a federally certified program and project manager and has extensive experience in key systems engineering roles. Ms. Kortes holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Michigan in Aerospace Engineering and a Master of Science Degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of Houston. She resides in Westlake, Ohio with her husband and three children.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 18 Jan 2022 10:46:00 -0500 2022-01-21T13:30:00-05:00 2022-01-21T15:00:00-05:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Class / Instruction Trudy Kortes
Reading Women’s Lives (Memoirs): New Edition! (January 21, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90046 90046-21667642@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 21, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This is a new edition of the 2020-2021 women's memoirs class. Each month instructor Beth Spencer will send out ahead of class three excerpts from memoirs that speak to a particular theme.
Although not a writing class, participants will be expected to write a brief response to a theme-focused trigger question ahead of class. Readings will be discussed by the whole group, followed by small group discussions of writing. Possible themes include overcoming challenges; relationship with food; immigrant experiences.
Beth Spencer is a retired geriatric social worker with 25 years of university teaching experience and several years of leading OLLI classes. This study group will meet Friday January 21, February 18, March 18 and April 22.
Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 15 Dec 2021 11:55:23 -0500 2022-01-21T15:00:00-05:00 2022-01-21T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
"Cassandra Speaks: When Women are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes," by Elizabeth Lesser: A Book Study (January 24, 2022 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/90067 90067-21667698@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 24, 2022 10:00am
Location: 1027 E. Huron Building
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Join us for a lively discussion of the book "Cassandra Speaks: When Women Tell the Stories, the Human Story Changes" by Elizabeth Lesser. Part one explores the myths and stories that are in the DNA of our culture. Part two looks at women and power and redefines what it means to be courageous, daring, and strong. And part three offers "A Toolbox for Inner Strength."
Written in a fun and delightful way, Lesser points out many truths about how out of balance the United States is, and also believes in humanity's potential to rise to the challenges of our times. Women must be a big part of this. Instructors Bernadette Beach and Sigrid Hermon will meet Mondays beginning January 24 through February 21.
Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 15 Dec 2021 14:34:04 -0500 2022-01-24T10:00:00-05:00 2022-01-24T12:00:00-05:00 1027 E. Huron Building Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Fareed Zakaria’s Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World (January 24, 2022 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90208 90208-21668719@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 24, 2022 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

We will read and discuss the title book in which Zakaria states “even with vaccines and therapies, a plague has a unique effect on the world economy....the most transformative event of our lifetimes...simultaneously affecting almost every human being on the planet.”

This book is not about masks or vaccines. It deals with impacts on governance, politics, markets, inequality and social trends. He talks about “tight” and “loose” countries and how their responses to COVID may affect their ways of governing.

Gerry Lapidus has lead OLLI book discussions since 2005. Classes are informal and conversational. He leads the first discussion and requests volunteers to lead subsequent meetings while he serves as moderator. Please read Introduction and Lesson One (p. 1-29) for the first session.

This class meets on Tuesdays, from January 18 – May 31. No classes on holidays.

Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 21 Dec 2021 14:30:57 -0500 2022-01-24T13:00:00-05:00 2022-01-24T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
It’s About Time... “Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana”. - G.M.(?) (January 25, 2022 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90063 90063-21667694@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 25, 2022 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Does time indeed fly (or flow)? What defines the arrow of time? Why can we remember the past but not the future? Is time, like space, continually being created?
These are some of the questions we'll ponder in this course, based on a Great Courses series by Laura Helmuth, editor in chief of Scientific American, "Examining the big questions of time". (Spoiler alert: we won't find answers to these questions.)
Instructor Craig Stephan is a retired industrial physicist who has led many previous OLLI courses including "The End of Time", "The Science of Climate Change", "Cosmology", and "Paleontology".
This study group will meet Tuesdays beginning January 25 through March 1.
Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 15 Dec 2021 13:46:02 -0500 2022-01-25T13:00:00-05:00 2022-01-25T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Art and Religion in the Cyclades (January 25, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90084 90084-21667717@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 25, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

With small picturesque ports, lively tavernas, and blue-domed churches clustered alongside white sandy beaches, the Cyclades are many people’s idyllic vision of Greece. In “Art and Religion in the Cyclades,” we will join Dr. Chris Adamson, a classical archaeologist and educator, as he explores the islands long and rich history through the religious art produced there over the last five millennia.

The lecture will examine the iconic minimalist figures of prehistoric “Cycladic Culture,” known to have influenced modern artists such as Pablo Picasso and Henry Moore; we will look more closely at some familiar (and less familiar) masterpieces of Classical Greece produced in the islands, including Venus de Milo; and we will navigate the development of Greek Christian art in the islands through to the modern period.

Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the presentation will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 15 Dec 2021 17:30:05 -0500 2022-01-25T15:00:00-05:00 2022-01-25T16:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Out of Town
A Place to Begin - Free Writing (January 26, 2022 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/90072 90072-21667704@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 26, 2022 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

The way to begin that writing project is to write. Using prompts in workshop, you will have the opportunity to write the stories you've always wanted to share. There won't be any critiques, so you can turn off your text editor and enjoy the writing process. Free Writing is about exploring ideas and memories. It's about first drafts not finished products. What stories would you like to tell?
Instructor Diane Nash will lead this study group. This study group will meet Wednesdays beginning January 26 through February 23.
Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 15 Dec 2021 15:00:40 -0500 2022-01-26T10:00:00-05:00 2022-01-26T11:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Chair's Distinguished Lecture: Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy for Reacting Systems and High-Speed Flows (January 27, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91282 91282-21677814@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 27, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Chloe E. Dedic
Assistant Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
University of Virginia

The design and optimization of next-generation aerospace propulsion and combustion systems requires detailed knowledge of thermodynamic properties such as temperature and density. Turbulence, nonequilibrium, and high-pressure and temperature conditions relevant for modern combustors make for a challenging measurement environment that can exhibit significant spatial variation and fast temporal dynamics. Although conditions are challenging, experimental measurements are critical to improve our understanding of these complex reacting flows and to validate chemical kinetic models used to design new vehicles and propulsion devices. For useful comparison with modeling results, measurements must be sufficiently accurate, include a careful characterization of boundary conditions, and, in the case of unsteady events, simultaneously measure multiple relevant parameters.

This seminar will discuss the development and implementation of hybrid femtosecond/picosecond coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (fs/ps CARS) to address these requirements. Advances in spectral simulations for improved accuracy and spatial precision of experimental measurements will be discussed. Novel diagnostic advances and results relevant to plasma-enhanced combustion systems and high-speed vehicles and combustors will be highlighted.

About the speaker...
Dr. Chloe Dedic is an Assistant Professor at the University of Virginia in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Before starting at UVA in 2018, Dr. Dedic was a visiting researcher with the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) at NASA Langley Research Center and obtained her PhD in mechanical engineering at Iowa State University in 2017. She was recently awarded a DARPA Young Faculty Award (2020), a NASA Early Career Faculty Award (2020), and an AFOSR Young Investigator Program award (2021).

Dr. Dedic’s research interests are centered around the development and application of advanced laser-based diagnostics and nonlinear spectroscopy techniques to study reacting and nonequilibrium flows with the goal of furthering technologies related to clean and efficient energy utilization and the propulsion and aerodynamics of hypersonic vehicles.

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Class / Instruction Thu, 20 Jan 2022 09:29:24 -0500 2022-01-27T15:00:00-05:00 2022-01-27T16:15:00-05:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Class / Instruction Chloe E. Dedic
“The Ground Breaking: An American City and Its Search for Justice” by Dr. Scott Ellsworth (January 28, 2022 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/90088 90088-21667721@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 28, 2022 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

The story of the Tulsa Massacre (1821) has become a symbol of what has been erased in the telling of American history. Scott Ellsworth, a native of Tulsa, stumbled upon an article about the “race riot” as a 12-year old when a librarian was demonstrating a new technology—microfilm. He turned to that subject for his undergraduate history thesis at Reed College in Oregon and then the book “Death in a Promised Land” (1992). His book was considered the first-ever comprehensive history of the horrific 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.

With “The Ground Breaking: An American City and Its Search for Justice”, Professor Ellsworth returns to the subject of Tulsa. Described as “riveting and essential,” The Ground Breaking not only recounts the long-suppressed story of the notorious Tulsa race massacre, it also unearths the lost history of how the massacre was covered up and the courageous individuals who fought to keep the story alive. Most importantly, it recounts the ongoing archaeological search for the unmarked graves of the victims of the massacre and of the fight to win restitution for the survivors and their families.

Both a forgotten chronicle from the nation’s past and a story ripped from today’s headlines, The Ground Breaking is a page-turning reflection on how we, as Americans, must wrestle with the parts of our history that have been buried for far too long. The New York Times described The Ground Breaking as “A skillful narrative of excavating the truth about the Tulsa race massacre. . .Candid and self-aware. . . Part of what makes this book so riveting is Ellsworth’s skillful narration, his impeccable sense for when to reveal a piece of information and when to hold something back.” The book was long-listed for the National Book Award, the Carnegie Medal from the American Library Association and recently was named as one of the Best Books of 2021 by Publishers Weekly.

Dr. Scott Ellsworth is a faculty member in the University of Michigan’s Department of Afro-American and African Studies. He teaches courses on African American history, Southern literature, race and sports, and crime and justice in contemporary U.S. society. Trained as a historian, he received his BA from Reed College and his MA and PhD from Duke University.

Formerly a historian with the Smithsonian Institution, he has written about American history for the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times, and has appeared on National Public Radio, the TODAY Show, PBS’s The American Experience, the History Channel, the BBC, and in both film and broadcast documentaries. His book, “The Secret Game”, won a 2016 PEN Book Award, and was named by the Chicago Tribune as one of the Top Ten Books of the Year.

Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the presentation will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 15 Dec 2021 17:22:53 -0500 2022-01-28T10:00:00-05:00 2022-01-28T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Reads
AE200 Seminar Series, Aerospace Engineering, It’s For the Birds… (January 28, 2022 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91497 91497-21680087@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 28, 2022 1:30pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Dr. Artie Mabbett
Vice President and Deputy Operations Manager
Leidos Innovation Center

Abstract
Defense industry perspectives on careers, lessons learned, and life in general!

About the speaker...
Artie Mabbett is the deputy operations manager of the Leidos Innovations Center, the operation within the Dynetics Group of Leidos. LInC’s mission is to research and develop innovative technologies and solutions for the enterprise.

Prior to joining Leidos, Artie was the founding Director of High Speed Weapons for Raytheon. In this role, he was responsible for Raytheon’s hypersonic systems.
Artie spent thirteen years in the Defense Department, most recently as the Director (SES) of the LRASM Deployment Office, a DARPA/Navy/Air Force co-staffed office responsible to deliver an Urgent Operational Capability of the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile by piloting the new accelerated acquisition model. Previous roles include Program Manager at DARPA Tactical Technology Office, and Office of Naval Research.

Artie received a BS in Mechanical Engineering (Cornell University), dual MS degrees in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (Michigan), a PhD in Aerospace Engineering (Virginia Tech), Certificate of Management (Harvard Business School), and holds a Professional Engineers License. Awarded the DARPA Program Manager of the Year Award (2013), the Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service (2016) and the DARPA Game Changer Award (2019) and is an AIAA Associate Fellow.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 25 Jan 2022 15:36:55 -0500 2022-01-28T13:30:00-05:00 2022-01-28T15:00:00-05:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Class / Instruction Artie Mabbett
Making Sense of Backing Up Your Computer (February 1, 2022 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/90068 90068-21667700@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 1, 2022 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

When it comes to backing up the data on our computers, phones, and tablets, many of us have thought, "Is that something I should be doing?" While the answer is definitely YES, setting it up can be confusing and feel daunting.
Hard drives vs. "The Cloud." Apple Time Machine, Windows File History, Microsoft OneDrive, Google Drive, Apple iCloud (where is that cloud located anyway?). In this study group, Jim Keen will explore the reasons for and common methods of backing up your data, so you'll be able to decide what is best for your own situation.
Jim Keen holds a BA (communications) and an MA (educational studies) from the University of Michigan. He currently owns and operates Keen Focus Technology Tutoring. This study group will meet Tuesday February 1.
Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 15 Dec 2021 14:40:47 -0500 2022-02-01T10:00:00-05:00 2022-02-01T11:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Chinese 3 (February 2, 2022 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/90211 90211-21668722@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 2, 2022 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Continue to study Chinese sentences, structures and patterns, also carry Chinese conversations with topics which students are interested in practicing. Attendees must know pin yin and some Chinese.

Instructor Angela Yang will lead this study group.

This class meets on Wednesdays, from February 2 – May 25. No classes on holidays.

Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 21 Dec 2021 14:45:02 -0500 2022-02-02T10:00:00-05:00 2022-02-02T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Chair's Distinguished Lecture: Laser Diagnostics : Advancing the Fundamental Understanding of Low-Temperature Plasmas (February 3, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91650 91650-21681462@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 3, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Sedina Tsikata
CNRS Researcher
French National Center for Scientific Research
ICARE Laboratory

Low-temperature plasmas play a well-established role in industries as diverse as the microelectronics and space propulsion sectors. In recent decades, a drive towards the predictive operation of different sources has coincided with revelations regarding the complex physics of these devices. One notable case is Hall plasma thrusters, which have been found to exhibit a range of instabilities influencing electron transport and rendering predictive modeling highly challenging. While more complex to implement than conventional invasive techniques, laser diagnostics can contribute significantly to building the new understanding needed for plasmas used in space propulsion, plasma-assisted deposition, and other areas.
This talk will explain how laser Thomson scattering, in particular, has provided a means of building this understanding. In the coherent regime, the technique has enabled the detection of an array of microturbulent modes, leading to the validation of, or in some cases, revisions to, theory and codes describing magnetized low-temperature devices. In the incoherent regime, the technique has led to spatially- and temporally-resolved information on electron properties in ultra-low density regimes. These diagnostics advances, coupled with emerging advanced numerical simulation capabilities, bring the goal of predictive source modeling ever closer.

About the speaker...
Sedina Tsikata is a researcher with the CNRS, the French National Center for Scientific Research, at the ICARE laboratory in Orléans, France. A graduate of MIT and Ecole Polytechnique, she performed postdoctoral research funded by the French Space Agency (CNES) on Hall thruster turbulence. Her research focuses on the study of phenomena in magnetized plasmas, such as plasma instabilities and self-organization, and the development of advanced diagnostics for the characterization of plasma environments relevant to space propulsion, plasma-assisted deposition, and particle accelerators. She is the recipient of distinctions from the French Physics Society and the CNRS.

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Class / Instruction Fri, 28 Jan 2022 12:12:11 -0500 2022-02-03T15:00:00-05:00 2022-02-03T16:15:00-05:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Class / Instruction Sedina Tsikata
Shakespeare’s Richard III (February 4, 2022 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90047 90047-21667678@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 4, 2022 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Shakespeare's "Richard III" paints a detailed portrait of a ruthless villain. We will take a deep dive into the play, its contexts, and performance. No outside reading is required: we will split a reading of the play over the five weeks we meet: each week we will begin by reading one act of the play and then spend the rest of the session in discussion.
Active participation will be encouraged, but if you are more of a listener, you can still join in the discussion without taking on an "acting" role. Any edition of the text is fine.
This study group will meet Friday beginning February 4. Instructor Margo Kolenda-Mason is a PhD candidate in English Language and Literature at U-M, where she studies medieval and renaissance literature.
Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 15 Dec 2021 12:01:41 -0500 2022-02-04T13:00:00-05:00 2022-02-04T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
AE200 Seminar Series | From Mass Ave. To Penn Ave. To Sand Hill Road: Reflections In A Journey Through Our Nation's Aerospace Sector (February 4, 2022 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91748 91748-21682703@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 4, 2022 1:30pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Dr. Robie I. Samanta Roy
Chief Operating Officer
Electra.aero

In a sweeping discussion of the current aerospace landscape and the value of an aerospace engineering foundation, Robie will draw upon his experiences ranging from electric space propulsion physics to highlights of a career in the U.S. government at both the White House and Capitol Hill to one of the largest aerospace and defense companies to his latest venture with an advanced air mobility startup. The growing advanced air mobility and private space sectors are leading to boundless opportunities for graduates of not only aerospace engineering but many other science and engineering disciplines as well as supporting fields such as finance and communications. The field of “classical” aerospace engineering is being transformed by advances in areas such artificial intelligence, autonomy, advanced microelectronics, material science, and the possibilities of quantum science which are challenging the status quo in industry and academia. The need for informed science and technology policy has never been more demanding. And new business and financial models are turning long standing government/industry/academic interactions on their head. It is truly an exciting time.

About the speaker...
Robie I. Samanta Roy is the Chief Operating Officer of Electra.aero since 2021. Prior to joining Electra, Robie was Vice President of Technology – Government Affairs and the Corporate Vice President for Technology Strategy and Innovation at Lockheed Martin. Robie joined Lockheed Martin after over ten years of U.S. Government service at the Senate Armed Services Committee, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and the Congressional Budget Office. He started his career at the Institute for Defense Analyses.

Dr. Samanta Roy earned his Bachelor of Science, Master of Science and Ph.D. degrees in aeronautics and astronautics from MIT. He earned a master’s degree in space policy from George Washington University and diplomas from the International Space University and Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris.
Robie is a Fellow and a recent member of the Board of Trustees of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He is currently on the FAA’s Advanced Aviation Advisory Committee and has served on numerous committees and Boards. He continues to serve in the U.S. Air Force Reserve assigned to the U.S. Space Force.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 31 Jan 2022 15:13:36 -0500 2022-02-04T13:30:00-05:00 2022-02-04T15:00:00-05:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Class / Instruction Dr. Robie I. Samanta Roy
Chair's Distinguished Lecture: Challenges and Opportunities of Battery-Powered Flight (February 10, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91995 91995-21684844@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 10, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Venkat Viswanathan
Associate Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Faculty Fellow, Scott Institute for Energy Innovation
Carnegie Mellon University

Battery electric vehicles, powered by renewable energy sources offer a promising path to sustainable mobility. I will compare and contrast the performance metrics needed of batteries for electric land and air vehicles and assess the energy-efficiency of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft compared to ground vehicles.[1] Identifying the challenging but achievable battery performance requirements for eVTOL, I will discuss two approaches to achieve the required improvements: (i) increasing the battery specific energy using lithium metal anodes enabled through a new density-driven dendrite suppression mechanism and realized with a soft polymer-ceramic composite separator,[2] (ii) utilizing more of the battery’s available energy through improved performance and degradation predictions using scientific machine learning.[3] Following this, I will discuss the requirements for all-electric single and twin-aisle aircraft and outline battery chemistry innovations that offer a pathway to achieving these requirements.[4] I will discuss two key tools to accelerate the innovation timeline for these battery chemistries: (i) in-situ and operando characterization[5] (ii) robotic and autonomous experimentation to optimize battery materials.[6]

About the Speaker...
Venkat Viswanathan is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. He leads an interdisciplinary group of ~30 researchers working on technologies that can accelerate the transition to sustainable transportation and aviation. He is a recipient of numerous awards including the MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35, Office of Naval Research (ONR) Young Investigator Award, Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship in Chemistry and National Science Foundation CAREER award.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 08 Feb 2022 09:36:25 -0500 2022-02-10T15:00:00-05:00 2022-02-10T16:30:00-05:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Class / Instruction Venkat Viswanathan
Fun with the Dictionary (February 14, 2022 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/90216 90216-21668727@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 14, 2022 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Bar bets, Scrabble fights, or the Dictionary Game: The dictionary has long been the answer, but the so-called “answer-for-everything” book has a long and surprising history we can explore through interactive exercises and discussion. The dictionary has also been a source of conflict over racial slurs, proper usage, spelling and related matters. Various dictionaries disagree on all these issues. To understand why, we will visit with dictionary creators Samuel Johnson and Daniel Webster, review the development of the ultimate dictionary (the OED), and see what happens when the dictionary goes online in contemporary times.

Instructor Alice Horning is retired from Oakland University where she taught linguistics and writing for more than 30 years.

This class meets on Mondays, from February 14 – March 7. No classes on holidays.

Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 21 Dec 2021 15:08:52 -0500 2022-02-14T10:00:00-05:00 2022-02-14T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Love Letters and Romance in the Archives (February 14, 2022 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90215 90215-21668726@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 14, 2022 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Please join Assistant Curator of Manuscript, Jayne Ptolemy as she shares some of the swoon worthy love letters woven into the Clements manuscript collection. Instructions and materials will be sent out to registrants beforehand to create your own hand-made Valentine inspired by the collections in the Clements. Attendees must register at least two weeks in advance for materials.

This class meets on Monday, February 14.

Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 21 Dec 2021 15:04:19 -0500 2022-02-14T13:00:00-05:00 2022-02-14T14:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Chair's Distinguished Lecture: Optical Interactions with High-Speed Flows: From Hypersonic Boundary Layers to Aero-Optics (February 17, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92336 92336-21690312@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 17, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Dr. Chris Limbach
Assistant Professor
Department of Aerospace Engineering
Texas A&M University

Advances in high-energy and high repetition rate laser architectures have enabled new diagnostic approaches that can provide crucial insight into the hypersonic flow environment and data for model validation and improvement, especially for studies of complex, multi-dimensional shock-dominated flows and high-temperature thermochemistry. The first part of the seminar will focus on two hypersonic diagnostic techniques: femtosecond laser electronic excitation tagging and burst-mode filtered Rayleigh scattering. Both approaches are applied to study the wake flow and transition behind a boundary layer trip array in the Texas A&M actively controlled expansion tunnel at Mach 6. Then, preliminary measurements in a Mach 10 expansion tunnel will serve to highlight ongoing integration of optical and burst-mode laser diagnostics with impulse facilities, along with emerging diagnostic approaches.

The second part of the talk will feature aero-optics and the physics of light propagation through terrestrial, hypersonic, and rarefied flow environments. A new concept for space propulsion based on combined laser and atomic beam self-guiding will be presented, including recent theoretical and numerical results that demonstrate beam propagation beyond the diffraction limit. The talk will conclude by describing progress toward the realization of optomechanical self-guiding in small-scale experiments.

About the speaker...
Dr. Chris Limbach was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and graduated from the University of Arizona in 2009 with Bachelor’s degrees in Engineering Physics and Astronomy. He received his doctorate in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University in 2015 where he studied energy deposition by nanosecond and femtosecond pulsed lasers with applications to hypersonic measurement and flow control. After holding a Research Scientist position at Colorado State University from 2016-2017, he joined Texas A&M University (TAMU) as an Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering in 2017 where he founded and now directs the Laser Diagnostics and Plasma Devices Laboratory (LDPDL). In 2017 he also received the Nakayama Award for Fluid Measurement and Visualization and in 2018 and 2019 was named a NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Program Fellow.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 15 Feb 2022 14:27:23 -0500 2022-02-17T15:00:00-05:00 2022-02-17T16:15:00-05:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Class / Instruction Dr. Chris Limbach
AE200 Seminar Series | Global Civil Aviation, Sustainability, and Climate Change (February 18, 2022 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92355 92355-21690329@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 18, 2022 1:30pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Dr. Jennifer A. Haverkamp
Graham Family Director, Graham Sustainability Institute
Professor from Practice, Michigan Law School
Professor of Practice, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Abstract:
In this guest lecture, Professor Haverkamp will discuss how the aviation industry is addressing sustainability concerns, and, in particular, its response to the flying public’s increasingly critical focus on aviation’s contribution to global climate change. She will cover the U.S. government agencies and international institutions responsible for setting environmental policies and adjudicating disputes in the civil aviation sector. She will also describe the “basket of measures” through which the international aviation industry is working to reduce its carbon footprint. In particular, she will introduce the class to the International Civil Aviation Organization’s 2016 agreement to limit GHG emissions through a carbon offsetting scheme (an agreement she helped negotiate while at the State Department), and examine the agreement’s effectiveness and level of industry support. She will conclude with an assessment of how the U.S. government, with its “all of government” approach to climate change, is tackling the problem in the aviation sector.

About the speaker...
Jennifer Haverkamp is the Graham Family Director of U-M’s Graham Sustainability Institute, a professor of practice at Michigan Law School, and a professor from practice at the Ford School of Public Policy. She also co-chaired President Schlissel’s Commission on Carbon Neutrality. Professor Haverkamp previously served as the U.S. State Department’s Ambassador and Special Representative for Environment and Water Resources, where in 2016 she led the successful negotiations of the International Civil Aviation Organization’s landmark CORSIA agreement to control global greenhouse gas emissions and the Kigali HFC-phasedown amendment to the Montreal Protocol. Ms. Haverkamp also directed the Environmental Defense Fund's International Climate Program, and served as the Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Environment and Natural Resources in the Executive Office of the President, and held posts at the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice. She has taught at Cornell Law School, George Washington University’s law school and Johns Hopkins graduate school, and has served on USTR's Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee and a number of nonprofit boards. Ms. Haverkamp holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, an M.A. in politics and philosophy from Oxford University (as a Rhodes Scholar) and a B.A. in biology from The College of Wooster.

Register at https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEqfu2gpzsqH9PK9ZMR7d_lvdsBufe1qX5X

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Class / Instruction Mon, 14 Feb 2022 13:12:55 -0500 2022-02-18T13:30:00-05:00 2022-02-18T15:00:00-05:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Class / Instruction Dr. Jennifer Haverkamp
Chair's Distinguished Lecture | Control of Aeroservoelastic Systems (February 24, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92655 92655-21694148@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 24, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Peter Seiler
Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Michigan

The focus of this talk will be on control of aeroservoelastic systems. These are systems that have coupled aerodynamics, structural (elastic) dynamics, and (servo) control. Modeling and control design will be discussed for two systems: flexible aircraft and utility scale wind turbines. Both systems have common issues that arise due to the aeroservoelastic coupling. Experimental results will be presented to illustrate the issues and control design methods. Specifically, flight test results will be presented on a scaled flexible aircraft. Experimental results will also be shown for a controller implemented on a 2.5MW turbine located at the University of Minnesota.

About the speaker...
Dr. Seiler is an Associate Professor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan. His research emphasizes robust control theory with applications to wind energy, uninhabited aerial systems, and flexible aircraft. Dr. Seiler previously worked at the Honeywell Research Labs from 2004-2008 on various aerospace and automotive projects. This included work on the redundancy management system for the Boeing 787 and sensor fusion algorithms for automotive active safety systems. Dr. Seiler is an IEEE fellow and the recipient of the O. Hugo Schuck Award (2003), an NSF CAREER award (2013), and the Brockett-Willems Outstanding paper award (for 2019/2020).

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Class / Instruction Tue, 22 Feb 2022 10:39:03 -0500 2022-02-24T15:00:00-05:00 2022-02-24T16:15:00-05:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Class / Instruction Peter Seiler
Robert Altman’s Detective Mystery Films – Streaming-At-Home (February 25, 2022 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90059 90059-21667690@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 25, 2022 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Together we'll enjoy detective mystery films available to stream at home. We'll have a virtual meeting online followed by screening of the film at home, and a subsequent online discussion meeting. The Robert Altman films "The Player" (1992), and "Gosford Park" (2001) are planned.
Scheduled films are subject to change, as streaming service availability may change. Each film will have two online meeting sessions: a presentation meeting on a Friday, and a discussion meeting the following Tuesday. Watch the film at home between the two meetings. Access to a streaming service subscription (such as Amazon, YouTube, AppleTV, HBOMax, etc) is required. Some films may be available to rent.
George Ferrell leads this study group that meets Fridays & Tuesdays February 25, March 1, April 8 & 12.
Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 15 Dec 2021 13:20:46 -0500 2022-02-25T13:00:00-05:00 2022-02-25T14:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
AE200 Seminar Series | Expectations, Perceptions, and Prejudice in the Workplace (February 25, 2022 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92656 92656-21694149@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 25, 2022 1:30pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Karen Albrecht
Lockheed Martin Executive (retired)

As you begin your career in the Workplace, you enter with certain expectations and perceptions about what it will be in the Engineering Workplace. This course will provide insight into how your personal expectations and perceptions can be different from others and different from the organization. We will explore how each person’s personal prejudices can add/or detract to an expectation or perception that is not anywhere near the reality of the situation. This class will be interactive and will include viewing a video prior to the class, taking a survey a few minutes before the class and it will include polls during the class. There will be an opportunity to ask questions through chat mode. Karen will use experiences from her nearly 40-year career as examples. As this course includes examples from a phenomenal career, there can be no pictures or videos taken.

About the speaker...
Karen’s illustrious career as an Aerospace Engineer began at NASA JSC where she developed analytic methods for composite primary structure under fatigue and fracture mechanics for Space Shuttle. Karen participated in the Longitudinal Study of Astronaut Health (LSAH).

At Lockheed Martin, she worked on Missile Launching Systems, Basic Research, Commercial Aircraft, Undersea Systems, SMART Structures, Robotics, and high-performance Military Aircraft. She developed embedded fiber optics technology. She is a Master Black Belt in 6-sigma and Lean Engineering.

Karen serves on several university engineering and non-profit boards. Karen is the 2007 Distinguished Alumnus – Aerospace for the UM.

Karen is now CEO of Karen Albrecht Enterprises, a Career and Personal Development Organization. Karen has delivered over 200 seminars for courses she developed and gives her time and knowledge to help students navigate career fairs and resumes. Karen has set up 2 fully funded endowment funds for Aerospace undergraduate education and provides scholarships for Aerospace Engineering students who need support to finish their education at the University of Michigan. She has already given out 12 scholarships to Aero students.

Register at https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEqfu2gpzsqH9PK9ZMR7d_lvdsBufe1qX5X.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 22 Feb 2022 10:33:47 -0500 2022-02-25T13:30:00-05:00 2022-02-25T15:00:00-05:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Class / Instruction Karen Albrecht