Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Clinical Science Brown Bag: Examining the Role of Affect in the Relationship Between Discrimination and Depression (March 1, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82383 82383-21090284@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 1, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Psychology

Abstract:
This research talk will discuss the role that affect plays in the relationship between racial discrimination and depressive symptoms in Black college students. The data used in this study is taken from a longitudinal sample of 171 college students (69% female). This presentation will be discussing theoretical frameworks that inform the course of research, preliminary findings from the research study, as well as clinical and population-specific implications for working with Black college students.

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Presentation Mon, 22 Feb 2021 09:28:27 -0500 2021-03-01T09:00:00-05:00 2021-03-01T21:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Psychology Presentation Aaron Neal
Sweetland Write-Together (March 1, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81305 81305-20883854@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 1, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Write-Together sessions provide structure, accountability, and support for graduate writers working on writing at any stage, from papers to theses to journal articles to dissertations and more. For each of these remote sessions, participants access a shared Google document that will serve as a communal virtual space. Students will be invited to post pre-writing goals and post-writing reflections in the document. Writers can also schedule a 10-minute Zoom meeting with Sweetland faculty during each session to discuss writing questions. We will also provide weekly writing strategies to habituate students to best writing practices.
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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 27 Jan 2021 00:15:43 -0500 2021-03-01T09:00:00-05:00 2021-03-01T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
Write-Togethers (March 1, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75828 75828-20562764@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 1, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Write-Together sessions provide structure, accountability, and support for graduate writers working on writing at any stage, from papers to theses to journal articles to dissertations and more. For each of these remote sessions, participants access a shared Google document that will serve as a communal virtual space. Students will be invited to post pre-writing goals and post-writing reflections in the document. Writers can also schedule a 10-minute Zoom meeting with Sweetland faculty during each session to discuss writing questions. We will also provide weekly writing strategies to habituate students to best writing practices.

Supported by the Rackham Graduate School and the Sweetland Center for Writing.

More information available at
https://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/graduates/write-together-sessions.html

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Other Thu, 17 Dec 2020 09:05:27 -0500 2021-03-01T09:00:00-05:00 2021-03-01T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Other
Who do We Choose to Be?: Facing Reality, Claiming Leadership and Restoring Sanity by Meg Wheatley (2018) and Stations Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (2014). (March 1, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/79967 79967-20521483@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 1, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Participants will reflect, discuss and process some novel ideas about:
-Becoming able to create and give service to an “Island of sanity” in chaotic times.
-To select meaningful service work without the outcome being the most important thing. Becoming a “Warrior of the Human Spirit”.

-After a 2 week break, read/complete “Station 11” as a follow-up sample society of an “island of hope”, and reflect on how the arts feed the human spirit in tough times.

The study group led by Instructors Bernie Beach and Barbara Cherem will meet Mondays from March 1 through March 29. Preregistration 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, 12 Dec 2020 02:42:51 -0500 2021-03-01T10:00:00-05:00 2021-03-01T11:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
CoderSpaces (Mondays) (March 1, 2021 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/80409 80409-20719678@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 1, 2021 10:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Are you grappling with a piece of code, trying to compute on a cluster, or just getting started with a new method such as machine learning? Then we might have just the right space for you.

All members of the U-M community are invited to join our weekly virtual CoderSpaces in the Winter 2021 term to get research support and connect with others.

The virtual sessions are designed to assist faculty, staff, and students with research methodology, statistics, data science applications, and computational programming for research.

Our hosts have a wide set of methodological and technological expertise. They come to you from a variety of departments and disciplines and are looking forward to serving the U-M community in their research endeavors.

CoderSpaces provide a casual, productive and inclusive environment. Everyone is welcome regardless of skill level.

Mondays 10:30AM-12PM (drop in)
Join via Zoom* (https://umich.zoom.us/j/97155787515)
*Users will have to sign in with their UMICH (Level-1) credentials.

with Andrew Hlynka (CSCAR), Charles Antonelli (LSA Tech), Jonathan Golob (Michigan Medicine)

Expertise: 3D graphical applications, C, C++, C#, CMake/GNU Make, Fortran, Git, HPC, Java, JavaScript, Julia, Matlab, mobile app development, MPI, OpenMP, parallelization, performance analysis, PBS, Python, R, reproducible workflows (nextflow), shell, Slurm, SQL, statistical modeling

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Meeting Wed, 27 Jan 2021 07:50:41 -0500 2021-03-01T10:30:00-05:00 2021-03-01T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Information and Technology Services (ITS) Meeting Our hosts have a wide set of methodological and technological expertise, coming to you from a variety of U-M departments and disciplines.
Cardio Core (March 1, 2021 10:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/80439 80439-20721840@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 1, 2021 10:45am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

Come to this fifty-minute class filled with the perfect balance of cardiovascular training and core conditioning. Our cardio drills will get your heart rate up while core exercises strengthen a variety of your muscle sets. Build your endurance and strength with this challenging and fun class. EQUIPMENT NEEDED: Some kind of resistance equipment (e.g. dumbbells, barbell, resistance bands, backpack filled with books, milk jugs filled with water, canned goods, or any other weighted items that can be held).

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Exercise / Fitness Wed, 06 Jan 2021 14:08:28 -0500 2021-03-01T10:45:00-05:00 2021-03-01T23:35:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Exercise / Fitness
CCPS Lecture. Poland’s Place in Europe: Mission Accomplished? (March 1, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80804 80804-20793315@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 1, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

After regaining independence in 1989-90 by means of a peaceful revolution that toppled communism, Poland began to shed the legacy of Soviet Russian domination. Eventually, joined by other newly liberated neighbors, it opted for the dissolution of the Soviet bloc institutions such as the Warsaw Pact and COMECON. It was the dream of many Poles to become a fully integrated member of the mythic West, and this seemed to be realized once Poland joined NATO and the EU. But was this the end of Poland’s history? Was this the time to proclaim, “mission accomplished”? Poland soon realized that there is no end to history. What was Poland’s place in EU and NATO? Should she become a 38 million Austria or Norway, just sit and become richer and richer while the world outside Poland burns, or should Poland use its newfound place to influence and change Europe and NATO? If so, where is Poland heading now, and might the issue of Europe again define Poland’s politics? Or should Poland leave the EU and if so, where will Poland go?

Jacek Stawiski is the editor-in-chief of TVN24, a Polish 24-hour commercial news channel. He studied history at Jagiellonian University in Kraków, specializing in the history of Polish Jews and international diplomatic history. In 1994 he joined BBC World Service in London. At TV24, Stawiski is the host of *Horizon*, a program covering international affairs, for which he made two documentary films: *Colonel House* (on the U.S. role in restoring Poland’s independence in 1918) and *We, the People* (on Lech Wałęsa’s historic speech in the U.S. Congress in 1989). He frequently writes commentary for the tvn24.pl website as well as Polish newspapers and weeklies, and lectures on journalism at Jagiellonian University.

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

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Jan 2021 11:00:21 -0500 2021-03-01T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-01T13:20:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Lecture / Discussion Jacek Stawiski
Dividing Lines: The Impact Of District Boundaries On School Segregation In The 21st Century (March 1, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80206 80206-20596108@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 1, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Contact PSC Office for Zoom details.

Nationwide, nearly 13,000 school districts manage the delivery of public education to their local communities. Commute distance calculations reveal, however, that “local community” is an imprecise construct. Eight percent of all elementary school-aged are unable to attend the school closest to their home because it is located outside of their locally zoned residential school district. The spatial discontinuities produced by school district boundaries not only increase school commute times, but in some cases exacerbate school segregation. This occurs most often in areas where small, suburban school districts encircle large, citywide school districts. Decades of household sorting have created stark economic and social differences between some bordering school districts—generating a patchwork of territorial school district "fiefdoms." This talk presents preliminary findings from a counterfactual analysis. The estimates measure how much the enforcement of district boundaries over the present-day residential distribution of children contributes to public school segregation by race and poverty. The findings build from a novel method estimating access to public schools that incorporates the local school choice context for virtually every block in the U.S. The hidden costs of school district boundaries are revealed as a trade-off against the perceived benefits of local community control of schools and situated more broadly in a sociological perspective of state power over residential and school choice markets.


BIO:
Peter Rich is an Assistant Professor of Policy Analysis and Management and Sociology at Cornell University. His research investigates the connection between segregation, inequality, individual choice, and public policy in the United States, asking how sorting processes reflect and reinforce racial and socioeconomic gaps in educational attainment, wealth accumulation, and economic opportunity.


Population Studies Center (PSC) Brown Bag seminars highlight recent research in population studies and serve as a focal point for building our research community.

Contact PSC Office for Zoom details.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 18 Feb 2021 11:23:26 -0500 2021-03-01T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-01T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar flyer
Magic in Mame-Loshn: Translating Harry Potter into Yiddish (March 1, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79545 79545-20375058@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 1, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Judaic Studies

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

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

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 12 Feb 2021 15:55:28 -0500 2021-03-01T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-01T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Judaic Studies Livestream / Virtual Yiddish Harry Potter Cover
Weekly Wander: Art (March 1, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81048 81048-20838700@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 1, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Campus Involvement

No matter where you are, art is somewhere nearby! Complete this wander on campus or at home by checking out a sculpture, mural, or really cool tree and telling us what you like about it!

Wander prompts are released on GooseChase at noon on Mondays, but can be completed anytime throughout the semester.

Participants can join in the game by following these simple steps:
1) Download the GooseChase iOS or Android app from https://www.goosechase.com/download/
2) Choose to play as a guest, or register for a personal account with a username & password.
3) Search by game name (Weekly Wanders) or game code (5DQ4X4) to join the game.
4) Follow the prompts to create an individual player profile. Use uniqname to qualify for incentives!

Currently enrolled U of M students can participate in 8 wanders throughout the semester and be entered to win exciting prizes!

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Well-being Thu, 25 Feb 2021 10:34:03 -0500 2021-03-01T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-01T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Campus Involvement Well-being Get out and find some art in your neighborhood!
Yoga Flow (March 1, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80437 80437-20721763@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 1, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

This class focuses on clarity and well-being by helping you connect with your inner strength. You’ll build muscle and flexibility by using your breath to anchor each movement as you flow from one pose to the next. Modifications are offered to accommodate all skill levels. EQUIPMENT NEEDED: Open space with soft flooring (e.g. yoga mat, towel, carpet).

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Exercise / Fitness Wed, 06 Jan 2021 14:00:46 -0500 2021-03-01T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-01T12:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Exercise / Fitness This class focuses on clarity and well-being by helping you connect with your inner strength.
Grad School and Beyond Workshop (March 1, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82431 82431-21098211@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 1, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Sociology

Panelists include: Sidney Harris, Jen Triplett, Shauna Dyer, and Jamie Budnick
IDiscussion about how the defense works, the process of continuing to work on the paper and sending it out for publication, and different ways it can relate to dissertation research

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 23 Feb 2021 10:01:43 -0500 2021-03-01T13:00:00-05:00 2021-03-01T14:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Sociology Workshop / Seminar
LSA Technology Services Research Support Office Hours (March 1, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77718 77718-20270694@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 1, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Technology Services

The Research Team within LSA Technology Services is excited to announce virtual office hours for research computing support. These are regularly scheduled times when we will have subject matter experts in geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming available for drop-in support. Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions pertaining to any of these areas can stop by to ask questions, get help working through a problem, or inquire about a new project—no appointment necessary!

Not sure what we can do to help? Read on for more details about the services provided by each of these teams.

*Digital Scholarship*
Our digital scholarship team specializes in humanities, social sciences, and interdisciplinary digital project methods and can provide assistance with:
* Conceptualizing, planning, and finding resources for a digital project
* How to version, archive, and preserve a project
* Sustainability, preservation, accessibility, privacy, consent, or grant requirements
New to digital projects? We can also talk about how to demonstrate the scholarly rigor of your digital project, accurately credit the labor required of the project at every stage, and how to provide evidence and metrics for promotion and job dossiers.

*Geographic Information Systems (GIS)*

Our GIS specialists can help with your geographic data needs, including the following:
* Making maps for use in a class, grant proposal, or publication
* Geospatial analysis: identifying spatial patterns and trends in your data
* Georeferencing: assigning geographic coordinates to a historic paper map or a hand-drawn sketch for digital use as a basemap or combined display with other data
* Geocoding: convert a spreadsheet with addresses into latitude-longitude so you can plot your data on a map
* StoryMaps: harness the power of maps to tell your story
* Integrating smartphones or tablets and GIS in your field courses or researchSetting up workshops for a class or group interested in learning to use GIS in the context of your discipline
* Assistance with ESRI's ArcGIS platform, including ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online, or other geospatial software
* Developing your own custom GIS web application or mobile application

*High Performance Computing (HPC)*

Our HPC team can help with:
* Accessing U-M’s new Great Lakes HPC (High Performance Computing) cluster
* Moving your computational work from your laptop or workstation to the cluster, freeing up your machines for other tasks
* Compiling, installing, or configuring a wide range of computational software
* Setting up automated workflows to save time
* Debugging your programs to see why they are crashing
* Evaluating the benefits of parallel computing, more memory or system resources for your code
We regularly support Python, R, MATLAB, C/C++, Java, Julia, Go, and many other applications.

*Research Support Programming*

Our computer programming team can help with any of the following:

* Debugging, repair, and improvements or upgrades to your existing code
* References to training and coding resources to assist in your project
* Design and development of custom software to support your research
* Incorporation of lab-specific hardware into custom software applications.
* Writing funding for any of the above into your grant proposals
We're experienced in MATLAB, Python, R, LabVIEW, JavaScript, MedPC, iOS development, and more.

Who can join the office hours?
LSA Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions on geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming

When and where is it?
Our virtual office hours use Zoom:
Mondays, 2:00–3:00 P.M.
Tuesdays, 10:00–11:00 A.M.
Thursdays, 3:00–4:00 P.M.

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Other Thu, 09 Dec 2021 16:01:55 -0500 2021-03-01T14:00:00-05:00 2021-03-01T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location LSA Technology Services Other Research Office Hours
Rackham Resolution Office: Virtual Office Hours (March 1, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79888 79888-20511611@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 1, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

If you have a quick question or have a time sensitive matter, attend the Rackham’s Resolution Office’s open office hours weekly on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. via Zoom. In the interest of providing students as much privacy as possible, you may spend a brief time in a waiting room if the resolution officer is engaged with another student. They will be with you as quickly as possible.
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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 10 Dec 2020 18:15:28 -0500 2021-03-01T14:00:00-05:00 2021-03-01T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
Cognitive Science Seminar Series (March 1, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81509 81509-20903720@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 1, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science

Linguistics graduate student Yushi Sugimoto will present "Forming the Structural Spine of Creole Languages: A neo-constructivist approach to Creole Languages." Please visit the Cognitive Science Seminar Series website for Zoom access information.

ABSTRACT
In this presentation I suggest that that the formation of the functional categories can be underspecified, which will yield “hybrid grammar”(Aboh 2009, 2015), assuming that syntactic configuration determines the information such as argument structure based on a neo-constructivist approach to mono/bilingual/creole Grammar (Borer2003, Marantz 1997, Lohndal 2014, Riksem 2018).
In the language mixing in which the words are mixed within the same categories such as nominal phrases, functional categories (FCs) are determined by one of the two languages and the roots are determined by the other language. Thus, even if the language is “mixed,” it does not mix the properties of FCs (Grimstad et al. 2018, Riksem et al. 2019). I will argue that, for some creole languages, unlike some patterns of language mixing whose FCs are selected by one of the source languages, FCs are formed derivationally, resulting in having the hybrid nature of FCs.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 01 Mar 2021 11:08:16 -0500 2021-03-01T14:30:00-05:00 2021-03-01T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science Lecture / Discussion
2021 Major/Minor Expo (March 1, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82587 82587-21124033@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 1, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Astronomy

Interested in learning more about what a major in Astronomy entails?

The Major/Minor Expo, held every March, will allow you to explore the 70+ majors and 100+ minors LSA has to offer, as well as many non-LSA academic programs, by talking with advisors, faculty, and current students. You can also gather information about opportunities for research on campus, internships, study abroad, professional development, and experiential learning.

For more information and to prepare for the expo, check out the resources and links here: https://lsa.umich.edu/advising/understand-degree-options/choosing-a-major/expo-for-majors-and-minors.html

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Exhibition Fri, 26 Feb 2021 17:04:34 -0500 2021-03-01T15:00:00-05:00 2021-03-01T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Astronomy Exhibition Major/Minor Expo
2021 Major/Minor Expo (March 1, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82588 82588-21124035@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 1, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Statistics

Interested in learning more about the majors offered by the Department of Statistics?

The Major/Minor Expo, held every March, will allow you to explore the 70+ majors and 100+ minors LSA has to offer, as well as many non-LSA academic programs, by talking with advisors, faculty, and current students. You can also gather information about opportunities for research on campus, internships, study abroad, professional development, and experiential learning.

For more information and to prepare for the expo, check out the resources and links here: https://lsa.umich.edu/advising/understand-degree-options/choosing-a-major/expo-for-majors-and-minors.html

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Exhibition Fri, 26 Feb 2021 17:07:59 -0500 2021-03-01T15:00:00-05:00 2021-03-01T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Statistics Exhibition Major/Minor Expo
A Tea Tasting Experience with TeaHaus of Ann Arbor (March 1, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80079 80079-20556856@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 1, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Lisa McDonald, tea sommelier and owner of TeaHaus, will demonstrate how to make a variety of teas with the opportunity to taste. We will also have the opportunity to purchase a tea sample and brew along during the demonstration.

After a “short backpacking trip” through Europe that turned into a 14-year residency and career in Germany and Sweden, Lisa McDonald returned to the US with her husband, Marc Hewko (an Ann Arborite she met in Germany), to start a family. After a few months, she began to miss the high- quality loose tea available in Europe so she, a European-trained tea sommelier, decided to open a tea store of her own in Kerrytown. After several years, TeaHaus expanded, opening the ever-popular Tea Room/Café, and then in 2017, sister business Eat More Tea debuted, offering tea-infused gelato, tea-based spice blends, and much more. Lisa remains one a handful of European trained tea sommeliers in the US.

Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the event will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the event. Once you register, you will receive details about purchasing and pick up before the event.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 16 Dec 2020 12:55:03 -0500 2021-03-01T15:00:00-05:00 2021-03-01T16:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI at Home
Major/Minor Expo 2021: MichiganEARTH (March 1, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82232 82232-21058467@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 1, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Earth and Environmental Sciences

Join the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Major/Minor Expo 2021. You will be able to speak with faculty and peer advisors about our programs, requirements, and career opportunities.

Join us for a virtual conversation: https://myumi.ch/yKBPb
Monday, March 1: 3-5 pm
Friday, March 5: 9-11 am

The Earth and Environmental Sciences Major trains students to receive a broad foundation in natural and physical sciences related to environmental and Earth sciences. Through lectures, labs, and seminars on campus, field trips and Camp Davis courses, Earth and Environmental Sciences undergraduate students prepare to support the needs of modern society, while being responsible stewards for planet Earth in this critical period of globalization and development.

The Department also offers academic minors in Earth Sciences, Environmental Geology, Geology, Oceanography, and Paleontology.

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Fair / Festival Thu, 18 Feb 2021 11:47:04 -0500 2021-03-01T15:00:00-05:00 2021-03-01T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Earth and Environmental Sciences Fair / Festival Professor and student examine rock face.
Networking and Collaborative Leadership Working Group (March 1, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81630 81630-20935506@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 1, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP)

UM Sustainable Food Program working groups serve as a creative, free-thinking space where the needs and wishes directly from students can be realized, by students. There are three “themed” working groups: Campus Farm Stand, DEI, and Campus Collaboration. These themes serve as spaces where students are able to meet and collaborate with other people from different majors, interests, and backgrounds to brainstorm about what sustainable food justice and practices should look like at the university and surrounding communities. Working Group meeting times vary by semester. NetLead, the Campus Collaboration and Networking working group, meets bi-weekly on Mondays from 3-4pm. Questions? Email andersmo@umich.edu.

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Meeting Tue, 02 Feb 2021 14:42:54 -0500 2021-03-01T15:00:00-05:00 2021-03-01T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP) Meeting Kale to the Victors
Lower Body Sculpt (March 1, 2021 3:45pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80440 80440-20721864@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 1, 2021 3:45pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

Looking to strengthen and shape your lower body? Exercises will focus on your glutes, hamstrings, quads and calves. EQUIPMENT NEEDED: Some kind of resistance equipment (e.g. dumbbells, barbell, resistance bands, backpack filled with books, milk jugs filled with water, canned goods, or any other weighted items that can be held).

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Exercise / Fitness Wed, 06 Jan 2021 14:12:11 -0500 2021-03-01T15:45:00-05:00 2021-03-01T16:35:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Exercise / Fitness Exercises will focus on your glutes, hamstrings, quads and calves.
HEP-Astro Seminar | Extracting the Most From Collider Data With Deep Learning (March 1, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82057 82057-21014661@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 1, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Physics

Please contact Beth Demkowski, demkowsk@umich.edu for Zoom link.

Precise scientific analysis in collider-based particle physics is possible because of complex simulations that connect fundamental theories to observable quantities. These simulations have been paired with multivariate methods for many years in search of the smallest distance scales in nature. Deep learning tools hold great promise to qualitatively change this paradigm by allowing for holistic analysis of data in its natural hyperdimensionality with thousands or millions of features instead of up to tens of features. These tools are not yet broadly used for all areas of data analysis because of the traditional dependence on simulations. In this talk, I will discuss how we can change this paradigm in order to exploit the new features of deep learning to explore nature at sub-nuclear distance scales. In particular, I will show how neural networks can be used to (1) overcome the challenge of intractable hypvervariate probability density modeling and (2) learn directly from (unlabeled) data to perform hypothesis tests that go beyond any existing analysis methods. The example for (1) will be full phase space unfolding and the example for (2) will be anomaly detection. The talk will include a discussion of uncertainties associated with deep learning-based analyses.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 01 Mar 2021 18:15:37 -0500 2021-03-01T16:00:00-05:00 2021-03-01T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Physics Workshop / Seminar
Intro to ONSF (March 1, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81066 81066-20840675@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 1, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF)

REGISTER: https://myumi.ch/ZQOXq

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

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

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

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

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

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 23 Feb 2021 13:21:57 -0500 2021-03-01T16:00:00-05:00 2021-03-01T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Livestream / Virtual
MIDAS Seminar Series Presents: Simine Vazire, Psychology, University of Melbourne (March 1, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81079 81079-20846537@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 1, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

How can we tell which scientific findings are credible? Peer-reviewed journals, even prestigious ones, do not provide much assurance regarding the credibility of any individual report. Ideally, we would read each report carefully when deciding what to trust, but this is often impossible (e.g., when we lack the expertise to evaluate the methods) or impractical (e.g., when we need to evaluate research at scale). Moreover, rather than each of us making private judgments, we would all benefit from collecting and sharing evaluations from a range of experts with different areas of expertise and different blind spots and biases. The ideal would be to validate a rubric for eliciting structured quantitative ratings of quality along a wide range of dimensions, and collect and make publicly available ratings from many different and diverse experts. These scores could be combined into a variety of metrics, or “Quality Factors” (QFs), that vary in the weight placed on different qualities. These QFs would provide easily digestible and flexible quality ratings of individual scientific papers that could be useful to other scientists, to journalists and policymakers, and to the public. QFs would also help incentivize authors to “get it right” rather than just get published in prestigious journals, because rewards and recognition could be tied to these more transparent, accountable, and valid metrics rather than to journal prestige. In this talk, I discuss what this could look like for my home discipline of psychology, and describe some progress towards producing Quality Factors for psychology papers.


Simine Vazire is an associate professor in the department of psychology at the University of Melbourne. She is the director of the Personality and Self-Knowledge laboratory. She is the co-founder and current president of the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science, a senior editor at Collabra: Psychology, and editor in chief of Social Psychological and Personality Science. Her research is funded by the National Science Foundation, and examines accuracy and bias in people’s perceptions of their own behavior and personality. She also conducts meta-science examining how people interpret scientific findings, and tracking trends in the methods and results of published studies in psychology over time. She teaches and blogs about research methods and reproducibility.

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Presentation Fri, 22 Jan 2021 10:17:46 -0500 2021-03-01T16:00:00-05:00 2021-03-01T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Institute for Data Science Presentation Simine Vazire
Cardio Kickboxing (March 1, 2021 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80441 80441-20721876@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 1, 2021 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

Come punch and kick to the beat of great music! In this quick-paced cardio class, your body will stay in motion as you build strength, endurance, and confidence. People of all fitness levels will get results at this fun and challenging class.

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Exercise / Fitness Wed, 06 Jan 2021 14:16:51 -0500 2021-03-01T17:00:00-05:00 2021-03-01T17:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Exercise / Fitness
Metabolic Circuit (March 1, 2021 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80444 80444-20722024@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 1, 2021 5:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

Do you want an intense workout? How about an environment that offers the support and encouragement you need to reach your peak performance? Then this class is for you! Metabolic Circuit is based on fun strength and cardio drills. EQUIPMENT NEEDED: Some kind of resistance equipment (e.g. dumbbells, barbell, resistance bands, backpack filled with books, milk jugs filled with water, canned goods, or any other weighted items that can be held).

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Exercise / Fitness Wed, 06 Jan 2021 14:27:47 -0500 2021-03-01T17:30:00-05:00 2021-03-01T18:20:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Exercise / Fitness Metabolic Circuit is based on fun strength and cardio drills.
Zumba (March 1, 2021 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80443 80443-20721925@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 1, 2021 5:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

Ditch the traditional workout and join the party! This Latin-inspired, dance-and-fitness class offers an exciting, exhilarating and effective workout. You’ll develop your stamina and your body tone with easy to follow dance moves, set to the fast and slow rhythms of cumbia, merengue, salsa, reggaeton, hip-hop, pop, mambo, rumba, flamenco, calypso and salsaton. No dance experience required.

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Exercise / Fitness Wed, 06 Jan 2021 14:23:47 -0500 2021-03-01T17:30:00-05:00 2021-03-01T18:20:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Exercise / Fitness Ditch the traditional workout and join the party!
Pilates (March 1, 2021 5:45pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80445 80445-20722049@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 1, 2021 5:45pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

Pilates improves flexibility, builds strength and develops control and endurance in the entire body. It puts emphasis on alignment, breathing, and developing a strong core often called the “powerhouse” in Pilates. EQUIPMENT NEEDED: Loop resistance band and small blue ball (other options can be a small pillow or mini foam roller).

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Exercise / Fitness Wed, 06 Jan 2021 14:31:35 -0500 2021-03-01T17:45:00-05:00 2021-03-01T18:35:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Exercise / Fitness Pilates improves flexibility, builds strength and develops control and endurance in the entire body.
Black History Month's Closing Speaker - JANAYA KHAN (March 1, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82365 82365-21070618@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 1, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA

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

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

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

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

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

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 23 Feb 2021 13:45:08 -0500 2021-03-01T18:00:00-05:00 2021-03-01T19:15:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA Livestream / Virtual JANAYA KHAN
Community Creative Arts Workshop (March 1, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79782 79782-20493900@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 1, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

December 2020 through May 2021

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 08 Dec 2020 14:20:48 -0500 2021-03-01T18:00:00-05:00 2021-03-01T19:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Workshop / Seminar Photo credit: "Freddy Gray's Neighborhood" (a community in Baltimore) Photos by: Mary Heinen, PCAP Staff
Café Shapiro with Guest Hosts! (March 1, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81065 81065-20840670@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 1, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Library

Students, nominated by their instructors, will read their own poems and short stories. The quality is high! For many student writers, Café Shapiro is a first opportunity to read publicly from their creative work. For others, it provides a fresh audience, and the ability to experience the work of students they may not encounter in writing classes.

This year we have celebrity hosts! Get more info about our hosts and our student presenters here: https://myumi.ch/ovPEl

MARCH 1 PRESENTERS
Meghan Chou (short story), senior
Aelita Klausmeier (poetry), sophomore
Erika Woo (poetry), senior
Alex Aisner (op-ed), freshman
Nicole Tooley (poetry), sophomore
Eli Neumann (poetry), junior
Dylan Gilbert (poetry), senior
Malin Andersson (poetry), junior
Madeline Bacolor (poetry), senior
Andrew Warrick (fiction), senior

MARCH 2 PRESENTERS
Hayley Yu (fiction), senior
Nayiri Sagherian (fiction), sophomore
Tess Klygis (short poems), freshman
Lily Price (fiction), freshman
Ellie Katz (creative nonfiction essay)
Jee-In Kwon (poetry)
Sabrina Nash (fiction)
Harper Klotz (poetry)
Kellie M. Beck (fiction or poetry?)
Carly Cooper (short screenplay)

MARCH 8 PRESENTERS
Jade Wurst (poetry), junior
Charles-Alexandria Goodrum (essay), freshman
Victoria Murphy (poetry), freshman
Simone McCants (fictional short story), senior
Nicholas Moore (poetry), junior
Roshni Veeramachaneni (fiction), freshman
Rachna Iyer (poetry), sophomore
Soumya Tejam (short story), sophomore
Hannah Martin (poetry), junior
Aniyah Fisher (essay), freshman

MARCH 9 PRESENTERS
Hussein Alkadhim (lyric essay), sophomore
Lia Baldori (short fiction story),senior
Hiba Dagher (poetry), junior
Jack Doyle (fiction), junior
Milisa Carter (essay), freshman
Fareah Fysudeen (fiction), senior
Thomas Griffith (poetry), sophomore
Kaleb Brown (fiction), senior
Max Hernand (fiction short story), junior

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Presentation Mon, 25 Jan 2021 17:39:08 -0500 2021-03-01T19:00:00-05:00 2021-03-01T20:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University Library Presentation Detail from Café Shapiro anthology
STRONG Nation (March 1, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80447 80447-20722109@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 1, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

STRONG Nation® is a HIIT (High-Intensity Interval Training) class that syncs every move to a beat! This class combines bodyweight, cardio, muscle conditioning, and plyometric training moves synced to original music that has been specifically designed to match every single move. Every squat, every lunge, every burpee is driven by the music, helping you make it to that last rep, and maybe even five more. EQUIPMENT NEEDED (optional): Open space with soft flooring for push-ups, planks, etc. (e.g. yoga mat, towel, carpet)

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Exercise / Fitness Wed, 06 Jan 2021 14:39:06 -0500 2021-03-01T19:00:00-05:00 2021-03-01T19:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Exercise / Fitness STRONG Nation® is a HIIT (High-Intensity Interval Training) class that syncs every move to a beat!
Become a UROP Summer Research Mentor (March 2, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82262 82262-21060591@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers 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.

Summer research mentors will collaborate with UROP students participating in 10-week full time Summer Fellowships.

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Other Wed, 21 Apr 2021 14:43:33 -0400 2021-03-02T07:00:00-05:00 2021-03-02T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Other Become a UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Spring Symposium Judge (March 2, 2021 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82064 82064-21014686@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Provide your expertise during the 2021 Virtual Spring Research Symposium on April 22nd. UROP is looking for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty and staff who are interested in awarding undergraduate researchers with a blue ribbon honors for their UROP presentation during symposium.

Become a UROP Symposium judge at: https://myumi.ch/ovPb9

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 29 Mar 2021 15:32:12 -0400 2021-03-02T08:00:00-05:00 2021-03-02T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Conference / Symposium Spring Symposium Judge - Blue Ribbon Award
CMENAS Virtual Viewing: You Will Die at Twenty (March 2, 2021 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82514 82514-21114075@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cmenas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘You Will Die at Twenty'”

About the movie:
NYTimes Critics Pick! Winner of the Lion of the Future Award for best Debut Feature at the Venice Film Festival, YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY is visually sumptuous “coming-of-death” fable. During her son’s naming ceremony, a Sheikh predicts that Sakina’s child will die at the age of 20. Haunted by this prophecy, Sakina becomes overly protective of her son Muzamil, who grows up knowing about his fate. As Muzamil escapes Sakina’s ever-watchful eye, he encounters friends, ideas and challenges that make him question his destiny. Sudan’s first Oscar submission, YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY is an auspicious debut and a moving meditation on what it means to live in the present.

Co-sponsor: Michigan Theatre

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Film Screening Thu, 25 Feb 2021 10:11:33 -0500 2021-03-02T08:00:00-05:00 2021-03-02T20:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Film Screening You Will Die at Twenty image
Sonic (March 2, 2021 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81609 81609-20933499@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Join Center for Campus Involvement and M-Flicks for a free virtual screening of Sonic. We'll kick off the screening access with trivia presented by M-Flicks. Zoom link for trivia and film access link to be sent automatically after registration in separate email. Film access begins 3/2/21 at 12 a.m. and lasts until 3/4/21 at 11:59 p.m. Access only available for U-M students, staff, and faculty.

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Film Screening Wed, 03 Feb 2021 16:00:03 -0500 2021-03-02T08:00:00-05:00 2021-03-02T10:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Film Screening Sonic virtual screening with trivia on 3/2/21
UROP Research Scholars Application now open (March 2, 2021 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82067 82067-21014855@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The UROP Research Scholars Program is designed for students who want to expand on their first year UROP experience and participate in UROP for a second year at an advanced level. In this program, students build upon the knowledge gained in a first undergraduate research experience to further explore the connections between research, a liberal arts education, and communicating skills to advance their future professional goals. Students are expected to explore various written and oral possibilities for communicating their research process, identifying the limits set by the discipline and the opportunities that lie beyond.

Apply at: https://myumi.ch/uroprs

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 04 Aug 2021 18:28:28 -0400 2021-03-02T08:00:00-05:00 2021-03-02T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs Apply for Research Scholars
UROP Rising Sophomore Applications Open (March 2, 2021 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/80546 80546-20738196@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program is now accepting applications for students who will be rising sophomores during the 2021-2022 academic year.

Learn more and apply today at http://myumi.ch/uropsophomore

Rising Sophomore Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis.

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 14 Jul 2021 15:56:19 -0400 2021-03-02T08:00:00-05:00 2021-03-02T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs UROP Sophomore Application
Weekly Film Suggestions 2/28/21 - 3/6/21 (March 2, 2021 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82065 82065-21014714@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

In gearing up for CCI's screening of SONIC starting on 3/2 - enjoy this week's suggestions based on video games.

Film Suggestions (more available through U-M Library):
Thank You For Playing (2015)
Life 2.0 (2010)
Game Over (2014)
Code Girl (2015)

These films are suggested for viewing on Kanopy and Swank within the University of Michigan Library - only available to University of Michigan students, staff, and faculty. Films featured in the weekly film suggestions are suggested based on availability within the University of Michigan Library streaming databases and relevance of weekly topic for events happening on campus. Most of the films selected have won awards, have cultural relevance, and generate discussion and thought. Feel free to look in the libraries and choose a film for yourself; for more titles please visit the "U-M Library Resource" link.

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Film Screening Tue, 16 Feb 2021 10:37:15 -0500 2021-03-02T08:00:00-05:00 2021-03-02T10:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Film Screening Weekly Film Suggestions: Gaming
Combating Anti-Asian Racism (March 2, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/80507 80507-20732241@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

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

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 07 Jan 2021 18:15:32 -0500 2021-03-02T09:00:00-05:00 2021-03-02T10:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
LSA Technology Services Research Support Office Hours (March 2, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77718 77718-20270741@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Technology Services

The Research Team within LSA Technology Services is excited to announce virtual office hours for research computing support. These are regularly scheduled times when we will have subject matter experts in geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming available for drop-in support. Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions pertaining to any of these areas can stop by to ask questions, get help working through a problem, or inquire about a new project—no appointment necessary!

Not sure what we can do to help? Read on for more details about the services provided by each of these teams.

*Digital Scholarship*
Our digital scholarship team specializes in humanities, social sciences, and interdisciplinary digital project methods and can provide assistance with:
* Conceptualizing, planning, and finding resources for a digital project
* How to version, archive, and preserve a project
* Sustainability, preservation, accessibility, privacy, consent, or grant requirements
New to digital projects? We can also talk about how to demonstrate the scholarly rigor of your digital project, accurately credit the labor required of the project at every stage, and how to provide evidence and metrics for promotion and job dossiers.

*Geographic Information Systems (GIS)*

Our GIS specialists can help with your geographic data needs, including the following:
* Making maps for use in a class, grant proposal, or publication
* Geospatial analysis: identifying spatial patterns and trends in your data
* Georeferencing: assigning geographic coordinates to a historic paper map or a hand-drawn sketch for digital use as a basemap or combined display with other data
* Geocoding: convert a spreadsheet with addresses into latitude-longitude so you can plot your data on a map
* StoryMaps: harness the power of maps to tell your story
* Integrating smartphones or tablets and GIS in your field courses or researchSetting up workshops for a class or group interested in learning to use GIS in the context of your discipline
* Assistance with ESRI's ArcGIS platform, including ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online, or other geospatial software
* Developing your own custom GIS web application or mobile application

*High Performance Computing (HPC)*

Our HPC team can help with:
* Accessing U-M’s new Great Lakes HPC (High Performance Computing) cluster
* Moving your computational work from your laptop or workstation to the cluster, freeing up your machines for other tasks
* Compiling, installing, or configuring a wide range of computational software
* Setting up automated workflows to save time
* Debugging your programs to see why they are crashing
* Evaluating the benefits of parallel computing, more memory or system resources for your code
We regularly support Python, R, MATLAB, C/C++, Java, Julia, Go, and many other applications.

*Research Support Programming*

Our computer programming team can help with any of the following:

* Debugging, repair, and improvements or upgrades to your existing code
* References to training and coding resources to assist in your project
* Design and development of custom software to support your research
* Incorporation of lab-specific hardware into custom software applications.
* Writing funding for any of the above into your grant proposals
We're experienced in MATLAB, Python, R, LabVIEW, JavaScript, MedPC, iOS development, and more.

Who can join the office hours?
LSA Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions on geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming

When and where is it?
Our virtual office hours use Zoom:
Mondays, 2:00–3:00 P.M.
Tuesdays, 10:00–11:00 A.M.
Thursdays, 3:00–4:00 P.M.

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Facilitating Community-wide Clean Energy Improvements using PACE financing (March 2, 2021 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82459 82459-21106109@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Graham Sustainability Institute

While clean energy improvements save utility customers money over time, some property owners find it challenging to finance the upfront costs of energy efficiency upgrades or renewable energy projects. Local governments can help building owners overcome this hurdle by creating a PACE (or Property Assessed Clean Energy) district, which allows building owners to access longer-term loans through a voluntary special assessment on their property tax bill. In this session you can learn about PACE financing from Lean & Green Michigan, a public-private partnership that serves as the statewide administrator of the PACE program for 47 local governments around the state.

Register on the EGLE Energy Webinars page to attend this free event!

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Presentation Wed, 24 Feb 2021 08:56:22 -0500 2021-03-02T11:00:00-05:00 2021-03-02T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Graham Sustainability Institute Presentation EGLE-Graham
Major/Minor Expo Workshops: Choosing a Major (March 2, 2021 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81871 81871-20982973@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: SAA

No idea how to begin choosing a major or minor? Not sure which major or minor is the best fit for you? Getting pressure from family and friends to declare a major?

Choosing a major can seem like a challenging process. But you have time and you don’t have to do it alone. LSA advisors are here to help you focus your efforts to find the right academic path.

Attend an upcoming Choosing a Major workshop to learn more about how to navigate this process. Workshops will include group discussions and reflective questions to help you identify your interests, strengths, values, and goals, as well as an overview of campus resources to help you create an action plan.

Then attend the 2021 Major/Minor Expo on March 1 and 5 to explore the 70+ majors and 100+ minors LSA and other UM programs have to offer by talking with advisors, faculty, and current students.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 08 Feb 2021 16:29:23 -0500 2021-03-02T11:00:00-05:00 2021-03-02T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location SAA Workshop / Seminar Student in library
CSCS Seminar: New data, models, and methods to guide SARS-CoV-2 vaccine design and vaccination programs that counter escape mutations (March 2, 2021 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82119 82119-21036721@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

Join Link: myumi.ch/v2ZYv

ABSTRACT:
Before the emergence of escape mutants that now threaten pandemic control, we constructed and analyzed the first model integrating immune waning and escape mutations. In the model, escape mutants were not problematic until a year into the pandemic. After they emerged, vaccination could worsen the pandemic. We examined four patterns by which existing escape mutants could stimulate further escape mutations. These provide insights in how to pursue epitope (the part of an antigen recognized by the immune system) specific model analyses. The time is ripe for this advance. The pandemic has unveiled new high-throughput methods to characterize immunity at an epitope specific and B and T cell specific levels. We will present our model and discuss how it could integrate systems immunology and systems epidemiology.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 01 Mar 2021 10:08:33 -0500 2021-03-02T11:30:00-05:00 2021-03-02T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Workshop / Seminar James Koopman and Carl Simon
Biopsychology Colloquium: Game of Hormones: Why Sex Matters for Brain Health (March 2, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82230 82230-21058464@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Psychology

Abstract:
As anyone who has gone through adolescence, pregnancy, or aging can attest: hormones can exert powerful effects on brain and behavior. My laboratory has focused primarily on three main areas of research: how sex, sex and stress hormones affect neuroplasticity, cognition and emotional behaviors. Why do I study sex differences in cognition? I’ll give you a hint: it’s not so Google employees can write manifestos. Men and women differ in their vulnerability to develop neurodegenerative and psychiatric diseases, many of which are also associated with sex differences in the severity of cognitive disruptions and neural manifestations of the disease. For example, women have a greater lifetime risk of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and major depressive disorder and also greater cognitive disruption with both these diseases compared to men. However, men are more likely to present with greater cognitive disturbances with schizophrenia. Hence, to gain a better understanding of how to effectively treat cognitive symptoms in both men and women, it is important to acknowledge and study differences that might arise between both sexes in response to environmental perturbations. The hippocampus produces new neurons throughout the lifespan in rodents and humans and adult neurogenesis plays a crucial role for pattern separation and for spatial long-term memory. I will show different examples of sex differences in hippocampal neurogenesis under basal conditions but also in response to sex hormones and to spatial training. It is important to establish how neurogenesis in the hippocampus may be involved in hippocampus-dependent cognition in both males and females given the sex differences in cognitive disruptions following diseases that impact the hippocampus. Work in my laboratory has shown that there are sex differences in performance favoring males or females depending on the task and strategy use in spatial navigation and pattern separation. Furthermore, sex and strategy use affected the survival and activity of new neurons in response to memory. We also see multiple examples of sex differences in neurogenesis in the hippocampus that imply differential functional perturbances of neuroplasticity. Finally, I will speak briefly, on preliminary evidence on sex differences in hippocampal neurogenesis using a rodent model of Alzheimer’s disease and how, a uniquely female event, motherhood, can have long lasting effects on the hippocampus and cognition. These findings emphasize the importance of studying biological sex on hippocampal function and neuroplasticity and have implications for neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders that target the hippocampus and affect cognition differentially in women versus men.

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Presentation Wed, 24 Feb 2021 17:17:11 -0500 2021-03-02T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-02T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Psychology Presentation Dr. Liisa Galea
Cardio Kickboxing (March 2, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80441 80441-20721889@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

Come punch and kick to the beat of great music! In this quick-paced cardio class, your body will stay in motion as you build strength, endurance, and confidence. People of all fitness levels will get results at this fun and challenging class.

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Exercise / Fitness Wed, 06 Jan 2021 14:16:51 -0500 2021-03-02T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-02T12:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Exercise / Fitness
In Support with Communities: Early Career Equity and Environmental Health Perspectives (March 2, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82483 82483-21108103@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

This talk will take listeners through a series of environmental health research studies that have been contextualized by early career equity experiences. Projects to be discussed include work done in the United States and Nigeria. Dr. Nwanaji-Enwerem is an MD-PhD-MPP candidate in his final year at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Kennedy School, and a postdoctoral research fellow in Environmental Health Sciences in the School of Public Health, UC Berkeley. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa, Valedictorian from Morehouse College with a BS in Biology, and earned his PhD in the Harvard University Biological Sciences in Public Health program. He is an NIH National Research Service Award Principal Investigator and a Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow. His present research examines the topics of environmental exposures, health biomarkers, and science/health/environmental public policy.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 24 Feb 2021 16:01:40 -0500 2021-03-02T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-02T12:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Lecture / Discussion Jamaji Nwanaji-Enwerem: Mar 2 Early Career Equity
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Propaganda as Viral Stunts: How Party Press in China Navigates Between Tradition and Innovation (March 2, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80186 80186-20594127@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

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

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

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

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

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 06 Jan 2021 15:46:44 -0500 2021-03-02T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-02T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Livestream / Virtual Sheng Zou, Postdoctoral Fellow, Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan
Microscopic Characterization of Cellular Membrane as an Active Platform for Biological Function- Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar (March 2, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80652 80652-20769622@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Biological Chemistry

Dr. Emad Tajkhorshid, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, will present a virtual seminar on Tuesday March 2nd, 2021 at 12:00pm

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 12 Jan 2021 13:27:59 -0500 2021-03-02T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-02T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Biological Chemistry Workshop / Seminar Emad
PICS Career Event. Careers with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency (March 2, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79868 79868-20509636@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Program in International and Comparative Studies

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

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

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

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

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

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 14 Dec 2020 08:34:15 -0500 2021-03-02T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-02T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Program in International and Comparative Studies Livestream / Virtual PICS Career Event. Careers with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
TBP MLK Luncheon (March 2, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82085 82085-21028796@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Luncheon series is an annual series sponsored by the College of Engineering and Tau Beta Pi. The series seeks to promote a culture of inclusion, while helping encourage attendees to continue their development as a "whole person" rather than simply as an "engineer". Past topics have covered a wide range of issues, including social and cultural conflict, social change, globalization, technological growth and change, and urbanization. Our main goal with the luncheon series is to look at topics that go beyond the purely technical side of engineering. This semester, in order to ensure attendee safety, we are holding these events virtually over Zoom.

Speaker: Prof. Nicole Ellison, Karl E. Weick Collegiate Professor of Information, School of Information

Title: Why We Don’t Click: Interrogating the Relationship Between Viewing and Clicking in Social Media Contexts by Exploring the “Non-Click”

Abstract: Motivated by work that characterizes view-based social media practices as “passive use,” contrasting it with more desirable, interactive “active use,” this study explores how social media users understand their viewing and clicking practices and the empirical relationship between them. Employing a combination of eye tracking, survey, and interview methods, our study (N = 42) investigates what we call the non-click —instances where people intentionally and thoughtfully do not click on content they spend time viewing. Counterintuitively, we find no difference in how long our participants viewed content they clicked on compared to content they did not click. Our interview data reveal three audience-related concerns that contribute to deliberate non-clicking and illustrate how non-clicked content contributes to social connectedness when imported into other channels. I’ll share some thoughts on what this study might suggest for communities and individuals. For instance, what are some of the consequences of social media ecosystems that assume we click on worthy content? For maintaining a friendship, is it better to pick up the phone after reading a post, or to click “Like”?

To register for the event, please fill out the form linked here (https://forms.gle/ntmjzqK9vwEV1gzb8) by midnight on Sunday, Feb. 28. All attendees will receive a GrubHub coupon for use during the luncheon event. We hope to see you there!

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Workshop / Seminar Sun, 21 Feb 2021 16:11:35 -0500 2021-03-02T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-02T13:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Tau Beta Pi Workshop / Seminar
The Feeling of History: Islam, Romanticism, and Andalusia (March 2, 2021 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80392 80392-20713709@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 12:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Judaic Studies

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In this session, participants will:

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

Audience:

This session is open to all LSA Staff.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 13 Jan 2021 11:19:23 -0500 2021-03-02T13:00:00-05:00 2021-03-02T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location LSA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Livestream / Virtual We're better when we're united
Coder Spaces (Tuesdays) (March 2, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80410 80410-20719694@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Are you grappling with a piece of code, trying to compute on a cluster, or just getting started with a new method such as machine learning? Then we might have just the right space for you.

All members of the U-M community are invited to join our weekly virtual CoderSpaces in the Winter 2021 term to get research support and connect with others.

The virtual sessions are designed to assist faculty, staff, and students with research methodology, statistics, data science applications, and computational programming for research.

Our hosts have a wide set of methodological and technological expertise. They come to you from a variety of departments and disciplines and are looking forward to serving the U-M community in their research endeavors.

CoderSpaces provide a casual, productive and inclusive environment. Everyone is welcome regardless of skill level.

Tuesdays 2-3:30PM
Join via Zoom* (https://umich.zoom.us/j/99832397131)
*Users will have to sign in with their UMICH (Level-1) credentials.

with Alexander Gaenko (CSCAR), Chen Chen (PDHP/ISR), Lingxi Li (PDHP/ISR), Paul Schulz (PDHP/ISR), and Chris Fariss (ISR)

Expertise: C/C++, CMake/GNU Make, data management, Fortran, Git, HPC, Julia, Mplus, parallelization, performance analysis, Perl, Python, R, SAS, secure computing enclaves, shell, SQL, Stata, statistical computing, survey methods (hypothesis testing, imputation, modeling, statistics, sampling, questionnaire design, weighting), web scraping

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Meeting Wed, 27 Jan 2021 07:53:54 -0500 2021-03-02T14:00:00-05:00 2021-03-02T15:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Information and Technology Services (ITS) Meeting Our hosts have a wide set of methodological and technological expertise, coming to you from a variety of U-M departments and disciplines.
Economic History: Understanding Persistence (March 2, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81490 81490-20901736@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

*To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 08 Feb 2021 14:31:26 -0500 2021-03-02T14:30:00-05:00 2021-03-02T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Data Feminism Faculty Reading Group (March 2, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80428 80428-20719765@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

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


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

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

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

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

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 25 Feb 2021 12:15:51 -0500 2021-03-02T15:00:00-05:00 2021-03-02T16:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
Distinguished University Professorships (March 2, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81694 81694-20943443@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University and Development Events

President Mark S. Schlissel and Provost Susan M. Collins
invite you to join them online to honor and celebrate three
Distinguished University Professorship awardees as they present
on their career work in our 2021 lecture series.

Moderated by Michael Solomon, Dean and Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, the spring 2021 event features Distinguished University Professors Paul Courant (Economics and Public Policy), Deborah Goldberg (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology), and Judith Irvine (Linguistic Anthropology).

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 23 Feb 2021 14:42:38 -0500 2021-03-02T15:00:00-05:00 2021-03-02T16:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University and Development Events Lecture / Discussion Spring 2021 Distinguished University Professorship awardees and lecturers
Aerospace Engineering Department Seminar: A Formal Methods Approach for Dynamical Systems to Learn Complex Behaviors (March 2, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82522 82522-21114100@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Derya Aksaray
Assistant Professor
Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics
University of Minnesota

Dynamical systems such as drones, mobile robots, or driverless cars are envisioned to achieve complex specifications which may include spatial (e.g., regions of interest), temporal (e.g., time bounds), and logical (e.g., priority, dependency, concurrency among tasks) requirements. As specifications get more complex, representing them via algebraic equations gets harder. Alternatively, such specifications can be compactly expressed using temporal logics (TL). In this talk, I will address the problem of learning optimal control policies for satisfying TL specifications in the face of uncertainty. Standard reinforcement learning algorithms are not directly applicable when the objective is to satisfy a TL specification. To overcome this limitation, I will formulate an approximate problem that can be solved via reinforcement learning and present the suboptimality bound of the proposed solution. Then, I will consider a TL specification as a hard constraint in the learning problem and present a novel approach to reinforcement learning with guaranteed constraint satisfaction. I will motivate this part by multi-use of autonomous systems, e.g., a drone executing a pick-up and delivery mission as the primary-task while learning to fly over critical regions as the secondary-task. Finally, I will conclude my talk by discussing some future directions in resilient and safe autonomy.


About the speaker...

Derya Aksaray is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics at the University of Minnesota (UMN). Before joining UMN, she held post-doctoral researcher positions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 2016-2017 and at Boston University from 2014-2016. She received her Ph.D. degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2014. Her research interests lie primarily in the areas of control theory, formal methods, and machine learning with applications to autonomous systems and aerial robotics.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 01 Mar 2021 13:22:42 -0500 2021-03-02T16:00:00-05:00 2021-03-02T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Aerospace Engineering Class / Instruction Derya Aksaray
Honors Admissions Q&A (March 2, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82460 82460-21106110@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Honors Program

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

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

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 02 Mar 2021 09:18:28 -0500 2021-03-02T16:00:00-05:00 2021-03-02T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location LSA Honors Program Livestream / Virtual Student standing on the U-M football field with text that reads: "Honors Admissions Q&A. Chat with admissions staff. Talk with peers."
Zumba (March 2, 2021 4:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80443 80443-20721938@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 4:15pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

Ditch the traditional workout and join the party! This Latin-inspired, dance-and-fitness class offers an exciting, exhilarating and effective workout. You’ll develop your stamina and your body tone with easy to follow dance moves, set to the fast and slow rhythms of cumbia, merengue, salsa, reggaeton, hip-hop, pop, mambo, rumba, flamenco, calypso and salsaton. No dance experience required.

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Exercise / Fitness Wed, 06 Jan 2021 14:23:47 -0500 2021-03-02T16:15:00-05:00 2021-03-02T17:05:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Exercise / Fitness Ditch the traditional workout and join the party!
Nam Center Colloquium Series | The Korean War through the Prism of the Interrogation Room (March 2, 2021 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78269 78269-20002852@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 4:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Nam Center for Korean Studies

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 19 Feb 2021 16:27:07 -0500 2021-03-02T16:30:00-05:00 2021-03-02T17:45:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Nam Center for Korean Studies Livestream / Virtual Monica Kim, Assistant Professor, History, University of Wisconsin
Metabolic Circuit (March 2, 2021 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80444 80444-20722037@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 5:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

Do you want an intense workout? How about an environment that offers the support and encouragement you need to reach your peak performance? Then this class is for you! Metabolic Circuit is based on fun strength and cardio drills. EQUIPMENT NEEDED: Some kind of resistance equipment (e.g. dumbbells, barbell, resistance bands, backpack filled with books, milk jugs filled with water, canned goods, or any other weighted items that can be held).

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Exercise / Fitness Wed, 06 Jan 2021 14:27:47 -0500 2021-03-02T17:30:00-05:00 2021-03-02T18:20:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Exercise / Fitness Metabolic Circuit is based on fun strength and cardio drills.
Zumba (March 2, 2021 5:45pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80443 80443-20721951@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 5:45pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

Ditch the traditional workout and join the party! This Latin-inspired, dance-and-fitness class offers an exciting, exhilarating and effective workout. You’ll develop your stamina and your body tone with easy to follow dance moves, set to the fast and slow rhythms of cumbia, merengue, salsa, reggaeton, hip-hop, pop, mambo, rumba, flamenco, calypso and salsaton. No dance experience required.

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Exercise / Fitness Wed, 06 Jan 2021 14:23:47 -0500 2021-03-02T17:45:00-05:00 2021-03-02T18:35:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Exercise / Fitness Ditch the traditional workout and join the party!
Sonic (March 2, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81609 81609-20933500@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Join Center for Campus Involvement and M-Flicks for a free virtual screening of Sonic. We'll kick off the screening access with trivia presented by M-Flicks. Zoom link for trivia and film access link to be sent automatically after registration in separate email. Film access begins 3/2/21 at 12 a.m. and lasts until 3/4/21 at 11:59 p.m. Access only available for U-M students, staff, and faculty.

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Film Screening Wed, 03 Feb 2021 16:00:03 -0500 2021-03-02T18:00:00-05:00 2021-03-02T21:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Film Screening Sonic virtual screening with trivia on 3/2/21
Café Shapiro with Guest Hosts! (March 2, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81065 81065-20840671@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Library

Students, nominated by their instructors, will read their own poems and short stories. The quality is high! For many student writers, Café Shapiro is a first opportunity to read publicly from their creative work. For others, it provides a fresh audience, and the ability to experience the work of students they may not encounter in writing classes.

This year we have celebrity hosts! Get more info about our hosts and our student presenters here: https://myumi.ch/ovPEl

MARCH 1 PRESENTERS
Meghan Chou (short story), senior
Aelita Klausmeier (poetry), sophomore
Erika Woo (poetry), senior
Alex Aisner (op-ed), freshman
Nicole Tooley (poetry), sophomore
Eli Neumann (poetry), junior
Dylan Gilbert (poetry), senior
Malin Andersson (poetry), junior
Madeline Bacolor (poetry), senior
Andrew Warrick (fiction), senior

MARCH 2 PRESENTERS
Hayley Yu (fiction), senior
Nayiri Sagherian (fiction), sophomore
Tess Klygis (short poems), freshman
Lily Price (fiction), freshman
Ellie Katz (creative nonfiction essay)
Jee-In Kwon (poetry)
Sabrina Nash (fiction)
Harper Klotz (poetry)
Kellie M. Beck (fiction or poetry?)
Carly Cooper (short screenplay)

MARCH 8 PRESENTERS
Jade Wurst (poetry), junior
Charles-Alexandria Goodrum (essay), freshman
Victoria Murphy (poetry), freshman
Simone McCants (fictional short story), senior
Nicholas Moore (poetry), junior
Roshni Veeramachaneni (fiction), freshman
Rachna Iyer (poetry), sophomore
Soumya Tejam (short story), sophomore
Hannah Martin (poetry), junior
Aniyah Fisher (essay), freshman

MARCH 9 PRESENTERS
Hussein Alkadhim (lyric essay), sophomore
Lia Baldori (short fiction story),senior
Hiba Dagher (poetry), junior
Jack Doyle (fiction), junior
Milisa Carter (essay), freshman
Fareah Fysudeen (fiction), senior
Thomas Griffith (poetry), sophomore
Kaleb Brown (fiction), senior
Max Hernand (fiction short story), junior

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Presentation Mon, 25 Jan 2021 17:39:08 -0500 2021-03-02T19:00:00-05:00 2021-03-02T20:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University Library Presentation Detail from Café Shapiro anthology
Yoga Flow (March 2, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80437 80437-20721776@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

This class focuses on clarity and well-being by helping you connect with your inner strength. You’ll build muscle and flexibility by using your breath to anchor each movement as you flow from one pose to the next. Modifications are offered to accommodate all skill levels. EQUIPMENT NEEDED: Open space with soft flooring (e.g. yoga mat, towel, carpet).

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Exercise / Fitness Wed, 06 Jan 2021 14:00:46 -0500 2021-03-02T19:00:00-05:00 2021-03-02T19:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Exercise / Fitness This class focuses on clarity and well-being by helping you connect with your inner strength.
Become a UROP Summer Research Mentor (March 3, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82262 82262-21060592@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers 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.

Summer research mentors will collaborate with UROP students participating in 10-week full time Summer Fellowships.

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Other Wed, 21 Apr 2021 14:43:33 -0400 2021-03-03T07:00:00-05:00 2021-03-03T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Other Become a UROP Mentor
Cardio Core (March 3, 2021 7:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/80439 80439-20721853@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 7:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

Come to this fifty-minute class filled with the perfect balance of cardiovascular training and core conditioning. Our cardio drills will get your heart rate up while core exercises strengthen a variety of your muscle sets. Build your endurance and strength with this challenging and fun class. EQUIPMENT NEEDED: Some kind of resistance equipment (e.g. dumbbells, barbell, resistance bands, backpack filled with books, milk jugs filled with water, canned goods, or any other weighted items that can be held).

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Exercise / Fitness Wed, 06 Jan 2021 14:08:28 -0500 2021-03-03T07:30:00-05:00 2021-03-03T08:20:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Exercise / Fitness
Become a UROP Spring Symposium Judge (March 3, 2021 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82064 82064-21014687@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Provide your expertise during the 2021 Virtual Spring Research Symposium on April 22nd. UROP is looking for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty and staff who are interested in awarding undergraduate researchers with a blue ribbon honors for their UROP presentation during symposium.

Become a UROP Symposium judge at: https://myumi.ch/ovPb9

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 29 Mar 2021 15:32:12 -0400 2021-03-03T08:00:00-05:00 2021-03-03T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Conference / Symposium Spring Symposium Judge - Blue Ribbon Award
CMENAS Virtual Viewing: You Will Die at Twenty (March 3, 2021 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82514 82514-21114076@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cmenas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘You Will Die at Twenty'”

About the movie:
NYTimes Critics Pick! Winner of the Lion of the Future Award for best Debut Feature at the Venice Film Festival, YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY is visually sumptuous “coming-of-death” fable. During her son’s naming ceremony, a Sheikh predicts that Sakina’s child will die at the age of 20. Haunted by this prophecy, Sakina becomes overly protective of her son Muzamil, who grows up knowing about his fate. As Muzamil escapes Sakina’s ever-watchful eye, he encounters friends, ideas and challenges that make him question his destiny. Sudan’s first Oscar submission, YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY is an auspicious debut and a moving meditation on what it means to live in the present.

Co-sponsor: Michigan Theatre

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Film Screening Thu, 25 Feb 2021 10:11:33 -0500 2021-03-03T08:00:00-05:00 2021-03-03T20:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Film Screening You Will Die at Twenty image
Sonic (March 3, 2021 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81609 81609-20933497@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Join Center for Campus Involvement and M-Flicks for a free virtual screening of Sonic. We'll kick off the screening access with trivia presented by M-Flicks. Zoom link for trivia and film access link to be sent automatically after registration in separate email. Film access begins 3/2/21 at 12 a.m. and lasts until 3/4/21 at 11:59 p.m. Access only available for U-M students, staff, and faculty.

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Film Screening Wed, 03 Feb 2021 16:00:03 -0500 2021-03-03T08:00:00-05:00 2021-03-03T10:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Film Screening Sonic virtual screening with trivia on 3/2/21
UROP Research Scholars Application now open (March 3, 2021 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82067 82067-21014856@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The UROP Research Scholars Program is designed for students who want to expand on their first year UROP experience and participate in UROP for a second year at an advanced level. In this program, students build upon the knowledge gained in a first undergraduate research experience to further explore the connections between research, a liberal arts education, and communicating skills to advance their future professional goals. Students are expected to explore various written and oral possibilities for communicating their research process, identifying the limits set by the discipline and the opportunities that lie beyond.

Apply at: https://myumi.ch/uroprs

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 04 Aug 2021 18:28:28 -0400 2021-03-03T08:00:00-05:00 2021-03-03T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs Apply for Research Scholars
UROP Rising Sophomore Applications Open (March 3, 2021 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/80546 80546-20738197@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program is now accepting applications for students who will be rising sophomores during the 2021-2022 academic year.

Learn more and apply today at http://myumi.ch/uropsophomore

Rising Sophomore Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis.

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 14 Jul 2021 15:56:19 -0400 2021-03-03T08:00:00-05:00 2021-03-03T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs UROP Sophomore Application
Weekly Film Suggestions 2/28/21 - 3/6/21 (March 3, 2021 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82065 82065-21014715@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

In gearing up for CCI's screening of SONIC starting on 3/2 - enjoy this week's suggestions based on video games.

Film Suggestions (more available through U-M Library):
Thank You For Playing (2015)
Life 2.0 (2010)
Game Over (2014)
Code Girl (2015)

These films are suggested for viewing on Kanopy and Swank within the University of Michigan Library - only available to University of Michigan students, staff, and faculty. Films featured in the weekly film suggestions are suggested based on availability within the University of Michigan Library streaming databases and relevance of weekly topic for events happening on campus. Most of the films selected have won awards, have cultural relevance, and generate discussion and thought. Feel free to look in the libraries and choose a film for yourself; for more titles please visit the "U-M Library Resource" link.

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Film Screening Tue, 16 Feb 2021 10:37:15 -0500 2021-03-03T08:00:00-05:00 2021-03-03T10:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Film Screening Weekly Film Suggestions: Gaming
March Mini Virtual Job Fair (March 3, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/80310 80310-20703785@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Engineering Career Resource Center

This will be a video based, virtual event conducted through Career Fair Plus (CF+). CF+ allows students to connect with recruiters via video in pre-scheduled time slots.

This event is intended for organizations actively recruiting engineering, computer science and data science students for full-time, internship and co-op positions. The list of participating organizations is subject to change. Please check back frequently as the company list will update on a rolling basis. Career fair attendance is restricted to U-M Ann Arbor College of Engineering, Computer Science and Data Science students only.

Sign ups will begin on Feb 26 at 12PM ET.

Please review the Student Guide for instructions and additional information:https://career.engin.umich.edu/MarchFairStudentGuide

View the event on CF+: https://app.careerfairplus.com/um_mi/fair/3281

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 04 Jan 2021 10:53:13 -0500 2021-03-03T09:00:00-05:00 2021-03-03T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Engineering Career Resource Center Careers / Jobs
Microbiome Seminar: Assessing the role of microbial metabolites in enhancing iron-mediated cell toxicity in colon cancer (March 3, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82453 82453-21100207@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Microbiome Project

Yatrik Shah lab, Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Host: Matthew Ostrowski, PhD, Microbiology and Immunology

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 23 Feb 2021 16:26:13 -0500 2021-03-03T09:00:00-05:00 2021-03-03T10:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Microbiome Project Workshop / Seminar MMP
Project Highlights from the 3D Innovations Lab - Deborah M. Rooney, PhD (March 3, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82680 82680-21161628@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Clinical Simulation Center

All Michigan Medicine faculty and staff are invited to attend the next installment of the Clinical Simulation Center Brown Bag series.

The series is designed to promote collaboration and best practices in simulation-based education and research and will allow faculty, staff and learners the opportunity to learn and share best practices in simulation-based education and assessment.

The next event, which will be held virtually at noon on March 23rd in the CSC will discuss current projects in the 3D and Innovation Lab.

Attendees can meet the faculty and BME students who are solving simulation problems at Michigan Medicine.

Projects that will be discussed include:
- Development of a task trainer used to support cardiac surgery skills
- Development of a traumatic leg amputation model
- 3D Innovations Lab and Social Media

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 03 Mar 2021 09:10:33 -0500 2021-03-03T09:00:00-05:00 2021-03-03T10:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Clinical Simulation Center Lecture / Discussion 2019-2020-3DI Lab TEAMclean
Yoga Flow (March 3, 2021 10:15am) https://events.umich.edu/event/80437 80437-20721789@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 10:15am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

This class focuses on clarity and well-being by helping you connect with your inner strength. You’ll build muscle and flexibility by using your breath to anchor each movement as you flow from one pose to the next. Modifications are offered to accommodate all skill levels. EQUIPMENT NEEDED: Open space with soft flooring (e.g. yoga mat, towel, carpet).

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Exercise / Fitness Wed, 06 Jan 2021 14:00:46 -0500 2021-03-03T10:15:00-05:00 2021-03-03T11:05:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Exercise / Fitness This class focuses on clarity and well-being by helping you connect with your inner strength.
ISR Insights Speaker Series – Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It (March 3, 2021 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81973 81973-20998841@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

ISR Insights Speaker Series is a series focusing on the research happening at ISR.

Ethan Kross (Faculty Associate, Research Center for Group Dynamics; Professor, Management & Organizations Area, Ross School of Business; Professor, Department of Psychology, LSA)

Wednesday, March 3, 11am EST: https://umich.zoom.us/j/95763691351

Tell a stranger that you talk to yourself, and you’re likely to get written off as eccentric. But the truth is that we all have a voice in our head. In this ISR Insights talk, University of Michigan professor Ethan Kross joins Dave Mayer (Ross School of Business) to discuss Kross’ new book, Chatter. Interweaving behavioral and brain research from Kross’ lab with colorful real-world case studies, Kross explains how these conversations shape our lives, work, and relationships.

This talk is co-sponsored by Literati Bookstore, where you can purchase Kross’ new book: https://www.literatibookstore.com/book/9780525575238

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 10 Feb 2021 16:23:00 -0500 2021-03-03T11:00:00-05:00 2021-03-03T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion flyer
Zumba (March 3, 2021 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/80443 80443-20721964@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

Ditch the traditional workout and join the party! This Latin-inspired, dance-and-fitness class offers an exciting, exhilarating and effective workout. You’ll develop your stamina and your body tone with easy to follow dance moves, set to the fast and slow rhythms of cumbia, merengue, salsa, reggaeton, hip-hop, pop, mambo, rumba, flamenco, calypso and salsaton. No dance experience required.

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Exercise / Fitness Wed, 06 Jan 2021 14:23:47 -0500 2021-03-03T11:00:00-05:00 2021-03-03T11:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Exercise / Fitness Ditch the traditional workout and join the party!
CREES Noon Lecture. Writing about Young Stalin for 30 Years: Why Bother? (March 3, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80891 80891-20817013@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

Professor Ron Suny began writing a biography of Stalin from his birth until the October Revolution, 1917, more than thirty years ago. Among the questions he sought to answer were: what makes a revolutionary? Why did Soso Jughashvili turn from Georgian Orthodoxy and romantic nationalism to Marxism and the life of an underground outlaw? In what ways was this first half of Stalin's life formative, and are there explanations here for what he became in the 1930s, a despot and the gravedigger of the revolution?

Ronald Grigor Suny is the William H. Sewell, Jr. Distinguished University Professor of History at the University of Michigan and emeritus professor of political science and history at the University of Chicago. He was the first holder of the Alex Manoogian Chair in Modern Armenian History at the University of Michigan, where he founded and directed the Armenian Studies Program. He is author of *The Baku Commune: Class and Nationality in the Russian Revolution*; *The Making of the Georgian Nation*; *Looking Toward Ararat: Armenia in Modern History*; *The Revenge of the Past: Nationalism, Revolution, and the Collapse of the Soviet Union*; *The Soviet Experiment*; *"They Can Live in the Desert But Nowhere Else": A History of the Armenian Genocide*; *Red Flag Unfurled: History, Historians, and the Russian Revolution.* With Valerie Kivelson, Suny is co-author of *Russia’s Empires*, *Stalin: Passage to Revolution*, and *Red Flag Wounded: Stalinism and the Fate of the Soviet Experiment*. He is currently working on a book on the recent upsurge of exclusivist nationalisms and authoritarian populisms: *Forging the Nation: The Making and Faking of Nationalisms*.

Registration is required for this Zoom webinar at https://myumi.ch/kxyWb

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

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Jan 2021 15:34:19 -0500 2021-03-03T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-03T13:20:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Lecture / Discussion Suny Stalin book
Feuilleton Workshop - 1930s Feuilletons: Salonica and Berlin (March 3, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82203 82203-21052538@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Judaic Studies

Tamir Karkason, Ben Gurion University, “Being Jewish Salonicans: Ladino Satirical Feuilletons in the 1930s”
Kerry Wallach, Gettysburg College, “Rahel Szalit’s Purim and Passover Stories in the Jüdische Rundschau“

You are invited to attend the second in a series of online workshops that explores the relationship between the feuilleton and modern Jewish cultures. These workshops, taking place in fall 2020 and spring 2021, hope to shed light on the interaction between translation and multilingual feuilleton texts as they arise in certain national and linguistic contexts and travel, often through translation, to others often worlds apart. For those unfamiliar with the project: these workshops are part of the larger, ongoing project to chart the historical, cultural, geographical, and textual development of Jewish feuilletons and feuilletonists across the globe.

Format: Speakers will provide contextual information on their text and offer a brief interpretation of the text. Question and answer as well as open discussion will follow the talks with the goal of building connections to other contexts and texts within the study of modern Jewish cultures. Text materials, both in original and in partial translation, will be available a week prior to the event.

Zoom RSVP: To ensure a collegial workshop atmosphere, we ask kindly that you RSVP via the UM Zoom Registration Page with your name and email address. You will receive a Zoom link and copies of texts and translations for the workshop: https://myumi.ch/QA4dg

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 17 Feb 2021 15:40:27 -0500 2021-03-03T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-03T13:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Judaic Studies Workshop / Seminar JR 1930 Nr29 Rahel Szalit - Pessach - pg 1
North Campus Mindfulness Meditation Drop-In (Online) (March 3, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/40967 40967-20713698@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Mindfulness @ Umich

Take a moment to create some space to breathe and invite a sense of calm into your day. This is a guided mindfulness meditation drop-in session. No experience necessary. Free and open to all.

Email dmitryb@umich.edu to sign up for the mailing list. You will receive a weekly reminder with the zoom link. Also, you can add the sessions to your Google Calendar: https://tinyurl.com/y3kbkwd6

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Well-being Tue, 16 Jan 2024 14:16:48 -0500 2021-03-03T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-03T12:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Mindfulness @ Umich Well-being Mindfulness meditation
Rackham North: Leading Effective Collaborative Teams (March 3, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80508 80508-20732242@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

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

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 09 Feb 2021 12:15:54 -0500 2021-03-03T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-03T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
Social Psychology Brown Bag: (March 3, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82455 82455-21100209@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Psychology

Susannah

Title:
Face-to-face versus social media confrontation and the role of relationship closeness

Abstract:
In this talk, I will discuss and compare how two communication contexts -- face-to-face and on social media -- may differentially influence how people engage in confrontation, as well as the role of relationship closeness in influencing these effects. To this end, I will describe a series of experimental studies and one crowdsourcing study using Twitter data.

Laura

Title:
What We Would (but Shouldn't) Do for Those We Love: Universalism versus Partiality in Responding to Others' Moral Transgressions

Abstract:
Previous work shows that people say they are more likely to protect a close (versus distant) other who commits a serious moral transgression. But do people believe it is morally right to preferentially protect close others in this way? Across four studies, we show that people believe they should protect close others more than distant others. However, we also document a striking discrepancy between how people think they actually would act, and what they morally should do, when it comes to protecting close others. This suggests that moral decisions involving close relationships may be a context in which people are particularly likely to fail to do what they think is right.

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Presentation Wed, 24 Feb 2021 13:20:46 -0500 2021-03-03T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-03T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Psychology Presentation Susannah and Laura
Stressbusters Cooking Demo & Chat (March 3, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82468 82468-21108094@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Engineering C.A.R.E. Center

Grab some lunch and join Chef Russ from Michigan Catering as he does a quick-cooking demo and then stay for a conversation of all things food! Learn about the Maize and Blue Cupboard, how you can shop there and how to get involved.

Sign up now to get the Zoom link here: https://forms.gle/LetHR2dBYepbXyVa8

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Social / Informal Gathering Wed, 24 Feb 2021 13:56:17 -0500 2021-03-03T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-03T12:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Engineering C.A.R.E. Center Social / Informal Gathering Stressbusters Cooking Demo & Chat March 3rd @ 12pm
(VIRTUAL): CEW+Inspire Midweek Mindfulness-Guided Sits (March 3, 2021 12:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64874 64874-20517537@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 12:15pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: CEW+

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

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

Free and open to all levels of practice.

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

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

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 25 Jun 2021 09:55:12 -0400 2021-03-03T12:15:00-05:00 2021-03-03T12:45:00-05:00 Off Campus Location CEW+ Livestream / Virtual Piece of paper that says mindfulness
Caravans, Cultures, and Chinggis -- Khan along the Silk Route (March 3, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79974 79974-20523444@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

The Silk Route is a collection of pathways that, together, link China to Vienna, Istanbul, Baghdad, and India across the Inner Asian steppe and desert. During our meetings participants will discuss the Silk Route as a cultural conduit, on the one hand, as the source of empire and technologies, on the other, and look at specific examples of cultural dissemination. The Silk Route has provided some of the most engaging and best written volumes of travel literature.
There will be no required readings, but students may enjoy Owen Lattimore's The Desert Road to Turkestan, from 1928, or the Franciscan William of Rubruck's account of his journey to Karakorum in 1255.
This study group led by Rudi Lindner will meet for five Wednesdays beginning March 3.
Preregistration 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, 12 Dec 2020 10:23:24 -0500 2021-03-03T13:00:00-05:00 2021-03-03T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
CoderSpaces (Wednesdays) (March 3, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80411 80411-20719743@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Are you grappling with a piece of code, trying to compute on a cluster, or just getting started with a new method such as machine learning? Then we might have just the right space for you.

All members of the U-M community are invited to join our weekly virtual CoderSpaces in the Winter 2021 term to get research support and connect with others.

The virtual sessions are designed to assist faculty, staff, and students with research methodology, statistics, data science applications, and computational programming for research.

Our hosts have a wide set of methodological and technological expertise. They come to you from a variety of departments and disciplines and are looking forward to serving the U-M community in their research endeavors.

CoderSpaces provide a casual, productive and inclusive environment. Everyone is welcome regardless of skill level.

Wednesdays 2-3:30PM
Join via Zoom* (https://umich.zoom.us/j/96392817699)
*Users will have to sign in with their UMICH (Level-1) credentials.

with Armand Burks (ARC-TS/UMSI), Bennet Fauber (ARC-TS), Jule Krüger (ISR/ARC-TS), Meghan Richey (ARC-TS)

Expertise: automation of tasks and workflows, bash, C++, cloud analytics, Git, data analysis, management and visualization, GNU Make, HPC, Java, LaTeX, machine learning (Tensorflow, Keras, convolutional neural networks), Markdown, natural language processing, Python, R, web scraping (Selenium)

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Meeting Wed, 27 Jan 2021 07:50:03 -0500 2021-03-03T14:00:00-05:00 2021-03-03T15:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Information and Technology Services (ITS) Meeting Our hosts have a wide set of methodological and technological expertise, coming to you from a variety of U-M departments and disciplines.
Major/Minor Expo Workshops: Choosing a Major (March 3, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81871 81871-20982974@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: SAA

No idea how to begin choosing a major or minor? Not sure which major or minor is the best fit for you? Getting pressure from family and friends to declare a major?

Choosing a major can seem like a challenging process. But you have time and you don’t have to do it alone. LSA advisors are here to help you focus your efforts to find the right academic path.

Attend an upcoming Choosing a Major workshop to learn more about how to navigate this process. Workshops will include group discussions and reflective questions to help you identify your interests, strengths, values, and goals, as well as an overview of campus resources to help you create an action plan.

Then attend the 2021 Major/Minor Expo on March 1 and 5 to explore the 70+ majors and 100+ minors LSA and other UM programs have to offer by talking with advisors, faculty, and current students.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 08 Feb 2021 16:29:23 -0500 2021-03-03T14:00:00-05:00 2021-03-03T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location SAA Workshop / Seminar Student in library
Rackham Resolution Office: Virtual Office Hours (March 3, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79889 79889-20511612@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

If you have a quick question or have a time sensitive matter, attend the Rackham’s Resolution Office’s open office hours weekly on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. via Zoom. In the interest of providing students as much privacy as possible, you may spend a brief time in a waiting room if the resolution officer is engaged with another student. They will be with you as quickly as possible.
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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 10 Dec 2020 18:15:28 -0500 2021-03-03T14:00:00-05:00 2021-03-03T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
Labor Economics: Mortality Risk Information, Survival Expectations and Sexual Behaviors (March 3, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82519 82519-21114094@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
Individuals in low-income settings are often overly pessimistic about survival risk. This paper provides evidence from a randomized experiment that provided mature adults aged 45+ in Malawi with information about population mortality risks. We find a positive treatment effect on expectations about population survival and about HIV transmission risk associated with having multiple sex partners. The latter is driven by the expectations of HIV+ people living longer, making the pool of potential partners riskier. Consistent with the change in perceived HIV transmission risk, treated individuals are less likely to engage in risky sexual practices one year after the intervention.

* To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 25 Feb 2021 10:49:30 -0500 2021-03-03T14:30:00-05:00 2021-03-03T15:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Department Colloquium | Population Properties of Compact Objects From the Second LIGO-Virgo Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog (March 3, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82525 82525-21116076@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Physics

Department Colloquium Link: http://myumi.ch/GkgBm

When two black holes merge, the resulting gravitational waveform encodes information about the black hole masses and spins. By studying how binary black holes are distributed in mass, spin, and distance, it is possible to probe the fate of massive stars while gaining insights into how compact binaries are assembled. In this talk, I report on the population properties of 47 compact binaries included in the recently published LIGO-Virgo gravitational-wave transient catalog two (GWTC-2). I highlight two key results. First, we find evidence for a feature (a bump or a kink) in the primary black hole mass spectrum at around 35 solar masses. This feature may be related to pair instability supernovae. Second, we find that 12-44% of binary black hole mergers contain black holes with spin vectors tilted by more than 90° away from the orbital angular momentum. This may indicate that at least some binary black holes are assembled dynamically in dense stellar environments. I discuss the implications of these results and highlight emerging questions in gravitational-wave astronomy.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 03 Mar 2021 18:15:49 -0500 2021-03-03T16:00:00-05:00 2021-03-03T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Physics Workshop / Seminar
Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics (March 3, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81275 81275-20879913@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

* To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 26 Jan 2021 15:46:14 -0500 2021-03-03T16:00:00-05:00 2021-03-03T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Rebecca Carroll on "Surviving the White Gaze" (March 3, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80172 80172-20572619@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Join us for a discussion with Rebecca Carroll on her new book, Surviving the White Gaze. Beth Chimera, writing instructor at the Ford School Writing Center, will moderate the discussion.

From the speaker's bio:

Rebecca Carroll is a writer, editor and host of the podcast Come Through with Rebecca Carroll: 15 essential conversations about race in a pivotal year for America (WNYC Studios). Most recently, she was a cultural critic at WNYC, and a critic-at-large for the Los Angeles Times. Her writing has been published widely, and she’s the author of several books about race in America, including the award-winning Sugar in the Raw: Voices of Young Black Girls in America. Her memoir, Surviving the White Gaze (Simon & Schuster, Feb 2021), has been optioned by MGM/TV and Killer Films with Rebecca attached to adapt for a limited series.

About the book:

A stirring and powerful memoir from black cultural critic Rebecca Carroll recounting her painful struggle to overcome a completely white childhood in order to forge her identity as a black woman in America.

Rebecca Carroll grew up the only black person in her rural New Hampshire town. Adopted at birth by artistic parents who believed in peace, love, and zero population growth, her early childhood was loving and idyllic—and yet she couldn’t articulate the deep sense of isolation she increasingly felt as she grew older.

Intimate and illuminating, Surviving the White Gaze is a timely examination of racism and racial identity in America today, and an extraordinarily moving portrait of resilience.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 18 Dec 2020 16:24:24 -0500 2021-03-03T16:00:00-05:00 2021-03-03T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Rebecca Carroll
RNA Seminar featuring: Melissa Moore, Moderna Therapeutics (March 3, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81265 81265-20879904@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for RNA Biomedicine

**Please register here for March 3rd seminar: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_l0kt_NjpRh-f33LJj7KGpA

Dr. Moore will address scientists and non-scientists, and will take live questions.

In her role as Chief Scientific Officer, Platform Research, Dr. Melissa Moore is responsible for leading mRNA biology, delivery and computation science research at Moderna. She joined Moderna in 2016 from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, where she served as Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Eleanor Eustis Farrington Chair in Cancer Research and a long-time Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). Dr. Moore was also a founding Co-Director of the RNA Therapeutics Institute (RTI) at UMassMed, and was instrumental in creating the Massachusetts Therapeutic and Entrepreneurship Realization initiative (MassTERi), a faculty-led program intended to facilitate the translation of UMMS discoveries into drugs, products, technologies and companies. Dr. Moore is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences (2017) and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2019).

Dr. Moore holds a B.S. in Chemistry and Biology from the College of William and Mary, and a Ph.D. in Biological Chemistry from MIT, where she specialized in enzymology under Prof. Christopher T. Walsh. She began working on RNA metabolism during her postdoctoral training with Phillip A. Sharp at MIT. During her 23 years as a faculty member, first at Brandeis and then at UMassMed, her research encompassed a broad array of topics related to the roles of RNA and RNA-protein (RNP) complexes in gene expression, and touched on many human diseases including cancer, neurodegeneration, and preeclampsia.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 10 Feb 2021 19:47:49 -0500 2021-03-03T16:00:00-05:00 2021-03-03T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for RNA Biomedicine Lecture / Discussion Melissa Moore, Ph.D., Moderna Therapeutics
The Residential College 2020-2021 Annual Robertson Lecture: "The News from Poetry: In An Era of False Facts and True Fallacies, What's to be Found in Art?" (March 3, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81245 81245-20877917@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Residential College

The Residential College 2020-2021 Robertson Memorial Lecture

Award-Winning Writer, Theodore Roethke Distinguished University Professor and RC Alumna, Laura Kasischke

"The News from Poetry: In an Era of False Facts and True Fallacies, What's to be Found in Art?”

March 3, 2021 via Zoom
4 - 5:30pm, with an online reception to follow
Register at https://myumi.ch/yKA8b

This talk will explore the ways in which art crosses borders and boundaries, both personal and global, erases political divisions to unite generations and cultures, to speak to all genders and races, to erase religious and economic divisions, while traveling eternally and generously (and for free!) from continent to continent, century to century, enduring through crises and chaos, disease and despair, to bring us the truths without which we will die.

Laura Kasischke is a graduate of the Residential College and is now proud to be an instructor of creative writing in it as well as in the English Department, where she is the Theodore Roethke Distinguished University Professor. She has published eleven collections of poetry, nine novels, a novella, and a collection of short stories. Her work has been translated into over a dozen languages, and three of her novels have been made into feature length films. The recipient of the National Book Critics Circle Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Rilke Award for Poetry, and numerous teaching awards, Kasischke’s twelfth collection of poetry, Lightning Falls in Love, will be published in September.

Presented by the Residential College, celebrating 50 years of the Creative Writing & Literature Program

The Robertson Memorial Lecture is an annual Residential College event made possible by a gift honoring Professor James H. Robertson and Jean B. Robertson, the first Dean of the Residential College and his wife.

This event is free and open to the public.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 05 Feb 2021 14:45:22 -0500 2021-03-03T16:00:00-05:00 2021-03-03T17:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Residential College Lecture / Discussion Event flier
Yoga auf Deutsch (March 3, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83669 83669-21452192@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

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

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

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 09 Apr 2021 11:57:30 -0400 2021-03-03T16:00:00-05:00 2021-03-03T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Germanic Languages & Literatures Livestream / Virtual
Cardio Hip Hop (March 3, 2021 4:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80451 80451-20722221@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 4:15pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

Cardio Hip Hop is a high-intensity dance workout that uses choreographed movements set to Hip Hop and Top 40 music. This non-stop dance party is very similar to Zumba and other dance-aerobic workouts. No dance experience required! EQUIPMENT NEEDED: None.

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Exercise / Fitness Wed, 06 Jan 2021 14:51:58 -0500 2021-03-03T16:15:00-05:00 2021-03-03T17:05:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Exercise / Fitness
Just Mercy - Film Discussion (March 3, 2021 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81618 81618-21052536@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Rescheduled For 03/03/2021 - Join the Center for Campus Involvement (CCI), Black History Month Committee (BHM) and Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs (MESA) Social Connectivity & Community Engagement for a dialogue on Activism, Advocacy and Allyship in response to the film "JUST MERCY." Registration is required ahead of time to access our zoom discussion and film screening for U-M students, staff, and faculty.

ABOUT THE FILM SERIES:

“Activism is inherently a creative endeavor. It takes a radical imagination to be an activist, to envision a world that is not there. It takes imagination and that’s not far from art.” - Ava DuVernay

The BHM committee, MESA’s social connectivity and CCI hope to generate thought provoking discussion, engagement around advocacy, activism and allyship this semester by presenting a series of films huddled around these topics, areas that we believe require critical and intentional reflection year round. Each film presentation will conclude with a discussion from students, professionals, and artists familiar with the themes presented throughout the series and in the film. Each film and discussion will be available virtually and will take place the third Tuesday each month at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are available through MUTO for each film. (3/16 - Hidden Figures, AA/PI Heritage Month Date and Title TBD, 4/20 - One Thousand Journeys: The Arab-Americans).

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 26 Feb 2021 09:20:36 -0500 2021-03-03T17:00:00-05:00 2021-03-03T19:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Lecture / Discussion Just Mercy film discussion 3/3. Register via Sessions.
Tabata (March 3, 2021 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80452 80452-20722246@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 5:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

Looking for an intense, time-efficient full-body workout? Tabata is the most result-driven form of HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training). In this class you will push yourself to the max and achieve full body fitness by completing a variety drills at specific work-rest ratios.

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Exercise / Fitness Wed, 06 Jan 2021 14:57:00 -0500 2021-03-03T17:30:00-05:00 2021-03-03T18:20:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Exercise / Fitness
Pilates (March 3, 2021 5:45pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80445 80445-20722062@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 5:45pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

Pilates improves flexibility, builds strength and develops control and endurance in the entire body. It puts emphasis on alignment, breathing, and developing a strong core often called the “powerhouse” in Pilates. EQUIPMENT NEEDED: Loop resistance band and small blue ball (other options can be a small pillow or mini foam roller).

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Exercise / Fitness Wed, 06 Jan 2021 14:31:35 -0500 2021-03-03T17:45:00-05:00 2021-03-03T18:35:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Exercise / Fitness Pilates improves flexibility, builds strength and develops control and endurance in the entire body.
German Convo Home Edition (March 3, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83673 83673-21454157@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

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

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 20 Apr 2021 15:58:14 -0400 2021-03-03T18:00:00-05:00 2021-03-03T19:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Germanic Languages & Literatures Livestream / Virtual German Convo Home Edition
Total Body Strength (March 3, 2021 6:45pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80453 80453-20722282@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 6:45pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

Experience strength training like never before! Take this class if you want to strengthen every muscle in one workout. We’ll offer you instruction on how to use free weights effectively and safely. Whether you are an experienced lifter or have never lifted before, this class is right for you! EQUIPMENT NEEDED: Some kind of resistance equipment (e.g. dumbbells, barbell, resistance bands, backpack filled with books, milk jugs filled with water, canned goods, or any other weighted items that can be held)

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Exercise / Fitness Wed, 06 Jan 2021 15:02:52 -0500 2021-03-03T18:45:00-05:00 2021-03-03T19:35:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Exercise / Fitness Experience strength training like never before!
Detroiters Speak Winter 2021 - Pandemic Politics: From Lockdown to Liberation (March 3, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81923 81923-20990903@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Semester in Detroit

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

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

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

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 09 Feb 2021 13:34:49 -0500 2021-03-03T19:00:00-05:00 2021-03-03T20:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Semester in Detroit Livestream / Virtual Event title and session titles with blue accent colors and an image of a face mask with a fist made up of racial justice words on it
STRONG Nation (March 3, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80447 80447-20722122@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

STRONG Nation® is a HIIT (High-Intensity Interval Training) class that syncs every move to a beat! This class combines bodyweight, cardio, muscle conditioning, and plyometric training moves synced to original music that has been specifically designed to match every single move. Every squat, every lunge, every burpee is driven by the music, helping you make it to that last rep, and maybe even five more. EQUIPMENT NEEDED (optional): Open space with soft flooring for push-ups, planks, etc. (e.g. yoga mat, towel, carpet)

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Exercise / Fitness Wed, 06 Jan 2021 14:39:06 -0500 2021-03-03T19:00:00-05:00 2021-03-03T19:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Exercise / Fitness STRONG Nation® is a HIIT (High-Intensity Interval Training) class that syncs every move to a beat!
UU Weekly - Virtual Escape Room (March 3, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80316 80316-20703791@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Campus Involvement

Wait, do you hear that...? Is that... a ghost?!?!?

Join UU Weekly to team up and investigate the paranormal activity at Vinewood Apartments! Will you solve the mystery in time to escape!?

Two timeslots are offered to give more people the opportunity to participate, but both hours will feature the same game. The first game will start at 7 pm EST and the second will start at 8 pm EST.

NOTE: This game contains flashing lights and scary images.

Register to save your spot: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/8166

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Well-being Mon, 01 Mar 2021 13:05:15 -0500 2021-03-03T19:00:00-05:00 2021-03-03T21:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Campus Involvement Well-being UU Weekly - Virtual Escape Room
What are you laughing at? Understanding American Humor (March 3, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82159 82159-21044625@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: English Language Institute

Want to learn more about American humor? Want to have some fun during this unusual, busy online semester? This small, interactive workshop will tell you what Americans are laughing at. Part of a research project exploring international students' reactions to American humor, this session will help you gain a deeper understanding of American culture by watching funny videos!

Registration required, register here: https://myumi.ch/NxZD3

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 02 Mar 2021 15:21:38 -0500 2021-03-03T19:00:00-05:00 2021-03-03T20:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location English Language Institute Workshop / Seminar
Zumba (March 3, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80443 80443-20721976@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

Ditch the traditional workout and join the party! This Latin-inspired, dance-and-fitness class offers an exciting, exhilarating and effective workout. You’ll develop your stamina and your body tone with easy to follow dance moves, set to the fast and slow rhythms of cumbia, merengue, salsa, reggaeton, hip-hop, pop, mambo, rumba, flamenco, calypso and salsaton. No dance experience required.

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Exercise / Fitness Wed, 06 Jan 2021 14:23:47 -0500 2021-03-03T19:00:00-05:00 2021-03-03T19:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Exercise / Fitness Ditch the traditional workout and join the party!
Meals of Meaning (March 3, 2021 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81516 81516-20903737@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Campus Involvement

In times of heightened tension, division, and expressions of hate, faith, spiritual and secular communities have a vital role to play in being stewards of resilience, collective courage, and creating braver space in the presence of difference. Meals of Meaning provide an opportunity for students to come together for a virtual dinner conversation (meal provided) and the chance to go beneath the surface, lean into vulnerability, and explore the struggles and stories that make up our lives. Sign up for a day/time that works for you.

When you register, select the mealtime that works for you! Each mealtime has a designated pick up time for food and location associated with it, so please check the details to see when and where to pick up your meal.

Registration is OPEN now! Register: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/8051

Unless otherwise noted, all meals are open to any student. If you are unable to pick-up a meal for any reason, but would still like to participate in the discussion, please simply note "No Meal" in the question section.

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Social / Informal Gathering Thu, 04 Feb 2021 09:22:10 -0500 2021-03-03T19:30:00-05:00 2021-03-03T21:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Campus Involvement Social / Informal Gathering Meals of Meaning, presented by UM Interfaith Program, CCI and Trotter
LSA Student Government General Meeting (March 3, 2021 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81248 81248-20879877@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Student Government

LSA Student Government holds their weekly general meetings at over Zoom. All members of the public, especially LSA students, are welcome to attend!

Wednesday, April 7th: 6:00 PM over Zoom (https://umich.zoom.us/j/97939439583)
Wednesday, April 14th: 8:00 PM over Zoom (https://umich.zoom.us/j/97939439583)

No meetings will be held from April 21st through September 1st (inclusive).

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Meeting Sun, 04 Apr 2021 11:15:42 -0400 2021-03-03T20:00:00-05:00 2021-03-03T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location LSA Student Government Meeting All LSA SG meetings are online! See the Zoom link below.
Michigan's Got Talent! (March 3, 2021 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82157 82157-21044622@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: MUSIC Matters

MUSIC Matters presents Michigan's Got Talent: A Talent Show Celebrating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Arts! Tune in to watch U-M students from across campus show off their unique talents. Following the event, YOU will have a chance to vote for your favorite acts to receive various superlative rewards and cash/prizes!

MUSIC Matters also wishes to address the lack of diversity and equitable representation in the performing arts and entertainment industries through our event. We will do this not only through the performances themselves, but also from appearances by our event host and various cameos from well-respected members of the entertainment industry and U-M community.

We are excited to announce that the event will feature appearances from the music group Two Friends, Vice President of Student Life Martino Harmon, two-time Olympic athlete Tiffany Porter, and more!

Tune in to Michigan's Got Talent on YouTube March 3rd at 8pm EST. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to parniam@umich.edu.

tinyurl.com/michigansgottalent

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Performance Sun, 28 Feb 2021 17:09:20 -0500 2021-03-03T20:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location MUSIC Matters Performance Flyer for Michigan's Got Talent on March 3rd at 8pm
SLE Community Nights (March 3, 2021 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75689 75689-20817005@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sustainable Living Experience

Join the SLE for weekly virtual activities such as social gatherings, wellness activities, and discussions of current events. Check for details each week in the SLE Newsletter.

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Social / Informal Gathering Mon, 18 Jan 2021 15:07:40 -0500 2021-03-03T20:00:00-05:00 2021-03-03T21:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Sustainable Living Experience Social / Informal Gathering
Picture Story Game (March 3, 2021 8:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81476 81476-20895804@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 8:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: English Language Institute

Have you ever wanted to try writing a novel or children’s book? Join us to test your story telling ability—with a night filled with twists and turns! You definitely don’t want to miss this!
Register Here: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/8039

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Recreational / Games Thu, 18 Feb 2021 09:22:46 -0500 2021-03-03T20:30:00-05:00 2021-03-03T21:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location English Language Institute Recreational / Games Picture Story
Become a UROP Summer Research Mentor (March 4, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82262 82262-21060593@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers 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.

Summer research mentors will collaborate with UROP students participating in 10-week full time Summer Fellowships.

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Other Wed, 21 Apr 2021 14:43:33 -0400 2021-03-04T07:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Other Become a UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Spring Symposium Judge (March 4, 2021 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82064 82064-21014688@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Provide your expertise during the 2021 Virtual Spring Research Symposium on April 22nd. UROP is looking for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty and staff who are interested in awarding undergraduate researchers with a blue ribbon honors for their UROP presentation during symposium.

Become a UROP Symposium judge at: https://myumi.ch/ovPb9

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 29 Mar 2021 15:32:12 -0400 2021-03-04T08:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Conference / Symposium Spring Symposium Judge - Blue Ribbon Award
CMENAS Virtual Viewing: You Will Die at Twenty (March 4, 2021 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82514 82514-21114077@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cmenas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘You Will Die at Twenty'”

About the movie:
NYTimes Critics Pick! Winner of the Lion of the Future Award for best Debut Feature at the Venice Film Festival, YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY is visually sumptuous “coming-of-death” fable. During her son’s naming ceremony, a Sheikh predicts that Sakina’s child will die at the age of 20. Haunted by this prophecy, Sakina becomes overly protective of her son Muzamil, who grows up knowing about his fate. As Muzamil escapes Sakina’s ever-watchful eye, he encounters friends, ideas and challenges that make him question his destiny. Sudan’s first Oscar submission, YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY is an auspicious debut and a moving meditation on what it means to live in the present.

Co-sponsor: Michigan Theatre

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Film Screening Thu, 25 Feb 2021 10:11:33 -0500 2021-03-04T08:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T20:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Film Screening You Will Die at Twenty image
Sonic (March 4, 2021 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81609 81609-20933498@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Join Center for Campus Involvement and M-Flicks for a free virtual screening of Sonic. We'll kick off the screening access with trivia presented by M-Flicks. Zoom link for trivia and film access link to be sent automatically after registration in separate email. Film access begins 3/2/21 at 12 a.m. and lasts until 3/4/21 at 11:59 p.m. Access only available for U-M students, staff, and faculty.

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Film Screening Wed, 03 Feb 2021 16:00:03 -0500 2021-03-04T08:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T10:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Film Screening Sonic virtual screening with trivia on 3/2/21
UROP Research Scholars Application now open (March 4, 2021 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82067 82067-21014857@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The UROP Research Scholars Program is designed for students who want to expand on their first year UROP experience and participate in UROP for a second year at an advanced level. In this program, students build upon the knowledge gained in a first undergraduate research experience to further explore the connections between research, a liberal arts education, and communicating skills to advance their future professional goals. Students are expected to explore various written and oral possibilities for communicating their research process, identifying the limits set by the discipline and the opportunities that lie beyond.

Apply at: https://myumi.ch/uroprs

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 04 Aug 2021 18:28:28 -0400 2021-03-04T08:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs Apply for Research Scholars
UROP Rising Sophomore Applications Open (March 4, 2021 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/80546 80546-20738198@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program is now accepting applications for students who will be rising sophomores during the 2021-2022 academic year.

Learn more and apply today at http://myumi.ch/uropsophomore

Rising Sophomore Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis.

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 14 Jul 2021 15:56:19 -0400 2021-03-04T08:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs UROP Sophomore Application
Weekly Film Suggestions 2/28/21 - 3/6/21 (March 4, 2021 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82065 82065-21014716@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

In gearing up for CCI's screening of SONIC starting on 3/2 - enjoy this week's suggestions based on video games.

Film Suggestions (more available through U-M Library):
Thank You For Playing (2015)
Life 2.0 (2010)
Game Over (2014)
Code Girl (2015)

These films are suggested for viewing on Kanopy and Swank within the University of Michigan Library - only available to University of Michigan students, staff, and faculty. Films featured in the weekly film suggestions are suggested based on availability within the University of Michigan Library streaming databases and relevance of weekly topic for events happening on campus. Most of the films selected have won awards, have cultural relevance, and generate discussion and thought. Feel free to look in the libraries and choose a film for yourself; for more titles please visit the "U-M Library Resource" link.

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Film Screening Tue, 16 Feb 2021 10:37:15 -0500 2021-03-04T08:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T10:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Film Screening Weekly Film Suggestions: Gaming
39th Annual WCTF Career Conference (March 4, 2021 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81641 81641-20935527@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 8:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: CEW+

The University of Michigan Women of Color Task Force (WCTF) will host its 39th annual career conference virtually on Thursday, March 4, and Friday, March 5. All U-M staff, faculty, students, and the public, regardless of gender or ethnicity, are invited to register to attend this inclusive professional development event.

The conference is free this year; however, pre-registration is required to attend the workshops and keynote sessions. Conference information, including the 2-day event schedule, speaker details, and workshop descriptions, is available online at myumi.ch/VPwAE. The deadline to register for the conference is February 26, 2021.

On Thursday, March 4, the opening keynote program will feature U-M alumnae Corie Pauling, senior vice president, chief inclusion and diversity officer, and head of corporate social responsibility for TIAA, discussing strategies for creating inclusive anti-racist workspaces. Following her remarks, a nationally renowned panel of healthcare experts will respond to questions about the COVID-19 vaccine and how it works to develop immunity.

The closing keynote program on Friday, March 5, will feature a legislative panel comprised of US State representatives: the Honorable Debbie Dingell, MI-12, and the Honorable Rashida Tlaib, MI-13. Moderated by U-M alumnae, state representative, and Davenport University vice president for strategic partnerships, Lisa Howze, the discussion will focus on the role of women in the state’s economic recovery strategy.

Event sponsors include CEW+, the U-M Office of the Provost, University Human Resources, and Michigan Medicine Human Resources. TIAA will be the Platinum Plus corporate sponsor for the eighth year.

Click here to register: myumi.ch/VPwAE

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 03 Feb 2021 17:09:59 -0500 2021-03-04T08:30:00-05:00 2021-03-04T13:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location CEW+ Conference / Symposium Women at the 2020 WCTF Career Conference
What are you laughing at? Understanding American Humor (March 4, 2021 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82159 82159-21044626@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 8:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: English Language Institute

Want to learn more about American humor? Want to have some fun during this unusual, busy online semester? This small, interactive workshop will tell you what Americans are laughing at. Part of a research project exploring international students' reactions to American humor, this session will help you gain a deeper understanding of American culture by watching funny videos!

Registration required, register here: https://myumi.ch/NxZD3

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 02 Mar 2021 15:21:38 -0500 2021-03-04T08:30:00-05:00 2021-03-04T10:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location English Language Institute Workshop / Seminar
International Institute Conference on Arts of Devotion (March 4, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81757 81757-20951378@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: International Institute

Free and open to the public; register at http://myumi.ch/wleGk

The phrase “Arts of Devotion” typically brings to mind traditional ritual objects used as part of religious practices, or evokes items like costumes, masks, dances, songs, poetry, and literature. Arts of Devotion can tend to be conflated with only those items that are understood as “traditional,” rather than those that emerge from the contemporary moment, as if modern and contemporary art can only be associated with the purely secular world.

Yet there are numerous contemporary artists who have incorporated elements of the devotional into their works, and devotional arts have changed with the advent of modern technologies and changing socio-political contexts. We might also consider Arts of Devotion as potentially extending beyond the usual association with the religious to other “devotional” relationships, such as those for political or revolutionary leaders, or individuals’ loved ones.

This year’s conference explores both contemporary and traditional Arts of Devotion by bringing together scholars from across disciplines and temporal and regional contexts, to engage with one another and a broader audience of faculty, students, and the general public.

Free and open to the public.
This conference is funded in part by five (5) Title VI National Resource Center grants from the U.S. Department of Education

Co-sponsors: African Studies Center, Center for Armenian Studies, Center for Japanese Studies, Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, Kenneth G. Lieberthal and Richard H. Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, Nam Center for Korean Studies, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Center for South Asian Studies, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Program in International and Comparative Studies, History of Art, University of Michigan Museum of Art

For schedule and panel information:
https://ii.umich.edu/ii/news-events/all-events/ii-conference.html

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 25 Feb 2021 14:00:09 -0500 2021-03-04T09:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location International Institute Conference / Symposium II Conference on Arts of Devotion poster
Creating Comics/Graphic Novels from Concept to Publication (March 4, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81101 81101-20848517@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This lecture will be live streamed.

The title is no lie, Comfort and Adam will indeed teach you how to create comics / graphic novels from concept to publication. This talk will cover the entire process from conception, scripting, thumbnails, color, digital and print publishing, and marketing. They will show examples and explain how one step leads into the other so you can feel confident in your knowledge of this subject… and who knows, maybe even start your own book someday.

Comfort and Adam are the award nominated creative team responsible for the critically acclaimed series The Uniques, Rainbow in the Dark, Kitty Game, and The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing Comics. They’re guests of the biggest comic conventions across the US, meeting fans and spreading knowledge via panels and seminars.
Comfort and Adam believe in the philosophy that great stories and art can be both fun and challenging, and you don’t have to choose between entertaining an audience and making them think.

This is the second of a six-lecture series. The subject of the series is Graphic Books and Memes. The next lecture will be on March 11, 2021. The title is: The Comics Journalism of Josh Neufeld. Learn from well-known experts about an array of interesting subjects, with an interactive Q&A period following each lecture.

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

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 22 Jan 2021 14:47:03 -0500 2021-03-04T10:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T11:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion Thursday lecture series
Cardio Kickboxing (March 4, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80441 80441-20721902@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

Come punch and kick to the beat of great music! In this quick-paced cardio class, your body will stay in motion as you build strength, endurance, and confidence. People of all fitness levels will get results at this fun and challenging class.

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Exercise / Fitness Wed, 06 Jan 2021 14:16:51 -0500 2021-03-04T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T12:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Exercise / Fitness
CJS Lecture Series | How Japan Got It Wrong: Government Policy, Gender, and the Birth Rate (March 4, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79789 79789-20493918@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 19 Feb 2021 12:16:08 -0500 2021-03-04T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
GradSWE Winter Female Faculty Networking Panel (March 4, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82121 82121-21036693@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Graduate Society of Women Engineers

Join GradSWE for our tri-annual Female Faculty Mixer through Zoom on March 4th 12pm-1pm EST. During this event, we will have two groups of faculty members serving on panels in separate breakout rooms. Each panel will have topics such as imposter syndrome, adjusting to COVID19 specific work-life balance, and PhD to professor, among others. As attendees, you will rank your top choices for topics. We will then organize students into breakout rooms according to this interest. The networking team will guide the conversations initially with prompt questions then open it up to the audience.
Attendees will get a $15 GrubHub gift card.
PLEASE CONTACT Ava Mauser (mausera@umich.edu) or Emily Bao (yuweibao@umich.edu) if you have any questions.

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Other Mon, 15 Feb 2021 13:16:09 -0500 2021-03-04T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Graduate Society of Women Engineers Other
Healing Units Harmed by Sexual Misconduct: Challenges and Possibilities (March 4, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82344 82344-21068626@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

Sexual misconduct has come to light in various units around the University of Michigan campus. Responding to this harm is challenging, as entire communities are affected. Facilitated by Kaaren Williamsen (SAPAC) and Sara Armstrong (CRLT), this session will offer the opportunity to hear from those on campus trying to help units move forward in ways that center repair, healing, and prevention. Dean David Gier, Julio Cardona (Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, Human Resources, and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion), Caitlin Taylor (Career Services Coordinator), and Rikki Morrow-Spitzer (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Program Manager), all of the School of Theatre, Music, and Dance, will share with us the efforts they have underway. Sonya Jacobs, U-M’s Chief Organizational Learning Officer, will talk about her unit's work with various units.

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

Registration is required to receive Zoom details. Note: you may register after the event has started.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 23 Feb 2021 13:33:11 -0500 2021-03-04T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T13:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Research on Women and Gender Lecture / Discussion photo of Ann Arbor campus at sunset with text overlaid in blue and yellow. The text reads: Healing Units Harmed by Sexual Misconduct: Challenges and Possibilities
HET Seminar | Quantum Complexity, Integrability, and Chaos (March 4, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81845 81845-20982931@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Leinweber Center for Theoretical Physics

Seminar Link: http://myumi.ch/O4P7E

The states of quantum systems grow in complexity over time as entanglement spreads between degrees of freedom. Following ideas in computer science, we formulate the complexity of time evolution as the length of the shortest geodesic on the unitary group manifold between the identity and the time evolution operator, and use the SYK family of models with N fermions to study this quantity in free, integrable, and chaotic systems. In all cases, the complexity initially grows linearly in time, and the shortest path lies along the physical time evolution. This linear growth is eventually truncated by "shortcuts" on the unitary manifold that are shorter than the physical time evolution. We explicitly locate such shortcuts and hence show that in the free theory, shortcuts occur at a time of O(N^1/2), truncating complexity growth at this scale. We also find an explicit operator which "fast-forwards" time evolution with this complexity. In a class of integrable theories, we show that shortcuts appear in a time upper bounded by O(poly(N)), again truncating complexity growth. Finally, in chaotic theories we argue that shortcuts do not occur until exponential times, after which it becomes possible to find infinitesimally nearby fixed-complexity approximations to the time evolution operator. We relate these results to the Eigenstate Complexity Hypothesis, a new criterion on the spectrum of energy eigenstates that guarantees an exponential increase of complexity over time that is consistent with maximal chaos.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 10 Mar 2021 15:21:51 -0500 2021-03-04T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Leinweber Center for Theoretical Physics Lecture / Discussion
Microbiology & Immunology Seminar Series (March 4, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82581 82581-21124028@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Microbiology & Immunology

"The Role of Transporters in Nutrient Uptake and Pathogenesis"

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 26 Feb 2021 16:48:54 -0500 2021-03-04T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Microbiology & Immunology Workshop / Seminar
The Movement for Economic Equity in Detroit (March 4, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82043 82043-21012679@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Social Work

From the fight for a fair wage, to business closures during a pandemic, to a historic lack of job opportunities for Black individuals, race-based mechanisms of economic and social suppression have been systemically and strategically created in Detroit.
This virtual discussion focuses on the work of Detroit activists and leaders who have dedicated their lives to creating a more economically just and mobile city.

Special guests include Eboni Taylor, Michigan Executive Director of Mothering Justice; DeWayne Wells, Executive Director of the Economic Justice Alliance of Michigan; and Dr. Alicia Farris, Chief Operations Officer of the Restaurant Opportunities Center.

RSVP for Zoom Link
https://ssw.umich.edu/assets/rsvp-request/index.php?page=register&id=W207

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 12 Feb 2021 11:22:04 -0500 2021-03-04T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T13:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location School of Social Work Lecture / Discussion The Movement for Economic Equity in Detroit
Shakespeare’s Secret Recipe (March 4, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79949 79949-20517556@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Participants will get a different take regarding Shakespeare; they’ll see the techniques and devices he used to create his plays. We’ll also apply these by reading two or three of the Shakespeare plays featured in the Stratford Festivals 2021 program.

Instructor Morley Witus is a retired lawyer who lives in Ann Arbor and worked in a Detroit law firm. He is a fan of the Stratford Festival and a Shakespeare devotee.

The study group will meet Thursdays from March 4 through March 25. Preregistration 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 Fri, 11 Dec 2020 17:35:02 -0500 2021-03-04T13:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T14:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
Brain Aging and What You Can Do About It (March 4, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79834 79834-20507640@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Aging is associated with subtle declines in some cognitive functions, but not others. As we age, we tend to become a little more forgetful, we get distracted more easily, and we can’t process information quite as quickly.

At the same time, verbal knowledge and what’s sometimes called wisdom tend to remain stable and may even improve with age. Why is that? This talk will explain what happens to our brains as we age, how those changes might relate to age-related cognitive declines, and what we can do to help our brains age more gracefully.

Speaker Thad Polk is the Samuel D. Epstein Collegiate Professor of Psychology and an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor at the University of Michigan. He received an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Computer Science and Psychology from Carnegie Mellon University and postdoctoral training in cognitive neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania.

Professor Polk’s research uses functional imaging of the human brain to investigate the neural architecture underlying cognition and how that architecture is influenced by age, by experience, and by genetics. He has lectured extensively on topics related to the human brain, including producing four courses for The Great Courses series. He was also named to the Princeton Review list of the best 300 professors in the U.S.

Preregistration 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 event

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Class / Instruction Thu, 10 Dec 2020 08:36:45 -0500 2021-03-04T14:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T15:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Special Event
CoderSpaces (Thursdays) (March 4, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80412 80412-20719727@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Are you grappling with a piece of code, trying to compute on a cluster, or just getting started with a new method such as machine learning? Then we might have just the right space for you.

All members of the U-M community are invited to join our weekly virtual CoderSpaces in the Winter 2021 term to get research support and connect with others.

The virtual sessions are designed to assist faculty, staff, and students with research methodology, statistics, data science applications, and computational programming for research.

Our hosts have a wide set of methodological and technological expertise. They come to you from a variety of departments and disciplines and are looking forward to serving the U-M community in their research endeavors.

CoderSpaces provide a casual, productive and inclusive environment. Everyone is welcome regardless of skill level.

Thursdays 3-5PM
Join via Zoom* (https://umich.zoom.us/j/92183172919)
*Users will have to sign in with their UMICH (Level-1) credentials.

with Erin Ware (SRC/ISR), Saki Kuzushima (LSA Political Science), Shelly Johnson (ARC-TS), Yuki Shiraito (LSA Political Science/CPS)

Expertise: Bash, Bayesian statistics, git, HPC, Linux, natural language processing, OpenMP, PBS, Python, R, Rcpp, SAS, shell, Slurm, statistical modeling, web scraping

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Meeting Wed, 27 Jan 2021 07:52:08 -0500 2021-03-04T15:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Information and Technology Services (ITS) Meeting Our hosts have a wide set of methodological and technological expertise, coming to you from a variety of U-M departments and disciplines.
Farm Stand Student Engagement Working Group (March 4, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81634 81634-20935516@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP)

The Farm Stand is weekly pop-up market and education project that sells produce grown by students for students. The project is a collaboration between the UM Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP) and the Campus Farm. Hopefully, the Farm Stand will safely re-open in the summer of 2021. Join us as we plan educational partnerships for the Farm Stand's future.

UM Sustainable Food Program working groups serve as a creative, free-thinking space where the needs and wishes directly from students can be realized, by students. There are three “themed” working groups: Campus Farm Stand, DEI, and Campus Collaboration. These themes serve as spaces where students are able to meet and collaborate with other people from different majors, interests, and backgrounds to brainstorm about what sustainable food justice and practices should look like at the university and surrounding communities. Working Group meeting times vary by semester. The Farm Stand Working Group meets bi-weekly on Thursdays from 3-4pm. Questions? Email bfrom@umich.edu.

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Meeting Tue, 02 Feb 2021 14:57:34 -0500 2021-03-04T15:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP) Meeting Farm Stand Logo
Interracial Dialogue (March 4, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81485 81485-20899743@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

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

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 29 Jan 2021 00:15:50 -0500 2021-03-04T15:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T16:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
LSA Technology Services Research Support Office Hours (March 4, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77718 77718-20270788@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Technology Services

The Research Team within LSA Technology Services is excited to announce virtual office hours for research computing support. These are regularly scheduled times when we will have subject matter experts in geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming available for drop-in support. Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions pertaining to any of these areas can stop by to ask questions, get help working through a problem, or inquire about a new project—no appointment necessary!

Not sure what we can do to help? Read on for more details about the services provided by each of these teams.

*Digital Scholarship*
Our digital scholarship team specializes in humanities, social sciences, and interdisciplinary digital project methods and can provide assistance with:
* Conceptualizing, planning, and finding resources for a digital project
* How to version, archive, and preserve a project
* Sustainability, preservation, accessibility, privacy, consent, or grant requirements
New to digital projects? We can also talk about how to demonstrate the scholarly rigor of your digital project, accurately credit the labor required of the project at every stage, and how to provide evidence and metrics for promotion and job dossiers.

*Geographic Information Systems (GIS)*

Our GIS specialists can help with your geographic data needs, including the following:
* Making maps for use in a class, grant proposal, or publication
* Geospatial analysis: identifying spatial patterns and trends in your data
* Georeferencing: assigning geographic coordinates to a historic paper map or a hand-drawn sketch for digital use as a basemap or combined display with other data
* Geocoding: convert a spreadsheet with addresses into latitude-longitude so you can plot your data on a map
* StoryMaps: harness the power of maps to tell your story
* Integrating smartphones or tablets and GIS in your field courses or researchSetting up workshops for a class or group interested in learning to use GIS in the context of your discipline
* Assistance with ESRI's ArcGIS platform, including ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online, or other geospatial software
* Developing your own custom GIS web application or mobile application

*High Performance Computing (HPC)*

Our HPC team can help with:
* Accessing U-M’s new Great Lakes HPC (High Performance Computing) cluster
* Moving your computational work from your laptop or workstation to the cluster, freeing up your machines for other tasks
* Compiling, installing, or configuring a wide range of computational software
* Setting up automated workflows to save time
* Debugging your programs to see why they are crashing
* Evaluating the benefits of parallel computing, more memory or system resources for your code
We regularly support Python, R, MATLAB, C/C++, Java, Julia, Go, and many other applications.

*Research Support Programming*

Our computer programming team can help with any of the following:

* Debugging, repair, and improvements or upgrades to your existing code
* References to training and coding resources to assist in your project
* Design and development of custom software to support your research
* Incorporation of lab-specific hardware into custom software applications.
* Writing funding for any of the above into your grant proposals
We're experienced in MATLAB, Python, R, LabVIEW, JavaScript, MedPC, iOS development, and more.

Who can join the office hours?
LSA Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions on geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming

When and where is it?
Our virtual office hours use Zoom:
Mondays, 2:00–3:00 P.M.
Tuesdays, 10:00–11:00 A.M.
Thursdays, 3:00–4:00 P.M.

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Other Thu, 09 Dec 2021 16:01:55 -0500 2021-03-04T15:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location LSA Technology Services Other Research Office Hours
POSTPONED: EEB Virtual Seminar: Evolution discussion (March 4, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82017 82017-21006755@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

We will announce a new date in the near future.

Professors Knowles and Rabosky present a discussion on evolution.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Feb 2021 12:07:16 -0500 2021-03-04T15:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Livestream / Virtual Biological Sciences Building with words EEB Thursday Seminar Series in yellow
Understanding Performance Anxiety (March 4, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79954 79954-20519516@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Performance anxiety is a formidable challenge for many people who speak in public, play an instrument, take a test or job interview, play a sort, and engage in social discourse with others. Psychological and physical symptoms often threaten one’s excellent preparation, self-confidence, and self- esteem. Performance anxiety can inhibit both professional and personal goals.

Instructor Julie Jaffee Nagel will lead the study group’s exploration of some underlying causes of performance anxiety that typically have roots in childhood and cast a long shadow in life. We also will discuss, try out, and evaluate various coping strategies to better understand what triggers performance anxiety and how to think about managing it more effectively.

The study group will meet Thursdays from March 4 through March 25. Preregistration 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 Fri, 11 Dec 2020 18:06:13 -0500 2021-03-04T15:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T16:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
Virtual Gathering of Community-Engaged Instructors (March 4, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81629 81629-20935500@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

Are you teaching or supporting a virtual community-engaged course this semester (or beyond)? Looking to connect with and learn from others who are too?

The Ginsberg Center invites you to join us for a lightly facilitated virtual community of practice on community-engaged course design and instruction. These gatherings are designed to encourage connections, troubleshooting, and resource sharing as we prepare for virtual teaching and engagement during Covid-19. For the last 30 minutes, Ginsberg Center staff will be available to answer questions.

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Meeting Tue, 02 Feb 2021 14:00:48 -0500 2021-03-04T15:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Ginsberg Center Meeting Circular logo with multi-colored segments that read Connect, Prepare, Design, and Research around the phrase "Equitable Impact"
CLASP Seminar Series: Prof. John Knox (March 4, 2021 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80422 80422-20719757@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering

Prof. John Knox of the University of Georgia will give a virtual lecture as part of the CLASP Seminar Series.

"New Insights Into Tornado Debris"

ABSTRACT:
From "The Wizard of Oz" (Dorothy) to "Twister" (cows), the transport of objects by tornado winds has captivated the public. In this talk I'll discuss the history of scientific research into this phenomenon and its evolution from anecdotal accounts to "dual-pol" radar observations. I'll focus on the work of University of Georgia students to fuse social media and atmospheric science to create an unprecedented dataset of tornado debris from the April 2011 tornado super outbreak in the Southeast U.S. By the end of the talk, you'll know more about the how-big, how-high, how-far of tornado debris, and also why this topic matters to meteorologists and emergency managers alike.

Please join us!

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 01 Mar 2021 16:11:58 -0500 2021-03-04T15:30:00-05:00 2021-03-04T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering Lecture / Discussion John Knox 3
BME 500 Seminar: Danielle Bassett (March 4, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81388 81388-20889818@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 27 Jan 2021 21:05:02 -0500 2021-03-04T16:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Biomedical Engineering Lecture / Discussion BME Logo
BME 500 Seminar: Sasha Cai Lesher-Perez (March 4, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81387 81387-20889817@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

Efforts to close the gap between in vitro to in vivo model systems have produced technologies that more effectively evaluate spatial, structural, and mechanical control mechanisms. However, existing in vitro models lack temporal regulation that captures the controlled, rhythmic processes that often occur in biological phenomena. A major contributor to this tech-bio mismatch is the difficulty to easily and sustainably scale our ability to apply timed oscillations, representative of biorhythms, in vitro. Developing technologies that are simpler and more adoptable for users, while ensuring higher throughput, have the potential to shift the way in which we establish cell cultures with a dynamic biorhythmic baseline.

In this talk, I will cover how my previous work in different technology platforms will be leveraged to establish next generation cell and tissue culture platforms that enable biomolecule timed oscillations in more complex microenvironments. First, I will discuss the development of microfluidic self-regulating circuits as a tool to produce modular chemical profiles on-chip at different timescales. Second, I will describe microparticle building blocks for the generation of customizable porous scaffolds that are porous, and consequently perfusable, enabling our ability to apply biomolecule timed oscillations through liquid flow to 3D scaffolds. Finally, I will describe my proposed research on establishing biorhythms in vitro and how these in vitro model systems will enable my research group to begin studying how stress within our lives lead to specific disease priming mechanisms.

ZOOM LINK: https://umich.zoom.us/j/94405051853

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 26 Feb 2021 16:50:20 -0500 2021-03-04T16:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Biomedical Engineering Lecture / Discussion BME Logo
Chair's Distinguished Lecture: Dynamics of Acoustically Coupled Combustion Instabilities (March 4, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82517 82517-21114093@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Professor Ann R. Karagozian
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department
UCLA

Acoustically-coupled combustion instabilities can result in large scale, potentially catastrophic pressure oscillations in aerospace propulsion systems, including liquid rocket engines (LREs) and gas turbine engines. A fundamental understanding of the interactions among flow and flame hydrodynamics, acoustics, and reaction kinetics is essential to determining combustor stability and controlling combustion processes. Over the past several years our group at the UCLA Energy and Propulsion Research Laboratory has been pursuing fundamental experiments that can shed light on combustion instabilities and their control, including exploration of the effects of external acoustic perturbations on liquid nanofuel combustion as well as gas-phase fuel jet combustion for alternative geometrical configurations. Phenomena such as periodic liftoff and reattachment, periodic partial extinction and reignition, and full extinction are explored and quantified via phase-locked OH* chemiluminescence and high speed visible imaging. Proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) modes and coefficient plots of time-resolved imaging enables characterization of various dynamical behaviors and signatures associated with different phenomena. Understanding such characteristic signatures enables development of reduced order models that can impact eventual control strategies.


About the speaker...

Ann Karagozian is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UCLA and heads the UCLA Energy and Propulsion Research Laboratory and the UCLA-Air Force Research Laboratory Collaborative Center for Aerospace Sciences. Her research interests lie in fluid mechanics and combustion as applied to improved energy efficiency, reduced emissions, and advanced air breathing and rocket propulsion systems. Professor Karagozian is a current member of the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, having served previously as SAB Vice Chair (2005-2009) and twice receiving the Air Force Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service. She is a Member of the National Academy of Engineering and is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), the American Physical Society (APS), and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). She received her B.S. in Engineering from UCLA and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) and is an alumna of and mentor for the IDA Defense Science Study Group. Prof. Karagozian is also the Inaugural Director of The Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA.

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Class / Instruction Thu, 25 Feb 2021 10:45:50 -0500 2021-03-04T16:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T17:15:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Aerospace Engineering Class / Instruction Ann Karagozian
Karthik Ganesan (Psychology) and Ryan Sandberg (Applied and Interdisciplinary Mathematics) (March 4, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82549 82549-21116099@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering

KARTHIK GANESAN: Karthik is a 4th year PhD candidate in Psychology and Scientific Computing. He has a Bachelors and a Masters degree in Biomedical Engineering and a Masters in Psychology. He works in the multisensory perception lab with Dr. David Brang and studies how multisensory integration occurs in the human brain and their mechanisms.

"EFFECTS OF VISUAL SPEECH ON AUDITORY SPEECH PERCEPTION": For quite some time now, the notion of different regions in the brain being highly interconnected instead of being segregated into modules has been widely discussed. There are numerous studies that provide evidence for such an effect where distinct regions in the brain responsible for different functionalities work together to create a unified sense of reality. A case in point would be audio-visual integration, where a person’s auditory stimuli/input is modulated by visual stimuli. One such example is the McGurk effect where the auditory component of one sound, paired with the visual component of another sound leads to the perception of a third sound. How does this effect happen and what are the ways in which the brain handles integration of these different senses? My research explores questions such as whether the brain integrates information from two different senses in a third, unrelated region of the brain or whether the sense of integration is just an illusion created by the modulatory effect of one sense on another. In this talk, I would provide evidence indicating a modulatory effect of visual stimuli on auditory speech perception. Results from complimentary data obtained using two different imaging modalities including intracranial electrocortocographic recordings and functional magnetic resonance imaging would be discussed.

RYAN SANDBERG: Ryan works with Robert Krasny in math and Alec Thomas in NERS on numerical methods in plasma physics, incorporating tree codes and particle methods in plasma simulation. I also study plasma-based electron and photon acceleration.

"FARRSIGHT: A FORWARD ADAPTIVELY REFINED AND REGULARIZED SEMI-LAGRANGIAN INTEGRAL GPU- AND HEIRARCHICAL TREECODE-ACCELERATED METHOD FOR THE VLASOV-POISSON SYSTEM": We present a new forward semi-Lagrangian particle method for the Vlasov-Poisson (VP) system. Recently developed methods for the VP system include deformable particles and high-order or discontinuous-Galerkin Eulerian methods. In contrast to these, we do not use any operator splitting and obtain the electric field by summing regularized pairwise particle interactions using a GPU-accelerated tree-code. We remesh and use adaptive mesh refinement to maintain an efficient representation of phase space. We benchmark on several standard test cases including Landau damping and the two-stream instability. We also compare the multi-threaded and single-GPU performance of the method.

Register to receive Zoom login information: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwqf--rpj0pGNzq5SacnPN-m00mECA8w215

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 25 Feb 2021 16:56:25 -0500 2021-03-04T16:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering Workshop / Seminar Karthik Ganesan and Ryan Sandberg
Professor Steven Cundiff, the Harrison M. Randall Collegiate Professorship in Physics, Inaugural Lecture (March 4, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81662 81662-20941444@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Just over 20 years ago, the demonstration of self-referenced optical frequency combs solved a long-standing problem of linking radio- and light-frequencies. This breakthrough allowed direct measurement of the frequency of light and enabled optical atomic clocks with exquisite precision. The development of dual-comb techniques led to a second wave of activity over the last ten years. Dual comb techniques enable rapid, high-resolution spectroscopy that can be used for applications such as atmospheric monitoring or breath analysis. I will explain what an optical frequency comb is, how they are generated and used, and present some of our recent work on them.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 02 Mar 2021 09:15:13 -0500 2021-03-04T16:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Lecture / Discussion Image
Yoga Flow (March 4, 2021 4:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80437 80437-20721803@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 4:15pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

This class focuses on clarity and well-being by helping you connect with your inner strength. You’ll build muscle and flexibility by using your breath to anchor each movement as you flow from one pose to the next. Modifications are offered to accommodate all skill levels. EQUIPMENT NEEDED: Open space with soft flooring (e.g. yoga mat, towel, carpet).

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Exercise / Fitness Wed, 06 Jan 2021 14:00:46 -0500 2021-03-04T16:15:00-05:00 2021-03-04T17:05:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Exercise / Fitness This class focuses on clarity and well-being by helping you connect with your inner strength.
Global Connections: Finding Your Own Voice at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance University of Limerick, Ireland (March 4, 2021 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82071 82071-21016990@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 4:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Session Guest: Sandra Joyce, director of the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at the University of Limerick
Faculty Lead: Marie McCarthy

In this session, a number of speakers will talk about their connections with the unique entity that is the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at the University of Limerick, Ireland. Dr. Marie McCarthy will discuss her relationship with the Academy over many years; Academy Director Dr Sandra Joyce will outline how the Academy was founded and developed; and graduates Dr RAS Mikey Courtney and Katie Geringer will talk about their experiences of being students at the Academy. Dr Joyce will discuss the diverse programs offered, highlighting the fact that they are grounded in local strengths but globally relevant. The vibrant environment will be showcased, focusing on the ethos of the Academy which equally honors all arts practices, as well as performance and academic study. Above all, the Academy focuses on helping all students to find their own voice, whatever the genre of music and dance they are interested in exploring.

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Performance Tue, 23 Feb 2021 18:15:05 -0500 2021-03-04T16:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
The Disappeared: A Human Rights Film Series & Discussion (March 4, 2021 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81372 81372-20887847@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 4:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Midlife Science

The event will begin with a short (6 min) background video made in 2015 by South Asians for Human Rights, followed by the documentary "White Van Stories" (2016, 1hr 10min). In the North, East and South Provinces of Sri Lanka, families search for their disappeared family members in the aftermath of the Sri Lankan civil war.

During Winter semester, a series of human rights films that focus on the theme of disappearances will be shown through Zoom. Discussion will follow the movie featuring & White Van Stories
Discussants: Jim McDonald (Amnesty International) and Nirmala Rajasingam (Author, Activist). Other dates include March 11.

REGISTRATION REQUIRED Https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_V2i0qVhCR4qpH0YPrWXFuQ

READINGS & RESOURCES
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SH9iTfwRkpX00Y8BMNMd1Ib9wX-ruDB_3sgv9SXa2io/edit?usp=sharing

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Film Screening Tue, 23 Feb 2021 16:02:00 -0500 2021-03-04T16:30:00-05:00 2021-03-04T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Midlife Science Film Screening Sri Lanka forced disappearances
BLI Alumni Panel (March 4, 2021 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82454 82454-21100208@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Barger Leadership Institute

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 23 Feb 2021 13:25:00 -0500 2021-03-04T17:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of English Language and Literature Livestream / Virtual English Mentoring
Money Talk$ (March 4, 2021 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81673 81673-20943449@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA

Register here - https://tinyurl.com/mesamoney

As part of Black History Month, please join the Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs (MESA), Trotter Multicultural Center’s Flourish Series, and the Men of Color Leading In the Classroom (M-CLIC) program under the Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives (OAMI) as we host a five week Financial Wellness Series to support you at each step of your financial journey!

This workshop series will provide important guidance on money management matters. Each workshop consists of teachings about building wealth and providing students with the resources (knowledge, tools, and people) to help manage their personal finances. All workshops are online and available for ALL staff and students!

Facilitated by Dr. Damon P. Williams, Professor and Pastor passionate about Financial Health

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 03 Feb 2021 13:52:06 -0500 2021-03-04T17:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA Workshop / Seminar Horizontal flyer with white background. At the top is black text with green text and then black text underneath. Under the third row of black text are three logos. To the right of the three logos is a circular image of the guest speaker. Underneath the logos and guest speaker image are the titles, dates, and times of each session in black text on top of a green bar. There is a black bar underneath the green bar.
IOE-EER WORKSHOP: “Life After Graduation” — Shelbie Prater, Morgan Hawthorne (March 4, 2021 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82570 82570-21124018@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 5:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

In partnership, the Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering (IOE) and the Engineering Education Research Program (EER) will be hosting a dynamic Virtual Mentoring Workshop Series. The aim of this series is to help foster an engaging and inclusive environment for students, faculty, and staff.

Workshop sessions will feature guest speakers across industry, research and DEI professions, and the special series itself is designed with a specific focus to facilitate conversations, build connections and empower self-reflection opportunities to support students’ journeys within the mentoring process as a whole.

This series is open to all College of Engineering students, faculty and staff. Registration is required. Please RSVP early to attend and the Zoom information will be sent prior to the event.

Presentation/Seminar Title:
Impress Yourself: helping the overwhelmed over-achiever learn to balance ambition and mental health

Bio:
Shelbie Prater, a Detroit native, is a holistic health and social equity advocate currently working in KPMG’s Advisory function. In 2018, she earned her Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Michigan, then moved to Chicago to begin her consulting career. As a Sr. Associate in KPMG’s Transformation Delivery practice, she helped global C-suite executives construct and launch a firm-wide culture and values refresh while managing a 3,000-employee Culture Champions Network. Shelbie’s day job involves creating customized experiences for clients as they prepare to work in new ways, but she’s also widely known for her work as co-lead of an internal Race & Social Equity Taskforce. In 2020, she helped build a non-profit organization called Movement for the Movement, which engages community members in conversations about systemic racism and encourages allies to take more active roles in dismantling the educational, psychological, and professional barriers faced by many Black Americans today.


Presentation/Seminar Title:
From Blue Books to a Blue Badge: How to start your career in Tech

Bio:
Morgan Hawthorne is a Senior Financial Analyst within Microsoft Cloud Infrastructure and Operations based in Redmond, WA. Her team directly manages price discovery, demand allocation and change management for all cloud servers purchased by Microsoft, accounting for over $8 billion in annual spend. In addition to her day to day functions, Morgan volunteers on MCIO’s D&I Board and tutors for Treehouse, a Seattle based nonprofit that supports youth in foster care. Morgan earned her BS in Industrial and Operations Engineering (’19) from the University of Michigan where she was affiliated with NSBE and M-STEM. In her spare time, Morgan enjoys playing soccer, hiking, biking or grabbing a drink with friends.

Please Note:
The event will be held from 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. EST with the following options to attend:
Seminar Talks will take place during the first hour 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Breakout Sessions will take place during the second hour 6:30 - 7:00 p.m.

*This workshop series is supported by a Michigan Engineering Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) faculty grant.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 01 Mar 2021 08:38:40 -0500 2021-03-04T17:30:00-05:00 2021-03-04T19:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Shelbie Prater & Morgan Hawthorne
Total Body Strength (March 4, 2021 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80453 80453-20722294@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 5:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

Experience strength training like never before! Take this class if you want to strengthen every muscle in one workout. We’ll offer you instruction on how to use free weights effectively and safely. Whether you are an experienced lifter or have never lifted before, this class is right for you! EQUIPMENT NEEDED: Some kind of resistance equipment (e.g. dumbbells, barbell, resistance bands, backpack filled with books, milk jugs filled with water, canned goods, or any other weighted items that can be held)

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Exercise / Fitness Wed, 06 Jan 2021 15:02:52 -0500 2021-03-04T17:30:00-05:00 2021-03-04T18:20:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Exercise / Fitness Experience strength training like never before!
Zumba (March 4, 2021 5:45pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80443 80443-20721988@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 5:45pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

Ditch the traditional workout and join the party! This Latin-inspired, dance-and-fitness class offers an exciting, exhilarating and effective workout. You’ll develop your stamina and your body tone with easy to follow dance moves, set to the fast and slow rhythms of cumbia, merengue, salsa, reggaeton, hip-hop, pop, mambo, rumba, flamenco, calypso and salsaton. No dance experience required.

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Exercise / Fitness Wed, 06 Jan 2021 14:23:47 -0500 2021-03-04T17:45:00-05:00 2021-03-04T18:35:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Exercise / Fitness Ditch the traditional workout and join the party!
A Taste of Frontier Medicine: The Kumys Cure in Sergei Aksakov’s Eastern Frontier Trilogy (March 4, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81936 81936-20990916@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Slavic Languages & Literatures

"A Taste of Frontier Medicine” considers Sergei Aksakov’s extensive, mid-nineteenth-century memoirs through the lens of a “frontier family narrative,” a genre perhaps more familiar in the American literary setting. While Aksakov’s work has received critical attention for its memoiristic content and attention to nature, the geohistorical specificity of the trilogy’s setting has been overlooked. This is surprising given the recent interest in understanding Russian colonial and imperial experience. A Family Chronicle (1856) and Childhood Years (1856) are not books in which the action could take place anywhere or in some generic pastoral or provincial space. Rather, they are about a specific place – Orenburgskii krai (Bashkiria) – that was a borderland, frontier, and contact zone from the time of its inclusion within Russian imperial space in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries into Aksakov’s lifetime. In “A Taste of Frontier Medicine,” I explore some of the ways in which the eastern Russian border with “Asia” broadly understood frames Aksakov’s work, as well as how these texts make claims about Russian identity as something defined by and in the “hybrid,” Eurasian sphere of the border zone. Discussion will center on two episodes that articulate a critical aspect of Aksakov’s frontier imaginary: the narrator’s mother’s taking of a “kumys cure.” The “kumys cure” serves as a revitalizing moment that establishes “nomadic,” “Asiatic” elements of the frontier as a crucial antidote to both a perceived excess of civilization and, counter-intuitively, to the potential dangers of the frontier zone itself.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 09 Feb 2021 15:45:06 -0500 2021-03-04T18:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T20:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Slavic Languages & Literatures Workshop / Seminar A Taste of Frontier Medicine
Man Made Film Screening (March 4, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82655 82655-21153696@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Spectrum Center

Register: https://bit.ly/LGBTQ-UM-Events
Please note the list of trigger warnings after the event description.

Join the Spectrum Center and UM Libraries in our screening of "Man Made," a feature-length documentary tracing the varied lives of four transgender men, as they prepare to step on stage at the only all-trans bodybuilding competition in the world. Learn more about the film at http://manmadedoc.com.

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

Trigger Warnings:

Shown
Footage of someone undergoing a masectomy / top surgery in the operating room, including open wounds
Injections
Scars from top surgery
Religiously-motivated transphobic / homophobic protest

Discussed
Suicidal ideation and attempt
Transphobia [internalized, misgendering, exclusion, outing, rejection from family, religiously-motivated, violence up to and including death]
Homophobic violence
Restricted eating / dieting

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Film Screening Tue, 02 Mar 2021 12:00:28 -0500 2021-03-04T18:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T20:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Spectrum Center Film Screening Event information beside a cropped version of the documentary poster, featuring one of the contestants, a Black trans masculine person with top surgery scars and chest tattoos, shirtless and looking up off of the image.
Strength & Sculpt (March 4, 2021 6:45pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80454 80454-20722331@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 6:45pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

Let the music move you in Strength & Sculpt. This beats-driven class combines cardio intervals and body weight training to provide you with a workout experience designed to fit your goals and desires. From squats and burpees to planks and push-ups, Strength & Sculpt syncs music and movement to target major muscle groups. You will leave sweating and stronger!

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Exercise / Fitness Wed, 06 Jan 2021 15:09:07 -0500 2021-03-04T18:45:00-05:00 2021-03-04T19:35:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Exercise / Fitness Let the music move you in Strength & Sculpt.
Bridging the Gap Series: UMich Alumnae in Public Service Panel (March 4, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82565 82565-21118087@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Leading Women of Tomorrow

We are hosting the third event in our Bridging the Gap Series Thursday, March 4th from 7-8:30pm!

The third event will be a UMich Alumnae in Public Service Panel featuring Kari Rea, Government Affairs Manager at the Partnership for Public Service; Frankie Moore, Director of Development at Community Action Network of Ann Arbor; and Emily Slavkin, Grassroots Director of Government Programs at Teach Coalition.

Each panelist will introduce themselves and answer a few prepared questions, followed by an open Q&A.

Please follow the Zoom link to participate. We hope to see you there!

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 25 Feb 2021 20:18:33 -0500 2021-03-04T19:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T20:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Leading Women of Tomorrow Lecture / Discussion LWT - UMich Alumnae in Public Service PAnel
Charles Correa International Lecture: Xu Tiantian (March 4, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82206 82206-21052541@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

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

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

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 17 Feb 2021 16:05:04 -0500 2021-03-04T19:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T21:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Livestream / Virtual Xu Tiantian
Meals of Meaning (March 4, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81516 81516-20903738@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Campus Involvement

In times of heightened tension, division, and expressions of hate, faith, spiritual and secular communities have a vital role to play in being stewards of resilience, collective courage, and creating braver space in the presence of difference. Meals of Meaning provide an opportunity for students to come together for a virtual dinner conversation (meal provided) and the chance to go beneath the surface, lean into vulnerability, and explore the struggles and stories that make up our lives. Sign up for a day/time that works for you.

When you register, select the mealtime that works for you! Each mealtime has a designated pick up time for food and location associated with it, so please check the details to see when and where to pick up your meal.

Registration is OPEN now! Register: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/8051

Unless otherwise noted, all meals are open to any student. If you are unable to pick-up a meal for any reason, but would still like to participate in the discussion, please simply note "No Meal" in the question section.

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Social / Informal Gathering Thu, 04 Feb 2021 09:22:10 -0500 2021-03-04T19:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T20:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Campus Involvement Social / Informal Gathering Meals of Meaning, presented by UM Interfaith Program, CCI and Trotter
Yoga Core (March 4, 2021 7:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80455 80455-20722343@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 7:15pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

Yoga Core offers core-strengthening exercises in a flowing format, with concentrated focus on your breath. Awaken your core and become strong both on and off your mat.

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Exercise / Fitness Wed, 06 Jan 2021 15:14:09 -0500 2021-03-04T19:15:00-05:00 2021-03-04T20:05:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Exercise / Fitness Yoga Core offers core-strengthening exercises in a flowing format.
Cardio Kickboxing (March 4, 2021 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80441 80441-20721914@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

Come punch and kick to the beat of great music! In this quick-paced cardio class, your body will stay in motion as you build strength, endurance, and confidence. People of all fitness levels will get results at this fun and challenging class.

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Exercise / Fitness Wed, 06 Jan 2021 14:16:51 -0500 2021-03-04T19:30:00-05:00 2021-03-04T20:20:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Exercise / Fitness
(CANCELLED) Hawktail - Rescheduled from 5/29 (March 4, 2021 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74553 74553-18795314@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Tickets on sale May 8!

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Performance Wed, 10 Feb 2021 14:43:35 -0500 2021-03-04T20:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T22:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Hawktail presented by The Ark
Become a UROP Summer Research Mentor (March 5, 2021 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82262 82262-21060594@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Submit a Research Project: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers 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.

Summer research mentors will collaborate with UROP students participating in 10-week full time Summer Fellowships.

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Other Wed, 21 Apr 2021 14:43:33 -0400 2021-03-05T07:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Other Become a UROP Mentor
Become a UROP Spring Symposium Judge (March 5, 2021 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82064 82064-21014689@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Provide your expertise during the 2021 Virtual Spring Research Symposium on April 22nd. UROP is looking for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty and staff who are interested in awarding undergraduate researchers with a blue ribbon honors for their UROP presentation during symposium.

Become a UROP Symposium judge at: https://myumi.ch/ovPb9

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 29 Mar 2021 15:32:12 -0400 2021-03-05T08:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Conference / Symposium Spring Symposium Judge - Blue Ribbon Award
CMENAS Virtual Viewing: *Stray* (March 5, 2021 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82750 82750-21171582@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cmenas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘Stray'”

About the film:
Through the eyes of three stray dogs wandering the streets of Istanbul, STRAY explores what it means to live as a being without status or security. As they search for food and shelter, Zeytin, Nazar and Kartal embark on inconspicuous journeys through Turkish society that allow us an unvarnished portrait of human life — and their own canine culture.

Zeytin, fiercely independent, embarks on solitary adventures through the city at night; Nazar, nurturing and protective, easily befriends the humans around her; while Kartal, a shy puppy living on the outskirts of a construction site, finds refuge with the security guards who care for her. The disparate lives of Zeytin, Nazar and Kartal intersect when they each form intimate bonds with a group of young Syrians who share the streets with them.

Whether they lead us into bustling streets or decrepit ruins, the gaze of these strays act as windows into the overlooked corners of society: women in loveless marriages, protesters without arms, refugees without sanctuary. The film is a critical observation of human civilization through the unfamiliar gaze of dogs and a sensory voyage into new ways of seeing.

Co-sponsor: Michigan Theatre

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Film Screening Thu, 04 Mar 2021 12:44:29 -0500 2021-03-05T08:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T20:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Film Screening
CMENAS Virtual Viewing: You Will Die at Twenty (March 5, 2021 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82514 82514-21114078@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cmenas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘You Will Die at Twenty'”

About the movie:
NYTimes Critics Pick! Winner of the Lion of the Future Award for best Debut Feature at the Venice Film Festival, YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY is visually sumptuous “coming-of-death” fable. During her son’s naming ceremony, a Sheikh predicts that Sakina’s child will die at the age of 20. Haunted by this prophecy, Sakina becomes overly protective of her son Muzamil, who grows up knowing about his fate. As Muzamil escapes Sakina’s ever-watchful eye, he encounters friends, ideas and challenges that make him question his destiny. Sudan’s first Oscar submission, YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY is an auspicious debut and a moving meditation on what it means to live in the present.

Co-sponsor: Michigan Theatre

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Film Screening Thu, 25 Feb 2021 10:11:33 -0500 2021-03-05T08:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T20:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Film Screening You Will Die at Twenty image
UROP Research Scholars Application now open (March 5, 2021 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82067 82067-21014858@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The UROP Research Scholars Program is designed for students who want to expand on their first year UROP experience and participate in UROP for a second year at an advanced level. In this program, students build upon the knowledge gained in a first undergraduate research experience to further explore the connections between research, a liberal arts education, and communicating skills to advance their future professional goals. Students are expected to explore various written and oral possibilities for communicating their research process, identifying the limits set by the discipline and the opportunities that lie beyond.

Apply at: https://myumi.ch/uroprs

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 04 Aug 2021 18:28:28 -0400 2021-03-05T08:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs Apply for Research Scholars
UROP Rising Sophomore Applications Open (March 5, 2021 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/80546 80546-20738199@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program is now accepting applications for students who will be rising sophomores during the 2021-2022 academic year.

Learn more and apply today at http://myumi.ch/uropsophomore

Rising Sophomore Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis.

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 14 Jul 2021 15:56:19 -0400 2021-03-05T08:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs UROP Sophomore Application
Weekly Film Suggestions 2/28/21 - 3/6/21 (March 5, 2021 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82065 82065-21014717@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

In gearing up for CCI's screening of SONIC starting on 3/2 - enjoy this week's suggestions based on video games.

Film Suggestions (more available through U-M Library):
Thank You For Playing (2015)
Life 2.0 (2010)
Game Over (2014)
Code Girl (2015)

These films are suggested for viewing on Kanopy and Swank within the University of Michigan Library - only available to University of Michigan students, staff, and faculty. Films featured in the weekly film suggestions are suggested based on availability within the University of Michigan Library streaming databases and relevance of weekly topic for events happening on campus. Most of the films selected have won awards, have cultural relevance, and generate discussion and thought. Feel free to look in the libraries and choose a film for yourself; for more titles please visit the "U-M Library Resource" link.

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Film Screening Tue, 16 Feb 2021 10:37:15 -0500 2021-03-05T08:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T10:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Film Screening Weekly Film Suggestions: Gaming
39th Annual WCTF Career Conference (March 5, 2021 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81641 81641-20935528@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 8:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: CEW+

The University of Michigan Women of Color Task Force (WCTF) will host its 39th annual career conference virtually on Thursday, March 4, and Friday, March 5. All U-M staff, faculty, students, and the public, regardless of gender or ethnicity, are invited to register to attend this inclusive professional development event.

The conference is free this year; however, pre-registration is required to attend the workshops and keynote sessions. Conference information, including the 2-day event schedule, speaker details, and workshop descriptions, is available online at myumi.ch/VPwAE. The deadline to register for the conference is February 26, 2021.

On Thursday, March 4, the opening keynote program will feature U-M alumnae Corie Pauling, senior vice president, chief inclusion and diversity officer, and head of corporate social responsibility for TIAA, discussing strategies for creating inclusive anti-racist workspaces. Following her remarks, a nationally renowned panel of healthcare experts will respond to questions about the COVID-19 vaccine and how it works to develop immunity.

The closing keynote program on Friday, March 5, will feature a legislative panel comprised of US State representatives: the Honorable Debbie Dingell, MI-12, and the Honorable Rashida Tlaib, MI-13. Moderated by U-M alumnae, state representative, and Davenport University vice president for strategic partnerships, Lisa Howze, the discussion will focus on the role of women in the state’s economic recovery strategy.

Event sponsors include CEW+, the U-M Office of the Provost, University Human Resources, and Michigan Medicine Human Resources. TIAA will be the Platinum Plus corporate sponsor for the eighth year.

Click here to register: myumi.ch/VPwAE

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 03 Feb 2021 17:09:59 -0500 2021-03-05T08:30:00-05:00 2021-03-05T13:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location CEW+ Conference / Symposium Women at the 2020 WCTF Career Conference
2021 Major/Minor Expo (March 5, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82587 82587-21124034@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Astronomy

Interested in learning more about what a major in Astronomy entails?

The Major/Minor Expo, held every March, will allow you to explore the 70+ majors and 100+ minors LSA has to offer, as well as many non-LSA academic programs, by talking with advisors, faculty, and current students. You can also gather information about opportunities for research on campus, internships, study abroad, professional development, and experiential learning.

For more information and to prepare for the expo, check out the resources and links here: https://lsa.umich.edu/advising/understand-degree-options/choosing-a-major/expo-for-majors-and-minors.html

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Exhibition Fri, 26 Feb 2021 17:04:34 -0500 2021-03-05T09:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T11:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Astronomy Exhibition Major/Minor Expo
2021 Major/Minor Expo (March 5, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82588 82588-21124036@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Statistics

Interested in learning more about the majors offered by the Department of Statistics?

The Major/Minor Expo, held every March, will allow you to explore the 70+ majors and 100+ minors LSA has to offer, as well as many non-LSA academic programs, by talking with advisors, faculty, and current students. You can also gather information about opportunities for research on campus, internships, study abroad, professional development, and experiential learning.

For more information and to prepare for the expo, check out the resources and links here: https://lsa.umich.edu/advising/understand-degree-options/choosing-a-major/expo-for-majors-and-minors.html

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Exhibition Fri, 26 Feb 2021 17:07:59 -0500 2021-03-05T09:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T11:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Statistics Exhibition Major/Minor Expo
Major/Minor Expo 2021: MichiganEARTH (March 5, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82232 82232-21058468@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Earth and Environmental Sciences

Join the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Major/Minor Expo 2021. You will be able to speak with faculty and peer advisors about our programs, requirements, and career opportunities.

Join us for a virtual conversation: https://myumi.ch/yKBPb
Monday, March 1: 3-5 pm
Friday, March 5: 9-11 am

The Earth and Environmental Sciences Major trains students to receive a broad foundation in natural and physical sciences related to environmental and Earth sciences. Through lectures, labs, and seminars on campus, field trips and Camp Davis courses, Earth and Environmental Sciences undergraduate students prepare to support the needs of modern society, while being responsible stewards for planet Earth in this critical period of globalization and development.

The Department also offers academic minors in Earth Sciences, Environmental Geology, Geology, Oceanography, and Paleontology.

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Fair / Festival Thu, 18 Feb 2021 11:47:04 -0500 2021-03-05T09:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T11:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Earth and Environmental Sciences Fair / Festival Professor and student examine rock face.
Michigan India Conference (March 5, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82608 82608-21137865@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan India Conference

Have you heard the good news? The annual Michigan India Conference is back, and we’re going virtual for 2021.

We hope to see you there. We have a series of influential speakers you won’t want to miss! The theme for this year's conference is Stability & Change, so we have brought you the best decision-makers and thinkers surrounding India's government, India's economy and the Indian consumer. Get a chance to learn about the latest trends, opportunities, and maybe even a chance to network with some of India’s prestigious figures.

The Michigan India Conference gives business leaders, students, alumni, policymakers, and anyone interested, a chance to learn more about what drives this dynamic economy. Whether you are interested in doing business in India or want to learn more about policy and government, the Michigan India Conference is open to all. We hope you will join us.

Take advantage of our first fully-digital conference!
Register today: https://forms.gle/ug5R9KMKs1dXu28bA

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 09 Mar 2021 13:06:47 -0500 2021-03-05T09:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T10:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan India Conference Conference / Symposium Michigan India Conference
The Poverty Narrative: Confronting Inequity (March 5, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81991 81991-21004756@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Poverty Solutions

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

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

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

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 11 Feb 2021 08:41:08 -0500 2021-03-05T09:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T14:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Poverty Solutions Livestream / Virtual The Poverty Narrative
A History of Christianity (March 5, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/79956 79956-20519518@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This series of lectures offers a glimpse of the world’s largest religion and the most influential religion of western culture. The topics are origins, Jesus, Paul, Augustine, Orthodox Christianity, the Reformation, the Enlightenment, and modern versions of the faith. This is a personal interpretation and your personal views are welcome.

Study group leader Ken Phifer is the Senior Minister Emeritus of the First Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Ann Arbor, where he served for 25 years. He is a graduate of Harvard College and the Divinity School of the University of Chicago. He has authored three books and several dozen articles. Ken is the father of five, the grandfather of 17, and newly a great grandfather.

The study group will meet Fridays from March 5 through May 7. Preregistration 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 Fri, 11 Dec 2020 19:30:39 -0500 2021-03-05T10:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
Applied Microeconomics | Industrial Organization: Algorithmic Pricing and Competition: Empirical Evidence from the German Retail Gasoline Market (March 5, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81742 81742-20949398@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
We provide the first empirical analysis of the relationship between algorithmic pricing (AP) and competition by studying the impact of adoption in Germany's retail gasoline market, where software became widely available in 2017. Because adoption dates are unknown, we identify adopting stations by testing for structural breaks in AP markers, finding most breaks to be around the time of widespread AP introduction. Because station adoption is endogenous, we instrument using headquarter adoption. Adoption increases margins, but only for non-monopoly stations. In duopoly markets, margins increase only if both stations adopt, suggesting that AP has a significant effect on competition.

* To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 05 Feb 2021 09:44:53 -0500 2021-03-05T10:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T11:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
MIRA Conversations on Inclusion and Equity Presents: (March 5, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82672 82672-21155686@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Research in Astrophysics

“Diversity in Astronomy: The Role of Summer Research Programs”

Summer research is probably one of the most effective ways to give students experiences and motivation for a career in science. In 2002, I served as the first director of the UW-Madison Astrophysics REU program, and I have been involved in this program ever since, including running the program during the one summer where we had a gap in funding. I will describe the evolution of this program, my thoughts and experiences about what works, and what we could be doing better as a community. The continuity of this program has allowed us to obtain funding from the UW-Madison’s Graduate School, individual grants, and other sources. (This additional support has allowed us to fund 45 additional students beyond the NSF supported students.) From 2002 to 2018, over fifty mentors have worked with a total of 175 students, including 92 women (53%), 49 students who are members of under-represented minorities (URM, 28%), and four students with documented disabilities. We now have fifty-one alumni who have earned their PhDs (22 in Astronomy/Space Physics, 14 in Physics, and nine in other areas), including twenty-five women and eleven URM alumni.

Please note: Should you require any reasonable accommodations to ensure equal access and opportunity related to this event please contact Nicholle Cardinal at ndcard@umich.edu.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 02 Mar 2021 12:43:55 -0500 2021-03-05T10:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T11:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Institute for Research in Astrophysics Lecture / Discussion Dr. Bob Benjamin
Rackham 101: Hidden Curriculum of Graduate School (March 5, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82273 82273-21062642@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

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

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 18 Feb 2021 18:16:10 -0500 2021-03-05T10:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T11:15:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
Statistics Department Seminar Series: Eun Yi Chung, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (March 5, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/80566 80566-20740179@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Statistics

Abstract: Classical two-sample permutation tests for equality of distributions have exact size in finite samples, but they fail to control size for testing equality of parameters that summarize each distribution. This paper proposes permutation tests for equality of parameters that are estimated at root-n or slower rates. Our general framework applies to both parametric and nonparametric models, with two samples or one sample split into two subsamples. Our tests have correct size asymptotically while preserving exact size in finite samples when distributions are equal. They have no loss in local-asymptotic power compared to tests that use asymptotic critical values. We propose confidence sets with correct coverage in large samples that also have exact coverage in finite samples if distributions are equal up to a transformation.

We apply our theory to four commonly-used hypothesis tests of non-parametric functions evaluated at a point. Lastly, simulations show good finite sample properties of our tests.

This seminar will be livestreamed via Zoom https://umich.zoom.us/j/94350208889
There will be a virtual reception to follow


https://economics.illinois.edu/profile/eunyi

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 25 Feb 2021 11:36:34 -0500 2021-03-05T10:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T11:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Statistics Workshop / Seminar Eun Yi Chung
U-M Structure Seminar: "Carbohydrate capture by human gut bacteria: the first crystal structure of raw starch-binding protein, Doc6, from Ruminococcus bromii" (March 5, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76727 76727-19741013@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Structural Biology

Amanda Photenhauer
Graduate Student
Nicole Koropatkin Lab
University of Michigan

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 19 Feb 2021 09:48:44 -0500 2021-03-05T10:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T11:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location U-M Structural Biology Livestream / Virtual UM Structure Seminars
Semester in Detroit Winter 2021 Office Hours (March 5, 2021 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81914 81914-20990889@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 10:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Semester in Detroit

Got questions about your application? Want to talk to a SiD alum about their experience in the program? Looking for more information on SiD in Covid? Stop by our office hours to chat with Prospective Students Coordinator Natalie Suh! Office hours are weekly from 10:30-11:30am. If you cannot make it during that time, email Natalie at nhsuh@umich.edu to set up another time to talk.

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Reception / Open House Tue, 09 Feb 2021 12:27:48 -0500 2021-03-05T10:30:00-05:00 2021-03-05T11:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Semester in Detroit Reception / Open House Background picture with miscellaneous office items including a keyboard, plant, phone and cup of coffee with the words "come to Semester in Detroit's office hours!" over it
Russian Conversation Club (March 5, 2021 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81285 81285-20879929@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Slavic Languages & Literatures

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

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

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

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

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

We hope to see you there!

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 26 Jan 2021 17:51:27 -0500 2021-03-05T11:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Slavic Languages & Literatures Livestream / Virtual Клуб Русского Языка
Yoga Core (March 5, 2021 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/80455 80455-20722355@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

Yoga Core offers core-strengthening exercises in a flowing format, with concentrated focus on your breath. Awaken your core and become strong both on and off your mat.

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Exercise / Fitness Wed, 06 Jan 2021 15:14:09 -0500 2021-03-05T11:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T11:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Exercise / Fitness Yoga Core offers core-strengthening exercises in a flowing format.
Biophysics Seminar Series (March 5, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79991 79991-20539092@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Biophysics

The Biophysics Virtual Seminar Series presents:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 19 Jan 2021 12:45:40 -0500 2021-03-05T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T13:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Political Science Livestream / Virtual Methodology
LUNCH & LEARN: "How Safe is Safe Enough? Lessons Learned About Risk Analysis in Space and Healthcare" — Jim Bagian (March 5, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82567 82567-21122035@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

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

Title:
How Safe is Safe Enough? Lessons Learned About Risk Analysis in Space and Healthcare

Abstract:
IOE Professor, Astronaut and Medical Doctor Jim Bagian will use real-world examples based on aerospace and healthcare activities to illustrate the vital role that engineers can play in increasing the likelihood of sustainable success.

Bio:
Jim Bagian is a professor of practice with appointments in the Departments of Industrial and Operations and Aerospace Engineering and was the founding director of the Center for Healthcare Engineering and Patient Safety and the Center for Risk Analysis Informed Decision Engineering as well as a research professor in the anesthesiology department of the Medical School at the University of Michigan. He was formerly the founding director of the VA National Center for Patient Safety and first Chief Patient Safety Officer for the Veterans Health Administration at the Department of Veterans Affairs Health. He was also a NASA astronaut and veteran of two Space Shuttle flights, investigated both Space Shuttle mishaps and was a member of the NASA Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel from 2006 to 2016. He was elected as a member to both the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 26 Feb 2021 10:52:31 -0500 2021-03-05T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Jim Bagian
On the Peripheries of the Subaltern: Privilege, Marginalization, and Intersectional Identities (March 5, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80573 80573-20749957@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 16 Feb 2021 09:58:05 -0500 2021-03-05T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Museum of Anthropological Archaeology Livestream / Virtual menz
Viral hijacking of host molecular motors to promote nuclear entry (March 5, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82373 82373-21084381@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

During entry, most DNA viruses must navigate the crowded cellular environment to reach the nucleus where transcription and replication of the viral genome occur. How polyomavirus (PyV), a small, DNA tumor virus, accomplishes this essential step in infection is unclear. In mammalian cells, intracellular transport is facilitated largely by two host motors, kinesin and cytoplasmic dynein, which move cargo along microtubules towards the periphery and center of the cell, respectively. We reported that dynein motor activity is required for PyV disassembly and nuclear arrival, but the exact mechanisms by which it promotes this process were unknown. Processive dynein activity requires a three-protein complex composed of the dynein motor, dynactin activator and an adaptor that confers cargo specificity. Unexpectedly, our most recent data revealed that the BICD2 adaptor is sufficient to disassemble the virus independent of the other components within the complex revealing cargo remodeling as a novel function of dynein adaptors. As BICD2 associates with both dynein and kinesin and is involved in cargo transport to the nuclear membrane, we are now investigating the role of these factors in the subsequent nuclear arrival and import of PyV.

Host: Matt Chapman

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Workshop / Seminar Sun, 21 Feb 2021 16:28:01 -0500 2021-03-05T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T13:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Chelsey Spriggs
Psychology Department Faculty Meeting (March 5, 2021 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75304 75304-19410857@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 12:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Psychology

Psychology department monthly faculty meeting

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Meeting Mon, 31 Aug 2020 07:43:50 -0400 2021-03-05T12:30:00-05:00 2021-03-05T14:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Psychology Meeting