Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. ECRC Job Search Strategies Open Forum (October 8, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77189 77189-19820173@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Engineering Career Resource Center

Our new open forum style workshop format is intended to help you be able to ask your specific questions to an ECRC Career Advisor on a specific career topic. Please come prepared to the open forum discussion with questions to ask the ECRC Career Advisor. You’re welcome to stay for the entire event or leave once you’ve gotten your questions answered. In this open forum discussion, we’ll be focusing on job search strategies.

You can join the open forum via this Zoom Link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/93150604867

This is a College of Engineering Event.

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 14 Sep 2020 08:24:45 -0400 2020-10-08T09:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T10:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Engineering Career Resource Center Careers / Jobs
ALC Preview Event (Virtual) (October 8, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74919 74919-19079190@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Asian Languages and Cultures

*Due to COVID-19, all events will be held virtually.

The University of Michigan Asian Studies Ph.D. program invites juniors, seniors, recently graduated, or Master's students to participate in a series of virtual events to learn about our graduate program. We are eager to recruit students who will contribute to our department's mission of promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in Asian Studies.
This event is a department funded opportunity to explore graduate education at the University of Michigan. Invited participants will take part in an admissions workshop, get acquainted with area studies resources such as the U-M Asia Library and International Institute, meet with world-renowned U-M faculty and current graduate students, and learn about fellowships and other resources offered by the Rackham Graduate School. During preview weekend, students will learn about:

the admissions process
fully-funded graduate programs
developing a research project
advanced language training
selecting a faculty advisor
what graduate school is like and how it all works

*Eligibility*

Please apply if you are a US citizen, permanent resident, or a DACA recipient. To qualify for this program, you must also meet one or more of the following criteria: 1) come from an educational, cultural, or geographic background that is underrepresented in graduate study in Asian studies; 2) have demonstrated a sustained commitment to diversity in the academic, professional, or civic realm, specifically efforts in the U.S to reduce social, educational, or economic disparities based on race, ethnicity, or gender, or to improve race relations in the U.S.; 3) have experienced financial hardship as a result of family economic circumstances; 4) are a first generation U.S. citizen or are the first generation in your family to graduate from a four-year college or university.
If you are interested in exploring the graduate program in Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Michigan, but do not meet the eligibility criteria to participate in Fall Preview Weekend, please reach out to us at alc-gradservices@umich.edu! We would be happy to answer your questions regarding the application process and academic life in the department.



Questions? Contact alc-gradservices@umich.edu

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 12 Jun 2020 10:23:08 -0400 2020-10-08T10:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Asian Languages and Cultures Livestream / Virtual Preview Weekend - October 8-9 2020
Building and Preserving Affordable Housing in the United States: Federal Resources and Local Efforts (October 8, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75675 75675-19560797@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

In the United States only one out of every four eligible low-income households is able to live in a subsidized housing unit. This limited supply of affordable housing is also shrinking. This talk will first provide an overview of the major federal affordable housing programs. Using Detroit as an example, it will then examine the recent efforts of producing and preserving affordable housing under the country’s largest affordable housing production program, the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program.

Lan Deng is an Associate Professor of Urban & Regional Planning at the University of Michigan. She studies housing and real estate development in both the U.S. and China. In both countries she has conducted extensive research to examine the different types of interventions directed towards housing and real estate development. Her research seeks to examine the outcomes of these interventions and how they were shaped by both market forces as well as institutional choices.

This is the fIfth of a six-lecture series. The subject of the series is: Poverty, Inequity and Disparity. The next lecture will be October 15, 2020. The title is: From the Edge of the Ghetto: The Quest of Small City African-Americans to Survive Post-Industrialism.

Pre-registration 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 event.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 14 Aug 2020 10:02:48 -0400 2020-10-08T10:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion Thursday Lectures
ONSF Drop-in Advising (October 8, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77839 77839-19933634@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF)

REGISTER: https://myumi.ch/51VEd

Join Dr. Henry Dyson, Director of the Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships, every Thursday morning in October for drop-in advising!

This one-hour block is for all the quick-questions and just-wonderings you may have, as well as those general advising concerns.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 22 Oct 2020 08:13:16 -0400 2020-10-08T10:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF) Livestream / Virtual Source: www.pixabay.com
Virtual Michigan Medicine Community Conversation: Middle Eastern Resource Group (October 8, 2020 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78264 78264-19998929@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Office for Health Equity and Inclusion

OHEI is now offering a re-formatted Community Conversations approach that is virtual. We feel that it is important to carve out space for dialogue, provide support for one another, promote self-care, and share valuable resources. It is important now, more than ever, for us to come together as a community.

The DEI Resource Group is a voluntary, member-led group that catalyzes efforts to drive innovation and make the Michigan Medicine workplace culture more inclusive, engaged, productive, and aligned to support our strategic goals.

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

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 06 Oct 2020 22:17:24 -0400 2020-10-08T11:30:00-04:00 2020-10-08T12:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Office for Health Equity and Inclusion Livestream / Virtual Community Conversation Image
2020 Organ Conference: Carillon Collaboration (October 8, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76699 76699-19737033@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Joey Brink, University of Chigago

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Sep 2020 18:15:05 -0400 2020-10-08T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion
CGIS Virtual Study Abroad Fair (October 8, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77893 77893-19943564@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Study abroad is not just for juniors. It's not just for language and international studies majors. It's not just for students from certain communities or socioeconomic backgrounds. No matter who you are, where you come from, or what you’re studying, a study abroad experience is available to you during your time at Michigan.

Whether you want to develop the skills you’ll need to compete in a global economy, cultivate your language competencies, or build meaningful connections with people from around the world, this is the best time in your life for a global experience.

Studying abroad often proves to be a pivotal experience, but deciding which program is the best fit can be daunting as you consider questions such as: How will this enhance my course of study? When should I go? For how long? Where? Can I afford it? How do I prepare? Will my credits transfer? The CGIS Study Abroad Virtual Fair is the best time to get all of your questions answered!

During the day of the virtual fair, you'll have instant access to academic advisors, education abroad advisors, Office of Financial Aid & LSA Scholarship Office representatives, and program representatives as well as scheduled events throughout the fair!

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Fair / Festival Tue, 29 Sep 2020 22:20:17 -0400 2020-10-08T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Fair / Festival Image300
ENGAGE: The Power of Your Vote (October 8, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77828 77828-19933617@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Social Work

This is a monumental year in our political history, with the upcoming election in November having the power to address various human and civil rights issues. Join us for a special virtual discussion on the power of your vote, how voting can combat supremacy and hate, the logistics of voting during a pandemic, and voter suppression. This session will feature special guests including Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, Inclusion, Equity and Social Responsibility Partner at Honigman LLP and member of the Detroit NAACP, Attorney Khaliah Spencer. This session will be moderated by long-time voting justice advocate and Executive Director of Detroit Action, Branden Snyder. School of Social Work students will also have the ability to ask panelists questions about voting and voting rights.
ENGAGE is an initiative that connects the School of Social Work to community issues and movements for greater equity and social change.
RSVP and a zoom link will be sent out the morning of the event.
https://ssw.umich.edu/assets/rsvp-request/index.php?page=register&id=W130

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 30 Sep 2020 07:50:56 -0400 2020-10-08T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Social Work Lecture / Discussion Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, Inclusion, Equity and Social Responsibility Partner at Honigman LLP and member of the Detroit NAACP, Attorney Khaliah Spencer and Executive Director of Detroit Action, Branden Snyder
ENGAGE: The Power of Your Vote (October 8, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78091 78091-19963478@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Social Work

This is a monumental year in our political history, with the upcoming election in November having the power to address various human and civil rights issues. Join us for a special virtual discussion on the power of your vote, how voting can combat supremacy and hate, the logistics of voting during a pandemic, and voter suppression. This session will feature special guests including Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, Inclusion, Equity and Social Responsibility Partner at Honigman LLP and member of the Detroit NAACP, Attorney Khaliah Spencer. This session will be moderated by long-time voting justice advocate and Executive Director of Detroit Action, Branden Snyder. School of Social Work students will also have the ability to ask panelists questions about voting and voting rights.

Attending this session counts for field credit. Please document your attendance and contact your field faculty supervisor for information.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 02 Oct 2020 09:50:15 -0400 2020-10-08T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Social Work Lecture / Discussion
Engineering an immunological niche for early detection of immune dysfunction (October 8, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77515 77515-19877791@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Office of Research School of Dentistry

Lonnie Shea, PhD
William and Valerie Hall Chair
Steven A. Goldstein Collegiate Professor
Biomedical Engineering
University of Michigan

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Presentation Mon, 21 Sep 2020 13:40:07 -0400 2020-10-08T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Office of Research School of Dentistry Presentation flyer
Explore the arts in Downtown Ann Arbor! (October 8, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76129 76129-19663638@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

The downtown Ann Arbor area is full of vibrant arts organizations, businesses, and public art. This self-guided art tour will welcome you to the rich arts culture that the downtown area has to offer. Enjoy this tour from the comfort of your own space or follow along on foot by following the Google map! We have highlighted the places we think students should know about, listed the free or low-cost resources they offer, and gave you some hints for fun things to spot along the way!

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Other Tue, 25 Aug 2020 16:53:55 -0400 2020-10-08T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Art Around Town
Graduate Student Career Pathways: Preparing for Virtual Career Fairs and Other Networking Opportunities (October 8, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76613 76613-19729085@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Are you interested in learning how to effectively connect with prospective employers and colleagues? If so, this integrative workshop will help you to develop a strategy and strong pitch to maximize networking opportunities, such as career fairs or conferences. In addition to developing your elevator pitch, we will briefly discuss networking strategies and resources.
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/88NKW.
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, 11 Sep 2020 18:15:48 -0400 2020-10-08T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
Looking at Naturalist Fiction and the I-Novel Transnationally (October 8, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75606 75606-19544898@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

After the naturalist approach to writing fiction crystallized in France in the 1860s, writers around the world embraced it. By the 1920s this kind of realistic fiction could be found from the Americas to East Asia, including the Japanese version known as the I-novel. Far from a story of influence, a close look at naturalist novels and stories written in different parts of the world shows writers departing from metropolitan models as they confronted new social conditions.

Christopher Hill is Associate Professor of Japanese Literature in the department of Asian Languages and Cultures. With a background in comparative literature, he writes frequently on literature and intellectual history from a transnational or global perspective. His first book, *National History and the World of Nations* (Duke University Press, 2009), was on the impact of nationalism on historical writing in late nineteenth-century Japan, France, and the United States. He has just published *Figures of the World: The Naturalist Novel and Transnational Form* (Northwestern University Press, 2020), on the global history of naturalist fiction. He is currently writing about postwar Japanese writers' responses to the decolonization of Africa and Asia.

Discussant: Christi Merrill, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature; Associate Professor of South Asian Literature and Postcolonial Theory.

Please register for the Zoom webinar at: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7XkNE5-uSRSBcB9uuBkggw

The University of Michigan Library has Professor Hill's book, *Figures of the World The Naturalist Novel and Transnational Form*, available in E-book format at: https://search.lib.umich.edu/catalog/record/018261248

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

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 29 Sep 2020 08:59:40 -0400 2020-10-08T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Japanese Studies Livestream / Virtual Christopher L. Hill, Associate Professor, Asian Languages and Cultures. University of Michigan
Looking at Naturalist Fiction and the I-Novel Transnationally (October 8, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77827 77827-19933616@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Comparative Literature

After the naturalist approach to writing fiction crystallized in France in the 1860s, writers around the world embraced it. By the 1920s this kind of realistic fiction could be found from the Americas to East Asia, including the Japanese version known as the I-novel. Far from a story of influence, a close look at naturalist novels and stories written in different parts of the world shows writers departing from metropolitan models as they confronted new social conditions.

Christopher Hill is an Associate Professor of Japanese Literature in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures. With a background in comparative literature, he writes frequently on literature and intellectual history from a transnational or global perspective. His first book, National History and the World of Nations (Duke University Press, 2009), was on the impact of nationalism on historical writing in late nineteenth-century Japan, France, and the United States. He has just published Figures of the World: The Naturalist Novel and Transnational Form (Northwestern University Press, 2020), on the global history of naturalist fiction. He is currently writing about postwar Japanese writers' responses to the decolonization of Africa and Asia.

Discussant: Christi Merrill, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature; Associate Professor of South Asian Literature and Postcolonial Theory.

Please register for the Zoom webinar at: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7XkNE5-uSRSBcB9uuBkggw

The University of Michigan Library has Professor's Hill's book, Figures of the World The Naturalist Novel and Transnational Form, available in E-book format at: https://search.lib.umich.edu/catalog/record/018261248

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

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 28 Sep 2020 13:13:15 -0400 2020-10-08T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Comparative Literature Lecture / Discussion Book Cover
Volatility (October 8, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76258 76258-19679587@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Retirees Association (UMRA)

What is Volatility? How can volatility affect my retirement income, and can it be controlled? What retirees today need to know to weather future market storms.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 27 Aug 2020 17:11:02 -0400 2020-10-08T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T13:15:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Retirees Association (UMRA) Livestream / Virtual
Unsung Heroes: Everyday Women and Politics (October 8, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75857 75857-19615922@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Before women had the right to vote in America, how did they engage with politics in their everyday lives? From cookbooks and sheet music to letters and diaries, join Clements staff for a virtual session exploring a range of historical materials for clues about how politics infiltrated women's everyday experiences.
Instructor Jayne Ptolemy is Clements Library Assistant Curator of Manuscripts. The Study Group meets on Thursday October 8 from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access this Study Group will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 19 Aug 2020 14:37:16 -0400 2020-10-08T13:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T14:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Annual UMRA meeting and Benefits Discussion (October 8, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75901 75901-19623819@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Retirees Association (UMRA)

Representatives from the University's Human Resources office will review the retiree benefits program for 2021.
This presentation will be followed by the annual UM Retirees Assoc. membership meeting.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 20 Aug 2020 13:15:03 -0400 2020-10-08T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T15:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Retirees Association (UMRA) Livestream / Virtual
Democratic to Authoritarian Rule (October 8, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75814 75814-19608029@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Democracy is undergoing an "alarming" decline across the world as a growing number of countries move towards authoritarian rule, according to Freedom House. In the U.S., there is much controversy relating to our degree of democracy and trends.
This course will help us to understand how and why democracies evolve and potentially fail, the tools of authoritarianism, and ways to build (or re-build) a stable democracy.
The course will consist of 2 sessions that include discussions with two national experts:
• Session 1: The Surge in Populism and Implications for Democracy/Autocracy. Pauline Jones, Professor at UM & Director UM International Institute
• Session 2: Building & Re-Building Stable Democracies (or How to Survive Autocracy). Sheri Berman, Professor at Barnard College
Session 1 meets on Tuesday Oct. 8. Session 2 TBD. Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access this Study Group will be e-mailed to you approximately 1 week prior to first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 18 Aug 2020 15:41:26 -0400 2020-10-08T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Conflict and Peace, Research and Development (CPRD) workshop (October 8, 2020 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76250 76250-19679555@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Political Science

cprd is interested in political conflict and violence broadly conceived. this includes war, civil war, genocide, state repression/human rights violation, revolution/counter-revolution, terrorism/counter-terrorism, protest/protest policing and everyday resistance/domination. additionally, we are also interested in peace - again broadly conceived to include peace talks/negotiation, humanitarian intervention and naming/shaming. the orientation of the group is open to geographic locale, method and theory. we thus involve individuals from world/ir, comparative, american, theory and public policy. we have had on occasion individuals join us from sociology, social work and law.

CPRD is a Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop that brings together students and faculty studying all forms of political conflict/violence and peace.

To receive the Zoom meeting link, please email talibova@umich.edu.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 27 Aug 2020 19:04:49 -0400 2020-10-08T14:30:00-04:00 2020-10-08T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Political Science Livestream / Virtual CPRD
EEB Virtual Seminar: Global inequity in species names and who they honor (October 8, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76574 76574-19727085@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Shane presents this week's virtual seminar.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 06 Oct 2020 09:34:38 -0400 2020-10-08T15:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Livestream / Virtual World map showing number of bird species descriptions since 1950
LSA Technology Services Research Support Office Hours (October 8, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77718 77718-20270767@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 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 2020-10-08T15:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Technology Services Other Research Office Hours
Online Self-Defense: How to protect your privacy, identity and security when using technology (October 8, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75545 75545-19521122@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Online services, smartphones, and other new technologies offer many benefits but also pose many privacy and security risks, such as tracking, identity theft, fraud, ransomware, and account hacking. Each week, we will explore a specific security/privacy topic chosen by study group participants, including associated risks and what you can do to protect yourself with hands- on activities. Topics might include: targeted advertising, email phishing scams, anonymity online, location tracking, social media privacy, strong passwords and account security, etc.

The study group is led by Dr. Florian Schaub, Assistant Professor in the University of Michigan School of Information and College of Engineering, and Allison McDonald, PhD Candidate in Computer Science and Engineering. Dr. Schaub and his research lab investigate people’s privacy and security behaviors and ways to make it easier for people to protect their privacy and security.

The study group will be held on Thursdays from October 8 through November 19.

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

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Class / Instruction Sun, 09 Aug 2020 13:07:22 -0400 2020-10-08T15:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
Publishing Contracts (October 8, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75736 75736-19576584@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Library

Come learn about how to negotiate common terms in scholarly publishing agreements in a workshop facilitated by Yuanxiao Xu from the U-M Library Copyright Office. This workshop focuses on publishing contracts for journal articles. After a brief discussion of negotiation techniques, some fun negotiation exercises, and an overview of the law in this area, participants will negotiate a mock publishing contract.

While we're providing a Zoom link for the workshop, please register first with TeachTech at https://ttc.iss.lsa.umich.edu/ttc/sessions/publishing-contracts-2 or email Yuanxiao Xu at xuyu@umich.edu.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 14 Aug 2020 17:39:20 -0400 2020-10-08T15:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T15:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University Library Workshop / Seminar Copyright symbol
SEMINAR: "Measuring and Mitigating Challenges for Future Human Spaceflight Missions" — Allison Anderson (October 8, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76873 76873-19772611@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

The Departmental Seminar Series is open to all. U-M Industrial and Operations Engineering graduate students and faculty are especially encouraged to attend.

Title:
Measuring and Mitigating Challenges for Future Human Spaceflight Missions

Abstract:
The future of human spaceflight will send people away from the Earth for longer durations to explore the surface of the moon or Mars. The challenges associated with missions of this magnitude will require advances in technology to resolve these issues in early stages of design. Improved ways to evaluate habitat design, human factors, and perform ergonomics evaluation of spacecraft are needed. These missions will require increased crew autonomy and associated decision support. Additional countermeasures are needed to maintain human performance in operational, isolated, confined environments. These missions will also require novel spacesuits that minimized restricted mobility and injuries. This talk will discuss my research to measure and mitigate these issues. This research, while focused on individuals in extreme environments also has direct implications for patient populations here on Earth.

Bio:
Dr. Anderson graduated in 2007 with a B.S. in Astronautics Engineering from the University of Southern California with a minor in Astronomy. She received an M.S. in Aerospace Engineering and an M.S. in Technology Policy in 2011 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and a Ph.D. in Aerospace Biomedical Engineering in 2014 from MIT. She received a postdoctoral fellowship from the National Space Biomedical Research Institute to work at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center studying human space physiology. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado – Boulder Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences and an Adjunct Professor in Integrative Physiology. Her work focuses on aerospace biomedical engineering, spacesuit design, wearable sensors, spacecraft habitat design, alternative reality technologies, and human physiology in extreme environments. Specifically, her work is directed toward enabling a human mission to Mars.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 24 Sep 2020 09:26:12 -0400 2020-10-08T15:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Allison Anderson
Virtual Gathering for Community-Engaged Course Instructors (October 8, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75351 75351-19442253@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

Are you teaching or supporting a virtual community-engaged course this fall (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 adjust to virtual teaching and engagement during the pandemic.

This session will focus on managing and facilitating post-election classroom conversations.

Please RSVP to receive a zoom link and password.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 21 Oct 2020 16:46:56 -0400 2020-10-08T15:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Ginsberg Center Livestream / Virtual conversations mug + phone taken by Cody Engel on Unsplash
Webinar: Pathways of Public Service and Civic Engagement (October 8, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78133 78133-19965484@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

Campus Compact’s 2020-2021 national webinar series takes the great and varied work happening on the ground around the country and brings it straight to your desk.

Stanford University's Haas Center for Public Service has collaborated with 55 public, private, two- and four-year institutions since 2013 to develop an innovative holistic framework: "Pathways of Public Service and Civic Engagement." The pathways describe a range of possibilities by which students can contribute to the common good: community-engaged learning/research; community organizing/activism; direct service; philanthropy; policy/governance; and social entrepreneurship/corporate social responsibility. The framework guides students in exploring how the pathways differ from each other in language, practice, and impact, and how pathways might intersect to effect social change.

A free online survey surfaces student predispositions and interests toward the pathways; opens students' eyes to lifelong career, engagement, and leadership opportunities; and assists community engagement practitioners in developing relevant programming. Presenters will share multi-institution research resulting from the survey. Survey data informs practitioners, who can place students in community settings where they have strong pathway inclinations, encourage students to explore pathways they hadn't considered, or ensure they experience all six pathways in multiple placements during college. Each pathway provides students with experience they can use with high-impact practices in curricular and co-curricular settings, and in the workplace and civil society.

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 02 Oct 2020 16:15:54 -0400 2020-10-08T15:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Ginsberg Center Livestream / Virtual Campus Compact logo
CLASP Seminar Series: Prof. Lisa Welp, of Purdue University (October 8, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76502 76502-19719163@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering

Prof. Lisa Welp, of Purdue University will give a virtual lecture as part of the CLASP Seminar Series. Please join us!

This is a Zoom virtual event.
Zoom link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/95849940141?pwd=ZE5mUGkycTAreUpGbW9wWklFVE4zQT09
Meeting ID: 958 4994 0141
Passcode: 421507

TITLE: Precipitation isotopes in the Andean Coastal Cordillera reflect the transition between Atlantic and Pacific moisture influence sub-seasonally

ABSTRACT: The western rain-shadow of the Andes mountains is an extremely arid region stretching from Peru through Chile, but is home to millions of people and associated infrastructure. While rainfall is important for water resources and supporting native vegetation, infrequent extreme rainfall events cause costly damage to human life and property. Just in the past several years, there have been extreme rain events in Northern Peru (2015 and 2017) and the Atacama Desert (2015, 2017, and 2019). This region is a transition zone between Atlantic and Pacific moisture influence driven by atmospheric circulation and coastal conditions. The conditions that produce rain in this region are still not fully understood, especially the role that Pacific sea surface temperatures play. Daily rainfall in Arequipa in southern Peru, near the arid Andean Coastal Cordillera, was analyzed for stable water isotope composition during the 2019 wet season to better understand rainfall processes. During anomalously warm coastal sea surface temperatures, Pacific influence was identified, and the isotopic values were more depleted at the 2,328 masl observation location. Improved understanding of regional moisture sources and rain events in this region can aid communities in managing critical water supplies and mitigating flood damage in the future, inform studies of coupled atmosphere-ocean-cloud feedbacks in the tropics, as well as provide insight into paleoclimate studies in this region. This presentation will also describe some of the unique natural ecological and agricultural systems in this arid region.

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 21 Sep 2020 14:24:50 -0400 2020-10-08T15:30:00-04:00 2020-10-08T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering Livestream / Virtual generic seminar image
ASEE General Body Meeting (October 8, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78158 78158-19981181@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: American Society for Engineering Education Student Chapter

If you're interested in engineering education, or the teaching side of academia, please join us for the first general meeting of the UM chapter of the American Society for Engineering Education! If you're interested in attending, please email Corwin (cbkerr at umich dot edu) or Bobby (rdgraham at umich dot edu) for the Zoom link!

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Meeting Sun, 04 Oct 2020 17:16:04 -0400 2020-10-08T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location American Society for Engineering Education Student Chapter Meeting
BME Seminar Series: Nathan Price (October 8, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75906 75906-19623824@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

Join us for our virtual seminar series on Thursdays from 4-5pm!
These events will take place on BlueJeans at this link: https://bluejeans.com/628109990

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 20 Aug 2020 14:01:08 -0400 2020-10-08T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Biomedical Engineering Workshop / Seminar BME
Chair's Distinguished Lecture: A New Approach to Engineering for Safety and Cybersecurity (October 8, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76298 76298-19681596@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Prof. Nancy Leveson
Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Aerospace and other systems are becoming increasingly complex and software-intensive. At the same time, human roles are changing along with the types of errors that the operators of these systems are making. These changes in engineering are leading to new causes of accidents. But the traditional approaches to safety engineering, created 50 to 70 years ago, are based on assumptions about system design that are no longer true. In this presentation I’ll suggest what is needed to prevent unnecessary losses, including a paradigm change in how we think about and deal with safety, i.e., basing system engineering on system theory (which is where it started a long time ago).

System theory provides the ability to overcome the deficiencies of traditional analytic reduction and to create new, more powerful approaches to the safety and security of today’s and tomorrow’s systems. Our new systems-theoretic approach to safety is being used successfully in just about every industry around the world and on the most complex systems humans have tried to create. It has been shown through both scientific evaluation and empirical use to be both more powerful and less expensive than the traditional approaches.

About the speaker...

Nancy Leveson is Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT. Prof. Leveson conducts research on all aspects of system safety including modeling and analysis, design, operations, management, and and human factors and the larger arena of system engineering. Her techniques are used in a wide variety of safety-critical industries including aerospace, transportation, chemical plants, nuclear power, medical devices, and many others. One particular common element throughout all her work is an emphasis on applying systems theory to complex systems. She has received many honors, most recently the 2020 IEEE Medal for Environmental and Safety Technologies. She was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2000.

Dr. Leveson is author of two books: Safeware: System Safety and Computers (1995) published by Addison-Wesley and Engineering a Safer World (2012) published by MIT Press. She consults extensively in many industries on the ways to prevent accidents and has served on numerous national and international committees and accident investigations including being an expert consultant for the Columbia Accident Investigation Board, the Presidential Commission on Deepwater Horizon, the Baker Panel on the Texas City explosion, and a Navy committee investigating one of the V-22 Osprey accidents as well as lesser-known accidents.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 01 Sep 2020 14:20:39 -0400 2020-10-08T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T17:15:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Aerospace Engineering Class / Instruction Nancy Leveson
Democracy and the Carceral State: a reading and discussion with poet Dwayne Betts (October 8, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76128 76128-19663591@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Quarterly Review

Poet Reginald Dwayne Betts will read from his most recent collection, Felon, and discuss the ways in which incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people are left out of conversations about Democracy. This event will be an opportunity to consider the intersections between free speech, disenfranchisement, and mass incarceration. The lecture will be followed by a Q&A. Co-sponsored by the Democracy and Debate Theme Semester, the Prison Creative Arts Project, and the Michigan Quarterly Review.

Register to attend. The event is free and open to the public. Contact mqr@umich.edu with any accessibility requests.

To register for the event please follow this link: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DdBXy41iSVSJDy6VGrjong

To order the Fall 2020 special issue of the Michigan Quarterly Review guest edited by Reginald Dwayne Betts visit https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/mqr/

Felon is available for purchase from Literati Bookstore: https://www.literatibookstore.com/book/9780393652147

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 01 Oct 2020 12:09:05 -0400 2020-10-08T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Quarterly Review Livestream / Virtual Reginald Dwayne Betts
RNA Journal Club (October 8, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76901 76901-19774602@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for RNA Biomedicine

Zoom meeting link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/98191021203

The RNA Journal Club meets to prepare for seminars and engage with their presenters. The Club studies and reviews the articles relating to upcoming talks.

In preparation for 10/8/20 Seminar with guest speaker: Gene Yeo, University of California, San Diego https://events.umich.edu/event/75807

Publication to review: TBA

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 08 Sep 2020 14:21:44 -0400 2020-10-08T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for RNA Biomedicine Lecture / Discussion Glasses notebook and laptop
CFE TechLab Programs Info Session (October 8, 2020 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77446 77446-19854031@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 4:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Entrepreneurship

This is your opportunity to ask TechLab staff and instructors anything and everything! During this info session, we’ll go deeper into program specifics and have you leave with a better understanding of how TechLab Climate Change and TechLab at Mcity can help you with your entrepreneurial career goals.

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Presentation Fri, 18 Sep 2020 14:31:58 -0400 2020-10-08T16:30:00-04:00 2020-10-08T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Entrepreneurship Presentation Students visiting IA Ventures in D.C.
Mental Health of LGBTQ+ Youth (October 8, 2020 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78000 78000-19951595@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 4:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Spectrum Center

Registration: https://bit.ly/LGBTQ-UM-Events
All National Coming Out Week events: https://bit.ly/SC-NCOW

Young people who identify as LGBTQ+ face significantly higher risk for depression, anxiety, and other mental health issues than their peers who are not sexual or gender minorities. Gary Harper, Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education and Global Public Health at the School of Public Health, and his team are working to ensure that primary care clinics in the US are equipped to screen at-risk LGBTQ+ youth and provide them with welcoming, competent, and high-quality care. Listen to Dr. Harper as he talks about his research and advocacy to improve policy for LGBTQ+ youth.

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.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 08 Oct 2020 11:49:59 -0400 2020-10-08T16:30:00-04:00 2020-10-08T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Spectrum Center Lecture / Discussion Promotional flyer of the time, date, location, and a picture of Gary Harper. Dr. Harper is wearing a blue quarter-zip sweater over a white collared shirt, posing and smiling at the camera. Text below his photo states that he is a professor for The Department of Health Behavior and Health Education; and Global Public Health
Anti-Racism Teach-in (October 8, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78056 78056-19957544@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA

RSVP at Happening @ Michigan
https://events.umich.edu/event/78056

Information:
Anti-Racism Peer-Led Teach-In

Racial justice begins with anti-racism. Anti-racism is the active process of identifying and eliminating racism by changing systems, organizational structures, policies, practices, and attitudes so that power is redistributed and shared equitably (University of Calgary). This peer-led teach-in will engage analytical frameworks for examining systemic cultural, social, economic, and political forces in the community along with individual reflection. Our hope is to raise critical consciousness, understand the opportunity for actions, and how our resources can be distributed.

Learning Outcomes

Participants will be able to:

Define anti-racism
Identify 1-2 examples of how racism manifests in daily lives
Recognize their participation in a racist system
Identify structural racism, and
Develop 1-2 action steps

This teach-in is offered as part of the Latinx Heritage Month Program.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 01 Oct 2020 13:31:12 -0400 2020-10-08T17:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T18:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA Workshop / Seminar
EnginTalks: DEI Culture Shift. (October 8, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78093 78093-19963480@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Engineering

Michigan Engineering is working towards launching sustained, pervasive education around issues of race, ethnicity, unconscious bias and inclusion for everyone in Engineering – students, faculty and staff – within one year.

We have assembled a number of Community Teams to develop five proposals to bring DEI education and awareness, with an initial focus on race and ethnicity, to all persons in the Michigan Engineering community.

The proposals were developed to provide opportunities to expand our collective knowledge on matters related to diversity, equity and inclusion. 

EnginTalks is just one of many forums to come where our community can ask questions and most importantly, share ideas and recommendations regarding the proposals.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 02 Oct 2020 15:06:10 -0400 2020-10-08T17:30:00-04:00 2020-10-08T18:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Engineering Lecture / Discussion Aerial photo of North Campus. Text "EnginTalks."
Nam Center Virtual Chuseok Dae Party 2020 | Korean Storytime (October 8, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77795 77795-19931620@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Nam Center for Korean Studies

Join Eunjae Cheon for crafts, songs and stories in Korean! She’ll be reading and translating 솔이의 추석 이야기 [Sol’s Chuseok Story] by Uk Bae Lee, 떡이 최고야 [Rice Cake is Awesome] by Nan Ji kim and 달의 맛은 어떨까? [What Does the Moon Taste Like?] By Michahel. Music provided by Andrea Yun!

We will also make a full moon craft together!

You will need:

-A round traceable object (i.e. a cup or small bowl)
-Pencil
-Toothpaste
-Dark colored paper (blue or black)
-Plain paper
-Scissors
-Scotch tape

Eunjae Cheon is from South Korea where she used to teach kindergarten. She is now a teacher for the Korean School of Ann Arbor. Once a month, she leads Storytime for the Ann Arbor District Library. You can find videos of the story time on the AADL YouTube channel.

Pre-registration via Google Form is required to receive Zoom Link:
https://forms.gle/LPz7kKY5we5uv95b8

See full list of Virtual Chuseok Dae Party 2020 events:
https://ii.umich.edu/ncks/news-events/events/virtual-chuseok-dae-party-2020.html

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 01 Oct 2020 10:31:55 -0400 2020-10-08T19:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Nam Center for Korean Studies Livestream / Virtual Nam Center Virtual Chuseok Dae Party 2020 | Korean Storytime
SLSA 2020 Special Event: AI / IA: Promises and Perils of Augmented / Artificial Intelligence (October 8, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77981 77981-19949608@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

This Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts (SLSA) Special Fall Event on the Promises and Perils of Augmented / Artificial Intelligence is free and open to the public. Registration to this virtual event is required.

Event Program:

* Welcome: David Cecchetto, SLSA Incoming President

* Announcement of Lifetime Achievement Award & Remarks by 2020 recipient Richard Powers

* Katherine Hayles introduces lightning talks: Ed Finn,“How to Imagine AI: Cultural Frames for Thinking with Machines” // Jennifer Rhee, “Histories of AI Futures” // Evan Selinger,“Reject Dual-Use Dogma” // Lightening talks audience Q&A

* Announcement of Bruns Essay Prize

* “Expanding AI: A conversation with artist Stephanie Dinkins and Srimoyee Mitra, Director, Stamps Gallery,” introduced by Irina Aristarkhova

* Announcements of Schachterle Essay Prize and Kendrick Book Prize

* “Using and Musing AI in Books and Postprint,” a conversation between Amaranth Borsuk and Kate Hayles, followed by audience Q&A

Speaker Bios:

Ed Finn is the founding director of the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University where he is an associate professor in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society. He is the author of What Algorithms Want: Imagination in the Age of Computing. He also serves as the academic director of Future Tense, a partnership between ASU, New America, and Slate Magazine, and a co-director of “Emerge,” an annual festival of art, ideas, and the future.

Jennifer Rhee is an associate professor of new media in the Department of English at Virginia Commonwealth University. She’s written about robotics and artificial intelligence in technology, visual and performance art, literature, and film in her book The Robotic Imaginary: The Human and the Price of Dehumanized Labor (University of Minnesota Press, 2018). Her work can also be found in journals including Camera Obscura, Configurations, ASAP/Journal, Science Fiction Studies, Mosaic, and Postmodern Culture. She’s currently
working on a book on big data and futurity in technology, literature, and art.

Evan Selinger, Professor of Philosophy at Rochester Institute of Technology, is the co-author of Re-Engineering Humanity, selected by the Observer as one of the “Best Books of 2016.” He writes for many periodicals and blogs such as The Nation, Salon, and The Guardian. He is currently a member of the Institute for Defense on Analysis‘s Legal, Moral, and Ethical Working Group, which contributes to a DARPA-funded project that uses artificial intelligence to enhance the autonomy of non-lethal technological systems.

Stephanie Dinkins is a leading transmedia artist who creates platforms for dialog about artificial intelligence to confront questions of bias in AI, consciousness, data sovereignty, and social equity. She is particularly driven to work with communities of color to co-create more inclusive, fair, and ethical artificial intelligent ecosystems. Dinkins is a 2019 Creative Capital Grantee as well as Data and Society Research Institute Fellow. She is Associate Professor of Art at Stony Brook University.

Srimoyee Mitra is Director of the Stamps Gallery at the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She is an award-winning curator and editor of Border Cultures (Windsor Gallery / BlackDog Publishing, 2015). Her research interests lie at the intersection of exhibition-making and participation, migration, globalization, and decolonial aesthetics.

Irina Aristarkhova is Professor at the Stamps School of Art & Design and the Digital Studies Institute, University
of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She is author of Hospitality of the Matrix: Philosophy, Biomedicine and Culture and Arrested Welcome: Hospitality in Contemporary Art.

Amaranth Borsuk is a poet known for her experiments with textual materiality and digital poetry. She is the coauthor, with Brad Bouse, of a book with visual icons that can only be read with the aid of a computer. She is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Washington Bothell.

N. Katherine Hayles is a literary and cultural critic who writes on the relations of literature, science and technology in the 20th- and 21st- centuries. She is the author of How We Became Posthuman: Virtual Bodies in Cybernetics, Literature and Informatics. She is Distinguished Research Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles and James B. Duke Professor of Literature Emerita at Duke University.

Please RSVP to reserve your place for this free event: https://yorku.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BXnOBFHmQzq6eF17hns9bw

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Auditions Wed, 30 Sep 2020 12:15:14 -0400 2020-10-08T19:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Auditions https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/calendar/SLSA_horizontal2.jpg
WISE Movie Night (October 8, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77973 77973-19947529@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Program

Thank you for your interest in joining WISE for a movie night!

WISE will stream the movie Okja on our Discord while you share your thoughts in the chat. We will meet at 7PM Thursday, October 8.

Okja is a Korean-American movie written and director by Bong Joon-Ho who made Parasite. Our theme for this semester has been the ways that STEM can be used to help people-- and the ways STEM can be used to do harm. Okja is partially about scary Tilda Swinton using STEM for greed and evil, and mostly about adorable animals, family, the meaning of happiness, and the power of organized activism and one passionate little girl to make a difference.

The movie is in a mix of English and Korean with English subtitles.

Discord link:

https://discord.gg/wPUPuGW

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Social / Informal Gathering Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:08:51 -0400 2020-10-08T19:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Program Social / Informal Gathering
2020 Organ Conference: Visualizing Collaborative Sound (October 8, 2020 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76700 76700-19737034@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Ryan Mueller, Dobson Pipe Organ Builders

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Sep 2020 18:15:05 -0400 2020-10-08T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (October 9, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838080@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

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

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-10-09T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (October 9, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947539@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-10-09T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
EEB Fall Preview Event (October 9, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76118 76118-19663540@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

APPLY BY AUG. 31, 2020

*All activities will take place virtually due to COVID-19

The Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) invites juniors, seniors, recent college graduates or master's students to participate in a fall preview event. We are looking for students who will contribute to our department's mission of promoting diversity and inclusion in the fields of ecology and evolution and who will benefit from the opportunity to learn more about the EEB program and graduate school in advance of their application.

The event is an opportunity to explore graduate education, participate in admissions workshops, and meet faculty and current graduate students. During the event, you'll have the opportunity to:

- Learn about the admissions process and get an overview of the graduate program
- Meet one-on-one with prospective faculty mentors
- Hear from current EEB graduate students on what graduate school is like
- Participate in a discussion with Students of Color of Rackham

Read more about eligibility and apply>> https://lsa.umich.edu/eeb/graduates/prospective-students/fall-preview.html

Image credit: Rumaan Malhotra

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 25 Aug 2020 15:02:02 -0400 2020-10-09T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Livestream / Virtual EEB students spelling out EEB with sparklers at night. Image credit: Rumaan Malhotra
Workshop on Resilient Cities through Computation (October 9, 2020 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72863 72863-19735027@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 9:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering

The “Resilient Cities through Computation” workshop will bring together researchers from around the world who are working on various aspects of disaster science and engineering to: 1) exchange information, and 2) discuss means by which to leverage their shared computational interest for achieving community resilience.

The workshop is open to the general public. Please register if you are planning to attend.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 03 Sep 2020 13:56:28 -0400 2020-10-09T09:30:00-04:00 2020-10-09T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering Workshop / Seminar Resilient Cities through Computation
2020 Virtual EER Prospective Student Open House (October 9, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77361 77361-19844064@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

Students from all institutions are invited to attend. Participants will hear all about the program, meet the faculty and graduate students, learn about career opportunities as a UM graduate in this field and take a virtual tour of the beautiful University of Michigan campus.

Please note that applicants to the EER graduate program must have a Bachelor's and Master's degree in a traditional engineering discipline.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Sep 2020 14:53:47 -0400 2020-10-09T10:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Engineering Education Research Lecture / Discussion EER Logo
U-M Structure Seminar: Jason Devlin, Ph.D. (October 9, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76029 76029-19655356@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Structural Biology

Jason Devlin, Ph.D.
Research Fellow
Stockbridge Lab
University of Michigan

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 26 Aug 2020 15:58:32 -0400 2020-10-09T10:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Structural Biology Livestream / Virtual UM Structure Seminars
2020 Organ Conference: Challenging Conventions: Student Perspectives on Collaboration on the Carillon (October 9, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76701 76701-19737035@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

University of Michigan carillon students Anthony DiBello, Michelle Lam, Isaac Levine, Kavitha Lobo, and Jenna Moon
Taking Turns: Ascanio Mayone and His Collaborators
Kaelan Hansson, graduate organ student and PhD candidate in Aerospace Engineering

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Sep 2020 18:15:05 -0400 2020-10-09T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion
Advanced Research Computing on the Great Lakes Cluster (October 9, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77381 77381-19846069@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Canceled: Monday, October 5, 2020. Spots are still available for the October 9, 2020, course.

OVERVIEW
Introduction to Research Computing on the Great Lakes Cluster

This workshop will introduce you to high performance computing on the Great Lakes cluster. After a brief overview of the components of the cluster and the resources available there, the main body of the workshop will cover creating batch scripts and the options available to run jobs, and hands-on experience in submitting, tracking, and interpreting the results of submitted jobs. By the end of the workshop, every participant should have created a submission script, submitted a job, tracked its progress, and collected its output. Additional tools including high-performance data transfer services and interactive use of the cluster will also be covered.

PRE-REQUISITES
This course assumes familiarity with the Linux command line as might be obtained from the ARC-TS workshop Introduction to the Linux Command Line. In particular, participants should understand how files and folders work, be able to create text files using the nano editor, and be able to create and remove files and folders. Some exposure to shell input and output redirection and pipes would also be useful.

INSTRUCTORS
Dr. Charles Antonelli
LSA Technology Services

Charles is a member of the LSA Technology Services Research team at the University of Michigan, where he is responsible for high performance computing support and education, and was an Advocate to the Departments of History and Communications. Prior to this, he built a parallel data ingestion component of a novel earth science data assimilation system, a secure packet vault, and worked on the No. 5 ESS Switch at Bell Labs in the 80s. He has taught courses in operating systems, distributed file systems, C++ programming, security, and database application design.

John Thiels
LSA Technology Services

MATERIALS
Lecture Notes (https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1yZCyfBaK9GVCI64oUW-99HtUO5RNwSlqpeUNo8BjgWI/edit#slide=id.p1)
Great Lakes Slurm HPC cluster (https://arc-ts.umich.edu/greatlakes/)
Great Lakes User Guide (https://arc-ts.umich.edu/greatlakes/user-guide/)
Two-page Cheat Sheet (https://arc-ts.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/05/Great-Lakes-Cheat-Sheet.pdf)

COURSE PREPARATION
In order to participate successfully in the workshop exercises, you must have a Great Lakes user login, a Slurm account, and be enrolled in Duo. The user login allows you to log in to the cluster, create, compile, and test applications, and prepare jobs for submission. The Slurm account allows you to submit those jobs, executing the applications in parallel on the cluster and charging their resource use to the account. Duo is required to help authenticate you to the cluster.

USER LOGIN
If you already have a Great Lakes user login, you don’t need to do anything. Otherwise, go to the application page at http://arc-ts.umich.edu/login-request/ to request a Great Lakes user login.

Please note that obtaining a user account requires human processing, so be sure to do this at least two business days before class begins.

SLURM ACCOUNT
We create a Slurm account for the workshop so you can run jobs on the cluster during the workshop and for one day after for those who would like additional practice. The workshop job account is quite limited and is intended only to run examples to help you cement the details of job submission and management. If you already have an existing Slurm account, you can use that, though if there are any issues with that account, we will ask you to use the workshop account.

DUO AUTHENTICATION
Duo two-factor authentication is required to log in to the cluster. When logging in, you will need to type your UMICH (AKA Level 1) password as well as authenticate through Duo in order to access Great Lakes.

If you need to enroll in Duo, follow the instructions at Enroll a Smartphone or Tablet in Duo (https://documentation.its.umich.edu/2fa/enroll-smartphone-or-tablet-duo).

Please enroll in Duo before you come to class.

LAPTOP PREPARATION
You will need VPN software to access the U-M network on which Great Lakes is located. If you do not have VPN software already installed, please download and install the Cisco AnyConnect VPN software following these instructions (https://its.umich.edu/enterprise/wifi-networks/vpn/getting-started). Please use the ‘Campus All traffic’ profile in the Cisco client.

You will need an ssh client to connect to the Great Lakes cluster. Mac OS X and Linux platforms have this built-in. Here are a couple of choices for Windows platforms:

Download and install U-M PuTTY/WinSCP from the Compute at the U website (https://its.umich.edu/computing/computers-software/compute). This includes both the PuTTY ssh client and terminal emulator and a graphical file transfer tool in one installer. This document describes how to download and use this software, except please note you will be connecting to greatlakes.arc-ts.umich.edu instead of the cited host (https://documentation.its.umich.edu/node/350). You must have administrative authority over your computer to install this software.

Download PuTTY directly from the developer (https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html). Download the putty.exe application listed under “Alternative binary files,”, then execute the application. You do not need administrative authority over your computer to use this software.

Our Great Lakes User Guide in Section 1.2 describes in more detail how to use PuTTY to connect to Great Lakes (https://arc-ts.umich.edu/greatlakes/user-guide/).

Please prepare and test your computer’s ability to make remote connections before class; we cannot stop to debug connection issues during the class.

A Zoom link will be provided to the participants the day before the class. Registration is required. Please note this session will be recorded.

Instructor will be available at the Zoom link, to be provided, from 12 -1 PM for computer setup assistance.

If you have questions about this workshop, please send an email to the instructors at hpc-course@umich.edu.

Register
Wednesday, September 30, 2020, 12-4pm: https://ttc.iss.lsa.umich.edu/ttc/sessions/advanced-research-computing-on-the-great-lakes-cluster-4/register/

Friday, October 9, 2020, 12-4pm: https://ttc.iss.lsa.umich.edu/ttc/sessions/advanced-research-computing-on-the-great-lakes-cluster-5/register/

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 07 Oct 2020 11:15:27 -0400 2020-10-09T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Information and Technology Services (ITS) Workshop / Seminar
Biophysics Virtual Seminar Series (October 9, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76961 76961-19782523@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Biophysics

*Please see below for the link to join the Zoom livestream*

The Biophysics Virtual Seminar Series Presents:

Hong Qian - Olga Jung Wan Endowed Professor of Applied Mathematics, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Washington

“A Mathematical Principle of Stochastic Chemical Kinetics and
Emergent Chemical Thermodynamics that Applies to Living Cells”

Abstract: In contrast to featureless point masses in Mechanics, a macromolecule in biochemistry has a large number of internal degrees of freedom in terms of atoms. The behavior of even a single protein in an aqueous environment, is often so complex that the mathematical representation of biochemical kinetics has to be statistical. In this talk, I present a stochastic formulation of general chemical reaction systems, with *N* species and *M* stochastic elementary reactions in solution and show how J. W. Gibbs’ macroscopic equilibrium chemical thermodynamics can be derived as a mathematical result, with an entropic force as its center piece. Our theory is actually applicable to mesoscopic open chemical systems with a chemostat, such as a single living cell. I then discuss the application of this theory to understand the notion of non-genetic phenotype switching, in terms of a landscape, in cell differentiation and cancer heterogeneity.

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 09 Oct 2020 10:27:08 -0400 2020-10-09T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Biophysics Livestream / Virtual Zoom Passcode: Biophysics
CSEAS Lecture Series. Drawing Borders in Blood: DNA Testing, Citizenship, and Statelessness Prevention in Thailand (October 9, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76312 76312-19687505@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

Virtual lecture via Zoom Webinar. Please register at:
http://myumi.ch/NxgZN

Despite its authoritarian commitments, the Thai government is regularly lauded by the UN for its statelessness prevention and eradication efforts. Photographs of happy “hill tribe” youth receiving their national ID cards are widely circulated by both the Thai government and human rights advocates, and are often invoked as examples of “best practices” for statelessness prevention. A relatively recent hallmark of this highly celebrated agenda is DNA testing. How is this test performed and adjudicated, and what logics underlie a program that promotes citizenship by blood? More importantly, what are the political and theoretical implications for pursuing these logics in citizenship adjudication? Drawing on extensive ethnographic and survey research, I argue that DNA testing, while “verifying” the citizenship claims of thousands of individuals on case-by-case bases, also produces an increasingly powerful and expansive infrastructure of body/border drawing, maintenance, and surveillance. Moreover, the research indicates that even as state and humanitarian advocates applaud the “objectivity” of DNA tests in adjudication of citizenship claims, the DNA test is carried out in connection with a range of highly contingent, subjective, and uneven practices at individual, local, and bureaucratic levels. Ultimately, the logics that underlie the DNA test are those of ever-expanding, yet ever-incomplete territorialization—a project that seeks complete, but ultimately unattainable, knowledge of, authority over, and reconciliation between individuals to territory.

Amanda Flaim is an Assistant Professor at Michigan State University in James Madison College and the Department of Sociology. She studies problems and paradoxes in human rights and development policy in Southeast Asia among indigenous, highlander, and migrant communities in particular. Her research agendas include the politics of borders, statelessness, and citizenship, labor exploitation and human trafficking discourse, and livelihoods transformations associated with dam development and climate change along the Mekong River.

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 25 Sep 2020 15:17:25 -0400 2020-10-09T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Livestream / Virtual Flaim_image
Explore the arts in Downtown Ann Arbor! (October 9, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76129 76129-19663639@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

The downtown Ann Arbor area is full of vibrant arts organizations, businesses, and public art. This self-guided art tour will welcome you to the rich arts culture that the downtown area has to offer. Enjoy this tour from the comfort of your own space or follow along on foot by following the Google map! We have highlighted the places we think students should know about, listed the free or low-cost resources they offer, and gave you some hints for fun things to spot along the way!

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Other Tue, 25 Aug 2020 16:53:55 -0400 2020-10-09T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Art Around Town
Interdisciplinary Seminar in Social Science Methodology (I3SM) Free Livestream / Virtual (October 9, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78236 78236-19996943@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Political Science

ABSTRACT: What sparks environmental policy leadership? Traditional explanations emphasize the importance of domestic interest groups and institutions but often overlook transnational actors that advocate for the adoption and spread of environmental policies. In this paper, I provide a new dataset on the adoption of environmental policies and develop a new definition of environmental policy leadership. I then show how transnational environmental non-governmental organizations (ENGOs) use their advocacy to stimulate countries' policy innovation and amplify their influence. I find that countries adopt new environmental policies at a 46% higher rate when more transnational ENGOs are present and countries that share more transnational ENGOs are 24% more likely to form leader-follower policymaking relationships. Transnational ENGOs appear to play an important role in catalyzing increases in national environmental policy leadership.

The primary function of this workshop 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, 06 Oct 2020 16:24:13 -0400 2020-10-09T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Political Science Livestream / Virtual Lerner
Learning from History at The Henry Ford – Two Perspectives (October 9, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77772 77772-19911886@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Museum Studies Program

This is a conversation where each participant will discuss a different project that they were involved with at The Henry Ford Museum. The presenters are:
- Bradley L. Taylor (Associate Director Emeritus, Museum Studies Program)
- Calder Fong (PhD, Germanic Languages and Literatures)

Taylor's talk showcases Henry Ford’s efforts to preserve historic buildings by moving them from across the country and re-assembling them at Greenfield Village. The stories of three English structures brought to the Village will challenge assumptions about the nature of “originality” and “authenticity.”

Fong will trace the history of an 1887 Crossley Bros. internal combustion engine at The Henry Ford Museum. Along the journey he will discuss Henry Ford as an early pioneer of urbexing and explore the wide range of disciplines that intertwine at this museum of American innovation.

Zoom link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/93045738463
Meeting ID: 930 4573 8463
Password: 103356

Full details can be found here: http://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/event/learning-from-history-at-the-henry-ford-two-perspectives/

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 25 Sep 2020 20:08:28 -0400 2020-10-09T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Museum Studies Program Livestream / Virtual The Henry Ford's Sir John Bennett Jewelry Store and the Deluxe Engine
LUNCH & LEARN: "A Michigan IOE - Oh the Places You’ll Go!" — Heather Mason (October 9, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77880 77880-19939568@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

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

Title:
A Michigan IOE - Oh the Places You’ll Go!

Abstract:
Your degree will lend itself to such a wide variety of businesses and roles - you are really only limited by your, and perhaps your potential employer’s, imagination. Where there are processes, problems to solve and the need for integration, your education will serve you well. As will well-developed “softer” skill, including creativity, listening, speaking, writing, managing and leading. Let’s explore options as you consider your place in the world after Ann Arbor (or wherever you are Zooming from)!

Bio:
Heather Mason is an accomplished corporate executive, leader, and strategist with 25+ years of experience building and restructuring organizations for rapid, sustained growth. Throughout her career, she has steered multibillion-dollar businesses through major industry and economic changes- growing profits and outpacing competitors around the world.

For most of her career, Heather served as corporate officer of Abbott Laboratories. As head of Abbott Nutrition, she overhauled the $7B consumer-focused business to deliver products that were first and fast to market, with rising gross margin profiles. Her efforts increased free cash flow and delivered above-market growth in China, Southeast Asia, and the U.S. Before directing the nutrition business, Heather served as senior vice president of the $1.3B Diabetes Care division. In this position, she led the creation of the revolutionary FreeStyle Libre glucose monitoring system, which prompted to-to-bottom organizational transformation and has since generated >$1B in annual revenue.

In prior roles, she launched blockbuster products (HUMIRA®, LAETRA®, AND BIAXIN®), drove >20% top-line growth in Latin America, shaped a groundbreaking pricing and access approach to the global HIV pandemic, and rolled out new products in Brazil, China, India, and Russia. Heather continually unearthed new ways to reach global markets, and boldly challenged the status quo with regard to pricing and reimbursement- applying deep knowledge of market drivers to overtake the competition.

As a core contributor to boards and executive committees, Heather has charted the course for global, national, and local organizations. She currently serves on the board of the Assertio Therapeutics asa member of both the audit and compensation committees; Advisory board member and co-chairs of the Innovation Committee for the University of Michigan College of Engineering; Steering Committee member for the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Kilts Center for Marketing; she’s on the Board of Directors of Kids in Danger, a consumer safety organization; she was Board Chair of the Institute for FOrmula Manufacturers; she served on the Board of Directors of the California Life Sciences Association, and chaired the Board of Directors for Bay Bio’s foundation, Bay Bio Institute.

Heather holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and a BSE in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 29 Sep 2020 10:15:02 -0400 2020-10-09T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Heather Mason
MCDB Virtual Seminar: Structural Insights into TRP channels gating (October 9, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77386 77386-19846073@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Randy Stockbridge

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 08 Oct 2020 16:06:20 -0400 2020-10-09T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar MCDB-initials-and-microscope-in yellow on a blue square
Rackham North: The Power of Storytelling (October 9, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75985 75985-19633715@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Charles Jacobs, leadership consultant and author of Management Rewired, will draw on insights from neuroscience and the humanities to share the power of storytelling as an approach to creating change and influencing others. The webinar will include a discussion of the five applications of storytelling and opportunities for applying them to your own scholarly work. Participants should come prepared with an idea or topic to engage with related to their research or a passion project.
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/MER7G.
We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 02 Sep 2020 12:15:25 -0400 2020-10-09T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
Real World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions (October 9, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76457 76457-19717152@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Poverty Solutions

Real World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions introduces the key issues regarding the causes and consequences of poverty through a virtual lecture series featuring experts in policy and practice from across the nation. The series explores interdisciplinary, real-world poverty solutions from a wide variety of perspectives and encourages the formation of a broad community of learners to engage in these issues together.

The series features different guest speakers each Friday at noon beginning September 18, 2020. Speakers are national and global experts drawn from university, business, and community contexts who explore interdisciplinary real-world poverty solutions from a wide variety of perspectives.

Lectures are free and open to the public, and students can enroll in a course to receive one credit for attending the speaker series.

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 21 Sep 2020 11:58:39 -0400 2020-10-09T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Poverty Solutions Livestream / Virtual Speaker Series graphic
Detective Mystery Films – Shelter-in-Place Edition (October 9, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75512 75512-19515156@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Together we’ll enjoy detective mystery films available to stream at home. We’ll have a virtual meeting online, followed by individual screening of the film at home, and a subsequent online discussion meeting. Three mystery films are planned: In The Heat of the Night, Four Seasons in Havana, and a 3rd film to be announced.
Scheduled films are subject to change, as streaming service availability may change.

Each film will have two online meeting sessions: a presentation meeting on a Friday, and a discussion meeting the following Tuesday. Watch the film at home in between the two meetings. Access to a streaming service subscription (such as Amazon Prime and Netflix) is required. Some films may be available to rent.

Some films contain mature subject matter. Viewer discretion is advised.

Instructor George Ferrell has led several detective mystery film study groups, including the first shelter-at- home film group. The study group will meet on October 9, 13, 23, 27 and November 6 and 10.
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 Thu, 06 Aug 2020 19:01:02 -0400 2020-10-09T13:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T14:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
LGBTQ+ Wikithon 2020 (October 9, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78002 78002-19951597@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Spectrum Center

Registration (for both the challenge and the Zoom events): https://bit.ly/LGBTQ-UM-Events
All National Coming Out Week events: https://bit.ly/SC-NCOW

Wikipedia is the largest, most popular online reference work, covering all areas of history and contemporary life. However, both the topics it covers and the people who edit its articles don’t reflect the diversity of the LGBTQ community - most editors and article subjects are straight, cis, white men. Let's change that. In honor of LGBTQ History Month and National Coming Out Week, join us for LGBTQ+ Wikithon 2020! This year, we'll be challenging folks to edit throughout the week, and then join us on Friday, October 8th from 2 - 3 PM for a debrief. There will also be two hours of co-working on Monday and an hour of co-working leading up to the debrief, where you can join a call and chat with other editors!

Learn how to edit a Wikipedia article with this video tutorial: https://bit.ly/36iB3tu

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.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 30 Sep 2020 22:22:51 -0400 2020-10-09T13:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Spectrum Center Workshop / Seminar Editing can be done at any point in the week, and attendance to synchronous events is optional. There are co-working hours on Monday from 10 AM to 12 PM and on Friday from 1 PM to 2 PM. There is a debrief on Friday from 2 PM to 3 PM.
Minicolloquium |Physics with ZEUS (October 9, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78179 78179-19989041@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Physics

Minicolloquium link: http://myumi.ch/AxgeZ

The multipetawatt laser ZEUS will be a new NSF funded midscale international user facility based at the University of Michigan. It is under construction and due to be completed in 2023. Once constructed, it will be the most powerful laser pulse in the US. In this talk I will describe the physics motivation for ZEUS and the experiments it will enable, including plasma-based particle acceleration, ultra-short duration coherent photon sources, and probing the physics of strong fields including matter-from-light experiments.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 09 Oct 2020 18:15:43 -0400 2020-10-09T13:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Physics Workshop / Seminar
Phondi Discussion Group (October 9, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77892 77892-19939593@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

Phondi is a discussion and research group for students and faculty at U-M and nearby universities who have interests in phonetics and phonology. We meet roughly biweekly during the academic year to present our research, discuss "hot" topics in the field, and practice upcoming conference or other presentations. We welcome anyone with interests in phonetics and phonology to join us.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 29 Sep 2020 11:39:05 -0400 2020-10-09T13:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Linguistics Livestream / Virtual
Stamps @ Home: Virtual Forum on Race, Justice, and Equity (October 9, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77756 77756-19911870@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Join us on Friday, October 9, 2020 at 1 pm to hear from a panel of Stamps students and alumni as they share the ways that they are pursuing racial justice, tackling systemic racism, and making a difference within their creative fields.

Moderated by Brian Banks, Diversity and Inclusion Advisor, Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

Panelists include:
- Titus Brooks Heagins (MFA ‘02), Photographer
- Keesa V. Johnson (MDes ‘21), Current Stamps Graduate Candidate, Integrative Design
- Beatriz Lozano (BFA ‘16), Designer, Sunday Afternoon
- Destini Riley (BFA ‘21), Current Stamps Undergraduate Student, Fine Art and Video Studies
- Shane Ward (BFA ‘96), Creative Director, GIII - Men’s Footwear Division, DKNY / G.H. Bass & Co.

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

Please RSVP to reserve your place for this free event: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEsfuuqqT4iHdyo7iWcllmd8VhwrURLX50a

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Oct 2020 18:15:14 -0400 2020-10-09T13:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T14:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Lecture / Discussion https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/calendar/1000x501-Stamps_at_home-web-image.jpg
The Interdisciplinary Workshop on Comparative Politics (IWCP) (October 9, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76252 76252-19679572@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP)

The Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP) provides a platform for sharing and improving research that provides comparative perspectives on the causes and effects of political and economic processes. We have participants from Economics, the Ford School of Public Policy, the Law School, the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, Mathematics, Political Science, the Ross School of Business, Sociology, Statistics, and the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies.

To receive the Zoom meeting link or join the IWCP listserv, please email waire@umich.edu.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 27 Aug 2020 19:08:31 -0400 2020-10-09T13:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T14:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP) Livestream / Virtual IWCP
Fall 2020 - AE285 Seminar Series, Impact of Engineering Ethics - Boeing 737 Max, George Halow, UM (October 9, 2020 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78281 78281-20002862@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 1:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

George Halow
Professor of Practice
Aerospace Engineering
University of Michigan

Among the most critical traits of effective leaders is ethics. Ethics are a fundamental requirement for leading people, engendering the trust and confidence of your customers, co-workers, and the community at large, and for delivering the best and most reliable products and services. Furthermore, they embody the “right things to do”. It has been said, “it takes years to build a reputation for strong ethics, and just one single lapse to risk destroying it for years to come.” This is especially true in business.

This seminar examines a high-profile breach in ethics – what happened, the immediate impacts, and the lasting legacies it left.

About the speaker...
George Halow is Professor of Practice in Aerospace Engineering, a position he has held since May 1, 2019.

Prior to this, George served 31 years at Ford Motor Company in multiple capacities, including Chief Program Engineer for multiple vehicle lines, including Expedition, Navigator, Ranger, Crown Victoria, Grand Marquis, and Town Car, where he had lead responsibility for both the business and technical elements of running a vehicle program, Chief Functional Engineer, responsible for product design for interior and exterior vehicle components and systems, globally, and many other positions in engineering, manufacturing, and busines strategy.

George’s educational background includes an MBA from INSEAD in France, a Master’s in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University, and a Bachelor’s in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Maryland.

Throughout his career, George has been very active in support of universities – he was Ford’s Executive Champion for the University of Michigan Student Vehicle Teams, Ford’s representative on the Georgia Tech Ray C. Anderson Sustainability Executive Advisory Board, and gave lectures to students on Ethics & Integrity, Innovation, Leadership, Sustainability, and Career Building. He has published teaching materials on business ethics through the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan, marketed by both Michigan and Harvard, and used by over 30 universities worldwide.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 07 Oct 2020 10:50:10 -0400 2020-10-09T13:30:00-04:00 2020-10-09T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Aerospace Engineering Class / Instruction George Halow
Get Out the Vote: Empowering the Women's Vote (October 9, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77531 77531-19879811@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Organized by AIGA in partnership with League of Women Voters

2020 marks the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote in 1920. It was the first legislation for women’s voting rights. Not until the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965 were voting rights of ALL women protected and enforced, and intimidation tactics progressively eliminated.  The Get Out the Vote: Empowering the Women’s Vote poster campaign, organized by AIGA in partnership with the League of Women Voters, commemorates this milestone. A core group of invited women of design submitted the first 65 non-partisan posters, to launch the initiative with their vision and voices. Through the posters, these women joined forces to collectively contribute to dialogue in design and society. This moment in history is an incredible opportunity to catalyze women in design, voting rights, citizenship, community, and diversity. The collection aspires to not only support present day voter participation, but to also serve as a backdrop for discourse and examination of the history of voting rights and women’s fight for equality.  The poster initiative continues at aiga.org/vote, where AIGA members can contribute posters to motivate the American public to register and turn out to vote in the 2020 general election, as well as local elections to come. Posters are available for free download online.

The Get Out the Vote: Empowering the Women’s Vote exhibition at Stamps Gallery includes a selection of the 65 posters chosen by a committee of Stamps faculty, students, and staff including Nicholas Dowgwillo, Eloise Janssen, Keesa V. Johnson, Francis Nunoo-Quarcoo, Endi Poskovic, Destini Riley, and Stamps Gallery. The exhibition includes posters by Audrey Bennett, Johanna Björk, Karen Cheng, Emily Comfort, Jenny El-Shamy, Dinah Fried, Karin Fong, Anne M. Giangiulio, Annabelle Gould, Brockett Horne, Meena Khalili, nicole killian + shawné michaelain holloway, Karen Kurycki, Marty Maxwell Lane, Zuzana Licko, Ana Llorente, Beatriz Lozano, Kelly Salchow MacArthur, Rebeca Mendez, Lana Rigsby, Kaleena Sales, Renee Seward, Laurel Shoemaker, Nancy Sklolos,  Hannah Smotrich, Shanti Sparrow, Jennifer Sterling, Fearn de Vicq, Cymone Wilder, and Lynne Yun.

Fall 2020 Hours and Policies
Beginning September 15, 2020, Stamps Gallery will be open to University of Michigan faculty, staff, and students on Tuesdays and Fridays from 2-7 pm.
All visitors must have a valid M-Card to enter Stamps Gallery. We are unable to welcome the general public to this space at this time.

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Exhibition Tue, 27 Oct 2020 14:52:24 -0400 2020-10-09T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/exhibitions/2020_gotv_header-02.jpg
HistLing Discussion Group: "The origin of the Greek future deponents" (October 9, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77802 77802-19931626@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

This week's featured speaker is professor Ben Fortson, who will give a presentation entitled "The origin of the Greek future deponents."

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 28 Sep 2020 10:40:53 -0400 2020-10-09T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T14:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Linguistics Livestream / Virtual
LGBTQ+ Wikithon 2020 (October 9, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78002 78002-19951598@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Spectrum Center

Registration (for both the challenge and the Zoom events): https://bit.ly/LGBTQ-UM-Events
All National Coming Out Week events: https://bit.ly/SC-NCOW

Wikipedia is the largest, most popular online reference work, covering all areas of history and contemporary life. However, both the topics it covers and the people who edit its articles don’t reflect the diversity of the LGBTQ community - most editors and article subjects are straight, cis, white men. Let's change that. In honor of LGBTQ History Month and National Coming Out Week, join us for LGBTQ+ Wikithon 2020! This year, we'll be challenging folks to edit throughout the week, and then join us on Friday, October 8th from 2 - 3 PM for a debrief. There will also be two hours of co-working on Monday and an hour of co-working leading up to the debrief, where you can join a call and chat with other editors!

Learn how to edit a Wikipedia article with this video tutorial: https://bit.ly/36iB3tu

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.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 30 Sep 2020 22:22:51 -0400 2020-10-09T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Spectrum Center Workshop / Seminar Editing can be done at any point in the week, and attendance to synchronous events is optional. There are co-working hours on Monday from 10 AM to 12 PM and on Friday from 1 PM to 2 PM. There is a debrief on Friday from 2 PM to 3 PM.
Rackham 101: Understanding What Rackham Can Do For You (October 9, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77071 77071-19792542@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Join members of the Rackham Team as they discuss the different opportunities, programs, and resources available to you during your time as a graduate student.
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/ovMjd.
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, 10 Sep 2020 18:15:42 -0400 2020-10-09T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T15:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
Rackham Resolution Office: Virtual Office Hours (October 9, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76614 76614-19729086@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 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 amount of time in a waiting room if the resolution officer is engaged with another student. They will be with you as quickly as possible.
Zoom Meeting ID: 981 5994 7930
For more information on what the Resolution Officer has to offer visit https://myumi.ch/PlPB4.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 02 Sep 2020 18:15:31 -0400 2020-10-09T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
Real and Imagined: Fabric Works and Video Animations by Heidi Kumao (October 9, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77532 77532-19879834@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Stamps Gallery is pleased to present Real and Imagined: Fabric Works and Video Animations, a solo exhibition of narrative fabric works and experimental animations by Stamps Professor Heidi Kumao.

Using fabric cutouts and machine and hand stitching on industrial felt, Kumao gives physical form to the intangible dynamics underlying ordinary conversations and relationships from a feminist perspective. Intentionally minimal, each image distills an interaction, traumatic incident, or power imbalance into an accessible visual narrative. Recognizable objects such as chairs, roots, ladders, or spotlights set the stage for the story to unfold. Events are captured midstream, suspended in time like a felt film still.

The exhibition is inspired, in part, by the courage, testimony, and experiences of women (like Christine Blasey Ford) who publicly report assault, harassment, or misconduct. The #MeToo movement gave voice to thousands of women to tell their personal stories, but also exposed a hostile backlash meant to silence them. The title, “Real and Imagined,” is a deliberate contradiction; if one is true, the other must not be. In practice, however, both terms are used to reference a woman’s testimony and determine how it is publicly interpreted. Her account is accepted as truthful by many and simultaneously dismissed as imaginary by the court of public opinion: “her memory is wrong,” “she imagined it.”

The works in “Real and Imagined: Fabric Works and Video Animations” make difficult conversations and relationships tangible by stripping them down to their essentials.

Wordless physical gestures highlight the psychological and emotional forces at play behind even the smallest of interactions.

Biography
Heidi Kumao has created award-winning experimental films, video installations, cinema machines, electronic clothing, and kinetic sculptures. She has exhibited her work in solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally including shows at Art Science Museum Singapore, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Fundació Joan Miró (Barcelona), and Museu da Imagem e do Som (São Paulo). She has received fellowships from the Creative Capital Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the New York Foundation for the Arts. She is a professor at the Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan.

Fall 2020 Hours and Policies
Beginning September 15, 2020, Stamps Gallery will be open to University of Michigan faculty, staff, and students on Tuesdays and Fridays from 2-7 pm.
All visitors must have a valid M-Card to enter Stamps Gallery. We are unable to welcome the general public to this space at this time.

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Exhibition Mon, 21 Sep 2020 18:15:10 -0400 2020-10-09T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/exhibitions/HK-Real-and-Imagined-email-header-01.jpg
Respond / Resist / Rethink: A Stamps Poster & Video Exhibition (October 9, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77530 77530-19879787@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Respond/ Resist/ Rethink: A Stamps Student Poster & Video Exhibition

Stamps Gallery is proud to kick-off the fall semester with Respond/ Resist/ Rethink: A Student Poster & Video Exhibition, which brings together powerful posters and playful videos made by the students of Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

Stamps Gallery is an incubator and lab for contemporary artists and designers to explore ideas and projects that catalyze positive social change. As the pandemic grips our nation it has exposed the social, political, and economic disparities that have disproportionately impacted Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. The world witnessed in horror and sadness the meaningless loss of African American lives with George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, among many others that we will never know. National and international outcries brought people together from multiple races, genders, and generations - on social media and in the streets - to publicly demand an end to police brutality, structural racism, and emphasizing that Black Lives Matter. What is the role of a university gallery in this time of crisis? How can we foster an inclusive platform for the stakeholders in our community to voice their ideas and foster a community based on equality, belonging, respect? We found inspiration in the thoughtful words of renowned civil rights leader and Congressman John Lewis (1940-2020) who wrote, “My fellow Americans, this is a special moment in our history. Just as people of all faiths and no faiths, and all backgrounds, creeds, and colors banded together decades ago to fight for equality and justice in a peaceful, orderly, non-violent fashion, we must do so again.” His powerful words are a reminder for all of us - present and future generations to stay hopeful, proactive, and resilient in our collective efforts to end racial discrimination and foster a true democracy.

In this spirit, Stamps Gallery invited the undergraduate and graduate students at Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, to design posters and make videos to respond and contemplate what each of us can do to build a stronger community, one that is based on the values of racial equality, justice and belonging. How can we acknowledge our own biases, learn from each other, and listen to the voices of those that have been silenced? We are at a pivotal moment in our history as the pandemic radically transforms everyday life. Through this exhibition Stamps Gallery asks the UM community to come together as artists and audiences and envision models for inclusion that are grounded in equality, belonging and empathy.

Respond/ Resist/ Rethink: A Stamps Student Poster & Video Exhibition includes work by Emily Albright, Adriana Alcala, Nathan Byrne, David Forsee, Eloise Jansenn, Rey Jeong, Sohyun Lim, Anika Love, Maggie McConnell, Willian Minzer, Judah Premble, Casey Rheault, Natalia Rocafuerte, Jenna Scheen, Ellie Schmidt, Abigail Seguin, LaKyla Thomas, Elijah Thompson, Benjamin Winans, and Molly Wu.

Artwork was selected through an open call by a committee of Stamps faculty, students, and staff including Nicholas Dowgwillo, Eloise Janssen, Keesa V. Johnson, Francis Nunoo-Quarcoo, Endi Poskovic, Destini Riley, and Stamps Gallery.

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Respond / Resist / Rethink: A Stamps Poster & Video Exhibition
Respond / Resist / Rethink: A Stamps Poster & Video Exhibition
September 15, 2020 – December 4, 2020

Respond/ Resist/ Rethink: A Stamps Student Poster & Video Exhibition

Stamps Gallery is proud to kick-off the fall semester with Respond/ Resist/ Rethink: A Student Poster & Video Exhibition, which brings together powerful posters and playful videos made by the students of Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

Stamps Gallery is an incubator and lab for contemporary artists and designers to explore ideas and projects that catalyze positive social change. As the pandemic grips our nation it has exposed the social, political, and economic disparities that have disproportionately impacted Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. The world witnessed in horror and sadness the meaningless loss of African American lives with George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, among many others that we will never know. National and international outcries brought people together from multiple races, genders, and generations - on social media and in the streets - to publicly demand an end to police brutality, structural racism, and emphasizing that Black Lives Matter. What is the role of a university gallery in this time of crisis? How can we foster an inclusive platform for the stakeholders in our community to voice their ideas and foster a community based on equality, belonging, respect? We found inspiration in the thoughtful words of renowned civil rights leader and Congressman John Lewis (1940-2020) who wrote, “My fellow Americans, this is a special moment in our history. Just as people of all faiths and no faiths, and all backgrounds, creeds, and colors banded together decades ago to fight for equality and justice in a peaceful, orderly, non-violent fashion, we must do so again.” His powerful words are a reminder for all of us - present and future generations to stay hopeful, proactive, and resilient in our collective efforts to end racial discrimination and foster a true democracy.

In this spirit, Stamps Gallery invited the undergraduate and graduate students at Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, to design posters and make videos to respond and contemplate what each of us can do to build a stronger community, one that is based on the values of racial equality, justice and belonging. How can we acknowledge our own biases, learn from each other, and listen to the voices of those that have been silenced? We are at a pivotal moment in our history as the pandemic radically transforms everyday life. Through this exhibition Stamps Gallery asks the UM community to come together as artists and audiences and envision models for inclusion that are grounded in equality, belonging and empathy.

Respond/ Resist/ Rethink: A Stamps Student Poster & Video Exhibition includes work by Emily Albright, Adriana Alcala, Nathan Byrne, David Forsee, Eloise Jansenn, Rey Jeong, Sohyun Lim, Anika Love, Maggie McConnell, Willian Minzer, Judah Premble, Casey Rheault, Natalia Rocafuerte, Jenna Scheen, Ellie Schmidt, Abigail Seguin, LaKyla Thomas, Elijah Thompson, Benjamin Winans, and Molly Wu.

Artwork was selected through an open call by a committee of Stamps faculty, students, and staff including Nicholas Dowgwillo, Eloise Janssen, Keesa V. Johnson, Francis Nunoo-Quarcoo, Endi Poskovic, Destini Riley, and Stamps Gallery.


Fall 2020 Hours and Policies
Beginning September 15, 2020, Stamps Gallery will be open to University of Michigan faculty, staff, and students on Tuesdays and Fridays from 2-7 pm.
All visitors must have a valid M-Card to enter Stamps Gallery. We are unable to welcome the general public to this space at this time.

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Auditions Mon, 21 Sep 2020 18:15:10 -0400 2020-10-09T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Auditions https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/exhibitions/Respond.jpg
Scripts, Sounds, and Songs: Mediating History in the Caucasus and Beyond (Part 1) | Crosscultural Archives and Contrapuntal Reading: Three Texts from an Era of Transition (October 9, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76661 76661-19735023@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Armenian Studies

Please register in advance for the webinar here:
http://myumi.ch/O4zKR
After registration, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions on how to join the webinar.

The 10th-century Arab historian and geographer Al-Mas'udi long ago called the Caucasus “jabal al-alsun,” the "mountain of tongues," referencing the densely compacted presence of topographical variation and cultural-linguistic diversity. This description rings true locally, as a dynamic internal to the region’s indigenous inhabitants, as well as transregionally, to the extent that the historical destiny of the Caucasus has generally been determined by external pressures, above all the interimperial rivalry unfolding in recent centuries between Russia, Iran, and Ottoman Turkey. One of the many challenges in studying the Caucasus, then, arises from the need for a crosscultural and multilingual archive which asks to be read “contrapuntally,” as Edward Said would have it, to grasp the entangled nature of historical events and cultural processes. This talk looks at three texts representing two successive military conflicts of the late eighteenth century: Agha Mohammad Khan's campaign of 1795, which briefly reasserted Persian control over the South Caucasus while devastating the region, and Count Valerian Zubov’s campaign of 1796, militarily inconsequential but anticipating Russia's annexation of the South Caucasus in the decades to come. The texts that will be examined are the Russian poet Gavrila Derzhavin’s “On the Return of Count Zubov from Persia” (1797), the Armenian Harutiun Araratian (Artemy of Ararat)’s “Life and Adventures” (1813), and the Georgian poet Nikoloz Baratashvili’s “The Fate of Kartli” (1839). All three texts address the key events of a transitional decade which saw the South Caucasus pass from Persian into Russian hands and reflect shifting perspectives that owe much to the complex interplay between ethnicity, social class, political allegiances, and aesthetic form.

Harsha Ram's first book, “The Imperial Sublime: A Russian Poetics of Empire” (2003), addressed the relationship between poetic genre, aesthetic theory, territorial space, and political power in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Russian literature. His recent publications chiefly concern Russian-Georgian and Russian-Italian literary relations in the context of theories of world literature and comparative modernisms. His forthcoming book, “The Geopoetics of Sovereignty. Literature and the Russian-Georgian Encounter,” seeks to provide a historical account of cultural relations between Georgian and Russian artists and writers over the course of the nineteenth century and early Soviet eras, focusing specifically on how the Caucasus region has been mapped geopolitically as contested territory and geopoetically as a space of natural and ethnolinguistic diversity. His third book project, tentatively titled “The Worlding of Russian Literature,” will examine the interaction of Russian and world literatures during two crucial moments of transition and rupture: the 1840s, which saw the emergence of plebeian intellectuals and a new sense of the public sphere, and the 1920s, when the Russian avant-garde sought to reimagine the relationship between society and the written word.

Samuel Hodgkin is an Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature at Yale University, who has published on the modern verse, theater, and criticism of Iran, Turkey, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. His current book project, entitled “The Nightingales’ Congress: Literary Representatives in the Communist East,” shows how the Soviet internationalist project of world literature emerged from sustained engagement between leftist writers of West and South Asia and state-sponsored writers of the multinational Soviet East.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at armenianstudies@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, 28 Sep 2020 14:53:30 -0400 2020-10-09T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T15:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Armenian Studies Livestream / Virtual Harsha Ram, Associate Professor, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and Comparative Literature, University of California, Berkeley
Economic Theory: Scoring Strategic Agents (October 9, 2020 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81677 81677-20941461@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract
I introduce a model of predictive scoring. A receiver wants to predict a sender’s quality. An intermediary observes multiple features of the sender and aggregates them into a score. Based on the score, the receiver takes a decision. The sender wants the most favorable decision, and she can distort each feature at a privately known cost. I characterize the most accurate scoring rule. This rule underweights some features to deter sender distortion, and overweights other features so that the score is correct on average. The receiver prefers this score to full disclosure because the aggregated information mitigates his commitment problem.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 03 Feb 2021 11:42:44 -0500 2020-10-09T14:30:00-04:00 2020-10-09T15:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
2020 Election: Voter Turnout and Access in Ohio and Michigan (October 9, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76127 76127-19901735@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

The Ford School invites you to join us for a conversation on voting rights and voter access, featuring Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (link is external) and Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose (link is external). Jenna Bednar, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, will moderate. Secretaries Benson and LaRose will discuss state-level approaches to voter access since 2016. Issues surrounding voter turnout during the upcoming 2020 election will also be discussed, including voting during the coronavirus pandemic.

For more details visit https://fordschool.umich.edu/events/2020/2020-election-voter-turnout-and-access-ohio-and-michigan

From the panelists' bios:

Jocelyn Benson is Michigan’s 43rd Secretary of State. In this role she is focused on ensuring elections are secure and accessible, and dramatically improving customer experiences for all who interact with our offices. Benson is the author of State Secretaries of State: Guardians of the Democratic Process, the first major book on the role of the secretary of state in enforcing election and campaign finance laws. A graduate of Harvard Law School and expert on civil rights law, education law and election law, Benson served as dean of Wayne State University Law School in Detroit. She continues to serve as vice chair of the advisory board for the Levin Center at Wayne Law, which she founded with former U.S. Sen. Carl Levin. Previously, Benson was an associate professor and associate director of Wayne Law’s Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights.

Frank LaRose took office as Ohio's 51st Secretary of State on January 14th, 2019. Prior to being elected to statewide office, he served two terms in the State Senate representing the 27th Senate District in northeast Ohio. As Ohio’s Secretary of State, LaRose is doing his part to deliver a thriving democracy and a prosperous economy. In his role as Ohio’s chief elections officer, he’s working to ensure Ohio’s elections are secure, accurate and accessible. He is also supporting Ohio entrepreneurs as the sole authority to receive and approve articles of incorporation for Ohio businesses. Among numerous recognitions, LaRose was named the Legislator of the Year in 2016 by the Ohio Association of Election Officials in recognition of his support and commitment to improving Ohio’s election process. LaRose, a native of northeast Ohio, graduated from The Ohio State University with a degree in Consumer Affairs and Business.

Jenna Bednar is a professor of political science at the University of Michigan, the Edie N Goldenberg Endowed Director for the Michigan in Washington Program, and a member of the external faculty at the Santa Fe Institute. Her research combines positive political theory and systems theory to study how formal institutions, such as laws, electoral rules, or constitutions, remain effective in complex environments. Her most recent book,The Robust Federation demonstrates how complementary institutions maintain and adjust the distribution of authority between national and state governments.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 05 Oct 2020 12:17:54 -0400 2020-10-09T15:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Jocelyn Benson and Frank LaRose
HET Seminar | A Double Copy for Celestial Amplitudes (October 9, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77375 77375-19846053@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Leinweber Center for Theoretical Physics

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

Celestial amplitudes which use conformal primary wavefunctions rather than plane waves as external states offer a novel opportunity to study properties of amplitudes with manifest conformal covariance and give insight into a potential holographic celestial CFT at the null boundary of asymptotically flat space. With the notion of energy traded for the conformal dimension under the Lorentz group acting on the celestial sphere, energetically soft theorems of QFT scattering amplitudes are replaced by "conformally soft" theorems. Moreover, since translation invariance is obscured in the conformal basis, features of amplitudes that heavily rely on it, such as the remarkable relations between gauge theory and gravity amplitudes known as the double copy, appear to be lost. My main focus in this talk is to show that there exists nevertheless a well-defined procedure for a celestial double copy. This requires a generalization of the usual squaring of numerators to first promoting them to generalized differential operators acting on external wavefunctions, and then squaring them. I will end with recent results on how to obtain celestial loop amplitudes from tree level ones.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 05 Oct 2020 08:48:33 -0400 2020-10-09T15:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Leinweber Center for Theoretical Physics Lecture / Discussion
Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics (IWAP) (October 9, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77486 77486-19877770@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics

ABSTRACT:
Political activity on social media presents a data-rich window into political behavior, but the vast amount of data means that almost all content analyses of social media require a data labeling step. Automated labeling methods, however, ignore the multimodality of posted content, focusing either on text or images. State-of-the-art vision-and-language models are unusable for most political science research: they require all observations have both image and text and require computationally expensive pretraining. This paper proposes a novel vision-and-language framework calledmultimodal representations using modality translation (MARMOT). MARMOT presents three methodological contributions: it can construct representations for observations missing image or text, it replaces the computationally expensive pretraining with modality translation, and it leverages off-the-shelf transfer learning models from computer vision and natural language processing. MARMOT outperforms an ensemble text-only classifier in 16 of 20 categories in multilabel classifications of tweets reporting election incidents during the 2016 U.S. general election. Moreover, MARMOT sets a new state-of-the-art result on the Hateful Memes dataset, improving the best result in terms of area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) from 0.7141 to 0.7530 and accuracy from 0.6473 to 0.6760.

The Interdisciplinary Workshop on American Politics (IWAP) is a forum for the presentation of ongoing interdisciplinary research in American politics. Most of our presentations are given by graduate students. Each graduate student presenter is assigned a faculty and student discussant. IWAP circulates the work beforehand and the student presents it briefly at the start of the meeting. After discussant feedback, the bulk of the time is reserved for group discussion among all workshop participants. This format leads to informal yet highly interactive and productive conversations.

Email zcwalker@umich.edu for meeting link.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 07 Oct 2020 13:10:42 -0400 2020-10-09T15:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics Livestream / Virtual Wu
SynSem Discussion Group (October 9, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77836 77836-19933626@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

The syntax-semantics group provides a forum within which Linguistics students and faculty at U-M, and from neighboring universities (thus far including EMU, MSU, Oakland University, Wayne State and UM-Flint) can informally present or just discuss and share their ongoing research in these domains. The group is frequently used by students to practice conference presentations and receive constructive feedback from familiar faces.

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 28 Sep 2020 15:20:15 -0400 2020-10-09T15:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Linguistics Livestream / Virtual
Smith Lecture: Shock Compression Experiments of Natural Silicates to Elucidate Planetary Impact Processes (October 9, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75012 75012-19136114@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Earth and Environmental Sciences

Zoom Meeting ID: 91923221977
The Earth and other terrestrial planets experienced one to several energetic impacts during accretion and growth. Models of planet accretion suggest that the highest-energy impacts, like the one that resulted in the formation of Earth's moon, disrupt both the target proto-planet and the impactor, with a significant portion of material being melted or vaporized by the impact. However, the temperatures reached in such impact scenarios are only recently being experimentally constrained due to improvements in experimental capabilities. Improved understanding of temperatures during giant impacts are needed to understand the chemical outcomes, including miscibility, metal-silicate partitioning, and formation of atmospheres. Experiments that can simulate the conditions of a large impact have thus far been restricted to end-member oxides and silicates. However, natural minerals include small amounts of iron, which may have a large effect on the thermo-elastic parameters of the material. Here, we present shock compression experiments of olivine, orthopyroxene (bronzite) and wadsleyite to 1.5 TPa in pressure and over 50,000 K in temperature. These experiments will be used to inform planetary impact models and serve as a benchmark for dynamics simulations of large, hot exoplanets.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Sep 2020 08:17:53 -0400 2020-10-09T15:30:00-04:00 2020-10-09T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Earth and Environmental Sciences Lecture / Discussion
Colloquium: “The ecology of L2 learning and L1 change in adult bilingualism” (October 9, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77371 77371-19846045@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

Antonella Sorace, Professor of Developmental Linguistics, University of Edinburgh, will give a virtual colloquium: “The ecology of L2 learning and L1 change in adult bilingualism.”

ABSTRACT
Recent research on adult bilingualism shows that selective aspects of grammar become variable in speakers experiencing native language (L1) attrition from learning a second language. I will first show that the structures affected involve “complex contingencies” (Phillips & Ehrenhofer 2015) that require efficient integration of information across (syntactic, pragmatic and contextual) domains. These are the same structures that remain variable even in highly proficient non-native (L2) speakers of the same language (Sorace 2011, 2016). I will then consider various factors that may play a role in these phenomena, including cross-linguistic effects, the cognitive costs of handling two languages, and the role of over-expliciteness. I will finally point to the possibility that L1 change and L2 acquisition may be functionally related in active proficient bilinguals. I will conclude that L1 attrition is a natural consequence of language contact, first in the bilingual brain and then in bilingual communities, which may eventually lead to language change. Understanding the big picture requires interdisciplinary research on different facets of bilingualism that combines the strengths of both linguistic and cognitive models.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 06 Oct 2020 12:15:36 -0400 2020-10-09T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Linguistics Livestream / Virtual Antonella Sorace
Hands-on Workshop: Creating a Hybrid Simulation System Using the Simple Run Time Infrastructure Software (October 9, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76684 76684-19735053@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering

The goal of this hands-on workshop is to introduce the Simple Run-Time Infrastructure software toolkit (SRTI) to the participants, and provide a template project consisting of multiple simulators, each with a specialized purpose, relating to a natural-disaster scenario. It will take place after the feature talks.

The SRTI is a free, open-source solution developed at the University of Michigan, and enables researchers to connect computer programs and simulators written in different languages, to share data during execution, and to design hybrid systems using disparate simulator modules, with a primary goal of being user friendly. This hands-on workshop will explain what the SRTI is, and provide an example on how to use it.

The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) is required to run the SRTI. Please install it prior to the workshop. Refer to icor.engin.umich.edu for more information on supported operating systems and languages. Participants will need to use their own computer systems at home to take part. Basic coding skills in any programming language are required.

Open to the general public. Please register if you wish to participate.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 03 Sep 2020 16:10:17 -0400 2020-10-09T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering Workshop / Seminar Creating a Hybrid Simulation System Using the Simple Run Time Infrastructure Software
NERS Colloquia (October 9, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75532 75532-19519132@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

Details forthcoming.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 07 Aug 2020 09:15:29 -0400 2020-10-09T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Workshop / Seminar NERS Colloquia
CSAS Film Series | Riding on a Sunbeam: Q&A with the Producer/Main Actor (October 9, 2020 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76256 76256-19679585@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 4:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for South Asian Studies

Mauktik is a neuroscientist, backpacker, author, entrepreneur, public speaker and a film maker. While he is still passionate about technology and startups, things changed a bit when he stumbled upon the world of backpacking. After crisscrossing the world and hitting more than 50 countries, he has become a storyteller and tells tales of neuroscience, entrepreneurship, traveling, creative writing, film making and other adventures in life. Featured in the National Geographic, LiveMint, Times of India, The Hindu and several other publications, he has authored two books and routinely writes for various media outlets in English and Marathi. He has seen successes and failures in healthcare, e-commerce and media ventures, and often consults with start-ups and related organizations. Before becoming a storyteller, he got a bachelors in Electronics & Telecom Engineering from the Univ. of Pune, masters in Biophysics & Computational Biology from the Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and another masters in Neuroscience from the Johns Hopkins University.

Prior to the Q&A with Mauktik Kulkarni, the documentary will be available for viewing online from Sunday 10/4 until Sunday 10/11. To view it, please register here: https://forms.gle/9LALhNwNjk984wbK8

Zoom registration is required to attend the event, and you may do so here: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9npWFDtcSx-q2hRxTTbwSw

Riding on a Sunbeam

Directed by Brahmanand Singh and edited by Irene Dhar Malik, both national award winners in India, 'Riding on a Sunbeam' explores the social, cultural, economic and religious contradictions of India in a thought-provoking, non-touristy way.

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

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 10 Sep 2020 16:57:11 -0400 2020-10-09T16:30:00-04:00 2020-10-09T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for South Asian Studies Livestream / Virtual Mauktik Kulkarni
2020 Organ Conference: Audience Collaboration in 18th-Century Keyboard Improvisation (October 9, 2020 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76702 76702-19737036@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Dr. John Mortensen, Cedarville University

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Sep 2020 18:15:05 -0400 2020-10-09T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion
Chamber Music Recital (October 9, 2020 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78239 78239-19998905@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

The Chamber Music Department at SMTD presents its first of six programs for fall 2020, showcasing ensembles who are studying in person (though socially distant!) for the semester. This program will include works by Beethoven, Etezady, Loeffler, and Pegram for string quartet, sax quartet, piano trio, and piano quartet.

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Performance Tue, 06 Oct 2020 18:15:06 -0400 2020-10-09T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
Form&Seek Design Collective: Never Normal (October 9, 2020 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77321 77321-19840076@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Bilge Nur Saltik (Founder, Form&Seek), Aaron Blendowski (Artist & Designer) and Alison Wong (Director + Curator, Wasserman Projects) will discuss the concept and development of Never Normal, an exhibition created by the Detroit based design collective Form&Seek, produced by Wasserman Projects. Featuring works by over 20 designers, Never Normal expresses the ever-changing viewpoint of the designer’s perspective on the built world. Looking away from the conventional means of solving problems, the works in this exhibition seek to reexamine and reevaluate our personal relationships to our domestic landscape. Through craft or making, these designers are able to express value, preciousness, and care that offer intuitive moments of clarity on contemporary issues in response to the needs of a society in flux.

The future now seems inscrutable, provoking us to think of the possibilities and opportunities for change in human behaviors and our environment.

Form&Seek, together with Wasserman Projects, is proud to present Never Normal in Detroit to honor its history as the cradle of American design and to uphold the city as a platform for new experimental design.

In partnership with Wasserman Projects.

How to Watch

All speaker series events will be webcast on Fridays at 8 pm EST at http://pennystampsevents.org and at https://www.dptv.org/programs/arts-culture/penny-stamps-series/ starting Friday, September 18. You can also watch the talks and join the conversation on the Penny Stamps Series Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/PennyStampsSeries/.

Notice of uncensored content

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

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 16 Sep 2020 18:15:11 -0400 2020-10-09T20:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T21:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Livestream / Virtual https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/lectures/Form-Seek.jpg
Nam Center Virtual Chuseok Dae Party 2020 | Netflix Party: #Alive (October 9, 2020 9:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77796 77796-19931621@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 9:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Nam Center for Korean Studies

What better way to spend a spooky, chilly October night than watching the newest Korean zombie movie with friends? Join us on a Netflix Party to watch #Alive [#살아있다]! The rapid spread of an unknown infection has left an entire city in ungovernable chaos, but one survivor remains alive in total isolation. The film tells his story. We’ll be pointing out some interesting cultural aspects in the chat during the movie. Grab a blanket and some popcorn!

Pre-registration via Google Form is required to receive Netflix Party Link:
https://forms.gle/Z6BqrzPbB21gmzey5

See full list of Virtual Chuseok Dae Party 2020 events:
https://ii.umich.edu/ncks/news-events/events/virtual-chuseok-dae-party-2020.html

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 01 Oct 2020 10:32:42 -0400 2020-10-09T21:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Nam Center for Korean Studies Livestream / Virtual Nam Center Virtual Chuseok Dae Party 2020 | Netflix Party: #Alive
UMix: Taking Care of YoUMix (Grab & Go) (October 9, 2020 9:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78061 78061-20020763@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 9:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Campus Involvement

Join us virtually for Taking Care of YoUMix! With classes from Group X and CAPS, this is perfect opportunity to relax and unwind after a long week of classes. Check our Facebook event for log-on info!

We're also excited to introduce Grab & Go Mindfulness Bags! Register for yours here: https://myumi.ch/erdYp

View this event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1510655912452249

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Well-being Fri, 09 Oct 2020 16:33:50 -0400 2020-10-09T21:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Campus Involvement Well-being UMix
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (October 10, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838081@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 10, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

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

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-10-10T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-10T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (October 10, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947540@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 10, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-10-10T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-10T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Saturday Morning Physics VIRTUAL Event | The Degree of Fine-Tuning in our Universe – and Others (October 10, 2020 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77280 77280-19830132@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 10, 2020 10:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Saturday Morning Physics

Professor Fred Adams will give a pre-recorded lecture with a "live" Q&A after the talk.

Youtube Event Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPs7-svpZW8 (Link will be active at 10:30 am on 10/10/20.) See saturdaymorningphysics.org for more details.

The fundamental constants of nature must fall within a range of values in order for the universe to develop structure and ultimately support life. The relevant parameters include the strengths of the fundamental forces, particle masses, cosmic energy densities, abundances of ordinary matter and dark matter, and the amplitude of primordial density fluctuations. This talk considers current constraints on these quantities and assesses the degree of tuning required for the universe to be viable.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 05 Oct 2020 08:16:09 -0400 2020-10-10T10:30:00-04:00 2020-10-10T23:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Saturday Morning Physics Workshop / Seminar Saturday Morning Physics Talk Photo
2020 Organ Conference: “Cetus” Life After Life” for carillon and amplified whale song (premiere) (October 10, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76703 76703-19737037@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 10, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Dr. Tiffany Ng, University of Michigan, carillon
Annie Lewandowski, Cornell University, composer
Katy Payne, Cornell University, acoustic biologist

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Performance Tue, 29 Sep 2020 18:15:05 -0400 2020-10-10T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
Community Matters Watch Party (October 10, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78273 78273-20002855@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 10, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Housing Diversity and Inclusion

Michigan Housing's Diversity Peer Educators are excited to host three watch parties for Community Matters: A Virtual Guide for Real Relationships! Normally, content for this workshop is provided through in-person workshops. First Year Experience worked to create a webinar experience, and our hope is that these watch parties will provide community members an opportunity to dialogue about these topics together in real time. We hope to see you there!

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 07 Oct 2020 10:03:59 -0400 2020-10-10T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-10T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Housing Diversity and Inclusion Livestream / Virtual Michigan Housing You Belong Here Slogan
Explore the arts in Downtown Ann Arbor! (October 10, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76129 76129-19663640@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 10, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

The downtown Ann Arbor area is full of vibrant arts organizations, businesses, and public art. This self-guided art tour will welcome you to the rich arts culture that the downtown area has to offer. Enjoy this tour from the comfort of your own space or follow along on foot by following the Google map! We have highlighted the places we think students should know about, listed the free or low-cost resources they offer, and gave you some hints for fun things to spot along the way!

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Other Tue, 25 Aug 2020 16:53:55 -0400 2020-10-10T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-10T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Art Around Town
Citizens' Climate Lobby Monthly Meeting (October 10, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60527 60527-17745556@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 10, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Citizens Climate Lobby

UPDATE: Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, our meetings will take place virtually until further notice, using the Zoom platform. Contact annarbor@citizensclimatelobby.org for connection information.

Worried about climate change? Wondering how you can make a real difference? Come to the monthly meeting of the Ann Arbor chapter of Citizens' Climate Lobby (CCL). CCL is a national, grassroots organization working to enact federal legislation to put a price on CO2. It is the most focused and influential organization working on national climate policy. We are working to build support for the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act (energyinnovationact.org). This comprehensive, bipartisan legislation is projected to reduce our carbon emissions by at least 40% in 12 years. Our meetings consist of dialing in to a national conference call (featuring different guest speakers each month), followed by local discussion of actions. Newcomers are welcome to come at 12:30 for a brief overview.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 07 May 2020 09:47:51 -0400 2020-10-10T13:00:00-04:00 2020-10-10T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Citizens Climate Lobby Livestream / Virtual CCL Logo
2020 Organ Conference: Keyboard Improvisation in Collaborative Musical Settings (October 10, 2020 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76704 76704-19737038@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 10, 2020 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

A roundtable discussion with musical performances featuring Matthew Bengtson, fortepiano/piano, Alcée Chriss, organ, Joseph Gascho, harpsichord, Andy Milne, piano, and Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra, harpsichord/organ.For collaborative keyboard musicians in many musical worlds, improvisation provides a spontaneity, an adaptability, and an expressiveness that inspires and builds artistic communication and connection. Coming from a variety of musical backgrounds and experiences, five keyboard players will discuss the role of improvisation in their collaborative music-making. The webinar will also feature recorded performances.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 05 Oct 2020 18:15:05 -0400 2020-10-10T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion
Chamber Music Recital (October 10, 2020 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78240 78240-19998906@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 10, 2020 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

The Chamber Music Department at SMTD presents its second of six programs for fall 2020, showcasing ensembles who are studying in person (though socially distant!) for the semester. This program will include works by Chari, Danzi, Du Yun, and Koshinski for woodwind quintet and duos for percussion with oboe, tuba, and clarinet.

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Performance Tue, 06 Oct 2020 18:15:06 -0400 2020-10-10T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (October 11, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838082@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 11, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

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

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-10-11T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-11T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (October 11, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947541@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 11, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-10-11T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-11T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Kahoot - Michigan Culture (October 11, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78163 78163-19989044@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 11, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: English Language Institute

Kahoot - Michigan Culture: Do you want to learn more about Michigan culture? We will play a trivia game via the online platform Kahoot to learn more about Michigan, both our school and the state itself!
REGISTER HERE: https://myumi.ch/yKD2n

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Recreational / Games Mon, 05 Oct 2020 17:07:20 -0400 2020-10-11T09:00:00-04:00 2020-10-11T10:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location English Language Institute Recreational / Games MI
Explore the arts in Downtown Ann Arbor! (October 11, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76129 76129-19663641@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 11, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

The downtown Ann Arbor area is full of vibrant arts organizations, businesses, and public art. This self-guided art tour will welcome you to the rich arts culture that the downtown area has to offer. Enjoy this tour from the comfort of your own space or follow along on foot by following the Google map! We have highlighted the places we think students should know about, listed the free or low-cost resources they offer, and gave you some hints for fun things to spot along the way!

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Other Tue, 25 Aug 2020 16:53:55 -0400 2020-10-11T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-11T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Art Around Town
I Wish to Say: Share Your Message With the Next President (October 11, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77899 77899-19941565@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 11, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Sheryl Oring returns to University of Michigan for virtual performances of “I Wish to Say” from September 29-November 1, 2020 as part of the university’s Democracy & Debate Theme Semester in collaboration with Stamps Gallery and Wayne State University.

In this project, Oring invites participants to dictate a message to the next president of the United States of America. Oring was last on the Ann Arbor campus in 2017 as part of the Stamps Gallery exhibition Vital Signs for a New America, curated by Srimoyee Mitra. For the 2020 iteration of the project, Oring collaborates with students at Wayne State University and the University of Michigan, who will meet with members of the general public via Zoom to take dictation of the public’s messages to the next president. Students will type these messages on mid-century manual typewriters on the Zoom call in a performative fashion. The typed postcards will be mailed directly to the White House on the participant’s behalf after the inauguration.

Share Your Message With the Next President
Tuesday, September 29-Sunday, November 1, 2020
Tuesdays, 4:30 pm-6:30 pm
Sundays, 1 pm-3 pm
Sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeyxLWgxP5xfr3kfXsYIq967LJ1pYugURLoZ8wp8fnuLdX_-g/viewform?goal=0_bdbfe3b682-228ac41d6c-425050129

Please RSVP to reserve your place for this free event: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeyxLWgxP5xfr3kfXsYIq967LJ1pYugURLoZ8wp8fnuLdX_-g/viewform?goal=0_bdbfe3b682-228ac41d6c-425050129

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 29 Sep 2020 12:15:15 -0400 2020-10-11T13:00:00-04:00 2020-10-11T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Livestream / Virtual https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/exhibitions/I-wish-To-Say-2020.jpg
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (October 12, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838083@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 12, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

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

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-10-12T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-12T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (October 12, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947542@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 12, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-10-12T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-12T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Sweetland Write-Together (October 12, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77402 77402-19848064@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 12, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Write-Together sessions provide structure, accountability, and support for graduate writers working on writing at any stage, from papers to theses to journal articles to dissertations and more. For each of these remote sessions, participants access a shared Google document that will serve as a communal virtual space. Students will be invited to post pre-writing goals and post-writing reflections in the document. Writers can also schedule a 10-minute Zoom meeting with Sweetland faculty during each session to discuss writing questions. We will also provide weekly writing strategies to habituate students to best writing practices.
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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 17 Sep 2020 18:15:50 -0400 2020-10-12T09:00:00-04:00 2020-10-12T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
Write-Togethers (October 12, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75828 75828-19615885@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 12, 2020 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 2020-10-12T09:00:00-04:00 2020-10-12T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Other
Michigan and Other Battleground States (October 12, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75631 75631-19552842@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 12, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Michigan is one of a group of swing states that have had close, competitive races in recent presidential campaigns and down ballot contests. Our panel of journalists explores how Michigan and other current battleground states are faring and impacting the 2020 campaigns and election.

Moderated by Stephen Henderson, our panelists Riley Beggin of Bridge Magazine and Tim Alberta of Politico will examine what causes battleground states to swing and what effect they have on political parties or candidates’ choices of issues to emphasize.

Stephen Henderson is host of Detroit Today on WDET, co-host of One Detroit on Detroit Public Television, project executive for BridgeDetroit and a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist.

A native of Detroit, Henderson is a graduate of University of Detroit High School and the University of Michigan. His resume includes stints at the Detroit Free Press, the Chicago Tribune, the Baltimore Sun, and four years covering the Supreme Court for Knight Ridder’s Washington Bureau.

Riley Beggin is a Capitol reporter covering Michigan politics, including legislative, gubernatorial and other statewide elections. She joined Bridge in January 2018 after working at KPCC, Los Angeles’ NPR member station. Before that, she was a fellow at ABC News’ Washington Bureau and an intern with NPR’s investigative unit.

Beggin majored in history and international relations at the University of Wisconsin—Madison. She also holds a Master’s Degree in investigative journalism from the University of Missouri.

Tim Alberta is chief political correspondent for POLITICO, where his longer form work is often published in the publication’s magazine. He covers a range of topics, including: The Trump presidency; Capitol Hill; the ideological warfare between and within the two parties; demographic change in America; and the evolving role of money in elections. He co-moderated the final Democratic presidential primary debate in 2019 hosted by PBS Newshour and POLITICO.

Based in Michigan and tasked with roving widely across battleground states, Alberta writes a regular “Letter to Washington,” a 2020 dispatch highlighting stories, trends, and people from outside the political bubble for the political bubbles.

Pre-registration 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 event.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 11 Aug 2020 12:26:09 -0400 2020-10-12T10:00:00-04:00 2020-10-12T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Urgent and Critical Lectures
Covering the campaign: A conversation with national political reporters (October 12, 2020 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76228 76228-19677561@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 12, 2020 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Join us for a conversation about covering the campaign trail with two senior political reporters, Jane Coaston of Vox and Daniel Strauss of The Guardian. Paula Lantz, associate dean of the Ford School and James Hudak Professor of Health Policy will moderate the conversation. The panelists will discuss what it's like to be a political reporter during an election season and what they think are the key political and policy issues at play in the upcoming Presidential election.

Join the conversation: #policytalks

For more information visit fordschool.umich.edu/events/2020/covering-campaign-conversation-national-political-reporters

From the speakers' bios:

Jane Coaston is senior politics reporter at Vox with a focus on conservatism, the American Right, the GOP and white nationalism. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, National Review, the Washington Post, the Ringer and ESPN Magazine, among others. She attended the University of Michigan, graduating in 2009.

Daniel Strauss is a senior political reporter for The Guardian. Previously he was a politics reporter at Politico, covered campaigns and elections for Talking Points Memo, and was a breaking news reporter for The Hill newspaper. Daniel grew up in Chicago and graduated from the University of Michigan where he majored in history.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 05 Oct 2020 12:18:15 -0400 2020-10-12T11:30:00-04:00 2020-10-12T12:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Daniel Strauss and Jane Coaston
Four Years into the U-M DEI Strategic Plan: Lessons Learned and Ideas for the Future (October 12, 2020 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77830 77830-19933619@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 12, 2020 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Engineering

University of Michigan Engineering is excited to welcome Vice Provost Robert Sellers to our DEI lecture series for the month of October. His lecture will be focused on lessons learned and ideas for the future.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 28 Sep 2020 14:11:44 -0400 2020-10-12T11:30:00-04:00 2020-10-12T12:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Engineering Lecture / Discussion Robert Sellers, Vice Provost for Equity and Inclusion & Chief Diversity Officer
Explore the arts in Downtown Ann Arbor! (October 12, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76129 76129-19663642@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 12, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

The downtown Ann Arbor area is full of vibrant arts organizations, businesses, and public art. This self-guided art tour will welcome you to the rich arts culture that the downtown area has to offer. Enjoy this tour from the comfort of your own space or follow along on foot by following the Google map! We have highlighted the places we think students should know about, listed the free or low-cost resources they offer, and gave you some hints for fun things to spot along the way!

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Other Tue, 25 Aug 2020 16:53:55 -0400 2020-10-12T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-12T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Art Around Town
Online Gentle Stretching and Meditation (October 12, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76712 76712-19737065@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 12, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Please join Paola Savvidou for online weekly sessions consisting of approximately 20 minutes of stretching followed by 10 minutes of meditation. Suitable for beginners!

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Exercise / Fitness Tue, 29 Sep 2020 18:15:06 -0400 2020-10-12T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-12T12:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Exercise / Fitness
Rackham North: Change It Up! (October 12, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76134 76134-19665678@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 12, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Change it Up! brings bystander intervention skills to the University of Michigan community for the purpose of building inclusive, respectful, and safe communities. It is based on a nationally recognized four-stage bystander intervention model that helps individuals intervene in situations that negatively impact individuals, organizations, and the campus community.
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/nbkpn.
We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 02 Sep 2020 12:15:25 -0400 2020-10-12T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-12T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
Employer Connections: Careers in Corporate Sales with Fiat Chrysler (October 12, 2020 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78071 78071-19957574@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 12, 2020 12:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Opportunity Hub

Join the Fiat Chrysler team to explore potential careers in corporate sales During this session, you’ll have the opportunity to connect with an FCA sales leader to further understand their business and automotive sales.


You should attend this Employer Connection if you are:

- An LSA student with an interest in pursuing a career in sales
- Pursuing a career in the automotive industry
- Actively pursuing an internship (calling all juniors!) with a company committed to recruiting and hiring LSA students

What you’ll gain by attending:

- Gain an understanding of sales through the lens of a leading automotive manufacturer vs. a dealer
- Get valuable insights and a head start on the recruiting process within a leading organization

RSVP now to reserve your spot; capacity is limited. The Zoom link to join the session will be emailed to you after RSVPing.

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

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 01 Oct 2020 16:59:49 -0400 2020-10-12T12:30:00-04:00 2020-10-12T13:45:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Opportunity Hub Workshop / Seminar Two people handshaking
Honors Seminar Series: Sara Fitzgerald (October 12, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75960 75960-19629761@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 12, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Honors Program

In 1970, as Michigan prepared to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the admission of women, women faculty at U.S. colleges were exempted from the protections of the major civil rights laws and the U-M admissions office was enforcing a 55:45 quota on male-female admissions to ensure that there would not be an “overbalance” of women in the freshman class. But a small group of Ann Arbor women developed a strategy to unleash the power of the federal government to demand change at U-M by threatening to withhold millions of dollars in federal contracts. The settlement provided the model for resolving similar complaints at dozens of other universities in the years immediately before the passage of Title IX. Sara Fitzgerald, then an Honors history major, covered the controversy for The Michigan Daily, and a half-century later, reflects on how that time on campus shaped her own career aspirations and writing interests.

Author of "Conquering Heroines", and Honors alumna, Sara Fitzgerald is a former editor and new-media developer for the Washington Post and was the first woman to serve as editor-in-chief of the Michigan Daily. She is the author of Elly Peterson: “Mother” of the Moderates (University of Michigan Press, 2012) and The Poet’s Girl (Thought Catalog Books, 2020).

Please register for this event here: https://myumi.ch/0W1Op

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 29 Sep 2020 14:26:32 -0400 2020-10-12T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-12T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Honors Program Workshop / Seminar Photo of Sara Fitzgerald
LSA Technology Services Research Support Office Hours (October 12, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77718 77718-20270674@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 12, 2020 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 2020-10-12T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-12T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Technology Services Other Research Office Hours
Rackham Resolution Office: Virtual Office Hours (October 12, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76615 76615-19729087@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 12, 2020 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 amount of time in a waiting room if the resolution officer is engaged with another student. They will be with you as quickly as possible.
Zoom Meeting ID: 981 5994 7930
For more information on what the Resolution Officer has to offer visit https://myumi.ch/PlPB4.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 02 Sep 2020 18:15:31 -0400 2020-10-12T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-12T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
Cognitive Science Seminar Series: "Which linguistic theory for CogSci?" (October 12, 2020 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77894 77894-19941560@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 12, 2020 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science

Linguistics professor Jeffrey Health will give a talk titled "Which linguistic theory for CogSci?"

Please visit the seminar website for Zoom link and details.

ABSTRACT
The linguistic theory most familiar to cognitive scientists, the syntax-centric generativist model, has deep-seated problems for which no patches are available. Syntax-centrism alienates the model from processing and especially from speaking, and therefore from any natural cognitive processes. Its emphasis on economy now seems quaint in the context of the brain’s massive storage and computational power. The evo-devo theory that is joined to the theory’s hip makes no sense biologically. Under the microscope, current minimalism consists largely of ad hoc devices to account for language-specific linear ordering: functional projections some of which are meaningless, unnecessary specifier positions for these projections, phonological deletion due to unmotivated “computational efficiency,” and ad hoc processes like “remnant movement” when all else fails. Even with this proliferation of makeshift entities and processes, the model cannot account for basic morphosyntactic phenomena in many nonwestern languages. In this talk I discuss how a directional, speaker-centric model that stands up to crosslinguistic findings might be cobbled together from “cognitive linguistics” on the semantic end and morphophonological (including prosodic) theories on the output end. I describe some linguistic issues that are, and some that are not, amenable to experimental study and to computational modeling.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 08 Oct 2020 14:31:58 -0400 2020-10-12T14:30:00-04:00 2020-10-12T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science Livestream / Virtual
Science Success Series | Overcoming the Fear of Failure in Personal and Academic Pursuits (October 12, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76330 76330-19687523@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 12, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Science Learning Center

In this workshop, we'll build on the lessons of growth mindset and put failure into practice, with activities that allow us to focus on the learning that goes along with mistakes. This way, we can create environments that allow for innovation, personal, and professional growth.

Register on Sessions: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/session/29116

Email ScienceSuccessSeries@umich.edu with any questions.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 28 Aug 2020 17:08:58 -0400 2020-10-12T15:00:00-04:00 2020-10-12T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Science Learning Center Workshop / Seminar
Continuing Challenges to Suffrage in Michigan in 2020: Who Still Can’t Vote? (October 12, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75812 75812-19608026@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 12, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Political Science

Event online via Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/j/94834992200

Panel discussion with:

Stephanie Chang, member of the State House of Representatives and co-founder and past president of Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote-Michigan;

Dessa Cosma, Executive Director of Detroit Disability Power;

Reverend Wendell Anthony, President of the Detroit Branch of the NAACP and leader of voting rights campaigns, including Take Your Souls to the Polls and Proposal 3;

Matthew L.M. Fletcher, law professor and director of the Indigenous Law and Policy Center at Michigan State University, as well as an appellate judge for numerous tribal courts.

Moderated by Michael Steinberg, Professor from Practice, UM Law School, former legal director, Michigan ACLU.

Organized by Women and Gender Studies, The Ford School, LSA

Sponsored by: The entire Suffrage 2020 Collaboration and the Democracy and Debate Theme Semester

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 02 Oct 2020 13:27:06 -0400 2020-10-12T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-12T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Political Science Livestream / Virtual voting line
HEP-Astro Seminar | Building DESI - The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (October 12, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76911 76911-19776575@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 12, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Physics

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

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) is a multi-object fiber spectrograph on the Mayall 4-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory. DESI consists of a new wide-field optical corrector and a 3-degree focal plane with 5000 robotic fiber positioners feeding into ten broadband spectrographs. The large number of spectra obtained in a single exposure will enable a five-year spectroscopic survey of over a third of the sky. DESI will obtain redshifts for more than 35 million objects including luminous red galaxies, emission line galaxies and quasar Ly-a forest spectra, creating the most detailed 3-dimensional map of the universe to date.

The DESI focal plane is composed of ten identical wedge-shaped petals which were integrated and tested at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and installed at Kitt Peak during the Summer of 2019. DESI completed commissioning in March 2020 just days before mountain operations had to be put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic. During Commissioning, 12 million on-sky spectra were taken and two dark time mini surveys were completed. Following a brief overview of DESI I will highlight some of the milestones during construction and installation of the DESI instrument. I will close by touching on some of the results from the commissioning phase.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 12 Oct 2020 18:15:43 -0400 2020-10-12T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-12T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Physics Workshop / Seminar
Psychology Department Transfer Student Orientation (October 12, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77197 77197-19820182@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 12, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Psychology Undergraduates

Join us for an overview of Psych & BCN majors, how to declare, transfer credit evaluation process, how to find research, and website resources. Brief overview of related majors Neuroscience & Cognitive Science. The Opportunity Hub will also present on their services.

RSVP for Zoom Link: https://myumi.ch/MEgnj

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 02 Oct 2020 17:06:40 -0400 2020-10-12T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-12T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Psychology Undergraduates Livestream / Virtual Transfer orientation flyer with event information
STS Speaker. Timescapes of Behavior: Resilience and Long-Term Ecological Research (October 12, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77484 77484-19875779@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 12, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Science, Technology & Society

The Science, Technology, Medicine and Society (STeMS) Speaker Series features scholars doing research across the range of STS subject matter. This term:

Are we humans cooperative or warlike, rational or delusional, fixed or flexible? These questions have philosophical bite and political stakes. Indeed, they always have. But recent work in a range of disciplines asks us to go deeper. What if “we humans” are more fiction than fact? If we can’t assume the stability of the human across time and place, what happens to debates about human nature? Humanistic approaches, including actor-network theory, posthuman criticism, and multispecies ethnographies, challenge the idea of an autonomous human nature, while scientific studies of organ development, neuroendocrinology, and the microbiome are revealing how much nature there is inside of us. We explore these questions through a braided history of the human and environmental sciences.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 22 Sep 2020 10:22:28 -0400 2020-10-12T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-12T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Science, Technology & Society Lecture / Discussion
The Evolution of Basketball with Data Science (October 12, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78271 78271-20002854@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 12, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

For the last couple of decades, most industries have grown to take advantage of the information gained from data collection. As that happened, professional sports teams started to catch on. Baseball took the lead thanks to the amount of data collected over the years, which dates to the 1800s, but a lot of other professional sports followed and put more attention to their data collection. With technological advancements, particularly high-speed cameras, storage capacities and image recognition, more dynamic sports started to collect richer and richer data. The insights derived from this data started shifting the way the game is played and the way players are evaluated. This talk will take you through the evolution of data science in basketball and give examples of how data is shifting the way teams make decisions on and off the court.

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Presentation Wed, 07 Oct 2020 09:55:02 -0400 2020-10-12T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-12T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Institute for Data Science Presentation https://umich.zoom.us/j/94496488704
How Lean Culture is Fighting Against the Coronavirus (October 12, 2020 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78063 78063-19957560@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 12, 2020 4:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Healthcare Engineering & Patient Safety (CHEPS)

We’ve all been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in different ways. For me, one of the ways was receiving a call to “deploy” to our ventilator manufacturing facility to help make an unprecedented volume of ventilators as fast as possible. The world needed ventilators to fight COVID-19 and we needed to ramp production using our best manufacturing methodologies.Using Lean techniques was once described by one of its founding leaders, Taiichi Ohno, as “looking at the timeline, from the moment the customer gives us an order to the point when we collect the cash. And we are reducing the timeline by reducing the non-value adding wastes.” GE Healthcare has incorporated Lean into its operational fabric just as described in the quote to delivery reliable daily output as well as to take on new manufacturing challenges. In this presentation, I will describe the challenge that COVID-19 presented to our company, to the production process & to the cross-functional group of people involved in supporting production. To tell this story, I will be sharing some basics about Lean Methodologies and how it influenced our approach, communications & the execution of an unprecedented ventilator output. Finally, I will discuss how these same methodologies and approach can be used to positively impact your business, career, or challenge you’re facing.

Passion: My passion is serving the Healthcare community by educating eager learners, utilizing Lean-6 Sigma methodologies & incorporating Advanced Technologies to challenge the status quo & bring about meaningful improvement.

Experience: I’ve been with GE Healthcare for 15 years in a variety of roles from a manufacturing engineer, to a site & national Lean Leader to a multi-state field service director. These roles have including manufacturing, service & commercial elements to them and always included a primary focus on healthcare. Additionally, I have worked within the aviation, energy & financial industries through cross-business projects. With my experience, I was recently called on by GE to help during the COVID-19 response to drive increased output, improved quality & to build a supportive culture in our ventilator manufacturing business. Additionally, I have used this knowledge to start an education & consulting group focused on Lean methodologies called ripple Solutions LLC. My small business has allowed me to expand outside of healthcare & connect with the printing, distribution, university & non-healthcare manufacturing industries.

Education: I have a degree in Industrial Engineering with additional courses in Medical Sciences from University of Michigan, class of 2007. I am a GE Healthcare Operations Management Leadership Program graduate, I’m a certified Black Belt in DMAIC Lean Six Sigma and I’m Green Belt certified in DFSS Six Sigma. I have also received extensive GE Healthcare & Shingijtsu Lean training.

This seminar series is presented by the U-M Center for Healthcare Engineering and Patient Safety (CHEPS): Our mission is to improve the safety and quality of healthcare delivery through a multi-disciplinary, systems-engineering approach. For the Zoom link and password and to be added to the weekly e-mail for the series, please RSVP. For additional questions, contact CHEPSseminar@umich.edu. Photographs and video taken at this event may be used to promote CHEPS, College of Engineering, and the University.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Oct 2020 14:52:38 -0400 2020-10-12T16:30:00-04:00 2020-10-12T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Healthcare Engineering & Patient Safety (CHEPS) Lecture / Discussion photo of speaker with event information
LACS and Latina/o Studies Virtual Panel Discussion. Monumental Injustice in the Americas (October 12, 2020 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77720 77720-19907803@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 12, 2020 4:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Free and open to the public. Registration required: http://myumi.ch/2DVXB

As a joint effort between the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (LACS) and the Latina/o Studies Program, this panel brings together scholars whose work helps us think about past and present efforts to topple physical monuments to historical figures across the Americas. As the United States recognizes "Hispanic Heritage Month," we push for thinking that cuts across borders. We highlight the hemisphere's interconnected histories of racism, colonialism, conquest and slavery that are at the center of both efforts to memorialize certain figures and stories, and efforts to upend these commemorative structures and the narratives they support. Public discussions around contested symbols of injustice are themselves opportunities to remake historical narratives, and we anticipate this panel will add a rich and important discussion.

Speaker Biographies:

ERIN L. THOMPSON is America’s only full-time professor of art crime (John Jay College, CUNY). She studies a variety of relations between art and crime, including the looting of antiquities, museum theft, art made by detainees at Guantánamo Bay, and the legalities and ethics of digital reproductions of cultural heritage. She has discussed these topics for the New York Times, CNN, NPR, and the Freakonomics podcast, among many others. She is currently writing Smashing Statues: On the Rise and Fall of America’s Public Monuments (Norton 2021). She has written and spoken about the science of public art, the history of protests, the legal barriers to removal of controversial art, and examples of innovative approaches to the problem in venues including Art in America, Hyperallergic, the LARB Blog, and the New York Times.

ANA LUCIA ARAUJO is a full Professor of History at the historically black Howard University in Washington DC, United States. Her single-authored books include Slavery in the Age of Memory: Engaging the Past (Bloomsbury Academic, 2020), Reparations for Slavery and the Slave Trade: A Transnational and Comparative History (Bloomsbury Academic, 2017), Brazil Through French Eyes: A Nineteenth-Century Artist in the Tropics (University of New Mexico Press, 2015), Shadows of the Slave Past: Heritage, Memory, and Slavery (Routledge, 2014), and Public Memory of Slavery: Victims and Perpetrators in the South Atlantic (Cambria Press, 2010). She also edited or coedited five books and published dozens of refereed articles in journals and chapters in edited books on topics related to the history and memory of slavery. In 2017, Araujo joined the International Scientific Committee of the UNESCO Slave Route Project. She also serves on the board of editors of the American Historical Review (the journal of the American Historical Association) and the editorial board of the British journal Slavery and Abolition. She is a member of the executive board of the Association for the Study of the Worldwide Diaspora (ASWAD), the editorial review board of the African Studies Review, and the board of the blog Black Perspectives maintained by the African American Intellectual History Society. Currently, Araujo is working on two book projects: Human in Humans in Shackles: An Atlantic History of Slavery in the Americas (under contract with the University of Chicago Press) and The Gift: How Objects of Prestige Shaped the Atlantic Slave Trade and Colonialism (under contract with Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Studies on the African Diaspora series). She just finished Museums and Atlantic Slavery, a short-format book to be published in 2021 by Routledge in the series Routledge Museums in Focus.

ANDREA QUEELEY is a native of Berkeley, California and holds a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from the City University of New York Graduate Center. She has a joint appointment in Florida International University’s Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies and the African & African Diaspora Studies Program. Her research interests include black and diasporic subjectivity, race and representation, intra-Caribbean migration, and the African Diaspora in Latin America. She has published several journal articles on these themes in addition to her book ”Rescuing Our Roots: The Anglo-Caribbean African Diaspora in
Contemporary Cuba” (University Press of Florida 2015).

OLIVIA CHILCOTE (San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians) received her M.A. and Ph.D. from the Department of Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley. She is currently an Assistant Professor of American Indian Studies at San Diego State University and a Critical Mission Studies Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of History at UC Riverside. Dr. Chilcote's research and teaching focus on the areas of interdisciplinary Native American Studies, federal Indian law and policy, Native American identity, and Native California. Dr. Chilcote grew up in the center of her tribe’s traditional territory in the North County of San Diego, and she is active in tribal politics and other community efforts.

VANESSA FONSECA-CHÁVEZ is an Assistant Professor of English at Arizona State University. She received her MA in Hispanic Southwest Studies from the University of New Mexico and her PhD in Spanish Cultural Studies at Arizona State University. She is the co-editor of Querencia: Reflections on the New Mexico Homeland (University of New Mexico Press, 2020). Her monograph, Colonial Legacies in Chicana/o Literature and Culture: Looking through the Kaleidoscope is out with the University of Arizona Press.


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

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 06 Oct 2020 18:55:22 -0400 2020-10-12T16:30:00-04:00 2020-10-12T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Lecture / Discussion Monumental_Injustice-image
Hot off the Press (October 12, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78282 78282-20002863@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 12, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Middle East Studies

*Registration is required for this event:* http://myumi.ch/jxNGK

*Hot off the Press* is a forum for graduate students, lecturers, and faculty to share their research, talk about the challenges they have encountered and the approaches they have, or are considering in the process of formulating their frames of analysis.

The October round of *Hot off the Press* will explore entangled histories of confessionalism in the Middle East. Salman Elamir (MES, PhD Candidate) will discuss the ethnographic research he conducted last summer on the Druze community living in Israel, how they remember their past incarnations and spoke about the past through their life stories. Joshua Cole (History, Professor) will talk about the challenges he encountered writing his recent book, *Lethal Provocation: The Constantine Murders and the Politics of French Algeria* on anti-Jewish violence in French Algeria at a moment of growing rupture between Algeria’s Jews and Muslims. Golriz Farshi (MES, PhD Candidate) will discuss her dissertation chapter that reads the establishment of an endowed charitable complex by a Jewish convert to Islam, Rashid al-Din Fazlallah al-Hamadani, both as an act of individual conversion and the materialization of Mongol collective conversion to Islam.

Joshua Cole (History)
Salman Elamir (MES)
Golriz Farshi (MES)
Moderator: Kathryn Babayan (MES)

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 07 Oct 2020 11:13:58 -0400 2020-10-12T17:30:00-04:00 2020-10-12T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Middle East Studies Livestream / Virtual Hot off the Press
Community Creative Arts Workshop (October 12, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75276 75276-19401024@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 12, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Open to All

The Community Workshop is meeting online!

The PCAP Community Workshop, formerly called the Reentry Workshop, is now meeting on Monday evenings from 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. via Zoom. Currently in its fourth year, members of the community meet with formerly-incarcerated people to share creative arts and have fun!

Interested?
Send an email to Mary: mheinen@umich.edu,
or text 734-474-7799

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 23 Jul 2020 11:43:44 -0400 2020-10-12T18:00:00-04:00 2020-10-12T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Workshop / Seminar Group of workshop participants
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (October 13, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838084@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

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

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-10-13T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-13T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (October 13, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947543@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-10-13T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-13T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
MORE Mentoring Plan Workshop (October 13, 2020 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75722 75722-19576539@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 9:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

This workshop helps to enhance the mentoring relationship between the student and faculty mentor. Faculty and students will work independently in separate sessions to identify their own objectives and styles, and then faculty-student pairs will have time to work together to develop a mentoring plan: a two-way document to codify goals, needs, and shared expectations. Over 85% of Rackham doctoral students surveyed report that having a written agreement for successful mentoring is useful.
This workshop is facilitated by the MORE (Mentoring Others Results in Excellence) Committee, a Rackham committee that engages with faculty and graduate students to foster conversations about mentoring.
Registration is required of both the faculty and student.
Student registration: https://myumi.ch/2D173.
Faculty registration: https://myumi.ch/jxNnl.
We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 02 Sep 2020 12:15:25 -0400 2020-10-13T09:30:00-04:00 2020-10-13T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
Career Chats with a CoE Alum (October 13, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78162 78162-19987065@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Engineering Career Resource Center

The ECRC is pleased to host College of Engineering Alum John Palmer for virtual Career Chats on October 13 and 15. John will conduct virtual Career Chats by appointment only, in order to allow students an opportunity to ask career-related questions and gain career advice from an experienced CoE Alum.

While any career-related topic can be discussed, some of the typical topics include:
• Job application and/or interview strategies
• Non-technical skills and behaviors that employers seek
• Soft skill development
• Preparedness for behavioral type interviews
• Working overseas or unique family circumstances relative to employment
• General Career advice
• Any other career / professional related topics are also okay

To schedule a Career Chat appointment, please see Job #70616 (Job Title: Career Chats with a CoE Alum) in Engineering Careers.

John Palmer’s Bio:
John Palmer is a 1987 Chemical Engineering graduate of the University of Michigan. John worked in several roles throughout his 30 year career at Shell Oil Company, including two years as a recruiter for Shell at the University of Michigan. John began his career as a Control Systems engineer in a refinery in Houston. He then moved into team-lead positions related to control systems and electrical engineering supporting both Operations and Projects. During his career he also held a position in Human Resources, where he helped to run the internal company job-resourcing process by which engineers were allocated to their next assignment, advised engineering staff regarding career and location choices, resourced critical engineering vacancies globally, and helped establish corporate-wide engineering recruiting targets. His final assignments were as an Engineering Manager supporting major projects, which included responsibility for delivery from many different engineering disciplines (control systems, electrical, civil, structural, mechanical, materials, rotating equipment, flow assurance and process). John has worked/lived in the US, Mexico, Canada, The Netherlands and Norway, and has worked temporarily in 10 additional countries. John retired in 2018, and is excited to share his expertise with other Michigan Engineers. This event is open to all interested students in the College of Engineering.

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 05 Oct 2020 10:51:27 -0400 2020-10-13T10:00:00-04:00 2020-10-13T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Engineering Career Resource Center Careers / Jobs
Efforts by the Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center (October 13, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75607 75607-19544899@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Dr. Daniel Clauw will speak on the work done by the Chronic Pain Research Center. He will highlight accomplishments of the past, as well as plans for the future.

Daniel Clauw is a Professor of Anesthesiology Medicine (rheumatology) and Psychiatry at the University of Michigan. He serves as Director of the Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center. The Research Center is a multidisciplinary center committed to improving the understanding and management of disorders distinguished by symptoms of chronic pain and fatigue. Until January 2009 he also served as the first Associate Dean for Clinical and Transitional Research at the University of Michigan Medical School.

This is the second of ten lectures to be presented once each month from September 2020 through June, 2021. The next lecture will be held November 10, 2020. The title is: What Happened Last Tuesday? Learn from well-known experts about an array of interesting subjects, with an interactive Q&A period following each lecture.

Pre-registration 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 event.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 14 Aug 2020 10:04:23 -0400 2020-10-13T10:00:00-04:00 2020-10-13T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion Distinguished Lecture Series
LSA Technology Services Research Support Office Hours (October 13, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77718 77718-20270721@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 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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Other Thu, 09 Dec 2021 16:01:55 -0500 2020-10-13T10:00:00-04:00 2020-10-13T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Technology Services Other Research Office Hours
Explore the arts in Downtown Ann Arbor! (October 13, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76129 76129-19663643@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

The downtown Ann Arbor area is full of vibrant arts organizations, businesses, and public art. This self-guided art tour will welcome you to the rich arts culture that the downtown area has to offer. Enjoy this tour from the comfort of your own space or follow along on foot by following the Google map! We have highlighted the places we think students should know about, listed the free or low-cost resources they offer, and gave you some hints for fun things to spot along the way!

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Other Tue, 25 Aug 2020 16:53:55 -0400 2020-10-13T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-13T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Art Around Town
Leadership Chats - Navigating CCI Resources (October 13, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77929 77929-19941593@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Campus Involvement

Join the Center for Campus Involvement's Leadership Consultants for Leadership Chats!

How can the Center for Campus Involvement help your student org thrive this semester? Where can you get started with navigating all the different kinds of resources CCI offers (and find the ones with the highest impact for your org!)? This week's Leadership Chat topic is "Navigating CCI Resources", so come chat with us and other student org leaders about what you need and where to find it!

These informal weekly conversations and connections for student organization leaders are meant to give students space and time to talk about topics related to student org leadership. Any student involved in student organizations is welcome to join us!

Join us on Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/j/97599742872

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 09 Oct 2020 16:11:17 -0400 2020-10-13T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-13T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Campus Involvement Livestream / Virtual Leadership Chats
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Zoom Webinar: "Civic Solidarity: Sustaining Contention and Building Democratic Institutions in Contemporary Village China" (October 13, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76155 76155-19669625@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

The Fall 2020 lecture series will be only available on-line as a Zoom webinar.

Civic solidarity is an underexplored concept in sociology and political science. This talk unpacks its theoretical dimensions—what civic solidarity is, how it is formed, and what the social and political implications are. Through this lens, Dr. Liu examines a puzzling phenomenon in contemporary rural China: Why are some villagers able to sustain contention and engage in building democratic institutions for self-rule?

Jundai Liu is a WCED Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Michigan. She received her PhD in sociology from Harvard University in 2018. With comparative-historical and qualitative methods, her research lies broadly in political sociology, sociology of development, and historical sociology, with a focus on China and East Asia. Her current book project examines different patterns of villagers’ political behavior where there were major stakes and conflicts brought about by active land development in China.

Registration required. Zoom Registration Link: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Nb2ggIo4SsWPUQ8xPcDbNg

Cosponsored by the U-M Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 30 Sep 2020 08:15:23 -0400 2020-10-13T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-13T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Livestream / Virtual Jundai Liu, Postdoctoral Fellow, Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies, University of Michigan
PICS Career Event. Next Steps Virtual PICSnics Video Conference with Alison Climes (October 13, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75403 75403-19463860@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Program in International and Comparative Studies

Interested in teaching English abroad, pursuing a Master's degree, or exploring how you can make the most out of your U-M experience through opportunities with the U-M Ginsberg Center? Learn from PICS alumna Alison Climes (BA ‘15) through her post-graduation experiences and explore how you can become an active citizen and begin to deepen your understanding of social justice during your time as a student.

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/DE8jG

Alison Climes graduated from the University of Michigan with a BA in International Studies and Spanish in 2015. Her post-graduation journey took her from Santiago to Tucson to Monterey and now back to Ann Arbor, where she works as a Student Engagement Coordinator at the University of Michigan Ginsberg Center.

After graduation, Alison spent a semester teaching English through the English Opens Doors Program in Puente Alto, Chile which gave her the opportunity to practice her Spanish and gain further exposure to the world of education. She then returned to Michigan and taught a semester of high-school Spanish before moving to Tucson, Arizona, to work with a refugee education program for middle- and high-school youth. Her interest in comparative and international education, and education diplomacy programs inspired her to pursue a master's program at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey, California, in International Education Management (IEM). During her Master's program, she led youth international exchange programs and completed her Master's degree in 2019.

In her current role at the University of Michigan Ginsberg Center, Alison aims to help students identify their own strengths and develop a strong sense of self while also working to become active citizens engaged in their communities and working towards social justice.

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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Careers / Jobs Thu, 17 Sep 2020 15:37:55 -0400 2020-10-13T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-13T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Program in International and Comparative Studies Careers / Jobs Next Steps Virtual PICSnics Video Conference with Alison Climes
Respond/ Resist/ Rethink: A Stamps Student Poster & Video Exhibition Panel Discussion (October 13, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77534 77534-19879851@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Join us for a virtual panel discussion with Stamps School of Art & Design students as they discuss their work in “Respond/ Resist/ Rethink: A Student Poster & Video Exhibition” at Stamps Gallery.  This event is moderated by Professional Visual Artist and Stamps Admissions Counselor, Heriberto Palacio III and will be followed by a live Q&A. For the exhibition, Stamps students were invited to design posters and make videos to respond and contemplate what each of us can do to build a stronger community, one that is based on the values of racial equality, justice and belonging. “Respond/ Resist/ Rethink: A Student Poster & Video Exhibition” is on view at Stamps Gallery from September 15 - December 4, 2020. Free and open to the public. Registration required.

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

Image: Natalia Rocafuerte, still from “Immigrants Rights”

Please RSVP to reserve your place for this free event: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcqcuyupjgvHNZmE-hLdtIpR0D6VH9-1jvj

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 21 Sep 2020 18:15:11 -0400 2020-10-13T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-13T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Livestream / Virtual https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/calendar/Natalia_Rocafuerte_still_from_Immigrants_Rights.png
U-M Faculty Projects on Gender-Based Violence and Sexual Harassment (October 13, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77887 77887-19939580@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

In 2019, IRWG awarded seed grant funding for faculty research projects related to gender-based violence and sexual harassment. These projects were funded in partnership with the U-M Office of Research. This fall, faculty awardees will share their research progress with the broader community to examine how their scholarship is working towards the goal of ending gender-based violence and sexual harassment across contexts. These panel discussions will offer opportunities for short presentations by awardees and deeper conversation with U-M scholars and audience members.

Part One: Tuesday, October 13; 12-1:00pm

Speakers:
- Lisa Fedina, Assistant Professor of Social Work: #MeToo in the Workplace: Assessing Employee Bystander Behaviors at Institutions of Higher Education
- Denise Saint Arnault, Professor, Health Behavior and Biological Sciences, School of Nursing: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Trauma Recovery After GBV


Part Two: Friday, Nov. 13th, 12-1:00pm

Speakers:
- Susan Ernst, Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology: Understanding Student Experiences with Inappropriate, Disrespectful, and Coercive Healthcare and Physical Exams: A Mixed Methods Study
- Chithra Perumalswami, MD, MSc, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine: What is the Reception of Article X Among National Science Foundation Grant Awardees
- Sarah Peitzmeier, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Center for Sexuality and Health Disparities: Adapting an Evidence-Based Sexual Assault Prevention Intervention for Transgender Undergraduate Students

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 05 Oct 2020 14:23:29 -0400 2020-10-13T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-13T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Research on Women and Gender Livestream / Virtual Research Showcase_ U-M Faculty Projects on Gender-Based Violence and Sexual Harassment
When You're Strange: Unusual Features of the MUTYH Glycosylase and Implications in Cancer- Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar (October 13, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77790 77790-19931615@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Biological Chemistry

Dr. Sheila David will present the Department of Biological Chemistry Virtual Seminar on Tuesday October 13th, 2020 at 12 noon.
The zoom link is
https://umich-health.zoom.us/j/91254715072

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 28 Sep 2020 09:06:13 -0400 2020-10-13T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-13T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Biological Chemistry Workshop / Seminar
Getting Started with ArcGIS Online (October 13, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77712 77712-19907680@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Technology Services

ArcGIS Online is a simple yet powerful interactive, web-based mapping tool to which everyone at the University of Michigan has access. ArcGIS Online can be used to visualize data, analyze spatial patterns, and present materials in a professional-looking app.

In this hands-on workshop, we will learn how to use ArcGIS Online to easily turn a spreadsheet into a map, discover and add data from authoritative sources to the map, customize the map’s appearance, and publish the map for sharing, all on the web. We will also look at some of the options for analyzing and presenting map data, as well as some of the tools and technologies available for collecting geographic datasets.

(This will be a virtual workshop; Zoom connection info will be sent to registered participants shortly before the workshop.)

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 25 Sep 2020 08:56:19 -0400 2020-10-13T13:00:00-04:00 2020-10-13T14:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Technology Services Workshop / Seminar Planning the Journey
Introduction to Intergroup Dialogue (October 13, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76125 76125-19663589@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

If you have any questions or if accommodations are needed to access the Zoom Meeting or the content of the presentation, please contact Mikalia Dennis (mikaliad@umich.edu) as soon as possible.
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This workshop will introduce participants to intergroup dialogue pedagogy as it is practiced in The Program on Intergroup Relations (IGR). The awareness, knowledge, and skills learned through this pedagogy are valuable for all in everyday life. This workshop will include experiential exercises that require self examination, sharing your experiences with culture, social identity, and the impacts of privilege and oppression in society.

IGR is a partnership program between LSA and Student Life.

*What you will learn/goals of the session:*
- An understanding of Intergroup Dialogue (the Michigan Model)
- Ways to examine how cultural and social identity impact our life experience
- Tools for increasing your and others knowledge about social inequality

*Audience:*
This session is open to all LSA Staff.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 25 Aug 2020 16:20:10 -0400 2020-10-13T13:00:00-04:00 2020-10-13T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Livestream / Virtual We're better when we're united
Get Out the Vote: Empowering the Women's Vote (October 13, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77531 77531-19879812@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Organized by AIGA in partnership with League of Women Voters

2020 marks the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote in 1920. It was the first legislation for women’s voting rights. Not until the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965 were voting rights of ALL women protected and enforced, and intimidation tactics progressively eliminated.  The Get Out the Vote: Empowering the Women’s Vote poster campaign, organized by AIGA in partnership with the League of Women Voters, commemorates this milestone. A core group of invited women of design submitted the first 65 non-partisan posters, to launch the initiative with their vision and voices. Through the posters, these women joined forces to collectively contribute to dialogue in design and society. This moment in history is an incredible opportunity to catalyze women in design, voting rights, citizenship, community, and diversity. The collection aspires to not only support present day voter participation, but to also serve as a backdrop for discourse and examination of the history of voting rights and women’s fight for equality.  The poster initiative continues at aiga.org/vote, where AIGA members can contribute posters to motivate the American public to register and turn out to vote in the 2020 general election, as well as local elections to come. Posters are available for free download online.

The Get Out the Vote: Empowering the Women’s Vote exhibition at Stamps Gallery includes a selection of the 65 posters chosen by a committee of Stamps faculty, students, and staff including Nicholas Dowgwillo, Eloise Janssen, Keesa V. Johnson, Francis Nunoo-Quarcoo, Endi Poskovic, Destini Riley, and Stamps Gallery. The exhibition includes posters by Audrey Bennett, Johanna Björk, Karen Cheng, Emily Comfort, Jenny El-Shamy, Dinah Fried, Karin Fong, Anne M. Giangiulio, Annabelle Gould, Brockett Horne, Meena Khalili, nicole killian + shawné michaelain holloway, Karen Kurycki, Marty Maxwell Lane, Zuzana Licko, Ana Llorente, Beatriz Lozano, Kelly Salchow MacArthur, Rebeca Mendez, Lana Rigsby, Kaleena Sales, Renee Seward, Laurel Shoemaker, Nancy Sklolos,  Hannah Smotrich, Shanti Sparrow, Jennifer Sterling, Fearn de Vicq, Cymone Wilder, and Lynne Yun.

Fall 2020 Hours and Policies
Beginning September 15, 2020, Stamps Gallery will be open to University of Michigan faculty, staff, and students on Tuesdays and Fridays from 2-7 pm.
All visitors must have a valid M-Card to enter Stamps Gallery. We are unable to welcome the general public to this space at this time.

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Exhibition Tue, 27 Oct 2020 14:52:24 -0400 2020-10-13T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-13T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/exhibitions/2020_gotv_header-02.jpg
Real and Imagined: Fabric Works and Video Animations by Heidi Kumao (October 13, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77532 77532-19879835@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Stamps Gallery is pleased to present Real and Imagined: Fabric Works and Video Animations, a solo exhibition of narrative fabric works and experimental animations by Stamps Professor Heidi Kumao.

Using fabric cutouts and machine and hand stitching on industrial felt, Kumao gives physical form to the intangible dynamics underlying ordinary conversations and relationships from a feminist perspective. Intentionally minimal, each image distills an interaction, traumatic incident, or power imbalance into an accessible visual narrative. Recognizable objects such as chairs, roots, ladders, or spotlights set the stage for the story to unfold. Events are captured midstream, suspended in time like a felt film still.

The exhibition is inspired, in part, by the courage, testimony, and experiences of women (like Christine Blasey Ford) who publicly report assault, harassment, or misconduct. The #MeToo movement gave voice to thousands of women to tell their personal stories, but also exposed a hostile backlash meant to silence them. The title, “Real and Imagined,” is a deliberate contradiction; if one is true, the other must not be. In practice, however, both terms are used to reference a woman’s testimony and determine how it is publicly interpreted. Her account is accepted as truthful by many and simultaneously dismissed as imaginary by the court of public opinion: “her memory is wrong,” “she imagined it.”

The works in “Real and Imagined: Fabric Works and Video Animations” make difficult conversations and relationships tangible by stripping them down to their essentials.

Wordless physical gestures highlight the psychological and emotional forces at play behind even the smallest of interactions.

Biography
Heidi Kumao has created award-winning experimental films, video installations, cinema machines, electronic clothing, and kinetic sculptures. She has exhibited her work in solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally including shows at Art Science Museum Singapore, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Fundació Joan Miró (Barcelona), and Museu da Imagem e do Som (São Paulo). She has received fellowships from the Creative Capital Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the New York Foundation for the Arts. She is a professor at the Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan.

Fall 2020 Hours and Policies
Beginning September 15, 2020, Stamps Gallery will be open to University of Michigan faculty, staff, and students on Tuesdays and Fridays from 2-7 pm.
All visitors must have a valid M-Card to enter Stamps Gallery. We are unable to welcome the general public to this space at this time.

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Exhibition Mon, 21 Sep 2020 18:15:10 -0400 2020-10-13T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-13T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/exhibitions/HK-Real-and-Imagined-email-header-01.jpg
Respond / Resist / Rethink: A Stamps Poster & Video Exhibition (October 13, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77530 77530-19879788@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Respond/ Resist/ Rethink: A Stamps Student Poster & Video Exhibition

Stamps Gallery is proud to kick-off the fall semester with Respond/ Resist/ Rethink: A Student Poster & Video Exhibition, which brings together powerful posters and playful videos made by the students of Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

Stamps Gallery is an incubator and lab for contemporary artists and designers to explore ideas and projects that catalyze positive social change. As the pandemic grips our nation it has exposed the social, political, and economic disparities that have disproportionately impacted Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. The world witnessed in horror and sadness the meaningless loss of African American lives with George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, among many others that we will never know. National and international outcries brought people together from multiple races, genders, and generations - on social media and in the streets - to publicly demand an end to police brutality, structural racism, and emphasizing that Black Lives Matter. What is the role of a university gallery in this time of crisis? How can we foster an inclusive platform for the stakeholders in our community to voice their ideas and foster a community based on equality, belonging, respect? We found inspiration in the thoughtful words of renowned civil rights leader and Congressman John Lewis (1940-2020) who wrote, “My fellow Americans, this is a special moment in our history. Just as people of all faiths and no faiths, and all backgrounds, creeds, and colors banded together decades ago to fight for equality and justice in a peaceful, orderly, non-violent fashion, we must do so again.” His powerful words are a reminder for all of us - present and future generations to stay hopeful, proactive, and resilient in our collective efforts to end racial discrimination and foster a true democracy.

In this spirit, Stamps Gallery invited the undergraduate and graduate students at Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, to design posters and make videos to respond and contemplate what each of us can do to build a stronger community, one that is based on the values of racial equality, justice and belonging. How can we acknowledge our own biases, learn from each other, and listen to the voices of those that have been silenced? We are at a pivotal moment in our history as the pandemic radically transforms everyday life. Through this exhibition Stamps Gallery asks the UM community to come together as artists and audiences and envision models for inclusion that are grounded in equality, belonging and empathy.

Respond/ Resist/ Rethink: A Stamps Student Poster & Video Exhibition includes work by Emily Albright, Adriana Alcala, Nathan Byrne, David Forsee, Eloise Jansenn, Rey Jeong, Sohyun Lim, Anika Love, Maggie McConnell, Willian Minzer, Judah Premble, Casey Rheault, Natalia Rocafuerte, Jenna Scheen, Ellie Schmidt, Abigail Seguin, LaKyla Thomas, Elijah Thompson, Benjamin Winans, and Molly Wu.

Artwork was selected through an open call by a committee of Stamps faculty, students, and staff including Nicholas Dowgwillo, Eloise Janssen, Keesa V. Johnson, Francis Nunoo-Quarcoo, Endi Poskovic, Destini Riley, and Stamps Gallery.

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Respond / Resist / Rethink: A Stamps Poster & Video Exhibition
September 15, 2020 – December 4, 2020

Respond/ Resist/ Rethink: A Stamps Student Poster & Video Exhibition

Stamps Gallery is proud to kick-off the fall semester with Respond/ Resist/ Rethink: A Student Poster & Video Exhibition, which brings together powerful posters and playful videos made by the students of Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

Stamps Gallery is an incubator and lab for contemporary artists and designers to explore ideas and projects that catalyze positive social change. As the pandemic grips our nation it has exposed the social, political, and economic disparities that have disproportionately impacted Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. The world witnessed in horror and sadness the meaningless loss of African American lives with George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, among many others that we will never know. National and international outcries brought people together from multiple races, genders, and generations - on social media and in the streets - to publicly demand an end to police brutality, structural racism, and emphasizing that Black Lives Matter. What is the role of a university gallery in this time of crisis? How can we foster an inclusive platform for the stakeholders in our community to voice their ideas and foster a community based on equality, belonging, respect? We found inspiration in the thoughtful words of renowned civil rights leader and Congressman John Lewis (1940-2020) who wrote, “My fellow Americans, this is a special moment in our history. Just as people of all faiths and no faiths, and all backgrounds, creeds, and colors banded together decades ago to fight for equality and justice in a peaceful, orderly, non-violent fashion, we must do so again.” His powerful words are a reminder for all of us - present and future generations to stay hopeful, proactive, and resilient in our collective efforts to end racial discrimination and foster a true democracy.

In this spirit, Stamps Gallery invited the undergraduate and graduate students at Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, to design posters and make videos to respond and contemplate what each of us can do to build a stronger community, one that is based on the values of racial equality, justice and belonging. How can we acknowledge our own biases, learn from each other, and listen to the voices of those that have been silenced? We are at a pivotal moment in our history as the pandemic radically transforms everyday life. Through this exhibition Stamps Gallery asks the UM community to come together as artists and audiences and envision models for inclusion that are grounded in equality, belonging and empathy.

Respond/ Resist/ Rethink: A Stamps Student Poster & Video Exhibition includes work by Emily Albright, Adriana Alcala, Nathan Byrne, David Forsee, Eloise Jansenn, Rey Jeong, Sohyun Lim, Anika Love, Maggie McConnell, Willian Minzer, Judah Premble, Casey Rheault, Natalia Rocafuerte, Jenna Scheen, Ellie Schmidt, Abigail Seguin, LaKyla Thomas, Elijah Thompson, Benjamin Winans, and Molly Wu.

Artwork was selected through an open call by a committee of Stamps faculty, students, and staff including Nicholas Dowgwillo, Eloise Janssen, Keesa V. Johnson, Francis Nunoo-Quarcoo, Endi Poskovic, Destini Riley, and Stamps Gallery.


Fall 2020 Hours and Policies
Beginning September 15, 2020, Stamps Gallery will be open to University of Michigan faculty, staff, and students on Tuesdays and Fridays from 2-7 pm.
All visitors must have a valid M-Card to enter Stamps Gallery. We are unable to welcome the general public to this space at this time.

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Auditions Mon, 21 Sep 2020 18:15:10 -0400 2020-10-13T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-13T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Auditions https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/exhibitions/Respond.jpg
PHD SEMINAR: "Investigating and Predicting Driver Takeover Performance and Designing Alert Displays in Conditionally Automated Driving" — Na Du (October 13, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78022 78022-19955548@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

This event is designed for U-M IOE PhD students and faculty and is also open to all U-M students, faculty and staff.

Title:
Investigating and Predicting Driver Takeover Performance and Designing Alert Displays in Conditionally Automated Driving

Abstract:
Automated vehicles have the potential to provide our society with safer, more comfortable and fuel-efficient driving. In conditionally automated vehicles, drivers serve as a fallback for the vehicle and need to take over control of the vehicle when the automation fails. This raises safety concerns because the automated driving puts drivers out-of-the-loop and increases the difficulty of takeovers when requested. To address this problem, I systematically investigate how drivers’ emotions, cognitive load, vehicle capability and driving environments influence their behavioral and physiological responses to takeover requests using human-subject experiments. Next, I develop computational models to predict drivers’ takeover performance using their physiological data and environment data. Furthermore, I propose in-vehicle alert displays based on the framework of situational awareness to help drivers improve takeover performance in conditionally automated driving. I will conclude my talk with an overview of other on-going projects and a discussion of future work opportunities that apply human factors, predictive modeling, and human-centered design to human-automation teaming.

Bio:
Na Du is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Industrial & Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan. Her research aims to improve human performance and safety by applying human factors and data analytical techniques to the analysis, design, and evaluation of the autonomous technologies. Her research interests include transportation human factors, human-automation interaction, and computational modeling of human behaviors. She received her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Zhejiang University. She is a recipient of several awards and fellowships, including HFE Women Rising Star Award, HFES Student Member with Honors Award, HFES Aging Technical Group Scholarship, and Rackham Predoctoral
Fellowship.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 06 Oct 2020 11:37:09 -0400 2020-10-13T15:00:00-04:00 2020-10-13T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Na Du
Race and Business Education: Deans Panel (October 13, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78092 78092-19963479@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Ross

Join us for a series of conversations addressing race in business and business education.

RACE AND BUSINESS EDUCATION: DEANS PANEL

Does business education make the grade on issues of race? A power panel of deans from leading business schools discuss the challenges and opportunities they face in their efforts to prepare their graduates to be inclusive leaders of a racially diverse workforce.

MODERATOR // DAVID WOOTEN // MICHIGAN ROSS
UNIVERSITY DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION PROFESSOR

WILLIAM BOULDING // DUKE FUQUA

KERWIN CHARLES // YALE SOM

FRANCESCA CORNELLI // NORTHWESTERN KELLOGG

SCOTT DERUE // MICHIGAN ROSS

NICOLE THORNE JENKINS // VIRGINIA MCINTIRE

JONATHAN LEVIN // STANFORD GSB

RAGHU SUNDARAM // NYU STERN

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 02 Oct 2020 10:21:50 -0400 2020-10-13T15:00:00-04:00 2020-10-13T16:15:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Ross Lecture / Discussion Business and Society
Functional MRI 2020-21 Symposium Speaker (October 13, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77364 77364-19846044@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Functional MRI Lab

Abstract: MRI is an incredibly powerful medical imaging modality, but it is notorious for low signal levels, poor spatial resolution, and long scan times. In this talk, we will explore how concepts from Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting can be leveraged to overcome the conventional limitations of MRI.

For Zoom registration details please email Theresa Russ, truss@umich.edu.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Sep 2020 17:34:12 -0400 2020-10-13T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-13T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Functional MRI Lab Lecture / Discussion Seiberlich photo
James C. Gaither Fellows (October 13, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75328 75328-19440271@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF)

Each year, through the James C. Gaither Junior Fellows program, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace offers approximately 11-13 one-year fellowships (salary plus benefits) to uniquely qualified graduating seniors and individuals who have graduated during the past academic year.

Register: https://myumi.ch/bvnN2

Learn more: https://lsa.umich.edu/onsf/fellowships/public-policy-programs/james-c-gaither-fellows.html

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 28 Jul 2020 10:04:49 -0400 2020-10-13T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-13T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF) Livestream / Virtual Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Logo
Resilient Leadership in a Dynamic World featuring Tonya Allen, CEO of The Skillman Foundation (October 13, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78353 78353-20012792@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan School of Public Health

Tonya Allen, MPH and MSW '96, President and CEO of The Skillman Foundation brings her insights to leadership in a conversation with School of Public Health Dean DuBois Bowman.

In our dynamic world, the pursuit of health equity is both valiant and never complete. Generations of public health leaders have devoted themselves to the ultimate goal of a healthier, more equitable world for all. Bringing contemporary leaders to share their insights, vision, and perseverance is the principle of Ahead of the Curve, a new speaker series from the University of Michigan School of Public Health. The series launches in the fall of 2020 with a focus on personal storytelling from dynamic leaders during a pandemic and beyond.

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Presentation Thu, 08 Oct 2020 16:05:02 -0400 2020-10-13T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-13T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan School of Public Health Presentation image of Tonya Allen smiling in her office at the Skillman Foundation
Test for Virtual Information (October 13, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78482 78482-20050340@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA AEM

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 29 Oct 2020 11:24:16 -0400 2020-10-13T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-13T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA AEM Livestream / Virtual Working on Laptop
UROP Excel Workshop (October 13, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76660 76660-19735022@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

In this introductory workshop, we'll use Microsoft Excel 2016 to explore the basic functionality of spreadsheets. Topics covered will include navigation & terminology, formatting, basic formulas and functions, sorting, filtering, and basic data visualization.

For workshop link and full list of UROP Workshops please visit:
http://myumi.ch/uropworkshops

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 03 Sep 2020 13:23:12 -0400 2020-10-13T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-13T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Workshop / Seminar UROP Workshops
UROP Zotero Workshop (October 13, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76663 76663-19735025@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Need help organizing and managing your research citations and PDFs? We’ll cover the basics of creating and managing a personal bibliographic database using Zotero, including importing citations from online resources and generating formatted bibliographies. In addition, we'll learn how Zotero integrates with Microsoft Word and learn about using the collaborative features in Zotero too.

For workshop link and full list of UROP student workshops please visit:
http://myumi.ch/uropworkshops

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 03 Sep 2020 13:28:41 -0400 2020-10-13T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-13T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Workshop / Seminar UROP Workshops
Working with Google Scholar (October 13, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76651 76651-19735014@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP Skill-Building Workshops are offered to support students through their first research experience. Supplement your research experience in gaining knowledge through programs that are key skills in conducting research both in the lab and remotely.

For a full list of UROP Workshop please visit:
http://myumi.ch/uropworkshops

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 03 Sep 2020 12:19:52 -0400 2020-10-13T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-13T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Workshop / Seminar UROP Skill-Building Workshop
I Wish to Say: Share Your Message With the Next President (October 13, 2020 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77900 77900-19941566@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 4:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Sheryl Oring returns to University of Michigan for virtual performances of “I Wish to Say” from September 29-November 1, 2020 as part of the university’s Democracy & Debate Theme Semester in collaboration with Stamps Gallery and Wayne State University.

In this project, Oring invites participants to dictate a message to the next president of the United States of America. Oring was last on the Ann Arbor campus in 2017 as part of the Stamps Gallery exhibition Vital Signs for a New America, curated by Srimoyee Mitra. For the 2020 iteration of the project, Oring collaborates with students at Wayne State University and the University of Michigan, who will meet with members of the general public via Zoom to take dictation of the public’s messages to the next president. Students will type these messages on mid-century manual typewriters on the Zoom call in a performative fashion. The typed postcards will be mailed directly to the White House on the participant’s behalf after the inauguration.

Share Your Message With the Next President
Tuesday, September 29-Sunday, November 1, 2020
Tuesdays, 4:30 pm-6:30 pm
Sundays, 1 pm-3 pm
Sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeyxLWgxP5xfr3kfXsYIq967LJ1pYugURLoZ8wp8fnuLdX_-g/viewform?goal=0_bdbfe3b682-228ac41d6c-425050129

Please RSVP to reserve your place for this free event: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeyxLWgxP5xfr3kfXsYIq967LJ1pYugURLoZ8wp8fnuLdX_-g/viewform?goal=0_bdbfe3b682-228ac41d6c-425050129

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 29 Sep 2020 12:15:16 -0400 2020-10-13T16:30:00-04:00 2020-10-13T18:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Livestream / Virtual https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/exhibitions/I-wish-To-Say-2020.jpg
Peace Corps Application Workshop (October 13, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77283 77283-19830136@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: International Center

Join us for a Peace Corps application workshop. At this workshop, you will:
- Meet with Peace Corps Recruiters
- Learn more about the application process
- Understand how to make yourself a stronger applicant

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 15 Sep 2020 16:39:23 -0400 2020-10-13T17:00:00-04:00 2020-10-13T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location International Center Workshop / Seminar
How to Get Stuff Done: Strategies to Improve Motivation (October 13, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78168 78168-19987072@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Eisenberg Family Depression Center

Campus Mind Works wellness groups are free drop-in wellness groups for U-M students that provide mental health education and support. These groups are facilitated by a U-M employee. The first half is an educational presentation on a mental health topic and a support group follows during the second half. Topics change every month depending on student needs.

College and graduate students will learn about different factors that can impact mental health, share strategies for managing the stress of college and graduate life, and speak with other students about challenges and successes.

For fall 2020, all groups will be held virtually through Zoom. Registration per event is required.

Following the live group presentation, the asynchronous presentation will be updated at www.campusmindworks.org.

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Well-being Mon, 05 Oct 2020 11:42:22 -0400 2020-10-13T17:30:00-04:00 2020-10-13T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Eisenberg Family Depression Center Well-being Blue and white rectangle logo that states Campus Mind Works
Performing the Moment, Performing the Movement (October 13, 2020 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77479 77479-19875774@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 6:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for World Performance Studies

Registration required: http://myumi.ch/xmX0z

In this session, Cardona Otero will depart from his most recent performance art piece, Taxonomía of a Spicy Espécimen, to engage in a conversation about his work in the arts and in education. In Cardona’s words: “I’m a work in progress. As well, more and more I am understanding my performative art and pedagogy as works in progress. I am affected by this pandemic racism, this antiblackness, this sexism, and this state of white supremacy; and this infection affects what and how I craft and enact.”

Javier Cardona Otero is a performing artist, critical educator, and facilitator of art experiences as education. His artistic scholarship, which has been presented throughout the Caribbean, Latin America and the United States, seeks to critically investigate sociocultural capitals particularly regarded to issues of race, gender, and the environment. His work is interdisciplinary and intersectional, focusing on art-making as research and embodied artwork as pedagogy. Currently, Javier is a Curriculum and Instruction PhD student in the Arts Education Program at Indiana University-Bloomington.

In this new virtual series, Center for World Performance Studies invites performers and scholars from diverse disciplines to reflect on how performance is being used to respond to the political, social, health and environmental crises that we face at this moment. Each guest will give a 30 minute presentation, and then engage in 30 minutes of Q&A. Sessions will take place over Zoom and require advance registration. You can read about the panelists, register for these events, find recommended reading and resources and/or request recordings of past events at https://lsa.umich.edu/world-performance.

If you require an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the Center for World Performance Studies, at 734-936-2777. 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, 21 Sep 2020 07:24:50 -0400 2020-10-13T18:30:00-04:00 2020-10-13T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for World Performance Studies Livestream / Virtual Javier Otero
Data Science and Machine Learning at Steelcase, hosted by IEEE (October 13, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78446 78446-20044408@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Engineering Career Resource Center

Come hear from current Steelcase Advanced Analytics team members about the exciting Data Science and Machine Learning work going on at Steelcase and learn more about Advanced Analytics Internship opportunities for Summer 2021.

Event Link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/96830495578

-Majors Recruited: Data Science, Computer Science
-Degrees Levels Recruited: Bachelors
-Positions available: Internship
-Will the company be collecting resumes at this event?: No
-Is the company willing to sponsor students for work authorization?: No

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 12 Oct 2020 14:09:07 -0400 2020-10-13T19:00:00-04:00 2020-10-13T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Engineering Career Resource Center Careers / Jobs
Hub Workshop: Application & Interview Prep (October 13, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77092 77092-19796493@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Opportunity Hub

According to a 2018 study, recruiters spend an average of 7 seconds reviewing an individual resumé. This means resumés that stand out have a simple layout, prioritize professional experiences and skills at the top, and are shorter in length. Whether you’re looking for an internship this Winter semester or searching for job opportunities, learn how to craft a resumé and cover letter that potential employers look at longer as well as how to effectively interview.

This workshop consists of two parts: an online Canvas module followed by a live, virtual workshop. Combined, you’ll work at your own pace as you practice translating your strengths and experiences into an effectively constructed resumé, cover letter, and interview. To maximize your experience, please plan to set aside one hour to complete the online Canvas modules which will be available on October 6, prior to the live virtual session on October 13.

You should attend this workshop if you are:

- A liberal arts and/or sciences student
- Applying for a job, internship, or just interested in learning about the application process
- Searching for ways to effectively communicate and frame your experience during an interview

By taking these online Canvas modules, you will:

- Practice articulating responses to interview questions using the STAR method
- Learn how to effectively communicate your strengths, skills, and accomplishments on paper through resumé and cover letter

By attending the live virtual workshop, you will:

- Understand the nuts and bolts of application building including goal-setting, tailoring the content to match job requirements and industry-specific information, and right word choice
- Finesse how to communicate your brand and story in an interview as it relates to a specific opportunity

RSVP today to reserve your spot for this upcoming workshop. Once your RSVP is complete, you’ll receive a confirmation email with the event details and a link to access the online Canvas modules a week before the workshop takes place.

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

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 08 Oct 2020 11:58:35 -0400 2020-10-13T19:00:00-04:00 2020-10-13T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Opportunity Hub Livestream / Virtual LSA student writing with pen and paper
Chamber Music Recital (October 13, 2020 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78241 78241-19998907@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

The Chamber Music Department at SMTD presents its third of six programs for fall 2020, showcasing ensembles who are studying in person (though socially distant!) for the semester. This program will include works by Beethoven, Debussy, Gubaidulina, Mendelssohn, and Piazzolla for string quartet, sax quartet, piano trio, and bassoon ensembles.

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Performance Tue, 06 Oct 2020 18:15:06 -0400 2020-10-13T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (October 14, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838085@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

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

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-10-14T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-14T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (October 14, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947544@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-10-14T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-14T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Research Talk - Making Precision Medicine Socially Precise (October 14, 2020 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75899 75899-19623818@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 9:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Cell & Developmental Biology

2020 CDB Virtual Seminar

We are pleased to welcome Esteban G. Burchard, MD, MPH to present at a CDB Virtual Seminar!

Hosted by the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Committee

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 01 Oct 2020 07:40:46 -0400 2020-10-14T09:30:00-04:00 2020-10-14T10:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Cell & Developmental Biology Livestream / Virtual Making Precision Medicine Socially Precise - Esteban G. Burchard, MD, MPH;
Religion and Violence (October 14, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75518 75518-19515162@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Violence is one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century, as it has always been. How can we resolve conflict and manage serious differences without assaulting and killing each other?

Among the reasons suggested for why we are violent is that religion tells us to do so. What is the link between religion and violence? Does religion necessarily involve violence? Can religion help us to curb violence? Are some religions more violent than others? Why? Why not?

These are some of the questions we shall consider in this course in lectures and discussions. Instructor Kenneth E. Phifer is a retired Unitarian Universalist minister. He served 25 years as minister of the Ann Arbor congregation. He has degrees from Harvard College and the University of Chicago Divinity School. He is the author of numerous articles and books. He has 17 grandchildren.

This study group will be held on Wednesdays from October 14 through November 11.

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

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Class / Instruction Sun, 09 Aug 2020 13:09:10 -0400 2020-10-14T10:00:00-04:00 2020-10-14T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
SambaNova Systems Career Day (October 14, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76362 76362-19709165@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Engineering Career Resource Center

The ECRC is hosting a Virtual Career Day for SambaNova Systems on October 14 from 11:00AM - 2:00PM ET via the Career Fair Plus (CF+) App.

Welcome! We invite students of all degree levels (BS/BA, MS and PhD) to stop by to learn about the exciting full time software engineering and hardware engineering opportunities within SambaNova Systems. Our recruiter and engineers look forward to connecting with you!

SambaNova Systems (https://sambanova.ai) is a rapidly growing startup that is powering the next generation of machine learning and AI. Using technology born at Stanford, we are building a software stack and specialized processor that allows deep learning applications to run orders of magnitude faster than on traditional hardware. We are re-imagining what these applications are capable of by re-inventing the platforms they run on. Our team has developed and shipped numerous groundbreaking systems. We're funded for the long-term by some of the best known investors, including Blackrock, Walden International, GV, Intel Capital, Atlantic Bridge Ventures, Redline Capital, WRVI Capital, Samsung, Micron, and SK telecom.

We’re looking for sharp, ambitious graduates to help us pioneer this new computing revolution. You should be excited by software/hardware co-design and building reliable, efficient, high performance systems.

About Michigan Engineering Career Day Events:
- Career Days held during the 2020-2021 academic year will be video based, virtual events conducted through Career Fair Plus. This platform will allow students to connect with recruiters via video through pre-scheduled appointments.
- Students may begin scheduling appointments for this Career Day on Monday, October 5th at 12PM ET. Please download the Career Fair Plus app to your phone/device or log into app.careerfairplus.com to schedule your appointment.
- For additional information on the platform, please review our Student Career Day Guide above.

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Careers / Jobs Fri, 02 Oct 2020 08:54:20 -0400 2020-10-14T11:00:00-04:00 2020-10-14T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Engineering Career Resource Center Careers / Jobs
Assessing Organizational Culture Through a DEI Lens (October 14, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76548 76548-19727059@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

How do you assess whether organizations are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion? Come learn about how to assess various aspects of an organization’s culture during the job and internship search process through a diversity, equity, and inclusion lens. During this session you’ll have the opportunity to discuss the challenges of navigating this process and practice actionable strategies to evaluate an organization’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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/qgPBN.
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, 11 Sep 2020 18:15:48 -0400 2020-10-14T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-14T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
Explore the arts in Downtown Ann Arbor! (October 14, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76129 76129-19663644@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

The downtown Ann Arbor area is full of vibrant arts organizations, businesses, and public art. This self-guided art tour will welcome you to the rich arts culture that the downtown area has to offer. Enjoy this tour from the comfort of your own space or follow along on foot by following the Google map! We have highlighted the places we think students should know about, listed the free or low-cost resources they offer, and gave you some hints for fun things to spot along the way!

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Other Tue, 25 Aug 2020 16:53:55 -0400 2020-10-14T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-14T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Art Around Town
North Campus Mindfulness Meditation Drop-In (Online) (October 14, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/40967 40967-19373546@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 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 2020-10-14T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-14T12:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Mindfulness @ Umich Well-being Mindfulness meditation
Online Yoga with Catherine Matuza (October 14, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76711 76711-19737050@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

The SMTD Wellness Initiative is offering online yoga sessions to anyone needing a few moments of peace!

Join online: http://myumi.ch/E3Nq5

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Exercise / Fitness Tue, 01 Dec 2020 12:15:03 -0500 2020-10-14T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-14T12:45:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Exercise / Fitness
Critical Conversations (October 14, 2020 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78424 78424-20042429@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 12:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Digital Studies Institute

Please join the English Department next Wednesday on Zoom for the second Critical Conversations event of the semester. We have a great lineup of panelists and a very timely issue on the table, and we hope to see many of you there!

Sigrid Anderson | Hui-hui Hu | Silvia Lindtner | M. Remi Yergeau (chair)

Please RSVP by the end of the day on Tuesday to receive the Zoom Link

Sigrid Anderson is the Librarian for English Language and Literature and a lecturer in American Culture. Her research focuses on race and gender in print culture and new media. She is the author of Fictions of Dissent: Reclaiming Authority in Transatlantic Women's Writing of the Late Nineteenth Century (2010), and her current book project focuses on women writers’ use of regional magazines as a space to intervene in racialized land settlement questions in turn of the twentieth-century Los Angeles.

Tung-Hui Hu is the author of three books of poetry, most recently Greenhouses, Lighthouses (2013), and a study of digital culture, A Prehistory of the Cloud (2015). He is a contributor to the upcoming BBC Radio 4 program "Under the Cloud" on October 13. A fellow of the American Academy in Berlin and the NEA, he is an associate professor of English at UM.

Silvia Lindtner (she/her) is Associate Professor at the University of Michigan in the School of Information and Associate Director of the Center for Ethics, Society, and Computing (ESC). Lindtner's research interests include cultures and politics of tech production, labor, industry, and governance. Lindtner draws from more than ten years of multi-sited ethnographic research, with a particular focus on China's shifting place in the political economy of tech innovation. Her book Prototype Nation: China and the Contested Promise of Innovation (Princeton University Press, 2020) demonstrates that the promise of entrepreneurial life influences governance, education, policy, investment, and urban redesign in ways that normalize the persistence of sexism, racism, colonialism, and labor exploitation.

"Critical Conversations" is a monthly lunch series organized by the English Department Associate Chair’s Office. Each Critical Conversations session features panelists who will give flash talks about their current work as related to a broad theme.

Questions? Please contact Torre Puckett (puckettt@umich.edu), Sarah Jane Kerwin (sjkerwin@umich.edu), or Susan Scott Parrish (sparrish@umich.edu)

For more information and RSVP, visit the website: https://umcriticalconversations.wordpress.com/

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 12 Oct 2020 09:14:16 -0400 2020-10-14T12:30:00-04:00 2020-10-14T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Digital Studies Institute Lecture / Discussion
Critical Conversations: #Politics (October 14, 2020 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76730 76730-19741036@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 12:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

"Critical Conversations" is a monthly lunch series organized by the English Department for 2020-21. In each session, a panel of four faculty members give flash talks about their current research as related to a broad theme. Presentations are followed by lively, cross-disciplinary conversation with the audience.

This semester's series will be entirely online -- please RSVP to receive the Zoom link (see "Related Links" for RSVP form).

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 21 Sep 2020 15:37:52 -0400 2020-10-14T12:30:00-04:00 2020-10-14T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of English Language and Literature Lecture / Discussion
The Power of Naming during Life Changing Events (October 14, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75552 75552-19521126@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

In this memoir workshop we will write about 4 periods of change: Preparing for Attack-from the Cold War to 9/11, the Space Race, the Vietnam War, and the COVID-19 Pandemic. We will discuss how global events generate their own vocabulary, a language we use to define and process our new reality. From new words such as N-95 masks to new realities such as toilet paper shortages, the vocabulary of change has power. The writing prompts will help us explore our memories of these life changing events.

Instructor Diane Nash will lead this study group on Wednesdays from October 14 through November 4.

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

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Class / Instruction Sun, 09 Aug 2020 13:10:57 -0400 2020-10-14T13:00:00-04:00 2020-10-14T14:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
The State of the 2020 Presidential Campaign with Less than a Month to Go (October 14, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78169 78169-19987071@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Wednesday, October 14 at 1pm, EDT.

https://umich.zoom.us/j/98481922311

Panelists: Michael Traugott (Research Professor Emeritus; Center for Political Studies, Communication Studies, Department of Political Science), Josh Pasek (Faculty Associate, Center for Political Studies Associate Professor; Department of Communication Studies and Political Science), and Stuart Soroka (Faculty Associate, Center for Political Studies; Professor of Communication Studies and Professor of Political Science, LSA).

The speakers will provide an update on the 2020 contest between Donald Trump and Joe Biden with an emphasis on the current state of public opinion about the candidates and key issues in the campaign.

This webinar is part of a continuing series focusing on the research happening at ISR. If there is a topic you would like to see featured or have an idea for a future presentation, please email abeattie@umich.edu. This talk is being recorded and will be shared widely.

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 05 Oct 2020 11:34:36 -0400 2020-10-14T13:00:00-04:00 2020-10-14T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Livestream / Virtual event flyer
Today’s Racial Divides: How Has Education Failed Us? (October 14, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75541 75541-19519140@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative, says, “The greatest evil of American slavery was not involuntary servitude, but rather the narrative of racial differences we created to legitimate slavery.” In this political era, racial divisions are showing up in starker terms, some of that due to what happens or does not happen in education around race, class, culture, geographic differences, and economic realities.

For most of the 20th century and into the 21st, educational lessons and materials were and are woefully inadequate in explaining these racial divisions. Federal prison populations have great diversity, representing all kinds of people here and around the world. Instructor Judy Wenzel’s high school students at the federal prison in Milan provided wisdom and valuable lessons for the rest of us. This round table discussion will focus on peoples’ own educational experiences regarding racial issues and on ways education could be improved—and on ways to bridge our divides.

The study group will be held on Wednesday, October 14.
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, 07 Aug 2020 09:47:27 -0400 2020-10-14T13:00:00-04:00 2020-10-14T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
Area Studies Showcase Lecture Series: Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia. Aging Nationally in Contemporary Poland: Memory, Kinship, and Personhood (October 14, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76248 76248-19679547@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

Active aging programs that encourage older adults to practice health-promoting behaviors are proliferating worldwide. In Poland, the meanings and ideals of these programs have become caught up in the sociocultural and political-economic changes that have occurred during the lifetimes of the oldest generations—most visibly, the transition from socialism to capitalism. Yet practices of active aging resonate with older forms of activity in late life in ways that exceed these narratives of progress. Moreover, some older Poles come to live valued, meaningful lives in old age despite threats to respect and dignity posed by illness and debility. Drawing on almost two years of ethnographic research with older Poles in a range of contexts, this talk shows that everyday practices of remembering and relatedness shape how older Poles come to be seen by themselves and by others as living worthy, valued lives. This talk shows how memories and understandings of the Polish nation intersect with ideals and experiences of late life to produce forms of life that are not reducible to binary categories of health or illness, independence or dependence, or socialism or capitalism.

Jessica Robbins is an assistant professor at the Institute of Gerontology and Department of Anthropology at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. She received her Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Michigan, and her B.A. in anthropology and music from Williams College. Her research explores aging, memory, kinship, and personhood in historical political-economic perspective, in both Poland and Michigan. Her research has been published in journals such as *Medical Anthropology Quarterly, Ageing & Society, Journal of Aging Studies,* and *East European Politics, Societies & Cultures*. Her first book, *Aging Nationally in Contemporary Poland: Memory, Kinship, and Personhood*, is forthcoming later this year with Rutgers University Press. She has received funding from organizations such as the NSF, the Wenner-Gren Foundation, IREX, and the Wilson Center.

This lecture is the CREES contribution to the "Area Studies Showcase Lecture Series: Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia," of which CREES is a proud partner. See the full series lineup here: http://myumi.ch/BojQQ.

Register to attend at http://myumi.ch/dOD7V.

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

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Oct 2020 09:14:12 -0400 2020-10-14T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-14T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Lecture / Discussion Jessica Robbins
Hub Workshop: Virtual Internships & Working Remotely (October 14, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77693 77693-19901726@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Opportunity Hub

“How do I secure and navigate an internship (or job) when the entire experience is virtual?” COVID-19, amongst many things, has changed the way we work and engage in the workplace. As video, phone, and email rapidly replace face-to-face interactions for the time being, it’s important for you to consider how this digital-first approach is shaping the internship and job landscape.

This webinar will provide you with a better understanding of what a virtual internship is truly like. Facilitators will also highlight best practices for working remotely, including insights and advice on time management, effective communication, and setting up productive workspaces at home. Lastly, the webinar will include information on virtual internships offered through the Hub and how to identify opportunities that align well with your academic and career goals.

You should attend this workshop if you are:
- A liberal arts and/or sciences (LSA) student
- Interested in virtual internships and/or preparing for a remote work opportunity
- Looking to become a highly effective communicator in this online landscape
- Eager to understand best practices for working remotely

What you’ll gain by attending:
- Explore how virtual internships can help clarify your existing academic and career plans.
- Learn strategies for searching out and securing virtual opportunities.
- Discover practices that support personal well-being while working from home.
- Adopt strategies for communicating effectively across a range of digital platforms.
- Get tips and best practices for how to prepare yourself (and your space) for remote work.

RSVP today to reserve your spot for this upcoming workshop.

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

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 08 Oct 2020 11:59:07 -0400 2020-10-14T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-14T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Opportunity Hub Livestream / Virtual LSA student sitting on stair steps with laptops
Rackham Resolution Office: Virtual Office Hours (October 14, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76616 76616-19729088@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 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 amount of time in a waiting room if the resolution officer is engaged with another student. They will be with you as quickly as possible.
Zoom Meeting ID: 981 5994 7930
For more information on what the Resolution Officer has to offer visit https://myumi.ch/PlPB4.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 02 Sep 2020 18:15:32 -0400 2020-10-14T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-14T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
I Wish to Say: Voters Broadcast (October 14, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77702 77702-19903719@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Sheryl Oring returns to University of Michigan for virtual performances of “I Wish to Say” from September 29-November 1, 2020 as part of the university’s Democracy & Debate Theme Semester in collaboration with Stamps Gallery and Wayne State University.

In this project, Oring invites participants to dictate a message to the next president of the United States of America. Oring was last on the Ann Arbor campus in 2017 as part of the Stamps Gallery exhibition Vital Signs for a New America, curated by Srimoyee Mitra. For the 2020 iteration of the project, Oring collaborates with students at Wayne State University and the University of Michigan, who will meet with members of the general public via Zoom to take dictation of the public’s messages to the next president. Students will type these messages on mid-century manual typewriters on the Zoom call in a performative fashion. The typed postcards will be mailed directly to the White House on the participant’s behalf after the inauguration.

Voters Broadcast

Selected messages will be set in Voters’ Broadcast, a new musical work conceived and composed by Lisa Bielawa, which will bring together choirs from the University of Michigan and Wayne State University. The 15-minute musical work will be released in three parts over the course of the fall semester as part of the Democracy & Debate Theme Semester programming.

Premiered in three virtual events online:
Wednesday, September 30, 3 pm
Wednesday, October 14, 3 pm
Wednesday, October 28, 3 pm

Watch the performances here: http://www.lisabielawa.net/voters-broadcast

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 24 Sep 2020 18:15:12 -0400 2020-10-14T15:00:00-04:00 2020-10-14T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Livestream / Virtual https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/calendar/IMG_1074.jpeg
DCMB / CCMB Weekly Seminar (October 14, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78234 78234-19996940@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Abstract: Gaussian processes provide flexible non-parametric models of data and we are using them to model temporal and spatial patterns in gene expression. Single-cell omics measurements are destructive and one cannot follow the high-dimensional dynamics of genes across time in one cell. Similarly, the spatial context of cells is often lost or only known with reduced resolution. Computational methods are widely used to infer pseudo-temporal orderings of cells or to infer spatial locations. We show how Gaussian processes (GPs) can be used to model temporal and spatial relationships between genes and cells in these datasets. As examples I will show how we use Bayesian GPLVMs with informative priors to infer pseudo-temporal orderings for single-cell time course data [1] and branching GPs to identify gene-specific bifurcation points across pseudotime [2]. Gene expression data are often summarized as counts and there may be many zero values in the data due to limited sequencing depth. We therefore recently extended these methods to use negative binomial or zero-inflated negative binomial likelihoods and we show that this can lead to much improved performance over standard Gaussian noise models when identifying spatially varying genes from spatial transcriptomics data [3].

[1] Ahmed, S., Rattray, M., & Boukouvalas, A. (2019). GrandPrix: scaling up the Bayesian GPLVM for single-cell data. Bioinformatics, 35(1), 47-54.

[2] Boukouvalas, A., Hensman, J., & Rattray, M. (2018). BGP: identifying gene-specific branching dynamics from single-cell data with a branching Gaussian process. Genome biology, 19(1), 65.

[3] BinTayyash, N., Georgaka, S., John, S. T., Ahmed, S., Boukouvalas, A., Hensman, J., & Rattray, M. (2020). Non-parametric modelling of temporal and spatial counts data from RNA-seq experiments. Bioarxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.29.227207

Short bio: Magnus Rattray is Professor of Computational and Systems Biology at the University of Manchester and Director of the Institute for Data Science & AI. He works on the development of methods for machine learning and Bayesian inference with applications to large-scale biological and medical datasets. He has a long-standing interest in longitudinal data analysis and a more recent interest in modelling single-cell, spatial omics and live cell imaging microscopy data. He is a Fellow of the ELLIS Health Programme and the Alan Turing Institute and his research is funded by a Wellcome Trust Investigator Award.

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

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 06 Oct 2020 13:35:21 -0400 2020-10-14T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-14T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location DCMB Seminar Series Livestream / Virtual Magnus Rattray, PhD (Professor of Computational and Systems Biology, University of Manchester)
Department Colloquium | The Increasing Peril From Nuclear Arms: And How Physicists Can Help Reduce the Threat (October 14, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78291 78291-20004836@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Physics

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

With geopolitical and technological changes mostly driven by the nuclear weapons states, we are slipping towards a new arms race and deterioration of the multi-decade arms control regime. This talk will describe the current critical situation, feasible steps to reduce the nuclear threat, and a new project sponsored by the American Physical Society to engage physical scientists in advocacy for nuclear threat reduction.

The colloquium will be followed by a short meeting for those interested in learning about the APS Physicists Coalition for Threat Reduction.

To learn more about the Physicists Coalition for Nuclear Threat Reduction, visit: https://www.aps.org/policy/nuclear/index.cfm

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 23 Oct 2020 08:04:45 -0400 2020-10-14T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-14T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Physics Workshop / Seminar
ECRC Evaluating Offers Open Forum (October 14, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77873 77873-19939557@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Engineering Career Resource Center

Our new open forum style workshop format is intended to help you be able to ask your specific questions to an ECRC Career Advisor on a specific career topic. Please come prepared to the open forum discussion with questions to ask the ECRC Career Advisor. You’re welcome to stay for the entire event or leave once you’ve gotten your questions answered. In this open forum discussion, we’ll be focusing on evaluating offers.

Event link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/92953657133

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Careers / Jobs Tue, 29 Sep 2020 08:58:36 -0400 2020-10-14T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-14T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Engineering Career Resource Center Careers / Jobs
Entering, Engaging, and Exiting Communities Respectfully - October (October 14, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75347 75347-19442249@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

This interactive virtual workshop introduces principles and practices for thoughtfully engaging with communities, including motivations, impact of social identities, and strategies for engaging in reciprocal, ethical, and respectful ways.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 28 Jul 2020 14:10:24 -0400 2020-10-14T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-14T17:15:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Ginsberg Center Workshop / Seminar Learning in Community graphic (Buildings on top of "C")
Julie Biteen Promotion Seminar (October 14, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75103 75103-19224387@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Chemistry

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Other Wed, 14 Oct 2020 18:15:14 -0400 2020-10-14T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-14T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Chemistry Other
Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics: The Global Financial Resource Curse (October 14, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78087 78087-19963473@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
Since the late 1990s, the United States has received large capital flows from developing countries - a phenomenon known as the global saving glut - and experienced a productivity growth slowdown. Motivated by these facts, we provide a model connecting international financial integration and global productivity growth. The key feature is that the tradable sector is the engine of growth of the economy. Capital flows from developing countries to the United States boost demand for U.S. non-tradable goods, inducing a reallocation of U.S. economic activity from the tradable sector to the non-tradable one. In turn, lower profits in the tradable sector lead firms to cut back investment in innovation. Since innovation in the United States determines the evolution of the world technological frontier, the result is a drop in global productivity growth. This effect, which we dub the global financial resource curse,
can help explain why the global saving glut has been accompanied by subdued investment and growth, in spite of low global interest rates.

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

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 02 Oct 2020 08:42:47 -0400 2020-10-14T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-14T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Minor in Writing Virtual Info Session (October 14, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78301 78301-20004851@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

The Sweetland Minor in Writing is designed for undergraduate students who are interested in developing their disciplinary and professional writing abilities while pursuing their majors. It gives you the freedom to write about what matters to you while helping you develop as a writer and thinker.

Students currently in the Minor program come from all over the university bringing a wealth of diverse interests to the classroom. You might find a screenwriter sitting between a scientist and a musician or Kinesiology, Business, and Communications majors giving each other feedback on their writing.

With a Sweetland Minor in Writing you will earn a credential that certifies your writing expertise to prospective employers and graduate programs. You will also pick up new media skills designing and creating content for your electronic writing portfolios.

If you are interested in learning more about the Sweetland Minor in Writing from current students and faculty, or have questions about the application process, you can attend a Minor in Writing Virtual Information Session hosted on Zoom.

The deadline to apply for Winter 2021 is Monday, October 26th at noon.

You may RSVP at https://forms.gle/pBDRSRdAY6c71ZES8 or drop-in using the link below.

Zoom link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/96911735633
Meeting ID: 969 1173 5633
Passcode: MiW

More info at http://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/undergraduates/minor-in-writing/application-process.html

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Social / Informal Gathering Wed, 07 Oct 2020 15:48:59 -0400 2020-10-14T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-14T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Social / Informal Gathering MiW flyer
Slave Theater in the Roman Republic (October 14, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77658 77658-19899717@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

The Roman Republican Reading Group (R3G to its friends) is excited to announce a virtual visit from Amy Richlin to discuss her book Slave Theater in the Roman Republic.

A zoom link will follow closer to the date.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 24 Sep 2020 09:33:39 -0400 2020-10-14T17:00:00-04:00 2020-10-14T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Lecture / Discussion Knowledge
Epic Tech Talk: Cognitive Computing, hosted by HKN (October 14, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78324 78324-20010762@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Engineering Career Resource Center

Cognitive Computing is a rapidly evolving field that uses data to improve healthcare outcomes. Discover how we leverage the fields of big data, predictive modeling, and expert systems to improve healthcare.

Event link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/94419388608

-Majors Recruited: Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering
-Degrees Levels Recruited: Bachelors, Masters, PhD
-Positions available: Full Time, Internship
-Will the company be collecting resumes at this event?: Yes
-Is the company willing to sponsor students for work authorization?: No

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Careers / Jobs Thu, 08 Oct 2020 08:22:07 -0400 2020-10-14T18:00:00-04:00 2020-10-14T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Engineering Career Resource Center Careers / Jobs
Membership Meeting (October 14, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75616 75616-19546889@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Membership Meeting

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Meeting Mon, 10 Aug 2020 19:35:12 -0400 2020-10-14T18:00:00-04:00 2020-10-14T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Meeting
OrgBasics - Funding (October 14, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76550 76550-19727076@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Campus Involvement

Join us for OrgBasics- Funding workshop to connect with campus partners to learn about the basics of student organization funding opportunities around campus as well as how to utilize your SOAS account!

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 02 Sep 2020 12:39:53 -0400 2020-10-14T18:00:00-04:00 2020-10-14T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Campus Involvement Workshop / Seminar Coin money being spilled out of a jar
Schlumberger Corporate Info Session, hosted by SWE (October 14, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78305 78305-20004864@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Engineering Career Resource Center

This will be a virtual corporate info session to discuss the company and provide insight into our company goals, technology and operations.

Schlumberger is the world's leading oilfield services provider, providing cutting-edge solutions for reservoir characterization, drilling, production & processing.

Event link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/96038312699

-Majors Recruited: Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Industrial and Operations Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
-Degrees Levels Recruited: Bachelors, Masters, PhD
-Positions available: Full Time, Internship
-Will the company be collecting resumes at this event?: Yes
-Is the company willing to sponsor students for work authorization?: On occasion

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 07 Oct 2020 16:51:36 -0400 2020-10-14T18:00:00-04:00 2020-10-14T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Engineering Career Resource Center Careers / Jobs
Behind The Book Cover (October 14, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78069 78069-19957567@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Library

You know you’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but how does it end up with the cover it has, anyway? Join artist Ben Denzer for this informative and fun lecture on his experience designing book covers for the Penguin publishing house.

Register to receive your Zoom link!
U-M faculty, students, and staff: https://ttc.iss.lsa.umich.edu/ttc/sessions/behind-the-book-cover/
All others (Google form): http://umlib.us/behindthebookcover

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Oct 2020 16:17:55 -0400 2020-10-14T19:00:00-04:00 2020-10-14T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University Library Lecture / Discussion Book covers designed by Ben Denzer.
Edit-a-thon to Improve Ypsilanti Wikipedia pages — Kickoff/Training (October 14, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78376 78376-20020712@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Library

Learn how to edit the Ypsilanti community Wikipedia pages to be more robust, accurate, and inclusive. No previous experience editing Wikipedia necessary. We'll provide everything that brand-new editors need to get started, and help organize the work. Please register, and a Zoom link will be sent to you a few days before the event.
https://www.ypsilibrary.org/event/edit-a-thon-to-improve-ypsilanti-wikipedia-pages-kickoff-training-session/

This event kicks off a week-long virtual event. You'll have the opportunity to join a mid-week check-in and a wrap-up discussion.

Read about this effort to inject diversity into Wikipedia entries! http://myumi.ch/4p9lX

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Community Service Fri, 09 Oct 2020 12:22:57 -0400 2020-10-14T19:00:00-04:00 2020-10-14T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University Library Community Service Wikipedia logo
Honors Grand Rounds with Mohammed Moursi, MD (October 14, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76326 76326-19687519@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Honors Program

Join Stephanie Chervin, Honors premed advisor, for a virtual live discussion with Honors alum Mohammed Moursi, MD; Chief of Vascular Surgery University of Arkansas. This program is for current LSA Honors Program students only. A link to the virtual event will be sent to all registrants before the event.

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Presentation Fri, 28 Aug 2020 15:29:24 -0400 2020-10-14T19:00:00-04:00 2020-10-14T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Honors Program Presentation Dr. Moursi
LSWA All-Community Meeting (October 14, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77439 77439-19854022@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts

Save these Dates! Our next All-Community Meetings will be on Oct. 14 and Nov. 11.

Attendance is required and goes toward your LSWA course grade. Email LSWA@umich.edu with any questions or concerns.

The Zoom link will be available on Canvas and it will be emailed out.

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 18 Sep 2020 13:44:52 -0400 2020-10-14T19:00:00-04:00 2020-10-14T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts Livestream / Virtual Fall All-Community Meeting Dates
SLE Community Nights (October 14, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75689 75689-19566699@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 7:00pm
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 2020-10-14T19:00:00-04:00 2020-10-14T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sustainable Living Experience Social / Informal Gathering
Steelcase Advanced Analytics Internship Coffee Chats, hosted by IEEE (October 14, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78447 78447-20044409@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Engineering Career Resource Center

Come learn more about Summer 2021 Advanced Analytics Internship opportunities at Steelcase for both graduate and undergraduate students. This will be a laid-back event where students can ask questions about Steelcase and the available Advanced Analytics Internship opportunities in casual one-on-one conversations with a previous Advanced Analytics Intern.

Event Link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/97924883900

-Majors Recruited: Computer Science, Data Science
-Degrees Levels Recruited: Bachelors, Masters
-Positions available: Internship
-Will the company be collecting resumes at this event?: No
-Is the company willing to sponsor students for work authorization?: No

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 12 Oct 2020 14:13:21 -0400 2020-10-14T19:00:00-04:00 2020-10-14T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Engineering Career Resource Center Careers / Jobs
UU Weekly: Knitting at Night (October 14, 2020 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78397 78397-20022734@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Campus Involvement

Join UU Weekly and the Michigan Knitting Club to unwind, learn a new skill, and create something all your own!

Pre-Registration for this event is required in order to receive a supply kit. Sign up at: https://myumi.ch/GklOM

Connect with us at 7:30pm for live knitting instructions: https://umich.zoom.us/j/97921682695

Supply Pick-Up will be Wednesday, October 14th, from 5:00-6:30pm.

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Other Mon, 12 Oct 2020 13:34:17 -0400 2020-10-14T19:30:00-04:00 2020-10-14T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Campus Involvement Other Words "Knitting at Night" surrounded by stars
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (October 15, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838086@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 15, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

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

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-10-15T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-15T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (October 15, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947545@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 15, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-10-15T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-15T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
In-Between the World and Dreams (October 15, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78990 78990-20168498@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 15, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

In this multi-venue project led by the Institute for the Humanities, in collaboration with the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History and the U-M Museum of Art, with funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama explores global exchange, commerce and the troubling histories of colonialism and slavery in the Western world.

Mahama's artistic practice illustrates, as he explains, how art education, art and cultural opportunities "allow for people to find new ways to acquire knowledge, not only of themselves, but their histories and the places and spaces in which they find themselves."

Enveloping the contours of a museum building or wall, the blankets of jute fibers are meant to contrast with the monumentality of the institutional buildings and spaces they cover, becoming remnants and traces that reference the hands of laborers, the imprints of colonialism and the interference of Britain and the U.S. in Ghanaian history.

The project marks the first outdoor exhibition of Mahama's work in the United States. It is responsive to the present moment, offering students and the broader community the opportunity to engage with the arts in a public space at a time when gatherings inside buildings and museums are limited.

Curator's Statement:

Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama’s installations are cumulative moments of reckoning, mending, and recycling. Things fall apart, come undone. His constructions defy any notions of permanence and longevity. They are monuments to the in-between and the upending, begging the question, “What can we do?”

Mahama incorporates jute sacks—synonymous with the trade markets of Ghana where he lives and works—as a raw material. He works collaboratively with his community to complete the extensive sewing of the sacks required in preparation for his projects. For the U-M installations, he incorporates materials from his previous seminal works over the last decade as a retrospective.

The markings, stitching, and signs of wear on the jute remind us of the many changing hands and endless labor behind international trade—the human toll of capitalism, commodification, and globalization. The fabric itself acts as metaphor for Ghana’s complicated history defined by Dutch colonialism and the Gold Coast slave trade, British rule till 1957, and a future de-railed by military coups post-independence.

Rather than grand gestures, Mahama’s installations are humble acts of endurance. They are covert art take-overs, subverting architecture and disrupting the pristine fascia of our institutional buildings. They hold us accountable for past trespasses.

Mahama is committed to offering his own country the same cultural opportunities and experiences available to those in the West. Most recently he designed and opened the Savannah Centre for Contemporary Arts in his hometown of Tamale Ghana, contributing towards the expansion of his country’s contemporary art scene. An extension of his art practice, the centre brings Mahama’s many visionary sketches to life, creating classrooms in old airplanes, a swimming pool for children’s play, and public spaces for gatherings and the exchange of ideas.

In this pivotal year defined by Covid-19, worldwide protests in support of Black Lives Matter, climate change, and our U.S. Presidential election in the balance, Ibrahim Mahama’s work acknowledges failures and false promises, but also the opportunities that can reveal themselves in times of crisis.

Perhaps generations emerging from crisis can learn from the ghosts of the past and generate entirely new systems, not motivated by profit or self-interest, but by a deep commitment to the hard work ahead, our willingness to do it, and to the mutual space for dreams.

–Amanda Krugliak, arts curator, Institute for the Humanities and curator of In Between the World and Dreams

In-Between the World and Dreams is a multi-venue project led by the U-M Institute for the Humanities Gallery, in partnership with UMMA and the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit.

In-Between the World and Dreams is made possible by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to further the Institute for the Humanities Gallery’s longtime mission in support of art as social practice.

Oct. 1-23; large-scale public art installation, U-M Museum of Art building facade, 525 S. State St., Ann Arbor

Oct. 1-23: sidewalk gallery, Institute for the Humanities Gallery, 202 S. Thayer St., Ann Arbor (viewing from the gallery window only)

Oct. 12-Dec. 5: Community Gallery installation, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, 315 E. Warren Ave., Detroit

Penny Stamps Speaker Series with Ibrahim Mahama

Oct. 23, 8pm, webcast at http://pennystampsevents.org/

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Exhibition Wed, 28 Oct 2020 11:17:27 -0400 2020-10-15T09:00:00-04:00 2020-10-15T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for the Humanities Exhibition In-Between the World and Dreams