Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. John Lewis: Good Trouble (SOLD OUT) (October 20, 2020 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78378 78378-20107401@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

REDEMPTIONS ARE SOLD OUT! For those who purchased before 12/15, you will have access to view the film until 12/31/20.

Synopsis:
An intimate account of legendary U.S. Representative John Lewis’ life, legacy and more than 60 years of extraordinary activism — from the bold teenager on the front lines of the Civil Rights movement to the legislative powerhouse he was throughout his career. After Lewis petitioned Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to help integrate a segregated school in his hometown of Troy, Alabama, King sent “the boy from Troy” a round trip bus ticket to meet with him. From that meeting onward, Lewis became one of King’s closest allies. He organized Freedom Rides that left him bloodied or jailed, and stood at the front lines in the historic marches on Washington and Selma. He never lost the spirit of the “boy from Troy” and called on his fellow Americans to get into “good trouble” until his passing on July 17, 2020.

96 Minutes.

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Film Screening Tue, 15 Dec 2020 13:22:50 -0500 2020-10-20T07:00:00-04:00 2020-10-20T09:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Film Screening Theatrical one-sheet for JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE, a Magnolia Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures.
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (October 20, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947550@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 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 2020-10-20T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-20T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Family Week | Ancient Storytelling (October 20, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77253 77253-19828122@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve made some changes to how we’re presenting this fall’s Family Day. Instead of an in-person gathering at the Kelsey, Family Day will take place here on the Kelsey website and will last all week. Starting on Sunday, October 18, navigate to myumi.ch/VP2rn to access content related to this year’s theme, Ancient Storytelling. We’ll post new videos and family-friendly downloadable activities every day of the week, through Friday, October 23.


“Once Upon a Time …”

Every culture has its own stories. Some have been passed down from generation to generation for thousands of years. Join us online for Family Week to explore stories from Egypt, Greece, Rome, and the Near East.

Visit the Kelsey website starting on Sunday, October 18, to access digital content and fun activities that you can download and enjoy from the comfort of your home.

Explore …
the world of ancient stories and the people who told them.

Discover …
how archaeologists uncover ancient stories through artifacts.

Create …
your own stories with fun hands-on crafts and activities.

For more information, please call 734.647.4167.

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Livestream / Virtual Sat, 17 Oct 2020 21:34:44 -0400 2020-10-20T09:00:00-04:00 2020-10-20T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Livestream / Virtual suitcase with travel stickers
Introduction to Machine Learning (October 20, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77384 77384-19846071@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

OVERVIEW
Machine learning is becoming an increasingly popular tool in several fields, including data science, medicine, engineering, and business. This workshop will cover basic concepts related to machine learning, including definitions of basic terms, sample applications, and methods for deciding whether your project is a good fit for machine learning. No prior knowledge or coding experience is required.

INSTRUCTOR
Meghan Richey
Machine Learning Specialist
Information and Technology Services – Advanced Research Computing – Technology Services

Meghan Richey is a machine learning specialist in the Advanced Research Computing-Technology Services department at the University of Michigan. She consults on several faculty and student machine learning applications and research studies, specializing in natural language processing and convolutional neural networks. Before her position at the university, Ms. Richey worked for a defense contractor as a software engineer to design and implement software solutions for DoD-funded artificial intelligence efforts.

MATERIALS
Lecture Notes – (coming soon)
A Zoom link will be provided to the participants the day before the class. Registration is required.

Instructor will be available at the Zoom link, to be provided, from 9-10 AM for computer setup assistance.

Please note, this session will be recorded.

If you have questions about this workshop, please send an email to the instructor at richey@umich.edu

Register
Tuesday, October 20, 2020, 10am-12pm: https://ttc.iss.lsa.umich.edu/ttc/sessions/introduction-to-machine-learning/register/

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 07 Oct 2020 11:17:18 -0400 2020-10-20T10:00:00-04:00 2020-10-20T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Information and Technology Services (ITS) Workshop / Seminar
LSA Technology Services Research Support Office Hours (October 20, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77718 77718-20270722@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 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 2020-10-20T10:00:00-04:00 2020-10-20T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Technology Services Other Research Office Hours
The Lasting Impact of Covid-19 -- Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19 on Underserved Communities: Lessons Learned from Flint and Implications for Reducing Health Disparities Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic (October 20, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75655 75655-19552875@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

There have been tremendous racial, ethnic, economic, and geographic disparities in COVID-19 cases and outcomes. There are multiple causes of health disparities that pre-dated COVID-19 that have been amplified during the pandemic. We have learned multiple lessons in Flint to better understand the sources of health disparities and strategies to prevent and reduce the inequitable impact of COVID-19 on socially vulnerable communities. These lessons provide valuable insights on longer-term strategies to address health inequities beyond COVID-19.

Our two speakers will discuss these lessons and more:

Debra Furr-Holden, Ph.D., is the Associate Dean for Public Health Integration and Director of the Flint Center for Health Equity Solutions and MSU Co-Director of the Healthy Flint Research Coordinating Center.

She is an epidemiologist and classically trained public health professional with expertise in drug and alcohol dependence epidemiology, psychiatric epidemiology, and prevention science. She received a Bachelor’s Degree in Natural Sciences and Public Health from Johns Hopkins University Krieger School of Arts and Sciences and a PhD in Public Health from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Lawrence Reynolds, M.D., a pediatrician for 41 years, has been deeply involved in health and health advocacy, especially for underserved parts of the Flint community, for most of his career.

He was president and CEO of the Mott Children’s Health Center, a board member of the Hamilton Family Health Network, president of the Genesee County Medical Society, and many other initiatives. During the Flint water crisis, he was a member of then-Gov. Rick Snyder’s Flint Water Advisory Task Force and the Flint Water Interagency Coordinating Committee. He is also the newly appointed health advisor to the City of Flint Mayor and is an at-large director of the Greater Flint Health Coalition.

He is a graduate of Howard University College of Medicine and a National Health Service Corps Scholarship recipient.

Zoom Link to join this programming:
https://umich.zoom.us/j/91515351120
Webinar ID: 91515351120

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Class / Instruction Tue, 11 Aug 2020 17:16:50 -0400 2020-10-20T10:00:00-04:00 2020-10-20T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Urgent and Critical Lectures
U.S.-China relations during COVID-19: Finding a path forward (October 20, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76231 76231-19679532@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Join the conversation: #policytalks.

Panelists:

Ken Lieberthal, senior fellow emeritus in the Foreign Policy program at Brookings

Mary Gallagher, Professor of Political Science, Director of the Center for Chinese Studies, and faculty associate at the Center for Comparative Political Studies at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan

Ann Lin, Associate Professor of Public Policy in the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan

Moderator:

Michael S. Barr, Joan and Sanford Weill Dean of Public Policy, Frank Murphy Collegiate Professor of Public Policy, Roy F. and Jean Humphrey Proffitt Professor of Law

For more information visit http://fordschool.umich.edu/events/2020/us-china-relations-during-covid-19-finding-path-forward

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 13 Oct 2020 10:27:53 -0400 2020-10-20T10:00:00-04:00 2020-10-20T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Ann Lin, Ken Lieberthal, and Mary Gallagher
Photo Contest: Game Day Spirit (October 20, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78572 78572-20066109@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Campus Involvement

Photo contest will be hosted on CCI social media channels, prizes for winners!

Check back on Monday (10/19) for more details and how to participate!

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Other Thu, 15 Oct 2020 10:13:01 -0400 2020-10-20T11:00:00-04:00 2020-10-20T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Campus Involvement Other Countdown to Kickoff
Video Contest: Fight Song Sing-along (October 20, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78574 78574-20066111@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Campus Involvement

Video contest will be hosted on CCI social media channels, prizes for winners!

Check back on Tuesday (10/20) for more details and how to participate!

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Other Thu, 15 Oct 2020 10:15:48 -0400 2020-10-20T11:00:00-04:00 2020-10-20T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Campus Involvement Other Countdown to Kickoff
CSCS/MIDAS/MICDE Seminar | Predicting the second wave of COVID-19 in Washtenaw County, MI (October 20, 2020 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76629 76629-19733025@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

This seminar is co-sponsored by the Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery & Engineering (MICDE) and the Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS)

VIRTUAL SEMINAR LINK: myumi.ch/v2ZYv

In this work, we study and predict the spread of COVID-19 in Washtenaw County, MI through applying a discrete and stochastic network-based modeling framework. In this framework, we construct contact networks based on synthetic population datasets specific for Washtenaw County that are derived from US Census datasets. We assign individuals to households, workplaces, schools, and group quarters (such as prisons or long term care facilities). In addition, we assign casual contacts to each individual at random. Using this framework, we explicitly simulate Michigan-specific government-mandated workplace and school closures as well as social distancing measures. We perform sensitivity analyses to identify key model parameters and mechanisms contributing to the observed disease burden in the three months following the first observed cases of COVID-19 in Michigan. We then consider several scenarios for relaxing restrictions and reopening workplaces to predict what actions would be most prudent. In particular, we consider the effects of 1) different timings for reopening, and 2) different levels of workplace vs. casual contact re-engagement. Through simulations and sensitivity analyses, we explore mechanisms driving the magnitude and timing of a second wave of infections upon re-opening.

This work is based on Dr. Renardy's *paper in press* in the *Journal of Theoretical Biology* with coauthors:
Marisa Eisenberg, UM Complex Systems & Math (LSA) and Epidemiology (Public Health)
Denise Kirschner, UM Department of Microbiology & Immunology (Medical School)

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 28 Sep 2020 14:00:42 -0400 2020-10-20T11:30:00-04:00 2020-10-20T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Livestream / Virtual Photo of Marissa Renardy
Human Capital, History, Demography & Development (H2D2): Structural Change, Inequality, and Capital Flows (October 20, 2020 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78689 78689-20105425@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

To join the seminar, please visit the following webpage.
https://sites.google.com/view/h2d2/seminars

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 20 Oct 2020 11:31:14 -0400 2020-10-20T11:30:00-04:00 2020-10-20T12:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
LHS Collaboratory-LHS as a Driver of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (October 20, 2020 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77545 77545-19879862@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

Healthcare and health remain unconscionably inequitable. This year, the disproportionate toll the COVID-19 pandemic has taken on those historically least well-served by our health system, has highlighted the pressing societal challenge of health disparities.

Beyond simply striving to do no harm, Learning Health Systems (LHSs) have the potential to serve as forces for justice in healthcare and health; indeed, they can be powerful drivers of diversity, equity, and inclusion. LHSs are anchored in multi-stakeholder consensus Core Values that explicitly incorporate principles such as inclusiveness, transparency, and accessibility. Their proximal goal is "to efficiently and equitably serve the learning needs of all participants, as well as the overall public good."

The October 2020 LHS Collaboratory will share lessons from health advocates working on the front lines to make healthcare and health more equitable. These thought leaders and do-ers will illuminate the transformative power of LHSs - and the diverse and inclusive communities of interest that are collaborating to realize them.

Moderator:
Joshua C. Rubin, JD, MBA, MPP, MPH
Program Officer, Learning Health System Initiatives, Department of Learning Health Sciences, University of Michigan

Panelists:
Luis Belén
Chief Executive Officer of the National Health IT Collaborative for the Underserved (NHIT Collaborative)

Danielle Brooks, JD
Director of Health Equity, Amerihealth Caritas

Melissa S. Creary, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor
Department of Health Management and Policy
School of Public Health, University of Michigan

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Lecture / Discussion Sun, 27 Sep 2020 21:18:37 -0400 2020-10-20T11:30:00-04:00 2020-10-20T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Learning Health Sciences Lecture / Discussion LHS Collaboratory Logo puzzle pieces
Explore the arts in Downtown Ann Arbor! (October 20, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76129 76129-19663650@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 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 2020-10-20T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-20T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Art Around Town
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Zoom Webinar: "Oral History and Fugitive (Non)presence: The Afterlives of the Tenth Panchen Lama in China's Tibet" (October 20, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76159 76159-19669629@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

This talk is a pre-recorded presentation from Oct. 16, 2020.

The Fall 2020 lecture series will be only available on-line as a Zoom webinar. See the webinar registration link below.

In this talk, Professor Makley thinks through the implications of her collaborative work with Tibetans in northern Amdo (Qinghai province) to tell, hear, see and record stories of the late tenth Panchen Lama (1938-1989), the controversial yet beloved Buddhist figure who returned to Amdo in the early 1980s after fourteen years of Maoist detention in a series of triumphant, recuperative tours of rural Tibetan regions. To this day, the absent presence of the tenth Panchen Lama looms large in those regions, where Tibetans lament the loss of his advocacy and voice amidst intensifying state-led development pressures. She takes up Uradyn Bulag's critique to reject the positivist, textualist, and statist premises of "oral history" in favor of a linguistic anthropological approach to narrative as a multimodal and dialogic process of (dis)embodying selves and others in spaces and times. Professor Makley asks, in the context of intensifying surveillance and central state-led censorship, can our Tibetan interlocutors' awkward silences and earnest affirmations, the un- or under-said of their stories about the tenth Panchen Lama, be taken as a politics of refusal that, in the telling, itself works to re-constitute his fugitive presence, and by proxy that of a Tibetan sociality and future currently being erased?

Zoom Registration Link: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_a6dgE3GhRcqeCnlegYA7kA

Charlene Makley is Professor of Anthropology at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. Her work has explored the history and cultural politics of state-building, state-led development and Buddhist revival among Tibetans in China's restive frontier zone (SE Qinghai and SW Gansu provinces) since 1992. Her analyses draw especially on methodologies from linguistic and economic anthropology, gender and media studies, and studies of religion and ritual that unpack the semiotic and pragmatic specificities of intersubjective communication, exchange, personhood and value. Her first book, "The Violence of Liberation: Gender and Tibetan Buddhist Revival in Post-Mao China," was published by University of Californian Press in 2007. Her second book, "The Battle for Fortune: State-Led Development, Personhood and Power among Tibetans in China," published in 2018 by Cornell University Press and the Weatherhead East Asia Institute at Columbia University, is an ethnography of state-local relations in the historically Tibetan region of Rebgong (SE Qinghai province) in the wake of China's Great Open the West campaign and during the 2008 military crackdown on Tibetan unrest. The book brings anthropological theories of states, development and personhood into dialogue with recent interdisciplinary debates about the very nature of human subjectivity, agency, and relations with nonhuman others (including deities).

For more information about her research projects, publications, courses, and media archives, visit her website: http://academic.reed.edu/anthro/makley/index.html, or her Academia.edu page: https://reed.academia.edu/CharleneMakley.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 14 Oct 2020 11:53:44 -0400 2020-10-20T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-20T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Livestream / Virtual LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Zoom Webinar: "Oral History and Fugitive (Non)presence: The Afterlives of the Tenth Panchen Lama in China's Tibet"
PICS Career Event. Next Steps Virtual PICSnics Video Conference with Sierra Scarlatta (October 20, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77377 77377-19846059@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Program in International and Comparative Studies

Interested in learning about working in technology start-ups, human resources, or people operations? Learn from PICS alumna Sierra Scarlatta (BA ‘12) about her post-graduation experiences working at several technology start-up companies ranging from the seed-stage to her current rapidly growing company, Chime.

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/MEgZz

Sierra Scarlatta is an alumna of the University of Michigan, Class of 2012, where she earned her Bachelors degree with a dual concentration in International Studies and Italian. In her time as an undergraduate student, Sierra was a member of the Bond Consulting Club, Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, and worked as an office assistant in the International Institute. After graduation, Sierra worked in recruitment for a software company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan prior to moving to the San Francisco Bay Area to pursue work in human resources for start-ups. She has worked for several technology start-up companies ranging from seed-stage to her current company, Chime. At Chime, a rapidly growing challenger bank operating in the US, Sierra was the first member of the People Operations team and now supports employees in a variety of benefits programs, the expansion of operations across new localities, and other cross-functional projects. Sierra loves spending all the time she can with her husband, 9 month old daughter, and goldendoodle, cooking, and traveling (when and however they're able!).

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

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 17 Sep 2020 15:17:47 -0400 2020-10-20T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-20T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Program in International and Comparative Studies Livestream / Virtual Sierra Scarlatta, Senior People Operations Generalist, Chime; BA International Studies; BA Italian ‘12
The Flip Side of Membrane Biology- Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar (October 20, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77791 77791-19931616@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Biological Chemistry

Dr. Todd Graham will present the Department of Biological Chemistry Virtual Seminar on Tuesday October 20th, 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 09:09:09 -0400 2020-10-20T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-20T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Biological Chemistry Workshop / Seminar
Translating the Sacred Word (October 20, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76186 76186-19671619@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Judaic Studies

In her prize-winning book "The Grammar of God" (Spiegel & Grau, 2015), Aviya Kushner recounts her experience of reading the Hebrew Bible in multiple English translations and the surprises and revelations she encountered along the way. Drawing from this book, as well as her current project on the great commentator, poet, and translator Rabbi Avraham Ibn Ezra, she will share with us her insights on the history of biblical translation and the lives of translators.

Aviya Kushner’s is The Forward’s language columnist, and her essays on translation have appeared in "The Wall Street Journal," "The Wilson Quarterly," "Poets & Writers," and "Harvard Review." Her debut collection of poems, Wolf Lamb Bomb, which engages deeply with the Book of Isaiah, will be published by Orison Books in 2021. She is an associate professor at Columbia College Chicago, a founding faculty member at the Randolph College MFA Program, and a board member of the American Literary Translators Association.

Photo credit: Danielle Aquiline.

Advance Registration Required: https://forms.gle/5W2DXGTaph5XGimB8
The Zoom Webinar link and password will be sent to registrants shortly before the event.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 02 Sep 2020 15:16:28 -0400 2020-10-20T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-20T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Judaic Studies Livestream / Virtual Aviya Kushner Portrait: Photo credit: Danielle Aquiline
Trotter Chats (October 20, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78299 78299-20004847@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Trotter Multicultural Center

Have questions about the resources and programs available at Trotter? Need campus eatery recommendations? Get all your questions answered and more by joining TMC staff for virtual coffee chats ☕️ from 12:00-1:00 PM! Visit https://myumi.ch/wlAzd for more information!

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Social / Informal Gathering Sat, 31 Oct 2020 10:44:40 -0400 2020-10-20T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-20T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Trotter Multicultural Center Social / Informal Gathering image of flyer
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: How Life Works, Part 1 (October 20, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75521 75521-19515165@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This course is based on The Great Courses series of lectures by Professor Kevin Ahern of Oregon State University.* Part 1 will cover the first 23 lectures, concerned with biochemistry. We will view and discuss two half-hour lectures each session. The course will cover topics including amino acids, proteins, ATP and energy transformation, carbs and fats, hormones, neurotransmitters, and many others. This will provide the background for Part 2 immediately following, comprising the final 13 lectures on molecular biology and covering topics such as DNA, RNA and protein building, as well as genetic diseases and cancer. Craig Stephan is a retired industrial physicist who has led many previous OLLI courses including The Science of Climate Change, Cosmology, The Aging Brain, Music and the Brain, and Astrophysics. The course will bring in UM experts from time to time to answer questions. *See www.thegreatcourses.com/ courses/biochemistry-and-molecular-biology- how-life-works.html. (I found the course preview a little off-putting, but the actual lectures are much better, and Prof. Ahern, with the aid of some good graphics, does a very good job of explaining a complex subject.)

This study group will be held on Tuesdays from October 20 through January 12.

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

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Class / Instruction Sun, 09 Aug 2020 13:14:40 -0400 2020-10-20T13:00:00-04:00 2020-10-20T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
Get Out the Vote: Empowering the Women's Vote (October 20, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77531 77531-19879814@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 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 2020-10-20T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-20T19:00:00-04:00 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 20, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77532 77532-19879837@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 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 2020-10-20T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-20T19:00:00-04:00 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 20, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77530 77530-19879790@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 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 2020-10-20T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-20T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Auditions https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/exhibitions/Respond.jpg
Free Speech & Student Organizations (October 20, 2020 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78495 78495-20052314@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Campus Involvement

Join the Center for Campus Involvement to learn about free speech and your student organization. Joined by Kelly Cruz, Associate General Counsel & Jack Bernard, Associate General Counsel, you will learn about the tenants of free speech specifically connected to your student organization as well as resources across campus.

Sign up: https://forms.gle/yGT27Wk9sTdC8fyt9

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 21 Oct 2020 16:11:38 -0400 2020-10-20T14:30:00-04:00 2020-10-20T15:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Campus Involvement Workshop / Seminar Free Speech & Student Org Flyer
Webinar: Decision Support for Siting of Shellfish Aquaculture within a National Estuarine Research Reserve (October 20, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77390 77390-19846078@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Graham Sustainability Institute

North Carolina’s shellfish aquaculture industry has been small but stable for over 30 years. The southern portion of the North Carolina coast has consistently provided more than 50 percent of the wild harvest in the state, which has been driving interest in creating new oyster farms throughout the region. Simultaneously, increased interest in shellfish aquaculture has placed pressure on resource managers making siting decisions. New farms provide an opportunity to assess conditions after farm installation, making North Carolina estuaries an ideal place to explore the ecosystem services of shellfish farming. This project aimed to link small-scale changes around oyster farms with larger-scale ecosystem-level alterations, and provide local assessment of ecosystem services to be considered by decision-makers.

In this webinar, project team members will describe how two years of intensive sampling in and adjacent to oyster farms and ongoing collaboration with oyster farms and the policy community has resulted in the production of visualization tools and models that will allow resource managers, shellfish growers, and other end users to make better decisions when determining the locations and scales of shellfish farming operations. The team found that environmental impacts of these farms were minimal, but that policy decisions were more complex. This finding led to an additional project examining the extent of shellfish aquaculture within the nationwide Reserve system.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 17 Sep 2020 16:59:30 -0400 2020-10-20T15:00:00-04:00 2020-10-20T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Graham Sustainability Institute Workshop / Seminar
Digital Scholarship Office Hours (October 20, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77716 77716-19907694@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Technology Services

Attending our office hours is a great way to meet people who work on digital scholarship projects across the library and university.

No prior experience is needed to join us. We welcome all students, faculty, and staff.

Virtual office hours
Stop by our virtual office hours, held on the first and third Thursdays of every month from 3:30–4:30 p.m. ET.

We’re happy to discuss your digital project, help you develop digital learning activities and assignments, and work with and troubleshoot digital tools and methods — whether you’re working with data, are building a digital exhibit, or something completely different.

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Other Fri, 25 Sep 2020 11:01:41 -0400 2020-10-20T15:30:00-04:00 2020-10-20T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Technology Services Other Office Hours
"Neural Control of Breathing" (October 20, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78213 78213-19991038@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Cell Plasticity and Organ Design

The Center of Cell Plasticity and Organ Design is pleased to present this seminar as a part of our ongoing Seminar Series with speaker Peng Li, PhD.

Dr. Li is a Research Assistant Professor at the Life Sciences Institute, and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences and Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology here at the University of Michigan.

The talk is entitled, “Neural Control of Breathing”.

Faculty Host: Linda Samuelson, PhD

Zoom Information:
Zoom Link: https://umich-health.zoom.us/j/92442599246

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 06 Oct 2020 10:48:04 -0400 2020-10-20T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-20T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Cell Plasticity and Organ Design Lecture / Discussion
CM-AMO Seminar | Scanning Tunneling Microscopy of Emergent Topological Matter (October 20, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78489 78489-20052308@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Physics

CM-AMO Seminar link: http://myumi.ch/yK177

The search for topological matter is evolving towards strongly interacting systems including topological magnets and superconductors, where novel effects emerge from the quantum level interplay between geometry, correlation, and topology. Equipped with unprecedented spatial resolution, electronic detection, and magnetic tunability, scanning tunneling microscopy has become an advanced tool to probe and discover the emergent topological matter. In this talk, I will review the proof-of-principle methodology to study the elusive quantum topology in this discipline, with particular attention on the studies under a vector magnetic field as the new direction, and project future perspectives in tunneling into other hitherto unknown topological matter.

Key references:

Jia-Xin Yin et al. Nature 583, 533-536 (2020).
Jia-Xin Yin et al. Nature 562, 91-95 (2018).
Jia-Xin Yin et al. Nature Physics 15, 443–448 (2019).
Jia-Xin Yin et al. Nature Physics 11, 543 (2015).
Jia-Xin Yin et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 217004 (2019).
Jia-Xin Yin et al. Nature Communications 11, 4003 (2020).
Jia-Xin Yin et al. Nature communications 11, 4415 (2020).

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 20 Oct 2020 18:15:42 -0400 2020-10-20T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-20T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Physics Workshop / Seminar
EIHS Lecture: Medical Science and Legal Personhood: Remaking “Unsoundness” in English Civil Law, 1745-1830 (October 20, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63595 63595-15808576@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies

During the early nineteenth century British judges and juries remade the legal condition “unsound of mind.” Understood as the inability to manage one’s affairs, unsoundness of mind created the potential to tangle the legal, the social/economic, and the medical, and foregrounded the place of claims about the mind as a means of rationalizing decisions as to the extent of one’s legal personhood. Using the famous wills case Dew v. Clark and Clark as a jumping off point, this talk will explore some of the ways in which an individual’s legal personhood became, in part, a matter of medical judgment and the law itself became to a certain extent medicalized.

John Carson is associate professor of history at the University of Michigan. He was born in Philadelphia and received his PhD in history (of science) from Princeton University in 1994. He specializes in history of the human sciences and US intellectual/cultural history. His publications include The Measure of Merit: Talents, Intelligence, and Inequality in the French and American Republics, 1750-1940 (Princeton University Press, 2007) and “‘Every Expression Is Watched’: Mind, Expertise, and Display in the Nineteenth-Century English Courtroom,” Social Studies of Science 48 (2018). John’s current research project explores the development and deployment of the medico-legal category “unsoundness of mind” in Anglo-America during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Note: This event was rescheduled from September 10 to October 20.

Free and open to the public. This is a remote event and will take place online via Zoom. Please register in advance here: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAud-qorT0iGdDu-NmL1AbwoQa04n40fZvF

This event is presented by the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies. It is made possible by a generous contribution from Kenneth and Frances Aftel Eisenberg.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 07 Oct 2020 16:48:12 -0400 2020-10-20T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-20T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies Lecture / Discussion
Fall 2020 LSA/Ross MDDP (Joint Degree) Information Sessions (October 20, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75959 75959-19629756@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Newnan LSA Academic Advising Center

Presentation of the requirements and application process for the Multiple Dependent Degree Program (joint degree) between LSA and the Ross School of Business.
Presenter-Jeff Harrold, Coordinator for Academic standards and Special Populations, LSA Student Academic Affairs, jharrold@umich.edu

All sessions will be held virtually via Zoom on Zoom at 4 pm on the following days:

Sept 28 and 29
Oct 19 and 20
Nov 16 and 17
Dec 7 and 8

The Zoom URL is https://umich.zoom.us/j/93289886804

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Meeting Fri, 02 Oct 2020 09:29:11 -0400 2020-10-20T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-20T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Newnan LSA Academic Advising Center Meeting
UROP Intro. to GIS Workshop (October 20, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77024 77024-19790532@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

In this workshop, you will learn the basics of visualising geographic information and creating your own maps in a Geographic Information System (GIS). Open source and proprietary mapping and GIS software and online tool options will be described, and exercises will be done in ArcGIS Pro, a desktop GIS program available through a campus license. Students will leave with a roadmap for learning more beyond this short, basic GIS intro workshop.

Register for the workshop: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwuce6rrjgiGtNMnKFRyKaKYPHwB2Wk3lOX

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 15 Oct 2020 16:01:08 -0400 2020-10-20T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-20T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Workshop / Seminar UROP Skill-Building Workshops
I Wish to Say: Share Your Message With the Next President (October 20, 2020 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77902 77902-19941568@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 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 12:15:17 -0400 2020-10-20T16:30:00-04:00 2020-10-20T18:30:00-04:00 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
Nam Center Colloquium Series | An Office of Reports: Overwork and Overwriting in Korean Business Life (October 20, 2020 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77256 77256-19828135@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 4:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Nam Center for Korean Studies

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

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

Macro labor issues in South Korea touch on a range of entrenched problems - overtime, benefits, tenure, gender equity, and harassment, among others. Inside offices, office workers frequently lament another hidden problem: writing, specifically a culture of reports (bogoseo munhwa). In this talk, I look at the way discussions and ideas about PowerPoint in Korean offices channel ideas about radically improving office efficiency. Based on my fieldwork in a Seoul white-collar office, I describe why reports and the art of report writing continue to play such a key role in Korean office life.

Mike Prentice is a linguistic anthropologist of contemporary South Korea. His research broadly focuses on genres and technologies of communication, organisations and corporations, and work & labour cultures. Before joining Sheffield, he held teaching and research positions at the University of Manchester, Brandeis University, and Harvard University, where he was a Korea Foundation postdoctoral fellowship at the Korea Institute.

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 19 Oct 2020 13:58:08 -0400 2020-10-20T16:30:00-04:00 2020-10-20T17:45:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Nam Center for Korean Studies Livestream / Virtual Michael Prentice, Lecturer, School of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield (UK)
Employer Connection Panel: Exploring product-centric companies with Anheuser Busch, Bounteous, Ford, and Kellogg’s (October 20, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78357 78357-20012802@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Opportunity Hub

During this roundtable discussion, you’ll have the opportunity to connect with professionals from premiere organizations who shape product strategy, launch new product introductions, manage product roadmaps and lifecycles, and drive product marketing and positioning for some of the world’s most recognizable brands. Most of all, gain insights on the future of the consumer goods industry and available recruiting opportunities.


You should attend this Employer Connection if you are:

- A junior who is actively pursuing an internship opportunity in the product management or consumer goods space
- Interested in entrepreneurship, product strategy, or organization development
- Looking to make inroads within world-class product-centric organizations and consumer goods companies

What you’ll gain by attending:

- Get a nuanced understanding of how product strategy differs across the wide-variety of organizations that makeup consumer goods industry
- Gain valuable connections within organizations that are actively recruiting LSA students for exciting internship opportunities
- Some opportunities for you in the Consumer Goods industry:

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, 08 Oct 2020 17:08:00 -0400 2020-10-20T17:00:00-04:00 2020-10-20T18:15:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Opportunity Hub Workshop / Seminar Kellogg Brand Logo
Hub Workshop: Internship Prep & Search (October 20, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77094 77094-19796499@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Opportunity Hub

Internships provide an exciting, hands-on learning opportunity for you to explore your interest in a particular field and acquire skills and knowledge to inform the next steps in your career journey. But what should you be considering before and during your internship search process? Join Hub coaches and internship program coordinators for an interactive virtual session on how to prepare for the internship search process, and how to stand out in your particular industry of interest.

You should attend this workshop if you are:

- A liberal arts and/or sciences student
- Hoping to learn more about what an internship is and how it can help propel you forward
- Curious to develop effective strategies for entering the fields of business and tech, health and science, or nonprofits and the creative arts

What you’ll gain by attending:

- Explore your strengths and how they relate to the internship search process
- Identify the skills and experiences you want to get out of an internship
- Build an understanding of how and where to search for internships
- Connect with your peers about strategies for success in the internship search process
- Learn about internship opportunities offered by the Hub’s Internship Program

RSVP today to be part of the conversation.

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 11:59:53 -0400 2020-10-20T17:00:00-04:00 2020-10-20T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Opportunity Hub Livestream / Virtual LSA staff member brainstorming internships with students
Minor in Writing Virtual Info Session (October 20, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78301 78301-20004857@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 5:00pm
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 2020-10-20T17:00:00-04:00 2020-10-20T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Social / Informal Gathering MiW flyer
WISE Game Night- Codenames (October 20, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78616 78616-20075965@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Program

Join UM WISE for a brief study break playing Codenames for free online! We will meet at 6PM next Tuesday, October 20 for an hour to play a few rounds. It is free, easy to learn, and doesn't require signing up for an account on anything. We will meet on Zoom, share links to game rooms, and have some fun.

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Social / Informal Gathering Fri, 16 Oct 2020 14:36:25 -0400 2020-10-20T18:00:00-04:00 2020-10-20T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Program Social / Informal Gathering
Performing the Moment, Performing the Movement (October 20, 2020 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77480 77480-19875776@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 6:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for World Performance Studies

Registration required: http://myumi.ch/0WV7O

Tiffany Ng performs several selections from her recent concerts in solidarity with the Movement for Black Lives and #SayHerName on the carillon, and discusses recent efforts on this most public of instruments to expand beyond a diversity, equity & inclusion mindset to an actively anti-racist approach to the music that hundreds to thousands of people hear from bell towers each day.

Tiffany Ng (she/her/hers) is an assistant professor of carillon and university carillonist at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. An energetic advocate of diversity in contemporary music, she has premiered or revived over sixty pieces by emerging and established composers from Augusta Read Thomas to Yvette Janine Jackson, pioneered models for interactive “crowdsourced” carillon performances and environmental-data-driven sound installations with Greg Niemeyer, Chris Chafe, Ed Campion, Ken Goldberg, John Granzow, and Laura Steenberge, and through her composer collaborations significantly increased the American repertoire for carillon and electronics.

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 08:30:17 -0400 2020-10-20T18:30:00-04:00 2020-10-20T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for World Performance Studies Livestream / Virtual Tiffany Ng
Reframing Criminal Justice (October 20, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78331 78331-20010771@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Community Scholars Program

Join the Michigan Community Scholars Program and members of the community in a panel discussion about criminal justice in Washtenaw County. We'll use Bryan Stevenson's TED Talk: "We Need to Talk about an Injustice" as a springboard for our conversation.

Panelists include:
The Rev. Jeffery Harrold, Senior Pastor, New Beginnings Community Church of Washtenaw County
State Senator Jeff Irwin, Michigan's 18th District
Mr. Eli Savit, incoming Prosecuting Attorney, Washtenaw County
Ms. Dephia Simpson, Chief Public Defender, Washtenaw County
Ms. Alma Wheeler Smith, Citizens for Racial Equity in Washtenaw

This event is in partnership with the Ann Arbor District Library.

Please check aadl.org/mcsp on the day of the event for the Zoom link and phone number.

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 09 Oct 2020 14:37:41 -0400 2020-10-20T19:00:00-04:00 2020-10-20T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Community Scholars Program Livestream / Virtual Criminal Justice Reform
Virginia Martin Howard Lecture Series “Instruments of Italy: The Violin Family” Joseph Gascho (October 20, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78662 78662-20099530@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

How could a simple wooden box with a few strings and tuning pegs become the world's most expensive and popular instrument? Joseph Gascho, director of the Stearns Collection, will discuss and play recordings of violins, violas, and cellos. Although focused on the tradition that flourished in Italy in the 17th century, the lecture will also feature other string instrument traditions that have existed around the world for millienia.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 19 Oct 2020 12:15:04 -0400 2020-10-20T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion
University Symphony Orchestra (October 20, 2020 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78663 78663-20099531@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

All-American Program
Kenneth Kiesler, conductor
Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Hanson: Serenade for Flute, Harp, and Strings
Walker: Lyric for Strings
Copland: Appalachian Spring (complete ballet)

Join the University Symphony Orchestra for a livestream performance featuring an All-American program including the unveiling of the new performing edition of Aaron Copland’s complete ballet score of Appalachian Spring, which was created right here at the SMTD by MUSA. Mark Clague is the co-editor-in-chief of MUSA and Andrew Kuster serves as MUSA’s Executive Editor.

The editors of the new score are Jennifer DeLapp-Birkett (Aaron Copland Fund) and Aaron Sherber (former conductor of the Martha Graham Dance Company). Grammy nominee, Kenneth Kiesler will conduct the performance. Kiesler has previously conducted performances of Appalachian Spring with the Martha Graham Dance Company, and, as a young conductor in the Leopold Stokowski Conducting Competition, where he won the jury’s special prize for Appalachian Spring.

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Performance Tue, 20 Oct 2020 12:15:04 -0400 2020-10-20T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
WCED Panel. Flashpoint: Hong Kong (October 20, 2020 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78387 78387-20020765@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies

Panelists: Nicholas Howson, Pao Li Tsiang Professor of Law, U-M; Mary Gallagher, Amy and Alan Lowenstein Professor of Democracy, Democratization, and Human Rights, Director of the International Institute, U-M; Xiaohong Xu, assistant professor of sociology, U-M; Samson Yuen, assistant professor of government and international studies, Hong Kong Baptist University. Moderator: Jundai Liu, WCED Postdoctoral Fellow.

When handed over from British to Chinese rule in 1997, Hong Kong’s special autonomous status was guaranteed by the principle of “one country, two systems” for fifty years. Since then, this status has been eroded. From the Umbrella Movement in 2014 to large-scale protests against the “Extradition Bill” and the “National Security Law ” in 2019 and 2020, Hong Kong has become an epicenter of contentions. In light of these events, the experts of this panel will share their observations and insights on the judicial, political, and social developments in Hong Kong.

Registration is required for this Zoom webinar at https://myumi.ch/mnbv3.

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

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 14 Oct 2020 15:22:58 -0400 2020-10-20T20:00:00-04:00 2020-10-20T21:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies Lecture / Discussion Flashpoint: Hong Kong
A Conversation with Trevor Noah (October 20, 2020 8:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78552 78552-20060211@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 8:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

The Daily Show star Trevor Noah will join the U-M community for a casual and interactive conversation on this pivotal moment that reflects both adversity and possibility.

In this virtual event, Trevor Noah reflects on the state of our nation and discusses how the U-M community can, in spite of isolation, come together around the arts, pursue racial justice, and rise to the challenge of this moment.

The free event is open to the University of Michigan community, as well as UMS and Ford School supporters and event attendees. You must register for this event in advance; the link for the livestream will be sent out on Tuesday, October 20.

Trevor Noah, host of Comedy Central’s Emmy and Peabody Award-winning The Daily Show, is widely known for his social commentary touching upon issues of racism, immigration, incarceration, and the protest movement. Born in South Africa to a Black South African mother and a white European father during apartheid, Noah knows what it means to live in a divided nation, and he brings a unique perspective in his incisive social and political criticism of the larger issues at play in the U.S. and in the world today. In 2019, he launched a podcast series “On Second Thought: The Trevor Noah Podcast” in which he challenges himself, and his listeners, to explore unfamiliar angles, embrace differing viewpoints, and celebrate the contradictions that make our modern world both bewildering and exciting.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 14 Oct 2020 17:57:53 -0400 2020-10-20T20:30:00-04:00 2020-10-20T21:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Livestream / Virtual Trevor Noah
International Pronouns Day Resources (October 21, 2020 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78733 78733-20115257@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Spectrum Center

Happy Wednesday!

In honor of International Pronouns Day, the Spectrum Center Programming Board produced some fantastic pronoun set Zoom backgrounds for your use! We highly encourage anyone comfortable doing so to download and use these whenever you have a meeting. Download yours and learn more about pronouns at https://bit.ly/PB_ZoomBkgs

Additionally, the Spectrum Center has developed visual guides to changing your chosen name and pronouns on Wolverine Access and adding your pronouns to your Canvas profile! We've added these to our page on updating records with the University and local community - see them at https://bit.ly/SC_UpdatingRecords or on our social media today!

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Other Wed, 21 Oct 2020 12:30:40 -0400 2020-10-21T00:00:00-04:00 2020-10-21T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Spectrum Center Other Text reads "Happy International Pronouns Day, October 21st." In the background are repeating columns of these pronoun sets: They/Them/Theirs, He/Him/His, Zie/Hir/Hirs, She/Her/Hers, Xe/Xyr/Zyrs, and Ey/Em/Eirs.
John Lewis: Good Trouble (SOLD OUT) (October 21, 2020 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78378 78378-20107402@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

REDEMPTIONS ARE SOLD OUT! For those who purchased before 12/15, you will have access to view the film until 12/31/20.

Synopsis:
An intimate account of legendary U.S. Representative John Lewis’ life, legacy and more than 60 years of extraordinary activism — from the bold teenager on the front lines of the Civil Rights movement to the legislative powerhouse he was throughout his career. After Lewis petitioned Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to help integrate a segregated school in his hometown of Troy, Alabama, King sent “the boy from Troy” a round trip bus ticket to meet with him. From that meeting onward, Lewis became one of King’s closest allies. He organized Freedom Rides that left him bloodied or jailed, and stood at the front lines in the historic marches on Washington and Selma. He never lost the spirit of the “boy from Troy” and called on his fellow Americans to get into “good trouble” until his passing on July 17, 2020.

96 Minutes.

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Film Screening Tue, 15 Dec 2020 13:22:50 -0500 2020-10-21T07:00:00-04:00 2020-10-21T09:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Film Screening Theatrical one-sheet for JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE, a Magnolia Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures.
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (October 21, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947551@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 21, 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 2020-10-21T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-21T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Family Week | Ancient Storytelling (October 21, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77253 77253-19828123@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve made some changes to how we’re presenting this fall’s Family Day. Instead of an in-person gathering at the Kelsey, Family Day will take place here on the Kelsey website and will last all week. Starting on Sunday, October 18, navigate to myumi.ch/VP2rn to access content related to this year’s theme, Ancient Storytelling. We’ll post new videos and family-friendly downloadable activities every day of the week, through Friday, October 23.


“Once Upon a Time …”

Every culture has its own stories. Some have been passed down from generation to generation for thousands of years. Join us online for Family Week to explore stories from Egypt, Greece, Rome, and the Near East.

Visit the Kelsey website starting on Sunday, October 18, to access digital content and fun activities that you can download and enjoy from the comfort of your home.

Explore …
the world of ancient stories and the people who told them.

Discover …
how archaeologists uncover ancient stories through artifacts.

Create …
your own stories with fun hands-on crafts and activities.

For more information, please call 734.647.4167.

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Livestream / Virtual Sat, 17 Oct 2020 21:34:44 -0400 2020-10-21T09:00:00-04:00 2020-10-21T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Livestream / Virtual suitcase with travel stickers
CHM 19th Annual Horace W. Davenport Lecture in the Medical Humanities (October 21, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78729 78729-20113300@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for the History of Medicine

The Center for the History of Medicine is pleased to announce its 19th Annual Horace W. Davenport Lecture in the Medical Humanities.

This year’s lecture will feature Dr. Powel Kazanjian, Professor and Chief of Infectious Diseases at the University of Michigan Medical School. Dr. Kazanjian is also Professor of History at the University of Michigan, where he teaches on the history of epidemics and the history of sexually transmitted diseases. He has written extensively about the history of AIDS, syphilis, commercial botulism, plague, and the development of bacteriology in America.

Dr. Kazanjian will deliver his lecture, “The Persistence of Contagious Diseases.” By the later 20th century, it had become common for public health officials and lay writers to envision a future in which epidemic diseases had been eliminated. The appearance of the new deadly disease that would eventually be known as AIDS in 1981, however, challenged their confident vision. The potent antiretroviral therapies (ART) introduced in 1996 enabled individuals receiving treatment to survive a full lifespan. By 2014, a global UNAIDS campaign sought to “end AIDS as a global health threat” by 2030” by maximizing the distribution of ART to infected people. The UNAIDS campaign is conceptually similar to earlier 20th century programs that sought to end syphilis by expanding specific therapy. The failure of these syphilis campaigns, together with the realization that today’s efforts to end AIDS is falling short of their 2020 milestones, however, raise uncertainties about whether the ongoing UNAIDs campaign will succeed. Socioeconomic and behavioral factors have hindered the biomedical campaigns to eliminate syphilis and AIDS. To be effective, scientific public health campaigns must also address how to rectify the socioeconomic conditions and human behaviors that vex elimination efforts and lead to emerging epidemics like AIDS and Covid-19. Epidemic diseases, along with efforts launched to contain them, have been and continue to be an inescapable part of our existence.

Please join us for this engaging and timely online lecture from one of the nation’s premiere infectious disease experts.

Thursday, November 12, 2020

3:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Zoom link: https://umich-health.zoom.us/j/93152555886

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 21 Oct 2020 10:06:52 -0400 2020-10-21T10:00:00-04:00 2020-10-21T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for the History of Medicine Lecture / Discussion CHM 19th Annual Davenport Lecture
Photo Contest: Game Day Spirit (October 21, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78572 78572-20066110@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Campus Involvement

Photo contest will be hosted on CCI social media channels, prizes for winners!

Check back on Monday (10/19) for more details and how to participate!

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Other Thu, 15 Oct 2020 10:13:01 -0400 2020-10-21T11:00:00-04:00 2020-10-21T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Campus Involvement Other Countdown to Kickoff
Video Contest: Fight Song Sing-along (October 21, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78574 78574-20066112@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Campus Involvement

Video contest will be hosted on CCI social media channels, prizes for winners!

Check back on Tuesday (10/20) for more details and how to participate!

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Other Thu, 15 Oct 2020 10:15:48 -0400 2020-10-21T11:00:00-04:00 2020-10-21T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Campus Involvement Other Countdown to Kickoff
U.S. health policy directions: Two roads diverged in a yellow wood (October 21, 2020 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76236 76236-19679533@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

From the speaker's bio:

Len M. Nichols has been the Director of the Center for Health Policy Research and Ethics (CHPRE) and a Professor of Health Policy at George Mason University since March 2010. He has been intimately involved in health reform debates, policy development, and communication with the media and policy makers for 25+ years, after he was Senior Advisor for Health Policy at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the Clinton Administration. Since that time he has testified frequently before Congress and state legislatures, published extensively and spoken to a wide range of health care and insurance organizations and associations, boards of directors, and health policy leadership forums around the country.

After OMB, Len was a Principal Research Associate at the Urban Institute, Vice President of the Center for Studying Health System Change, and Director of the Health Policy Program atthe New America Foundation. In addition to his positions at GMU Len is on the Board of Directors of the National Committee for Quality Assurance and in 2015 was appointed by the Comptroller General to serve on the Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC), which advises the Secretary of HHS on Medicare payment policies. Len was an Innovation Advisor to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation at CMS in 2012, and recently been the Principal Investigator on PCMH evaluation studies as well as in more general studies of how to use payment and delivery reform to achieve triple aim and health equity goals. Recently he has helped develop an economic model to incentivize sustainable investments in upstream social determinants of health, and is actively engaged in teaching that model and attendant processes to communities around the country. Len received a B.A. from Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas, an M.A. in Economics from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Illinois. He lives in Arlington, Virginia, with his wife Nora Super of the Milken Institute.

For more information visit http://fordschool.umich.edu/events/2020/us-health-policy-directions-two-roads-diverged-yellow-wood

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 27 Aug 2020 13:19:43 -0400 2020-10-21T11:30:00-04:00 2020-10-21T12:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Len Nichols
Explore the arts in Downtown Ann Arbor! (October 21, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76129 76129-19663651@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 21, 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 2020-10-21T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-21T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Art Around Town
International Studies Virtual Information Session and Q&A (October 21, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75159 75159-19293137@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Program in International and Comparative Studies

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

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

Students considering a major or minor in International Studies are strongly encouraged to attend an International Studies Information Session and Q&A. International Studies academic advisors will discuss:

• Prerequisites
• Major and minor requirements
• Sub-plans
• How to declare
• Additional majors and minors offered at the International Institute
• Study abroad, grants, and internships
• Relevance of an International Studies major or minor

Undeclared students should plan to attend an International Studies Information Session and Q&A. For dates of all upcoming sessions, please review the PICS event calendar. If you have questions, please e-mail is-advising@umich.edu.

A half-hour presentation will be followed by questions and discussion. Students can declare the International Studies major or minor at the information session. For more information, please email is-advising@umich.edu.

Parents and prospective students are welcome. For more information, please email is-michigan@umich.edu. Prospective students who would like to receive correspondence about International Studies related orientations, events, and special announcements should sign up for the International Studies Prospective Student email list: http://umich.us5.list-manage1.com/subscribe?u=c5d81aed9f753c51ceb597dc0&id=e70f5ce914

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

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 15 Sep 2020 12:13:14 -0400 2020-10-21T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-21T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Program in International and Comparative Studies Livestream / Virtual International Studies Virtual Information Session and Q&A
North Campus Mindfulness Meditation Drop-In (Online) (October 21, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/40967 40967-19373547@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 21, 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 2020-10-21T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-21T12:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Mindfulness @ Umich Well-being Mindfulness meditation
Online Yoga with Catherine Matuza (October 21, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76711 76711-19737051@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 21, 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 2020-10-21T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-21T12:45:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Exercise / Fitness
Pronouns 101 (October 21, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78349 78349-20012790@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Spectrum Center

Register: https://bit.ly/LGBTQ-UM-Events
Other IPD happenings: https://bit.ly/SC-PronounsDay

Celebrate International Pronouns Day by learning more about how to use personal pronouns inclusively and tips for correcting mistakes. This event will include a panel of students who are bilingual/multilingual that will share about their experiences with pronouns. This event is a partnership between the International Center and the Spectrum Center.

Learn more about International Pronouns Day: https://pronounsday.org/

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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Presentation Thu, 08 Oct 2020 15:13:57 -0400 2020-10-21T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-21T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Spectrum Center Presentation "Pronouns 101" will be held October 21st from 12:00 to 1:30 PM. Image features Spectrum Center and International Center logos and event information on a blank Spectrum Center pronoun pin design.
CCAT Distinguished Lecture Series (October 21, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78174 78174-19989054@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Connected and Automated Transportation

After a long hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the CCAT Distinguished Lecture Series returns virtually this October with Trevor Pawl!

On July 2nd, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer formally announced the launch of the Office of Future Mobility and Electrification (OFME) with Trevor Pawl named as Chief Mobility Officer. Trevor will provide insight into the creation of OFME, its vision, and its use as a tool for all key mobility stakeholders in Michigan. This webinar will include a Q&A session.
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About the speaker: Trevor Pawl is the Chief Mobility Officer for the State of Michigan, and leads Michigan’s Office of Future Mobility and Electrification. In this position, Pawl is responsible for working across state government, academia and private industry to grow Michigan’s mobility ecosystem through strategic policy recommendations and new support services for companies focused on the future of transportation. Prior to this position, Pawl served as the Senior Vice President of Business Innovation at the MEDC, where he led the official state programs for mobility (PlanetM), supply chain assistance (Pure Michigan Business Connect), export assistance (Michigan International Trade program) and entrepreneurial assistance (Michigan Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program). Before joining the MEDC, Pawl brought with him experience in supply chain matchmaking, having led the creation of the economic development program, Connection Point, at the Detroit Regional Chamber, which later became Pure Michigan Business Connect. Trevor has been named Crain’s Detroit Business’s “40 Under 40” and “50 Names to Know in Government”. He’s also been named Development Counsellors International’s “40 Under 40 Rising Stars of Economic Development” and the Great Lakes Women’s Business Council’s “Government Advocate of the Year”. Pawl holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Marketing from Grand Valley State University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Detroit Mercy.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 05 Oct 2020 16:35:03 -0400 2020-10-21T13:00:00-04:00 2020-10-21T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Connected and Automated Transportation Lecture / Discussion Decorative Image
Rackham Resolution Office: Virtual Office Hours (October 21, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76914 76914-19776578@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 21, 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 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 Tue, 08 Sep 2020 18:15:42 -0400 2020-10-21T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-21T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
Data Science Coast to Coast Presents: Talitha Washington (October 21, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78280 78280-20002864@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

The DS C2C seminar series, hosted jointly by six academic data science institutes, provides a unique opportunity to foster a broad-reaching data science community.

Speakers include faculty members and postdoctoral fellows at the six institutes whose research spans the theory and methodology of data science, and their application in arts and humanities, engineering, biomedical, natural, physical and social sciences.

In addition, the series features some of the most important figures in data science, who will provide insight on the transformative use of data science in traditional research disciplines, future breakthroughs in data science research, data science entrepreneurship, and advocacy and national policies for a data-enabled and just society.

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Presentation Wed, 07 Oct 2020 11:23:52 -0400 2020-10-21T15:00:00-04:00 2020-10-21T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Institute for Data Science Presentation https://umich.zoom.us/j/93769972428
The Educated Voter (October 21, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78504 78504-20052323@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Detroit Center

With the 2020 election looming and the ever-present noise coming from the internet and tv, it can be hard to sort through all of the information to become an educated voter. But what is an educated voter and how do we become one? Join us as we discuss the absentee voting process, how to find your sample ballot, how to research candidates and more.

Presenters: Deborah Lynn Bunkley, League of Women Voters, Catherine Morse, U of M Libraries, and Dr. Kimberly Saks McManaway, U of M Flint

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 13 Oct 2020 14:37:28 -0400 2020-10-21T15:00:00-04:00 2020-10-21T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Detroit Center Lecture / Discussion The Educated Voter
MIPSE Seminar | Bringing Cosmic Shock Waves Down to Earth (October 21, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76462 76462-19717156@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering (MIPSE)

The seminar is free and open to the public.
To request the Zoom link, please send an email to:
mipse-central@umich.edu

Abstract:
As a fundamental process for converting kinetic to thermal energy, collisionless shocks are ubiquitous throughout the heliosphere and astrophysical systems, from Earth’s magneto-sphere to supernova remnants. While these shocks have been studied for decades by spacecraft, telescopes, and numerical simulations, there remain key open questions in shock physics, such as: How do shocks accelerate particles to extremely high energies? or How are particles heated across a shock? Laboratory experiments thus provide a significant opportunity to both complement spacecraft and remote sensing observations with well-controlled and well-diagnosed datasets, and to help benchmark numerical simulations that bridge laboratory and astrophysical systems.

In this talk, I will discuss recent results from experiments and simulations on the formation and evolution of collision-less shocks created through the interaction of a supersonic laser-driven magnetic piston and magnetized ambient plasma. Through advanced diagnostics a fast, high-Mach-number shock is observed. Direct probing of particle velocity distributions reveals the coupling between the piston and ambient plasmas that is a key step in forming magnetized collisionless shocks. Particle-in-cell simulations further detail the shock formation process, the role of collisionality, and the dynamics of multi-ion-species ambient plasmas. I will also discuss how this experimental platform complements spacecraft missions and can allow novel investigations of shock heating and particle acceleration.

About the Speaker:
Dr. Schaeffer is an Associate Research Scholar in the Department of Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton University. He received his BA in Physics at Cornell University and his PhD in Physics from UCLA, and did his postdoctoral work at Princeton in high-energy-density laboratory astrophysics. Dr. Schaeffer has extensive experience in experiments involving magnetized laser plasmas, collisionless shocks, and magnetic reconnection, and a keen interest in bridging laboratory and astronomical observations. He also has expertise in a wide range of diagnostics, including Thomson scattering, refractive imaging, proton radiography, and x-ray imaging. He has authored dozens of papers and has presented at numerous conferences around the world.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 01 Sep 2020 10:51:04 -0400 2020-10-21T15:30:00-04:00 2020-10-21T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering (MIPSE) Livestream / Virtual Dr. Derek Schaeffer
The 2020 General Election - Casting and Counting Ballots in Washtenaw County and Beyond (October 21, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75575 75575-19536957@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

The 2020 election cycle has proven to be both dynamic and historic. This lecture will review Michigan’s expanded voting rights and describe how election administrators and poll workers are addressing both new and old challenges, including:
• Increasing requests for Absent Voter Ballots (“Voting by Mail”)
• Health & Safety in Polling Locations and Absent Voter Count Boards
• Election Inspector Recruitment & Training
• Election Security
• Voter Outreach

Our speaker, Ed Golembiewski has served as the Washtenaw County Chief Deputy Clerk/Register & Director of Elections since 2011. In this role he oversees the Clerk/Register’s office general operations and directs county election administration and Michigan Campaign Finance Act reporting compliance processes.
This work includes ballot programming, election inspector & campaign finance training, receipt of candidate filings, facilitating the canvass of election returns, and coordinating administration responsibilities.

Prior to his work at Washtenaw County, Ed served as Deputy City Clerk in the City of Ypsilanti for four years, where he was responsible for election administration.

He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Eastern Michigan University in 2005.

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 Sun, 09 Aug 2020 12:07:56 -0400 2020-10-21T15:30:00-04:00 2020-10-21T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Afternoons With OLLI
DCMB / CCMB Weekly Seminar (October 21, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78531 78531-20058232@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Abstract
Although machine learning applications are now pervasive to every industry, adoption into healthcare remains a challenging and arduous process. Barriers to implementation include clinician trust, algorithm credibility and actionability, promoting clinician literacy in machine learning methods, and mitigating unintended consequences.

In the high-risk operating room setting, anesthesiologists are recognized leaders in patient safety, and manage uncertainty through careful considerations of risk and benefit based upon a thorough understanding of disease processes and treatment mechanisms. In this talk, the speaker highlights how obstacles to implementation of machine-learning based healthcare applications can be mitigated, and how an understanding of such applications can be promoted among clinically-minded anesthesiologists who may not necessarily be expert data scientists.

Short Bio:
Dr. Mathis has research interests in improving perioperative care for patients with advanced cardiovascular disease, particularly for patients with heart failure. As part of the Multicenter Perioperative Outcomes Group (MPOG), an international consortium of perioperative databases for which U-M serves as the coordinating center, he serves as Associate Research Director and plays a lead role in integration of MPOG data with data from national cardiac and thoracic surgery registries. He also has interests in leveraging novel data science methods to understand patterns within highly granular intraoperative physiologic data, studying hemodynamic responses to surgical and anesthetic stimuli as a means for early detection of cardiovascular diseases such as heart failure.

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

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 14 Oct 2020 11:43:15 -0400 2020-10-21T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-21T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location DCMB Seminar Series Livestream / Virtual Image which promotes the content of Dr. Mathis' talk (https://jamanetwork.com/collections/5584/critical-care-medicine)
Pre-Law 101 for Transfer Students (October 21, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78099 78099-19963484@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Transfer Student Center

This session will provide you with the first steps in exploring a career in law. The pre-law advisors from the Newnan Advising Center will review the law school admission process and provide tips on how to submit a strong application. This session is designed to address the unique circumstances of transfer students and will allow for time at the end of the presentation for questions.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 02 Oct 2020 12:00:03 -0400 2020-10-21T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-21T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Transfer Student Center Workshop / Seminar Transfer Student Center
Pre-Law 101 Information Session (October 21, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76644 76644-19733041@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Newnan LSA Academic Advising Center

Students beginning to explore the possibility of attending law school and those committed to applying in the future are encouraged to attend.

September 29, 11-12pm: https://umich.zoom.us/j/93308250046

October 21, 4-5pm (Geared toward Transfer Students): https://umich.zoom.us/j/91068199152

November 16, 5-6pm: https://umich.zoom.us/j/94802355758

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Presentation Fri, 18 Sep 2020 13:58:01 -0400 2020-10-21T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-21T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Newnan LSA Academic Advising Center Presentation Pre-Law Logo
Lecture: Kate Orff (October 21, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78388 78388-20020766@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

Join Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning for a lecture by Kate Orff, Founding Principal of SCAPE Studio, followed by presentations of some ongoing projects from SCAPE designers.

Kate Orff, RLA, FASLA, is the Founding Principal of SCAPE. She focuses on retooling the practice of landscape architecture relative to the uncertainty of climate change and creating spaces to foster social life, which she has explored through publications, activism, research, and projects. She is known for leading complex, creative, and collaborative work processes that advance broad environmental and social prerogatives. In 2019, Kate was elevated to the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Council of Fellows—one of the highest honored bestowed on landscape architects practicing in the U.S.

Kate was awarded the prestigious MacArthur Foundation Fellowship in 2017, the first given in the field of landscape architecture. In 2019, she accepted a National Design Award from the Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum, on behalf of SCAPE, and was named a Hero of the Harbor by the Waterfront Alliance. She was a 2012 United States Artist Fellow, dubbed an Elle Magazine “Planet Fixer,” and has been profiled and interviewed extensively for publications including The New York Times, The Economist, National Geographic, and more.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 09 Oct 2020 17:04:46 -0400 2020-10-21T18:00:00-04:00 2020-10-21T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Lecture / Discussion Kate Orff, SCAPE
Bedlam - free film screening and panel discussion (October 21, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77968 77968-19947521@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Medicine

Michigan Medicine’s Office of Patient Experience (OPE), in collaboration with Psychiatric Emergency Services (PES), invites all team members, patients, and family members to view a free online showing of the Bedlam documentary and attend a panel discussion on Wednesday, October 21, 2020.

For more information and film login, visit: michmed.org/7DPOW

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Film Screening Wed, 30 Sep 2020 08:15:30 -0400 2020-10-21T19:00:00-04:00 2020-10-21T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Medicine Film Screening bedlam, film screening, mental health
Me, the "Other" Panel Discussion (October 21, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78303 78303-20004862@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: VOICES OF THE STAFF- ADVANCING DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION TEAM

As part of the U-M DEI Summit celebrating Arts and Social Change, Voices of the Staff is hosting a virtual panel discussion. Me, The Other a gripping documentary film about otherness and oneness featuring twelve diverse students living in Washtenaw County, is available on MiVideo to stream at your convenience prior to the event.
The panel discussion will feature authentic conversation and Q&A with the film's Director and Co-Producer, Shidan Majidi. Shidan will be joined by several cast members, including: Celia, Hussain, Kit, Taylor, Veronica and soundtrack composer, Levi Taylor.
The panel discussion will be moderated by Steve Vinson, Sanam Arab and Jane Berliss-Vincent. Pedro Coracides will emcee the virtual event.
For more information and to sign up for the panel discussion: myumi.ch/GklPP

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 07 Oct 2020 16:47:46 -0400 2020-10-21T19:00:00-04:00 2020-10-21T20:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location VOICES OF THE STAFF- ADVANCING DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION TEAM Lecture / Discussion Me, The "Other" flyer
Organization Collaboration: Health & Wellness (October 21, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78384 78384-20020761@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Campus Involvement

Join a shared space with other student organizations where you can share, learn, and grow from each other.

Connect with other Health & Wellness-focused groups and highlight your organization's projects & initiatives by adding to a collaborative document. Ideas generated will also be shared with other students organizations as a helpful resource!

Your organization will benefit by sharing resources, creating connections with other orgs, and featuring your important work.

Register Here: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/4462

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Other Fri, 09 Oct 2020 15:22:04 -0400 2020-10-21T19:00:00-04:00 2020-10-21T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Campus Involvement Other Organization Collaboration Header
POSTPONED: UU Weekly: Mug Decorating (Grab & Go) (October 21, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78074 78074-19957572@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Campus Involvement

***Due to the current shelter in place order, this event has been postponed. Registrants should look for an email from Sessions with additional details.***

Show off your art skills with CCI! Swing by the League Room 4 on October 21st to pick up a mug (Registration required!). Once you've decorated it to your heart's desire, send us a picture and we'll share it on our social media! If you want some company while you're decorating your mug, log onto our Zoom link any time from 7 pm to 9 pm. Hope to see you there!

Registration is required to reserve your mug. Register on Sessions: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/7300

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Well-being Tue, 20 Oct 2020 16:53:01 -0400 2020-10-21T19:00:00-04:00 2020-10-21T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Campus Involvement Well-being CCI Logo
SLE Community Nights (October 21, 2020 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75689 75689-19566700@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sustainable Living Experience

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

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Social / Informal Gathering Mon, 18 Jan 2021 15:07:40 -0500 2020-10-21T20:00:00-04:00 2020-10-21T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sustainable Living Experience Social / Informal Gathering
John Lewis: Good Trouble (SOLD OUT) (October 22, 2020 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78378 78378-20107403@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

REDEMPTIONS ARE SOLD OUT! For those who purchased before 12/15, you will have access to view the film until 12/31/20.

Synopsis:
An intimate account of legendary U.S. Representative John Lewis’ life, legacy and more than 60 years of extraordinary activism — from the bold teenager on the front lines of the Civil Rights movement to the legislative powerhouse he was throughout his career. After Lewis petitioned Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to help integrate a segregated school in his hometown of Troy, Alabama, King sent “the boy from Troy” a round trip bus ticket to meet with him. From that meeting onward, Lewis became one of King’s closest allies. He organized Freedom Rides that left him bloodied or jailed, and stood at the front lines in the historic marches on Washington and Selma. He never lost the spirit of the “boy from Troy” and called on his fellow Americans to get into “good trouble” until his passing on July 17, 2020.

96 Minutes.

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Film Screening Tue, 15 Dec 2020 13:22:50 -0500 2020-10-22T07:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T09:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Film Screening Theatrical one-sheet for JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE, a Magnolia Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures.
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (October 22, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947552@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 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 2020-10-22T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Family Week | Ancient Storytelling (October 22, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77253 77253-19828124@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve made some changes to how we’re presenting this fall’s Family Day. Instead of an in-person gathering at the Kelsey, Family Day will take place here on the Kelsey website and will last all week. Starting on Sunday, October 18, navigate to myumi.ch/VP2rn to access content related to this year’s theme, Ancient Storytelling. We’ll post new videos and family-friendly downloadable activities every day of the week, through Friday, October 23.


“Once Upon a Time …”

Every culture has its own stories. Some have been passed down from generation to generation for thousands of years. Join us online for Family Week to explore stories from Egypt, Greece, Rome, and the Near East.

Visit the Kelsey website starting on Sunday, October 18, to access digital content and fun activities that you can download and enjoy from the comfort of your home.

Explore …
the world of ancient stories and the people who told them.

Discover …
how archaeologists uncover ancient stories through artifacts.

Create …
your own stories with fun hands-on crafts and activities.

For more information, please call 734.647.4167.

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Livestream / Virtual Sat, 17 Oct 2020 21:34:44 -0400 2020-10-22T09:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Livestream / Virtual suitcase with travel stickers
In-Between the World and Dreams (October 22, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78990 78990-20168505@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 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 2020-10-22T09:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for the Humanities Exhibition In-Between the World and Dreams
Rackham/Sweetland Workshops on Writing (October 22, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78490 78490-20052309@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

This workshop offers students tips and ideas for writing more competitive fellowship proposalsin STEM disciplines. The workshop will include an overview of the types of criteria that reviewers use in evaluating proposals as well as ideas for what to include in your proposal and how to structure content.

Presented by Larissa Sano, Sweetland Center for Writing

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 13 Oct 2020 12:36:06 -0400 2020-10-22T09:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T10:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Workshop / Seminar
Election Integrity: A WeListen Staff Discussion (October 22, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78175 78175-19987076@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: WeListen Staff

This WeListen session is open to all UM staff members. All voices and views are welcome and the Zoom link will be shared once you've RSVP'd!

RSVP here: http://bit.ly/WLOctober20

We will discuss Election Integrity as the 2020 Presidential Election approaches amidst conversation around mail-in voting, the counting of absentee ballots and access to the polls across the country.

Our aim is to bring liberals, conservatives, libertarians- everyone across the political spectrum- together for constructive conversation. The goal of WeListen discussions is not to debate or argue, but to understand the views and values of others and to learn from their perspectives. The session will begin with a brief content presentation to provide a basic understanding of the topic. No specific level of knowledge is required to participate in WeListen discussions.

By participating in WeListen sessions, staff members will:
- Expand understanding of a prominent political topic
- Practice discussing difficult topics with others,
- Gain openness to new ideas and perspectives,
- Learn to productively challenge an idea, and
- Form a sense of community among fellow staff members.

Questions? Email us at welistenstaff@umich.edu.

This event is supported by the WeListen Staff Series planning committee with members from the Ginsberg Center, the International Institute, LSA Psychology and Michigan Medicine.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 05 Oct 2020 12:03:47 -0400 2020-10-22T11:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location WeListen Staff Lecture / Discussion WeListen October 2020
Employer Resource Networks: Improving employment retention and building career opportunities for low-wage workers (October 22, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78604 78604-20070073@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Poverty Solutions

Employer Resource Networks (ERNs) are a new way to address dual problems — unstable labor-market attachment among lower-income workers and the consequential employee churn. ERNs enhance employee productivity and increase retention and advancement.

Join AEI as H. Luke Shaefer discusses his recent report reviewing the ERN model, followed by a panel discussion moderated by Brent Orrell with Dr. Shaefer and James M. Vander Hulst of ERN USA.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 15 Oct 2020 20:34:27 -0400 2020-10-22T11:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Poverty Solutions Livestream / Virtual Employer Resource Networks
The scientific case against racism (October 22, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77302 77302-19836072@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Life Sciences Institute (LSI)

Neuroscientist and author David Linden will discuss some of the findings from his upcoming book, Unique: The Science of Human Individuality, which explores the origins and importance of human individuality.

It is surprising that, with all of the ongoing examination of racism in general and anti-Blackness in particular, the compelling scientific case against racism has not been part of the discussion. This is a problem even people who are not overtly racist have imagined a scientific basis for certain racial myths and stereotypes. This talk will examine the assertions and assumptions of racist pseudoscience and show how contemporary genetics and neuroscience refute them.

About the speaker:
David Linden, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His laboratory has worked for many years on the cellular basis of memory storage, recovery of function after brain injury and a few other topics. He has a longstanding interest in scientific communication and served for many years as the chief editor of the Journal of Neurophysiology. He is the author of three bestselling books on the biology of behavior: The Accidental Mind (2007), The Compass of Pleasure (2011) and Touch: The Science of Hand, Heart and Mind (2015) which, to date, have been translated into 19 languages. Most recently, he edited a collection of short essays on brain function written for a general audience: Think Tank: Forty Neuroscientists Explore the Biological Roots of Human Experience (2018). His has appeared on the TED Radio Hour, Fresh Air with Terry Gross and many other media outlets. His next book, Unique: The Science of Human Individuality will be published by Basic books on September 29, 2020.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 16 Sep 2020 11:14:46 -0400 2020-10-22T11:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Life Sciences Institute (LSI) Lecture / Discussion David Linden, Ph.D.
Barre Above (October 22, 2020 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78765 78765-20121157@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

Challenge and sculpt your body without risk of injury from overuse by using a sequence of movements within different ranges of motion. No barre necessarily required and minimal equipment is used.

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Exercise / Fitness Fri, 23 Oct 2020 15:25:14 -0400 2020-10-22T11:30:00-04:00 2020-10-22T12:20:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Exercise / Fitness Students sculpt their bodies in Barre Above
Framing and Debating Climate Change and the Environment in Key African States (October 22, 2020 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78329 78329-20010767@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Weiser Diplomacy Center

Part of the Seminar Series on Global Perspectives on Debate and Democracy, organized by the Weiser Diplomacy Center and co-sponsored by the African Studies Center, DAAS, PitE, and International Institute for UM's "Democracy and Debate" theme semester.

Open to all University of Michigan students.

Please join us for a virtual seminar with Dr. Babajide Ololajulo, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Ibadan, Nigeria and Dr. Patrick Cobbinah, Urban Planning Academic in the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne, in conversation with Justine M. Davis, LSA Collegiate Fellow in the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies (DAAS) at the University of Michigan.

About the Speakers:

Dr. Babajide Ololajulo is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He is a development anthropologist with research interests ranging over oil and environmental politics in Nigeria, identity politics, and heritage and memory. He has published widely on these themes. Dr Ololajulo is an alumnus of the University of Michigan African Presidential Scholars program (UMAPS), a presidential fellow at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association, and a 2014 fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS-AHP). Same year, he won the Leventis fellowship at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He has also at different times received travel grants from UK ESRC and SEPHIS to attend workshops in the United Kingdom, Brazil and Peru. His recent book, Unshared Identity published by the African Humanities Program employs the practice of posthumous paternity to explore African endogenous ways of being and meaning-making.

Dr. Patrick Cobbinah is an urban planning academic in the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne. His background is in human geography with broad experience in urban and regional planning gained through teaching and research conducted at universities in Ghana and Australia. Patrick was with the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Ghana in 2016 and Charles Sturt University in 2011, and worked in the areas of urban planning and management, urban resilience, environmental management, regional planning, natural resource management, climate change and development of research packages to guide urbanization and sustainable environmental development in Africa focusing on Ghana. He has published widely. He serves as the Managing Editor (Africa Region) for the Journal of Urban Affairs. Patrick is an alumnus of the University of Michigan African Presidential Scholars program (UMAPS).

About the Moderator:

Justine M. Davis is an LSA Collegiate Fellow in the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies (DAAS) at the University of Michigan. She will be an Assistant Professor in DAAS and Political Science beginning in 2022. Davis’ research examines challenges to democratization efforts in post-conflict and weakly institutionalized contexts in Sub-Saharan Africa. Her current book project explores how civil war affects the ability of local civil society organizations to contribute to post-conflict democratization. Through a multi-methods research design, she leverages geographic variation in rebel takeover in Côte d’Ivoire to examine how war shapes local civil society and citizens.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 19 Oct 2020 21:24:33 -0400 2020-10-22T11:30:00-04:00 2020-10-22T12:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Weiser Diplomacy Center Workshop / Seminar
ONSF Drop-in Advising (October 22, 2020 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77839 77839-19933636@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 11:30am
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 2020-10-22T11:30:00-04:00 2020-10-22T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF) Livestream / Virtual Source: www.pixabay.com
Zumba (October 22, 2020 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78792 78792-20123180@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

Location - Virtual (in Zoom)
Ditch the traditional workout and join the party! This Latin-inspired, dance-and-fitness class offers an exciting, exhilarating and effective workout. You’ll develop your stamina and your body tone with easy to follow dance moves, set to the fast and slow rhythms of cumbia, merengue, salsa, reggaeton, hip-hop, pop, mambo, rumba, flamenco, calypso and salsaton. No dance experience required. EQUIPMENT NEEDED: None

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Exercise / Fitness Thu, 22 Oct 2020 15:53:57 -0400 2020-10-22T11:30:00-04:00 2020-10-22T12:20:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Exercise / Fitness Ditch the traditional workout and join the party!
CJS Noon Lecture Series | How Pork-Barrel Politics Holds Japan's Governing Coalition Together (October 22, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69692 69692-17382660@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

For seventeen of the past twenty years, Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has governed in coalition with a smaller party, the Komeito. Despite being former arch rivals and unlikely bedfellows for ideological reasons, the coalition has proved resilient: despite landslide wins in recent elections, the LDP stays in the coalition. Why? We present compelling new evidence that Japan's mixed-member electoral system, variants of which are used in 29 other countries around the world, enables the LDP to coordinate votes with the Komeito in a way that helps both parties win more seats than they otherwise would. The coalition makes this coordination "stick" by withholding government resources from supporters who do not comply and granting it to supporters who do.

Amy Catalinac is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics at New York University. Her current research is on distributive politics in Japan. Her book, Electoral Reform and National Security in Japan: From Pork to Foreign Policy was published with Cambridge University Press in 2016. Her articles have appeared in the American Political Science Review, Journal of Politics, and Comparative Political Studies, among others. She teaches courses on international relations, comparative politics, Japanese security policy, and Japanese politics.

Please register for the Zoom webinar at: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Rrb8yH7CSuihp0MzCmadeQ

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 Mon, 24 Aug 2020 15:55:04 -0400 2020-10-22T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Japanese Studies Livestream / Virtual Amy Catalinac, Assistant Professor of Politics, New York University
Explore the arts in Downtown Ann Arbor! (October 22, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76129 76129-19663652@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 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 2020-10-22T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Art Around Town
Frankel Institute Event Series: Stranger Still: Translating Contemporary Poetry from Israel/Palestine (October 22, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78188 78188-19989052@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Judaic Studies

This series showcases the diversity of poetic voices from Israel/Palestine through the lens of translation. Each event features a multilingual poetry reading and a conversation between poets and translators on the careful negotiations that are involved in the act of translation, highlighting work that creates its own currents against and beyond the Israeli mainstream.

Rita Kogan is a feminist poet and translator in Israel, producing original verse in Hebrew and translations from her native Russian. Born in Leningrad in 1976 and immigrating to Israel in 1990, Kogan explores the challenges that Russian-speaking women encounter in their daily life in Israel, including ethnic discrimination, sexual abuse, and the difficulty of expressing sexuality in a patriarchal society. In her poems, we also encounter a poet full of joie-de-vivre, one who revels in love and literature. She is the author of Rishayon li-shegiot ketiv (License to Misspell, 2015) and Sus bahatzait (Horse in a Skirt, 2018), a runner-up for the prestigious Gardner Simon Prize for Hebrew poetry, and translator of works by Anna Akhmatova, Marina Tsvetaeva, Osip Mandelstam, Joseph Brodsky, and others.

Alex Moshkin is a Fellow at the Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His book project, Russophone Culture in Israel: In Search of Identity, analyzes contemporary Russian literature, cinema, and visual art in Israel. He is also currently working on an English-language anthology of contemporary Russian-Israeli poetry.

Zackary Sholem Berger is a poet and translator in Baltimore working in and among English, Yiddish, and Hebrew, with occasional forays into other languages. His latest book is All the Holes Line Up (2019); a volume of his translations of the Yiddish prose poetry of Avrom Sutzkever is due out soon.

Advance Registration Required: https://forms.gle/bgutJ2PWSJatUuNN7
The Zoom Webinar link and password will be sent to registrants before the event.

Photo Credit: Sivan Tzadok

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 05 Oct 2020 15:44:07 -0400 2020-10-22T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Judaic Studies Livestream / Virtual Rita Kogan Photo
King Talks Application Information Session (October 22, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78554 78554-20062172@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

During this session you will learn about the King Talks, best practices for applying to participate, and the benefits of being part of this signature Rackham program.
Registration is required at https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/session/31233.
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, 14 Oct 2020 18:15:50 -0400 2020-10-22T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T12:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
Alum Connections: Lisa Morrison (October 22, 2020 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78580 78580-20066122@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 12:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Opportunity Hub

London-based Nonprofit Expert, Lisa Morrison

Dr. Lisa Diane Morrison is an expert in nonprofit management. She is currently a lecturer at Queen Mary University of London’s School of Business and Management, where she shares her extensive experience in the nonprofit sector. A Detroit native, Dr. Morrison has worked in varying capacities in the social care sector and can answer questions related to information management, counseling protocols, social work, and program management. She’s also happy to share her insights on graduate study and setting up a home base in London, UK.

About Lisa:
Dr. Morrison holds a bachelor of arts in psychology from the University of Michigan and a master of social work from Wayne State University in the U.S. When she decided to pursue further grad work, she went to England to the University of Sheffield, where she obtained a master of science in information management. She then earned her Ph.D. from Queen Mary, University of London School of Business and Management.
Her Ph.D. research focuses on social service nonprofit organizations in the U.K. and how knowledge and information management approaches influence performance evaluation and external funding.

You should attend this workshop if you are:
Looking for insights into graduate school, particularly graduate school abroad
Interested in the nonprofit sector
Interested in the business world (Dr. Morrison’s work explores the intersection of nonprofit management and business management)
Interested in a role in higher education, especially as a lecturer or professor
Intending to spend time in London for work or study abroad in the future

What you’ll gain by attending:
Gain increased clarity around grad school abroad, based on one alum’s firsthand experience
Get a better understanding of working in higher education in England
Gather new insights into the nonprofit sector and the impact of its management

RSVP today to be part of the conversation.

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

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

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 15 Oct 2020 11:10:43 -0400 2020-10-22T12:30:00-04:00 2020-10-22T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Opportunity Hub Livestream / Virtual Lisa Morrison Photo
Clean Energy Trust: Co_Invest Cleantech 2020, 10/22/2020, 2PM CT (October 22, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78218 78218-19994962@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Energy Institute

Join nonprofit Clean Energy Trust on the cutting edge of cleantech innovation at Co_Invest Cleantech 2020 on Thursday, October 22nd at 2 PM CT – free and online! Hear from Clean Energy Trust’s early-stage cleantech portfolio companies, their newest sustainable investments, and witness a live recording of the My Climate Journey podcast with special guest, Rodrigo Prudencio who leads investments for Amazon’s $2 billion Climate Pledge Fund. Register here:
https://pheedloop.com/register/coinvestcleantech/attendee/

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Presentation Tue, 06 Oct 2020 09:55:34 -0400 2020-10-22T13:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Energy Institute Presentation Co-Invest Cleantech
Data Analytics with Python on Cavium-ThunderX (October 22, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77383 77383-19846070@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

OVERVIEW
This course will cover 4 areas:

– Overview of the Hadoop Distributed Filesystem (HDFS)
– Pyspark vs Pandas (similarities and differences)
– Working with input/output (HDFS vs NFS) in Pyspark
– Example analytic workflows (exercises)

INSTRUCTOR
Armand Burks
Research Data Scientist Intermediate
Information and Technology Services – Advanced Research Computing – Technology Services

Armand Burks, Ph.D., is a research data scientist intermediate for Advanced Research Computing – Technology Services (ARC-TS), a division of Information and Technology Services (ITS). Armand helps researchers with establishing data workflows, transforming data between different formats, programming support, optimizing/parallelizing code, cloud computing with Hadoop, and developing custom code (C++, Java, Python). He earned a B.S. in computer science from Alabama State University in 2008, an M.S. in computer science and engineering from Michigan State University in 2010, and a Ph.D. in computer science from Michigan State University in 2017.

MATERIALS
Prerequisites: Workshop participants should take the “Introduction to the Linux Command Line” workshop and already have basic programming experience with Python.

Click here for more information on The Cavium ThunderX Cluster (https://arc-ts.umich.edu/cavium/)

Click here to fill out an account request form (http://myumi.ch/6pn5d)
Note: 3 business days are needed for creation of accounts
Students should fill in “Workshop” in the “Advisor” section.

Campus VPN access is required for off-campus access but not from on campus. An SSH client, and Duo will be required during the workshop. If you do not have this software already, please download and install the Cisco AnyConnect VPN software following these instructions: https://its.umich.edu/enterprise/wifi-networks/vpn/getting-started You will need this to be able to use the ssh client. You will need to use the ‘Campus All traffic’ profile in the Cisco client.

A Zoom link will be provided to the participants the day before the class. Registration is required.

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

Please note, this session will be recorded.

If you have questions about this workshop, please send an email to the instructor at arburks@umich.edu

Register
Thursday, October 22, 2020, 1-3pm: https://ttc.iss.lsa.umich.edu/ttc/sessions/data-analytics-with-python-on-cavium-thunderx/register/

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 07 Oct 2020 11:16:22 -0400 2020-10-22T13:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Information and Technology Services (ITS) Workshop / Seminar
Conflict and Peace, Research and Development (CPRD) workshop (October 22, 2020 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76250 76250-19679557@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 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 2020-10-22T14:30:00-04:00 2020-10-22T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Political Science Livestream / Virtual CPRD
EEB Virtual Seminar: Community ecology as a collection of coupled oscillators (October 22, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77050 77050-19790558@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

John Vandermeer presents this week's seminar

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 19 Oct 2020 09:20:44 -0400 2020-10-22T15:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Livestream / Virtual graph of coupled oscillators
LSA Technology Services Research Support Office Hours (October 22, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77718 77718-20270769@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 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 2020-10-22T15:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Technology Services Other Research Office Hours
Rackham North: Negotiating a Faculty Job Offer (October 22, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76135 76135-19665679@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Long before you are on the faculty job market, it is important to prepare for the offer. Negotiating an academic position should never be an afterthought. In fact, wise negotiating requires education, planning, and practice. This interactive seminar will provide you with strategies to determine what to ask for and how to ask for what you need and want. You will also leave with recommendations concerning what you should do before, during, and after the academic job offer.
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/jxNmV.
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 2020-10-22T15:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
SEMINAR: "Information-theoretic Generalization Bounds for Noisy, Iterative Learning Algorithms" — Daniel Roy (October 22, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78573 78573-20066114@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 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:
Information-theoretic Generalization Bounds for Noisy, Iterative Learning Algorithms

Abstract:
Deep learning approaches dominate in many application areas. Our understanding of generalization (relating empirical performance to future expected performance) is however lacking. In some applications, standard algorithms like stochastic gradient descent (SGD) reliably return solutions with low test error. In other applications, these same algorithms rapidly overfit. There is, as yet, no satisfying theory explaining what conditions are required for these common algorithms to work in practice. In this talk, I will discuss standard approaches to explaining generalization in deep learning using tools from statistical learning theory, and present some of the barriers these approaches face to explaining deep learning. I will then discuss my group's recent work (NeurIPS 2019, 2020) on information-theoretic approaches to understanding generalization of noisy, iterative learning algorithms, such as Stochastic Gradient Langevin Dynamics, a noisy version of SGD.

Bio:
Daniel Roy is an Associate Professor in the Department of Statistical Sciences at the University of Toronto, with cross appointments in Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering. He is also a CIFAR Canada AI Chair at the Vector Institute. Roy's research spans machine learning, mathematical statistics, and theoretical computer science. Roy is a recipient of an NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement, Tri-agency New Frontiers in Research grant, Ontario Early Research Award, and a Google Faculty Research Award. Prior to joining Toronto, Roy was a Research Fellow of Emmanuel College and Newton International Fellow of the Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering, hosted by the University of Cambridge. Roy completed his doctorate in Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where his dissertation was awarded the MIT EECS Sprowls Award, given to the top dissertation in computer science in that year.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 15 Oct 2020 10:29:01 -0400 2020-10-22T15:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Daniel Roy
Alum Connections: Ben Patch (October 22, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78586 78586-20068094@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Opportunity Hub

Alum Connections with Ben Patch, VP of Finance at Pagerduty

Ben Patch has served as the Vice President of Finance at Pagerduty (NYSE: PD) since 2016, playing an integral role in building the company’s finance function and taking the company through its successful 2018 IPO. Join his session to learn how Ben (Economics and Accounting ‘93) leveraged his LSA degree into a multi-faceted career in finance, developed a speciality in businesses experiencing extremely rapid growth, and how finance works from an operational perspective.

About Ben:

Ben Patch is a seasoned finance and strategy executive with experience in corporate finance, strategy, fundraising, and mergers and acquisitions in both publicly held and venture-backed private companies.

Ben began his career in public accounting at Arthur Andersen LLP and has held management roles at Siebel Systems (acquired by Oracle), Adchemy (acquired by Walmart.com), and has advised a variety of rapidly growing technology firms. He holds an MBA from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

You should attend this workshop if you are:
A current LSA undergraduate student interested in finance or accounting
Seeking clarity around finance roles with publicly traded and venture-backed private companies
Interested in the intersection of tech and finance

What you’ll gain by attending:
Gain information on finance roles from an operational perspective (how things really work and how to think about real world applications for finance)
Get a sense of how the finance role works within a large tech firm
Gain access to answers surrounding the role of finance in navigating an IPO

RSVP today to be part of the conversation.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 15 Oct 2020 13:07:23 -0400 2020-10-22T15:30:00-04:00 2020-10-22T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Opportunity Hub Livestream / Virtual Ben Patch Photo
CLASP Alumni of the Year Lecture: Dr. Sue Ellen Haupt of UCAR (October 22, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76506 76506-19719167@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering

Climate & Space is very pleased to welcome back alumna Dr. Sue Ellen Haupt of UCAR to give our 2020 Alumni of the Year Lecture. Please join us!

This is a Zoom virtual event.
Zoom link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/94836006294?pwd=Skgzb0JjTi9ESFV2akZNeFJScWNBZz09
Meeting ID: 948 3600 6294
Passcode: 421507

TITLE: Using AI in Environmental Sciences

ABSTRACT: Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have become important tools for the environmental scientist, both in research and in application. These methods have become quite popular in recent years, but they are not new. Early applications in the 1980’s featured more heuristic expert systems approaches, but by the 1990’s supervised learning methods were beginning to predominate. I began applying genetic algorithms to some of my problems during that timeframe. Uses continued to progress to the point where these tools have become nearly as standard as statistical analyses.

The environmental sciences possess a host of interesting problems amenable to advancement by intelligent techniques. We will review the evolution from the early applications and how they have impacted these sciences. We will discuss the types of applications that have been most prevalent as well as my own journey as a physical scientist applying AI as a tool for environmental problems. The talk will touch on topics in weather forecasting, probabilistic prediction, climate applications, optimization problems, downscaling model runs, and emulating processes in models. We will finish with a look at where AI is being applied to environmental science, appears to be going in the future, and some thoughts on how these methods might be best blended with the physical / dynamical modeling approaches to further advance our science.

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 21 Sep 2020 14:43:31 -0400 2020-10-22T15:30:00-04:00 2020-10-22T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering Livestream / Virtual generic event image
[Aero Homecoming] Chair's Distinguished Lecture: Birds, Drones, and Smart Structures (October 22, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76161 76161-19669631@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Daniel J. Inman, Ph.D.
Harm Buning Collegiate Professor
Department of Aerospace Engineering
University of Michigan

Gliding birds perform some interesting non-aircraft like shapes with their wings and tails. Birds also respond to gusts in unique ways. These observations have motivated the study of shape changing, or morphing aircraft. Several unique uses of piezoceramic composites and shape memory alloys to achieve advantageous airfoil shapes are presented inspired by the incredible performance avian species achieve. The aerodynamics and control that birds use in gliding result in efficiencies in performance not yet realized by fixed wing aircraft. With the advent of smart, multifunctional composites, it is possible to implement motions inspired by avian gliding in small, unmanned air vehicles (UAV). Initially motivated by the casual observation of flight control motions made by birds, morphing research has proceeded with only limited understanding of how and why birds use their aerodynamic surfaces for flight control and gust alleviation. A summary of relevant previous results from two fields: avian biology and morphing aircraft, is presented followed by some current results on real time computing for learning control to attempt to emulate a bird’s ability to fly-by-feel.

About the speaker...

Daniel J. Inman received his Ph.D. from Michigan State University in Mechanical Engineering in 1980 and is the Harm Buning Collegiate Professor of former Chair of the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan, Since 1980, he has published eight books (on vibration, energy harvesting, control, statics, and dynamics), eight software manuals, 20 book chapters, over 400 journal papers and 650 proceedings papers, given 65 keynote or plenary lectures, graduated 67 Ph.D. students and supervised more than 75 MS degrees. He works in the area of applying smart structures to solve aerospace engineering problems including energy harvesting, structural health monitoring, vibration suppression and morphing aircraft. He is a Fellow of AIAA, ASME, IIAV, SEM and AAM.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 06 Oct 2020 17:53:19 -0400 2020-10-22T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T17:15:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Aerospace Engineering Class / Instruction Daniel J. Inman
BME Seminar Series: Tyrone Porter (October 22, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75907 75907-19623825@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 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 14:06:51 -0400 2020-10-22T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Biomedical Engineering Workshop / Seminar BME
Communication and Media Speaker Series (October 22, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76949 76949-19780540@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Communication and Media

Panel Discussion with:
Kris Harrison: Children's and Parents' Fright Reactions to News about COVID-19
Sol Hart: Politicization and Polarization in COVID-19 News Coverage
Hang Lu: Mask on while Asian: How Acculturation, Media Use and Perception, and Alienation Influence U.S.-Dwelling Chinese’s Protective Barriers during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 22 Oct 2020 16:34:53 -0400 2020-10-22T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Communication and Media Lecture / Discussion
Farshid Ramezanipour (October 22, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70086 70086-17510055@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Chemistry

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Other Thu, 22 Oct 2020 18:15:12 -0400 2020-10-22T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Chemistry Other
Minor in Writing Virtual Info Session (October 22, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78301 78301-20004859@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 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 2020-10-22T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Social / Informal Gathering MiW flyer
Perspectives on the 2020 Presidential Election (October 22, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78067 78067-19957561@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Join faculty members from the Center for Political Studies for a panel discussion of the issues shaping the 2020 Presidential Election. Panelists include Jenna Bednar, Vincent Hutchings, and Angela Ocampo. This event is part of the ISR Insights Speaker Series.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 01 Oct 2020 15:40:56 -0400 2020-10-22T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Livestream / Virtual Perspectives
Perspectives on the 2020 Presidential Election (October 22, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76324 76324-19687517@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Join faculty members from the Center for Political Studies on Thursday, October 22, 2020 at 4 PM Eastern for a panel discussion of the issues shaping the 2020 Presidential Election. Panelists include Jenna Bednar, Vincent Hutchings, and Angela Ocampo. This event is part of the ISR Insights Speaker Series.

Please register for this event at http://myumi.ch/7ZA9g
The event will be live-streamed at http://myumi.ch/YyjAE

Jenna Bednar is professor of political science and public policy at the University of Michigan, a member of the external faculty at the Santa Fe Institute, and the Edie N. Goldenberg Endowed Director of Michigan in Washington. Her research focuses on how collective action builds social goods and the role that government plays in that collaboration. Current work includes: robust system design, especially of federalism; states as innovators in federal systems; out of district campaign contributions; how culture affects the way people respond to laws and norms; transboundary water system governance; and governance to support human flourishing. Her book The Robust Federation: Principles of Design was awarded the APSA Martha Derthick Best Book Award in recognition of its enduring contribution to the study of federalism. In 2020, she was named APSA Daniel Elazar Distinguished Federalism Scholar.

Vincent Hutchings is a Research Professor in the Center for Political Studies and Professor in the Department of Political Science. Professor Hutchings’ general interests include public opinion, elections, voting behavior, and African American politics. He is also interested in the ways that campaign communications can “prime” various group identities and subsequently affect candidate evaluations.

Angela Ocampo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Michigan. Her research examines the political incorporation of racial, ethnic and religious minorities both as every-day participants and as political leaders within American institutions. Her current book project investigates the concept of perceived belonging to U.S. society and its influence on political interest and political engagement among Latinas/os/xs.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Oct 2020 13:13:04 -0400 2020-10-22T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event flyer for Perspectives on the 2020 Presidential Election
Reimagining Detroit’s Museum and Cultural District (October 22, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78454 78454-20044427@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Museum Studies Program

Drawing on their expertise in cultural programming, museum and urban planning, the webinar’s panelists will share their insights on the Detroit Square design proposal. This project aims to transform the cultural district and create synergy between museums, publics, and urban space in the heart of Detroit.

Please register for this Zoom webinar here: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_B-JxPS7UQaOtOLhkaS8nGw

Friday, October 22 from 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Virtual panel discussion
Museum Studies Program website: http://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 12 Oct 2020 18:02:21 -0400 2020-10-22T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Museum Studies Program Livestream / Virtual Detroit Square
The Michigan Insider presents: Secrets from Schembechler (October 22, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78541 78541-20060201@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

As the Michigan Wolverines prepare to take the field against Minnesota, join radio show host Sam Webb and senior Andrew Hager as they discuss stories about the current team from on and off the field.

Sam Webb, “The Michigan Insider”, has become one of the most recognized, trusted, and engaging personalities the history of this heritage station. Sam’s nationally recognized work, profound influence, knowledge, and integrity has placed him in an elite category.

Daily, Sam Webb combines his insider knowledge of the program with his exclusive access, unique perspective, and in depth recruiting knowledge to set the standard by which all others are measured.

The Michigan Insider has been the foundation from which all other programs, features, and content have been built.

Q&A through Zoom Webinar. Register today! The event will also be livestreamed on CCI's Facebook Page.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 14 Oct 2020 16:14:33 -0400 2020-10-22T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Livestream / Virtual Sam Webb from The Michigan Insider
Yoga Flow (October 22, 2020 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78785 78785-20123148@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 4:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

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

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Exercise / Fitness Thu, 22 Oct 2020 15:24:08 -0400 2020-10-22T16:30:00-04:00 2020-10-22T17:20:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Exercise / Fitness Students focus on clarity and well-being in Yoga Flow.
2020 Election Virtual Town Hall (October 22, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78677 78677-20099545@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

Join staff from the Michigan Department of State to learn about and prep for the 2020 Election!

We'll discuss how to make a plan to vote, what to expect on Election Day and answer your election-related questions.

Sponsored by the Big Ten Voting Challenge and the Michigan Department of State.

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 19 Oct 2020 16:27:10 -0400 2020-10-22T17:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Ginsberg Center Livestream / Virtual Town Hall Graphic
Democracy & Debate Theme Semester: John Lewis: The Legacy of a Life Lived in Good Trouble (October 22, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78654 78654-20093645@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Troy, Alabama. Selma. Nashville. Washington, DC. John Lewis’ journey bore witness to the trials and tribulations of the civil rights movement. Please join us for an important conversation on the biographic documentary about the life of this legendary civil rights pioneer, activist, and congressman, John Lewis: Good Trouble. Moderated by Robert M. Sellers, Vice Provost for Equity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer, the panel includes Jim Burnstein, Director of of the Screenwriting Program; Sydney Carr, graduate student in Public Policy and Political Science and president of Students of Color of Rackham; Edie Goldenberg, Professor of Public Policy and Political Science and founder of the voting advocacy group Turn Up Turnout; and Riana Anderson, Assistant Professor of Public Health and founder of EMBRace (Engaging, Managing, and Bonding through Race).

Sponsored by: The Democracy & Debate Theme Semester and the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, The University of Michigan.


If you are having trouble registering for this event please contact rivett@umich.edu
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Livestream / Virtual Sun, 18 Oct 2020 21:00:54 -0400 2020-10-22T17:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T18:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Livestream / Virtual
Reading and Q&A with Author Jenny Zhang (October 22, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75399 75399-19463856@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Zell Visiting Writers Series

Login here (no pre-registration needed): https://tinyurl.com/ZellWriters

Jenny Zhang’s debut story collection, *Sour Heart*, centers on immigrants who have traded their endangered lives as artists in China and Taiwan for the constant struggle of life at the poverty line in 1990s New York City. Zhang is currently adapting *Sour Heart* into a feature-length film for A24.

From the young woman coming to terms with her grandmother’s role in the Cultural Revolution to the daughter struggling to understand where her family ends and she begins, to the girl discovering the power of her body to inspire and destroy, *Sour Heart*'s seven stories illuminate the complex and messy inner lives of girls struggling to define themselves.

Jenny Zhang is also the author of the poetry collection, *Dear Jenny, We Are All Find*. Her second collection of poetry, *My Baby First Birthday*, is forthcoming from Tin House. She is the recipient of the Pen/Bingham Award for Debut Fiction and the LA Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction.


The Zell Visiting Writers Series brings outstanding writers to campus each semester. The Series is made possible through a generous gift from U-M alumna Helen Zell (BA ’64, LLDHon ’13). For more information, please visit the Zell Visiting Writers Program webpage: https://lsa.umich.edu/writers

For any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs, please email asbates@umich.edu-- we are eager to help ensure that this event is inclusive to you. Copies of the readings and live, high quality auto-captions/transcriptions will be provided at all events.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 21 Oct 2020 10:10:00 -0400 2020-10-22T17:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T18:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Zell Visiting Writers Series Lecture / Discussion Jenny Zhang
Total Body Strength (October 22, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78786 78786-20123154@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

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

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Exercise / Fitness Fri, 23 Oct 2020 15:26:20 -0400 2020-10-22T17:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T17:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Exercise / Fitness Experience strength training like never before!
Tabata (October 22, 2020 5:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78788 78788-20123161@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 5:15pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

Description:Instructor - Connor
Location - Virtual (in Zoom)
Looking for an intense, time-efficient full-body workout? Tabata is the most result-driven form of HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training). In this class you will push yourself to the max and achieve full body fitness by completing a variety drills at specific work-rest ratios. EQUIPMENT NEEDED: Some kind of resistance equipment (e.g. dumbbells, barbell, resistance bands, backpack filled with books, milk jugs filled with water, canned goods, or any other weighted items that can be held).

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Exercise / Fitness Thu, 22 Oct 2020 15:42:46 -0400 2020-10-22T17:15:00-04:00 2020-10-22T18:05:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Exercise / Fitness Tabata is the most result-driven form of HIIT.
Zumba (October 22, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78792 78792-20123167@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

Location - Virtual (in Zoom)
Ditch the traditional workout and join the party! This Latin-inspired, dance-and-fitness class offers an exciting, exhilarating and effective workout. You’ll develop your stamina and your body tone with easy to follow dance moves, set to the fast and slow rhythms of cumbia, merengue, salsa, reggaeton, hip-hop, pop, mambo, rumba, flamenco, calypso and salsaton. No dance experience required. EQUIPMENT NEEDED: None

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Exercise / Fitness Thu, 22 Oct 2020 15:53:57 -0400 2020-10-22T17:30:00-04:00 2020-10-22T18:20:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Exercise / Fitness Ditch the traditional workout and join the party!
Living on LOP: What We Learned in Prison (October 22, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77991 77991-19949624@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

A panel discussion with the creators of Loss of Privileges (LOP), moderated by Pulitzer Prize Winner, Dr. Heather Ann Thompson.

[About LOP]
Join us for a discussion about the web series Living on Loss of Privileges: What We Learned in Prison. This series features the stories of formerly incarcerated people who share the lessons that they learned in prison that can now help us all adjust to life during the pandemic today.

[LOP Production Team]
• Patrick Bates — Producer and Series Host
• Ashley Lucas — Producer
• Cozine Welch — Producer
• Ali Friedman — Associate Producer
• Sriram Papolu — Director, Cinematographer, and Editor
• Adam Kouraimi — Production Assistant

[Heather Ann Thompson]
*Heather Ann Thompson founded the Carceral State Project in 2016 and is a Professor of History at the University of Michigan. She writes regularly about prisons and policing for popular and scholarly audiences. She is a member of the standing Committee on Law and Justice of the National Academies and won the Pulitzer Prize and Bancroft Prize for her book Blood in the Water: the Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy (Pantheon, 2016).*

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 30 Sep 2020 15:16:46 -0400 2020-10-22T18:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Livestream / Virtual Living on Loss of Privileges flyer
Psychology and Computer Science: What Goes On In Our Brains When We Read And Write Code? (October 22, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78684 78684-20105419@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science

Is reading code more like reading prose or more like doing math? Is balancing a tree data structure like balancing a pencil on your finger? Is learning a programming language like learning a natural language? How can we make novices more like experts faster? To answer these questions, this talk presents a high-level summary of work at the intersection of computer science and psychology, in which techniques like functional magnetic resonance imaging are used to study patterns of neural activity associated with coding tasks. We will cover some background information on psychology as well as some recent results in computer science. In addition, we will highlight efforts involving U-M undergraduate researchers and elaborate on career paths for those interested in pursuing similar topics.

Zoom link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/97316042553
Meeting ID: 973 1604 2553
Password: cogsci

Interested in getting involved or want to attend one of our events? Contact us at cogscicmty@umich.edu.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 20 Oct 2020 08:54:09 -0400 2020-10-22T18:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science Lecture / Discussion csc logo
Quantitative Methods in my Work (and at U-M!) Speaker Series (October 22, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78570 78570-20066106@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences (QMSS)

Join us as LSA/QMSS undergrads, Chloe Aronoff and Lillian Kleinknecht, interview U-M faculty researchers about their work and visions for Quantitative Research in our changing and data drive world.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 15 Oct 2020 09:48:42 -0400 2020-10-22T18:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences (QMSS) Livestream / Virtual QMSS Session 1 flyer
Strength & Sculpt (October 22, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78793 78793-20123190@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

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

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Exercise / Fitness Thu, 22 Oct 2020 16:02:46 -0400 2020-10-22T18:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T18:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Exercise / Fitness This beats-driven class combines cardio intervals and body weight training.
TBP Jeopardy Tournament (October 22, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78156 78156-19981179@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Looking to meet some new people or just have fun with friends? Sign up for TBP's Jeopardy Tournament! The two highest-scoring teams will compete against each other for the ultimate bragging rights. Sign up as a team or come as an individual and meet some fellow engineers! Make sure you sign up at the link!

Sign Up: https://tinyurl.com/TBPTournament

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Recreational / Games Sun, 04 Oct 2020 15:37:32 -0400 2020-10-22T18:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Tau Beta Pi Recreational / Games
Test for Virtual Information (October 22, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78482 78482-20125165@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA AEM

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 29 Oct 2020 11:24:16 -0400 2020-10-22T18:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA AEM Livestream / Virtual Working on Laptop
University of Michigan College of Pharmacy Virtual Open House (MS & PhD Programs) (October 22, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78326 78326-20010764@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M College of Pharmacy

The University of Michigan College of Pharmacy Virtual Open House will give you an opportunity to learn more about the graduate (MS & PhD) programs that are offered in the College of Pharmacy. This event will begin with an overview presentation featuring our MS program in Integrated Pharmaceutical Sciences and our PhD programs in Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Clinical Pharmacy Translational Science. This presentation will be followed by a virtual poster session with graduate students from each program. Opportunities for Q & A with faculty members will also be available.

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Reception / Open House Thu, 08 Oct 2020 09:01:57 -0400 2020-10-22T18:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T20:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M College of Pharmacy Reception / Open House PhD students at Research Forum
DISC Virtual Screening and Q&A. *Hamtramck, USA* (October 22, 2020 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77885 77885-19939579@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 6:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Virtual Screening starts October 15 at 5:00 PM EST
Q&A with Co-Directors and Producers Razi Jafri & Justin Feltman:
October 22 at 6:30 PM EST

Please register here: https://forms.gle/qkFpWnprVBJqh6NVA

Hamtramck, USA is a documentary film exploring life and democracy in Hamtramck, MI – America’s first Muslim majority city. Through an exploration of the city’s rich history and a heated mayoral election, Hamtramck, USA wrestles with identity politics, power dynamics, and the immigrant experience in America.

Registrants for this event will receive a link to a virtual film screening of Hamtramck, USA opening on Oct. 15, 2020 and an invitation to a Q&A with co-producer and directors Razi Jafri and Justin Feltman on Oct. 22, 2020 at 6:30pm Eastern.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 29 Sep 2020 11:22:02 -0400 2020-10-22T18:30:00-04:00 2020-10-22T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Livestream / Virtual event_image
Bridging the Gap Series: Women in State Government Panel (October 22, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78591 78591-20068100@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Leading Women of Tomorrow

Leading Women of Tomorrow at the University of Michigan is hosting the first event in its new Bridging the Gap Series on Thursday, October 22nd from 7-8:30pm!

The first event will be a Women in State Government Panel featuring Michigan State Representatives Christine Greig, Kristy Pagan, and Padma Kuppa. Each representative will introduce themselves followed by an open Q&A.

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

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 10 Nov 2020 14:20:21 -0500 2020-10-22T19:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T20:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Leading Women of Tomorrow Lecture / Discussion LWT - Women in State Gov Panel
Dr. Nahum Melamed on Asteroid Interception (October 22, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78685 78685-20105421@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Join the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics this Thursday, October 22nd, for a lecture by Dr. Nahum Melamed on Applying Guidance, Navigation, and Controls Solutions to the Problem of Asteroid Interception for Planetary Defense.

Dr. Melamed is a project leader in the Embedded Control Systems Department in the Guidance and Control Subdivision at The Aerospace Corporation who validates and certifies the flight software and mission parameters for the Delta IV launch vehicles, and conducts planetary defense technical and policy studies. He earned a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech.

If you're interested please add your name to the spreadsheet linked below.

When: Thursday, 22 October 2020 at 7pm ET (4pm PT)
Where: Zoom (see link below, passcode 424378)

We hope to see you there!!

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 20 Oct 2020 10:08:36 -0400 2020-10-22T19:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T20:15:00-04:00 Off Campus Location American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Lecture / Discussion lecture flyer
John U. Bacon -The Measure of Our Character: What We Do When No One’s Watching. (October 22, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78549 78549-20060209@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Fraternity & Sorority Life

The Delta Gamma Foundation, along with Xi Chapter, Ann Arbor DG Alumnae, and Fraternity & Sorority Life are pleased to host the 2020 Delta Gamma Lectureship on Ethics and Leadership. John U. Bacon, acclaimed University of Michigan history professor, writer of 10 books on sports and history, and noted journalist, will be speaking. His topic: The Measure of Our Character: What We Do When No One’s Watching.

Please join us via Zoom on Thursday, October 22, 7 pm EDT. To receive a Zoom link to this event, please register at https://tinyurl.com/lectureship2020

New York Times bestselling author John U. Bacon has written eleven books on sports, business, health, and history. His newest book, Overtime: Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan Wolverines at the Crossroads of College Football, was released September 3, 2019.

He free-lances for The Wall Street Journal, Yahoo, and others, appears often on TV, including HBO, ESPN, Fox Business, MSNBC, and the Big Ten Network, and delivers weekly essays for Michigan Radio and occasionally NPR, which awarded him the PRNDI prize for nation's best commentary in 2014.

He is a popular public speaker, who teaches at the University of Michigan, where the students awarded him the Golden Apple in 2009.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 14 Oct 2020 15:07:08 -0400 2020-10-22T19:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Fraternity & Sorority Life Livestream / Virtual John U. Bacan - journalist, author, and UM professor
Native Representation with Dr. Adrienne Keene (October 22, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78723 78723-20109386@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA

Dr. Adrienne Keene (Cherokee Nation) is a Native scholar, writer, blogger, and activist, and is passionate about reframing how the world sees contemporary Native cultures. She is the creator and author of Native Appropriations, a blog discussing cultural appropriation and stereotypes of Native peoples in fashion, film, music, and other forms of pop culture. She is also a co-host of the All My Relations Podcast that aims to explore our relationships— relationships to land, to our creatural relatives, and to one another.

Through her writing and activism, Keene questions and problematizes the ways Indigenous peoples are represented, asking for celebrities, large corporations, and designers to consider the ways they incorporate "Native" elements into their work. She is very interested in the way Native peoples are using social and new media to challenge misrepresentations and present counter-narratives that showcase true Native cultures and identities.

Adrienne holds a doctorate in Culture, Communities, and Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her research focuses on college access for Native (American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian) students and the role of precollege access programs in student success. She is currently working on a book about Native students in the college process, documenting the work of College Horizons, an incredible precollege program for Native students.

This talk will focus on stereotypes and cultural appropriation, and looks at the ways Native peoples are represented throughout popular culture and the ways Native peoples are pushing back on misrepresentation through social and new media. This talk explores the ways Native peoples have harnessed the power of storytelling through social media to change perceptions, make our communities visible, and tell our own modern, diverse stories in our own voices.

RSVP to attend this event: https://myumi.ch/Yy3zY

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 21 Oct 2020 22:30:03 -0400 2020-10-22T19:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T20:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA Livestream / Virtual Dr. Adrienne Keene
Election 2020: Let’s Talk About It (October 22, 2020 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78386 78386-20020764@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Political Science

Join U-M PoliSci faculty members Ted Brader, Christian Davenport, and Mary Gallagher to discuss a campaign season like no other and the issues that are defining it.

RSVP by October 19, 2020.

The panel will be moderated by Nancy Burns, Warren E. Miller Collegiate Professor Political Science and Department Chair. We invite your pre-submitted and live questions to guide the conversation.

TED BRADER'S research and teaching interests include public opinion and voting behavior, campaigns and elections, political parties, political psychology, and political communication. He is a Professor of Political Science, a Research Professor in the Center for Political Studies, and Co-Principal Investigator of the American National Election Studies.

CHRISTIAN DAVENPORT’S primary research interests include racism and popular culture, political conflict, and measurement. He is a Professor of Political Science, as well as a Faculty Associate at the Center for Political Studies.

MARY GALLAGHER’S research areas are Chinese politics, comparative politics of transitional and developing states, and law and society. She is the Amy and Alan Lowenstein Professor in Democracy, Democratization, and Human Rights, and the Director of The International Institute.

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 09 Oct 2020 16:56:05 -0400 2020-10-22T19:30:00-04:00 2020-10-22T20:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Political Science Livestream / Virtual Election Talk
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (October 23, 2020 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78511 78511-20052332@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Activities Center

Dearest audience member, Welcome to RUDE MECHANICALS' production of THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME, a play by Simon Stephens. Although we have lovely footage of the actors' recording process for you to view, we originally intended this show to be listened to as a radio play. So, if you like, please feel free to plug in some headphones, close your eyes, and listen in. Enjoy Christopher's story! Much love, The Curious Incident Team ***This video will be available for viewing from October 23 - 25, 2020.***

Claim Your Free Ticket Here: https://www.showtix4u.com/event-details/40827

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Performance Tue, 13 Oct 2020 17:13:40 -0400 2020-10-23T00:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University Activities Center Performance Curious Incident Poster
John Lewis: Good Trouble (SOLD OUT) (October 23, 2020 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78378 78378-20107404@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

REDEMPTIONS ARE SOLD OUT! For those who purchased before 12/15, you will have access to view the film until 12/31/20.

Synopsis:
An intimate account of legendary U.S. Representative John Lewis’ life, legacy and more than 60 years of extraordinary activism — from the bold teenager on the front lines of the Civil Rights movement to the legislative powerhouse he was throughout his career. After Lewis petitioned Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to help integrate a segregated school in his hometown of Troy, Alabama, King sent “the boy from Troy” a round trip bus ticket to meet with him. From that meeting onward, Lewis became one of King’s closest allies. He organized Freedom Rides that left him bloodied or jailed, and stood at the front lines in the historic marches on Washington and Selma. He never lost the spirit of the “boy from Troy” and called on his fellow Americans to get into “good trouble” until his passing on July 17, 2020.

96 Minutes.

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Film Screening Tue, 15 Dec 2020 13:22:50 -0500 2020-10-23T07:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T09:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Film Screening Theatrical one-sheet for JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE, a Magnolia Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures.
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (October 23, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947553@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 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 2020-10-23T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Family Week | Ancient Storytelling (October 23, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77253 77253-19828125@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve made some changes to how we’re presenting this fall’s Family Day. Instead of an in-person gathering at the Kelsey, Family Day will take place here on the Kelsey website and will last all week. Starting on Sunday, October 18, navigate to myumi.ch/VP2rn to access content related to this year’s theme, Ancient Storytelling. We’ll post new videos and family-friendly downloadable activities every day of the week, through Friday, October 23.


“Once Upon a Time …”

Every culture has its own stories. Some have been passed down from generation to generation for thousands of years. Join us online for Family Week to explore stories from Egypt, Greece, Rome, and the Near East.

Visit the Kelsey website starting on Sunday, October 18, to access digital content and fun activities that you can download and enjoy from the comfort of your home.

Explore …
the world of ancient stories and the people who told them.

Discover …
how archaeologists uncover ancient stories through artifacts.

Create …
your own stories with fun hands-on crafts and activities.

For more information, please call 734.647.4167.

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Livestream / Virtual Sat, 17 Oct 2020 21:34:44 -0400 2020-10-23T09:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Livestream / Virtual suitcase with travel stickers
In-Between the World and Dreams (October 23, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78990 78990-20168506@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 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 2020-10-23T09:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for the Humanities Exhibition In-Between the World and Dreams
Craft Lecture: Bringing Literary Sensibilities to Film and TV (October 23, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75400 75400-19463857@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Zell Visiting Writers Series

Literature is uniquely suited to express the interior lives of characters, whereas film and television are visual mediums. With writers more in demand than ever in Hollywood, this craft lecture will explore how literary writers can put themselves in a position to do both.


Jenny Zhang’s debut story collection, *Sour Heart*, centers on immigrants who have traded their endangered lives as artists in China and Taiwan for the constant struggle of life at the poverty line in 1990s New York City. Zhang is currently adapting *Sour Heart* into a feature-length film for A24.

From the young woman coming to terms with her grandmother’s role in the Cultural Revolution to the daughter struggling to understand where her family ends and she begins, to the girl discovering the power of her body to inspire and destroy, *Sour Heart*'s seven stories illuminate the complex and messy inner lives of girls struggling to define themselves.

Jenny Zhang is also the author of the poetry collection, *Dear Jenny, We Are All Find*. Her second collection of poetry, *My Baby First Birthday*, is forthcoming from Tin House. She is the recipient of the Pen/Bingham Award for Debut Fiction and the LA Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction.


The Zell Visiting Writers Series brings outstanding writers to campus each semester. The Series is made possible through a generous gift from U-M alumna Helen Zell (BA ’64, LLDHon ’13). For more information, please visit the Zell Visiting Writers Program webpage: https://lsa.umich.edu/writers

For any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs, please email asbates@umich.edu-- we are eager to help ensure that this event is inclusive to you. Copies of the readings and live, high quality auto-captions/transcriptions will be provided at all events.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 20 Aug 2020 14:09:24 -0400 2020-10-23T10:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Zell Visiting Writers Series Lecture / Discussion Jenny Zhang
U-M Structure Seminar: Christina Howard (October 23, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76030 76030-19655358@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Structural Biology

Christina Howard
Graduate Student
Cierpicki Lab
University of MIchigan

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 26 Aug 2020 15:57:21 -0400 2020-10-23T10:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Structural Biology Livestream / Virtual UM Structure Seminars
Yoga Flow (October 23, 2020 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78785 78785-20129108@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

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

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Exercise / Fitness Thu, 22 Oct 2020 15:24:08 -0400 2020-10-23T11:30:00-04:00 2020-10-23T12:20:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Exercise / Fitness Students focus on clarity and well-being in Yoga Flow.
Biophysics Seminar Series (October 23, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77918 77918-19941583@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Biophysics

*Please see below for the link to join the Zoom event.*

The Biophysics Virtual Seminar Series presents:

Dr. Sandra Schmid - Chief Scientific Officer, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub

“Dynamin: A catalyst for fission, collaboration and controversy”

ABSTRACT: Kazuo Ikeda’s beautiful electron micrographs of neuromuscular junctions of Drosophila *shibire* mutants revealed the presence of collar-like structures around the necks of trapped endocytic intermediates. They inspired my 30 year-long obsession with dynamin, the mammalian homologue of *shibire.* Our subsequent studies of dynamin, which began in the early 90s provide benefitted from the development of new technologies and from interdisciplinary collaboration. I’ll describe the twists and turns of our efforts to understand the mechanisms underlying dynamin-catalyzed fission, the value of interdisciplinary collaborations, and the importance of taking all data into account when formulating models. I’ll detail our current understanding of dynamin-catalyzed fission, now supported by independent studies of others, and briefly describe the many remaining unanswered questions, keeping in mind (in the words of George Box) that, *“All models are wrong, but some are useful."*

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 19 Oct 2020 15:12:59 -0400 2020-10-23T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Biophysics Livestream / Virtual Dr. Sandra Schmid
CSEAS Lecture Series. The Indies of the Setting Sun: Asia and the Early Modern Spanish Geopolitical Imagination (October 23, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76307 76307-19685534@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

Free event; please register in advance at: http://myumi.ch/3qV0m

Ricardo Padrón will be discussing his new book, *The Indies of the Setting Sun: How Early Modern Spain Mapped the Far East as the Transpacific West *(Chicago, 2020). Against established historiography that emphasizes the ways in which America was “invented” as a continent separate from Asia relatively early in the history of European contact with the New World, Padrón looks at the ways in which early modern Spaniards imagined the two continents as connected spaces. Crucial to this effort was the concept of the “Indies,” which retained a powerful transpacific dimension throughout the sixteenth century, in Spanish-speaking circles at least, serving to figure East and Southeast Asia as the western frontier of Spain’s New World empire.

Padrón is Associate Professor of Spanish at the University of Virginia. His earlier monograph, *The Spacious Word: Cartography, Literature, and Empire in Early Modern Spain* (Chicago 2004) established his reputation as a scholar of early modern cartography, broadly conceived, and on the relationship between visual and verbal mapping. His work has been supported by grants from the American Council of Learned Societies and the National Endowment for the Humanities. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Renaissance Society of America.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 15 Oct 2020 13:33:52 -0400 2020-10-23T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Livestream / Virtual padron_image
EIHS Symposium: Chaos and Clamor: An Introduction (October 23, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75586 75586-19542898@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies

Chaos and clamor resist our analytical grasp. They invoke a liminality that can be disruptive of, and also a provocation to, stability and order. Yet their outcomes are seldom predictable. It is precisely as threshold moments that they acquire their historical charge. Chaos and clamor, a public outcry or protestation, brings into focus the challenge of historical change: the often unexpected manner in which seemingly stable political and social orders can be suddenly made, unmade, and re-made. This theme invites us to offer new inflections on long-standing debates about the nature of history itself, the relative weight of individual and collective actions, of discrete events and moments, and of longer-term historical trends. This semester we explore the disorganization that propels history and our approach towards it.

Panelists:

Howard Brick (Louis Evans Chair in US History, University of Michigan)
Katherine French (J. Frederick Hoffman Professor of History, University of Michigan)
Ellen Muehlberger (Professor of History and Middle East Studies, University of Michigan)
Mrinalini Sinha, chair (Alice Freeman Palmer Professor of History, University of Michigan)

Note: This event was rescheduled from September 11 to October 23.

Free and open to the public. This is a remote event and will take place online via Zoom. Please register in advance here: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vHFO9O5MQgu1gSdTR5IJ_Q

This event is part of the Friday Series of the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies. It is made possible by a generous contribution from Kenneth and Frances Aftel Eisenberg.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 01 Oct 2020 15:57:17 -0400 2020-10-23T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies Conference / Symposium
Explore the arts in Downtown Ann Arbor! (October 23, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76129 76129-19663653@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 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 2020-10-23T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Art Around Town
Getting Ready for the Election (October 23, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78359 78359-20012806@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

Still working on your plan to support student voting and election engagement? This session is designed to be a one-stop shop for election preparation basics. We'll share resources to help your students get out to vote and discuss strategies for helping your students reflect on the impact of the election.

This is the 1st in a series to help faculty, academic program staff and GSIs prepare for the lead up to and after the election. You can opt in for one or all of the sessions. Learn more about Sessions 2 & 3 under Related Links below.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 21 Oct 2020 16:55:46 -0400 2020-10-23T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Ginsberg Center Livestream / Virtual Roll of I Voted stickers on a white background. Photo by Element 5 Digital on Unsplash.
Interdisciplinary Seminar in Social Science Methodology (I3SM) (October 23, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76393 76393-19711163@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Political Science

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 16:21:51 -0400 2020-10-23T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Political Science Livestream / Virtual Methodology
LEAD: Empowering and Elevating Marginalized Voices (October 23, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76520 76520-19721142@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

LEAD, Leading Equity And Diversity, is a series of conversations where attendees have the opportunity to hear from a diverse group of guests who lead and/or support DEI and Social Justice initiatives. This LEAD conversation will address the need to create a more inclusive environment for diverse communities on college campuses. Many faculty, staff and students of color have reported feeling isolated, unheard, and unseen. How can we elevate marginalized voices in the pursuit of racial equity and inclusion on our campuses? Speakers affiliated with the National Center for Institutional Diversity will discuss research and successful initiatives and offer strategies for change.
Access Real-Time Translation (CART) captioning services will be available.
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/wlKoq.
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, 17 Sep 2020 12:15:47 -0400 2020-10-23T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
Leveled: Gendered online aggression and the move toward equality in the digital workspace (October 23, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78509 78509-20052330@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

Join us for a panel discussion and break out sessions as we explore policy solutions to address bullying, harassment, doxxing, and other barriers to equality that women face working online.

Speakers:
- Rebekah Warren (Moderator), State Representative for Michigan’s 55th District and former State Senator for the 18th District. She has more years of experience as a legislator than any other current member of the state legislature and is the Democratic Vice Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee.
- Loraleigh Keashly, Ph.D., Professor, Communication, WSU Distinguished Service Professor, Wayne State University. Recent work includes “Conflict, conflict resolution and workplace bullying.” Keashly, L. Minkowitz, H. & Nowell, B.
- Rochelle Riley, ended a 20-year, award-winning stint as a Detroit Free Press columnist to become Director of Arts and Culture for the City of Detroit in 2019. She is author of "The Burden: African Americans and the Enduring Impact of Slavery" and "That They Lived: African Americans Who Changed The World."
- Erika M. Sparby, Ph.D., co-editor of Digital Ethics: Rhetoric and Responsibility in Online Aggression and assistant professor of digital rhetorics at Illinois State University.

Agenda:
- 12-12:50 p.m: Panel discussion
- 12:50-1:15 p.m.: Breakout sessions: A) Bystander intervention in digital spaces: how to combat online harassment and persevere, B) Navigating digital spaces as politicians, journalists, and academics: finding balance and brainstorming policy solutions
- 1:15-1:30 p.m.: Closing remarks

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 13 Oct 2020 16:27:21 -0400 2020-10-23T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Research on Women and Gender Livestream / Virtual Leveled
LUNCH & LEARN: "Location Modeling and Why it Still Matters" — Mark Daskin (October 23, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77022 77022-19790530@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 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:
Location Modeling and Why it Still Matters

Abstract:
Facility location modeling has been a traditional area of study in industrial engineering and operations research for decades. In this lunch-and-learn seminar, I will outline some of the key problems the area has addressed and why they remain critical in today’s era of extensive e-commerce. I will also touch on some of my own recent research in this area including supplier sourcing decisions at Ford, drug shortages, and emergency preparedness.

Bio:
My research focuses on supply chain network design in general and facility location models in particular. I also study problems in health care operations and funding and financing higher education. I am a past-president
of INFORMS, and am the former chair of the Industrial and Operations Engineering Department at the University of Michigan. I am a past editor-in-chief of both Transportation Science and IISE Transactions, the flagship journal of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers.

Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Michigan I was a professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences of the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University. I served as the chair of the IEMS department for six years.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 18 Sep 2020 10:46:59 -0400 2020-10-23T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Mark Daskin
Real World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions (October 23, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76460 76460-19717153@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 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 11:57:49 -0400 2020-10-23T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Poverty Solutions Livestream / Virtual Speaker Series graphic
Waymo Career Day (October 23, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78088 78088-19963474@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Engineering Career Resource Center

The ECRC is hosting a Virtual Career Day for Waymo on October 23 from 9:00AM - 4:00PM ET via the Career Fair Plus (CF+) App. Students may begin scheduling appointments for this Career Day on Monday, October 12 at 12PM ET.

Waymo’s mission is to make it safe and easy for people and things to move around. With the Waymo Driver, we can improve the world’s mobility while saving thousands of lives. With over twenty million miles already driven—and the ability to continuously learn from every mile—our technology never stops improving. Bringing the Waymo Driver to the world will only happen through the combined efforts of a diverse and dedicated team, with continuous innovation that aims to get even the smallest details right. We’ve been making steady progress. But there’s still a lot to be done. That’s where you come in.

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 12 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 linked above.

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Careers / Jobs Thu, 08 Oct 2020 11:00:46 -0400 2020-10-23T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Engineering Career Resource Center Careers / Jobs
[Aero Homecoming] 2020 State of the Department Address and Award Ceremony (October 23, 2020 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78262 78262-19998928@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 12:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Dr. Tony Waas is the Richard A. Auhll Department Chair and Felix Pawlowski Professor of Aerospace Engineering. On October 23rd at 12:30 PM, Dr. Waas will share the current state of the Department of Aerospace Engineering and his vision for the academic year with alumni, faculty, and students. Alumni and student award recipients will be recognized during a special award ceremony directly following the Department address.

Please register for these and other Homecoming Events by Monday, October 19th, 2020.

Registration link: https://bit.ly/33y6KgC

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Presentation Wed, 07 Oct 2020 10:01:26 -0400 2020-10-23T12:30:00-04:00 2020-10-23T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Aerospace Engineering Presentation Dr. Tony Waas, Aerospace Engineering Department Chair Photo
Creative Connections: Stamps Alumni & Student Mixer (October 23, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77535 77535-19879852@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Join us for a Creative Connections Mixer which brings Stamps students and alumni together to network virtually.

Alumni, this is your chance to meet with current students from all disciplines who want to learn from your expertise, get advice, and connect.
Students, don’t miss the opportunity to connect with Stamps alumni who are eager to meet you and support your creative practice and career exploration.

Auto-generated Live Transcript will be available for this Zoom event. If you anticipate needing any additional accommodations to participate, please contact Melissa Herter at arnettm@umich.edu.

Please RSVP to reserve your place for this free event: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEudeCoqTMrG9a0SzCkvmD0f_D0MzoOeYjD

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 21 Sep 2020 18:15:13 -0400 2020-10-23T13:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Livestream / Virtual https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/calendar/2020-virtual-homecoming-email-with-logo.jpg
Minicolloquium | Understanding Self-Organization of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells (October 23, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78664 78664-20099532@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Physics

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

Human pluripotent stem cells resemble the cells of the early human embryo and have the potential to differentiate into any cell type of the body. Remarkably, they have an intrinsic ability to self-organize into embryo-like or organ-like structures and will spontaneously form spatial patterns in a dish through interplay of biochemical signaling networks and cell mechanics. Understanding how they do this will both answer fundamental questions about developmental biology and aid countless therapeutic applications. The quantitative toolkit of physics is essential to unravel the mechanisms that underlie the complex spatiotemporal behavior of these cells as they self-organize. I will discuss how quantitative experiments with stem cells have led us to challenge existing models for cell differentiation and pitch a project to explore how physical forces influence cell fate decisions.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 23 Oct 2020 18:15:38 -0400 2020-10-23T13:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Physics Workshop / Seminar
Phondi Discussion Group (October 23, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77892 77892-19939594@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 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 2020-10-23T13:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Linguistics Livestream / Virtual
Putting the Ace in Sex Ed (October 23, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78468 78468-20050322@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Spectrum Center

More Ace Week events: https://bit.ly/SC-AceWeek
Register for Spectrum Center events: https://bit.ly/LGBTQ-UM-Events

What if your sex ed class included asexuality? Most sexual education is not ace-friendly, much less ace-focused, and we're going to take a stab at fixing that! This interactive workshop will focus on defining terms like consent, desire, and arousal, communication in relationships, setting boundaries, and being proud of your identity! You will be invited to reflect on how you experience your sexuality and have the opportunity to learn from asexual and ace-spectrum experiences.

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 Tue, 13 Oct 2020 09:59:25 -0400 2020-10-23T13:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Spectrum Center Workshop / Seminar Ace Week from the Spectrum Center will have two events: Putting the Ace in Sex Ed on October 23rd from 1 to 2 PM and an Ace/Aro CenterSpace Game Night on October 25th starting at 5pm.
Shakespeare’s Poetry (October 23, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75504 75504-19513171@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Many of us have encountered the plays of William Shakespeare, but fewer of us are as familiar with his poetry as we are with his dramatic canon. In this course, we will set aside the Bard’s stage productions to read and analyze Shakespeare’s lyric and narrative poetry. Over four weeks, we will work through a selection of The Sonnets in addition to The Phoenix and the Turtle, A Lover’s Complaint, Venus and Adonis, and Lucrece. No previous experience with poetry or Shakespearean language is required. The Oxford edition of “The Complete Sonnets and Poems” is the recommended edition. Instructor Margo Kolenda-Mason is a Ph.D. Candidate in the English Department at the University of Michigan. When she is not teaching, she researches medieval and early modern literature.

The study groups will be held on Fridays from October 23 through November 13. 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 15:04:10 -0400 2020-10-23T13:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
Structural Analysis of the Helicobacter pylori Pore-Forming Toxin, VacA (October 23, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77655 77655-19899714@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Cell & Developmental Biology

Dissertation Seminar
Hosted the Dissertation Committee:
Professor Lois Weisman, Chair
Associate Professor Melanie Ohi, Mentor
Assistant Professor Michael Cianfrocco
Assistant Professor Randy Stockbridge

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 24 Sep 2020 07:28:16 -0400 2020-10-23T13:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Cell & Developmental Biology Livestream / Virtual Amanda Erwin - PhD Candidate
The Interdisciplinary Workshop on Comparative Politics (IWCP) (October 23, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76252 76252-19679574@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 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 2020-10-23T13:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T14:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP) Livestream / Virtual IWCP
[Aero Homecoming] Cultural and Career Panel Discussion (October 23, 2020 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78275 78275-20002861@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 1:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Panelists -
Dr. Anthony Waas (UM Aero Dept Chair)
Kevin Michaels (President, AeroDynamic Advisory)
Kathryn Elliott (Chief of Performance & Aerothermal Systems, Rolls-Royce Corporation)
Aisha Bowe (Founder & CEO, Stemboard)
Corey Brooker (Staff Systems Engineer, Human Space Flight - Project Orion)
Moderator: Maddy Eichenberg (Aerospace Engineering Junior)

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

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

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Class / Instruction Fri, 16 Oct 2020 16:50:36 -0400 2020-10-23T13:30:00-04:00 2020-10-23T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Aerospace Engineering Class / Instruction Cultural and Career Panelist
CSAS 2020 Film Series | Travelling Film South Asia (October 23, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77454 77454-19854040@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for South Asian Studies

During the Fall Term, CSAS will make the documentaries from the 2020 Film South Asia film festival available to our community.

Following the agreement with the copyright holders, each film will be available for 12 hours, from 2 pm of the day, until 2 am the morning after.
Please register at: https://forms.gle/9BfAKE3QqvC5f5xi9

Friday, September 25, 2020
We Have Not Come Here to Die by Deepa Dhanraj, India, 78 mins

Friday, October 2, 2020
Scratches on Stone by Amit Mahanti, India, 66 mins + Listen by Min Min Hein, Myanmar, 13 mins

Friday, October 16, 2020
The Winter Tap by Aashish Limbu & Debin Rai, Nepal, 12 mins + Badshah Lear by Anant Raina, India, 61 mins

Friday, October 23, 2020
In Fact by Debalina Majumder, India, 51 mins + Chai Darbari by Prateek Shekhar, India, 29 mins

Friday, November 06, 2020
Facing the Dragon by Sedika Mojadidi, Afghanistan, 82 mins

Friday, November 20, 2020
Janani’s Juliet by Pankaj Rishi Kumar, India, 53 mins + Memoirs of Saira and Salim by Eshwarya Grover, India, 14 mins + And What is the Summer Saying by Payal Kapadia, India, 23 mins

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 02 Oct 2020 10:08:12 -0400 2020-10-23T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-24T02:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for South Asian Studies Livestream / Virtual Travelling Film South Asia 2020 Film Series
Get Out the Vote: Empowering the Women's Vote (October 23, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77531 77531-19879815@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 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 2020-10-23T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/exhibitions/2020_gotv_header-02.jpg
GISC Event. Muslims in Comics: Superheroes & Scapegoats (October 23, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78302 78302-20004861@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Friday, October 23, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Zoom Webinar Link: http://bit.ly/MuslimsInComics

Panelists will include: Esra Mirze Santesso, Chris Gavaler, Aliyah Khan, & Karla Mallette. The event will be moderated by Sena Duran

This event is free and open to the public but please RSVP: Zoom Webinar Link: http://bit.ly/MuslimsInComics

Schedule:
2:00 PM: Esra Mirze Santesso - Human Rights, Narratives of War in Iran and Kashmir

2:15 PM: Karla Mallette - Resistance of Muslims in Comics

2:30 PM: Aliyah Khan - Orientalist Representations of Muslim Female Superheroes

2:45 PM: Chris Gavaler - Islamic History of 20th Century Superhero

3:00 PM: Talkback

3:30 PM: Q&A


From dissidents to villains to superheroes, how are Muslim characters written--and how does the public read them--in comic books today? This workshop explores the roles open to Muslim characters in serialized comics and graphic novels. The medium of serialized comics, commercialized in the twentieth century by mainstream comics publishers such as Marvel and DC, and epitomized by their respective superhero universes, has long been associated with a lack of racial and religious diversity, the sexualization of female characters, and a reader base that is stereotypically young, male, and white. Minority characters were often limited to tokenized villains or sidekicks designed for comic relief. But the contemporary young Muslim female superhero Ms. Marvel symbolizes a comics landscape that is changing. In the contexts of the Gulf Wars, 9/11, the Arab Spring, the Palestinian conflict, ongoing civil unrest in the Middle East, and worldwide refugee migrant crises, writers and artists from the Muslim and Arab worlds, and others writing journalistically and historically about those locales, are at the forefront of graphic medium literary production.

Graphic novels and comics by and about Muslims and Arabs comprise a growing and distinctive narrative strain within comics studies—one that this event of comics and Muslim and Arab Studies artists and scholars seeks to investigate.

Chris Gavaler (On the Origin of Superheroes: From the Big Bang to Action Comics No. 1, 2015) explores the Islamicist history of the 20th-century superhero.

Esra Mirze Santesso (Disorientation: Muslim Identity in Contemporary Anglophone Literature, 2013) discusses human rights discourse in narratives of war and dissidence in Iran and Kashmir.

Karla Mallette (European Modernity and the Arab Mediterranean, 2010) reports on resistance to Muslim and other minority identity politics from some comics readers.

Aliyah Khan (Far from Mecca: Globalizing the Muslim Caribbean, 2020) examines orientalist representations of Muslim female superheroes.

Sena Duran is a third-year PhD student in the department of American Culture. Her research approaches representations of Muslims in U.S. visual media through Feminist and Genre Studies frameworks, with specific attention to the use of monstrosity and eroticism in narratives of U.S. nationalism, empire, and racial subjugation.


The presenters bring postcolonial, decolonial, comics studies, and historicizing methodologies to bear on understanding commonalities and differences among Islamic, Muslim, and Arab graphic narratives, reading them as transnational works that, as many of their subjects do, cross borders and resist authoritarian states.


Cosponsored by: The Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, The Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, Middle East Studies, and Arab and Muslim American Studies

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 07 Oct 2020 16:13:47 -0400 2020-10-23T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Lecture / Discussion event_image
HistLing Discussion Group: Old Chinese messages from underground (October 23, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77831 77831-19933621@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

HistLing is devoted to discussions of language change. Group members include interested faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates from a wide variety of U-M departments -- Linguistics, Anthropology, Asian Languages and Cultures, Classics, Germanic Languages, Near Eastern Studies, Romance Languages, Slavic Languages - and from two nearby universities, Eastern Michigan (Ypsilanti) and Wayne State (Detroit).

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 20 Oct 2020 16:00:24 -0400 2020-10-23T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Linguistics Livestream / Virtual
Minor in Writing Virtual Info Session (October 23, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78301 78301-20004860@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 2:00pm
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 2020-10-23T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Social / Informal Gathering MiW flyer
Rackham 101: Graduate Student Check-In (October 23, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77077 77077-19794511@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

This session will provide you with the opportunity to network with other graduate students and to share your experiences, challenges, and concerns about graduate school.
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/bvNVZ.
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 00:15:46 -0400 2020-10-23T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T15:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
Rackham Resolution Office: Virtual Office Hours (October 23, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76915 76915-19776579@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 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 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 Tue, 08 Sep 2020 18:15:42 -0400 2020-10-23T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
Real and Imagined: Fabric Works and Video Animations by Heidi Kumao (October 23, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77532 77532-19879838@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 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 2020-10-23T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T19:00:00-04:00 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 23, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77530 77530-19879791@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 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 2020-10-23T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Auditions https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/exhibitions/Respond.jpg
Seminar 2 on Measuring the Liberal Arts (October 23, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78330 78330-20010768@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Education Policy Initiative

The Next Generation Undergraduate Success Measurement Project, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, is an exploratory project to develop and implement a state-of-the-art measurement project to improve our understanding of the value of undergraduate educational experiences, and promote evidence-based models of undergraduate student success. The research team will present the project framework and design, as well as preliminary findings about students’ academic achievement, academic engagement, mental health, and new challenges and responsibilities in times of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Speakers

Richard Arum
Dean; Professor of Sociology and Education
University of California, Irvine


Jacquelynne S. Eccles
Distinguished Professor of Education
University of California, Irvine


Luise von Keyserlingk
Postdoctoral Scholar
University of California, Irvine


Timothy McKay (Moderator)
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education;
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Physics, Astronomy, Education
University of Michigan

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 08 Oct 2020 09:40:35 -0400 2020-10-23T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T15:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Education Policy Initiative Workshop / Seminar LS&A picture
Special Physics Presentation | Science Policy: The View from the Trenches (October 23, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77753 77753-19909895@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Physics

Presentation Link: http://myumi.ch/zxWXV

What if you could erase the board and redesign APS lobbying and advocacy from scratch? What issues would you work on, what techniques would you deploy? That’s precisely the position the APS Office of Government Affairs found itself in nearly four years ago. The talk will describe the circumstances APS faced, and how we responded, focusing on particular APS campaigns that successfully pushed back against federal proposals for deep cuts to R&D funding and for a new tax on graduate students. The talk will then consider current issues and how APS is now using the grassroots-based approach it developed to advance legislation on STEM visa-reform and to pass legislation in the House of Representatives to address sexual harassment in STEM.

Bio:
Francis Slakey is the Chief External Affairs Officer of the American Physical Society, overseeing the governmental, international, and industrial activities of APS.

Dr. Slakey received his Ph.D. in Physics in 1992 from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and was the Upjohn Lecturer on Science and Public Policy at Georgetown University where he founded the Program on Science in the Public Interest. He served in advisory positions for a diverse set of organizations including the National Geographic, the Council on Foreign Relations, the International Panel on Solutions to Sustainability, the Creative Coalition, and the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a MacArthur Scholar, and a Lemelson Research Associate of the Smithsonian Institution.

Dr. Slakey became the 28th American to summit Mt. Everest in an unguided environmental expedition that was the subject of the movie "Beyond the Summit", described in his international best-selling adventure memoir “To The Last Breath.” He is the first person in history to both summit the highest mountain on every continent and surf every ocean. In recognition of his adventures, as part of the 2002 Olympic Games, he carried the Olympic torch from the steps of the U.S. Capitol.

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 23 Oct 2020 08:12:32 -0400 2020-10-23T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Physics Livestream / Virtual Photo of Francis Slakey
The Value of Residential Liberal Arts Education: Lessons from COVID-19 (Seminar 2 on Measuring the Liberal Arts) (October 23, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76064 76064-19661511@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Join us for a year-long series of virtual panel discussions and seminars exploring the values, dimensions, and outcomes of liberal arts education, and how they might be measured. Academic leaders, researchers, faculty members, and national experts will gather to consider issues long central to liberal arts education, as well as its status in the current climate.

Visit the College and Beyond II: Liberal Arts and Life Colloquium Series website for more information on this and all upcoming events: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/liberalarts

Seminar 1 on Measuring the Liberal Arts Speakers:

Richard Arum
Dean, School of Education
University of California – Irvine

Jacquelynne Eccles
Distinguished Professor of Education
University of California – Irvine

Luise von Keyserlingk
Postdoctoral Fellow and Project Director
University of California – Irvine

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 18 Sep 2020 11:49:34 -0400 2020-10-23T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T15:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Workshop / Seminar
NEW DATE! CEW+ Advocacy Symposium Kick-off Event: Creating Change through Introspection, Dialogue, and Action (October 23, 2020 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75672 75672-19560794@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: CEW+

Join CEW+ for its annual fall Symposium themed Creating Change through Introspection, Dialogue, and Action. The 2020 Symposium includes a diverse group of scholars and community practitioners who embody leadership in varied ways as they advocate for change. This year’s Symposium will be a virtual event that includes a series of presentations and workshops that will take place over the course of the academic year.

At the kickoff event on October 23, Dr. Martha Jones will discuss the role of Black women in the civil rights and voting rights movements and the ongoing struggle for voting rights for different populations. The kickoff will also highlight 2020 CEW+ Carol Hollenshead Inspire Award for Excellence in Promoting Equity and Social Change awardees who will present lightning talks about their work as a precursor to a full-length workshop that will happen later in the academic year as a component of the Symposium. The learning opportunities throughout the year-long Symposium will supplement Democracy and Debate Theme Semester coursework and activities.

This Symposium is free and open to all activists, advocates, and allies from all U-M campuses (students, staff, faculty) as well as the local community.

The CEW+ Advocacy Symposium is organized in partnership with IRWG and Clements Library with funding from CEW+’s Frances & Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund.

RSVP here for the Zoom link: cew.umich.edu/events/2020-cew-advocacy-symposium

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 01 Oct 2020 12:42:10 -0400 2020-10-23T14:30:00-04:00 2020-10-23T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location CEW+ Conference / Symposium 2020 Symposium Logo
HET Seminar | Feynman Integrals and Intersection Theory (October 23, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77380 77380-19846064@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Leinweber Center for Theoretical Physics

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

Singularity structure of scattering amplitudes is as intricate as it is inscrutable. Work in this area over the recent years has been hinting at an existence of a “scalar product” between Feynman integrals, which would tell us how to characterize their analytic behavior. In this talk I will explain how to formulate this notion using the tools of intersection theory as well as review its theoretical and practical applications.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 14 Oct 2020 22:05:17 -0400 2020-10-23T15:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Leinweber Center for Theoretical Physics Lecture / Discussion
SynSem Discussion Group (October 23, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77836 77836-19933627@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 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 2020-10-23T15:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Linguistics Livestream / Virtual
Smith Lecture: Petrological Modeling of Subduction of the Oceanic Crust: Insights into Slab Dehydration and Melting (October 23, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75006 75006-19136108@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Earth and Environmental Sciences

Zoom Meeting ID: 96620344427
Subduction of oceanic lithosphere at convergent margins drives plate tectonic motion on Earth. Determining the petrophysical changes that occur to subducted crust along the downgoing slab–asthenospheric mantle interface is critical to defining mass and energy transport between the hydrosphere and deep interior, and for constraining long-term geochemical cycles. Here, I show via petrological modelling how phase assemblages, the P–T conditions of key devolatilization reactions, and the effect of densification with depth vary for typical MORB along newly defined “hotter” subduction zone geotherms for cold, warm, and average environments. The depth and extent of devolatilization of typical MORB is strongly dependent on the geotherm under which the oceanic crust subducts. At the onset of subduction along a warm geotherm, metabasites contain ~3 wt% of H2O, and release ~45% of the bulk-rock H2O in a fluid pulse at ~20 km. Below these depths, metabasites will dehydrate gradually liberating 45% of the bulk-rock H2O and complete dehydration will be achieved at ~70 km. Oceanic crust subducting along an average geotherm will contain ~3.5 wt% of H2O at the onset of subduction, and will release ~40% of the bulk-rock H2O in two fluid pluses occurring at ~30 and 50 km. Below these depths, the metabasite will dehydrate gradually liberating ~50% of the bulk-rock H2O and complete dehydration will be achieved at ~80 km. By contrast, at the onset of cold subduction, metabasites will typically be H2O undersaturated, and will dehydrate gradually at different depths, subducting ~0.6 wt% of H2O to sub-arc depths. Metabasites subducting along a warm and average geotherm will liberate most of the fluids at shallower depths, suggesting that these lithologies might preferentially exhume, yet MORB subducting along cold geotherms will not dehydrate until greater depths, inhibiting buoyancy-driven exhumation. While we show that metabasites formed along warmer geotherms are denser than metabasites from colder geotherms, buoyancy-driven exhumation provoked by fluids play a most important role than the overall metabasite bulk-rock density. We also put forward that slab melting occurs only along the hottest subduction geotherms. In these subduction zones, whereas melting is predicted to occur at subarc depths—allowing adakitic magmatism. We posit that in the hottest subduction zones, aqueous fluids and hydrous melts enhance chemical recycling.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 22 Sep 2020 15:00:00 -0400 2020-10-23T15:30:00-04:00 2020-10-23T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Earth and Environmental Sciences Lecture / Discussion
Linguistics Colloquium: Accessibility and timing (October 23, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77591 77591-19885836@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

Linguist Matt Wagers of the University of California, Santa Cruz, will give a talk on Friday, October 23, titled "Accessibility and timing."

ABSTRACT
Subject relative clauses are generally easier to comprehend than non-subject relative clauses. This subject gap advantage (SGA) is a fact that grounded, conjecturally, Keenan & Comrie (1977)’s Accessibility Hierarchy and one which has been extensively investigated (e.g., Kwon, Lee, Gordon, Kluender & Polinsky, 2010). In recent years a new generation of studies has challenged or re-characterized the SGA by incorporating data from language users whose grammars provide better resources for disentangling competing theories, and who are not typically included in psycholinguistic experiments. This has certainly resulted in a more nuanced understanding of the SGA and relative clause processing. But more than that, it has also mapped out new topics, such as the processing of verb-initial clauses or ergative-absolutive case systems. In the first part of the talk, I will tour this new state-of-the-art to highlight some of these emerging findings and research agendas. In the second part of the talk, I will draw on work from my own group on Chamorro and Zapotec to support the idea that the SGA is driven fundamentally by timing, that is, the order in which syntactic hypotheses are projected from partial evidence.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 19 Oct 2020 11:26:37 -0400 2020-10-23T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion
Barre Above (October 23, 2020 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78765 78765-20129117@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 4:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

Challenge and sculpt your body without risk of injury from overuse by using a sequence of movements within different ranges of motion. No barre necessarily required and minimal equipment is used.

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Exercise / Fitness Fri, 23 Oct 2020 15:25:14 -0400 2020-10-23T16:30:00-04:00 2020-10-23T17:20:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Exercise / Fitness Students sculpt their bodies in Barre Above
Brave Blue World (October 23, 2020 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78497 78497-20052316@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 4:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Narrated by Liam Neeson, the documentary Brave Blue World challenges some of the commonly held myths and assumptions about water, and introduces the pioneers and innovators at the front-line addressing global water and sanitation challenges in new and creative ways. The film includes interviews with leading water activists and researchers, including Matt Damon and Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Glen Daigger.

After the screening, a panel of experts on water and policy will answer questions and discuss their vision for the future of water in Michigan and beyond.

PANEL
-Eleanor Allen: CEO, Water For People
-Glen Daigger: Professor, University of Michigan Civil and Environmental Engineering
-Debbie Dingell: U.S. Congresswoman (MI-12)
-Rebecca Esselman: Executive Director, Huron River Watershed Council
-Paul O’Callaghan: CEO, BlueTech Research; Producer, Brave Blue World
-Jen Read (Moderator): Water Center Director, Graham Sustainability Institute

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Film Screening Tue, 13 Oct 2020 13:49:23 -0400 2020-10-23T16:30:00-04:00 2020-10-23T18:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Civil and Environmental Engineering Film Screening Lighthouse
The Boys: Q&A with Stephan Fleet (October 23, 2020 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78713 78713-20107421@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 4:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Activities Center

We are excited to have Stephan Fleet, the VFX Supervisor from The Boys, join us for a live Q&A session. Join the meeting for a trivia event where you could win Amazon gift cards.

Zoom link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/95659714609

Be sure to follow us on Instagram @umflicks and add M-Flicks on LinkedIn!

Background on The Boys:
The Boys is an American superhero streaming television series developed by Eric Kripke for Prime Video. Based on the comic book of the same name by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, it follows the eponymous team of vigilantes as they combat superpowered individuals who abuse their abilities

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Other Fri, 23 Oct 2020 15:34:14 -0400 2020-10-23T16:30:00-04:00 2020-10-23T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University Activities Center Other The Boys: Q&A with Stephan Fleet (4:30pm-6:00pm)
Metabolic Circuit (October 23, 2020 4:45pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78806 78806-20129134@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 4:45pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

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

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Exercise / Fitness Fri, 23 Oct 2020 11:39:41 -0400 2020-10-23T16:45:00-04:00 2020-10-23T17:35:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Exercise / Fitness
Lower Body Sculpt (October 23, 2020 5:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78808 78808-20129143@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 5:15pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

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

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Exercise / Fitness Fri, 23 Oct 2020 11:44:06 -0400 2020-10-23T17:15:00-04:00 2020-10-23T18:05:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Exercise / Fitness
Cardio Hip Hop (October 23, 2020 5:45pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78809 78809-20129148@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 5:45pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

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

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Exercise / Fitness Fri, 23 Oct 2020 11:47:36 -0400 2020-10-23T17:45:00-04:00 2020-10-23T18:35:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Exercise / Fitness
Hatha Yoga (October 23, 2020 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78811 78811-20129161@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 6:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

This class will combine yoga poses (asanas) with breathing exercises (pranayama) to help align and calm your body, mind, and spirit in preparation for meditation. Hatha can be translated to mean balance or literally “sun” (ha) and “moon” (tha). Traditional asanas are held in accurate alignment. It develops strength, flexibility, endurance, and steadiness, bringing greater balance on all levels (body, mind and spirit). Modifications are offered to accommodate all skill levels. EQUIPMENT NEEDED: Open space with soft flooring (e.g. yoga mat, towel, carpet)

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Exercise / Fitness Fri, 23 Oct 2020 11:52:01 -0400 2020-10-23T18:30:00-04:00 2020-10-23T19:20:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Exercise / Fitness This class will combine yoga poses (asanas) with breathing exercises (pranayama) to help align and calm your body, mind, and spirit.
Game Night! (October 23, 2020 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78193 78193-19989059@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Comprehensive Studies Program

It’s been a tough semester. Remember that self care and stress relief are important. Take some time to play a (virtual) game with other CSP students, relax, and have fun!

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 05 Oct 2020 17:06:48 -0400 2020-10-23T19:30:00-04:00 2020-10-23T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Comprehensive Studies Program Workshop / Seminar
Ibrahim Mahama: In-Between the World and Dreams (October 23, 2020 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77323 77323-19840078@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

This conversation brings together collaborators of the ambitious Institute for the Humanities-led project, In-Between the World and Dreams: Amanda Krugliak, Arts Curator UM Institute for the Humanities and Lead Curator; Ozi Uduma, Assistant Curator for Global Contemporary Art at UMMA; Laura De Becker, Curator of African Art and Interim Chief Curator at UMMA; Neil Barclay, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History; and Ibrahim Mahama, internationally known Ghanaian artist and Director of the Savannah Center for the Arts in Tamale, Ghana. 

The project presents public facing installations at a time when our indoor spaces and opportunity for engagement with the arts are limited. Mahama’s work acknowledges the troubling histories of colonialism and slavery in the Western world, and the labor of Black and brown people behind global exchange. At the same time, the work and overall project speaks to building new worlds out of failed systems, futures out of disappointments, asking the question, What can we do? Mahama addresses this prompt in a statement for the project: “promises of the present can start with ghosts from both the future and past. Ghosts are an embodiment of failed revolutions and unrealized futures, which need to be used as a starting point for new conversations within this century and beyond. Every life form is a gift.” The conversation discusses the critical role art and artists can play in times of crisis, and the significance of public art at a time when we are changing the picture as to who we honor and what we value.

In-Between the World and Dreams is made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, supporting the Institute for the Humanities commitment to High Stakes Art. In partnership with Institute for the Humanities, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Charles Wright Museum of African American History.

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, 21 Oct 2020 12:15:09 -0400 2020-10-23T20:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T21:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Livestream / Virtual https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/lectures/Ibrahim-Mahama.jpg
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (October 24, 2020 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78511 78511-20052333@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 24, 2020 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Activities Center

Dearest audience member, Welcome to RUDE MECHANICALS' production of THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME, a play by Simon Stephens. Although we have lovely footage of the actors' recording process for you to view, we originally intended this show to be listened to as a radio play. So, if you like, please feel free to plug in some headphones, close your eyes, and listen in. Enjoy Christopher's story! Much love, The Curious Incident Team ***This video will be available for viewing from October 23 - 25, 2020.***

Claim Your Free Ticket Here: https://www.showtix4u.com/event-details/40827

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Performance Tue, 13 Oct 2020 17:13:40 -0400 2020-10-24T00:00:00-04:00 2020-10-24T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University Activities Center Performance Curious Incident Poster
John Lewis: Good Trouble (SOLD OUT) (October 24, 2020 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78378 78378-20107405@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 24, 2020 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

REDEMPTIONS ARE SOLD OUT! For those who purchased before 12/15, you will have access to view the film until 12/31/20.

Synopsis:
An intimate account of legendary U.S. Representative John Lewis’ life, legacy and more than 60 years of extraordinary activism — from the bold teenager on the front lines of the Civil Rights movement to the legislative powerhouse he was throughout his career. After Lewis petitioned Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to help integrate a segregated school in his hometown of Troy, Alabama, King sent “the boy from Troy” a round trip bus ticket to meet with him. From that meeting onward, Lewis became one of King’s closest allies. He organized Freedom Rides that left him bloodied or jailed, and stood at the front lines in the historic marches on Washington and Selma. He never lost the spirit of the “boy from Troy” and called on his fellow Americans to get into “good trouble” until his passing on July 17, 2020.

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Film Screening Tue, 15 Dec 2020 13:22:50 -0500 2020-10-24T07:00:00-04:00 2020-10-24T09:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Film Screening Theatrical one-sheet for JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE, a Magnolia Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures.
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (October 24, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947554@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 24, 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 2020-10-24T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-24T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Cardio Kickboxing (October 24, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78812 78812-20129175@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 24, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

Come punch and kick to the beat of great music! In this quick-paced cardio class, your body will stay in motion as you build strength, endurance, and confidence. People of all fitness levels will get results at this fun and challenging class. EQUIPMENT NEEDED: None

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Exercise / Fitness Fri, 23 Oct 2020 11:57:23 -0400 2020-10-24T09:00:00-04:00 2020-10-24T09:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Exercise / Fitness
In-Between the World and Dreams (October 24, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78990 78990-20168507@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 24, 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 2020-10-24T09:00:00-04:00 2020-10-24T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for the Humanities Exhibition In-Between the World and Dreams
Focus on Women Series: Breast Cancer (October 24, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78716 78716-20109379@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 24, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UMHS Rogel Cancer Center Community Outreach Office

The Rogel Cancer Center Community Outreach and Engagement Team along with our community partners invite you to join us for a virtual Focus on Women Series: Breast Cancer via Zoom with Michigan Medicine speakers. Topics and presenters are listed below. We hope you will join in and bring your questions.

Presentation Topics
Breast Cancer Screening Safely During COVID- Annette Joe, M.D.

A Tale of Two Women: Disparities in Breast Cancer Genetics - Versha Pleasant, M.D.

In partnership with the following Sororities:

Zeta Phi Beta, Sigma Gamma Rho, and Alpha Kappa Alpha


The Zoom link information will be sent via email after you register at: https://focus_on_women_october_2020.eventbrite.com

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 20 Oct 2020 18:08:55 -0400 2020-10-24T10:00:00-04:00 2020-10-24T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UMHS Rogel Cancer Center Community Outreach Office Workshop / Seminar Flyer for event:
Hatha Yoga (October 24, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78811 78811-20129166@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 24, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

This class will combine yoga poses (asanas) with breathing exercises (pranayama) to help align and calm your body, mind, and spirit in preparation for meditation. Hatha can be translated to mean balance or literally “sun” (ha) and “moon” (tha). Traditional asanas are held in accurate alignment. It develops strength, flexibility, endurance, and steadiness, bringing greater balance on all levels (body, mind and spirit). Modifications are offered to accommodate all skill levels. EQUIPMENT NEEDED: Open space with soft flooring (e.g. yoga mat, towel, carpet)

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Exercise / Fitness Fri, 23 Oct 2020 11:52:01 -0400 2020-10-24T10:00:00-04:00 2020-10-24T10:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Exercise / Fitness This class will combine yoga poses (asanas) with breathing exercises (pranayama) to help align and calm your body, mind, and spirit.
Cardio Hip Hop (October 24, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78809 78809-20129153@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 24, 2020 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

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

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Exercise / Fitness Fri, 23 Oct 2020 11:47:36 -0400 2020-10-24T11:00:00-04:00 2020-10-24T11:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Exercise / Fitness
2020 Building Power Against White Supremacy Conference (October 24, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78661 78661-20099529@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 24, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Black Radical Healing Pathways

The 2020 Building Power Against White Supremacy Conference: Beyond Voting is this Saturday, October 24, 2020, from 12 PM to 4:30 PM ET!

Register today at https://buildingpower20.wixsite.com/bpaws2020.

With the U.S. general election days away, we’ll have rich conversations all afternoon about how we might reimagine our current democracy. While the theme speaks to a crucial election year where our votes are an explicit argument against white supremacy and anti-blackness, we also know that voting is not the only tool we wield to transform the injustices we are immersed in.

Come! Join in community to learn about what other tools we have. Build relationships, care for ourselves and one another, and dig into how we abolish the systems that bind us to the settler colonial project of white supremacy.

We invite you to visit our website to browse the conference schedule, explore this year’s Beyond Voting theme, and register for the conference at https://buildingpower20.wixsite.com/bpaws2020.

Sponsors:
The Carceral State Project
Faculty Allies for Diversity Committee, SSW​
LGBTQ+ Advocates & Speakers Grant, Spectrum Center
Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP)
Rackham Student Government (RSG)
School of Social Work (SSW)

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 23 Oct 2020 21:46:29 -0400 2020-10-24T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-24T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Black Radical Healing Pathways Conference / Symposium Multicolored text on a yellow background with a black, red, and green raised fist on the far left. Text reads from top to bottom, centered down the page: (in black) Building Power Against White Supremacy 2020, (in kelly green) Beyond Voting!, (in red) Saturday, October 24 at 12 PM - 4:30 PM EDT, (in green) Register + More Info: (in black) https://tinyurl.com/BPAWS20, Keynote Speaker Danielle Atkinson, Founder & Executive Director, Mothering Justice. Danielle’s headshot shows a smiling brown-skinned black woman with locs that reach just past her shoulders. She is wearing a gold necklace with a lattice-chain pattern, with a black shirt underneath white floral sweater featuring large-scale blooming flowers of blood red, cloud white, and blush pink peppering her sweater.
Community Matters Watch Party (October 24, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78273 78273-20002857@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 24, 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 2020-10-24T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-24T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Housing Diversity and Inclusion Livestream / Virtual Michigan Housing You Belong Here Slogan
Explore the arts in Downtown Ann Arbor! (October 24, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76129 76129-19663654@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 24, 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 2020-10-24T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-24T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Art Around Town
Yoga Core (October 24, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78846 78846-20131218@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 24, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

Yoga Core offers core-strengthening exercises in a flowing format, with concentrated focus on your breath. Awaken your core and become strong both on and off your mat. EQUIPMENT NEEDED: Open space with soft flooring (e.g. yoga mat, towel, carpet).

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Exercise / Fitness Fri, 23 Oct 2020 15:20:20 -0400 2020-10-24T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-24T16:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Exercise / Fitness Yoga Core offers core-strengthening exercises in a flowing format.
Barre Above (October 24, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78765 78765-20129122@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 24, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

Challenge and sculpt your body without risk of injury from overuse by using a sequence of movements within different ranges of motion. No barre necessarily required and minimal equipment is used.

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Exercise / Fitness Fri, 23 Oct 2020 15:25:14 -0400 2020-10-24T17:30:00-04:00 2020-10-24T18:20:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Exercise / Fitness Students sculpt their bodies in Barre Above
Game Day Bingo (October 24, 2020 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78571 78571-20066107@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 24, 2020 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Campus Involvement

No matter where you are watching the Michigan/Indiana football game, register here to get your Bingo card sent to you: https://mfbc.us/v/e9v2jw9

We'll play along with the football game, marking off our bingo spaces as the game goes along (think: Michigan scores a field goal, score tied at 7, etc.), don't forget to mark off your free space!

Prizes for Game Day Bingo winners! Pre-registration is required to get your bingo card (register here: https://mfbc.us/v/e9v2jw9). Please check the discussion tab our Facebook event for how to win and game-related announcements!

Updates posted to our Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1306692606346946/?active_tab=discussion

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Well-being Sat, 07 Nov 2020 11:15:54 -0500 2020-10-24T19:30:00-04:00 2020-10-24T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Campus Involvement Well-being Game Day Bingo
Christine Lavin - Livestreaming on Zoom (October 24, 2020 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78122 78122-19965473@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 24, 2020 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Link to be emailed 24 hours before the event.

the mischievous singer-songwriter who brought us "Good Thing He Can't Read My Mind" and "Sensitive New Age Guys" is at it again! Says the Washington Post: "Lavin knows how to keep her audience guessing, thinking, and laughing at the same time." The prolific Christine has released 23 albums, and she's coming to Michigan with a new one, "On My Way to .... Hooterville." Her many local fans already know it, but others may not realize that by now she's accumulated a songbag of pointed satirical material that's just about unmatched in its size, breadth, and insight. She's always got a trenchant topical song or two at hand, so get ready for new material from one of America's great comic songwriters!

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 02 Oct 2020 13:39:27 -0400 2020-10-24T20:00:00-04:00 2020-10-24T22:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Livestream / Virtual Christine Lavin livestreaming 10/24/20
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (October 25, 2020 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78511 78511-20052334@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 25, 2020 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Activities Center

Dearest audience member, Welcome to RUDE MECHANICALS' production of THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME, a play by Simon Stephens. Although we have lovely footage of the actors' recording process for you to view, we originally intended this show to be listened to as a radio play. So, if you like, please feel free to plug in some headphones, close your eyes, and listen in. Enjoy Christopher's story! Much love, The Curious Incident Team ***This video will be available for viewing from October 23 - 25, 2020.***

Claim Your Free Ticket Here: https://www.showtix4u.com/event-details/40827

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Performance Tue, 13 Oct 2020 17:13:40 -0400 2020-10-25T00:00:00-04:00 2020-10-25T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University Activities Center Performance Curious Incident Poster
John Lewis: Good Trouble (SOLD OUT) (October 25, 2020 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78378 78378-20107406@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 25, 2020 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

REDEMPTIONS ARE SOLD OUT! For those who purchased before 12/15, you will have access to view the film until 12/31/20.

Synopsis:
An intimate account of legendary U.S. Representative John Lewis’ life, legacy and more than 60 years of extraordinary activism — from the bold teenager on the front lines of the Civil Rights movement to the legislative powerhouse he was throughout his career. After Lewis petitioned Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to help integrate a segregated school in his hometown of Troy, Alabama, King sent “the boy from Troy” a round trip bus ticket to meet with him. From that meeting onward, Lewis became one of King’s closest allies. He organized Freedom Rides that left him bloodied or jailed, and stood at the front lines in the historic marches on Washington and Selma. He never lost the spirit of the “boy from Troy” and called on his fellow Americans to get into “good trouble” until his passing on July 17, 2020.

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Film Screening Tue, 15 Dec 2020 13:22:50 -0500 2020-10-25T07:00:00-04:00 2020-10-25T09:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Film Screening Theatrical one-sheet for JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE, a Magnolia Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures.
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (October 25, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947555@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 25, 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 2020-10-25T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-25T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
In-Between the World and Dreams (October 25, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78990 78990-20168508@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 25, 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 2020-10-25T09:00:00-04:00 2020-10-25T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for the Humanities Exhibition In-Between the World and Dreams
Explore the arts in Downtown Ann Arbor! (October 25, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76129 76129-19663655@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 25, 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 2020-10-25T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-25T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Art Around Town
I Wish to Say: Share Your Message With the Next President (October 25, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77903 77903-19941569@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 25, 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 12:15:18 -0400 2020-10-25T13:00:00-04:00 2020-10-25T15:00:00-04:00 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