Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Laxmi Parthasarathy - Media Innovation in Social Entrepreneurship (October 26, 2017 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/45716 45716-10356064@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 26, 2017 6:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Center for Social Impact

Fake News, distrust in journalism, and misinformation are some of the trending topics of 2017. What do they mean? Why is the current state of media at an inflexion point? What are the consequences of today’s contemporary media challenges? And how are social entrepreneurs solving them?

Laxmi Parthasarathy, Director of Global Media Partnerships at Ashoka, will discuss her research on the intersection of social entrepreneurship and media innovation in building more informed and civically engaged communities. She will speak at Ross as part of the Center for Social Impact's Social Innovation Series and Net Impact@Ross Undergraduate Club.

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Presentation Fri, 20 Oct 2017 17:52:35 -0400 2017-10-26T18:00:00-04:00 2017-10-26T19:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Center for Social Impact Presentation Laxmi Parthasarathy
M2GATE: Make a Difference Through Social Entrepreneurship (October 27, 2017 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46160 46160-10407016@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 27, 2017 3:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: William Davidson Institute

Join us to learn about a new virtual exchange program connecting undergrads with fellow students from Egypt (The Faculty of Economics and Political Science at Cairo University), Libya (Benghazi Youth for Technology & Entrepreneurship – BYTE), Morocco (Al Akhawayn University), and Tunisia (Tunis Business School at Tunis University), and students from the United States (University of Michigan).

This co-curricular certificate program is open to any postsecondary (undergraduate) student. During the 8-week cross-cultural program, you and your teammates will have the opportunity to connect with experienced instructors who will help you build the 21st century skills required to develop and launch a social entrepreneurship project. In the process, you’ll learn to work as a team and build bridges between cultures. Join us as we find creative solutions to pressing global challenges!

The MENA-Michigan Initiative for Global Action Through Entrepreneurship (M2GATE) program is offered by the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan.

Want to learn more?

U-M Ann Arbor students, stop by an info session at 3 p.m. Oct. 27 at the Ross School of Business, Room 2240. Details on the program are here: http://wdi.umich.edu/m2gate/

U-M Dearborn students, are invited to join an info session on November 13 (drop-in questions from 3 pm, presentation at 3:30pm), Talent Gateway Commons (Suite 285, Fairlane Center North – FNC).

Or you can send us an email at: m2-gateprogram@umich.edu

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Social / Informal Gathering Wed, 25 Oct 2017 09:57:04 -0400 2017-10-27T15:00:00-04:00 2017-10-27T16:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business William Davidson Institute Social / Informal Gathering M2GATE
MVisible Voices (October 27, 2017 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/45901 45901-10321782@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 27, 2017 3:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: National Center for Institutional Diversity

MVisible Voices is a podcast series highlighting the lived experiences of historically marginalized individuals whose perspectives are critical components of the University of Michigan's history and tradition.

On October 27th, there will be a LIVE podcast recording, titled “Michigan Differences”. It will feature the stories and experiences of four U-M alumnae, the Honorable Nicole Y. Lamb-Hale, Anita I. Martinez, Congresswoman Grace Meng, and Fayrouz Saad. Through collective storytelling, they will share how their experiences at U-M shaped their approach to public service.

Partners include: The National Center for Institutional Diversity, the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, the Office of Academic Innovation, the U-M Alumni Association, and the U-M Bicentennial Committee

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 18 Oct 2017 09:31:16 -0400 2017-10-27T15:00:00-04:00 2017-10-27T17:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business National Center for Institutional Diversity Lecture / Discussion MVisible Voices
Michigan Business Challenge (October 30, 2017 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46353 46353-10464031@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 30, 2017 5:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Center for Social Impact

Discover the Michigan Business Challenge (MBC) and unleash your inner entrepreneur. MBC is a campus-wide, multi-round business plan competition where student teams pitch their ideas to panels of external judges and may advance through follow-on rounds of competition to win cash prizes totaling over $90,000, including the Seigle Impact track with $26,000 in cash prizes supporting ventures that tackle social and environmental issues. Student teams from across campus receive mentoring and coaching as they advance through four rounds to the finals in February.

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Reception / Open House Mon, 30 Oct 2017 11:16:37 -0400 2017-10-30T17:30:00-04:00 2017-10-30T18:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Center for Social Impact Reception / Open House MBC Siegle Impact Track
Global Operations Conference | Operations in a Dynamic World (November 2, 2017 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/45287 45287-10152919@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 2, 2017 10:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

This year’s Global Operations Conference will focus on “Operations in a Dynamic World.” As the application of technology permeates business practices, it empowers companies to redefine industry standards. The world of operations is changing rapidly and businesses are pushing the frontier of what was once thought possible. Experts from a wide-range of industries will offer insights into how they use operations to propel their businesses to new heights and redefine the competitive landscape. The Thursday evening keynote is Amazon’s Director of Fulfillment Execution Data Science, Sam Eldersveld.

This annual conference is organized by the students of the Tauber Institute for Global Operations at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

The main objective of the Global Operations Conference is to bring together global leaders in industry and academia to share, debate and strategize to advance the worldwide practice of operations.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 25 Oct 2017 12:33:19 -0400 2017-11-02T10:00:00-04:00 2017-11-02T21:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Tauber Institute for Global Operations Conference / Symposium Global Operations Conference
Global Operations Conference | Operations in a Dynamic World (November 3, 2017 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/45287 45287-10152920@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 3, 2017 8:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

This year’s Global Operations Conference will focus on “Operations in a Dynamic World.” As the application of technology permeates business practices, it empowers companies to redefine industry standards. The world of operations is changing rapidly and businesses are pushing the frontier of what was once thought possible. Experts from a wide-range of industries will offer insights into how they use operations to propel their businesses to new heights and redefine the competitive landscape. The Thursday evening keynote is Amazon’s Director of Fulfillment Execution Data Science, Sam Eldersveld.

This annual conference is organized by the students of the Tauber Institute for Global Operations at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

The main objective of the Global Operations Conference is to bring together global leaders in industry and academia to share, debate and strategize to advance the worldwide practice of operations.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 25 Oct 2017 12:33:19 -0400 2017-11-03T08:00:00-04:00 2017-11-03T15:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Tauber Institute for Global Operations Conference / Symposium Global Operations Conference
Ross School of Business Parents & Family Reception (November 3, 2017 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46259 46259-10421261@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 3, 2017 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Dean of Students Office

Parents and families of current Ross Preferred Admission Freshman and BBA students are invited to join Ross faculty and staff at a presentation and reception to hear about the transformational learning your student will engage in as a BBA.

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Reception / Open House Fri, 27 Oct 2017 10:37:45 -0400 2017-11-03T13:30:00-04:00 2017-11-03T15:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Dean of Students Office Reception / Open House Ross School of Business
Ross Business+Impact Vision Session (November 9, 2017 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/44618 44618-9934438@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 9, 2017 5:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Center for Social Impact

During the 2017-18 academic year, there will be a series of engaging, participatory events with the goal of answering this question: How can the Michigan Ross community—students, faculty, alumni, and partners—become the most progressive source of business solutions to the world’s biggest challenges?

This event is by invitation only.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 09 Nov 2017 08:44:20 -0500 2017-11-09T17:00:00-05:00 2017-11-09T20:30:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Center for Social Impact Conference / Symposium Business+Impact Visioning Session
Ross Business+Impact Vision Session (November 10, 2017 7:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/44618 44618-9934439@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 10, 2017 7:30am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Center for Social Impact

During the 2017-18 academic year, there will be a series of engaging, participatory events with the goal of answering this question: How can the Michigan Ross community—students, faculty, alumni, and partners—become the most progressive source of business solutions to the world’s biggest challenges?

This event is by invitation only.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 09 Nov 2017 08:44:20 -0500 2017-11-10T07:30:00-05:00 2017-11-10T17:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Center for Social Impact Conference / Symposium Business+Impact Visioning Session
VETx (November 10, 2017 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/45990 45990-10344528@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 10, 2017 5:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

The Armed Forces Association at Ross and the Sanger Leadership Center is proud to bring you the 3rd Annual VETx or "Veteran Experience" event! VETx is a series of TED talk style speeches performed by our very own Ross military veterans, highlighting stories from their time in the service and connecting those stories to leadership in business. Following the TED talks, we will have a panel of Ross military veterans that you will be able to engage and ask questions to.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 19 Oct 2017 14:21:59 -0400 2017-11-10T17:00:00-05:00 2017-11-10T21:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Conference / Symposium Ross School of Business
Positive Links Speaker Series (November 15, 2017 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/44154 44154-9889005@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations

Wednesday, November 15, 2017
4:00-5:00 p.m.
Free and open to the public.

Michigan Ross Campus
Ross Building
701 Tappan
Robertson Auditorium
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1234

This Positive Links session is co-presented by the Center for Positive Organizations and the Center for Social Impact at Michigan Ross.

Register: http://myumi.ch/aMkbl

Gain inspiring and practical research-based strategies for building organizations that are high performing and bring out the best in people. Learn from leading positive organizational scholars and connect with our community of academics, students, staff, and leaders.

About Fredriksson's talk:
It has only been 40 years since all Cambodian schools were closed and many teachers were killed. The educational system, from kindergarten to university, still suffers from the Pol Pot regime.

The high cost affiliated with sending a child to school in Cambodia makes many poor families struggle to educate their children. The students who make it through high school and enroll at university also face a number of challenges. After spending years learning by memorizing they are suddenly expected to learn by exploring and independently searching for new knowledge. This leads to significant problems with plagiarism and poor performance as well as stress and lowered self-esteem amongst students.

To support learning and wellbeing, from kindergarten to university, we need resources as well as knowledge. Private donors, companies, researchers, and educators worldwide have an important role to play in Cambodia’s development. The challenge is to embrace a holistic perspective. The current challenges are looming so large that no isolated intervention would be able to solve them. Instead we need mindful engagement where every stakeholder gets the best possible information to make a useful contribution.

In the talk, Evelina will share her experience of creating a positive setting for learning and growth. She will talk about how the practice of mindful engagement and the strengths of gratitude, teamwork and creativity pave the way forward; regardless if the task at hand is making sure that a 7-year-old has enough nutrition to focus in class, preventing a 15-year-old from dropping out of school to work in a factory, or supporting a 21-year-old university student who didn’t sleep for days anxious about an approaching deadline.

About Fredriksson:
Evelina is an educator, consultant, journalist, and author. She works with People Improvement Organization Cambodia, serves on the board of the knowledge lab Inter Business Initiative, is the co-founder of the boutique consultancy Lumen Behavior, and teaches at Zaman University Cambodia and Paññāsāstra University of Cambodia.

Evelina has extensive experience with sustainability reporting and applied research. Her main area of expertise is children’s and women’s rights. She recently published a book based on interviews with girls and women in Phnom Penh and is currently conducting research about signature strengths amongst Cambodian students.

Over the years, Evelina has conducted research and has been writing about vulnerable children and women in, for example, Sweden, Cambodia, the Gambia, India, Senegal, Kazakhstan, and Zimbabwe. Evelina developed the grant making strategy for the family foundation Stenbeck Stiftelse that caters to children in need, as well as leading the Reach for Change Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), which was one of the first GRI reports published globally for civil society organizations. Evelina was also responsible for the design, implementation, and PR for one of the most standard Save the Children assessment tools for young people in Sweden.

Hosts:
Jane Dutton, co-founder of the Center for Positive Organizations; Robert L. Kahn Distinguished University Professor Emerita of Business Administration and Psychology and Michael Gordon, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Social Entrepreneurial Studies

Sponsors:
The Center for Positive Organizations thanks Sanger Leadership Center, Tauber Institute for Global Operations, Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, and Diane (BA ’73) and Paul (MBA ‘75) Jones for their support of the 2017-18 Positive Links Speaker Series.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 09 Nov 2017 09:44:07 -0500 2017-11-15T16:00:00-05:00 2017-11-15T17:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations Lecture / Discussion Evelina Fredriksson
WDI Global Impact Speaker Series (November 15, 2017 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46158 46158-10407014@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 5:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: William Davidson Institute

WDI welcomes Maria Cavalcanti, president and CEO of Pro Mujer – a nonprofit finance organization that has disbursed more than $3 billion in loans to mainly women-owned enterprises in Latin America – to its Global Impact Speaker Series at the University of Michigan next month.

Cavalcanti will discuss Pro Mujer’s business model, which is centered on gender equity, and take questions from attendees beginning at 5:30 p.m., Nov. 15 in room 1560 of Blau Hall at the Ross School of Business. The event is free and open to the public.

Pro Mujer was founded by Lynne Patterson and Carmen Velasco in Bolivia in 1990 to use microloans to support women-owned businesses. Today, the organization works with entrepreneurs in that country as well as Argentina, México, Nicaragua and Peru. In 2015 alone, Pro Mujer reported providing $330 million in loans to more than 250,000 clients. Operating mainly in urban areas and regions just outside major cities, Pro Mujer also provides direct and indirect health care services through a series of centers and clinics. Services include non-communicable disease detection, dental care and ultrasound diagnostics.

Cavalcanti In early 2016, Cavalcanti was named president and CEO of Pro Mujer. She has ambitious plans to expand the organization.

“As we look ahead, we are focused on amplifying our services and expanding our footprint,” Cavalcanti said in an interview with NextBillion.net, WDI’s affiliated media site focused on business solutions in low- and middle-income economies. “By leveraging partnerships and technology, we are building Pro Mujer as a platform capable of serving millions at a time; a one-stop shop for empowerment for women in the region.”

Cavalcanti holds an MBA from the University of Texas in Austin, a master of science in Information Science from Columbia University in New York, and a bachelor of arts from Universidade Federal do Ceará in Brazil. She is based in New York City, where Pro Mujer is headquartered.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 25 Oct 2017 09:05:07 -0400 2017-11-15T17:30:00-05:00 2017-11-15T18:30:00-05:00 Ross School of Business William Davidson Institute Lecture / Discussion Pro Mujer
Ross Open Road Info Session (November 16, 2017 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46354 46354-10464032@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 16, 2017 3:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Center for Social Impact

Ross Open Road is a five week summer adventure on the road with three other MBAs, working alongside five social entrepreneurs across the U.S.A on pressing business challenges. At this session you will get an overview of the program, some personal experiences with it, and time for Q&A.

Ross Open Road is co-sponsored by the Center for Social Impact and Zell Lurie Insitute.

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Reception / Open House Mon, 30 Oct 2017 11:23:06 -0400 2017-11-16T15:00:00-05:00 2017-11-16T16:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Center for Social Impact Reception / Open House Ross Open Road
Public Finance (November 27, 2017 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/43346 43346-9751077@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 27, 2017 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 30 Aug 2017 14:56:08 -0400 2017-11-27T16:00:00-05:00 2017-11-27T17:30:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar social
Ross Open Road Info Session (November 28, 2017 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46354 46354-10464033@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 28, 2017 1:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Center for Social Impact

Ross Open Road is a five week summer adventure on the road with three other MBAs, working alongside five social entrepreneurs across the U.S.A on pressing business challenges. At this session you will get an overview of the program, some personal experiences with it, and time for Q&A.

Ross Open Road is co-sponsored by the Center for Social Impact and Zell Lurie Insitute.

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Reception / Open House Mon, 30 Oct 2017 11:23:06 -0400 2017-11-28T13:00:00-05:00 2017-11-28T14:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Center for Social Impact Reception / Open House Ross Open Road
LACS Lecture Series. The Role of International Development and Entrepreneurship in US Foreign Policy in Latin America (November 30, 2017 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47000 47000-10722273@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 30, 2017 5:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

As individual areas of concentration, entrepreneurship, US foreign policy, international development, and Latin America can each consume the interest, time, and energy of those who study them. This discussion introduces the nexus of all of these elements and outline some basic facts, assumptions, and perspectives. LTC Singleton will discuss three important overviews of US Foreign Policy in Latin America, US Foreign Trade Policy, and the UN approach to international development. In this context, we will look at how these three policies impact entrepreneurs attempting to establish themselves in Latin America, highlighting the opportunities and obstacles that they will most likely encounter. A comparative analysis of the sugar production industry in Latin America and the consumption markets in the US and Europe will also be discussed.

Speaker Bio: Prior to his current service in Belize, Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Singleton served as the U.S. Army Attaché to Bolivia from 2015 to 2017, Acting Defense Attaché to Jamaica in 2016, and Operations Officer and Army Section Chief for the Security Cooperation Office of the US Embassy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti from 2013 to 2015. He also served in many command and staff positions in the United States, the Middle East, and Latin America, including combat operations in the Global War on Terrorism. After multiple combat tours, he transitioned to a career as a multilingual US Army Foreign Area Officer. Both the Departments of State and Defense have recognized LTC Singleton’s work in combat and foreign relations. These include four Bronze Star Medals for heroic service in combat, a Defense Meritorious Service Medal for interagency service overseas, an Army Commendation Medal with “V” device for valor in combat, and the Department of State’s Meritorious Honor Award.

LTC Eldridge R. Singleton was awarded both his Bachelors of Science degree and commission in the U.S. Army as a Second Lieutenant Infantry Officer by the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. He also holds a Masters of Arts in Latin American Studies from San Diego State University

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 22 Nov 2017 09:51:09 -0500 2017-11-30T17:00:00-05:00 2017-11-30T18:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Lecture / Discussion singleton-image
Ross Business+Impact Vision Session (November 30, 2017 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/44618 44618-9934440@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 30, 2017 5:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Center for Social Impact

During the 2017-18 academic year, there will be a series of engaging, participatory events with the goal of answering this question: How can the Michigan Ross community—students, faculty, alumni, and partners—become the most progressive source of business solutions to the world’s biggest challenges?

This event is by invitation only.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 09 Nov 2017 08:44:20 -0500 2017-11-30T17:00:00-05:00 2017-11-30T20:30:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Center for Social Impact Conference / Symposium Business+Impact Visioning Session
Ross Business+Impact Vision Session (December 1, 2017 7:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/44618 44618-9934441@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 1, 2017 7:30am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Center for Social Impact

During the 2017-18 academic year, there will be a series of engaging, participatory events with the goal of answering this question: How can the Michigan Ross community—students, faculty, alumni, and partners—become the most progressive source of business solutions to the world’s biggest challenges?

This event is by invitation only.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 09 Nov 2017 08:44:20 -0500 2017-12-01T07:30:00-05:00 2017-12-01T17:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Center for Social Impact Conference / Symposium Business+Impact Visioning Session
Michigan Cannabis Leaders Summit (December 3, 2017 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46924 46924-10700260@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, December 3, 2017 3:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Students for Sensible Drug Policy

Come join Students for Sensible Drug Policy and Green Wolverine as we host the movers and shakers of the cannabis industry! Informative discussions will be held on the intersections of medical cannabis, business, law and policy.

Confirmed Speakers include:
- State Rep. Yousef Rabhi
- Jeff Irwin, former State Rep. and political director of Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol
- Mark Passerini, owner of Om of Medicine
- Stephen Goldner, attorney and toxicologist
- Dennis Hayes, attorney
- Ben Rosman, CEO of PSI Labs
- Nicholas Tennant, founding partner of Precision Extraction Solutions
- Nick Zettell, assistant campaign manager for MI Legalize
- Kevin Boehnke, Ph.D. candidate in University of Michigan School of Public Health
- Dr. Lev Spivak-Birndorf, MS, PhD.: co-founder of PSI Labs; recipient of NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship
- Danny Victor, JD: member of Bureau of Medical Marijuana Regulation; CEO at Gulfstream Gardens
- Tom Lavigne, JD.: Partner at Cannabis Counsel, PLC; cannabis attorney; member of Bureau of Medical Marijuana Regulation

Event will include food and refreshments, giveaways, interactive seminars and discussions, and networking opportunities. This is an event you will not want to miss!

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 30 Nov 2017 18:14:34 -0500 2017-12-03T15:00:00-05:00 2017-12-03T18:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Students for Sensible Drug Policy Conference / Symposium Summit Banner
Positive Links Speaker Series (December 5, 2017 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/44157 44157-9889007@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 5, 2017 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations

Tuesday, December 5, 2017
4:00-5:00 p.m.
Free and open to the public.

Michigan Ross Campus
Blau Hall
700 East University
Colloquium, 5th Floor
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1234

Register: http://myumi.ch/L1Yen

Gain inspiring and practical research-based strategies for building organizations that are high performing and bring out the best in people. Learn from leading positive organizational scholars and connect with our community of academics, students, staff, and leaders.

About Quinn's talk:
Warren Bennis wrote that becoming a leader is becoming who you really are. Research shows, counter to conventional thought, that people of transformative power develop a characteristic called idealized influence. They become models worthy of admiration, respect, trust, and emulation. They live from a moral core that generates attractive power. Without authority, they can draw the best out of others. Conventional assumptions prevent us from seeing, understanding or aspiring to this condition.

This limitation constrains organizational efforts in leadership development. Organizations cannot do what they spend much money trying to do. They can develop managers but they cannot develop leaders. This means we have to own our own leadership development. This session will explore how to become who you really are and how to help those around you to do the same.

About Quinn:
Robert E. Quinn is the Margaret Elliot Tracy Professor Emeritus of Business Administration at the University of Michigan. Quinn is one of the co-founders of the field of Positive Organizational Scholarship, an area of inquiry that seeks to understand the best of the human condition. He had published eighteen books on purpose, leadership, and change. He is a fellow of the Academy of Management and has received multiple awards for both teaching and research.

Host:
Gretchen Spreitzer, faculty director of the Center for Positive Organizations; Keith E. and Valerie J. Alessi Professor of Business Administration; Professor of Management and Organizations

Sponsors:
The Center for Positive Organizations thanks Sanger Leadership Center, Tauber Institute for Global Operations, Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, and Diane (BA ’73) and Paul (MBA ‘75) Jones for their support of the 2017-18 Positive Links Speaker Series.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 05 Dec 2017 08:30:57 -0500 2017-12-05T16:00:00-05:00 2017-12-05T17:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations Lecture / Discussion Robert E. Quinn
Ross Diaries (December 5, 2017 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/41058 41058-8916660@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 5, 2017 5:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Sanger Leadership Center

Ross Diaries is an intimate gathering where students from across the business school and beyond will share powerful and compelling stories about events and experiences that have shaped their lives. The storytellers at Ross Diaries attended a comprehensive storytelling workshop to craft their stories and hone their skills—now they are looking for an audience!

All are welcome to attend and hear powerful stories from U-M students.

Ross Diaries
5:30-7:00 PM
Robertson Auditorium at Michigan Ross
701 Tappan Ave., Ann Arbor

This program is offered as part of our Story Lab series.

Space is limited—RSVP on our website!

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MBC Workshop: Impact Assessment (December 6, 2017 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46511 46511-10512729@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 6, 2017 5:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Center for Social Impact

As part of the co-sponsored Seigle Impact Track of the Michigan Business Challenge, this workshop offers approaches to and tools for social impact assessment. Students competing in Round 2 of the Impact Track need to attend so they can learn how to prepare this deliverable as part of the campus-wide Michigan Business Challenge competition. The Seigle Impact Track is offered by the Center for Social Impact in partnership with the Zell Lurie Institute of Entrepreneurship and the Frederick A. and Barbara M. Erb Institute. The top prize is awarded to the most compelling business plan that delivers social impact.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 03 Nov 2017 15:49:23 -0400 2017-12-06T17:30:00-05:00 2017-12-06T18:30:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Center for Social Impact Lecture / Discussion Impact Assessment
Leadership Crisis Challenge: Graduate Students (January 11, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/34907 34907-5043505@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 11, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Sanger Leadership Center

January 11, 2018: 5-­10 PM
at the Ross School of Business

January 12, 2018: 8:30 AM-­5 PM*
at Michigan Stadium

Leadership Crisis Challenge is a premier action-based learning experience powered by the Sanger Leadership Center at Michigan Ross that will immerse you in a simulated business and media crisis. You and your team play the part of senior executives tasked with responding to the crisis as it unfolds: you’ll receive emails, social media updates, phone calls, and more throughout Thursday night.

Then, on Friday, you’ll come to Michigan Stadium to present your strategy to your board of directors, journalists, and the public.

Prize:
One winning team will be awarded a $3,000 scholarship for presenting the best strategy and two runners-up will win $1,000.

Participant Requirements:
- U-M graduate student (any school or college)
- Interest in leadership development
- Ability to participate both days

Open to any University of Michigan graduate student at no cost. We ask that you register in advance on our website (link below).

Questions? Contact us at rossleaders@umich.edu.

* Attendance not required all day. Your team will have a scheduled 45-minute window between 9:00 AM-1:30 PM and the closing will be from 3-5 PM.

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Other Tue, 07 Nov 2017 08:43:09 -0500 2018-01-11T17:00:00-05:00 2018-01-11T22:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Sanger Leadership Center Other Leadership Crisis Challenge Logo
Mass Meeting (January 25, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/48869 48869-11319889@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 25, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Maize Pages Student Organizations

Learn more about Michigan Stocks and Bonds Organization and get the opportunity to meet our current analysts!

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Other Thu, 25 Jan 2018 18:00:22 -0500 2018-01-25T19:00:00-05:00 2018-01-25T20:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Maize Pages Student Organizations Other Ross School of Business
Rescuing Endangered Government Information (January 26, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49241 49241-11397820@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 26, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Special Libraries Assn-Michigan Chapter

Justin Schell, Director of the Shapiro Design Lab at the University of Michigan Libraries, and one of the organizers of last year’s Ann Arbor Data Rescue Event, will talk about the availability of government information since the start of the Trump Administration.

For more information, see http://michigan.sla.org/

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 24 Jan 2018 14:41:21 -0500 2018-01-26T14:00:00-05:00 2018-01-26T15:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Special Libraries Assn-Michigan Chapter Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Positive Links Speaker Series (January 29, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47959 47959-11159783@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 29, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations

Monday, January 29, 2018
4:00-5:00 p.m.
Free and open to the public.

Michigan Ross Campus
Ross Building
701 Tappan
Colloquium, 6th Floor
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1234

Register: http://myumi.ch/6jrlV

The Positive Links Speaker Series, presented by Michigan Ross’ Center for Positive Organizations, offers inspiring and practical research-based strategies for building organizations that are high performing and bring out the best in its people. Attendees learn from leading positive organizational scholars and connect with our community of academics, students, staff, and leaders.

Positive Links sessions take place at Michigan Ross, and are free and open to the public.

About the talk:
We live in a world of extraordinary pain and suffering. Public confidence in major corporations is at an all-time low. Why? Too many businesses exploit their people and harm their communities for short-term profit. If we are not consciously part of the healing, we are probably part of the hurting. But it doesn't have to be this way.

Business can become the primary agent for healing society. This is not about healing businesses; it is about business as healing. Business can take wounded people, broken communities, and damaged ecosystems and make them whole again – and businesses that operate in this way will be more successful and profitable over time. In this session, Sisodia will share stories of such businesses and extract lessons from them.

About Sisodia:
Raj Sisodia is the FW Olin Distinguished Professor of Global Business and Whole Foods Market Research Scholar in Conscious Capitalism at Babson College. He is also Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Conscious Capitalism Inc.

He has a PhD in Marketing from Columbia University. Raj has published ten books and over 100 academic articles. His books include Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business, Firms of Endearment: How World Class Companies Profit from Passion and Purpose, Everybody Matters: The Extraordinary Power of Caring for Your People Like Family, and Shakti Leadership: Embracing the Feminine and Masculine Future of Business. He is on the Board of Directors at The Container Store, and a trustee of Conscious Capitalism Inc.

Host:
Jane Dutton, co-founder of the Center for Positive Organizations; Robert L. Kahn Distinguished University Professor Emerita of Business Administration and Psychology

Sponsors:
The Center for Positive Organizations thanks Cascade Engineering, Sanger Leadership Center, Tauber Institute for Global Operations, Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, and Diane (BA ‘73) and Paul (MBA ‘75) Jones for their support of the 2017-18 Positive Links Speaker Series.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 10 Jan 2018 10:29:49 -0500 2018-01-29T16:00:00-05:00 2018-01-29T17:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations Lecture / Discussion Raj Sisodia
Erb C-Suite Speaker Series (January 30, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46356 46356-10714031@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 30, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Erb Institute / Ross Business School and School for Environment & Sustainability

Sustainability 3.0: The Convergence of Consumer Products, Technology, & Sustainability - How do established companies leverage new technologies to achieve both social and shareholder value? New technologies, such as block chain, are disrupting conventional tools and strategies, creating new sustainability and business opportunities. We are at an inflection point where differentiation, technology, and impact are setting new agendas. Dave will share his perspective on 20+ years in sustainable business, technology, and sustainability.

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Presentation Tue, 21 Nov 2017 13:56:54 -0500 2018-01-30T17:00:00-05:00 2018-01-30T18:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Erb Institute / Ross Business School and School for Environment & Sustainability Presentation Dave Stangis - CSO Campbell's
Documentary Screening of "Extreme By Design" (February 1, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47854 47854-11033295@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 1, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: William Davidson Institute

The William Davidson Institute, Innovate Blue, the Barger Leadership Institute and LSA's Global Scholars Program are jointly sponsoring the screening of a documentary featuring college students introducing innovative products in emerging markets by applying design thinking and social entrepreneurship principles. At the screening, a WDI-managed program that offers a rare opportunity for international teamwork and entrepreneurship open to all undergraduates will also be discussed.
The documentary follows students from Stanford University’s Institute of Design as they create potential life-saving products for people in Bangladesh, Indonesia and other developing countries.
Those attending the screening will have an opportunity to learn about participating in a new virtual exchange program with fellow students in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The MENA-Michigan Initiative for Global Action Through Entrepreneurship (M²GATE), managed by WDI, is open to any U-M undergraduate student. Register to reserve your seat at: http://bit.ly/2A6pMc0

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Film Screening Tue, 30 Jan 2018 10:26:57 -0500 2018-02-01T16:00:00-05:00 2018-02-01T18:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business William Davidson Institute Film Screening Photo from Extreme By Design
Speaker Series Welcomes Entrepreneurship Expert Bayrasli (February 6, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49544 49544-11473477@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: William Davidson Institute

The WDI Global Impact Speaker Series will feature a professor and author who has worked with entrepreneurs around the world. She will talk about how entrepreneurship has transformed the economies of low- and middle-income countries and how these places will produce the next generation of Silicon Valley-style innovators.

Elmira Bayrasli’s talk, “Steve Jobs Lives in Pakistan: The Rise of Entrepreneurs Everywhere (and What That’s Doing to the World),” is at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 6 in room R0210 at the Ross School of Business. It is free and open to the public. A reception will follow immediately.

Bayrasli, author of “From the Other Side of the World: Extraordinary Entrepreneurs, Unlikely Places,” will discuss how entrepreneurship has taken hold globally. She is co-founder of Foreign Policy Interrupted and a professor at Bard College’s Global and International Affairs program.

“We are really excited to offer this talk by Elmira Bayrasli,” said Amy Gillett, vice president of WDI’s Education Initiative and its Entrepreneurship Development Center. “Students will hear about her vast experience in helping startups scale up in emerging markets and benefit from her great insights into the role that entrepreneurship plays in economic development.”

Bayrasli said countries such as China, Brazil, India, Turkey and Nigeria have transformed economically over the past two decades thanks, largely, to entrepreneurship. She also will talk about what this “rise of the rest” has meant for world affairs, including the election of Donald Trump.

In addition to her teaching and writing, Bayrasli once served as chief spokesperson for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission while living in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. From 1994-2000, Bayrasli was a presidential appointee at the U.S. State Department, working for then-U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and U.S. Diplomat Richard Holbrooke.

She is a regular contributor on global entrepreneurship for the online publication TechCrunch. She also provides analysis on foreign policy, particularly on Turkey. Her work has appeared in Reuters, Foreign Affairs, Washington Post, Fortune, Forbes, CNN, BBC, Al Jazeera, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times. Bayrasli sits on several boards, including Invest2Innovate, Turkish Women’s International Network and Our Secure Future.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 31 Jan 2018 09:30:19 -0500 2018-02-06T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-06T18:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business William Davidson Institute Lecture / Discussion Elmira Bayrasli
Positive Links Speaker Series (February 20, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47964 47964-11159788@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 20, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations

Tuesday, February 20, 2018
4:00-5:00 p.m.
Free and open to the public.

Michigan Ross Campus
Ross Building
701 Tappan
Colloquium, 6th Floor
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1234

Register: http://myumi.ch/65Gxm

The Positive Links Speaker Series, presented by Michigan Ross’ Center for Positive Organizations, offers inspiring and practical research-based strategies for building organizations that are high performing and bring out the best in its people. Attendees learn from leading positive organizational scholars and connect with our community of academics, students, staff, and leaders.

Positive Links sessions take place at Michigan Ross, and are free and open to the public.

About the talk:
In this talk, Dutton and Worline invite you to consider the power of high quality connections in organizations as a source of competitive advantage. Research on the power of high quality connections (and the pathways to build them) offers insights into how we can infuse organizational practices (such as onboarding, meetings, talent development, and shift changes) with a greater capacity for building high quality connections. The presentation will offer practical examples of how to re-imagine everyday organizational routines as opportunities to build employee engagement, health, creativity, and resilience.

About Dutton:
Jane Dutton is the Robert L. Kahn Distinguished University Emerita Professor of Business Administration and Psychology at the University of Michigan and co-founder of the Center for Positive Organizations. Her research on Positive Organizational Scholarship began with an interest in compassion and the difference it makes for individuals and organizations, and has expanded to focus on the power of positive relationships at work, job crafting, and positive identities.

About Worline:
Monica C. Worline, PhD, is co-author of Awakening Compassion at Work and founder and CEO of EnlivenWork, an innovation organization that teaches people how to tap into courageous thinking, compassionate leadership, and the curiosity to bring their best work to life. She is a research scientist at Stanford University’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education and an affiliate faculty at the Center for Positive Organizations, University of Michigan.

Host:
Gretchen Spreitzer, faculty director of the Center for Positive Organizations; Keith E. and Valerie J. Alessi Professor of Business Administration; Professor of Management and Organizations

Sponsors:
The Center for Positive Organizations thanks Sanger Leadership Center, Tauber Institute for Global Operations, Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, and Diane (BA ’73) and Paul (MBA ‘75) Jones for their support of the 2017-18 Positive Links Speaker Series.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 10 Jan 2018 10:31:06 -0500 2018-02-20T16:00:00-05:00 2018-02-20T17:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations Lecture / Discussion Jane Dutton and Monica Worline
Structural Racism and the Broken Academic Pipeline (February 21, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50101 50101-11642055@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 21, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Award-winning investigative reporter, Nikole Hannah-Jones will be speaking on structural racism, educational segregation, and racial inequities in educational opportunities in the US. Her keynote will be followed by a conversation and moderated discussion with both Nikole Hannah-Jones and Tabbye Chavous, Director of the National Center for Institutional Diversity and Professor of Education and Psychology at the University of Michigan. This event is generously sponsored by the University of Michigan Survey Research Center and organized by RacismLab.

Please email our organizing committee at racismlab@umich.edu with any questions.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 15 Feb 2018 09:45:37 -0500 2018-02-21T13:30:00-05:00 2018-02-21T16:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event Flyer
Hacks with Friends (March 1, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50224 50224-11687517@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 1, 2018 8:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan IT

Attention U-M IT Professionals: Break free from your normal routine and dive into a two-day, fun-filled hackathon collaborating on a team of your peers to build a project (or hack) from scratch and show it off in a competition. Who knows - you might start something that could develop into new technology that would benefit the whole university!

Register today: cio.umich.edu/michigan-it/hacks-with-friends

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 19 Feb 2018 09:51:57 -0500 2018-03-01T08:00:00-05:00 2018-03-01T17:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Michigan IT Workshop / Seminar 2018 Hacks with Friends Tile
Hacks with Friends (March 2, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50224 50224-11687518@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 2, 2018 8:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan IT

Attention U-M IT Professionals: Break free from your normal routine and dive into a two-day, fun-filled hackathon collaborating on a team of your peers to build a project (or hack) from scratch and show it off in a competition. Who knows - you might start something that could develop into new technology that would benefit the whole university!

Register today: cio.umich.edu/michigan-it/hacks-with-friends

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 19 Feb 2018 09:51:57 -0500 2018-03-02T08:00:00-05:00 2018-03-02T17:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Michigan IT Workshop / Seminar 2018 Hacks with Friends Tile
Michigan India Conference (March 16, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49512 49512-11490348@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 16, 2018 9:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan Ross Global Initiatives

Michigan India Conference helps to highlight Indian success in business, healthcare, consulting, and many other fields, and where there growth will lead them in the future!

https://www.umichindiausinitiative.com/

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 01 Feb 2018 19:08:29 -0500 2018-03-16T09:00:00-04:00 2018-03-16T20:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Michigan Ross Global Initiatives Conference / Symposium Michigan India Conference 2018 Flyer
Positive Links Speaker Series (March 19, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47965 47965-11159789@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 19, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations

Monday, March 19, 2018
4:00-5:00 p.m.
Free and open to the public.

Michigan Ross Campus
Ross Building
701 Tappan
Colloquium, 6th Floor
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1234

Register: http://myumi.ch/J7Adg

The Positive Links Speaker Series, presented by Michigan Ross’ Center for Positive Organizations, offers inspiring and practical research-based strategies for building organizations that are high performing and bring out the best in its people. Attendees learn from leading positive organizational scholars and connect with our community of academics, students, staff, and leaders.

Positive Links sessions take place at Michigan Ross, and are free and open to the public.

About the talk:
As the world gets smaller, people with different cultural backgrounds are colliding like never before. A root cause of many everyday tensions between genders, races, and social classes is the clash between the values and practices of independence and those of interdependence. Drawing from her book, Clash! How to Thrive in a Multicultural World, Markus will show how recognizing and including interdependence within workplace culture cycles can bridge divides and enhance individual motivation, creativity, and performance.

About Markus:
Hazel Rose Markus is Professor of Psychology and Davis-Brack Professor in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. She is also co-director of SPARQ: Social Psychological Answers to Real-world Questions. Her research focuses on how culture shapes mind and behavior. She examines how multiple forms of culture (e.g., national origin, ethnicity, race, social class, gender and occupation) influence the self, and in turn, psychological functioning, including cognition, emotion, motivation and intergroup processes.

Host:
Julia Lee, Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations

Sponsors:
The Center for Positive Organizations thanks Sanger Leadership Center, Tauber Institute for Global Operations, Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, and Diane (BA ’73) and Paul (MBA ‘75) Jones for their support of the 2017-18 Positive Links Speaker Series.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 09 Feb 2018 10:42:49 -0500 2018-03-19T16:00:00-04:00 2018-03-19T17:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations Lecture / Discussion Hazel Rose Markus
Michigan Map Society: Map Drawing and Graphic Literacy in the Early Republic (March 20, 2018 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49372 49372-11450950@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 20, 2018 6:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Join author and historian Susan Schulten as she delves into early American education and geography. In the decades after the American revolution, schoolchildren routinely made maps. Map drawing and geography were particularly appropriate subjects for girls, both a pathway to literacy and a means of demonstrating accomplishment. Many went on to become teachers themselves, and carried these practices with them into an ever-growing national network of female academies and seminaries. By drawing their country, students were making the nation manifest, visualizing territory that most would never see firsthand. Map drawing was part of an intensely graphic education, and a closer look at these charming, detailed, and elegant artifacts reveals a great deal about female education in the early republic.

Books will be available for sale and signing.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 29 Jan 2018 10:18:08 -0500 2018-03-20T18:30:00-04:00 2018-03-20T19:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business William L. Clements Library Lecture / Discussion Susan Schulten
Women in Public Service (March 21, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50790 50790-11870486@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 21, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

In honor of Women's History Month, join us for a panel discussion with a networking reception to follow!

Mary Morgan, Director of CivCity, will moderate.

Panelists include:
Ghida Dagher, Campaign Manager
Barb Farrah, Lobbyist at CGSI
Hon. Andrea Fischer Newman, University Regent
Hon. Donna Lasinski, State Representative (D)
Betsey Stevenson, Ford School Professor, Economist
Laura Toy, Chief of Staff for Senator Judy Emmons
Hon. Mary Whiteford, State Representative (R)

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 07 Mar 2018 09:54:10 -0500 2018-03-21T18:00:00-04:00 2018-03-21T20:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Ginsberg Center Lecture / Discussion Graphic Listing Location and Panelists
Women in Public Service (March 21, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51031 51031-11942021@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 21, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

Join us for a discussion on Women in Public Service, which will include a reception and time to talk with our speakers!

The panel will be moderated by Mary Morgan (Director of CivCity), and panelists include:

Ghida Dagher (Campaign Manager), Barb Farrah (Lobbyist at GCSI) Hon. Andrea Fischer Newman (UM Regent), Hon. Donna Lasinski (State Representative), Betsey Stevenson (Economist), Laura Toy (Chief of Staff for Sen. Judy Emmons), Hon. Mary Whiteford (State Representative).

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 13 Mar 2018 16:44:01 -0400 2018-03-21T18:00:00-04:00 2018-03-21T20:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Ginsberg Center Lecture / Discussion Women in Public Service
Better Health Through Better Partnerships (March 22, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50644 50644-11841981@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 22, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation

Fourth Annual Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation Director's Lecture

Livestreaming available.

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Lecture / Discussion Sun, 04 Mar 2018 20:38:48 -0500 2018-03-22T14:00:00-04:00 2018-03-22T15:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
CANCELED - Social, Behavioral & Experimental Economics (SBEE): Moral Values and Voting (March 26, 2018 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51357 51357-12086780@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 26, 2018 3:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Social, Behavioral, and Experimental Economics (SBEE)

Abstract:

This paper studies the supply of and demand for moral values in recent U.S. presidential elections. The hypothesis is that people exhibit heterogeneity in their adherence to “individualizing” relative to “communal” moral values and that politicians’ vote shares reflect the interaction of their relative moral appeal and the values of the electorate. To investigate the supply of morality, a text analysis of campaign documents classifies all candidates for the presidency since 2008 along the moral individualism vs. communalism dimension. On the demand-side, the analysis exploits two separate survey datasets to link the structure of voters’ moral values to election outcomes, both across individuals and across counties. The results document that heterogeneity in moral values is systematically related to voting behavior in ways that are predicted by supply-side text analyses. For example, Donald Trump’s rhetoric exhibits the largest communal moral appeal among all recent presidential nominees. This pattern is matched on the demand-side, where communal values are strongly correlated with votes for Trump in the primaries, the difference in votes between Trump and past Republicans in the presidential election, and increases in voter turnout in 2016. Similarly tight connections between supply- and demand-side analyses hold for almost all contenders for the presidency in recent years, hence suggesting that morality is a key determinant of election outcomes more generally. Still, a key difference between 2016 and earlier elections appears to be the salience of moral threat in political language.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 26 Mar 2018 08:53:23 -0400 2018-03-26T15:30:00-04:00 2018-03-26T17:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Social, Behavioral, and Experimental Economics (SBEE) Workshop / Seminar Economics
2018 Ford Distinguished Lecture in Physics | From Bits to Qubits: A Quantum Leap for Computers (March 28, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/40839 40839-8799223@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 28, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Department Colloquia

The steady increase in computational power of information processors over the past half-century has led to smart phones and the internet, changing commerce and our social lives. Up to now, the primary way that computational power has increased is that the electronic components have been made smaller and smaller, but within the next decade it is expected to reach the fundamental limits imposed by the size of atoms. However, it is possible that further huge increases in computational power could be achieved by building quantum computers, which exploit in new ways of the laws of quantum mechanics that govern the physical world. This talk will discuss the challenges involved in building a large-scale quantum computer as well as progress that we have made in developing a quantum computer using silicon quantum dots.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 27 Mar 2018 13:20:15 -0400 2018-03-28T16:00:00-04:00 2018-03-28T17:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Department Colloquia Lecture / Discussion Photo of Susan Coppersmith
Women Who Win (March 29, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50926 50926-11927733@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 29, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan Business Women (BBA)

Join us for the first annual Women Who Win conference hosted by Michigan Business Women BBA. This is an OPEN event for ALL female UofM students and will be a fantastic opportunity to hear from empowered executive women from Goldman Sachs, Unilever/Dove, Kraft Heinz, NBC, The Discovery Channel & NPR!

Women Who Win
Date: Thursday, March 29th 2018
Time: 5:30 -7:30 PM
Location: Ross 6th Floor Colloquium

Please RSVP with the following link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSefa2w6LDVeBX68jA44o4KXe-76p7cZp2JWKeDLQvhXjBJB6Q/viewform

This event will feature the following Executive Guest Speakers:

Michelle St. Jacques
Former Global Brand Director of Unilever Dove, now SVP Head of Marketing at The Kraft Heinz Company

Elyssa Herman
Former COO of Goldman Sachs, now Managing Director at ScotiaBanks

Rekha Patricio
Former Associate Producer at NBC and The Discovery Channel, now Director of Marketing at NPR

**Dress code is business casual**
REGISTRATION/SIGN-IN AND THE DINNER BUFFET WILL TAKE PLACE FROM 4:30-5:30 PM

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 12 Mar 2018 11:30:58 -0400 2018-03-29T17:30:00-04:00 2018-03-29T19:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Michigan Business Women (BBA) Careers / Jobs Women Who Win
Business Economics and Public Policy (March 30, 2018 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/42965 42965-9685683@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 30, 2018 10:30am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 28 Mar 2018 08:07:41 -0400 2018-03-30T10:30:00-04:00 2018-03-30T12:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Ross School of Business
Social, Behavioral & Experimental Economics (SBEE): The Economic Effects of Facebook (April 2, 2018 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51636 51636-12179234@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 2, 2018 3:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Social, Behavioral, and Experimental Economics (SBEE)

A field experiment on the positive and negative outcomes of going “cold turkey” on Facebook for a week.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 03 Apr 2018 10:05:46 -0400 2018-04-02T15:30:00-04:00 2018-04-02T17:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Social, Behavioral, and Experimental Economics (SBEE) Workshop / Seminar Economics
Can a Hamburger Build World Peace? Lessons on How Food Builds Community One Plate at a Time (April 4, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51277 51277-12032773@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 4, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: William Davidson Institute

We are living through a revolution where food has become the medium for a generation that includes chefs as political actors, farmers as standard bearers of environmental sustainability, and businesses who have embraced the notion investment in the entire supply chain is good for the bottom line. Food has become a means for young social entrepreneurs to use their business expertise to promote social good with new apps and new inventions. But with all this excitement can food build world peace? In an age when refugees are seeking new lives, can learning to cook build back hope and respect? Through the lens of food, we can explore how this basic component of our survival is also a powerful tool to help create dialogue and encourage conversation in these turbulent times.

Johanna Mendelson Forman has built a reputation for addressing longstanding issues with new perspectives and innovative ideas. She has become one of the leading voices in the emerging movement of Social Gastronomy. Her frontline experience as a policy maker on conflict and stabilization efforts drove her interest in connecting the role of food in conflict, resulting in the creation of Conflict Cuisine®: An Introduction to War and Peace Around the Dinner Table, an interdisciplinary course she teaches at the School of International Service at American University in Washington, DC, where she is an Adjunct Professor. Mendelson Forman is also a Distinguished Fellow at the Stimson Center, where she heads the Food Security Program.

Mendelson Forman has written extensively about food and conflict and Latin America and has lectured on food-related topics at the Smithsonian Resident Associates Program, Johns Hopkins University Bologna Campus, New York University’s Washington Program and at the United States Pavilion of the 2015 World Expo in Milan, Italy. Mendelson Forman holds a J.D. from Washington College of Law at American University, a Ph.D. in Latin American history from Washington University, St. Louis, and a Master’s of International Affairs, with a certificate of Latin America studies from Columbia University in New York. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 21 Mar 2018 16:39:47 -0400 2018-04-04T17:00:00-04:00 2018-04-04T18:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business William Davidson Institute Lecture / Discussion A market in Turkey.
**RESCHEDULED TO 4/4/2018*** MUFG @ Michigan (April 4, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51110 51110-12132453@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 4, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: University Career Center

MUFG IS COMING TO CAMPUS!

MUFG will host a company presentation and networking hours at Ross in B0570 from 7:00 pm-8:30 pm.
Join usas we discuss our Corporate, Investment Banking, and Markets Summer Analyst Program for Summer 2019.
Refreshments will be served.

Can't make the presentation? Interested in learning more about us?
MUFG will have a booth in Ross' Winter Garden from 10:30-5:30pm.
Contact Alexandria Derasmo (aderasmo@us.mufg.jp) to schedule a coffee chat.

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Careers / Jobs Thu, 19 Apr 2018 18:30:08 -0400 2018-04-04T19:00:00-04:00 2018-04-04T20:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business University Career Center Careers / Jobs Ross School of Business
Voter Registration Week! (April 5, 2018 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51449 51449-12170482@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 5, 2018 2:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

The Big Ten Voting Challenge is a nonpartisan initiative to increase student voter registration and turnout rates.

We will be registering students in-person the week of April 2-6. You can get the registration process started anytime online at umich.turbovote.org

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Other Mon, 02 Apr 2018 14:53:44 -0400 2018-04-05T14:30:00-04:00 2018-04-05T17:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Ginsberg Center Other Big Ten Voting Challenge
CANCELED: Social, Behavioral & Experimental Economics (SBEE): Labor Supply and the Value of Non-Work Time: Experimental Estimates from the Field (April 9, 2018 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51634 51634-12179232@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 9, 2018 3:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Social, Behavioral, and Experimental Economics (SBEE)

This lecture has been canceled.

Abstract:

We use a field experiment to estimate the marginal value of non-work time (MVT). During a national application process for phone survey and data entry positions, we randomly offered applicants alternative wage-hour bundles. Jobseeker choices over these bundles yield estimates for the MVT as a function of hours worked. These quantities trace out a labor supply relationship. As predicted by the conventional model of the allocation of time, the substitution effect is positive. Individual labor supply is highly elastic at low hours and becomes more inelastic at higher hours. For unemployed job applicants, the opportunity cost of a full-time job due to lost leisure, household production, and other non-work activities is approximately 60% of their estimated market wage. A similar estimate is found when we reproduce elements of this experiment in a nationally representative survey.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 06 Apr 2018 14:07:58 -0400 2018-04-09T15:30:00-04:00 2018-04-09T17:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Social, Behavioral, and Experimental Economics (SBEE) Workshop / Seminar Economics
Positive Links Speaker Series (April 11, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47966 47966-11961992@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 11, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations

Wednesday, April 11, 2018
4:00-5:00 p.m.
Free and open to the public.

Michigan Ross Campus
Ross Building
701 Tappan
Robertson Auditorium, 1st Floor
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1234

Register: http://positiveorgs.bus.umich.edu/events/technology-and-happiness-the-social-and-emotional-costs-of-being-constantly-connected/

The Positive Links Speaker Series, presented by Michigan Ross’ Center for Positive Organizations, offers inspiring and practical research-based strategies for building organizations that are high performing and bring out the best in its people. Attendees learn from leading positive organizational scholars and connect with our community of academics, students, staff, and leaders.

Positive Links sessions take place at Michigan Ross, and are free and open to the public.

About the talk:
If you own a smartphone, you’re currently carrying as much computing power as early spaceships took to the moon. And new wearable devices promise to keep us constantly connected to the internet, anytime, anywhere. But are these amazing new technologies actually making us happier and more socially connected? In her session, Elizabeth Dunn will describe new findings from the UBC Happy Lab, showing that being constantly connected to the internet may carry hidden costs for individuals and organizations.

About Dunn:
Elizabeth Dunn is a professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia. Dunn conducts experimental research examining how time, money, and technology shape human happiness. She is the co-author of Happy Money: The Science of Happier Spending (Simon & Schuster) with Michael Norton. Her work has appeared in top journals, with three papers published in Science, and she has given talks at PopTech! and TEDx.

She was selected as one of the “rising stars” in academia by the Chronicle of Higher Education in 2004 and was an honoree for the 2007 Mind Gym Academic Prize for pioneering work in positive psychology. In 2010, she received a New Investigator Award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, as well as UBC’s Robert E. Knox Master Teacher Award. Her research has been featured in hundreds of media outlets around the world, including The New York Times, The Globe and Mail, The London Times, Maclean’s, Time, and CNN. Dunn is also an avid surfer and skier.

Host:
Julia Lee, Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations

Sponsors:
The Center for Positive Organizations thanks Sanger Leadership Center, Tauber Institute for Global Operations, Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, and Diane (BA ’73) and Paul (MBA ‘75) Jones for their support of the 2017-18 Positive Links Speaker Series.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 15 Mar 2018 10:17:48 -0400 2018-04-11T16:00:00-04:00 2018-04-11T17:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations Lecture / Discussion Elizabeth Dunn
The Michigan Fashion Media Summit (April 13, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/46642 46642-10569777@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 13, 2018 9:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan Fashion Media Summit Organization

The Michigan Fashion Media Summit is a day-long experience for students and industry professionals that are passionate about fashion, retail, media, and business. The mission is to inspire and educate the next generation of fashion industry leaders by connecting them to creative and professional opportunities across the retail world. The Michigan Fashion Media Summit is the premier platform for college students, University of Michigan alumni, and industry professionals to collaborate and shape the future fabric of fashion.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 01 Feb 2018 11:14:53 -0500 2018-04-13T09:00:00-04:00 2018-04-13T17:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Michigan Fashion Media Summit Organization Conference / Symposium MFMS
Social, Behavioral & Experimental Economics (SBEE): Linguistics and preferences: Does language effect exponential discounting, present-bias, or both? (April 16, 2018 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51635 51635-12179233@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 16, 2018 3:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Social, Behavioral, and Experimental Economics (SBEE)

Abstract

According to the linguistic-savings hypothesis (Chen, 2013), languages that grammatically associate the future and the present foster future-oriented behavior in terms of savings and other economic outcomes. Our study investigates this hypothesis between French and German speaking pupils in a bilingual region of Switzerland, explicitly differentiating between the impact of language on exponential discounting and present bias. We find that French speakers are significantly more impatient than German speakers in the short run. In the long run, however, differences are less pronounced. Our evidence therefore suggests that language affects the degree of hyperbolic discounting and leads to less future oriented behavior mostly through increasing present-biasedness.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 11 Apr 2018 15:20:00 -0400 2018-04-16T15:30:00-04:00 2018-04-16T17:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Social, Behavioral, and Experimental Economics (SBEE) Workshop / Seminar Economics
Healthcare Delivery in Emerging Markets (April 16, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51400 51400-12098138@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 16, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: William Davidson Institute

Join us as student teams from the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business, School of Public Health, School of Nursing and School of Information share in-country project summaries of their work with healthcare organizations in Ethiopia, India, Peru, Rwanda and Sri Lanka.

The graduate student presenters are enrolled in the International Business Immersion course which is designed to enhance the students global leadership capabilities, awareness of diverse business issues on the current international landscape, and on-the-ground experience in a specific country. This will be a great opportunity for you to learn more about this course, the students' work and their experiences abroad.

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Presentation Tue, 27 Mar 2018 16:49:15 -0400 2018-04-16T17:00:00-04:00 2018-04-16T18:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business William Davidson Institute Presentation Students speaking with a physician from Addis Ababa
Tauber Leadership Speaker Series | Serhat Unsal (April 17, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51896 51896-12285874@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

The Tauber Leadership Speaker Series proudly presents Serhat Unsal, Chief Executive Officer, Dawn Foods.
In this special event, Serhat will lead a highly interactive discussion drawing on his extensive experience.

"Leadership in the times of Artificial Intelligence"
SPEAKING AGENDA
5:30 p.m. Presentation (followed by Q&A)
6:30 p.m. Refreshments and networking
A specific amount of time will be open to the audience for questions.
This Tauber event is free and open to students.
Light hors d'oeuvres will be served

Serhat Unsal is the Chief Executive Officer of Jackson, Michigan-based Dawn Foods. Sharing CEO responsibilities with Carrie Jones- Barber, Unsal leverages his extensive global leadership experience to help drive greater growth and success for Dawn.

Unsal joined Dawn in early 2011. As President International from 2011-2016, Unsal led Dawn’s global growth in the company’s key European markets along with emerging markets in Africa, Middle East, Asia/Pacific and Latin America. In his four years as President, Unsal doubled the international divisions’ operating profit by developing and deploying completely new regional strategies for Europe, LATAM and AMEAP. During the same period, he also led Dawn’s corporate strategy development & execution.

Prior to Dawn, Unsal spent 18 years with Unilever where he started his career as a Project Manager. By 2010, Unsal had risen to the role of Managing Director Unilever Food solutions Turkey, Central Asia & Caucasia. In this role, he doubled his division’s annual revenue and operating profit. He also served as a member of the Board of Directors for Unilever Turkey. Unsal earned a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati and an MBA from the University of Toronto.

CAN'T ATTEND? Most Tauber Leadership Speaker Series are recorded and added to the Leadership Speaker Series post-session.

HOSTED BY: Tauber Institute for Global Operations. For questions about this event, please contact TLSS organizer Giuliana Sanchez (MBA '19) at giusl@umich.edu. Or, visit tauber.umich.edu or call 734-647-1333.

The Tauber Leadership Speaker Series is a student-organized initiative to bring in top leaders from industry to the University of Michigan. These high-level executives are invited to share insights on their own careers, the qualities needed in today's global economy for strong leadership, and tangible steps to achieve excellence in one's own career path.

For more information visit tauber.umich.edu or call 734-647-0308.

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Presentation Tue, 13 Nov 2018 11:50:45 -0500 2018-04-17T17:30:00-04:00 2018-04-17T19:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Tauber Institute for Global Operations Presentation Serhat Unsal, CEO Dawn Foods
Health, History, Demography & Development (H2D2): Research Day (April 20, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/48802 48802-11308886@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 20, 2018 8:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Department of Economics

The Economics Department at the University of Michigan will be hosting the fourth H2D2 Research Day on Friday, April 20, 2018. We are pleased to have Amitabh Chandra (Malcolm Wiener Professor of Social Policy and Director of Health Policy Research, Harvard Kennedy School) as our keynote speaker.

We intend for this mini-conference to draw both faculty and student attendees from the University of Michigan as well as from the greater mid-west and Canada. The conference will focus on the subfields of health, history, development, demography and family economics, broadly defined.

More information on H2D2 Research Day can be found at our website (https://sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/h2d2/h2d2conference).

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 08 Mar 2018 15:14:49 -0500 2018-04-20T08:00:00-04:00 2018-04-20T17:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Economics
2018 Positive Business Conference (May 10, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50753 50753-11861931@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 10, 2018 8:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Positive Business Conference

Culture is key. Businesses with positive cultures enjoy larger profits, better performance, and happier employees. And thriving employees are more committed and satisfied with their jobs. But how do you create this kind of culture?

Develop a strategy for a sustainable positive culture at the Michigan Ross Positive Business Conference, May 10-11. Our theme, “Right from the start: building and sustaining a positive culture from startup to scale,” will provide valuable insights and research you can apply immediately to change business for the better. This year’s lineup of keynote speakers includes Joey Bergstein, Seventh Generation; Bruce Broussard, Humana; Katy George, McKinsey; Thomas Grilk, Boston Marathon; Jan Mühlfeit, Microsoft ret.; and KoAnn Vikoren Skrzyniarz, Sustainable Brands.

Visit http://www.positivebusinessconference.com to learn more and register to attend.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 15 Mar 2018 16:29:56 -0400 2018-05-10T08:00:00-04:00 2018-05-10T18:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Positive Business Conference Conference / Symposium PBC 18
Precision Medicine World Conference (June 6, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52304 52304-12598004@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 6, 2018 9:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Precision Health

The program will feature innovative technologies, and analyze the success of already thriving initiatives and clinical case studies that enable the translation of precision medicine into direct improvements in health care. Conference attendees will have an opportunity to learn first-hand about the latest developments and advances in precision medicine and cutting-edge strategies and solutions that are fundamentally changing how patients are treated. This is reflected in the Program Theme: “Big Data in Action: Insights in the Clinic”.

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 11 May 2018 09:49:58 -0400 2018-06-06T09:00:00-04:00 2018-06-06T17:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Precision Health Conference / Symposium Ross School of Business
Values at the End of Life: Toward a Sociology of Economization (September 7, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54827 54827-13645291@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 7, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

Over the past forty years, “the end of life” has become the center of extensive economic, policy, ethical, and medical discussions. Health economists measure and evaluate its cost; ethicists debate the morality of various approaches to “end-of-life care”; policymakers ponder alternative “end of life”-related policies; and clinicians apply a specialized approach (hospice and palliative care) to treat patients whom they diagnose as being at “the end of life.” This talk analyzes the proliferation of conversations on “the end of life” as emblematic of a peculiar moment in human history. Ours is a period where modern growth stagnates and the main challenge developed societies face becomes delineating the limits of human agency and governing populations within these limits. Drawing on a combination of historical and ethnographic analysis of the work of palliative care clinicians in three California hospitals, I analyze how the limits of what can be done, medically and financially, to prolong life are communicated to severely ill patients and families. I use this empirical case to flesh out different dimensions in the concept of economization, which has recently attracted much theoretical attention in economic sociology.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 15:25:33 -0400 2018-09-07T13:30:00-04:00 2018-09-07T15:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Positive Links Speaker Series (September 13, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54141 54141-13530684@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 13, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations

Positive Links Speaker Series
The Role of Passion in Facilitating Optimal Functioning in Employees and Organization
Robert J. Vallerand

Thursday, September 13, 2018
4:00-5:00 p.m.
Free and open to the public.

Register here: http://myumi.ch/aGKYP

Michigan Ross Campus
Blau Hall
700 East University
Colloquium, 5th Floor
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1234

Positive Links:
The Positive Links Speaker Series, presented by Michigan Ross’ Center for Positive Organizations, offers inspiring and practical research-based strategies for building organizations that are high performing and bring out the best in its people. Attendees learn from leading positive organizational scholars and connect with our community of academics, students, staff, and leaders.

Positive Links sessions take place at Michigan Ross, and are free and open to the public.

About the talk:
Passion is largely recognized as one of the most important factors in successful organizations. In this presentation, Vallerand will introduce the concept of passion and present theory and research that shows when passion leads to optimal functioning and when it does not. Further, some suggestions for applications will be discussed.

About Vallerand:
Robert J. Vallerand is currently Professor of Psychology at the Université du Québec à Montréal where he holds a Canada Research Chair in Motivational Processes and Optimal Functioning and is Director of the Research Laboratory on Social Behavior. Vallerand obtained his doctorate from the Université de Montréal and pursued postdoctoral studies at the University of Waterloo.

Vallerand is recognized as a leading international expert on motivational processes where he has developed theories dealing with intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, as well as passion for activities. He has published seven books and over 300 scientific articles and book chapters. His research has been cited extensively and he has received more than eight million ($) in research grants.

Host:
Kim Cameron, co-founder of the Center for Positive Organizations; William Russell Kelly Professor Emeritus of Business Administration; Professor Emeritus of Higher Education

Sponsors:
The Center for Positive Organizations thanks University of Michigan Organizational Learning, Sanger Leadership Center, Tauber Institute for Global Operations, Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, Lisa and David (MBA ‘87) Drews, and Diane (BA ‘73) and Paul (MBA ‘75) Jones for their support of the 2018-19 Positive Links Speaker Series.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 23 Aug 2018 15:21:17 -0400 2018-09-13T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-13T17:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations Lecture / Discussion Robert J. Vallerand
The Promise of Making: Desiring Alternatives and Hacking Entrepreneurial Living in China (September 14, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54822 54822-13645285@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 14, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

Since 2014, a series of Western media outlets from Wired UK over the Economist to Forbes have begun celebrate the city of Shenzhen in the South of China as a rising hub of innovation, a so-called “Hollywood for Makers” and “Silicon Valley of Hardware.” These media stories took up an idea that open source hardware advocates had been promoting for several years: that the city of Shenzhen had become crucial for the realization of one of the key promises of the maker movement, i.e. to prototype concrete alternatives to the pitfalls of the information society and contemporary capitalism. Just a couple years earlier, Shenzhen was largely known as a place of copycats and fakes that lacked creativity where ideas created elsewhere were simply executed and mass produced. What happened within the timespan of only a few years that changed Shenzhen’s image from demonstrating China’s continuous lag in technology innovation towards a place where alternatives to neoliberal capitalism could be prototyped? In this talk, I present excerpts from my forthcoming book “The Promise of Making” to unpack the historical contingencies of this transformation of Shenzhen, and with it China, in the global tech imaginary. Drawing from more than seven years of ethnographic research, I show how the displacement of technooptimistic onto Shenzhen unfolded through and alongside the emergence of “making” as a mode of intervention in the status-quo by hacking not only machines, but also markets and work itself. Shenzhen, I show, was rendered by open source hardware advocates, venture capitalists, avant-garde designers, Chinese politicians and state actors alike as a laboratory to prototype what I call “entrepreneurial living,” i.e. a naturalization of experimentation as a mode of “living on" amidst a pervasive economization of life. While making reformulated a key neoliberal logic of self-economization as a story of empowerment by promising to include ever more people in its call for self-transformation into human capital, Shenzhen came to be seen as the place to accomplish this upgrade of the self and to regain a sense of control amidst anxieties over economic and environmental crisis. Entrepreneurial living as an analytical frame moves beyond a theorization of making or hacking as a countercultural or grassroots movement that exists separate or independent from the systems it sets out to challenge, but points instead to the parasitic relations between contemporary maker cultures, China’s shifting relations in geopolitics and the global political economy.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 14:54:46 -0400 2018-09-14T13:30:00-04:00 2018-09-14T15:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Arbor Esports 1st LAN (September 14, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54117 54117-13530421@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 14, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Maize Pages Student Organizations

Join us for the first LAN party of the semester!We host League of Legends, Dota 2, Rocket League, Hearthstone, and Smash, but attendees are free to play any game they wish!

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Rally / Mass Meeting Fri, 14 Sep 2018 18:00:24 -0400 2018-09-14T17:00:00-04:00 2018-09-14T21:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Maize Pages Student Organizations Rally / Mass Meeting Ross School of Business
Future of Mobility Conference (September 20, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55140 55140-13689432@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 20, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Auto Club @ Ross

The Auto Club @ Ross is excited to invite you to the 3rd Annual Future of Mobility Conference, co-hosted by the Auto Club at Ross and Tech Club at Ross and sponsored by Ford Motor Company! The conference will take place on September 20th at the Ross School of Business.

This year's theme will explore how the future of mobility will impact the movement of goods, and will feature keynote speaker Brian Wolf, Head of Autonomous Vehicles Business for Ford.

The conference is free of charge, and you can RSVP at the registration page link below. Further details on the event are also provided via this link.

For further questions, please reach out to Molly Lynch at mglynch@umich.edu.

We hope to see you there!

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 10 Sep 2018 15:18:12 -0400 2018-09-20T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-20T20:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Auto Club @ Ross Conference / Symposium Conference Flyer
Jim Crow and the Spatial Mismatch Hypothesis (September 21, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54826 54826-13645290@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 21, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

A robust body of social science research has investigated the spatial mismatch hypothesis (SMH), considering the consequences of geographic disparities between black residential locations and potential opportunities for employment. Focusing on U.S. urban areas between the 1970s and the present, studies have produced equivocal evidence on the implications of spatial mismatch for black employment. In this paper, we argue that the mixed evidence may result from a misspecification in both the historical time period and mechanisms whereby spatial mismatch affects black employment opportunities. We show that national declines in black employment and labor force participation, particularly among black women, were especially pronounced in the Jim Crow era (1880s-mid 1960s), rather than the post-industrial era (1970s to present) in which the SMH has generally been tested. We then investigate the extent to which the SMH should be formulated as a commuting problem, involving the difficulties that blacks face in reaching non-residential sites of employment, or a problem of residential ecology, in which blacks who do not live near entrepreneurs or white neighbors are less likely to obtain jobs. Analysis of census micro-data between 1910 and 1970 suggests that residential segregation provides the most consistent account of black-white employment gaps, insofar as employment under Jim Crow suffered when black housing was separated from the homes of business owners and work opportunities in residential locales.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 15:23:29 -0400 2018-09-21T13:30:00-04:00 2018-09-21T15:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Linguistics Colloquium (September 21, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53458 53458-13383554@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 21, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

The Department of Linguistics Fall 2018 Colloquium Series begins September 21st with a presentation by Stephanie Shih, Assistant Professor of Linguistics, University of Southern California.

ABSTRACT
Catching phonology in the Pokéverse: Cross-linguistic comparisons in sound symbolism

Sound symbolism flouts the core assumption of the arbitrariness of the sign in human language. The cross-linguistic prevalence of sound symbolism raises key questions about the universality versus language-specificity of sound symbolic correspondences. One challenge to studying cross-linguistic sound symbolic patterns is the difficulty of holding constant the real-world referents across cultures. In this talk, I present a rich, cross-linguistic dataset that addresses the challenges of cross-linguistic comparison by providing a controlled reference ‘universe’: the Pokémon game franchise. Pokémon names are compared across six languages—Japanese, English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, and Russian. The results show that while languages have a tendency to encode the same attributes with sound symbolism, they crucially also feature differences in sound symbol-ism that are rooted in language-specific grammar dependence. The Pokémon findings are significant to understanding how phonology interacts with the real world, in the cueing of socioculturally-defined categories.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 17 Sep 2018 14:21:00 -0400 2018-09-21T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-21T17:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion Stephanie Shih
Innovation Week Keynote (September 25, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55894 55894-13802788@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Design + Business

Many organizations have “woken up” to the idea of design being a key business differentiator. Gone are the days when simply having the best-engineered solution would guarantee the success of a product. However, many product stakeholders today find it hard to connect the dots between the realities of business and design, and shifting design from a team function to a strategic function is still a challenge in many organizations.

In his talk, Satyam will share many of his personally hard-won insights about the relationship between business and design. He will introduce key concepts such as “Design Premium”, “Risk Mitigation”, and "Empathy Quotient” that push the conversation further on how design can (and should!) help drive business more effectively.
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About Satyam:
Satyam is Co-founder and Chief Experience Officer at UXReactor. With a design career spanning almost 2 decades, he has been the primary driver in developing a design playbook connecting the dots between design, business and engineering called “PragmaticUX” that serves as the foundation of the UXReactor practice.

His present focus is to drive impact in two major areas: firstly, to create business value through the UX design practice; and second, to help close the gap between in-house design teams and design agencies through a managed design service (think UX-as-a-service, or UXaaS). Tackling these challenges requires Satyam to draw upon his unique background as a trained engineer, designer, and business leader.

Before starting his entrepreneurial journey, Satyam served as Managing Director of Product Design at Citrix, where he played a key role in growing the product design team from 4 members to over 100+ practitioners. Prior to that, Satyam was instrumental in building PayPal’s Global Design Center in India while leading a design team in Silicon Valley. He is an alumnus of Harvard Business School’s famed General Management Program, with a Masters in Human Factors from Wright State University, and a Bachelors in Electronics Engineering from Osmania University, India.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 24 Sep 2018 11:07:47 -0400 2018-09-25T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-25T19:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Design + Business Lecture / Discussion Satyam Kantamneni, Chief Experience Officer at UXReactor
Sacagawea's Capture and the History of the Early West (September 25, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53657 53657-13444106@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

In this illustrated slide-lecture, Organization of American Historians (OAH) Distinguished Lecturer Elizabeth Fenn uses the circumstances of Sacagawea’s capture to illuminate a deeper history of the northern plains and Rockies. Fenn discusses indigenous warfare, hunting techniques, environmental conditions, horse-borne interactions, and plains power dynamics as they pertained to a one-month period of Sacagawea’s life.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 13 Aug 2018 15:32:52 -0400 2018-09-25T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-25T19:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business William L. Clements Library Lecture / Discussion Elizabeth Fenn
Ross Global Showcase (September 26, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52064 52064-12407322@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 11:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan Ross Global Initiatives

Come learn about the global opportunities the Ross School of Business offers to students across the university!

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Fair / Festival Tue, 14 Aug 2018 13:23:51 -0400 2018-09-26T11:00:00-04:00 2018-09-26T14:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Michigan Ross Global Initiatives Fair / Festival Ross School of Business
The Ross Effect (September 27, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55018 55018-13665226@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 27, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Ross One Year Graduate Programs

Employers look for the skills you’re developing in your undergraduate degree, like the ability to understand complex concepts and deliver creative solutions. But, connecting with companies and highlighting these skills is not always easy. Join us at "The Ross Effect" to learn how three outstanding Ross graduate programs, the Master of Accounting, the Master of Management and the Master of Supply Chain Management, will leverage your undergraduate training for a smooth and successful transition into the workforce.

This event is being held exclusively for non-Ross University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) students. The event is being held on the 5th floor of the Blau/Kresge side of the Ross Building, in the Blau Colloquium.

Questions? Email TheRossEffect@umich.edu

Register at:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-ross-effect-how-a-ross-graduate-degree-amplifies-your-toolkit-registration-48421327494

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Presentation Fri, 07 Sep 2018 18:53:32 -0400 2018-09-27T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-27T17:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Ross One Year Graduate Programs Presentation Michigan Ross Logo
AlphaSights Info Session - Careers in Knowledge Search (September 27, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52866 52866-13090543@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 27, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: University Career Center

Banking, consulting, marketing -- is there anything else outthere? Drive business forward at AlphaSights.
We are a global team withunrivaled career progression, opportunities for global mobility, and extensive professional development in a collaborative, fast-paced environment. Stop by our Michigan Information Session to learn from alumni and recruiters how you can join.. Plus, catering provided!

-6:00-7:00PM
-RossBuilding - R2240
-Save your seat here: https://alphasightsatmichigan.splashthat.com/

AlphaSights is hiring for full-time and internship roles in New York & San Francisco.

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Careers / Jobs Fri, 12 Oct 2018 12:30:19 -0400 2018-09-27T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-27T19:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business University Career Center Careers / Jobs Ross School of Business
Cultural Entrepreneurship: A New Agenda for the Study of Entrepreneurial Processes and Possibilities (September 28, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54828 54828-13645292@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 28, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

Innovation and entrepreneurship lie at the heart of our modern economy. Yet while scholars have long examined the economic drivers of innovation and entrepreneurship, we know less about the cultural forces which shape these dynamics. To the extent that the existing entrepreneurship literature has considered how culture shapes innovation and entrepreneurship, it has mainly been viewed as a constraining force which limited and hindered the creation of novelty. This is especially true for economic approaches to entrepreneurship and innovation. I will present ideas from a forthcoming book in development with Mary Ann Glynn that leverages contemporary cultural approaches to entrepreneurship that were, in part, seeded by our 2001 SMJ paper on cultural entrepreneurship. In contrast to conceptualizing culture as a normative constraint, recent scholarship draws more from Swidler's notion of culture as a toolkit, highlighting the importance of cultural skill in the context of entrepreneurial action. I will review key arguments from the book that sketches an agenda for future research on cultural entrepreneurship, highlighting the fruitfulness of a field analytic approach and a focus on projective agency. An example from the development of nanotechnology will be used to illustrate key arguments.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 15:27:49 -0400 2018-09-28T13:30:00-04:00 2018-09-28T15:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Green Wolverine Science Symposium (September 29, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54954 54954-13656393@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 29, 2018 10:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Green Wolverine

Through collaboration with the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy and School of Nursing, Green Wolverine is hosting speakers from across the country for a CANNABIS SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM This is the first student-organized science symposium of its kind at the university.

Green Wolverine was founded with the goal of promoting education and public awareness of the importance of evidence-based discourse, in terms of deciding the future of cannabis in medicine, research, and industry.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 06 Sep 2018 20:38:22 -0400 2018-09-29T10:00:00-04:00 2018-09-29T16:20:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Green Wolverine Conference / Symposium World-class researchers, scientists, and physicians gather in Ann Arbor to illuminate the future of cannabis medicine, research, and industry.
“Data Innovation for Global Problem Solving: Promise and Peril” (October 1, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55540 55540-13759160@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 1, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: William Davidson Institute

How data shaped the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, how it is transforming local and global problem-solving, and the risks posed by a policy makers and a public increasingly skeptical of data will be the topic of a Oct. 1 talk co-sponsored by WDI and the Center for Value Chain Innovation.

Daniella Ballou-Aares, partner at the global advisory firm Dalberg, will give the talk, “Data Innovation for Global Problem Solving: Promise and Peril” beginning at 5 p.m. in Room R2230 at the Ross School of Business. It is open and free to the public.

Ballou-Aares will discuss if data innovations can transform how the world responds to the biggest social, economic and environmental challenges, and if data is able to bring nations, companies, and citizens together for a common cause. Conversely, she will examine whether the ability of data to influence decision-makers is on the decline, and if the impact of data innovations will be unable to address the world’s most significant development challenges.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 25 Sep 2018 10:23:19 -0400 2018-10-01T17:00:00-04:00 2018-10-01T18:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business William Davidson Institute Lecture / Discussion Ballou-Aares
Insights about the Production, Evaluation, and Valuation of knowledge within Academia: Readying our Organizations for Intellectual Diversity and Epistemic Justice (October 5, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54833 54833-13645300@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 5, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

Drawing from concepts located in sociology, critical organizational studies, critical feminist and critical race feminist theories, and philosophy, Gonzales will address the production, evaluation, and valuation of knowledge within academia. Specifically, Gonzales will reflect on interviews conducted with almost 100 professors over the last eight years and describe how scholars whose scholarship might be viewed as “non-conventional” strive to position their work as acceptable, or legitimate, in the context of their disciplines and departments, and how in turn, disciplinary and departmental colleagues (e.g., mentors, faculty, peers) receive that work. After presenting these insights, Gonzales will highlight strategies for “readying” individuals and organizations to be more supportive of scholarship that diverges from traditional norms and conventions, and the implications of failing to do so.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 15:52:19 -0400 2018-10-05T13:30:00-04:00 2018-10-05T15:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Story Lab Kickoff (October 8, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54898 54898-13651925@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 8, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Sanger Leadership Center

The Sanger Leadership Center and Ross Design + Business Club invite you to join us for the Story Lab Kickoff on Monday, October 8 from 5-6:30 PM in the Ross Colloquium (6th floor) at Michigan Ross.

At the Story Lab Kickoff, you will hear powerful stories from your peers and learn more about what’s beneath the surface here at Ross. You will also learn how you can get involved in this year’s Story Lab program, including our interactive retreats and Ross Diaries events.

All are welcome. We hope to see you there! RSVP on our website below.

Questions? Email us at rossleaders@umich.edu.

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Performance Thu, 06 Sep 2018 09:46:57 -0400 2018-10-08T17:00:00-04:00 2018-10-08T18:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Sanger Leadership Center Performance Story Lab
Is There a Gender Gap in the Creative Production of Music? (October 12, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54835 54835-13645303@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 12, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 15:54:33 -0400 2018-10-12T13:30:00-04:00 2018-10-12T15:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Michigan Sport Business Conference 2018 (October 19, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54658 54658-13629712@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 19, 2018 9:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Maize Pages Student Organizations

The MSBC is an undergraduate student-run platform that creates unique experiences to empower the next generation of sport industry leaders. Since our founding in 2012, the MSBC has strived to inspire creativity and innovation in the sport industry. We do this by connecting current and future sport business professionals and organizations by creating thought-provoking educational platforms in an intimate, yet professional environment. By attending the conference, you will have the opportunity to connect with the current and future sport business leaders.

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 19 Oct 2018 12:00:34 -0400 2018-10-19T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-19T17:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Maize Pages Student Organizations Conference / Symposium Ross School of Business
Exposure to Opposing Views can Increase Political Polarization: Evidence from a Large-Scale Experiment on Social Media (October 19, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54841 54841-13645308@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 19, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

There is mounting concern that social media sites contribute to political polarization by creating "echo chambers" that insulate people from opposing views about current events. We surveyed a large sample of Democrats and Republicans who visit Twitter at least three times each week about a range of social policy issues. One week later, we randomly assigned respondents to a treatment condition in which they were offered financial incentives to follow a Twitter bot for one month that exposed them to messages produced by elected officials, organizations, and other opinion leaders with opposing political ideologies. Respondents were re-surveyed at the end of the month to measure the effect of this treatment, and at regular intervals throughout the study period to monitor treatment compliance. We find that Republicans who followed a liberal Twitter bot became substantially more conservative post-treatment, and Democrats who followed a conservative Twitter bot became slightly more liberal post-treatment. These findings have important implications for the interdisciplinary literature on political polarization as well as the emerging field of computational social science.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 16:06:58 -0400 2018-10-19T13:30:00-04:00 2018-10-19T15:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Linguistics Colloquium (October 19, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53777 53777-13459412@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 19, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

The second event in the Department of Linguistics Fall 2018 Colloquium Series features a presentation by Jon Sprouse, Associate Professor of Linguistics, University of Connecticut.

ABSTRACT
Looking for evidence of A-movement

The evidence is almost overwhelming for a dependency in A'-constructions that can be captured with a grammatical operation like movement: there is a visible disruption in the word order of the sentence, there are several sentence processing effects associated with these disruptions, and there are abstract constraints these disruptions that vary cross-linguistically. In this talk, I'd like to ask whether we can find similar evidence for movement in A-constructions. I will spend the bulk of the time reporting three sets of studies that I have run in my own search for evidence of A-movement: a set of judgment studies on ne-cliticization in Italian and ECM in English; a set of EEG studies on uaccusatives, passives, and raising in English; and a set of hierarchical Bayesian models designed to test for the presence of UTAH during language acquisition (under the assumption that UTAH and A-movement are tightly coupled). In all three sets of studies, the results so far fail to present strong evidence for A-movement. After reviewing these results, my hope is to encourage some discussion about (i) what sorts of evidence we would expect to see if A-movement is part of the grammar, (ii) whether we might need cross-linguistic variation in the presence/absence of A-movement, and how the current evidence in the (syntactic, psycholinguistic, and neurolinguistic) literature stacks up against our expectations.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 16 Oct 2018 13:32:45 -0400 2018-10-19T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-19T17:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion Jon Sprouse