Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. BME Pathways Expo (February 22, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60989 60989-15000016@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

The goal of the BME Pathways initiative is to provide an opportunity for BME students to experience a variety of activities and events that will target typical biomedical engineering career pathways and expand upon the offered concentrations. This event is an opportunity for you to meet with company representatives, attend informational panels, and to network with the BME community.

It will take place on Friday, February 22, 2019, in the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. This event is for Biomedical Engineering students only. *RSVP required: please see your email for details.

Recruitment (1:00 PM - 4:00 PM): Johnson & Johnson (Ethicon Endo-Surgery Division), Abbott, Exponent, FDA, U.S. Public Health Services, Xoran, 3T Medical, MC3, and the BME Clinical Peer Mentor Program

BME Pathways Expo Panel (1:10 PM - 2:10 PM):
Joan Greve, Ph.D. - BME Faculty
Alisha Diggs, Postdoc, BME Alumna - Postdoc
Jeffrey Meng, SUGS Alumnus - FDA
Josh White, Ph.D. Alumnus - Exponent
John Seamans, Master's Alumnus - Delphinus Medical Technologies
Chris Yu, SUGS Alumnus - Abbott
Alita Hassan, UM Alumnus (Masters of Public Health) - Critical Markers of Disease (CMOD)
Joseph Lee - UM Alumnus (Mechanical Eng.) - 3T Medical

Graduate Student Panel (2:15 PM - 3:30 PM): Explore post-baccalaureate programs ranging from a Master's to medical school! This panel will include graduate students from various programs at U-M related to biomedical sciences, including Master's, Ph.D., and medical school programs. Panelists will share their tips and tricks for the application process, navigating their programs, and their own post-graduation goals. Attendees will also have the opportunity to ask their own questions and speak to panelists one-on-one.
Claire Tomaszewski (3rd Year BME Ph.D. Student)
Richard Youngblood (4th Year BME Ph.D. Student)
Margaret Hammersley (1st Year BME Ph.D. Student)
Jess Foss (BME SUGS Student)
Nicolas Skaf (1st Year BME Master's Student)

Refreshments & Casual Networking (2:00 PM - 4:00 PM):

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Careers / Jobs Thu, 21 Feb 2019 10:07:10 -0500 2019-02-22T13:00:00-05:00 2019-02-22T16:00:00-05:00 Gerald Ford Library Biomedical Engineering Careers / Jobs Biomedical Engineering
The 2020 Election: The Challenges and Changes Facing Political Polling (March 20, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61835 61835-15215050@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

Join us as Peter D. Hart, leading public opinion expert and pollster, takes a fun and interactive look at the latest polling trends, while sharing insights about key changes, demographic information, and top issues the country needs to know. In this period of rapid-fire change, Hart puts it all in context in an eye-opening look at polling, politics and public policy.

As to the 2020 election, Hart candidly warns against the predictive value of polls taken this far ahead of any presidential election. At this stage, so long before voters actually vote, according to Hart, poll numbers are “written in wet sand at the ocean’s edge.”

Mr. Hart goes on to say “There is an old — and true — axiom that holds that in politics, a week is a lifetime and a month can be an eternity ... History humbles us to admit that we really do have no idea who will be the presidential nominees, let alone the winner, in 2020.”

Hart, the respected pollster who has perfected his trade through his work in the past 15 presidential campaigns, is sometimes called the dean of this generation of pollsters. He has covered election night news since 1964, and has set the “gold standard” of public polling.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 04 Mar 2019 12:42:09 -0500 2019-03-20T19:00:00-04:00 2019-03-20T21:00:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Lecture / Discussion Peter Hart
David Priess, author: “How to Get Rid of a President: History’s Guide to Removing Unpopular, Unable, or Unfit Chief Executives” (April 30, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62234 62234-15335279@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

Join David Priess, author and former CIA insider, as he discusses his new book, “How to Get Rid of a President: History’s Guide to Removing Unpopular, Unable, or Unfit Chief Executives.”

To limit executive power, the founding fathers created fixed presidential terms of four years, giving voters regular opportunities to remove their leaders. Even so, Americans have often resorted to more dramatic paths to dis-empower the chief executive.

“How to Get Rid of a President” is a lively narrative showcasing various dark sides of the nation’s history: a stew of election dramas, national tragedies, and presidential departures mixed with party intrigue, personal betrayal, and backroom shenanigans.

In this briskly-paced and approachable sweep of history, Priess barnstorms through history, showing all the ways – from impeachment to death – that presidents have either left office prematurely or just barely avoided doing so. While the pomp and circumstance of presidential elections might draw more attention, the way that presidents are removed teaches us much more about our political order.


Free Admission. Free Parking. Book sales/signing and reception follow program.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Mar 2019 10:19:00 -0400 2019-04-30T19:00:00-04:00 2019-04-30T21:00:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Lecture / Discussion David Priess
"Why Trade Matters" - Speaker event (May 14, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63177 63177-15585197@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 14, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

Join us as Ambassador Carla A. Hills discusses today’s trade issues.
Over the last two centuries trade has grown remarkably, completely transforming the global economy. Today trade is a fundamental part of economic activity everywhere, yet there is an elevation in trade tensions.

Trade partnership are changing. Ambassador Hills will describe the mounting uncertainty regarding the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, as well as the nation’s plans to negotiate trade deals with the European Union, the United Kingdom, Japan, and China. She will also reflect on imposed tariffs and the threat of additional ones.

Carla Hills, former U.S. Trade Representative serving under George H.W. Bush, also served as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the Ford Administration. Currently she is Chair and Chief Executive of Hills & Company, advising on investment, trade, and risks abroad.

Free Admission. Free Parking. Reception follows program.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 16 Apr 2019 10:51:39 -0400 2019-05-14T19:00:00-04:00 2019-05-14T21:00:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Lecture / Discussion Ambassador Carla Hills
The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 (September 24, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66519 66519-16744955@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

"The Only Plane in the Sky", written by award-winning journalist and historian Garrett Graff tells the story of 9/11 as it was lived—in the words of those who lived it. Graff draws on never-before-published transcripts, recently declassified documents, original interviews, and oral histories to paint a vivid portrait of the 9/11 attacks.

Open Seating. Book Signing and Reception following lecture.
Free Admission. Free Parking.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 06 Sep 2019 13:46:35 -0400 2019-09-24T19:00:00-04:00 2019-09-24T21:00:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Lecture / Discussion Garrett M. Graff
ADVANCE STRIDE Faculty Recruitment Workshop (October 28, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67642 67642-16909315@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 28, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: The ADVANCE Program

The Committee on Strategies and Tactics for Recruiting to Improve Diversity and Excellence (STRIDE) offers Faculty Recruitment Workshops for faculty members with an important role in faculty recruitment efforts.

These workshops are designed to provide both background information and concrete advice about practices that make searches more successful in producing diverse candidate pools and hiring the candidates you want to attract. Workshops are scheduled for the fall term. These workshops are open to all faculty.

Please Register here: https://umich.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_esPhF8p7Cc9vpXf

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 25 Sep 2019 14:16:59 -0400 2019-10-28T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-28T13:50:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library The ADVANCE Program Workshop / Seminar The Big M above the words ADVANCE Program and University of Michigan
The Alan J. Hunt Memorial Lecture (November 1, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68886 68886-17188747@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 1, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

Gérard Mourou is Professor Haut-Collège at the École polytechnique. He is also the A.D. Moore Distinguished University Emeritus Professor of the University of Michigan. He received his undergraduate education at the University of Grenoble (1967) and his Ph.D. from University Paris VI in 1973. He has made numerous contributions to the field of ultrafast lasers, high-speed electronics, and medicine. But, his most important invention, demonstrated with his student Donna Strickland while at the University of Rochester (N.Y.), is the laser amplification technique known as Chirped Pulse Amplification (CPA), universally used today. CPA revolutionized the field of optics, opening new branches like attosecond pulse generation, Nonlinear QED, compact particle accelerators. It extended the field of optics to nuclear and particle physics. In 2005, Prof. Mourou proposed a new infrastructure; the Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI), which is distributed over three pillars located in Czech Republic, Romania, and Hungary. Prof. Mourou also pioneered the field of femtosecond ophthalmology that relies on a CPA femtosecond laser for precise myopia corrections and corneal transplants. Over a million such procedures are now performed annually. Prof. Mourou is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, and a foreign member of the Russian Science Academy, the Austrian Sciences Academy, and the Lombardy Academy for Sciences and Letters. He is Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur and was awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics with his former student Donna Strickland.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 28 Oct 2019 15:47:36 -0400 2019-11-01T14:00:00-04:00 2019-11-01T15:30:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Biomedical Engineering Lecture / Discussion Alan Hunt Lecture
Dawn of the Code War: America's Battle Against Russia, China, and the Rising Global Cyber Threat (November 12, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68844 68844-17163795@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 12, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

Former Assistant Attorney General John P. Carlin takes us to the front lines of a global but little understood fight as the Justice Department and the FBI chases down hackers, online terrorist recruiters, and spies. Today, as our entire economy goes digital, from banking to manufacturing to transportation, the potential targets for our enemies multiply.

This firsthand account is both a remarkable untold story and a warning of dangers yet to come. Books will be available for purchase and signing after the event.

Free Admission. Open Seating. Free Parking.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 25 Oct 2019 13:50:31 -0400 2019-11-12T19:00:00-05:00 2019-11-12T21:00:00-05:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Lecture / Discussion John Carlin and Dawn of the Code War
Lilly Stalks, Pounded Murphies, and Caramel Ice Cream: Investigating the Food System that Fed U-M Students a Century Ago (November 14, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68680 68680-17136738@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 14, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Bentley Historical Library

Join anthropologist Lisa Young as she discusses how and what U-M students ate a hundred years ago, and the system that supplied the food. The lecture is aided by work that Young's students did at the Bentley Historical Library exploring menus for student banquets.

This lecture is part of a new series on the history of the University of Michigan sponsored by the Bentley Historical Library. Lectures are free and open to the public.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 22 Oct 2019 11:35:52 -0400 2019-11-14T19:00:00-05:00 2019-11-14T20:30:00-05:00 Gerald Ford Library Bentley Historical Library Lecture / Discussion Student Banquet Menu
LNF Users Symposium 2019 (December 12, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68955 68955-17197059@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 12, 2019 9:00am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Lurie Nanofabrication Facility

Building upon the success of past events, we continue our annual tradition of bringing the whole LNF community together for the 7th year to learn about each other’s work and celebrate the wide variety of research being done at the LNF. Come join us on Thursday December 12th at the Geral Ford Library!

The symposium is free and open to all but please register online on the Symposium website (see link on the right panel). LNF tours can be scheduled at the end of the symposium for those interested. Food will be provided.

If you are an LNF user, participate in the poster contest and share your research! There are cash prizes for 1st ($300), 2nd ($200) and 3rd place ($150).

Tentative agenda
9:00 am Poster Setup
10:00 am Welcome – Prof. Jamie Phillips, LNF Director
10:15 am Keynote Lecture: The Nanoscale in Manufacturing: Solving Big Problems For Really Small Stuff - Dr Janay Camp (KLA)
11:30 am Poster Session, Exhibitor Show, and Lunch
1:30 pm Technical Talks
4:30 pm Poster Prize Awards and Symposium Closing Remarks
4:40 pm LNF tour for registered attendees (Dr. Sandrine Martin) – Meet at the registration table

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 29 Oct 2019 16:55:17 -0400 2019-12-12T09:00:00-05:00 2019-12-12T17:00:00-05:00 Gerald Ford Library Lurie Nanofabrication Facility Conference / Symposium LNF Symposium Poster Session
“We must work off our surplus animal spirits” (December 12, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70063 70063-17505685@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 12, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Bentley Historical Library

Archivists Greg Kinney and Brian Williams -- experts in U-M history, particularly athletics -- will draw on holdings of the Bentley Historical library to present on athletics at the University in the 1800s -- the forms it took, the motivations behind it, the ways it evolved, the particular sports that came and went. The lecture is part of the new monthly series on U-M history sponsored by the Bentley.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 06 Dec 2019 10:45:27 -0500 2019-12-12T19:00:00-05:00 2019-12-12T20:30:00-05:00 Gerald Ford Library Bentley Historical Library Lecture / Discussion Football player Bob Brown and wolverine on the field
Electronics in the Brain – Literally (January 17, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71584 71584-17842691@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 17, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Abstract

Reading the human mind by electronic means used to be the domain of science fiction – and is still largely so. At the same time, technologies collectively labelled as brain-computer interfaces have moved forward, motivated by needs for assistive tools for neurologically impaired people and to advance our fundamental understanding of the brain. An applied example would be the use of electronic means to read out directly from the brain the intention to move an arm or a hand, and to decipher such signals to actuate an external robotic device. Another example is the
reading out brain signals produced when listening to or formulating speech. To access brain’s microcircuits at high space-time resolution requires implantation of electronic listening posts, call them nodes, at a number of nearby locations in a given functional area of the cortex. Which brings up the question of the day for neuroengineers: how many nodes might be required or are possible to implant, and how does one physically implement arrays of microscale electronic probes? What are the data rates involved in extracting brain signals and how to design a communication link to send the data onward for decoding by external computing platforms? What about reversing the direction of the process to use implanted probes to deliver signals directly into the brain (‘write-in’)? Through contemporary examples, this presentation will review recent accomplishments in the field from an electrical engineer’s viewpoint and discuss both the challenges and opportunities ahead to build next generations of brain-computer interfaces while explicitly exploiting many of the early 21st century advances in microelectronics, telecommunication, and high end computing.

Bio

Arto V. Nurmikko, a native of Finland, is a L. Herbert Ballou University Professor of Engineering and Physics at Brown. He received his degrees from University of California, Berkeley, with postdoctoral stays at MIT and Hebrew University. Professor Nurmikko conducts research in neuroengineering, brain sciences, nanophotonics and microelectronics, especially for the translation of device research to new technologies in biomedical, life science, and photonics applications. His current interests include development of implantable brain communication interfaces, microscale neural circuit sensors, compact semiconductor lasers, and high resolution acoustic microscopy. Professor Nurmikko is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and Fellow of the Optical Society of America. He has been the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, and elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and to the Academy of Letters and Science of Finland. He was the co-recipient of the Israel Brain Prize in 2013.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 16 Jan 2020 11:10:47 -0500 2020-01-17T13:00:00-05:00 2020-01-17T14:30:00-05:00 Gerald Ford Library Electrical and Computer Engineering Lecture / Discussion Gerald Ford Library
Telling the Truth About the Liberal Arts: Histories and Futures (January 23, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70653 70653-17611242@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 23, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Bentley Historical Library

Terrence McDonald, historian and former dean of the College of Literature, Science and the Arts, will explore the often misunderstood history of the liberal arts at Michigan and elsewhere and will discuss their future prospects -- at a time when those prospects are often called into question. The lecture is part of the new monthly series on U-M history sponsored by the Bentley.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 19 Dec 2019 17:37:33 -0500 2020-01-23T19:00:00-05:00 2020-01-23T20:30:00-05:00 Gerald Ford Library Bentley Historical Library Lecture / Discussion Students leaving classes at Angell Hall, 1935 - Michiganensian
Coeducation for Democracy (February 13, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71385 71385-17819320@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 13, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Bentley Historical Library

2020 marks the 150th anniversary of the admission of women to U-M. Andrea Turpin, associate professor of history at Baylor University and author of the recent award-winning book, A New Moral Vision: Gender, Religion, and the Changing Purposes of American Higher Education, 1837-1917, will speak on the struggle for women's admission at U-M and the experiences of women students here during the early decades of coeducation. This lecture is part of a new monthly series on the history of the University, sponsored by the Bentley Historical Library.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 13 Jan 2020 16:41:17 -0500 2020-02-13T19:00:00-05:00 2020-02-13T20:30:00-05:00 Gerald Ford Library Bentley Historical Library Lecture / Discussion Women graduates, LSA 1889