Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Open Lecture & Book Signing (September 20, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53214 53214-13289327@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 20, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: LSA Honors Program

Carmen Bugan discusses how political repression and escaping persecution have influenced her writing and her views on language. Her lecture looks at several consequences of politics on the artistic process and argues for the necessity of addressing the larger, timeless issues such as suffering, hope, and love, rather than adopting a partisan politics in one’s literary work. In portraying the effects of turbulent politics on individual lives, literature has a unique opportunity to ponder and celebrate our humanity. It can counteract the manipulative language of propaganda by drawing from the rich resources of a language that is able to sustain us through moments of political upheaval. Please use the "To Register" link below.

Biography:
Bugan was born in 1970 in Romania and has since lived in the US, Ireland, England, and France. She is the author of three collections of poems: Crossing the Carpathians (Oxford Poets/Carcanet), The House of Straw (Shearsman), and Releasing the Porcelain Birds (Shearsman); as well as the memoir Burying the Typewriter and the critical study Séamus Heaney and East European Poetry in Translation: Poetics of Exile. Bugan was educated at the University of Michigan and Oxford University, UK, where she obtained a doctorate in English literature. Her essays, reviews, and poems appear in publications such as PEN, the TLS, Modern Poetry in Translation, PN Review, Harvard Review, and the BBC Magazine. In 2017 Carmen was made a George Orwell Prize Fellow. She teaches at the Gotham Writers Workshop in NYC and lives in Long Island, NY.

From the Pan MacMillan Blog:
"Being an immigrant writer in American today" ~ "At 2 a.m. on 10 March 1983, Carmen Bugan's father left the family home, alone. That afternoon, Carmen returned from school to find secret police in her living room. Her father's protest against the regime had changed her life forever. This is her story."

"One of the most telling insights I've read about life under communism...warm and humane." ~Observer

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 11:01:05 -0400 2018-09-20T17:30:00-04:00 2018-09-20T18:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) LSA Honors Program Lecture / Discussion Bugan speaking at Wowfest
Great Lakes Adaptation Forum (September 24, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/55196 55196-13698261@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 24, 2018 10:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: University of Michigan Climate Center

Join climate adaptation scholars and practitioners from across the Great Lakes region to learn about the latest trends, innovations, and best practices in the field.

Join us Monday for a career panel with adaptation leadership working in environmental justice, urban resilience, public health, applied climate science and more!

On Tuesday Jonathan Overpeck and Keynote Speaker Dr. Daniel Wildcat will lead the Opening Plenary speaking about the role of indigenous knowledge and the need for equitable and effective climate adaptation action now!

The conference agenda features leaders on Finance and Innovation: Cam Davis, former Great Lakes Czar under the Obama Administration, Joyce Coffee finance innovation guru, and Branko Kerkez smart technology inventor and leader;
Landscapes and forest management: Chris Swanston, Director of the Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science and Kim Hall, The Nature Conservancy's resilience manager for the Great Lakes region; Data Visualization and Decision Making and Much More!

You don't want to miss the biennial convening of climate adaptation thought leaders and actors!

We'll see you in Ann Arbor September 24 - 26

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 24 Sep 2018 10:43:34 -0400 2018-09-24T10:00:00-04:00 2018-09-24T17:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) University of Michigan Climate Center Conference / Symposium Great Lakes Forum Banner
Department of Statistics Career Fair (September 27, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54488 54488-13589889@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 27, 2018 10:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Department of Statistics

The Career Fair is an opportunity to speak with University of Michigan Alumni and representatives from business and industry regarding statistics-related internships and career opportunities.

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Careers / Jobs Thu, 30 Aug 2018 10:22:46 -0400 2018-09-27T10:00:00-04:00 2018-09-27T16:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Department of Statistics Careers / Jobs Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
A New World: intimate music from FINAL FANTASY (September 29, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51168 51168-12010115@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 29, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Presented by AWR Music Productions LLC

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Performance Mon, 19 Mar 2018 12:30:13 -0400 2018-09-29T20:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
UMSI Homecoming Lecture: A conversation with Steve Horowitz of Snapchat (October 4, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55587 55587-13759175@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 4, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: School of Information

Snapchat's Steve Horowitz will present the 2018 School of Information Homecoming Lecture. In his talk, he will discuss how the evolution of the camera is changing the way we communicate, express ourselves, play and create. He will share some of Snapchat's latest innovations in augmented reality, computer vision and more.

Steve Horowitz is currently Vice President of Technology for Snap, Inc. in Venice, California. He brings vast technology expertise including the development of world-class products at Google, Microsoft and Apple. Steve's career has spanned decades and he has led teams responsible for industry-shaping mobile products, computer operating systems, television and wearable technology. Steve is a Michigan alum and is proud to have two daughters who are both Wolverines.

This event is open to the public: all are welcome to attend.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 18 Sep 2018 15:11:22 -0400 2018-10-04T17:30:00-04:00 2018-10-04T19:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) School of Information Lecture / Discussion Steve Horowitz
2018 MIDAS Annual Symposium (October 8, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/45230 45230-11710204@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 8, 2018 8:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Featured speakers:

“Big Data in Manufacturing Systems with Internet-of-Things Connectivity”
Dawn Tilbury, Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan.

“Big (Network) Data: Challenges and Opportunities for Data Science”
Patrick Wolfe, Frederick L. Hovde Dean of Science, Purdue University.

“The Data Science Expert in the Room”
Katherine Ensor, Director, Center for Computational Finance and Economic Systems (CoFES), Rice University.

“The Elements of Translational Data Science”
Raghu Machiraju, Interim Director, Translational Data Analytics Institute, The Ohio State University

The symposium will also include:

Research talks from U-M investigators
A poster session and student poster competition
Industry perspectives on data science and social good.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 01 Oct 2018 16:01:31 -0400 2018-10-08T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-08T19:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Michigan Institute for Data Science Conference / Symposium Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
2018 MIDAS Annual Symposium (October 9, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/45230 45230-11710205@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 8:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Featured speakers:

“Big Data in Manufacturing Systems with Internet-of-Things Connectivity”
Dawn Tilbury, Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan.

“Big (Network) Data: Challenges and Opportunities for Data Science”
Patrick Wolfe, Frederick L. Hovde Dean of Science, Purdue University.

“The Data Science Expert in the Room”
Katherine Ensor, Director, Center for Computational Finance and Economic Systems (CoFES), Rice University.

“The Elements of Translational Data Science”
Raghu Machiraju, Interim Director, Translational Data Analytics Institute, The Ohio State University

The symposium will also include:

Research talks from U-M investigators
A poster session and student poster competition
Industry perspectives on data science and social good.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 01 Oct 2018 16:01:31 -0400 2018-10-09T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-09T17:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Michigan Institute for Data Science Conference / Symposium Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
UM Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Faculty Alliance (UMFA) - Annual Faculty Reception (October 10, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53457 53457-13383551@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: UM Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Faculty Alliance

Annual reception and brief meeting (about 6pm) for UM faculty and deans who are LGBTQ or interested in issues related to LGBTQ faculty

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Reception / Open House Mon, 06 Aug 2018 14:20:32 -0400 2018-10-10T17:00:00-04:00 2018-10-10T19:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) UM Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Faculty Alliance Reception / Open House Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
From Domination to Regeneration: Cultivating a New World View in Perilous Times (October 10, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53902 53902-13478719@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Note: ASL interpretation will be provided.

The world seems to be in crisis. The planet is in peril. Oceans are poisoned with human waste. Racism is on the rise. Virulent nationalism has resurfaced across the globe. Religion is shaky and ungrounded. Technology is reaching into our lives instead of enriching it. We seem to have reached an impasse on borders and the role of government. Humans usually develop shared stories to understand moments like these. The current narrative that is shared by religion, science, and politics is about the end of it all—the end of the world. But is that what is happening?

Abdul-Matin will address how to confront this time of extraordinary upheaval, a time in which the failures of our economic and political systems have become clear and the harm is deeply and widely felt. In this moment of upheaval, of dissolution and awakening, what is unravelling? What is possible that wasn’t possible before? What is the worldview that we can awaken and cultivate now? What seeds did (y)our ancestors plant for Deep Democracy, rooted in Beloved Community, that you could water and cultivate now?

He will share amazing examples of work happening right now that seeks to nurture whole people and whole communities as we transition away from a world of domination and extraction to one of regeneration, resilience, and interdependence.

Ibrahim Abdul-Matin is the author of "Green Deen: What Islam Teaches About Protecting the Planet." He has advised two NYC mayors on sustainability policy, among other issues, and has also worked with Fortune 500 companies on sustainability and innovation. He has spoken and written for a variety of outlets on diverse topics including Islam and sustainability, organizing and activism, and land use process. A former on-air sports contributor to WNYC’s The Takeaway, Abdul-Matin has appeared on CNN, Fox News, and Al Jazeera, among others. And in 2015 he was named one of the 40 Under 40 Rising Stars in New York City Politics by City & State Magazine.

About the Jill S. Harris Memorial Lecture: The Jill S. Harris Memorial Endowment was established in 1985 by Roger and Meredith Harris, Jill’s parents, her grandparents Allan and Norma Harris, and friends. The fund was established in memory of Jill, a resident of Chicago and undergraduate student at U-M who passed away due to injuries from an auto accident.

The fund brings a distinguished visitor to campus each year who will appeal to undergraduates interested in the humanities and the arts. The visitor may either be a fellow of the institute for an extended period of time or invited for a few days to present the annual lecture.The visiting fellow will usually interact with undergraduates, informally and through visits to classes or by other means by which exchanges with undergraduates may be promoted.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 27 Sep 2018 15:36:46 -0400 2018-10-10T17:30:00-04:00 2018-10-10T19:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion Ibrahim Abdul-Matin
Department of Music Education Carrigan Lecture: Eric Shieh (October 11, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56076 56076-13825727@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 11, 2018 11:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

This year's Carrigan Lecture will take place during the Big Ten Academic Alliance Conference for Music Education. The theme of the conference is "Tradition and Innovation in Dialog." Eric Shieh will probe our conception of music education as a singular kind of tradition, and will describe innovative music education communities where several musical or pedagogical traditions are sharing space, often with little precedent. 

Eric Shieh is a founding teacher and curriculum leader at the Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School, “A School for a Sustainable City,” in New York City. As part of his work there, Eric co-led a national two-day site seminar in 2018 for eighty educators and administrators from across the country on the school’s innovative curricular designs. He is also a former policy strategist for the New York City Department of Education and has founded and led music programs in prisons across the U.S.

In addition to his work with schools, Shieh writes and presents regularly on issues related to education policy, social justice, and music curriculum. His recent research can be found in Arts Education Policy Review, Oxford Handbook of Social Justice in Music Education, Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, and Music Educators Journal. His essays and editorials can be found in The Hechinger Report and The Washington Post. Shieh holds degrees in music education, multicultural theory, and curriculum policy from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and Teachers College, Columbia University. He is a national associate of the Prison Creative Arts Project.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 03 Oct 2018 18:15:31 -0400 2018-10-11T11:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion Eric Shieh
Salute to Latinas: (October 11, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56366 56366-13889939@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 11, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Delta Tau Lambda Sorority, Inc.

The Salute to Latinas: Fuerza de la Mujer Latina has been Delta Tau Lambda Sorority Incorporated’s signature event for twenty-four years and was created to honor the accomplishments and strengths of all Latina women and women of color. Each year we celebrate our history, cultures, and diversity with pride. We strive to find speakers that are well respected in the community. Additionally, we take this opportunity to announce and celebrate the winner of our Lydia Cruz & Sandra Maria Ramos Scholarship for young emerging Latina leaders. We also award the “Diamond Award” to a woman dedicated to performing above and beyond in community service and the improvement of the Latino community. The night is focused on celebrating our accomplishments and reflecting on how to collectively improve the conditions of the community. The event ends with a special tribute to Latinas and all women of color, which varies from spoken word to cultural performances.
Throughout history, many nations were colonized by European imperialists. During colonization, indigenous cultures and mannerisms were disrupted and subject to transformations that set up unrealistic standards without proper representation of women of color. We will educate the campus community about this misrepresentation and the significance of bringing awareness to the issue. This year’s theme, “Radiance in Color”, will be celebrated through poetry, amazing guest speakers, and a diverse array of cultural foods, awards. At the end of the night, we will host a gallery portraying women of color dismantling idealized white standards that govern women in different aspects of life. We will have a professional guest speaker discuss the importance of women of color and the negative effect of enforcing white standards. Most importantly, our goal is to recognize and celebrate the components of what makes a woman and what makes a Latina. By doing so, we will educate and empower Latinos and other campus communities to respect and honor women as well as be aware of and/or take action against the many oppressions held against women globally.

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Ceremony / Service Wed, 03 Oct 2018 18:08:54 -0400 2018-10-11T19:00:00-04:00 2018-10-11T21:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Delta Tau Lambda Sorority, Inc. Ceremony / Service Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
The Natural World: Pagans and Christians – Robin Lane Fox, Emeritus Fellow of New College, Oxford University (2018 Thomas Spencer Jerome Lecture Series) (October 17, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55538 55538-13756881@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 17, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

The series explores the differing approaches to the natural word by pagans and the early Christians from Paul and the Gospels to c AD 500. It brings out differing emphases in their respective writings and art and also asks what practical effects such different ways of seeing had.

Lecture 1: Cosmos and Landscape in Pagan and Christian Views of Creation (October 17th)
Pagan and Christian views of Creation, man’s dominance over the beasts and the vegetal world and on modern theories of a shift from a horizontal view of the relation of the natural world and the divine to a vertical view of it, endorsed by Christianity.

Lecture 2: Flowers and the Vegetal World (October 19th)
the understanding and symbolism of plants and flowers in Christian and pagan art, life and thinking, including the idea of ‘paradise’ and erotic and virginal perceptions of gardens, concluding with the gardening of monks and desert Fathers in natural adversity.

Lecture 3: The Hierarchy of Animals (October 22nd)
Anthropocentric views in the Christians’ scriptures, compared with pagan thinkers’ views …and on the hierarchy and symbolism of animals, including cats, in pagan and Christian art and thinking and on their role in both groups’ experience ,especially those of hunters, martyrs and Christian holy men.

Lecture 4: Signs and Catastrophes (October 24th)
Compared pagan and Christian notions of omens and signs, prodigies and miracles and their explanations of natural catastrophes, including volcanic and seismic disasters, still familiar in our world. It will conclude with Christians’ contrasting view of the End of the world and the place of perverted natural symbols in expressing it.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 11 Oct 2018 10:19:58 -0400 2018-10-17T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-17T17:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Lecture / Discussion ad
American Portuguese Studies Association 11th International Conference (October 18, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56413 56413-13896809@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 18, 2018 9:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

In recent years, scholars and pundits have begun talking about a “democratic recession.” For the first time since the early 2000s, the rate of democratic expansion worldwide has slowed and even receded. Some of the reasons suggested for this recession have been a disillusionment with the prevailing democratic models that, for all their benefits, often limit popular participation. The banner of participatory democracy has been hoisted by social movements, by scholars from different disciplines and has also made an appearance in cultural production. This conference proposes to look into what role culture plays in broaching possible crises of the democratic model, how culture participates in the discussion of current democratic models in the cultural and linguistic spheres, and how culture can strengthen and/or expand democracy. The concept of democracy is understood here as a broad umbrella theme that implies different paradigms of belonging and social inclusion and applies to various disciplines.

Keynote speakers will include: Alexandra Lucas Coelho (Portuguese writer), Luiz Ruffato (Brazilian writer), Sidney Chalhoub (Brazilian historian, Harvard University), and Kalaf Epalanga (Angolan-Portuguese writer and musician)

The full conference schedule and registration information are available on the APSA website:

http://apsa.us/apsa-international-conference-2018/

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 04 Oct 2018 16:50:55 -0400 2018-10-18T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-18T21:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Conference / Symposium Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Sexual Harassment in the Sciences (October 18, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51307 51307-12044088@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 18, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

This panel will include discussion of a recent report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, titled "Sexual Harassment of Women: Climate, Culture, and Consequences in Academic Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine." The report identifies key findings on the causes and impacts of sexual harassment, and recommendations for institutional policies, strategies, and practices to address and prevent it.

The panel will offer broad discussion of use to any member of the university community or the public interested in sexual harassment in academia, and include ample time for a Q&A with the audience. A reception will follow.

Welcome by Chris Poulsen, Associate Dean for the Natural Sciences; Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, U-M

PANELISTS:
- Elizabeth L. Hillman,* President of Mills College
- Kathryn Clancy,* Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Illinois
- Elizabeth Cole, Interim Dean, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, and Professor of Women's Studies, Psychology, and Afroamerican & African Studies, University of Michigan
- Timothy McKay, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Professor of Physics, Astronomy, and Education, U-M

REPORT OVERVIEW & PANEL MODERATION:
- Lilia Cortina,* Associate Director of ADVANCE for the College of LSA; Professor of Psychology, Women’s Studies, and Management and Organizations, U-M
- Anna Kirkland,* Director of the Institute for Research on Women and Gender; Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Women’s Studies, U-M

*co-authors of the National Academies report
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Presented by IRWG and the Office of Research, with co-sponsorship from: ADVANCE, The Office for Health Equity and Inclusion, the College of Literature Sciences, and the Arts, and the College of Engineering

Questions or for accessibility information, please contact irwg@umich.edu or (734) 764-9537.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 17 Oct 2018 13:19:13 -0400 2018-10-18T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-18T17:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Institute for Research on Women and Gender Lecture / Discussion white circle overlaid on grid paper background with text reading "Sexual Harassment in the Academy: 2018 Panel Discussion Series"
American Portuguese Studies Association 11th International Conference (October 19, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56413 56413-13896810@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 19, 2018 9:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

In recent years, scholars and pundits have begun talking about a “democratic recession.” For the first time since the early 2000s, the rate of democratic expansion worldwide has slowed and even receded. Some of the reasons suggested for this recession have been a disillusionment with the prevailing democratic models that, for all their benefits, often limit popular participation. The banner of participatory democracy has been hoisted by social movements, by scholars from different disciplines and has also made an appearance in cultural production. This conference proposes to look into what role culture plays in broaching possible crises of the democratic model, how culture participates in the discussion of current democratic models in the cultural and linguistic spheres, and how culture can strengthen and/or expand democracy. The concept of democracy is understood here as a broad umbrella theme that implies different paradigms of belonging and social inclusion and applies to various disciplines.

Keynote speakers will include: Alexandra Lucas Coelho (Portuguese writer), Luiz Ruffato (Brazilian writer), Sidney Chalhoub (Brazilian historian, Harvard University), and Kalaf Epalanga (Angolan-Portuguese writer and musician)

The full conference schedule and registration information are available on the APSA website:

http://apsa.us/apsa-international-conference-2018/

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 04 Oct 2018 16:50:55 -0400 2018-10-19T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-19T19:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Conference / Symposium Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
American Portuguese Studies Association 11th International Conference (October 20, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56413 56413-13896811@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 20, 2018 9:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

In recent years, scholars and pundits have begun talking about a “democratic recession.” For the first time since the early 2000s, the rate of democratic expansion worldwide has slowed and even receded. Some of the reasons suggested for this recession have been a disillusionment with the prevailing democratic models that, for all their benefits, often limit popular participation. The banner of participatory democracy has been hoisted by social movements, by scholars from different disciplines and has also made an appearance in cultural production. This conference proposes to look into what role culture plays in broaching possible crises of the democratic model, how culture participates in the discussion of current democratic models in the cultural and linguistic spheres, and how culture can strengthen and/or expand democracy. The concept of democracy is understood here as a broad umbrella theme that implies different paradigms of belonging and social inclusion and applies to various disciplines.

Keynote speakers will include: Alexandra Lucas Coelho (Portuguese writer), Luiz Ruffato (Brazilian writer), Sidney Chalhoub (Brazilian historian, Harvard University), and Kalaf Epalanga (Angolan-Portuguese writer and musician)

The full conference schedule and registration information are available on the APSA website:

http://apsa.us/apsa-international-conference-2018/

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 04 Oct 2018 16:50:55 -0400 2018-10-20T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-20T19:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Conference / Symposium Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Healing America Tour: T. Colin Campbell (Lecture and Lunch) (October 21, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53621 53621-13418605@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 21, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Please join the Michigan Animal Respect Society (MARS), MDining, and the Plant-Based Nutrition Support Group (PBNSG) in welcoming Dr. T. Colin Campbell and Nelson Campbell from the Healing America tour!

The lecture event takes place from 1:30pm to 3:00pm in Rackham Auditorium. There will also be a catered plant-based, vegan, no-oil lunch from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm in the Michigan League Ballroom.

Lecture tickets are free to students in person with an M Card (max 2/person). For free student tickets to the lecture, visit the Michigan Union Ticket Office (currently located in the Michigan League Underground).

You must purchase two separate tickets for admission to the lecture, and to the lunch. Click "Buy Tickets" below.

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Performance Fri, 10 Aug 2018 17:18:57 -0400 2018-10-21T13:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Healing America
Keeping Our Door Open (October 22, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/55300 55300-13716039@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 22, 2018 8:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: School of Social Work

This two-day symposium on refugee resettlement features keynote speakers U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell (MI-12th District) and Mark Hetfield, President and CEO of HIAS (founded as the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society). HIAS is the global Jewish nonprofit that protects refugees.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 13 Sep 2018 12:26:20 -0400 2018-10-22T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-22T16:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) School of Social Work Conference / Symposium Keeping Our Door Open
Keeping Our Door Open (October 23, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/55300 55300-13716040@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 8:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: School of Social Work

This two-day symposium on refugee resettlement features keynote speakers U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell (MI-12th District) and Mark Hetfield, President and CEO of HIAS (founded as the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society). HIAS is the global Jewish nonprofit that protects refugees.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 13 Sep 2018 12:26:20 -0400 2018-10-23T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-23T16:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) School of Social Work Conference / Symposium Keeping Our Door Open
Neubacher Ceremony (October 24, 2018 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/55830 55830-13779928@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 24, 2018 9:30am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: University Human Resources

The Ceremony recognizes U-M affiliates (faculty/staff/students/alums) who have been nominated and selected for their contributions to disability issues.

The Council for Disability Concerns produces an annual series of events designed to raise awareness of disability topics on campus and in our community. The events are presented by the University of Michigan Council for Disability Concerns in collaboration with University Human Resources, Michigan Medicine, and University Health Service. All events are free and everyone is welcome. If accommodations are needed, contact disability@umich.edu at least one week in advance.

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Ceremony / Service Fri, 21 Sep 2018 12:53:29 -0400 2018-10-24T09:30:00-04:00 2018-10-24T11:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) University Human Resources Ceremony / Service Investing in Ability
SUMIT 2018: Security at University of Michigan IT (October 25, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/55622 55622-13765961@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 25, 2018 8:30am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Register now for SUMIT_2018, the University of Michigan’s annual symposium to raise awareness and educate the community on cybersecurity. This free, one-day conference is an exciting opportunity to hear recognized experts discuss the latest issues, trends, and threats in cybersecurity and privacy. This year’s theme focuses on U-M’s role as a leader and best in security and privacy research. The presenters are all faculty, students, or alumni of U-M.

For a complete list of speakers and to register visit the SUMIT_2018 website: http://safecomputing.umich.edu/events/sumit/2018

Attendance is free, but registration is required.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 19 Sep 2018 11:27:03 -0400 2018-10-25T08:30:00-04:00 2018-10-25T17:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Information and Technology Services (ITS) Conference / Symposium SUMIT 2018: U-M Security and Privacy - Innovative Leaders
Valerie J. Traub Distinguished University Professor Lecture: “Mapping Normality in the Early Modern West” (October 29, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49620 49620-11484725@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 29, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Valerie Traub, Adrienne Rich Distinguished University Professor, will speak about her current research on the prehistory of normality.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 24 Oct 2018 11:04:11 -0400 2018-10-29T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-29T17:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Department of English Language and Literature Lecture / Discussion Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
​Día de los Muertos Ball (November 2, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57305 57305-14148801@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 2, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Latina/o Studies

Sponsored by: LAMBDA THETA ALPHA LATIN SORORITY, INC., BETA OMICRON CHAPTER

Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a traditional holiday celebrated in Mexico that commemorates the lives of those who have passed. It involves family and friends gathering together to pray for and celebrate the lives of their friends and family members. Traditionally, entire communities gather together to celebrate and create “altares” dedicated to their loved ones. These altars have decorations such as colorful paper, marigolds, candy, and the favorite food or beverages of the person who the altar is dedicated to.

History of Lambda Theta Alpha
Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc. (LTA) was founded in December of 1975 at Kean University in Union, New Jersey as the first Latina sorority ever created to cater towards the needs of Latinas in higher education. As the Latino migration to the United States increased, so did the emergence of independent Latina women. With this growth, the need for support groups and outreach programs were at an all-time high; this was true for all women and especially for the low percentage of Latina women in higher education. The sorority’s focus is not only to support all women on a college campus but to integrate the organization into the social, political, and community service arena that other members of the Ann Arbor community are involved with. On January 23, 2000, eight Lovely Ladies promoted these values on the University of Michigan campus with the founding of Beta Omicron chapter. This allowed not only independent Latina women, but all Universal Women on campus to feel a sense of belonging and with that, achieve their highest potential. It would define a new role for the Universal woman—one with education, goals and vision in hopes of great success. Through educational and charitable activities, Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc. strives to accomplish these aspirations.

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Reception / Open House Thu, 01 Nov 2018 12:32:50 -0400 2018-11-02T20:00:00-04:00 2018-11-02T23:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Latina/o Studies Reception / Open House Poster
U-M Program in Creativity and Consciousness Studies Consciousness Next! Series: Dr. Julia Mossbridge (November 5, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56298 56298-13878490@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 5, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

The presentation will feature examples of precognitive experiences—where an individual has knowledge about the future that s/he could not have obtained via “normal” channels—and will cover what makes a precognition something other than coincidence. Dr. Julia Mossbridge, who contends that receiving accurate information about future events is neither unscientific nor uncommon, will explain how the scientific evidence for precognition, combined with what we know about consciousness and the nature of time, makes precognition a reasonable phenomenon to investigate further through research and application.

Mossbridge is a fellow at the Institute of Noetic Sciences and a visiting scholar at Northwestern University in the Department of Psychology. Her book Transcendent Mind, published by the American Psychological Association in 2017, is one of the first academic books to examine paranormal experiences (nonlocal, physically transcendent dimensions of consciousness). Her research focus is precognition and its ramifications for creativity and healing, the time-consciousness relationship, and further capacities of consciousness that are coherent with an emergent, more integral conception of mind.

The U-M Program in Creativity and Consciousness Studies (PCCS) is directed by music professor and consciousness theorist Ed Sarath. It brings together colleagues from a wide range of fields to explore creativity and its underpinnings in consciousness and ramifications thereof for emergent models of education, spirituality, sustainability, social justice, and peace.

The PCCS Consciousness Next! series examines a range of phenomena and ideas that unite cutting-edge scientific research and age-old spiritual wisdom.

http://smtd.umich.edu/pccs.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 24 Oct 2018 18:15:34 -0400 2018-11-05T19:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion Dr. Julia Mossbridge
Snowflakes and Quicksand: A Survey of Hellenistic Sealing Practices (November 12, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57070 57070-14083982@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 12, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Lectures

About the Lecture:
This Distinguished University Professor Lecture covers research on a Hellenistic archive discovered recently by a Michigan excavation team at Kedesh, a Graeco-Phoenician site in northern Israel. The discoveries include thousands of seal impressions from delicately carved personal rings. The Kedesh archive is placed in context with the twenty other excavated Hellenistic archives known.

About the Professor:
Sharon Herbert is the Charles K. Williams II Distinguished University Professor of Classical Archaeology in the Department of Classics Studies, and the former Director (1997–2013) of the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. She is a specialist in the Hellenistic Near East, and has (co-)directed excavations at Tel Anafa (1978–86) and Tel Kedesh, Israel (1997–present) and Coptos, Egypt (1987–92).

A reception will immediately follow the lecture.

If you have any questions, please contact Amanda Bynum
at 734.647.6058 or bynamand@umich.edu

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 12 Nov 2018 13:39:50 -0500 2018-11-12T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-12T18:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Lectures Lecture / Discussion lecture poster
Distinguished University Professor Lecture, Presented by Dr. Gordon L. Amidon (November 14, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57490 57490-14202428@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: U-M College of Pharmacy

Does the much-maligned carbon dioxide, a driving force behind global warming, deserve its bad rap?

In his upcoming Distinguished University Professor lecture, Gordon L. Amidon, PhD’71, will explore carbon dioxide from many angles, “the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.”

The talk will take place at 4 p.m. on November 14 in the Rackham Amphitheatre. The lecture and reception that follows are free and open to the public.

Prof. Gordon L. Amidon is the William I. Higuchi Distinguished University Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences. His research aims to understand the gastrointestinal factors that control drug absorption from an oral drug product.

“I will present a modest attempt to resurrect the image of carbon dioxide,” explains Amidon. “While global warming and the role that atmospheric gases play in the ‘green house’ effect has received considerable attention in the scientific and public press, I will point to the more positive role of carbon dioxide in evolution and in biology.”

Distinguished University Professorships recognize exceptional scholarly and/or creative achievements, national and international reputation, superior teaching and mentoring, and an impressive record of service. Each Professor delivers a lecture of their choosing during this event.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 07 Nov 2018 15:22:34 -0500 2018-11-14T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-14T18:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) U-M College of Pharmacy Lecture / Discussion Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
2018 Wallenberg Lecture: March For Our Lives & B.R.A.V.E. (November 14, 2018 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55544 55544-13756891@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 7:30pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

The Wallenberg Medal and Lecture program honors Raoul Wallenberg who graduated from U-M’s College of Architecture in 1935. In 1944, at the request of Jewish organizations and the American War Refugee Board, the Swedish Foreign Ministry sent Wallenberg on a rescue mission to Budapest. Over the course of six months, Wallenberg issued thousands of protective passports and placed many thousands of Jews in safe houses throughout the besieged city. He confronted Hungarian and German forces to secure the release of Jews, whom he claimed were under Swedish protection, and saved more than 80,000 lives.

U-M awards the Wallenberg Medal annually to those who, through actions and personal commitment, perpetuate Wallenberg’s own extraordinary accomplishments and human values, and demonstrate the capacity of the human spirit to stand up for the helpless, to defend the integrity of the powerless, and to speak out on behalf of the voiceless. The Wallenberg Medalists, through their actions and values, demonstrate that one person, individually or collectively, can make a difference in the struggle for a better world.

B.R.A.V.E. is an organization of youth activists sponsored by the faith community of Saint Sabina Church on Chicago’s South Side. The group’s mission is to prevent violence and to cultivate leadership for social justice. Rie’Onna Holmon is B.R.A.V.E.’s current president, and Ke’Shon Newman, whose brother was shot and killed while walking his girlfriend home from a bus stop, is a leading activist.

March For Our Lives was formed after the February 14 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, as a movement dedicated to student-led activism around ending gun violence and the epidemic of mass shootings in schools. Alex Wind and Sofie Whitney are founding members of the organization and leaders committed to serving as voices for those who have been silenced.

Tickets are free but required for entry and will be available on October 1 at wallenberg.eventbrite.com. They are general admission and seating is on a first come, first serve basis. Once the Rackham Auditorium is at capacity, guests will be directed to the Amphitheatre on the fourth floor of the Rackham Building.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 18 Oct 2018 11:15:54 -0400 2018-11-14T19:30:00-05:00 2018-11-14T21:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Lecture / Discussion students marching in protest of gun violence
RSQE's 66th Annual Economic Outlook Conference (November 15, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56064 56064-13823430@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 15, 2018 8:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Department of Economics

The 66th Annual Economic Outlook Conference will take place on November 15-16, 2018.

The 2018 Conference Program includes:

U.S. Economic Outlook; The Phillips Curve and Inflation Forecast; Election Implications for Small Business Spending and Hiring; Trade Tensions 2018: U.S. Tariffs, Retaliation, and Implications; The Outlook for the Automotive Industry in a Dynamic World; NAFTA, Tariffs, and the U.S. Automotive Industry; Reflections on the 2018 Campaign Season; Michigan Economic Outlook; Has the Housing Market Peaked?; Moving toward a Smarter Workforce System: Recent Advances

The 2018 Conference Speakers are:

David W. Berson, Gloria Chen, Alan Deardorff, William Dunkelberg, Kristin Dziczek, Randall Eberts, Gabriel M. Ehrlich, Lester Graham, Emily Kolinsky Morris, Daniil Manaenkov, Aditi Thapar

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 26 Sep 2018 15:44:50 -0400 2018-11-15T08:00:00-05:00 2018-11-15T21:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Department of Economics Conference / Symposium RSQE
RSQE's 66th Annual Economic Outlook Conference (November 16, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56064 56064-13823431@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 16, 2018 8:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Department of Economics

The 66th Annual Economic Outlook Conference will take place on November 15-16, 2018.

The 2018 Conference Program includes:

U.S. Economic Outlook; The Phillips Curve and Inflation Forecast; Election Implications for Small Business Spending and Hiring; Trade Tensions 2018: U.S. Tariffs, Retaliation, and Implications; The Outlook for the Automotive Industry in a Dynamic World; NAFTA, Tariffs, and the U.S. Automotive Industry; Reflections on the 2018 Campaign Season; Michigan Economic Outlook; Has the Housing Market Peaked?; Moving toward a Smarter Workforce System: Recent Advances

The 2018 Conference Speakers are:

David W. Berson, Gloria Chen, Alan Deardorff, William Dunkelberg, Kristin Dziczek, Randall Eberts, Gabriel M. Ehrlich, Lester Graham, Emily Kolinsky Morris, Daniil Manaenkov, Aditi Thapar

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 26 Sep 2018 15:44:50 -0400 2018-11-16T08:00:00-05:00 2018-11-16T14:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Department of Economics Conference / Symposium RSQE
Dissonance Event Series: Catching Fake News (November 27, 2018 6:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57303 57303-14148802@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 6:15pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Two years after the 2016 election, are we winning the war against digital misinformation and manipulation? This panel will describe the technical and journalistic challenges of identifying fake news and manipulated information online and assess the effectiveness of the response by platforms like Facebook in the U.S., Europe, and around the world.

Brendan Nyhan, Professor, Ford School will act as moderator, and panelists will include Mark Ackerman, Professor, School of Information; Ceren Budak, Asst. Prof., School of Information; Fredrik Laurin, Knight-Wallace Fellow, Special Projects Editor for Current Affairs, SVT (Swedish Television); and Rada Mihalcea, Professor, EECS.

More info at https://www.safecomputing.umich.edu/events/dissonance

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Nov 2018 12:37:13 -0400 2018-11-27T18:15:00-05:00 2018-11-27T19:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Information and Technology Services (ITS) Lecture / Discussion Dissonance: Catching Fake News, Nov. 27, 2018
Department Colloquia | Keith Riles Collegiate Professorship Lecture (November 28, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52542 52542-12848850@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 28, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Department Colloquia

A century ago Albert Einstein realized that his newly created General Theory of Relativity implied that gravity propagates like light. These gravitational waves are minute disturbances of space itself, which can arise from distant and massive but compact bodies, such as black holes and neutron stars. Now that these ghostly waves have been detected by the LIGO and Virgo interferometers, physicists and astronomers are confirming Einstein's predictions (as usual), while probing some of the most exotic objects in the Universe. Insights from discoveries made so far will be presented, along with the potential for new discoveries that will make gravitational waves critical to the the next century of astronomy and cosmology.

The lecture will be in the Rackham Amphitheatre on the 4th floor.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 05 Nov 2018 09:41:31 -0500 2018-11-28T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-28T17:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Department Colloquia Lecture / Discussion Physicist Keith Riles
Professor Angela Dillard, Richard A. Meisler Collegiate Professorship in Afroamerican & African Studies and in the Residential College, Inaugural Lecture (November 29, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53703 53703-13450531@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 29, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

What happens when history and ideology are at odds? And how are the stakes higher when the history in question has become part of our public culture – celebrated through commemorations, concretized in public monuments and statuary, and taught in textbooks? In exploring the often-unacknowledged intersections, parallels and alliances between the post-WWII civil rights movement and the rise of the New Right, my work centers on “civil rights conservatives”: African-American figures, such as James H. Meredith, who were critical of the mainstream of the movement from a right-of-center perspective. Meredith, famous for integrating the University of Mississippi, is a major civil rights icon who has struggled to distance himself from his own political legacy, even coming to denounce integration as a "con job." This irony, I argue, is deeply intertwined with modes of public history – “monumental history” – that do not allow for ideological complexity, and that distort as much as they clarify.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 28 Nov 2018 09:09:43 -0500 2018-11-29T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-29T17:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Lecture / Discussion Image
Visiting Lecture: Black Debt, White Debt (City Edition) (November 30, 2018 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57457 57457-14193546@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 30, 2018 4:30pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: RIW: Risk, Lending, & the Future of Debtor Urbanization

Louise Seamster will be presenting the first visiting lecture for a new graduate workshop: Risk, Lending, & the Future of Debtor Urbanization. Seamster is a postdoctoral teaching associate in Sociology at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. She earned her PhD in Sociology at Duke University, an MA in Liberal Studies at the New School for Social Research, and a BA at Vassar College. She writes about racial politics and urban development, emergency financial management, debt, and the myth of racial progress. Her research centers on the interactive financial and symbolic factors reproducing racial inequality across multiple domains. She has published work in Contexts, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Social Currents, and Sociology Compass, and has work forthcoming in Sociological Theory and Du Bois Review. She has also co-edited five special issues on race, politics and inequality in Political Power and Social Theory, Critical Sociology, Humanity and Society, and American Behavioral Scientist.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 06 Nov 2018 17:12:13 -0500 2018-11-30T16:30:00-05:00 2018-11-30T18:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) RIW: Risk, Lending, & the Future of Debtor Urbanization Lecture / Discussion Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Campus Jazz Ensemble (December 5, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56642 56642-13960585@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 5, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Program TBA.

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Performance Thu, 11 Oct 2018 12:15:36 -0400 2018-12-05T20:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Jazz Lab Ensemble & Jazz Ensemble (December 6, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56645 56645-13960588@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 6, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Ellen Rowe and Dennis Wilson, directors and Christine Jensen, guest director, Jazz Ensemble. The Jazz Ensemble will perform a new suite of music from Juno Award-winning composer Christine Jensen.

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Performance Wed, 28 Nov 2018 12:59:38 -0500 2018-12-06T20:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Jazz Lab Ensemble & Jazz Ensemble
RSG/RELATE Storytelling for STEM (January 15, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58329 58329-14463233@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 15, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Are you a scientist, engineer, or researcher looking to improve your STEM communication skills to tell the story of your work? You are invited to RELATE: Storytelling for STEM, an interactive workshop on developing your scientific narrative. In this free workshop, sponsored by Rackham Student Government and the American Society for Engineering Education, you will learn the basic fundamentals of narrative and storytelling and strategies for developing the story of your own work. We will work individually and as a group to actively apply those lessons during our time together.
Register at https://goo.gl/forms/f1XfoAQQkVqQL5If1

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:31:37 -0500 2019-01-15T17:30:00-05:00 2019-01-15T19:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
“Hailing Cesar” Film Screening and Discussion (January 15, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59457 59457-14743430@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 15, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Trotter Multicultural Center

In partnership with Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs (MESA), University Housing, and the U-M Latina/o Studies Program, the Trotter Distinguished Leadership Series invites you to the “Hailing Cesar” film screening and discussion with Eduardo Chavez, grandson of civil rights activist César Chávez.

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Film Screening Thu, 10 Jan 2019 11:21:53 -0500 2019-01-15T18:00:00-05:00 2019-01-15T20:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Trotter Multicultural Center Film Screening Hailing Cesar Flyer
DEI Conversations: International Student Experiences (January 16, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58383 58383-14494051@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 16, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

International students make up approximately 40% of the Rackham student community and they enrich the U-M campus’s social, cultural, and intellectual environments. Because of cultural, linguistic, and citizenship status differences, international students also face unique challenges. In this first DEI Conversation on international student experiences, we will discuss:

The different identities that international students hold
Structural inequities that international students face
Ways the entire campus community can increase empathy towards and better support international students

Pre-registration is required at https://myumi.ch/aXX5N.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:31:37 -0500 2019-01-16T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-16T13:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Lecture / Discussion Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Rackham LGBTQ Winter Welcome Back Mixer (January 16, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58248 58248-14446323@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 16, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

The Winter Welcome Back Mixer provides you the opportunity to connect with fellow LGBTQ students, staff, faculty, and allies! Come on by, grab some food, and make some new friends!
Pre-registration is required at https://myumi.ch/6wEkk.

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Social / Informal Gathering Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:31:37 -0500 2019-01-16T17:00:00-05:00 2019-01-16T19:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Social / Informal Gathering Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Wieseneck Symposium: Hebrew Literature Today: Israeli and Global Perspectives (January 17, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57436 57436-14193506@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 17, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Judaic Studies

1:30-3:30 pm – Roundtable in Hebrew: Readings of texts and discussion with UM faculty and graduate students: Maya Barzilai, Yael Kenan, Nadav Linial, Marina Mayorski, Shachar Pinsker

4:00-5:30 pm – Panel in English: Discussion with the authors about shared themes and questions from U-M faculty and graduate students
Moderator: Maya Barizlai

5:30-6:30 pm – Reception with Authors

6:30-7:45 pm – Conversation with Authors: Maya Arad, Dory Manor, Ruby Namdar, and Moshe Sakal (in English. Books will be available for sale)
Moderator: Shachar Pinsker

The symposium brings four writers, who stand at the forefront of contemporary Hebrew literature in Israel and the US, in conversation with University of Michigan scholars and students. It features the highly acclaimed writers Maya Arad, Ruby Namdar, and Moshe Sakal, and the prize-winning poet, translator, and editor Dory Manor. Writers and scholars will discuss the meaning of writing Hebrew today in Israel and around the world, and the contacts between Hebrew and other languages. They will consider the challenges of translation, editing, and disseminating literature in a global context, as well as the political implications of Hebrew literature today.

The front entrance of Rackham, located on East Washington, is accessible by stairs and ramp. There are elevators on both the east and wends ends of the lobby. The assembly hall is on the fourth floor.
If you have a disability that requires an accommodation, contact the Judaic Studies office at judaicstudies@umich.edu or 734-763-9047.

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 04 Jan 2019 12:08:36 -0500 2019-01-17T13:30:00-05:00 2019-01-17T20:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Judaic Studies Conference / Symposium Wieseneck Symp
Unconscious Bias in Everyday Life (January 18, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58385 58385-14494053@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 18, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

The unconscious mind is a powerful and intrinsic force in helping to shape our overall behavior in our everyday lives. This interactive session is designed to examine how unconscious bias can affect one’s perceptions, decisions, and interactions.
You will learn to:

Identify how bias and the processes of the unconscious mind can impact your decisions and results
Utilize strategies to practice more conscious awareness so you are better able to advocate for inclusion in your organization

You will benefit by:

Understanding the science and research of unconscious bias
Having an increased awareness of your own diverse background, and its influence on your perceptions

Pre-registration is required at https://myumi.ch/6O7DE.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:31:38 -0500 2019-01-18T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-18T13:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
2019 Iranian Film Festival of Ann Arbor (January 20, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59654 59654-14777841@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 20, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Department of Middle East Studies

January 20: Tehran Has No More Pomegranates (2006), directed by Massoud Bakhshi

January 27: Marriage of the Blessed (1989), directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf

February 3: The Hidden Half (2001), directed by Tahmineh Milani

February 10: No One Knows About Persian Cats (2009), directed by Bahman Ghobadi

February 17: The Salesman (2016), directed by Asghar Farhadi

February 24: Sound and Fury (2016), directed by Houman Seyedi

Every Sunday at 3:00PM | Rackham Amphitheatre
915 E. Washington St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109

For more information, visit https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/iranian-studies/filmfest

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Film Screening Mon, 14 Jan 2019 13:13:59 -0500 2019-01-20T15:00:00-05:00 2019-01-20T17:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Department of Middle East Studies Film Screening Film Festival Poster
King Talks (January 22, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58249 58249-14446324@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 22, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Rackham Graduate students will communicate the relevance of their work to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy in a TED-talk style. Presentation is from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. with a reception to follow from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m in the Assembly Hall.
Pre-registration is required at https://myumi.ch/J7XQm.
Speakers
Shannon Moran

Hometown: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Degree Program: Ph.D. Student, Chemical Engineering

Be the Mentor You Wish You’d Had: An Evidence-Based Appeal
Mentorship isn’t something we start only when we’ve reached the high point of our careers—it’s something we can start now as young professionals. Mentorship is one effective and rewarding way of supporting the pipeline of folks from underrepresented groups in our fields. In this talk, I’ll discuss the evidence for prioritizing mentorship in promoting diversity and my own experience with mentorship as a gay woman in STEM.
Aunrika Tucker-Shabazz

Hometown: DeKalb, Illinois
Degree Program: Ph.D. Student, Sociology

Fighting the Hidden Fees: Unraveling Disciplinary Disparities in Public School Punishment of Young Black Girls
Black girls continue in 2018 to be understudied and overlooked by research investigating the impact of criminalizing children through stigmatizing school discipline strategies, despite being the fastest growing demographic affected by the strictest disciplinary procedures such as expulsion, indefinite suspension, arrests, and referrals to the juvenile system (Girlhood Interrupted: The Erasure of Black Girls’ Childhood [2017]). But Black girls need more attention as subjects outside of the academy and inside our communities. When disciplining young Black girls for minor misbehaviors, school officials often unevenly distribute the “benefits and disadvantages of doubt” in racially gendered ways that expose Black girls to the criminal justice system as early as pre-school. By exploring the trend of pre-school arrests of Black girls since 2005, this talk aims at unraveling the hidden tolls Black girls are forced to pay along the school-to-prison pipeline.
Kavitha Lobo

Hometown: San Diego, California
Degree Program: Master’s Student, Social Work

Care Not Cure: The Benefits of Deinstitutionalizing Mental Health Care
As part of a global social work project I designed, I was recently immersed in the tiny town of Geel, Belgium, which has a 750-year history of deinstitutionalized mental health care. This is practiced in Geel through placing boarders, the term used for those with mental illness, with foster families who welcome and accept boarders as they are. In comparing how the Geelian culture has produced and sustained the family foster care system to the cultural attitudes towards mental health care in America, I will unravel conceptions around alternative modalities of mental health care. In looking at the humanizing, community-based approach to psychiatric care in Geel I will show how benefits are emphasized in those otherwise seen as burdened and burdens due to their psychological difference.
Steven M. Smith

Hometown: Detroit and St. Clair, Michigan
Degree Program: Master’s Student, Public Administration and Sport Management

Our Most Valuable Things: Connecting with Each Other, and the Time We Have
We in society today need to unravel from the frivolous things that take up our time and connect to the work that we want to do and need to do—the work that is necessary to better our lives and the lives of those who are around us. I want to address why we need to do this: to advance ourselves, but just as importantly connect to our communities and the people we are surrounded by. It’s no secret that while we are connected through technology like never before, there is a sense of isolation that many people feel, and I believe it has to do with our values and the communities that we have drifted away from.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 21 Jan 2019 18:16:20 -0500 2019-01-22T18:00:00-05:00 2019-01-22T20:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Lecture / Discussion https://rackham.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/king-talks-event-page-3.png
Designing a DEI Workshop (January 23, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58474 58474-14504530@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

This workshop is designed only for participants in the Professional Development DEI Certificate who are facilitating workshops related to DEI as part of their certificate requirements. This interactive training will provide an overview on workshop design principles and best practices for facilitating workshops.
Pre-registration is required at https://myumi.ch/aVZoD.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:31:38 -0500 2019-01-23T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-23T13:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Fellowship and Grant Opportunities for Graduate Students (January 24, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58892 58892-14572068@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 24, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Panelists will speak for the first portion of the event, and then take questions from the audience regarding funding opportunities and application best practices for graduate students.
Panelists:

Donna Huprich, Director of Fellowships and Financial Aid, Rackham Graduate School
Tiffany Marra, Director of the Center for the Education of Women
Paul J. Barrow, Foundations and Grants Librarian, University of Michigan Library

Pre-reqistration is required at https://myumi.ch/LqEwv.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:31:38 -0500 2019-01-24T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-24T13:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Lecture / Discussion Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
2019 Iranian Film Festival of Ann Arbor (January 27, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59654 59654-14777842@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 27, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Department of Middle East Studies

January 20: Tehran Has No More Pomegranates (2006), directed by Massoud Bakhshi

January 27: Marriage of the Blessed (1989), directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf

February 3: The Hidden Half (2001), directed by Tahmineh Milani

February 10: No One Knows About Persian Cats (2009), directed by Bahman Ghobadi

February 17: The Salesman (2016), directed by Asghar Farhadi

February 24: Sound and Fury (2016), directed by Houman Seyedi

Every Sunday at 3:00PM | Rackham Amphitheatre
915 E. Washington St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109

For more information, visit https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/iranian-studies/filmfest

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Film Screening Mon, 14 Jan 2019 13:13:59 -0500 2019-01-27T15:00:00-05:00 2019-01-27T17:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Department of Middle East Studies Film Screening Film Festival Poster
First-Generation Luncheon and Networking (January 28, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59141 59141-14688414@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 28, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Join Rackham, the Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives, and fellow first-generation students, faculty, and staff as we gather for a luncheon featuring fellowship, networking, and fun.
Pre-registration is required at https://myumi.ch/Jm0DG.

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Social / Informal Gathering Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:31:38 -0500 2019-01-28T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-28T13:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Social / Informal Gathering Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Privacy@Michigan (January 28, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59816 59816-14788715@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 28, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Information Assurance

Join us in celebrating International Data Privacy Day!
Privacy@Michigan, hosted by the University of Michigan School of Information and U-M Information Assurance, brings together faculty, researchers, students and staff from different colleges, schools and units across campus and aims to spark ongoing, multidisciplinary conversations about privacy’s role in society—here at U-M and worldwide.

Keynote Speaker: Sarah St.Vincent, Researcher/Advocate on National Security, Surveillance, and Domestic Law Enforcement, Human Rights Watch

This event is free, but please RSVP to reserve a spot.

https://www.safecomputing.umich.edu/events/data-privacy-day

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 15 Jan 2019 16:44:36 -0500 2019-01-28T13:00:00-05:00 2019-01-28T18:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Information Assurance Conference / Symposium Privacy At Michigan Ad
Distinguished University Professorship Lecture Series - Reflections of a Gene Hunter: The Value of Mouse Genetics in an era of Genomic Medicine (January 29, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60213 60213-14849118@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: University and Development Events

Sally A. Camper is the Margery W. Shaw Distinguished University Professor of Human Genetics. She is recognized for research in the genetics of birth defects, mentoring trainees, and service activities. Her studies with human patients and genetically modified mice have revealed genetic causes and pathophysiological mechanisms of pituitary disease.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 24 Jan 2019 09:38:00 -0500 2019-01-29T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-29T18:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) University and Development Events Lecture / Discussion Sally Camper
Towards Transformative Change: Institutional Self-Assessment and Relationship Building Between U-M and MSIs (January 30, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59317 59317-14730598@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Minority Serving Institutions have and continue to play an integral role in granting access, building knowledge, and empowering change that impacts both individuals and society. The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, whose legacy we commemorate as a critical figure in the advancement of civil rights and social justice, is an alumnus of Morehouse College—an MSI. Implicit in Dr. King’s push for righteousness, peace, and justice was an immense desire to transform how a nation and ultimately the world engaged with one another. It is in this spirit that we frame this forum and engagement with Minority Serving Institutions—from transactional to transformational/transformative change. Featured speakers will provide a broad overview of the MSI landscape, share their experiences with developing relationships with MSIs, and share information on how to do an institutional self-assessment before seeking to partner with MSIs. This session will serve as the first in a series of forums that foster discussion on the socio-historical and contemporary state of MSIs, insights from U-M units with relationships with MSIs, and practical information and resources for engaging MSIs.
Pre-registration is required at https://myumi.ch/JgPe8.
Due to the expectedly low temperatures, Towards Transformative Change: Institutional Self-assessment and Relationship Building Between U-M and MSIs, scheduled for January 30 will be rescheduled for another date.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Jan 2019 18:16:59 -0500 2019-01-30T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-30T13:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Lecture / Discussion https://rackham.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/lp-17.jpg
Mindsets and Strategies for Managing a Future Career in Industry (January 31, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60081 60081-14816985@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 31, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

MESWN (Michigan Earth Science Women’s Network) and WISE (Women in Science and Engineering) are excited to facilitate the workshop with Dr. Erik Wong, consultant of career and professional development. The workshop will address ways for students to broaden the university training experience for a more optimized career trajectory and global impact.
Register for this event.
Please note: Rackham Graduate School offices and the Rackham Building will be closed Wednesday and Thursday, January 30 and 31, in accordance with U-M’s declared Reduction in Operations. All events scheduled during those times have been cancelled. The Rackham Building and offices will reopen at 8:00 a.m. on Friday, February 1.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 29 Jan 2019 18:17:00 -0500 2019-01-31T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-31T13:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Mindsets and strategies for managing a future career in industry (January 31, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59967 59967-14806085@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 31, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Michigan Earth Science Women's Network

MESWN (Michigan Earth Science Women’s Network) and WISE (Women in Science and Engineering) are excited to facilitate a workshop on “Mindsets and strategies for managing a future career in industry” with Dr. Erik Wong, consultant of Career and Professional development. The workshop will address ways for students to broaden the university training experience for a more optimized career trajectory and global impact.

The session will focus on best practices for career selection strategy, communication and networking skills, critical job application process and negotiation skills, and developing a sustainable personal brand for the global job market. He will also discuss the strategies to highlight the critical transferable skills, professional behaviours and translational competence for students who wants to move into a career in industry after grad school.

Location - East Conference Room, Rackham Building, 915 E Washington St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Time – Jan 31st 12-1 pm.

Lunch will be provided.

Please RSVP here - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mindsets-and-strategies-for-managing-a-future-career-in-industry-tickets-54951281763

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 25 Jan 2019 10:46:51 -0500 2019-01-31T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-31T13:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Michigan Earth Science Women's Network Workshop / Seminar Transition to industry
Mindsets and Strategies for Managing a Future Career in Industry (January 31, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60259 60259-14855602@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 31, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

The workshop will address ways for students to broaden the university training experience for a more optimized career trajectory and global impact.

Lunch will be provided!

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 23 Jan 2019 10:39:36 -0500 2019-01-31T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-31T13:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Auerbach’s Augustine: Existential Realism and the Low Style; the annual Werner Grilk Lecture (February 1, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58790 58790-14559370@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 1, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

This lecture situates Auerbach in the context of the Christian Existentialism of Marburg during his pre-Istanbul time there and then sets his readings of Augustine in conversation with the Augustines of Hannah Arendt and Hans Jonas, both of whom were influenced by Heidegger’s Augustine. In the process, it will extract Auerbach out of the critical impasse into which he has been wedged between a mandarin Eurocentric and a pre-post colonial exilic consciousness. The theo-philosophical conversations in which he was engaged in his early work had a robust afterlife in the magisterial Mimesis (1946), and help explain the huge popularity of that book when it was translated into English in 1953.

Jane O. Newman is Professor of Comparative Literature at University of California, Irvine. She is interested in dialogues between the pre- and early modern past and the modern and postmodern present. Her primary fields are Renaissance and Early Modern English, French, German, Italian and neo-Latin literature and culture.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 19 Dec 2018 10:56:05 -0500 2019-02-01T15:00:00-05:00 2019-02-01T17:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Germanic Languages & Literatures Lecture / Discussion Jane O. Newman
Distinguished University Professorship Lecture Series - The Joy of Collaboration (February 1, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60220 60220-14849123@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 1, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: University and Development Events

Martin Katz, holder of the Gwendolyn Koldofsky Distinguished University
Professorship, will give a lecture on musical collaboration.
Prof. Katz hopes to make his audience aware---or perhaps more aware---of what
some of the techniques, tools, and objectives are for any successful and committed
collaborative pianist. He will include illustrations of accommodating breathing,
telling stories, and orchestration in both art song and operatic repertoire, to name
just a few.
Speaking from the piano in order to provide audible examples for his listeners, he
will be assisted by graduate students in voice. Their common goal? To create a
seamless ensemble between the performers, as well as a convincing fusion of words
and music.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 24 Jan 2019 09:38:12 -0500 2019-02-01T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-01T18:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) University and Development Events Lecture / Discussion Martin Katz
2019 Iranian Film Festival of Ann Arbor (February 3, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59654 59654-14777843@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 3, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Department of Middle East Studies

January 20: Tehran Has No More Pomegranates (2006), directed by Massoud Bakhshi

January 27: Marriage of the Blessed (1989), directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf

February 3: The Hidden Half (2001), directed by Tahmineh Milani

February 10: No One Knows About Persian Cats (2009), directed by Bahman Ghobadi

February 17: The Salesman (2016), directed by Asghar Farhadi

February 24: Sound and Fury (2016), directed by Houman Seyedi

Every Sunday at 3:00PM | Rackham Amphitheatre
915 E. Washington St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109

For more information, visit https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/iranian-studies/filmfest

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Film Screening Mon, 14 Jan 2019 13:13:59 -0500 2019-02-03T15:00:00-05:00 2019-02-03T17:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Department of Middle East Studies Film Screening Film Festival Poster
Developing a Social Media Strategy for Your Professional Career (February 4, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58930 58930-14580461@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 4, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Are you planning on going into the job market soon? Did you know 92% of companies (including colleges and universities) use or plan to use social media to recruit? Many graduate students have a love/hate relationship with social media. They know they “have to do it,” that it’s the “right thing to do,” but is it necessary in higher education? What if you are planning to go the faculty tenure route—is it really necessary? At this workshop you will learn how to think more strategically about your social media strategy and presence. More specifically, you’ll decide what type of “professional persona” you are trying to portray and then you’ll learn some tactics and techniques for building your social media network. This workshop will focus on the following social media tools: LinkedIn, Twitter, WordPress, Academica.edu, Hoot-suite, and If This Then That.
Pre-registration is required at https://myumi.ch/LEomk.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:31:39 -0500 2019-02-04T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-04T13:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Distinguished University Professorship Lecture Series - New Ways to Make Molecules: From Fundamental Science to Applications in Medical Imaging and Drug Development (February 5, 2019 4:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60223 60223-14849125@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 4:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: University and Development Events

This lecture will describe how fundamental studies of chemical bond-formation can be applied to achieve greener routes to industrial chemicals as well as to the development of novel medical imaging agents.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 24 Jan 2019 09:38:26 -0500 2019-02-05T04:00:00-05:00 2019-02-05T06:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) University and Development Events Lecture / Discussion Melanie Sanford
Lunch with the Deans: Central Campus (February 5, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58330 58330-14463234@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 11:30am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Come enjoy a free lunch with the Deans of Rackham! Please submit questions for the Deans to answer.
Register at https://goo.gl/forms/RN9uKKOVxrPVSGZp2

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Social / Informal Gathering Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:31:39 -0500 2019-02-05T11:30:00-05:00 2019-02-05T13:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Social / Informal Gathering Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Applying Principles of Community Engagement for Graduate Students (February 5, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59191 59191-14696750@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

This workshop is intended for graduate students who have already attended an Entering, Engaging, and Exiting Communities workshop or those with some familiarity or experience with community engagement. In this intermediate level workshop, participants will apply core principles for thoughtfully engaging with communities into their practice, including motivations, impact of social identities, and strategies for engaging in reciprocal, ethical, and respectful ways, with an attention to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Particularly useful for students interested in community engagement, DEI, social justice, democratic engagement, advocacy, activism, and philanthropy.
Pre-registration is required at https://myumi.ch/6QmeE.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:31:39 -0500 2019-02-05T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-05T13:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Applying Principles of Community Engagement for Graduate Students (February 5, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59757 59757-14786506@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

Co-sponsored by Rackham Program in Public Scholarship & the Edward Ginsberg Center. This workshop is intended for graduate students who have already attended an Entering, Engaging, and Exiting Communities workshop or those with some familiarity or experience with community engagement.

In this intermediate level workshop, participants will apply core principles for thoughtfully engaging with communities into their practice, including motivations, impact of social identities, and strategies for engaging in reciprocal, ethical, and respectful ways, with an attention to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Particularly useful for students interested in community engagement, DEI, social justice, democratic engagement, advocacy, activism, and philanthropy.

Pre-registration is required (link below).

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 15 Jan 2019 10:53:45 -0500 2019-02-05T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-05T13:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Ginsberg Center Workshop / Seminar Participants in graduate workshop
Thesis Defense: Mechanisms of DNA Repair and DNA Damage Dependent Cell Cycle Control in Bacillus subtilis (February 6, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60840 60840-14972972@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Simmons Lab

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 05 Feb 2019 13:44:28 -0500 2019-02-06T13:00:00-05:00 2019-02-06T14:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar BSB Building
Using Twitter as a Professional Tool (February 7, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60695 60695-14939408@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 7, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

This workshop/panel discussion is designed for graduate students and postdocs and will focus on effective professional use of Twitter. Topics will include sharing your research and professional accomplishments, connecting with people you don’t already know, and live-tweeting. Participants are encouraged to come with a basic understanding of how Twitter functions. The panelists for this event come from STEM backgrounds, but attendees from all fields are welcome. Dinner will be provided.
Pre-registration is requested at https://goo.gl/forms/N0BETDgDhpjk5SZb2.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 01 Feb 2019 18:16:35 -0500 2019-02-07T17:30:00-05:00 2019-02-07T19:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
ASP Film Screening: The Color of Pomegranates (February 7, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57958 57958-14381736@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 7, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Center for Armenian Studies

"Pretty much unlike anything in cinema history." - Martin Scorsese

An undisputed masterpiece of World Cinema and Armenian cinema, this enigmatic film recreates, with its own composition of images and sounds, the dreamlike world of Sayat-Nova, a multilingual poet at the early modern Georgian court.

This showing presents the long-lost "original" cut of the film, recovered from Soviet censorship, and remastered and restored for a singular viewing experience.

Join Dr. Marie-Aude Baronian (film scholar) and Dr. Michael Pifer (Middle East Studies, U-M), who will briefly introduce the film, and serve as your guides to this filmic artwork during a short discussion at its end.

English subtitles available.

Free and open to the public.

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

Cosponsored by the Multidisciplinary Workshop for Armenian Studies

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Film Screening Thu, 24 Jan 2019 13:56:42 -0500 2019-02-07T19:00:00-05:00 2019-02-07T20:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Center for Armenian Studies Film Screening A breathtaking fusion of poetry, ethnography, and cinema, Sergei Parajanov’s masterwork overflows with unforgettable images and sounds. In a series of tableaux that blend the tactile with the abstract, The Color of Pomegranates revives the splendors of Armenian culture through the story of the eighteenth-century troubadour Sayat-Nova, charting his intellectual, artistic, and spiritual growth through iconographic compositions rather than traditional narrative. The film’s tapestry of folklore and metaphor departed from the realism that dominated the Soviet cinema of its era, leading authorities to block its distribution, with rare underground screenings presenting it in a restructured form. This edition features the cut closest to Parajanov’s original vision, in a restoration that brings new life to one of cinema’s most enigmatic meditations on art and beauty. English subtitles available. Free and open to the public. The following text will be included on all II events unless you indi
DEI Symposium: Scholarship, Leadership, and Advocacy (February 8, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59509 59509-14748068@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 8, 2019 9:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Rackham Graduate School’s Professional Development DEI Certificate Program will host a DEI Symposium on February 8, 2019. The symposium will feature keynote speaker Dr. Damon A. Williams, author of Strategic Diversity Leadership and Founder of the National Inclusive Excellence Leadership Academy and brief presentations by graduate student DEI leaders. Showcased in the symposium will be graduate student scholars, leaders, and advocates that have been successful in creating an inclusive environment for their colleagues. The University of Michigan Chief Diversity Officer, Rackham Graduate School Dean, and Rackham Graduate School Assistant Dean of Diversity Equity and Inclusion will also participate in the symposium. The objectives of the symposium are to create a sense of community among DEI leaders and to disseminate the excellent work graduate students and postdoctoral fellows are doing related to DEI. In addition, the symposium will also serve as a space to share resources regarding DEI-related projects and initiatives that have been successful among schools and departments with the purpose of enhancing collaboration.
Opening Remarks and Keynote Address
Opening Remarks by Dr. Robert Sellers, University of Michigan Chief Diversity Officer
Keynote Address by Dr. Damon A. Williams
This session is open to faculty, staff, and students.
9:00 to 10:30 a.m., Amphitheatre, 4th Floor, Rackham Building
Impact of Graduate Student Diversity Leaders
Presentations by DEI Graduate Student Staff Assistants. This session is open to faculty, staff, and students.
10:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., Amphitheatre, 4th Floor, Rackham Building
Lunch with DEI Leaders
Due to space limitations, this session is open to graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and unit DEI Leads only. Thank you for your understanding.
12:00 to 1:30 p.m., Assembly Hall, 4th Floor, Rackham Building
A Conversation with Dr. Williams
This session is open to graduate students and postdoctoral fellows only. Refreshments will be served.
1:30 to 3:00 p.m., Assembly Hall, 4th Floor, Rackham Building
Pre-registration for the various sections of this event is required at https://myumi.ch/LRpN1.

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 01 Feb 2019 18:16:35 -0500 2019-02-08T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-08T15:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Conference / Symposium Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
DEI Symposium: Scholarship, Leadership, and Advocacy (February 8, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60403 60403-14875264@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 8, 2019 9:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Professional and Academic Development

Rackham Graduate School's Professional Development DEI Certificate Program is hosting a DEI Symposium that will feature keynote speaker, Dr. Damon A. Williams, author of Strategic Diversity Leadership and founder of the National Inclusive Excellence Leadership Academy.

Opening remarks by Dr. Robert Sellers, University of Michigan Chief Diversity Officer

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 25 Jan 2019 14:13:19 -0500 2019-02-08T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-08T10:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Professional and Academic Development Conference / Symposium DEI Symposium, February 8
2019 Iranian Film Festival of Ann Arbor (February 10, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59654 59654-14777844@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 10, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Department of Middle East Studies

January 20: Tehran Has No More Pomegranates (2006), directed by Massoud Bakhshi

January 27: Marriage of the Blessed (1989), directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf

February 3: The Hidden Half (2001), directed by Tahmineh Milani

February 10: No One Knows About Persian Cats (2009), directed by Bahman Ghobadi

February 17: The Salesman (2016), directed by Asghar Farhadi

February 24: Sound and Fury (2016), directed by Houman Seyedi

Every Sunday at 3:00PM | Rackham Amphitheatre
915 E. Washington St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109

For more information, visit https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/iranian-studies/filmfest

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Film Screening Mon, 14 Jan 2019 13:13:59 -0500 2019-02-10T15:00:00-05:00 2019-02-10T17:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Department of Middle East Studies Film Screening Film Festival Poster
CV to Resume (February 11, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58423 58423-14496144@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 11, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Are you having a hard time synthesizing your academic experiences in hopes of landing a job outside of academia? The process of crafting a strong resume can often be difficult. This workshop is a hands-on opportunity for graduate students to learn how to effectively develop a resume, using the foundation that they have laid with information from their CV.
Pre-registration is required at https://myumi.ch/JDYRX.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:31:39 -0500 2019-02-11T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-11T13:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Research Data Documentation and Management (February 12, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59916 59916-14797383@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Learn best practices for documenting and managing your dissertation data from the outset. Discover the basic elements of documenting your data so that you are able to access, share, and preserve your data for future research projects and comply with funders’ and publishers’ requirements. Using the Library’s templates for data organization and documentation, we will walk through best practices and share resources to help set you up for data success.
Pre-registration is required at https://myumi.ch/a0p5p.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:31:39 -0500 2019-02-12T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-12T13:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
The Kerner Report: A 50th Anniversary Symposium (February 12, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60673 60673-14937156@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Center for Social Solutions

The event will include some footage from the 12th & Clairmount documentary about the 1967 Detroit rebellion; comments by Earl Lewis, director of the Center for Social Solutions, and Alan Curtis, president of the Eisenhower Foundation; and a panel discussion of experts to include discussion of the Detroit context and the update of the Kerner Report published in 2018.

The 1967-1968 urban uprisings and rebellions in several American cities shone a bright light on the complex social, economic, and racial problems of the 1950s and 1960s. In response to those uprisings, President Lyndon Johnson convened the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders in 1968. The symposium will convene a group of scholars, policy analysts, and political thinkers, and community participants to discuss the progress made since the Kerner Report was released and to think through what work remains to move the nation, its citizens, and our society toward its aspirational goals of equity, inclusion, and justice. The participants and panelists will be charged with placing their focus on identifying those political strategies and public policies that have been effective toward those goals. Moreover, they will also be charged with helping symposium participants and interested constituencies to begin think through feasible ways to move public and political discourse away from outmoded, polarizing, and ineffective ideas and policies. While much social and civic good has been achieved since 1968, this symposium will take a hard and sober look at the emergent trends toward political polarization, social and economic disparities, and potential threats to ethical and democratic norms. We anticipate raising many questions, but we also intend to leave with proposals for moving our nation forward.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 05 Feb 2019 16:11:47 -0500 2019-02-12T15:00:00-05:00 2019-02-12T16:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Center for Social Solutions Conference / Symposium Kerner Symposium
Minoli Perera, Northwestern University - “African Ancestry Pharmaco(genomics) Omics.” (February 13, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60993 60993-15000020@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

In observance of Black History Month, Precision Health at U-M is pleased to welcome Minoli
Perera, PharmD, PhD, an Associate Professor of Pharmacology at Northwestern University, as a
featured speaker in its Seminar Series. On February 13 at 4pm, Perera will present on “African Ancestry Pharmacogenomics Omics.”
Initially interested in researching the clinical translation of pharmacogenetic findings, Perera realized that African Americans are often excluded from these studies. The predictive genomic biomarkers used to guide drug therapy are based on studies of populations of European descent, so the findings are uninformative for other populations. “Practically, this means we are using the wrong genetic information in African-Americans to guide their therapy,” Perera states in a profile on Northwestern’s website. Perera, who spoke at the Precision Medicine World Conference in Ann Arbor in June, has been funded by both the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and American Heart Association to investigate genetic variants associated with warfarin dose response. She has also received a $7.5 million Research Project Grant (R01) from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) to investigate genetic variation in drug-metabolizing enzymes in African Americans. Perera is currently Principal Investigator for one of five Transdisciplinary Collaborative Centers funded through the NIMHD. Dubbed
ACCOuNT (African American pharmacogenomic Cardiovascular
CONsorTium), it will work to accelerate the discovery and translation of pharmacogenomic findings in African-ancestry populations. “The work that we do is scientifically interesting and important, but it also carries a social justice mission,” says Perera in her profile. “I hope this work will become an avenue to bring more diversity into academia and science research in general.”

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 08 Feb 2019 15:36:34 -0500 2019-02-13T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-13T17:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Biomedical Engineering Workshop / Seminar Biomedical Engineering
Precision Health February Seminar (February 13, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60260 60260-14855603@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Precision Health

In recognition of Black History Month, Precision Health at the University of Michigan (U-M) invites you to attend a seminar, Wednesday, February 13, to hear guest presenter Minoli Perera, PharmD, PhD, Associate Professor of Pharmacology at Northwestern University, speak on "African Ancestry Omics."

The event, free and open to the public, will include a presentation with time allocated for discussion. Registration [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/u-m-precision-health-seminar-february-2019-tickets-54719867597] is requested by Monday, February 11 (or will close when full).

Abstract:

Racial minorities have been consistently excluded from most genomic studies, and their data compose only a small fraction of what is publicly available. These studies and data, however, are key to the translations and implementation of precision medicine. To address this growing health disparity in precision medicine, we use not only genomics, but also other high-complexity datasets (e.g., transcriptomics) to discover the genomic predictors of drug responses, as well as the biological underpinnings that drive genetic associations. Our work finds important associations of African-American–specific SNPs in pharmacogenomics, and also novel genes that contribute to drug response, disease, and adverse events. These types of studies shed light on the unique contributions the African-American genome can make to precision medicine and the critical need for greater diversity in genomic medicine.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 07 Feb 2019 12:06:12 -0500 2019-02-13T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-13T17:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Precision Health Workshop / Seminar Minoli Perera
Question and Answer Session with a Michigan Alum (February 14, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60696 60696-14939409@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 14, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to work at Facebook, Twitter, Google, or Amazon? Join GRIN to meet with Dinkar Jain, a ’06 Michigan alumnus, to learn about his experiences working for these companies. Mr. Jain has an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, which he earned after getting his engineering degree at U-M.
Pre-registration is requested at myumi.ch/J2Gbe.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 01 Feb 2019 18:16:35 -0500 2019-02-14T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-14T18:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Complex Spaces: Navigating Text & Territory (February 16, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61032 61032-15024919@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 16, 2019 9:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Comparative Literature

Please see the program below (under "Web and Social") for complete event details.

The 2019 Charles F. Fraker Conference at the University of Michigan will take as its point of departure the complicated interactions of space, place, and mapping, in all of their contexts. This conference hopes to both clarify and complicate the notion of spatiality which arose during what Foucault referred to as the “epoch of space” and has continued to develop after the “spatial turn” in the humanities at the end of the 20th century. Further, we hope with this conference to place a focus on geocriticism, a term developed in part by Robert Tally, Jr., whom we are delighted to welcome as our keynote speaker.

The broad understandings and implications of space do not permit a facile definition nor do they warrant one. Instead of conceptualizing space as a backdrop for historicism, modern critics choose to regard space as an actor with significant agency. The goal of this conference is not to effect a common definition of the complexities of space, but rather to embrace these intricacies through dialogue. As we know, physical space is ubiquitous and, at times, unremarkable or invisible. It can welcome us or alienate us; place us at the center, in the margins, in between, or beyond; facilitate or hinder our movement, choices, and behavior; and influence our very thoughts. It follows that our work is similarly affected by spatial concerns. What can we learn from the spaces created by cultural production?​ ​How does space affect the production of knowledge? How does space relate to power, or to memory, or to narrative?
This year, we welcome panelists from Brown, Concordia (Montréal), CUNY, Emory, Purdue, Rutgers, SUNY–Buffalo, Texas State, UCSB, UAlberta, UChicago, UVirginia, UW–Madison, and UT–Austin, as well as our own University of Michigan. In recent years, papers have been given in different Romance languages as well as in English; 2019 will be no exception as our program includes panelists from across languages and disciplines.

The conference will take place on the 15-16th February 2019 at the University of Michigan–Ann Arbor. On Friday, 15th February, it will be held in the Michigan League, and on Saturday, 16th February, it will be held in the Rackham Graduate School; both buildings are near Ingalls Mall on UM’s Central Campus.

The keynote address will be delivered on Saturday at 5PM in the Rackham Amphitheatre.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 11 Feb 2019 08:44:44 -0500 2019-02-16T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-16T19:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Comparative Literature Conference / Symposium Event Poster
Global Health Symposium (February 16, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60991 60991-15000019@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 16, 2019 11:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

Interested in global health, design, and entrepreneurship?

Join M-HEAL and Timmy Global Health for our seventh annual Global Health Symposium, in which established professionals will be discussing their experience working on projects aimed at improving global health. We will be hearing from Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, former Health Director of Detroit and 2018 Gubernatorial Candidate; Dr. Po Tu, CDC Public Health Analyst; and Anurag Bolneni, CFO of Blueprints For Pangaea. We hope that attendees will be able to walk away from the symposium with a better perspective on different global health disciplines, ranging from engineering to medicine to public health.

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 15 Feb 2019 13:51:29 -0500 2019-02-16T11:00:00-05:00 2019-02-16T14:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Biomedical Engineering Conference / Symposium MHEAL
2019 Iranian Film Festival of Ann Arbor (February 17, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59654 59654-14777845@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 17, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Department of Middle East Studies

January 20: Tehran Has No More Pomegranates (2006), directed by Massoud Bakhshi

January 27: Marriage of the Blessed (1989), directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf

February 3: The Hidden Half (2001), directed by Tahmineh Milani

February 10: No One Knows About Persian Cats (2009), directed by Bahman Ghobadi

February 17: The Salesman (2016), directed by Asghar Farhadi

February 24: Sound and Fury (2016), directed by Houman Seyedi

Every Sunday at 3:00PM | Rackham Amphitheatre
915 E. Washington St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109

For more information, visit https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/iranian-studies/filmfest

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Film Screening Mon, 14 Jan 2019 13:13:59 -0500 2019-02-17T15:00:00-05:00 2019-02-17T17:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Department of Middle East Studies Film Screening Film Festival Poster
LGBTQ Affirming Doctors and How to Navigate Systems Panel (February 18, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59917 59917-14797384@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 18, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

This panel will share practical tips and consideration for navigating and fostering relationships with LGBTQ friendly providers and resources. Sponsored by Rackham Graduate School and the Spectrum Center.
Pre-registration is required at https://myumi.ch/aK2Ob

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Presentation Thu, 17 Jan 2019 18:16:18 -0500 2019-02-18T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-18T13:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Presentation Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
LGBTQ Affirming Doctors and Navigating the Process (February 18, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59959 59959-14806082@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 18, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Spectrum Center

Join the Spectrum Center, Rackham Graduate School and OutMD for a conversation with LGBTQ affirming physicians and health care providers who will discuss how they approach their services to LGBTQ patients and offer reflections on navigating the health care system. Their insights may be useful for individuals are potentially seeking health care, as well as current/future providers who want to become more LGBTQ+ affirming.

This event is apart of LGBTQ Health and Wellness Week, and will take place in Rackham Assembly Hall. Food will be provided.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 17 Jan 2019 12:17:29 -0500 2019-02-18T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-18T13:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Spectrum Center Lecture / Discussion the healthcare symbol in front of the rainbow flag
Hopwood Awards Ceremony + Reading (February 18, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52770 52770-14981947@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 18, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Hopwood Awards Program

Please join us as we celebrate the fall winners of the 2018-19 Hopwood Underclassmen awards.

Following the announcement of the awards, there will be a reading from Linda Gregerson, a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and Caroline Walker Bynum Distinguished University Professor of English. Light reception to follow. Free to attend and open to all!

A Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, Linda Gregerson is the Caroline Walker Bynum Distinguished University Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Michigan, where she teaches creative writing and Renaissance literature. She is the author of six books of poetry and two books of criticism, and the co-editor of one collection of scholarly essays. Gregerson's poems have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, Poetry, Granta, The Paris Review, The Kenyon Review, The Best American Poetry, and many other journals and anthologies. Among her honors and awards are an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature, the Kingsley Tufts Award, four Pushcart Prizes, grants and fellowships from the Guggenheim, Rockefeller, Mellon, and Bogliasco Foundations, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Institute for Advanced Study, the Poetry Society of America, and the National Humanities Center. In 2014, Gregerson was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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Ceremony / Service Wed, 06 Feb 2019 16:01:52 -0500 2019-02-18T18:00:00-05:00 2019-02-18T20:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Hopwood Awards Program Ceremony / Service Photo of past Hopwood Awards ceremony
19th Distinguished University Professorship Lecture Series - Animal Pharm: The Ecology and Evolution of Medication Behaviors in Animals (February 19, 2019 4:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60224 60224-14849126@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 4:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: University and Development Events

Lecture abstract
Plants vary substantially in their quality as food for herbivores. The availability of proteins, fats, and carbohydrates differ markedly from one plant species to the next. Moreover, plants contain a dazzling array of “secondary metabolites” that are often toxic to consumers. However, in low doses, plant toxins can also serve as medicines, protecting herbivores from agents of disease. Like humans, many other animals exploit the natural pharmaceuticals in plants to mitigate the effects of parasite infection. This lecture will explore the ecology and evolution of medication behaviors in animals. As herbivores forage for food, they must manage the competing demands of gaining adequate nutrition, avoiding their predators, and choosing appropriate medicines from the Great Green Pharmacy. Medication behaviors can be therapeutic, in which medicines are consumed only after infection, or prophylactic, in which medicines are consumed prior to infection. Medication behaviors can also serve to protect the individual actor (self-medication) or their relatives (kin or social medication). Examples will show how different ecological conditions favor the evolution of different medication behaviors. Concentrations of toxins in plants also vary substantially based on environmental conditions, including soil quality, air quality, and biotic interactions. Therefore, the forces of global environmental change threaten the pharmaceutical use of plants by animals. Conservation of the Great Green Pharmacy is vitally important to the biological diversity of life on Earth.

About the professor
Mark Hunter is the Earl E. Werner Distinguished University Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan. He received his bachelor’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Oxford in England. After serving as a NATO International Fellow and an NSERC International Fellow, he joined the faculty of the University of Georgia, where he served as Professor in the Institute of Ecology and as founding Director of the Center for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Processes. He joined the University of Michigan in January 2006. His research interests include plant-animal interactions, ecosystem ecology, biodiversity, and population dynamics. Professor Hunter has published over 150 research articles and written or edited six books. He is the recipient of both a CAREER Award and an OPUS award from the National Science Foundation, and in 2014 was elected a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 01 Feb 2019 13:42:52 -0500 2019-02-19T04:00:00-05:00 2019-02-19T06:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) University and Development Events Lecture / Discussion Mark Hunter
CUTS: CRLT Players (February 19, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58424 58424-14496145@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Though many universities aspire to cultivate a climate that is welcoming to the members of their diverse student, faculty, and staff bodies, we know that the lived experiences of many in our communities don’t always align with these aspirations. In this CRLT Players session, participants will think together about the many forces that shape campus climate and work toward developing or refining a skill set that will allow them to respond productively and compassionately to individuals who have negative experiences of climate at their universities.
Pre-registration is required at https://myumi.ch/J7XAK.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:31:40 -0500 2019-02-19T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-19T13:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Lecture / Discussion Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
MSI Outreach and Planning Grant Info Session (February 20, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61184 61184-15047546@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

As part of a broader campus-wide strategy of complementary efforts to support and enhance bilateral relationships between the University of Michigan and Minority Serving Institution (MSIs), Rackham Graduate School is offering funding opportunities through the MSI Outreach and Collaboration Grant competition. Please join us to learn more about the funding opportunity.
Informational session attendance is not required to be considered for the grant but is encouraged.
Pre-registration is required at https://myumi.ch/aM5MW.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 13 Feb 2019 18:16:59 -0500 2019-02-20T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-20T13:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Third Annual MUSE Conference (February 21, 2019 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58934 58934-14580465@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 21, 2019 12:30pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

The annual MUSE Conference will be held February 21-22, 2019.

The purpose of the conference is to foster connections and new collaborations across the broad suite of sustainability and environment-related research at the University of Michigan. We welcome participation from those advancing knowledge through work in the humanities and the social, physical, natural, and engineering sciences.

Keynote speakers include Perrin Selcer (History), Barry Rabe (Public Policy), and Melissa Stults (Sustainability and Innovations Manager, City of Ann Arbor). The concluding panel will also feature a roundtable with Dean Jonathan Overpeck (SEAS), Dean DuBois Bowman (Public Health), and Jennifer Haverkamp, Director of the Graham Sustainability Institute.

For more information, including the link to register for the conference and RSVP for the public reception, please visit http://muse-initiative.umich.edu/conference/

Please send all inquiries to MUSE-inquiries@umich.edu.

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 18 Jan 2019 17:35:02 -0500 2019-02-21T12:30:00-05:00 2019-02-21T19:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Department of English Language and Literature Conference / Symposium Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Third Annual MUSE Conference (February 22, 2019 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58934 58934-14580466@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 9:30am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

The annual MUSE Conference will be held February 21-22, 2019.

The purpose of the conference is to foster connections and new collaborations across the broad suite of sustainability and environment-related research at the University of Michigan. We welcome participation from those advancing knowledge through work in the humanities and the social, physical, natural, and engineering sciences.

Keynote speakers include Perrin Selcer (History), Barry Rabe (Public Policy), and Melissa Stults (Sustainability and Innovations Manager, City of Ann Arbor). The concluding panel will also feature a roundtable with Dean Jonathan Overpeck (SEAS), Dean DuBois Bowman (Public Health), and Jennifer Haverkamp, Director of the Graham Sustainability Institute.

For more information, including the link to register for the conference and RSVP for the public reception, please visit http://muse-initiative.umich.edu/conference/

Please send all inquiries to MUSE-inquiries@umich.edu.

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 18 Jan 2019 17:35:02 -0500 2019-02-22T09:30:00-05:00 2019-02-22T17:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Department of English Language and Literature Conference / Symposium Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
2019 Iranian Film Festival of Ann Arbor (February 24, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59654 59654-14777846@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 24, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Department of Middle East Studies

January 20: Tehran Has No More Pomegranates (2006), directed by Massoud Bakhshi

January 27: Marriage of the Blessed (1989), directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf

February 3: The Hidden Half (2001), directed by Tahmineh Milani

February 10: No One Knows About Persian Cats (2009), directed by Bahman Ghobadi

February 17: The Salesman (2016), directed by Asghar Farhadi

February 24: Sound and Fury (2016), directed by Houman Seyedi

Every Sunday at 3:00PM | Rackham Amphitheatre
915 E. Washington St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109

For more information, visit https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/iranian-studies/filmfest

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Film Screening Mon, 14 Jan 2019 13:13:59 -0500 2019-02-24T15:00:00-05:00 2019-02-24T17:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Department of Middle East Studies Film Screening Film Festival Poster
Dissonance Event Series: Genetics & Medical Apps: Ethics, Privacy, Law and Policy (February 25, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60952 60952-14990967@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Information Assurance

Each new genetic test or medical app generates or collects more and more detailed health data, but may also raise serious issues for medicine, public health. Under what circumstances should a test be used, and how should it be implemented? Should people be allowed to choose or refuse a test, or should it be mandatory, as newborn screening is in some states? How should the data from these tests be used, and should individuals control access to the results of their tests? If test results are released to third parties, such as employers or insurers, what protections should be in place to protect individuals from unfair treatment based on test results, data collected, or genotype?

This Dissonance series event will take a multi-disciplinary look at these issues from a variety of theoretical and applied perspectives.

Panelists will include:
- Lori Andrews, Professor of Law and Director of the Institute for Science, Law and, Technology at Chicago Kent Law School

- Jodyn Platt, Assistant Professor, U-M Medical School

- Kayte Spector-Bagdady, Assistant Professor, U-M Medical School, Chief of the Research Ethics Service in the Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine (CBSSM)

- Denise Anthony, Professor, U-M School of Public Health

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 20 Feb 2019 16:08:57 -0500 2019-02-25T18:00:00-05:00 2019-02-25T19:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Information Assurance Lecture / Discussion Genetics & Medical Apps Panel Discussion
Towards Transformative Change: Institutional Self-Assessment and Relationship Building Between U-M and MSIs (February 26, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60931 60931-14990923@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Minority Serving Institutions have and continue to play an integral role in granting access, building knowledge, and empowering change that impacts both individuals and society. The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, whose legacy we commemorate as a critical figure in the advancement of civil rights and social justice, is an alumnus of Morehouse College—an MSI. Implicit in Dr. King’s push for righteousness, peace, and justice was an immense desire to transform how people of a nation and ultimately the world engaged with one another. It is in this spirit that we frame this forum and engagement with Minority Serving Institutions—from transactional to transformational/transformative change. Featured speakers will provide a broad overview of the MSI landscape, share their experiences with developing relationships with MSIs, and share information on how to do an institutional self-assessment before seeking to partner with MSIs. This session will serve as the first in a series of forums that foster discussion on the socio-historical and contemporary state of MSIs, insights from U-M units with relationships with MSIs, and practical information and resources for engaging MSIs.
Pre-registration is required at https://myumi.ch/6njZn.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 07 Feb 2019 12:17:09 -0500 2019-02-26T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-26T13:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Clothing Exchange (February 26, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61275 61275-15065607@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Interested in sustainability? Looking to freshen up your wardrobe? Join GRIN for this budget friendly and sustainable event. Bring some of your unwanted clothes that are clean and in good condition and swap them out for something different. If you donate you can select five items for free. If you don’t bring anything to donate you can still participate. Each item is $1-2. Proceeds will support future GRIN events. All clothes that are not selected will be donated to charity at the end of the event.
Pre-registration is requested at myumi.ch/JWgOw.

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Social / Informal Gathering Fri, 15 Feb 2019 18:17:04 -0500 2019-02-26T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-26T19:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Social / Informal Gathering Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
University of Michigan 94th Henry Russel Lecture 2019: Attacking Cancer at Its Roots: It Takes a Village (February 26, 2019 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61352 61352-15090347@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 4:30pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Henry Russel Award Recipients
Meghan A. Duffy, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Matthew Johnson-Roberson, Associate Professor of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, College of Engineering

Timothy McAllister, Associate Professor of Music, Department of Winds and Percussion, School of Music, Theatre and Dance

Necmiye Ozay, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Feb 2019 15:48:48 -0500 2019-02-26T16:30:00-05:00 2019-02-26T18:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion Henry Russel Lecture flyer
Doctoral Candidate Write-In (February 28, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60350 60350-14866441@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 28, 2019 9:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Spend some time getting a jump start on your dissertation writing. Food and beverages will be provided.
Pre-registration is required at https://myumi.ch/6kQ29.

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Meeting Wed, 06 Feb 2019 12:17:04 -0500 2019-02-28T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-28T13:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Meeting Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
A Nobel Laureate Lecture and Celebration (February 28, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61065 61065-15027192@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 28, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Michigan Engineering

Nobel Laureate Gérard Mourou did much of his groundbreaking work as a faculty member at U-M for 16 years, retiring in 2004. In 1991, he founded the Center for Ultrafast Optical Science—where the safer, bladeless version of LASIK eye surgery was developed and HERCULES, the world’s most intense laser, was born. CUOS remains one of the world’s best programs in ultrafast lasers.

Lecture at Rackham Graduate School Auditorium - 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Reception at Rackham Graduate School Lobby - 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 11 Feb 2019 12:34:39 -0500 2019-02-28T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-28T17:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Michigan Engineering Lecture / Discussion Gerard Mourou
Nobel Laureate Lecture and Celebration | Passion for Extreme Light (February 28, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61585 61585-15150259@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 28, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Department of Physics

Any questions, please contact engineeringevents@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 25 Feb 2019 10:08:04 -0500 2019-02-28T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-28T17:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Department of Physics Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
How to Market Yourself as an International Graduate Student (February 28, 2019 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61276 61276-15065608@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 28, 2019 4:30pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Are you an international student looking for a job or internship? Attend a workshop aimed at providing international graduate students with tips and guidance on personal branding to assist in your job search. It will help you realize benefits of your background, and more important, help you showcase your skills on your resume and during interviews with potential employers in a creative and useful manner.
Pre-registration is requested at myumi.ch/a8zpG.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Feb 2019 18:17:05 -0500 2019-02-28T16:30:00-05:00 2019-02-28T17:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Understanding Taxes (March 6, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60351 60351-14866442@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 6, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Learn the ins and outs of filing taxes as a graduate student, especially if you are filing quarterly! The material for this session is aimed at domestic students.
Pre-registration is required at https://myumi.ch/6eodm.

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Workshop / Seminar Sat, 23 Feb 2019 07:42:40 -0500 2019-03-06T12:00:00-05:00 2019-03-06T13:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar man using laptop
U-M Carbon Neutrality Commission Town Hall (March 11, 2019 5:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61591 61591-15152454@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 11, 2019 5:15pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Planet Blue

Don't Miss the First U-M Carbon Neutrality Commission Town Hall!

Get committee updates, ask questions, and share ideas.
All members of the U-M community are invited and it is free and open to the public.
Registration is required; space is limited:
http://sustainability.umich.edu/carbonneutrality/townhall

Monday, March 11, 2019 - 5:15 pm to 6:45 pm
Location: U-M Rackham Assembly Hall, 4th floor

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Other Thu, 07 Mar 2019 12:13:05 -0500 2019-03-11T17:15:00-04:00 2019-03-11T18:45:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Planet Blue Other rackham and campus
Visual Voice: Sustainability and Stress (March 12, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61779 61779-15179594@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

In her new book, Finding Voice: A Visual Arts Approach to Engaging Social Change, Kim Berman offers a theory and practice of resilient partnerships for social change. She argues for the importance of participatory visual storytelling through murals, paper prayers, Photovoice, and mapping in urban and rural collaborations. Using a feminist framework to look at "women on purpose," Berman speaks to the power and cost of sustaining public projects that address HIV-AIDS stigma, climate change, xenophobia, and unemployment.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 28 Feb 2019 15:52:25 -0500 2019-03-12T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-12T17:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Department of English Language and Literature Lecture / Discussion Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Ben Shapiro (March 12, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60593 60593-14910411@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Young Americans for Freedom

TICKET INFO:
Student tickets will be made available Feb 18th at 8pm. Those with a umich email will be able to reserve one ticket.
General public tickets will be made available Feb 19th at 8pm.
The ticket link will go live on this event page then.

Young Americans for Freedom at the University of Michigan is proud to host Ben Shapiro on March 12th in collaboration with the Young America's Foundation (YAF). Through this event, students and the general public will be able to hear from and participate in a Q/A with one of the nation's top conservative minds. More info on the event can be found at yaf.org, Twitter (@yafumich), Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/YAFUMich/), and Instagram (@yafumich).


Ben Shapiro is editor-in-chief of The Daily Wire and host of "The Ben Shapiro Show," the top conservative podcast in the nation and now nationally-syndicated radio show. Shapiro is the author of seven nonfiction books; his newest work "The Right Side of History: How Reason and Moral Purpose Made the West Great" will be released on March 19th. He earned a BA in Political Science from UCLA in 2004 and graduated from Harvard Law School in 2007.
Shapiro has appeared on hundreds of radio and television shows around the nation, including "Fox and Friends" (Fox News), "In the Money" (CNN Financial), "The Dennis Prager Show," among others.

Young America's Foundation and the YAF at the University of Michigan chapter seek to educate students on conservative values that are otherwise absent on most college campuses. Shapiro has frequently addressed the issue of the Left's ideological stranglehold on academia and has worked to push back against that trend through fact and logic-based speeches and debates. "Facts don't care about your feelings" has become one of Ben Shapiro's trademark lines. He has appeared as the featured speaker at many conservative events on campuses nationwide, several of those appearances targeted by progressive and "Antifa" activists. Shapiro, an Orthodox Jew, has also worked to expose the anti-Israel and anti-Semitic motivations behind the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Feb 2019 20:52:09 -0500 2019-03-12T19:00:00-04:00 2019-03-12T20:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Young Americans for Freedom Lecture / Discussion Announcement
Social Justice Journey (March 13, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59510 59510-14748069@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

This module is geared towards groups that have more experience in social justice work. Participants are prompted in high levels of thinking on their own identities, communicating across identities, understanding power and oppression, and how they engage with these topics with others who are at differing levels of understanding social justice complexity.
Pre-registration is required at https://myumi.ch/abg45.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:31:40 -0500 2019-03-13T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-13T13:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Depression on College Campuses Conference (March 13, 2019 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58286 58286-14452841@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 12:30pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Eisenberg Family Depression Center

As counseling centers continue to be faced with an ever-increasing demand for services, colleges and universities must consider more effective and efficient strategies for providing support to a large population of students with unique and varying needs. Emerging strategies include precision health and stepped care approaches to better determine and provide the “right intervention for the right person at the right time.”

Join us for the 17th Annual Depression on College Campuses Conference to learn about new research findings, model programs, and policies which highlight evidence-based approaches to identify and determine the level of intervention required to best match student need to improve health outcomes.

Registration is free for any student from any campus.

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Well-being Thu, 06 Dec 2018 14:34:42 -0500 2019-03-13T12:30:00-04:00 2019-03-13T18:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Eisenberg Family Depression Center Well-being DoCC
Depression on College Campuses Conference (March 14, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58286 58286-14452842@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 14, 2019 8:30am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Eisenberg Family Depression Center

As counseling centers continue to be faced with an ever-increasing demand for services, colleges and universities must consider more effective and efficient strategies for providing support to a large population of students with unique and varying needs. Emerging strategies include precision health and stepped care approaches to better determine and provide the “right intervention for the right person at the right time.”

Join us for the 17th Annual Depression on College Campuses Conference to learn about new research findings, model programs, and policies which highlight evidence-based approaches to identify and determine the level of intervention required to best match student need to improve health outcomes.

Registration is free for any student from any campus.

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Well-being Thu, 06 Dec 2018 14:34:42 -0500 2019-03-14T08:30:00-04:00 2019-03-14T16:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Eisenberg Family Depression Center Well-being DoCC
GRADitude at Rackham: Hail Yeah! 2019 (March 14, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61789 61789-15181804@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 14, 2019 11:30am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

The “Hail Yeah! Every Gift Matters” event is about celebrating and thanking alumni who have given $50 dollars or less to U-M in the past year. Every gift matters!
We will have pre-printed postcards for you to write a message of thanks to donors, and we will also provide ideas for what to include in your message.
Lunch and a limited number of HailYeah! t-shirts will be provided (come early to get yours!).
Pre-registration is required at https://myumi.ch/aXkkg.

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Social / Informal Gathering Fri, 01 Mar 2019 18:16:18 -0500 2019-03-14T11:30:00-04:00 2019-03-14T13:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Social / Informal Gathering Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Personalized, Precision Treatments for Depression and Anxiety Disorders on College Campuses: The Time has Come! (March 14, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60913 60913-14988675@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 14, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Eisenberg Family Depression Center

Join the U-M Depression Center for the annual Depression on College Campuses conference closing keynote address on Thursday, March 14th at 3:00 p.m. Dr. John Greden will present a talk titled “Personalized, Precision Treatments for Depression and Anxiety Disorders on College Campuses: The Time has Come!”

To learn more about the conference, visit: https://members.depressioncenter.org/docc/

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 19 Feb 2019 11:51:19 -0500 2019-03-14T15:00:00-04:00 2019-03-14T16:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Eisenberg Family Depression Center Lecture / Discussion John Greden, M.D.
Unrigging the System: What News Organizations Can Do To Restore Faith In The Presidential Elections (March 14, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61640 61640-15161281@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 14, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Communication and Media

There’s that old saying about the two things that no one should ever watch being made: sausages and laws. Elections in America can be just as stomach-turning.

The 2016 and 2018 elections reached an unprecedented level of messiness, and news outlets often fell short in organizing that mess for voters. Political journalist Robert Yoon will reveal some little-known realities behind how elections are run in America and discuss ways that news organizations could improve their coverage with the goal of beginning to restore public faith in a vital democratic institution.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 26 Feb 2019 15:11:47 -0500 2019-03-14T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-14T18:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Communication and Media Lecture / Discussion Yoon
CLIFF 2019: Cartographies of Silence, 23rd Annual Comparative Literature Intra-student Faculty Forum (March 15, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58374 58374-14491981@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 15, 2019 9:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Comparative Literature

Cartographies of Silence: A Conference for Readers and Writers
23rd Annual CLIFF Conference
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
March 15-16, 2019
Keynote Speaker: Professor Irena Klepfisz

It was an old theme even for me:Language cannot do everything– -- Adrienne Rich, “Cartographies of Silence”

Silence is not an absence, but is charged with meaning and action. To speak of silence means to speak of a multitude of paradoxes, as well as to enter an exciting avenue for literature, activism and interdisciplinary scholarship. Our conference interrogates what it means to plumb silences in the archive in search of unheard voices, and invites scholars to investigate the meanings of silence as a critical category. In particular, this conference is interested in mapping – across scholarly and creative disciplines – questions of translating silences in the archive, in the text, in the subject, and in activism. What are the possible ways of translating silence when events and experiences resist such translation? What challenges and possibilities does silence offer translators and scholars, who are tasked with making meaning of both the enunciated and the unsaid or untranslatable? How can we engage with knowledge that does not yield itself to current academic frameworks? In what ways can a focus on silence help to transform knowledge itself?

Professor Irena Klepfisz received her doctorate from the University of Chicago in Victorian literature, and later did post-doctoral work in Yiddish at YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. In addition to teaching in numerous universities around the country, Klepfisz taught for ten years in the college program at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, a women’s maximum security prison. Last year, she retired after 22 years of teaching Jewish Women's Studies at Barnard College. Klepfisz immigrated to the U.S. at age 8 and was raised among Yiddish-speaking, Jewish Labor Bundist (socialist) Holocaust survivors in the Bronx, where she attended public schools, a Yiddish shule, and mitlshul. She was an activist during the Second Wave, particularly in the lesbian/feminist movement, and addressed issues of anti-Semitism, Israeli/Palestinian peace, Jewish identity, and veltlekhe yidishkayt/secular Yiddish culture.

Klepfisz’s extensive publishing and performance record includes founding and co-editing Conditions magazine, serving as the Yiddish editor of the Jewish feminist Bridges, contributing to Nice Jewish Girls: A Lesbian Anthology, and co-editing The Tribe of Dina: A Jewish Women’s Anthology. She authored two performance pieces commissioned by the Jewish Museum (NY): Bread and Candy: Songs of the Holocaust and Zeyre eygene verter: In their own words (Yiddish women writers). She is the author of A Few Words in the Mother Tongue (poems) and Dreams of an Insomniac (essays), and most recently co-edited The Stars Bear Witness: The Jewish Labor Bund 1897-2017 and Koved zeyer ondenk: Honor to Their Memory (for the 75th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising).

SCHEDULE:
15th March, Friday
10 am - 10.30 am Breakfast
10.30 am -10.45 am Opening remarks
10.45 am - 12.15 pm
Panel 1: Justice and Activism
Respondent: Antoine Traisnel
Panel Papers:
Mina Khalil: “Presenting the Criminal Defendant in Nineteenth-Century Egypt: the Presumption of Innocence as Silence”
Elisa Corona Aguilar: “Fists up: Orchestrating Silence in Mexico City´s Post- Earthquake Rescuing Activities”
Seon-Myung Yoo: “The Deafening Silence of Comfort Women Survivors”
12.15 pm - 1.15 pm Lunch
1.15 pm - 2.45 pm
Panel 2: Untranslatability
Respondent: Maya Barzilai
Panel Papers:
Corbin Allardice: “Di Rayze Aheym: Yiddish Heteroglossia as State Critique in Sutzkever’s Gaystike Erd”
Aaron Coleman: “The Role of Literary Translation in Witnessing the African Diaspora: Neglected Legacies of Black USAmerican Poets translating AfroCuban Poets”
Elias Pitegoff: “What Remains; On the Memorial Addressed to Nothing in Particular”
2.45 pm - 3 pm Coffee Break
3 pm - 4.30 pm
Panel 3: Violence and Witnessing
Respondent: Tatjana Aleksić
Panel Papers:
Martha Henzy: “Real Violence” and Virtual Reality: Jordon Wolfson’s Theater of Cruelty
Nina Jackson Levin: The Worst Loss, Silenced: Problematizing the Social and Archival Silencing of Grieving Mothers”
Kristina Krasny: “Vertretung and Darstellung in the Poetry of Hester Pulter”
4.30 pm - 5.30 pm Reception
5.30 pm - 7 pm
Keynote- Irena Klepfisz “The 2087th question, or when silence is the only answer”

16th March, Saturday:
9 am - 9.30 am Breakfast
9.30 am - 11 am
Panel 4: Sounding Queer Desire
Respondent: Shira Schwartz
Panel Papers:
Benjamin Hollenbach: “Silent Faith: Mainline Protestants, LGBTQ Inclusion, and Religious Devotion”
Lars Stoltzfus-Brown: “Why White People Love the Amish: Settler Colonialism, Violence, and White Heteronostalgia”
Amanda Kubic: “‘Neither honey nor the bee for me:’ Silence and Desire in Fragment 113”
11 am - 11.15 am Coffee Break
11.15 am - 12.45 pm
Panel 5: Poetics
Respondent: Yopie Prins
Panel Papers:
Lisa Levin: Notes on Notes on Speechlessness
Jasmine An: “‘the model minority disability disability creation’ – a mixed media experiment in digital storytelling”
Sara Deniz Akant: “One Sea Leads to Another: Approaching Memory and the Unsayable in Meena Alexander’s Atmospheric Embroidery”
12.45 pm - 2 pm Lunch
2 pm - 3 pm A Reading and Conversation with Irena Klepfisz
3.15 pm - 4.45 pm
Panel 6: Silence, Address, Redress
Respondent: Liz Wingrove
Nathaniel Harrington: “Cànan a’ bhreithneachaidh (The language of criticism)”
Luiza Caetano: Contradiction as strategy: Germaine de Staël’s “Three Novellas”
Grace Zanotti: “Reading Through the Lacuna: Anne Carson’s Pinplay and Euripides’ Bacchae”
4.45 pm - 5 pm Closing Remarks
7.30 pm - 9 pm Student Creative Reading at Literati Bookstore

Grace Zanotti, Genta Nishku, Shalmali Jadhav, Shira Schwartz, Duygu Ergun
CLIFF 2019 Conference Organizers
Department of Comparative Literature
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
cliff.complit@umich.edu

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:13:45 -0500 2019-03-15T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-15T17:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Comparative Literature Conference / Symposium Poster
Liberating Structures (March 15, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58893 58893-14572069@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 15, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Learn flexible facilitation techniques that maximize inclusion and participation in meetings, classrooms, and community discussions. These structures can help you center participant voices by expanding your repertoire beyond familiar discussion formats (open discussion, small group, think-pair-share).
Pre-registration is required at https://myumi.ch/JyEXM.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:31:40 -0500 2019-03-15T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-15T13:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
FIXED INTEREST (March 15, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61628 61628-15159075@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 15, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: RIW: Risk, Lending, & the Future of Debtor Urbanization

Fixed Interest centers debt as a determinant of contemporary urbanization. We have assembled graduate students and leading scholars to explore the constellation of borrowing and lending and its expression in a variety of geographies, fields of practice, technologies, institutions, labor, and political ideologies. These presentations and discussions will interrogate the fringes and the FIREs (finance, insurance, and real estate) of debtor urbanization. This scholarship examines the relationship between debt and urban and neighborhood decline (in growing and shrinking cities).

Fixed Interest will include three graduate student papers and two lectures by path-breaking UM scholars relating debt to forms of urban and institutional power. Dr Rachel Weber, Professor of Urban Planning & Policy at the University of Illinois at Chicago, will provide the closing lecture on value, property, and urban development.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 26 Feb 2019 09:59:59 -0500 2019-03-15T13:00:00-04:00 2019-03-15T18:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) RIW: Risk, Lending, & the Future of Debtor Urbanization Conference / Symposium Symposium Poster
CLIFF 2019: Cartographies of Silence, 23rd Annual Comparative Literature Intra-student Faculty Forum (March 16, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58374 58374-14491982@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 16, 2019 9:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Comparative Literature

Cartographies of Silence: A Conference for Readers and Writers
23rd Annual CLIFF Conference
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
March 15-16, 2019
Keynote Speaker: Professor Irena Klepfisz

It was an old theme even for me:Language cannot do everything– -- Adrienne Rich, “Cartographies of Silence”

Silence is not an absence, but is charged with meaning and action. To speak of silence means to speak of a multitude of paradoxes, as well as to enter an exciting avenue for literature, activism and interdisciplinary scholarship. Our conference interrogates what it means to plumb silences in the archive in search of unheard voices, and invites scholars to investigate the meanings of silence as a critical category. In particular, this conference is interested in mapping – across scholarly and creative disciplines – questions of translating silences in the archive, in the text, in the subject, and in activism. What are the possible ways of translating silence when events and experiences resist such translation? What challenges and possibilities does silence offer translators and scholars, who are tasked with making meaning of both the enunciated and the unsaid or untranslatable? How can we engage with knowledge that does not yield itself to current academic frameworks? In what ways can a focus on silence help to transform knowledge itself?

Professor Irena Klepfisz received her doctorate from the University of Chicago in Victorian literature, and later did post-doctoral work in Yiddish at YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. In addition to teaching in numerous universities around the country, Klepfisz taught for ten years in the college program at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, a women’s maximum security prison. Last year, she retired after 22 years of teaching Jewish Women's Studies at Barnard College. Klepfisz immigrated to the U.S. at age 8 and was raised among Yiddish-speaking, Jewish Labor Bundist (socialist) Holocaust survivors in the Bronx, where she attended public schools, a Yiddish shule, and mitlshul. She was an activist during the Second Wave, particularly in the lesbian/feminist movement, and addressed issues of anti-Semitism, Israeli/Palestinian peace, Jewish identity, and veltlekhe yidishkayt/secular Yiddish culture.

Klepfisz’s extensive publishing and performance record includes founding and co-editing Conditions magazine, serving as the Yiddish editor of the Jewish feminist Bridges, contributing to Nice Jewish Girls: A Lesbian Anthology, and co-editing The Tribe of Dina: A Jewish Women’s Anthology. She authored two performance pieces commissioned by the Jewish Museum (NY): Bread and Candy: Songs of the Holocaust and Zeyre eygene verter: In their own words (Yiddish women writers). She is the author of A Few Words in the Mother Tongue (poems) and Dreams of an Insomniac (essays), and most recently co-edited The Stars Bear Witness: The Jewish Labor Bund 1897-2017 and Koved zeyer ondenk: Honor to Their Memory (for the 75th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising).

SCHEDULE:
15th March, Friday
10 am - 10.30 am Breakfast
10.30 am -10.45 am Opening remarks
10.45 am - 12.15 pm
Panel 1: Justice and Activism
Respondent: Antoine Traisnel
Panel Papers:
Mina Khalil: “Presenting the Criminal Defendant in Nineteenth-Century Egypt: the Presumption of Innocence as Silence”
Elisa Corona Aguilar: “Fists up: Orchestrating Silence in Mexico City´s Post- Earthquake Rescuing Activities”
Seon-Myung Yoo: “The Deafening Silence of Comfort Women Survivors”
12.15 pm - 1.15 pm Lunch
1.15 pm - 2.45 pm
Panel 2: Untranslatability
Respondent: Maya Barzilai
Panel Papers:
Corbin Allardice: “Di Rayze Aheym: Yiddish Heteroglossia as State Critique in Sutzkever’s Gaystike Erd”
Aaron Coleman: “The Role of Literary Translation in Witnessing the African Diaspora: Neglected Legacies of Black USAmerican Poets translating AfroCuban Poets”
Elias Pitegoff: “What Remains; On the Memorial Addressed to Nothing in Particular”
2.45 pm - 3 pm Coffee Break
3 pm - 4.30 pm
Panel 3: Violence and Witnessing
Respondent: Tatjana Aleksić
Panel Papers:
Martha Henzy: “Real Violence” and Virtual Reality: Jordon Wolfson’s Theater of Cruelty
Nina Jackson Levin: The Worst Loss, Silenced: Problematizing the Social and Archival Silencing of Grieving Mothers”
Kristina Krasny: “Vertretung and Darstellung in the Poetry of Hester Pulter”
4.30 pm - 5.30 pm Reception
5.30 pm - 7 pm
Keynote- Irena Klepfisz “The 2087th question, or when silence is the only answer”

16th March, Saturday:
9 am - 9.30 am Breakfast
9.30 am - 11 am
Panel 4: Sounding Queer Desire
Respondent: Shira Schwartz
Panel Papers:
Benjamin Hollenbach: “Silent Faith: Mainline Protestants, LGBTQ Inclusion, and Religious Devotion”
Lars Stoltzfus-Brown: “Why White People Love the Amish: Settler Colonialism, Violence, and White Heteronostalgia”
Amanda Kubic: “‘Neither honey nor the bee for me:’ Silence and Desire in Fragment 113”
11 am - 11.15 am Coffee Break
11.15 am - 12.45 pm
Panel 5: Poetics
Respondent: Yopie Prins
Panel Papers:
Lisa Levin: Notes on Notes on Speechlessness
Jasmine An: “‘the model minority disability disability creation’ – a mixed media experiment in digital storytelling”
Sara Deniz Akant: “One Sea Leads to Another: Approaching Memory and the Unsayable in Meena Alexander’s Atmospheric Embroidery”
12.45 pm - 2 pm Lunch
2 pm - 3 pm A Reading and Conversation with Irena Klepfisz
3.15 pm - 4.45 pm
Panel 6: Silence, Address, Redress
Respondent: Liz Wingrove
Nathaniel Harrington: “Cànan a’ bhreithneachaidh (The language of criticism)”
Luiza Caetano: Contradiction as strategy: Germaine de Staël’s “Three Novellas”
Grace Zanotti: “Reading Through the Lacuna: Anne Carson’s Pinplay and Euripides’ Bacchae”
4.45 pm - 5 pm Closing Remarks
7.30 pm - 9 pm Student Creative Reading at Literati Bookstore

Grace Zanotti, Genta Nishku, Shalmali Jadhav, Shira Schwartz, Duygu Ergun
CLIFF 2019 Conference Organizers
Department of Comparative Literature
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
cliff.complit@umich.edu

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:13:45 -0500 2019-03-16T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-16T17:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Comparative Literature Conference / Symposium Poster
Brent Wagner Speaker Series: Jeanine Tesori (March 17, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62059 62059-15284702@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 17, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Please join the faculty and students of U-M's Department of Musical Theatre for a special discussion featuring musical theatre composer, arranger, pianist, and conductor, Jeanine Tesori. Tesori is the second guest of the Brent Wagner Speaker Series, an initiative supported by the Michigan Musical Theatre Ambassador Endowment Fund (MMTAEF) which was generously created by alumni of the Department of Musical Theatre in honor of Brent Wagner, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Emeritus and Robertson Emeritus Professor of Musical Theatre, upon his retirement in May 2016.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 13 Mar 2019 18:15:24 -0400 2019-03-17T14:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Microaggressions Session (March 18, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59630 59630-14756704@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 18, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

We hear the term “microaggressions” more frequently now than ever before. Is it because this microaggression culture has just emerged and people are “overly sensitive” while others are all of a sudden engaging in these sorts of acts? Absolutely not.
These daily verbal, behavioral, or environmental slights, whether overt, subtle, or unintentional, have become a huge area of concern. Whether one believes this phenomenon is real, perceived, or a made-up term for invalid experiences, you all will benefit from this session.
You will:

Be introduced to the parent term “microaggressions” and other concepts relevant to this topic
Obtain an understanding of the social and psychological impacts of microaggressions
Engage in activities and dialogue to unveil microaggressions within the workplace
Validate your experiences with microaggressions
Walk away with some techniques to combat everyday slights, as a bystander or as a recipient

Pre-registration is required at https://myumi.ch/Lz48b.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:31:40 -0500 2019-03-18T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-18T13:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
The Weinstein Effect: Breaking the Stories That Spurred a Movement (March 19, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60995 60995-15000022@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Wallace House Center for Journalists

Wallace House Presents an evening with reporters Ken Auletta and Ronan Farrow as they discuss their individual attempts to get to the truth about Harvey Weinstein and how reporters ultimately stood together in confronting one of the biggest stories in recent memory.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 12 Feb 2019 13:02:26 -0500 2019-03-19T18:00:00-04:00 2019-03-19T19:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Wallace House Center for Journalists Lecture / Discussion Ken Auletta and Ronan Farrow
Non-Invasive Venous Thrombus Composition and Therapeutic Response by Multiparametric MRI (March 20, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62019 62019-15276094@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 10:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

Deep vein thrombosis (DVT), or a blood clot in a deep vein (commonly the legs), is known as the silent killer—there may be few or no symptoms, yet a section of the thrombus could break free and travel to the lungs causing a potentially fatal pulmonary embolism. DVT and its complications affect 900,000 people in the U.S. each year, with one third of cases resulting in fatality. Anticoagulants (the standard treatment) pose serious bleeding risks and rely on the patient’s fibrinolytic system to break up the thrombus, which is often incapable of doing so thus leading to post thrombotic syndrome (PTS) in almost 50% of patients. Removing the DVT completely via thrombolytic treatments may improve quality of life by reducing PTS. However, thrombolysis is only effective on acute thrombi. Impaired success with thrombolytic treatment is due to heterogeneity in the thrombus (old clot, which is unable to be broken up, intermixed with fresh clot, which can easily be broken up). This problem is largely overlooked based on an inability to determine thrombus composition.

Currently, the only method for determining disease stage is the patient’s recollection of when their symptoms began, which is inherently unreliable and could put the patient at risk. Further, thrombi of the same chronological age may organize at different rates in different people. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has the potential to provide information about thrombus composition (clot age), and thus inform patient-specific treatment planning.

Since there are several limitations to studying DVT in humans, animal models are key tools for understanding the disease. Mouse models are the most commonly used, providing a unique biological environment to study disease progression and treatment. Any model requires rigorous characterization and standardization to ensure reproducibility between studies. Our first objective was to quantify structural and functional changes in the healthy venous system of young and aged mice of both sexes, at rest and under conditions which simulate exercise. Second, we assessed the endogenous response to two models of DVT mimicking the two possible clinical scenarios: total or partial occlusion.

Following the necessary model characterization, we developed a multiparametric MRI approach to probe thrombus composition without the need for contrast agents. Our results show imaging correlation with known composition by histology. This method provides a novel approach to study thrombus composition, and could eventually be used clinically to provide patient-specific treatment planning for DVT.

Additionally, we investigated the impact of exercise, an emerging therapeutic option, on thrombus composition. Using an in-cage running wheel, our results show that spontaneous exercise – both alone and in combination with standard treatment – reduces initial thrombus size and contributes to thrombus resolution. We found that exercise increases acute fibrin content, attenuates local inflammation, and decreases sub-chronic collagen content in pharmacologically treated mice.

This work provides 1) the first in vivo characterization of the murine venous system in health and disease, 2) a foundational methodology to determine thrombus composition by MRI, and 3) insights on the impact of exercise on DVT. This research can help DVT investigators from the animal model perspective, and provides a step forward in characterizing thrombus composition for patient-specific DVT treatment planning.

Co-Chairs: Joan Greve and Jose Diaz

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Presentation Mon, 11 Mar 2019 12:19:12 -0400 2019-03-20T10:00:00-04:00 2019-03-20T11:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Biomedical Engineering Presentation Biomedical Engineering
Academic Freedom at a Global University: A Transnational Perspective (March 20, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60697 60697-14939410@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Have the recent controversies at the University of Michigan raised questions in your mind about your role in the classroom, lab, or studio? Are you now curious about what this means for you as a student-scholar? Are you hungry for discussion?
What is academic freedom? Is it relevant in this day and age? What does it mean at a global institution like the University of Michigan? How does the internationalization of higher education affect it? What does it mean to those who hail from abroad? Does academic freedom globalize? How do scholars and students who move across the world attend to its intricacies, obligations, and limitations? These are some of the questions that we will attempt to answer as part of our conversation. Please join us! Lunch will be served.
Speakers:

Omolade Adunbi (Political Anthropology and African Studies)
Fiona Lee (Psychology and Organizational Culture)
Ronald Suny (History and Political Science)

Pre-registration is requested at myumi.ch/J7DEA.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 04 Mar 2019 12:16:10 -0500 2019-03-20T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-20T13:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Lecture / Discussion Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Academic Freedom at a Global University: A Transnational Perspective (March 20, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60412 60412-14875272@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Graduate Rackham International

Speakers:

Fiona Lee
(Psychology and Organizational Culture)

Ken Panko
(Bibliothecography and Information Technology)

Ronald Suny
(History and Political Science)


What is academic freedom? Is it relevant in this day and age? What does it mean at a global institution like the University of Michigan? How does the internationalization of higher education affect it? What does it mean to those who hail from abroad? Does academic freedom globalize? How do scholars and students who move across the world attend to its intricacies, obligations, and limitations? These are some of the questions that we will attempt to answer as part of our conversation. Please join us!

The public is welcome!
Lunch will be served.
Please RSVP. This is optional but does help us ensure that we provide enough food for everyone.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Mar 2019 18:07:21 -0400 2019-03-20T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-20T13:20:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Graduate Rackham International Lecture / Discussion stamps
MSI Outreach and Planning Grant Info Session (March 20, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61187 61187-15047549@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

As part of a broader campus-wide strategy of complementary efforts to support and enhance bilateral relationships between the University of Michigan and Minority Serving Institution (MSIs), Rackham Graduate School is offering funding opportunities through the MSI Outreach and Collaboration Grant competition. Please join us to learn more about the funding opportunity.
Informational session attendance is not required to be considered for the grant but is encouraged.
Pre-registration is required at https://myumi.ch/aM5MW.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 13 Feb 2019 18:17:01 -0500 2019-03-20T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-20T13:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Affirmative Action, Asian Americans, and the Harvard Case (March 20, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58349 58349-14937161@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: National Center for Institutional Diversity

Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard represents a landmark case in affirmative action history, representing the first time that Asian Americans have been brought forth as plaintiffs in high-profile affirmative action litigation. Julie J. Park, who served as a consulting expert on the side of Harvard in the case, will discuss how Asian Americans fit into the debate about race-conscious admissions. She will discuss content from her new book, “Race on Campus: Debunking Myths with Data,” in which she argues that Asian Americans benefit from such policies. She will discuss the role of social science data in the Harvard trial, including both the possibilities and limitations of statistical analyses in examining claims of discrimination.

Co-sponsors: Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies Program; Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Staff Association; Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education; Indigo: The LSA Asian & Asian-American Faculty Alliance; Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs (MESA); National Center for Institutional Diversity; Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Trotter Multicultural Center; United Asian American Organizations

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 01 Feb 2019 16:24:45 -0500 2019-03-20T13:00:00-04:00 2019-03-20T14:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) National Center for Institutional Diversity Lecture / Discussion Photo of Julie J. Park
Dissertation defense: Developments for the next generation of evolutionary paleobiology (March 21, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60942 60942-14990933@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 21, 2019 9:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Caroline presents her dissertation defense.

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Presentation Thu, 07 Feb 2019 15:22:12 -0500 2019-03-21T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-21T10:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Presentation phylogenies showing human ancestors
Mindfulness for Stress Reduction (March 21, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62180 62180-15311047@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 21, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

This one session workshop integrates principles of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and is designed to help students explore the ways that mindfulness meditation can help quiet the mind, improve attention, and enhance overall wellness by cultivating present moment awareness. Group participants will engage in experiential exercises aimed to provide an introduction to mindfulness.
Pre-registration is required. Please contact CAPS Embedded Psychologist for Rackham Graduate School, Laura Monschau to register.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Mar 2019 12:16:44 -0400 2019-03-21T15:00:00-04:00 2019-03-21T16:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Rackham North: Acing the Interview (March 21, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58428 58428-14496149@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 21, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

This workshop will focus on jobs in the for-profit, not-for-profit, and government sectors, helping master’s and Ph.D. students to navigate the interview process, and strategize on how to effectively answer questions by articulating strengths and skills.
Pre-registration is requested at https://myumi.ch/6kEM8.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 14 Feb 2019 12:16:55 -0500 2019-03-21T15:00:00-04:00 2019-03-21T17:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Black Internationalism – Then and Now (March 22, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61822 61822-15212837@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 2019 8:30am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

The fourth annual conference of the African American Intellectual History Society will take place at the Rackham Graduate School and the Michigan League. This year’s theme, Black Internationalism—Then and Now, provides the occasion for a timely and much-needed conversation about the global dimensions of Black intellectual thought. The array of nearly 50 panels, roundtables, workshops, museum visits, film screenings, and plenary sessions provide an opportunity to explore the theme of Black Internationalism from many different angles. The conference will also feature a luncheon discussion with National Book Award Winner Ibram Kendi. Participants are also encouraged to visit the book exhibit hall where 14 university presses will showcase their latests publications. The keynote address by distinguished scholar Ula Taylor, “Frances M. Beal's Paris Years, 1960-1966,” will explore the ways that Beal’s life in Paris highlights the importance of an internationalist consciousness.

Please see the link to our program below for full conference details.

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 22 Mar 2019 08:18:15 -0400 2019-03-22T08:30:00-04:00 2019-03-22T20:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Conference / Symposium Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Black Internationalism – Then and Now (March 23, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61822 61822-15212838@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 23, 2019 8:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

The fourth annual conference of the African American Intellectual History Society will take place at the Rackham Graduate School and the Michigan League. This year’s theme, Black Internationalism—Then and Now, provides the occasion for a timely and much-needed conversation about the global dimensions of Black intellectual thought. The array of nearly 50 panels, roundtables, workshops, museum visits, film screenings, and plenary sessions provide an opportunity to explore the theme of Black Internationalism from many different angles. The conference will also feature a luncheon discussion with National Book Award Winner Ibram Kendi. Participants are also encouraged to visit the book exhibit hall where 14 university presses will showcase their latests publications. The keynote address by distinguished scholar Ula Taylor, “Frances M. Beal's Paris Years, 1960-1966,” will explore the ways that Beal’s life in Paris highlights the importance of an internationalist consciousness.

Please see the link to our program below for full conference details.

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 22 Mar 2019 08:18:15 -0400 2019-03-23T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-23T20:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Conference / Symposium Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
The Threat to Global Press Freedom: Censorship, Imprisonment and Murder (March 26, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61744 61744-15179069@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Wallace House Center for Journalists

Harmful rhetoric towards journalists and the press casts doubt about the future of a free press and the safety of reporters. This was evident following the murders of five staff members at the Capital Gazette and Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. As democratic nations fall short in protecting press freedom, what are the implications for journalists of all nations? In alarming numbers, reporters around the world are persecuted, jailed, exiled and even killed for exposing the truth.

Knight-Wallace international journalists Vanessa Gezari of The Intercept, Itai Anghel of Israeli TV, and Jawad Sukhanyar of The New York Times will discuss how threats and state censorship impact their work. In a discussion led by the University’s media law and First Amendment scholar Professor Leonard Niehoff, they will share their experiences reporting from Eastern Europe, the Middle East, South Asia and Africa and discuss what can be done to protect journalists and foster press freedom around the world.

The Eisendrath Symposium honors Charles R. Eisendrath, former director of Wallace House, and his lifelong commitment to international journalism.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Mar 2019 15:40:54 -0400 2019-03-26T15:00:00-04:00 2019-03-26T16:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Wallace House Center for Journalists Lecture / Discussion Vanessa Gezari, Itai Anghel, Jawad Sukhanyar and Leonard Niehoff
Institute Symposium: Sephardic Identities, Medieval and Early Modern (March 27, 2019 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57437 57437-14193508@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 8:45am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Judaic Studies

March 27
8:45 a.m. - Opening Remarks

9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Session 1: Tradition and Innovation in Twelfth-Century al-Andalus
Chair: Samer Ali
Marc Herman, "The Oral Torah as Ideology in al-Andalus"
Ehud Krinis, "Galut and Ghurba: Existential and Historical Exile in the Thought of Bahya ibn Paqūda and Judah Halevi"

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Session 2: Andalusi Self-Fashioning
Chair: Elliot Ginsburg
Ross Brann, "Judah al-Ḥarizi: A Self-Styled Andalusi Arabist-Hebraist from Late Twelfth–Early Thirteenth-Century Christian Toledo"
Moshe Yagur, "To Be or Not to Be a Sephardi: the Case of Rabbi Isaac ben Samuel"

1:45 p.m. ‒ 4:00 p.m.
Session 3: Identity through the Lens of Polemic
Chair: Hussein Fancy
Ryan Szpiech: "Jews Forcing Jews: The Legend of the Qaraites on the Eve of 1391"
Mònica Colominas Aparicio: "Sephardic Exceptionalism in Muslim anti-Jewish Polemics from Christian Iberia"
Harvey J. Hames, "Lost Identities? Conversions from Profiat Duran to Anselm Turmeda"

4:15 p.m. ‒ 5:45 p.m.
Plenary Lecture
Miriam Bodian, "The ‘Sephardim': An Imagined Diaspora?"

Sephardic music concert: “Nochada”
Performed by Leahaliza Lee and ensemble
March 27, 8:15 p.m.
Kerrytown Concert House, 415 N Fourth Ave


March 28
9:00 a.m. ‒ 11:15 a.m.
Session 5: Social Networks of Sephardi Life
Chair: Ryan Szpiech
Maya Soifer Irish, "The Identity of Jewish Elites in Christian Andalusia and Toledo (13th & 14th centuries)"
Ilil Baum, "Jewish Identity in Late Medieval Crown of Aragon: between Arabic and Catalan Cultures"
Mark Meyerson, "The Rocky Road to Assimilation: Converso-Old Christian Intermarriage in the Late 15th Century"

11:30 a.m. ‒ 1:00 p.m.
Session 6: Medieval Myths and Modern Nationalism
Chair: Bryan Roby
Devi Mays, "Marking Elite Status: Sephardi Opium Dealers in the Late Ottoman World"
S.J. Pearce, "More Spanish than Cervantes: Hayim Nahman Bialik, Sephardic Identity, and the Fate of a Hebrew Quixote."

2:00 p.m. ‒ 4:15 p.m.
Session 7: Historiography and Communal Memory
Chair: Kenneth Mills
Vasileios Syros, "Fate and Political Decline in Sephardic and Byzantine Historiography"
Martin Jacobs, "Sephardi Identity and the Rhetorical Conquest of the Americas: Joseph ha-Kohen’s Subversive Readings of Gómara"
Brian Hamm, "Rebuilding out of the Ashes: Sephardic Connections to Colonial Spanish America, 1650‒1750"

4:30 p.m. ‒ 6:00 p.m.
Session 8: Concluding Plenary Session: Exile and Belief
Chair: Jeffrey Veidlinger
Matthew Goldish, "Some Aspects of Sephardi Identity Reflected in Post-Expulsion Rabbinic Responsa"
Jonathan Ray, "Did the Sephardim Believe their Myths? Social History and the Limits of Medieval Sephardic Culture."

6:00 p.m. – Closing Remarks

Before the contemporary period, the Jews of Sepharad (Iberia) were regularly depicted—and regularly depicted themselves—as part of a unique and exclusive group, more distinguished than the Jews of other lands. What are the origins of this traditional claim to Sephardic exceptionalism? How were traditional claims enhanced or altered by the decline in Jewish-Christian relations in the Christian kingdoms of Iberia in the later Middle Ages and by the eventual expulsion of the Sephardim, first from the Spanish kingdoms in 1492 and then from Portugal in 1496? “Sephardic Identities: Medieval and Early Modern” looks at Sephardic myths of identity from a diachronic perspective, bringing together papers both on the origins of Sephardic exceptionalism within medieval Sephardic communities themselves and on the evolution of such notions under pressure from forced conversion and inquisition, expulsion and diaspora, and ghettoization and emancipation.


The front entrance of Rackham, located on East Washington, is accessible by stairs and ramp. There are elevators on both the east and wends ends of the lobby. The assembly hall is on the fourth floor.
If you have a disability that requires an accommodation, contact the Judaic Studies office at judaicstudies@umich.edu or 734-763-9047.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 25 Mar 2019 08:06:48 -0400 2019-03-27T08:45:00-04:00 2019-03-27T18:45:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Judaic Studies Conference / Symposium Institute Symposium
Change It Up! (March 27, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58894 58894-14572070@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Change it Up! brings bystander intervention skills to the University of Michigan community for the purpose of building inclusive, respectful, and safe communities. It is based on a nationally recognized four-stage bystander intervention model that helps individuals intervene in situations that negatively impact individuals, organizations, and the campus community.
Pre-registration is required at https://myumi.ch/J7XDY.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 13 Mar 2019 18:16:16 -0400 2019-03-27T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-27T13:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
"Colonialism and Spatial Histories of Migration: the Caribbean Diaspora" (March 27, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58493 58493-14510814@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

This lecture asks how the spatial politics of migration have been inflected by histories of colonialism. Using the example of the Anglo-Caribbean island of Barbados and its majority African-descended population, Osayimwese examines migration to the Global North as a response to the inequitable structure of plantation society. She shows that migration fundamentally transformed the structure of Barbadian society by enabling property acquisition through remittances. The remittance landscape that ensued, however, encompassed both land and houses on the island and property purchased in receiving countries, which remain connected by particular Afro-Caribbean approaches to land ownership and modes of dwelling.

Itohan Osayimwese is an architectural and urban historian. She is assistant professor of history of art and architecture at Brown University. She engages with theories of modernity, postcoloniality, and globalization to analyze German colonial architecture, urban design, and visual culture; modern architecture in Germany; African and African diaspora material cultural histories; and the architecture of development in Africa. Another research interest is the architectural and urban lives of religious cults. She received a BA from Bryn Mawr College, an M.Arch. from Rice University, then a master’s and PhD in the history of architecture from the University of Michigan A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 13 Mar 2019 13:24:06 -0400 2019-03-27T17:30:00-04:00 2019-03-27T19:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion Chattel House after hurricane Janet, 1955
International Movie Night: The Golden Era (March 27, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62298 62298-15346452@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

The International Center Student Council, Graduate Rackham International and the Center for Campus Involvement are excited to host an international movie night! This year we have selected a Chinese film, The Golden Era, to showcase the variety of film makers from around the globe.
Pre-registration is requested at https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/session/14749.

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Film Screening Tue, 19 Mar 2019 12:16:26 -0400 2019-03-27T19:00:00-04:00 2019-03-27T21:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Film Screening Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Institute Symposium: Sephardic Identities, Medieval and Early Modern (March 28, 2019 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57437 57437-14193509@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 28, 2019 8:45am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Judaic Studies

March 27
8:45 a.m. - Opening Remarks

9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Session 1: Tradition and Innovation in Twelfth-Century al-Andalus
Chair: Samer Ali
Marc Herman, "The Oral Torah as Ideology in al-Andalus"
Ehud Krinis, "Galut and Ghurba: Existential and Historical Exile in the Thought of Bahya ibn Paqūda and Judah Halevi"

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Session 2: Andalusi Self-Fashioning
Chair: Elliot Ginsburg
Ross Brann, "Judah al-Ḥarizi: A Self-Styled Andalusi Arabist-Hebraist from Late Twelfth–Early Thirteenth-Century Christian Toledo"
Moshe Yagur, "To Be or Not to Be a Sephardi: the Case of Rabbi Isaac ben Samuel"

1:45 p.m. ‒ 4:00 p.m.
Session 3: Identity through the Lens of Polemic
Chair: Hussein Fancy
Ryan Szpiech: "Jews Forcing Jews: The Legend of the Qaraites on the Eve of 1391"
Mònica Colominas Aparicio: "Sephardic Exceptionalism in Muslim anti-Jewish Polemics from Christian Iberia"
Harvey J. Hames, "Lost Identities? Conversions from Profiat Duran to Anselm Turmeda"

4:15 p.m. ‒ 5:45 p.m.
Plenary Lecture
Miriam Bodian, "The ‘Sephardim': An Imagined Diaspora?"

Sephardic music concert: “Nochada”
Performed by Leahaliza Lee and ensemble
March 27, 8:15 p.m.
Kerrytown Concert House, 415 N Fourth Ave


March 28
9:00 a.m. ‒ 11:15 a.m.
Session 5: Social Networks of Sephardi Life
Chair: Ryan Szpiech
Maya Soifer Irish, "The Identity of Jewish Elites in Christian Andalusia and Toledo (13th & 14th centuries)"
Ilil Baum, "Jewish Identity in Late Medieval Crown of Aragon: between Arabic and Catalan Cultures"
Mark Meyerson, "The Rocky Road to Assimilation: Converso-Old Christian Intermarriage in the Late 15th Century"

11:30 a.m. ‒ 1:00 p.m.
Session 6: Medieval Myths and Modern Nationalism
Chair: Bryan Roby
Devi Mays, "Marking Elite Status: Sephardi Opium Dealers in the Late Ottoman World"
S.J. Pearce, "More Spanish than Cervantes: Hayim Nahman Bialik, Sephardic Identity, and the Fate of a Hebrew Quixote."

2:00 p.m. ‒ 4:15 p.m.
Session 7: Historiography and Communal Memory
Chair: Kenneth Mills
Vasileios Syros, "Fate and Political Decline in Sephardic and Byzantine Historiography"
Martin Jacobs, "Sephardi Identity and the Rhetorical Conquest of the Americas: Joseph ha-Kohen’s Subversive Readings of Gómara"
Brian Hamm, "Rebuilding out of the Ashes: Sephardic Connections to Colonial Spanish America, 1650‒1750"

4:30 p.m. ‒ 6:00 p.m.
Session 8: Concluding Plenary Session: Exile and Belief
Chair: Jeffrey Veidlinger
Matthew Goldish, "Some Aspects of Sephardi Identity Reflected in Post-Expulsion Rabbinic Responsa"
Jonathan Ray, "Did the Sephardim Believe their Myths? Social History and the Limits of Medieval Sephardic Culture."

6:00 p.m. – Closing Remarks

Before the contemporary period, the Jews of Sepharad (Iberia) were regularly depicted—and regularly depicted themselves—as part of a unique and exclusive group, more distinguished than the Jews of other lands. What are the origins of this traditional claim to Sephardic exceptionalism? How were traditional claims enhanced or altered by the decline in Jewish-Christian relations in the Christian kingdoms of Iberia in the later Middle Ages and by the eventual expulsion of the Sephardim, first from the Spanish kingdoms in 1492 and then from Portugal in 1496? “Sephardic Identities: Medieval and Early Modern” looks at Sephardic myths of identity from a diachronic perspective, bringing together papers both on the origins of Sephardic exceptionalism within medieval Sephardic communities themselves and on the evolution of such notions under pressure from forced conversion and inquisition, expulsion and diaspora, and ghettoization and emancipation.


The front entrance of Rackham, located on East Washington, is accessible by stairs and ramp. There are elevators on both the east and wends ends of the lobby. The assembly hall is on the fourth floor.
If you have a disability that requires an accommodation, contact the Judaic Studies office at judaicstudies@umich.edu or 734-763-9047.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 25 Mar 2019 08:06:48 -0400 2019-03-28T08:45:00-04:00 2019-03-28T18:45:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Judaic Studies Conference / Symposium Institute Symposium
2019 Michigan Student Symposium for Interdisciplinary Statistical Sciences (March 28, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61207 61207-15052053@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 28, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Department of Statistics

About MSSISS:
The Michigan Student Symposium for Interdisciplinary Statistical Sciences (MSSISS) is an annual event organized by graduate students in the Biostatistics, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Industrial & Operations Engineering, Statistics and Survey Methodology departments at the University of Michigan.

The goal of this symposium is to create an environment that allows communication across related fields of statistical sciences and promotes interdisciplinary research among graduate students and faculty. It encourages graduate students to present their work, share insights and exposes them to diverse applications of statistical sciences. Though hosted by five departments we extend our invitation to graduate students from all departments across the University to present their statistical research in the form of an oral paper presentation or a poster presentation. It also provides an excellent environment for interacting with students and faculty from other areas of statistical research on campus.

MSSISS is an opportunity for interdisciplinary research and discussion across the fields of statistical sciences. Calling all graduate students (as well as talented undergraduates)! Come along, present your work, share insights and learn about the diverse applications of statistical sciences.

Keynote Speakers of MSSISS 2019:
This year, we are fortunate to have Professor Alan E. Gelfand from Duke University as the keynote speaker, and Professor Ceren Budak from University of Michigan as the junior keynote speaker.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 06 Mar 2019 15:40:25 -0500 2019-03-28T15:00:00-04:00 2019-03-28T18:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Department of Statistics Conference / Symposium Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Progress (Not Purfektion) (March 28, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62182 62182-15311049@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 28, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Do you often think, “Am I doing enough?” “What if I didn’t get this right?” “I am a failure!” This workshop will assist in developing strategies to modify perfectionistic patterns and establish realistic, thoughtful ideals. Through group discussions and activities, we will explore the nature of perfectionism, common perfectionist thoughts/behaviors, build skills to begin changing thoughts/behaviors, and set a plan of action that may promote effective ways of leading a fuller life.
Pre-registration is required. Please contact CAPS Embedded Psychologist for Rackham Graduate School, Laura Monschau, to register.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Mar 2019 12:16:45 -0400 2019-03-28T15:00:00-04:00 2019-03-28T16:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Jazz Lab Ensemble (March 28, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61130 61130-15038528@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 28, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Dennis Wilson, director

PROGRAM: Sammy Nestico- Flight to Nassau; Thad Jones- All My Yesterdays; Neal Hefti- Flight of the Foo Birds; Thad Jones- Three and One; Ellington- Rockin’ In Rhythm; Rube Bloom & Ted Koehler (arr. Nelson Riddle)- Don’t Worry About Me; Thad Jones- Tip Toe; Victor Young (arr. Dennis Wilson)- Stella By Starlight; Kim Richman- Probe

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Performance Fri, 22 Mar 2019 18:15:19 -0400 2019-03-28T20:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Jazz Lab Ensemble & Jazz Ensemble
Appreciation Breakfast (April 1, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60353 60353-14866444@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 1, 2019 9:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Kick-off Graduate Student and Professional Appreciation Week by enjoying a hot breakfast and networking with fellow students, faculty, and staff. Hosted by Rackham Graduate School.
Pre-registration is required at https://myumi.ch/aM5XX.

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Social / Informal Gathering Thu, 21 Mar 2019 18:16:27 -0400 2019-04-01T09:00:00-04:00 2019-04-01T11:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Social / Informal Gathering Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
RSG Wellness Room (April 2, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62211 62211-15313281@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 2, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Take a moment out of your day to prioritize your mental health and wellness. Massages, arts and crafts, snacks, and a relaxing environment, all free to you. Self-care is the best care. Hosted by Rackham Student Government.
Pre-register for this event at https://goo.gl/forms/bsqOfg6ZzsgSSChz2.
This event is part of Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week.

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Social / Informal Gathering Thu, 21 Mar 2019 18:16:28 -0400 2019-04-02T12:00:00-04:00 2019-04-02T14:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Social / Informal Gathering Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
SCOR Zumba Class (April 2, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62212 62212-15313282@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 2, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Come and Zumba with SCOR! We know how difficult it is to find time to exercise, so to help, we have organized a free and fun class that will help you work up a sweat and have fun doing it!
Pre-register for this event at https://myumi.ch/6k4zD.
This event is part of Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week.

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Class / Instruction Fri, 15 Mar 2019 18:16:47 -0400 2019-04-02T17:30:00-04:00 2019-04-02T18:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Class / Instruction Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Student Community Conversations (April 2, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62281 62281-15344245@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 2, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Each event will provide students with an interactive opportunity to share their ideas and experiences in making U-M a more, diverse, equitable and inclusive environment.

These events will help to generate feedback that will be shared with leadership and schools, colleges and units across U-M to shape the future of our DEI plans.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 19 Mar 2019 09:16:26 -0400 2019-04-02T19:00:00-04:00 2019-04-02T20:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Lecture / Discussion Student Community Conversations
Navi(gay)ting Grad School Dinner (April 3, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62547 62547-15399290@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 3, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Spectrum Center

Come meet with current University of Michigan graduate students across a variety of fields including: Public Health, Medical School, Physics, Social Work, Law School, and more! Enjoy dinner and have personal conversations about various experiences of being LGBTQ+ in graduate school. Please register via the ticket link, as spots are limited.

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Change Our World (April 3, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62429 62429-15364111@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 3, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Center for Campus Involvement

Join the U-M Slam Poetry competition team and Roya Marsh at Change Our World on Wednesday April 3rd as they present perspectives through poetry! This event gives you the opportunity to see different perspectives on the world and social justice through the medium of spoken word. The event begins at 7pm in the Rackham Auditorium and is free to U-M students, faculty, and staff!

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Performance Thu, 21 Mar 2019 13:03:47 -0400 2019-04-03T19:00:00-04:00 2019-04-03T21:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Center for Campus Involvement Performance Change Our World
Reclaiming My Authority: Identifying and Responding to Microaggressions in the Workplace (April 4, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62659 62659-15418895@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 4, 2019 11:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

This workshop will provide the opportunity for you to be empowered with effective intervention strategies that are critical for addressing microaggressions in the workplace. STEM in Color, in collaboration with the Spectrum Center and Rackham DEI Professional Development Program, will lead small group discussions and activities designed to identify acts of microaggression and establish strategies to respond to such situations while preserving our identities. Lunch will be provided.
Pre-registration is required via https://forms.gle/omSnDpnmGpgAmRdH9.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 27 Mar 2019 18:16:26 -0400 2019-04-04T11:00:00-04:00 2019-04-04T12:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
The Art of Sleeping (April 4, 2019 3:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62183 62183-15311050@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 4, 2019 3:15pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

This workshop will focus on understanding some of the myths about sleep. Participants will identify factors that contribute to poor sleep and learn how to apply specific strategies, including mindfulness, to fall asleep faster and sleep more soundly.
Pre-registration is required. Please contact CAPS Embedded Psychologist for Rackham Graduate School, Laura Monschau, to register.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Mar 2019 12:16:46 -0400 2019-04-04T15:15:00-04:00 2019-04-04T16:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
RSG Chocolate Happy Hour (April 4, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62214 62214-15313284@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 4, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Join RSG for a buffet of all things chocolate. Enjoy conversation with fellow graduate students and delicious chocolatey treats.
Pre-register for this event at https://goo.gl/forms/CpGNWdS7TkEfWMxU2.
This event is part of Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week.

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Social / Informal Gathering Fri, 15 Mar 2019 18:16:47 -0400 2019-04-04T17:00:00-04:00 2019-04-04T19:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Social / Informal Gathering Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Ph.D. Connections: A Career Conference (April 5, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61150 61150-15038548@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 5, 2019 8:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School


Ph.D. Connections is a one-day career conference designed to support doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows in their exploration of career paths beyond academe. Ph.D. students and postdoctoral fellows will learn about non-faculty career opportunities through interactive sessions with Ph.D.s working in diverse fields and workshops focused on career exploration and job search preparation. Participants will have the opportunity to learn from the keynote presenter, L. Maren Wood, Ph.D. (Co-Founder of Beyond the Professoriate) who will kick-off the day’s events. Co-sponsored by the University Career Center, Rackham Graduate School, and the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.
For more specific details on the event visit https://careercenter.umich.edu/article/phd-connections-career-conference.
Pre-registration is required at https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/2336.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 12 Mar 2019 12:16:13 -0400 2019-04-05T08:00:00-04:00 2019-04-05T17:15:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Conference / Symposium Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Patchwork (April 5, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62676 62676-15423251@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 5, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Students for Choice

A series of women-centered performances, monologues, poems, songs, and dances showcasing expression and highlighting student-written work as well as Eve Ensler's "I Am An Emotional Creature."

Tickets $5 presale // $7 at the door
Tickets available through Passport to the Arts. Vouchers can be picked up at any residence hall, Pierpont Commons, Trotter Multicultural Center, and the Office of New Student Programs.

email sfceboard@umich.edu for more information!

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Performance Thu, 28 Mar 2019 11:54:22 -0400 2019-04-05T20:00:00-04:00 2019-04-05T22:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Students for Choice Performance Patchwork Poster
Patchwork (April 6, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62676 62676-15423252@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 6, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Students for Choice

A series of women-centered performances, monologues, poems, songs, and dances showcasing expression and highlighting student-written work as well as Eve Ensler's "I Am An Emotional Creature."

Tickets $5 presale // $7 at the door
Tickets available through Passport to the Arts. Vouchers can be picked up at any residence hall, Pierpont Commons, Trotter Multicultural Center, and the Office of New Student Programs.

email sfceboard@umich.edu for more information!

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Performance Thu, 28 Mar 2019 11:54:22 -0400 2019-04-06T20:00:00-04:00 2019-04-06T22:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Students for Choice Performance Patchwork Poster
29th Golden Apple Award (April 8, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62640 62640-15416700@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 8, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Golden Apple Award

Mark Conger is being honored as the student nominated Golden Apple Award Winner. He will be giving his lecture: The Local, the Global, and the Nature of Infinity. Please come and join us in honoring Mr. Conger!

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Reception / Open House Fri, 05 Apr 2019 18:22:01 -0400 2019-04-08T19:00:00-04:00 2019-04-08T21:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Golden Apple Award Reception / Open House Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Demonstrating a Commitment to Diversity (April 9, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61708 61708-15172355@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 9, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) aptitude continues to be a highly sought out asset among employers, both within and outside of academe. This workshop will provide insight on how to establish and validate a commitment to DEI engagement, scholarship, and leadership through valuable insight on how Google has integrated DEI concepts within their organization. Two leading experts from Google will facilitate the discussion in an effort to prepare students for these market changes. This workshop is designed primarily for those seeking non-academic jobs.
Pre-registration is required at https://myumi.ch/Lo3em.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 27 Feb 2019 18:16:24 -0500 2019-04-09T12:00:00-04:00 2019-04-09T13:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Standing Up for Yourself: Assertive Communication in Graduate School (April 9, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61108 61108-15036258@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 9, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Do you want to increase your skills to stand up for yourself? In this workshop, we will

Learn how to overcome the stress barrier in confrontational situations
Identify strategies for resiliency and positive self-talk
Practice the verbal and nonverbal skills needed to be assertive in interpersonal communication

Pre-registration is required at https://myumi.ch/aAjPZ.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 12 Feb 2019 12:17:01 -0500 2019-04-09T15:00:00-04:00 2019-04-09T17:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Carbon Neutrality: Special Public Session with President Schlissel (April 9, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62437 62437-15364119@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 9, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Planet Blue

The President's Commission on Carbon Neutrality hosts a "Special Public Session with President Schlissel." The event will be moderated by commission member and School for Environment and Sustainability Dean Jonathan Overpeck along with the commission's student members.

The U-M President’s Commission on Carbon Neutrality brings together the U-M community and regional partners to explore how U-M can reduce its carbon emissions to levels that are environmentally sustainable. Informed by panels of advisors, the commission will develop recommendations to achieve this goal in a fiscally responsible manner and in the context of U-M's mission of education, research, service and patient care.
Join the discussion on April 9.

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Presentation Mon, 08 Apr 2019 11:14:50 -0400 2019-04-09T17:00:00-04:00 2019-04-09T18:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Planet Blue Presentation Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
“Darlings, Delicacies, Deities & Donations: Ancient Egyptian Animal Mummies as Cultural and Environmental Markers” (April 9, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58567 58567-14511742@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 9, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Animals have played a crucial role in human history, and continue to do so until today. The interaction between humans and animals can affect the environment, and vice versa. In the ancient Egyptian Nile Valley, in addition to providing food, transportation, raw materials, companionship and entertainment, animals played a key role in religion. As such, they inspired divine iconography and language, and served both as manifestations as well as offerings to gods. Ultimately, in the twilight of Egypt’s pharaonic history, animals played a part in defining cultural identity and world-view. This talk will focus on a critical locus of this agency: animal mummies in ancient Egypt, and what they tell us not only about Egyptian culture, economy, and human-animal relationships, but also about Egypt’s changing environment.

Salima Ikram is Distinguished University Professor of Egyptology at The American University in Cairo, and has worked as an archaeologist in Turkey, Sudan, Greece and the United States. After double majoring in history and classical and near eastern archaeology at Bryn Mawr College, she received her MPhil in museology and Egyptian archaeology and PhD in Egyptian archaeology from Cambridge University. She previously directed the Animal Mummy Project, the North Kharga Darb Ain Amur Survey, Valley of the Kings KV10/KV63 Mission co-directed the Predynastic Gallery project and the North Kharga Oasis Survey. She has also participated in several other archaeological missions throughout Egypt. She has lectured on her work internatioinally, and publishes in both scholarly and popular journals. She also has an active media presence.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 26 Mar 2019 13:49:22 -0400 2019-04-09T17:30:00-04:00 2019-04-09T19:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion Salima Ikram
Computational Science: Classical Origins, New Frontiers (April 10, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60525 60525-14903665@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 10, 2019 8:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering

The Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering is proud to welcome a distinguished group of scientists from around the world for its 2019 Symposium, titled “Computational Science: Classical Origins, New Frontiers.”

Stephen Wolfram, creator of Mathematica, will deliver the keynote address, titled "The Computational X Future." Abstract: For every field X there either is now, or soon will be, a computational X---and it'll be the future of the field. This talk will discuss both the theory and the practice of computation as the key paradigm for future of science. Expect to challenge the speaker with what computational X might be for your favorite value of X.

Dr. Wolfram will be joined by an outstanding slate of speakers:

Marsha Berger — Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics, Courant Institute, New York University
Marisa Eisenberg - Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Mathematics and Complex Systems, U-M
Carla Gomes — Professor of Computer Science and Director, Institute for Computational Sustainability, Cornell University
Jan Hesthaven — Dean, School of Basic Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Necmiye Ozay — Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, U-M

Poster Competition:
The symposium includes a poster competition highlighting outstanding computational work from U-M students and postdocs. First place will be awarded $500, second $300 and third place $200.

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 22 Mar 2019 15:29:27 -0400 2019-04-10T08:00:00-04:00 2019-04-10T17:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering Conference / Symposium MICDESymposium 2019 Image
#MeToo: A WeListen Staff Discussion (April 11, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62379 62379-15357471@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 11, 2019 11:30am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: WeListen Staff

#MeToo: A WeListen Staff Discussion

This session of WeListen is open to all UM staff members. All voices and views are welcome and lunch will be provided!

RSVP here: http://myumi.ch/LzEYO

The #MeToo movement has highlighted issues of sexual misconduct across the globe since going viral in October 2017. Initially centered around sexual misconduct in the workplace, the movement has since allowed survivors of sexual harassment and assault to speak about their experiences in broader contexts. The hashtag has reached the entertainment industry, higher education, politics, and more as people like Aziz Ansari, Matt Lauer, Kevin Spacey, Bill Cosby, Larry Nassar, and Brett Kavanaugh have their reputations called into question. Some remain unscathed after public scrutiny while others lose their jobs or are sentenced to prison time.

Have we seen true change in sexual misconduct policy since the hashtag began? Does the #MeToo movement violate the American value of "innocent until proven guilty?" Can allegations of sexual misconduct be managed by the court of public opinion or should all consequences be withheld until a trial has taken place?

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


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

Questions? Email us at welistenstaff@umich.edu.

This event is co-sponsored by the UM Office of DEI and the LSA DEI Implementation Leads. The planning committee includes staff members from the Ginsberg Center, the International Institute, LSA Psychology, the Opportunity Hub, UM Poverty Solutions, and the UM Shared Services Center.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 03 Apr 2019 09:33:47 -0400 2019-04-11T11:30:00-04:00 2019-04-11T13:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) WeListen Staff Lecture / Discussion WeListen Sexual Harassment Flyer
Donia Human Rights Center Distinguished Lecture. Sexual Harassment: The Law, the Politics and the Movement (April 11, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53838 53838-13467971@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 11, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Donia Human Rights Center

Professor Catharine A. MacKinnon will address the politics and law of sexual harassment, focusing on its violation of equality rights, in light of the #MeToo movement, exploring those developments in light of the theory of her most recent book, "Butterfly Politics: Changing the World for Women."

This event is co-sponsored by: Center for the Education of Women+ Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund, Department of Sociology, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Law School, and Women's Studies Department.

Catharine A. MacKinnon is the Elizabeth A. Long Professor of Law at Michigan Law and the long-term James Barr Ames Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. She holds a BA from Smith College, a JD from Yale Law School, and a PhD in political science from Yale. She specializes in sex equality issues under international and domestic (including comparative, criminal, and constitutional) law. She pioneered the legal claim for sexual harassment and, with Andrea Dworkin, created ordinances recognizing pornography as a civil rights violation and the Swedish model for abolishing prostitution. The Supreme Court of Canada has largely accepted her approaches to equality, pornography, and hate speech, which have been influential internationally as well. Representing Bosnian women survivors of Serbian genocidal sexual atrocities, she won with co-counsel a damage award of $745 million in August 2000 in Kadic v. Karadzic under the Alien Tort Act, the first recognition of rape as an act of genocide. Among the schools at which she has taught are Yale, Stanford, Chicago, Harvard, Osgoode Hall (Toronto), Basel (Switzerland), Hebrew University (Jerusalem), and Columbia. She was awarded residential fellowships at the Institute for Advanced Study, Stanford, the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, and the University of Cambridge. Professor MacKinnon's scholarly books include the casebook Sex Equality (2001/2007), Are Women Human? (2006), Women's Lives, Men's Laws (2005), Only Words (1993), Toward a Feminist Theory of the State (1989), Feminism Unmodified (1987), and Sexual Harassment of Working Women (1979). She is widely published in journals, the popular press, and many languages. Professor MacKinnon practices and consults nationally and internationally and works regularly with Equality Now, an NGO promoting international sex equality rights for women, and the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women. Serving as the first special gender adviser to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (The Hague) from 2008 to 2012, she implemented her concept of "gender crime." In 2014, she was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Association of American Law Schools Women's Division and was elected to the American Law Institute. Studies document that Professor MacKinnon is among the most widely-cited legal scholars in the English language.

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

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 27 Feb 2019 13:49:06 -0500 2019-04-11T16:00:00-04:00 2019-04-11T17:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Donia Human Rights Center Lecture / Discussion speaker
Science Advocacy in Action: Letter Writing (April 11, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62650 62650-15416718@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 11, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Engaging Scientists in Policy and Advocacy

Join the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) and Engaging Scientists in Policy and Advocacy (ESPA) for a discussion and letter writing party on the critical role science plays in equitable federal protections.  

We’ll discuss the current state of science in policymaking, review some of the best ways to get attention for the issues, and then write letters that inform the public and your policymakers about those issues. 
 
When: Thursday, April 11, 5-6:30pm 
Where: Earl Lewis Room in the Rackham Graduate School (915 E. Washington Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109) 
What to bring: a laptop and/or notebook and an appetite for science policy and snacks 
Food, drinks, resources and support to write your letters will be provided. 
 
From the proposed rollbacks to the Chemical Facility Safety and air quality rules to inaction on highly fluorinated chemicals (PFAS) at the Environmental Protection Agency, the effects of federal decisions have great bearing on the health and safety of the people of Michigan, particularly
on already overburdened populations. But proactive solutions do exist.  
 
Don’t have time to write a letter?  
Stop by and sign a postcard to your members of Congress and make sure they know their science-loving constituents are counting on them to lead on our health, safety, and environmental protections.

RSVP: https://forms.gle/LcJ3Ei3uCszkvDVR7

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 27 Mar 2019 15:05:13 -0400 2019-04-11T17:00:00-04:00 2019-04-11T18:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Engaging Scientists in Policy and Advocacy Workshop / Seminar Event Flyer
Crossroads: The Intersection of Health and Wellness and DEI (April 12, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61992 61992-15252303@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 12, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

This workshop aims to address the importance of health and wellness in DEI spaces and among DEI advocates. Resources and tools on how to incorporate wellness into social justice initiatives will be shared. The workshop will also go in depth on how advocates and allies can prioritize their wellness to promote well-being in shared spaces and among peers.
Pre-registration is required at https://myumi.ch/aMPnD.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 08 Mar 2019 18:16:15 -0500 2019-04-12T12:00:00-04:00 2019-04-12T13:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
GRIN International Gala (April 13, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62299 62299-15346453@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 13, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Come celebrate the end of the year in style at GRIN’s International Gala!
This event will feature:

Selected cultural performances
International buffet with food from around the world*
Photo booth with choice of backdrop and props
Open dance floor with international music

Doors open at 7:00 p.m.
Dinner starts at 7:30 p.m.
Ticket cost: $12/ticket (includes processing fees)
*Vegetarian/Vegan options included
Guidelines:

Dress fancy! Cocktail attire is required, traditional/cultural attire is encouraged, no t-shirt/jeans or flip/flops are allowed.
Tickets are non-transferable
No outside alcohol or food allowed; if alcohol is brought in, you will be asked to leave.
Only one guest allowed per student purchase (you have to purchase a ticket for your guest in addition to yours)
This is a graduate/professional student only event (guests can be non grad/professional students).

Register for this event

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Other Tue, 19 Mar 2019 12:16:28 -0400 2019-04-13T19:00:00-04:00 2019-04-13T23:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Other Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
GRIN International Gala (April 13, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62883 62883-15486002@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 13, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Graduate Rackham International

Come celebrate the end of the year in style at GRIN's International Gala!
This event will feature:
- Selected performances including cultural dances, stand up comedy, etc.
- International buffet with Indian, Pan Asian and Italian food*
- Photo booth with choice of backdrop and props
- Open dance floor with international music provided by guest DJ
Doors open at 7 pm.
Dinner starts at 7.30 pm.
Ticket cost: $12/ticket (includes processing fees)
*Vegetarian/Vegan options included

Guidelines:
- Dress fancy! Cocktail attire is required, traditional/cultural attire is encouraged, no t-shirt/jeans or flip/flops are allowed.
- Tickets are non-transferable
- No outside alcohol or food allowed; if alcohol is brought in, you will be asked to leave.
- Only one guest allowed per student purchase (you have to purchase a ticket for your guest in addition to yours)
- This is a graduate/professional student only event (guests can be non grad/professional students).


Register here: https://tinyurl.com/yyv8hku6

Direct questions to Abhinav Sharma at absharma@umich.edu

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Other Mon, 08 Apr 2019 11:23:48 -0400 2019-04-13T19:00:00-04:00 2019-04-13T23:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Graduate Rackham International Other GRIN International Gala Flyer
rEVOLUTION: Making Art for Change (April 14, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62847 62847-15483794@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center (SAPAC)

Join SAPAC's Survivor Empowerment and Ally Support (SEAS) program for an art show to promote healing and awareness surrounding sexual violence. The themes of this show are sexual violence, empowerment, healing, gender, and sexism.

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Exhibition Thu, 04 Apr 2019 10:05:26 -0400 2019-04-14T14:00:00-04:00 2019-04-14T18:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center (SAPAC) Exhibition A background made of single color shapes that make a picture of a sunset over a mountain. Text on the flier states the location, timing, and title of the event.
Being a Foreign Student in a Foreign Land: Exploring the Academic Lives of International Graduate Students at U-M (April 15, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62729 62729-15436324@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 15, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Please join us for a panel discussion about the role and importance of international graduate students, and help us bring awareness to the issues that international graduate students face.
Pre-registration is required at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScuQ-3l_vmQNGAahXjlivCTReOBLGfEHHLyRglpjDE87LMohQ/viewform.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 29 Mar 2019 18:16:19 -0400 2019-04-15T12:00:00-04:00 2019-04-15T14:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Seminar Title: TBA (April 15, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62527 62527-15397104@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 15, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: LSA Biophysics

Krimm Lecture Series

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 25 Mar 2019 09:28:50 -0400 2019-04-15T16:00:00-04:00 2019-04-15T17:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) LSA Biophysics Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
The Transition from International Graduate Student to Faculty Member in the United States (April 16, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62660 62660-15418896@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Considering a career in academia in the United States? Join GRIN and MESWN for a discussion panel with current U-M faculty members who once were in your shoes. Listen to how they transitioned from being international graduate students in the to their current positions, get advice on how to develop a career in academia, and ask questions to our panelists. Dinner will be provided.
Pre-registration is required at https://myumi.ch/6wYYQ.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 27 Mar 2019 18:16:28 -0400 2019-04-16T17:30:00-04:00 2019-04-16T19:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
EEB dissertation defense: Disentangling species boundaries and the evolution of habitat specialization for the ecologically diverse mite family Acaridae (April 17, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62843 62843-15483789@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 10:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Pamela presents her dissertation defense

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Presentation Mon, 15 Apr 2019 11:11:51 -0400 2019-04-17T10:00:00-04:00 2019-04-17T11:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Presentation Tyrophagus, commonly called mould or cheese mite
MCDB Thesis Defense: Analysis of Kinase Signaling Pathways Regulating Filamentous Growth and mRNP Granules in Filamentous Yeast (April 17, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61876 61876-15223800@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Mentor: Anuj Kumar

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Other Fri, 05 Apr 2019 15:57:57 -0400 2019-04-17T12:00:00-04:00 2019-04-17T14:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Other BSB Building
Ukrainian Literary Evening: Assya Humesky (April 17, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62363 62363-15355262@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Slavic Languages & Literatures

The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (CREES) at the University of Michigan cordially invite you to join us for Dr. Assya Humesky’s talk about her and her family's contributions to Ukrainian culture through published works, art, and teaching in higher education.

Light refreshments will be served.

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Other Wed, 20 Mar 2019 14:43:11 -0400 2019-04-17T17:00:00-04:00 2019-04-17T19:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Slavic Languages & Literatures Other assya
Program in Creativity and Consciousness Studies: One Final Jam: Emeritus professor of Psychology Richard Mann and the Future of Consciousness Studies (April 17, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62666 62666-15423235@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Department of Psychology

Professor Richard Mann has been a pivotal figure in consciousness-related coursework and research on the U-M campus and far beyond. A revered
pedagogue and visionary, he has impacted hundreds of students from across fields as well as maintained national prominence through his writings and longtime position as editor of the cutting-edge SUNY series in Transpersonal Psychology. In conversation with PCCS Director Ed Sarath, this evening’s talk will commemorate Mann’s long and distinguished tenure at U-M and engage in far-reaching reflections about his personal work and what might lie ahead for the still-nascent field of consciousness studies. Topics will range from research and ideas pursued by organizations such as Society for Scientific Exploration, Institute for the Noetic Sciences, and the Integral Theory community that challenge materialist assumptions, to socio-political-environmental ramifications of consciousness understanding, to what a 21st century program in consciousness studies might look like.

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Presentation Thu, 28 Mar 2019 08:10:02 -0400 2019-04-17T19:00:00-04:00 2019-04-17T20:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Department of Psychology Presentation Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
U-M Program in Creativity and Consciousness Studies Consciousness Next! Series: Emeritus Professor Richard Mann (April 17, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62556 62556-15401469@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Professor Richard Mann has been a pivotal figure in consciousness-related coursework and research on the U-M campus and far beyond. A revered pedagogue and visionary, he has impacted hundreds of students from across fields as well as maintained national prominence through his writings and longtime position as editor of the cutting-edge SUNY series in Transpersonal Psychology.

In conversation with PCCS Director Ed Sarath, this evening’s talk will commemorate Mann’s long and distinguished tenure at U-M and engage in far-reaching reflections about his personal work and what might lie ahead for the still-nascent field of consciousness studies. Topics will range from research and ideas pursued by organizations such as Society for Scientific Exploration, Institute for the Noetic Sciences, and the Integral Theory community that challenge materialist assumptions, to socio-political-environmental ramifications of consciousness understanding, to what a 21st century program in consciousness studies might look like.

For more information on the Program in Creativity and Consciousness Studies and its Consciousness Next Series, contact Ed Sarath, sarahara@umich.edu, and also go to smtd.umich.edu/pccs/

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Performance Wed, 10 Apr 2019 15:24:12 -0400 2019-04-17T19:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Prof. Richard Mann
Graduate + Undergraduate Hopwood Awards + Lecture (April 18, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57608 57608-14220076@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 18, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Hopwood Awards Program

Please join us as we celebrate the winners of the 2018-19 Hopwood Awards.

Following the announcement of the awards, there will be a lecture from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Hilton Als and a light reception. Free to attend and open to all!

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Hilton Als began contributing to The New Yorker in 1989, writing pieces for ‘The Talk of the Town,’ he became a staff writer in 1994, theatre critic in 2002, and lead theater critic in 2012. Week after week, he brings to the magazine a rigorous, sharp, and lyrical perspective on acting, playwriting, and directing. With his deep knowledge of the history of performance—not only in theatre but in dance, music, and visual art—he shows us how to view a production and how to place its director, its author, and its performers in the ongoing continuum of dramatic art. His reviews are not simply reviews; they are provocative contributions to the discourse on theatre, race, class, sexuality, and identity in America.

Before coming to The New Yorker, Als was a staff writer for the Village Voice and an editor-at-large at Vibe. Als edited the catalogue for the 1994-95 Whitney Museum of American Art exhibition “Black Male: Representations of Masculinity in Contemporary American Art.” His first book, The Women, was published in 1996. His book, White Girls, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2014 and winner of the 2014 Lambda Literary Award for Non-fiction, discusses various narratives of race and gender. He is author of the introduction to the Penguin Classics edition of The Early Stories of Truman Capote. He is also guest editor for the 2018 Best American Essays (Mariner Books, October 2, 2018). He also wrote Andy Warhol: The Series, a book containing two previously unpublished television scripts for a series on the life of Andy Warhol.

In 1997, the New York Association of Black Journalists awarded Als first prize in both Magazine Critique/Review and Magazine Arts and Entertainment. He was awarded a Guggenheim for creative writing in 2000 and the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism for 2002-03. In 2016, he received Lambda Literary’s Trustee Award for Excellence in Literature, in 2017 Als won the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism, and in 2018 the Langston Hughes Medal.

In 2009, Als worked with the performer Justin Bond on “Cold Water,” an exhibition of paintings, drawings, and videos by performers, at La MaMa Gallery. In 2010, he co-curated “Self-Consciousness,” at the VeneKlasen/Werner gallery, in Berlin, and published “Justin Bond/Jackie Curtis.” In 2015, he collaborated with the artist Celia Paul to create “Desdemona for Celia by Hilton,” an exhibition for the Metropolitan Opera’s Gallery Met. In 2016, his debut art show “One Man Show: Holly, Candy, Bobbie and the Rest” opened at the Artist’s Institute. In 2017 he curated "Alice Neel, Uptown" at the David Zwirner Gallery in New York City.

Als is an associate professor of writing at Columbia University’s School of the Arts and has taught at Yale University, Wesleyan, and Smith College. He lives in New York City.

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Ceremony / Service Fri, 09 Nov 2018 15:41:04 -0500 2019-04-18T18:00:00-04:00 2019-04-18T20:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Hopwood Awards Program Ceremony / Service Photo of Hilton Als (credit Brigitte Lacombe)
Professional Development Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Celebration Ceremony (April 22, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61709 61709-15172356@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 22, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

The Professional Development Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Certificate Program is proud to announce this year’s certificate recipients. Please join us in celebrating the accomplishments of program participants. The ceremony will feature the Dean of Rackham Graduate School, the University’s Chief Diversity Officer, and student keynote speakers. A reception will immediately follow in the Assembly Hall. Friends, faculty, and staff are all welcome to join our celebration ceremony!
Applications for the 2019-2020 school year will be made available in August for interested graduate students and postdoctoral fellows across all University of Michigan schools and departments. For any further questions or inquiries, please contact rack-dei-certificate@umich.edu
Pre-registration is required at https://myumi.ch/L11ed.
For more information about the PD DEI Certificate Program or to access the application in August 2019, please visit https://rackham.umich.edu/professional-development/dei-certificate/.

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Ceremony / Service Thu, 11 Apr 2019 18:15:51 -0400 2019-04-22T12:00:00-04:00 2019-04-22T14:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Ceremony / Service Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Outstanding GSI and Faculty Mentoring Awards Ceremony (April 22, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62609 62609-15410180@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 22, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Each year the Rackham recognizes the efforts and talents of Graduate Student Instructors whose dedication to developing course content and classroom activity is truly outstanding on our campus. Similarly, Rackham honors the mentoring abilities and involvement of faculty through three different mentoring awards. We invite all in the University—students, faculty, and staff—to attend the event and reception to congratulate the award recipients.

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Ceremony / Service Tue, 26 Mar 2019 18:16:23 -0400 2019-04-22T15:30:00-04:00 2019-04-22T17:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Ceremony / Service Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Awards Ceremony (April 23, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62486 62486-15372951@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

While all Ph.D. students produce dissertations of quality, some students write dissertations that are truly exceptional for the high caliber of their scholarship and for the significance and interest of their findings. Each year we invite faculty to nominate the dissertations produced in their programs that were outstanding. The nomination dossiers submitted are then read and discussed by a review panel of faculty members who identify the finalists. Members of the Michigan Society of Fellows read the finalists’ dissertations, review the merits, and select the winners. We recognize these exceptional dissertations with the ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Awards. All members of the U-M community are invited to attend the awards ceremony and reception to honor and congratulate the award recipients.

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Ceremony / Service Mon, 25 Mar 2019 18:16:22 -0400 2019-04-23T14:00:00-04:00 2019-04-23T16:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Ceremony / Service Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Engaged Pedagogy Initiative Symposium (April 24, 2019 9:15am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63093 63093-15555871@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 24, 2019 9:15am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Please join the winter 2019 cohort of Engaged Pedagogy Initiative Fellows for the EPI Symposium. Students will lead discussions around topics in Community-Based Learning.

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 12 Apr 2019 18:15:48 -0400 2019-04-24T09:15:00-04:00 2019-04-24T11:45:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Conference / Symposium Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Rackham DEI Strategic Plan Town Hall (April 24, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63021 63021-15536915@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 24, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Rackham, in partnership with Rackham Student Government, Students of Color of Rackham, and Rackham Graduate International, is hosting a town hall for students to provide input for the Year 4 Rackham Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Strategic Plan. One point of emphasis will be establishing action items for how to improve graduate-student climate at the program and campus levels. Join us to make your voice heard! Refreshments will be served.
Pre-registration required at https://myumi.ch/J7mY2.

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Meeting Wed, 10 Apr 2019 12:15:48 -0400 2019-04-24T17:30:00-04:00 2019-04-24T19:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Meeting Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Successfully Navigating the Faculty Contract Negotiation Process (April 26, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63112 63112-15576720@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 26, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Engineering Office of Student Affairs

Most job-seekers believe that salary and contract negotiation starts once they have an offer
in hand, but nothing could be further from the truth! Sponsored by the Bouchet Honor
Society at Rackham, this workshop will provide guidance and information in an interactive
and practical way that will enable you to negotiate wisely. Lunch will be served.

Registration: myumi.ch/6571E

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 15 Apr 2019 10:43:15 -0400 2019-04-26T12:00:00-04:00 2019-04-26T13:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Engineering Office of Student Affairs Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Successfully Navigating the Faculty Negotiation Process (April 26, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63022 63022-15536916@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 26, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Most job-seekers believe that salary negotiation starts once they have an offer in hand, but nothing could be further from the truth! Sponsored by the Bouchet Honor Society at Rackham, this workshop will provide guidance and information in an interactive and practical way that will enable you to negotiate wisely. Lunch will be served.
Pre-registration is required at https://myumi.ch/6571E.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 10 Apr 2019 12:15:48 -0400 2019-04-26T12:00:00-04:00 2019-04-26T13:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
EEB dissertation defense: Natural variations in social behaviors: phenotypic consequences and genetic differentiation in paper wasps (April 26, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62167 62167-15308866@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 26, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Christian presents his dissertation defense.

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Presentation Wed, 24 Apr 2019 09:29:04 -0400 2019-04-26T13:00:00-04:00 2019-04-26T14:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Presentation paper wasp face
EEB dissertation defense: The genetic architecture of speciation in a primate hybrid zone (May 1, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62947 62947-15520074@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 1, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Marcella presents her dissertation defense.

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Presentation Mon, 15 Apr 2019 11:12:31 -0400 2019-05-01T12:00:00-04:00 2019-05-01T13:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Presentation Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Department of Asian Languages and Cultures Graduation and Awards Ceremony (May 3, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61944 61944-15241350@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 3, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Asian Languages and Cultures

The Department of Asian Languages and Cultures will hold its annual Graduation and Awards Ceremony on Friday, May 3, 2019, in the Rackham Amphitheatre. The ceremony honors graduating seniors with an Asian Studies major, students who have received department awards, and graduating PhD students. Graduating students and awardees can invite up to four guests.

The ceremony will be followed by a reception in Rackham Assembly Hall.

Please RSVP using the Google Form by April 1 if you plan to attend the event.

If you are a person with a disability who requires accommodation to attend this event, please email Alice Dodd (adodd@umich.edu) at least one week in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the University to arrange.

Please contact the department office at um-alc@umich.edu or 734.764.8286 if you have any questions.

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Ceremony / Service Thu, 07 Mar 2019 13:56:54 -0500 2019-05-03T16:00:00-04:00 2019-05-03T18:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Asian Languages and Cultures Ceremony / Service Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
MCDB Connell Symposium (May 6, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52571 52571-12853110@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 6, 2019 8:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Celebrating the new BSB featuring distinguished biologists in the tradition of the Connell Lectureship

Rackham Amphitheatre
9:00 – 9:10 am Introductions
9:10 – 10:00 Keynote – Randy Schekman, UC Berkeley
10:00 – 10:25 Faculty talk – Ursula Jakob, MCDB
10:25 – 10:40 Student talk – Taylor Nye, MCDB
10:40 – 11:10 Break (Rackham Assembly Hall)
11:10 – 11:25 Student talk – Shyama Nandakumar
11:25 – 11:55 Alumnus talk – Robert Raguso, Cornell University
11:55 – 12:45 Keynote – Joanne Chory, Salk Institute
12:45 – 2:30 pm Lunch on your own
2:30 – 2:35 pm MCDB Photo Contest winners announced
2:35 – 3:25 pm Keynote – Jeannie Lee, Harvard
3:25 – 3:50 pm Faculty talk – Robert Denver, MCDB
3:50 – 4:00 pm Closing – Robert Denver
Then stroll over to the Biological Sciences Building West Atrium
4:30 – 6:00 pm Poster session

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 06 May 2019 05:07:52 -0400 2019-05-06T08:00:00-04:00 2019-05-06T19:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar graphic announcement-connell symposium with microscopic tissue image
Living a Digital Life: Objects, Environments, Power (May 9, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63180 63180-15585201@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 9, 2019 10:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Digital Studies Institute

Everyone thinks they know what digital means. So pervasive are digital technologies in the 21st century that it is difficult to find critical distance from this immersive new world of ubiquitous connectivity, social media feeds, smartphones, mobile apps, responsive design, algorithmic recommendation systems, and voice-controlled home shopping assistants. While the question “what is the digital?” is compelling, the more pressing question might be instead: what does it mean to be alive in the digital age?

Across campus, this question will emerge in courses, colloquia, lectures, and informal conversations among students, faculty, staff, and peers. Critically engaging with the big issues, urgent consequences, and radical possibilities for grappling with the meaning of life in this era of digital ubiquity. Whether defined as “animated corporeal existence,” “vitality,” or “to continue, to remain,” we see a profound opportunity to approach the digital world through a spectrum of the meaning of life-ness - alive, liveness, animated, lifelike, life-adjacent, consciousness, awareness, attention, awoke.

“Living a Digital Life” is the 2019 Michigan Meeting.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 08 May 2019 11:07:34 -0400 2019-05-09T10:00:00-04:00 2019-05-09T18:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Digital Studies Institute Conference / Symposium Program Details
Living a Digital Life: Objects, Environments, Power (May 10, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63180 63180-15585202@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 10, 2019 10:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Digital Studies Institute

Everyone thinks they know what digital means. So pervasive are digital technologies in the 21st century that it is difficult to find critical distance from this immersive new world of ubiquitous connectivity, social media feeds, smartphones, mobile apps, responsive design, algorithmic recommendation systems, and voice-controlled home shopping assistants. While the question “what is the digital?” is compelling, the more pressing question might be instead: what does it mean to be alive in the digital age?

Across campus, this question will emerge in courses, colloquia, lectures, and informal conversations among students, faculty, staff, and peers. Critically engaging with the big issues, urgent consequences, and radical possibilities for grappling with the meaning of life in this era of digital ubiquity. Whether defined as “animated corporeal existence,” “vitality,” or “to continue, to remain,” we see a profound opportunity to approach the digital world through a spectrum of the meaning of life-ness - alive, liveness, animated, lifelike, life-adjacent, consciousness, awareness, attention, awoke.

“Living a Digital Life” is the 2019 Michigan Meeting.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 08 May 2019 11:07:34 -0400 2019-05-10T10:00:00-04:00 2019-05-10T18:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Digital Studies Institute Conference / Symposium Program Details
Michigan Meetings Keynote: Adam Greenfield, Urbanscale (May 10, 2019 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63522 63522-15773893@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 10, 2019 4:30pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

Adam Greenfield, founder and managing director of Urbanscale, is a passionate advocate for the human-centered design of technological systems.

Between 2008 and 2010, he was Nokia’s head of design direction for service and user interface design; earlier in the decade, he had worked as lead information architect for the Tokyo office of Internet consultancy Razorfish.

He is the author of Everyware: The dawning age of ubiquitous computing (2006), Urban computing and its discontents (2007, with Mark Shepard) and the forthcoming The city is here for you to use.

Adam has spoken before South by Southwest Interactive, LIFT (and LIFT Asia), PICNIC, Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design and Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Columbia’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, the École Nationale Supérieure d’Arts et Métiers, the MIT Media Lab, the Royal Society of London, and a very wide variety of other citizen, professional, corporate, academic and governmental audiences worldwide.

KEYNOTE
LIVING A DIGITAL LIFE: OBJECTS, ENVIRONMENTS, POWER
2019 MICHIGAN MEETING
U-M Rackham Graduate School; Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning; LS&A; School of Information

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 09 May 2019 10:51:02 -0400 2019-05-10T16:30:00-04:00 2019-05-10T18:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Lecture / Discussion Adam Greenfield Image
MORE Mentoring Plan Workshop (May 14, 2019 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61063 61063-15027190@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 14, 2019 10:30am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

This workshop helps to enhance the mentoring relationship between the student and research faculty mentor/advisor. During the workshop, students and faculty will have the opportunity to develop a Mentoring Plan, a two-way agreement about goals, needs, and expectations; it is co-written by the student and research faculty mentor/advisor. It is an excellent way to establish and support mentor-mentee relationships.
Because this program aims to enhance the mentoring relationship, mentors and students are expected to attend the workshop together. If a faculty member has attended a MORE workshop for faculty in the past, and is familiar with the MORE mentoring plan template, they may choose to attend the last portion of the workshop only (plan to arrive at 11:50 a.m.). Lunch is provided. This workshop has an optional informal meeting time to finish working on the mentoring plan from 12:30 to 1:00 p.m.
Pre-registration is required of both the faculty and student at myumi.ch/LB5xQ.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 11 Feb 2019 12:17:01 -0500 2019-05-14T10:30:00-04:00 2019-05-14T12:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Rackham Graduate Student Active-Attacker Training (May 15, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62730 62730-15436325@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 15, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

A representative from the Division of Public Safety and Security will be on hand to conduct training in the event of an active attacker and to field questions.
Pre-registration is required at https://myumi.ch/abwr5.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 30 Apr 2019 18:15:18 -0400 2019-05-15T18:00:00-04:00 2019-05-15T19:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Class / Instruction Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
What’s Next? Career Paths for Ph.D.s in STEM (May 30, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62920 62920-15496705@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 30, 2019 8:30am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Rackham is sponsoring a two-day workshop for doctoral candidates in the sciences to engage in skill and career exploration, gain insight into a variety of career paths, identify their transferable knowledge and skills, and practice communicating these to others. This event is reserved for University of Michigan and Wayne State Ph.D. students and postdoctoral fellows. Programming will run from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day, with a VIP networking reception starting at 5:30 p.m. on Day 2. Morning refreshments and lunch will be provided both days; the Day 2 evening reception will include hors d’oeuvres.
This year’s program will be facilitated by the leaders of SciPhD, which specializes in preparing scientists for professional careers. During this two-day experiential learning boot camp titled “Get Your First Job,” they will help participants identify specific business and social skills needed, how to reframe past experiences to demonstrate mastery of those skills, and how to gain missing skills before starting the job search. Modules include:

The Business of Science
Communications for Scientists
Networking for Success
Project Management for Scientists
Negotiating as a Scientist
Behavioral Based Interviews

Pre-registration is required at http://myumi.ch/aXjMb.
Registration Deadline: Monday, May 13. Registration is on a first come, first served basis, and registration is only considered complete upon payment of the registration fee. Participants will be asked to pay a non-refundable $15 fee, which helps Rackham defray the cost of workshop materials and meals.
If you are a student from Wayne State, please request a friend account and then complete your registration. Find help for creating your friend account through U-M ITS.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 10 Apr 2019 12:15:49 -0400 2019-05-30T08:30:00-04:00 2019-05-30T17:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
What’s Next? Career Paths for Ph.D.s in STEM (May 31, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62921 62921-15496706@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 31, 2019 8:30am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Rackham is sponsoring a two-day workshop for doctoral candidates in the sciences to engage in skill and career exploration, gain insight into a variety of career paths, identify their transferable knowledge and skills, and practice communicating these to others.This event is reserved for University of Michigan and Wayne State Ph.D. students and postdoctoral fellows. Programming will run from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day, with a VIP networking reception starting at 5:30 p.m. on Day 2. Morning refreshments and lunch will be provided both days; the Day 2 evening reception will include hors d’oeuvres.
This year’s program will be facilitated by the leaders of SciPhD, which specializes in preparing scientists for professional careers. During this two-day experiential learning boot camp titled “Get Your First Job,” they will help participants identify specific business and social skills needed, how to reframe past experiences to demonstrate mastery of those skills, and how to gain missing skills before starting the job search. Modules include:

The Business of Science
Communications for Scientists
Networking for Success
Project Management for Scientists
Negotiating as a Scientist
Behavioral Based Interviews

Pre-registration is required at http://myumi.ch/aXjMb
Registration Deadline: Monday, May 13. Registration is on a first come, first served basis, and registration is only considered complete upon payment of the registration fee. Participants will be asked to pay a non-refundable $15 fee, which helps Rackham defray the cost of workshop materials and meals.
If you are a student from Wayne State, please request a friend account and then complete your registration. Find help for creating your friend account through U-M ITS.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 05 Apr 2019 18:16:06 -0400 2019-05-31T08:30:00-04:00 2019-05-31T17:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
What’s Next? Career Paths for Ph.D.s in STEM (May 31, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63023 63023-15536917@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 31, 2019 8:30am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Rackham is sponsoring a two-day workshop for doctoral candidates in the sciences to engage in skill and career exploration, gain insight into a variety of career paths, identify their transferable knowledge and skills, and practice communicating these to others. This event is reserved for University of Michigan and Wayne State Ph.D. students and postdoctoral fellows. Programming will run from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day, with a VIP networking reception starting at 5:30 p.m. on Day 2. Morning refreshments and lunch will be provided both days; the Day 2 evening reception will include hors d’oeuvres.
This year’s program will be facilitated by the leaders of SciPhD, which specializes in preparing scientists for professional careers. During this two-day experiential learning boot camp titled “Get Your First Job,” they will help participants identify specific business and social skills needed, how to reframe past experiences to demonstrate mastery of those skills, and how to gain missing skills before starting the job search. Modules include:

The Business of Science
Communications for Scientists
Networking for Success
Project Management for Scientists
Negotiating as a Scientist
Behavioral Based Interviews

Pre-registration is required at http://myumi.ch/aXjMb.
Registration Deadline: Monday, May 13. Registration is on a first come, first served basis, and registration is only considered complete upon payment of the registration fee. Participants will be asked to pay a non-refundable $15 fee, which helps Rackham defray the cost of workshop materials and meals.
If you are a student from Wayne State, please request a friend account and then complete your registration. Find help for creating your friend account through U-M ITS.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 28 May 2019 18:15:25 -0400 2019-05-31T08:30:00-04:00 2019-05-31T18:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Ph.D. First Year Experience Focus Group (June 25, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63918 63918-15995682@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 25, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Rackham and the Office of Academic Innovation are working to understand whether 1st year Ph.D. students at U-M have ready access to the information and resources they need. As part of this work, we want to learn more about your needs throughout your time here.
Types of information and resources that we will be brainstorming around include:

Health and Wellness
General U-M Campus/Ann Arbor City Resource Information/Housing and Transportation
Social Events, Student Organizations, Leadership Clubs, Professional Development
Funding and Financial Support
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Lunch will be served.
Registration is required at https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/p/track/2713.
We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.

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Meeting Fri, 07 Jun 2019 12:15:24 -0400 2019-06-25T12:00:00-04:00 2019-06-25T14:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Meeting Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Open Forum on International-Student Fee (June 25, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64092 64092-16123323@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 25, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

A new international-student fee was approved by the Board of Regents on June 20 as part of the 2020 general-fund budget. Dean Mike Solomon will be on hand to hear students’ thoughts and questions about this fee. More information is available on the university’s Key Issues page, which includes an FAQ.
Registration is suggested at https://myumi.ch/aMDlX.
We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.

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Meeting Fri, 21 Jun 2019 18:15:25 -0400 2019-06-25T13:00:00-04:00 2019-06-25T14:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Meeting Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
EEB dissertation defense: Rodent population connectivity in coffee agroecosystems (July 5, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/64165 64165-16171658@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, July 5, 2019 11:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Bea presents her dissertation defense

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Presentation Tue, 23 Jul 2019 16:38:30 -0400 2019-07-05T11:00:00-04:00 2019-07-05T12:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Presentation image of rodent and of a coffee farm
MCDB Doctoral Thesis Defense: Structural and Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Autophagy in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (July 8, 2019 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64077 64077-16115263@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, July 8, 2019 2:30pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Mentor: Daniel Klionsky

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 27 Jun 2019 10:35:11 -0400 2019-07-08T14:30:00-04:00 2019-07-08T15:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar logo with microscopic images in background
Disability Inclusion Panel: Making U-M Events More Welcoming & Accessible (July 22, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64110 64110-16153509@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, July 22, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: International Institute

All are welcome! Due to an explosion of interest, this event has been moved to Rackham Auditorium. Please RSVP here: http://alturl.com/iw3mr

Students with disabilities at U-M report some of the highest rates of discrimination and overall negative experiences on campus. At this interactive panel discussion and workshop, you will meet students, faculty, and staff with different kinds of disabilities, both visible and invisible. The panelists will share personal stories, as well as concrete advice on how to make your events, meetings, and classes more inclusive and accessible. Everyone is welcome at this free and public event, which is organized in accordance with universal design principles.

Our panelists include:

1) Ashley Wiseman (she/her): Associate Director, Global Scholars Program (panel moderator)
2) Shanna K. Kattari (she/her): Assistant Professor, School of Social Work and LSA Women’s Studies Department
3) Elizabeth McLain (she/her): PhD Candidate, School of Music, Theatre & Dance
4) Seif Saqallah (he/his): U-M Alumnus; Graduate Student, Middle East and North African Studies MA and JD Program at the School of Law
5) Solomon Furious Worlds (he/his): Staff Member at the Ross School of Business; Graduate Student, JD Program at the School of Law; Co-Founder and Co-Chair, Disability Rights Student Organization
6) Dr. Feranmi Okanlami (he/his), Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation; Director for Medical Student Success in the Medical School's Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
7) Kayla Williams (she/hers): U-M Alumna, School of Information; IT Analyst at Eli Lilly and Company

The RSVP form includes an opportunity for you to tell us about your access needs and how we can ensure this event is inclusive to you. Event co-organizers Ashley Wiseman (wisemana@umich.edu) and Ashley Bates (asbates@umich.edu) are eager to help and answer any questions.

The building, event space, and restroom are wheelchair accessible. A lactation room (room #2521) and gender-inclusive restroom (third floor, east wing) are available on site. The nearest reflection room is in the Michigan League (room #347). CART and ASL services will be provided at the event, and presentation materials can be emailed in advance upon request. This event will be video-recorded, as well as live-streamed via this link: https://player.cloud.wowza.com/hosted/1rhdg0dd/player.html

The Palmer Parking Structure is the closest public parking structure (two blocks away); it is free for U-M employees with a blue pass and $1.70 per hour for anyone else. It includes parking spots for individuals with disabilities.

This event is co-presented by the International Institute’s Inclusion Culture Liaisons Committee and the Disability Culture at U-M Committee. Co-sponsors include: the Global Scholars Program, the Residential College, the Department of American Culture, the Barger Leadership Institute, the LSA Dean’s Office, the Law School, the Council for Disability Concerns, and the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 22 Jul 2019 08:08:05 -0400 2019-07-22T12:00:00-04:00 2019-07-22T13:45:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) International Institute Lecture / Discussion logo
A Symposium on Big Data, Human Health, and Statistics (July 25, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63948 63948-16033419@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 25, 2019 8:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Biostatistics

Hosted by the Department of Biostatistics, UM School of Public Health.
Registration is required.
www.BigDataSummerInstitute.com

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 10 Jun 2019 10:19:30 -0400 2019-07-25T08:00:00-04:00 2019-07-25T17:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Biostatistics Conference / Symposium Symposium Flyer
Machine Learning for Healthcare Conference (August 9, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63525 63525-15775925@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 9, 2019 8:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Michigan Integrated Center for Health Analytics and Medical Prediction

The Machine Learning for Healthcare conference is a national research meeting that attracts clinicians and data scientists with machine learning and big data expertise. The event will be held at Rackham Auditorium August 9-10 beginning with a community data challenge on August 8 at North Quad. This annual research meeting includes invited talks, poster presentations, and panel discussions. Speakers will include machine learning leaders from across the nation and Andrew Rosenberg, MD, Chief Information Officer for Michigan Medicine. The Michigan Integrated Center for Health Analytics and Medical Prediction (MiCHAMP) is sponsoring the event. Conference hosts are Jenna Wiens, PhD (College of Engineering) and Brahmajee Nallamothu, MD (Michigan Medicine). To view the conference live on August 9-10, visit www.tinyurl.com/2019MLHCvideo

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 24 Jul 2019 11:09:04 -0400 2019-08-09T08:00:00-04:00 2019-08-09T19:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Michigan Integrated Center for Health Analytics and Medical Prediction Conference / Symposium MLHC conference promotion
Machine Learning for Healthcare Conference (August 10, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63525 63525-15775926@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, August 10, 2019 8:30am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Michigan Integrated Center for Health Analytics and Medical Prediction

The Machine Learning for Healthcare conference is a national research meeting that attracts clinicians and data scientists with machine learning and big data expertise. The event will be held at Rackham Auditorium August 9-10 beginning with a community data challenge on August 8 at North Quad. This annual research meeting includes invited talks, poster presentations, and panel discussions. Speakers will include machine learning leaders from across the nation and Andrew Rosenberg, MD, Chief Information Officer for Michigan Medicine. The Michigan Integrated Center for Health Analytics and Medical Prediction (MiCHAMP) is sponsoring the event. Conference hosts are Jenna Wiens, PhD (College of Engineering) and Brahmajee Nallamothu, MD (Michigan Medicine). To view the conference live on August 9-10, visit www.tinyurl.com/2019MLHCvideo

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 24 Jul 2019 11:09:04 -0400 2019-08-10T08:30:00-04:00 2019-08-10T17:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Michigan Integrated Center for Health Analytics and Medical Prediction Conference / Symposium MLHC conference promotion
Rackham Fall Welcome and Information Fair (August 30, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64333 64333-16318428@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 30, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Rackham’s Fall Welcome provides newly admitted graduate students the opportunity to learn about Rackham and connect with the different resources and organizations that will enhance your experience at the University of Michigan. At this event you will hear from Dean Mike Solomon and leaders from Rackham’s student organizations at our. Connect with over 75 campus resources and organizations at the Information Fair. Finally, finish the day by getting to know other students as well as the members of Rackham Student Government (RSG), at the Rackham Student Welcome Picnic.
1:00 to 2:00 p.m. Welcome Program, Auditorium, 1st Floor, Rackham Building
2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Information Fair, Rackham Building
2:00 to 5:00 p.m. RSG Welcome Event, East Lawn, Rackham Building
Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/LrZGP.
We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.

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Meeting Tue, 16 Jul 2019 18:15:33 -0400 2019-08-30T13:00:00-04:00 2019-08-30T17:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Meeting Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
New Graduate Student Information Fair (August 30, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54397 54397-16450925@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 30, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

Ginsberg Center Staff will be available to answer questions about how we connect graduate students with community engagement opportunities.

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Fair / Festival Thu, 01 Aug 2019 09:56:21 -0400 2019-08-30T14:00:00-04:00 2019-08-30T16:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Ginsberg Center Fair / Festival graduate students connect with Ginsberg Center staff
Sustainable Moves: Pick Up Household Items and Clothing for the New School Year (August 30, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64307 64307-16294391@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 30, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Are you a graduate student who has just moved in? Looking for a cost-effective and sustainable way to set up your new apartment and get ready for a new school year? Come join GRIN and stock up! We have a collection of donated items from students that we will give away for $1 or less.

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Social / Informal Gathering Fri, 12 Jul 2019 18:15:27 -0400 2019-08-30T14:00:00-04:00 2019-08-30T18:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Social / Informal Gathering Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Open Forum on International-Student Support (September 3, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65787 65787-16656047@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 3, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Dean Mike Solomon will host a working meeting to hear input from international students on the ways that Rackham can support them more fully. Students should be prepared to work at tables and offer feedback on their needs and support that would be helpful to them as they arrive on campus, during their studies, and for career exploration.
Registration is suggested at https://myumi.ch/88GjW.
We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 28 Aug 2019 18:16:19 -0400 2019-09-03T16:00:00-04:00 2019-09-03T17:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
GRIN Fall Welcome: Central Campus (September 4, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64308 64308-16294392@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 4, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Join Graduate Rackham International (GRIN) to begin the school year with socializing, free food, and learn about the year of programming we have planned for you. This is a great place to make new friends! Feel free to come to both our North Campus and Central Campus Welcome Events. We welcome all international and domestic graduate students and postdocs.
Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/LzV5Q.

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Social / Informal Gathering Fri, 16 Aug 2019 12:15:52 -0400 2019-09-04T17:00:00-04:00 2019-09-04T19:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Social / Informal Gathering Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
International Diplomacy Challenges: North Korea (September 6, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65917 65917-16670244@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 6, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun discusses U.S. policy and strategy for achieving the denuclearization of North Korea and the transformation of U.S.-North Korean relations. Biegun provides an overview of events since his appointment as Special Representative a year ago and discusses prospects for diplomacy with North Korea going forward.

This event will be live streamed. Please check the event page shortly before the event to watch online.

About the lecture series:

This event forms part of the series in celebration of the launch of the Weiser Diplomacy Center (WDC), housed in the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. WDC is a hub for practical training and policy dialogue on diplomacy and foreign affairs. WDC trains students for careers in international service, provides a meeting point for academics and practitioners, and serves as a bridge between U-M and the foreign policy community. WDC engages Professors of Practice and regular visiting practitioners and aims to be one of the country’s leading loci for the study of foreign affairs.

Hosted as part of the Ford School's Conversations Across Difference Initiative.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 28 Aug 2019 14:30:17 -0400 2019-09-06T13:30:00-04:00 2019-09-06T15:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Stephen Biegun
Literati Bookstore Presents Randall Munroe (September 6, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65212 65212-16549474@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 6, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Center for Campus Involvement

Literati Bookstore is thrilled to welcome Randall Munroe to Rackham Auditorium in downtown Ann Arbor in support of his latest book, How to: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems. The program will feature a conversation with author Jim Ottaviani and an audience Q&A. A book signing will follow. Tickets are general admission and include a hardcover copy of How to, to be picked up at the venue the evening of the event. Literati will have additional copies of Randall Munroe's previous titles available for purchase.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 13 Aug 2019 15:18:29 -0400 2019-09-06T19:00:00-04:00 2019-09-06T20:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Center for Campus Involvement Lecture / Discussion Poster
Writing a Diversity Statement (September 10, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65301 65301-16567513@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 10, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Increasingly, hiring committees are interested in how prospective faculty job candidates will contribute to diversity, equity, and inclusion. As a result, many academic employers have begun to request a “diversity statement” as part of the faculty job application process. In this interactive session, we will discuss best practices for writing diversity statements, examine sample statements, and work through activities designed to help participants start writing their own statement.
This workshop is designed for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Space is limited. For faculty and staff, please contact RackhamEvents@umich.edu to see if we can accommodate your attendance.
Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/K44rO.
We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 19 Aug 2019 12:15:53 -0400 2019-09-10T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-10T13:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
LGBTQ+ Graduate Student Mixer (September 10, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65060 65060-16509321@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 10, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Spectrum Center

Join Rackham and the Spectrum Center in kicking off the new semester! Meet new friends and connect with other LGBTQ+ students in UM graduate programs. This free event will take place in the Rackham Assembly Hall, with food provided. There will be vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free options. All foods will be nut-free. Registration required, go to myumi.ch/qggG1 to do so!

We're so excited to see you there!

Spectrum Center Accessibility Statement
If you have an accessibility need you feel may not be automatically met at this event, fill out our Event Accommodation Form, found at bit.ly/SCaccess. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary for some accommodations to be fully implemented, but we will always attempt to dismantle barriers as they are brought up to us. Any questions about accessibility at Spectrum Center events can be directed to spectrumcenter@umich.edu.

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Reception / Open House Thu, 29 Aug 2019 09:18:01 -0400 2019-09-10T17:00:00-04:00 2019-09-10T19:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Spectrum Center Reception / Open House Details of the LGBTQ+ Graduate Student Mixer
Rackham LGBTQ Welcome Mixer (September 10, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65595 65595-16621789@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 10, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Join Rackham and the Spectrum Center to kick off the new academic year. Meet new friends and reconnect with colleagues.
Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/qggG1.

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Social / Informal Gathering Thu, 22 Aug 2019 12:16:05 -0400 2019-09-10T17:00:00-04:00 2019-09-10T19:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Social / Informal Gathering Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)