Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Current Events (September 17, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64546 64546-16388896@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 17, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This discussion group is for those 50 and over interested in current events happening at the local, national, and global level. All opinions will be heard courteously. No materials or special expertise required, just an open mind and a good sense of humor. Instructor Thomas Longworth is a retired industrial engineer who resides in Ann Arbor and participates in many OLLI programs. Instructor Margaret Pooler is a retired librarian who has been a member of the class for over 10 years. The group will meet Tuesdays from 3-5 pm from September 17 through December 17.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 24 Jul 2019 12:43:40 -0400 2019-09-17T15:00:00-04:00 2019-09-17T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
Current Events 2 (September 17, 2019 3:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64547 64547-16388898@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 17, 2019 3:15pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

For persons 50 and over with wide ranging interests in current events who enjoy discussing news, trends, and ideas that are global, national, or local. Special expertise is never required; only an open mind and a sense of humor as we share what we read, hear, and see from the world around us. Sharing diverse thoughts and experiences helps all of us grow. Instructor Paul Wenger is a retired communications professor and investment analyst/adviser who is active in OLLI and has led other study groups. The group meets Tuesdays from 3:15-5:15 pm from September 17 through December 17.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 24 Jul 2019 12:46:40 -0400 2019-09-17T15:15:00-04:00 2019-09-17T17:15:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
National Issues (October 1, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64553 64553-16388904@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This study group for those 50 and over, facilitated by Barbara Comai and Leo Shedden, will focus on domestic public issues of great importance. Topics will be selected by class members and teams of class members will facilitate group discussion using materials gleaned from the internet, recent readings, life experiences, and other similar sources. Previous topics include: Decaying Cities, American Democracy, Voting Rights, Living Wage, Privacy in the Electronic Age. The class will choose the topics at the first session. Sessions will be held 1-3 pm on the first and third Tuesdays of each month from October 1 through January 21.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 24 Jul 2019 13:37:16 -0400 2019-10-01T13:00:00-04:00 2019-10-01T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
Gerrymandering (October 2, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/64551 64551-16388903@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 2, 2019 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Now that it’s clear that efforts to deal with gerrymandering cannot be litigated in federal court, the question is whether state independent redistricting commissions are the best approach to the problem. Another approach would be to adopt a state-wide list system of proportional representation, as described in Bob Davidow’s recent article in the Wayne Law Review. With a state-wide system, there would be no district line to draw -- hence no gerrymandering. The proposed system would not only reduce the amount of money needed for election, but also reduce the influence of the wealthy and well-connected. Demographic changes would not affect the operation of the system. An independent redistricting commission would do none of these things.

This course for those 50 and over will be led by Instructor Bob Davidow, Professor of Law (retired) from George Mason University. He is the author of Response to Gerrymandering.

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Class / Instruction Thu, 25 Jul 2019 07:36:43 -0400 2019-10-02T11:30:00-04:00 2019-10-02T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
Oxford Style Debates Covering Key Issues of Our Time (October 22, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64554 64554-16388906@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Join this discussion for those 50 and over where we will observe and then discuss 3 different debates as featured on the UK/US series Intelligence Squared (IQ2). Each features a debate team of 2 or 3 experts on opposing sides of a topic expressed as a declarative “motion.” The live audience votes (agree, disagree, not sure) before the teams present their rationale and pose questions to each other as well as provide responses to audience questions. After 90 minutes of this process, the audience votes again---the team that has moved the most people to their point of view is declared the winner of the debate. This process allows time for full exploration of the topic on a point, counter point basis.

The OLLI class leader, Leo Shedden, will select a topic from past episodes for viewing at home (online) with discussion to follow in week #1 (2-hour class). The class will select topics for week #2 and week #3. A few selections from the IQ2 archive follow:
• Negotiations can denuclearize North Korea
• Trigger warning: Safe spaces are dangerous
• Western democracy is threatening suicide
• The right to bear arms has outlived its usefulness
• Better elected Islamists than dictators
Join us for this unique learning opportunity! Sessions will meet on Tuesdays October 22, November 19, and December 3 from 1-3 pm.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 24 Jul 2019 13:41:03 -0400 2019-10-22T13:00:00-04:00 2019-10-22T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
Current Events (January 21, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70639 70639-17611224@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 21, 2020 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This discussion group is for people interested in current events happening at the local, national and global level. All opinions will be heard courteously. No materials or special expertise required, just an open mind and a good sense of humor. Instructor Bill Milne is a chemist who retired from the federal government. He resides in Ann Arbor and participates in many OLLI programs. Class meets on Tuesdays from January 21 through August 25. On January 28, March 24, and May 26 the location shifts to the Turner Senior Resource Center on 2401 Plymouth Road.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 25 Dec 2019 14:23:42 -0500 2020-01-21T15:30:00-05:00 2020-01-21T17:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
Periodical Innovations (January 23, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70641 70641-17611228@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 23, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Harpers and Atlantic monthly magazines have been the Instructor Paul Wenger’s reading staples for many decades and are recognized for signaling cultural and political changes as they happen. Articles from these and other comparable newsletters/magazines are the starting points for biweekly discussions of significant social trends proposed by group members. Help us look at the future together and enjoy our shared ideas. Class will meet Thursdays (1/23, 2/6, 2/20, 3/5, 4/2, 4/16, 5/7, and 5/21).

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Class / Instruction Wed, 25 Dec 2019 14:26:17 -0500 2020-01-23T13:00:00-05:00 2020-01-23T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
COVID-19 - A New Update (April 24, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74393 74393-18682278@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 24, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Dr. Lona Mody, Amanda Sanford Hickey Professor Internal Medicine, Associate Division Chief of Geriatric and Palliative Care Medicine will give you the latest information on the COVID-19 Pandemic.

The link to Mody's lecture is:
https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/live-event/vxujjpgq

To call in, dial: 1 (800) 520-9950 and enter PIN 1214384 #

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 23 Apr 2020 17:26:05 -0400 2020-04-24T10:00:00-04:00 2020-04-24T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion Special Online Lectures