Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Environmental Writing (October 18, 2017 3:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42257 42257-9591219@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 18, 2017 3:15pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

We will sample the best and most influential American environmental writing, using as our text Bill McKibben’s excellent American Earth (Library of America, 2008).

We will discuss what makes the writing successful and also how it reflects evolving conceptions of the natural world and of how we should live with it. Readings will include selections from Thoreau, John Muir, Aldo Leopold, Rachel Carson, Wendell Berry, Terry Tempest Williams, and Barbara Kingsolver among others. We will read some poetry (handouts) but mainly nonfiction prose (creative nonfiction).

Instructor John Knott is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Michigan and will lead this study group for those 50 and above which meets for one hour and 45 minutes on Wednesdays from October 18 through November 15.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 15 Aug 2017 11:54:15 -0400 2017-10-18T15:15:00-04:00 2017-10-18T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
EEB Thursday Seminar: The influence of temperature, productivity and food resources on biodiversity and range shifts (October 19, 2017 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42293 42293-9593398@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 19, 2017 4:00pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Faunal and floral diversity are strongly correlated with climate. But whether the mechanistic climate-diversity link is direct through physiology, clade-scale ecological or evolutionary climatic affinities, or indirect through food resources and population sizes remains largely untested simultaneously. We assessed mammal diversity and population sizes, arthropod biomass, vegetation biomass, climate (temperature, precipitation) and productivity (NPP) across 32 sites spread among four elevational transects in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Structural equation modeling only detected support for a direct diversity-productivity relationship. In contrast, the indirect “more individuals hypothesis” mediated through productivity’s influences on food resources was not supported. This suggests that high productivity areas represent an optimal environment whether that is due to contemporary climatic sorting or deeper-time, evolutionary underpinnings of climate during diversification.
Due to the strong climate associations of most clades, the implications of climate change to fauna and flora on mountains are predicted to be dire. But the rush to assess species’ responses to anthropogenic climate change has underestimated the importance of interannual population variability. Using population simulations across a realistic, empirically-based gradient in population variability, the frequency and magnitude of population peaks and troughs greatly impact the accuracy of our climate change response measurements regardless of taxonomic group. Based on results for measurements of population decline, local extirpation, and range shifts, several types of studies of climate change responses are not encouraged and additional sampling regimes are suggested to overcome biases associated with interannual population fluctuations.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 17 Oct 2017 12:00:35 -0400 2017-10-19T16:00:00-04:00 2017-10-19T17:00:00-04:00 Chemistry Dow Lab Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion McCain
The Ross Effect: How a Ross Graduate Degree can Amplify your Toolkit (October 19, 2017 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/31973 31973-10307563@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 19, 2017 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Ross Master of Accounting (MAcc) Program

Employers look for the skills you’re developing in your undergraduate degree, like the ability to understand complex concepts and deliver creative solutions. But, connecting with companies and highlighting these skills is not always easy. Join us at "The Ross Effect" to learn how three outstanding Ross graduate programs, the Master of Supply Chain Management, the Master of Management, and the Master of Accounting, will leverage your undergraduate training for a smooth and successful transition into the workforce. Program staff will help you understand your individual path to Ross and how non-business undergraduate degrees become even more powerful when combined with a one-year graduate business degree!

This event is being held exclusively for non-Ross University of Michigan students.

Follow the URL below, under Web and Social, to register for the Ross Effect. We look forward to connecting with you!

Ross School of Business - Colloquium, 6th Floor

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Other Mon, 16 Oct 2017 10:01:30 -0400 2017-10-19T16:00:00-04:00 2017-10-19T17:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Ross Master of Accounting (MAcc) Program Other Ross School of Business
Genomics & Antibiotic Resistance: a new paradigm (October 20, 2017 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/45039 45039-10072850@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 20, 2017 9:00am
Location: School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower
Organized By: MAC-EPID

Antibiotic resistant bacteria are a threat to modern medical practice. Antibiotics save us from life-threatening infections, and are used extensively to prevent or heal infections stemming from medical interventions, including surgery, chemotherapy and organ transplantation. While it is fairly straightforward to identify bacteria resistant to therapy, until the availability of genomics it was extremely difficult to trace the emergence and spread of specific mechanisms of resistance. At the October 20, 2017 MAC-EPID symposium we will learn how genomics has transformed our understanding of the spread of antibiotic resistance and the spatial spread of pathogens.

This FREE partial-day symposium includes lunch so PLEASE REGISTER.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 25 Sep 2017 14:43:29 -0400 2017-10-20T09:00:00-04:00 2017-10-20T15:00:00-04:00 School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower MAC-EPID Conference / Symposium Flyer
History and Tour of the East Quad Garden (October 20, 2017 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/41880 41880-9487269@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 20, 2017 4:30pm
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

A Residential College 50th Anniversary Celebration Event

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Other Wed, 02 Aug 2017 10:46:09 -0400 2017-10-20T16:30:00-04:00 2017-10-20T17:30:00-04:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Other RC 50th
Green Life Sciences Symposium (October 21, 2017 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/44392 44392-9911820@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 21, 2017 8:00am
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

The 2017 Green Life Science symposium at the University of Michigan will bring together nationally- and internationally-known experts in green life sciences (including U-M alumni) to talk with and to U-M students and faculty about the latest developments in genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Participants may choose from a variety of talks and join experts in the field and fellow scholars for a lively discussion of modern plant science and the role of GMOs.

Our renowned guests will also be available to meet with interested students to provide academic and industry career advice. Faculty, industry professionals, and students are encouraged to network, establishing connections that will benefit future work in the field.

This symposium aims to inform our community, provide a forum for intellectual debate, and foster collaboration among faculty and students in the natural science, environmental sciences, health sciences, and engineering.

REGISTRATION IS FREE & RECOMMENDED, see web link below. Or visit: http://myumi.ch/LRz8E

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 11 Oct 2017 13:41:13 -0400 2017-10-21T08:00:00-04:00 2017-10-21T17:00:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Conference / Symposium Seedling growth IStock image
Science Writing Panel Discussion (October 23, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/45792 45792-10293567@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 23, 2017 11:00am
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: Michigan Earth Science Women's Network

Join us on Oct. 23rd to hear from our Science Writing Panel over lunch, sponsored by M-ESWN and GradSWE!

The feature panel will discuss different perspectives and experiences with science writing -- audience questions are encouraged. Panelists include Dr. Allison Steiner (Climate and Space, ESWN co-founder), Dr. Rose Cory (Earth and Environmental), and PhD candidate Liz Agee (Civil and Environmental Engineering, former M-ESWN co-coordinator).

Time: 11am- 12:30pm
Location: Pierpont Commons, East Room
RSVP here: http://bit.ly/ScienceWritingWrapUpF17

The Science Writing Series is co-sponsored by the Michigan Earth Science Women's Network (M-ESWN) and the Graduate Society of Women Engineers (GradSWE).

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Other Sun, 15 Oct 2017 05:00:12 -0400 2017-10-23T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-23T12:30:00-04:00 Pierpont Commons Michigan Earth Science Women's Network Other Pierpont Commons
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar: Connecting micro- and macroevolution using comparative genomics (October 24, 2017 12:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42893 42893-9675068@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 24, 2017 12:10pm
Location: Ruthven Museums Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 06 Sep 2017 11:50:03 -0400 2017-10-24T12:10:00-04:00 2017-10-24T13:00:00-04:00 Ruthven Museums Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Tityra semifasciata speciation rate graph
Transforming Education: Conversations about the past, present and future of university museums (October 24, 2017 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/45484 45484-10197995@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 24, 2017 6:30pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Museum Studies Program

"University Natural History Museums: Portals of Discovery in the Anthropocene"
Leaders from the Harvard University and University of Michigan’s museums of natural history and comparative zoology will discuss the current historic and scientific importance of such museums for today’s understanding of and research into ecosystems and evolutionary biology that impact the increasing changes to our planet.

Series co-sponsored by UM Bicentennial

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 17 Oct 2017 17:00:07 -0400 2017-10-24T18:30:00-04:00 2017-10-24T19:45:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Museum Studies Program Lecture / Discussion Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
EEB Thursday Seminar: Self- and species recognition in brood parasitic birds (October 26, 2017 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42294 42294-9593430@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 26, 2017 4:00pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Avian brood parasites have provided a long-standing and popular model system for the experimental analysis of self- and species-recognition, which are essential for most critical aspects of social behavior. Specifically, when faced with a nest containing own and foreign eggs, the foremost question is how individuals discriminate themselves (their own eggs) from others (foreign eggs) by utilizing each of their recognition system’s components: perception, cognition, and response. An overview of advances in the experimental analyses of hosts' egg rejection behaviors is presented here. Such studies provide detailed information for our understanding of the evolutionary impacts of parasitic birds on hosts’ cognitive processes and behavioral outcomes in the context of self- and species-recognition.

View YouTube video of seminar: https://youtu.be/-HhMUOx_aIg

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 14 Feb 2018 16:24:57 -0500 2017-10-26T16:00:00-04:00 2017-10-26T17:00:00-04:00 Chemistry Dow Lab Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion preview
Thesis defense: Spatial variation in niche attributes of an expanding generalist carnivore (October 27, 2017 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/45069 45069-10081471@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 27, 2017 1:00pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

EEB graduate student, Shawn Colborn, defends his thesis.

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Presentation Fri, 20 Oct 2017 08:44:26 -0400 2017-10-27T13:00:00-04:00 2017-10-27T14:00:00-04:00 Chemistry Dow Lab Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Presentation coyote camera trap image
Thesis defense: Behavior and bacteria: insights into the dynamic impact and interactions of Michigan's coyotes (October 30, 2017 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/45277 45277-10150118@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 30, 2017 1:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Corbin Kuntze defends his thesis

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Presentation Thu, 26 Oct 2017 09:07:48 -0400 2017-10-30T13:00:00-04:00 2017-10-30T14:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Presentation An outline of a wolf filled with bacteria superimposed over map of Michigan and graph
Clean Heat & Energy Justice: assessing equitable transitions to clean air in NYC (Environmental Research Seminar) (October 31, 2017 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46163 46163-10407019@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 31, 2017 12:00pm
Location: School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower
Organized By: Center for Midlife Science

Environmental Research Seminar Series sponsored by the Integrated Health Sciences Core of M-LEEaD (Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease)

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 25 Oct 2017 10:59:39 -0400 2017-10-31T12:00:00-04:00 2017-10-31T13:00:00-04:00 School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower Center for Midlife Science Workshop / Seminar Oct 31 Seminar D.Hernandez
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar: Changing the face of conservation: The Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program at the University of Michigan (October 31, 2017 12:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42881 42881-9675058@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 31, 2017 12:10pm
Location: Ruthven Museums Building
Organized By: EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminars

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 23 Oct 2017 10:23:37 -0400 2017-10-31T12:10:00-04:00 2017-10-31T13:00:00-04:00 Ruthven Museums Building EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminars Workshop / Seminar Doris Duke Conservations Scholars
How to Dismantle an Environmental Agenda— and Will It Stick? (November 2, 2017 11:50am) https://events.umich.edu/event/46199 46199-10418360@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 2, 2017 11:50am
Location: South Hall
Organized By: Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program

This lecture is free and open to the public.

Janet McCabe is a senior law fellow at the Environmental Law & Policy Center, where she works to advance policies that better protect the environment, including those that support healthy, clean air and safe drinking water. McCabe previously served as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s acting assistant administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation, where she played a key role in framing, shaping, and implementing the Clean Air Act, including the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 26 Oct 2017 09:45:04 -0400 2017-11-02T11:50:00-04:00 2017-11-02T12:50:00-04:00 South Hall Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program Lecture / Discussion McCabe poster
EEB Thursday Seminar: Host heterogeneities to infection shape the impact of climate change (November 2, 2017 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42295 42295-9593431@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 2, 2017 4:00pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Predictive models and experimental manipulations on climate changes and infectious diseases have primarily focused on how climate change can affect host exposure, such as the risk of infection and disease spread. However, host immunity to infections is an important source of variation among individuals and we need to take into account how this alters the way climate affects host-parasite interactions. Using a combination of long-term field observations, field and laboratory manipulations and mathematical modeling of a rabbit-helminth system, I explore whether heterogeneities in the host immune response exacerbate or suppress the impact of climate warming on the dynamics and persistence of two gastrointestinal helminths. Experimental trials and modelling simulations suggest that non-linearities in the system create complex interactions where climate impacts more heavily some hosts than others and at a specific time of the year.

View YouTube video of seminar: https://youtu.be/RYkxibeXeuE

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 14 Feb 2018 16:26:58 -0500 2017-11-02T16:00:00-04:00 2017-11-02T17:00:00-04:00 Chemistry Dow Lab Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion TRL3carpet
SLE at Friends of the Campus Farm Workday (November 3, 2017 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/38406 38406-9969027@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 3, 2017 4:00pm
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Organized By: Sustainable Living Experience

Join other Oxford and SLE residents for farmwork in the Greenhouse with Friends of the Campus Farm at Matthaei Botanical Gardens. Meet new people, get your hands dirty, and feel the warmth in the greenhouse during these winter days! Friday, 4-6pm, meet in front of Oxford Houses for pickup.

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Community Service Tue, 31 Jan 2017 11:45:02 -0500 2017-11-03T16:00:00-04:00 2017-11-03T18:00:00-04:00 Matthaei Botanical Gardens Sustainable Living Experience Community Service
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar: Reconnecting landscapes for ecological systems (November 7, 2017 12:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42882 42882-9675059@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 7, 2017 12:10pm
Location: Ruthven Museums Building
Organized By: EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminars

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 31 Oct 2017 09:55:40 -0400 2017-11-07T12:10:00-05:00 2017-11-07T13:00:00-05:00 Ruthven Museums Building EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminars Workshop / Seminar corridor experimental site
Update on Current Beekeeping Practices (November 8, 2017 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/46607 46607-10566955@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 8, 2017 9:00am
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum

A discussion by local beekeeper, former president of Ann Arbor Beekeepers, and certified advanced master gardener Richard Mendel.
Presenter: Ann Arbor Backyard Beekeepers

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Community Service Wed, 08 Nov 2017 09:46:51 -0500 2017-11-08T09:00:00-05:00 2017-11-08T10:00:00-05:00 Matthaei Botanical Gardens Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum Community Service
ASC Lecture. 2017-2018 UMAPS Colloquium Series (November 9, 2017 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/44121 44121-9888978@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 9, 2017 3:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: African Studies Center

Each UMAPS fellow will have the chance to present their scholarly work in a session of an ongoing monthly series. Talks prepared and presented by each visiting scholar are designed to increase skills in effective communications, to promote dialogue on topics, and to share the research with the larger U-M community. All are invited to attend to grasp the range and depth of work occurring through the UMAPS partnerships. 

10/5, UMAPS Colloquium (#1)—Social Sciences I (Kalamazoo Room, Michigan League)
VERONICA DZOMEKU, Nursing, KNUST, Ghana
“Exploration of Expectations and Experiences of Mothers toward Childbirth Care”

THELMA FENNIE, Psychology, University of the Westewrn Cape, South Africa
“Exploring Psychological Effects of Adolescent Girls’ Experiences of Menarche & Menstruation in School Settings”

AUDREY KALINDI, Population Studies, University of Zambia
“Factors that Affect Use of Maternal Health Services, HIV Testing and Linkage to Medical Care in Zambia”

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10/12, UMAPS Colloquium (#2)—STEM I (Koessler Room, Michigan League)
DEBELA GEMEDA BEDANE, Pharmacology, St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Ethiopia
“Pharmacogenetic Predictors of Antidepressant Drug Response”

MTHOKOZISI SIMELANE, Biochemistry, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
“Ursolic Acid Acetate as a Promising Agent for Malarial Chemotherapy”

MESTEWAT DEBASU MOGNHODIE, Biochemistry, St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Ethiopia
“The Exploration and Utilization of Glycan-Based Biomarkers for Breast Cancer Patients on Chemotherapy in Ethiopia”

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11/ 9, UMAPS Colloquium (#3)—Humanities (Koessler Room, Michigan League)

PAMELA KHANAKWA, History, Makerere University, Uganda
“Bagisu Men Don’t Cry: Imbalu and the Construction of Masculinities in Uganda”

YIKUNNOAMLAK MEZGEBU, Literature, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
“From Competition to Composition:  Languages, Regions and Religions in an Ethiopian Literature”

PAUL CONWAY & KELLY ASKEW, University of Michigan “Radio, Cyberspace, and the Repatriation of African Musical Heritage”

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12/7, UMAPS Colloquium (#4)—STEM II (Koessler Room, Michigan League)
OLUWAKEMI ROTIMI, Biochemistry, Covenant University, Nigeria
“The Role of Epigenetics in the Toxicity of Environmental Exposures”

ZEWDU JIMA TAKLE, Physiology, St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Ethiopia
“The Molecular Signaling Mechanisms in the Vessel Wall after Stroke and Pathways Mediated by Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF)”

SENYO ADZEI, Music, University of Cape Coast, Ghana
“Processes in Shrine Music of the Awudome People of Ghana–An Ethnomusicolowgical Inquiry”

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1/ 11, UMAPS Colloquium (#5)—Social Sciences II (Kuenzel Room, Michigan Union)
ODUR BENARD, Statistics, Makerere University, Uganda
“A Retrospective Analysis of Progression in Neonatal and Infant Mortality Drivers in Uganda (1995-2016)”

PRECIOUS NDLOVU, Law, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
“The Economics of Mergers and Acquisitions in Africa’s Regional Competition Law Frameworks: An Examination of the COMESA Competition Commission”

MOSES MUHUMUZA, Human Ecology, Mountains of the Moon University, Uganda
“Holistic Community-based Biodiversity Conservation in National Parks in Rural Africa”

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2/8, UMAPS Colloquium (#6)—STEM III (Koessler Room, Michigan League)

KALILU DONZO, Biology, University of Liberia
“Advanced Training in Molecular Biology Techniques: Introducing Research-based Techniques at the University of Liberia”

MELESSEW NIGUSSIE GEREME, Physics, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia
“Investigation of Triggering Mechanisms of Ionospheric Irregularities in the Equatorial Ionosphere”

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Presentation Tue, 09 Jan 2018 14:26:52 -0500 2017-11-09T15:00:00-05:00 2017-11-09T17:30:00-05:00 Michigan League African Studies Center Presentation
EEB Thursday Seminar: Microbial activity and assembly in the world's oldest desert (November 9, 2017 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42889 42889-9675065@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 9, 2017 4:00pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Microbes are ubiquitous on Earth, yet the drivers that regulate microbial activity and shape microbial diversity are not clear, particularly in dry ecosystems. I present work from the hyperarid Namib Desert, Namibia, a model dune system that has revealed overlooked controls on decomposition as well as unique dispersal vectors for microbes, like coastal fog. This provides a insight into how microbes survive under extreme water stress, and how we understand the ecology of the 40% of land surface occupied by drylands.

View YouTube video of seminar: https://youtu.be/ixTDJy6G26s

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 14 Feb 2018 16:28:08 -0500 2017-11-09T16:00:00-05:00 2017-11-09T17:00:00-05:00 Chemistry Dow Lab Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion SarahEvans
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar: Influence of large-scale biodiversity loss on local ecosystem function clarified using a mainland-island model (November 14, 2017 12:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42883 42883-9675060@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 14, 2017 12:10pm
Location: Ruthven Museums Building
Organized By: EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminars

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 06 Nov 2017 13:03:49 -0500 2017-11-14T12:10:00-05:00 2017-11-14T13:00:00-05:00 Ruthven Museums Building EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminars Workshop / Seminar graphs of environmental fluctuation
U-M Biological Station Information Session (November 14, 2017 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46229 46229-10421233@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 14, 2017 6:00pm
Location: Dana Natural Resources Building
Organized By: University of Michigan Biological Station

Anyone who wants to learn more about earning credits and gaining research experience next spring and/or summer should attend this information session. We will discuss our 2018 course offerings and have past students explain why our field courses are among their favorite Michigan experiences.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 09 Nov 2017 09:31:23 -0500 2017-11-14T18:00:00-05:00 2017-11-14T19:00:00-05:00 Dana Natural Resources Building University of Michigan Biological Station Workshop / Seminar Students in the field collecting worms from leaf litter
Comb and Nest Architecture (November 14, 2017 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/44120 44120-9886095@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 14, 2017 6:30pm
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum

Presentations by organic beekeeper and teacher Chris Harp and organic beekeeper Grai St. Clair Rice on “reading” your hive and on comb and nest architecture, including naturalist and biodynamic methods and unique hive designs. Presenter: Ann Arbor Backyard Beekeepers. Free.

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Presentation Mon, 11 Sep 2017 10:25:31 -0400 2017-11-14T18:30:00-05:00 2017-11-14T20:30:00-05:00 Matthaei Botanical Gardens Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum Presentation
EEB Thursday Seminar: Spatiotemporal dynamics of antibiotic response in e. faecalis (November 16, 2017 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42929 42929-9685653@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 16, 2017 4:00pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Antibiotic resistance is among the most urgent threats to public health. In this talk, I will discuss our group’s ongoing efforts to understand how E. faecalis, a common source of nosocomial infections, responds to antibiotics across multiple length and time scales. First, I’ll describe recent experiments demonstrating that growth inhibition depends strongly on population density for many commonly used antibiotics, potentially leading to bistable treatment outcomes in a pharmacological model of antibiotic treatment. Perhaps more surprisingly, in the limit of high population densities, subinhibitory antibiotic concentrations can promote formation of biofilms--an effect that reflects a trade-off between antibiotic efficacy and the beneficial effects of cell lysis--while higher doses can shape the single-cell architecture of drug resistant communities. Finally, I’ll overview ongoing work combining laboratory evolution with mathematical modeling aimed at slowing resistance evolution using temporal sequences of antibiotics.

View YouTube video of seminar: https://youtu.be/Unt0dz_pGi8

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 14 Feb 2018 16:29:11 -0500 2017-11-16T16:00:00-05:00 2017-11-16T17:00:00-05:00 Chemistry Dow Lab Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion EEBfigure
EEB MUSEUMS Monthly Seminar: Michigan's First Survey and Pre-settlement Biodiversity (November 17, 2017 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46687 46687-10581045@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 17, 2017 3:00pm
Location: Research Museums Center
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Michigan is unique in that immediately after achieving statehood in
1837, the fledgling Legislature authorized a comprehensive "First
Geological Survey" of the State's natural resources. This included not
only geology and soils, but also timber resources, and a survey of
plants and animals, and it included the collection of specimens which
became the foundation of the present day Museum and Herbarium
collections. The plant collections are especially extensive, but were
poorly labeled and suffered from past curatorial practises that
diminished their value. But, reconstructing the data and itineraries
from several sources provides a detailed view of the flora and, to
some degree, the vegetation of the state before extensive modification
by European settlement, as well as insight into local extinctions and
other changes in the flora.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 09 Nov 2017 18:28:57 -0500 2017-11-17T15:00:00-05:00 2017-11-17T16:00:00-05:00 Research Museums Center Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion
What, My Herbicide Did That?! (November 20, 2017 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/44124 44124-9886100@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 20, 2017 7:30pm
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum

A presentation by David Roberts, Ph.D. on the variety of herbicide uses and their unexpected or unintended aftereffects. Presenter: Michigan Botanical Club. Free.

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Presentation Mon, 11 Sep 2017 10:35:29 -0400 2017-11-20T19:30:00-05:00 2017-11-20T21:00:00-05:00 Matthaei Botanical Gardens Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum Presentation
NO EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar today (November 21, 2017 12:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42885 42885-9675061@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 21, 2017 12:10pm
Location: Ruthven Museums Building
Organized By: EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminars

See you next week

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 20 Nov 2017 09:47:25 -0500 2017-11-21T12:10:00-05:00 2017-11-21T13:00:00-05:00 Ruthven Museums Building EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminars Workshop / Seminar Ruthven Museums Building
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar: On the top of world: human adaptation to high altitude (November 28, 2017 12:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42887 42887-9675063@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 28, 2017 12:10pm
Location: Ruthven Museums Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Bring your lunch and join us for this weekly seminar

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Workshop / Seminar Sun, 26 Nov 2017 21:08:23 -0500 2017-11-28T12:10:00-05:00 2017-11-28T13:00:00-05:00 Ruthven Museums Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar llama
The 20th Century American Mountaineering Canon: Parsing the Historical, Literary, and Personal (November 29, 2017 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46434 46434-10489746@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 29, 2017 5:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Mountaineering Culture Studies Group

29 November 2017 | 3154 Angell Hall | 5 p.m.
The 20th Century American Mountaineering Canon: Parsing the Historical, Literary, and Personal | David Stevenson

“And what is good, Phaedrus, And what is not good—
Need we ask anyone to tell us these things?”

In 2002 as part of a celebration of the American Alpine Club’s centennial I was tasked with compiling a list of the “best” American mountaineering books written in that century. In my introduction I equivocate much about “best,” substituting, “influential,” “historical,” “representative.” In the end, all that can be said with any certainty is that the list is chronological. In Jill Neate’s preface to Mountaineering Literature she observes, “A practicable definition of ‘mountaineering book’ continues to eludes me.” In this talk and conversation I will revisit that list, its methodology (such as it was), speculate about what books written since then would be likely candidates and discuss how different these choices might be for me if the list were “personal” rather than “public.”

David Stevenson has been the book review editor of the American Alpine Journal since 1995. His fiction collection, Letters from Chamonix, won the Banff Mountain Book Award for Fiction and Poetry in 2014. His collected mountaineering essays, Warnings Against Myself: Meditations on a Life in Climbing was published in 2016 by the University of Washington Press. He received the H. Adams Carter Literary Award from the American Alpine Club in 2017. He holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Utah and works as a professor of English at the University of Alaska Anchorage where he directs the MFA program in creative writing. His home range is the Chugach.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 01 Nov 2017 13:27:57 -0400 2017-11-29T17:00:00-05:00 2017-11-29T18:30:00-05:00 Angell Hall Mountaineering Culture Studies Group Lecture / Discussion
EEB Thursday Seminar: Toward translational evolutionary biology using the lens of genomics (November 30, 2017 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42931 42931-9685656@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 30, 2017 4:00pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

The process by which bacterial populations evolve to adapt to new hosts is broadly important and still uncertain. We study two key parts of this process: the nature and trajectories of beneficial mutations, and the eco-evolutionary dynamics that emerge when bacteria form biofilm communities. Identifying and tracking the spread of beneficial mutations has been empowered by contemporary genomics, and has allowed us to find commonalities among beneficial mutations in many evolving bacterial systems. Our study of biofilms has been aided by a simple model enabling long-term evolution in a biofilm life cycle. Focusing on bacteria of the Burkholderia cepacia complex and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, we find this model surprisingly selects for mutations in genes that commonly mutate during chronic infections of the cystic fibrosis airway and in wounds. This system also selects for persistent genetic diversity that reflect adaptations to different biofilm niches. More recently, we have been studying more rapid evolution of bacteria exposed to stronger selection like antibiotics or specific host association, often in vivo. In these conditions, we find strongly parallel mutations that show functional details of the traits that underlie adaptation. Further, growing cases of strong parallelism raise the probability that evolution may be predictable and useful to solve problems in medicine like drug resistance. Last and most important, we have used the simplicity of our biofilm model to develop a curriculum in high school classes to allow introductory biology students to learn key concepts in evolution and heredity by doing an evolution experiment. Both this curriculum and clear examples of evolution-in-action during infections offer the promise of broader appreciation of the utility of evolutionary biology.

View YouTube video of seminar: https://youtu.be/l7JHJ5eZLfM

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 14 Feb 2018 16:31:26 -0500 2017-11-30T16:00:00-05:00 2017-11-30T17:00:00-05:00 Chemistry Dow Lab Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion Vaughn research image
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar: P4 - interactions among Africa's top predator, people, parasites and their prey (December 5, 2017 12:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42888 42888-9675064@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 5, 2017 12:10pm
Location: Ruthven Museums Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 29 Nov 2017 12:33:24 -0500 2017-12-05T12:10:00-05:00 2017-12-05T13:00:00-05:00 Ruthven Museums Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar P4 logo
ASC Lecture. 2017-2018 UMAPS Colloquium Series (December 7, 2017 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/44121 44121-9888979@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 7, 2017 3:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: African Studies Center

Each UMAPS fellow will have the chance to present their scholarly work in a session of an ongoing monthly series. Talks prepared and presented by each visiting scholar are designed to increase skills in effective communications, to promote dialogue on topics, and to share the research with the larger U-M community. All are invited to attend to grasp the range and depth of work occurring through the UMAPS partnerships. 

10/5, UMAPS Colloquium (#1)—Social Sciences I (Kalamazoo Room, Michigan League)
VERONICA DZOMEKU, Nursing, KNUST, Ghana
“Exploration of Expectations and Experiences of Mothers toward Childbirth Care”

THELMA FENNIE, Psychology, University of the Westewrn Cape, South Africa
“Exploring Psychological Effects of Adolescent Girls’ Experiences of Menarche & Menstruation in School Settings”

AUDREY KALINDI, Population Studies, University of Zambia
“Factors that Affect Use of Maternal Health Services, HIV Testing and Linkage to Medical Care in Zambia”

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10/12, UMAPS Colloquium (#2)—STEM I (Koessler Room, Michigan League)
DEBELA GEMEDA BEDANE, Pharmacology, St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Ethiopia
“Pharmacogenetic Predictors of Antidepressant Drug Response”

MTHOKOZISI SIMELANE, Biochemistry, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
“Ursolic Acid Acetate as a Promising Agent for Malarial Chemotherapy”

MESTEWAT DEBASU MOGNHODIE, Biochemistry, St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Ethiopia
“The Exploration and Utilization of Glycan-Based Biomarkers for Breast Cancer Patients on Chemotherapy in Ethiopia”

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11/ 9, UMAPS Colloquium (#3)—Humanities (Koessler Room, Michigan League)

PAMELA KHANAKWA, History, Makerere University, Uganda
“Bagisu Men Don’t Cry: Imbalu and the Construction of Masculinities in Uganda”

YIKUNNOAMLAK MEZGEBU, Literature, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
“From Competition to Composition:  Languages, Regions and Religions in an Ethiopian Literature”

PAUL CONWAY & KELLY ASKEW, University of Michigan “Radio, Cyberspace, and the Repatriation of African Musical Heritage”

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12/7, UMAPS Colloquium (#4)—STEM II (Koessler Room, Michigan League)
OLUWAKEMI ROTIMI, Biochemistry, Covenant University, Nigeria
“The Role of Epigenetics in the Toxicity of Environmental Exposures”

ZEWDU JIMA TAKLE, Physiology, St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Ethiopia
“The Molecular Signaling Mechanisms in the Vessel Wall after Stroke and Pathways Mediated by Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF)”

SENYO ADZEI, Music, University of Cape Coast, Ghana
“Processes in Shrine Music of the Awudome People of Ghana–An Ethnomusicolowgical Inquiry”

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1/ 11, UMAPS Colloquium (#5)—Social Sciences II (Kuenzel Room, Michigan Union)
ODUR BENARD, Statistics, Makerere University, Uganda
“A Retrospective Analysis of Progression in Neonatal and Infant Mortality Drivers in Uganda (1995-2016)”

PRECIOUS NDLOVU, Law, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
“The Economics of Mergers and Acquisitions in Africa’s Regional Competition Law Frameworks: An Examination of the COMESA Competition Commission”

MOSES MUHUMUZA, Human Ecology, Mountains of the Moon University, Uganda
“Holistic Community-based Biodiversity Conservation in National Parks in Rural Africa”

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2/8, UMAPS Colloquium (#6)—STEM III (Koessler Room, Michigan League)

KALILU DONZO, Biology, University of Liberia
“Advanced Training in Molecular Biology Techniques: Introducing Research-based Techniques at the University of Liberia”

MELESSEW NIGUSSIE GEREME, Physics, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia
“Investigation of Triggering Mechanisms of Ionospheric Irregularities in the Equatorial Ionosphere”

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Presentation Tue, 09 Jan 2018 14:26:52 -0500 2017-12-07T15:00:00-05:00 2017-12-07T17:30:00-05:00 Michigan League African Studies Center Presentation
EEB Thursday Seminar: The role of Beringia in high latitude faunal diversification (December 7, 2017 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46828 46828-10647793@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 7, 2017 4:00pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

The Beringian Coevolution Project (BCP), a field program underway in the high northern latitudes since 1999, focuses on building basic scientific infrastructure for integrated specimen-based studies on mammals and their associated parasites. BCP has contributed new insights across temporal and spatial scales into how ancient climate and environmental change have shaped faunas, emphasizing processes of assembly, persistence and diversification across the vast Beringian region. BCP collections also represent baseline records of biotic diversity from across the northern high latitudes at a time of accelerated environmental change. Because of the dual focus on hosts and parasites, the BCP record also provides a foundation for comparative analyses that can document the effects of dynamic change on the geographic distribution, transmission dynamics, and emergence of pathogens. Using specific examples from carnivores, shrews, lagomorphs, rodents and their associated parasites, I show how broad, integrated field collections provide permanent infrastructure to explore the effect of climate change on natural populations and inform policy regarding human impacts on these environments.

View YouTube video of seminar: https://youtu.be/wC72vyA14xY

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 14 Feb 2018 16:32:55 -0500 2017-12-07T16:00:00-05:00 2017-12-07T17:00:00-05:00 Chemistry Dow Lab Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion Beringia map
SLE at Friends of the Campus Farm Workday (December 8, 2017 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/38406 38406-9969028@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 8, 2017 4:00pm
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Organized By: Sustainable Living Experience

Join other Oxford and SLE residents for farmwork in the Greenhouse with Friends of the Campus Farm at Matthaei Botanical Gardens. Meet new people, get your hands dirty, and feel the warmth in the greenhouse during these winter days! Friday, 4-6pm, meet in front of Oxford Houses for pickup.

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Community Service Tue, 31 Jan 2017 11:45:02 -0500 2017-12-08T16:00:00-05:00 2017-12-08T18:00:00-05:00 Matthaei Botanical Gardens Sustainable Living Experience Community Service
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar: 3-D digital morphology: bringing plant (paleo)biology into the light (December 12, 2017 12:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42890 42890-9675066@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 12:10pm
Location: Ruthven Museums Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 06 Dec 2017 13:06:39 -0500 2017-12-12T12:10:00-05:00 2017-12-12T13:00:00-05:00 Ruthven Museums Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar plant 3-D digital morphology
EEB Thursday Seminar: How to eat something bigger than your head - microbial community assembly at the micron scale (December 14, 2017 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47318 47318-10866128@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 14, 2017 4:00pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

In this talk I will present our work showing how ecological interactions control the assembly and function of microbial communities at micro-scales. Using model marine particles composed of a variety of biopolymers commonly found in the ocean, I will show how microbial interactions such as cross-feeding and social cheating lead to rapid successional community assembly on particles. By comparing successions on different biopolymer particles, I’ll show how the bow tie structure of metabolic networks can lead to highly reproducible, convergent community dynamics that are independent of the initial carbon source. Finally, I will argue that community composition, in particular the load of primary degraders to cross-feeders, plays a fundamental role in controlling community function, i.e. the rates of particle turnover in the environment.

View YouTube video of seminar: https://youtu.be/6cl0D2LPCmY

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 14 Feb 2018 16:34:24 -0500 2017-12-14T16:00:00-05:00 2017-12-14T17:00:00-05:00 Chemistry Dow Lab Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion microbial community
No EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar (December 19, 2017 12:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42891 42891-9675067@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 19, 2017 12:10pm
Location: Ruthven Museums Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

See you in January.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 23 Aug 2017 14:54:31 -0400 2017-12-19T12:10:00-05:00 2017-12-19T13:00:00-05:00 Ruthven Museums Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Ruthven Museums Building
No EEB Thursday Seminar today (January 4, 2018 4:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47958 47958-11157188@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 4, 2018 4:10pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

See you next week

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 02 Jan 2018 11:41:11 -0500 2018-01-04T16:10:00-05:00 2018-01-04T17:00:00-05:00 Chemistry Dow Lab Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Chemistry Dow Lab
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar/student evaluation: Coordinated stochastic expressions of neighboring genes drive the evolution of chromosomal clustering of GAL genes in yeast (January 9, 2018 12:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47261 47261-10855071@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 9, 2018 12:10pm
Location: Ruthven Museums Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Join us for our weekly brown bag lunch seminar.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 03 Jan 2018 14:44:48 -0500 2018-01-09T12:10:00-05:00 2018-01-09T13:00:00-05:00 Ruthven Museums Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar yeast
A2WO Seed Cleaning and Exchange (January 10, 2018 6:45pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46608 46608-10566958@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 6:45pm
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum

A workshop where you can help support Matthaei-Nichols’ eco-restoration efforts by sharing your surplus native seeds with the Arb and Gardens and the group. You’ll also learn techniques for cleaning seeds.
(Note: Include excel file of seed needs on the web calendar item.)
Presenter: Ann Arbor Wild Ones

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 08 Nov 2017 09:49:38 -0500 2018-01-10T18:45:00-05:00 2018-01-10T21:00:00-05:00 Matthaei Botanical Gardens Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum Workshop / Seminar
ASC Lecture. 2017-2018 UMAPS Colloquium Series (January 11, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/44121 44121-9888980@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 11, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: African Studies Center

Each UMAPS fellow will have the chance to present their scholarly work in a session of an ongoing monthly series. Talks prepared and presented by each visiting scholar are designed to increase skills in effective communications, to promote dialogue on topics, and to share the research with the larger U-M community. All are invited to attend to grasp the range and depth of work occurring through the UMAPS partnerships. 

10/5, UMAPS Colloquium (#1)—Social Sciences I (Kalamazoo Room, Michigan League)
VERONICA DZOMEKU, Nursing, KNUST, Ghana
“Exploration of Expectations and Experiences of Mothers toward Childbirth Care”

THELMA FENNIE, Psychology, University of the Westewrn Cape, South Africa
“Exploring Psychological Effects of Adolescent Girls’ Experiences of Menarche & Menstruation in School Settings”

AUDREY KALINDI, Population Studies, University of Zambia
“Factors that Affect Use of Maternal Health Services, HIV Testing and Linkage to Medical Care in Zambia”

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10/12, UMAPS Colloquium (#2)—STEM I (Koessler Room, Michigan League)
DEBELA GEMEDA BEDANE, Pharmacology, St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Ethiopia
“Pharmacogenetic Predictors of Antidepressant Drug Response”

MTHOKOZISI SIMELANE, Biochemistry, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
“Ursolic Acid Acetate as a Promising Agent for Malarial Chemotherapy”

MESTEWAT DEBASU MOGNHODIE, Biochemistry, St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Ethiopia
“The Exploration and Utilization of Glycan-Based Biomarkers for Breast Cancer Patients on Chemotherapy in Ethiopia”

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11/ 9, UMAPS Colloquium (#3)—Humanities (Koessler Room, Michigan League)

PAMELA KHANAKWA, History, Makerere University, Uganda
“Bagisu Men Don’t Cry: Imbalu and the Construction of Masculinities in Uganda”

YIKUNNOAMLAK MEZGEBU, Literature, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
“From Competition to Composition:  Languages, Regions and Religions in an Ethiopian Literature”

PAUL CONWAY & KELLY ASKEW, University of Michigan “Radio, Cyberspace, and the Repatriation of African Musical Heritage”

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12/7, UMAPS Colloquium (#4)—STEM II (Koessler Room, Michigan League)
OLUWAKEMI ROTIMI, Biochemistry, Covenant University, Nigeria
“The Role of Epigenetics in the Toxicity of Environmental Exposures”

ZEWDU JIMA TAKLE, Physiology, St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Ethiopia
“The Molecular Signaling Mechanisms in the Vessel Wall after Stroke and Pathways Mediated by Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF)”

SENYO ADZEI, Music, University of Cape Coast, Ghana
“Processes in Shrine Music of the Awudome People of Ghana–An Ethnomusicolowgical Inquiry”

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1/ 11, UMAPS Colloquium (#5)—Social Sciences II (Kuenzel Room, Michigan Union)
ODUR BENARD, Statistics, Makerere University, Uganda
“A Retrospective Analysis of Progression in Neonatal and Infant Mortality Drivers in Uganda (1995-2016)”

PRECIOUS NDLOVU, Law, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
“The Economics of Mergers and Acquisitions in Africa’s Regional Competition Law Frameworks: An Examination of the COMESA Competition Commission”

MOSES MUHUMUZA, Human Ecology, Mountains of the Moon University, Uganda
“Holistic Community-based Biodiversity Conservation in National Parks in Rural Africa”

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2/8, UMAPS Colloquium (#6)—STEM III (Koessler Room, Michigan League)

KALILU DONZO, Biology, University of Liberia
“Advanced Training in Molecular Biology Techniques: Introducing Research-based Techniques at the University of Liberia”

MELESSEW NIGUSSIE GEREME, Physics, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia
“Investigation of Triggering Mechanisms of Ionospheric Irregularities in the Equatorial Ionosphere”

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Presentation Tue, 09 Jan 2018 14:26:52 -0500 2018-01-11T15:00:00-05:00 2018-01-11T17:30:00-05:00 Michigan Union African Studies Center Presentation Michigan Union
EEB Thursday Seminar: Mutation, drift, and the origin of subcellular features (January 11, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47360 47360-10880012@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 11, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Abstract
Although natural selection may be the most powerful force in the biological world, it is not all powerful. As a consequence, many aspects of evolution of the molecular level can only be explained by the inability of natural selection to operate. This general principle explains a lot about the diversity of genome architectures across species, and also appears to extend to numerous higher-level features of cells: the evolution of the ~1000-fold range in mutation rates that exists among species; greatly elevated rates of transcription error; the divergence of the multimeric states of proteins; and the phylogenetic drift of gene-regulatory vocabulary.

An attempt will be made to describe how these biological observations can be explained at the theoretical level, in some cases using methods derived from statistical mechanics. A fundamental principle is that although natural selection relentlessly pushes traits to the highest possible level of refinement, the limits to perfection are dictated by the power of random genetic drift rather than by intrinsic molecular limitations on repair mechanisms or by selection for an optimum mutation rate. The implications of this drift-barrier hypothesis are that the population-genetic environment imposes a fundamental constraint on the paths that are open vs. closed for evolutionary exploration in various phylogenetic lineages, hence defining the patterns of adaptation seen at the molecular and cellular level. Additional examples may be drawn from recent observations on the bioenergetic costs of maintaining and expressing genes.

Light refreshments are served at 4 p.m.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 11 Jan 2018 13:18:06 -0500 2018-01-11T16:00:00-05:00 2018-01-11T17:00:00-05:00 Chemistry Dow Lab Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion DNA strands
2018 Stewardship Network Conference: The Science, Practice & Art of Restoring Native Ecosystems (January 12, 2018 7:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/46762 46762-10622863@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 12, 2018 7:45am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School for Environment and Sustainability

Now in its 11th year, this is a fun, truly interdisciplinary, and very accessible conference in applied ecology and stewardship. It is an excellent place for engagement, learning, networking, and professional development for faculty and undergraduate and graduate students!

Register now to attend. The deadline to submit a Poster Presentation is December 1st, 2017 - a great opportunity for students!

Highlights:
- A diverse range of participants from nonprofit leaders, private sector representatives, government agency officials, private landowners, and students and researchers from across the United States and Canada.
- Interdisciplinary mix of topics and activities, including research talks, technical and training sessions, and round-table discussions about a variety of stewardship topics: Sustainable Conservation Financing, Indigenous Ecological Knowledge, Restoration Agriculture, Invasive Species Control, Monitoring and Evaluation, Environmental Education, and more.
- Activities designed to foster networking, such as organized discussions, socializing events, and a job board with many entry-level positions.
- Student poster session and photo competitions each with $100 prizes.
- Opportunities for students to attend with reduced rate and free lodging with Lansing-area hosts.

Visit https://www.stewardshipnetwork.org/2018-stewardship-network-conference for more information.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 14 Nov 2017 09:58:14 -0500 2018-01-12T07:45:00-05:00 2018-01-12T21:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location School for Environment and Sustainability Conference / Symposium sandhilllcrop
2018 Stewardship Network Conference: The Science, Practice & Art of Restoring Native Ecosystems (January 13, 2018 7:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/46762 46762-10622864@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 13, 2018 7:45am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School for Environment and Sustainability

Now in its 11th year, this is a fun, truly interdisciplinary, and very accessible conference in applied ecology and stewardship. It is an excellent place for engagement, learning, networking, and professional development for faculty and undergraduate and graduate students!

Register now to attend. The deadline to submit a Poster Presentation is December 1st, 2017 - a great opportunity for students!

Highlights:
- A diverse range of participants from nonprofit leaders, private sector representatives, government agency officials, private landowners, and students and researchers from across the United States and Canada.
- Interdisciplinary mix of topics and activities, including research talks, technical and training sessions, and round-table discussions about a variety of stewardship topics: Sustainable Conservation Financing, Indigenous Ecological Knowledge, Restoration Agriculture, Invasive Species Control, Monitoring and Evaluation, Environmental Education, and more.
- Activities designed to foster networking, such as organized discussions, socializing events, and a job board with many entry-level positions.
- Student poster session and photo competitions each with $100 prizes.
- Opportunities for students to attend with reduced rate and free lodging with Lansing-area hosts.

Visit https://www.stewardshipnetwork.org/2018-stewardship-network-conference for more information.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 14 Nov 2017 09:58:14 -0500 2018-01-13T07:45:00-05:00 2018-01-13T14:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location School for Environment and Sustainability Conference / Symposium sandhilllcrop
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar/student evaluation: Patterns and processes in tropical tree diversification: using genomics to understand the history of neotropical forests (January 16, 2018 12:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47264 47264-10855074@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 16, 2018 12:10pm
Location: Ruthven Museums Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Join us for our weekly brown bag lunch seminar.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 10 Jan 2018 12:35:05 -0500 2018-01-16T12:10:00-05:00 2018-01-16T13:00:00-05:00 Ruthven Museums Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Tropical trees
EEB Thursday Seminar: Genome evolution in laboratory populations of yeast (January 18, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47365 47365-10880014@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 18, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

In his 1989 book, Wonderful Life, Stephen Jay Gould proposed the following thought experiment: Rewind the tape of life and let evolution play out a second time. Does the replay produce anything like what we see today? In other words, is evolution reproducible, or do chance events (perhaps inconsequential at the time) cause evolutionary paths to diverge? Using experimental evolution we can perform Gould's thought experiment in the laboratory by evolving hundreds of replicate populations.

We evolved ~600 replicate populations of the budding yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, for 1,000 generations in rich glucose medium. We used whole-genome whole-population sequencing to examine the dynamics of genome sequence. Combining experimental evolution and quantitative genetics, we quantify the fitness effects of all mutations in 11 lineages and we identify genetic interactions.

Our results show that patterns of genome sequence evolution are driven by a balance between chance effects, which increase stochastic variation in evolutionary outcomes, and the deterministic action of selection on individual mutations, which favors parallel evolutionary solutions in replicate populations.

View YouTube video of seminar: https://youtu.be/QkVqvtbDq3Q

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 14 Feb 2018 16:38:15 -0500 2018-01-18T16:00:00-05:00 2018-01-18T17:00:00-05:00 Chemistry Dow Lab Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion GregLangimage
Science as Art Contest Submission Deadline (January 19, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/48786 48786-11308870@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 19, 2018 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan, ArtsEngine and the Science Learning Center invite you to submit artwork to the 2020 Science as Art exhibition. University of Michigan undergraduate students are invited to submit artwork expressing a scientific principle(s), concept(s), idea(s), process(es), and/or structure(s). The artwork may be visual, literary, musical, video, or performance based. A juried panel using criteria based on both scientific and artistic considerations will choose winning submissions.

Deadline for submissions is Wednesday February 5th!

A number of submissions will be selected for prizes, some of which will be on display and/or performed during the Awards Ceremony and/or displayed in an online Contest Gallery. The entry selected for “Best Overall” will be awarded a cash prize, with smaller cash awards in other categories.

For full information, visit: tinyurl.com/scienceasart2020

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Exhibition Thu, 30 Jan 2020 11:47:29 -0500 2018-01-19T08:00:00-05:00 2018-01-19T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Exhibition Science as Art logo
ITiMS application due, March 1! (January 23, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386633@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 23, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

* Funding for dissertation research, trainings and travel.
* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition, stipend, & insurance) for up to 2 years.

ITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.

Requirements:
1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)
2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies; laboratory techniques; statistics/bioinformatics; and mathematical modeling
3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches
4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department

Students can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.
Proposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.

Directors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu); Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)
Visit our website for more on How to Apply!

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-01-23T17:00:00-05:00 2018-01-23T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
ITiMS application due, March 1! (January 23, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386634@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 23, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

* Funding for dissertation research, trainings and travel.
* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition, stipend, & insurance) for up to 2 years.

ITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.

Requirements:
1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)
2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies; laboratory techniques; statistics/bioinformatics; and mathematical modeling
3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches
4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department

Students can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.
Proposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.

Directors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu); Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)
Visit our website for more on How to Apply!

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-01-23T17:00:00-05:00 2018-01-23T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
EEB Special Seminar: What 1.25 million scientific papers tell us about global biases in the creation and diffusion of scientific knowledge (and what we can do about it) (January 24, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49092 49092-11375474@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 24, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

"What 1.25 million scientific papers tell us about global biases in the creation and diffusion of scientific knowledge (and what we can do about it)"

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 24 Jan 2018 13:23:23 -0500 2018-01-24T16:00:00-05:00 2018-01-24T17:00:00-05:00 Chemistry Dow Lab Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion scientific papers
ITiMS application due, March 1! (January 24, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386635@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 24, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

* Funding for dissertation research, trainings and travel.
* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition, stipend, & insurance) for up to 2 years.

ITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.

Requirements:
1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)
2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies; laboratory techniques; statistics/bioinformatics; and mathematical modeling
3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches
4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department

Students can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.
Proposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.

Directors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu); Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)
Visit our website for more on How to Apply!

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-01-24T17:00:00-05:00 2018-01-24T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
EEB Thursday Seminar: Ecological impacts of chemical cues in marine systems (January 25, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47817 47817-11015156@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 25, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Among the many pressures that marine organisms face, intense competition and predation have contributed to the evolution of chemical defenses and the ability to sense chemical cues. Chemical ecologists have long sought to understand the identities, functions, and consequences of these compounds in the marine environment. However, traditional approaches to connect naturally occurring chemical compounds with ecological outcomes have often been unsatisfactory, especially for cases in which chemical cues and signaling molecules are waterborne and unstable; yields are low or variable; multiple compounds act synergistically or additively; and behavioral assays are labor-intensive or consume considerable amounts of a scarce molecule. We have developed a metabolomics-based strategy to take advantage of the natural variation in production of chemical cues across different environmental conditions towards identifying ecologically important waterborne molecules and their effects on organism behavior and physiology. As expected, marine organisms respond to a diversity of chemical species in their watery worlds, exhibiting dramatic behavioral and physiological changes when exposed to predators and competitors.

View YouTube video of seminar: https://youtu.be/7JkJ9ehjpoU

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 14 Feb 2018 16:39:14 -0500 2018-01-25T16:00:00-05:00 2018-01-25T17:00:00-05:00 Chemistry Dow Lab Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion lady on tank
ITiMS application due, March 1! (January 25, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386636@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 25, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

* Funding for dissertation research, trainings and travel.
* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition, stipend, & insurance) for up to 2 years.

ITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.

Requirements:
1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)
2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies; laboratory techniques; statistics/bioinformatics; and mathematical modeling
3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches
4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department

Students can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.
Proposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.

Directors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu); Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)
Visit our website for more on How to Apply!

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-01-25T17:00:00-05:00 2018-01-25T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
ITiMS application due, March 1! (January 26, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386637@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 26, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

* Funding for dissertation research, trainings and travel.
* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition, stipend, & insurance) for up to 2 years.

ITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.

Requirements:
1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)
2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies; laboratory techniques; statistics/bioinformatics; and mathematical modeling
3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches
4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department

Students can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.
Proposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.

Directors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu); Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)
Visit our website for more on How to Apply!

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-01-26T17:00:00-05:00 2018-01-26T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
ITiMS application due, March 1! (January 27, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386638@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 27, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

* Funding for dissertation research, trainings and travel.
* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition, stipend, & insurance) for up to 2 years.

ITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.

Requirements:
1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)
2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies; laboratory techniques; statistics/bioinformatics; and mathematical modeling
3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches
4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department

Students can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.
Proposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.

Directors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu); Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)
Visit our website for more on How to Apply!

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-01-27T17:00:00-05:00 2018-01-27T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
ITiMS application due, March 1! (January 28, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386639@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 28, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

* Funding for dissertation research, trainings and travel.
* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition, stipend, & insurance) for up to 2 years.

ITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.

Requirements:
1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)
2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies; laboratory techniques; statistics/bioinformatics; and mathematical modeling
3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches
4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department

Students can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.
Proposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.

Directors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu); Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)
Visit our website for more on How to Apply!

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-01-28T17:00:00-05:00 2018-01-28T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
ITiMS application due, March 1! (January 29, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386640@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 29, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

* Funding for dissertation research, trainings and travel.
* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition, stipend, & insurance) for up to 2 years.

ITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.

Requirements:
1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)
2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies; laboratory techniques; statistics/bioinformatics; and mathematical modeling
3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches
4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department

Students can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.
Proposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.

Directors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu); Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)
Visit our website for more on How to Apply!

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-01-29T17:00:00-05:00 2018-01-29T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
Metal Exposure in Mine Workers and Their Families in the Democratic Republic of Congo (January 30, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/48600 48600-11254307@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 30, 2018 12:00pm
Location: School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower
Organized By: Center for Midlife Science

In this seminar, examples will be shown of how artisanal mining of strategic commodities such as cobalt, gold or coltan is done in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and how this may lead to high uptakes of potentially toxic trace metals not only among mine workers, but also among their families and populations living close to mines.

Ben Nemery is holder of degrees in medicine, occupational medicine and toxicology. He’s affiliated with the Medical Faculty of the KU Leuven since 1987. He founded the Lung Toxicology, research unit, a joint venture between the departments of Pneumology & Occupational, Environmental and Insurance Medicine. He teaches toxicology and occupational medicine, mainly at postgraduate level. He holds a weekly outpatient clinic for occupational pulmonary disorders. His research involves experimental as well as clinical-epidemiological studies in the mechanisms of lung disease caused by occupational and environmental pollutants. Recently he has concentrated on occupational and environmental health in Africa. He has authored over 300 journal publications and contributed to more than 40 books.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 29 Jan 2018 19:12:00 -0500 2018-01-30T12:00:00-05:00 2018-01-30T13:00:00-05:00 School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower Center for Midlife Science Lecture / Discussion Metal exposure to mine workers in Congo
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar/student evaluation: The effects of mutations and their interactions in influenza virus (January 30, 2018 12:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47265 47265-10855075@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 30, 2018 12:10pm
Location: Ruthven Museums Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Join us for our weekly brown bag lunch seminar

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 22 Jan 2018 13:19:04 -0500 2018-01-30T12:10:00-05:00 2018-01-30T13:00:00-05:00 Ruthven Museums Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar virus
ITiMS application due, March 1! (January 30, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386641@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 30, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

* Funding for dissertation research, trainings and travel.
* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition, stipend, & insurance) for up to 2 years.

ITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.

Requirements:
1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)
2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies; laboratory techniques; statistics/bioinformatics; and mathematical modeling
3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches
4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department

Students can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.
Proposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.

Directors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu); Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)
Visit our website for more on How to Apply!

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-01-30T17:00:00-05:00 2018-01-30T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
ITiMS application due, March 1! (January 31, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386642@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 31, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

* Funding for dissertation research, trainings and travel.
* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition, stipend, & insurance) for up to 2 years.

ITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.

Requirements:
1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)
2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies; laboratory techniques; statistics/bioinformatics; and mathematical modeling
3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches
4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department

Students can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.
Proposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.

Directors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu); Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)
Visit our website for more on How to Apply!

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-01-31T17:00:00-05:00 2018-01-31T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
EEB Thursday Seminar: Demographic and evolutionary consequences of new gene flow into small populations (February 1, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47839 47839-11025471@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 1, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Rapidly changing rates of gene flow pose urgent challenges for wild populations as well as exciting opportunities for ecological and evolutionary study. Predicting fitness effects of altered gene flow among contemporary populations is crucial because there is a large range of potential outcomes that can go so far as to determine the difference between extinction and persistence. I study wild and experimental populations of Trinidadian guppies as a model system for understanding the effects of new gene flow on adaptation, fitness, and demography. Previous work has documented genetic rescue, an increase in population growth caused by the introduction of new alleles, in wild populations. I will recap this work as well as discuss preliminary findings from experimental mesocosms that highlight the potential for gene flow to provide longterm benefits when populations are exposed to novel stress.

View YouTube video of seminar: https://youtu.be/-hj6XA9CCEw

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 14 Feb 2018 16:40:18 -0500 2018-02-01T16:00:00-05:00 2018-02-01T17:00:00-05:00 Chemistry Dow Lab Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion fishes
ITiMS application due, March 1! (February 1, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386643@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 1, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

* Funding for dissertation research, trainings and travel.
* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition, stipend, & insurance) for up to 2 years.

ITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.

Requirements:
1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)
2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies; laboratory techniques; statistics/bioinformatics; and mathematical modeling
3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches
4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department

Students can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.
Proposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.

Directors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu); Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)
Visit our website for more on How to Apply!

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-02-01T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-01T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
Possible Health Impacts of Metal Mining & Processing in Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo (February 2, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/48602 48602-11254308@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 2, 2018 1:00pm
Location: School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower
Organized By: Center for Midlife Science

The extraction and processing of minerals containing copper, cobalt and other metals in southern Katanga have been demonstrated to cause substantial exposure to potentially toxic metals not only among mine workers, but also among their families and the general population. The public health impact of such pollution is difficult to assess but evidence of adverse health effects is emerging. (National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health/NIOSH, UM Center for Occupational Health & Safety Engineering/COHSE, Education & Research Center/ERC).

Ben Nemery is holder of degrees in medicine, occupational medicine and toxicology. He’s affiliated with the Medical Faculty of the KU Leuven since 1987. He founded the Lung Toxicology, research unit, a joint venture between the departments of Pneumology & Occupational, Environmental and Insurance Medicine. He teaches toxicology and occupational medicine, mainly at postgraduate level. He holds a weekly outpatient clinic for occupational pulmonary disorders. His research involves experimental as well as clinical-epidemiological studies in the mechanisms of lung disease caused by occupational and environmental pollutants. Recently he has concentrated on occupational and environmental health in Africa. He has authored over 300 journal publications and contributed to more than 40 books.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 11 Jan 2018 15:40:38 -0500 2018-02-02T13:00:00-05:00 2018-02-02T14:00:00-05:00 School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower Center for Midlife Science Lecture / Discussion Dr. Nemory NIOSH ERC seminar
ITiMS application due, March 1! (February 2, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386644@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 2, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

* Funding for dissertation research, trainings and travel.
* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition, stipend, & insurance) for up to 2 years.

ITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.

Requirements:
1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)
2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies; laboratory techniques; statistics/bioinformatics; and mathematical modeling
3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches
4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department

Students can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.
Proposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.

Directors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu); Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)
Visit our website for more on How to Apply!

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-02-02T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-02T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
Science for the People: Then and Now (February 2, 2018 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49507 49507-11465095@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 2, 2018 6:30pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: Science for the People

Organizers from the original and current Science for the People will discuss the history of the radical science movement, the consequences of apolitical science, and the challenges the revitalized Science for the People faces. The event consists of three 30-minute presentations by the speakers, followed by a question-and-answer session.

Speaker Bios:

Ben Allen is a biologist and activist in east Tennessee. He is an organizer for the revitalized Science for the People and was a member of the Science for the People Research Collective. He works as a contractor on computational biology projects related to energy and environment.

Dr. Sigrid Schmalzer is a professor in the History Department and an officer in the faculty union at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her publications include two books, The People's Peking Man: Popular Science and Human Identity in Twentieth-Century China (2008) and Red Revolution, Green Revolution: Scientific Farming in Socialist China (2016). She was also the lead organizer for the 2014 conference "Science for the People: The 1970s and Today,” and she is co-editor, with Alyssa Botelho and Daniel S. Chard, of the new primary source volume Science for the People: Documents from America’s Movement of Radical Scientists (2017).

Dr. John Vandermeer is the Asa Gray Distinguished University Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology as well as the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor in LSA's Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. He has been involved in research and teaching in food and agriculture related topics for the past 40 years. His research has concentrated on the ecology of the coffee agroecosystem in Mexico, elaborating the complex ecological structures involved in complicated dynamics of the pest control system there. He has authored 15 books, mainly concerned with agroecosystems and more than 200 publications in theoretical ecology, tropical ecology and agroecology. He is a founding member of the New World Agriculture and Ecology Group. He is currently a professor of ecology at the University of Michigan. ​

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This event kicks off Science for the People's weekend-long convention. During the convention, we will be making collective decisions about our organizational structure, ratifying our foundational principles and bylaws, and developing national projects, we plan to include time to get to know one another, to learn from each other, and to further our political self-education. The original Science for the People arose in 1969 out of the anti-war movement and lasted until 1989. With radical analysis and non-hierarchical governing structure, Science for the People tackled the militarization of scientific research, the corporate control of research agendas, the political implications of sociobiology and other scientific theories, the environmental consequences of energy policy, inequalities in health care, and many other issues.

Its members opposed racism, sexism, and classism in science and above all sought to mobilize people working in scientific fields to become active in agitating for science, technology, and medicine that would serve social needs rather than military and corporate interests. They organized in universities and communities, published a magazine offering sharp political analysis, and sought meaningful scientific exchange internationally in Vietnam, China, Cuba, Nicaragua, and other countries.

Some of the issues we face today have changed in important ways, but fundamental questions of power, ideology, and democracy in science remain.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 31 Jan 2018 22:06:22 -0500 2018-02-02T18:30:00-05:00 2018-02-02T20:30:00-05:00 Chemistry Dow Lab Science for the People Lecture / Discussion A flyer with the same text as the event details.
ITiMS application due, March 1! (February 3, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386645@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 3, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

* Funding for dissertation research, trainings and travel.
* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition, stipend, & insurance) for up to 2 years.

ITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.

Requirements:
1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)
2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies; laboratory techniques; statistics/bioinformatics; and mathematical modeling
3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches
4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department

Students can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.
Proposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.

Directors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu); Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)
Visit our website for more on How to Apply!

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-02-03T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-03T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
ITiMS application due, March 1! (February 4, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386646@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 4, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

* Funding for dissertation research, trainings and travel.
* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition, stipend, & insurance) for up to 2 years.

ITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.

Requirements:
1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)
2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies; laboratory techniques; statistics/bioinformatics; and mathematical modeling
3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches
4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department

Students can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.
Proposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.

Directors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu); Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)
Visit our website for more on How to Apply!

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-02-04T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-04T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
ITiMS application due, March 1! (February 5, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386647@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 5, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

* Funding for dissertation research, trainings and travel.
* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition, stipend, & insurance) for up to 2 years.

ITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.

Requirements:
1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)
2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies; laboratory techniques; statistics/bioinformatics; and mathematical modeling
3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches
4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department

Students can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.
Proposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.

Directors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu); Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)
Visit our website for more on How to Apply!

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-02-05T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-05T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar: Non-traditional outreach and public engagement pathways (February 6, 2018 12:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47266 47266-10855076@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 12:10pm
Location: Ruthven Museums Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Join us for our weekly brown bag lunch seminar.

The panelists are going to discuss their outreach experiences. Melissa Duhaime will discuss testifying before a Congressional committee; Catherine Badgley will discuss her food literacy course and a children's book she authored; Knute Nadelhoffer will talk about his involvement on many governmental scientific advisory panels; and John Vandermeer will discuss his work with the Zapatistas in Mexico.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 31 Jan 2018 14:23:56 -0500 2018-02-06T12:10:00-05:00 2018-02-06T13:00:00-05:00 Ruthven Museums Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Sen. Gary Peters and Professor Knute Nadelhoffer. Image: U-M Government Relations Office
ITiMS application due, March 1! (February 6, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386648@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

* Funding for dissertation research, trainings and travel.
* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition, stipend, & insurance) for up to 2 years.

ITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.

Requirements:
1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)
2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies; laboratory techniques; statistics/bioinformatics; and mathematical modeling
3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches
4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department

Students can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.
Proposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.

Directors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu); Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)
Visit our website for more on How to Apply!

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-02-06T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-06T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
Exxon: The Road Not Taken (February 7, 2018 11:55am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49152 49152-11383818@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 7, 2018 11:55am
Location: South Hall
Organized By: Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program

Please join the University of Michigan Law School's Environmental Law and Policy Program for the latest installment of our Lecture Series. Neela Banerjee, a Washington-based reporter for Inside Climate News, will speak about her investigation into Exxon's early climate research, which was a finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service reporting.

The event is free and open to the public.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 23 Jan 2018 08:45:05 -0500 2018-02-07T11:55:00-05:00 2018-02-07T13:00:00-05:00 South Hall Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program Lecture / Discussion South Hall
ITiMS application due, March 1! (February 7, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386649@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 7, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

* Funding for dissertation research, trainings and travel.
* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition, stipend, & insurance) for up to 2 years.

ITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.

Requirements:
1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)
2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies; laboratory techniques; statistics/bioinformatics; and mathematical modeling
3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches
4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department

Students can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.
Proposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.

Directors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu); Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)
Visit our website for more on How to Apply!

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-02-07T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-07T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
ASC Lecture. 2017-2018 UMAPS Colloquium Series (February 8, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/44121 44121-9888981@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 8, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: African Studies Center

Each UMAPS fellow will have the chance to present their scholarly work in a session of an ongoing monthly series. Talks prepared and presented by each visiting scholar are designed to increase skills in effective communications, to promote dialogue on topics, and to share the research with the larger U-M community. All are invited to attend to grasp the range and depth of work occurring through the UMAPS partnerships. 

10/5, UMAPS Colloquium (#1)—Social Sciences I (Kalamazoo Room, Michigan League)
VERONICA DZOMEKU, Nursing, KNUST, Ghana
“Exploration of Expectations and Experiences of Mothers toward Childbirth Care”

THELMA FENNIE, Psychology, University of the Westewrn Cape, South Africa
“Exploring Psychological Effects of Adolescent Girls’ Experiences of Menarche & Menstruation in School Settings”

AUDREY KALINDI, Population Studies, University of Zambia
“Factors that Affect Use of Maternal Health Services, HIV Testing and Linkage to Medical Care in Zambia”

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10/12, UMAPS Colloquium (#2)—STEM I (Koessler Room, Michigan League)
DEBELA GEMEDA BEDANE, Pharmacology, St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Ethiopia
“Pharmacogenetic Predictors of Antidepressant Drug Response”

MTHOKOZISI SIMELANE, Biochemistry, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
“Ursolic Acid Acetate as a Promising Agent for Malarial Chemotherapy”

MESTEWAT DEBASU MOGNHODIE, Biochemistry, St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Ethiopia
“The Exploration and Utilization of Glycan-Based Biomarkers for Breast Cancer Patients on Chemotherapy in Ethiopia”

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11/ 9, UMAPS Colloquium (#3)—Humanities (Koessler Room, Michigan League)

PAMELA KHANAKWA, History, Makerere University, Uganda
“Bagisu Men Don’t Cry: Imbalu and the Construction of Masculinities in Uganda”

YIKUNNOAMLAK MEZGEBU, Literature, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
“From Competition to Composition:  Languages, Regions and Religions in an Ethiopian Literature”

PAUL CONWAY & KELLY ASKEW, University of Michigan “Radio, Cyberspace, and the Repatriation of African Musical Heritage”

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12/7, UMAPS Colloquium (#4)—STEM II (Koessler Room, Michigan League)
OLUWAKEMI ROTIMI, Biochemistry, Covenant University, Nigeria
“The Role of Epigenetics in the Toxicity of Environmental Exposures”

ZEWDU JIMA TAKLE, Physiology, St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Ethiopia
“The Molecular Signaling Mechanisms in the Vessel Wall after Stroke and Pathways Mediated by Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF)”

SENYO ADZEI, Music, University of Cape Coast, Ghana
“Processes in Shrine Music of the Awudome People of Ghana–An Ethnomusicolowgical Inquiry”

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1/ 11, UMAPS Colloquium (#5)—Social Sciences II (Kuenzel Room, Michigan Union)
ODUR BENARD, Statistics, Makerere University, Uganda
“A Retrospective Analysis of Progression in Neonatal and Infant Mortality Drivers in Uganda (1995-2016)”

PRECIOUS NDLOVU, Law, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
“The Economics of Mergers and Acquisitions in Africa’s Regional Competition Law Frameworks: An Examination of the COMESA Competition Commission”

MOSES MUHUMUZA, Human Ecology, Mountains of the Moon University, Uganda
“Holistic Community-based Biodiversity Conservation in National Parks in Rural Africa”

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2/8, UMAPS Colloquium (#6)—STEM III (Koessler Room, Michigan League)

KALILU DONZO, Biology, University of Liberia
“Advanced Training in Molecular Biology Techniques: Introducing Research-based Techniques at the University of Liberia”

MELESSEW NIGUSSIE GEREME, Physics, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia
“Investigation of Triggering Mechanisms of Ionospheric Irregularities in the Equatorial Ionosphere”

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Presentation Tue, 09 Jan 2018 14:26:52 -0500 2018-02-08T15:00:00-05:00 2018-02-08T17:30:00-05:00 Michigan League African Studies Center Presentation
EEB Thursday Seminar: Can the Fisher-Lande process account for birds of paradise and other sexual radiations (February 8, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/48512 48512-11243800@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 8, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Models of the Fisher-Lande process (FLP) have been used successfully to explore many aspects of evolution by sexual selection. Despite this success, quantitative tests of these models using data from sexual radiations are rare. Consequently, we do not know whether realistic versions of the FLP can account for the extent and the rate of evolution of sexually-selected traits. To answer this question, we generalize the basic FLP model of sexual coevolution and compare predictions of that basic model with patterns observed in an iconic sexual radiation, birds-of-paradise. Our model tracks the coevolution of male and female traits (two in each sex) while relaxing some restrictive assumptions. Using computer simulations, we evaluate the behavior of the model and confirm that it is an Ornstein-Uhlenbeck (OU) process. We also assess the ability of the FLP to account for the quantitative aspects of ornament evolution in the genus Paradisaea using published measurements of display traits and a phylogeny of the genus. Finally, we use program OUwie to compare model fits to generic OU and Brownian motion processes and to estimate FLP parameters. We show that to explain the sexual radiation of the genus Paradisaea one must either invoke extremely weak stabilizing selection on female mating preferences or allow the preference optimum to undergo Brownian motion at a modest rate.

View YouTube video of seminar: https://youtu.be/wx6hIxCuAaY

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 14 Feb 2018 16:43:35 -0500 2018-02-08T16:00:00-05:00 2018-02-08T17:00:00-05:00 Chemistry Dow Lab Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion birds on branch
ITiMS application due, March 1! (February 8, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386650@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 8, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

* Funding for dissertation research, trainings and travel.
* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition, stipend, & insurance) for up to 2 years.

ITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.

Requirements:
1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)
2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies; laboratory techniques; statistics/bioinformatics; and mathematical modeling
3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches
4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department

Students can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.
Proposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.

Directors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu); Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)
Visit our website for more on How to Apply!

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-02-08T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-08T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
U-M Biological Station Information Session (February 8, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/48399 48399-11230610@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 8, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Dana Natural Resources Building
Organized By: University of Michigan Biological Station

Interested in the U-M Biological Station? Come learn more about earning credits, gaining research experience, and spending the spring and/or summer at our field station in beautiful Northern Michigan. UMBS professors and staff will be on hand to answer questions and discuss 2018 course offerings.

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Rally / Mass Meeting Fri, 26 Jan 2018 12:32:12 -0500 2018-02-08T18:00:00-05:00 2018-02-08T19:00:00-05:00 Dana Natural Resources Building University of Michigan Biological Station Rally / Mass Meeting Photo by Maddie Parsnick
CSAS Lecture Series | India: The Contours of Emerging Agrarian Crisis and its Implications (February 9, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/48761 48761-11306093@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 9, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for South Asian Studies

If you are unable to join us in person due to the inclement weather, we will also be livestraming this event here: https://ii.umich.edu/csas/news-events/events/live-streaming-event.html

'Everything else can wait but not agriculture'. Indian agriculture has come a long way. Today the agrarian crisis in India has assumed systemic proportions. This has not happened suddenly. This story of agrarian crisis is a story that has unfolded in some sense over last two and a half decades and more. However this crisis is of a completely different dimension and will have a long term impact on the nature of the Republic itself. What then is the nature of this crisis? What are the systemic issues it poses? This presentation is about raising such questions and the way they are framed. The unravelling of India's agrarian landscape potentially has global implications. This presentation is a limited and inadequate attempt to frame the outlines of an understanding of the nature of this crisis.

Ajay Dandekar did his PhD from the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi in the early nineties. He has worked on the issue of Denotified and Nomadic Communities, and Pastoral Nomadic groups. He has done work on the agrarian crisis and farmers' suicides. Lately his research interest has spilled over in the issues of resources and conflict in the tribal heartland and he has contributed writings on the same. He is at present a faculty member in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shiv Nadar University.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 09 Feb 2018 10:31:39 -0500 2018-02-09T16:00:00-05:00 2018-02-09T17:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for South Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Ajay Dandekar, Shiv Nadar University
ITiMS application due, March 1! (February 9, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386651@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 9, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

* Funding for dissertation research, trainings and travel.
* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition, stipend, & insurance) for up to 2 years.

ITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.

Requirements:
1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)
2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies; laboratory techniques; statistics/bioinformatics; and mathematical modeling
3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches
4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department

Students can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.
Proposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.

Directors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu); Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)
Visit our website for more on How to Apply!

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-02-09T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-09T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
ITiMS application due, March 1! (February 10, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386652@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 10, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

* Funding for dissertation research, trainings and travel.
* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition, stipend, & insurance) for up to 2 years.

ITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.

Requirements:
1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)
2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies; laboratory techniques; statistics/bioinformatics; and mathematical modeling
3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches
4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department

Students can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.
Proposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.

Directors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu); Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)
Visit our website for more on How to Apply!

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-02-10T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-10T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
ITiMS application due, March 1! (February 11, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386653@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 11, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

* Funding for dissertation research, trainings and travel.
* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition, stipend, & insurance) for up to 2 years.

ITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.

Requirements:
1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)
2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies; laboratory techniques; statistics/bioinformatics; and mathematical modeling
3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches
4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department

Students can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.
Proposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.

Directors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu); Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)
Visit our website for more on How to Apply!

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-02-11T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-11T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
ITiMS application due, March 1! (February 12, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386654@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 12, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

* Funding for dissertation research, trainings and travel.
* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition, stipend, & insurance) for up to 2 years.

ITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.

Requirements:
1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)
2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies; laboratory techniques; statistics/bioinformatics; and mathematical modeling
3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches
4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department

Students can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.
Proposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.

Directors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu); Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)
Visit our website for more on How to Apply!

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-02-12T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-12T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar: Evolution of vision in butterflies: phenotypic plasticity, gene duplication, and sexual dimorphism (February 13, 2018 12:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47267 47267-10855077@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 13, 2018 12:10pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

PLEASE NOTE ROOM CHANGE. Join us for our weekly brown bag lunch seminar.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 06 Feb 2018 08:59:56 -0500 2018-02-13T12:10:00-05:00 2018-02-13T13:00:00-05:00 Chemistry Dow Lab Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar butterfly on a flower
ITiMS application due, March 1! (February 13, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386655@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 13, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

* Funding for dissertation research, trainings and travel.
* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition, stipend, & insurance) for up to 2 years.

ITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.

Requirements:
1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)
2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies; laboratory techniques; statistics/bioinformatics; and mathematical modeling
3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches
4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department

Students can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.
Proposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.

Directors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu); Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)
Visit our website for more on How to Apply!

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-02-13T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-13T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
ITiMS application due, March 1! (February 14, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386656@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 14, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

* Funding for dissertation research, trainings and travel.
* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition, stipend, & insurance) for up to 2 years.

ITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.

Requirements:
1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)
2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies; laboratory techniques; statistics/bioinformatics; and mathematical modeling
3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches
4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department

Students can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.
Proposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.

Directors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu); Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)
Visit our website for more on How to Apply!

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-02-14T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-14T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
EEB Thursday Seminar: Plant variability and the ecology of plant-insect interactions (February 15, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49125 49125-11375514@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 15, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Organism grow and reproduce best under a specific set of biotic and abiotic conditions, yet a quick look outside reveals a world that is astoundingly variable. Organisms face massive biotic and abiotic variability and only rarely experience their optimal conditions. How all this variability influences population and community ecology is poorly understood. In this talk, I explore how plant trait diversity affects the performance and population dynamics of insect herbivores. First, I use a meta-analysis to show that variance in plant nutrient levels reduces insect herbivore performance, suggesting that plant diversity suppresses insects, while monocultures benefit insects. Second, I use a natural plant-herbivore system to show that average plant quality can be less important than variance in plant quality for insect population dynamics. Finally, I present preliminary results from a new experimental approach to studying the consequences of trait variability along specific trait axes.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 23 Jan 2018 10:09:25 -0500 2018-02-15T16:00:00-05:00 2018-02-15T17:00:00-05:00 Chemistry Dow Lab Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion wetzel lab
ITiMS application due, March 1! (February 15, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386657@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 15, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

* Funding for dissertation research, trainings and travel.
* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition, stipend, & insurance) for up to 2 years.

ITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.

Requirements:
1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)
2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies; laboratory techniques; statistics/bioinformatics; and mathematical modeling
3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches
4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department

Students can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.
Proposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.

Directors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu); Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)
Visit our website for more on How to Apply!

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-02-15T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-15T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
ITiMS application due, March 1! (February 16, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386658@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 16, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

* Funding for dissertation research, trainings and travel.
* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition, stipend, & insurance) for up to 2 years.

ITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.

Requirements:
1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)
2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies; laboratory techniques; statistics/bioinformatics; and mathematical modeling
3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches
4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department

Students can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.
Proposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.

Directors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu); Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)
Visit our website for more on How to Apply!

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-02-16T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-16T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
ITiMS application due, March 1! (February 17, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386659@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 17, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

* Funding for dissertation research, trainings and travel.
* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition, stipend, & insurance) for up to 2 years.

ITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.

Requirements:
1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)
2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies; laboratory techniques; statistics/bioinformatics; and mathematical modeling
3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches
4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department

Students can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.
Proposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.

Directors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu); Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)
Visit our website for more on How to Apply!

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-02-17T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-17T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
ITiMS application due, March 1! (February 18, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386660@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 18, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

* Funding for dissertation research, trainings and travel.
* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition, stipend, & insurance) for up to 2 years.

ITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.

Requirements:
1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)
2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies; laboratory techniques; statistics/bioinformatics; and mathematical modeling
3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches
4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department

Students can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.
Proposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.

Directors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu); Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)
Visit our website for more on How to Apply!

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-02-18T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-18T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
ITiMS application due, March 1! (February 19, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386661@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 19, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

* Funding for dissertation research, trainings and travel.
* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition, stipend, & insurance) for up to 2 years.

ITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.

Requirements:
1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)
2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies; laboratory techniques; statistics/bioinformatics; and mathematical modeling
3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches
4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department

Students can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.
Proposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.

Directors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu); Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)
Visit our website for more on How to Apply!

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-02-19T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-19T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar: Social networks in anti-social animals (February 20, 2018 12:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47289 47289-10857860@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 20, 2018 12:10pm
Location: Ruthven Museums Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Join us for our weekly brown bag lunch seminar.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 05 Feb 2018 12:59:06 -0500 2018-02-20T12:10:00-05:00 2018-02-20T13:00:00-05:00 Ruthven Museums Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar David Fisher reading book, Sqirrels of North America
ITiMS application due, March 1! (February 20, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386662@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 20, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

* Funding for dissertation research, trainings and travel.
* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition, stipend, & insurance) for up to 2 years.

ITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.

Requirements:
1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)
2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies; laboratory techniques; statistics/bioinformatics; and mathematical modeling
3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches
4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department

Students can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.
Proposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.

Directors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu); Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)
Visit our website for more on How to Apply!

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-02-20T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-20T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
Bioethics Discussion: Genetic Manipulation (February 20, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/43725 43725-9832713@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 20, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL)
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on our changing codes.

A few essays to consider:
"Questions about some uses of genetic engineering"
"The moral significance of the therapy-enhancement distinction in human genetics"
"Should we undertake genetic research on intelligence"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the essays, please contact Barry Belmont (belmont@umich.edu).

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 21 Nov 2017 10:24:52 -0500 2018-02-20T19:00:00-05:00 2018-02-20T20:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL) The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Genetic manipulation
ITiMS application due, March 1! (February 21, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386663@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 21, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

* Funding for dissertation research, trainings and travel.
* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition, stipend, & insurance) for up to 2 years.

ITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.

Requirements:
1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)
2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies; laboratory techniques; statistics/bioinformatics; and mathematical modeling
3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches
4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department

Students can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.
Proposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.

Directors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu); Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)
Visit our website for more on How to Apply!

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-02-21T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-21T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
ITiMS application due, March 1! (February 22, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386664@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 22, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

* Funding for dissertation research, trainings and travel.
* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition, stipend, & insurance) for up to 2 years.

ITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.

Requirements:
1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)
2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies; laboratory techniques; statistics/bioinformatics; and mathematical modeling
3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches
4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department

Students can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.
Proposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.

Directors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu); Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)
Visit our website for more on How to Apply!

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-02-22T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-22T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
ITiMS application due, March 1! (February 23, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386665@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 23, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

* Funding for dissertation research, trainings and travel.
* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition, stipend, & insurance) for up to 2 years.

ITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.

Requirements:
1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)
2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies; laboratory techniques; statistics/bioinformatics; and mathematical modeling
3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches
4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department

Students can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.
Proposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.

Directors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu); Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)
Visit our website for more on How to Apply!

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-02-23T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-23T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
ITiMS application due, March 1! (February 24, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386666@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 24, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

* Funding for dissertation research, trainings and travel.
* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition, stipend, & insurance) for up to 2 years.

ITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.

Requirements:
1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)
2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies; laboratory techniques; statistics/bioinformatics; and mathematical modeling
3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches
4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department

Students can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.
Proposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.

Directors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu); Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)
Visit our website for more on How to Apply!

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-02-24T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-24T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
ITiMS application due, March 1! (February 25, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386667@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 25, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

* Funding for dissertation research, trainings and travel.
* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition, stipend, & insurance) for up to 2 years.

ITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.

Requirements:
1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)
2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies; laboratory techniques; statistics/bioinformatics; and mathematical modeling
3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches
4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department

Students can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.
Proposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.

Directors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu); Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)
Visit our website for more on How to Apply!

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-02-25T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-25T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
ITiMS application due, March 1! (February 26, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386668@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 26, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

* Funding for dissertation research, trainings and travel.
* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition, stipend, & insurance) for up to 2 years.

ITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.

Requirements:
1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)
2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies; laboratory techniques; statistics/bioinformatics; and mathematical modeling
3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches
4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department

Students can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.
Proposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.

Directors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu); Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)
Visit our website for more on How to Apply!

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-02-26T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-26T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
ITiMS application due, March 1! (February 27, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386669@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 27, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

* Funding for dissertation research, trainings and travel.
* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition, stipend, & insurance) for up to 2 years.

ITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.

Requirements:
1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)
2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies; laboratory techniques; statistics/bioinformatics; and mathematical modeling
3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches
4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department

Students can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.
Proposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.

Directors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu); Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)
Visit our website for more on How to Apply!

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-02-27T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-27T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
ITiMS application due, March 1! (February 28, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386670@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 28, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

* Funding for dissertation research, trainings and travel.
* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition, stipend, & insurance) for up to 2 years.

ITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.

Requirements:
1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)
2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies; laboratory techniques; statistics/bioinformatics; and mathematical modeling
3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches
4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department

Students can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.
Proposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.

Directors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu); Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)
Visit our website for more on How to Apply!

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-02-28T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-28T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
ITiMS application due, March 1! (March 1, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386671@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 1, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

* Funding for dissertation research, trainings and travel.
* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition, stipend, & insurance) for up to 2 years.

ITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.

Requirements:
1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)
2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies; laboratory techniques; statistics/bioinformatics; and mathematical modeling
3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches
4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department

Students can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.
Proposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.

Directors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu); Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)
Visit our website for more on How to Apply!

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-03-01T17:00:00-05:00 2018-03-01T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar/student evaluation: Rust in space (March 6, 2018 12:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47298 47298-10857871@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 6, 2018 12:10pm
Location: Ruthven Museums Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Join us for our weekly brown bag lunch seminar.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 01 Mar 2018 10:14:47 -0500 2018-03-06T12:10:00-05:00 2018-03-06T13:00:00-05:00 Ruthven Museums Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar diagrams and photos depicting rust in space
Frontiers master's students recruitment days (March 7, 2018 8:15am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50124 50124-11644904@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 7, 2018 8:15am
Location: Kraus Natural Science
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

EEB faculty, postdoctoral fellows, lab staff and students, please keep these dates in mind as you plan your schedules. Thank you for your assistance.

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Meeting Thu, 15 Feb 2018 13:51:21 -0500 2018-03-07T08:15:00-05:00 2018-03-07T19:30:00-05:00 Kraus Natural Science Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Meeting Kraus Natural Science
EEB Thursday Seminar: Seeing the forest through the leaves: reconstructing ancient forest ecosystems in Wyoming and Ethiopia (March 8, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49165 49165-11383832@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 8, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Fossil plants are most often preserved as isolated leaves, not entire organisms, making it especially challenging to reconstruct 3-dimensional ecosystems from fossil remains. New proxies involving leaf venation, micromorphological structure, and carbon isotopes are currently being developed to reconstruct vegetation structure from isolated leaf fossils. Fossil leaves also record insect feeding traces, direct evidence of two levels in a fossil food web, and changes in insect herbivory can be related to environmental changes. Case studies using fossil leaves from the western US and Ethiopia will examine changes in forest ecosystems during times of climate change, including the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, a geologically abrupt perturbation to the carbon cycle and global climate that is the best geologic analog for modern-day global warming.

View YouTube video of seminar: https://youtu.be/Tc3Q6y3ytQw

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 27 Mar 2018 16:04:44 -0400 2018-03-08T16:00:00-05:00 2018-03-08T17:00:00-05:00 Chemistry Dow Lab Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion leaf fossils
Microbiome & Population Health: challenges & opportunities (March 9, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49192 49192-11386629@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 9, 2018 9:00am
Location: Public Health I (Vaughan Building)
Organized By: MAC-EPID

Please register for MAC-EPID's winter symposium! This will be a partial-day symposium which includes lunch.

Guest speakers:
Melinda Pettigrew (Yale University)
Andrew Moeller (UC Berkeley)
Ashley Shade (Michigan State)

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For more information and registration for this FREE event:
www.MAC-EPID.org
Anna Cronenwett, weaverd@umich.edu

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 23 Jan 2018 16:00:19 -0500 2018-03-09T09:00:00-05:00 2018-03-09T15:00:00-05:00 Public Health I (Vaughan Building) MAC-EPID Conference / Symposium Flyer
Dissertation defense: Genetic interactions and gene-by-environment interactions in evolution (March 9, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50034 50034-11622347@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 9, 2018 10:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Xinzhu (April) Wei defends her doctoral dissertation.

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Presentation Tue, 20 Feb 2018 14:48:25 -0500 2018-03-09T10:00:00-05:00 2018-03-09T11:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Presentation diagram
14th Annual Early Career Scientists Symposium: Ecology and Evolution of Color (March 10, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/47185 47185-10813702@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 10, 2018 8:00am
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

The Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan is pleased to announce an exciting international symposium about the ecology and evolution of color.

We are pleased to announce the keynote and early career speakers and REGISTRATION is open at this link: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/ecss/

Our keynote speakers are: Molly Cummings, University of Texas at Austin and Marcus Kronforst, University of Chicago. You can read more about our keynote speakers and our early career speakers under the speakers tab on our ECSS website.

This year’s theme is the Ecology and Evolution of Color. Coloration is fundamental to the ecology and evolution of organisms and has a valuable research legacy across plants and animals. Recent innovations in both technology and investigative approaches have propelled coloration to an exciting emerging frontier in integrative biology.

Our outstanding lineup of keynote speaker​s​ and emerging leaders will present their research examining the function of color, visual ecology, micro- and macroevolutionary mechanisms mediating pigmentation diversity, pollination biology, and mechanisms of color production. The causes and consequences of color diversity provide a compelling and interdisciplinary topic spanning diverse research interests across our department. We truly believe there will be something for everyone.

The 2018 ECSS Committee:
Leslie Decker
Jon Massey
Talia Moore
Alison Rabosky
Carol Solomon
Liz Tibbetts
Oscar Vargas
Lisa Walsh

Image: Ben Winger

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 12 Mar 2018 13:35:32 -0400 2018-03-10T08:00:00-05:00 2018-03-10T18:00:00-05:00 Palmer Commons Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Conference / Symposium yellow-scarfed tanager. Image: Benjamin Winger
VegWeek 2018 at the University of Michigan (March 12, 2018 6:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50525 50525-11791013@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 12, 2018 6:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP)

VegWeek is a week dedicated to animals, the environment, and health. From March 12-16, the Michigan Animal Respect Society (MARS), in partnership with Michigan Dining, the University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP), the Campus Farm at the University of Michigan, and Planet Blue Student Leaders, will be hosting a 5-day series of events surrounding the ethical, environmental, and health benefits of a plant-based diet.

Monday-Friday (Mar 12-16): MDining will be showcasing veg offerings throughout dining halls!

Tuesday (Mar 13 - 7-8:30pm Dana 1040): Dr. Joel Kahn - America's Healthy Heart Doc - an MD alum from the U of M and cardiologist, will be lecturing on the health benefits of plant-based diets. The talk will be accompanied by delicious, heart-healthy samples.

Wednesday (Mar 14 - 7-9pm Dana 1040): MARS will be co-hosting a screening of the documentary FORKS OVER KNIVES with UMSFP. The film will be accompanied by a catered dinner from Jerusalem Garden and a Q&A with Marc Ramirez, a former UM Football Player whose life was drastically changed after watching the film.

Thursday (Mar 15 - 7-8:30pm Dana 1040): MARS will be hosting a panel of UM professors that have adopted a vegan or vegetarian lifestyle. They will be presenting on topics of public health, environmental sustainability, and ethics. The lineup of professors includes Debra Levantrosser (Engineering), Dr. James Gramprie (Medicine), Dr. Mark Hunter (Ecology), Luis Sfeir-Younis (Sociology), and Fern Macdougal (Sustainable Food Systems). The talks will be accompanied by free chili and cookies from Debra Levantrosser's vegan food truck, Shimmy Shack!

Friday: (Mar 16 - 5-7:30pm Dana 1040): Eating for World Peace: VegWeek Finale at the U of M: The final day of VegWeek will showcase a buffet put on by MDining, Planet Blue Student Leaders, UMSFP, FCF, and MARS. In order to highlight sustainable eating, the menu will be entirely plant-based, incorporate Campus Farm produce, and some dishes will highlight the problem of food waste. Before the dinner, Dr. Will Tuttle (author of the acclaimed best-seller, The World Peace Diet) and Daniel McKernan (Founder & Executive Director of Barn Sanctuary) will discuss the environmental and ethical benefits of a plant-centric diet.

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Well-being Sun, 11 Mar 2018 20:03:40 -0400 2018-03-12T06:00:00-04:00 2018-03-12T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP) Well-being VegWeek 2018
Dissertation defense: The past is never dead, it isn't even past: maternal environment affects multiple generations of offspring via hormone provisioning (March 12, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/47847 47847-11033226@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 12, 2018 10:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Katherine Crocker defends her doctoral dissertation.

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Presentation Mon, 05 Mar 2018 15:40:13 -0500 2018-03-12T10:00:00-04:00 2018-03-12T11:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Presentation Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar/student evaluation: Good genes or good luck? Testing for adaptation in bats to an invasive disease (March 13, 2018 12:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47299 47299-10857872@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 13, 2018 12:10pm
Location: Ruthven Museums Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 07 Mar 2018 14:11:34 -0500 2018-03-13T12:10:00-04:00 2018-03-13T13:00:00-04:00 Ruthven Museums Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar bat graphic
VegWeek 2018 at the University of Michigan (March 13, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50525 50525-11791010@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 13, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Dana Natural Resources Building
Organized By: University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP)

VegWeek is a week dedicated to animals, the environment, and health. From March 12-16, the Michigan Animal Respect Society (MARS), in partnership with Michigan Dining, the University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP), the Campus Farm at the University of Michigan, and Planet Blue Student Leaders, will be hosting a 5-day series of events surrounding the ethical, environmental, and health benefits of a plant-based diet.

Monday-Friday (Mar 12-16): MDining will be showcasing veg offerings throughout dining halls!

Tuesday (Mar 13 - 7-8:30pm Dana 1040): Dr. Joel Kahn - America's Healthy Heart Doc - an MD alum from the U of M and cardiologist, will be lecturing on the health benefits of plant-based diets. The talk will be accompanied by delicious, heart-healthy samples.

Wednesday (Mar 14 - 7-9pm Dana 1040): MARS will be co-hosting a screening of the documentary FORKS OVER KNIVES with UMSFP. The film will be accompanied by a catered dinner from Jerusalem Garden and a Q&A with Marc Ramirez, a former UM Football Player whose life was drastically changed after watching the film.

Thursday (Mar 15 - 7-8:30pm Dana 1040): MARS will be hosting a panel of UM professors that have adopted a vegan or vegetarian lifestyle. They will be presenting on topics of public health, environmental sustainability, and ethics. The lineup of professors includes Debra Levantrosser (Engineering), Dr. James Gramprie (Medicine), Dr. Mark Hunter (Ecology), Luis Sfeir-Younis (Sociology), and Fern Macdougal (Sustainable Food Systems). The talks will be accompanied by free chili and cookies from Debra Levantrosser's vegan food truck, Shimmy Shack!

Friday: (Mar 16 - 5-7:30pm Dana 1040): Eating for World Peace: VegWeek Finale at the U of M: The final day of VegWeek will showcase a buffet put on by MDining, Planet Blue Student Leaders, UMSFP, FCF, and MARS. In order to highlight sustainable eating, the menu will be entirely plant-based, incorporate Campus Farm produce, and some dishes will highlight the problem of food waste. Before the dinner, Dr. Will Tuttle (author of the acclaimed best-seller, The World Peace Diet) and Daniel McKernan (Founder & Executive Director of Barn Sanctuary) will discuss the environmental and ethical benefits of a plant-centric diet.

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Well-being Sun, 11 Mar 2018 20:03:40 -0400 2018-03-13T19:00:00-04:00 2018-03-13T20:30:00-04:00 Dana Natural Resources Building University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP) Well-being VegWeek 2018
Biodiversity: An Exploration of the Diversity of Life (March 14, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/47799 47799-11012566@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Are you curious about the many forms that life takes on this planet? We will start with an overview of taxonomy--the art and science of naming living things--and a discussion of just what it means for something to be alive. We will then proceed on a journey through the tree of life, briefly glimpsing each of the major groups: animals, fungi, plants, protists, bacteria, and viruses.

Along the way we will discuss research into the purpose and function of organisms, using a combination of lecture and discussion with outside readings. Instructor William Davis is a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan who hopes to share his joy in learning about new organisms.

This study group for those 50 and over will be held on Wednesdays from March to May 2.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 20 Dec 2017 08:47:12 -0500 2018-03-14T10:00:00-04:00 2018-03-14T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
VegWeek 2018 at the University of Michigan (March 14, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50525 50525-11791012@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Dana Building
Organized By: University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP)

VegWeek is a week dedicated to animals, the environment, and health. From March 12-16, the Michigan Animal Respect Society (MARS), in partnership with Michigan Dining, the University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP), the Campus Farm at the University of Michigan, and Planet Blue Student Leaders, will be hosting a 5-day series of events surrounding the ethical, environmental, and health benefits of a plant-based diet.

Monday-Friday (Mar 12-16): MDining will be showcasing veg offerings throughout dining halls!

Tuesday (Mar 13 - 7-8:30pm Dana 1040): Dr. Joel Kahn - America's Healthy Heart Doc - an MD alum from the U of M and cardiologist, will be lecturing on the health benefits of plant-based diets. The talk will be accompanied by delicious, heart-healthy samples.

Wednesday (Mar 14 - 7-9pm Dana 1040): MARS will be co-hosting a screening of the documentary FORKS OVER KNIVES with UMSFP. The film will be accompanied by a catered dinner from Jerusalem Garden and a Q&A with Marc Ramirez, a former UM Football Player whose life was drastically changed after watching the film.

Thursday (Mar 15 - 7-8:30pm Dana 1040): MARS will be hosting a panel of UM professors that have adopted a vegan or vegetarian lifestyle. They will be presenting on topics of public health, environmental sustainability, and ethics. The lineup of professors includes Debra Levantrosser (Engineering), Dr. James Gramprie (Medicine), Dr. Mark Hunter (Ecology), Luis Sfeir-Younis (Sociology), and Fern Macdougal (Sustainable Food Systems). The talks will be accompanied by free chili and cookies from Debra Levantrosser's vegan food truck, Shimmy Shack!

Friday: (Mar 16 - 5-7:30pm Dana 1040): Eating for World Peace: VegWeek Finale at the U of M: The final day of VegWeek will showcase a buffet put on by MDining, Planet Blue Student Leaders, UMSFP, FCF, and MARS. In order to highlight sustainable eating, the menu will be entirely plant-based, incorporate Campus Farm produce, and some dishes will highlight the problem of food waste. Before the dinner, Dr. Will Tuttle (author of the acclaimed best-seller, The World Peace Diet) and Daniel McKernan (Founder & Executive Director of Barn Sanctuary) will discuss the environmental and ethical benefits of a plant-centric diet.

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Well-being Sun, 11 Mar 2018 20:03:40 -0400 2018-03-14T19:00:00-04:00 2018-03-14T21:00:00-04:00 Dana Building University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP) Well-being VegWeek 2018
EEB Thursday Seminar: The role of a biology education gateway in promoting faculty teaching scholarship and increasing project impact (March 15, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49172 49172-11386605@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 15, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

The landscape of undergraduate biology education is populated by diverse and innovative efforts to engage and motivate learners. However, these projects are generally isolated, often resource intensive, and rarely have impacts beyond the original context of their development. Understanding more about how to foster and sustain science education reform including support for the implementation of new materials in diverse classrooms is widely recognized as a wicked problem. I coordinate the Quantitative Undergraduate Biology Education & Synthesis (QUBES) project which acts as a scientific gateway for biology education reform by providing access to community specific tools, opportunities for collaboration, and data resources. We have integrated a set of social norms with our technical infrastructure to promote teaching scholarship through faculty communities of practice, publication of open education resources, and impact metrics. This suite of resources and tools has been embraced by a broad interdisciplinary consortium of projects, professional societies, institutions, and organizations who are vested in the development of biology students’ quantitative reasoning skills. This seminar will share findings from our ongoing work in promoting reform uptake and describe next steps including an emphasis on teaching with data and building data literacy skills.

View YouTube video of seminar: https://youtu.be/HQbx0SFJn4U

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 27 Mar 2018 16:05:20 -0400 2018-03-15T16:00:00-04:00 2018-03-15T17:00:00-04:00 Chemistry Dow Lab Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion Graph on teaching practices
VegWeek 2018 at the University of Michigan (March 15, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50525 50525-11791014@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 15, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Dana Building
Organized By: University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP)

VegWeek is a week dedicated to animals, the environment, and health. From March 12-16, the Michigan Animal Respect Society (MARS), in partnership with Michigan Dining, the University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP), the Campus Farm at the University of Michigan, and Planet Blue Student Leaders, will be hosting a 5-day series of events surrounding the ethical, environmental, and health benefits of a plant-based diet.

Monday-Friday (Mar 12-16): MDining will be showcasing veg offerings throughout dining halls!

Tuesday (Mar 13 - 7-8:30pm Dana 1040): Dr. Joel Kahn - America's Healthy Heart Doc - an MD alum from the U of M and cardiologist, will be lecturing on the health benefits of plant-based diets. The talk will be accompanied by delicious, heart-healthy samples.

Wednesday (Mar 14 - 7-9pm Dana 1040): MARS will be co-hosting a screening of the documentary FORKS OVER KNIVES with UMSFP. The film will be accompanied by a catered dinner from Jerusalem Garden and a Q&A with Marc Ramirez, a former UM Football Player whose life was drastically changed after watching the film.

Thursday (Mar 15 - 7-8:30pm Dana 1040): MARS will be hosting a panel of UM professors that have adopted a vegan or vegetarian lifestyle. They will be presenting on topics of public health, environmental sustainability, and ethics. The lineup of professors includes Debra Levantrosser (Engineering), Dr. James Gramprie (Medicine), Dr. Mark Hunter (Ecology), Luis Sfeir-Younis (Sociology), and Fern Macdougal (Sustainable Food Systems). The talks will be accompanied by free chili and cookies from Debra Levantrosser's vegan food truck, Shimmy Shack!

Friday: (Mar 16 - 5-7:30pm Dana 1040): Eating for World Peace: VegWeek Finale at the U of M: The final day of VegWeek will showcase a buffet put on by MDining, Planet Blue Student Leaders, UMSFP, FCF, and MARS. In order to highlight sustainable eating, the menu will be entirely plant-based, incorporate Campus Farm produce, and some dishes will highlight the problem of food waste. Before the dinner, Dr. Will Tuttle (author of the acclaimed best-seller, The World Peace Diet) and Daniel McKernan (Founder & Executive Director of Barn Sanctuary) will discuss the environmental and ethical benefits of a plant-centric diet.

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Well-being Sun, 11 Mar 2018 20:03:40 -0400 2018-03-15T19:00:00-04:00 2018-03-15T20:30:00-04:00 Dana Building University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP) Well-being VegWeek 2018
VegWeek (Mar 16): Eating for World Peace + Free Sustainable Dinner (Dr. Will Tuttle) (March 16, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50566 50566-11802358@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 16, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Dana Building
Organized By: University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP)

This is the Finale of VegWeek at the University of Michigan! VegWeek is a series of talks on the health, environmental, and ethical benefit of a plant-based diet.

Dr. Will Tuttle (author of the acclaimed best-seller, The World Peace Diet) and Dan McKernan (Founder & Executive Director of Barn Sanctuary) will be speaking about the environmental and ethical implications of diet.

There will also be a buffet dinner to those who attend that is being put together by Michigan Dining, Planet Blue, Friends of the Campus Farm, the UM Sustainable Food Program, and the Michigan Animal Respect Society. Chefs at the University will be preparing a feast with a portion of the produce sourced from the Campus Farm and "food waste" to highlight different components of sustainable eating.

Admission is FREE so come and enjoy two incredible talks and one incredible dinner! Dinner will be available on a first come first serve basis!

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Well-being Thu, 01 Mar 2018 13:02:55 -0500 2018-03-16T17:00:00-04:00 2018-03-16T19:30:00-04:00 Dana Building University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP) Well-being VegWeek 2018
VegWeek 2018 at the University of Michigan (March 16, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50525 50525-11791015@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 16, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Dana Building
Organized By: University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP)

VegWeek is a week dedicated to animals, the environment, and health. From March 12-16, the Michigan Animal Respect Society (MARS), in partnership with Michigan Dining, the University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP), the Campus Farm at the University of Michigan, and Planet Blue Student Leaders, will be hosting a 5-day series of events surrounding the ethical, environmental, and health benefits of a plant-based diet.

Monday-Friday (Mar 12-16): MDining will be showcasing veg offerings throughout dining halls!

Tuesday (Mar 13 - 7-8:30pm Dana 1040): Dr. Joel Kahn - America's Healthy Heart Doc - an MD alum from the U of M and cardiologist, will be lecturing on the health benefits of plant-based diets. The talk will be accompanied by delicious, heart-healthy samples.

Wednesday (Mar 14 - 7-9pm Dana 1040): MARS will be co-hosting a screening of the documentary FORKS OVER KNIVES with UMSFP. The film will be accompanied by a catered dinner from Jerusalem Garden and a Q&A with Marc Ramirez, a former UM Football Player whose life was drastically changed after watching the film.

Thursday (Mar 15 - 7-8:30pm Dana 1040): MARS will be hosting a panel of UM professors that have adopted a vegan or vegetarian lifestyle. They will be presenting on topics of public health, environmental sustainability, and ethics. The lineup of professors includes Debra Levantrosser (Engineering), Dr. James Gramprie (Medicine), Dr. Mark Hunter (Ecology), Luis Sfeir-Younis (Sociology), and Fern Macdougal (Sustainable Food Systems). The talks will be accompanied by free chili and cookies from Debra Levantrosser's vegan food truck, Shimmy Shack!

Friday: (Mar 16 - 5-7:30pm Dana 1040): Eating for World Peace: VegWeek Finale at the U of M: The final day of VegWeek will showcase a buffet put on by MDining, Planet Blue Student Leaders, UMSFP, FCF, and MARS. In order to highlight sustainable eating, the menu will be entirely plant-based, incorporate Campus Farm produce, and some dishes will highlight the problem of food waste. Before the dinner, Dr. Will Tuttle (author of the acclaimed best-seller, The World Peace Diet) and Daniel McKernan (Founder & Executive Director of Barn Sanctuary) will discuss the environmental and ethical benefits of a plant-centric diet.

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Well-being Sun, 11 Mar 2018 20:03:40 -0400 2018-03-16T17:00:00-04:00 2018-03-16T19:30:00-04:00 Dana Building University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP) Well-being VegWeek 2018
PitE Alumni Career Panel (March 19, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51170 51170-12010117@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 19, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Dana Natural Resources Building
Organized By: Program in the Environment (PitE)

5 PitE Alumni will be at this event to offer advice on preparing for your own career in the environment! Urban Planning: Capital Area Transportation Authority; Environmental Analyst: Michigan Dept of Environmental Quality; Manager: UM Sustainable Food Program; Stewardship Coordinator: City of Ann Arbor; Volunteer Coordinator: Food Gatherers.

Light refreshments will be provided!

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 19 Mar 2018 13:53:01 -0400 2018-03-19T17:30:00-04:00 2018-03-19T19:00:00-04:00 Dana Natural Resources Building Program in the Environment (PitE) Careers / Jobs Dana Natural Resources Building
Dissertation defense: Species range shifts in dynamic geological and climatic landscapes: studies in temperate and tropical trees (March 20, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49055 49055-11372686@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 20, 2018 10:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Jordan Bemmels defends his doctoral dissertation

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Presentation Thu, 01 Mar 2018 09:56:22 -0500 2018-03-20T10:00:00-04:00 2018-03-20T11:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Presentation map and photos showing temperate and tropical trees
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar/student evaluation: Eco-evolutionary dynamics of parasites and their hosts (March 20, 2018 12:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47300 47300-10857873@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 20, 2018 12:10pm
Location: Ruthven Museums Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Join us for our weekly brown bag lunch seminar

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 13 Mar 2018 11:14:05 -0400 2018-03-20T12:10:00-04:00 2018-03-20T13:00:00-04:00 Ruthven Museums Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Daphnia infected
Bioethics Discussion: Vaccination (March 20, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/43727 43727-9832715@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 20, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL)
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on public health and individual choice.

A few essays to consider:
"Ileal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia non-specific colitis, and pervasive developmental disorder in children"
"The moral case for the routine vaccination of children in develop and developing countries"
"Ethics and infectious disease"

For more information and/or to receive copies of the essay, please contact Barry Belmont (belmont@umich.edu).

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 21 Nov 2017 10:26:12 -0500 2018-03-20T19:00:00-04:00 2018-03-20T20:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL) The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Vaccination
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar: The costs and benefits of cooperative breeding in fluctuating environments in African starlings (March 27, 2018 12:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47301 47301-10857874@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 27, 2018 12:10pm
Location: Ruthven Museums Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Join us for our weekly brown bag lunch seminar

Image: Sarah Guindre-Parker

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 20 Mar 2018 15:50:42 -0400 2018-03-27T12:10:00-04:00 2018-03-27T13:00:00-04:00 Ruthven Museums Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar African starling. Image: Sarah Guindre-Parker
The Silver Lining- Addressing Challenges faced by Women in STEM (April 2, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51191 51191-12015774@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 2, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: Michigan Earth Science Women's Network

Michigan Earth Science Women's Network (M-ESWN) brings to you its much awaited capstone event of Winter 2018- 'The Silver Lining - Addressing Challenges faced by Women in STEM'. The event will feature talks from three speakers followed by a Networking Dinner.

For more information and RSVP - https://meswnsilverlining.eventbrite.com

Talks and Discussion : 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Networking Dinner by MDining : 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

1. Addressing sexual harassment in STEM by Dr. Blair Schneider - She is a Postdoctoral Fellow, TRESTLE Program Manager at University of Kansas Center for Teaching Excellence. She is a Co-PI on NSF-AGU grant to address gender issues in geosciences. She has also led the convening of the special task force to rewrite the AGU code of ethics.

2. How to foster a healthy Work-Life Balance by Barbara Mulay - Barb Mulay, Manager of the Work-Life Resource Center, provides information to University of Michigan Faculty, Staff, and Students in the area of Work-Life integration. She administers and markets the back-up child care program, Kids Kare at Home, and oversees the Family Helpers on-line job posting site that connects University of Michigan Students and retirees with Faculty and Staff needing short term family care and/or assistance. Barb also provides information on locating resources for aging or dependent relatives, flexible scheduling options, and coordinates the annual "Connecting the Dots" conference on work-life topics.

3. Mastering Goal Achievement: Three Power Steps by Glenda Haskell - She is a Career and a Retirement Coach. She leads the 'Full Spectrum Career Success LLC' and has changed many lives. She is also certified as an Associate Certified Coach by the International Coach Federation (ICF). At the University of Michigan, Glenda has been an Assistant Vice Provost for Academic and Faculty Affairs, Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs (2002-2011). She was also an Assistant to the Dean, Rackham Graduate School (1996-2002).

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 20 Mar 2018 01:41:33 -0400 2018-04-02T16:00:00-04:00 2018-04-02T20:00:00-04:00 Pierpont Commons Michigan Earth Science Women's Network Lecture / Discussion Job statistics and Women in Stem image
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar/student evaluation: Hyperdominance, habitat, and demography in the Brazilian Amazon (April 3, 2018 12:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47302 47302-10857875@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 3, 2018 12:10pm
Location: Ruthven Museums Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Join us for our weekly brown bag lunch seminar

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 28 Mar 2018 14:56:54 -0400 2018-04-03T12:10:00-04:00 2018-04-03T13:00:00-04:00 Ruthven Museums Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar flower
Silent Spring Revisited: Reading Rachel Carson in a Time of Climate Emergency (April 5, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51523 51523-12132452@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 5, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Dr. Sandra Steingraber will be in town for the screening of her new award-winning documentary, "UNFRACTURED," on April 4. On April 5, she will give a lecture on a new Rachel Carson collection that she edited, "Silent Spring and Other Writings on the Environment."

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 30 Mar 2018 14:48:55 -0400 2018-04-05T13:00:00-04:00 2018-04-05T14:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion Sandra Steingraber
U-M Biological Station Student Orientation (April 5, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50533 50533-11793849@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 5, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Dana Building
Organized By: University of Michigan Biological Station

Admitted students for spring and/or summer semester at UMBS - join us for our on-campus orientation before you head up north. Topics include carpooling to the Station, how to prepare for your stay, what to bring, financial aid, and other important information. Bring a friend who is still on the fence - it's not too late to sign up!

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Meeting Wed, 28 Feb 2018 15:04:49 -0500 2018-04-05T17:00:00-04:00 2018-04-05T18:00:00-04:00 Dana Building University of Michigan Biological Station Meeting student cabins
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar/student evaluation: Bellicose ants and peaceable bees : Causes for potential trade-offs in key ecosystem processes? (April 10, 2018 12:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47303 47303-10857876@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 12:10pm
Location: Ruthven Museums Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Join us for our weekly brown bag lunch seminar

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 09 Apr 2018 16:01:47 -0400 2018-04-10T12:10:00-04:00 2018-04-10T13:00:00-04:00 Ruthven Museums Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar ants on flowers
Dissertation defense: Parsing the particulars of pollination: ecological and anthropogenic drivers of plant and pollinator dynamics (April 17, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50033 50033-11622346@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 10:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Paul Glaum defends his doctoral dissertation.

Image: Paul Glaum

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Presentation Tue, 27 Mar 2018 14:42:43 -0400 2018-04-17T10:00:00-04:00 2018-04-17T11:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Presentation Bee with head inside pink flower
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar: Uncovering the role of leaf shape in root crop improvement (April 17, 2018 12:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47304 47304-10857877@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 12:10pm
Location: Ruthven Museums Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Join us for our weekly brown bag lunch seminar

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 02 Apr 2018 14:26:28 -0400 2018-04-17T12:10:00-04:00 2018-04-17T13:00:00-04:00 Ruthven Museums Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar leaves and roots illustration
Dissertation defense: Diversity and diversification across the global radiation of extant bats (April 18, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47820 47820-11015158@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 18, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Jeff Shi defends his doctoral dissertation.

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Presentation Tue, 10 Apr 2018 15:57:27 -0400 2018-04-18T12:00:00-04:00 2018-04-18T13:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Presentation drawings of bats
Neuroscience & Biological Sciences Undergraduate Poster Session (April 18, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50989 50989-11939121@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 18, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Program in Biology

You are invited to the 2018 Bio./Neuro. Poster Session in which undergraduate students showcase the results of their theses and independent research projects.

Wednesday, April 18, 2018,
in the Michigan League Ballroom, 3:00-4:30 pm.

The event is always well-attended and a lot of fun (free food, a chance to socialize with faculty and fellow majors).

All undergraduates, faculty, and staff are invited to stop by!


Interested in presenting?

To present in the poster session, a student must have a completed (or almost completed) an advisor-approved independent research project. Poster sessions are commonly held at scientific conferences; participating in April will allow students to gain valuable professional experience!
Students who wish to participate in the poster session are expected to design and (professionally) print out a poster that they will present to other students, faculty, and guests at the session.
This is a wonderful opportunity for students pursuing an honors degree to present their research in a public forum, but it is also open to anyone with an approved independent research project!
If you are a student interested in participating, please RSVP (by April 6).
Contact us with questions!

Presenting Students - RSVP BELOW

Note: Faculty, staff and students who are not presenting need not RSVP. Just add the event to your calendar and we'll see you there!

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Meeting Mon, 16 Apr 2018 12:53:59 -0400 2018-04-18T15:00:00-04:00 2018-04-18T16:30:00-04:00 Michigan League Program in Biology Meeting Poster Session
Dissertation defense: Can oceanic island endemic partulid tree snails survive the Anthropocene? (April 20, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50063 50063-11630747@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 20, 2018 10:00am
Location: Dana Natural Resources Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Cindy Bick defends her doctoral dissertation.

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Presentation Wed, 18 Apr 2018 13:37:09 -0400 2018-04-20T10:00:00-04:00 2018-04-20T11:00:00-04:00 Dana Natural Resources Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Presentation tree snails
Dissertation defense: Plant quality mediates the response of disease to global environmental change (April 23, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/47851 47851-11033228@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 23, 2018 10:00am
Location: Dana Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Leslie Decker defends her doctoral dissertation.

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Presentation Tue, 10 Apr 2018 15:55:24 -0400 2018-04-23T10:00:00-04:00 2018-04-23T11:00:00-04:00 Dana Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Presentation caterpillar on a leaf
UM Psychology Community Talk with Dr. Ben Dantzer (April 23, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41581 41581-12404510@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 23, 2018 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Exploring the Mind

Can Stress be Beneficial? Perspectives from Wild Animals

Stress is constant in our lives. From the breakup of a relationship, the death of a loved one, or the frustrations associated with your morning commute, many of us unfortunately experience daily stressors associated with these types of situations. These adverse experiences can be associated with the release of stress hormones such as cortisol. If the situation that is causing us stress is short term, we usually cope and recover. However, if we experience stress for a long period of time (“chronic stress”), this may have very negative effects on our physical and mental health and overall well-being. From an evolutionary perspective, this is somewhat puzzling. Why would such a system evolve where our physiological responses to challenging situations have negative consequences to our health and well-being? If stress is “bad”, then why do all animals (not just humans) experience it? Could there be situations in which stress is actually good, at least from an evolutionary perspective? This presentation will focus on understanding the benefits of stress in wild animals from an evolutionary perspective. It will present examples of our research examining how stress experienced during pregnancy may have beneficial effects on offspring, at least in squirrels, and how elevations in stress may cause highly social animals like meerkats to be more cooperative.

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Presentation Mon, 23 Apr 2018 10:30:54 -0400 2018-04-23T10:00:00-04:00 2018-04-23T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Exploring the Mind Presentation dantzer
UM Psychology Community Talk with Dr. Ben Dantzer (April 23, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/41581 41581-9367004@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 23, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Exploring the Mind

Can Stress be Beneficial? Perspectives from Wild Animals

Stress is constant in our lives. From the breakup of a relationship, the death of a loved one, or the frustrations associated with your morning commute, many of us unfortunately experience daily stressors associated with these types of situations. These adverse experiences can be associated with the release of stress hormones such as cortisol. If the situation that is causing us stress is short term, we usually cope and recover. However, if we experience stress for a long period of time (“chronic stress”), this may have very negative effects on our physical and mental health and overall well-being. From an evolutionary perspective, this is somewhat puzzling. Why would such a system evolve where our physiological responses to challenging situations have negative consequences to our health and well-being? If stress is “bad”, then why do all animals (not just humans) experience it? Could there be situations in which stress is actually good, at least from an evolutionary perspective? This presentation will focus on understanding the benefits of stress in wild animals from an evolutionary perspective. It will present examples of our research examining how stress experienced during pregnancy may have beneficial effects on offspring, at least in squirrels, and how elevations in stress may cause highly social animals like meerkats to be more cooperative.

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Presentation Mon, 23 Apr 2018 10:30:54 -0400 2018-04-23T19:00:00-04:00 2018-04-23T20:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Exploring the Mind Presentation dantzer
Dissertation defense: Deep homology and evolutionary tinkering in the origins of nodulation (April 24, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/48707 48707-11294863@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 24, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Alex Taylor defends his doctoral dissertation.

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Presentation Tue, 10 Apr 2018 15:58:16 -0400 2018-04-24T12:00:00-04:00 2018-04-24T13:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Presentation ants on flowers
Thesis defense: Chytrid in the lowlands: widespread fungal infection across Amazonian frog clades suggests critical role for low elevation in pathogen spread and persistence (April 25, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50968 50968-11930602@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 25, 2018 10:00am
Location: Dana Natural Resources Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Imani Russell defends her master's thesis.

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Presentation Thu, 19 Apr 2018 13:18:31 -0400 2018-04-25T10:00:00-04:00 2018-04-25T11:00:00-04:00 Dana Natural Resources Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Presentation frog
Thesis defense: Does within-host ecological shift lead to within-burrow coexistence for two bivalves commensal with mantis shrimp? (April 26, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50735 50735-11859079@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 26, 2018 10:00am
Location: Dana Natural Resources Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Teal Harrison defends her master's thesis.

Diagram design: John Megahan

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Presentation Wed, 18 Apr 2018 14:45:39 -0400 2018-04-26T10:00:00-04:00 2018-04-26T11:00:00-04:00 Dana Natural Resources Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Presentation cryptic clams burrowing diagram
NextProf Science Workshop (April 30, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49452 49452-11462126@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 30, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

About 50 advanced graduate students and postdoctoral scholars with an interest in diversity will meet to network and get tips on how to take the next step to a faculty position. Hosted by College of LSA Natural Science Division and coordinated by the Advance Program at UM.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 30 Jan 2018 09:27:09 -0500 2018-04-30T17:00:00-04:00 2018-04-30T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar collage of scientists
NextProf Science Workshop (May 1, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49452 49452-11462127@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 1, 2018 8:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

About 50 advanced graduate students and postdoctoral scholars with an interest in diversity will meet to network and get tips on how to take the next step to a faculty position. Hosted by College of LSA Natural Science Division and coordinated by the Advance Program at UM.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 30 Jan 2018 09:27:09 -0500 2018-05-01T08:00:00-04:00 2018-05-01T17:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar collage of scientists
NextProf Science Workshop (May 2, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49452 49452-11462128@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 2, 2018 8:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

About 50 advanced graduate students and postdoctoral scholars with an interest in diversity will meet to network and get tips on how to take the next step to a faculty position. Hosted by College of LSA Natural Science Division and coordinated by the Advance Program at UM.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 30 Jan 2018 09:27:09 -0500 2018-05-02T08:00:00-04:00 2018-05-02T17:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar collage of scientists
NextProf Science Workshop (May 3, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49452 49452-11462129@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 3, 2018 8:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

About 50 advanced graduate students and postdoctoral scholars with an interest in diversity will meet to network and get tips on how to take the next step to a faculty position. Hosted by College of LSA Natural Science Division and coordinated by the Advance Program at UM.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 30 Jan 2018 09:27:09 -0500 2018-05-03T08:00:00-04:00 2018-05-03T14:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar collage of scientists
Thesis defense: The genealogy and clone diversity of a world famous coffee (Coffea arabica varietal Geisha) in western Panama (May 3, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51802 51802-12251588@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 3, 2018 10:00am
Location: Dana Natural Resources Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Stephanie defends her master's thesis

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Presentation Mon, 30 Apr 2018 15:50:36 -0400 2018-05-03T10:00:00-04:00 2018-05-03T11:00:00-04:00 Dana Natural Resources Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Presentation coffee DNA
UMBS Summer Lecture Series: How will climate change affect the Great Lakes Region? (May 30, 2018 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52457 52457-12783519@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 30, 2018 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Biological Station

Dr. David Karowe will give this all-camp lecture in May and in June.

Dr. Karowe is a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Western Michigan University and a long time General Ecology instructor at UMBS. Karowe and his students investigate the potential ecological consequences of elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide. They focus on the ways nutritional quality and defensive chemistry of plants change under elevated CO2, and how such changes affect the growth, survivorship and behavior of insect herbivores and parasitoids. The ultimate goal of this research is to expand understanding of the ecological and evolutionary consequences of elevated CO2 to include higher trophic levels. This work has been supported by grants from the National Science Foundation and the United States Department of Agriculture.

Dr. Karowe will focus his all-camp lectures, offered on both May 30th and June 28th, on the urgent climate change challenges facing the Great Lakes Region, and will offer an overview of related research at the Biological Station. He will provide a framework by which students, researchers, and the public can better understand UMBS's important role in addressing these challenges and protecting our precious natural resources.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 May 2018 09:18:11 -0400 2018-05-30T19:30:00-04:00 2018-05-30T20:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Biological Station Lecture / Discussion Dr. Karowe headshot
Life History Symposium in honor of Bobbi Low (June 2, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52305 52305-12598005@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, June 2, 2018 9:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

SYMPOSIUM REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.

Previous students of Bobbi Low have organized this symposium to honor Professor Low, past recipient of the "Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award" - on the occasion of her retirement. Organizer and previous student Stan Braude, WUSTL will introduce Bobbi, and talks from several of Bobbi's accomplished past students will follow. Colleague Carl Simon will give the last talk and Bobbi herself will provide some closing remarks.

SCHEDULE
8:30 am Coffee and Light Breakfast
9:15 am Stan Braude, WUSTL
Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:30 am Matt Dietz,Wilderness Society Ecologist
Wild, diverse, and connected: evolutionary biology and conservation planning

10:15am Coffee Break

10:30 am Courtney Murdock, University of Georgia
In sickness and in health: mosquito love songs, mate choice, and vector-borne disease transmission
11:15 am Misty McPhee, University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
From beach mice to whooping cranes: Connecting wildlife behavioral ecology to conservation problems

12:00 Break for Lunch

1:30 pm Pablo Nepomnaschy, Simon Fraser University
"Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast”: Why Friar Lawrence should have studied Life History Theory with Bobbi
2:15 pm Ashley Hazel, Stanford
Love the one you’re with: Women’s tradeoffs in harsh environments

3:00 pm Break


3:15 pm Carl Simon, University of Michigan
Sex and the Single Semelparous Salmon
4:00 pm Bobbi Low
Closing Remarks

THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

This event is jointly sponsored and supported by The U-M Center for the Study of Complex Systems, The U-M School for Environment and Sustainability, and The Students of Bobbi Low

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 24 May 2018 16:39:53 -0400 2018-06-02T09:00:00-04:00 2018-06-02T16:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Conference / Symposium DRAWING
UMBS Summer Lecture Series: Community ecology in a changing world: Lessons from the Monarch Butterfly (June 4, 2018 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52455 52455-12783517@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, June 4, 2018 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Biological Station

Dr. Decker recently finished her PhD at the University of Michigan with advisor Dr. Mark Hunter where she studied the chemical ecology of the monarch butterfly in the context of environmental change. Broadly, Dr. Decker is interested in the influence of plant chemistry on multitrophic interactions under future environmental conditions.

Dr. Decker received a B.A. from Cornell University where she completed a thesis project with Dr. André Kessler investigating the effects of herbivore-mediated changes in plant drought stress responses. This coming Fall, she will start a postdoc with Dr. Tadashi Fukami examining the effects of environmental change on nectar microbial communities and consequent pollinator visitation.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 May 2018 09:10:19 -0400 2018-06-04T19:30:00-04:00 2018-06-04T20:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Biological Station Lecture / Discussion Dr. Decker with CO2 chambers.
Thesis defense: Pinpointing pinworms: variable host-specificity in the Alouatta-Trypanoxyuris system (June 8, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51924 51924-12294430@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 8, 2018 10:00am
Location: Dana Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Xorla defends her master's thesis.

Image courtesy nature-images.org
http://nature-images.org/category/animals/mammals/primates/

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Presentation Thu, 31 May 2018 09:19:18 -0400 2018-06-08T10:00:00-04:00 2018-06-08T11:00:00-04:00 Dana Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Presentation Howler monkey by nature-images.org
Thirst for Justice: Documentary Film Screening (June 8, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52564 52564-12850986@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 8, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School for Environment and Sustainability

Join filmmaker Leana Hosea for a screening of the director’s cut of her new documentary on water justice. An expert panel on water issues will follow, offering you the chance to ask questions and give feedback to shape a film in progress. This event is presented in conjunction with the Cinetopia Film Festival.

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Film Screening Tue, 05 Jun 2018 14:44:12 -0400 2018-06-08T16:00:00-04:00 2018-06-08T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School for Environment and Sustainability Film Screening Thirst for Justice
Policy in Practice: The Scio Township Dioxane Plume (Charrette) (June 9, 2018 1:45pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52565 52565-12850987@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, June 9, 2018 1:45pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: School for Environment and Sustainability

The city of Ann Arbor is looking for a more effective way of educating new and old residents about the contamination of groundwater with 1,4-Dioxane. Join educators, stakeholders, concerned citizens, and student activists to brainstorm in small teams about the form and content of an interactive tool for public education. Check out the link for more info!

https://galaxy.learngala.com/charrette

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 05 Jun 2018 14:56:27 -0400 2018-06-09T13:45:00-04:00 2018-06-09T17:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) School for Environment and Sustainability Conference / Symposium Charrette
Dissertation defense: Novel phylogenomic methods for uncovering the evolutionary history of the hyperdiverse clade Caryophyllales (June 18, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51961 51961-12327246@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, June 18, 2018 9:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Joe presents his doctoral dissertation.

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Presentation Tue, 12 Jun 2018 11:52:29 -0400 2018-06-18T09:00:00-04:00 2018-06-18T10:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Presentation Phylogeny overlay on flowers
UMBS Summer Lecture Series: How will climate change affect the Great Lakes Region? (June 28, 2018 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52457 52457-12783520@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 28, 2018 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Biological Station

Dr. David Karowe will give this all-camp lecture in May and in June.

Dr. Karowe is a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Western Michigan University and a long time General Ecology instructor at UMBS. Karowe and his students investigate the potential ecological consequences of elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide. They focus on the ways nutritional quality and defensive chemistry of plants change under elevated CO2, and how such changes affect the growth, survivorship and behavior of insect herbivores and parasitoids. The ultimate goal of this research is to expand understanding of the ecological and evolutionary consequences of elevated CO2 to include higher trophic levels. This work has been supported by grants from the National Science Foundation and the United States Department of Agriculture.

Dr. Karowe will focus his all-camp lectures, offered on both May 30th and June 28th, on the urgent climate change challenges facing the Great Lakes Region, and will offer an overview of related research at the Biological Station. He will provide a framework by which students, researchers, and the public can better understand UMBS's important role in addressing these challenges and protecting our precious natural resources.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 May 2018 09:18:11 -0400 2018-06-28T19:30:00-04:00 2018-06-28T20:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Biological Station Lecture / Discussion Dr. Karowe headshot
Dissertation defense: The influence of mutualisms below ground on multitrophic interactions above ground (July 2, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49056 49056-11372687@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, July 2, 2018 10:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Amanda Meier defends her doctoral dissertation

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Presentation Mon, 11 Jun 2018 13:48:28 -0400 2018-07-02T10:00:00-04:00 2018-07-02T11:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Presentation aphids
UMBS Summer Lecture Series: The Evolution of Beauty (July 10, 2018 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52446 52446-12732391@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, July 10, 2018 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Biological Station

Dr. Richard Prum, evolutionary ornithologist and author of "The Evolution of Beauty" (one of the New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Books of 2017) is giving the Hann Endowed Lecture in Ornithology at the U-M Biological Station, open to students, faculty, researchers, and the public.

Dr. Prum received his PhD from U-M in '89, and has done research on avian phylogenetics, behavioral evolution, feather evolution and development, sexual selection and mate choice, sexual conflict, aesthetic evolution, avian color vision, structural color, carotenoid pigmentation, evolution of avian plumage coloration, historical biogeography, avian mimicry, and the theropod dinosaur origin of birds.

At Yale, Dr. Prum is the Curator of Ornithology and Head Curator of Vertebrate Zoology in the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History. He teaches undergraduate courses in Ornithology and graduate seminars in macroevolution. He has previously served as Chair of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (2008-2011).

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 14 Jun 2018 12:38:42 -0400 2018-07-10T19:30:00-04:00 2018-07-10T20:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Biological Station Lecture / Discussion Dr. Prum next to the cover of his book, The Evolution of Beauty
Dissertation defense: Tests of biomes as ecological proxies for community-wide patterns based on environmental niche (July 12, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52705 52705-12967704@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 12, 2018 10:00am
Location: Dana Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Mariah Kenney presents her master's thesis

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Presentation Thu, 21 Jun 2018 13:09:06 -0400 2018-07-12T10:00:00-04:00 2018-07-12T11:00:00-04:00 Dana Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Presentation map of biome suitability
Opening reception: The Bearded Lady Project film screening and portrait exhibit (July 12, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52853 52853-13090524@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 12, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Opening reception for The Bearded Lady Project portrait exhibit and a film screening. University of Michigan Professor Catherine Badgley and recent U-M doctoral graduate Katie Loughney are the speakers.

American Frame donated frames for the exhibition.

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Film Screening Thu, 05 Jul 2018 08:59:23 -0400 2018-07-12T18:00:00-04:00 2018-07-12T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Film Screening flyer for Bearded Lady and empowerment events
Ask A Scientist at Art Fair (July 21, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52908 52908-13142319@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, July 21, 2018 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Engaging Scientists in Policy and Advocacy

ESPA will have an Ask A Scientist booth at the Ann Arbor Art Fair on Saturday, July 21, and Sunday, July 22. Sign up to be at the booth (and get a t shirt), or stop by and talk to one of us! Register to be an advocate here: https://goo.gl/forms/YYAzJViB9wwtrkoF3

Booth is located with the other non-profit booths on Liberty St between 5th St and Division St. Look for Booth #55. Scientists may also be walking around wearing t-shirts - please stop us and strike up a conversation!

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Fair / Festival Mon, 16 Jul 2018 13:58:02 -0400 2018-07-21T10:00:00-04:00 2018-07-21T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Engaging Scientists in Policy and Advocacy Fair / Festival
U-M Biological Station Exploration Day 2018 (July 21, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52175 52175-12518254@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, July 21, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Biological Station

The University of Michigan Biological Station will open its doors to the public on Saturday, July 21.

Come explore the Biological Station, located off of Riggsville Road in Pellston, Michigan. Through a variety of hands-on activities, learn about the field courses we teach every spring and summer, as well as the ongoing scientific research we've been conducting since our founding in 1909.

The program will start at 2pm in the Gates Lecture Hall. Tours and programs will follow.

There will be no cost to attend. Please note that pets are not allowed in the station because of our research and experiments.

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Reception / Open House Tue, 03 Jul 2018 15:42:18 -0400 2018-07-21T14:00:00-04:00 2018-07-21T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Biological Station Reception / Open House Cabins
UMBS Summer Lecture Series: The value of basic scientific research: How water fleas might teach us how to fight fungal infections in people (July 31, 2018 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52447 52447-12732392@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, July 31, 2018 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Biological Station

Dr. Meghan Duffy, Associate Professor and researcher at the University of Michigan, will give the Pettingill Endowed Lecture in Natural History at the U-M Biological Station, open to students, faculty, researchers, and the public.

Dr. Duffy's research focuses on the ecology and evolution of host-parasite interactions, with a particular focus on freshwater systems. She is especially interested in the intersection of ecology and evolutionary biology, including how rapid evolution affects host-parasite interactions, and how ecological context influences host-parasite evolution. Her research uses a combination of observational studies of natural populations and communities, manipulative experiments in the lab and field, and mathematical models. Most of her research focuses on the ecologically important freshwater crustacean Daphnia as host; Daphnia have long been a model system in ecology and evolutionary biology, and are emerging as a model organism for studies of host-parasite interactions.

Dr. Duffy received her B.S. in Biological Sciences from Cornell University in 2000. After a brief stint working as a field technician in Antarctica, she moved to the Kellogg Biological Station and Michigan State University for graduate school. She received her Ph.D. in Zoology and Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Behavior from MSU in 2006. From there, she moved to the University of Wisconsin for her postdoctoral research, which was supported by an NSF postdoctoral fellowship in biological informatics. From 2008-2012, she was an assistant professor in the School of Biology at Georgia Tech. She joined the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology faculty at U-M in August 2012.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 30 Jul 2018 13:57:56 -0400 2018-07-31T19:30:00-04:00 2018-07-31T20:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Biological Station Lecture / Discussion An avatar of Dr. Duffy with a black mud puppy
UMBS Summer Lecture Series: From green roofs to urban farms: The importance of cities for pollinator conservation (August 8, 2018 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52448 52448-12732393@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 8, 2018 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Biological Station

Dr. Rebecca Tonietto, Associate Professor and pollinator researcher at the University of Michigan - Flint, will give the Bennett Endowed Lecture in Plant & Fungal Ecology at the U-M Biological Station. The lecture is open to students, faculty, researchers, and the public.

Dr. Tonietto studies native bee communities – how their diversity and structure are related to plant communities, surrounding land-use, and management – for pollinator conservation. She works at the intersection of multiple fields, but is primarily a community ecologist interested in conservation and restoration biology.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 24 May 2018 10:09:30 -0400 2018-08-08T19:30:00-04:00 2018-08-08T20:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Biological Station Lecture / Discussion Dr. Tonietto with a bee net
Dissertation defense: The geography of diversification: a critical evaluation of methods and an empirical exploration of global marine fish diversity (August 10, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52255 52255-12576992@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 10, 2018 10:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Pascal defends his Ph.D. dissertation

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Performance Mon, 30 Jul 2018 08:48:52 -0400 2018-08-10T10:00:00-04:00 2018-08-10T11:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Performance Earth surrounded by phylogeny
Dissertation defense: Bacterial community composition, ecosystem function, and genome structure in freshwater microhabitats (September 12, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52236 52236-12559274@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 9:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Marian presents her doctoral dissertation.

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Presentation Tue, 04 Sep 2018 14:43:14 -0400 2018-09-12T09:00:00-04:00 2018-09-12T10:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Presentation scene from a boat
EEB Thursday Seminar: Insights into ecology and evolution of microbial populations through single-amino acid variants (September 13, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49646 49646-11487531@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 13, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Neither the mechanisms by which genomic heterogeneity emerges within naturally occurring microbial populations, nor how it drives the partitioning of ecological niches are well understood. Yet the increasing number of environmental metagenomes with astonishing depth of sequencing offer new opportunities to investigate evolutionary processes acting upon them, and link genomic variation to predicted tertiary structures of genes to gain biochemical insights.

Cosponsored by Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering

View YouTube video of seminar: https://youtu.be/7jUvGkA0iRE

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 09 Nov 2018 14:37:22 -0500 2018-09-13T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-13T17:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion protein structure graphic
Friends of the Campus Farm Workday (September 14, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53580 53580-13410072@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 14, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Organized By: Sustainable Living Experience

Once a month the Sustainable Living Experience coordinates with the Friends of the Campus Farm to participate in their weekly volunteer days at the Campus Farm. Check for the online sign up in the Friends of the Campus Farm and SLE newsletters and be sure to let them know you plan on coming by Wednesday of that week.

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Community Service Thu, 09 Aug 2018 15:42:43 -0400 2018-09-14T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-14T18:00:00-04:00 Matthaei Botanical Gardens Sustainable Living Experience Community Service
EEB Thursday Seminar- Community assembly and structure in islands: a bottom up approach (September 20, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49647 49647-11487532@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 20, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Oceanic islands and archipelagos provide simplified biological communities compared to continental settings, making them useful systems for ecological and evolutionary investigation. Much of our general understanding of how such insular communities assemble over time comes from top-down extrapolations of process from species distribution data and molecular phylogenetic data. Here I will argue that to connect pattern with process, geographically explicit individual-based bottom-up approaches are needed that are broadly representative of the community itself. We have been working toward this, developing community-level sampling protocols for arthropod taxa that integrate DNA sequencing techniques to simultaneously facilitate taxonomic assignment and test hypotheses about the drivers of speciation. I will present results that reveal the subtle but pervasive impacts of island topography and climate that act in concert to drive speciation across entire arthropod communities. I will also present data from recent efforts within our research group to overcome the logistical constraints of geographic and taxonomic scale for comparative molecular analysis of invertebrate communities.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 13 Sep 2018 14:11:49 -0400 2018-09-20T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-20T17:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion Brent Emerson
Evolution of & in Ecological Networks (September 27, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52694 52694-12938040@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 27, 2018 8:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

EVENT SCHEDULE:

8:30-9:00 am Coffee and Introductions

9:00-9:55 am ROBERT HOLT - University of Florida "On the interplay of niche conservatism, evolutionary rescue, and trophic interactions: Edging towards networks"
9:55-10:50 am ANNA KUPARINNEN - University of Jyvãskylã "Harvest-driven evolution in aquatic food webs"

**BREAK**
11:05-12:00 pm MIGUEL FORTUNA - University of Zurich "Coevolutionary dynamics shape the structure of bacteria-phage infection networks"

**LUNCH**
1:00-1:55 pm ELISA THÉBAULT - Sorbonne Université (IEES) & CNRS "The structure and dynamics of mutualistic and antagonistic networks"
1:55-2:50 pm BERRY BROSI - Emory University "Stability in ecological networks: guilds and interactions between topological and quantitative structure"

**BREAK**
3:05-4:00pm JUDITH BRONSTEIN - University of Arizona "What constitutes "mutualism" within mutualistic networks?"


For abstracts and biosketches please click the "ABSTRACTS AND BIOSKETCHES" link below.

ORGANIZERS:
Fernanda Valdovinos - Complex Systems, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Luis Zaman - Complex Systems

Registration Link Below. Lunch Registration closes Tuesday, September 25 at 10am.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 24 Sep 2018 13:52:40 -0400 2018-09-27T08:30:00-04:00 2018-09-27T16:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Conference / Symposium Event poster featuring classification and pollination cycle of bees
The Ross Effect (September 27, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55018 55018-13665226@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 27, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Ross One Year Graduate Programs

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

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

Questions? Email TheRossEffect@umich.edu

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

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Presentation Fri, 07 Sep 2018 18:53:32 -0400 2018-09-27T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-27T17:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Ross One Year Graduate Programs Presentation Michigan Ross Logo
Green Wolverine Science Symposium (September 29, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54954 54954-13656393@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 29, 2018 10:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Green Wolverine

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

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

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 06 Sep 2018 20:38:22 -0400 2018-09-29T10:00:00-04:00 2018-09-29T16:20:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Green Wolverine Conference / Symposium World-class researchers, scientists, and physicians gather in Ann Arbor to illuminate the future of cannabis medicine, research, and industry.
MDP 2019 Project Preview Night (October 2, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56264 56264-13869403@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 2, 2018 6:00pm
Location: BBB
Organized By: Multidisciplinary Design Program

Student Recruitment for 2019 MDP Teams Has Begun!

You will shake hands and speak with Faculty PIs and engineering and product development professionals about the MDP team they are sponsoring. Build your network, learn about the teams, and position yourself as a great candidate. Attire is casual!

What is the MDP Project Preview Night?

The 2019 MDP Project Preview Night will showcase 40+ teams with open positions for students across the University. All Corporate Partners and Faculty Research Teams will be in the BBB Building to meet with interested students, discuss design team opportunities, and collect student resumes. Attend this event if you cannot attend the Project Fair on Wednesday. Casual attire is expected.

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 01 Oct 2018 14:48:25 -0400 2018-10-02T18:00:00-04:00 2018-10-02T20:00:00-04:00 BBB Multidisciplinary Design Program Careers / Jobs BBB Atrium
CGIS Study Abroad Fair (October 3, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/44037 44037-9877694@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 3, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Advisors, CGIS Alumni, and program representatives from around campus and the world will answer your questions about UM study abroad opportunities. Learn about UM faculty-led programs and meet with staff from the Office of Financial Aid and the LSA Scholarship Office. Enjoy performances from global student orgs, maize-n-blue giveaways, and free candy from around the world!

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Fair / Festival Sun, 02 Sep 2018 11:01:54 -0400 2018-10-03T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-03T16:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Center for Global and Intercultural Study Fair / Festival Study Abroad!
MDP 2019 Project Fair (October 3, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56265 56265-13869404@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 3, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Multidisciplinary Design Program

Student Recruitment for 2019 MDP Teams Has Begun!

You will shake hands and speak with Faculty PIs and engineering and product development professionals about the MDP team they are sponsoring. Build your network, learn about the teams, and position yourself as a great candidate. Attire is casual!

What is the MDP Project Fair?

The 2019 MDP Project Opportunity Fair will showcase 40+ teams with open positions for students across the University. All Corporate Partners and Faculty Research Teams will be in the Duderstadt Atrium to meet with interested students, discuss design team opportunities, and collect student resumes. Attend this event if you cannot attend the Project Preview Night on Tuesday. Casual attire is expected.

This event is very, very similar to the Project Preview night on 10/2 6-8pm in BBB….just in a different location, and the sponsors/faculty will have table displays with prototypes, screens, giveaways, etc. Attend either event – whichever fits your busy schedule.

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 01 Oct 2018 15:14:43 -0400 2018-10-03T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-03T16:00:00-04:00 Duderstadt Center Multidisciplinary Design Program Careers / Jobs Duderstadt Connector
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.)
PitE Info Session (October 9, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56402 56402-13896799@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Dana Building
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Join CGIS Intercultural Program Advisor Cristina Zamarron for an information session on study abroad programs that focus on environmental studies such as:

AFRICA & THE MIDDLE EAST
• Wildlife Management Studies in Tanzania

THE AMERICAS
• Environment and Sustainable Development in San Jose, Costa Rica
• GIEU Peru- Healthy Kitchens and Agriculture
• Marine Resource Studies in the Turks and Caicos Islands

ASIA-PACIFIC
•Biodiversity & Development of the Amazon
•Conservation & Development Studies in Cambodia
•EcoQuest Field Studies in Whakatiwai, New Zealand
•Development and Globalization in Khon Kaen, Thailand
•Frontiers Abroad in New Zealand •Sustainable Food Systems in Thailand

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Meeting Thu, 04 Oct 2018 14:39:59 -0400 2018-10-09T17:30:00-04:00 2018-10-09T18:30:00-04:00 Dana Building Center for Global and Intercultural Study Meeting Photo
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
EEB Thursday Seminar: Evolution of the essential gap gene giant causes hybrid inviability in Drosophila (October 11, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49650 49650-11487535@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 11, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Hybrids have reduced fitness because of faulty interactions among genes that have diverged between the pure species. The most extreme hybrid defect is inviability. Hybrids therefore provide an easy to screen phenotype to identify what genes and molecular pathways have functionally diverged as genomes differentiate. Here I identify the Drosophila melanogaster allele of the highly conserved and essential gap gene giant (gt) as a key genetic determinant of hybrid inviability in crosses with D. santomea. The presence of this allele in D. melanogaster/D. santomea hybrids causes an abdominal ablation not seen in either pure species. giant is a key developmental regulator whose role in anterior-posterior specification of the dipteran embryo is conserved over 100 million years. The interaction of giant with a second allele, tailless,tll, is involved in the hybrid defects observed in these Drosophila hybrids. These results indicate that even genes with crucial developmental roles that are conserved over vast evolutionary time scales can experience functional evolution that leads to inviability of hybrids

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 30 Nov 2018 11:13:32 -0500 2018-10-11T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-11T17:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion Dros_teissieri_m
Blue Planet and Planet Earth Production Teams: Capturing the Wild (October 11, 2018 5:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53882 53882-13472309@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 11, 2018 5:10pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Tom Hugh-Jones is the producer of the David Attenborough-narrated Planet Earth BBC series and has spent twenty-two years producing natural history and science documentaries for broadcasters such as BBC, National Geographic, and Discovery. When he was just four years old, Tom’s anthropologist parents took him to live with a tribal community in the Colombian Amazon, sowing the seeds of his passion for adventure in the wild. Since then, Hugh-Jones has worked on many prolific titles such as Planet Earth, Human Planet, and Life Story, taking audiences around the world into the beating heart of breath-taking moments, close encounters, spectacular failures, and places no human should ever go.

Hugh-Jones will also bring special guests from Blue Planet Production to discuss the teamwork and process of making Planet Earth and its companion BBC show, Blue Planet. Guests include producer/director Rachael Butler and Pam and Tim Fogg of Rope Access Specialists, a team of experts in rope-access rigging and safety when shooting in difficult-to-reach locales such as caves, volcanoes, and cliffs.

Co-Presented by U-M Museum of Natural History’s William R. Farrand Memorial Lecture with support from U-M Institute for the Humanities.

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Presentation Fri, 17 Aug 2018 11:46:45 -0400 2018-10-11T17:10:00-04:00 2018-10-11T18:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Presentation https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/lectures/blue-planet.jpg
SLE Fall Break Retreat (October 13, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53180 53180-13272084@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 13, 2018 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sustainable Living Experience

Spend two days and one night at the University of Michigan's Edwin S. George Reserve in Pinckney Michigan with fellow SLE students! The retreat will focus on leadership development and taking action in our communities, and also explore the ecology of the local setting including the trails and peat bog. Lodging, transportation and meals will be provided.

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Other Tue, 24 Jul 2018 15:18:27 -0400 2018-10-13T10:00:00-04:00 2018-10-13T22:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sustainable Living Experience Other
SLE Fall Break Retreat (October 14, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53180 53180-13272085@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 14, 2018 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sustainable Living Experience

Spend two days and one night at the University of Michigan's Edwin S. George Reserve in Pinckney Michigan with fellow SLE students! The retreat will focus on leadership development and taking action in our communities, and also explore the ecology of the local setting including the trails and peat bog. Lodging, transportation and meals will be provided.

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Other Tue, 24 Jul 2018 15:18:27 -0400 2018-10-14T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-14T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sustainable Living Experience Other