Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. 2021 Campus Race to Zero Waste (February 23, 2021 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81554 81554-20925542@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 23, 2021 12:00am
Location:
Organized By: Office of Campus Sustainability

Each year, competition heats up in the winter as students, faculty and staff strive to win the Campus Race to Zero Waste (Formerly Recyclemania). The competition runs from January 31-March 27.

Individuals:
Are you studying or working from home? We've got you covered with tips and fun waste reduction challenges for wherever you are!

Buildings:
How can buildings win? Reducing waste, recycling and composting as much as possible.
What do buildings win? A sweet plaque and bragging rights for the year.
Who wins the most? We all do! By reducing waste we conserve resources, reduce emissions, and feel good!

Visit ocs.umich.edu to learn more.

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Other Mon, 01 Feb 2021 12:23:01 -0500 2021-02-23T00:00:00-05:00 2021-02-23T23:00:00-05:00 Office of Campus Sustainability Other Campus Race to Zero Waste: U-M Edition Logo
Webinar: Understanding the Interconnectedness of Climate Change, Salt Marsh Resilience, and Nuisance Mosquitoes (February 23, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81568 81568-20927554@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 23, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Graham Sustainability Institute

As climate change and sea level rise alter salt marsh habitats, a less understood impact - with implications for human health - is how changes in marsh habitat affect the production and location of nuisance mosquito populations. Understanding how coastal ecosystems are being impacted by climate change, and how nuisance mosquito populations are changing, is critical to ensuring coastal managers make the most informed decisions going forward.

In this webinar, project team members will describe how data-collection, mapping, and modeling efforts have resulted in increased clarity about marsh habitat change to inform mosquito control and coastal restoration efforts in New Jersey. Future modeling and marsh‐upland edge mapping suggest that the marsh‐upland is and will be a hotspot for change, and field sampling confirmed that these “new” habitats can serve as breeding areas for mosquitoes. The team also developed environmental DNA (eDNA) assays for the most common salt marsh mosquitoes in the Middle Atlantic United States. Working closely with mosquito control agency personnel, the team has made major advancements in mosquito surveillance through the deployment of drone-based sampling of breeding pools paired with the eDNA analyses. The team also developed outreach materials to inform the public about health risks posed by mosquitoes, including how climate change might exacerbate those risks, and a module for middle/high school educators.

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 01 Feb 2021 13:19:05 -0500 2021-02-23T15:00:00-05:00 2021-02-23T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Graham Sustainability Institute Livestream / Virtual
2021 Campus Race to Zero Waste (February 24, 2021 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81554 81554-20925543@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 24, 2021 12:00am
Location:
Organized By: Office of Campus Sustainability

Each year, competition heats up in the winter as students, faculty and staff strive to win the Campus Race to Zero Waste (Formerly Recyclemania). The competition runs from January 31-March 27.

Individuals:
Are you studying or working from home? We've got you covered with tips and fun waste reduction challenges for wherever you are!

Buildings:
How can buildings win? Reducing waste, recycling and composting as much as possible.
What do buildings win? A sweet plaque and bragging rights for the year.
Who wins the most? We all do! By reducing waste we conserve resources, reduce emissions, and feel good!

Visit ocs.umich.edu to learn more.

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Other Mon, 01 Feb 2021 12:23:01 -0500 2021-02-24T00:00:00-05:00 2021-02-24T23:00:00-05:00 Office of Campus Sustainability Other Campus Race to Zero Waste: U-M Edition Logo
MUSE 2021 Keynote: Dr. Mika Kennedy (February 24, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82133 82133-21036728@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 24, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment Initiative (MUSE)

Please join us for MUSE 2021's mid-week keynote speaker, Dr. Mika Kennedy.

Mika Kennedy is a Visiting Assistant Professor of English at Kalamazoo College. Her current academic book project examines narratives of Japanese American incarceration, and the ways these narratives are in conversation with questions about the environment, the seductions of the “frontier,” and Native sovereignty. She is also the co-curator of 'Exiled to Motown', a grassroots exhibit of Japanese American community in Detroit, which has an upcoming exhibition at the Detroit Historical Museum in July 2021.

Keynote Presentation Abstract: (Title: Turn to Earth: Looking for a Man Named Komako in Bad Day at Black Rock)
We live in a universe of things: How do we continue to find new value in them, even after they lose their blockbuster luster, or their original provocations are no longer new? If the act of interpretation is an act of finding use in something, this talk is about finding re-use by turning to earth--by taking the landscape of a text as vital and actively meaning-making. In its examination of Bad Day at Black Rock, it asks what a 1955 Hollywood Western actually has to say about the Japanese American body it buried, sight unseen; what the black rocks of Black Rock have borne witness to; and what that it all means for the eco-imperial state.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 15 Feb 2021 17:35:59 -0500 2021-02-24T14:30:00-05:00 2021-02-24T15:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment Initiative (MUSE) Workshop / Seminar MUSE 2021
CCMB / DCMB Weekly Seminar (February 24, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82197 82197-21052530@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 24, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Abstract: COVID Moonshot is an international consortium aiming to discover patent-free oral antiviral against SARS-CoV-2, targeting the main protease. Operating under an open science ethos, we make all data and structures publicly available, and crowdsource molecule designs from the community. In less than a year, we went from fragment hits to nanomolar leads in biochemical and antiviral assays. In my talk, I will discuss Moonshot’s journey towards orally bioavailable, non-covalent, and non-peptidomimetic Mpro inhibitors. I will discuss how machine learning technologies have accelerated our design-make-test cycle, and the learnings we gleaned from this large-scale prospective use of algorithms.

Bio: Dr. Alpha Lee is a Group Leader in the Department of Physics, University of Cambridge. His research focuses on developing machine learning technologies that close the design-make-test cycle for small molecule drug discovery and materials discovery. He is interested in how physical and chemical insights can be integrated into the design of interpretable algorithms. Before joining Cambridge, Dr. Lee was a Fulbright Scholar at Harvard and obtained his PhD from the University of Oxford.

https://umich-health.zoom.us/j/93929606089?pwd=SHh6R1FOQm8xMThRemdxTEFMWWpVdz09

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 17 Feb 2021 13:18:31 -0500 2021-02-24T16:00:00-05:00 2021-02-24T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location DCMB Seminar Series Livestream / Virtual
SLE Community Nights (February 24, 2021 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75689 75689-20817004@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 24, 2021 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sustainable Living Experience

Join the SLE for weekly virtual activities such as social gatherings, wellness activities, and discussions of current events. Check for details each week in the SLE Newsletter.

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Social / Informal Gathering Mon, 18 Jan 2021 15:07:40 -0500 2021-02-24T20:00:00-05:00 2021-02-24T21:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Sustainable Living Experience Social / Informal Gathering
2021 Campus Race to Zero Waste (February 25, 2021 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81554 81554-20925544@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 25, 2021 12:00am
Location:
Organized By: Office of Campus Sustainability

Each year, competition heats up in the winter as students, faculty and staff strive to win the Campus Race to Zero Waste (Formerly Recyclemania). The competition runs from January 31-March 27.

Individuals:
Are you studying or working from home? We've got you covered with tips and fun waste reduction challenges for wherever you are!

Buildings:
How can buildings win? Reducing waste, recycling and composting as much as possible.
What do buildings win? A sweet plaque and bragging rights for the year.
Who wins the most? We all do! By reducing waste we conserve resources, reduce emissions, and feel good!

Visit ocs.umich.edu to learn more.

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Other Mon, 01 Feb 2021 12:23:01 -0500 2021-02-25T00:00:00-05:00 2021-02-25T23:00:00-05:00 Office of Campus Sustainability Other Campus Race to Zero Waste: U-M Edition Logo
U-M Biological Station Prospective Student Info Session (February 25, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82003 82003-21004771@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 25, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Biological Station

Undergrads: learn more about spring and summer courses and programming at the U-M Biological Station (UMBS). Chat with staff, former students, and UMBS faculty.

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 22 Feb 2021 12:21:48 -0500 2021-02-25T16:00:00-05:00 2021-02-25T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Biological Station Livestream / Virtual Two students read books for class on the floating dock in Douglas Lake.
Planet Blue Water Bottle Decoration Contest Awards (February 25, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81776 81776-20957299@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 25, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Planet Blue Student Leaders

Do you have a water bottle design you want to show off? Do you want a chance to express your creativity? If this is you, join the Planet Blue Student Leaders' water bottle decoration contest! The contest runs from February 4th-17th. The registration link appears below the photo on this page.

After the contest, join us for an award ceremony to win prizes and learn more about sustainable behavior change! The award ceremony will take place on Thursday, February 25th at 7 pm. We look forward to seeing you there!

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Meeting Fri, 05 Feb 2021 10:19:41 -0500 2021-02-25T19:00:00-05:00 2021-02-25T20:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Planet Blue Student Leaders Meeting Show us your decorated bottles!
Drop In and Get to Know CCL (February 25, 2021 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82079 82079-21020928@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 25, 2021 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Citizens Climate Lobby

Ann Arbor Citizens' Climate Lobby is the local chapter of a national organization advocating for federal legislation to tackle climate change. Would you like to know more about our work and how you can get involved? Join our casual drop-in session to meet a few members of our chapter, learn about our group, and ask questions. All are welcome and able to contribute to our efforts - you don't need to be an expert!

Sign up here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAkc-qtqTotHtFYnOWIF4kLw6rZ5IkmsXKL

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Livestream / Virtual Sat, 13 Feb 2021 16:23:12 -0500 2021-02-25T19:30:00-05:00 2021-02-25T20:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Citizens Climate Lobby Livestream / Virtual photo of coffee cup and computer with zoom meeting
2021 Campus Race to Zero Waste (February 26, 2021 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81554 81554-20925545@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 26, 2021 12:00am
Location:
Organized By: Office of Campus Sustainability

Each year, competition heats up in the winter as students, faculty and staff strive to win the Campus Race to Zero Waste (Formerly Recyclemania). The competition runs from January 31-March 27.

Individuals:
Are you studying or working from home? We've got you covered with tips and fun waste reduction challenges for wherever you are!

Buildings:
How can buildings win? Reducing waste, recycling and composting as much as possible.
What do buildings win? A sweet plaque and bragging rights for the year.
Who wins the most? We all do! By reducing waste we conserve resources, reduce emissions, and feel good!

Visit ocs.umich.edu to learn more.

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Other Mon, 01 Feb 2021 12:23:01 -0500 2021-02-26T00:00:00-05:00 2021-02-26T23:00:00-05:00 Office of Campus Sustainability Other Campus Race to Zero Waste: U-M Edition Logo
Human Habitat Experience | Senseable Cities with Carlo Ratti (February 26, 2021 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82156 82156-21044618@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 26, 2021 1:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

The way we live, work, and play is very different today than it was just a few decades ago, thanks in large part to a network of connectivity that now encompasses most people on the planet. In a similar way, today we are at the beginning of a new technological revolution: the Internet is entering the physical space – the traditional domain of architecture and design – becoming an “Internet of Things” or IoT. As such, it is opening the door to a variety of applications that – in a similar way to what happened with the first wave of the Internet – can encompass many domains: from energy to mobility, from production to citizen participation. The contribution from Prof. Carlo Ratti will address these issues from a critical point of view through projects by the Senseable City Laboratory, a research initiative at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the design office Carlo Ratti Associati.

An architect and engineer by training, Professor Carlo Ratti teaches at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he directs the Senseable City Lab, and is a founding partner of the international design and innovation office Carlo Ratti Associati. He graduated from the Politecnico di Torino and the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris, and later earned his MPhil and PhD at the University of Cambridge, UK. A leading voice in the debate on new technologies’ impact on urban life and design, Carlo has co-authored over 500 publications, including “The City of Tomorrow” (Yale University Press, with Matthew Claudel), and holds several technical patents.

Panelists:

Kenichi Soga, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley

Geoffrey Thün, Professor of Architecture and Senior Associate Dean for Research and Creative Practice, A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Feb 2021 12:54:33 -0500 2021-02-26T13:30:00-05:00 2021-02-26T14:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Civil and Environmental Engineering Livestream / Virtual Carlo Ratti
SEAS Ecosystem Science and Management Seminars Winter 2021 (February 26, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82302 82302-21062672@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 26, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School for Environment and Sustainability

Topic: Quantifying resilience of coldwater fish habitat to climate change and watershed disturbance

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 18 Feb 2021 18:36:22 -0500 2021-02-26T14:30:00-05:00 2021-02-26T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location School for Environment and Sustainability Lecture / Discussion photo
Winter 2021 Colloquia Series (February 26, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80817 80817-20793340@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 26, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

Zoom login info is below. Non-U-M Community members can email brownsu@umich.edu to request access.

Jan 22: Jake DeWitte, Oklo Inc.
Oklo Microreactor Development

Jan 29: Rui Qiu, Tsinghua University
Multi-scale Radiation Dosimetry with Computational Human Phantoms

Feb 5: Kate Turner, MIT Media Lab
Towards Intersectional Equity in Complex Sociotechnical Systems

Feb 12: Raluca Scarlat, UC Berkeley
The Relevance of Chemical Studies in Molten Fluoride Salts to Development of Advanced Nuclear Reactors

Feb 19: Tomi Akindele, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Reactor Antineutrinos for Nuclear Safeguards

Feb 26: Scott Baalrud, U-M Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences
Is This Even a Plasma? Physics of Strongly Coupled Plasmas

Mar 5: Ronnie Shepard, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Exploring Energy Transport at Stellar Inner Conditions Utilizing Ultrashort Pulse Lasers

Mar 12: Peter Yarsky, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
A Nuclear Engineer’s Approach to Modeling the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic

Mar 19: Dawn Montgomery, Clemson University
An Integrative Approach to Environmental Radiation Protection: Plant Influence on Radionuclide Transport, Plant Uptake, and Non-Human Biota Dosimetry

Mar 26: Dr. Heather J. Maclean Chichester, Idaho National Laboratory
Challenges and Solutions for Examining Irradiated Fuels and Materials in a Harsh Environment

Apr 2: Lara Pierpoint, Actuate
Electric Utility Innovation

Apr 9: Denia Djokić, Fastest Path to Zero Initiative
Reflections on Risk and Trust: Commemorating Fukushima and Chernobyl During Covid-19

Apr 16: John Jackson, Idaho National Laboratory
DOE Microreactor Program: Technology to Enable Microreactor Development, Deployment and Commercialization

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 12 Apr 2021 10:45:38 -0400 2021-02-26T16:00:00-05:00 2021-02-26T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Workshop / Seminar NERS Colloquia
Summer Sustainability Opportunities Info Session (February 26, 2021 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82233 82233-21058466@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 26, 2021 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sustainable Living Experience

The Sustainable Living Experience is hosting an info session for any student interested in sustainability internships, jobs or courses over the spring and summer! Representatives will attend from Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum, the University of Michigan Biological Station and Camp Davis to share how students can get involved, and we will also share a list of other opportunities with application information.

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Careers / Jobs Thu, 18 Feb 2021 11:32:07 -0500 2021-02-26T17:00:00-05:00 2021-02-26T17:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Sustainable Living Experience Careers / Jobs Summer Sustainability Opportunities Flyer
2021 Campus Race to Zero Waste (February 27, 2021 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81554 81554-20925546@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 27, 2021 12:00am
Location:
Organized By: Office of Campus Sustainability

Each year, competition heats up in the winter as students, faculty and staff strive to win the Campus Race to Zero Waste (Formerly Recyclemania). The competition runs from January 31-March 27.

Individuals:
Are you studying or working from home? We've got you covered with tips and fun waste reduction challenges for wherever you are!

Buildings:
How can buildings win? Reducing waste, recycling and composting as much as possible.
What do buildings win? A sweet plaque and bragging rights for the year.
Who wins the most? We all do! By reducing waste we conserve resources, reduce emissions, and feel good!

Visit ocs.umich.edu to learn more.

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Other Mon, 01 Feb 2021 12:23:01 -0500 2021-02-27T00:00:00-05:00 2021-02-27T23:00:00-05:00 Office of Campus Sustainability Other Campus Race to Zero Waste: U-M Edition Logo
2021 Campus Race to Zero Waste (February 28, 2021 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81554 81554-20925547@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 28, 2021 12:00am
Location:
Organized By: Office of Campus Sustainability

Each year, competition heats up in the winter as students, faculty and staff strive to win the Campus Race to Zero Waste (Formerly Recyclemania). The competition runs from January 31-March 27.

Individuals:
Are you studying or working from home? We've got you covered with tips and fun waste reduction challenges for wherever you are!

Buildings:
How can buildings win? Reducing waste, recycling and composting as much as possible.
What do buildings win? A sweet plaque and bragging rights for the year.
Who wins the most? We all do! By reducing waste we conserve resources, reduce emissions, and feel good!

Visit ocs.umich.edu to learn more.

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Other Mon, 01 Feb 2021 12:23:01 -0500 2021-02-28T00:00:00-05:00 2021-02-28T23:00:00-05:00 Office of Campus Sustainability Other Campus Race to Zero Waste: U-M Edition Logo
2021 Campus Race to Zero Waste (March 1, 2021 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81554 81554-20925548@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 1, 2021 12:00am
Location:
Organized By: Office of Campus Sustainability

Each year, competition heats up in the winter as students, faculty and staff strive to win the Campus Race to Zero Waste (Formerly Recyclemania). The competition runs from January 31-March 27.

Individuals:
Are you studying or working from home? We've got you covered with tips and fun waste reduction challenges for wherever you are!

Buildings:
How can buildings win? Reducing waste, recycling and composting as much as possible.
What do buildings win? A sweet plaque and bragging rights for the year.
Who wins the most? We all do! By reducing waste we conserve resources, reduce emissions, and feel good!

Visit ocs.umich.edu to learn more.

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Other Mon, 01 Feb 2021 12:23:01 -0500 2021-03-01T00:00:00-05:00 2021-03-01T23:00:00-05:00 Office of Campus Sustainability Other Campus Race to Zero Waste: U-M Edition Logo
2021 Campus Race to Zero Waste (March 2, 2021 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81554 81554-20925549@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 12:00am
Location:
Organized By: Office of Campus Sustainability

Each year, competition heats up in the winter as students, faculty and staff strive to win the Campus Race to Zero Waste (Formerly Recyclemania). The competition runs from January 31-March 27.

Individuals:
Are you studying or working from home? We've got you covered with tips and fun waste reduction challenges for wherever you are!

Buildings:
How can buildings win? Reducing waste, recycling and composting as much as possible.
What do buildings win? A sweet plaque and bragging rights for the year.
Who wins the most? We all do! By reducing waste we conserve resources, reduce emissions, and feel good!

Visit ocs.umich.edu to learn more.

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Other Mon, 01 Feb 2021 12:23:01 -0500 2021-03-02T00:00:00-05:00 2021-03-02T23:00:00-05:00 Office of Campus Sustainability Other Campus Race to Zero Waste: U-M Edition Logo
In Support with Communities: Early Career Equity and Environmental Health Perspectives (March 2, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82483 82483-21108103@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

This talk will take listeners through a series of environmental health research studies that have been contextualized by early career equity experiences. Projects to be discussed include work done in the United States and Nigeria. Dr. Nwanaji-Enwerem is an MD-PhD-MPP candidate in his final year at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Kennedy School, and a postdoctoral research fellow in Environmental Health Sciences in the School of Public Health, UC Berkeley. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa, Valedictorian from Morehouse College with a BS in Biology, and earned his PhD in the Harvard University Biological Sciences in Public Health program. He is an NIH National Research Service Award Principal Investigator and a Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow. His present research examines the topics of environmental exposures, health biomarkers, and science/health/environmental public policy.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 24 Feb 2021 16:01:40 -0500 2021-03-02T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-02T12:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Lecture / Discussion Jamaji Nwanaji-Enwerem: Mar 2 Early Career Equity
2021 Campus Race to Zero Waste (March 3, 2021 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81554 81554-20925550@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 12:00am
Location:
Organized By: Office of Campus Sustainability

Each year, competition heats up in the winter as students, faculty and staff strive to win the Campus Race to Zero Waste (Formerly Recyclemania). The competition runs from January 31-March 27.

Individuals:
Are you studying or working from home? We've got you covered with tips and fun waste reduction challenges for wherever you are!

Buildings:
How can buildings win? Reducing waste, recycling and composting as much as possible.
What do buildings win? A sweet plaque and bragging rights for the year.
Who wins the most? We all do! By reducing waste we conserve resources, reduce emissions, and feel good!

Visit ocs.umich.edu to learn more.

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Other Mon, 01 Feb 2021 12:23:01 -0500 2021-03-03T00:00:00-05:00 2021-03-03T23:00:00-05:00 Office of Campus Sustainability Other Campus Race to Zero Waste: U-M Edition Logo
SLE Community Nights (March 3, 2021 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75689 75689-20817005@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sustainable Living Experience

Join the SLE for weekly virtual activities such as social gatherings, wellness activities, and discussions of current events. Check for details each week in the SLE Newsletter.

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Social / Informal Gathering Mon, 18 Jan 2021 15:07:40 -0500 2021-03-03T20:00:00-05:00 2021-03-03T21:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Sustainable Living Experience Social / Informal Gathering
2021 Campus Race to Zero Waste (March 4, 2021 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81554 81554-20925551@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 12:00am
Location:
Organized By: Office of Campus Sustainability

Each year, competition heats up in the winter as students, faculty and staff strive to win the Campus Race to Zero Waste (Formerly Recyclemania). The competition runs from January 31-March 27.

Individuals:
Are you studying or working from home? We've got you covered with tips and fun waste reduction challenges for wherever you are!

Buildings:
How can buildings win? Reducing waste, recycling and composting as much as possible.
What do buildings win? A sweet plaque and bragging rights for the year.
Who wins the most? We all do! By reducing waste we conserve resources, reduce emissions, and feel good!

Visit ocs.umich.edu to learn more.

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Other Mon, 01 Feb 2021 12:23:01 -0500 2021-03-04T00:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T23:00:00-05:00 Office of Campus Sustainability Other Campus Race to Zero Waste: U-M Edition Logo
2021 Campus Race to Zero Waste (March 5, 2021 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81554 81554-20925552@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 12:00am
Location:
Organized By: Office of Campus Sustainability

Each year, competition heats up in the winter as students, faculty and staff strive to win the Campus Race to Zero Waste (Formerly Recyclemania). The competition runs from January 31-March 27.

Individuals:
Are you studying or working from home? We've got you covered with tips and fun waste reduction challenges for wherever you are!

Buildings:
How can buildings win? Reducing waste, recycling and composting as much as possible.
What do buildings win? A sweet plaque and bragging rights for the year.
Who wins the most? We all do! By reducing waste we conserve resources, reduce emissions, and feel good!

Visit ocs.umich.edu to learn more.

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Other Mon, 01 Feb 2021 12:23:01 -0500 2021-03-05T00:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T23:00:00-05:00 Office of Campus Sustainability Other Campus Race to Zero Waste: U-M Edition Logo
Winter 2021 Colloquia Series (March 5, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80817 80817-20793341@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

Zoom login info is below. Non-U-M Community members can email brownsu@umich.edu to request access.

Jan 22: Jake DeWitte, Oklo Inc.
Oklo Microreactor Development

Jan 29: Rui Qiu, Tsinghua University
Multi-scale Radiation Dosimetry with Computational Human Phantoms

Feb 5: Kate Turner, MIT Media Lab
Towards Intersectional Equity in Complex Sociotechnical Systems

Feb 12: Raluca Scarlat, UC Berkeley
The Relevance of Chemical Studies in Molten Fluoride Salts to Development of Advanced Nuclear Reactors

Feb 19: Tomi Akindele, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Reactor Antineutrinos for Nuclear Safeguards

Feb 26: Scott Baalrud, U-M Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences
Is This Even a Plasma? Physics of Strongly Coupled Plasmas

Mar 5: Ronnie Shepard, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Exploring Energy Transport at Stellar Inner Conditions Utilizing Ultrashort Pulse Lasers

Mar 12: Peter Yarsky, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
A Nuclear Engineer’s Approach to Modeling the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic

Mar 19: Dawn Montgomery, Clemson University
An Integrative Approach to Environmental Radiation Protection: Plant Influence on Radionuclide Transport, Plant Uptake, and Non-Human Biota Dosimetry

Mar 26: Dr. Heather J. Maclean Chichester, Idaho National Laboratory
Challenges and Solutions for Examining Irradiated Fuels and Materials in a Harsh Environment

Apr 2: Lara Pierpoint, Actuate
Electric Utility Innovation

Apr 9: Denia Djokić, Fastest Path to Zero Initiative
Reflections on Risk and Trust: Commemorating Fukushima and Chernobyl During Covid-19

Apr 16: John Jackson, Idaho National Laboratory
DOE Microreactor Program: Technology to Enable Microreactor Development, Deployment and Commercialization

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 12 Apr 2021 10:45:38 -0400 2021-03-05T16:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Workshop / Seminar NERS Colloquia
2021 Campus Race to Zero Waste (March 6, 2021 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81554 81554-20925553@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 6, 2021 12:00am
Location:
Organized By: Office of Campus Sustainability

Each year, competition heats up in the winter as students, faculty and staff strive to win the Campus Race to Zero Waste (Formerly Recyclemania). The competition runs from January 31-March 27.

Individuals:
Are you studying or working from home? We've got you covered with tips and fun waste reduction challenges for wherever you are!

Buildings:
How can buildings win? Reducing waste, recycling and composting as much as possible.
What do buildings win? A sweet plaque and bragging rights for the year.
Who wins the most? We all do! By reducing waste we conserve resources, reduce emissions, and feel good!

Visit ocs.umich.edu to learn more.

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Other Mon, 01 Feb 2021 12:23:01 -0500 2021-03-06T00:00:00-05:00 2021-03-06T23:00:00-05:00 Office of Campus Sustainability Other Campus Race to Zero Waste: U-M Edition Logo
Drop In and Get to Know CCL (March 6, 2021 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82080 82080-21020929@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 6, 2021 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Citizens Climate Lobby

Ann Arbor Citizens' Climate Lobby is the local chapter of a national organization advocating for federal legislation to tackle climate change. Would you like to know more about our work and how you can get involved? Join our casual drop-in session to meet a few members of our chapter, learn about our group, and ask questions. All are welcome and able to contribute - you don't need to be an expert!

Sign up here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEkfuigqTsrEteN-dQAGvU-g1Bm2iwM04AJ

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Livestream / Virtual Sat, 13 Feb 2021 16:23:49 -0500 2021-03-06T11:00:00-05:00 2021-03-06T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Citizens Climate Lobby Livestream / Virtual photo of coffee cup and computer with zoom meeting
2021 Campus Race to Zero Waste (March 7, 2021 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81554 81554-20925554@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 7, 2021 12:00am
Location:
Organized By: Office of Campus Sustainability

Each year, competition heats up in the winter as students, faculty and staff strive to win the Campus Race to Zero Waste (Formerly Recyclemania). The competition runs from January 31-March 27.

Individuals:
Are you studying or working from home? We've got you covered with tips and fun waste reduction challenges for wherever you are!

Buildings:
How can buildings win? Reducing waste, recycling and composting as much as possible.
What do buildings win? A sweet plaque and bragging rights for the year.
Who wins the most? We all do! By reducing waste we conserve resources, reduce emissions, and feel good!

Visit ocs.umich.edu to learn more.

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Other Mon, 01 Feb 2021 12:23:01 -0500 2021-03-07T00:00:00-05:00 2021-03-07T23:00:00-05:00 Office of Campus Sustainability Other Campus Race to Zero Waste: U-M Edition Logo
2021 Campus Race to Zero Waste (March 8, 2021 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81554 81554-20925555@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 8, 2021 12:00am
Location:
Organized By: Office of Campus Sustainability

Each year, competition heats up in the winter as students, faculty and staff strive to win the Campus Race to Zero Waste (Formerly Recyclemania). The competition runs from January 31-March 27.

Individuals:
Are you studying or working from home? We've got you covered with tips and fun waste reduction challenges for wherever you are!

Buildings:
How can buildings win? Reducing waste, recycling and composting as much as possible.
What do buildings win? A sweet plaque and bragging rights for the year.
Who wins the most? We all do! By reducing waste we conserve resources, reduce emissions, and feel good!

Visit ocs.umich.edu to learn more.

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Other Mon, 01 Feb 2021 12:23:01 -0500 2021-03-08T00:00:00-05:00 2021-03-08T23:00:00-05:00 Office of Campus Sustainability Other Campus Race to Zero Waste: U-M Edition Logo
2021 Campus Race to Zero Waste (March 9, 2021 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81554 81554-20925556@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 12:00am
Location:
Organized By: Office of Campus Sustainability

Each year, competition heats up in the winter as students, faculty and staff strive to win the Campus Race to Zero Waste (Formerly Recyclemania). The competition runs from January 31-March 27.

Individuals:
Are you studying or working from home? We've got you covered with tips and fun waste reduction challenges for wherever you are!

Buildings:
How can buildings win? Reducing waste, recycling and composting as much as possible.
What do buildings win? A sweet plaque and bragging rights for the year.
Who wins the most? We all do! By reducing waste we conserve resources, reduce emissions, and feel good!

Visit ocs.umich.edu to learn more.

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Other Mon, 01 Feb 2021 12:23:01 -0500 2021-03-09T00:00:00-05:00 2021-03-09T23:00:00-05:00 Office of Campus Sustainability Other Campus Race to Zero Waste: U-M Edition Logo
Energy Equity: Health Impact Assessment of Detroit Energy's Integrated Resource Plan (March 9, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82482 82482-21108102@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

Speakers include Michelle Martinez from the Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition; Carina Gronlund from the Social Environment and Health Program, Survey Research Center, UM Institute for Social Research; and Tony Reames from UM's School for Environment & Sustainability.

Webinar Series co-sponsored by Departments of Environmental Health Sciences, & Health Behavior, Health Education DEI committees.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 24 Feb 2021 15:55:49 -0500 2021-03-09T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-09T12:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Lecture / Discussion Energy Equity (Detroit) March 9 Webinar
Bioethics Discussion: Infection (March 9, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58838 58838-14563730@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A discussion spreading to others.

Join us at: https://umich.zoom.us/j/99926126455.

A few readings to consider:
––Evidence and Effectiveness in Decision-Making for Quarantine
––The 1918 Influenza Pandemic: Insights for the 21st Century
––From SARS to Ebola: Legal and Ethical Considerations for Modern Quarantine
––Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic: Ethical considerations for conducting controlled human infection studies

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings visit http://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/057-infection/.

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Feel free to stop by the website, not even the blog is viral: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 08 Jan 2021 09:40:23 -0500 2021-03-09T19:00:00-05:00 2021-03-09T20:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Infection
2021 Campus Race to Zero Waste (March 10, 2021 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81554 81554-20925557@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 10, 2021 12:00am
Location:
Organized By: Office of Campus Sustainability

Each year, competition heats up in the winter as students, faculty and staff strive to win the Campus Race to Zero Waste (Formerly Recyclemania). The competition runs from January 31-March 27.

Individuals:
Are you studying or working from home? We've got you covered with tips and fun waste reduction challenges for wherever you are!

Buildings:
How can buildings win? Reducing waste, recycling and composting as much as possible.
What do buildings win? A sweet plaque and bragging rights for the year.
Who wins the most? We all do! By reducing waste we conserve resources, reduce emissions, and feel good!

Visit ocs.umich.edu to learn more.

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Other Mon, 01 Feb 2021 12:23:01 -0500 2021-03-10T00:00:00-05:00 2021-03-10T23:00:00-05:00 Office of Campus Sustainability Other Campus Race to Zero Waste: U-M Edition Logo
CCMB / DCMB Weekly Seminar Series (March 10, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82479 82479-21108092@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 10, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Abstract: Single-cell technologies have transformed biomedical research in the last few years. With single-cell sequencing, we can now simultaneously measure thousands of genomics features in a large number of cells, which provides an ultrahigh resolution phenotypic map for each individual. However, single-cell protocols are complex. Even with the most sensitive platforms, the data are often sparse and noisy. Recent development of single-cell multi-omics and spatial transcriptomics technologies further imposed additional challenges on data integration. In this talk, I will present several machine learning methods that my group recently developed for single-cell and spatial transcriptomics data analysis. I will discuss methods for simultaneous denoising, clustering and batch effect correction, single-cell multi-omics data integration, identification of spatially variable genes, generation of super-resolution gene expression, and inference of cell type distribution in spatial transcriptomics. I will illustrate our methods by showing results from ongoing collaborations on cardiometabolic disease and applications to brain and cancer data.
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Biography: Dr. Li’s research interests include statistical genetics and genomics, bioinformatics, and computational biology. The central theme of her current research is to use statistical and computational approaches to understand cellular heterogeneity in human-disease-relevant tissues, to characterize gene expression diversity across cell types, to study the patterns of cell state transition and crosstalk of various cells using data generated from single-cell and spatial transcriptomics studies, and to translate these findings to the clinics. In addition to methods development, Dr. Li is also interested in collaborating with researchers seeking to identify complex disease susceptibility genes and acting cell types. She is Director of Biostatistics for the Gene Therapy Program at Penn, where she advises biostatistics and bioinformatics analysis for various gene therapy studies. She is also Chair of the Graduate Program in Biostatistics. Dr. Li actively serves in the scientific community. She served as a regular member for the NIH Genomics, Computational Biology and Technology (GCAT) study section for 6 years, and the NHGRI Center for Inherited Disease Research (CIDR) for 3 years. She is an Associate Editor of Annals of Applied Statistics, Statistics in Biosciences, PLOS Computational Biology, and Human Genetics and Genomics Advances. She is an elected member of the International Statistical Institute and a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.

https://umich-health.zoom.us/j/93929606089?pwd=SHh6R1FOQm8xMThRemdxTEFMWWpVdz09

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Feb 2021 12:57:46 -0500 2021-03-10T16:00:00-05:00 2021-03-10T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location DCMB Seminar Series Livestream / Virtual
18th Peter M. Wege Lecture (March 10, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80414 80414-20719668@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 10, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School for Environment and Sustainability

Join us for a casual conversation with Naomi Klein that will touch upon the pivotal moment we are in as we work to address the climate crisis, fight for climate justice, and examine the detrimental impacts that colonialism and capitalism have had on our planet and society. What needs to happen to bring about transformative, systemic change at this critical time? Klein is an award-winning journalist, syndicated columnist, and best-selling author of On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal and This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate, as well as the inaugural Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair in Media, Culture, and Feminist Studies at Rutgers University.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 26 Jan 2021 11:50:27 -0500 2021-03-10T19:00:00-05:00 2021-03-10T20:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location School for Environment and Sustainability Lecture / Discussion Wege lecture
SLE Community Nights (March 10, 2021 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75689 75689-20817006@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 10, 2021 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sustainable Living Experience

Join the SLE for weekly virtual activities such as social gatherings, wellness activities, and discussions of current events. Check for details each week in the SLE Newsletter.

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Social / Informal Gathering Mon, 18 Jan 2021 15:07:40 -0500 2021-03-10T20:00:00-05:00 2021-03-10T21:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Sustainable Living Experience Social / Informal Gathering
2021 Campus Race to Zero Waste (March 11, 2021 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81554 81554-20925558@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 11, 2021 12:00am
Location:
Organized By: Office of Campus Sustainability

Each year, competition heats up in the winter as students, faculty and staff strive to win the Campus Race to Zero Waste (Formerly Recyclemania). The competition runs from January 31-March 27.

Individuals:
Are you studying or working from home? We've got you covered with tips and fun waste reduction challenges for wherever you are!

Buildings:
How can buildings win? Reducing waste, recycling and composting as much as possible.
What do buildings win? A sweet plaque and bragging rights for the year.
Who wins the most? We all do! By reducing waste we conserve resources, reduce emissions, and feel good!

Visit ocs.umich.edu to learn more.

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Other Mon, 01 Feb 2021 12:23:01 -0500 2021-03-11T00:00:00-05:00 2021-03-11T23:00:00-05:00 Office of Campus Sustainability Other Campus Race to Zero Waste: U-M Edition Logo
2021 Campus Race to Zero Waste (March 12, 2021 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81554 81554-20925559@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 12, 2021 12:00am
Location:
Organized By: Office of Campus Sustainability

Each year, competition heats up in the winter as students, faculty and staff strive to win the Campus Race to Zero Waste (Formerly Recyclemania). The competition runs from January 31-March 27.

Individuals:
Are you studying or working from home? We've got you covered with tips and fun waste reduction challenges for wherever you are!

Buildings:
How can buildings win? Reducing waste, recycling and composting as much as possible.
What do buildings win? A sweet plaque and bragging rights for the year.
Who wins the most? We all do! By reducing waste we conserve resources, reduce emissions, and feel good!

Visit ocs.umich.edu to learn more.

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Other Mon, 01 Feb 2021 12:23:01 -0500 2021-03-12T00:00:00-05:00 2021-03-12T23:00:00-05:00 Office of Campus Sustainability Other Campus Race to Zero Waste: U-M Edition Logo
Shaping Resource Flows | Buildings: A Climate Solution with Bruce King (March 12, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82478 82478-21108091@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 12, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Buildings: A Climate Solution tells the emerging story of architecture that heals the climate by storing more carbon than ever emitted: Building to cool the planet. Around the world, the theory and the practice of making “carbon smart” buildings is being developed by a rapidly expanding network of experts and innovators. Here we will explore the time value of carbon, low-carbon concrete and the new family of low-carbon building codes, and plant-based, carbon-storing materials, mapping an ambitious but practical pathway toward a built environment that has net zero operating emissions but also acts as a massive carbon sponge.

Bruce King is the author of “The New Carbon Architecture,” and has been a structural engineer for 40 years, designing buildings of every size and type all over the world. He is also author of the ASTM standard for earthen construction, the Marin County Low-Carbon Concrete code, and the books “Buildings of Earth and Straw,” “Making Better Concrete,” and “Design of Straw Bale Buildings.” Mr. King is also the Founder and Director of the Ecological Building Network (EBNet), a non-profit information resource that sponsors the BuildWell Source, an online library of low-carbon and carbon storing materials.

Panelists:

Lucca Henrion, Research Fellow, Global CO2 Initiative, University of Michigan

Lionel Lemay, Executive Vice President/Division Head, Structures and Sustainability, National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA)

Missy Stults, Sustainability and Innovations Manager, City of Ann Arbor

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 25 Feb 2021 13:08:06 -0500 2021-03-12T13:00:00-05:00 2021-03-12T14:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Civil and Environmental Engineering Livestream / Virtual Bruce King
SEAS Ecosystem Science and Management Seminars Winter 2021 (March 12, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82610 82610-21145761@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 12, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School for Environment and Sustainability

Topic: Conservation in a time of radical change

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 01 Mar 2021 08:49:50 -0500 2021-03-12T14:30:00-05:00 2021-03-12T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location School for Environment and Sustainability Lecture / Discussion Con Eco
Winter 2021 Colloquia Series (March 12, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80817 80817-20793342@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 12, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

Zoom login info is below. Non-U-M Community members can email brownsu@umich.edu to request access.

Jan 22: Jake DeWitte, Oklo Inc.
Oklo Microreactor Development

Jan 29: Rui Qiu, Tsinghua University
Multi-scale Radiation Dosimetry with Computational Human Phantoms

Feb 5: Kate Turner, MIT Media Lab
Towards Intersectional Equity in Complex Sociotechnical Systems

Feb 12: Raluca Scarlat, UC Berkeley
The Relevance of Chemical Studies in Molten Fluoride Salts to Development of Advanced Nuclear Reactors

Feb 19: Tomi Akindele, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Reactor Antineutrinos for Nuclear Safeguards

Feb 26: Scott Baalrud, U-M Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences
Is This Even a Plasma? Physics of Strongly Coupled Plasmas

Mar 5: Ronnie Shepard, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Exploring Energy Transport at Stellar Inner Conditions Utilizing Ultrashort Pulse Lasers

Mar 12: Peter Yarsky, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
A Nuclear Engineer’s Approach to Modeling the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic

Mar 19: Dawn Montgomery, Clemson University
An Integrative Approach to Environmental Radiation Protection: Plant Influence on Radionuclide Transport, Plant Uptake, and Non-Human Biota Dosimetry

Mar 26: Dr. Heather J. Maclean Chichester, Idaho National Laboratory
Challenges and Solutions for Examining Irradiated Fuels and Materials in a Harsh Environment

Apr 2: Lara Pierpoint, Actuate
Electric Utility Innovation

Apr 9: Denia Djokić, Fastest Path to Zero Initiative
Reflections on Risk and Trust: Commemorating Fukushima and Chernobyl During Covid-19

Apr 16: John Jackson, Idaho National Laboratory
DOE Microreactor Program: Technology to Enable Microreactor Development, Deployment and Commercialization

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 12 Apr 2021 10:45:38 -0400 2021-03-12T16:00:00-05:00 2021-03-12T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Workshop / Seminar NERS Colloquia
2021 Campus Race to Zero Waste (March 13, 2021 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81554 81554-20925560@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 13, 2021 12:00am
Location:
Organized By: Office of Campus Sustainability

Each year, competition heats up in the winter as students, faculty and staff strive to win the Campus Race to Zero Waste (Formerly Recyclemania). The competition runs from January 31-March 27.

Individuals:
Are you studying or working from home? We've got you covered with tips and fun waste reduction challenges for wherever you are!

Buildings:
How can buildings win? Reducing waste, recycling and composting as much as possible.
What do buildings win? A sweet plaque and bragging rights for the year.
Who wins the most? We all do! By reducing waste we conserve resources, reduce emissions, and feel good!

Visit ocs.umich.edu to learn more.

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Other Mon, 01 Feb 2021 12:23:01 -0500 2021-03-13T00:00:00-05:00 2021-03-13T23:00:00-05:00 Office of Campus Sustainability Other Campus Race to Zero Waste: U-M Edition Logo
2021 Campus Race to Zero Waste (March 14, 2021 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81554 81554-20925561@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 14, 2021 12:00am
Location:
Organized By: Office of Campus Sustainability

Each year, competition heats up in the winter as students, faculty and staff strive to win the Campus Race to Zero Waste (Formerly Recyclemania). The competition runs from January 31-March 27.

Individuals:
Are you studying or working from home? We've got you covered with tips and fun waste reduction challenges for wherever you are!

Buildings:
How can buildings win? Reducing waste, recycling and composting as much as possible.
What do buildings win? A sweet plaque and bragging rights for the year.
Who wins the most? We all do! By reducing waste we conserve resources, reduce emissions, and feel good!

Visit ocs.umich.edu to learn more.

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Other Mon, 01 Feb 2021 12:23:01 -0500 2021-03-14T00:00:00-05:00 2021-03-14T23:00:00-04:00 Office of Campus Sustainability Other Campus Race to Zero Waste: U-M Edition Logo
2021 Campus Race to Zero Waste (March 15, 2021 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81554 81554-20925562@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 15, 2021 12:00am
Location:
Organized By: Office of Campus Sustainability

Each year, competition heats up in the winter as students, faculty and staff strive to win the Campus Race to Zero Waste (Formerly Recyclemania). The competition runs from January 31-March 27.

Individuals:
Are you studying or working from home? We've got you covered with tips and fun waste reduction challenges for wherever you are!

Buildings:
How can buildings win? Reducing waste, recycling and composting as much as possible.
What do buildings win? A sweet plaque and bragging rights for the year.
Who wins the most? We all do! By reducing waste we conserve resources, reduce emissions, and feel good!

Visit ocs.umich.edu to learn more.

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Other Mon, 01 Feb 2021 12:23:01 -0500 2021-03-15T00:00:00-04:00 2021-03-15T23:00:00-04:00 Office of Campus Sustainability Other Campus Race to Zero Waste: U-M Edition Logo
STS Speaker. The Specter of Irreversible Change (March 15, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80668 80668-20769662@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 15, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Science, Technology & Society

In 1950, the United States had 299 nuclear weapons in its stockpile. By 1960, it had 18,638. And by 1965, it had 31,139. As the United States and Russia massively increased both the power and the range of their nuclear weaponry, it became possible to conceive of a catastrophic, global-scale war, and the Atomic Energy Commission funded studies to investigate the economic and environmental consequences of such a war. Along with military planners, sociologists, and even science fiction writers, ecologists were tasked by the U.S. government with envisioning the immense destructive potential of nuclear weaponry. In so doing, ecologists did not picture the outcome of World War III as the total annihilation of life on earth; there would have been no point to such an exercise. Instead, ecologists anticipated a period of environmental and economic recovery after World War III and considered how the government could hasten that recovery – how they could pursue ecological restoration. Ecologists and military strategists revisited studies of past ecological disasters, including the American Dust Bowl, in their attempt to plan for apocalypse. Their Doomsday imaginings drew on ecological succession theory, expanding the category of “environmental disturbance” beyond windstorms, fires, and floods to include nuclear bombs – and, ultimately, any human action. Meanwhile, in order to simulate the effects of nuclear war, ecologists began to destroy ecological communities intentionally. They irradiated forests and fumigated islands, trying to measure how intentionally stressed communities responded. These ecosystem destruction studies reveal the key contributions that the Cold War arms race made to the theory and practice of ecological restoration.

Laura J. Martin is an assistant professor of environmental studies at Williams College. Her research and teaching lie at the intersection of environmental history, history of biology, and conservation biology. She is currently finishing a book on the history of ecological restoration as an idea, a practice, and a scientific discipline.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Jan 2021 16:39:44 -0500 2021-03-15T16:00:00-04:00 2021-03-15T17:15:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Science, Technology & Society Lecture / Discussion Prof. Laura Martin
2021 Campus Race to Zero Waste (March 16, 2021 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81554 81554-20925563@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 16, 2021 12:00am
Location:
Organized By: Office of Campus Sustainability

Each year, competition heats up in the winter as students, faculty and staff strive to win the Campus Race to Zero Waste (Formerly Recyclemania). The competition runs from January 31-March 27.

Individuals:
Are you studying or working from home? We've got you covered with tips and fun waste reduction challenges for wherever you are!

Buildings:
How can buildings win? Reducing waste, recycling and composting as much as possible.
What do buildings win? A sweet plaque and bragging rights for the year.
Who wins the most? We all do! By reducing waste we conserve resources, reduce emissions, and feel good!

Visit ocs.umich.edu to learn more.

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Other Mon, 01 Feb 2021 12:23:01 -0500 2021-03-16T00:00:00-04:00 2021-03-16T23:00:00-04:00 Office of Campus Sustainability Other Campus Race to Zero Waste: U-M Edition Logo
OS Info Night (March 16, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82632 82632-21147758@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 16, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Organizational Studies Program (OS)

Want to learn more about Organizational Studies?


Join us to hear more about this interdisciplinary major based in social sciences where students customize their own education. OS Info Night is an informational session for those students (typically first-years) that are interested in learning more about OS as a possible major.


OS Director Mark Mizruchi will give a brief overview of the program, and OS staff provide information on the curriculum, opportunities, admissions process, and possible career paths available to OS majors.


Do you think you would enjoy a small community of dedicated and ambitious students with access to top-notch faculty and an engaged alumni network? Then the OS major may be for you!


Please register to attend! The virtual link will be provided after registration.

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Presentation Tue, 31 May 2022 14:14:59 -0400 2021-03-16T18:00:00-04:00 2021-03-16T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Organizational Studies Program (OS) Presentation OS Info Night
TSCA @ 5 Years: Opportunities to Act with Foresight (March 16, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82485 82485-21108121@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 16, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

The University of Michigan M-LEEaD Center is co-sponsoring an event to mark the 5-year anniversary of the bipartisan legislation called the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act. This reform law was designed to modernize U.S. industrial chemical policy to promote health, but has it lived up to its promise?

Public understanding is limited regarding how exposures to toxic chemicals affect health and how they might be regulated. Unlike pharmaceuticals, industrial and commercial chemicals are rarely tested for safety before they reach the U.S. market. The 1976 TSCA has been widely acknowledged to be a weak and ineffective law, and widespread exposures and harms continue. In the U.S., everyone is exposed to industrial and toxic chemicals, dozens and probably hundreds – well before birth. The amount of chemicals manufactured and imported continues to grow – it is trillions of pounds – and these chemicals remain largely unregulated. At the same time, we have seen an increase in chronic diseases, such as diabetes, autism, and infertility. Not everyone is equally at risk, and a higher burden of disease falls on low wealth communities and communities of color. These health disparities in exposures and health effects are illustrated and exacerbated by COVID.

The amended TSCA gave the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency new requirements and authorities. The public health impact points to the need for the U.S. EPA to fully use its new powers to evaluate all risks from hazardous chemicals and set policies which protect health and are accountable to high-risk communities. Preventive actions are urgently needed.

Watch “THE FOREVER CHEMICALS” documentary (2019, 26 min) at Great Lakes Now then join the March 16 forum. https://www.greatlakesnow.org/fc
“The Forever Chemicals” is an Emmy-winning examination of the impact of PFAS contamination in west Michigan
communities.

LEARN MORE AT OUR LIVE VIRTUAL PANEL DISCUSSION (registration required) on March 16 with Sandra Svoboda, “The Forever Chemicals” co-producer and Great Lakes Now Program Director; Tracey Woodruff, PhD, MPH, Professor, Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences, University of CA-San Francisco; and Justin Onwenu, Environmental Justice Organizer, Sierra Club. Moderated by Patricia Koman, MPP, PhD, Research Investigator, Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan with Welcoming remarks from Gilbert S. Omenn, MD, PhD, the Harold T Shapiro Distinguished University Professor of Medicine (also Professor of Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics; Internal Medicine; Human Genetics; and Public Health, Univ of Mich).

REGISTER HERE https://bit.ly/37I2JaU

SPONSORED BY the Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) • U-M Environmental Health Sciences • Detroit Public Television • Wayne State CURES Center • U-M Sustainable Living Experience • UROP (U-M Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program) • UMIHSA (U-M Industrial Hygiene Students Association) • EHSA (Environmental Health Student Association) • American Chemical Society Outreach Organization • U-M Health Policy Student Association • Ecology Center • Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition • UCSF Program for Reproductive Health and the Environment • UCSF EaRTH Center

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 03 Mar 2021 12:57:09 -0500 2021-03-16T19:00:00-04:00 2021-03-16T20:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Conference / Symposium March 16 Panel Discussion: TSCA @ 5 Years
2021 Campus Race to Zero Waste (March 17, 2021 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81554 81554-20925564@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 12:00am
Location:
Organized By: Office of Campus Sustainability

Each year, competition heats up in the winter as students, faculty and staff strive to win the Campus Race to Zero Waste (Formerly Recyclemania). The competition runs from January 31-March 27.

Individuals:
Are you studying or working from home? We've got you covered with tips and fun waste reduction challenges for wherever you are!

Buildings:
How can buildings win? Reducing waste, recycling and composting as much as possible.
What do buildings win? A sweet plaque and bragging rights for the year.
Who wins the most? We all do! By reducing waste we conserve resources, reduce emissions, and feel good!

Visit ocs.umich.edu to learn more.

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Other Mon, 01 Feb 2021 12:23:01 -0500 2021-03-17T00:00:00-04:00 2021-03-17T23:00:00-04:00 Office of Campus Sustainability Other Campus Race to Zero Waste: U-M Edition Logo
Food Literacy for All (March 17, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82937 82937-21225231@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative

Please join us for a virtual Food Literacy for All series with returning speakers! Themed around the Politics on our Plate, speakers will discuss the vision for our food system, the role of grassroots organizing, the impact of policy, and the responsibility of the media. To kickoff the series, join us for a conversation with Raj Patel and Ricardo Salvador, moderated by UM faculty Andy Jones on Wednesday March 17 at 12 pm EST.

Food Literacy for All is FREE, but registration is required.

The 2021 Food Literacy for All series is co-led by Andy Jones (UM School of Public Health), Devita Davison (FoodLab Detroit), and Lilly Fink Shapiro (UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative). Future sessions to be announced on this page and our newsletter, which you can sign up for on our homepage or in your registration.

The 2021 Food Literacy for All series is supported by the CEW+ Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 11 Mar 2021 11:19:48 -0500 2021-03-17T12:00:00-04:00 2021-03-17T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative Livestream / Virtual Session 1 Graphic
CCMB / DCMB Weekly Seminar Series featuring Sriram Chandrasekaran (Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering) (March 17, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82825 82825-21179592@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Abstract: Drug combinations have the potential to greatly expand our pharmacopeia while reducing both cost and drug resistance. Yet the current drug-discovery approach is unable to screen the astronomical number of possible combinations in different cell types and does not account for the complex environment inside the body. We have developed AI tools - INDIGO and MAGENTA - that predict the efficacy of drug combinations based on the properties of the drugs, the pathogen, and the infection environment. We are also using modeling to identify drugs that work in synergy with the host immune system. Using INDIGO and MAGENTA, we have identified highly synergistic combinations of repurposed drugs to treat drug resistant infections including Tuberculosis, the deadliest bacterial infection. INDIGO also accurately predicts the outcome of past clinical trials of drug combinations. Our ultimate goal is to create a personalized approach to treat infections using AI.
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Biography: Chandrasekaran received his bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology from Anna University in 2008, and a PhD in Biophysics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2013. He worked at Harvard University and MIT as a Harvard Junior Fellow between 2013 and 2016 and became an Assistant Professor at UM in 2017. His lab develops systems biology algorithms for drug discovery. Computer models from his lab like INDIGO and MAGENTA are being used to design effective therapies against drug resistant pathogens. His lab also develops systems biology algorithms to understand metabolic regulation. The approaches that they have created (PROM, ASTRIX, DFA, EGEM and GEMINI) perform complementary functions in modeling of metabolic and regulatory networks. Chandrasekaran’s research has been published in Cell, Genome Biology, mBio, and PNAS. For his work, Chandrasekaran previously received the 2013 Harvard Junior Fellowship, the 2011 Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) International Predoctoral Fellowship, the 2014 William Milton Fund award, 2018 UM Precision Health Investigator Award, and the 2018 Distinguished Young Investigator Award from the AICHE COBRA society.


https://umich-health.zoom.us/j/93929606089?pwd=SHh6R1FOQm8xMThRemdxTEFMWWpVdz09

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 05 Mar 2021 14:44:14 -0500 2021-03-17T16:00:00-04:00 2021-03-17T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location DCMB Seminar Series Livestream / Virtual Sriram Chandrasekaran, PhD (Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering)
PBSL Sustainable Fashion Show (March 17, 2021 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82657 82657-21155672@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Planet Blue Student Leaders

Join the off-campus Planet Blue Student Leader team in celebrating the commitment to buying second-hand clothing with an exhibition of some of the best thrift finds!

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Exhibition Tue, 02 Mar 2021 12:19:08 -0500 2021-03-17T20:00:00-04:00 2021-03-17T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Planet Blue Student Leaders Exhibition Exhibition Advertisement
SLE Community Nights (March 17, 2021 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75689 75689-20817007@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sustainable Living Experience

Join the SLE for weekly virtual activities such as social gatherings, wellness activities, and discussions of current events. Check for details each week in the SLE Newsletter.

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Social / Informal Gathering Mon, 18 Jan 2021 15:07:40 -0500 2021-03-17T20:00:00-04:00 2021-03-17T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sustainable Living Experience Social / Informal Gathering
2021 Campus Race to Zero Waste (March 18, 2021 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81554 81554-20925565@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 18, 2021 12:00am
Location:
Organized By: Office of Campus Sustainability

Each year, competition heats up in the winter as students, faculty and staff strive to win the Campus Race to Zero Waste (Formerly Recyclemania). The competition runs from January 31-March 27.

Individuals:
Are you studying or working from home? We've got you covered with tips and fun waste reduction challenges for wherever you are!

Buildings:
How can buildings win? Reducing waste, recycling and composting as much as possible.
What do buildings win? A sweet plaque and bragging rights for the year.
Who wins the most? We all do! By reducing waste we conserve resources, reduce emissions, and feel good!

Visit ocs.umich.edu to learn more.

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Other Mon, 01 Feb 2021 12:23:01 -0500 2021-03-18T00:00:00-04:00 2021-03-18T23:00:00-04:00 Office of Campus Sustainability Other Campus Race to Zero Waste: U-M Edition Logo
Environmental Justice Seminar Series (March 18, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83089 83089-21266971@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 18, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School for Environment and Sustainability

Speaker: Esme G. Murdock

Esme G. Murdock received her Ph.D. in the Department of Philosophy at Michigan State University, and is an Assistant Professor of American Indian Studies at San Diego State University and a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Philosophy at the Pennsylvania State University for the 2020-2021 Academic Year.

Her research interests include environmental justice, Indigenous and Afro-descended environmental ethics, settler colonial theory, and decolonization as land/resource rematriation. Murdock comes to this work as a descendant of enslaved Africans and settlers in North America. Her current work explores the devastating impacts of colonization and slavery on both Indigenous and Afro-descended peoples and environments on Turtle Island. She anchors her understanding of settler colonialism, in particular, in the experiences and theorization of Native and Black communities, especially toward securing decolonial futures. She often writes back to mainstream environmental discourse that attempts to “read out” colonization as the context of environmental degradation and destruction, particularly in the settler colonies of the United States and Canada. Her work centers conceptions of land and relating to land found within both Indigenous and African American/Afro-descended environmental philosophies. Murdock has work published in Environmental Values, Global Ethics, Hypatia, Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, and World Philosophies. Murdock’s first book manuscript is a land history of the South Carolina Sea Coast that engages in the diverse and often erased ecological histories, ecological heritages, ethnobotanical knowledges, and complex relations of Indigenous and Afro-descended peoples within the colonial complex of multiple European powers.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 16 Mar 2021 15:30:42 -0400 2021-03-18T12:00:00-04:00 2021-03-18T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School for Environment and Sustainability Lecture / Discussion SEAS Logo
Plan(e)t Based Diets (March 18, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82784 82784-21177570@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 18, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Planet Blue Ambassador

Join Planet Blue Ambassador Jule Krüger on March 18 at 1pm for a lunchtime presentation and discussion about plant-based diets and how they are great for both our bodies and our planet. She’ll share her journey to a plant-based diet, some tips and tricks, and we’ll follow up with several yummy recipes after the event for you to try!

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 05 Mar 2021 10:30:20 -0500 2021-03-18T13:00:00-04:00 2021-03-18T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Planet Blue Ambassador Lecture / Discussion Planet Based Diets Event Promo Graphic
2021 Campus Race to Zero Waste (March 19, 2021 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81554 81554-20925566@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 19, 2021 12:00am
Location:
Organized By: Office of Campus Sustainability

Each year, competition heats up in the winter as students, faculty and staff strive to win the Campus Race to Zero Waste (Formerly Recyclemania). The competition runs from January 31-March 27.

Individuals:
Are you studying or working from home? We've got you covered with tips and fun waste reduction challenges for wherever you are!

Buildings:
How can buildings win? Reducing waste, recycling and composting as much as possible.
What do buildings win? A sweet plaque and bragging rights for the year.
Who wins the most? We all do! By reducing waste we conserve resources, reduce emissions, and feel good!

Visit ocs.umich.edu to learn more.

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Other Mon, 01 Feb 2021 12:23:01 -0500 2021-03-19T00:00:00-04:00 2021-03-19T23:00:00-04:00 Office of Campus Sustainability Other Campus Race to Zero Waste: U-M Edition Logo
SEAS Ecosystem Science and Management Seminars Winter 2021 (March 19, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83090 83090-21266972@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 19, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School for Environment and Sustainability

Topic: Peasant agricultural landscapes as a matrix for biological and cultural diversity in Oaxaca, Mexico

Speaker: Mariana Benitez, Universidad Autonoma de Mexico

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 16 Mar 2021 12:57:04 -0400 2021-03-19T14:30:00-04:00 2021-03-19T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School for Environment and Sustainability Lecture / Discussion Con Eco
Winter 2021 Colloquia Series (March 19, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80817 80817-20793343@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 19, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

Zoom login info is below. Non-U-M Community members can email brownsu@umich.edu to request access.

Jan 22: Jake DeWitte, Oklo Inc.
Oklo Microreactor Development

Jan 29: Rui Qiu, Tsinghua University
Multi-scale Radiation Dosimetry with Computational Human Phantoms

Feb 5: Kate Turner, MIT Media Lab
Towards Intersectional Equity in Complex Sociotechnical Systems

Feb 12: Raluca Scarlat, UC Berkeley
The Relevance of Chemical Studies in Molten Fluoride Salts to Development of Advanced Nuclear Reactors

Feb 19: Tomi Akindele, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Reactor Antineutrinos for Nuclear Safeguards

Feb 26: Scott Baalrud, U-M Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences
Is This Even a Plasma? Physics of Strongly Coupled Plasmas

Mar 5: Ronnie Shepard, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Exploring Energy Transport at Stellar Inner Conditions Utilizing Ultrashort Pulse Lasers

Mar 12: Peter Yarsky, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
A Nuclear Engineer’s Approach to Modeling the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic

Mar 19: Dawn Montgomery, Clemson University
An Integrative Approach to Environmental Radiation Protection: Plant Influence on Radionuclide Transport, Plant Uptake, and Non-Human Biota Dosimetry

Mar 26: Dr. Heather J. Maclean Chichester, Idaho National Laboratory
Challenges and Solutions for Examining Irradiated Fuels and Materials in a Harsh Environment

Apr 2: Lara Pierpoint, Actuate
Electric Utility Innovation

Apr 9: Denia Djokić, Fastest Path to Zero Initiative
Reflections on Risk and Trust: Commemorating Fukushima and Chernobyl During Covid-19

Apr 16: John Jackson, Idaho National Laboratory
DOE Microreactor Program: Technology to Enable Microreactor Development, Deployment and Commercialization

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 12 Apr 2021 10:45:38 -0400 2021-03-19T16:00:00-04:00 2021-03-19T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Workshop / Seminar NERS Colloquia
2021 Campus Race to Zero Waste (March 20, 2021 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81554 81554-20925567@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 20, 2021 12:00am
Location:
Organized By: Office of Campus Sustainability

Each year, competition heats up in the winter as students, faculty and staff strive to win the Campus Race to Zero Waste (Formerly Recyclemania). The competition runs from January 31-March 27.

Individuals:
Are you studying or working from home? We've got you covered with tips and fun waste reduction challenges for wherever you are!

Buildings:
How can buildings win? Reducing waste, recycling and composting as much as possible.
What do buildings win? A sweet plaque and bragging rights for the year.
Who wins the most? We all do! By reducing waste we conserve resources, reduce emissions, and feel good!

Visit ocs.umich.edu to learn more.

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Other Mon, 01 Feb 2021 12:23:01 -0500 2021-03-20T00:00:00-04:00 2021-03-20T23:00:00-04:00 Office of Campus Sustainability Other Campus Race to Zero Waste: U-M Edition Logo
2021 Campus Race to Zero Waste (March 21, 2021 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81554 81554-20925568@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 21, 2021 12:00am
Location:
Organized By: Office of Campus Sustainability

Each year, competition heats up in the winter as students, faculty and staff strive to win the Campus Race to Zero Waste (Formerly Recyclemania). The competition runs from January 31-March 27.

Individuals:
Are you studying or working from home? We've got you covered with tips and fun waste reduction challenges for wherever you are!

Buildings:
How can buildings win? Reducing waste, recycling and composting as much as possible.
What do buildings win? A sweet plaque and bragging rights for the year.
Who wins the most? We all do! By reducing waste we conserve resources, reduce emissions, and feel good!

Visit ocs.umich.edu to learn more.

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Other Mon, 01 Feb 2021 12:23:01 -0500 2021-03-21T00:00:00-04:00 2021-03-21T23:00:00-04:00 Office of Campus Sustainability Other Campus Race to Zero Waste: U-M Edition Logo
2021 Campus Race to Zero Waste (March 22, 2021 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81554 81554-20925569@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 22, 2021 12:00am
Location:
Organized By: Office of Campus Sustainability

Each year, competition heats up in the winter as students, faculty and staff strive to win the Campus Race to Zero Waste (Formerly Recyclemania). The competition runs from January 31-March 27.

Individuals:
Are you studying or working from home? We've got you covered with tips and fun waste reduction challenges for wherever you are!

Buildings:
How can buildings win? Reducing waste, recycling and composting as much as possible.
What do buildings win? A sweet plaque and bragging rights for the year.
Who wins the most? We all do! By reducing waste we conserve resources, reduce emissions, and feel good!

Visit ocs.umich.edu to learn more.

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Other Mon, 01 Feb 2021 12:23:01 -0500 2021-03-22T00:00:00-04:00 2021-03-22T23:00:00-04:00 Office of Campus Sustainability Other Campus Race to Zero Waste: U-M Edition Logo
2021 Campus Race to Zero Waste (March 23, 2021 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81554 81554-20925570@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 23, 2021 12:00am
Location:
Organized By: Office of Campus Sustainability

Each year, competition heats up in the winter as students, faculty and staff strive to win the Campus Race to Zero Waste (Formerly Recyclemania). The competition runs from January 31-March 27.

Individuals:
Are you studying or working from home? We've got you covered with tips and fun waste reduction challenges for wherever you are!

Buildings:
How can buildings win? Reducing waste, recycling and composting as much as possible.
What do buildings win? A sweet plaque and bragging rights for the year.
Who wins the most? We all do! By reducing waste we conserve resources, reduce emissions, and feel good!

Visit ocs.umich.edu to learn more.

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Other Mon, 01 Feb 2021 12:23:01 -0500 2021-03-23T00:00:00-04:00 2021-03-23T23:00:00-04:00 Office of Campus Sustainability Other Campus Race to Zero Waste: U-M Edition Logo
2021 Campus Race to Zero Waste (March 24, 2021 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81554 81554-20925571@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 24, 2021 12:00am
Location:
Organized By: Office of Campus Sustainability

Each year, competition heats up in the winter as students, faculty and staff strive to win the Campus Race to Zero Waste (Formerly Recyclemania). The competition runs from January 31-March 27.

Individuals:
Are you studying or working from home? We've got you covered with tips and fun waste reduction challenges for wherever you are!

Buildings:
How can buildings win? Reducing waste, recycling and composting as much as possible.
What do buildings win? A sweet plaque and bragging rights for the year.
Who wins the most? We all do! By reducing waste we conserve resources, reduce emissions, and feel good!

Visit ocs.umich.edu to learn more.

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Other Mon, 01 Feb 2021 12:23:01 -0500 2021-03-24T00:00:00-04:00 2021-03-24T23:00:00-04:00 Office of Campus Sustainability Other Campus Race to Zero Waste: U-M Edition Logo
CCMB / DCMB Weekly Seminar Series Featuring Duncan K. Ralph (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center) (March 24, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82733 82733-21169592@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 24, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Abstract: Antibodies are an integral part of the adaptive immune response, and are a critical component of both vaccine-induced and naturally-acquired immunity. The development of deep sequencing approaches in recent years has allowed us to sample a significant fraction of the diverse repertoire of B cell receptor sequences from which antibodies are made. These sequences encode a wealth of information on the somatic rearrangement and evolutionary processes that determine the contours of our antibody repertoires, and thus our ability to respond appropriately to pathogens and vaccines. Extracting this information, however, requires a careful inference approach across several different analysis steps. I will describe the computational approaches that we have taken to solving these problems, which constitute the partis software package, and describe their application in several projects, including HIV and Dengue data.

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Biography: Duncan attended the University of California at Santa Cruz for his undergraduate studies in physics, completing his thesis on energy transport in condensed matter theory in 2005. He completed his PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2014, working on the Large Hadron Collider at the European particle physics laboratory (CERN). His thesis described the observation of Higgs boson decays to four leptons. Since 2014, he has worked in Frederick Matsen’s lab at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, first as a postdoctoral researcher and more recently as a staff scientist, writing new computational methods for the analysis of B cell receptor deep sequencing data.

https://umich-health.zoom.us/j/93929606089?pwd=SHh6R1FOQm8xMThRemdxTEFMWWpVdz09

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 04 Mar 2021 11:20:24 -0500 2021-03-24T16:00:00-04:00 2021-03-24T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location DCMB Seminar Series Livestream / Virtual
Designing for Impact in Global Health (March 24, 2021 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82821 82821-21179589@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 24, 2021 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global Health Equity

Please join us for the next seminar for the UM Center for Global Health Equity: Designing for Impact in Global Health.

Panelists include:
Kathleen Sienko, College of Engineering
Paul Clyde, William Davidson Institute
Rocky Oteng, School of Medicine
Kentaro Toyama, School of Information
Grace Burleson, College of Engineering
David Green, Social Entrepreneur
Jesse Austin-Breneman, College of Engineering

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 05 Mar 2021 14:12:00 -0500 2021-03-24T17:00:00-04:00 2021-03-24T18:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global Health Equity Workshop / Seminar Panelists
Rooting for Change: UMSFP Student Food Summit (March 24, 2021 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81827 81827-20967183@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 24, 2021 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP)

UM Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP) connects food, environmental, and social justice-oriented clubs on campus to create a network of empowered students working to better our food system both on-campus and in the surrounding community.

From 5-8PM on Wednesday, March 24 and Thursday, March 25, we are inviting you to attend Rooting for Change: Student Food Summit! The two-day summit will consist of Zoom webinars and learn-shops, as well as an optional networking happy hour after Wednesday's session. While learn-shop sessions and the happy hour are specifically for students, anyone is welcome to attend the Tiny Talks and Keynote Zoom webinars.

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Livestream / Virtual Sat, 06 Feb 2021 12:31:13 -0500 2021-03-24T17:00:00-04:00 2021-03-24T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP) Livestream / Virtual Rooting for Change! 5-8pm Wednesday, March 24 and Thursday, March 25 2021
Rooting for Change! (March 24, 2021 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81828 81828-21257024@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 24, 2021 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP)

UM Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP) connects food, environmental, and social justice-oriented clubs on campus to create a network of empowered students working to better our food system both on-campus and in the surrounding community.

The UM Sustainable Food Program is inviting you to attend Rooting for Change: Student Food Summit! The two-day event will consist of student-led learnshops, a storytelling event Tiny Talks about Food Justice, and a keynote address Food as Healing with Shane Bernardo. Also on the program are a networking happy hour on Wednesday evening and well-being breaks to cultivate personal resilience on both days.

U-M students are welcome to attend some or all of this free event. Register for learnshops along one track (Identity, Equity, & Justice | Hands-on Learning | Resources for Student Orgs) or pick and choose individual learnshops based on your interests.

Staff, faculty, and community members are invited to join in for Tiny Talks at 7pm on Wed, 3/24 and the keynote event at 7pm on Thurs, 3/25.

Our objectives in hosting this summit are to:
* Foster collaboration between UMSFP Member Groups, Working Group participants, UMSFP, Campus Farm, Maize and Blue Cupboard students
* Inspire deeper engagement with co-curricular opportunities to engage with sustainable food at U-M
* Promote a sense of personal and organizational connectedness to one another and to the food we grow, buy, sell, cook, and eat
* Challenge attendees to explore all aspects of the food system through the lens of social justice
* Center fun, relationship-building, and well-being in this work

Please don't hesitate to contact umsfp.core@umich.edu for more information!

DAY 1 - Wed, March 24 (5-9pm)
5:00 - Opening
5:30 - Share Out from Student Orgs
6:00 - Learnshop Session 1 (Equity & Food Access | Nutrition Label Literacy | Grants for Student Orgs)
6:45 - Meditation with Mac Realo
7:00 - Tiny Talks About Food Justice
8:00 - Networking Happy Hour

DAY 2 - TENTATIVE: Thurs, March 25 (5-8pm)
5:00 - The Future of UMSFP
5:15 - Learnshop Session 2 (Food Futures | Recycling & Composting | Food Policy Advocacy)
6:00 - Yoga break
6:15 - Learnshop Session 3 (Food & Social Identity | Campus Farm Flavors | Student Food Access)
7:00 - Keynote: Food as Healing with Shane Bernardo
7:50 - Key Takeaways & Closing

Register: bit.ly/rfcsign

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 15 Mar 2021 09:14:57 -0400 2021-03-24T17:00:00-04:00 2021-03-24T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP) Livestream / Virtual Rooting for Change! 5-8pm Wednesday, March 24 and Thursday, March 25 2021
SLE Community Nights (March 24, 2021 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75689 75689-20817008@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 24, 2021 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sustainable Living Experience

Join the SLE for weekly virtual activities such as social gatherings, wellness activities, and discussions of current events. Check for details each week in the SLE Newsletter.

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Social / Informal Gathering Mon, 18 Jan 2021 15:07:40 -0500 2021-03-24T20:00:00-04:00 2021-03-24T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sustainable Living Experience Social / Informal Gathering
2021 Campus Race to Zero Waste (March 25, 2021 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81554 81554-20925572@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 25, 2021 12:00am
Location:
Organized By: Office of Campus Sustainability

Each year, competition heats up in the winter as students, faculty and staff strive to win the Campus Race to Zero Waste (Formerly Recyclemania). The competition runs from January 31-March 27.

Individuals:
Are you studying or working from home? We've got you covered with tips and fun waste reduction challenges for wherever you are!

Buildings:
How can buildings win? Reducing waste, recycling and composting as much as possible.
What do buildings win? A sweet plaque and bragging rights for the year.
Who wins the most? We all do! By reducing waste we conserve resources, reduce emissions, and feel good!

Visit ocs.umich.edu to learn more.

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Other Mon, 01 Feb 2021 12:23:01 -0500 2021-03-25T00:00:00-04:00 2021-03-25T23:00:00-04:00 Office of Campus Sustainability Other Campus Race to Zero Waste: U-M Edition Logo
Environmental Justice Seminar Series (March 25, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83091 83091-21266975@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 25, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School for Environment and Sustainability

Topic: Predatory Cities and Property Tax Reform in the Rust Belt

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 16 Mar 2021 15:12:54 -0400 2021-03-25T12:00:00-04:00 2021-03-25T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School for Environment and Sustainability Lecture / Discussion SEAS Logo
Rooting for Change! (March 25, 2021 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81828 81828-20967184@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 25, 2021 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP)

UM Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP) connects food, environmental, and social justice-oriented clubs on campus to create a network of empowered students working to better our food system both on-campus and in the surrounding community.

The UM Sustainable Food Program is inviting you to attend Rooting for Change: Student Food Summit! The two-day event will consist of student-led learnshops, a storytelling event Tiny Talks about Food Justice, and a keynote address Food as Healing with Shane Bernardo. Also on the program are a networking happy hour on Wednesday evening and well-being breaks to cultivate personal resilience on both days.

U-M students are welcome to attend some or all of this free event. Register for learnshops along one track (Identity, Equity, & Justice | Hands-on Learning | Resources for Student Orgs) or pick and choose individual learnshops based on your interests.

Staff, faculty, and community members are invited to join in for Tiny Talks at 7pm on Wed, 3/24 and the keynote event at 7pm on Thurs, 3/25.

Our objectives in hosting this summit are to:
* Foster collaboration between UMSFP Member Groups, Working Group participants, UMSFP, Campus Farm, Maize and Blue Cupboard students
* Inspire deeper engagement with co-curricular opportunities to engage with sustainable food at U-M
* Promote a sense of personal and organizational connectedness to one another and to the food we grow, buy, sell, cook, and eat
* Challenge attendees to explore all aspects of the food system through the lens of social justice
* Center fun, relationship-building, and well-being in this work

Please don't hesitate to contact umsfp.core@umich.edu for more information!

DAY 1 - Wed, March 24 (5-9pm)
5:00 - Opening
5:30 - Share Out from Student Orgs
6:00 - Learnshop Session 1 (Equity & Food Access | Nutrition Label Literacy | Grants for Student Orgs)
6:45 - Meditation with Mac Realo
7:00 - Tiny Talks About Food Justice
8:00 - Networking Happy Hour

DAY 2 - TENTATIVE: Thurs, March 25 (5-8pm)
5:00 - The Future of UMSFP
5:15 - Learnshop Session 2 (Food Futures | Recycling & Composting | Food Policy Advocacy)
6:00 - Yoga break
6:15 - Learnshop Session 3 (Food & Social Identity | Campus Farm Flavors | Student Food Access)
7:00 - Keynote: Food as Healing with Shane Bernardo
7:50 - Key Takeaways & Closing

Register: bit.ly/rfcsign

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 15 Mar 2021 09:14:57 -0400 2021-03-25T17:00:00-04:00 2021-03-25T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP) Livestream / Virtual Rooting for Change! 5-8pm Wednesday, March 24 and Thursday, March 25 2021
Drop In and Get to Know CCL (March 25, 2021 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82081 82081-21020930@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 25, 2021 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Citizens Climate Lobby

Ann Arbor Citizens' Climate Lobby is the local chapter of a national organization advocating for federal legislation to tackle climate change. Would you like to know more about our work and how you can get involved? Join our casual drop-in session to meet a few members of our chapter, learn about our group, and ask questions. All are welcome and able to contribute - you don't need to be an expert!

Sign up here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIsc-6oqj8oGtApi6u6PkbngoX-3DMVIzuo

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Livestream / Virtual Sat, 13 Feb 2021 16:24:28 -0500 2021-03-25T19:30:00-04:00 2021-03-25T20:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Citizens Climate Lobby Livestream / Virtual photo of coffee cup and computer with zoom meeting
2021 Campus Race to Zero Waste (March 26, 2021 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81554 81554-20925573@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 26, 2021 12:00am
Location:
Organized By: Office of Campus Sustainability

Each year, competition heats up in the winter as students, faculty and staff strive to win the Campus Race to Zero Waste (Formerly Recyclemania). The competition runs from January 31-March 27.

Individuals:
Are you studying or working from home? We've got you covered with tips and fun waste reduction challenges for wherever you are!

Buildings:
How can buildings win? Reducing waste, recycling and composting as much as possible.
What do buildings win? A sweet plaque and bragging rights for the year.
Who wins the most? We all do! By reducing waste we conserve resources, reduce emissions, and feel good!

Visit ocs.umich.edu to learn more.

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Other Mon, 01 Feb 2021 12:23:01 -0500 2021-03-26T00:00:00-04:00 2021-03-26T23:00:00-04:00 Office of Campus Sustainability Other Campus Race to Zero Waste: U-M Edition Logo
Winter 2021 Colloquia Series (March 26, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80817 80817-20793344@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 26, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

Zoom login info is below. Non-U-M Community members can email brownsu@umich.edu to request access.

Jan 22: Jake DeWitte, Oklo Inc.
Oklo Microreactor Development

Jan 29: Rui Qiu, Tsinghua University
Multi-scale Radiation Dosimetry with Computational Human Phantoms

Feb 5: Kate Turner, MIT Media Lab
Towards Intersectional Equity in Complex Sociotechnical Systems

Feb 12: Raluca Scarlat, UC Berkeley
The Relevance of Chemical Studies in Molten Fluoride Salts to Development of Advanced Nuclear Reactors

Feb 19: Tomi Akindele, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Reactor Antineutrinos for Nuclear Safeguards

Feb 26: Scott Baalrud, U-M Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences
Is This Even a Plasma? Physics of Strongly Coupled Plasmas

Mar 5: Ronnie Shepard, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Exploring Energy Transport at Stellar Inner Conditions Utilizing Ultrashort Pulse Lasers

Mar 12: Peter Yarsky, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
A Nuclear Engineer’s Approach to Modeling the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic

Mar 19: Dawn Montgomery, Clemson University
An Integrative Approach to Environmental Radiation Protection: Plant Influence on Radionuclide Transport, Plant Uptake, and Non-Human Biota Dosimetry

Mar 26: Dr. Heather J. Maclean Chichester, Idaho National Laboratory
Challenges and Solutions for Examining Irradiated Fuels and Materials in a Harsh Environment

Apr 2: Lara Pierpoint, Actuate
Electric Utility Innovation

Apr 9: Denia Djokić, Fastest Path to Zero Initiative
Reflections on Risk and Trust: Commemorating Fukushima and Chernobyl During Covid-19

Apr 16: John Jackson, Idaho National Laboratory
DOE Microreactor Program: Technology to Enable Microreactor Development, Deployment and Commercialization

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 12 Apr 2021 10:45:38 -0400 2021-03-26T16:00:00-04:00 2021-03-26T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Workshop / Seminar NERS Colloquia
2021 Campus Race to Zero Waste (March 27, 2021 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81554 81554-20925574@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 27, 2021 12:00am
Location:
Organized By: Office of Campus Sustainability

Each year, competition heats up in the winter as students, faculty and staff strive to win the Campus Race to Zero Waste (Formerly Recyclemania). The competition runs from January 31-March 27.

Individuals:
Are you studying or working from home? We've got you covered with tips and fun waste reduction challenges for wherever you are!

Buildings:
How can buildings win? Reducing waste, recycling and composting as much as possible.
What do buildings win? A sweet plaque and bragging rights for the year.
Who wins the most? We all do! By reducing waste we conserve resources, reduce emissions, and feel good!

Visit ocs.umich.edu to learn more.

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Other Mon, 01 Feb 2021 12:23:01 -0500 2021-03-27T00:00:00-04:00 2021-03-27T23:00:00-04:00 Office of Campus Sustainability Other Campus Race to Zero Waste: U-M Edition Logo
Using Artificial Intelligence for Optimal Truck Platooning under Uncertainties (March 31, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82674 82674-21155688@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 31, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Connected and Automated Transportation

Truck platooning is the process of using connected vehicle technology to join two or more trucks in a convoy. Platooning is associated with two, major societal benefits: environmental, through lowered fuel consumption, CO2 emission, and traffic efficiency, and safety improvement, through automated driving. Quantification of fuel consumption in platoons depends on the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) of the system, specifically the resistance or drag force of trucks. While optimization of fuel consumption is pivotal in truck platooning, analysis of CFD is computationally expensive, especially when uncertainties are present, due to geometrical variability of trucks and platoons as well as in wind magnitude and direction.

This research proposes an artificial intelligence-based surrogate model which enables near real-time optimization of platoon configurations based on fuel consumption and impacts on pavement conditions. Attendees will learn how a deep neural network (DNN) model can be trained using data from CFD simulations that utilize high-performance computing (HPC) resources.

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Presentation Tue, 30 Mar 2021 18:26:18 -0400 2021-03-31T13:00:00-04:00 2021-03-31T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Connected and Automated Transportation Presentation Decorative Image
Webinar: Understanding the Role Coastal Marshes Play in Protecting Communities from Storm Surge and Flooding (March 31, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83387 83387-21369771@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 31, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Graham Sustainability Institute

As coastal communities strive to safeguard themselves from increasing storm risks, they are looking for ways to maximize the protective powers of their natural features such as coastal wetlands. This project closely examined one marsh complex that lies adjacent to Piermont Village along the Hudson River Estuary in New York. Village residents wanted to better understand how Piermont Marsh would buffer their village from storm-induced flooding and waves, and whether a proposed plan to restore native cattails within a small area of the Phragmites-dominated marsh would lessen its buffering capacity.

In this webinar, two members of the project team will explain how the team used state of the art modeling methods to simulate marsh vegetation and storm impacts produced by a series of past and future storm scenarios. By looking back at Superstorm Sandy in 2012 and projecting how much worse the damage could have been without the marsh, the research team was able to put a dollar value on Piermont Marsh’s buffering services. They will share key takeaways from the research and explain how the findings are informing planning for the marsh and shoreline infrastructure.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 29 Mar 2021 13:24:38 -0400 2021-03-31T15:00:00-04:00 2021-03-31T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Graham Sustainability Institute Workshop / Seminar
CCMB / DCMB Weekly Seminar (March 31, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83395 83395-21369780@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 31, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Abstract:

Large, deeply phenotyped cohorts are reshaping the world of environmental epidemiology. Two such “big data” resources that are reshaping how we understand environmental health are electronic health records and human cohorts with genome-wide molecular phenotyping. Each provides a unique perspective that is moving the field closer towards “personalized” insights into environmental health risks. Here I will talk about a series of studies which utilize electronic health records and molecularly phenotyped cohorts to investigate vulnerable populations, gene-environment interactions, and epigenetic biomarkers of environmental sensitivity. Together these studies are helping us to understand environmental health risks in a new light.

Short bio:

Dr. Cavin Ward-Caviness is a Principal Investigator in the Public Health and Integrated Toxicology Division of the US Environmental Protection Agency. With a background in computational biology and environmental epidemiology, Dr. Ward-Caviness seeks to understand the environmental factors which influence health in vulnerable populations and the molecular mechanisms that influence environmental health risks. The Ward-Caviness lab uses a variety of “big data” approaches, and Dr. Ward-Caviness is the PI of the EPA CARES research resource, which allows researchers to study environmental health effects in vulnerable patient populations, e.g. individuals with heart failure, using large electronic health record databases. Dr. Ward-Caviness is also interested in how epigenetics and metabolomics can serve as an early indicator of adverse health effects from chemical and social environmental exposures and in particular how molecular biomarkers can give us insight into how the environment may accelerate the aging process and thus contribute to chronic disease. By integrating molecular and clinical data, Dr. Ward-Caviness seeks to understand environmental health as a way to advance personalized medicine and reduce health disparities.

https://umich-health.zoom.us/j/93929606089?pwd=SHh6R1FOQm8xMThRemdxTEFMWWpVdz09

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 29 Mar 2021 15:15:11 -0400 2021-03-31T16:00:00-04:00 2021-03-31T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location DCMB Seminar Series Livestream / Virtual
SLE Community Nights (March 31, 2021 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75689 75689-20817009@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 31, 2021 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sustainable Living Experience

Join the SLE for weekly virtual activities such as social gatherings, wellness activities, and discussions of current events. Check for details each week in the SLE Newsletter.

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Social / Informal Gathering Mon, 18 Jan 2021 15:07:40 -0500 2021-03-31T20:00:00-04:00 2021-03-31T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sustainable Living Experience Social / Informal Gathering
Environmental Justice Seminar Series (April 1, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83095 83095-21266977@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 1, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School for Environment and Sustainability

Jalonne White-Newsome, affiliated faculty at George Washington University in Environmental and Occupational Health, and University of Michigan SPH, Former Senior Program Officer for Environment at the Kresge Foundation, CEO and Founder, Empowering a Green Environmnet and Economy, LLC.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 16 Mar 2021 15:32:33 -0400 2021-04-01T12:00:00-04:00 2021-04-01T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School for Environment and Sustainability Livestream / Virtual SEAS Logo
Autonomy | Harnessing Digital Technologies to Build a More Water-Secure and Sustainable Future with Albert Cho (April 2, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83304 83304-21338280@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 2, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

While water challenges are intensifying around the world, from climate change to urbanization and beyond, powerful new digital technologies are driving step-change – helping cities protect and optimize water management, build resilience and advance sustainability and equity. Hear examples of how modern cities are using data and automation that transform their water systems, while fueling their economy and creating social value for their residents and for future generations.

Albert Cho is Senior Vice President, Chief Strategy and Digital Officer at Xylem. In this role, he is responsible for driving Xylem’s efforts to digitize water infrastructure, as well as the continued development of business strategies to achieve Xylem’s vision and create social and economic value. Before joining Xylem, Al worked as Senior Advisor to the Deputy Secretary at the State Department, where he was a White House Fellow and served on the Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff. He has also been an executive at Cisco Systems, worked at McKinsey & Company, and served at the United Nations on a global plan for achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Al serves on the Board of Directors of the U.S. Water Alliance and the Canadian Water Network, and the Programme Committee for Singapore International Water Week. He is also an Honorary Research Associate of the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at the University of Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.

Panelists:

Barry Liner, Chief Technical Officer, Water Environment Federation
Ting Lu, Business Practice Leader – Digital Solutions, Clean Water Services

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 29 Mar 2021 10:31:21 -0400 2021-04-02T13:00:00-04:00 2021-04-02T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Civil and Environmental Engineering Livestream / Virtual Albert Cho
Winter 2021 Colloquia Series (April 2, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80817 80817-20793345@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 2, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

Zoom login info is below. Non-U-M Community members can email brownsu@umich.edu to request access.

Jan 22: Jake DeWitte, Oklo Inc.
Oklo Microreactor Development

Jan 29: Rui Qiu, Tsinghua University
Multi-scale Radiation Dosimetry with Computational Human Phantoms

Feb 5: Kate Turner, MIT Media Lab
Towards Intersectional Equity in Complex Sociotechnical Systems

Feb 12: Raluca Scarlat, UC Berkeley
The Relevance of Chemical Studies in Molten Fluoride Salts to Development of Advanced Nuclear Reactors

Feb 19: Tomi Akindele, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Reactor Antineutrinos for Nuclear Safeguards

Feb 26: Scott Baalrud, U-M Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences
Is This Even a Plasma? Physics of Strongly Coupled Plasmas

Mar 5: Ronnie Shepard, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Exploring Energy Transport at Stellar Inner Conditions Utilizing Ultrashort Pulse Lasers

Mar 12: Peter Yarsky, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
A Nuclear Engineer’s Approach to Modeling the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic

Mar 19: Dawn Montgomery, Clemson University
An Integrative Approach to Environmental Radiation Protection: Plant Influence on Radionuclide Transport, Plant Uptake, and Non-Human Biota Dosimetry

Mar 26: Dr. Heather J. Maclean Chichester, Idaho National Laboratory
Challenges and Solutions for Examining Irradiated Fuels and Materials in a Harsh Environment

Apr 2: Lara Pierpoint, Actuate
Electric Utility Innovation

Apr 9: Denia Djokić, Fastest Path to Zero Initiative
Reflections on Risk and Trust: Commemorating Fukushima and Chernobyl During Covid-19

Apr 16: John Jackson, Idaho National Laboratory
DOE Microreactor Program: Technology to Enable Microreactor Development, Deployment and Commercialization

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 12 Apr 2021 10:45:38 -0400 2021-04-02T16:00:00-04:00 2021-04-02T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Workshop / Seminar NERS Colloquia
Animal Rights: A WeListen Staff Discussion (April 6, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82956 82956-21227225@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 6, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

This WeListen session is open to all UM staff members across the political spectrum.

All voices and views are welcome and the Zoom link for this event will be shared once you've RSVP'd.

RSVP here: http://bit.ly/WLApril21

We will discuss the history of animal rights in the U.S., and animals as food sources and the impact on climate change. Participants will receive a content presentation to review in advance of the virtual session, and the majority of our time will be spent in small group discussion.

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

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

Questions? Email us at welistenstaff@umich.edu.

This event is co-sponsored by the WeListen Staff Series planning committee with members from the Ginsberg Center, the International Institute, LSA Psychology and Michigan Medicine, and the LSA DEI Office.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 11 Mar 2021 15:13:59 -0500 2021-04-06T14:00:00-04:00 2021-04-06T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Ginsberg Center Workshop / Seminar WeListen April 2021
Bioethics Discussion: Virtual Reality (April 6, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58840 58840-14563732@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 6, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A discussion like any other?

Join us at: https://umich.zoom.us/j/99926126455.

A few reading to consider:
––Internet-Delivered Health Interventions That Work: Systematic Review of Meta-Analyses and Evaluation of Website Availability
––Ethics of Virtual Reality in Medical Education and Licensure
––Wearables and the medical revolution
––Creating Bioethics Distance Learning Through Virtual Reality

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings visit http://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/059-virtual-reality/.

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A decently maintained virtual reality may be found on the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 08 Jan 2021 09:39:24 -0500 2021-04-06T19:00:00-04:00 2021-04-06T20:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Virtual Reality
CCMB / DCMB Weekly Seminar Series (April 7, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83241 83241-21320453@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 7, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Abstract: More than 3,000 new Marine recruits were studied prospectively during their initial Marine-mandated two-week quarantine and their subsequent basic training at Parris Island. The COVID Health Action Response for Marines (CHARM) studied completed 20,000 study visits and obtained more than 70,000 biosamples including pre- to post- SARS-CoV-2 infections in more than 1000 recruits. Serological, transcriptomic, and epigenetic analyses identify the response signature to SARS-CoV-2 infection in these largely asymptomatic young adults. Phylogenetic analysis and modeling provide insight into epidemiology and guidance for public health measures.

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Specialty: Neurology

Research Topics: Addiction, Apoptosis/Cell Death, Basal Ganglia, Bioinformatics, Brain, Cellular Immunity, Cerebral Cortex, Mathematical and Computational Biology, Multiple Sclerosis, Neuro-degeneration/protection, Receptors, Reproductive Biology, Signal Transduction, Theoretical Biology, Vaccine Development, Viruses and Virology

https://umich-health.zoom.us/j/93929606089?pwd=SHh6R1FOQm8xMThRemdxTEFMWWpVdz09

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 23 Mar 2021 11:23:58 -0400 2021-04-07T16:00:00-04:00 2021-04-07T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location DCMB Seminar Series Livestream / Virtual
SLE Community Nights (April 7, 2021 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75689 75689-20817010@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 7, 2021 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sustainable Living Experience

Join the SLE for weekly virtual activities such as social gatherings, wellness activities, and discussions of current events. Check for details each week in the SLE Newsletter.

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Social / Informal Gathering Mon, 18 Jan 2021 15:07:40 -0500 2021-04-07T20:00:00-04:00 2021-04-07T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sustainable Living Experience Social / Informal Gathering
Environmental Justice Seminar Series (April 8, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83097 83097-21266980@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 8, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School for Environment and Sustainability

Gocke Gunel, Rice University Department of Anthroplogy, "Patchwork Ethnographies of Energy Infrastructure, from the UAE to the USA"

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 16 Mar 2021 15:59:19 -0400 2021-04-08T12:00:00-04:00 2021-04-08T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School for Environment and Sustainability Lecture / Discussion SEAS Logo
Meat! A Transnational Analysis - Virtual Book Launch (April 9, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83092 83092-21266974@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 9, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

What is meat? Is it simply food to consume, or a metaphor for our own bodies? Can “bloody” vegan burgers, petri dish beef, live animals, or human milk be categorized as meat? In pursuing these questions, the contributors to "Meat! a transnational analysis" (recently published by Duke University Press) trace the shifting boundaries of the meanings of meat across time, geography, and cultures.

This virtual celebration will be moderated by editors Sushmita Chatterjee and Banu Subramanian, with comments (live & pre-recorded) from contributors: Neel Ahuja, Irina Aristarkhova, Sushmita Chatterjee, Mel Y. Chen, Kim Q. Hall, Jennifer A. Hamilton, Anita Mannur, Elspeth Probyn, Parama Roy, Banu Subramaniam, Angela Willey, and Psyche Williams-Forson.

Order your copy of Meat! from Duke University Press and save 40% with discount code: AAAS21 through May 31.

Register to immediately receive Zoom details. Note: you may register after the event has started.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 17 Mar 2021 08:08:49 -0400 2021-04-09T13:00:00-04:00 2021-04-09T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Research on Women and Gender Lecture / Discussion image of Meat book cover
Winter 2021 Colloquia Series (April 9, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80817 80817-20793346@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 9, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

Zoom login info is below. Non-U-M Community members can email brownsu@umich.edu to request access.

Jan 22: Jake DeWitte, Oklo Inc.
Oklo Microreactor Development

Jan 29: Rui Qiu, Tsinghua University
Multi-scale Radiation Dosimetry with Computational Human Phantoms

Feb 5: Kate Turner, MIT Media Lab
Towards Intersectional Equity in Complex Sociotechnical Systems

Feb 12: Raluca Scarlat, UC Berkeley
The Relevance of Chemical Studies in Molten Fluoride Salts to Development of Advanced Nuclear Reactors

Feb 19: Tomi Akindele, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Reactor Antineutrinos for Nuclear Safeguards

Feb 26: Scott Baalrud, U-M Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences
Is This Even a Plasma? Physics of Strongly Coupled Plasmas

Mar 5: Ronnie Shepard, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Exploring Energy Transport at Stellar Inner Conditions Utilizing Ultrashort Pulse Lasers

Mar 12: Peter Yarsky, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
A Nuclear Engineer’s Approach to Modeling the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic

Mar 19: Dawn Montgomery, Clemson University
An Integrative Approach to Environmental Radiation Protection: Plant Influence on Radionuclide Transport, Plant Uptake, and Non-Human Biota Dosimetry

Mar 26: Dr. Heather J. Maclean Chichester, Idaho National Laboratory
Challenges and Solutions for Examining Irradiated Fuels and Materials in a Harsh Environment

Apr 2: Lara Pierpoint, Actuate
Electric Utility Innovation

Apr 9: Denia Djokić, Fastest Path to Zero Initiative
Reflections on Risk and Trust: Commemorating Fukushima and Chernobyl During Covid-19

Apr 16: John Jackson, Idaho National Laboratory
DOE Microreactor Program: Technology to Enable Microreactor Development, Deployment and Commercialization

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 12 Apr 2021 10:45:38 -0400 2021-04-09T16:00:00-04:00 2021-04-09T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Workshop / Seminar NERS Colloquia
Environmental Racism & Environmental Justice (April 13, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83622 83622-21440409@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

Featuring Donele Wilkins (CEO, Green Door Initiative, Detroit) and Kathryn Savoie (Detroit Community Health Director, Ecology Center) with welcome and introductions by Amy Schulz (Professor HBHE, UM SPH). https://umich.zoom.us/j/91685410400

Final in this Series: April 20 "Community Action to Promote Healthy Environments: Research to Improve Air Quality and Health in Detroit".

Webinar series organized by the Community Engagement Core and the Integrated Health Sciences Core of the Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD). Co-sponsored by the DEI Committee of Health Behavior & Health Education and the DEI Committee of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 07 Apr 2021 18:05:04 -0400 2021-04-13T12:00:00-04:00 2021-04-13T12:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Lecture / Discussion Environmental Racism & Environmental Justice
Online Presentation - Ziibimijwang Farm:  Growing Indigenous Food Sovereignty (April 14, 2021 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83649 83649-21452141@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 1:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum

Ziibimijwang Farm is helping restore food sovereignty for the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians and other communities throughout the northern Great Lakes region.

What opportunities and benefits are there for Native American Tribes and Communities in operating a sustainable, community-based farm?  What are the challenges associated with this approach and how can they be successfully managed?  How can collaboration with tribal and non-tribal institutions, such as the University of Michigan's Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum, help promote Ziibimijwang’s mission?

Please join us as Joe Van Alstine will discuss ways in which Ziibimijwang is working to provide a reliable food source for tribal community members independent of the larger food system, encourage healthy eating, and enhance people’s knowledge of how to raise their own food. Matthaei-Nichols Curator David Michener and Campus Farm Program Manager  Jeremy Moghtadar will also be part of the discussion panel.

Register/Webinar link can be found at: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DFmTFvx2S62udpTJsgDvqA

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Presentation Fri, 09 Apr 2021 08:45:46 -0400 2021-04-14T13:30:00-04:00 2021-04-14T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum Presentation Food sovereignty presentation flier
CCMB / DCMB Weekly Seminar (April 14, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83595 83595-21436485@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Abstract:
My lab's research involves the development and application of systems biology approaches—combining computation, machine learning, quantitative modeling, and experiments—to study the immune system in health and disease. Recent technological and computational advances allow comprehensive interrogation of multiple modalities (e.g., proteins, mRNAs, immune receptor sequences) in single cell resolution in the human population. Here I will highlight our work in the analysis human and single cell variations along the axes of early immune development, vaccination, and COVID-19. If time permits, I will also discuss the integration of tissue imaging, machine learning, and multiscale dynamical modeling of immune cell interactions to investigate the homeostatic regulation of autoreactive T cells.

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Biography: Dr. Tsang is a senior investigator in the NIH Intramural Research Program and leads a laboratory focusing on systems and quantitative immunology at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). He also co-directs the Trans-NIH Center for Human Immunology (CHI) and leads its research program in systems human immunology. Dr. Tsang trained in computer engineering and computer science at the University of Waterloo and received his Ph.D. in biophysics from Harvard University. Dr. Tsang has worked as a software engineer and pursued systems biology research in both academia and industry including Rosetta Inpharmatics, Caprion Proteomics, MIT, and Merck Research Laboratories. Dr. Tsang has won several awards for his research, including NIAID Merit Awards for the development of a data reuse and crowdsourcing platform OMiCC and for leading a system biology study of human immune variability and influenza vaccination, which was selected as a top NIAID Research Advances of 2014. He currently serves as the founding chief editor of systems immunology for Frontiers in Immunology. He has served as a scientific advisor for a number of programs and organizations including ImmPort (the clinical and molecular data repository for NIAID), the Committee on Precision Medicine for the World Allergy Organization, the NIAID Modeling Immunity for Biodefense Program, the Allen Institute, the Immuno-Epidemiology Program at the National Cancer Institute, and the Human Vaccines Project.

https://umich-health.zoom.us/j/93929606089?pwd=SHh6R1FOQm8xMThRemdxTEFMWWpVdz09

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 07 Apr 2021 08:59:05 -0400 2021-04-14T16:00:00-04:00 2021-04-14T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location DCMB Seminar Series Livestream / Virtual
SLE Community Nights (April 14, 2021 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75689 75689-20817011@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sustainable Living Experience

Join the SLE for weekly virtual activities such as social gatherings, wellness activities, and discussions of current events. Check for details each week in the SLE Newsletter.

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Social / Informal Gathering Mon, 18 Jan 2021 15:07:40 -0500 2021-04-14T20:00:00-04:00 2021-04-14T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sustainable Living Experience Social / Informal Gathering
Harnessing the Digital Revolution to Build the Water Sector of the Future with Newsha K. Ajami (April 16, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83618 83618-21438456@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 16, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

The water sector is at a crossroad. Facing the challenges of ageing infrastructure and a growing population, the sector has to replace and rebuild its existing network, which had enabled our nation’s social and economic growth during the past century. In the meantime, climate change and its impacts on the water cycle have demonstrated the shortcomings and vulnerabilities of our current infrastructure network and its inability to handle extreme and intensified climatic patterns such as floods, droughts, hurricane and wildfires. The need to revisit and reimagine our current infrastructure model is clear, but the path not as much.

The sector can continue to invest in its current infrastructure model or alternatively embrace decentralized, distributed, and nature-based water solutions. These new infrastructure options hold the promise to increase system flexibility and resilience under climate change while taking the pressure off our existing aging infrastructure networks. However, implementation of these solutions still suffers from the rigidity and complexity of our current water use systems, and the fragmented and in some cases outdated governance structures and business model that overlay them.

There is a need to build a diverse financing portfolio and novel governance tools that harnesses our evolving digital economy and could support the sector’s shifting paradigm as it transitions from centralized model to a 21st century hybrid model, encompassing both centralized and decentralized solutions. In this seminar, Ajami will discuss some of these challenges and provide some thoughts on how the sector can take advantage of this once in a century opportunity and aim to transform itself while embracing new solutions and business models.

Newsha K. Ajami directs the Urban Water Policy Program at Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment. A leading expert in sustainable water resource management, water policy, and the water-energy-food nexus, she studies the human and policy dimensions of urban water and hydrologic systems. Dr. Ajami served as a gubernatorial appointee to the Bay Area Regional Water Quality Control Board for two terms and is currently a mayoral appointee to the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. She has published many highly cited peer-reviewed articles, and contributed opinion pieces to the New York Times and the Sacramento Bee. Dr. Ajami received her Ph.D. in civil and environmental engineering from the UC, Irvine, an M.S. in hydrology and water resources from the University of Arizona.

Panelists:

Jon Allan, Academic and Research Program Officer Sr., School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan
Eric Letsinger, CEO, Quantified Ventures
Sanjiv Sinha, Senior Vice President, Environmental Consulting & Technology, Inc. (ECT)

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 09 Apr 2021 13:27:47 -0400 2021-04-16T14:00:00-04:00 2021-04-16T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Civil and Environmental Engineering Livestream / Virtual Newsha K. Ajami
Winter 2021 Colloquia Series (April 16, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80817 80817-20793347@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 16, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

Zoom login info is below. Non-U-M Community members can email brownsu@umich.edu to request access.

Jan 22: Jake DeWitte, Oklo Inc.
Oklo Microreactor Development

Jan 29: Rui Qiu, Tsinghua University
Multi-scale Radiation Dosimetry with Computational Human Phantoms

Feb 5: Kate Turner, MIT Media Lab
Towards Intersectional Equity in Complex Sociotechnical Systems

Feb 12: Raluca Scarlat, UC Berkeley
The Relevance of Chemical Studies in Molten Fluoride Salts to Development of Advanced Nuclear Reactors

Feb 19: Tomi Akindele, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Reactor Antineutrinos for Nuclear Safeguards

Feb 26: Scott Baalrud, U-M Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences
Is This Even a Plasma? Physics of Strongly Coupled Plasmas

Mar 5: Ronnie Shepard, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Exploring Energy Transport at Stellar Inner Conditions Utilizing Ultrashort Pulse Lasers

Mar 12: Peter Yarsky, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
A Nuclear Engineer’s Approach to Modeling the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic

Mar 19: Dawn Montgomery, Clemson University
An Integrative Approach to Environmental Radiation Protection: Plant Influence on Radionuclide Transport, Plant Uptake, and Non-Human Biota Dosimetry

Mar 26: Dr. Heather J. Maclean Chichester, Idaho National Laboratory
Challenges and Solutions for Examining Irradiated Fuels and Materials in a Harsh Environment

Apr 2: Lara Pierpoint, Actuate
Electric Utility Innovation

Apr 9: Denia Djokić, Fastest Path to Zero Initiative
Reflections on Risk and Trust: Commemorating Fukushima and Chernobyl During Covid-19

Apr 16: John Jackson, Idaho National Laboratory
DOE Microreactor Program: Technology to Enable Microreactor Development, Deployment and Commercialization

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 12 Apr 2021 10:45:38 -0400 2021-04-16T16:00:00-04:00 2021-04-16T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Workshop / Seminar NERS Colloquia
Residential College Alumni-Student Mentorship Panel (April 18, 2021 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83716 83716-21477629@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 18, 2021 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Residential College

Leveraging your academic, professional, and personal experiences in an interview to land the job (And, engaging a mentor to overcome obstacles (like the competitive pandemic economy, or imposter syndrome, or writers block) and make your next step!)

Sunday, April 18, 2021
5-6 pm via Zoom
Register to attend at https://myumi.ch/erqkR

RCers on the Panel:

Lena Benjakul
BA in Economics & Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies, 2020
Currently: Analyst at Goldman Sachs.

Mark Castañeda
BA in Organizational Studies / Program in the Environment, class of 2021
What's next: Moving to Big Sky, Montana to work with the Montana Conservation Corps as a Conservation Fellow

Ionut Gitan
BA in Asian Languages and Cultures at U-M, 2012
MA, International Relations and Business at NYU, 2018
Currently: Communications at Catholic Medical Mission Board

Caitlin Cowan
BA in English and Creative Writing, 2008
MFA - The New School, 2010
PhD - The University of North Texas, 2015
Currently: Development Coordinator, Chair of Creative Writing, and a Freelance Editor

Maria LoCicero
BA in History and Arts & Ideas in the Humanities, class of 2021
What's next: City Year Service Member, Chicago

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 12 Apr 2021 13:47:49 -0400 2021-04-18T17:00:00-04:00 2021-04-18T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Residential College Careers / Jobs Flier
COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts on the Environment and Climate (April 20, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/80044 80044-20548989@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

The COVID-19 pandemic, by slowing economic activity, has led to significant reductions in industrial emissions, leading to cleaner air and water and an unprecedented decline in carbon emissions. This talk will describe impacts of the pandemic on different aspects of the environment and climate, and discuss how to extend these short term benefits beyond the life of the pandemic.

Presenter Chris Poulsen is associate dean for natural sciences for the UM College of LSA, and is the Henry Pollack Collegiate Professor of Earth & Environmental sciences and Climate & Space Sciences and Engineering. Professor Poulsen is a climate scientist, whose research interests include past and future climate change, climate dynamics, and hydrological cycling. He teaches courses on topics of climate and environmental change. He received his BA in geology from Carleton College and a PhD in Geosciences from the Pennsylvania State University.

NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED

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Class / Instruction Tue, 15 Dec 2020 16:50:39 -0500 2021-04-20T10:00:00-04:00 2021-04-20T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Urgent and Critical Lectures
Community Action to Promote Healthy Environments: Research to Improve Air Quality & Health in Detroit (April 20, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83634 83634-21446267@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

Join us on Zoom as we discuss 'Community Action to Promote Healthy Environments: Research to Improve Air Quality and Health in Detroit' featuring Angela Reyes (Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation), Stuart Batterman (Environmental Health Sciences, UM SPH), and Amy Schulz (Health Behavior & Health Education, UM SPH). (Rescheduled from Feb 9.)

https://umich.zoom.us/j/96155698295

Webinar series organized by the Community Engagement Core and the Integrated Health Sciences Core of the Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD). Co-sponsored by the DEI Committee of Health Behavior & Health Education and the DEI Committee of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 08 Apr 2021 13:08:12 -0400 2021-04-20T12:00:00-04:00 2021-04-20T12:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Lecture / Discussion Community Action to Promote Healthy Environments in Detroit
Siting renewable energy in North America (April 20, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83400 83400-21369798@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Register and more information at https://fordschool.umich.edu/event/2021/siting-renewable-energy-north-america

Join us to discuss the political challenges and opportunities associated with siting and building renewable energy projects in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

We'll hear from three researchers—one from each of the three countries—who have studied how such project proposals are received by host communities in their respective countries, and the associated political and governance issues.
From the speakers' bios

Sarah Mills is a senior project manager at the University of Michigan's Graham Sustainability Institute, where she manages the Climate and Energy activities. This includes a grant from the Michigan Office of Climate and Energy to help communities across the state consider energy in their land use planning, zoning and other policymaking. Sarah also conducts research at the intersection of energy policy and land use planning-- especially in rural communities. Her current work focuses on how renewable energy development impacts rural communities (positively and negatively), the disparate reactions of rural landowners to wind and solar projects, and how state and local policies facilitate or hinder renewable energy development. Some of this research is in conjunction with the Ford School Renewable Energy Support Fund. She has a PhD in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Michigan, a Masters in Engineering for Sustainable Development from the University of Cambridge, and a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Villanova University.

Heather Millar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of New Brunswick. Her research interests include Canadian provincial energy and climate politics; risk perception, policy learning and feedback; and social acceptance of new technologies. Heather is also affiliated with the Institute for Science, Society, and Policy at the University of Ottawa and the Environmental Governance Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto. Heather has recently published research articles on provincial climate and energy policy in Environmental Politics, Review of Policy Research, and Policy Sciences.

Iñigo Martínez Peniche is a PhD Candidate in Political and Social Sciences, with a focus on international relations, at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)'s School of Political and Social Sciences. He received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from UNAM as well. His research interests include the geopolitics of energy and natural resources; energy integration and regionalization processes; global, regional, and local governance of climate change; energy transition; climate change; and the socio-environmental impacts of energy infrastructure projects. He has 15 years of experience in legislative work, particularly in the Chamber of Deputies. He is also an independent consultant on energy and climate change issues. He currently works as an Advisor in Energy and Climate Change for POLEA, a Mexican environmental NGO. Since 2013, he has served as an Academic Tutor for the Master's in Energy and Environmental Policy and Management program of the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLASCO), Mexico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 29 Mar 2021 15:35:08 -0400 2021-04-20T12:00:00-04:00 2021-04-20T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Mills, Millar, Martínez Peniche
Links Between Culture and Sanitation (April 20, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83816 83816-21540180@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 2:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Project RISHI

Dr. Balmurli Natrajan, Professor of Anthropology at William Paterson University will speak on the social practices in communities where open defecation is prevalent, toilet use, and sanitation practices in India. The discussion will center around the link between culture and accepting modern adaptations in rural communities. RSVP Here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdaJwRFl1WH56j3j604SnuPiLF5vRvgiAHais0Hse4ISjAATA/viewform

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 20 Apr 2021 14:07:20 -0400 2021-04-20T14:00:00-04:00 2021-04-20T15:00:00-04:00 Project RISHI Conference / Symposium Dr. Balmurli Natrajan, Professor of Anthropology at William Paterson University
Bioethics Discussion: Abdication (April 20, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58841 58841-14563735@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A discussion on our renunciation.

Join us at: https://umich.zoom.us/j/99926126455

A few readings to consider:
––The Idea of Legitimate Authority in the Practice of Medicine
––Decentralization of health care systems and health outcomes: Evidence from a natural experiment
––Vox Populi or Abdication of Responsibility?: The Influence of the Irish Citizens’ Assembly on the Public Discourse Regarding Abortion, 2016-2019
––Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against Helping the Poor
For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings visit http://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/060-abdication/.

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Before you give up, consider the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 08 Jan 2021 09:38:57 -0500 2021-04-20T19:00:00-04:00 2021-04-20T20:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Abdication
Webinar: Promoting Resilient Groundwater and Holistic Watershed Management in Alaska’s Kenai Lowlands (April 21, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83388 83388-21369772@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 21, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Graham Sustainability Institute

In Alaska’s Kenai Lowlands, groundwater is key to healthy watersheds and resilient salmon, farms, and communities. Groundwater discharge provides important ecological services to salmon streams by moderating temperatures, maintaining stream flows, delivering nutrients, and creating overwintering habitat. To better understand the availability of groundwater and how human activities impact this resource, researchers at the Kachemak Bay Reserve and the University of South Florida built a predictive model that shows the depth and extent of aquifers and predicts groundwater discharge and recharge.

In this webinar, project team members will share how their findings generated new insight into groundwater in southern Kenai Lowland watersheds, and how their model revealed the precariousness of groundwater resources and the potential for competition among users. They will discuss how engagement with stakeholders has increased awareness of the need to actively manage this limited resource, and how the community has begun to shift policies and practices to build toward more resilient groundwater resources.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 29 Mar 2021 13:36:20 -0400 2021-04-21T14:00:00-04:00 2021-04-21T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Graham Sustainability Institute Workshop / Seminar
SLE Community Nights (April 21, 2021 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75689 75689-20817012@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 21, 2021 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sustainable Living Experience

Join the SLE for weekly virtual activities such as social gatherings, wellness activities, and discussions of current events. Check for details each week in the SLE Newsletter.

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Social / Informal Gathering Mon, 18 Jan 2021 15:07:40 -0500 2021-04-21T20:00:00-04:00 2021-04-21T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sustainable Living Experience Social / Informal Gathering
UROP Spring Research Symposium (April 22, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/80918 80918-20822893@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 22, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Join us via Zoom all day, or throughout the day on April 22.

The Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program’s Annual Research Symposium is the culminating event for all students participating in UROP Programs. The event celebrates the partnerships created between students and research mentors, and serves as a conference where students present their research project and learn about the research their fellow UROP students have worked on throughout the program.

Spring 2021 Symposium Agenda
Keynote (9:00am - 9:50am)
Session 1 Presentations (10:00am - 10:50am)
Session 2 Presentations (11:00am - 11:50am)
Outstanding Mentor Award Ceremony (12:00pm - 1:00pm)
Session 3 Presentations (1:00pm - 1:50pm)
Session 4 Presentations (2:00pm - 2:50pm)
Session 5 Presentations (3:00pm - 3:50pm)
Session 6 Presentations (4:00pm - 4:50pm)

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 06 Apr 2021 08:37:57 -0400 2021-04-22T09:00:00-04:00 2021-04-22T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Conference / Symposium UROP Research Reimagined
Earth Day Stewardship with NAP (April 22, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83035 83035-21259005@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 22, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sustainable Living Experience

Meet other SLE folks and staff from Natural Areas Preservation at Furstenberg Nature Area, located along the Huron River, to help take care of the park. Sign up is required with NAP here by 3/16:

https://secure.rec1.com/MI/city-of-ann-arbor/catalog?filter=c2VhcmNoPTE0NDQ3NzU=

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Community Service Mon, 15 Mar 2021 12:06:39 -0400 2021-04-22T13:00:00-04:00 2021-04-22T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sustainable Living Experience Community Service Furstenberg Nature Area
Special Joint Seminar between DCMB, Mathematics, MIDAS, and Smale Institute (April 22, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83615 83615-21491327@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 22, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Abstract:

The quest to understand consciousness, once the purview of philosophers and theologians, is now actively pursued by scientists of many stripes. This talk looks at consciousness from the perspective of theoretical computer science. It formalizes the Global Workspace Theory (GWT) originated by cognitive neuroscientist Bernard Baars and further developed by him, Stanislas Dehaene, and others. Our major contribution lies in the precise formal definition of a Conscious Turing Machine (CTM), also called a Conscious AI. We define the CTM in the spirit of Alan Turing’s simple yet powerful definition of a computer, the Turing Machine (TM). We are not looking for a complex model of the brain nor of cognition but for a simple model of (the admittedly complex concept of) consciousness. After formally defining CTM, we give a formal definition of consciousness in CTM. We then suggest why the CTM has the feeling of consciousness. The reasonableness of the definitions and explanations can be judged by how well they agree with commonly accepted intuitive concepts of human consciousness, the range of related concepts that the model explains easily and naturally, and the extent of its agreement with scientific evidence.

https://umich.zoom.us/j/95135773568

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 14 Apr 2021 10:17:45 -0400 2021-04-22T13:00:00-04:00 2021-04-22T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location DCMB Seminar Series Livestream / Virtual
Fastest Path to Zero: The First 100 Days (April 22, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83886 83886-21593462@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 22, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

President Biden’s next step in our recovery, the American Jobs Plan, would be the most transformational set of policies to pass in decades.

In its first 100 days alone, the Biden-Harris Administration has already acted swiftly and boldly to help Americans recover from the COVID-19 crisis—accelerating vaccinations, reopening schools, and providing relief to small businesses, states, and cities that faced a difficult 2020.

President Biden’s next step in our recovery, the American Jobs Plan, would be the most transformational set of policies to pass in decades. But how will Congress approach the plan? And, if enacted, how will it support American jobs, lift up workers, bolster equity, and reduce carbon pollution?

Please join Third Way and the University of Michigan’s College of Engineering for our premier Fastest Path to Zero event of the year on April 29 from 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM ET, featuring:

A conversation with US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm on the Biden-Harris Administration’s clean energy priorities.
A presentation from University of Michigan’s Ford School of Public Policy professor Dr. Barry Rabe on presidential transitions
A panel with Reps. Susan Wild (D-PA), Ritchie Torres (D-NY), Roy Houseman, Heather Zichal, and Third Way’s Ryan Fitzpatrick to discuss the Biden-Harris climate and clean energy agenda.
SPEAKERS:

Secretary Jennifer Granholm, U.S. Department of Energy

Josh Freed, Senior Vice President for the Climate and Energy Program, Third Way

Dr. Barry Rabe, Professor, Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan

Representative Ritchie Torres (D-NY)

Representative Susan Wild (D-PA)

Roy Houseman, Legislative Director, United Steelworkers

Heather Zichal, Chief Executive Officer, American Clean Power Association

Ryan Fitzpatrick, Director of the Climate and Energy Program, Third Way

Moderated by Ella Nilsen, White House Reporter, Vox

Dr. Todd Allen, Chair and Professor, Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 18 May 2021 18:42:00 -0400 2021-04-22T14:30:00-04:00 2021-04-22T15:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Workshop / Seminar The First 100 Days
Links Between Culture and Sanitation (April 22, 2021 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83816 83816-21540179@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 22, 2021 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Project RISHI

Dr. Balmurli Natrajan, Professor of Anthropology at William Paterson University will speak on the social practices in communities where open defecation is prevalent, toilet use, and sanitation practices in India. The discussion will center around the link between culture and accepting modern adaptations in rural communities. RSVP Here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdaJwRFl1WH56j3j604SnuPiLF5vRvgiAHais0Hse4ISjAATA/viewform

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 20 Apr 2021 14:07:20 -0400 2021-04-22T17:00:00-04:00 2021-04-22T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Project RISHI Conference / Symposium Dr. Balmurli Natrajan, Professor of Anthropology at William Paterson University
SLE Year End Celebration (April 22, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83145 83145-21280849@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 22, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sustainable Living Experience

Join the SLE Community on Earth Day to celebrate the end of the school year together. SLE will recognize its first year cohort, welcome new SLE Peers who will serve as student leaders next year, and honor graduating seniors. Come say goodbye to friends and celebrate our many accomplishments.

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Social / Informal Gathering Mon, 22 Mar 2021 17:47:50 -0400 2021-04-22T19:00:00-04:00 2021-04-22T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sustainable Living Experience Social / Informal Gathering SLE Year End Celebration Invitation
Earth Day: Get to Know Ann Arbor CCL (April 22, 2021 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83787 83787-21516705@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 22, 2021 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Citizens Climate Lobby

For #EarthDay, take action to help #RestoreOurEarth!

Join our Get to Know Ann Arbor CCL session to learn about the work Citizens' Climate Lobby does to avert the climate crisis and find out how to get involved.

This is an informal, no pressure session to meet a few of our active volunteers, ask any questions you have, and explore opportunities for getting involved.

Register in advance to receive the zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYvde2vqjsvEtBDEMbIN-0HwvJ45JJjK7G5

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Livestream / Virtual Sat, 17 Apr 2021 16:02:15 -0400 2021-04-22T19:30:00-04:00 2021-04-22T20:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Citizens Climate Lobby Livestream / Virtual graphic with leaves, CCL logo, and title, date and time of event
City Nature Challenge Kickoff Event (April 24, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/83488 83488-21391453@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 24, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Want to learn how community science data is used? Or maybe you need tech support?

Meet researchers who use community science data collected by people like you to help understand the natural world. Learn about their work and why it wouldn’t be possible without people like you. We’ll also explain more about the City Nature Challenge, how to use iNaturalist, and tips for taking good photos.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 01 Apr 2021 11:20:05 -0400 2021-04-24T10:00:00-04:00 2021-04-24T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Museum of Natural History Livestream / Virtual
Crucial Conversations: Understanding and Addressing Climate Change (April 30, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83846 83846-21548059@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 30, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Public Engagement & Impact

The impact of our world’s ever-growing population and resulting pollution only compounds concerns related to our Earth’s rapidly changing climate. From cutting-edge research to global advocacy, researchers, students and leadership at the University of Michigan are dedicated to helping explore and combat this urgent issue through expertise and action.

Join this engaging conversation with U-M climate, environment, and sustainability experts to learn the facts about climate change and what we can do to address it in our community, across the nation, and around the world.

Join via Zoom: myumi.ch/erY44

Moderator:
Jonathan T. Overpeck, PhD
Samuel A. Graham Dean of the School for Environment and Sustainability; William B. Stapp Collegiate Professor of Environmental Education; Professor, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering; Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Panelists:
Stephen Forrest, PhD
Peter A Franken Distinguished University Professor of Engineering, Co-Chair of the President’s Commission for Carbon Neutrality, Paul G Goebel Professor of Engineering, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Professor of Material Science and Engineering, and Professor of Physics

Kyle Whyte, PhD
George Willis Pack Professor of Environment and Sustainability, member of the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council

Alexa White
PhD candidate in the department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, co-director of Climate Blue

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 28 Apr 2021 16:08:51 -0400 2021-04-30T13:00:00-04:00 2021-04-30T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Public Engagement & Impact Livestream / Virtual Crucial Conversations: Understanding and Addressing Climate Change on Friday, April 30 at 1pm
Engineering Disaster-Resilient Systems in an Uncertain Future with Jack Baker (April 30, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83856 83856-21555870@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 30, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

There are several radical changes underway in the design of the built environment to resist disasters. First, the traditional practice of designing only for occupant safety is being questioned. Societal stakeholders are increasingly also demanding that our facilities and infrastructure recover rapidly and for reasonable costs. Achieving these demands requires a deeper understanding of the recovery process, and of the interaction between the built environment and human systems. Second, climate change, rapid urbanization, and other drivers mean that our past experience with disasters is no longer a direct guide for what we will experience in the future. Achieving future performance targets thus requires new predictive techniques and tools to design for performance objectives. In this seminar, Dr. Baker will discuss these changes, and describe some research underway to advance our ability to create a disaster-resilient built environment.

Jack Baker’s work focuses on the development and use of probabilistic and statistical tools for managing risk due to extreme loads on the built environment. He studies risk to spatially distributed systems, characterization of earthquake ground motions, and probabilistic risk assessments for a number of types of structures. Professor Baker joined Stanford in 2006 from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), where he was a visiting researcher in the Department of Structural Engineering. He has degrees in Structural Engineering (Stanford, M.S. 2002, Ph.D. 2005), Statistics (Stanford, M.S. 2004) and Mathematics/Physics (Whitman College, B.A. 2000). His awards include the Shah Family Innovation Prize from the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, the CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation, the Early Achievement Research Award from the International Association for Structural Safety and Reliability, the Walter L. Huber Prize from ASCE, the Helmut Krawinkler Award from the Structural Engineers Association of Northern California, and the Eugene L. Grant Award for excellence in teaching from Stanford.

Panelists:

Sherif El-Tawil, Antoine E. Naaman Collegiate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan
Chris Poland, Consulting Engineer

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 22 Apr 2021 13:48:30 -0400 2021-04-30T13:00:00-04:00 2021-04-30T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Civil and Environmental Engineering Livestream / Virtual Jack Baker
City Nature Challenge Virtual ID Parties (May 5, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83489 83489-21391454@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 5, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Join Natural Areas Preservation staff, U-M biologists, museum professionals, and community naturalists to identify plants, animals, and everything else observed during the first half of the City Nature Challenge. Share your most exciting observations and learn about biodiversity right in your own backyard. There is one session for plants and fungi (flora) and one for animals (fauna).

Flora: May 5, 2021 6:00 p.m - 7:00 p.m. EDT
Register for Flora session here: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0qdO-gpjwiHtXt2vQCCjfVmSm_O8BsPZPn

Fauna: May 7, 2021 6:00 p.m - 7:00 p.m. EDT
Register for Fauna session here: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAkdu-urTMvHd07Eiswg5TdLY5iP7GssRAF

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 01 Apr 2021 11:26:08 -0400 2021-05-05T18:00:00-04:00 2021-05-05T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Museum of Natural History Livestream / Virtual
City Nature Challenge Virtual ID Parties (May 7, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83489 83489-21391455@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 7, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Join Natural Areas Preservation staff, U-M biologists, museum professionals, and community naturalists to identify plants, animals, and everything else observed during the first half of the City Nature Challenge. Share your most exciting observations and learn about biodiversity right in your own backyard. There is one session for plants and fungi (flora) and one for animals (fauna).

Flora: May 5, 2021 6:00 p.m - 7:00 p.m. EDT
Register for Flora session here: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0qdO-gpjwiHtXt2vQCCjfVmSm_O8BsPZPn

Fauna: May 7, 2021 6:00 p.m - 7:00 p.m. EDT
Register for Fauna session here: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAkdu-urTMvHd07Eiswg5TdLY5iP7GssRAF

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 01 Apr 2021 11:26:08 -0400 2021-05-07T18:00:00-04:00 2021-05-07T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Museum of Natural History Livestream / Virtual
Food Literacy for All Session #3 (May 13, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83782 83782-21508902@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 13, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative

Please join us for a virtual Food Literacy for All series with returning speakers! Themed around the Politics on our Plate, speakers will discuss the vision for our food system, the role of grassroots organizing, the impact of policy, and the responsibility of the media. In this third session in the series we will be joined by Shirley Sherrod and Samina Raja who will discuss how we can "Enact" a more equitable, sustainable food system.

Food Literacy for All is FREE, but registration is required.

The 2021 Food Literacy for All series is co-led by Andy Jones (UM School of Public Health), Devita Davison (FoodLab Detroit), and Lilly Fink Shapiro (UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative). Future sessions to be announced on this page and our newsletter, which you can sign up for on our homepage or in your registration.

The 2021 Food Literacy for All series is supported by the CEW+ Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund and the Center for Latin American Caribbean Studies.

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 16 Apr 2021 14:08:51 -0400 2021-05-13T12:00:00-04:00 2021-05-13T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative Livestream / Virtual Event flyer
Shelter in Place: How the Pandemic is Changing our Cities, Neighborhoods and Homes (May 18, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/80046 80046-20548991@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 18, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Many of us are thinking about how the pandemic will impact our lives going forward. This includes architects and designers who are imagining the changes that the pandemic will bring to urban spaces, neighborhoods, and homes.

Presenter Kit Krankel McCullough, an architectural and urban designer and faculty member for UM Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, will discuss some of the ways our surroundings are adapting to post-pandemic life and provide us with an inside look at what might be in our not- so-distant future.

Through her urban design practice and teaching, Ms. McCullough advocates for equitable and socially just development, healthy and sustainable environments, strong communities, and cities that promote well- being and happiness. At UM, she teaches design studios on housing and neighborhood development, seminars on transportation and urban economics, and a popular lecture course on real estate development for architects and planners. She has developed urban design and economic strategies at a range of scales and led urban design projects in cities around the country. She received her Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Texas at Austin and her Master of Architecture in Urban Design from Harvard University.

NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED

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Class / Instruction Tue, 15 Dec 2020 16:51:17 -0500 2021-05-18T10:00:00-04:00 2021-05-18T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Urgent and Critical Lectures
CGIS Winter Advising (May 19, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83938 83938-21619171@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 19, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

As studying abroad becomes more of a possibility for U-M students, particularly for Winter 2022, CGIS will be offering a 2-day Winter Advising event where students can learn more about major-specific programs such as programs in the environment, pre-health, and public health and interest-specific program sessions such as studying abroad in the UK and English-Taught programs in Asia to name few. The LSA Scholarship Office and the Office of Financial Aid will join us on May 20th to help answer questions you may have on funding your semester program abroad as well as walking you through the application process! First Step sessions will be offered each day of the event as well. Each info session will be interactive. Each session will offer an opportunity to interact with advisors and address questions or concerns you may have regarding study abroad. To get a general idea of participation, please RSVP below and select info sessions that you'd be interested in. We'll send you a Zoom link as we get closer to the event!

DISCLAIMER: With each passing term, a small yet increasing number of our programs seem to offer the possibility of receiving students, so CGIS proceeded with very cautious optimism that students will be able to study abroad in the coming academic year. CGIS and the University of Michigan continue to closely monitor the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) situation as it develops worldwide. Parents and other concerned parties who would like to receive this information should ask their students to share the updates with them. Students planning to participate in CGIS programs worldwide are advised to continue to closely monitor the latest developments and to adhere to any national and international public health directives issued by their host country or institution. CGIS will contact students who have opened or submitted an application to a CGIS program if and when updates are available.

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Presentation Fri, 30 Apr 2021 16:02:10 -0400 2021-05-19T12:00:00-04:00 2021-05-19T14:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Presentation Flyer
Microbial Masterpieces (May 19, 2021 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83989 83989-21619308@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 19, 2021 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Digital Media Commons

The recipient of the Experiments in Translation Grant, “Microbial Masterpieces” is a continuously evolving project aiming to communicate the importance of microorganisms to humanity and the planet. Our featured attraction is a giant Winogradsky Panel in the Duderstadt Center Gallery, which houses a brightly colored, continuously changing biofilm. In this presentation, we will share beautiful images and time lapses of the Winogradsky Panel; discuss the science underlying the Panel; and reflect on the importance of art in science communication. Additionally, we will share our progress in trying to make our project accessible to the blind and visually-impaired community through tactile and audio experiences.

The MM team includes: Erica Gardner (School for Environment and Sustainability; College of Engineering); Anna Urso (School for Environment and Sustainability); Bruna lunes Sanches (Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning)

Register in advance for this webinar:
https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Vm_HuWMRSMyE31cZzwCv7Q

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

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Presentation Thu, 06 May 2021 18:25:54 -0400 2021-05-19T15:30:00-04:00 2021-05-19T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Digital Media Commons Presentation Winogradsky Panel
CGIS Winter Advising (May 20, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83938 83938-21619172@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 20, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

As studying abroad becomes more of a possibility for U-M students, particularly for Winter 2022, CGIS will be offering a 2-day Winter Advising event where students can learn more about major-specific programs such as programs in the environment, pre-health, and public health and interest-specific program sessions such as studying abroad in the UK and English-Taught programs in Asia to name few. The LSA Scholarship Office and the Office of Financial Aid will join us on May 20th to help answer questions you may have on funding your semester program abroad as well as walking you through the application process! First Step sessions will be offered each day of the event as well. Each info session will be interactive. Each session will offer an opportunity to interact with advisors and address questions or concerns you may have regarding study abroad. To get a general idea of participation, please RSVP below and select info sessions that you'd be interested in. We'll send you a Zoom link as we get closer to the event!

DISCLAIMER: With each passing term, a small yet increasing number of our programs seem to offer the possibility of receiving students, so CGIS proceeded with very cautious optimism that students will be able to study abroad in the coming academic year. CGIS and the University of Michigan continue to closely monitor the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) situation as it develops worldwide. Parents and other concerned parties who would like to receive this information should ask their students to share the updates with them. Students planning to participate in CGIS programs worldwide are advised to continue to closely monitor the latest developments and to adhere to any national and international public health directives issued by their host country or institution. CGIS will contact students who have opened or submitted an application to a CGIS program if and when updates are available.

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Presentation Fri, 30 Apr 2021 16:02:10 -0400 2021-05-20T12:00:00-04:00 2021-05-20T14:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Presentation Flyer
Anote's Ark - Film Screening and Panel Discussion (May 23, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83540 83540-21409116@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, May 23, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Citizens Climate Lobby

In honor of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, the Ann Arbor chapter of Citizens' Climate Lobby (CCL), in partnership with the CCL Asian Pacific Action Team, are pleased to host a virtual screening of the award-winning films, Anote’s Ark and Love Note to an Island. We invite you to view the films in the comfort of your home, then participate in an online panel discussion with filmmaker, Lulu DeBoer, and returned Peace Corps volunteers who served in Kiribati, Brady Fergusson and Dr. Michael Roman.

For complete details on viewing the film and joining the panel discussion, click on the Eventbrite Registration link.

Optional: we invite our attendees to help support the people of Kiribati by making a donation to the Kiribati Climate Action Network (KiriCAN) through our GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-submerging-island

About the films:

Anote’s Ark: The Pacific Island nation of Kiribati is one of the most remote places on the planet, seemingly far-removed from the pressures of modern life. Yet it is one of the first countries that must confront the existential dilemma of our time: imminent annihilation from sea-level rise. While Kiribati’s former President Anote Tong races to find a way to protect his nation’s people and maintain their dignity, many Kiribati are already seeking safe harbor overseas. Set against the backdrop of international climate and human rights negotiations, Anote’s struggle to save his nation is intertwined with the fate of Tiemeri, a young mother who fights to migrate her family to New Zealand. At stake is the survival of Tiemeri’s family, the Kiribati people, and 4,000 years of Kiribati culture.
Love Note to an Island: This moving short film by Lulu DeBoer shows her visiting her home island of Kiribati for the first time in over 20 years, only to find that climate change will soon wash it away. But instead of despair, the love and hope of the country spurs her on to find solutions to adapt

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Film Screening Sat, 03 Apr 2021 21:12:22 -0400 2021-05-23T18:00:00-04:00 2021-05-23T20:15:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Citizens Climate Lobby Film Screening photo of the island nation of Kiribati
Webinar: Can Oyster Aquaculture Help Restore Coastal Water Quality? (May 25, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84020 84020-21619597@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 25, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Graham Sustainability Institute

Excess nitrogen in coastal waters can lead to a variety of problems, including algal blooms, fish kills and beach closures, but there aren’t easy solutions. In Massachusetts, towns along Cape Cod have been exploring the use of non-traditional methods for meeting nitrogen reduction requirements, such as establishing shellfish aquaculture operations in coastal waters. This webinar will feature a recently completed research project that addressed critical information gaps identified by water quality managers and regulators - specifically the needs to quantify the nitrogen removal rates of commercial shellfish growing practices, and to identify best practices for siting and maintaining aquaculture operations that maximize benefits for water quality.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 11 May 2021 14:09:56 -0400 2021-05-25T15:00:00-04:00 2021-05-25T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Graham Sustainability Institute Livestream / Virtual
Webinar: Margaret A. Davidson Graduate Fellowship: A Collaborative Graduate Fellowship to Address Coastal Challenges (June 29, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84171 84171-21620647@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 29, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Graham Sustainability Institute

The Margaret A. Davidson Graduate Fellowship is a two-year fellowship program that places one graduate student at each of the 29 national estuarine research reserves. Through a research project, fellows work with a mentor, fellow scientists, and local communities to address a key coastal management question to help scientists and communities understand coastal challenges that may influence future policy and management strategies. The fellowship includes networking opportunities and career-readiness training.

This webinar will feature a panel discussion among current fellows, highlighting their experiences and lessons learned working collaboratively with reserves and end users to design and complete their research.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 01 Jun 2021 12:53:34 -0400 2021-06-29T14:00:00-04:00 2021-06-29T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Graham Sustainability Institute Livestream / Virtual
EEB student evaluation seminar: To the plastisphere and beyond: exploring the microbial ecotoxicology of plastics in aquatic environments (July 2, 2021 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/84336 84336-21623367@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, July 2, 2021 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Rachel presents her preliminary seminar.

Closer to the event, please see your email or contact eeb.gradcoord@umich.edu for the passcode at least two hours prior to the seminar.

Image: Scott Higgins

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 22 Jun 2021 10:31:45 -0400 2021-07-02T11:00:00-04:00 2021-07-02T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Livestream / Virtual an overhead drone picture of collaborators dosing a mesocosm with colored microplastics, photo credit Scott Higgins