Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Teach Out Series: Free Speech on Campus (February 26, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49611 49611-11484690@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 26, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

Free speech is essential for a healthy, vibrant, and democratic society. Yet, the idea of freedom of speech on university campuses is challenged by the ever-evolving social and political realities of a contemporary democracy. This Teach-Out prompts participants to think critically about the role free speech plays on university campuses and how this discourse shapes the broader narrative about free speech protection across the United States. Why is free speech suddenly an issue on university campuses? Is speech or safety at the crux of the issue? How has the definition of free speech evolved between the 20th and 21st centuries and how are universities addressing these changes?

This Teach-Out is part of the University of Michigan 2018 Speech and Inclusion Series that aims to recognize differing views on speech and inclusion, to explore how those views play out in politics, culture, higher education, sports, and journalism, and to engage in productive conversations to promote a positive campus environment and help the community more deeply understand these complicated issues.

A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:42:32 -0500 2018-02-26T00:00:00-05:00 2018-02-26T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Free speech, college students graduation
Teach Out Series: Free Speech on Campus (February 27, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49611 49611-11484691@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 27, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

Free speech is essential for a healthy, vibrant, and democratic society. Yet, the idea of freedom of speech on university campuses is challenged by the ever-evolving social and political realities of a contemporary democracy. This Teach-Out prompts participants to think critically about the role free speech plays on university campuses and how this discourse shapes the broader narrative about free speech protection across the United States. Why is free speech suddenly an issue on university campuses? Is speech or safety at the crux of the issue? How has the definition of free speech evolved between the 20th and 21st centuries and how are universities addressing these changes?

This Teach-Out is part of the University of Michigan 2018 Speech and Inclusion Series that aims to recognize differing views on speech and inclusion, to explore how those views play out in politics, culture, higher education, sports, and journalism, and to engage in productive conversations to promote a positive campus environment and help the community more deeply understand these complicated issues.

A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:42:32 -0500 2018-02-27T00:00:00-05:00 2018-02-27T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Free speech, college students graduation
Teach Out Series: Free Speech on Campus (February 28, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49611 49611-11484692@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 28, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

Free speech is essential for a healthy, vibrant, and democratic society. Yet, the idea of freedom of speech on university campuses is challenged by the ever-evolving social and political realities of a contemporary democracy. This Teach-Out prompts participants to think critically about the role free speech plays on university campuses and how this discourse shapes the broader narrative about free speech protection across the United States. Why is free speech suddenly an issue on university campuses? Is speech or safety at the crux of the issue? How has the definition of free speech evolved between the 20th and 21st centuries and how are universities addressing these changes?

This Teach-Out is part of the University of Michigan 2018 Speech and Inclusion Series that aims to recognize differing views on speech and inclusion, to explore how those views play out in politics, culture, higher education, sports, and journalism, and to engage in productive conversations to promote a positive campus environment and help the community more deeply understand these complicated issues.

A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:42:32 -0500 2018-02-28T00:00:00-05:00 2018-02-28T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Free speech, college students graduation
Teach Out Series: Free Speech on Campus (March 1, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49611 49611-11484693@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 1, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

Free speech is essential for a healthy, vibrant, and democratic society. Yet, the idea of freedom of speech on university campuses is challenged by the ever-evolving social and political realities of a contemporary democracy. This Teach-Out prompts participants to think critically about the role free speech plays on university campuses and how this discourse shapes the broader narrative about free speech protection across the United States. Why is free speech suddenly an issue on university campuses? Is speech or safety at the crux of the issue? How has the definition of free speech evolved between the 20th and 21st centuries and how are universities addressing these changes?

This Teach-Out is part of the University of Michigan 2018 Speech and Inclusion Series that aims to recognize differing views on speech and inclusion, to explore how those views play out in politics, culture, higher education, sports, and journalism, and to engage in productive conversations to promote a positive campus environment and help the community more deeply understand these complicated issues.

A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:42:32 -0500 2018-03-01T00:00:00-05:00 2018-03-01T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Free speech, college students graduation
Teach Out Series: Free Speech on Campus (March 2, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49611 49611-11484694@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 2, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

Free speech is essential for a healthy, vibrant, and democratic society. Yet, the idea of freedom of speech on university campuses is challenged by the ever-evolving social and political realities of a contemporary democracy. This Teach-Out prompts participants to think critically about the role free speech plays on university campuses and how this discourse shapes the broader narrative about free speech protection across the United States. Why is free speech suddenly an issue on university campuses? Is speech or safety at the crux of the issue? How has the definition of free speech evolved between the 20th and 21st centuries and how are universities addressing these changes?

This Teach-Out is part of the University of Michigan 2018 Speech and Inclusion Series that aims to recognize differing views on speech and inclusion, to explore how those views play out in politics, culture, higher education, sports, and journalism, and to engage in productive conversations to promote a positive campus environment and help the community more deeply understand these complicated issues.

A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:42:32 -0500 2018-03-02T00:00:00-05:00 2018-03-02T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Free speech, college students graduation
Teach Out Series: Free Speech on Campus (March 3, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49611 49611-11484695@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 3, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

Free speech is essential for a healthy, vibrant, and democratic society. Yet, the idea of freedom of speech on university campuses is challenged by the ever-evolving social and political realities of a contemporary democracy. This Teach-Out prompts participants to think critically about the role free speech plays on university campuses and how this discourse shapes the broader narrative about free speech protection across the United States. Why is free speech suddenly an issue on university campuses? Is speech or safety at the crux of the issue? How has the definition of free speech evolved between the 20th and 21st centuries and how are universities addressing these changes?

This Teach-Out is part of the University of Michigan 2018 Speech and Inclusion Series that aims to recognize differing views on speech and inclusion, to explore how those views play out in politics, culture, higher education, sports, and journalism, and to engage in productive conversations to promote a positive campus environment and help the community more deeply understand these complicated issues.

A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:42:32 -0500 2018-03-03T00:00:00-05:00 2018-03-03T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Free speech, college students graduation
Teach Out Series: Free Speech on Campus (March 4, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49611 49611-11484696@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 4, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

Free speech is essential for a healthy, vibrant, and democratic society. Yet, the idea of freedom of speech on university campuses is challenged by the ever-evolving social and political realities of a contemporary democracy. This Teach-Out prompts participants to think critically about the role free speech plays on university campuses and how this discourse shapes the broader narrative about free speech protection across the United States. Why is free speech suddenly an issue on university campuses? Is speech or safety at the crux of the issue? How has the definition of free speech evolved between the 20th and 21st centuries and how are universities addressing these changes?

This Teach-Out is part of the University of Michigan 2018 Speech and Inclusion Series that aims to recognize differing views on speech and inclusion, to explore how those views play out in politics, culture, higher education, sports, and journalism, and to engage in productive conversations to promote a positive campus environment and help the community more deeply understand these complicated issues.

A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:42:32 -0500 2018-03-04T00:00:00-05:00 2018-03-04T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Free speech, college students graduation
Teach Out Series: Free Speech on Campus (March 5, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49611 49611-11484697@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 5, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

Free speech is essential for a healthy, vibrant, and democratic society. Yet, the idea of freedom of speech on university campuses is challenged by the ever-evolving social and political realities of a contemporary democracy. This Teach-Out prompts participants to think critically about the role free speech plays on university campuses and how this discourse shapes the broader narrative about free speech protection across the United States. Why is free speech suddenly an issue on university campuses? Is speech or safety at the crux of the issue? How has the definition of free speech evolved between the 20th and 21st centuries and how are universities addressing these changes?

This Teach-Out is part of the University of Michigan 2018 Speech and Inclusion Series that aims to recognize differing views on speech and inclusion, to explore how those views play out in politics, culture, higher education, sports, and journalism, and to engage in productive conversations to promote a positive campus environment and help the community more deeply understand these complicated issues.

A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:42:32 -0500 2018-03-05T00:00:00-05:00 2018-03-05T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Free speech, college students graduation
Teach Out Series: Free Speech on Campus (March 6, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49611 49611-11484698@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 6, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

Free speech is essential for a healthy, vibrant, and democratic society. Yet, the idea of freedom of speech on university campuses is challenged by the ever-evolving social and political realities of a contemporary democracy. This Teach-Out prompts participants to think critically about the role free speech plays on university campuses and how this discourse shapes the broader narrative about free speech protection across the United States. Why is free speech suddenly an issue on university campuses? Is speech or safety at the crux of the issue? How has the definition of free speech evolved between the 20th and 21st centuries and how are universities addressing these changes?

This Teach-Out is part of the University of Michigan 2018 Speech and Inclusion Series that aims to recognize differing views on speech and inclusion, to explore how those views play out in politics, culture, higher education, sports, and journalism, and to engage in productive conversations to promote a positive campus environment and help the community more deeply understand these complicated issues.

A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:42:32 -0500 2018-03-06T00:00:00-05:00 2018-03-06T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Free speech, college students graduation
Bioethics Discussion: LGBTQ Health (March 6, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/43726 43726-9832714@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 6, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL)
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion including inclusion and finding ourselves.

A few essays to consider:
"Growing pains: problems with puberty suppression in treating gender dysphoria"
"The duty to warn and clinical ethics: legal and ethical aspect of confidentiality and HIV/AIDS"
"Obergefell v. Hodges Decision"

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

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 21 Nov 2017 10:25:36 -0500 2018-03-06T19:00:00-05:00 2018-03-06T20:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL) The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion LGBTQ health
Teach Out Series: Free Speech on Campus (March 7, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49611 49611-11484699@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 7, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

Free speech is essential for a healthy, vibrant, and democratic society. Yet, the idea of freedom of speech on university campuses is challenged by the ever-evolving social and political realities of a contemporary democracy. This Teach-Out prompts participants to think critically about the role free speech plays on university campuses and how this discourse shapes the broader narrative about free speech protection across the United States. Why is free speech suddenly an issue on university campuses? Is speech or safety at the crux of the issue? How has the definition of free speech evolved between the 20th and 21st centuries and how are universities addressing these changes?

This Teach-Out is part of the University of Michigan 2018 Speech and Inclusion Series that aims to recognize differing views on speech and inclusion, to explore how those views play out in politics, culture, higher education, sports, and journalism, and to engage in productive conversations to promote a positive campus environment and help the community more deeply understand these complicated issues.

A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:42:32 -0500 2018-03-07T00:00:00-05:00 2018-03-07T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Free speech, college students graduation
Teach Out Series: Free Speech on Campus (March 8, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49611 49611-11484700@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 8, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

Free speech is essential for a healthy, vibrant, and democratic society. Yet, the idea of freedom of speech on university campuses is challenged by the ever-evolving social and political realities of a contemporary democracy. This Teach-Out prompts participants to think critically about the role free speech plays on university campuses and how this discourse shapes the broader narrative about free speech protection across the United States. Why is free speech suddenly an issue on university campuses? Is speech or safety at the crux of the issue? How has the definition of free speech evolved between the 20th and 21st centuries and how are universities addressing these changes?

This Teach-Out is part of the University of Michigan 2018 Speech and Inclusion Series that aims to recognize differing views on speech and inclusion, to explore how those views play out in politics, culture, higher education, sports, and journalism, and to engage in productive conversations to promote a positive campus environment and help the community more deeply understand these complicated issues.

A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:42:32 -0500 2018-03-08T00:00:00-05:00 2018-03-08T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Free speech, college students graduation
Teach Out Series: Free Speech on Campus (March 9, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49611 49611-11484701@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 9, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

Free speech is essential for a healthy, vibrant, and democratic society. Yet, the idea of freedom of speech on university campuses is challenged by the ever-evolving social and political realities of a contemporary democracy. This Teach-Out prompts participants to think critically about the role free speech plays on university campuses and how this discourse shapes the broader narrative about free speech protection across the United States. Why is free speech suddenly an issue on university campuses? Is speech or safety at the crux of the issue? How has the definition of free speech evolved between the 20th and 21st centuries and how are universities addressing these changes?

This Teach-Out is part of the University of Michigan 2018 Speech and Inclusion Series that aims to recognize differing views on speech and inclusion, to explore how those views play out in politics, culture, higher education, sports, and journalism, and to engage in productive conversations to promote a positive campus environment and help the community more deeply understand these complicated issues.

A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:42:32 -0500 2018-03-09T00:00:00-05:00 2018-03-09T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Free speech, college students graduation
Teach Out Series: Free Speech on Campus (March 10, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49611 49611-11484702@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 10, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

Free speech is essential for a healthy, vibrant, and democratic society. Yet, the idea of freedom of speech on university campuses is challenged by the ever-evolving social and political realities of a contemporary democracy. This Teach-Out prompts participants to think critically about the role free speech plays on university campuses and how this discourse shapes the broader narrative about free speech protection across the United States. Why is free speech suddenly an issue on university campuses? Is speech or safety at the crux of the issue? How has the definition of free speech evolved between the 20th and 21st centuries and how are universities addressing these changes?

This Teach-Out is part of the University of Michigan 2018 Speech and Inclusion Series that aims to recognize differing views on speech and inclusion, to explore how those views play out in politics, culture, higher education, sports, and journalism, and to engage in productive conversations to promote a positive campus environment and help the community more deeply understand these complicated issues.

A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:42:32 -0500 2018-03-10T00:00:00-05:00 2018-03-10T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Free speech, college students graduation
Teach Out Series: Free Speech on Campus (March 11, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49611 49611-11484703@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 11, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

Free speech is essential for a healthy, vibrant, and democratic society. Yet, the idea of freedom of speech on university campuses is challenged by the ever-evolving social and political realities of a contemporary democracy. This Teach-Out prompts participants to think critically about the role free speech plays on university campuses and how this discourse shapes the broader narrative about free speech protection across the United States. Why is free speech suddenly an issue on university campuses? Is speech or safety at the crux of the issue? How has the definition of free speech evolved between the 20th and 21st centuries and how are universities addressing these changes?

This Teach-Out is part of the University of Michigan 2018 Speech and Inclusion Series that aims to recognize differing views on speech and inclusion, to explore how those views play out in politics, culture, higher education, sports, and journalism, and to engage in productive conversations to promote a positive campus environment and help the community more deeply understand these complicated issues.

A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:42:32 -0500 2018-03-11T00:00:00-05:00 2018-03-11T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Free speech, college students graduation
Teach Out Series: Free Speech on Campus (March 12, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49611 49611-11484704@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 12, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

Free speech is essential for a healthy, vibrant, and democratic society. Yet, the idea of freedom of speech on university campuses is challenged by the ever-evolving social and political realities of a contemporary democracy. This Teach-Out prompts participants to think critically about the role free speech plays on university campuses and how this discourse shapes the broader narrative about free speech protection across the United States. Why is free speech suddenly an issue on university campuses? Is speech or safety at the crux of the issue? How has the definition of free speech evolved between the 20th and 21st centuries and how are universities addressing these changes?

This Teach-Out is part of the University of Michigan 2018 Speech and Inclusion Series that aims to recognize differing views on speech and inclusion, to explore how those views play out in politics, culture, higher education, sports, and journalism, and to engage in productive conversations to promote a positive campus environment and help the community more deeply understand these complicated issues.

A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:42:32 -0500 2018-03-12T00:00:00-04:00 2018-03-12T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Free speech, college students graduation
Teach- Out Series: Free Speech in Journalism (March 12, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49612 49612-11484705@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 12, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

A free press is essential for a healthy, vibrant, democratic society. Yet public trust in journalism has hit historic lows in recent years and journalists have recently been openly maligned for their work. This Teach-Out prompts participants to think critically about the roles and responsibilities of journalists in a free society. Why is the concept of a free press written into the First Amendment? How are the rights of journalists threatened? Is this a unique moment in history? How have new modes of reporting, such as social media and citizen journalism, made the press more vulnerable? And, finally, what are the broader societal implications of a restricted and diminished press?

This Teach-Out is part of the University of Michigan 2018 Speech and Inclusion Series that aims to recognize differing views on speech and inclusion, to explore how those views play out in politics, culture, higher education, sports, and journalism, and to engage in productive conversations to promote a positive campus environment and help the community more deeply understand these complicated issues.

A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:51:40 -0500 2018-03-12T00:00:00-04:00 2018-03-12T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Free speech, newspaper
Clinical Trials (March 12, 2018 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50800 50800-11870497@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 12, 2018 12:30pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 10
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A lunchtime discussion with Professors Cynthia Chestek and James Weiland, on the ethical implications of experimental medical trials, on the responsibilities of the caregivers to their patients (current and future), and how we actually know what we're doing is both true and useful. Sponsored by the Biointerfaces Research Group (BIRG).

Come for free food, profound thoughts, open discussion.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 07 Mar 2018 11:48:58 -0500 2018-03-12T12:30:00-04:00 2018-03-12T13:30:00-04:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 10 The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Clinical trials
Teach- Out Series: Free Speech in Journalism (March 13, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49612 49612-11484706@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 13, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

A free press is essential for a healthy, vibrant, democratic society. Yet public trust in journalism has hit historic lows in recent years and journalists have recently been openly maligned for their work. This Teach-Out prompts participants to think critically about the roles and responsibilities of journalists in a free society. Why is the concept of a free press written into the First Amendment? How are the rights of journalists threatened? Is this a unique moment in history? How have new modes of reporting, such as social media and citizen journalism, made the press more vulnerable? And, finally, what are the broader societal implications of a restricted and diminished press?

This Teach-Out is part of the University of Michigan 2018 Speech and Inclusion Series that aims to recognize differing views on speech and inclusion, to explore how those views play out in politics, culture, higher education, sports, and journalism, and to engage in productive conversations to promote a positive campus environment and help the community more deeply understand these complicated issues.

A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:51:40 -0500 2018-03-13T00:00:00-04:00 2018-03-13T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Free speech, newspaper
The 17th Annual Horace W. Davenport Lecture in the Medical Humanities presents... (March 13, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50842 50842-11881901@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 13, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Hutchins Hall
Organized By: Center for the History of Medicine

Pandemics pose a significant risk to security, economic stability, and development, costing the global economy an estimated $60 billion per year. Despite the certainty and magnitude of the threat, the global community has significantly underestimated and underinvested in preparing for pandemic threats. In his lecture, Prof. Gostin will make the case for fundamental reform of the international system to safeguard global health security.

Light refreshment to follow the lecture
FREE and Open to the public

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 08 Mar 2018 12:06:31 -0500 2018-03-13T15:00:00-04:00 2018-03-13T17:00:00-04:00 Hutchins Hall Center for the History of Medicine Lecture / Discussion Hutchins Hall
Teach- Out Series: Free Speech in Journalism (March 14, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49612 49612-11484707@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

A free press is essential for a healthy, vibrant, democratic society. Yet public trust in journalism has hit historic lows in recent years and journalists have recently been openly maligned for their work. This Teach-Out prompts participants to think critically about the roles and responsibilities of journalists in a free society. Why is the concept of a free press written into the First Amendment? How are the rights of journalists threatened? Is this a unique moment in history? How have new modes of reporting, such as social media and citizen journalism, made the press more vulnerable? And, finally, what are the broader societal implications of a restricted and diminished press?

This Teach-Out is part of the University of Michigan 2018 Speech and Inclusion Series that aims to recognize differing views on speech and inclusion, to explore how those views play out in politics, culture, higher education, sports, and journalism, and to engage in productive conversations to promote a positive campus environment and help the community more deeply understand these complicated issues.

A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:51:40 -0500 2018-03-14T00:00:00-04:00 2018-03-14T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Free speech, newspaper
Teach- Out Series: Free Speech in Journalism (March 15, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49612 49612-11484708@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 15, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

A free press is essential for a healthy, vibrant, democratic society. Yet public trust in journalism has hit historic lows in recent years and journalists have recently been openly maligned for their work. This Teach-Out prompts participants to think critically about the roles and responsibilities of journalists in a free society. Why is the concept of a free press written into the First Amendment? How are the rights of journalists threatened? Is this a unique moment in history? How have new modes of reporting, such as social media and citizen journalism, made the press more vulnerable? And, finally, what are the broader societal implications of a restricted and diminished press?

This Teach-Out is part of the University of Michigan 2018 Speech and Inclusion Series that aims to recognize differing views on speech and inclusion, to explore how those views play out in politics, culture, higher education, sports, and journalism, and to engage in productive conversations to promote a positive campus environment and help the community more deeply understand these complicated issues.

A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:51:40 -0500 2018-03-15T00:00:00-04:00 2018-03-15T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Free speech, newspaper
Fair Use in the Media (March 15, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50618 50618-11816531@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 15, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Hutchins Hall
Organized By: University Library

Please join us for the Fair Use Week keynote lecture! Ashley Messenger, Senior Associate General Counsel at NPR, will discuss how Fair Use impacts major news organizations. Lunch will be provided.

Fair Use Week is an annual celebration of the important doctrines of fair use and fair dealing. It is designed to highlight and promote the opportunities presented by fair use and fair dealing, celebrate successful stories, and explain these doctrines.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 02 Mar 2018 17:29:34 -0500 2018-03-15T12:00:00-04:00 2018-03-15T13:00:00-04:00 Hutchins Hall University Library Lecture / Discussion Fair use week logo
ASC 10th Anniversary Symposium. ASC: The First Decade and Beyond (March 15, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/48668 48668-11265196@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 15, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: African Studies Center

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the University of Michigan African Studies Center (ASC). Since its founding in 2008, ASC has successfully deepened, and brought higher visibility to, longstanding U-M/Africa institutional partnerships, especially in Ghana and South Africa, and supported new collaborations with universities in Ethiopia, Cameroon, Liberia, and Uganda (to name a few).

Our major commemorative event will be a three-day symposium entitled, “ASC: The First Decade and Beyond.” The symposium will provide a glimpse into an environment rich in collaborations, research, and engagement in and about Africa, highlighting projects that have truly transformed our engagement with Africa over the last ten years, and setting a foundation as we envision our way forward.

Featured events include:
» Panels of faculty and African partners representing ASC’s initiatives—African Heritage and Humanities Initiative, African Social Research Initiative, STEM-Africa, Ethiopia-Michigan Collaborative Consortium, and the U-M African Presidential Scholars program;

» Poster presentations by current students;
» Roundtable featuring U-M alumni living and working in Africa

» Presidential Panel with Mark Schlissel, University of Michigan (current); Mary Sue Coleman, University of Michigan (2002-2014); Emmet Dennis, University of Liberia (2008-2017); James Duderstadt, University of Michigan (1988-1996); Uphie Chinje Melo, University of Ngaoundéré, Cameroon (current); Ophelia Weeks, University of Liberia (current)

ASC’s 10th-year anniversary symposium is made possible with the generous support of our cosponsors and donors: Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, International Institute, Institute for Social Research, LSA Opportunity Hub, Office of the Provost, Rackham Graduate School, and Researching Fresh Solutions to the Energy/Water/Food Challenge in Resource Constrained Environments (REFRESCH)

All events are free and open to the public. Registration requested at: bit.ly/asc10-register

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 12 Mar 2018 22:30:45 -0400 2018-03-15T14:00:00-04:00 2018-03-15T19:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) African Studies Center Conference / Symposium asc10-image
Law and Economics Workshop: The Party Structure of Mutual Funds (March 15, 2018 4:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50959 50959-11930594@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 15, 2018 4:10pm
Location: Hutchins Hall
Organized By: Law & Economics

ABSTRACT.

We show that a parsimonious spatial model with two dimensions can explain the bulk of mutual fund voting. We estimate the model using a comprehensive dataset of the 5,332,353 votes cast on 33,262 proposals from 3,844 portfolio companies from 2010 to 2015 by 3,617 mutual funds that in total hold almost 80% of mutual fund industry assets. The two dimensions of funds’ corporate governance preferences reflect the role of the two leading proxy advisors. Mutual funds are clustered into three ‘parties’—the Managerialist Party, the Shareholder Intervention Party, and the Shareholder Veto Party—that follow distinctive philosophies of corporate governance and shareholders’ role. We use our methodology in turn to construct measures of the individual distributions of preferences of public companies’ shareholder bases. Our preference measures for mutual funds and for public companies’ shareholder bases generate a range of insights about the broader system of corporate governance.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 12 Mar 2018 15:16:19 -0400 2018-03-15T16:10:00-04:00 2018-03-15T18:10:00-04:00 Hutchins Hall Law & Economics Workshop / Seminar Hutchins Hall
Teach- Out Series: Free Speech in Journalism (March 16, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49612 49612-11484709@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 16, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

A free press is essential for a healthy, vibrant, democratic society. Yet public trust in journalism has hit historic lows in recent years and journalists have recently been openly maligned for their work. This Teach-Out prompts participants to think critically about the roles and responsibilities of journalists in a free society. Why is the concept of a free press written into the First Amendment? How are the rights of journalists threatened? Is this a unique moment in history? How have new modes of reporting, such as social media and citizen journalism, made the press more vulnerable? And, finally, what are the broader societal implications of a restricted and diminished press?

This Teach-Out is part of the University of Michigan 2018 Speech and Inclusion Series that aims to recognize differing views on speech and inclusion, to explore how those views play out in politics, culture, higher education, sports, and journalism, and to engage in productive conversations to promote a positive campus environment and help the community more deeply understand these complicated issues.

A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:51:40 -0500 2018-03-16T00:00:00-04:00 2018-03-16T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Free speech, newspaper
ASC 10th Anniversary Symposium. ASC: The First Decade and Beyond (March 16, 2018 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/48668 48668-11265197@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 16, 2018 9:30am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: African Studies Center

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the University of Michigan African Studies Center (ASC). Since its founding in 2008, ASC has successfully deepened, and brought higher visibility to, longstanding U-M/Africa institutional partnerships, especially in Ghana and South Africa, and supported new collaborations with universities in Ethiopia, Cameroon, Liberia, and Uganda (to name a few).

Our major commemorative event will be a three-day symposium entitled, “ASC: The First Decade and Beyond.” The symposium will provide a glimpse into an environment rich in collaborations, research, and engagement in and about Africa, highlighting projects that have truly transformed our engagement with Africa over the last ten years, and setting a foundation as we envision our way forward.

Featured events include:
» Panels of faculty and African partners representing ASC’s initiatives—African Heritage and Humanities Initiative, African Social Research Initiative, STEM-Africa, Ethiopia-Michigan Collaborative Consortium, and the U-M African Presidential Scholars program;

» Poster presentations by current students;
» Roundtable featuring U-M alumni living and working in Africa

» Presidential Panel with Mark Schlissel, University of Michigan (current); Mary Sue Coleman, University of Michigan (2002-2014); Emmet Dennis, University of Liberia (2008-2017); James Duderstadt, University of Michigan (1988-1996); Uphie Chinje Melo, University of Ngaoundéré, Cameroon (current); Ophelia Weeks, University of Liberia (current)

ASC’s 10th-year anniversary symposium is made possible with the generous support of our cosponsors and donors: Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, International Institute, Institute for Social Research, LSA Opportunity Hub, Office of the Provost, Rackham Graduate School, and Researching Fresh Solutions to the Energy/Water/Food Challenge in Resource Constrained Environments (REFRESCH)

All events are free and open to the public. Registration requested at: bit.ly/asc10-register

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 12 Mar 2018 22:30:45 -0400 2018-03-16T09:30:00-04:00 2018-03-16T18:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) African Studies Center Conference / Symposium asc10-image
Exploring the Role of Fair Use in Fan Culture (March 16, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50620 50620-11816533@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 16, 2018 12:00pm
Location: South Hall
Organized By: University Library

How does copyright law affect fan works and fan culture? How does fair use play a role? Professor Jessica Litman, Professor Betsy Rosenblatt, Lead Copyright Officer at the U-M Library Copyright Office Melissa Levine, and fanfic author Mary Lou Klecha will explore this topic in a panel discussion. Lunch will be provided.

Fair Use Week is an annual celebration of the important doctrines of fair use and fair dealing. It is designed to highlight and promote the opportunities presented by fair use and fair dealing, celebrate successful stories, and explain these doctrines.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 02 Mar 2018 17:28:51 -0500 2018-03-16T12:00:00-04:00 2018-03-16T13:00:00-04:00 South Hall University Library Lecture / Discussion Fair use week logo
Teach- Out Series: Free Speech in Journalism (March 17, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49612 49612-11484710@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 17, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

A free press is essential for a healthy, vibrant, democratic society. Yet public trust in journalism has hit historic lows in recent years and journalists have recently been openly maligned for their work. This Teach-Out prompts participants to think critically about the roles and responsibilities of journalists in a free society. Why is the concept of a free press written into the First Amendment? How are the rights of journalists threatened? Is this a unique moment in history? How have new modes of reporting, such as social media and citizen journalism, made the press more vulnerable? And, finally, what are the broader societal implications of a restricted and diminished press?

This Teach-Out is part of the University of Michigan 2018 Speech and Inclusion Series that aims to recognize differing views on speech and inclusion, to explore how those views play out in politics, culture, higher education, sports, and journalism, and to engage in productive conversations to promote a positive campus environment and help the community more deeply understand these complicated issues.

A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:51:40 -0500 2018-03-17T00:00:00-04:00 2018-03-17T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Free speech, newspaper
ASC 10th Anniversary Symposium. ASC: The First Decade and Beyond (March 17, 2018 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/48668 48668-11265198@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 17, 2018 9:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: African Studies Center

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the University of Michigan African Studies Center (ASC). Since its founding in 2008, ASC has successfully deepened, and brought higher visibility to, longstanding U-M/Africa institutional partnerships, especially in Ghana and South Africa, and supported new collaborations with universities in Ethiopia, Cameroon, Liberia, and Uganda (to name a few).

Our major commemorative event will be a three-day symposium entitled, “ASC: The First Decade and Beyond.” The symposium will provide a glimpse into an environment rich in collaborations, research, and engagement in and about Africa, highlighting projects that have truly transformed our engagement with Africa over the last ten years, and setting a foundation as we envision our way forward.

Featured events include:
» Panels of faculty and African partners representing ASC’s initiatives—African Heritage and Humanities Initiative, African Social Research Initiative, STEM-Africa, Ethiopia-Michigan Collaborative Consortium, and the U-M African Presidential Scholars program;

» Poster presentations by current students;
» Roundtable featuring U-M alumni living and working in Africa

» Presidential Panel with Mark Schlissel, University of Michigan (current); Mary Sue Coleman, University of Michigan (2002-2014); Emmet Dennis, University of Liberia (2008-2017); James Duderstadt, University of Michigan (1988-1996); Uphie Chinje Melo, University of Ngaoundéré, Cameroon (current); Ophelia Weeks, University of Liberia (current)

ASC’s 10th-year anniversary symposium is made possible with the generous support of our cosponsors and donors: Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, International Institute, Institute for Social Research, LSA Opportunity Hub, Office of the Provost, Rackham Graduate School, and Researching Fresh Solutions to the Energy/Water/Food Challenge in Resource Constrained Environments (REFRESCH)

All events are free and open to the public. Registration requested at: bit.ly/asc10-register

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 12 Mar 2018 22:30:45 -0400 2018-03-17T09:30:00-04:00 2018-03-17T20:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall African Studies Center Conference / Symposium asc10-image
Teach- Out Series: Free Speech in Journalism (March 18, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49612 49612-11484711@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 18, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

A free press is essential for a healthy, vibrant, democratic society. Yet public trust in journalism has hit historic lows in recent years and journalists have recently been openly maligned for their work. This Teach-Out prompts participants to think critically about the roles and responsibilities of journalists in a free society. Why is the concept of a free press written into the First Amendment? How are the rights of journalists threatened? Is this a unique moment in history? How have new modes of reporting, such as social media and citizen journalism, made the press more vulnerable? And, finally, what are the broader societal implications of a restricted and diminished press?

This Teach-Out is part of the University of Michigan 2018 Speech and Inclusion Series that aims to recognize differing views on speech and inclusion, to explore how those views play out in politics, culture, higher education, sports, and journalism, and to engage in productive conversations to promote a positive campus environment and help the community more deeply understand these complicated issues.

A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:51:40 -0500 2018-03-18T00:00:00-04:00 2018-03-18T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Free speech, newspaper
Teach- Out Series: Free Speech in Journalism (March 19, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49612 49612-11484712@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 19, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

A free press is essential for a healthy, vibrant, democratic society. Yet public trust in journalism has hit historic lows in recent years and journalists have recently been openly maligned for their work. This Teach-Out prompts participants to think critically about the roles and responsibilities of journalists in a free society. Why is the concept of a free press written into the First Amendment? How are the rights of journalists threatened? Is this a unique moment in history? How have new modes of reporting, such as social media and citizen journalism, made the press more vulnerable? And, finally, what are the broader societal implications of a restricted and diminished press?

This Teach-Out is part of the University of Michigan 2018 Speech and Inclusion Series that aims to recognize differing views on speech and inclusion, to explore how those views play out in politics, culture, higher education, sports, and journalism, and to engage in productive conversations to promote a positive campus environment and help the community more deeply understand these complicated issues.

A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:51:40 -0500 2018-03-19T00:00:00-04:00 2018-03-19T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Free speech, newspaper
Teach- Out Series: Free Speech in Journalism (March 20, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49612 49612-11484713@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 20, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

A free press is essential for a healthy, vibrant, democratic society. Yet public trust in journalism has hit historic lows in recent years and journalists have recently been openly maligned for their work. This Teach-Out prompts participants to think critically about the roles and responsibilities of journalists in a free society. Why is the concept of a free press written into the First Amendment? How are the rights of journalists threatened? Is this a unique moment in history? How have new modes of reporting, such as social media and citizen journalism, made the press more vulnerable? And, finally, what are the broader societal implications of a restricted and diminished press?

This Teach-Out is part of the University of Michigan 2018 Speech and Inclusion Series that aims to recognize differing views on speech and inclusion, to explore how those views play out in politics, culture, higher education, sports, and journalism, and to engage in productive conversations to promote a positive campus environment and help the community more deeply understand these complicated issues.

A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:51:40 -0500 2018-03-20T00:00:00-04:00 2018-03-20T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Free speech, newspaper
Bioethics Discussion: Vaccination (March 20, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/43727 43727-9832715@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 20, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL)
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on public health and individual choice.

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

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

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 21 Nov 2017 10:26:12 -0500 2018-03-20T19:00:00-04:00 2018-03-20T20:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL) The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Vaccination
Teach- Out Series: Free Speech in Journalism (March 21, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49612 49612-11484714@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 21, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

A free press is essential for a healthy, vibrant, democratic society. Yet public trust in journalism has hit historic lows in recent years and journalists have recently been openly maligned for their work. This Teach-Out prompts participants to think critically about the roles and responsibilities of journalists in a free society. Why is the concept of a free press written into the First Amendment? How are the rights of journalists threatened? Is this a unique moment in history? How have new modes of reporting, such as social media and citizen journalism, made the press more vulnerable? And, finally, what are the broader societal implications of a restricted and diminished press?

This Teach-Out is part of the University of Michigan 2018 Speech and Inclusion Series that aims to recognize differing views on speech and inclusion, to explore how those views play out in politics, culture, higher education, sports, and journalism, and to engage in productive conversations to promote a positive campus environment and help the community more deeply understand these complicated issues.

A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:51:40 -0500 2018-03-21T00:00:00-04:00 2018-03-21T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Free speech, newspaper
Teach- Out Series: Free Speech in Journalism (March 22, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49612 49612-11484715@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 22, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

A free press is essential for a healthy, vibrant, democratic society. Yet public trust in journalism has hit historic lows in recent years and journalists have recently been openly maligned for their work. This Teach-Out prompts participants to think critically about the roles and responsibilities of journalists in a free society. Why is the concept of a free press written into the First Amendment? How are the rights of journalists threatened? Is this a unique moment in history? How have new modes of reporting, such as social media and citizen journalism, made the press more vulnerable? And, finally, what are the broader societal implications of a restricted and diminished press?

This Teach-Out is part of the University of Michigan 2018 Speech and Inclusion Series that aims to recognize differing views on speech and inclusion, to explore how those views play out in politics, culture, higher education, sports, and journalism, and to engage in productive conversations to promote a positive campus environment and help the community more deeply understand these complicated issues.

A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:51:40 -0500 2018-03-22T00:00:00-04:00 2018-03-22T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Free speech, newspaper
Lunch with DPSS (March 22, 2018 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51141 51141-11987514@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 22, 2018 11:30am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Graduate Rackham International

Please join Graduate Rackham International (GRIN) for an interactive meeting with DPSS officers and representatives to learn more about how your experience as at the University can be better served by DPSS. In addition to learning about this integral unit on campus, you will be welcome to share with us your daily struggles and views on any topic in which you are interested. Please join us for an open forum to bridge the cultural and knowledge gap between students and scholars and campus safety and law enforcement. This will be a safe space for you to learn about what DPSS does to serve you and how you can be a vital part of keeping the University a diverse and inclusive community. We hope to see you there!

The public is welcome!
Lunch will be served!

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 17 Mar 2018 12:17:02 -0400 2018-03-22T11:30:00-04:00 2018-03-22T13:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Graduate Rackham International Lecture / Discussion DIL-17Apr12-Slideshow(070).jpg
Law and Economics Workshop: Alpha Duties: The Search for Excess Returns and Appropriate Fiduciary Duties (March 22, 2018 4:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50960 50960-11930595@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 22, 2018 4:10pm
Location: Hutchins Hall
Organized By: Law & Economics

Modern finance theory and investment practice have shifted toward “passive investing.” The current consensus is that most savers should invest in mutual funds or ETFs that are (i) welldiversified, (ii) low-cost, and (iii) expose one’s portfolio to age-appropriate stock-market risk. The law governing trustees, broker-dealers, 401(k) plan managers and other investment fiduciaries has evolved to push them gently toward this consensus. But these laws still provide broad scope for fiduciaries to recommend that clients invest instead in specific assets which they believe will produce “alpha” by outperforming the market. Seeking alpha comes at a cost, however, in giving up some of the benefits of the well-diversified, low-cost, appropriate risk baseline. Too little attention has been given in fiduciary law to this tradeoff and thus to when seeking alpha is prudent and beneficial for savers, and when it is not.

This Article begins to fill that gap by making two contributions. First, we provide the first benchmark estimates of how much alpha is required before ordinary investors would be better off departing from the consensus. For example, we estimate that a person of average risk aversion would annually need to beat the market by (i.e., obtain alpha of) between 5% and 15% before being willing to entirely forego the benefits of diversification and hold an individual stock (and that during a financial crisis a person would need an annual alpha between 9% and 18%). Second, we consider the implications of our results for the various branches of law governing investment fiduciaries. We propose generally that fiduciaries should be informed about these alpha tradeoffs and explain them to their clients before recommending (or executing) investments that deviate from the low-cost, well-diversified, age-appropriate exposure standard. We argue that through new technology this kind of information can be given to retirement savers and others at quite low cost. Our results also have a variety of more specific applications. For example, our work shows that the value of diversification increases during periods of market upheaval, and therefore duty to diversify of trustees of personal trusts and of employee retirement plans should likewise strengthen during such periods.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 12 Mar 2018 15:20:03 -0400 2018-03-22T16:10:00-04:00 2018-03-22T18:10:00-04:00 Hutchins Hall Law & Economics Workshop / Seminar Hutchins Hall
2018 Dr. Berj H. Haidostian Annual Distinguished Lecture | International Justice for Atrocity Crimes – Worth the Cost? (March 22, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47351 47351-10880001@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 22, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Armenian Studies

If you are unable to attend in person, this lecture will be streamed live on our website: https://ii.umich.edu/asp/news-events/all-events/haidostian-annual-lectures/2018-dr--berj-h--haidostian-annual-distinguished-lecture.html

Since the establishment of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in 1993, several efforts have been made around the globe to bring to justice political and military leaders responsible for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Several different models of international tribunals were established for Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Cambodia and Lebanon. In 2002, the International Criminal Court began operations. Critics have labelled these efforts as too slow, too expensive and a hindrance to peace efforts. Have these international courts had any effect on the commission of atrocities in times of conflict? Do they serve the interests of victims or contribute in any way to post-conflict transitions? Mr. Koumjian will talk about the future prospects for international criminal law, and whether or not there will ever be a justice mechanism for atrocity crimes ongoing today in places like Syria, Yemen and Myanmar.

Nicholas Koumjian has worked at various international criminal tribunals for the past 17 years, including the International Criminal Court, International Court for the Former Yugoslavia, Special Panels for Serious Crimes in East Timor, State Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Special Court for Sierra Leone. From 2007-2012, Mr. Koumjian was Senior Trial Attorney for the prosecution of Charles Taylor, former President of Liberia for crimes in Sierra Leone. Following his appointment by the United Nations Secretary General, he has served in Cambodia as the International Co-Prosecutor at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal. In June 2017, he completed final arguments in the trial of Nuon Chea, “Brother Number 2” in the Khmer Rouge regime and Khieu Samphan, the former Head of State on charges for crimes committed by that regime between 1975-1979. It is estimated that almost 2 million people lost their lives during that regime and the charges include genocide, enslavement, forced marriage and rape.

Sponsored by the Armenian Studies Program, the Donia Human Rights Center, and the Program in International and Comparative Studies.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 20 Mar 2018 12:40:18 -0400 2018-03-22T19:00:00-04:00 2018-03-22T21:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Armenian Studies Lecture / Discussion Nicholas Koumjian, International Co-Prosecutor
Teach- Out Series: Free Speech in Journalism (March 23, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49612 49612-11484716@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 23, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

A free press is essential for a healthy, vibrant, democratic society. Yet public trust in journalism has hit historic lows in recent years and journalists have recently been openly maligned for their work. This Teach-Out prompts participants to think critically about the roles and responsibilities of journalists in a free society. Why is the concept of a free press written into the First Amendment? How are the rights of journalists threatened? Is this a unique moment in history? How have new modes of reporting, such as social media and citizen journalism, made the press more vulnerable? And, finally, what are the broader societal implications of a restricted and diminished press?

This Teach-Out is part of the University of Michigan 2018 Speech and Inclusion Series that aims to recognize differing views on speech and inclusion, to explore how those views play out in politics, culture, higher education, sports, and journalism, and to engage in productive conversations to promote a positive campus environment and help the community more deeply understand these complicated issues.

A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:51:40 -0500 2018-03-23T00:00:00-04:00 2018-03-23T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Free speech, newspaper
Teach- Out Series: Free Speech in Journalism (March 24, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49612 49612-11484717@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 24, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

A free press is essential for a healthy, vibrant, democratic society. Yet public trust in journalism has hit historic lows in recent years and journalists have recently been openly maligned for their work. This Teach-Out prompts participants to think critically about the roles and responsibilities of journalists in a free society. Why is the concept of a free press written into the First Amendment? How are the rights of journalists threatened? Is this a unique moment in history? How have new modes of reporting, such as social media and citizen journalism, made the press more vulnerable? And, finally, what are the broader societal implications of a restricted and diminished press?

This Teach-Out is part of the University of Michigan 2018 Speech and Inclusion Series that aims to recognize differing views on speech and inclusion, to explore how those views play out in politics, culture, higher education, sports, and journalism, and to engage in productive conversations to promote a positive campus environment and help the community more deeply understand these complicated issues.

A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:51:40 -0500 2018-03-24T00:00:00-04:00 2018-03-24T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Free speech, newspaper
Teach- Out Series: Free Speech in Journalism (March 25, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49612 49612-11484718@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 25, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

A free press is essential for a healthy, vibrant, democratic society. Yet public trust in journalism has hit historic lows in recent years and journalists have recently been openly maligned for their work. This Teach-Out prompts participants to think critically about the roles and responsibilities of journalists in a free society. Why is the concept of a free press written into the First Amendment? How are the rights of journalists threatened? Is this a unique moment in history? How have new modes of reporting, such as social media and citizen journalism, made the press more vulnerable? And, finally, what are the broader societal implications of a restricted and diminished press?

This Teach-Out is part of the University of Michigan 2018 Speech and Inclusion Series that aims to recognize differing views on speech and inclusion, to explore how those views play out in politics, culture, higher education, sports, and journalism, and to engage in productive conversations to promote a positive campus environment and help the community more deeply understand these complicated issues.

A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:51:40 -0500 2018-03-25T00:00:00-04:00 2018-03-25T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Free speech, newspaper
Teach- Out Series: Free Speech in Journalism (March 26, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49612 49612-11484719@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 26, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

A free press is essential for a healthy, vibrant, democratic society. Yet public trust in journalism has hit historic lows in recent years and journalists have recently been openly maligned for their work. This Teach-Out prompts participants to think critically about the roles and responsibilities of journalists in a free society. Why is the concept of a free press written into the First Amendment? How are the rights of journalists threatened? Is this a unique moment in history? How have new modes of reporting, such as social media and citizen journalism, made the press more vulnerable? And, finally, what are the broader societal implications of a restricted and diminished press?

This Teach-Out is part of the University of Michigan 2018 Speech and Inclusion Series that aims to recognize differing views on speech and inclusion, to explore how those views play out in politics, culture, higher education, sports, and journalism, and to engage in productive conversations to promote a positive campus environment and help the community more deeply understand these complicated issues.

A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:51:40 -0500 2018-03-26T00:00:00-04:00 2018-03-26T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Free speech, newspaper
STS Speaker. Bureaucratic epistemes and regulatory disputes: Genetically Modified (GM) crops between science and legal-administration (March 26, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/43479 43479-9771970@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 26, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Science, Technology & Society

A fierce controversy surrounding the question of allowing commercial release of GM food crops, has been raging in India for nearly a decade. While the controversy concerns far-reaching issues of food security, food sovereignty, consumers' choice, farmers' livelihoods and ecological impacts, these are articulated in government policymaking via bureaucratic routines and documents. In this talk, I examine the regulatory regime overseeing GM crops in India, instituted in the late 1980s, to argue that two epistemes - scientific and legal-administrative - are fused in its design. By unraveling the course of two regulatory disputes, I suggest that an inherent ambiguity is lodged between scientific and legal-administrative modes of documentation, as facts generated in one register can be challenged by those registered in the other. I demonstrate that this ambiguity both fosters and constrains democratic participation and scrutiny over government policymaking, with deeply ambivalent implications.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 19 Mar 2018 10:27:10 -0400 2018-03-26T16:00:00-04:00 2018-03-26T17:30:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Science, Technology & Society Lecture / Discussion Prof. Aniket Aga
Shared Technology, Competing Logics: How Healthcare Providers And Law Enforcement Agents Use Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs To Combat Opioid Abuse (March 27, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49965 49965-11608310@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 27, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

Sociologists and socio-legal scholars have explored how social fields transform social problems, but have largely overlooked how social problems transform social fields. This research uses the contemporary U.S. opioid crisis as a case for examining how efforts to address a shared social problem have transformed the fields of healthcare and criminal justice. Based on interviews with healthcare providers and enforcement agents in California, findings demonstrate how the use of shared technology in the form of prescription drug monitoring programs paired with the encroachment of institutional logics from adjacent fields helps to reshape workers’ roles, routines, and relationships in ways that create opportunities for field-level change.

Elizabeth Chiarello, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Saint Louis University. She is a medical sociologist and socio-legal scholar who focuses on institutional influences on frontline work, intersections among organizational fields, and social movement consequences. Her work has been published in several top sociological and socio-legal journals and she has received awards from multiple sections of the American Sociological Association.

Event Accessibility:
Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor. Questions? Contact irwg@umich.edu

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 12 Feb 2018 11:11:28 -0500 2018-03-27T15:00:00-04:00 2018-03-27T16:30:00-04:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Lecture / Discussion color photo of Elizabeth Chiarello
Fiscal policy in Michigan: Past, present, and future (March 27, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51126 51126-11976194@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 27, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Free and open to the public.

State government in Michigan is a $56B a year enterprise. During the last decade, tax and spending priorities have changed. After a high level overview of these changes, Nick Khouri, Treasurer of Michigan, will discuss what it means for the current policy debates in Lansing (including federal tax reform impact on the State).

Sponsored by: University of Michigan Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP); University of Michigan Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
Co-sponsors: University of Michigan Center on Finance, Law, and Policy; University of Michigan Office of Tax Policy Research

For more information visit www.closup.umich.edu or call 734-647-4091. Follow on Twitter @closup.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 16 Mar 2018 14:35:53 -0400 2018-03-27T16:00:00-04:00 2018-03-27T17:30:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Nick Khouri
Justice Albie Sachs: Getting to Know Nelson Mandela (March 27, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51087 51087-11961987@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 27, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Hutchins Hall
Organized By: University of Michigan Law School

Please join us for the 2018 William W. Bishop Lecture in International Law: Getting to Know Nelson Mandela, to be presented by Justice Albie Sachs, formerly of the South African Constitutional Court.

This lecture is free and open to the public.

Justice Albie Sachs has devoted his life to the defense of human rights, both in his home country of South Africa and throughout the world. As a young attorney, Justice Sachs defended people charged under the racist statutes and repressive security laws of apartheid. Forced into exile in 1966, he worked with the African National Congress from abroad, where his criticism of apartheid made him the victim of a car bombing in Mozambique in 1988. Justice Sachs lost an arm and the sight of one eye in the attack, but recovered and returned to South Africa as a member of the Constitutional Committee to assist South Africa’s transition into a constitutional democracy. He was later appointed by President Nelson Mandela to serve on the South African Constitutional Court.

The Bishop Lecture was established by the friends and family of Professor Bishop following his death in 1987.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 15 Mar 2018 09:01:28 -0400 2018-03-27T16:00:00-04:00 2018-03-27T17:30:00-04:00 Hutchins Hall University of Michigan Law School Lecture / Discussion Bishop lecture Poster
Law and Economics Workshop: Noncompetes in the US Labor Force (March 29, 2018 4:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50961 50961-11930596@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 29, 2018 4:10pm
Location: Hutchins Hall
Organized By: Law & Economics

Abstract
Using nationally representative survey data on 11,505 labor force participants, we examine the use, implementation, and effects of noncompete agreements. Nearly 1 in 5 labor force participants were bound by noncompetes in 2014, and nearly 40% had signed at least one in the past. Noncompetes are more likely to be found in high-skill, high-paying jobs, but they are also surprisingly common in low-skill, low-paying jobs. We document that less than 10% of employees negotiate over noncompetes, that roughly one-third of noncompetes are signed after accepting the job offer, and that nearly two-thirds of job applicants had no alternative job opportunities when they were asked to agree to a noncompete. Differences in the competitive circumstances under which noncompetes are signed are associated with starkly different outcomes for employees: those presented with a noncompete before they accept a job offer and those who have alternative employment options earn 19% higher wages, receive 14% more training, and are 13% more satisfied in their job than those not bound by noncompetes. However, those asked to sign after accepting an offer and/or without other employment options are 15% less satisfied in their job and experience no wage and training benefits. In contrast to the existing literature, we find little role for the enforceability of noncompetes in explaining their use and their association with wages and training.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 26 Mar 2018 14:28:06 -0400 2018-03-29T16:10:00-04:00 2018-03-29T18:10:00-04:00 Hutchins Hall Law & Economics Workshop / Seminar Hutchins Hall
APIA Documentary Screening: "And Then They Came For Us" (March 29, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50570 50570-11805187@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 29, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies

Please join us for a free screening of, "And Then They Came For Us." Donna Nagata of Pychology and Matthew Stiffler of Arab & Muslim American Studies will make opening remarks. This event is free and open to the public. Popcorn and soda will be provided.

About the Film:
Seventy-five years ago, Executive Order 9066 paved the way to the profound violation of constitutional rights that resulted in the forced incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans. Featuring George Takei and many others who were incarcerated, as well as newly rediscovered photographs of Dorothea Lange, And Then They Came for Us brings history into the present, retelling this difficult story and following Japanese American activists as they speak out against the Muslim registry and travel ban. Knowing our history is the first step to ensuring we do not repeat it. And Then They Came for Us is a cautionary and inspiring tale for these dark times. Please partner with us to share this critical story.

"It was a failure of American democracy, and yet because most Americans are not aware of that dark chapter of American history, it's about to be repeated."
- George Takei, Actor and Activist

Read more about the film and watch the trailer here: https://www.thentheycamedoc.com/

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Film Screening Thu, 01 Mar 2018 13:12:33 -0500 2018-03-29T17:00:00-04:00 2018-03-29T18:30:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies Film Screening Film Poster
Voter Registration Week! (April 2, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51449 51449-12112467@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 2, 2018 11:00am
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 18
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

The Big Ten Voting Challenge is a nonpartisan initiative to increase student voter registration and turnout rates.

We will be registering students in-person the week of April 2-6. You can get the registration process started anytime online at umich.turbovote.org

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Other Mon, 02 Apr 2018 14:53:44 -0400 2018-04-02T11:00:00-04:00 2018-04-02T13:30:00-04:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 18 Ginsberg Center Other Big Ten Voting Challenge
Voter Registration Week! (April 3, 2018 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51449 51449-12112468@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 3, 2018 10:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

The Big Ten Voting Challenge is a nonpartisan initiative to increase student voter registration and turnout rates.

We will be registering students in-person the week of April 2-6. You can get the registration process started anytime online at umich.turbovote.org

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Other Mon, 02 Apr 2018 14:53:44 -0400 2018-04-03T10:30:00-04:00 2018-04-03T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Ginsberg Center Other Big Ten Voting Challenge
Authoritarian Legacies: Persistent Patronage Networks and the Erosion of Merit-Based Judicial Selection in Mexico. (April 3, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51197 51197-12018596@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 3, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

Abstract:

During Mexico’s transition to democracy, at the end of 1994, a Judicial Council was created with the explicit aim of establishing a merit-based system for the selection and promotion of judges at all levels of the federal judiciary. However, a series of indicators including nepotistic practices and ad hoc examinations show a divergence between the formal merit-based judicial career and the actual practice of appointments and promotions, which is biased in favor individuals with connections to sitting judges and persons already working in the federal judiciary. Why? What is the source of the divergence between the formally merit-based career and the actually biased hiring practices? This paper argues that patronage networks formed during the authoritarian period, when the Supreme Court hand-picked lower court judges, have persisted under the democratic regime eroding the meritocratic selection system. Based on archival data, and on a unique dataset on nepotism within the judiciary, the paper uncovers the patronage networks, and aims at showing their persistence and effects on the performance of the Judicial Council set to select judges on merit since 1995. Leveraging a relational perspective, the paper offers a mechanism of transmission and reproduction of enduring authoritarian practices despite democratic efforts to uproot them.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 20 Mar 2018 11:46:59 -0400 2018-04-03T12:00:00-04:00 2018-04-03T13:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Voter Registration Week! (April 3, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51449 51449-12112469@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 3, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

The Big Ten Voting Challenge is a nonpartisan initiative to increase student voter registration and turnout rates.

We will be registering students in-person the week of April 2-6. You can get the registration process started anytime online at umich.turbovote.org

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Other Mon, 02 Apr 2018 14:53:44 -0400 2018-04-03T15:00:00-04:00 2018-04-03T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Ginsberg Center Other Big Ten Voting Challenge
Bioethics Discussion: Regulation (April 3, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/43728 43728-9832716@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 3, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL)
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion about the maze and the pathway.

A few essays to consider:
"Thalidomide retrospective: what did we learn?"
"Improving medical device regulation: the United States and Europe in perspective"
"Ethics, regulation, and comparative effectiveness research"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the essays, please contact Barry Belmont (belmont@umich.edu) or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/014-regulation/.

Feel free to also swing by the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 21 Mar 2018 09:33:28 -0400 2018-04-03T19:00:00-04:00 2018-04-03T20:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL) The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Regulation
Organizing Resistance to Internet Censorship (April 3, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51542 51542-12147099@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 3, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: International Youth and Students for Social Equality

The United States government, in collaboration with Google, Facebook, Twitter and other information technology corporations, is implementing massive restrictions on Internet access to socialist, antiwar and progressive websites. Capitalist governments in Europe and throughout the world are enacting similar repressive policies.

The ruling class launched this desperate campaign in a desperate response to growing mass opposition to social inequality and war. Workers and young people around the world are using the Internet to coordinate struggles and share information outside of the control of the corporate media.

The World Socialist Web Site, which has been a principal target of the censorship campaign, is leading a fight against the greatest attack on free speech since the Second World War. In January, it called for an International Coalition of Socialist, Antiwar and Progressive Websites Against Internet Censorship to expose what is taking place and coordinate opposition.

This meeting will explore the political context of efforts to censor the Internet, examine the pretexts used to justify the suppression of free speech (e.g., “fake news”), and discuss a political strategy to mobilize the working class in defense of democratic rights.

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 31 Mar 2018 14:18:53 -0400 2018-04-03T19:00:00-04:00 2018-04-03T21:00:00-04:00 Michigan League International Youth and Students for Social Equality Lecture / Discussion
Voter Registration Week! (April 4, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51449 51449-12112470@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 4, 2018 11:00am
Location: Diag - Central Campus
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

The Big Ten Voting Challenge is a nonpartisan initiative to increase student voter registration and turnout rates.

We will be registering students in-person the week of April 2-6. You can get the registration process started anytime online at umich.turbovote.org

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Other Mon, 02 Apr 2018 14:53:44 -0400 2018-04-04T11:00:00-04:00 2018-04-04T16:00:00-04:00 Diag - Central Campus Ginsberg Center Other Big Ten Voting Challenge
Elections in the Digital Age - Security, Policy, and the Law (April 4, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51179 51179-12010134@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 4, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Information Assurance

Join Cindy Cohn, LAW '89, Executive Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Alex Halderman, U-M Professor of Computer Science & Electrical Engineering, for a discussion touching on some of the most cutting-edge issues in law, technology, and policy. With their expertise in how changes in technology affect privacy, speech, security, intellectual property, and surveillance, Cohn and Halderman will chat about their work, future challenges, and the role of technologists and lawyers in achieving technology policy goals that preserve individual rights and the public interest. Michigan Law Clinical Fellow Gautam Hans, LAW '12, SI '12, will moderate.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 27 Mar 2018 09:24:15 -0400 2018-04-04T17:30:00-04:00 2018-04-04T18:30:00-04:00 Michigan Union Information Assurance Lecture / Discussion Dissonance Event April 4, 2018
Voter Registration Week! (April 5, 2018 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51449 51449-12112471@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 5, 2018 10:30am
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

The Big Ten Voting Challenge is a nonpartisan initiative to increase student voter registration and turnout rates.

We will be registering students in-person the week of April 2-6. You can get the registration process started anytime online at umich.turbovote.org

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Other Mon, 02 Apr 2018 14:53:44 -0400 2018-04-05T10:30:00-04:00 2018-04-05T12:30:00-04:00 Duderstadt Center Ginsberg Center Other Big Ten Voting Challenge
Voter Registration Week! (April 5, 2018 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51449 51449-12170482@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 5, 2018 2:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

The Big Ten Voting Challenge is a nonpartisan initiative to increase student voter registration and turnout rates.

We will be registering students in-person the week of April 2-6. You can get the registration process started anytime online at umich.turbovote.org

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Other Mon, 02 Apr 2018 14:53:44 -0400 2018-04-05T14:30:00-04:00 2018-04-05T17:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Ginsberg Center Other Big Ten Voting Challenge
Law and Economics Workshop: A Fundamental Error in the Law of Torts: The Restriction of Strict Liability to Uncommon Activities (April 5, 2018 4:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50963 50963-11930597@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 5, 2018 4:10pm
Location: Hutchins Hall
Organized By: Law & Economics

Abstract

Courts generally insist that two criteria be met before imposing strict liability. The first––that the injurer’s activity must be dangerous––is sensible because strict liability possesses general advantages in controlling risk. But the second––that the activity must be uncommon––is ill-advised because it exempts all common activities from strict liability, no matter how dangerous. Thus, the harm generated by the large swath of common dangerous activities––from hunting, to construction, to the operation of railroads––tends to be socially excessive. After developing this theme, the Article addresses the question of how the uncommon activity requirement could have arisen and finds that its legal pedigree is problematic: it was invented by the authors of the first Restatement of Torts. The conclusion is that the uncommon activity requirement for the imposition of strict liability should be eliminated.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 26 Mar 2018 14:29:57 -0400 2018-04-05T16:10:00-04:00 2018-04-05T18:10:00-04:00 Hutchins Hall Law & Economics Workshop / Seminar Hutchins Hall
Voter Registration Week! (April 6, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51449 51449-12112472@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 6, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Diag - Central Campus
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

The Big Ten Voting Challenge is a nonpartisan initiative to increase student voter registration and turnout rates.

We will be registering students in-person the week of April 2-6. You can get the registration process started anytime online at umich.turbovote.org

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Other Mon, 02 Apr 2018 14:53:44 -0400 2018-04-06T12:00:00-04:00 2018-04-06T14:00:00-04:00 Diag - Central Campus Ginsberg Center Other Big Ten Voting Challenge
Voter Registration Week! (April 6, 2018 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51449 51449-12170483@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 6, 2018 2:30pm
Location: Hutchins Hall
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

The Big Ten Voting Challenge is a nonpartisan initiative to increase student voter registration and turnout rates.

We will be registering students in-person the week of April 2-6. You can get the registration process started anytime online at umich.turbovote.org

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Other Mon, 02 Apr 2018 14:53:44 -0400 2018-04-06T14:30:00-04:00 2018-04-06T17:00:00-04:00 Hutchins Hall Ginsberg Center Other Big Ten Voting Challenge
What female economists learned bringing research to White House policy making (April 11, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51484 51484-12121101@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 11, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Education Policy Initiative

Three influential female economists discuss bringing research to bear on policymaking at the White House. Featuring an all-star panel who have helped to shape policy through the use of evidence. Professor Susan Dynarski will lead a panel discussion with Sandra Black and Betsey Stevenson, who each served on President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers.

About our panelists:

Sandra E. Black holds the Audre and Bernard Rapoport Centennial Chair in Economics and Public Affairs and is a professor of economics at the University of Texas, Austin. She received her B.A. from UC Berkeley and her Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University. Since that time, she worked as an Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and an Assistant, Associate, and ultimately Professor in the Department of Economics at UCLA before arriving at the University of Texas, Austin in 2010. She is currently a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), a Research Affiliate at IZA, and a Nonresident Senior Fellow at Brookings Institution. She served as a Member of Obama's Council of Economic Advisers from August 2015-January 2017. Her research focuses on the role of early life experiences on the long-run outcomes of children, as well as issues of gender and discrimination.

Betsey Stevenson is an associate professor of public policy at the Ford School, with a courtesy appointment in the Department of Economics. She is also a research associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research, a fellow of the Ifo Institute for Economic Research in Munich, and serves on the board of directors of the American Law and Economics Association. Stevenson recently completed a two-year term as an appointed member of the White House Council of Economic Advisers and served as the chief economist of the U.S. Department of Labor from 2010 to 2011. Stevenson is a labor economist whose research focuses on the impact of public policies on the labor market. Her research explores women's labor market experiences, the economic forces shaping the modern family, and the potential value of subjective well-being data for public policy.

Susan Dynarski is professor of economics, education and public policy at the University of Michigan, co-director of the Education Policy Initiative, faculty research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and president at the Association for Education Finance and Policy. Prior visiting fellow at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and Princeton University, she currently serves on the American Economic Journal/Economic Policy Board of Editors is a past editor of Education Finance and Policy, Journal of Labor Economics, and Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. Dynarski’s research focuses on financial aid, postsecondary schooling and labor market outcomes and the effectiveness of school reform on academic achievement. She has consulted broadly on student aid reform, at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, White House, Treasury and Department of Education. She has testified to the US Senate HELP and Finance Committees, US House Ways and Means Committee and President's Commission on Tax Reform.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 29 Mar 2018 09:25:27 -0400 2018-04-11T16:00:00-04:00 2018-04-11T17:30:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Education Policy Initiative Workshop / Seminar April 11 2018
Law and Economics Workshop: The Adaptive Contract: Innovation and Collaboration in an Uncertain World (April 12, 2018 4:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50965 50965-11930600@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 12, 2018 4:10pm
Location: Hutchins Hall
Organized By: Law & Economics

Details to come.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 09 Apr 2018 09:49:08 -0400 2018-04-12T16:10:00-04:00 2018-04-12T18:10:00-04:00 Hutchins Hall Law & Economics Workshop / Seminar Hutchins Hall
"Domestic Preferences and Strategic Contexts: Why America Fights 'Dumb Wars'" (April 13, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51781 51781-12248760@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 13, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP)

Abstract: This paper develops a general theory of how US administrations define their collective policy preferences and, from those preferences, produce national strategies on interstate war and diplomacy. The paper applies this framework to variations in US strategy in the Middle East under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama. The theory begins with identifying whether an administration’s national security principals favor expansionism or non-expansionism in three main interest areas: force projection, regime behavior, and energy supplies. These collective preferences constitute the foreign policy posture of an administration, but they do not determine policy in isolation. Collective preferences intersect with the redistributive implications of a given strategic context: How much do the administration’s national security principals expect to gain or lose if the United States pursues aggression or negotiation with the target country? The resulting framework helps to explain why an expansion-inclined president (Bush) invaded Iraq while engaging Iran, and why an expansion-averse president (Obama) promoted regime change in Libya but exercised restraint toward Syria. Beyond the selected cases, the theory can help students of international politics understand America’s recurring pursuit — but also its periodic avoidance — of seemingly “dumb wars” in the Middle East.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 09 Apr 2018 09:26:49 -0400 2018-04-13T12:00:00-04:00 2018-04-13T13:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP) Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Legal Uniformity in American Courts (April 13, 2018 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51863 51863-12271495@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 13, 2018 3:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics

Abstract:
Intercircuit splits occur when two or more circuits on the U.S. Courts of Appeals issue different legal rules about the same legal question. When this happens, federal law is applied differently in different parts of the country. Intercircuit splits cause legal non-uniformity, are an impediment to lawyering and judging, and have practical consequences for American law. Despite intercircuit splits' importance, there is almost no quantitative research about them. We created a unique original dataset that includes intercircuit splits that arose between 2005 and 2013. For each intercircuit split, we identified every circuit and every case involved. These data reveal that one-third of intercircuit splits are resolved by the Supreme Court. Two-thirds are not. We show that those that will be resolved are resolved within three years after they arise, and we show that splits are more likely to be resolved when they exhibit contemporaneous and growing disagreement. However, many such splits are never resolved by the Supreme Court. Those that are not resolved by the Supreme Court continue to yield litigation and do not dissipate on their own, and the likelihood of resolution does not rise as time passes.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 11 Apr 2018 09:10:54 -0400 2018-04-13T15:30:00-04:00 2018-04-13T17:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Enhancing local fruit and vegetable production, sale, and consumption in MI and the Great Lakes region (April 17, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51220 51220-12021434@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 3:00pm
Location: South Hall
Organized By: Law School Problem Solving Initiative

This Michigan Law School PSI capstone presentation by U-M graduate and professional students on how to enhance local and regional production, sale, and consumption of fruits and vegetables in Michigan and the Great Lakes region is open to the public.

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Presentation Tue, 20 Mar 2018 14:56:18 -0400 2018-04-17T15:00:00-04:00 2018-04-17T16:30:00-04:00 South Hall Law School Problem Solving Initiative Presentation South Hall
Overcoming technological, legal, economic, and other hurdles to expanding renewable energy markets (April 17, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51221 51221-12021435@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 5:00pm
Location: South Hall
Organized By: Law School Problem Solving Initiative

This Michigan Law School PSI capstone presentation by U-M graduate and professional students on overcoming complex hurdles to expanding renewable energy markets is open to the public.

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Presentation Tue, 20 Mar 2018 15:11:35 -0400 2018-04-17T17:00:00-04:00 2018-04-17T18:30:00-04:00 South Hall Law School Problem Solving Initiative Presentation South Hall
Bioethics Discussion: Posthumanity (April 17, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/43729 43729-9832717@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL)
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on our end.

A few essays to consider:
"In defense of posthuman dignity"
"Stem cells, biotechnology, and human rights: implications for a posthuman future"
"A cyborg manifesto"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the essays, please contact Barry Belmont (belmont@umich.edu) or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/015-posthumanity/.

Also, feel free to swing by the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 21 Mar 2018 09:34:57 -0400 2018-04-17T19:00:00-04:00 2018-04-17T20:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL) The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Posthumanity
Building social capital in the inner-city entrepreneurial ecosystem (April 18, 2018 3:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51224 51224-12021437@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 18, 2018 3:15pm
Location: South Hall
Organized By: Law School Problem Solving Initiative

This Michigan Law School PSI capstone presentation by U-M graduate and professional students on how to improve social capital for Detroit's African American inner-city entrepreneurs is open to the public.

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Presentation Tue, 20 Mar 2018 15:20:59 -0400 2018-04-18T15:15:00-04:00 2018-04-18T16:45:00-04:00 South Hall Law School Problem Solving Initiative Presentation South Hall
Human Trafficking Symposium (April 25, 2018 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51892 51892-12283033@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 25, 2018 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Division of Public Safety and Security DPSS

Attendees will gain an overview of what human trafficking is and how they can help victims that they may encounter in their field of practice, with a particular emphasis on healthcare settings. We will explore the root causes of human trafficking and our role in perpetuating and combating the underlying causes. We will take a critical perspective on what it means to help a victim of trafficking and well-meaning interventions, which may unwittingly cause the individual’s arrest or deportation. Further, we will examine guiding principles for successful engagement with this population, including trauma-informed care, cultural awareness, and harm reduction. Finally, we will hear about local resources that providers can use if they suspect a client is a victim of human trafficking.

Speakers and panelist include:
- Elizabeth Campbell, JD; University of Michigan Law School, Human Trafficking Clinic
- Nicole McGee, PhD; Victim Assistance Program, FBI
- Wendi-Jo Wendt, MD; Michigan Medicine, Pediatrics-Emergency Medicine
- Carmen Uresti, LMSW; Michigan Medicine, Care Management, Social Work
- Kaitlin Deslatte, University of Michigan Police Department, Special Victims Unit

Please register in advance. We ask participants to arrive at 11:30 for sign-in.

Social Work and Nursing continuing education credits will be offered. Please contact emattila@umich.edu if you have any questions.

We hope to see you there!

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 20 Apr 2018 16:12:05 -0400 2018-04-25T11:30:00-04:00 2018-04-25T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Division of Public Safety and Security DPSS Conference / Symposium Stop Human Trafficking FBI
May Day International Online Rally – Listening Event with IYSSE (May 5, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52144 52144-12455269@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, May 5, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: International Youth and Students for Social Equality

Join the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) as we participate in an international online May Day rally!

What: Gathering hosted by the IYSSE to listen and contribute remarks to an online May Day rally organized by the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) and the World Socialist Web Site
When: May 5 at 5pm
Where: Shapiro Undergraduate Library, Room 2124

May 5, 2018 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Karl Marx, the greatest philosopher of modern history and the founder of scientific socialism. Marx's call: “Workers of the world unite!” resonates today amid an eruption of the class struggle on every continent. In the first four months of 2018, tens of millions of people have participated in the largest demonstrations and strikes in decades.

The capitalist system, based on the exploitation of the working class, is wracked by crisis.

All over the world, the ruling elites seek to protect their wealth and save this bankrupt system by resorting to war and repression. The governments and corporations are censoring the Internet out of fear that this revolutionary source for information and communication can link workers across the world in a common struggle against inequality, dictatorship and war.

The International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) and the World Socialist Web Site are commemorating Marx's birthday alongside May Day, the international day of working class solidarity, with an international online rally with participants from dozens of countries worldwide. Speakers will include leaders of the Fourth International from around the world.

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Meeting Fri, 27 Apr 2018 21:19:41 -0400 2018-05-05T17:00:00-04:00 2018-05-05T20:30:00-04:00 Shapiro Library International Youth and Students for Social Equality Meeting May Day 2018 – International Online Rally, 200 years since the birth of Karl Marx
Teach Out Series: Civil Rights in the Trump Era (May 21, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52393 52393-12660515@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 21, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

What does “civil rights” mean in the Trump era? How and why is the category evolving? This Teach-Out focuses on the civil rights aspects of two current debates--health care and the President’s seven-country travel ban--looking at politics, protest, and law. To understand these better, you will learn about foundational civil rights history dating back to Reconstruction (after the Civil War). You will also hear the perspectives of scholars in law, sociology, and political science, as well as civil rights advocates, who will all discuss how civil rights are defended and contested, often growing and contracting in response to other demands and debates. This Teach-Out ends with a call to action for you: How will you participate as our nation defines our rights?

The Teach-Out will address the following questions:

Civil Rights generally:
- What does “civil rights” mean? How has the category been understood both in the past and present?

Healthcare:
- In what way is healthcare reform a civil rights demand?
- In what way does the civil rights “frame” fail to fit healthcare policy?

Immigration:
- Why did the 19th-century Supreme Court declare immigration a constitutional-law-free zone?
- How are courts--including the Supreme Court--analyzing the President’s seven-country travel ban?


A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 17 May 2018 11:04:42 -0400 2018-05-21T00:00:00-04:00 2018-05-21T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Civil Rights Protestors
Teach Out Series: Civil Rights in the Trump Era (May 22, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52393 52393-12660516@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

What does “civil rights” mean in the Trump era? How and why is the category evolving? This Teach-Out focuses on the civil rights aspects of two current debates--health care and the President’s seven-country travel ban--looking at politics, protest, and law. To understand these better, you will learn about foundational civil rights history dating back to Reconstruction (after the Civil War). You will also hear the perspectives of scholars in law, sociology, and political science, as well as civil rights advocates, who will all discuss how civil rights are defended and contested, often growing and contracting in response to other demands and debates. This Teach-Out ends with a call to action for you: How will you participate as our nation defines our rights?

The Teach-Out will address the following questions:

Civil Rights generally:
- What does “civil rights” mean? How has the category been understood both in the past and present?

Healthcare:
- In what way is healthcare reform a civil rights demand?
- In what way does the civil rights “frame” fail to fit healthcare policy?

Immigration:
- Why did the 19th-century Supreme Court declare immigration a constitutional-law-free zone?
- How are courts--including the Supreme Court--analyzing the President’s seven-country travel ban?


A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 17 May 2018 11:04:42 -0400 2018-05-22T00:00:00-04:00 2018-05-22T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Civil Rights Protestors
Teach Out Series: Civil Rights in the Trump Era (May 23, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52393 52393-12660517@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

What does “civil rights” mean in the Trump era? How and why is the category evolving? This Teach-Out focuses on the civil rights aspects of two current debates--health care and the President’s seven-country travel ban--looking at politics, protest, and law. To understand these better, you will learn about foundational civil rights history dating back to Reconstruction (after the Civil War). You will also hear the perspectives of scholars in law, sociology, and political science, as well as civil rights advocates, who will all discuss how civil rights are defended and contested, often growing and contracting in response to other demands and debates. This Teach-Out ends with a call to action for you: How will you participate as our nation defines our rights?

The Teach-Out will address the following questions:

Civil Rights generally:
- What does “civil rights” mean? How has the category been understood both in the past and present?

Healthcare:
- In what way is healthcare reform a civil rights demand?
- In what way does the civil rights “frame” fail to fit healthcare policy?

Immigration:
- Why did the 19th-century Supreme Court declare immigration a constitutional-law-free zone?
- How are courts--including the Supreme Court--analyzing the President’s seven-country travel ban?


A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 17 May 2018 11:04:42 -0400 2018-05-23T00:00:00-04:00 2018-05-23T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Civil Rights Protestors
Teach Out Series: Civil Rights in the Trump Era (May 24, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52393 52393-12660518@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 24, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

What does “civil rights” mean in the Trump era? How and why is the category evolving? This Teach-Out focuses on the civil rights aspects of two current debates--health care and the President’s seven-country travel ban--looking at politics, protest, and law. To understand these better, you will learn about foundational civil rights history dating back to Reconstruction (after the Civil War). You will also hear the perspectives of scholars in law, sociology, and political science, as well as civil rights advocates, who will all discuss how civil rights are defended and contested, often growing and contracting in response to other demands and debates. This Teach-Out ends with a call to action for you: How will you participate as our nation defines our rights?

The Teach-Out will address the following questions:

Civil Rights generally:
- What does “civil rights” mean? How has the category been understood both in the past and present?

Healthcare:
- In what way is healthcare reform a civil rights demand?
- In what way does the civil rights “frame” fail to fit healthcare policy?

Immigration:
- Why did the 19th-century Supreme Court declare immigration a constitutional-law-free zone?
- How are courts--including the Supreme Court--analyzing the President’s seven-country travel ban?


A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 17 May 2018 11:04:42 -0400 2018-05-24T00:00:00-04:00 2018-05-24T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Civil Rights Protestors
Teach Out Series: Civil Rights in the Trump Era (May 25, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52393 52393-12660519@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 25, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

What does “civil rights” mean in the Trump era? How and why is the category evolving? This Teach-Out focuses on the civil rights aspects of two current debates--health care and the President’s seven-country travel ban--looking at politics, protest, and law. To understand these better, you will learn about foundational civil rights history dating back to Reconstruction (after the Civil War). You will also hear the perspectives of scholars in law, sociology, and political science, as well as civil rights advocates, who will all discuss how civil rights are defended and contested, often growing and contracting in response to other demands and debates. This Teach-Out ends with a call to action for you: How will you participate as our nation defines our rights?

The Teach-Out will address the following questions:

Civil Rights generally:
- What does “civil rights” mean? How has the category been understood both in the past and present?

Healthcare:
- In what way is healthcare reform a civil rights demand?
- In what way does the civil rights “frame” fail to fit healthcare policy?

Immigration:
- Why did the 19th-century Supreme Court declare immigration a constitutional-law-free zone?
- How are courts--including the Supreme Court--analyzing the President’s seven-country travel ban?


A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 17 May 2018 11:04:42 -0400 2018-05-25T00:00:00-04:00 2018-05-25T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Civil Rights Protestors
Teach Out Series: Civil Rights in the Trump Era (May 26, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52393 52393-12660520@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, May 26, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

What does “civil rights” mean in the Trump era? How and why is the category evolving? This Teach-Out focuses on the civil rights aspects of two current debates--health care and the President’s seven-country travel ban--looking at politics, protest, and law. To understand these better, you will learn about foundational civil rights history dating back to Reconstruction (after the Civil War). You will also hear the perspectives of scholars in law, sociology, and political science, as well as civil rights advocates, who will all discuss how civil rights are defended and contested, often growing and contracting in response to other demands and debates. This Teach-Out ends with a call to action for you: How will you participate as our nation defines our rights?

The Teach-Out will address the following questions:

Civil Rights generally:
- What does “civil rights” mean? How has the category been understood both in the past and present?

Healthcare:
- In what way is healthcare reform a civil rights demand?
- In what way does the civil rights “frame” fail to fit healthcare policy?

Immigration:
- Why did the 19th-century Supreme Court declare immigration a constitutional-law-free zone?
- How are courts--including the Supreme Court--analyzing the President’s seven-country travel ban?


A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 17 May 2018 11:04:42 -0400 2018-05-26T00:00:00-04:00 2018-05-26T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Civil Rights Protestors
Teach Out Series: Civil Rights in the Trump Era (May 27, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52393 52393-12660521@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, May 27, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

What does “civil rights” mean in the Trump era? How and why is the category evolving? This Teach-Out focuses on the civil rights aspects of two current debates--health care and the President’s seven-country travel ban--looking at politics, protest, and law. To understand these better, you will learn about foundational civil rights history dating back to Reconstruction (after the Civil War). You will also hear the perspectives of scholars in law, sociology, and political science, as well as civil rights advocates, who will all discuss how civil rights are defended and contested, often growing and contracting in response to other demands and debates. This Teach-Out ends with a call to action for you: How will you participate as our nation defines our rights?

The Teach-Out will address the following questions:

Civil Rights generally:
- What does “civil rights” mean? How has the category been understood both in the past and present?

Healthcare:
- In what way is healthcare reform a civil rights demand?
- In what way does the civil rights “frame” fail to fit healthcare policy?

Immigration:
- Why did the 19th-century Supreme Court declare immigration a constitutional-law-free zone?
- How are courts--including the Supreme Court--analyzing the President’s seven-country travel ban?


A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 17 May 2018 11:04:42 -0400 2018-05-27T00:00:00-04:00 2018-05-27T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Civil Rights Protestors
Teach Out Series: Civil Rights in the Trump Era (May 28, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52393 52393-12660522@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 28, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

What does “civil rights” mean in the Trump era? How and why is the category evolving? This Teach-Out focuses on the civil rights aspects of two current debates--health care and the President’s seven-country travel ban--looking at politics, protest, and law. To understand these better, you will learn about foundational civil rights history dating back to Reconstruction (after the Civil War). You will also hear the perspectives of scholars in law, sociology, and political science, as well as civil rights advocates, who will all discuss how civil rights are defended and contested, often growing and contracting in response to other demands and debates. This Teach-Out ends with a call to action for you: How will you participate as our nation defines our rights?

The Teach-Out will address the following questions:

Civil Rights generally:
- What does “civil rights” mean? How has the category been understood both in the past and present?

Healthcare:
- In what way is healthcare reform a civil rights demand?
- In what way does the civil rights “frame” fail to fit healthcare policy?

Immigration:
- Why did the 19th-century Supreme Court declare immigration a constitutional-law-free zone?
- How are courts--including the Supreme Court--analyzing the President’s seven-country travel ban?


A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 17 May 2018 11:04:42 -0400 2018-05-28T00:00:00-04:00 2018-05-28T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Civil Rights Protestors
Teach Out Series: Civil Rights in the Trump Era (May 29, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52393 52393-12660523@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 29, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

What does “civil rights” mean in the Trump era? How and why is the category evolving? This Teach-Out focuses on the civil rights aspects of two current debates--health care and the President’s seven-country travel ban--looking at politics, protest, and law. To understand these better, you will learn about foundational civil rights history dating back to Reconstruction (after the Civil War). You will also hear the perspectives of scholars in law, sociology, and political science, as well as civil rights advocates, who will all discuss how civil rights are defended and contested, often growing and contracting in response to other demands and debates. This Teach-Out ends with a call to action for you: How will you participate as our nation defines our rights?

The Teach-Out will address the following questions:

Civil Rights generally:
- What does “civil rights” mean? How has the category been understood both in the past and present?

Healthcare:
- In what way is healthcare reform a civil rights demand?
- In what way does the civil rights “frame” fail to fit healthcare policy?

Immigration:
- Why did the 19th-century Supreme Court declare immigration a constitutional-law-free zone?
- How are courts--including the Supreme Court--analyzing the President’s seven-country travel ban?


A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 17 May 2018 11:04:42 -0400 2018-05-29T00:00:00-04:00 2018-05-29T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Civil Rights Protestors
Teach Out Series: Civil Rights in the Trump Era (May 30, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52393 52393-12660524@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 30, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

What does “civil rights” mean in the Trump era? How and why is the category evolving? This Teach-Out focuses on the civil rights aspects of two current debates--health care and the President’s seven-country travel ban--looking at politics, protest, and law. To understand these better, you will learn about foundational civil rights history dating back to Reconstruction (after the Civil War). You will also hear the perspectives of scholars in law, sociology, and political science, as well as civil rights advocates, who will all discuss how civil rights are defended and contested, often growing and contracting in response to other demands and debates. This Teach-Out ends with a call to action for you: How will you participate as our nation defines our rights?

The Teach-Out will address the following questions:

Civil Rights generally:
- What does “civil rights” mean? How has the category been understood both in the past and present?

Healthcare:
- In what way is healthcare reform a civil rights demand?
- In what way does the civil rights “frame” fail to fit healthcare policy?

Immigration:
- Why did the 19th-century Supreme Court declare immigration a constitutional-law-free zone?
- How are courts--including the Supreme Court--analyzing the President’s seven-country travel ban?


A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 17 May 2018 11:04:42 -0400 2018-05-30T00:00:00-04:00 2018-05-30T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Civil Rights Protestors
Teach Out Series: Civil Rights in the Trump Era (May 31, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52393 52393-12660525@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 31, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

What does “civil rights” mean in the Trump era? How and why is the category evolving? This Teach-Out focuses on the civil rights aspects of two current debates--health care and the President’s seven-country travel ban--looking at politics, protest, and law. To understand these better, you will learn about foundational civil rights history dating back to Reconstruction (after the Civil War). You will also hear the perspectives of scholars in law, sociology, and political science, as well as civil rights advocates, who will all discuss how civil rights are defended and contested, often growing and contracting in response to other demands and debates. This Teach-Out ends with a call to action for you: How will you participate as our nation defines our rights?

The Teach-Out will address the following questions:

Civil Rights generally:
- What does “civil rights” mean? How has the category been understood both in the past and present?

Healthcare:
- In what way is healthcare reform a civil rights demand?
- In what way does the civil rights “frame” fail to fit healthcare policy?

Immigration:
- Why did the 19th-century Supreme Court declare immigration a constitutional-law-free zone?
- How are courts--including the Supreme Court--analyzing the President’s seven-country travel ban?


A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 17 May 2018 11:04:42 -0400 2018-05-31T00:00:00-04:00 2018-05-31T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Civil Rights Protestors
Teach Out Series: Civil Rights in the Trump Era (June 1, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52393 52393-12660526@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 1, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

What does “civil rights” mean in the Trump era? How and why is the category evolving? This Teach-Out focuses on the civil rights aspects of two current debates--health care and the President’s seven-country travel ban--looking at politics, protest, and law. To understand these better, you will learn about foundational civil rights history dating back to Reconstruction (after the Civil War). You will also hear the perspectives of scholars in law, sociology, and political science, as well as civil rights advocates, who will all discuss how civil rights are defended and contested, often growing and contracting in response to other demands and debates. This Teach-Out ends with a call to action for you: How will you participate as our nation defines our rights?

The Teach-Out will address the following questions:

Civil Rights generally:
- What does “civil rights” mean? How has the category been understood both in the past and present?

Healthcare:
- In what way is healthcare reform a civil rights demand?
- In what way does the civil rights “frame” fail to fit healthcare policy?

Immigration:
- Why did the 19th-century Supreme Court declare immigration a constitutional-law-free zone?
- How are courts--including the Supreme Court--analyzing the President’s seven-country travel ban?


A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 17 May 2018 11:04:42 -0400 2018-06-01T00:00:00-04:00 2018-06-01T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Civil Rights Protestors
Teach Out Series: Civil Rights in the Trump Era (June 2, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52393 52393-12660527@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, June 2, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

What does “civil rights” mean in the Trump era? How and why is the category evolving? This Teach-Out focuses on the civil rights aspects of two current debates--health care and the President’s seven-country travel ban--looking at politics, protest, and law. To understand these better, you will learn about foundational civil rights history dating back to Reconstruction (after the Civil War). You will also hear the perspectives of scholars in law, sociology, and political science, as well as civil rights advocates, who will all discuss how civil rights are defended and contested, often growing and contracting in response to other demands and debates. This Teach-Out ends with a call to action for you: How will you participate as our nation defines our rights?

The Teach-Out will address the following questions:

Civil Rights generally:
- What does “civil rights” mean? How has the category been understood both in the past and present?

Healthcare:
- In what way is healthcare reform a civil rights demand?
- In what way does the civil rights “frame” fail to fit healthcare policy?

Immigration:
- Why did the 19th-century Supreme Court declare immigration a constitutional-law-free zone?
- How are courts--including the Supreme Court--analyzing the President’s seven-country travel ban?


A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 17 May 2018 11:04:42 -0400 2018-06-02T00:00:00-04:00 2018-06-02T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Civil Rights Protestors
Teach Out Series: Civil Rights in the Trump Era (June 3, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52393 52393-12660528@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, June 3, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

What does “civil rights” mean in the Trump era? How and why is the category evolving? This Teach-Out focuses on the civil rights aspects of two current debates--health care and the President’s seven-country travel ban--looking at politics, protest, and law. To understand these better, you will learn about foundational civil rights history dating back to Reconstruction (after the Civil War). You will also hear the perspectives of scholars in law, sociology, and political science, as well as civil rights advocates, who will all discuss how civil rights are defended and contested, often growing and contracting in response to other demands and debates. This Teach-Out ends with a call to action for you: How will you participate as our nation defines our rights?

The Teach-Out will address the following questions:

Civil Rights generally:
- What does “civil rights” mean? How has the category been understood both in the past and present?

Healthcare:
- In what way is healthcare reform a civil rights demand?
- In what way does the civil rights “frame” fail to fit healthcare policy?

Immigration:
- Why did the 19th-century Supreme Court declare immigration a constitutional-law-free zone?
- How are courts--including the Supreme Court--analyzing the President’s seven-country travel ban?


A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 17 May 2018 11:04:42 -0400 2018-06-03T00:00:00-04:00 2018-06-03T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Civil Rights Protestors
Teach Out Series: Civil Rights in the Trump Era (June 4, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52393 52393-12660529@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, June 4, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

What does “civil rights” mean in the Trump era? How and why is the category evolving? This Teach-Out focuses on the civil rights aspects of two current debates--health care and the President’s seven-country travel ban--looking at politics, protest, and law. To understand these better, you will learn about foundational civil rights history dating back to Reconstruction (after the Civil War). You will also hear the perspectives of scholars in law, sociology, and political science, as well as civil rights advocates, who will all discuss how civil rights are defended and contested, often growing and contracting in response to other demands and debates. This Teach-Out ends with a call to action for you: How will you participate as our nation defines our rights?

The Teach-Out will address the following questions:

Civil Rights generally:
- What does “civil rights” mean? How has the category been understood both in the past and present?

Healthcare:
- In what way is healthcare reform a civil rights demand?
- In what way does the civil rights “frame” fail to fit healthcare policy?

Immigration:
- Why did the 19th-century Supreme Court declare immigration a constitutional-law-free zone?
- How are courts--including the Supreme Court--analyzing the President’s seven-country travel ban?


A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 17 May 2018 11:04:42 -0400 2018-06-04T00:00:00-04:00 2018-06-04T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Civil Rights Protestors
The Role of Direct-to-Consumer Genetics in Patient Health (June 19, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52407 52407-12704154@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 19, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Taubman Library
Organized By: NextGen Med

NextGen Med presents "The Role of Direct-to-Consumer Genetics in Patient Health" with Robert Gentleman, PhD, Vice President of Computational Biology at 23andMe, and David Ginsburg, MD, Professor of Internal Medicine and Human Genetics at the University of Michigan.

Tuesday, June 19th, 2018
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
2901 Taubman Health Sciences Library

Please join us for a discussion on direct-to-consumer genetic products, their impact on patient health, and the role 23andMe plays in the collection and use of genomic data.

This event is free, and we welcome all members of the University of Michigan community including students, faculty and staff. Please RSVP at https://goo.gl/oSJr2h

NextGen Med is a group of medical students committed to inviting local and global leaders to discuss current challenges in medicine with the UMMS community. We aim to expose future leaders in health care to today’s most pressing questions and tomorrow’s greatest innovations. We would like to thank the Leadership Curriculum within the medical school for their support. Additional Questions? Contact NextGenMed@umich.edu

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 21 May 2018 13:34:07 -0400 2018-06-19T17:30:00-04:00 2018-06-19T19:00:00-04:00 Taubman Library NextGen Med Lecture / Discussion
General Data Protection Regulation Open Forum (July 26, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52621 52621-12908312@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 26, 2018 9:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Information Assurance

Members of the U-M community are invited to a General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Open Forum to learn more about U-M's approach to GDPR compliance.

Sol Bermann, university privacy officer and interim chief information security officer, and David Grimm, associate general counsel, will describe GDPR Compliance at U-M and then answer your questions. [https://www.safecomputing.umich.edu/protect-the-u/safely-use-sensitive-data/general-data-protection-regulation-compliance]

No charge and no need to register.

Sponsored by the U-M Privacy Officer and the Office of General Counsel.

More Information: General Data Protection Regulation Open Forum [https://www.safecomputing.umich.edu/events/gdpr-open-forum]

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 12 Jun 2018 10:55:31 -0400 2018-07-26T09:00:00-04:00 2018-07-26T11:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Information Assurance Conference / Symposium Gdpr Protection Business Regulation General
Law & Economics: To Call Forth: Cursing and Swearing (September 6, 2018 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56216 56216-13867065@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 6, 2018 4:30pm
Location: South Hall
Organized By: Law & Economics

Details to come.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 01 Oct 2018 09:17:12 -0400 2018-09-06T16:30:00-04:00 2018-09-06T18:30:00-04:00 South Hall Law & Economics Workshop / Seminar South Hall
A/PIA The Slants Concert and Keynote Lecture (September 8, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53269 53269-13330235@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 8, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies

The University of Michigan Asian/Pacific American Studies Program will be kicking off the Fall 2018 semester with a concert/keynote speaking event featuring The Slants, the world's first and only Asian-American dance rock band, as featured on Conan O'Brien, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, NPR, BBC, CBS, TIME, and 3,000+ radio stations, TV shows, magazines, and websites in over 150+ countries. This event is part of the program's goal to raise awareness of issues surrounding use of terms targeting numerous gender and ethnic groups and the plight of Asian Americans in our fractious society.

The Slants will preform some of their most popular hits and their founder/bassist, Simon Tam, will give a keynote lecture on the background of The Slants, focusing on their battle with the Supreme Court over trademarking their band name. Simon Tam is also an author, entrepreneur, and activist.

**Following the set and keynote lecture, there will be a large-group Q&A session, time to meet the band, and an opportunity check out merchandise, receive autographs, and have 1 on 1 questions.

Check out our follow-up event collaboration with WeListen: https://events.umich.edu/event/53906

Simon Tam bio:
Simon was named a champion of diverse issues by the White House and worked with President Barack Obama's campaign to fight bullying. He recently helped expand freedom of speech through winning a unanimous victory at the Supreme Court of the United States for a landmark case in constitutional and trademark law (Matal v. Tam). He has also been a keynote speaker, performer, and presenter at TEDx, SXSW, Comic-Con, The Department of Defense, Stanford University, and over 1,200 events across North America, Europe, and Asia. He has set a world record by appearing on the TEDx stage 12 times.

Simon designed one of the first college-accredited social media programs in the United States. Bloomberg Businessweek called him a "Social Media Rockstar." Forbes says his resume is a "paragon of completeness." Recently, he was recognized as a Freedom Fighter by the Roosevelt Rough Writers, named Citizen of the Year from the Chinese American Citizens Alliance Portland Lodge, Portland Rising Star from the Light a Fire Awards, received a Distinguished Alum Award from Marylhurst University, and he Mark T. Banner award from the American Bar Association.

He serves as board chair for the APANO United Communities Fund and member/advisor for multiple nonprofit organizations dedicated to social justice and the arts. You can find Simon's appearances, writing, and current projects at www.simontam.org.

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Performance Mon, 27 Aug 2018 14:01:41 -0400 2018-09-08T20:00:00-04:00 2018-09-08T22:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies Performance Band
Conversations on Europe. Poland, the EU, and Illiberal Democracy (September 11, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54132 54132-13530675@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 11, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for European Studies

In 2015, Poland entered a new era. The right-wing and populist government decided to change the way Poland carries out its internal and external policies under the slogan “A Good Change” ("Dobra zmiana"). Since then, the Law and Justice government has worked diligently to dismantle the constitutional system, destroy the balance of powers, and undermine the justice system. The “Good Change” approach has also involved shrinking the space for civil society and curtailing human rights, especially women’s reproductive rights. Last but not least, the government’s “Good Change” has altered Poland’s position vis-à-vis its dearest values, and shifted its orientation in international relations, most significantly toward the European Union. Dr. Śmiszek’s lecture will analyze these profound transformations, as well as discuss civil society’s resistance to these changes and different institutions’ attempts to preserve the liberal democratic order in Poland.

Krzysztof Śmiszek is a Polish human rights lawyer and activist. He received his Ph.D. in law from the University of Warsaw and is a lecturer at the Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University in Poland. Dr. Śmiszek’s main areas of expertise are human rights of minorities and women, with a special focus on LGBTI rights. He is also interested in comparative international anti-discrimination legislation and institutional protection against discrimination. He is currently the managing editor of "The Anti-Discrimination Law Review." In Fall 2018, he is the Distinguished Fellow at University of Michigan's Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

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

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 07 Sep 2018 13:45:00 -0400 2018-09-11T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-11T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for European Studies Lecture / Discussion Krzysztof Śmiszek
Bioethics Discussion: Neuroethics (September 11, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49420 49420-11453762@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 11, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on the origins of our moral situation.

Readings to consider:
"Neuroethics: an agenda for neuroscience and society"
"Neuroethics: the practical and the philosophical"
"Neuroethics for the new millennium"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/.

Please also swing by the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 29 Jun 2018 05:39:23 -0400 2018-09-11T19:00:00-04:00 2018-09-11T20:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Neuroethics
Diversity of Thought and Respecting the Other Side of the Argument: Insights from the Office of the U.S. Solicitor General (September 12, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/55170 55170-13704910@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Law School

A star-studded group of former members of the U.S. Solicitor General’s Office will explore the possibility of drawing lessons from that institution for how to approach the hardest discussions on campus. The panel will draw on the framework, ethos, and practice of the Solicitor General’s office to explore insights on how students, faculty, and staff can approach controversial issues on campus—and in particular listening, analyzing, tackling, and responding to arguments on the other side. The panel will seek to offer meaningful reflections on the lifelong process of understanding and responding to deeply controversial arguments, even those that are—to some or many—odious.

Panelists:
- Paul D. Clement, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis, and Distinguished Lecturer in Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Solicitor General, 2005-08
- Charles Fried, Beneficial Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Solicitor General, 1985-89
- Gregory G. Garre, Partner and Chair of the Supreme Court and Appellate Practice Group, Latham & Watkins
Solicitor General, 2008-09
- Ian H. Gershengorn, Partner and Chair of the Appellate and Supreme Court Practice Group, Jenner & Block
Acting Solicitor General, 2016-17
- Nicole A. Saharsky, Partner and Co-Chair of the Appellate and Constitutional Law Practice Group, Gibson Dunn
Assistant to the Solicitor General, 2007-17

Moderated by Julian Davis Mortenson, Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School

This event is free and open to the public and will be followed by a reception in the Lawyers Club Lounge.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 24 Sep 2018 10:57:58 -0400 2018-09-12T10:00:00-04:00 2018-09-12T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Law School Lecture / Discussion
Law & Economics: Fair Settlements in Multidefendant Torts (September 13, 2018 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56217 56217-13867066@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 13, 2018 4:30pm
Location: South Hall
Organized By: Law & Economics

Abstract:

We study the fairness of legal rules for computing damages in cases with multiple defendants. Specifically, we develop a bargaining model of multidefendant litigation and compare the equilibria under different offset rules—rules that adjust the plaintiff’s trial award depending on which defendants settle. We find that the most common offset rule, the pro tanto rule, is unfair because (1) the plaintiff recovers more than the expected value of her claim and (2) each individual defendant’s expected payout bears no relation to the harm she actually caused. In contrast, the proportionate share rule (which a minority of states currently use) is fair. We further show that the proportionate share rule has the added benefit of eliminating the strategic aspect of settlement negotiations: Co-defendants’ settlement negotiations affect each other under the pro tanto rule but not under the proportionate share rule. We briefly discuss efficiency implications and the tractability of the two rules, before concluding that states should switch to the proportionate share rule.

Sarath Sanga, co-author

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 01 Oct 2018 09:30:59 -0400 2018-09-13T16:30:00-04:00 2018-09-13T18:30:00-04:00 South Hall Law & Economics Workshop / Seminar South Hall
A/PIA Studies & WeListen: 'Slants' Panel and Discussion Session (September 17, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53906 53906-13478723@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 17, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies

Following the "A/PIA The Slants Concert and Keynote Lecture," A/PIA Studies and WeListen are teaming up to bring you a Panel and Discussion Session event about the Supreme Court case involving the Asian American dance rock group, The Slants, over trademarking.

There will be short presentations from four of our U-M faculty experts: Leonard Niehoff of the Law School will provide legal commentary on the case and issues of free speech/hate speech related to the case. Amy Stillman, Matthew Countryman, and Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes of American Culture will comment on efforts by targeted groups to reclaim derogatory/hate terms. Bethany Hughes of American Culture will provide commentary on how targeted groups, especially Native Americans, respond to the commercial use of "derogatory" terms.

Following the presentations, WeListen will lead a discussion session with all of the attendees sorted into groups.

Learn more about the case before the panel: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/19/533514196/the-slants-win-supreme-court-battle-over-bands-name-in-trademark-dispute

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 17 Sep 2018 14:32:55 -0400 2018-09-17T17:30:00-04:00 2018-09-17T19:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies Lecture / Discussion Picture
Unheard Voices of the #MeToo Movement: Telling the Stories of America’s Most Vulnerable Workers (September 18, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53192 53192-13278547@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Wallace House Center for Journalists

Bernice Yeung, award-winning journalist and 2016 Knight-Wallace Fellow, will discuss the sexual harassment and assault that farmworkers, night-shift janitors and other low-wage and immigrant workers routinely face on the job and examine what these workers have done to fight back and seek justice.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 25 Jul 2018 11:48:10 -0400 2018-09-18T17:00:00-04:00 2018-09-18T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Wallace House Center for Journalists Lecture / Discussion Bernice Yeung, 2016 Knight-Wallace Fellow
Ross Leaders Academy (September 19, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54560 54560-13598659@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 19, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sanger Leadership Center

Make leadership development a primary focus during your final years at U-M!

You are invited to apply for the Ross Leaders Academy (RLA), powered by the Sanger Leadership Center, an exclusive group of students who want to develop the mindset and skills needed to be influential at U-M and beyond. As a participant, you will learn from a diverse set of peers, receive team executive coaching, and engage with 30+ years of powerful research and ideas advanced by Michigan Ross.

RLA graduates emerge more confident, more insightful, and with a vision to fuel their emerging careers.

Applications are now open for the 2018-19 academic year, which will kick off on October 26. Apply on our website.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
- Enhance your self-awareness
- Advance your self-development
- Work with diverse individuals
- Build strong networks

APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS
- Juniors, seniors, and graduate students at any U­-M school
- Ability to attend all sessions (view schedule »)
- Deep interest in leadership development, personal growth, and lifelong learning

QUESTIONS?
Contact us at rossleaders@umich.edu or attend our Information Session on September 12 from 4-5 PM in the Blau Colloquium at Michigan Ross.

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Careers / Jobs Fri, 31 Aug 2018 08:22:41 -0400 2018-09-19T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-19T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sanger Leadership Center Careers / Jobs Ross Leaders Academy
"Grievance and Protest" Why Does the First Amendment Protect Speech Critical of the Government? (September 20, 2018 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53535 53535-13399423@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 20, 2018 4:30pm
Location: South Hall
Organized By: University of Michigan Law School

A conversation with:
Vincent Blasi, Corliss Lamont Professor of Civil Liberties, Columbia Law School
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Ashley Messenger, First Amendment / Media Lawyer, National Public Radio

Moderated by Len Niehoff, Professor from Practice, University of Michigan Law School

Sponsored by the U-M Office of the Provost and the University of Michigan Law School

This event is free and open to the public.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:33:54 -0400 2018-09-20T16:30:00-04:00 2018-09-20T18:00:00-04:00 South Hall University of Michigan Law School Lecture / Discussion South Hall
Law & Economics: Algorithmic Risk Assessment in the Hands of Humans (September 20, 2018 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56218 56218-13867067@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 20, 2018 4:30pm
Location: South Hall
Organized By: Law & Economics

Abstract:

Algorithmic prediction tools have proliferated in modern society. They promise improved decision-making, but contain the threat of entrenching race, gender or class biases. Little is known about how their use affects real-world outcomes. We evaluate the impacts of incorporating algorithmic predictions of future offending (risk assessments) in high stakes decisions: criminal sentencing. Using multiple identification strategies – differences-in-differences, discontinuities-in-time, and discontinuities-in-risk-score – we seek to answer three questions: whether risk assessment affected judges’ decisionmaking (lowering sentences for low-risk defendants relative to higher-risk defendants), whether it affected net outcomes such as incarceration rates, sentence lengths, and recidivism, and whether it affected racial disparities in incarceration. Our setting is Virginia, a state which adopted risk assessment with specific policy goals: lowering carceral sentences for nonviolent offenders and increasing sentences for sex offenders. Overall we find that a) judges do change sentencing decisions in response to the risk assessment, b) this change did not lead to any discernible increase in efficiency, defined as lowering incarceration without affecting public safety or vice versa, c) the specific policy goals were not met (net incarceration rates for nonviolent offenders remained the same, and net incarceration rates for sex offenders decreased) and d) there is suggestive evidence that risk assessment can have an adverse effect on racial disparities in sentencing (among the subset of judicial circuits that responded most to the risk assessment, incarceration rates for black defendants rose by 8 percentage points relative to white defendants).

co-authored with Jennifer Doleac

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 01 Oct 2018 09:30:39 -0400 2018-09-20T16:30:00-04:00 2018-09-20T18:30:00-04:00 South Hall Law & Economics Workshop / Seminar South Hall
Where A Law Degree Can Take You (September 20, 2018 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55520 55520-13752400@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 20, 2018 6:30pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: BULA -- Black Undergraduate Law Association

BULA is hosting our first speaker of the year! We welcome Sarah Zearfoss, the UMich Law School Admissions Dean. She will speak about her law school experience, legal career, and transition to working in law schools. It is a great opportunity to explore what a law degree can do for you or get an in-depth look at law schools and appellate processes.

Come enjoy food, fellowship, and answered questions!

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Presentation Mon, 17 Sep 2018 21:53:52 -0400 2018-09-20T18:30:00-04:00 2018-09-20T20:00:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) BULA -- Black Undergraduate Law Association Presentation
Reimagining Healthcare (September 24, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55155 55155-13691646@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 24, 2018 5:30pm
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: NextGen Med

Monday, September 24th, 2018
5:30-7:00 PM
Ford Auditorium, University Hospital

Please join us as our panelists share their perspectives on the future of healthcare in the United States focusing on how the government, payers, and providers can interact to alleviate some of the key issues facing healthcare today.

This event is free, and we welcome all members of the University of Michigan community including students, faculty, and staff. Food will be served following the panel while supplies last.

Please RSVP at https://goo.gl/GbazVh

Please direct any additional questions to MedECGUMMS@gmail.com or NextGenMed@umich.edu or visit medecg.org/reimagining-healthcare for more information.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 10 Sep 2018 19:00:47 -0400 2018-09-24T17:30:00-04:00 2018-09-24T19:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals NextGen Med Lecture / Discussion
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Performing Artivism: Feminists, Lawyers, and Online Mobilization in China (September 25, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52909 52909-13142320@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

Comparing the political activism of feminists and lawyers in China and drawing on theories of performance and dramaturgy, this project investigates how performance arts are used by activists to challenge the authoritarian state in the age of social media. Adopting a strategy of subversive disruption, Chinese activists used social media and performance arts to expose the state’s illegal or repressive backstage actions in the public eye. However, it was precisely the success of their “artivism” that contributed to the crackdowns on feminists and lawyers in 2015.

Sida Liu is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto and Faculty Fellow at the American Bar Foundation. Before joining the University of Toronto faculty in 2016, he taught sociology and law at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for seven years and directed its East Asian Legal Studies Center in 2014-2016. He received his LL.B. degree from Peking University Law School and his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Chicago. Professor Liu has conducted extensive empirical research on China’s legal reform and legal profession. His most recent research project is on the impact of China’s rise as a global power on the legal professions in Hong Kong and Taiwan. In addition to Chinese law, he also writes on sociolegal theory and general social theory. He is the author of three books in Chinese and English, most recently, "Criminal Defense in China: The Politics of Lawyers at Work" (with Terence C. Halliday, Cambridge University Press, 2016). He has also published many articles in leading law and social science journals, including the "American Journal of Sociology," "Sociological Theory," "The China Quarterly," "Law & Society Review," "Law & Social Inquiry," "Law & Policy," "Wisconsin Law Review," "Fordham Law Review," etc.

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

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 15:24:38 -0400 2018-09-25T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-25T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion Sida Liu, September 25
Bioethics Discussion: Drugs (September 25, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49421 49421-11453763@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on the manipulation of our biochemical status.

Readings to consider:
"Towards responsible use of cognitive-enhancing drugs by the healthy"
"Adverse health effects of marijuana use"
"Practical, legal, and ethical issues in expanded access to investigational drugs"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/017-drugs/.

Partake in the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 13 Sep 2018 17:53:37 -0400 2018-09-25T19:00:00-04:00 2018-09-25T20:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Drugs
Sling Health Problem Day (September 26, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54309 54309-13567912@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Sling Health

An overview of Sling Health will be given that provides interested members information about the organization and outline the process project teams will undergo throughout the 2018-2019 year. Project leads who have chosen a medical issue to address will present their topics in a poster presentation. Participants will be able to speak and interact with each lead to determine the project of interest/best fit in an open session. More info about Sling Health can be found at http://michigan.slinghealth.org/

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Presentation Mon, 27 Aug 2018 22:53:53 -0400 2018-09-26T17:00:00-04:00 2018-09-26T19:00:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Sling Health Presentation
The Ross Effect (September 27, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55018 55018-13665226@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 27, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Ross One Year Graduate Programs

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

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

Questions? Email TheRossEffect@umich.edu

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

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Presentation Fri, 07 Sep 2018 18:53:32 -0400 2018-09-27T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-27T17:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Ross One Year Graduate Programs Presentation Michigan Ross Logo
Law & Economics: Forum Selling Abroad (September 27, 2018 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56219 56219-13867068@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 27, 2018 4:30pm
Location: South Hall
Organized By: Law & Economics

Abstract:

Judges decide cases. Do they also try to influence which cases they decide? Clearly plaintiffs “shop” for the most attractive forum, but do judges try to attract cases by “selling” their courts? Some American judges actively try to enlarge their influence by making their courts attractive to plaintiffs, a phenomenon known as “forum selling.” This article shows that forum selling occurs outside the U.S. as well and focuses on Germany, a country that is often held up as the paragon of the civil law approach to adjudication. As in the U.S., German courts attract cases primarily through the pro-plaintiff manipulation of procedure, including the routine issuance of ex parte injunctions in press cases and refusal to stay patent infringement proceedings when the patent’s validity is challenged in another forum. A critical difference between forum selling in Germany and the U.S. is that court administrators are more actively involved in Germany. As state officials, German court administrators have the incentive to consider the effect of caseloads on government revenue and the local economy, and they use their power to allocate judges to particular kinds of cases in order to make their courts attractive. They also use their power over promotion, case allocation, and resources to reward judges who succeed in attracting cases. Based on an extensive set of interviews with attorneys, judges and court officials, this article describes evidence of forum selling in German patent, press, antitrust, labor and criminal law. It also analyzes how German courts compete internationally with courts from other countries.

co-authored with Stefan Bechtold and Dan Klerman

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 01 Oct 2018 09:30:12 -0400 2018-09-27T16:30:00-04:00 2018-09-27T18:30:00-04:00 South Hall Law & Economics Workshop / Seminar South Hall
CSAS Lecture Series | Buddhism, Secularism and the Pyrrhic Constitutionalism of Sri Lanka (September 28, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53243 53243-13321605@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 28, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for South Asian Studies

More than half of all constitutions in South and Southeast Asia give special privileges and/or status to a single religion. Despite this fact, most scholars still treat these types of laws as though they were anomalous. Aside from transgressing the presumed neutrality of contemporary public law, religiously preferential constitutions are also assumed to give clear political or economic advantages to members of the preferred religious groups.

Yet, are these worries valid? Are religious supremacy clauses always an unequivocal boon for the majority religious groups? Moreover, when it comes to the functioning of constitutional law in society, how different are mechanism and effects of religiously preferential constitutions compared with secular ones?

Drawing on my recent book, and ongoing research, I explore these questions in the context of Sri Lanka—a country that, for the last four decades, has given Buddhism special constitutional status. Through an analysis of Buddhist doctrine, monastic practices and legal theory I hope to complicate existing wisdom about the effects of religious supremacy clauses and to challenge the assumed binary opposition between secular constitutions and religious preferential ones.

Benjamin Schonthal is Associate Professor of Buddhism and Asian Religions at the University of Otago, in New Zealand. His research examines the intersections of religion, law and politics in late-colonial and contemporary Southern Asia, with a particular focus on Buddhism and law in Sri Lanka. His work appears in The Journal of Asian Studies, Modern Asian Studies, the International Journal of Constitutional Law and other places. Ben's first book, Buddhism, Politics and the Limits of Law, appeared with Cambridge University Press in 2016. His current project, supported by the Marsden Fund of the Royal Society of New Zealand, examines the lived practices of monastic law in contemporary Sri Lanka and their links with state-legal structures.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 14:51:43 -0400 2018-09-28T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-28T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for South Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Ben Schonthal, Associate Professor of Buddhism and Asian Religions and Associate Dean (International) for the Humanities Division, University of Otago, New Zealand
Career Event: Thinking About a Career With the CIA? (October 2, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53213 53213-13289325@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 2, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Program in International and Comparative Studies

Please join us for this unique opportunity to learn about the real CIA—not the one portrayed on TV! You’ll hear from a CIA Analysts working in different divisions and learn about the work they do and their experiences working with the Nation’s premier Intelligence Agency.

The presentation will be interactive and students are encouraged to come prepared to engage and ask questions. The presentations on October 2, 2018 at 12-2 PM (Room 3240 Weill Hall - Ford School) and 5-7 PM (Founders Room - Alumni Center) will cover the same content. Lunch and dinner will be provided at the presentations.

Want to lean more about student and career opportunities at the CIA? Please review the links below for additional information:
www.cia.gov/index.html
www.cia.gov/careers/opportunities
www.cia.gov/careers/student-opportunities
www.cia.gov/careers/application-process
www.cia.gov/careers/life-at-cia

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

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Careers / Jobs Fri, 27 Jul 2018 07:10:51 -0400 2018-10-02T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-02T14:00:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Program in International and Comparative Studies Careers / Jobs poster
Career Event: Thinking About a Career With the CIA? (October 2, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53213 53213-13289326@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 2, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Alumni Center
Organized By: Program in International and Comparative Studies

Please join us for this unique opportunity to learn about the real CIA—not the one portrayed on TV! You’ll hear from a CIA Analysts working in different divisions and learn about the work they do and their experiences working with the Nation’s premier Intelligence Agency.

The presentation will be interactive and students are encouraged to come prepared to engage and ask questions. The presentations on October 2, 2018 at 12-2 PM (Room 3240 Weill Hall - Ford School) and 5-7 PM (Founders Room - Alumni Center) will cover the same content. Lunch and dinner will be provided at the presentations.

Want to lean more about student and career opportunities at the CIA? Please review the links below for additional information:
www.cia.gov/index.html
www.cia.gov/careers/opportunities
www.cia.gov/careers/student-opportunities
www.cia.gov/careers/application-process
www.cia.gov/careers/life-at-cia

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

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Careers / Jobs Fri, 27 Jul 2018 07:10:51 -0400 2018-10-02T17:00:00-04:00 2018-10-02T19:00:00-04:00 Alumni Center Program in International and Comparative Studies Careers / Jobs poster
What is the Carceral State, Why Does it Matter, and What are We Doing About It? (October 3, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55911 55911-13805077@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 3, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

This event is the first in a series of symposia hosted by the U-M Center for the Study of the Carceral State, a new interdisciplinary initiative directed by Professor Heather Ann Thompson. The Center brings together faculty, students, staff, and community members to examine and research mass incarceration, policing, and criminal justice in the United States. It also sponsors community outreach and social justice events. This symposium will feature five U-M faculty, students, and community members who will discuss their experiences and understandings of the American carceral state.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 24 Sep 2018 14:48:04 -0400 2018-10-03T17:30:00-04:00 2018-10-03T19:30:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Conference / Symposium Hatcher Graduate Library
What is the Carceral State? (October 3, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56093 56093-13832563@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 3, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

Panelists:
Ronald Simpson-Bey (Director of Outreach and Alumni Engagement, JustLeadershipUSA)
Monica Lewis-Patrick (Activist, We the People)
Mary Heinen McPherson (Co-Founder and Program Coordinator, University of Michigan Prison Creative Arts Project)
Victoria Burton-Harris (Criminal Defense Attorney)
Justin Gordon (Activist and University of Michigan Alumnus)
Ruby Tapia (chair; English and Women’s Studies, University of Michigan)

This roundtable is part of the Carceral State Project, a year of dialogue about criminal justice, policing, imprisonment, inequality, and what we can do about it.

Presented by the U-M Carceral State Project with support from the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, the Department of History, the Residential College, the Crime and Justice Minor, the Social Theory and Practice Major, the Prison Creative Arts Project, the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, the Institute for the Humanities, the Department of Political Science, and the Department of Sociology

For more information about the Carceral State Project visit bit.ly/carceralstateproject
To register for the Carceral State Project Symposium visit bit.ly/carceralstatesymposiumregister

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 27 Sep 2018 13:47:18 -0400 2018-10-03T17:30:00-04:00 2018-10-03T19:30:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Workshop / Seminar What is the Carceral State? Flyer
Law & Economics: Network Effects in Corporate Governance (October 4, 2018 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56221 56221-13867070@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 4, 2018 4:30pm
Location: South Hall
Organized By: Law & Economics

Abstract:

Most public companies incorporate in Delaware. Is this because they prefer its legal system or are they simply following a trend? Using the incorporation histories of over 22,000 public companies from 1930 to 2010, I show that firms are more influenced by changes in each other's decisions than by changes in the law. The analysis exploits an unexpected legal shock that increased Delaware's long run share from 30 to 74 percent. I attribute most of this change to a cascading effect in which the decisions of past firms successively influence future cohorts. Delaware firms also enjoyed abnormal returns precisely during those years in which the Delaware network grew most. I conclude that network effects dominate secular trends in corporate governance.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 01 Oct 2018 09:33:12 -0400 2018-10-04T16:30:00-04:00 2018-10-04T18:30:00-04:00 South Hall Law & Economics Workshop / Seminar South Hall
Doin' Time: Through the Visiting Glass (October 5, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54935 54935-13654179@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 5, 2018 7:00pm
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

Doin’ Time: Through the Visiting Glass examines the impact of incarceration on families. Ashley Lucas, the child of an incarcerated father, conducted interviews in California, Texas, and New York with prisoners’ family members, former prisoners, and people who do work connected to prisons. She also corresponded with over 400 prisoners from across the U.S. Weaving together these interviews and letters with her personal experience as a prisoner’s child and creative writing, Lucas wrote a one-person play which she performs herself. Doin’ Time uses monologues to take the audience through a variety of perspectives on the families of the incarcerated. Since 2004, Lucas has performed Doin’ Time both inside and outside prisons throughout the U.S. and in Ireland, Canada, and Brazil. The play runs one hour and fifteen minutes and is always followed by an audience discussion.

RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED. THE EVENT IS SOLD OUT, but if you did not get a reservation, you may come to the event and get on the waiting list in case a spot opens up.

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Performance Wed, 26 Sep 2018 10:41:49 -0400 2018-10-05T19:00:00-04:00 2018-10-05T21:00:00-04:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Performance Ashley Lucas- Doin' Time
2018 MIDAS Annual Symposium (October 8, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/45230 45230-11710204@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 8, 2018 8:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Featured speakers:

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

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

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

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

The symposium will also include:

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

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

Featured speakers:

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

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

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

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

The symposium will also include:

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

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 01 Oct 2018 16:01:31 -0400 2018-10-09T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-09T17:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Michigan Institute for Data Science Conference / Symposium Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Don't Blame the Working-Class: Understanding Working-Class Politics and Culture in the Trump Era (October 9, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55915 55915-13805085@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Residential College

Sherry Lee Linkon is a professor of English and American Studies at Georgetown University, where she directs both the Writing Program and the American Studies Program. Trained in American Studies, her research and teaching cover a wide range of fields, including American literature and culture, interdisciplinary teaching and learning, urban studies, and working-class studies. Her latest book, The
Half-Life of Deindustrialization: Working-Class Writing about Economic Restructuring (Michigan, 2018), examines contemporary writing that reflects the continuing effects of deindustrialization on ideas about work, place, and working-class culture.

John Russo is a Visiting Researcher at the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University. Before moving to Washington, he was a Professor of Management and Coordinator of the Labor Studies Program in the Williamson College of Business Administration at Youngstown State University. Russo has written widely of labor and social issues and is recognized as a national expert on labor unions, work, and working-class politics. For his many activities, Dr. Russo is one of the few professors at YSU to have ever received Distinguished Professorship Awards in each of four areas: research and scholarship, teaching, university service, and public service.

Together, Linkon and Russo have produced two books: Steeltown USA: Work and Memory in Youngstown (University Press of Kansas, 2002) and the edited collection New Working-Class Studies (Cornell UP, 2004). They also co-directed the Center for Working-Class Studies at Youngstown State University for 17 years.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 24 Sep 2018 15:20:02 -0400 2018-10-09T15:00:00-04:00 2018-10-09T17:00:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Residential College Lecture / Discussion Don't blame the working-class
“Crisis at the Border: Shifting Policy in a Country of Immigrants” (October 9, 2018 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54523 54523-13592099@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 4:30pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Wallace House Center for Journalists

From zero tolerance and separation of families to harsh rhetoric likening some immigrants to “animals,” America’s current approach to immigration has sent shock waves through both sides of the Rio Grande. Now a country built on the shoulders of immigrants is deeply divided on how to stem the crisis. Join acclaimed journalist María Elena Salinas as she talks with a Ford School policy expert and reporters who have covered both sides of the U.S. - Mexico border and the complex web of issues driving the current immigration debate.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 19 Sep 2018 10:57:03 -0400 2018-10-09T16:30:00-04:00 2018-10-09T18:00:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Wallace House Center for Journalists Lecture / Discussion María Elena Salinas with journalists Ginger Thompson and Aaron Nelsen, and policy expert Ann Lin
Statistics Wars: Empirical Research and Affirmative Action (October 9, 2018 5:45pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55792 55792-13777625@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 5:45pm
Location: LSA Building
Organized By: Department of Sociology

Richard Lempert is the Eric Stein Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Law & Sociology (University of Michigan). He is a graduate of Oberlin College and the University of Michigan Law School and holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Michigan. From June 2008 until July 2011, he served as chief scientist in the Human Factors/Behavioral Sciences Division of the Science and Technology Directorate in the Department of Homeland Security and prior to that, served as the division director for the Social and Economic Sciences at the National Science Foundation. His research focuses on the problem of applying social science research to legal issues, ranging from juries and capital punishment, to the use of statistical and social science evidence by courts. Professor Lempert wrote an influential amicus brief in the Fisher vs. University of Texas affirmative action case.

Dinner Provided - RSVP Required: https://myumi.ch/Lqewy

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 21 Sep 2018 11:33:36 -0400 2018-10-09T17:45:00-04:00 2018-10-09T19:00:00-04:00 LSA Building Department of Sociology Lecture / Discussion Event Flyer
A Bioethical Lunch on Complementary Medicine (October 11, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54449 54449-13585500@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 11, 2018 12:00pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 18
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A lunchtime discussion on how the "other kind" of medicine fits in.

Please RSVP by Tuesday, October 9th
https://goo.gl/forms/tzLNHHsHWBd0ojzj1

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 28 Sep 2018 09:33:27 -0400 2018-10-11T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-11T13:30:00-04:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 18 The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Complementary medicine
Diversity of Thought and Respecting the Other Side of the Argument: Insights from the Office of the U.S. Solicitor General (October 11, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55170 55170-13696036@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 11, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Hutchins Hall
Organized By: University of Michigan Law School

A star-studded group of former members of the U.S. Solicitor General’s Office will explore the possibility of drawing lessons from that institution for how to approach the hardest discussions on campus. The panel will draw on the framework, ethos, and practice of the Solicitor General’s office to explore insights on how students, faculty, and staff can approach controversial issues on campus—and in particular listening, analyzing, tackling, and responding to arguments on the other side. The panel will seek to offer meaningful reflections on the lifelong process of understanding and responding to deeply controversial arguments, even those that are—to some or many—odious.

Panelists:
- Paul D. Clement, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis, and Distinguished Lecturer in Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Solicitor General, 2005-08
- Charles Fried, Beneficial Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Solicitor General, 1985-89
- Gregory G. Garre, Partner and Chair of the Supreme Court and Appellate Practice Group, Latham & Watkins
Solicitor General, 2008-09
- Ian H. Gershengorn, Partner and Chair of the Appellate and Supreme Court Practice Group, Jenner & Block
Acting Solicitor General, 2016-17
- Nicole A. Saharsky, Partner and Co-Chair of the Appellate and Constitutional Law Practice Group, Gibson Dunn
Assistant to the Solicitor General, 2007-17

Moderated by Julian Davis Mortenson, Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School

This event is free and open to the public and will be followed by a reception in the Lawyers Club Lounge.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 24 Sep 2018 10:57:58 -0400 2018-10-11T13:00:00-04:00 2018-10-11T15:00:00-04:00 Hutchins Hall University of Michigan Law School Lecture / Discussion Hutchins Hall
Law & Economics: Inducing Negligence (October 11, 2018 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56222 56222-13867071@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 11, 2018 4:30pm
Location: South Hall
Organized By: Law & Economics

Abstract:

Would a potential victim prefer to be treated negligently? We show that even with less than full compensation the answer might be yes. The reason for this is that under tort law victims are often compensated by negligent injurers for the materialization of risks not created by their negligence. Thus, by being exposed to even slight negligence, they gain free insurance for those risks. More interestingly, we also show that under certain circumstances some injurers would prefer to behave negligently toward their victims, even if they expect to compensate them for risks not created by their negligence. As a result, victims might select them as their potential injurers, or in our terms, “induce negligence.” Although behaving negligently given the selection of the injurer by the victim can be efficient, inducing negligence is not the first best. In order to achieve the first best, courts should avoid attributing liability for harms materialized from risks not created by negligence (or resort to contributory negligence). We explain how they should do so.

co-authored with Alon Cohen & Avraham Tabbach

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 01 Oct 2018 09:35:27 -0400 2018-10-11T16:30:00-04:00 2018-10-11T18:30:00-04:00 South Hall Law & Economics Workshop / Seminar South Hall
Reform in Prisons and the Criminal Justice System (October 17, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53407 53407-13364429@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 17, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Bi-partisan discussions about prison reform go back and forth in both state and federal legislatures, but the United States still incarcerates more than two million people. In some jails and prisons, conditions remain deplorable. Funds are being cut in the federal system, compromising some rehabilitation efforts.

Instructor Judy Patterson Wenzel, author of Light from the Cage: 25 Years in a Prison Classroom, will lead a discussion for those 50 and over about who is incarcerated --and about the need for prison education. We will discuss America’s focus on punishment instead of rehabilitation and healing and how race has become such a potent reality in the criminal justice system.

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Class / Instruction Sat, 04 Aug 2018 06:49:09 -0400 2018-10-17T13:00:00-04:00 2018-10-17T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Law & Economics: Sandbagging and Indemnification in Corporate Acquisitions (October 18, 2018 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56223 56223-13867072@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 18, 2018 4:30pm
Location: South Hall
Organized By: Law & Economics

Details to come.

co-authored with Albert Choi & Eric Talley

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 01 Oct 2018 09:37:38 -0400 2018-10-18T16:30:00-04:00 2018-10-18T18:30:00-04:00 South Hall Law & Economics Workshop / Seminar South Hall
Living in the Shadow of Big Data (October 19, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53828 53828-13463717@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 19, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

The group will view TED Talk videos describing the many things made possible by Big Data including finding new treatments for diseases without costly research and field trials, as well as dealing with personal privacy issues. These include what steps, personal and legal, might be taken when our own data is no longer secure. A group discussion will follow.

This study group for those 50 and over will meet on Friday, 3-5, October 19. Instructors: Sydney Kaufman and Laurel Park

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Class / Instruction Thu, 16 Aug 2018 10:25:38 -0400 2018-10-19T15:00:00-04:00 2018-10-19T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
Dialogues on Diversity in Science (October 23, 2018 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56172 56172-13841826@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 4:30pm
Location: Power Center for the Performing Arts
Organized By: Michigan Medicine Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

Join the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies and The Endowment for Basic Sciences at an innovative diversity dialogue event featuring EMMY award-winning actor and diversity trainer Ron Jones.

Ron Jones is the executive director of Dialogues on Diversity (DOD), a theatre company that uses theatrical models to make messages of difference, inclusion, and social justice accessible, engaging, and entertaining. At this event, Ron Jones and his cast will create a performance specifically catered to address obstacles faced in our scientific communities and workspaces.

RSVP Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1QYRPPVJtxrVMICEWsE91a4yDMg2denVc1hQFxm3EGB4/edit?ts=5ba3e8ad

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Performance Mon, 01 Oct 2018 13:11:17 -0400 2018-10-23T16:30:00-04:00 2018-10-23T18:00:00-04:00 Power Center for the Performing Arts Michigan Medicine Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Performance Marketing Ad for event
Bioethics Discussion: Zombies (October 23, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49424 49424-11453766@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on the rights of the living, the dead, and those in between.

Readings to consider:
"Consciousness: the most critical moral (constitutional) standard for human personhood"
"CDC preparedness 101: zombie pandemic"
"Zombies v. materialists"
"In vitro meat"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/019-zombies/.

Have your brain eaten by the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 13 Sep 2018 17:55:12 -0400 2018-10-23T19:00:00-04:00 2018-10-23T20:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Zombies
Next Steps Virtual PICSnics: Brown Bag BlueJeans Video Conference Luncheon with Andrea Alajbegović (October 24, 2018 11:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56403 56403-13896798@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 24, 2018 11:45am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Program in International and Comparative Studies

Thinking of studying public interest law or immigration law? Learn from PICS alumna Andrea Alajbegović (BA '13) about her work with detained and non-detained immigrants facing removal, helping immigrants and their families prepare for removal, and important work grassroots organizations are doing to combat harmful immigration policies. Please RSVP to attend by Monday, October 22, 2018 here: http://myumi.ch/6pg0Q.

Andrea Alajbegović is a third-year law student and Graduate Fellow at the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law. At Michigan, Andrea represented the College of LS&A in Central Student Government. She was a UROP Community Based Research Fellow (now the Detroit Community Based Research Program) and participated in the Michigan in Washington program, where she interned at the National Women’s Law Center and the Center for American Progress. Under the direction of Professor Anna Grzymala-Busse, Andrea earned Honors for her senior thesis about the politicization of abortion in the U.S. and Canada.

After graduating from Michigan, Andrea joined Teach for America in New York City and served as a Kindergarten teacher and Academic Dean for three years in Brooklyn. Meanwhile, she earned a Masters in Special Education from Brooklyn College. In law school, Andrea is representing non-citizens in removal proceedings in the Immigrant and Non-Citizen Rights clinic and provides legal assistance to individuals affected by national security law enforcement practices as part of the CLEAR Project at CUNY School of Law. She has interned at The Legal Aid Society in their Juvenile Rights Practice and Immigration Law Unit. She was also a judicial extern for the Honorable Emily Ruben of Queens Family Court. She is member of Moot Court, CUNY Law Review, and coordinates The Mississippi Project. As an attorney, Andrea plans to provide direct legal services to low-income clients while simultaneously working on policy initiatives in New York City that will improve educational and economic outcomes for the families she's worked with. She was recently featured in a TIME Magazine video entitled, "More Students Are Studying Immigration Law Because of President Trump's Policies."

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

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Careers / Jobs Fri, 12 Oct 2018 16:02:11 -0400 2018-10-24T11:45:00-04:00 2018-10-24T12:45:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Program in International and Comparative Studies Careers / Jobs speaker
SUMIT 2018: Security at University of Michigan IT (October 25, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/55622 55622-13765961@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 25, 2018 8:30am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

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

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

Attendance is free, but registration is required.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 19 Sep 2018 11:27:03 -0400 2018-10-25T08:30:00-04:00 2018-10-25T17:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Information and Technology Services (ITS) Conference / Symposium SUMIT 2018: U-M Security and Privacy - Innovative Leaders
Networks of Interdependence, International Organizations and the Global Political System (October 25, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53195 53195-13280700@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 25, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

The Harold Jacobson Lecture was established in 2002 to honor Harold Jacobson, former director of the Center for Political Studies. "Jake" was best known for his work in international law and cooperation. The Harold Jacobson Lecture is an annual event to celebrate Jake’s contribution to the Center for Political Studies and to the study of international organization, international law, foreign policy, and the environment. Harold Jacobson lecturers have included Edith Brown Weiss, Kathryn Sikkink, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Charlotte Ku, and David Kay.

The lecture occurs every other year in the fall. The Harold Jacobson Lecture is co-sponsored by the Center for Political Studies and the Department of Political Science.

Paul Diehl is the Associate Provost and Director, Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Texas at Dallas.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 12 Sep 2018 18:37:00 -0400 2018-10-25T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-25T17:30:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Paul Diehl
Law & Economics: What Can DNA Exonerations Tell Us About Racial Differences in Wrongful Conviction Rates? (October 25, 2018 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56224 56224-13867073@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 25, 2018 4:30pm
Location: South Hall
Organized By: Law & Economics

Abstract:

We examine the extent to which DNA exonerations can reveal whether wrongful conviction rates differ across races. We show that under a wide-range of assumptions regarding possible explicit or implicit racial biases in the DNA exoneration process (including no bias), our results suggest the wrongful conviction rate for rape is substantially and significantly higher among black convicts than white convicts. By contrast, we show that only if one believes that the DNA exoneration process very strongly favors innocent members of one race over the other could one conclude that there exist significant racial differences in wrongful conviction rates for murder.

co-authored with Eric Helland

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 01 Oct 2018 09:41:37 -0400 2018-10-25T16:30:00-04:00 2018-10-25T18:30:00-04:00 South Hall Law & Economics Workshop / Seminar South Hall
U.S. Immigration Policy and the Perpetuation of White Dominance: National and Michigan Perspectives (October 25, 2018 5:45pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56439 56439-13903627@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 25, 2018 5:45pm
Location: LSA Building
Organized By: Department of Sociology

Susan E. Reed is Managing Attorney with the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center, a legal resource center for Michigan's immigrant communities. Susan is a graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School and Marquette University. She has practiced immigration and immigrant rights law since 2003. Susan has also served as a staff attorney at Farmworker Legal Services of Michigan and as a regional attorney for Justice for Our Neighbors, the immigration legal services program of the United Methodist Committee on Relief. Her particular interests include the intersection of family and immigration law, the rights of unaccompanied immigrant children, immigrant eligibility for public benefits and programs, and civil rights matters.

Dinner is provided, please RSVP here: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/session/10995

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 05 Oct 2018 10:34:24 -0400 2018-10-25T17:45:00-04:00 2018-10-25T19:00:00-04:00 LSA Building Department of Sociology Lecture / Discussion Event Flyer
Luisa Coleta and the Capuchin Friar (October 26, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54164 54164-13537237@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 26, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Department of History

In 2016 Rebecca Scott and Cuban historian Carlos Venegas came upon a record of the “confession” of María Luisa Coleta, a refugee from the Haitian Revolution who had been unlawfully enslaved in 1796, as narrated to Friar Félix, who had been summoned to her deathbed in Havana. Coleta declined to accept last rites, however, unless the friar would return with a scribe to copy down her story and take the document to a judge to initiate a freedom suit on behalf of her daughters, so that they would not suffer what she had suffered. The many folios of that lawsuit form the basis for the present essay, complemented by documents from France, England, and the Dominican Republic that trace the Atlantic dimension to this story. Together they cast light on the complexities of discerning and documenting status in the Atlantic world in the aftermath of the Haitian Revolution.

A paper will be circulated in advance of the workshop; please contact Michael Gawlik (mrgawlik@umich.edu) if you would like a copy.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 24 Oct 2018 08:30:20 -0400 2018-10-26T15:00:00-04:00 2018-10-26T16:30:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Department of History Workshop / Seminar Tisch Hall
There's Always Someone Who Doesn't Want You To Vote (October 30, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56912 56912-14023821@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 30, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Department of History

In democracies, ours included, voting is free, equal and secret – except when it’s not. A panel of distinguished scholars will discuss the subtle and not so subtle ways in which voting rights continue to be undermined in the context of a long history of electoral interferences, voter suppression, discouragement, and intimidation. They will discuss the deliberate targeting of particular groups and individuals as well as structural and infrastructural infringements on voting rights.

Panel Discussion Featuring:
Vincent L. Hutchings (Political Science, University of Michigan)
Rebecca Scott (History, School of Law; University of Michigan)
Michael J. Steinberg (Legal Director, American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan)
Heather Ann Thompson (Afroamerican and African Studies, History, Residential College; University of Michigan)
Matthew Countryman (moderator; Afroamerican and African Studies, American Culture, History; University of Michigan)

Free and open to the public.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 26 Oct 2018 09:15:30 -0400 2018-10-30T18:00:00-04:00 2018-10-30T20:00:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Department of History Lecture / Discussion poster_crop
Science and the Law (October 31, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53409 53409-13364431@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 31, 2018 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This program identifies basic differences between science and the law and how legal training is counter to basic scientific methods.

Instructor The Hon. Donald E. Shelton directs the Criminology and Criminal Justice Program at UM-Dearborn.

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Class / Instruction Sat, 04 Aug 2018 07:03:49 -0400 2018-10-31T10:00:00-04:00 2018-10-31T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
21st Century Transportation: Careers For Students Blind And Visually Impaired (October 31, 2018 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56573 56573-13949140@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 31, 2018 6:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Ergonomics

This is a novel 2.5 day conference introducing students who are blind and low vision to emerging careers in autonomous transportation, and to the skills and education needed to securing competitive employment in the transportation industry. The event is of value to anyone interested in accessibility, disability, and the intersection with autonomous transportation.

Our speaker list includes federal and industry leaders in the accessible transportation and blind community. Please visit: http://www.umich.edu/~transportcareersconf/speakers.shtml

In collaboration with:
+ Michigan Bureau of Services for Blind Persons
+ National Federation of the Blind of Michigan
+ Michigan Parents of Children with Visual Impairments
+ U-M Mcity
+ U-M Center for Occupational Health and Safety Engineering

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 10 Oct 2018 10:41:19 -0400 2018-10-31T18:30:00-04:00 2018-10-31T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Ergonomics Conference / Symposium
21st Century Transportation: Careers For Students Blind And Visually Impaired (November 1, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56573 56573-13949138@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 1, 2018 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Ergonomics

This is a novel 2.5 day conference introducing students who are blind and low vision to emerging careers in autonomous transportation, and to the skills and education needed to securing competitive employment in the transportation industry. The event is of value to anyone interested in accessibility, disability, and the intersection with autonomous transportation.

Our speaker list includes federal and industry leaders in the accessible transportation and blind community. Please visit: http://www.umich.edu/~transportcareersconf/speakers.shtml

In collaboration with:
+ Michigan Bureau of Services for Blind Persons
+ National Federation of the Blind of Michigan
+ Michigan Parents of Children with Visual Impairments
+ U-M Mcity
+ U-M Center for Occupational Health and Safety Engineering

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 10 Oct 2018 10:41:19 -0400 2018-11-01T08:00:00-04:00 2018-11-01T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Ergonomics Conference / Symposium
Law & Economics (November 1, 2018 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56226 56226-13867074@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 1, 2018 4:30pm
Location: South Hall
Organized By: Law & Economics

Details to come.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 01 Oct 2018 09:43:15 -0400 2018-11-01T16:30:00-04:00 2018-11-01T18:30:00-04:00 South Hall Law & Economics Workshop / Seminar South Hall
21st Century Transportation: Careers For Students Blind And Visually Impaired (November 2, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56573 56573-13949139@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 2, 2018 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Ergonomics

This is a novel 2.5 day conference introducing students who are blind and low vision to emerging careers in autonomous transportation, and to the skills and education needed to securing competitive employment in the transportation industry. The event is of value to anyone interested in accessibility, disability, and the intersection with autonomous transportation.

Our speaker list includes federal and industry leaders in the accessible transportation and blind community. Please visit: http://www.umich.edu/~transportcareersconf/speakers.shtml

In collaboration with:
+ Michigan Bureau of Services for Blind Persons
+ National Federation of the Blind of Michigan
+ Michigan Parents of Children with Visual Impairments
+ U-M Mcity
+ U-M Center for Occupational Health and Safety Engineering

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 10 Oct 2018 10:41:19 -0400 2018-11-02T09:00:00-04:00 2018-11-02T15:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Ergonomics Conference / Symposium
Bioethics Discussion: Cloning (November 6, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49425 49425-11453767@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion coping with copying, seeing double, and creating anew.

Readings to consider:
"Genetic encores"
"Human cloning and our sense of self"
"The ethics of reviving long extinct species"
"Uniqueness, individuality, and human cloning"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/020-cloning/.

Take a gander at the blog should you have the time: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 13 Sep 2018 17:56:43 -0400 2018-11-06T19:00:00-05:00 2018-11-06T20:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Cloning
Physicians, Public Speech and Politics (November 7, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56752 56752-13994905@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 7, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Eisenberg Family Depression Center

Please join the Michigan Medicine Department of Psychiatry for the 23rd Annual Waggoner Lecture on Ethics & Values in Medicine. The title of this year’s talk is “Physicians, Public Speech and Politics.” It will be presented by Dr. Rebecca Weintraub Brendel, M.D., J.D. on Wednesday, November 7 from 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. in Ford Auditorium at University Hospital.

Weintraub Brendel is the director of the master’s degree program at the Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics. She bases her clinical work in psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) where she is the director of Law and Ethics at the Center for Law, Brain, and Behavior; provides medical oversight for the hospital’s inpatient guardianship team; and practices clinical and forensic psychiatry.

Dr. Brendel’s clinical practice has focused on patients with complex psychosocial problems, including trauma, dementia, mental illness, homelessness, substance abuse, decisional incapacity, lack of community support, and poverty. This broad work has informed her educational efforts and research interests focusing on issues at the interface of psychiatry, medicine, law, ethics, and human rights. She is an avid teacher and lecturer in both medical and legal settings.

Dr. Brendel graduated from both University of Chicago Law School and Pritzker School of Medicine. She completed her psychiatry residency at MGH and McLean Hospital and a forensic psychiatry fellowship at MGH. From 2006 – 2007, Dr. Brendel was the Edmond J. Safra Faculty Fellow in Ethics at Harvard University.

“We are delighted to welcome Dr. Brendel to our campus in November for this esteemed lectureship,” said Debra Pinals, M.D., clinical professor of psychiatry and director of the Program in Psychiatry, Law and Ethics at U-M. “Dr. Brendel brings a depth of knowledge to the field of psychiatry and ethics, and will be speaking on a timely topic related to physicians, politics and public speech. She is well suited to speak to the delicate intersection of these areas of focus from the perspective of a mental health and legal professional.”

The University of Michigan Department of Psychiatry established the Raymond W. Waggoner Lectureship on Ethics and Values in Medicine in 1996. This lectureship was created in honor of the late Dr. Waggoner, emeritus professor and past chairman of the Department of Psychiatry, who throughout his career and to all who knew him, exemplified the highest standards of integrity and ethics.

The esteemed lectureship is an annual event to recognize Dr. Waggoner’s enormous contributions to the Michigan Medicine medical center and to the profession, and to promulgate his interest in medical ethics.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 15 Oct 2018 11:21:53 -0400 2018-11-07T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-07T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Eisenberg Family Depression Center Lecture / Discussion Waggoner lecture
Criminalization and the Carceral State (November 7, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56094 56094-13832564@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 7, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This roundtable is part of the Carceral State Project, a year of dialogue about criminal justice, policing, imprisonment, inequality, and what we can do about it.

Presented by the U-M Carceral State Project with support from the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, the Department of History, the Residential College, the Crime and Justice Minor, the Social Theory and Practice Major, the Prison Creative Arts Project, the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, the Institute for the Humanities, the Department of Political Science, and the Department of Sociology

For more information about the Carceral State Project visit bit.ly/carceralstateproject
To register for the Carceral State Project Symposium visit bit.ly/carceralstatesymposiumregister

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 27 Sep 2018 13:47:00 -0400 2018-11-07T17:30:00-05:00 2018-11-07T19:30:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Workshop / Seminar Hatcher Graduate Library
Know Your Rights: Trans & Gender Non-Conforming Rights (November 13, 2018 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57397 57397-14184706@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 4:30pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Spectrum Center

This workshop is designed to provide transgender and gender non-conforming individuals, and allies, with information about their legal rights, and ways to navigate the legal system. We will have attorneys from the Jim Toy Community Center's Know Your Rights Project and law students from OutLaws, a political and social organization that serves the needs of the LGBT+ community at the University of Michigan Law School. Submit questions for the panel: http://bit.ly/kyrtrans

This event will take place in the Koessler Room in the Michigan League. It is free and open to the public.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 08 Nov 2018 16:54:03 -0500 2018-11-13T16:30:00-05:00 2018-11-13T18:00:00-05:00 Michigan League Spectrum Center Workshop / Seminar flyer with a multi colored prism background detailing the event and the sponsoring groups
U.S. Office of Financial Research and the University of Michigan Center on Finance, Law, and Policy's Fourth Annual Financial Stability Conference, "Functions and Firms: Using Activity and Entity-based Regulation to Strengthen the Financial System" (November 15, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56843 56843-14012661@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 15, 2018 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center on Finance, Law, and Policy

Washington, D.C. - FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams will keynote the fourth annual financial stability conference hosted by the U.S. Office of Financial Research and the University of Michigan Center on Finance, Law, and Policy. The event, “Functions and Firms: Using Activity and Entity-based Regulation to Strengthen the Financial System,” will take place November 15-16 in the Treasury Department’s historic Cash Room in Washington, D.C.
 
McWilliams, the 21st Chairman of the FDIC, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 24, 2018 to serve a six-year term on the FDIC Board of Directors, and designated as Chairman for a term of five years.

In addition to McWilliams, dozens of other regulators, leading scholars, and distinguished practitioners will grapple with questions such as:
How should our existing regulatory structure be applied to support an activities-based approach? 
What is the role of firm-based regulation?
Do regulators have the data they need to promote financial stability?
What can we learn from financial regulators outside the United States?
What are the emergent (risky) properties of the financial system, and how might activities-based macroprudential regulation address them?
Where are our blind spots and gaps?

Conference admission is free, but registration is required. Co-hosted by: U. S. Office of Financial Research and the University of Michigan Center on Finance, Law, and Policy with support provided by the University of Michigan Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 17 Oct 2018 10:11:12 -0400 2018-11-15T09:00:00-05:00 2018-11-15T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center on Finance, Law, and Policy Conference / Symposium Logo
Law & Economics: Insincere Evidence (November 15, 2018 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56228 56228-13867076@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 15, 2018 4:30pm
Location: South Hall
Organized By: Law & Economics

Details to come.

co-authored with Sean Sullivan

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 01 Oct 2018 09:46:11 -0400 2018-11-15T16:30:00-05:00 2018-11-15T18:30:00-05:00 South Hall Law & Economics Workshop / Seminar South Hall
U.S. Office of Financial Research and the University of Michigan Center on Finance, Law, and Policy's Fourth Annual Financial Stability Conference, "Functions and Firms: Using Activity and Entity-based Regulation to Strengthen the Financial System" (November 16, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56843 56843-14012662@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 16, 2018 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center on Finance, Law, and Policy

Washington, D.C. - FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams will keynote the fourth annual financial stability conference hosted by the U.S. Office of Financial Research and the University of Michigan Center on Finance, Law, and Policy. The event, “Functions and Firms: Using Activity and Entity-based Regulation to Strengthen the Financial System,” will take place November 15-16 in the Treasury Department’s historic Cash Room in Washington, D.C.
 
McWilliams, the 21st Chairman of the FDIC, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 24, 2018 to serve a six-year term on the FDIC Board of Directors, and designated as Chairman for a term of five years.

In addition to McWilliams, dozens of other regulators, leading scholars, and distinguished practitioners will grapple with questions such as:
How should our existing regulatory structure be applied to support an activities-based approach? 
What is the role of firm-based regulation?
Do regulators have the data they need to promote financial stability?
What can we learn from financial regulators outside the United States?
What are the emergent (risky) properties of the financial system, and how might activities-based macroprudential regulation address them?
Where are our blind spots and gaps?

Conference admission is free, but registration is required. Co-hosted by: U. S. Office of Financial Research and the University of Michigan Center on Finance, Law, and Policy with support provided by the University of Michigan Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 17 Oct 2018 10:11:12 -0400 2018-11-16T09:00:00-05:00 2018-11-16T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center on Finance, Law, and Policy Conference / Symposium Logo
Bioethics Discussion: Animal Experimentation (November 20, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49427 49427-11453768@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 20, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion testing the limitations of our testing limitations.

Readings to consider:
"Does animal experimentation inform human healthcare?"
"Ethical principles and guidelines for experiments on animals"
"The flaws and human harms of animal experimentation"
"Animal testing is still the best way to find new treatments for patients"
"Alternatives to animal testing"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/021-animal-experimentation/

Consider monkeying around the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 13 Sep 2018 17:58:41 -0400 2018-11-20T19:00:00-05:00 2018-11-20T20:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Animal experimentation
Law & Economics: Passive in name only: Delegated Management and "Index" Investing (November 29, 2018 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56229 56229-13867077@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 29, 2018 4:30pm
Location: South Hall
Organized By: Law & Economics

Details to come.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 01 Oct 2018 09:47:48 -0400 2018-11-29T16:30:00-05:00 2018-11-29T18:30:00-05:00 South Hall Law & Economics Workshop / Seminar South Hall
AC Lecture: The Kingdom and the Republic: Decolonizing Native History Governance, Power and Law in 1820s Hawaiʻi (November 30, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57636 57636-14246150@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 30, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of American Culture

Public Lecture
Title: “The Kingdom and the Republic: Decolonizing Native History Governance, Power and Law in 1820s Hawaiʻi”
Friday, November 30, 2018
1:30-3:00PM
Hatcher Graduate Library, Gallery
Refreshments provided

Dr. Noelani Aristaʻs talk focuses on the epistemology and praxis of research in indigenous archives, whether conditioned by the colonial state or digital technologies. She will discuss her work in and translation of Hawaiian language source materials, which emerge from the largest indigenous-language archive in the Pacific and quite possibly Native North America. She will also speak about its implications for research methods more broadly in the humanities and digital humanities.

Bio:
Noelani Arista is a historian of Hawai‘i and the US who engages Hawaiian language archival materials as they cast light on Hawaiian governance and law, Hawaiian intellectual history, colonialism, and missionization. She is the winner of the Society of American Historians Allan Nevins Prize. Her book, The Kingdom and the Republic: Sovereign Hawai‘i and the Early United States will be inn print this month with University of Pennsylvania Press. Arista is the developer of “365 days of aloha,” a public online project the focuses on understanding the concept of “aloha” through mele (Hawaiian songs). She is also a developer of Indigenous digital games and a member of the Initiative for Indigenous Futures.


Digital Workshop
Title: “Seeking into the Indigenous Future: The Transmediation of Mo‘olelo: How Digital Mediums Challenge Deep Knowing”
Friday, November 30
10:00-11:30
Shapiro Design Lab

The transmediation of moʻolelo from textual archives into digital formats is necessary for survivance of indigenous knowledge. This presentation will highlight the challenges of persistance and creating new ʻike (knowledge) by examining approaches to research in digital databases, organizing our own digital Hawaiian language and translation archives, and investigating video games and mobile applications that we can use to add to the moʻo (succession) of moʻolelo (history and story).

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 21 Nov 2018 13:06:14 -0500 2018-11-30T13:30:00-05:00 2018-11-30T15:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of American Culture Lecture / Discussion Picture
II Round Table: Antisemitism Today (December 3, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57766 57766-14303998@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 3, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

What is Antisemitism, and how is it manifesting itself today? Is it on the rise globally? How does it differ in different parts of the world? Join a panel if U-M faculty as they discuss the issues surrounding antisemitism in our world. A Q&A will follow.

Panel:
Joshua Cole (moderator)
Acting Director, International Institute; Department of History

Karla Goldman
Jean and Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies; School of Social Work
-Antisemitism and white supremacy

Julian Levinson
Department of English Language and Literature; Jean and Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies
-Antisemitism and the political left

Shachar Pinsker
Jean and Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies; Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies; Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
-Short historical perspective on antisemitism, Zionism, and Israel--and the lines between criticism of Israel and antisemitism today.

Steven Ratner
U-M Law School; Center for South Asian Studies; Center for Southeast Asian Studies; Donia Human Rights Center
-The regulation of hate speech in U.S. constitutional law and international human rights law

Alexandra Minna Stern
Department of American Culture; History; Women's Studies; Obstetrics and Gynecology
-How antisemitism sits at the core at the alt-right and particularly its distorted narrative of American history, touching on the role of social media in amplifying antisemitism

Jeffrey Veidlinger
Director, Jean and Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies; Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies.
-The historical background of antisemitism

This event is co-sponsored by the Jean and Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies and the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 03 Dec 2018 09:33:34 -0500 2018-12-03T16:00:00-05:00 2018-12-03T17:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Lecture / Discussion logo
Title IX Comment Writing Event (December 3, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57893 57893-14366721@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 3, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Hutchins Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The Department of Education proposed new regulations on Title IX and campus sexual violence. You can read them here: https://bit.ly/2A4POhD.

The Department of Education solicits public input on their proposed regulations (it's called a “notice and comment” period). The Department is required to respond to this input before issuing its final regulations. A court can strike down a regulation if the Department cannot explain its reasoning, or if the regulation is inconsistent with Title IX.

Join students and professors as we mobilize and write responses to the Department of Education's new sexual violence regulations, and make our voices heard. Dinner and event support will be provided by the Institute for Research on Women and Gender.

Please RSVP here: https://goo.gl/forms/4ADthWq8MwRNAm0x1

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 27 Nov 2018 09:58:40 -0500 2018-12-03T17:00:00-05:00 2018-12-03T20:00:00-05:00 Hutchins Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Workshop / Seminar banner with event title and information
Connected and Automated Vehicles: Preparing for a Mixed-Fleet Environment (December 4, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57914 57914-14373148@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 4, 2018 4:00pm
Location: South Hall
Organized By: Law School Problem Solving Initiative

U-M graduate and professional students in the Problem Solving Initiative will discuss challenges and possible solutions to a mixed-fleet future.

Panelists: Sue Bai, Kirk Steudle, and Randy Visintainer. Open to the public.

Potential benefits of “driverless cars” are widely understood, but the path to getting from the current state of human driving to a world of interconnected and “self-driving” vehicles entails an overwhelming confluence of technological, societal, legal, regulatory, political, and business problems. What challenges arise when automated vehicles and other road users, such as non-automated, human-driven vehicles, pedestrians, and bicyclists interact? How might those challenges be addressed?

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Presentation Tue, 27 Nov 2018 11:06:08 -0500 2018-12-04T16:00:00-05:00 2018-12-04T18:00:00-05:00 South Hall Law School Problem Solving Initiative Presentation South Hall
Bioethics Discussion: Suicide (December 4, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49428 49428-11453770@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 4, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on our (chosen?) ends.

Readings to consider:
"The myth of Sisyphus"
"The ethics of suicide"
"Suicide: rationality and responsibility for life"
"Suicide responsibility of hospital and psychiatrist"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/022-suicide/.

Please consider the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/. (And your own health and well-being if you're in that place in your life right now.)


[If you and/or someone you know is currently feeling suicidal, please feel free to reach out to the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-800-273-8255.]

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 15 Sep 2018 03:27:01 -0400 2018-12-04T19:00:00-05:00 2018-12-04T20:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Suicide
Concussion: Reducing Brain Injuries in Youth Football (December 5, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57944 57944-14375315@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 5, 2018 4:00pm
Location: South Hall
Organized By: Law School Problem Solving Initiative

What creative approaches to reducing the risk of brain injury in youth and high school football can be offered, drawing on insights from law, engineering, medicine, business, and other fields?

U-M PSI students and panelists will discuss what changes in the rules governing practices, participation, and play could be instituted, including what protective and monitoring equipment could be used and how such equipment might be financed and distributed.

Panelists: Jack Roberts, John Parsons, Brad Bush

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Presentation Tue, 27 Nov 2018 15:34:46 -0500 2018-12-05T16:00:00-05:00 2018-12-05T18:00:00-05:00 South Hall Law School Problem Solving Initiative Presentation South Hall
Law & Economics: Property Beyond Exclusion (December 6, 2018 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56230 56230-13867078@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 6, 2018 4:30pm
Location: South Hall
Organized By: Law & Economics

Details to come.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 01 Oct 2018 09:49:15 -0400 2018-12-06T16:30:00-05:00 2018-12-06T18:30:00-05:00 South Hall Law & Economics Workshop / Seminar South Hall
The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Why it Matters Today (December 13, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57441 57441-14193514@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 13, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Retirees Association (UMRA)

The UM Retirees Association meeting will feature Dr. Thompson, who received the Pulitzer Prize in History as well as numerous other awards for her book, Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1973 and its Legacy. She is nationally and internationally known for her writing on the history of policing, mass incarceration and the current criminal justice system. She has worked in both the policy and advisory arenas and has presented at many universities.

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Presentation Tue, 06 Nov 2018 15:03:33 -0500 2018-12-13T14:00:00-05:00 2018-12-13T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Retirees Association (UMRA) Presentation
The War on Poverty Project: Evaluating the lasting, economic effects of the War on Poverty (December 14, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58180 58180-14435497@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 14, 2018 9:00am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Friday, December 14

9:00-9:20am Martha Bailey: Welcome and introductions
9:20-10:00am Chloe Gibbs: “Breaking the Cycle? Intergenerational Effects of an Anti-Poverty Program in Early Childhood” (with Andrew Barr)
10:00-10:40am Douglas Miller: “Selection into Identification in Fixed Effects Models, with Application to Head Start”

10:40am Break

10:50-11:30am Martha Bailey: “Prep School for Poor Kids’: The Long-Run Impact of Head Start on Human Capital and Productivity” (with Shuqiao Sun and Brenden Timpe)

11:30am-1:10pm Lunch Break

1:10-2:00pm Hilary Hoynes: “Is the Social Safety Net a Long-Term Investment? Large-Scale Evidence from the Food Stamps Program,” a joint presentation of Economic History and Labor Economics Seminars
2:00-2:40pm Valentina Duque: “The Long-Term Health and Economic Benefits of Community Health Centers” (with Martha Bailey and Andrew Goodman-Bacon)

2:40pm Break

2:50-3:30pm Olga Malkova: “Does Parents’ Access to Family Planning Increase Children’s Opportunities? Evidence from the War on Poverty and the Early Years of Title X” (with Martha Bailey and Zoe McLaren)
3:30-5:00pm
Short talks (~15 min each):

Jacob Bastian: “The Rise of Working Mothers and the 1975 Earned Income Tax Credit”
Andrew Goodman-Bacon: “A Strong Start: Short- and Long-Run Effects from Medicaid’s Introduction”
Jamein Cunningham: “Legal Services and the Civilian Perspective”
Rob Gillezeau: “The Community Action Program and the 1960s Uprisings”
Nic Duquette: “Beethoven, Baumol and Bloat: The Establishment of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Professionalization of American Orchestras” (with Mirae Kim)
Bryan Stuart: “The Economic Impact of a High National Minimum Wage: Evidence from the 1966 Fair Labor Standards Act” (with Martha Bailey and John DiNardo)

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 10 Dec 2018 12:37:00 -0500 2018-12-14T09:00:00-05:00 2018-12-14T17:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Conference / Symposium Event flyer
Bioethics Discussion: Race (January 15, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49429 49429-11453772@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 15, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on (in)equality that is more than skin deep.

Readings to consider:
"Racial disparity in emergency department triage"
"Dealing with the realities of race and ethnicity"
"Race/ethnicity and success in academic medicine"
"Race and trust in the healthcare system"
"Why bioethics has a race problem"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/023-race/.

Feel free to visit the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 15 Sep 2018 03:28:05 -0400 2019-01-15T19:00:00-05:00 2019-01-15T20:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Race
Michigan in Washington Information Session (January 16, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59244 59244-14719626@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 16, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The MIW program offers an opportunity each year for 45-50 undergraduates from any major to spend a semester (Fall or Winter) in Washington D.C. Students combine coursework with an internship that reflects their particular area of interest (such as American politics, international studies, history, the arts, public health, economics, the media, the environment, science and technology). The semester in Washington is action packed. Students work four days a week, attend an elective one evening a week and a research course on Friday mornings. They spend their weekends exploring the city and taking in cultural events. Most leave Washington longing to return.

Students are free to pursue internships of their own choosing. They are coached in internship searching strategies as part of a prep class that is taken the semester before going to D.C. Students have interned at the White House, the Smithsonian, CNN, Greenpeace, CBS, Public Defender’s Service, Washington Institute for Near East Policy, NAACP, The Brookings Institution, American Enterprise Institute, National Defense University, Partnership for Public Service, Center for American Progress, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and many others.
FUNDING is available for this living and learning program.

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Meeting Mon, 07 Jan 2019 14:39:39 -0500 2019-01-16T17:00:00-05:00 2019-01-16T18:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Michigan in Washington Program Meeting Haven Hall
Containment and the Carceral State (January 16, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56096 56096-13832565@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 16, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This roundtable is part of the Carceral State Project, a year of dialogue about criminal justice, policing, imprisonment, inequality, and what we can do about it.

Presented by the U-M Carceral State Project with support from the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, the Department of History, the Residential College, the Crime and Justice Minor, the Social Theory and Practice Major, the Prison Creative Arts Project, the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, the Institute for the Humanities, the Department of Political Science, and the Department of Sociology

For more information about the Carceral State Project visit bit.ly/carceralstateproject
To register for the Carceral State Project Symposium visit bit.ly/carceralstatesymposiumregister

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 27 Sep 2018 13:50:24 -0400 2019-01-16T17:30:00-05:00 2019-01-16T19:30:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Workshop / Seminar Hatcher Graduate Library
On the Basis of Sex (January 18, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59613 59613-14754565@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 18, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of History

Screening of the Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic On the Basis of Sex at the Michigan Theater. Free admission for those with a University of Michigan ID (Mcard) on a first-come, first-served basis. Seating is limited.

The film tells an inspiring and spirited true story that follows young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Felicity Jones) as she teams with her husband Marty (Armie Hammer) to bring a groundbreaking case before the US Court of Appeals and overturn a century of gender discrimination. Also stars Justin Theroux, Kathy Bates and Sam Waterston. 120 min. Biography/Drama. PG-13.

Sponsored by the University of Michigan Department of History.

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Film Screening Fri, 11 Jan 2019 15:22:16 -0500 2019-01-18T17:30:00-05:00 2019-01-18T19:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of History Film Screening movie poster
Unravel Injustice: Taking Action (January 21, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58725 58725-14544830@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 21, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

A two-part discussion on our roles as citizens and scholars in movements to create a more just and humanistic society.

2019 University of Michigan MLK Symposium

Monday, January 21, 2019, 2:00-4:00pm, ISR Thompson Rm 1430

Keynote: Transforming ourselves to build an inclusive society
By: john a. powell, Director Haas Institute for a Fair & Inclusive Society, UC Berkeley

Panel discussion with noted citizen activists to follow keynote:
Moderator: Neda Ulaby, National Public Radio
-Nick Licata, Founding Chair, Local Progress (Seattle, WA), @NickJLicata
-Rosalie Lochner, Founder, Michigan Support Circle
-Jessyca Matthews, MI English Teacher of the Year, Carmen-Ainsworth High School (Flint, MI)
-Kayla Reed, Founder, St. Louis Action Council, @iKaylaReed

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 08 Jan 2019 17:01:08 -0500 2019-01-21T14:00:00-05:00 2019-01-21T16:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event flyer
CREES Noon Lecture. National Minorities as a Legal Category in the Czech Republic (and Beyond) at the Time of Rising Nationalism (January 23, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58912 58912-14578299@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

The Czech philosopher Jan Patočka wrote in Europe and the post-European Age that demolition is a certain type of construction. The current rise of nationalism, the erosion of the rule of law, and the dismantlement of liberal state institutions in Europe raise concerns about what could be built after that demolition of the European order. While Hungary and Poland have made a sharp right-turn, the Czech Republic is still at the crossroads. Which way might it go? In this lecture, Hofmannová will focus on the status of national minorities and discuss the differences between a “conservative” and a “flexible” definition of what constitute a national minority. Does a flexible approach, advocated by International organizations, still have a chance to be promoted in Europe?

Helena Hofmannová is an associate professor of constitutional law at Charles University in Prague as well as an adviser to the judge of the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic. After the fall of communism, she has been a pioneer researcher in the field of the legal and social positions of Jewish minorities in the Czech Republic. Recently, in light of the threats to liberal democracy, she has lectured on human rights protection and democratic theory, with a special focus on Europe. Between 2012 and 2014, she was a member of the Advisory Committee of the Framework Convention on the Protection of National Minorities. In 2018, she was appointed to the Council of Europe’s European Commission against Racism and Intolerance. She is the author and co-author of several books, as well as a number of articles.

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

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 29 Dec 2018 19:39:14 -0500 2019-01-23T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-23T13:20:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Lecture / Discussion Helena Hofmannova
Personal Statement Workshop (January 23, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60150 60150-14840465@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Newnan LSA Academic Advising Center

Students in the midst of working on law school personal statements and application essays, or those simply wishing to better understand the mechanics off the law school personal statement are encouraged to attend.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 21 Jan 2019 15:15:16 -0500 2019-01-23T14:00:00-05:00 2019-01-23T15:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Newnan LSA Academic Advising Center Workshop / Seminar
Michigan in Washington Information Session (January 23, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59244 59244-14719627@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The MIW program offers an opportunity each year for 45-50 undergraduates from any major to spend a semester (Fall or Winter) in Washington D.C. Students combine coursework with an internship that reflects their particular area of interest (such as American politics, international studies, history, the arts, public health, economics, the media, the environment, science and technology). The semester in Washington is action packed. Students work four days a week, attend an elective one evening a week and a research course on Friday mornings. They spend their weekends exploring the city and taking in cultural events. Most leave Washington longing to return.

Students are free to pursue internships of their own choosing. They are coached in internship searching strategies as part of a prep class that is taken the semester before going to D.C. Students have interned at the White House, the Smithsonian, CNN, Greenpeace, CBS, Public Defender’s Service, Washington Institute for Near East Policy, NAACP, The Brookings Institution, American Enterprise Institute, National Defense University, Partnership for Public Service, Center for American Progress, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and many others.
FUNDING is available for this living and learning program.

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Meeting Mon, 07 Jan 2019 14:39:39 -0500 2019-01-23T17:00:00-05:00 2019-01-23T18:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Michigan in Washington Program Meeting Haven Hall
Mass Incarceration: A WeListen Staff Discussion (January 25, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59327 59327-14730608@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 25, 2019 11:00am
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Department of Psychology

Mass Incarceration: A WeListen Staff Discussion

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

RSVP here: http://myumi.ch/6wE9n

The U.S. has the most incarcerated people in the world: 2.1 million. The corrections system costs $81B annually, while corporations make $7.4B from private prisons and $2B+ from prison labor. Black and Hispanic Americans are overrepresented in U.S. prisons and 83% of formerly incarcerated people are rearrested within 9 years of release.

Is mass incarceration working? Why are racial minorities overrepresented? Should the U.S. consider different sentencing and correctional models? Has privatization in our justice system gone too far, or not far enough?

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


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

Questions? Email us at welistenstaff@umich.edu.

This event is co-sponsored by the UM Office of DEI and the LSA DEI Implementation Leads. The planning committee includes staff members from the Ginsberg Center, the LSA Dean's Office, and LSA Psychology.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 09:26:13 -0500 2019-01-25T11:00:00-05:00 2019-01-25T13:00:00-05:00 North Quad Department of Psychology Lecture / Discussion North Quad
Next Steps Virtual PICSnics: Brown Bag BlueJeans Video Conference Luncheon with Emily Biester (January 25, 2019 11:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59146 59146-14692561@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 25, 2019 11:45am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Program in International and Comparative Studies

Interested in the Peace Corps, teaching English abroad, federal immigration services, or a government agency career? Learn from PICS alumna Emily Biester (BA '13) through her abroad experiences and her work as a federal employee for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Please RSVP to attend by Monday, January 21, 2019 here: http://myumi.ch/6jEAP.

Emily is from Oak Park, IL, and majored in Political Science and International Studies at the University of Michigan. During her senior year at the University of Michigan, she worked specifically with immigrant populations. At the Freedom House in Detroit, she assisted in the translation of legal documents from French into English for refugees and asylum seekers in the process of resettlement, primarily from Northern Africa and the Middle East. She then worked in an immigration law office, where she interacted directly with immigrants while concurrently conducting research on migration policy through her coursework at the University of Michigan.

Learning about the diverse backgrounds of the people her law office served was a transformative experience that led Emily to the Peace Corps, where she served in Madagascar for 26 months as an Education Volunteer. She taught English at the local public high school in Fort Dauphin, a large town on the southeastern coast of the island, while also engaging in community development projects targeted toward malaria prevention, gender equality, and teacher training. She joined the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) at the Seattle Field Office as an Immigration Services Officer – ISO1 in March 2016, and became an ISO2 in October 2017.

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

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Careers / Jobs Fri, 04 Jan 2019 08:21:27 -0500 2019-01-25T11:45:00-05:00 2019-01-25T12:45:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Program in International and Comparative Studies Careers / Jobs speaker
Water System Finance: the Political Pitfalls of Public-Private Partnerships (January 28, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60055 60055-14814820@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 28, 2019 11:30am
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Free and open to the public

About the Lecture:
Please join us in a Conversation Across Difference, as Professor Teodoro discusses alternative ownership and management models for water and sewer utilities, as well as the political dimensions of public, private, and public-private partnerships (P3s), and what they mean for cost and quality.

Currently about 84% of American drinking water utilities are owned and operated by local governments; about 15% are private, investor-owned companies, and a tiny percentage operate as public-private partnerships (P3s). Many communities with struggling utilities pursue privatization or P3s as potential ways to address their problems. These processes invariably focus principally on finance, with little attention to water quality or political processes.

Dr. Teodoro will share theory, case studies, and statistical models that tell the story of the advantages and disadvantages of public and private ownership of water and sewer for urban/rural and large/small systems.

Sponsored by: University of Michigan Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) and the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
Co-sponsored by: Environmental Law and Policy Program (ELPP), Graham Sustainability Institute, School for Environment and Sustainabillity (SEAS)

For more information visit www.closup.umich.edu or call 734-647-4091. Follow on Twitter @closup.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 18 Jan 2019 17:02:09 -0500 2019-01-28T11:30:00-05:00 2019-01-28T12:50:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Manny Teodoro
ELPP Lecture Series: Opportunity and Action in Federal Environmental Policy (January 28, 2019 11:50am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60186 60186-14846879@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 28, 2019 11:50am
Location: Jeffries Hall
Organized By: Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program

The Trump administration has drastically changed how federal environmental policy is shaped and implemented. Beyond this obvious headline, there are much bigger trends that will influence the environment and economy in the years ahead. Mr. Parker will discuss where the real action and opportunity will be in this space in the coming years.

This lecture is free and open to the public.

Doug Parker is a recognized leader in environmental risk and compliance who advises clients on environmental policy, public sector strategies, enforcement actions and crisis management.

At E&W Strategies, he serves clients by providing strategic direction in the areas of corporate and individual risk, crisis mitigation and environmental compliance. He brings a unique perspective to his role as the former Director of EPA's Criminal Investigation Division where he oversaw matters ranging from the investigation into the Deepwater Horizon disaster to the Volkswagen emissions cheating scandal.

Mr. Parker counsels clients on navigating environmental, health and safety compliance challenges across multiple industries, including the automotive, energy, chemical, utility and manufacturing sectors. He also provides guidance to law firms, consulting firms, and financial entities that are managing compliance matters or are engaged in due diligence with environmental risk implications. Additionally, Mr. Parker serves as a subject matter expert for those seeking to understand and navigate the environmental and natural resource policy space or who may be advocating at the federal level on critical policy and enforcement issues.

Mr. Parker speaks regularly to industry groups on strategies for navigating environmental risk and has shared his insights on CNN, National Public Radio, as well as in The New York Times and numerous other media outlets.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 22 Jan 2019 10:36:56 -0500 2019-01-28T11:50:00-05:00 2019-01-28T12:50:00-05:00 Jeffries Hall Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program Lecture / Discussion
Privacy@Michigan (January 28, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59816 59816-14788715@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 28, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Information Assurance

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

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

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

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

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 15 Jan 2019 16:44:36 -0500 2019-01-28T13:00:00-05:00 2019-01-28T18:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Information Assurance Conference / Symposium Privacy At Michigan Ad
Race, Health, and Wealth Disparities (January 28, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59556 59556-14752317@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 28, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

RCGD's Winter 2019 Speaker Series, sponsored by PRBA & MCUAAAR

Monday, January 28, 2019
Rm 1430, 3:30-5:00pm, ISR, 426 Thompson St, Ann Arbor, MI

“A Culture of Racism: Conceptual and Methodological Innovations.”

By Courtney Cogburn, PhD
Assistant Professor of Social Work
Columbia University

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 09:29:57 -0500 2019-01-28T15:30:00-05:00 2019-01-28T17:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event flyer
A conversation and book talk with Harold Koh on his new book: The Trump Administration and International Law (January 28, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59600 59600-14754553@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 28, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Weiser Diplomacy Center

Join John Ciorciari, director of International Policy Center and Weiser Diplomacy Center, for a conversation with Harold Koh not only about his book The Trump Administration and International Law.

This book answers one of the most pressing questions of our time: who is winning the battle of Donald Trump versus international law? This clear and comprehensive tour d'horizon, by one of America's leading international lawyers, explains why, in his first two years, Trump is not "winning" in his effort to resign the U.S. from global leadership, and how the Resistance is blunting his initiatives.

The book surveys many fields of international law: immigration and refugees, human rights, climate change, denuclearization, trade diplomacy, relations with North Korea, Russia and Ukraine, and America's "Forever War" against Al Qaeda and the Islamic State and its challenges in Syria.

Offers a counter-strategy to preserve the rule of law against the Trump Administration's many initiatives to change the nature of America's relationship with international law and its institutions.

Harold Hongju Koh is Sterling Professor of International Law at Yale Law School. He returned to Yale Law School in January 2013 after serving for nearly four years as the 22nd Legal Advise of the U.S. Department of State.

Professor Koh is one of the country’s leading experts in public and private international law, national security law, and human rights. He first began teaching at Yale Law School in 1985 and served as its fifteenth Dean from 2004 until 2009. From 2009 to 2013, he took leave as the Martin R. Flug ’55 Professor of International Law to join the State Department as Legal Adviser, service for which he received the Secretary of State's Distinguished Service Award. From 1993 to 2009, he was the Gerard C. & Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law at Yale Law School, and from 1998 to 2001, he served as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 13:25:16 -0500 2019-01-28T18:00:00-05:00 2019-01-28T19:30:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Weiser Diplomacy Center Lecture / Discussion Harold Koh
Bioethics Discussion: Gender (January 29, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49430 49430-11453774@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on who we are, who society sees, and who we want to be.

Readings to consider:
"Doing gender"
"For whom the burden tolls"
"Performative acts and gender constitution"
"The restroom revolution: unisex toilets and campus politics"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/024-gender/.

Take a look at the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 15 Sep 2018 03:29:55 -0400 2019-01-29T19:00:00-05:00 2019-01-29T20:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Gender
Pre-Law 101 Information Session (January 31, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60158 60158-14840473@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 31, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Newnan LSA Academic Advising Center

Students beginning to explore the possibility of attending law school and those committed to applying in the future are encouraged to attend.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 21 Jan 2019 15:53:25 -0500 2019-01-31T14:00:00-05:00 2019-01-31T15:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Newnan LSA Academic Advising Center Workshop / Seminar
Michigan in Washington Information Session (February 6, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59244 59244-14719629@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The MIW program offers an opportunity each year for 45-50 undergraduates from any major to spend a semester (Fall or Winter) in Washington D.C. Students combine coursework with an internship that reflects their particular area of interest (such as American politics, international studies, history, the arts, public health, economics, the media, the environment, science and technology). The semester in Washington is action packed. Students work four days a week, attend an elective one evening a week and a research course on Friday mornings. They spend their weekends exploring the city and taking in cultural events. Most leave Washington longing to return.

Students are free to pursue internships of their own choosing. They are coached in internship searching strategies as part of a prep class that is taken the semester before going to D.C. Students have interned at the White House, the Smithsonian, CNN, Greenpeace, CBS, Public Defender’s Service, Washington Institute for Near East Policy, NAACP, The Brookings Institution, American Enterprise Institute, National Defense University, Partnership for Public Service, Center for American Progress, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and many others.
FUNDING is available for this living and learning program.

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Meeting Mon, 07 Jan 2019 14:39:39 -0500 2019-02-06T17:00:00-05:00 2019-02-06T18:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Michigan in Washington Program Meeting Haven Hall
Personal Statement Workshop (February 7, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60150 60150-14840466@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 7, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Newnan LSA Academic Advising Center

Students in the midst of working on law school personal statements and application essays, or those simply wishing to better understand the mechanics off the law school personal statement are encouraged to attend.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 21 Jan 2019 15:15:16 -0500 2019-02-07T13:00:00-05:00 2019-02-07T14:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Newnan LSA Academic Advising Center Workshop / Seminar
Donia Human Rights Center Special Lecture to Launch the Robert J. Donia Graduate Student Fellowship. Human Rights in the Neoliberal Maelstrom (February 7, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56182 56182-13841868@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 7, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Donia Human Rights Center

The age of human rights has been kindest to the rich. Even as state violations of political rights garnered unprecedented attention due to human rights campaigns, a commitment to material equality disappeared. In its place, market fundamentalism has emerged as the dominant force in national and global economies. In his provocative new book, "Not Enough: Human Rights in an Unequal World," Samuel Moyn analyzes how and why we chose to make human rights our highest ideals while simultaneously neglecting the demands of a broader social and economic justice.

This event is co-sponsored by the University of Michigan: Department of History, Department of Sociology, and Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies.

Samuel Moyn is Professor of Law and Professor of History at Yale University. His areas of interest in legal scholarship include international law, human rights, the law of war, and legal thought, in both historical and current perspective. In intellectual history, he has worked on a diverse range of subjects, especially twentieth-century European moral and political theory.

He has written several books in his fields of European intellectual history and human rights history, including "The Last Utopia: Human Rights in History" (2010), and edited or coedited a number of others. His most recent book, based on Mellon Distinguished Lectures at the University of Pennsylvania in fall 2014, is "Christian Human Rights" (2015). A final book of human rights history, "Not Enough: Human Rights in an Unequal World," appeared from Harvard University Press in April 2018. Over the years he has written in venues such as Boston Review, the Chronicle of Higher Education, Dissent, The Nation, The New Republic, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal.

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

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 18 Jan 2019 14:29:37 -0500 2019-02-07T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-07T17:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Donia Human Rights Center Lecture / Discussion Samuel Moyn
Financing Law School Workshop (February 8, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60159 60159-14840475@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 8, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Newnan LSA Academic Advising Center

Lindsey Stetson, UM Law School’s Director of Financial Aid, presents information on financing your legal education with a focus on minimizing your debt. Refreshments will be provided. Registration requested: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/session/13332

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 21 Jan 2019 15:55:41 -0500 2019-02-08T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-08T13:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Newnan LSA Academic Advising Center Workshop / Seminar
International Climate Change Diplomacy (February 11, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60964 60964-14997737@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 11, 2019 11:30am
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Weiser Diplomacy Center

Join us for a student workshop lunch and conversation with Professor Jennifer Haverkamp discussing about International Climate Change Diplomacy. If you are interested, please sign up with Zuzana Wiseley at zwiseley@umich.edu.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 08 Feb 2019 13:01:53 -0500 2019-02-11T11:30:00-05:00 2019-02-11T12:50:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Weiser Diplomacy Center Workshop / Seminar
Free Practice LSAT (February 12, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60160 60160-14840476@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Newnan LSA Academic Advising Center

Participate in a proctored LSAT practice exam. Registration required: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/session/13330

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Other Mon, 21 Jan 2019 16:06:16 -0500 2019-02-12T17:00:00-05:00 2019-02-12T20:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Newnan LSA Academic Advising Center Other
Bioethics Discussion: Circumcision (February 12, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49431 49431-11453775@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on health, tradition, and mutilation.

Readings to consider:
"Male circumcision"
"Female genital alteration: a compromise solution"
"Female genital mutilation and male circumcision: toward an autonomy-based ethical framework"
"Rationalising circumcision"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/025-circumcision/.

Feel free to visit the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 15 Sep 2018 03:30:45 -0400 2019-02-12T19:00:00-05:00 2019-02-12T20:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Circumcision
Control and the Carceral State (February 13, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56097 56097-13832566@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This roundtable is part of the Carceral State Project, a year of dialogue about criminal justice, policing, imprisonment, inequality, and what we can do about it.

Presented by the U-M Carceral State Project with support from the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, the Department of History, the Residential College, the Crime and Justice Minor, the Social Theory and Practice Major, the Prison Creative Arts Project, the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, the Institute for the Humanities, the Department of Political Science, and the Department of Sociology

For more information about the Carceral State Project visit bit.ly/carceralstateproject
To register for the Carceral State Project Symposium visit bit.ly/carceralstatesymposiumregister

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 27 Sep 2018 13:52:36 -0400 2019-02-13T17:30:00-05:00 2019-02-13T19:30:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Workshop / Seminar Hatcher Graduate Library
Pre-Law 101 Information Session (February 14, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60158 60158-14961644@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 14, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Newnan LSA Academic Advising Center

Students beginning to explore the possibility of attending law school and those committed to applying in the future are encouraged to attend.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 21 Jan 2019 15:53:25 -0500 2019-02-14T15:00:00-05:00 2019-02-14T16:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Newnan LSA Academic Advising Center Workshop / Seminar
The 2019 Schuman Challenge (February 15, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60982 60982-15000007@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 15, 2019 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Weiser Diplomacy Center

The 2019 Schuman Challenge will welcome undergraduate students from seventeen different U.S. colleges and universities to the EU Delegation to the United States in Washington DC on February 14-15, 2019. During the competition students will work in teams to develop and defend before senior international affairs professionals new policies for transatlantic cooperation supporting Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders.

After two days of competition, the 2019 Schuman Challenge final round will be livestreamed from the EU Delegation on Friday, February 15, beginning at 5:00 pm. Go to “@EUintheUS” on Facebook, Twitter and/or Instagram and #SchumanChallenge on Twitter for updates, pictures, and livestreaming of the final round.

WEISER DIPLOMACY CENTER IS SENDING A FORD SCHOOL TEAM TO THE COMPETITION:
Brooke Bacigal, Stavroula Kyriazis and Ashton Smith mentored and accompanied by Ambassador Melvyn Levitsky.

FINAL ROUND JUDGES WILL INCLUDE:
David O'Sullivan, EU Ambassador to the US
Karin Olofsdotter, Swedish Ambassador to the US
Julie Fisher, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Western Europe & the EU, US State Department

FIRST ROUND JUDGES WILL INCLUDE:
Caroline Vicini, Deputy-Head of the EU Delegation to the US
Jamie Fly, director of the Future of Geopolitics program and the Asia program at the German Marshall Fund of the U.S., former foreign policy advisor to Marco Rubio during the 2016 campaign
Jorge Benitez, Director of NATOSource, professor at the US Marine Corps Academy, and senior fellow at the Atlantic Council
Maria Belovas, Spokesperson, Head of the Press and Public Diplomacy Section, EU Delegation to the US
Dino Mihanovic, Counsellor, Political, Security and Development Section, EU Delegation to the US
Helena Boguslawska, Deputy-Head of the Political, Security and Development Section, EU Delegation to the US
Christoph Heinrich, First Secretary, Political Department, German Embassy

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Other Fri, 08 Feb 2019 13:00:46 -0500 2019-02-15T11:00:00-05:00 2019-02-15T19:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Weiser Diplomacy Center Other Schuman Challenge 2019
Unravel Injustice: Taking Action (February 15, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58726 58726-14544831@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 15, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

A two-part discussion on our roles as citizens and scholars in movements to create a more just and humanistic society.

2019 University of Michigan MLK Symposium

Friday, February 15, 2019, 1:00-3:00pm, ISR Thompson Rm 1430

Keynote: The promise and peril of evidence-based activism
By: William Darity
Professor, School of Public Policy, Duke University

Round table discussions with noted scholar activists to follow keynote:
-Kristie Dotson, Associate Professor, Dept of Philosophy, Michigan State University, @DrBlkFeminist
-Alexes Harris, Professor, Dept of Sociology, University of Washington, @AlexesHarris ‏
-Mary Romero, Professor, Dept of Sociology, Arizona State University
-Kyle Whyte, Associate Professor, Dept of Philosophy, Michigan State University, @kylepowyswhyte
-Camille Wilson, Professor, School of Education, University of Michigan

After the keynote and brief panel presentations, each of the speakers will lead a round table discussion, facilitated by ISR's RacismLab members, on how we can integrate action for equality into our roles as researchers and educators. Round table discussion participation is limited and available through sign up. If you would like to participate, please sign up here: https://goo.gl/forms/46rQzoLYni48V0h62

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Jan 2019 13:13:46 -0500 2019-02-15T13:00:00-05:00 2019-02-15T15:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event flyer
Rescheduled: Representatives Debbie Dingell and Fred Upton: Voices from across the aisle (February 18, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60585 60585-14910402@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 18, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Free and open to the public. Reception to follow.

The event will be webstreamed. Please check website for viewing details.

Join the Ford School and WeListen for a Conversations Across Difference event with U.S. Representatives Debbie Dingell (link is external) (D-MI 12th District) and Fred Upton (link is external) (R-MI 6th District) moderated by Brendan Nyhan, professor of public policy at the Ford School. The conversation will consider the opportunities for and obstacles to bipartisan cooperation, while also tackling in thoughtful dialogue some of the most pressing issues currently dividing the two parties, such as immigration policy, the government shutdown, and health care.

Hosted by the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and co-sponsored by WeListen and the Program in Practical Policy Engagement.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Jan 2019 14:44:02 -0500 2019-02-18T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-18T17:20:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Event Picture
Litigating Trump's Environmental Deregulation (February 19, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60985 60985-15000012@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Hutchins Hall
Organized By: Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program

Please join us for the latest installment of the ELPP Lecture Series, featuring Sean Donahue of the law firm Donahue, Goldberg & Weaver, LLP.

This event is free and open to the public.

Sean Donahue, of Donahue, Goldberg & Weaver, LLP, a small DC-based firm whose practice focuses on representing environmental organizations in Clean Air Act and federal climate litigation, as well as cases involving state climate and clean energy initiatives. Donahue will discuss some of the major Trump Administration deregulatory actions in which he and his colleagues are involved: proposed repeal of Clean Power Plan and revision of carbon dioxide standards for new power plants; rollbacks of greenhouse gas emissions standards and fuel economy standards for motor vehicles and withdrawal of California’s authority to adopt and enforce separate greenhouse gas standards, and EPA’s proposed finding that Clean Air Act that regulation of mercury and other hazardous air pollutants from power plants is not appropriate or necessary. Donahue will address recurring legal issues and practical challenges involved in litigating such cases, some cross-cutting features of the Trump Administration’s deregulatory efforts in the environmental area, and what to look for as the Administration’s major initiatives move from agency rulemaking to the courts. While dealing with complex administrative law questions and daunting health and environmental hazards, the talk may be punctuated by moments of uplifting humor and cautious optimism.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 11 Feb 2019 10:05:22 -0500 2019-02-19T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-19T13:00:00-05:00 Hutchins Hall Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program Lecture / Discussion Hutchins Hall
Data Privacy and Portability in Financial Technology Symposium (February 23, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58000 58000-14390313@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 23, 2019 8:30am
Location: South Hall
Organized By: Center on Finance, Law, and Policy

The Data Privacy and Portability in Financial Technology Symposium celebrates Michigan Technology Law Review’s 25th Anniversary by hosting an event dedicated to cutting edge scholarship at the intersection of technology and the law. Specifically, this symposium is designed to examine the inherent tensions between securing privacy rights and the ease at which transactions occur, facilitated by new innovative technologies.

Data portability is the idea that a consumer should own his or her own data and should be able to tell companies to use it, transfer it to another company, or destroy it. Every day, hundreds of millions of transactions occur between parties. Nearly everyone uses financial products that harvest data—credit cards, online shopping, stock market trends. New technologies allow people and organizations to record, analyze, and indefinitely store data points associated with these transactions more easily than ever before.

Many of those in the financial technology world assert that this aggregation of consumer data should be able to be sold to and owned by third parties. This would increase competition in the financial service sector and facilitate the development of more complex algorithms used to deliver financial services. Collecting information on consumer habits could lead to innovation in predicting market trends and could allow custom tailoring to individual consumer needs. Many banks, however, contend that opening up consumer information to third parties raises serious risks of fraud and abuse. Both sides of the debate advocate for the consumer’s interest: banks on the grounds of security and privacy, and the fintech sector on the grounds of access and innovation.

The symposium will address the legal issues implicated by the exciting and rapidly developing world of financial technology, such as: Who owns a customer’s financial data? How will the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) influence how companies handle customer data? How can U.S. policymakers construct a sensible policy framework suited to the particular regulatory and technical attributes of the U.S. consumer financial services sector? And how should we conceive of increased liability for companies and what does that mean for organizations’ relationships with consumers, stockholders, lenders and the like?

Visit www.mtlr-fintech-symposium-2019.com to learn more

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 29 Nov 2018 10:10:41 -0500 2019-02-23T08:30:00-05:00 2019-02-23T17:00:00-05:00 South Hall Center on Finance, Law, and Policy Conference / Symposium Logo