Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Life In Graduate School Seminar | How to Find a Postdoc Position (February 21, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72814 72814-18079325@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 21, 2020 12:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Life in Graduate School Seminars

Three people with postdoc hunting experience in high energy experiment, computational condensed matter and experimental condensed matter will be invited and present their experience and lessons in finding postdoc positions.

]]>
Workshop / Seminar Wed, 12 Feb 2020 13:31:43 -0500 2020-02-21T12:00:00-05:00 2020-02-21T13:00:00-05:00 West Hall Life in Graduate School Seminars Workshop / Seminar West Hall
Smith Lecture: The Earth’s Hidden Ocean (February 21, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63137 63137-15578788@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 21, 2020 3:30pm
Location: 1100 North University Building
Organized By: Earth and Environmental Sciences

Water, incorporated into minerals and melts at the high pressure and temperature conditions found in Earth’s deep mantle may constitute the planet’s largest geochemical reservoir of H2O, especially in the mantle transition zone at 410-660 km depth. At the atomic scale, hydration modifies the structure and physical properties of minerals through associated defects. At mesoscopic scales water influences diffusion, rheology and lattice preferred orientation. At geophysical scales, water cycling through the solid mantle plays a critical role in melt generation, plate tectonics, and may have acted to buffer the volume of Earth’s oceans over geologic time. I will focus on recent laboratory experiments, inclusions in diamond, and seismological observations that reveal clues about the distribution and origin of water in our habitable planet.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Mon, 30 Sep 2019 13:07:31 -0400 2020-02-21T15:30:00-05:00 2020-02-21T16:30:00-05:00 1100 North University Building Earth and Environmental Sciences Lecture / Discussion 1100 North University Building
Trotter Distinguished Leadership Series - Representative Sarah Anthony (February 21, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72592 72592-18024695@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 21, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Trotter Multicultural Center
Organized By: Trotter Multicultural Center

The Trotter Distinguished Leadership Series is designed to increase healthy discourse and learning throughout U-M by inviting speakers from the political and public service sectors of national and international note.

For this TDLS event, we are beyond thrilled to welcome to the University of Michigan State Representative Sarah Anthony. State Representative Sarah Anthony is serving her first full term representing the 68th House District, parts of the city of Lansing and Lansing Township, as the youngest African American women to serve in this capacity in the United States. Throughout her time as commissioner, Anthony served in many leadership positions, including chating the Democtratic Caucus, FInance Committee, and Vice Chair of the board. Her fearless leadership to advocate for healthcare access, social justice, working families, and senior citizens, has made her a role model to many.

Don't miss out on this wonderful opportunity to hear from and meet Representative Sarah Anthony!

RSVP here: https://myumi.ch/51O1V

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Thu, 06 Feb 2020 10:06:31 -0500 2020-02-21T17:00:00-05:00 2020-02-21T19:00:00-05:00 Trotter Multicultural Center Trotter Multicultural Center Lecture / Discussion Image of event flyer
How Is Esports Building a Billion-Dollar Empire? (February 21, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72732 72732-18068367@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 21, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Michigan China Forum

What comes to your mind when you hear the word “Esports”? A billion-dollar empire being built? Causes of addiction and violence? Having come a long way from video gaming, Esports has evolved into a global phenomenon even though controversies persist.

Research shows that 65% of 8-12 years old teenagers play video games for more than 2 hours per day. About 41% of boys think they have spent too much time on video games. Being addicted to video games is only one of many reasons that people are against Esports. From many adults’ perspective, violent, bloody elements in video games are likely to negatively affect teenagers. Hence, Esports is an industry bearing prejudice and stereotypes.

However, as a burgeoning industry, Esports is gaining massive popularity across the globe in recent years. According to Newzoo, revenues of the global Esports industry exceeded $1.1 billion in 2019, which is an increase of 26.7% over the previous year. Asia-Pacific sees the highest proportion of Esports viewership (57%) and the major growth is being witnessed in China. North America is once again the largest Esports market where the major share is contributed by the United States. With more investors, favorable policies, and the potential access to the Olympics, Esports, a new era “gold rush” is redefining the world of games.

From game development, to corporate social responsibility, to higher education, how should Esports navigate the controversies? What factors have contributed to the rise of Esports? What is the future of this industry? Come join us at the Esports panel discussion with Professor Katherine Babiak, Professor Austin Yarger, Ph.D. student Luis Velazquez, Arbor eSports’ president Alexander Ball, and UM Esports program manager Cybbi Barton.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Tue, 11 Feb 2020 11:27:09 -0500 2020-02-21T17:30:00-05:00 2020-02-21T19:30:00-05:00 Michigan League Michigan China Forum Lecture / Discussion Present by Michigan China Forum: How Is Esports Building a Billion-Dollar Empire?
Saturday Morning Physics | The Truth About Entropy (February 22, 2020 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/71162 71162-17783480@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 22, 2020 10:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Saturday Morning Physics

Crystalline forms of matter, from ice to diamond, are highly ordered with atoms lined up neatly in rows. Do these crystals have low or high entropy? We are taught that entropy implies disorder, so crystals must have low entropy...or do they? In this talk, find out how some ordered crystal phases of matter can have more entropy than their disordered phases, and why this matters.

]]>
Workshop / Seminar Wed, 05 Feb 2020 14:54:49 -0500 2020-02-22T10:30:00-05:00 2020-02-22T11:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Saturday Morning Physics Workshop / Seminar Crystalline structures pc: NASA David Weitz
Creation Sunday (February 23, 2020 9:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72979 72979-18120900@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 23, 2020 9:45am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Collegians for Christ

Collegians for Christ is excited to partner with Ann Arbor Baptist Church to present a series of thought provoking lectures on the fundamental question: where did everything come from? Come hear the various theories about the origins of the universe. The speaker is Orlando Buria, Ph.D., a sought after scientist and instructor on the topics of universe origins, natural history, and biology. Dr. Buria is a published researcher who will present engaging and thought provoking lectures.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Mon, 17 Feb 2020 11:56:24 -0500 2020-02-23T09:45:00-05:00 2020-02-23T14:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Collegians for Christ Lecture / Discussion Creation Sunday Graphics
Town Hall Meeting: Socialism and the 2020 elections (February 24, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73071 73071-18138331@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 24, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: International Youth and Students for Social Equality

One word is dominating the 2020 election cycle: socialism.

Donald Trump and his fascist allies declare the US “will never be a socialist country.” Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg proclaim their desire to save the Democratic Party from socialists, while Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) claim socialism means working within the Democratic Party for mild reforms. The ruling class, presiding over a society dominated by inequality, war and state repression, increasingly views socialism as an immediate threat.

The Socialist Equality Party is running in the 2020 elections to explain what socialism really means. Join the SEP’s candidates—Joseph Kishore for President and Norissa Santa Cruz for Vice President—in the historic struggle to unite all workers internationally, independent of the political parties of the ruling class. The working class is the social force that can replace capitalism with international socialism.

This town hall meeting with Joseph Kishore is part of a national series of meetings being held across the United States, hosted by the IYSSE and the SEP.

]]>
Meeting Wed, 19 Feb 2020 10:41:37 -0500 2020-02-24T19:00:00-05:00 2020-02-24T21:00:00-05:00 Michigan League International Youth and Students for Social Equality Meeting Joseph Kishore (President) and Norissa Santa Cruz (Vice President), Socialist Equality Party
“Working to Understand White Fragility”: In Preparation for and Reflection on Robin DiAngelo (February 25, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70596 70596-17609124@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This two-session course is designed as an accompaniment to the March 13th campus visit by Robin DiAngelo, author of “White Fragility”. Maren Oberman, who will offer a pre- and post- session course to prepare for and reflect on DiAngelo’s talk is a clinical assistant professor at the UM School of Education whose work focuses on anti-racist educational leadership and policy.

The pre-session on February 25 will focus primarily on DiAngelo’s conceptualization of racism, with the aim being to reconsider our existing ideas and definitions. The dialogue will draw mainly from chapters 1 and 5 of “White Fragility”.

In the post-session on March 17, participants will have an opportunity to reflect on DiAngelo’s talk, to pose further questions, and to articulate their own individual commitments to anti-racism.

Participants are encouraged to read Peggy McIntosh’s seminal anti-racist article, “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” prior to the first session. Both sessions will function as interactive dialogues with opportunities for participants to reflect individually, talk in small groups, and engage in large group discussion.

Maren Oberman is clinical assistant professor at the University of Michigan School of Education. Oberman’s areas of expertise include: anti-oppressive pedagogy; anti-racism in education; cross-racial communication; understanding identity; leadership growth and development, teaching and teacher policy issues; and coaching, mentoring, and instructional leadership. Her goal is to increase the quality and effectiveness of the U.S. K-12 educator force through the development of anti-racist educational practice, self-awareness and reflection, inquiry-based improvement strategies, and strategic collaboration. Maren earned her doctorate in educational leadership (EdLD) at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, including a residency at the central office in the Los Angeles Unified School District. She has served as a K-12 teacher and instructional coach in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Illinois. Maren holds a BA in African-American Studies from Yale University and a master’s in Library Science from Simmons College.

]]>
Class / Instruction Mon, 23 Dec 2019 17:31:18 -0500 2020-02-25T10:00:00-05:00 2020-02-25T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Reads
LHS Collaboratory (February 25, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72208 72208-18035597@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 12:00pm
Location: 1027 E. Huron Building
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

"Value Proposition of Learning Health Systems"
Erik Gordon, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 – 12 pm–1:30 pm
Great Lakes Room, Palmer Commons (Lunch is included)

Professor Gordon's areas of interest are entrepreneurship and technology commercialization, venture capital, private equity, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, the biomedical industry (pharmaceuticals, devices, healthcare big data, and biotechnology), IoT, FinTech, and digital and mobile marketing. He also served on the faculty of University of Michigan Law School. He has served on the faculty and as Associate Dean and Director of the Graduate Division of Business & Management (Carey Business School) at Johns Hopkins University, where he taught in the business and medical schools and at the University of Florida, where he also served as director of the Center for Technology & Science Commercialization Studies and as Director of MBA Programs. He has served as an adviser or co-founder to numerous companies. He is frequently quoted in The New York Times, BusinessWeek, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Reuters and other outlets, is a regular contributor to Marketplace Morning Report (in NPR's Morning Edition), Bloomberg Radio, and appears on PBS's Nightly Business Report. His degrees are in economics and law.
Please register in advance, dlhs-umi.ch/lhs-collaboratory.
Email: LHScollaboratory-info@umich.edu

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Fri, 07 Feb 2020 15:07:52 -0500 2020-02-25T12:00:00-05:00 2020-02-25T13:30:00-05:00 1027 E. Huron Building Department of Learning Health Sciences Lecture / Discussion LHS Collaboratory
Black Art, Politics and Visibility: “Printed” Challenges for the Black Community in Brazil and the US in Times of Totalitarianism (February 25, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72567 72567-18018160@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 4:00pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

This event is part of the *O Menelick 2Ato*: Art, Culture and Society From the Perspective of Contemporary Brazilian Black Press series.

Luciane Ramos Silva and Nabor Jr, editors of the Afro-Brazilian magazine O Menelick 2Ato, will discuss historical and current relations between Brazilian and American black presses. By discussing the dominant aesthetic and poetic regimes of representation, Luciane and Nabor will propose the black arts as a fundamental channel of critical engagement in contexts of social and political cleavage.

Light refreshments will be served. Free and open to the public.

Co-sponsors: Romance Languages and Literatures Department, UM Hatcher Graduate Library, UM Library Mini Grant, Women’s Studies, Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG), Language Resource Center (LRC), Department of History, African Studies Center, Center for Latin-American and Caribbean Studies – Brazil Initiative, Department of Communication and Media, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Feb 2020 15:18:37 -0500 2020-02-25T16:00:00-05:00 2020-02-25T18:00:00-05:00 North Quad Institute for Research on Women and Gender Lecture / Discussion Black Art, Politics and Visibility: “Printed” Challenges for the Black Community in Brazil and the US in Times of Totalitarianism
Building an Interdisciplinary Science on Cultural & Structural Racism (February 26, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70972 70972-17760245@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 10:00am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Interdisciplinary Science on Cultural & Structural Racism
Wednesday, February 26
10am - 6pm
ISR-Thompson 1430

Morning Session
10am - 12:00pm
Creating Diverse, Joyful, and Productive Working Groups

Working Group Lunches
12:30pm - 1:30pm

Afternoon Session
2pm - 4:30pm
Building an Interdisciplinary Science on Racism

Poster Session
4:30pm - 6pm

RacismLab invites you to join in celebrating its five-year anniversary, in conjunction with University-wide MLK 2020 programming, for the 2020 RacismLab Symposium and concurrent Poster Session on Wednesday, February 26.

NETWORKING LUNCH FOR POST-DOCS and FACULTY:
Early-career scholars (i.e., postdocs and assistant professors) are invited to sign up for the networking lunch during the symposium. The networking lunch, led by Dr. Debbie Rivas-Drake, will explore strategies for creating diverse, joyful, and productive research groups. For more information and to sign up for a working lunch roundtable: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSemIZfoohv6CHmg99EFgXlSEvfSQYmAJ4cvUUaVsy80hBCp7g/viewform

If you have any questions or require an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact Anna Massey at abeattie@umich.edu.

]]>
Conference / Symposium Thu, 20 Feb 2020 15:38:30 -0500 2020-02-26T10:00:00-05:00 2020-02-26T18:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Conference / Symposium event flyer
New frontiers: Labor, immigration, and foreign policy (February 26, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72000 72000-17914109@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 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.

This event will be livestreamed. Check back here just before the event for viewing details.

Please join us for a talk with Denis McDonough, former White House Chief of Staff for President Barack Obama in conversation with Associate Professor John Ciorciari, director of the Weiser Diplomacy Center and International Policy Center. McDonough will speak about transforming labor markets and the new economy, as well as leading interagency coordination and crisis responses in the White House.

About the speaker:
Denis McDonough served as White House Chief of Staff for President Barack Obama from February 2013 until January 20, 2017. He managed the White House staff, as well as Cabinet Secretaries and agency leaders. He also advised the President on domestic policy and national security challenges facing the country, management issues facing the federal government, and devised and enforced plans and accountability for performance and goals, maintaining the Obama Administration’s reputation for effective, ethical operation. In the first term of the Obama Administration, he served as Assistant to the President and Principal Deputy National Security Advisor. Throughout the 2008 Presidential campaign, McDonough served as Senior Foreign Policy Advisor for Obama for America. Prior to his eight-year tenure in the White House, McDonough served in senior leadership and policy-making positions in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.
McDonough is currently an Executive Fellow at the University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs, teaching a global policy seminar for graduate and undergraduate students. He also serves as Senior Advisor for Technology and Global Policy for Macro Advisory Partners, as well as Senior Advisor at the Markle Foundation.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Thu, 30 Jan 2020 11:36:58 -0500 2020-02-26T16:00:00-05:00 2020-02-26T17:20:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Denis McDonough
Mohler Prize Lecture (February 26, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70223 70223-17549993@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Department of Astronomy

James Webb Space Telescope: What Happens after the Hubble Space Telescope?

The Hubble Space Telescope has delivered beautiful images and great results for far more years than originally planned. NASA is working on a successor, JWST, which will be launched in 2021. Many technical challenges have had to be overcome to make this telescope a reality. Many of these challenges stem from the large size of JWST and its unique architecture. The science that it promises to deliver ranges from characterizing the atmospheres of planets orbiting other stars to finding the most distant galaxies.

Lecture: Michigan League - Michigan Room (2nd Floor)
Reception Following: Michigan League - Kalamazoo Room (2nd Floor)

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Wed, 11 Dec 2019 14:40:29 -0500 2020-02-26T19:00:00-05:00 2020-02-26T20:00:00-05:00 Michigan League Department of Astronomy Lecture / Discussion Dr. Marcia Rieke
95th Henry Russel Lecture & Reception (February 27, 2020 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73173 73173-18149244@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 27, 2020 4:30pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Office of University Development

This annual event celebrates recipients of the Henry Russel Award, among the highest honor U-M bestows on faculty.

U-M physics professor Stephen Forrest delivers this year's lecture, entitled "Carbon vs Carbon Dioxide: Using Carbon-Based Organic Electronics for a More Sustainable Planet".

Additional honorees: Carrie R. Ferrario (Medical School), Xianzhe Jia (Engineering), Corinna S. Schindler (Literature, Science, and the Arts), Megan E. Tompkins-Stange (Public Policy).

Rackham Amphitheatre, 4th floor. Reception immediately following. Free and open to the public.

For more information, contact the Office of University and Development Events at 734-647-7900.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Thu, 20 Feb 2020 16:07:13 -0500 2020-02-27T16:30:00-05:00 2020-02-27T18:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Office of University Development Lecture / Discussion 2020 Henry Russel Lecturer Stephen R. Forrest
Henry Russel Lecture 2020 | Carbon vs. Carbon Diaoxide: Using Carbon-Based (Organic) Electronics for a More Sustainable Planet (February 27, 2020 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73069 73069-18138327@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 27, 2020 4:30pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Department Colloquia

Professor Forrest is also the
Paul G. Goebel Professor of Engineering
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Professor of Professor of Material Science and Engineering.

Please see more information here: https://record.umich.edu/articles/russel-lecture-fighting-climate-change-with-organic-electronics/

Reception immediately following the lecture.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Wed, 19 Feb 2020 09:59:15 -0500 2020-02-27T16:30:00-05:00 2020-02-27T17:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Department Colloquia Lecture / Discussion Image of Stephen Forrest
Lake Sturgeon: Past, present, and future of an ancient fish (February 27, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71565 71565-17842669@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 27, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Museum of Natural History
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

6:00 p.m. - Hors d’oeuvres reception and gallery visit to Survivor: The long journey of lake sturgeon temporary exhibition with live music performed by an ensemble from the U-M School of Music, Theater, and Dance. Museum of Natural History Lower Level
7:00 p.m. - Panel discussion, Room 1060 Biological Sciences Building

Sturgeon are ancient fishes, tracing their lineage back more than 100 million years. In the Great Lakes system, lake sturgeon are not only the largest indigenous freshwater fishes, they are also important players in complex aquatic food webs. Their remarkable past has given way to a tenuous future as overfishing, habitat loss, and pollution threaten their survival. Today, there is hope in efforts to restore lake sturgeon populations and spawning grounds, as well as in public awareness initiatives that share the cultural and ecological significance of this species. Thanks to the leadership of Michigan Native American Tribes and other organizations, lake sturgeon are beginning to make a comeback. Join a panel of experts as we explore the past, present, and future of this extraordinary endemic fish:

Matt Friedman, Director, U-M Museum of Paleontology and Associate Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Karen Alofs, Assistant Professor, U-M School for Environment and Sustainability
Doug Craven, Director, Natural Resources Department, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians

This program and the temporary exhibition, Survivor: The long journey of lake sturgeon, are offered as part of the LSA Great Lakes Theme Semester, https://lsa.umich.edu/greatlakes.

This event honors the memory of Dr. William R. Farrand, who served as director of the U-M Exhibit Museum of Natural History for seven years (July 1993-June 2000), and who enjoyed a long career as a professor at the University of Michigan’s Department of Geological Sciences. Numerous friends, colleagues, and family members contributed to an endowment fund to ensure that this annual honorary lecture will be offered in perpetuity.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Thu, 30 Jan 2020 15:49:40 -0500 2020-02-27T18:00:00-05:00 2020-02-27T20:00:00-05:00 Museum of Natural History Museum of Natural History Lecture / Discussion Sturgeon
Control of electromagnetic fields for energy applications (February 28, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72340 72340-17974691@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 28, 2020 11:00am
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Abstract

Electromagnetic fields represent a fundamental aspect of nature, and serve as the primary carrier of energy. New abilities to control electromagnetic fields, as enabled for example by the developments of metamaterials and nanophotonic structures, can therefore have profound implications for energy technology. In this talk we will discuss some of our recent efforts in applying the concepts of electromagnetics towards developing new energy technologies, with examples including radiative cooling, and robust dynamic wireless power transfer.

Bio

Shanhui Fan is a Professor of Electrical Engineering, a Professor of Applied Physics (by courtesy), a Senior Fellow of the Precourt Institute for Energy, and the Director of the Edward L. Ginzton Laboratory, at the Stanford University. He received his Ph. D in 1997 in theoretical condensed matter physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His research interests are in fundamental studies of solid state and photonic structures and devices, especially photonic crystals, plasmonics, and meta-materials, and applications of these structures in energy and information technology applications. He has published over 500 refereed journal articles, has given over 350 plenary/keynote/invited talks, and was granted 62 US patents. Prof. Fan received a National Science Foundation Career Award (2002), a David and Lucile Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering (2003), the National Academy of Sciences W. O. Baker Award for Initiative in Research (2007), the Adolph Lomb Medal from the Optical Society of America (2007), and a Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship from the U. S. Department of Defense (2017). He is a Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher in Physics since 2015, a Fellow of the IEEE, the American Physical Society, the Optical Society of America, and the SPIE.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Fri, 31 Jan 2020 14:47:26 -0500 2020-02-28T11:00:00-05:00 2020-02-28T12:00:00-05:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Electrical and Computer Engineering Lecture / Discussion Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Psychology Methods Hour: Outliers Among Us: How to Identify and Deal with Extreme Data Points (February 28, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69619 69619-17368334@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 28, 2020 12:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Department of Psychology

.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Thu, 09 Jan 2020 13:59:40 -0500 2020-02-28T12:00:00-05:00 2020-02-28T13:00:00-05:00 East Hall Department of Psychology Lecture / Discussion Grant
SoConDi Discussion Group (February 28, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72537 72537-18015947@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 28, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

The SoConDi group is both a discussion platform and a study group for students and faculty members who are interested in sociolinguistics, language contact, discourse analysis and related disciplines including linguistic anthropology. Members of the SoConDi group present their work in progress from time to time, and discuss current issues in the disciplines, or study selected readings together.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:55:29 -0500 2020-02-28T15:00:00-05:00 2020-02-28T16:00:00-05:00 Lorch Hall Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion Lorch Hall
Stories Behind the Images (March 2, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71947 71947-17903305@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 2, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Office of the Vice President for Communications

Photographer, cinematographer Corey Rich will speak about his new book, “Stories Behind the Images, Lessons from a Life in Adventure Photography,” during a free lecture on March 2 at 7 p.m. in Robertson Auditorium. Corey will talk about his early days working out of his college dorm room to becoming a Nikon Ambassador and capturing iconic photos of adventure superstars for more than two decades. Corey will also take time to autograph copies of his book. The lecture is sponsored by Nikon and the Office of the Vice President for Communications.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Thu, 23 Jan 2020 11:38:21 -0500 2020-03-02T19:00:00-05:00 2020-03-02T20:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Office of the Vice President for Communications Lecture / Discussion Corey Rich: Stories Behind the Images
Great Lakes Seminar Series (March 3, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73185 73185-18155745@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 3, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR)

Please join us for a Great Lakes Seminar Series presentation!
Date: Tuesday, March 3
Time: 1:00-2:00 pm EDT
Attend In-Person: NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Lake Superior Hall* (Directions)
Attend Remotely: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4302585117583410187

Presenter: Maureen Coleman, University of Chicago
Title: Linking microbial communities and biogeochemistry across the Laurentian Great Lakes

About the presentation: The Laurentian Great Lakes hold 20% of Earth’s surface freshwater and provide essential ecosystem services. Moreover, as an interconnected waterway that spans strong environmental gradients, the Great Lakes represent a unique natural laboratory for understanding how physical, chemical, and biological forces interact to shape microbial communities and biogeochemistry. Here we explore the drivers of microbial diversity and activity across the Great Lakes, using samples collected as part of an ongoing multi-year time series. First we characterized community composition across lakes, depths, seasons, and years. We found that depth and light are strong drivers of community structure in stratified water columns. Across surface waters, we found distinct microbial signatures in each of the Great Lakes, reflecting their biogeochemical variability. To explore metabolic functions, we reconstructed hundreds of microbial genomes and created a microbial tree of life for the Laurentian Great Lakes. We mapped ecological distribution patterns for these genomes and found distinct distributions for taxa and metabolisms across lakes and depths. We focus here on two important groups for ecology and biogeochemistry, the cyanobacteria and nitrifying Bacteria and Archaea. Our work represents the first picture of microbial diversity across the entire Laurentian Great Lakes and is an essential baseline from which to monitor future ecosystem change.

About the speaker: Dr. Coleman is an Assistant Professor in the Department of the Geophysical Sciences at the University of Chicago. She is a microbial ecologist who studies the causes and consequences of microbial diversity in aquatic systems. Currently her lab is busy characterizing microbial communities, genomic diversity, and biogeochemistry across the Laurentian Great Lakes. She is also cultivating new microbial lineages and developing genetic tools to study their biology. She holds an undergraduate degree in biology from Dartmouth College and a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from MIT. She was a postdoc at MIT & Caltech before joining the University of Chicago in 2012.

**Registration is not required to attend in-person, however please note important visitor information below**

Important Visitor Information
All in-person seminar attendees are required to receive a visitor badge from the front desk at the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory facility. Seminar attendees need to present a valid U.S. photo ID or green card. If you are a Foreign National, advance notification of at least 48 hours is needed so that security guidelines are followed. You will need to present your passport (a copy will NOT work). For questions regarding building access, or assistance in obtaining Foreign National clearance, please call 734-741-2394. Email contact: Scott.Purdy@noaa.gov
_____________________________________________________
Questions? Contact Mary Ogdahl: ogdahlm@umich.edu
Visit ciglr.seas.umich.edu for more information.

]]>
Presentation Fri, 21 Feb 2020 16:13:30 -0500 2020-03-03T13:00:00-05:00 2020-03-03T14:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR) Presentation Great Lakes Seminar Series Flyer
Women on a Mission 2.0: Leadership, Citizenship & Advocacy (March 6, 2020 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73597 73597-18267644@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 6, 2020 8:30am
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: CEW+

The free morning keynote will be a conversation with Dr. Joy DeGruy, nationally & internationally renowned researcher, educator, author, & presenter, and Dr. Julianne Malveaux, economist, author, social and political commentator, & businesswoman. They will discuss inclusive citizenship and the role of women as transformative change agents for voting rights, economic policy, prison reform, and access to education.

Please note that the keynote lecture (8:30-10:30am at Hill Auditorium) is open to the general public and no registration is required. However, pre-registration is required to attend the full-day WCTF Career Conference workshops and luncheon.

Click here to view the live stream: https://ummedia01.umnet.umich.edu/cew/cew030620.html

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Thu, 05 Mar 2020 11:45:18 -0500 2020-03-06T08:30:00-05:00 2020-03-06T10:30:00-05:00 Hill Auditorium CEW+ Lecture / Discussion Dr. Joy DeGruy & Dr. Julianne Malveaux
Talk: Meditation and Spiritual Life (March 8, 2020 6:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73450 73450-18236950@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 8, 2020 6:15pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Vedanta Study Circle at University of Michigan

Swami Yogatmananda of Vedanta Society of Providence would be coming to Ann Arbor on March 8 to deliver a talk on 'Meditation & Spiritual Life'. Key details are below.

Topic: Meditation & Spiritual Life

Speaker: Swami Yogatmananda (President of Vedanta Society of Providence, Hindi Religious Affiliate/Chaplain at Brown University and University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth)

About the speaker: Swami Yogatmananda is the current minister-in-charge of Vedanta Society of Providence. The swami was born in India and joined the Ramakrishna Order of monks in 1976 and received his monastic vows in 1986. He came to the US in the summer of 2001. Swami Yogatmananda’s present responsibilities include conducting Sunday services, weekly study classes and organizing spiritual retreats. He is invited to preach Vedanta at various places in the US. He also serves as the Hindu Religious Affiliate at Brown University, Providence and the Hindu Chaplain at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth.

Date: March 08, 2020 (Sunday)

Time: 6:15 PM

Venue: Henderson Room,3rd Floor,Michigan League, 911 N University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Contact: vedanta.a2@gmail.com

All are welcome. No RSVP necessary. Do not miss this opportunity.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Sun, 01 Mar 2020 18:31:19 -0500 2020-03-08T18:15:00-04:00 2020-03-08T19:30:00-04:00 Michigan League Vedanta Study Circle at University of Michigan Lecture / Discussion Event Flier
Chair's Distinguished Seminar: "Dynamical Systems Approaches to Space Traffic Management and Situational Awareness" (March 10, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73747 73747-18311331@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 10, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Prof. Aaron Rosengren
Earth satellite orbits can possess an extraordinarily rich spectrum of dynamical behaviors, from stable resonant configurations to significant chaotic drifts in circumterrestrial phase space throughout their orbital lifetimes. This talk will review these intriguing phenomena and highlight their deeper connections with current aspects of space sustainability, space traffic management, and space situational awareness. One particularly compelling ideology is based on the judicious use of the resulting instabilities to prescribe natural Earth re-entry itineraries to remedy the space debris problem or to navigate the phase space. In this seminar, I will review recent theoretical and numerical investigations on the orbital dynamics of resident space objects, and show how resonances can profoundly affect the behavior of these bodies, in both dissipative and Hamiltonian settings.
This work ties together observation, theory, and simulation, and fosters connections between fields apparently quite different in character and emphasis. I will specifically note its cross-cutting nature and relevance to planetary science, applied dynamical systems theory, planned and proposed spacecraft missions, and satellite constellation design and control.

About the Speaker...
Aaron J. Rosengren is an Assistant Professor in the College of Engineering at the University of Arizona and Affiliate Member of the Interdisciplinary Program in Applied Mathematics, specializing in astrodynamics-based space situational awareness. Prior to joining UA and the SSA-Arizona Initiative in 2017, he spent one year at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece working in the Department of Physics, as part of the European Union H2020 Project ReDSHIFT. He has also served as a member of the EU Asteroid and Space Debris Network, Stardust, working for two years at the Institute of Applied Physics Nello Carrara of the Italian National Research Council. He has authored or co-authored around 20 peer-reviewed journal publications and 60 conference papers and abstracts, reporting research in space situational awareness, orbital debris, celestial mechanics, and planetary science.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Tue, 10 Mar 2020 11:54:51 -0400 2020-03-10T15:00:00-04:00 2020-03-10T16:30:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Lecture / Discussion Areas in Space Traffic Management
People Returning from Prison in Washtenaw County (March 11, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70822 70822-17654653@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Allan Newman is chair of the non-profit, A Brighter Way. Its mission is to help people rebuild their lives after being released from prison in Washtenaw County. He is also Co-Chair of the Michigan Department of Corrections Region 9 Offender Success Program. He will explain the status of reentry in Washtenaw County, what is needed, what is available, and what is missing.

]]>
Class / Instruction Wed, 25 Dec 2019 16:06:51 -0500 2020-03-11T10:00:00-04:00 2020-03-11T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
Martin Luther King Jr. Luncheon Series (March 11, 2020 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73698 73698-18296111@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 11:30am
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Martin Luther King Jr. Luncheon Series

"Civil Rights 3.0. -- What the MLK vision means in the 21st Century, and the central role of engineers and scientists in determining where we go from here."

featuring David Tarver

Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Please RSVP Here: https://forms.gle/wo1x7sQ1tBF1Nga77

11:30 am - 1:00 pm

Johnson Rooms, Lurie Engineering Center (3rd Floor)
The University of Michigan, North Campus

David Tarver currently serves as a lecturer in the U-M Center for Entrepreneurship in Ann Arbor. He is also founder and board president of the Urban Entrepreneurship Initiative. David is a highly successful technology business executive with an incredible entrepreneurial journey and amazing success in corporate R&D, technology business startup, and social impact entrepreneurship.


Free lunch provided by Jerusalem Gardens
Sponsored by Tau Beta Pi
and the
Center for Engineering Diversity and Outreach (CEDO)

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Mon, 09 Mar 2020 16:30:09 -0400 2020-03-11T11:30:00-04:00 2020-03-11T13:00:00-04:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr Tau Beta Pi Lecture / Discussion Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies Seminar Lecture. Yasmine Diaz: One Way or Another (March 11, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73294 73294-18190706@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

In this talk, Los Angeles based artist Yasmine Diaz will speak about her experiences making work as an agnostic feminist of Muslim heritage in a post 9/11 era of xenophobia and anti-Muslim rhetoric. Her talk will center on a her 2017 piece, One Way or Another (college and hand-cut watercolor paper, 18 x 24)

Yasmine navigates overlapping tensions around religion, gender, and third-culture identity using personal archives, found imagery and various media on paper as well as installation. Born and raised in Chicago to parents who immigrated from the highlands of southern Yemen, her mixed media work often reflects personal histories of the opposing cultures she was raised within. She has exhibited and performed at spaces including the Brava Theater in San Francisco, the Torrance Art Museum, Charlie James Gallery, and Station Beirut. Diaz is a 2019 California Community Foundation Visual Artist Fellow with works included in the collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The University of California Los Angeles, and The Poetry Project Space in Berlin. She lives and works in Los Angeles.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Tue, 25 Feb 2020 13:51:51 -0500 2020-03-11T15:00:00-04:00 2020-03-11T16:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Global Islamic Studies Center Lecture / Discussion diaz-yasmine
CANCELED: MIPSE Seminar | Rethinking the Art of Plasma Etch (March 11, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70792 70792-17644317@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 3:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering (MIPSE)

Abstract:
Since the 1970s, the semiconductor industry has fabricated electronic circuits using a plasma based pattern-transfer ap-proach that is remarkably reminiscent of the etching artform used centuries ago. Only now, the patterns are a million times smaller and driven by the wafer fab equipment industry. The most advanced plasma etching technique in production today is called atomic layer etching (ALE) in which a single layer is removed in a cyclic manner. This talk will review the ALE ap-proach in comparison to conventional plasma etching tech-niques, such as Reactive Ion Etching (RIE). As RIE reaches its fifth decade, its drawbacks have become apparent. ALE offers better control by isolating steps in time and switching between the steps in a repeatable cycle. To the extent that an ALE pro-cess behaves ideally – with high ALE synergy and self-limiting behavior – the primary benefit is improved uniformity across all length scales: at the surface, between different aspect rati-os, and across the full wafer. Another benefit that will be high-lighted is the atomic-scale smoothness in topography of the surface left behind after etching. The underlying mechanism and benefits of plasma ALE will be described, providing insight into the plasma science behind the ancient art of etching. Overall, ALE is simpler to understand than conventional plasma etch processing, and is proving to be important as we apply the art of etch at the atomic scale.

About the Speaker:
Richard A. Gottscho is Executive VP, Chief Technology Officer at Lam Research since May 2017. He previously was Executive VP, Global Products Group beginning August 2010; and group VP and general manager, Etch Businesses beginning March 2007. He joined Lam in January 1996 and has held various director and VP roles spanning deposition, etch, and clean products. Prior to joining Lam, he was at Bell Laboratories for 15 years, where he headed research departments in electronics materials, electronics packaging, and flat panel displays. In 2016, Dr. Gottscho was elected to the National Academy of Engineering. He has received several awards, including the AVS Peter Mark Me-morial Award, AVS Plasma Science and Technology Division Prize, the Dry Process Symposium Nishiza-wa Award, and the Tegal Thinker Award. He is a fellow of the APS and AVS. He has authored numerous papers, patents, and lectures, and has served on journal editorial boards and program committees for major conferences in plasma science and engineering. He served as vice-chair of a National Research Council study on plasma science. Dr. Gottscho earned Ph.D. and B.S. degrees in physical chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Pennsylvania State University, respectively.

The seminar will be web-simulcast. To view the simulcast, please follow this link:
https://mipse.my.webex.com/mipse.my/j.php?MTID=m470378ee7563bc37fae0bcbb395a7d98
Meeting number: 624 374 412
Password: MIPSE2019

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Sat, 07 Mar 2020 09:20:03 -0500 2020-03-11T15:30:00-04:00 2020-03-11T16:30:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering (MIPSE) Lecture / Discussion Rick Gottscho
DCMB Weekly Seminar (March 11, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73002 73002-18123077@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 4:00pm
Location:
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Abstract:

In this talk, some major challenges are reviewed of using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to address the needs of medicine and healthcare. These challenges include technical issues such as data-related and/or algorithmic challenges that the use of AI for medicine would present. The speaker then presents some potential solutions in form of novel algorithmic approaches that may at least partially address some of these challenges.

BlueJeans livestream: https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/live-event/rbuvycdc

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Wed, 11 Mar 2020 08:49:28 -0400 2020-03-11T16:00:00-04:00 2020-03-11T17:00:00-04:00 DCMB Seminar Series Lecture / Discussion
Positive Links Speaker Series (March 11, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70345 70345-17586172@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations

Positive Links Speaker Series
Is it Really Better to Give than Receive?
Wayne Baker

Wednesday, March 11, 2020
4:00-5:00 p.m.
This event will only be live web streamed.

Follow the stream here: http://myumi.ch/518e2

Positive Links:
The Positive Links Speaker Series, presented by Michigan Ross’ Center for Positive Organizations, offers inspiring and practical research-based strategies for building organizations that are high performing and bring out the best in its people. Attendees learn from leading positive organizational scholars and connect with our community of academics, students, staff, and leaders.

About the talk:
The greatest barrier to generosity isn't that people are unwilling or unable to help, but that people don't ask for what they need. Requests drive the giving-receiving cycle. Drawing on his new book, All You Have To Do Is Ask, Baker describes the four asking-giving styles, how to assess your style, how to overcome the obstacles to asking, how to make effective requests, and how to figure out who to ask. He will present several tools that individuals, teams, and organizations use to create a robust culture of workplace generosity. In-person attendees will have the opportunity to use the tools in real time.

About Baker:
Wayne Baker is Robert P. Thome Professor of Business Administration and Professor of Management & Organizations at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business. He is also Professor of Sociology at the University of Michigan and Faculty Associate at the Institute for Social Research. He currently serves as Faculty Director of the Center for Positive Organizations.

His teaching and research focus on social capital, social networks, generosity, positive organizational scholarship, and values. His management and leadership articles appear in venues such as Harvard Business Review, Chief Executive Magazine, and Sloan Management Review. His latest book, All You Have To Do Is Ask, will be published in January 2020.

He puts his knowledge into practice as a frequent guest speaker, management consultant, and as an advisor and board member of Give and Take Inc., developers of the Givitas collaborative technology platform.

Prior to joining the Michigan faculty, he was on the faculty at the University of Chicago business school. He earned his PhD in sociology from Northwestern University and was a post-doctoral research fellow at Harvard University.

Host:
Dave Mayer, Jack D. Sparks-Whirlpool Corporation Research Professor

Sponsors:
The Center for Positive Organizations thanks University of Michigan Organizational Learning, Sanger Leadership Center, Tauber Institute for Global Operations, Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, Lisa and David (MBA ‘87) Drews, and Diane (BA ‘73) and Paul (MBA ‘75) Jones for their support of the 2019-20 Positive Links Speaker Series.

]]>
Presentation Tue, 10 Mar 2020 10:22:08 -0400 2020-03-11T16:00:00-04:00 2020-03-11T17:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations Presentation Wayne Baker
VIRTUAL Fifth Annual DISC Distinguished Lecture. American Muslims in the Era of Islamophobia (March 11, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72092 72092-17937820@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Unfortunately, and due to unforeseen circumstances, this Distinguished Lecture will be offered in a virtual format only. Please tune in to the live video feed at:

https://player.cloud.wowza.com/hosted/mpmwp8vk/player.html

The Trump movement has not only brought Islamophobia out into the open, it has brought it into the White House and other centers of American power. In a talk that will draw from his recent book, *Out Of Many Faiths: Religious Diversity and the American Promise*, Eboo Patel will highlight the various ways that American culture and American Muslims are responding to this bigotry. While recognizing the clear challenges of our times, Eboo will draw on Islamic theology, American history and contemporary movements to illuminate a hopeful path forward.

Eboo Patel is the Founder and President of Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC), a non-profit organization that is working to make interfaith cooperation a social norm in America. He is the author of four books and dozens of articles, has spoken on more than 150 campuses, and served on President Obama’s Inaugural Faith Council.

A key figure on issues of religious diversity and democracy, Eboo was named one of America’s Best Leaders by U.S. News & World Report in 2009. He is the author of *Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation*; *Sacred Ground: Pluralism, Prejudice, and the Promise of America*; I*nterfaith Leadership: A Primer*; and *Out of Many Faiths: Religious Diversity and the American Promise*. He also publishes a regular blog for *Inside Higher Ed*, called ‘Conversations on Diversity’.

Eboo holds a doctorate in the sociology of religion from Oxford University, where he studied on a Rhodes scholarship. He has been awarded the Louisville Grawemeyer Prize in Religion, the Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize, the El Hibri Peace Education Prize, the Council of Independent Colleges Academic Leadership Award, along with honorary degrees from 15 colleges.

Eboo lives in Chicago with his wife, Shehnaz, and two young sons. He is a die-hard fan of Notre Dame Football, Wilco, and really good coffee.

Co-sponsors: International Institute, Global Islamic Studies Center, Arab and Muslim American Studies, University of Michigan-Dearborn Center for Arab American Studies, Michigan State University Muslim Studies Program

----------

Each year, the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum (DISC) hosts a Distinguished Lecture featuring a prominent scholar or public figure speaking about issues related to Islamic studies. These events are presented by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the University of Michigan, and the Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC), a member of the International Institute.

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. Contact: digital.islam@umich.edu

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Wed, 11 Mar 2020 09:18:18 -0400 2020-03-11T17:30:00-04:00 2020-03-11T19:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Global Islamic Studies Center Lecture / Discussion Eboo_event
Ken Fischer, Reflections on a Remarkable Career and Visionary Leadership, (March 11, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70586 70586-17609085@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Kellogg Eye Center
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Known in every corner of Ann Arbor for bringing arts into the community, Ken Fischer has made an indelible impact in his 30 years as President of University Musical Society from 1987-2017.

In addition to numerous professional highlights, partnerships, and awards, Ken Fischer has also served the community outside UMS. He has served on many boards of directors, locally, nationally, and internationally. He has won numerous awards for his contributions to improving the quality of life in our city and region. In 2014 Fischer and UMS were presented the National Medal of Arts, the highest award given to artists and arts patrons by the U.S. government. It was presented at a ceremony at the White House by President Barack Obama.

But this is just the beginning. Please join us for a conversation with Ken Fischer and Bev Geltner, as we explore his nurturing spirit, passion, and connection to the arts and learn more about the remarkable visionary leadership of Ken Fischer.

Please note the new start time for this event,

]]>
Class / Instruction Mon, 23 Dec 2019 17:33:49 -0500 2020-03-11T18:00:00-04:00 2020-03-11T19:30:00-04:00 Kellogg Eye Center Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Evening with OLLI
CANCELLED: Our Constitution and Our Children in the Era of Climate Crisis: Juliana v. United States (March 12, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73028 73028-18129604@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 12, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Jeffries Hall
Organized By: Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program

This lecture has been CANCELLED.

Please join us for the latest installment of the Environmental Law & Policy Program Lecture Series. Julia Olson, Executive Director and Chief Legal Counsel of Our Children's Trust, will speak about Juliana v. United States.

This event is free and open to the public.

Julia Olson graduated from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, with a J.D. in 1997. For the first part of her 22-year career, Julia represented grassroots conservation groups working to protect the environment, organic agriculture, and human health. After becoming a mother, and realizing the greatest threat to her children and children everywhere was climate change, she focused her work on representing young people and elevating their voices on the issue that will most determine the quality of their lives and the well-being of all future generations. Julia founded Our Children’s Trust in 2010 to lead this strategic legal campaign on behalf of the world’s youth against governments everywhere. Julia leads Juliana v. the United States, the constitutional climate change case brought by 21 youth against the U.S. government for violating their Fifth Amendment rights to life, liberty, property, and public trust resources. Julia and OCT are recipients of the Rose-Walters Prize for Global Environmental Activism. She received the Kerry Rydberg Award for Environmental Activism in 2017 and is a member of Rachel's Network Circle of Advisors. To rejuvenate, Julia loves being high up in the mountains with her family and her dog or playing tunes on her ukulele with friends.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Mar 2020 09:11:27 -0400 2020-03-12T12:00:00-04:00 2020-03-12T13:00:00-04:00 Jeffries Hall Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program Lecture / Discussion
Chair's Distinguished Lecture: "Dynamic wall-models for large-eddy simulation: towards parameter-free high-fidelity simulation of real-world engineering applications" (March 12, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73748 73748-18311332@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 12, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Dr. H. Jane Bae
The currently available computational power limits the utilization of direct numerical simulation (DNS) in practical engineering flow applications. In recent years, large-eddy simulation (LES) has emerged as a viable high-fidelity tool for such flow problems; however, it suffers from the same computational limitations in the near-wall region. In this talk, I will introduce a new way of modeling the wall in LES to overcome the limitation of the near-wall region. First, the use of the slip boundary condition with transpiration for wall-modeled LES is motivated by theoretic assessment and a priori testing using DNS data. Secondly, a dynamic slip wall model consistent with the constant stress layer in the near-wall region is presented. The dynamic slip wall model is free of any a priori specified coefficients, unlike traditional wall models which are based on RANS models. The results show that the predictions of the mean velocity profile and turbulence intensities from the dynamic slip wall model are in good agreement with DNS and experimental data for a wide range of Reynolds numbers and grid resolutions for canonical turbulent boundary layers.

About the Speaker...
H. Jane Bae is a postdoctoral scholar at the Graduate Aerospace Laboratories at Caltech. She received her Ph.D. in Computational and Mathematical Engineering from Stanford University in 2018. Her main research focuses on computational fluid mechanics, in particular on modeling and control of wall-bounded turbulence using reduced-order modeling and design and implementation of efficient solution methods.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Tue, 10 Mar 2020 12:00:26 -0400 2020-03-12T16:00:00-04:00 2020-03-12T17:30:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Lecture / Discussion Dr. H. Jane Bae
Local Businesses, Global Entrepreneurship: A Journey to Build Impact (March 12, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72926 72926-18094770@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 12, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Jeff T. Blau Hall
Organized By: William Davidson Institute

Juan Carlos Thomas, Director of Entrepreneurship at TechnoServe, a nonprofit organization focused on harnessing the power of the private sector to help people lift themselves out of poverty, will be the next WDI Global Impact Speaker.


Thomas’s talk, “Local Businesses, Global Entrepreneurship: A Journey to Build Impact,” will explore effective ways to support entrepreneurs and small and growing businesses around the world. It is scheduled for 5-6 p.m., March 12 in Room B1560 (Blau Building) at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. The discussion is free and open to the public.

Thomas leads the development and deployment of best practices in the support of entrepreneurs and small and growing businesses in the organization’s projects. Before assuming his current role, he served as TechnoServe’s Chile Country Director. Among his accomplishments in that role, he led the first inclusive business development program in Chile; the first small business accelerator program in Patagonia; several economic development programs in communities surrounding energy and mining projects; and the design of business development methodologies now being used in Latin America and Africa.

Before opening the TechnoServe office in Chile in 2008, Juan Carlos worked in the Corporate Finance and Capital Markets division at Bank Boston Chile. He has lectured on finance, entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship at various universities. Thomas holds an MBA from INSEAD and a bachelor’s degree from Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Fri, 14 Feb 2020 11:35:59 -0500 2020-03-12T17:00:00-04:00 2020-03-12T18:00:00-04:00 Jeff T. Blau Hall William Davidson Institute Lecture / Discussion A restaurant in Colina, Chile. Image courtesy of TechnoServe.
Live Event Canceled - Dr. Alex Dehgan: Hacking in the Sixth Extinction (March 12, 2020 5:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70393 70393-17594440@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 12, 2020 5:10pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Live event canceled: To limit the potential spread of respiratory viruses and safeguard those at highest risk of catching COVID-19, the University of Michigan has canceled all live events with estimated attendance of over 100 people.

As a result, live Penny Stamps Speaker Series events will not take place as scheduled. When possible, our weekly presentations will be available online: video presentations will be announced via email and on the Stamps website (https://stamps.umich.edu/stamps).

Dr. Alex Dehgan’s contributions to the fight against climate change are prolific, solutions-oriented, and built to a global scale. As CEO and co-founder of Conservation X Labs, an innovation and technology start-up focused on conservation, Dehgan and his team apply science, technology, open innovation, design, and engineering to try to end human-induced extinction and address the planet’s biggest environmental challenges. Dehgan holds a PhD and master’s degree from the University of Chicago’s Committee on Evolutionary Biology, and a law degree from the University of California, Hastings. He was chosen as an “Icon of Science” by Seed magazine in 2005, received the World Technology Award for Policy in 2011, and has been recognized through multiple awards from the US Departments of State and Defense, and USAID. In 2013, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) selected Dehgan as one of its 40@40 fellows out of 2,600 AAAS Science Policy Fellows as an individual who has shown “exemplary dedication to applying science to serve society, was a creative, innovative, and collaborative problem solver in addressing global challenges, and was an uncommon ambassador for the role of science and technology.” He is the author of The Snow Leopard Project: And Other Adventures in Warzone Conservation (PublicAffairs, 2019).

This event is supported by the U-M Museum of Natural History and is part of the University of Michigan’s Earth Day at 50 celebration. Learn more: earthday.umich.edu

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Mar 2020 12:15:43 -0400 2020-03-12T17:10:00-04:00 2020-03-12T18:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Lecture / Discussion https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/lectures/Deghan.jpg
[CANCELLED]. Neglected Histories, New Odysseys, and the Cultural Work of Fantasy (March 12, 2020 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73194 73194-18157922@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 12, 2020 6:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

Saladin Ahmed and Ausma Zehanat Khan, award-winning authors of fantasy, comics, science fiction, and crime fiction

A joint collaboration between U-M's Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies and EMU's Journal of Narrative Theory (JNT). Authors Ahmed and Khan will engage in a conversation with one another, the academic community, and the general public about the role of their craft and art in excavating histories and forging new odysseys.

Cosponsor: Journal of Narrative Theory (JNT), Department of English at Eastern Michigan University

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Mar 2020 13:09:01 -0400 2020-03-12T18:30:00-04:00 2020-03-12T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Lecture / Discussion event_poster
CANCELED: CLIFF 2020: (Counter)Narratives of Migration (March 13, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72845 72845-18261079@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 13, 2020 9:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Comparative Literature

This event has been canceled. Plans to postpone are TBD.


CLIFF is an annual conference organized by graduate students in Comparative Literature. This year’s conference theme, “(Counter)Narratives of Migration,” stems from the current migration crises around the globe, but is not restricted to the present moment. Our conference seeks to interrogate the narrativization, visibility, and media surrounding the movement of bodies, ideas and material objects across concrete and abstract boundaries. We will explore circulation in all its forms, through its various manifestations in the arts, critical theory, and new media.

We are very pleased to announce that this year's keynote speaker will be Ariella Azoulay, Professor of Comparative Literature and filmmaker and art curator, currently teaching at Brown University. Azoulay’s work explores visual culture, offering an in-depth critique of contemporary forms of violence, imperialism and body politics. Her films, exhibitions and scholarship address gendered and racial violence, the Israel-Palestine conflict, civil engagement and human rights. We will be screening her film "Un-documented--Unlearning Imperial Plunder" at 4:30 on Friday March 13th at Palmer, Great Lakes South.

As part of the conference, we will also host a graduate student creative reading on Saturday, March 14th from 7:30-9pm at Bar 327 Braun Court.

]]>
Conference / Symposium Wed, 11 Mar 2020 10:22:59 -0400 2020-03-13T09:00:00-04:00 2020-03-13T14:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Comparative Literature Conference / Symposium CLIFF Flyer
U-M Structure Seminar: Ali Kermani, Ph.D. (March 13, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/65712 65712-16629973@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 13, 2020 10:00am
Location: Life Sciences Institute
Organized By: U-M Structural Biology

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Stockbridge Lab
University of Michigan

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Fri, 23 Aug 2019 15:57:06 -0400 2020-03-13T10:00:00-04:00 2020-03-13T11:00:00-04:00 Life Sciences Institute U-M Structural Biology Lecture / Discussion Life Sciences Institute
[CANCELLED]. CSEAS Lecture Series. Regime Change and Continuity in Malaysia (March 13, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70970 70970-17760243@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 13, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

Lily Rahim, Malaysia Chair of Islam in Southeast Asia and Associate Teaching Professor, Georgetown University

Since its historic May 2018 breakthrough election, Malaysia's Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition government has experienced some erosion of public support. The presentation will analyse PH's weakening popularity within the context of its 'catch-22' policy and political conundrum. Simply put, the promised implementation of substantive policy reform, with respect to 'Malay rights', threaten to weaken PH's tenuous relations with the predominantly conservative majority Malay community - susceptible to the fear and racial displacement rhetoric of opposition politicians. At the same time, PH's reluctance to implement substantive institutional and policy reforms have generated disillusionment within its urban, cosmopolitan and middle-class electoral base - key to its electoral breakthrough in 2018 but increasingly wary of the governing coalition's leadership tensions.

Lily Zubaidah Rahim is Associate Teaching Professor and Malaysia Chair of Islam in Southeast Asia at the Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University. She was previously a professor of government and international relations at the University of Sydney, specializing in authoritarian governance, democratization, Southeast Asian Politics, political Islam, and ethic politics. Her books include The Singapore Dilemma: The Political and Educational Marginality of the Malay Community (Oxford University Press 1998/2001; translated to Malay by the Malaysian National Institute for Translation), Singapore in the Malay World: Building and Breaching Regional Bridges (Routledge, 2009), Muslim Secular Democracy (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013), The Politics of Islamism: Diverging Visions and Trajectories (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018) and The Limits of Authoritarian Governance in Singapore’s Developmental State (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019). Her current comparative politics book project focuses on regime change and policy reform in Malaysia, Indonesia and Tunisia.

Lily has published in international journals such as Democratization, Contemporary Politics, Journal of Contemporary Asia, Journal of Comparative and Comparative Politics, Critical Asian Studies and the Australian Journal of International Affairs. Her sole-authored journal article ‘Governing Muslims in Singapore’s Secular Authoritarian State’ was short-listed for the Boyer Prize by the Australian Journal of International Affairs (AJIA). Lily is Vice-President of the Australian Association for Islamic and Muslim Studies (AAIMS) and Co-Convener of the Social Inclusion Network (SIN) at the University of Sydney. She was Convener of the multi-disciplinary ‘Religion, State and Society’ (RSS) Network and President of the Malaysia and Singapore Society of Australia (MASSA).

---
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. Contact: - Jessica Hill Riggs, jessmhil@umich.edu

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Mar 2020 12:32:07 -0400 2020-03-13T12:00:00-04:00 2020-03-13T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Southeast Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
CANCELLED - LACS Event. Utopian Imaginaries: Engaging with the *Fernando Coronil Reader* (March 13, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71607 71607-17844812@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 13, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Unfortunately and due to unforeseen circumstances, this lecture has been cancelled. We hope to reschedule this event in Fall 2020.

In *The Fernando Coronil Reader *(Duke University Press 2019) Venezuelan anthropologist Fernando Coronil challenges us to rethink our approaches to key contemporary epistemological, political, and ethical questions. Consisting of work written between 1991 and 2011, this posthumously published collection includes Coronil's landmark essays “Beyond Occidentalism” and “The Future in Question” as well as two chapters from his unfinished book manuscript, "Crude Matters." Taken together, the essays highlight his deep concern with the Global South, Latin American state formation, theories of nature, empire, and postcolonialism, and anthrohistory as an intellectual and ethical approach. Presenting a cross section of Coronil's oeuvre, this volume cements his legacy as one of the most innovative critical social thinkers of his generation.

Fernando Coronil served as faculty in history and anthropology at the University of Michigan from 1988 to 2008. During his time at the University of Michigan, Professor Coronil served terms as director of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, the Department of Histoy, and the Doctoral Program in Anthropology and History.

This event brings together editors of *The Fernando Coronil Reader* as well as scholars from the University of Michigan whose work has engaged deeply with Coronil’s work. A panel discussion about the development of the reader and its influence on past, present, and future scholarship will be followed by an open Q&A session with the audience. Refreshments will be served.

Invited panelists:
Julie Skurski, CUNY Graduate Center
Edward Murphy, Michigan State University
Javier Sanjinés, University of Michigan
Gavin Arnall, University of Michigan
Geoff Eley, University of Michigan
Peggy Somers, University of Michigan

Co-sponsors:
Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies
History Department
Department of Anthropology
Doctoral Program in Anthropology and History
---
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. Contact: alanarod@umich.edu

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Tue, 10 Mar 2020 15:16:37 -0400 2020-03-13T12:00:00-04:00 2020-03-13T14:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Lecture / Discussion event-image
Cancelled: Dorr Lecture (March 13, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63138 63138-15578789@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 13, 2020 3:30pm
Location: 1100 North University Building
Organized By: Earth and Environmental Sciences

The annual Dorr Lecture is Co-sponsored by the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and the Museum of Paleontology. The topic of the talk is in the field of Sedimentology and/or Paleontology. The event is funded by the John A. Dorr Jr. Memorial Scholarship fund.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Tue, 10 Mar 2020 13:33:37 -0400 2020-03-13T15:30:00-04:00 2020-03-13T16:30:00-04:00 1100 North University Building Earth and Environmental Sciences Lecture / Discussion 1100 North University Building
CANCELED: CLIFF 2020: (Counter)Narratives of Migration (March 13, 2020 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72845 72845-18085916@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 13, 2020 4:30pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Comparative Literature

This event has been canceled. Plans to postpone are TBD.


CLIFF is an annual conference organized by graduate students in Comparative Literature. This year’s conference theme, “(Counter)Narratives of Migration,” stems from the current migration crises around the globe, but is not restricted to the present moment. Our conference seeks to interrogate the narrativization, visibility, and media surrounding the movement of bodies, ideas and material objects across concrete and abstract boundaries. We will explore circulation in all its forms, through its various manifestations in the arts, critical theory, and new media.

We are very pleased to announce that this year's keynote speaker will be Ariella Azoulay, Professor of Comparative Literature and filmmaker and art curator, currently teaching at Brown University. Azoulay’s work explores visual culture, offering an in-depth critique of contemporary forms of violence, imperialism and body politics. Her films, exhibitions and scholarship address gendered and racial violence, the Israel-Palestine conflict, civil engagement and human rights. We will be screening her film "Un-documented--Unlearning Imperial Plunder" at 4:30 on Friday March 13th at Palmer, Great Lakes South.

As part of the conference, we will also host a graduate student creative reading on Saturday, March 14th from 7:30-9pm at Bar 327 Braun Court.

]]>
Conference / Symposium Wed, 11 Mar 2020 10:22:59 -0400 2020-03-13T16:30:00-04:00 2020-03-13T19:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Comparative Literature Conference / Symposium CLIFF Flyer
CANCELED: CLIFF 2020: (Counter)Narratives of Migration (March 14, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73569 73569-18261081@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 14, 2020 9:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Comparative Literature

This event has been canceled. Plans to postpone are TBD.

CLIFF is an annual conference organized by graduate students in Comparative Literature. This year’s conference theme, “(Counter)Narratives of Migration,” stems from the current migration crises around the globe, but is not restricted to the present moment. Our conference seeks to interrogate the narrativization, visibility, and media surrounding the movement of bodies, ideas and material objects across concrete and abstract boundaries. We will explore circulation in all its forms, through its various manifestations in the arts, critical theory, and new media.

We are very pleased to announce that this year's keynote speaker will be Ariella Azoulay, Professor of Comparative Literature and filmmaker and art curator, currently teaching at Brown University. Azoulay’s work explores visual culture, offering an in-depth critique of contemporary forms of violence, imperialism and body politics. Her films, exhibitions and scholarship address gendered and racial violence, the Israel-Palestine conflict,civil engagement and human rights. We will be screening her film "Un-documented--Unlearning Imperial Plunder" at 4:30 on Friday March 13th at Palmer, Great Lakes South.

As part of the conference, we will also host a graduate student creative reading on Saturday, March 14th from 7:30-9pm at Bar 327 Braun Court.

]]>
Conference / Symposium Wed, 11 Mar 2020 10:23:26 -0400 2020-03-14T09:00:00-04:00 2020-03-14T17:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Comparative Literature Conference / Symposium CLIFF Flyer
CANCELED: CLIFF 2020: (Counter)Narratives of Migration (March 14, 2020 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73569 73569-18261082@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 14, 2020 7:30pm
Location:
Organized By: Comparative Literature

This event has been canceled. Plans to postpone are TBD.

CLIFF is an annual conference organized by graduate students in Comparative Literature. This year’s conference theme, “(Counter)Narratives of Migration,” stems from the current migration crises around the globe, but is not restricted to the present moment. Our conference seeks to interrogate the narrativization, visibility, and media surrounding the movement of bodies, ideas and material objects across concrete and abstract boundaries. We will explore circulation in all its forms, through its various manifestations in the arts, critical theory, and new media.

We are very pleased to announce that this year's keynote speaker will be Ariella Azoulay, Professor of Comparative Literature and filmmaker and art curator, currently teaching at Brown University. Azoulay’s work explores visual culture, offering an in-depth critique of contemporary forms of violence, imperialism and body politics. Her films, exhibitions and scholarship address gendered and racial violence, the Israel-Palestine conflict,civil engagement and human rights. We will be screening her film "Un-documented--Unlearning Imperial Plunder" at 4:30 on Friday March 13th at Palmer, Great Lakes South.

As part of the conference, we will also host a graduate student creative reading on Saturday, March 14th from 7:30-9pm at Bar 327 Braun Court.

]]>
Conference / Symposium Wed, 11 Mar 2020 10:23:26 -0400 2020-03-14T19:30:00-04:00 2020-03-14T21:00:00-04:00 Comparative Literature Conference / Symposium CLIFF Flyer
CANCELLED - Brazil Initiative Lecture. Fake News Brazil: How a misinformation Campaign Has Aroused Hatred of Minorities and Negatively Impacted Democracy in Brazil (March 16, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73642 73642-18276411@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 16, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Unfortunately and due to unforeseen circumstances, this lecture has been cancelled. We hope to reschedule this event in Fall 2020.

Jean Wyllys was the first LGBTQ activist to serve in Brazil’s federal congress. His platform focused on human rights, the rights of minorities, and positive policies for social and political inclusion of marginalized communities. A vocal opponent of current President Jair Bolsonaro, since 2018, Wyllys has been in exile and is currently a Visiting Researcher at Hutchins Center, Harvard University. He is continuing his work as a journalist, writer, and human rights advocate, with a focus on LGBTQ+ rights. Previous publications include five books and innumerable articles in a variety of academic and non-academic venues.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Tue, 10 Mar 2020 15:15:55 -0400 2020-03-16T17:00:00-04:00 2020-03-16T19:00:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Lecture / Discussion event_flier-Wyllys_lecture
CANCELED: MIPSE Seminar | Quantum Hydrodynamics and Warm Dense Matter (March 18, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70794 70794-17644319@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 3:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering (MIPSE)

Abstract:
The experimental and computational investigation of both equilibrium and non-equilibrium strongly coupled systems with partially or fully degenerate electrons is an intellectu-ally stimulating and scientifically challenging problem. Warm dense matter (WDM) is of particular interest since it “exists in the lower-temperature portion of the high energy density (HED) regime, under conditions where the assumptions of both condensed-matter theory and ideal-plasma theory break down, and where quantum mechanics, particle correlations, and electric forces are all important.” [FESAC 2009]. Interiors of giant planets, brown dwarfs, and neutron star envelopes are all examples of WDM. A wide variety of theoretical methods have been developed and are in routine use for studying warm dense matter. This includes density functional theory, time-dependent density functional theory, and quantum kinetic theory. Recently, there has been a resurgence in interest in using a “simpler” approach to investigating WDM based on quantum hydrodynamics. Quantum Hydrodynamics (QHD) has a long and interesting history, dating back to the first developments by Madelung and Bohm. In this talk, we discuss the historical and recent developments in QHD as applied to quantum many-body systems relevant to HED regimes. Recent work involving adding a QHD capability to the radiation hydrodynamics code MIRANDA will be discussed with applications to the electron gas.

About the speaker:
Frank Graziani received a BS in physics from Santa Clara U., and a PhD in physics from UCLA. He was a postdoctoral fellow at U. Colorado and U. Minnesota working in cosmology and particle physics; and worked with NASA on exoplanet dynamics and star formation. Dr. Graziani joined Lawrence Livermore National Lab. in 1989 where he works in radiation transport and plasma physics. He has held many leadership positions at LLNL, including code project lead, group leader, V&V Leader, PI for LDRD-Strategic Initiatives, lead for the National Boost Initiative and Assoc. Division Leader for computational physics. He now directs the High Energy Density Sciences Center. He has won four DOE Defense Program Awards of Excellence, the LLNL Director’s S&T Award and is a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff. His research interests include the micro-physics of dense plasmas and HED education. Dr. Graziani is editor of two books on computational methods and a book on WDM physics.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Fri, 13 Mar 2020 10:11:38 -0400 2020-03-18T15:30:00-04:00 2020-03-18T16:30:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering (MIPSE) Lecture / Discussion Frank Graziani
CANCELED Wallace House Presents Recode’s Kara Swisher interviews former Facebook executive Alex Stamos (March 18, 2020 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70104 70104-17530521@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 6:30pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: Wallace House Center for Journalists

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED.

Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple. A handful of tech companies have changed the way we live and built unprecedented industrial bases in the process. Their reach extends far beyond our pocketbooks into privacy, individual liberties, and the fabric of our democracy.

In August 2018, Facebook’s chief security officer Alex Stamos announced he would leave the company following reports of disagreements with other executives over how to address the Russian government’s use of Facebook to interfere with the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Since his departure he’s advocated for the breakup of the tech giant and co-authored the white paper “Securing American Elections: Prescriptions for Enhancing the Integrity and Independence of the 2020 U.S. Presidential Elections and Beyond.”

Do we really understand what we are giving away in exchange for speed and convenience? Do the tech giants understand, or care about, their responsibility in this digital age that they created?

Alex Stamos is the former chief security officer at Facebook and is now director of the Stanford Cyber Policy Center’s Internet Observatory at Stanford University.

Kara Swisher is the co-founder and executive editor of Recode and host of the weekly interview podcast “Recode Decode.” She is also the co-executive editor of Code Conferences, which feature prominent speakers from the digital industry. She is a regular contributor to The New York Times opinion pages and a Livingston Awards national judge.

This event is co-sponsored by Computer Science and Engineering, the College of Engineering, the Center for Social Media Responsibility, ITS and Dissonance at the University of Michigan and Duo Security.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Tue, 10 Mar 2020 17:39:05 -0400 2020-03-18T18:30:00-04:00 2020-03-18T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium Wallace House Center for Journalists Lecture / Discussion Kara Swisher and Alex Stamos
Live Event Canceled - Shaka Senghor: Writing My Wrongs (March 19, 2020 5:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70394 70394-17594441@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 19, 2020 5:10pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Live event canceled: To limit the potential spread of respiratory viruses and safeguard those at highest risk of catching COVID-19, the University of Michigan has canceled all live events with estimated attendance of over 100 people.

As a result, live Penny Stamps Speaker Series events will not take place as scheduled. When possible, our weekly presentations will be available online: video presentations will be announced via email and on the Stamps website (https://stamps.umich.edu/stamps).

Shaka Senghor is a leading voice in criminal justice reform. His memoir, Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison, was released in March 2016 and debuted on The New York Times Best Seller list as well as The Washington Post Best Seller list. Writing My Wrongs chronicles Senghor’s personal experience with the criminal justice system after being sent to prison at age 19 on second-degree murder charges. An unforgettable tale of forgiveness and second chances, Senghor’s book reminds us that our worst deeds don’t define who we are or what we can contribute to the world. Senghor’s story has inspired thousands and serves as a compelling testament to the power of hope, compassion, and unconditional love.

Senghor is the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2016 EBONY Power 100 list and the 2016 NAACP Great Expectations Award. Senghor was also a 2014 TED Prize finalist for The Atonement Project (a program that aims to promote healing and understanding between victims of violence and violent offenders), is a former MIT Media Lab Director’s Fellow, and is a current fellow in the inaugural class of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Community Leadership Network. He shares his story of redemption around the world through his company, Shaka Senghor Inc., dedicated to shifting societal narratives through storytelling with deep social impact.

Supported by the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan, presenting the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners, on view at the Duderstadt Center Gallery March 18–April 1, 2020.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Mar 2020 12:15:44 -0400 2020-03-19T17:10:00-04:00 2020-03-19T18:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Lecture / Discussion https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/lectures/Senghor.jpg
Slave Cooks and Roman Comedy: Resistance in the Kitchen (March 19, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73236 73236-18181848@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 19, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Early Roman comedy, dating to around 200 BC, was written and performed by slaves and poor men for an audience that included slaves and poor people. These writers and actors took the old comic character of the slave cook and did something new, in line with these plays’ general resistance to authority. This talk is illustrated by rarely-seen images of cartoon cooks contemporary with the plays, juxtaposed with modern parallels from cookie jars to South Park’s Chef to Betye Saar’s “Liberation of Aunt Jemima".

Content warning: this talk will include discussion and display of images related to modern slavery and anti-black racism.

Location: Rackham Amphitheater (4th floor)
NB: There are two spots for wheelchair users in the middle of the Amphitheater, using the North Entrance.

March 19th, 5:30pm
Free and open to the public
Reception to follow

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Mon, 24 Feb 2020 13:08:32 -0500 2020-03-19T17:30:00-04:00 2020-03-19T19:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Lecture / Discussion Slave Cooks and Roman Comedy: Resistance in the Kitchen
CANCELED! From Laboratory to Population: Molecular Epidemiology in Action (March 20, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/71052 71052-17768679@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 20, 2020 9:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: MAC-EPID

"Antibiotic use during pregnancy: Too much of a good thing?"
Lixin Zhang, PhD (Assistant Professor, Epidemiology & Biostatistics and Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University)

"Group B streptococcal epidemiology and pathogenesis: A tribute to Carl Marrs’ mentorship"
Shannon Manning, PhD (MSU Foundation Associate Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University)

"Integrating Operational Research to Combat Epidemics: Investigating Ebola Infection among Health Workers in Kenema, Sierra Leone, 2014"
Mikiko Senga, PhD (Disease Outbreak Team Lead, Health Emergencies Programme, World Health Organization, Yemen)

Epidemiology Alumni Reception directly following talks.

Please register for this free symposium since lunch will be provided. Thank you!

]]>
Conference / Symposium Wed, 11 Mar 2020 16:26:18 -0400 2020-03-20T09:00:00-04:00 2020-03-20T16:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) MAC-EPID Conference / Symposium CANCELED Flyer
Climate Law and Policy - From the UN to City Hall (March 20, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70741 70741-17627840@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 20, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Drawing upon her decades working in government and NGOs on global and U.S. climate policy, Professor Jennifer Haverkamp will discuss the state of international climate treaty negotiations and implementation, the effects of U.S. federal regulatory rollbacks and a withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, and how state and local governments are moving forward with their own laws and policies.

Professor Haverkamp, Professor from Practice, University of Michigan Law School; Graham Family Director, University of Michigan Graham Sustainability Institute, was the U.S. State Department’s Ambassador and Special Representative for Environment and Water Resources, directed EDF’s International Climate Program, and served as an Assistant U.S. Trade Representative. She earned a JD from Yale Law School, an MA from Oxford University, and a BA from The College of Wooster.

This is lecture #3 in the five-part series "Facing the Future: The Challenge of Climate Change" which explores how climate change is impacting every corner of our earth, and every aspect of our lives.

]]>
Class / Instruction Mon, 20 Jan 2020 17:37:50 -0500 2020-03-20T10:00:00-04:00 2020-03-20T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Friday Lectures
Cancelled: Smith Lecture (March 20, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63139 63139-15578790@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 20, 2020 3:30pm
Location: 1100 North University Building
Organized By: Earth and Environmental Sciences

Throughout the Fall and Winter terms, the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences hosts the William T. Smith Lecture Series that brings in distinguished speakers from other universities and research institutions.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Tue, 10 Mar 2020 13:37:35 -0400 2020-03-20T15:30:00-04:00 2020-03-20T16:30:00-04:00 1100 North University Building Earth and Environmental Sciences Lecture / Discussion 1100 North University Building
CANCELLED - Annual Distinguished Lecture on Europe. Reinterpreting Violence in Twentieth-Century Spain: A Comparative Perspective (March 23, 2020 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71497 71497-17834210@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 23, 2020 4:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for European Studies

The twentieth century in Spain was exceptionally eventful. Many Spaniards were born during a monarchy, lived through two dictatorships, a republic, and a civil war, and died in a democracy. In this lecture, Professor Casanova will reflect on the main historiographical currents that have guided his research in the last three decades: social history and change, with special emphasis on civil wars and revolutions; comparative historical sociology; and collective violence in the 20th century.

Julián Casanova is professor of contemporary history at the University of Zaragoza and visiting professor at the Central European University. He has authored and co-authored important books on the history of Spain, the Spanish Civil War, and Franco’s Spain which were published, in English, by Routledge, Cambridge University Press, and I.B. Tauris. He is currently completing a new book about collective violence in twentieth-century Europe, to be published in April 2020. In addition to his scholarship, Casanova is a frequent contributor to the Spanish "El País," and serves as a historical consultant in the television and film industry, both in documentaries and TV series and films.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to cesmichigan@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.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Fri, 13 Mar 2020 11:31:18 -0400 2020-03-23T16:30:00-04:00 2020-03-23T18:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for European Studies Lecture / Discussion cassanova_image
CANCELLED - ASC Event. Pan-African Pulp in Five Parts: A Panel Discussion (March 23, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73202 73202-18157929@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 23, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: African Studies Center

Meleko Mokgosi's monumental installation Pan-African Pulp presents a complex and multi-layered reflection on histories of Pan-Africanism, Black Consciousness, and Southern African resistance movements. Made up of five parts, it engages with its audience in various ways, encouraging visitors to access this rich history through the medium of history painting, through popular posters, through comic books, academic literature or stories written in Mokgosi's mother tongue - Setswana. Multiple interpretations and readings are not only possible but are explicitly encouraged by the artist, whose work is saturated with archival research, theory and deep thinking about the history of artmaking and the powerful role artworks have (and continue to have) as sites of resistance and activism.

Taking Pan-African Pulp as their starting point, five different speakers from the University of Michigan and Michigan State University will bring their unique points of view to the table, offering up new and perhaps unexpected interpretations, exploring how one artwork may act as a prism for diverse readings.

The program will take place in the Mokgosi installation on the first floor between the UMMA Shop and Cafe.
Speakers include:

Bénédicte Boisseron, from the U-M Department of Afroamerican and African Studies (DAAS), will respond to the mural examining the complexity of blackness;

Julian Chambliss, Val Berryman Curator of History, MSU Museum, on the historical posters from internationalist and Pan-African movements from around the world;​

Anita Gonzalez, from the U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance, the stories from Setswana oral tradition.

Annette Joseph-Gabriel, from the U-M Department for Romance Languages and Literatures, the 1969 Algiers Pan-African manifesto annotated by the artist;

Randall Scott, from the MSU Comic Art Collection, the large-scale panels inspired by African photo novels of the 1960s and ’70s.

The discussion will be moderated by Laura De Becker, UMMA’s Helmut & Candis Stern Associate Curator of African Art.

This program is organized in partnership with the U-M African Studies Center.

Lead support is provided by Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan African Studies Center and the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Fri, 13 Mar 2020 09:41:58 -0400 2020-03-23T17:30:00-04:00 2020-03-23T19:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art African Studies Center Lecture / Discussion Museum of Art
LHS Collaboratory Webinar "Mobilizing Computable Biomedical Knowledge at Michigan Medicine" (March 24, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72652 72652-18035599@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

Presentation 1:
"Electronic Health Record (EHR)-Integration for Learning Health Systems"

Michael Lanham, MD
Associate Chief Medical Information Officer
Clinical Assistant Professor of Learning Health Sciences
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology; Fertility and Reproductive Health
University of Michigan

Presentation 2:
“Machine Learning Infrastructure in a Learning Health System”

Karandeep Singh, MD, MMSc
Assistant Professor of Learning Health Sciences
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Michigan


Please register in advance, *dlhs-umi.ch/lhs-collaboratory. *
Email: *LHScollaboratory-info@umich.edu*

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Wed, 18 Mar 2020 10:04:19 -0400 2020-03-24T12:00:00-04:00 2020-03-24T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Learning Health Sciences Lecture / Discussion LHS Collaboratory
CANCELED/POSTPONED -- The Mothers of Gynecology: Examining U.S. Slavery and the Making of a Field (March 24, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71643 71643-17851292@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

This event has been canceled/postponed as of 3/12/2020. Please stay tuned for future updates.

Deirdre Cooper Owens is the Linda and Charles Wilson Professor in the History of Medicine and Director of the Humanities in Medicine program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She is an Organization of American Historians’ (OAH) Distinguished Lecturer and has won a number of prestigious honors that range from the University of Virginia’s Carter G. Woodson Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies to serving as an American Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology Fellow in Washington, D.C. Cooper Owens earned her Ph.D. from UCLA in History and wrote an award-winning dissertation while there. A popular public speaker, she has published articles, essays, book chapters, and think pieces on a number of issues that concern African American experiences and reproductive justice. Recently, Cooper Owens finished working with Teaching Tolerance and the Southern Poverty Law Center on a podcast series about how to teach U.S. slavery and Time Magazine listed her as an “acclaimed expert” on U.S. history in its annual “The 25 Moments From American History That Matter Right Now.” Her first book, Medical Bondage: Race, Gender and the Origins of American Gynecology (UGA Press, 2017) won the 2018 Darlene Clark Hine Book Award from the OAH as the best book written in African American women’s and gender history.

Professor Cooper Owens is also the Director of the Program in African American History at the Library Company of Philadelphia, the country’s oldest cultural institution founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1731. She is working on a second book project that examines mental illness during the era of United States slavery and is writing a popular biography of Harriet Tubman that examines her through the lens of disability.

This talk is presented by IRWG's program on Black Feminist Health Studies.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Mar 2020 12:54:45 -0400 2020-03-24T16:00:00-04:00 2020-03-24T17:30:00-04:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Lecture / Discussion photo of Deirdre Cooper-Owens
CANCELED “Online Harassment and the Threat to Democracy” (March 24, 2020 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70106 70106-17532705@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 4:30pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Wallace House Center for Journalists

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED.

Online trolls are targeting journalists with such frequency and intensity that 90 percent of reporters say online harassment has become their biggest safety concern, according to a study by the Committee to Protect Journalists. The perpetrators range from lone-wolf digital stalkers to synchronized armies of online mercenaries set in motion by political actors. They have turned social media platforms into battlefields filled with verbal weaponry meant to intimidate and silence journalists. The threats toward female journalists are particularly vicious and dangerous. A recent study by the International Women Media Foundation found that online harassment has prompted many women journalists to consider leaving the profession.

What can be done to track and counter the hate?

Wallace House Presents a conversation with Rana Ayyub, award-winning investigative journalist based in Mumbai, Elodie Vialle, a Knight-Wallace Fellow and authority on internet harassment and attacks against female journalists and Jason Reich, Vice President of Corporate Security for The New York Times Company. Roya Ensafi, founder of Censored Planet and assistant professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan, will serve as moderator.

About the Speakers
Rana Ayyub is an award-winning investigative journalist based in Mumbai. A political writer and an important voice from South Asia, she is a Global Opinions contributor to the Washington Post. Her work has appeared in the The New York Times, Guardian and Foreign Policy among other publications. She has reported on religious violence, insurgency and extrajudicial killings by the state. She is author of the “Gujarat Files: Anatomy of a Cover-Up,” an undercover investigation which exposes the complicity of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in state-sponsored killings. Time magazine this year listed her among ten global journalists facing the most urgent threats to their work, freedom and safety.

Elodie Vialle is a Knight-Wallace Fellow at the University of Michigan, where she is studying methods and best practices for countering online attacks of female journalists. She was previously the Head of the Technology desk at Reporters without Borders. Her work focused on topics such as online censorship, surveillance, disinformation and the impact of artificial intelligence on freedom of information and internet governance. She has worked as an advisor for media outlets around the world, helping them to improve news coverage through the use of new technologies.

Jason Reich is Vice President of Corporate Security for The New York Times Company. He is responsible for the development and enforcement of all safety and security plans for employees and facilities while serving as the company’s internal expert on all security matters. He joined The Times from BuzzFeed, Inc. where he served as Director of Global Security since 2015. Prior to BuzzFeed, Jason was the founder and managing director of Collective Security Project, a team of crisis response experts, based in the United Kingdom, Turkey and the U.S., who were contracted to protect journalists, aid workers and N.G.O’s in challenging environments. Jason is a founding board member at the ACOS Alliance, and is a passionate advocate for freelance journalist safety worldwide.

Moderator: Roya Ensafi is an assistant professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on security and privacy, with an emphasis on designing techniques and systems to protect users from adversarial networks. She founded and directs Censored Planet research lab at the University of Michigan that investigates different types of privacy and security violations on the internet.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Mar 2020 13:04:45 -0400 2020-03-24T16:30:00-04:00 2020-03-24T18:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Wallace House Center for Journalists Lecture / Discussion Eisendrath Symposium
[POSTPONED] "How the War of 1812 Changed American Cartography" (March 24, 2020 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72731 72731-18068368@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 6:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

*** Update 3/10/20: This lecture has been postponed. It will be rescheduled at a later date. ***

Taking its cue from John Melish’s polemical 1814 title, The Sine Qua Non: a Map of the United States—which ambitiously claimed his map to be indispensable to the point that without it “there is nothing”—this lecture explores the way in which two national crises—the War of 1812 and the Panic of 1819—changed the map industry in the United States and the very design of American maps. Using the career of John Melish as its narrative thread, the talk delves into the politics, economics, and optics of American cartography between 1810 and 1820. Tapping source materials that range from newspapers and account books, to showrooms and eye-popping map designs, it examines the roots of nineteenth-century American map production.

What started out as local rivalries between mapmakers during the War of 1812, quickly made headlines in the news (and in the courts) when cartographers not only challenged existing business models and the way in which maps were consumed, but the very look of maps. The fallout was profound: as established mapmakers, like Samuel Lewis or Abraham Bradley, were quickly eclipsed by a new cohort of ambitious cartographers, it was upstarts like Melish—a total novice in all things cartographic—who not only managed to launch a national brand, but generated maps that would influence the nation’s education and public sphere in new and spectacular ways.

Martin Brückner serves as the Interim Director of the University of Delaware’s Winterthur Program in American Material Culture, as the Co-Director of the Center for Material Culture Studies (CMCS), and as professor in the English department at UD. He earned his M.A. from the Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz in American Studies and Cultural Geography in his native Germany, and his Ph.D. in English and American Literature from Brandeis University in the United States.

A Michigan Map Society sponsored lecture presented in collaboration with the Stephen S. Clark Library.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Tue, 10 Mar 2020 16:09:43 -0400 2020-03-24T18:30:00-04:00 2020-03-24T19:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business William L. Clements Library Lecture / Discussion Map of the seat of war in North America / J. Melish, del.
OS Guest Speaker - VIRTUAL (March 25, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73393 73393-18214937@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Organizational Studies Program (OS)

Jonathan is an entrepreneur, UM alum, and favorite guest speaker in prior terms of OS 201. He will both be sharing his leadership journey as well as have time set aside to answer your questions.

Take a look at his bio for some background on him to help you think about what questions you might want to ask him. BlueJeans connection info is below that.

Jonathan Carson bio: https://www.stretto.com/our-experts/jonathan-carson/

BlueJeans Event Connection Info

Meeting ID: vxzpasyf
Web Browser: https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/live-event/vxzpasyf
Phone: (415) 466-7000 PIN: 1186221 #
Joining via phone from outside the US? See Global Numbers

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Thu, 19 Mar 2020 14:26:58 -0400 2020-03-25T10:00:00-04:00 2020-03-25T11:20:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Organizational Studies Program (OS) Lecture / Discussion Jonathan Carson Bio pic
Zhen Xu, PhD: Histotripsy Webinar (March 25, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73931 73931-18426654@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

NOTICE: This will be held online. Click the link below to register.

https://fusfoundation.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Hj_R2DMOT8SlOAp0WRLV3A

Oftentimes when we think of focused ultrasound, we imagine using it to heat and kill tissue. Unlike thermal ablation, histotripsy uses focused ultrasound to mechanically disrupt the target tissue without heating. Histotripsy turns the tissue into liquid-appearing acellular debris – which is absorbed by the body over one to two months – resulting in effective tissue removal.

Histotripsy has been shown to stimulate a powerful immune response in cancer treatment studies. In the treatment of neurological diseases, transcranial histotripsy can produce well-confined focal treatment in a wide range of locations and volumes in the brain, offering the potential to increase the treatment envelope while decreasing treatment time.

Please register to join us at 10:00 AM Eastern on Wednesday, March 25, when Zhen Xu, PhD, will discuss the basic mechanism, instrumentation, bioeffects, and applications of histotripsy. She will also cover the latest preclinical and clinical trial results of developing histotripsy for the treatment of cancer and neurological diseases.

About the Speaker

Zhen Xu, PhD, is a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan and a primary inventor and pioneer in histotripsy.

She has received many notable awards, including:
IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society Outstanding Paper Award (2006)
American Heart Association Outstanding Research in Pediatric Cardiology (2010)
National Institutes of Health (NIH) New Investigator Award at the First National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) Edward C. Nagy New Investigator Symposium (2011)
The Federic Lizzi Early Career Award from The International Society of Therapeutic Ultrasound (ISTU) (2015)
Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (2019)
Dr. Xu is currently an associate editor for three notable journals: IEEE Transactions on Ultrasound, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control (UFFC); Frontiers in Bioengineering; and BME Frontiers. She is an elected board member of ISTU, a charter member of the US NIH study section, and a principal investigator of grants funded by the Focused Ultrasound Foundation, NIH, American Cancer Association, Office of Naval Research, The Hartwell Foundation, and The Coulter Foundation.

She received her PhD from the University of Michigan in 2005.

]]>
Livestream / Virtual Mon, 23 Mar 2020 14:42:17 -0400 2020-03-25T10:00:00-04:00 2020-03-25T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Biomedical Engineering Livestream / Virtual BME Logo
Come for the Food, Stay for the People: Using Culinary Tours to Promote Cross-Cultural Communication & Sustainable Tourism (March 25, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73068 73068-18138326@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: William Davidson Institute

Culinary travel has been a steadily growing tourism sector over the last decade. Tourists are increasingly traveling for food, letting where they eat determine how and where they travel. As a result, for cities and countries looking to promote themselves, culinary tourism has become an essential and powerful branding element. But can this kind of travel be about more than simply food?

This session will explore how Culinary Backstreets, a leading provider of food tours that operates in a dozen different cities around the world, uses food-oriented travel to promote cross-cultural communication and sustainable tourism – and, ultimately, more impactful experiences.

Yigal Schleifer is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Culinary Backstreets. Created in 2012, Culinary Backstreets covers the local and traditional food scene and offers immersive small group culinary walks in a dozen cities around the world. Between 2002 and 2010, Yigal was based in Istanbul, where he worked as a correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor and the German Press Agency (dpa). While in Istanbul he also co-founded Istanbul Eats (istanbuleats.com), an award-winning blog about Istanbul’s local food scene, and co-wrote a guidebook of the same name. He also launched "Istanbul Calling," a blog about Turkish foreign and domestic affairs.

Yigal’s work has also appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Foreign Policy, Ha’aretz, the Times (London) and several other publications.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Wed, 19 Feb 2020 08:59:06 -0500 2020-03-25T17:00:00-04:00 2020-03-25T18:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business William Davidson Institute Lecture / Discussion Yigal Schleifer
Livestream: Workshop on Variational Bayes Presented by Tamara Broderick, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (March 26, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73937 73937-18432935@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 26, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Statistics

Abstract:

Bayesian methods exhibit a number of desirable properties for modern data analysis---including (1) coherent quantification of uncertainty, (2) a modular modeling framework able to capture complex phenomena, (3) the ability to incorporate prior information from an expert source, and (4) interpretability. In practice, though, Bayesian inference necessitates approximation of a high-dimensional integral, and some traditional algorithms for this purpose can be slow---notably at data scales of current interest. The tutorial will cover the foundations of some modern tools for fast, approximate Bayesian inference at scale. One increasingly popular framework is provided by "variational Bayes" (VB), which formulates Bayesian inference as an optimization problem. We will examine key benefits and pitfalls of using VB in practice, with a focus on the widespread "mean-field variational Bayes" (MFVB) subtype. We will highlight properties that anyone working with VB, from the data analyst to the theoretician, should be aware of. And we will discuss a number of open challenges.

This workshop is open to all and will be livestreamed at
https://umich.zoom.us/j/610377170
Problems? Email stat-phd-council-seminar+streaming@umich.edu

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Tue, 24 Mar 2020 11:47:41 -0400 2020-03-26T09:00:00-04:00 2020-03-26T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Statistics Lecture / Discussion Workshop Flyer
Live Event Canceled - Martha Colburn: Rip it Up (March 26, 2020 5:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70395 70395-17594442@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 26, 2020 5:10pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Live event canceled: To limit the potential spread of respiratory viruses and safeguard those at highest risk of catching COVID-19, the University of Michigan has canceled all live events with estimated attendance of over 100 people.

As a result, live Penny Stamps Speaker Series events will not take place as scheduled. When possible, our weekly presentations will be available online: video presentations will be announced via email and on the Stamps website (https://stamps.umich.edu/stamps).

Filmmaker, artist, and animator Martha Colburn’s films examine the complex dynamics of contemporary life, politics, and society. Colburn works for years on a single project, and her films result from intensive research and meticulously rendered stop-motion animations. Through photography, collage, painting, and puppetry, Colburn uses handmade aesthetics to create touching, personal, and unforgettable narratives. Her film Metamorfoza was included in the 2017 B3 Biennale of the Moving Image in Frankfurt, Germany. Colburn is a Creative Capital grant recipient for Western Wild…or how I found Wanderlust and met Old Shatterhand, a densely textured documentary about the making of a film about the famed German author Karl May. She is a frequent featured artist at the Sundance Film Festival, where she initiated the “New Frontiers” film and video installation program in 2007 with her film Meet Me in Wichita. Colburn was also a featured artist at the opening of the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, with a live performance of films and music. Her work is in the collections at MOMA and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and her film Triumph of the Wild is permanently on show at the Military History Museum in Dresden, Germany.

Co-presented with the Ann Arbor Film Festival.

 

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Mar 2020 12:15:44 -0400 2020-03-26T17:10:00-04:00 2020-03-26T18:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Lecture / Discussion https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/lectures/Colburn.jpg
CANCELLED Psychology Methods Hour: Methods for Studying Social Media in the Psychological Sciences (March 27, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69621 69621-17368336@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 27, 2020 12:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Department of Psychology

This event has been cancelled.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Mon, 16 Mar 2020 10:35:40 -0400 2020-03-27T12:00:00-04:00 2020-03-27T13:00:00-04:00 East Hall Department of Psychology Lecture / Discussion Chandhok
SoConDi Discussion Group (March 27, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72538 72538-18015948@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 27, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

The SoConDi group is both a discussion platform and a study group for students and faculty members who are interested in sociolinguistics, language contact, discourse analysis and related disciplines including linguistic anthropology. Members of the SoConDi group present their work in progress from time to time, and discuss current issues in the disciplines, or study selected readings together.

]]>
Livestream / Virtual Mon, 23 Mar 2020 10:58:20 -0400 2020-03-27T15:00:00-04:00 2020-03-27T15:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Linguistics Livestream / Virtual
Cancelled: Smith Lecture (March 27, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63140 63140-15578791@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 27, 2020 3:30pm
Location: 1100 North University Building
Organized By: Earth and Environmental Sciences

Throughout the Fall and Winter terms, the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences hosts the William T. Smith Lecture Series that brings in distinguished speakers from other universities and research institutions.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Wed, 11 Mar 2020 16:23:09 -0400 2020-03-27T15:30:00-04:00 2020-03-27T16:30:00-04:00 1100 North University Building Earth and Environmental Sciences Lecture / Discussion 1100 North University Building
CANCELLED - Abdul El-Sayed Lecture & Book Signing (March 29, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73277 73277-18188505@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 29, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Power Center for the Performing Arts
Organized By: Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF)

The campus and Ann Arbor communities are invited to join us for a public lecture and book signing! Public health doctor and activist Dr. Abdul El-Sayed is returning to his alma mater for a special event with the LSA Honors Program, where Dr. El-Sayed will serve as the Fall 2020 DeRoy Professor. El-Sayed who began his undergraduate career with the LSA Honors Program, was the 2008 U-M Commencement student speaker and a 2009 Rhodes Scholar, among other notable achievements.

His forthcoming book, "Healing Politics: A Doctor’s Journey into Heart of our Political Epidemic," diagnoses our country’s “epidemic of insecurity” and the empathy policy we’ll need to treat it.

“Healing Politics is a token of appreciation for this state and its people, who taught me so much over the past several years. I hope it captures the challenges we face—and the hope I’ve seen in the least likely places,” said El-Sayed. “These are the insights I hope to bring to the classroom as the DeRoy Professor at the LSA Honors Program next fall. I’m excited to be back on campus, where, in many ways, the intellectual roots of this book took shape when I was a student.”

The LSA Honors DeRoy Visiting Professorship was endowed by the Helen L. DeRoy Foundation in 1981 to make it possible for students to study with distinguished persons in business, government, labor, law, and various scholarly disciplines. Former DeRoy Professors include poet and critic Carmen Bugan and French economist Jacques Mistral.

This event is hosted in partnership with U-M LSA Honors Program; Office of National Scholarships and Fellowships; The Phi Beta Kappa Society, Alpha of Michigan Chapter; School for Environment and Sustainability; Ford School of Public Policy; School of Public Health; School of Social Work.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Tue, 17 Mar 2020 16:09:17 -0400 2020-03-29T14:00:00-04:00 2020-03-29T17:00:00-04:00 Power Center for the Performing Arts Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF) Lecture / Discussion Event poster
The Beattie Family Seminar Series in Combat Casualty Care (March 30, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71949 71949-17903307@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 30, 2020 3:00pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 10
Organized By: Michigan Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care (MCIRCC)

Carol Ann Fausone graduated from the University of Michigan School of Nursing in 1975. General Fausone served her country for 36 years retiring in 2011. From 2003-2011 she served as the Assistant Adjutant General of Veterans Affairs, for the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, State of Michigan advocating for Veterans. From 2001-2005, General Fausone served as the Assistant for Mobilization and Reserve Affairs working directly with the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Force Health Protection and Readiness. Serving in this capacity, she assisted in developing and implementing programs, policy, and operations for Reserve Affairs.

Carol Ann continues serving by “Taking Care of Our American Heroes and their Families” to obtain the benefits they deserve at Legal Help for Veterans.

DETAILS & REGISTRATION:
http://bit.ly/CarolAnnFausone

]]>
Workshop / Seminar Thu, 23 Jan 2020 12:01:20 -0500 2020-03-30T15:00:00-04:00 2020-03-30T16:00:00-04:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 10 Michigan Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care (MCIRCC) Workshop / Seminar The Beattie Family Seminar Series in Combat Casualty Care with Brigadier General Carol Ann Fausone (ret) Flyer
The Use of Medieval Mythology in Current Political Culture and Propaganda with Martin Shichtman (March 31, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70338 70338-17584113@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 31, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Professor Shichtman studies the ways by which medieval symbols have been embraced by political movements to represent uncorrupted purity. What’s different about recent evocations of knightly signage is their visibility on the Internet where they have become weaponized to attract members and demean enemies.

The goal of the lecture is first to discuss symbols in the medieval period. The professor will then discuss how such symbols have resurfaced in the Nazi era and in the contemporary environment to serve the political and propaganda goals of various movements.

Dr. Martin B. Shichtman is Director of the Center for Jewish Studies and Professor of English Language and Literature at Eastern Michigan University. He has been a fellow at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and at Brandeis University’s Schusterman Institute for Israel Studies. Dr. Shichtman has co-authored two books, co-edited two collections, and published more than forty scholarly articles. He has presented more than 100 papers at international, national, and regional conferences. He is the recipient of EMU’s Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching and the Eastern Michigan University Alumni Association Award for Teaching Excellence.

]]>
Class / Instruction Mon, 23 Dec 2019 17:36:13 -0500 2020-03-31T10:00:00-04:00 2020-03-31T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Special Event
CANCELLED - Calderón y el deporte sacramental: *la Loa del juego de la pelota* (March 31, 2020 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73590 73590-18267637@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 31, 2020 4:30pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS)

Spanish playwright Calderón de la Barca (1600-1681) used the *juego de la pelota (Jeu de paume)* as a very effective strategy to explain the doctrinal essence of his auto sacramental *La cura y la enfermedad.* His aim was to capture the audience's attention and to persuade the less pious spectators with a brief introductory piece on a very appealing pastime. The lecture examines the social, doctrinal and courtly values of this little-known *Loa.*

Co-sponsored by Medieval and Early Modern Studies.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Mar 2020 09:16:01 -0400 2020-03-31T16:30:00-04:00 2020-03-31T18:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) Lecture / Discussion Calderón y el deporte sacramental
The Kit House in Ann Arbor (March 31, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72947 72947-18096976@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 31, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

In conjunction with the Buying Home / Selling America exhibit in the Clark Library, Andrew and Wendy Mutch will speak about kit houses in Ann Arbor.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Fri, 14 Feb 2020 13:35:45 -0500 2020-03-31T19:00:00-04:00 2020-03-31T20:30:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Lecture / Discussion Hatcher Graduate Library
CANCELED: MIPSE Seminar | Journey to the Sun (April 1, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70795 70795-17644320@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 1, 2020 3:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering (MIPSE)

Abstract:
NASA Heliophysics research studies a vast system stretching from the Sun to Earth to far beyond the edge of the planets. Studying this system – much of it driven by the Sun’s constant outpouring of solar wind – not only helps us understand fundamental infor-mation about how the universe works, but also helps protect our technology and astronauts in space. NASA seeks knowledge of near-Earth space, because, when extreme, space weather can interfere with our com-munications, satellites and power grids. The study of the Sun and space can also teach us more about how stars contribute to the habitability of planets through-out the universe.
Mapping out this interconnected system requires a holistic study of the Sun’s influence on space, Earth and other planets. NASA has a fleet of spacecraft stra-tegically placed throughout our heliosphere – from Parker Solar Probe at the Sun observing the very start of the solar wind, to satellites around Earth, to the far-thest human-made object, Voyager, which is sending back observations on interstellar space. Each mission is positioned at a critical, well-thought out vantage point to observe and understand the flow of energy and particles throughout the solar system, and all helping us untagle the effects of the star we live with.

About the speaker:
Dr. Nicola Fox is the Heliophysics Division Director in the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. Until August 2018, Dr. Fox worked at the Applied Physics Lab at the Johns Hopkins University where she was the Chief Scientist for Heliophysics and the project scientist for NASA’s Parker Solar Probe. Dr. Fox served as the deputy project scientist for the Van Allen Probes, and the operations scientist for the International Solar Terrestrial Physics program. Fox received her BS in Physics and PhD in Space and Atmospheric Physics from the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine in London. She received an MS in Telematics and Satellite Communications from the University of Surrey.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Wed, 18 Mar 2020 10:22:50 -0400 2020-04-01T15:30:00-04:00 2020-04-01T16:30:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering (MIPSE) Lecture / Discussion Nicola Fox
Live Event Canceled - Abigail DeVille: Only When It’s Dark Enough Can You See the Stars (April 1, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70396 70396-17594443@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 1, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Live event canceled: To limit the potential spread of respiratory viruses and safeguard those at highest risk of catching COVID-19, the University of Michigan has canceled all live events with estimated attendance of over 100 people.

As a result, live Penny Stamps Speaker Series events will not take place as scheduled. When possible, our weekly presentations will be available online: video presentations will be announced via email and on the Stamps website (https://stamps.umich.edu/stamps).

New York-based artist Abigail DeVille creates immersive works and installations designed to bring attention to forgotten stories, such as with the sculpture she built on the site of a former African American burial ground in Harlem. With family roots reaching back at least two generations, DeVille’s work about New York City is both personal and political. Acting as an archaeologist, DeVille collects and reallocates found materials to give physical presence to unspoken stories and forgotten pasts. Her work often focuses around themes of displacement, migration, marginalization, and cultural invisibility. As an extension of her installation practice, DeVille also designs sets for theatrical productions, including the Stratford Festival in Canada and Harlem Stage. Her work is part of some of the most prestigious collections in the world and has been exhibited internationally, including at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York; the Pinchuk Art Centre in Ukraine; the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York; and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. An honors fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard, a Creative Capital grantee, and an OBIE Award for Design recipient, DeVille is currently in residence at the American Academy in Rome.

Co-presented with the U-M Institute for Humanities, presenting No Space Hidden (Under Heaven), an exhibition of work by Abigail DeVille, on view at the IH Gallery April 1–May 7, 2020. There will be an exhibition reception at the IH Gallery following this event. Additional support for this speaker series event from the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA).

 

]]>
Auditions Thu, 12 Mar 2020 12:15:45 -0400 2020-04-01T17:30:00-04:00 2020-04-01T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Auditions https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/lectures/Deville.jpg
[POSTPONED] Deep Regionalism: Discovering Great Lakes Literature (April 1, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73425 73425-18217169@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 1, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

*** Update 3/11/20: This event has been postponed. It will be rescheduled at a later date. ***

The French, English, and American literatures of the Great Lakes begin in the sixteenth century. The American continues into the present. Native literatures, in several languages from three major language families, are far older and continue as well. These are true maritime literatures that are too frequently described as Midwestern, but have nothing to do with farming and little to do with cities except as ports.

Lakes literatures are international, multi-cultural, and multi-lingual because the lakes have always been a commercial highway, used for resource extraction and commodity handling by several Native nations and three countries. They were the site of the first métis culture in North America. Their ease of access allowed earlier women writers to experience the frontier without the difficulties and dangers inherent in a trip to the far west, while 19th and 20th century commercial traffic provided work for women in lighthouses and on ships. Their shared border with Canada allowed them to be a vital link in the Underground Railroad, and their maritime traditions of craft skill provided jobs for people of color when remunerative work on shore was closed to them. Lakes literature is a record of lives on the lakes over centuries, tracing war, industrialization, environmental degradation, and recovery.

This lecture is part of the Clements Library's Randolph G. Adams Lecture Series and is co-sponsored by the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Great Lakes Theme Semester. Victoria Brehm, PhD, is an author and researcher of Great Lakes literary and cultural history. She recently was awarded the Patrick Labadie Award for Historic Preservation from the Association for Great Lakes Maritime History in recognition of her many years of making neglected and unknown texts about the lakes available to readers.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Wed, 11 Mar 2020 12:18:09 -0400 2020-04-01T18:00:00-04:00 2020-04-01T19:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business William L. Clements Library Lecture / Discussion Map Detail of the Great Lakes (1755) - William L. Clements Library
[CANCELLED]. CSEAS Lecture Series. Islamizing a Sacred Hindu-Javanese Text: The Story of Jimat Kalimasada in Javanese Wayang Puppet Play (April 3, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70971 70971-17760244@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 3, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

Sumarsam, Winslow-Kaplan Professor of Music, Wesleyan University

Before the arrival of Islam, Javanese people had lived in Hindu–Javanese hybrid culture. The Islamization of Java has given rise to not only the expansion of different groups of people with diverse syncretistic religion and culture, but also rich variations in the content and context of Java-Islamic cultural performance genres and ideologies. Believing in the performing arts as one of the major venues for the blending of beliefs and practices, my presentation discusses a particular wayang story, Jimat Kalimasada, to show the complex processes of religious and cultural transformation from Hindu-Javanese to Islam-Javanese world of view.

Sumarsam has played Javanese gamelan since childhood. He is also a keen amateur dhalang (puppeteer) of wayang puppet play. He holds a BA degree from Akademi Seni Karawitan Indonesia, MA from Wesleyan, and PhD from Cornell. Currently holding the status of Winslow-Kaplan Professor of Music, he has taught at Wesleyan since 1972. His research on the history, theory, and performance practice of gamelan and wayang, and on Indonesia-Western encounter theme has resulted the publication of numerous articles and two books: Gamelan: Cultural Interaction and Musical Development in Central Java (1995) and Javanese Gamelan and the West (2013).

Sumarsam's recent research focuses on the intersections between religion and performing arts, examining discourses of transculturalism, the performing arts, and Islam among the Javanese. He is the recipient of a number of fellowship grants and awards, including the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Council of Learned Societies fellowship (2016-17), Indonesian Bintang Satyalencana Cultural Award (2017), the International Gamelan Festival Literacy Award (2018), and Yale Institute of Sacred Music Fellowship (2019-20). He was recently named the 2018 honorary membership of the Society for Ethnomusicology.

---
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. Contact:- Jessica Hill Riggs, jessmhil@umich.edu

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Mar 2020 12:31:00 -0400 2020-04-03T12:00:00-04:00 2020-04-03T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Southeast Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
Cancelled: Smith Lecture (April 3, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63142 63142-15578793@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 3, 2020 3:30pm
Location: 1100 North University Building
Organized By: Earth and Environmental Sciences

Throughout the Fall and Winter terms, the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences hosts the William T. Smith Lecture Series that brings in distinguished speakers from other universities and research institutions.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Wed, 11 Mar 2020 16:23:44 -0400 2020-04-03T15:30:00-04:00 2020-04-03T16:30:00-04:00 1100 North University Building Earth and Environmental Sciences Lecture / Discussion 1100 North University Building
School of Nursing Research Day (April 6, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/71416 71416-17825626@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 6, 2020 8:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: School of Nursing

Contact: UMSNResearchDayInfo@umich.edu

The event includes poster sessions, a panel discussion, and the Suzanne H. Brouse Lecture featuring Victoria L. Champion, Ph.D., RN, FAAN (IUPUI School of Nursing). The Brouse Lecture is made possible through generous donation by Suzanne H. Brouse, Ph.D., RN, who received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Michigan in 1958.

]]>
Conference / Symposium Tue, 14 Jan 2020 08:42:22 -0500 2020-04-06T08:00:00-04:00 2020-04-06T14:00:00-04:00 Michigan League School of Nursing Conference / Symposium
CANCELLED: Raoul Wallenberg Lecture: Marina Tabassum (April 6, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70922 70922-18543390@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 6, 2020 1:00pm
Location:
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

Marina Tabassum is the principal of Marina Tabassum Architects, a practice established in 2005 based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. MTA began its journey in the quest of establishing a language of architecture that is contemporary to the world yet rooted to the place. The practice consciously maintains an optimum size and projects undertaken are carefully chosen and are limited by number per year. The projects done and at hand are varied, ranging from community center, public school, museum and eco resort.

Ms. Tabassum graduated from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in 1995. The same year, she founded URBANA where she was a partner for ten years. Most important project of this partnership is the Independence Monument of Bangladesh and the Museum of Independence designed in 1997 and completed in 2013. She is the academic director of the Bengal Institute for Architecture, Landscapes and Settlements. She taught Design studio at Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

She taught Advanced Design Studio as visiting professor at the University of Texas in 2015 and in BRAC University from 2005 to 2010.

Marina Tabassum is a member of the Steering Committee of Aga Khan Awards for Architecture. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of Prokritee, a guaranteed Fare Trade organization that has empowered thousands of women artisans of Bangladesh through export of handcrafted objects.

Marina Tabassum won the Jameel Prize 5 in 2018. She is also a recipient of 2016 Aga Khan Award for Architecture for the Bait ur Rouf Mosque in Dhaka. Her project the Pavilion Apartment was shortlisted for Aga Khan Award in 2004. Ms. Tabassum received AYA Award from India in 2004 for the project NEK10 located in Dhaka. She is a recipient of 2005 Ananya Shirshwa Dash Award, which recognizes women of Bangladesh with exceptional achievements.

The Raoul Wallenberg Lecture was initiated in 1971 by Sol King, a former classmate of Wallenberg's. An endowment was established in 1976 for an annual lecture to be offered in Raoul's honor on the theme of architecture as a humane social art.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Mon, 06 Apr 2020 13:01:45 -0400 2020-04-06T13:00:00-04:00 2020-04-06T14:00:00-04:00 A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Lecture / Discussion Marina Tabassum work
CANCELLED: Raoul Wallenberg Lecture: Marina Tabassum (April 6, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70922 70922-18543391@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 6, 2020 1:00pm
Location:
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

Marina Tabassum is the principal of Marina Tabassum Architects, a practice established in 2005 based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. MTA began its journey in the quest of establishing a language of architecture that is contemporary to the world yet rooted to the place. The practice consciously maintains an optimum size and projects undertaken are carefully chosen and are limited by number per year. The projects done and at hand are varied, ranging from community center, public school, museum and eco resort.

Ms. Tabassum graduated from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in 1995. The same year, she founded URBANA where she was a partner for ten years. Most important project of this partnership is the Independence Monument of Bangladesh and the Museum of Independence designed in 1997 and completed in 2013. She is the academic director of the Bengal Institute for Architecture, Landscapes and Settlements. She taught Design studio at Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

She taught Advanced Design Studio as visiting professor at the University of Texas in 2015 and in BRAC University from 2005 to 2010.

Marina Tabassum is a member of the Steering Committee of Aga Khan Awards for Architecture. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of Prokritee, a guaranteed Fare Trade organization that has empowered thousands of women artisans of Bangladesh through export of handcrafted objects.

Marina Tabassum won the Jameel Prize 5 in 2018. She is also a recipient of 2016 Aga Khan Award for Architecture for the Bait ur Rouf Mosque in Dhaka. Her project the Pavilion Apartment was shortlisted for Aga Khan Award in 2004. Ms. Tabassum received AYA Award from India in 2004 for the project NEK10 located in Dhaka. She is a recipient of 2005 Ananya Shirshwa Dash Award, which recognizes women of Bangladesh with exceptional achievements.

The Raoul Wallenberg Lecture was initiated in 1971 by Sol King, a former classmate of Wallenberg's. An endowment was established in 1976 for an annual lecture to be offered in Raoul's honor on the theme of architecture as a humane social art.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Mon, 06 Apr 2020 13:01:45 -0400 2020-04-06T13:00:00-04:00 2020-04-06T14:00:00-04:00 A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Lecture / Discussion Marina Tabassum work
CANCELLED--IISS Lecture. Museums, Cultural Heritage Preservation, and Neoliberalism in the Middle East (April 6, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73641 73641-18276410@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 6, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Diana Abouali will be speaking about recent issues of cultural heritage the Middle East, especially as new museum institutions have begun to open their doors throughout the Arab world. In her talk, Abouali will speak to her experience working with the Palestinian Museum in Birzeit and the Petra National Trust in Jordan, as well as her other leading roles in cultural heritage in the region.

Diana Abouali, PhD, was named the Director of the Arab American National Museum in early 2019. She holds a PhD in Middle Eastern Studies from Harvard University and was previously a faculty member at Duke University. Following her teaching career, she relocated to Birzeit to to work as head of research and collections at the newly-established Palestinian Museum (which opened to the public in 2016 in Birzeit). Relocating to Amman, Jordan, in 2014, she worked as director of education, outreach and awareness at the Petra National Trust and later as a senior consultant for Turquoise Mountain in Jordan. She was project manager at Tiraz: Widad Kawar Home for Arab Dress on an AHRC-ESRC Global Challenges Fund (UK) project, in cooperation with Plymouth University and the Information and Research Center-King Hussein Foundation.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Thu, 02 Apr 2020 14:29:57 -0400 2020-04-06T17:30:00-04:00 2020-04-06T19:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Global Islamic Studies Center Lecture / Discussion event_image
Speaking Up & Speaking Out: Why the AAPI Community Must Be Politically Engaged (April 6, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73444 73444-18223778@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 6, 2020 5:30pm
Location:
Organized By: Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA

Join us for Jenn's lecture on "Speaking Up and Speaking Out: Why the AAPI Community Must Be Politically Engaged." Jenn is a proud Asian American feminist, scientist and nerd who currently blogs at Reappropriate.co, one of the web’s oldest AAPI feminist and race activist blogs.

For more information and to RSVP, please click here: https://bit.ly/jennfang

Lecture Description:
Asian American and Pacific Islander communities are popularly typecast as apolitical and disengaged, but these stereotypes ignore over 150 years of AAPI movement history marked by intense grassroots political organizing around issues of social justice. In the face of profound, and often state-sanctioned, racial violence, AAPIs have repeatedly come together to demand justice and liberation, often in partnership with other oppressed peoples. The current political climate makes that history even more relevant as Islamophobia and the forcible detention of migrants along the US-Mexico border stir memories of Chinese Exclusion and Japanese American incarceration. In this lecture, Dr. Fang will draw from watershed moments throughout AAPI organizing history – including the landmark Justice for Vincent Chin case that took place in Detroit in the 1980’s – to contextualize contemporary racial politics, and will argue forcefully for why today’s generation of AAPIs must continue that tradition of political engagement in the ongoing fight for racial and social justice.

This event is a part of Asian/Pacific Islander American (A/PIA) Heritage Month which is celebrated mid-March to mid-April at the University of Michigan. For a full list of events, please visit MESA's website.

]]>
Livestream / Virtual Tue, 24 Mar 2020 11:12:31 -0400 2020-04-06T17:30:00-04:00 2020-04-06T19:00:00-04:00 Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA Livestream / Virtual A/PIA Heritage Month Calendar: Jenn Fang
CANCELLED - WCED Lecture. Starting, Stopping, and Restarting State Repression: An Analysis of Spells (April 7, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71587 71587-17842694@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 7, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies

Christian Davenport is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan as well as a Faculty Associate at the Center for Political Studies and Research Professor at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). Primary research interests include political conflict (e.g., human rights violations, genocide/politicide, torture, political surveillance, civil war and social movements), measurement, racism and popular culture. He is the author of six books: "The Peace Continuum" with Erik Melander and Patrick Regan (2017, Oxford University Press); "How Social Movements Die" (2016, Cambridge University Press); "Media Bias, Perspective and State Repression: The Black Panther Party" (2010, Cambridge University Press) – winner of Best Book in Racial Politics and Social Movements by the American Political Science Association; "State Repression and the Promise of Democratic Peace" (2007, Cambridge University Press); "Repression and Mobilization" with Carol Mueller and Hank Johnston (University of Minnesota Press. 2004), and "Paths to State Repression: Human Rights Violations and Contentious Politics" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2000).

---
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. Contact: weisercenter@umich.edu

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Mar 2020 11:45:59 -0400 2020-04-07T16:00:00-04:00 2020-04-07T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
CANCELLED: Raoul Wallenberg Lecture: Marina Tabassum (April 7, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70922 70922-17753824@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 7, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Art and Architecture Building
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

Marina Tabassum is the principal of Marina Tabassum Architects, a practice established in 2005 based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. MTA began its journey in the quest of establishing a language of architecture that is contemporary to the world yet rooted to the place. The practice consciously maintains an optimum size and projects undertaken are carefully chosen and are limited by number per year. The projects done and at hand are varied, ranging from community center, public school, museum and eco resort.

Ms. Tabassum graduated from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in 1995. The same year, she founded URBANA where she was a partner for ten years. Most important project of this partnership is the Independence Monument of Bangladesh and the Museum of Independence designed in 1997 and completed in 2013. She is the academic director of the Bengal Institute for Architecture, Landscapes and Settlements. She taught Design studio at Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

She taught Advanced Design Studio as visiting professor at the University of Texas in 2015 and in BRAC University from 2005 to 2010.

Marina Tabassum is a member of the Steering Committee of Aga Khan Awards for Architecture. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of Prokritee, a guaranteed Fare Trade organization that has empowered thousands of women artisans of Bangladesh through export of handcrafted objects.

Marina Tabassum won the Jameel Prize 5 in 2018. She is also a recipient of 2016 Aga Khan Award for Architecture for the Bait ur Rouf Mosque in Dhaka. Her project the Pavilion Apartment was shortlisted for Aga Khan Award in 2004. Ms. Tabassum received AYA Award from India in 2004 for the project NEK10 located in Dhaka. She is a recipient of 2005 Ananya Shirshwa Dash Award, which recognizes women of Bangladesh with exceptional achievements.

The Raoul Wallenberg Lecture was initiated in 1971 by Sol King, a former classmate of Wallenberg's. An endowment was established in 1976 for an annual lecture to be offered in Raoul's honor on the theme of architecture as a humane social art.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Mon, 06 Apr 2020 13:01:45 -0400 2020-04-07T18:00:00-04:00 2020-04-07T20:00:00-04:00 Art and Architecture Building A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Lecture / Discussion Marina Tabassum work
Live Event Canceled - Njideka Akunyili Crosby: In Person (April 9, 2020 5:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70398 70398-17594445@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 9, 2020 5:10pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Live event canceled: To limit the potential spread of respiratory viruses and safeguard those at highest risk of catching COVID-19, the University of Michigan has canceled all live events with estimated attendance of over 100 people.

As a result, live Penny Stamps Speaker Series events will not take place as scheduled. When possible, our weekly presentations will be available online: video presentations will be announced via email and on the Stamps website (https://stamps.umich.edu/stamps).

Njideka Akunyili Crosby, a 2017 MacArthur Genius Grant recipient, is a Nigerian-born visual artist working in Los Angeles. Crosby uses collage and photo transfer-based paintings to expose and explore moments of collision, moments of unity, and moments of hybridity found in cross-cultural relationships and in cultures of colonization. Crosby’s work is both personal and universal, as she draws upon her lived experience with interracial marriage, immigration, and dual ideas of home, and the deep traces of colonization in Nigeria. In 2019, Crosby was a participant in the Venice Biennale 58th International Art Exhibition, May You Live in Interesting Times, curated by Ralph Rugoff. Recent solo exhibitions include Njideka Akunyili Crosby: The Beautyful Ones at the National Portrait Gallery in London and Counterparts, which debuted at the Baltimore Museum of Art in 2017 before traveling to the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas, in 2018. She received an honorary doctorate of art from Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania in 2019 and was named among the Financial Times’ “Women of the Year” in 2016.

Supported by University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA).

Image: Njideka Akunyili Crosby, “The Beautyful Ones” Series #1c, 2014.  Acrylic, color pencil, and transfers on paper, 61 x 42 inches. Photo: Joshua White Photography

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Mar 2020 12:15:45 -0400 2020-04-09T17:10:00-04:00 2020-04-09T18:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Lecture / Discussion https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/lectures/Crosby.jpg
CANCELLED Psychology Methods Hour: How Do We Align Theory and Data in Psychological Science? A Focus on Adolescent Brain and Behavior (April 10, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69622 69622-17368337@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 10, 2020 12:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Department of Psychology

This event has been cancelled.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Mon, 16 Mar 2020 10:36:27 -0400 2020-04-10T12:00:00-04:00 2020-04-10T13:00:00-04:00 East Hall Department of Psychology Lecture / Discussion Michael
CANCELED: SoConDi Discussion Group (April 10, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72539 72539-18015949@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 10, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

The SoConDi group is both a discussion platform and a study group for students and faculty members who are interested in sociolinguistics, language contact, discourse analysis and related disciplines including linguistic anthropology. Members of the SoConDi group present their work in progress from time to time, and discuss current issues in the disciplines, or study selected readings together.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Wed, 18 Mar 2020 15:36:44 -0400 2020-04-10T15:00:00-04:00 2020-04-10T16:00:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion Lorch Hall
Cancelled: Smith Lecture (April 10, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63143 63143-15578797@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 10, 2020 3:30pm
Location: 1100 North University Building
Organized By: Earth and Environmental Sciences

Throughout the Fall and Winter terms, the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences hosts the William T. Smith Lecture Series that brings in distinguished speakers from other universities and research institutions.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Wed, 11 Mar 2020 16:24:13 -0400 2020-04-10T15:30:00-04:00 2020-04-10T16:30:00-04:00 1100 North University Building Earth and Environmental Sciences Lecture / Discussion 1100 North University Building
CANCELLED: Health Professions Education Day (April 14, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70516 70516-17602797@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 14, 2020 8:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

HPE Day 2020 Cancelled
Based on the University’s guidelines to cancel gatherings of over 100 people until at least April 21 due to the COVID-19 outbreak, we regret to announce that Health Professions Education Day 2020 is cancelled. The event was scheduled to take place on April 14, 2020.

We plan to create an online space where accepted posters can be captured and asynchronous discussion can take place. The details and logistics of this will await resumption of normal business activities. For those of you with accepted poster abstracts, this will include a new deadline for poster PDFs.

Your understanding and flexibility is appreciated. The safety of our faculty, staff, and students is our top priority.


The 6th Annual Health Professions Education Day will be held on Tuesday, April 14, 2020 from 8am - 3pm at the Michigan League. The guest lecturer will be Elena Umland, PharmD.

Agenda
7:30-8:00am: Poster Set-up
8:00-8:30am: Registration and Breakfast
8:30-8:45am: Welcome and Introduction
8:45-9:30am: Keynote Address from Elena Umland, PharmD
9:45-11:15am: Poster Sessions
11:15-11:45am: Awards and Closing Remarks
12:00-1:00pm: Table Topic Lunch
1:00-3:00pm: **Workshop**

]]>
Conference / Symposium Mon, 16 Mar 2020 11:17:13 -0400 2020-04-14T08:00:00-04:00 2020-04-14T15:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Department of Learning Health Sciences Conference / Symposium Elena Umland pic
CANCELLED - WCED Lecture. Populism, Nationalism, and the Rise of Radical Politics in Europe and the United States (April 14, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71589 71589-17842695@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 14, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies

Bart Bonikowski is Associate Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, Resident Faculty at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, and Faculty Affiliate of the Institute for Quantitative Social Science and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, where he co-directs the Research Cluster on Challenges to Democracy and serves as Director of Undergraduate Programs. Using relational survey methods, computational text analysis, and experimental research, his work applies insights from cultural sociology to the study of politics in the United States and Europe, with a particular focus on nationalism, populism, and the rise of radical-right parties. His publications have appeared in the American Sociological Review, Annual Review of Sociology, Social Forces, European Journal of Political Research, British Journal of Sociology, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, International Journal of Comparative Sociology, Brown Journal of World Affairs, and a number of other peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes.

---
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. Contact: weisercenter@umich.edu

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Fri, 13 Mar 2020 09:37:31 -0400 2020-04-14T16:00:00-04:00 2020-04-14T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies Lecture / Discussion speaker-image
CANCELLED "The Many Lives of John Donne: Criticism as Creative History.." (April 14, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73182 73182-18155742@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 14, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

contact Prof. Anne Gere argere@umich.edu

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Mon, 13 Apr 2020 14:32:42 -0400 2020-04-14T16:00:00-04:00 2020-04-14T17:30:00-04:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Lecture / Discussion
CANCELLED: Graduate and Undergraduate Hopwood Awards Ceremony (April 14, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64841 64841-16460978@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 14, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Hopwood Awards Program

This event has been cancelled.

Please contact the Hopwood Program Manager at hopwoodprogram@umich.edu or by phone at 764-6296 with any questions.

]]>
Ceremony / Service Thu, 12 Mar 2020 12:59:38 -0400 2020-04-14T17:30:00-04:00 2020-04-14T19:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Hopwood Awards Program Ceremony / Service Author Kiese Laymon, an African American man with a shaved head wearing a black zippered shirt.
CANCELLED - Arnold Sameroff Lecture Series in Developmental Theory: Early Deprivation and Development: Studies of Orphanage-Adopted Children (April 15, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73223 73223-18179629@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 15, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Department of Psychology

Note this event has been cancelled.

This talk will cover my work on children adopted internationally from institutions (e.g., orphanages) into families in the US. The goal of this work was to understand the impact of deprivation in the first years of life on physical and behavioral development. Despite moving into some of the most well-resourced families on the planet when they were between 1 and 3 years of age, on average, previously institutionalized (PI) youth show significant impacts, often dose-dependent, on neurobehavioral development, the functioning of their stress-regulatory systems, and cardiometabolic health. Not all children are similarly affected, and I will also cover our work on parenting post-adoption and its relations with children’s outcomes. Finally, we are beginning to explore the role that puberty may play in potential recalibration stress physiology and its implications (positive and negative) for the adolescent development of PI youth.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Mar 2020 15:56:19 -0400 2020-04-15T16:00:00-04:00 2020-04-15T17:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Department of Psychology Lecture / Discussion Megan Gunnar
[CANCELED] MAS Lecture | The Wooster Site: Overview of Prehistoric and Historic Occupations and Discussion of Previous and Upcoming Excavations (April 16, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73738 73738-18337311@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 16, 2020 10:00am
Location:
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

The Wooster Site is a large, multi-component prehistoric and historic Native American site located at a natural crossing point on the Portage River in northeastern Jackson County, Michigan. It has yielded several thousand artifacts ranging from Paleolithic spear points to historic musket flints.

Dan Wymer, who owns 23 of the 29 acres comprising the Wooster Site, has invited MAS members to join him in April for a day of excavation at the site. The exact date will be determined by how soon the frost leaves the ground and the soil dries out enough to be sifted. The focus of the excavation will be a previously cultivated area that yielded 10,000-year-old Agate Basin artifacts during controlled surface collecting. MAS members who would like to participate in the dig are asked to attend this presentation in order to become familiar with the site and the details of how the April dig will be conducted.

This lecture is sponsored by the Michigan Archaeological Society.
To learn more about the MAS, please visit http://www.miarch.org/

MAS Lectures are free and open to the public. If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this lecture, please contact the Kelsey Museum education office (734-647-4167) as soon as possible. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Mon, 16 Mar 2020 12:04:36 -0400 2020-04-16T10:00:00-04:00 2020-04-16T11:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Lecture / Discussion Agate Basin artifacts from the Wooster Site
Business Strategy and Leadership (April 17, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70742 70742-17627841@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 17, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Solutions to the climate change challenge must come from the market (as comprised of corporations, the government, non-governmental organizations, and others), the most powerful institution on earth, and from business, which is the most powerful entity within it. Though government is an important arbiter of the market, it is business that transcends national boundaries, possessing resources that exceed those of many nations.

Professor Andrew Hoffman will discuss the ways in which climate change is altering and will alter markets, and the kinds of resulting responses from the business sector.

Professor Hoffman, Holcim (U.S.) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, University of Michigan Ross School of Business and University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability, performs research using organizational behavior models and theories to understand the cultural and institutional aspects of environmental issues for organizations. He has published over 100 articles/book chapters, as well as 16 books, which have been translated into six languages.

This is lecture #4 in the five-part series "Facing the Future: The Challenge of Climate Change" which explores how climate change is impacting every corner of our earth, and every aspect of our lives.

]]>
Class / Instruction Mon, 20 Jan 2020 17:39:29 -0500 2020-04-17T10:00:00-04:00 2020-04-17T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Friday Lectures
[POSTPONED] The Women's Suffrage Movement in Photographs (April 18, 2020 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73666 73666-18278625@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 18, 2020 8:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

*Update 3/12/20: This lecture has been postponed. It will be rescheduled at a later date.*

Since the nation’s founding, Americans have used images to define political power and gender roles. Popular pictures praised male political leaders, while cartoons mocked women who sought rights. In the mid-nineteenth century, women’s rights activists like Sojourner Truth and Susan B. Anthony challenged these powerful norms by distributing engraved and photographic portraits that represented women as political leaders. Over time, suffragists developed a national visual campaign to win voting rights. Their photographs captured their public protests and demonstrated their dedication to their cause for mass audiences.

Allison K. Lange, PhD is an assistant professor of history at the Wentworth Institute of Technology, published essayist and public historian. In preparation for the 2020 centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, she is curating exhibitions at the Massachusetts Historical Society and Harvard’s Schlesinger Library. Lange’s talk is based on her forthcoming book, "Picturing Political Power: Images in the Women’s Suffrage Movement."

This lecture is a part of the Clements Library's Randolph G. Adams Lecture Series and is co-sponsored by the Michigan Photographic Historical Society.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Mar 2020 11:24:28 -0400 2020-04-18T20:00:00-04:00 2020-04-18T21:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business William L. Clements Library Lecture / Discussion "Bloomerism in Practice: the morning after the victory" (detail), 1851
CANCELED: MIPSE Seminar | Bringing Cosmic Shock Waves Down to Earth (April 22, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72596 72596-18024699@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 3:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering (MIPSE)

Abstract:
As a fundamental process for converting kinetic to thermal energy, collisionless shocks are ubiquitous throughout the heliosphere and astrophysical systems, from Earth’s magnetosphere to supernova remnants. While these shocks have been studied for decades by spacecraft, telescopes, and numerical simulations, there remain key open questions in shock physics, such as: How do shocks accelerate particles to extremely high energies? or How are particles heated across a shock? Laboratory experiments thus provide a significant opportunity to both complement spacecraft and remote sensing observations with well-controlled and well-diagnosed datasets, and to help benchmark numerical simulations that bridge laboratory and astrophysical systems.
In this talk, I will discuss recent results from experiments and simulations on the formation and evolution of collision-less shocks created through the interaction of a supersonic laser-driven magnetic piston and magnetized ambient plas-ma. Through advanced diagnostics a fast, high-Mach-number shock is observed. Direct probing of particle velocity distributions reveals the coupling between the piston and ambient plasmas that is a key step in forming magnetized collisionless shocks. Particle-in-cell simulations further detail the shock formation process, the role of collisionality, and the dynamics of multi-ion-species ambient plasmas. I will also discuss how this experimental platform complements spacecraft missions and can allow novel investigations of shock heating and particle acceleration.

About the Speaker:
Dr. Schaeffer is an Associate Research Scholar in the Department of Astro-physical Sciences at Princeton University. He received his BA in Physics at Cornell University and his PhD in Physics from UCLA, and did his postdoctoral work at Princeton in high-energy-density laboratory astrophysics. Dr. Schaeffer has extensive experience in experiments involving mag-netized laser plasmas, collisionless shocks, and magnetic reconnection, and a keen interest in bridging laboratory and astronomical observations. He also has expertise in a wide range of di-agnostics, including Thomson scattering, refractive imaging, proton radiography, and x-ray im-aging. He has authored dozens of papers and has presented at numerous conferences around the world.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Wed, 18 Mar 2020 10:22:24 -0400 2020-04-22T15:30:00-04:00 2020-04-22T16:30:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering (MIPSE) Lecture / Discussion Derek Schaeffer
Local Community Theaters (April 22, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70587 70587-17609086@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Kellogg Eye Center
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

There is a wealth of excellent theatre in and around Ann Arbor, including a world behind the scenes that creates the costumes, sets, and lighting. Three local theatre companies will talk about who they are, the productions they present, and the unique qualities each theatre company has to offer.

The Dio - Dining & Entertainment is Livingston County’s only professional dinner theater, which includes 20 tables, seating 70 guests for each production. Their 7th season will feature three musical productions and two plays. An evening at The Dio includes dinner, dessert, beverages, and a memorable live performance.

Theatre NOVA is a professional theatre in Ann Arbor, producing exclusively new plays in a comfortable, intimate venue in the heart of downtown Ann Arbor. They present seven shows each season, including a holiday musical panto for families. Most of their plays are either world premieres or Michigan premieres.

The Encore Musical Theatre Company is a non-profit musical theatre company in Dexter. Its mission is to create quality original, as well as widely known, theatrical productions with an emphasis on Musical Theatre. They have used a mix of Broadway productions and local talent for twelve seasons.

Please note the new start time for this event.

]]>
Class / Instruction Mon, 23 Dec 2019 17:38:14 -0500 2020-04-22T18:00:00-04:00 2020-04-22T19:30:00-04:00 Kellogg Eye Center Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Evening with OLLI
Brexit: Where Did It Come From and Where Is It Going? (April 23, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74377 74377-18680262@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 23, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Jim Adams, UM Professor of Economics will provide this lecture which is free and open to the public.

The link to Professor Adams’ lecture is https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/live-event/rvhxkrsx

If you only want to join it by phone:
Dial one of the following numbers, enter the participant PIN followed by # to confirm:
+1 (800) 520-9950 (US Toll Free)
+1 (415) 466-7000 (US)
PIN: 8022291 followed by # to confirm

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Thu, 23 Apr 2020 16:25:10 -0400 2020-04-23T10:00:00-04:00 2020-04-23T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion Thursday Lectures
COVID-19 - A New Update (April 24, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74393 74393-18682278@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 24, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

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

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

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

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Thu, 23 Apr 2020 17:26:05 -0400 2020-04-24T10:00:00-04:00 2020-04-24T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion Special Online Lectures
Mindfulness at the Time of Covid 19 (April 28, 2020 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74409 74409-18688304@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 28, 2020 1:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

A FREE special live-stream lecture offered by the Turner Senior Wellness Program!

Reflecting on the stress we are experiencing at the time of current pandemic, and learning on how mindfulness can help ease such stress and restore a sense of well-being.

Mariko Foulk, LMSW Clinical Social Worker, Michigan Medicine Geriatrics Center

The link Foulk lecture is https://umich-health.zoom.us/j/93526204010?pwd=VE9PY3FRQ3ZmcEVVanY0QlF5UFBudz09

Dial one of the following numbers, enter the participant PIN followed by # to confirm:
+1 312 626 6799 (US)
Webinar ID: 935 2620 4010
Password: 967700

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Fri, 24 Apr 2020 10:14:11 -0400 2020-04-28T13:30:00-04:00 2020-04-28T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion Special Online Lectures
Vaping: A New Public Health Crisis or a Solution to the Disaster of Cigeratte Smoking? Or Neither? (Or Both?) (April 29, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74410 74410-18688305@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 29, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This lecture is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

Ken Warner, UM Professor Emeritus of Public Health

Please click the link below to join Dr. Warner’s webinar:
https://umich.zoom.us/j/91930175534

Or Telephone:
Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):
US: +1 312 626 6799 or +1 646 876 9923
Webinar ID: 919 3017 5534

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Fri, 24 Apr 2020 10:25:26 -0400 2020-04-29T10:00:00-04:00 2020-04-29T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion Special Online Lectures
CANCELED: MIPSE Seminar | Journey to the Sun (April 29, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70795 70795-17957293@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 29, 2020 3:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering (MIPSE)

Abstract:
NASA Heliophysics research studies a vast system stretching from the Sun to Earth to far beyond the edge of the planets. Studying this system – much of it driven by the Sun’s constant outpouring of solar wind – not only helps us understand fundamental infor-mation about how the universe works, but also helps protect our technology and astronauts in space. NASA seeks knowledge of near-Earth space, because, when extreme, space weather can interfere with our com-munications, satellites and power grids. The study of the Sun and space can also teach us more about how stars contribute to the habitability of planets through-out the universe.
Mapping out this interconnected system requires a holistic study of the Sun’s influence on space, Earth and other planets. NASA has a fleet of spacecraft stra-tegically placed throughout our heliosphere – from Parker Solar Probe at the Sun observing the very start of the solar wind, to satellites around Earth, to the far-thest human-made object, Voyager, which is sending back observations on interstellar space. Each mission is positioned at a critical, well-thought out vantage point to observe and understand the flow of energy and particles throughout the solar system, and all helping us untagle the effects of the star we live with.

About the speaker:
Dr. Nicola Fox is the Heliophysics Division Director in the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. Until August 2018, Dr. Fox worked at the Applied Physics Lab at the Johns Hopkins University where she was the Chief Scientist for Heliophysics and the project scientist for NASA’s Parker Solar Probe. Dr. Fox served as the deputy project scientist for the Van Allen Probes, and the operations scientist for the International Solar Terrestrial Physics program. Fox received her BS in Physics and PhD in Space and Atmospheric Physics from the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine in London. She received an MS in Telematics and Satellite Communications from the University of Surrey.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Wed, 18 Mar 2020 10:22:50 -0400 2020-04-29T15:30:00-04:00 2020-04-29T17:00:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering (MIPSE) Lecture / Discussion Nicola Fox
China’s Global Ambitions and Its Domestic Challenges (April 30, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74389 74389-18682275@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 30, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This lecture is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

This presentation will examine China’s global ambitions as related to trade and investment, Belt and Road, and national security in the context of broad domestic challenges, such as environmental degradation, slowing growth, and rising expectations from the burgeoning middle class.

The speaker, Professor Mary E. Gallagher, relates China’s global aspirations to the regime’s desire to manage these domestic problems.

Professor Mary E. Gallagher is the Amy and Alan Lowenstein Professor of Democracy, Democratization, and Human Rights Professor at the University of Michigan where she is also the director of the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese
Studies.

Professor Gallagher received her Ph.D. in politics in 2001 from Princeton University and her B.A. from Smith College in 1991. Her most recent book is Authoritarian Legality in China: Law, Workers and the State (Cambridge University Press 2017). She is also the author or editor of several other books.

Please click the link below to join Prof. Gallagher’s webinar:
https://umich.zoom.us/j/93223323877

Or Telephone:
Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):
US: +1 646 876 9923 or +1 312 626 6799
Webinar ID: 932 2332 3877

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Sat, 25 Apr 2020 11:14:14 -0400 2020-04-30T10:00:00-04:00 2020-04-30T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion Thursday Lectures
Diversity, Many Model Thinking about Pandemics and Their Consequences (May 1, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74412 74412-18688307@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 1, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

Scott Page, UM Professor of Complexity, Social Science, and Management
Please click the link below to join Prof. Page’s webinar:
https://umich.zoom.us/j/92597629286

Or Telephone:
Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):
US: +1 312 626 6799 or +1 646 876 9923
Webinar ID: 925 9762 9286

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Fri, 24 Apr 2020 10:41:34 -0400 2020-05-01T10:00:00-04:00 2020-05-01T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion Special Online Lectures
POSTPONED - Alden B. Dow and Mid-century Modern Architecture in Southeast Michigan (May 6, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70604 70604-17611199@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Kellogg Eye Center
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Please check back for rescheduling information.

This presentation by Craig McDonald, Director of the Alden B. Dow Home and Studio and the Foundation Representative of the Alden and Vada Dow Family Foundations will focus on Dow’s architectural achievements in southeast Michigan, including Ann Arbor.

Dow was the architect of Ann Arbor’s City Hall, Downtown Public Library, and the UM Administration Building.

The event complements the forthcoming day trip to Midland, MI, on June 26, when we have an opportunity to view, first hand, Dow’s home, studio, gardens, and other architectural accomplishments in Midland.

]]>
Class / Instruction Thu, 23 Apr 2020 08:58:21 -0400 2020-05-06T19:00:00-04:00 2020-05-06T21:00:00-04:00 Kellogg Eye Center Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Evening with OLLI
Interest Groups and American Trade Politics (May 7, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74390 74390-18682276@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 7, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required. Access details will be available on the OLLI website the day prior to the event.

In this talk Professor Iain Osgood provides a model of contemporary American trade politics. He emphasizes the political advantages of pro-trade firms relative to anti-trade firms, and also examine the role of trade skeptics in the labor movement and among progressive groups. Dr. Osgood will show how this model can help explain
trade policy developments of the past thirty years, with particular focus on the recent debates over NAFTA and trade with China.

Speaker: Dr. Iain Osgood is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan. He is currently working on projects examining special interest coalition-building around climate change; progressive opponents of trade in the United States; and identifying clusters of development strategies among countries engaging with global markets. His recent work appears in several respected political journals.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Sat, 25 Apr 2020 11:39:43 -0400 2020-05-07T10:00:00-04:00 2020-05-07T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion Thursday Lectures
VIRTUAL EVENT: Confronting our Climate Grief in the time of COVID-19 (May 7, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68154 68154-17018328@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 7, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: CEW+

This workshop will be held via Zoom (link to follow via email prior to the event). For safety and privacy, you must be registered to receive the link.

In 2017, the American Psychological Association, Climate for Health, and ecoAmerica published, “Mental Health and our Changing Climate: Impacts, Implications, and Guidance.” In October 2018, the U.N. released a report warning that without “unprecedented” political actions, we will likely see catastrophic conditions by 2040. Globally, most communities are already experiencing effects of climate change, and the poorest members of society remain most vulnerable. In this uncertain context, climate grief is real, particularly as the crisis is largely beyond any individual’s ability to control. As a scholar studying climate change, Sampson has sought emerging evidence-based strategies in hopes of coping and building resiliency. In this workshop, together we will: 1) confront our sometimes silent, biggest fears related to climate change, 2) identify ways our community or current professional work may be climate-affected, and 3) create a personal climate resiliency plan that may include household or community action or policy advocacy strategies.

]]>
Livestream / Virtual Thu, 30 Apr 2020 16:22:57 -0400 2020-05-07T14:00:00-04:00 2020-05-07T15:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location CEW+ Livestream / Virtual Natalie Sampson
Local Leadership and Personal Action (May 8, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70743 70743-17627842@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 8, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

THIS LECTURE WILL BE LIVE STREAMED AND IS NOW AVAILABLE FREE TO ALL. Please access the OLLI website for detailed information.

Our two speakers, Mike Shriberg (Great Lakes Regional Executive Director of the National Wildlife Federation) and Oday Salim (Clinical Assistant Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School and Staff Attorney of the National Wildlife Federation) will discuss what local governments and individuals can do to address climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Dr. Shriberg will describe what Ann Arbor has done and can do, as well as ways that he and others have addressed the issue at the scale of the family and individual.

Professor Salim will evaluate the opportunities and obstacles to addressing climate change that the law creates for local governments here and around the world.

Dr. Mike Shriberg has served as Education Director at the University of Michigan’s Graham Sustainability Institute as well as Policy Director at Ecology Center, Director of Environment Michigan and Environmental Studies Director and Assistant Professor at Chatham University.

Oday Salim is an attorney at the National Wildlife Federation as well as director of the University of Michigan Law School’s Environmental Law & Sustainability Clinic. Issues on which he has worked include: storm water management, water quality permitting, water rights, environmental justice, land use and zoning, utility regulation, mineral rights, and renewable energy.

This is the final lecture in the five-part series "Facing the Future: The Challenge of Climate Change" which explores how climate change is impacting every corner of our earth, and every aspect of our lives.

]]>
Class / Instruction Thu, 23 Apr 2020 18:11:48 -0400 2020-05-08T10:00:00-04:00 2020-05-08T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Climate Change Lectures
Virtual Climate Crisis Education Series (May 10, 2020 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74545 74545-18793318@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, May 10, 2020 8:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Citizens Climate Lobby

“COVID-19 has exposed the fragility of our societies to global shocks, such as disease or the climate crisis. As we recover, we must build a better future for all. Together, we can protect our planet, improve health, reduce inequality & re-energize struggling economies.” ---UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres

In the spirit of working together to solve these global crises, Ann Arbor Citizens’ Climate Lobby and Washtenaw Climate Reality invite you to join us for this series of presentations:

Sunday, May 10, 8pm: “COVID-19, Health & Climate Change,” Dr. Larry Junck, University of Michigan (Here is a link to the recording of "COVID-19, Health & Climate Change": http://tiny.cc/ClimateCrisisMay10)

Sunday, May 17, 8pm: “Climate Change in the Great Lakes- Challenges & Opportunities,” Kris Olsson, Washtenaw Climate Reality

Sunday, May 31, 8pm: “Climate Strategies- What Actions Will Keep Us at 1.5-2ºC?” Clark McCall & Kunal Joshi, Ann Arbor Citizens’ Climate Lobby

Sunday, June 7, 8pm: “Pollution Pricing as a Climate Justice Tool,” Ann Ellingson, Ann Arbor Citizens’ Climate Lobby

Sunday, June 14, 8pm: Climate Trivia Night-- Join us for a fun evening of climate trivia! Show off your climate knowledge! Organize a team of friends, or play on your own. Prizes! After you sign up for this, you will receive instructions for how to enter your team members.

The presentations will be held as Zoom webinars. Information for connecting to Zoom will be sent to registrants before each talk. Register for as many or as few talks in the series as you like.

Free and open to the public

Link to register:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-crisis-education-series-tickets-104484473874

]]>
Livestream / Virtual Fri, 29 May 2020 14:52:44 -0400 2020-05-10T20:00:00-04:00 2020-05-10T21:00:00-04:00 Citizens Climate Lobby Livestream / Virtual Photo of wildfire, hurricane and drought
Perspectives on the social dimensions of infectious crises (pandemics and epidemics), and the specific role of vaccines. (May 11, 2020 10:15am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74520 74520-18776714@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 11, 2020 10:15am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Vaccines are the topic of the first Lecture Video Learning developed for OLLI members. Lecture Video Learning will include videos that give background perspective combined with live presentations that offer timely updates.

Online - Free! No registration needed.
https://umich.zoom.us/j/92098972759.

Presenter Dr. Alexandra Stern is the Zina Pitcher Collegiate Professor in the History of Medicine and associate director of the Center for the History of Medicine. She is a medical historian with a research focus on the 1918 influenza pandemic in the United States. Her expertise supplies historical context in such areas as public health, children’s health, scapegoating, ethnic relations, political governance and social restrictions, and the complex interplay among these elements that define the human and community experience during an evolving public health emergency.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Tue, 05 May 2020 10:40:23 -0400 2020-05-11T10:15:00-04:00 2020-05-11T12:15:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion Video Lecture
How Covid-19 Could Affect the United States’ Fall 2020 Elections (May 12, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74519 74519-18776713@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 12, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

Please click the link below to join Barbara McQuade’s webinar:
https://umich.zoom.us/j/99452419688
Phone: 1 312 626 6799 or 1 646 876 9923
Webinar ID: 99452419688

Barbara McQuade, Professor from Practice, UM Law School

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Fri, 08 May 2020 11:23:15 -0400 2020-05-12T10:00:00-04:00 2020-05-12T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion Special Online Lecture
Making the Difficult Decisions in Dementia Care (May 13, 2020 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74556 74556-18801273@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 1:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

UM Turner Senior Resource Center presents:
Making the Difficult Decisions in Dementia Care

Presented by Beth Spencer, MA, LMSW

This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

Please use the following to access this event.
https://umich-health.zoom.us/j/98039708591?pwd=QXFqclc0d0paRk9mVUpsWVNSZjFBZz09
Password: 057657
Or iPhone one-tap :
US: +13126266799,,98039708591#,,1#,057657# or +16465588656,,98039708591#,,1#,057657#
Or Telephone:
Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):
US: +1 312 626 6799 or +1 646 558 8656 or +1 301 715 8592 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 669 900 9128 or +1 253 215 8782
Webinar ID: 980 3970 8591
Password: 057657

]]>
Class / Instruction Fri, 08 May 2020 11:32:36 -0400 2020-05-13T13:30:00-04:00 2020-05-13T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Special Online Lectures
A View of the Global Auto Industry from Michigan (May 14, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74392 74392-18682277@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 14, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This lecture is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required. Access information will be available on the OLLI website the day prior to the event.

Michigan is the nation’s top producer of light vehicles and automotive parts and, if the state were an independent country, it would be the 10th largest vehicle producer in the world. Michigan is also the top state for both automotive and parts imports and exports—trade is critically important to the health of the industry and the state.

A lot has changed in the industry’s first hundred or so years, though trade remains critically important. Automotive competition is global—with long and complicated supply chains that stretch around the world in support of the automotive sector.

This presentation by Kristin Dziczek will provide an overview of Michigan's largest manufacturing sector in the context of current U.S. trade policies and negotiations.

Kristin Dziczek is Vice President - Research at the Center for Automotive Research. She is a globally recognized expert on automotive labor union issues and lectures regularly on the subject. She has also served in government and industry roles and has published articles in labor and management publications.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Sat, 25 Apr 2020 11:57:15 -0400 2020-05-14T10:00:00-04:00 2020-05-14T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion Thursday Lectures
Virtual Climate Crisis Education Series (May 17, 2020 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74545 74545-18793319@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, May 17, 2020 8:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Citizens Climate Lobby

“COVID-19 has exposed the fragility of our societies to global shocks, such as disease or the climate crisis. As we recover, we must build a better future for all. Together, we can protect our planet, improve health, reduce inequality & re-energize struggling economies.” ---UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres

In the spirit of working together to solve these global crises, Ann Arbor Citizens’ Climate Lobby and Washtenaw Climate Reality invite you to join us for this series of presentations:

Sunday, May 10, 8pm: “COVID-19, Health & Climate Change,” Dr. Larry Junck, University of Michigan (Here is a link to the recording of "COVID-19, Health & Climate Change": http://tiny.cc/ClimateCrisisMay10)

Sunday, May 17, 8pm: “Climate Change in the Great Lakes- Challenges & Opportunities,” Kris Olsson, Washtenaw Climate Reality

Sunday, May 31, 8pm: “Climate Strategies- What Actions Will Keep Us at 1.5-2ºC?” Clark McCall & Kunal Joshi, Ann Arbor Citizens’ Climate Lobby

Sunday, June 7, 8pm: “Pollution Pricing as a Climate Justice Tool,” Ann Ellingson, Ann Arbor Citizens’ Climate Lobby

Sunday, June 14, 8pm: Climate Trivia Night-- Join us for a fun evening of climate trivia! Show off your climate knowledge! Organize a team of friends, or play on your own. Prizes! After you sign up for this, you will receive instructions for how to enter your team members.

The presentations will be held as Zoom webinars. Information for connecting to Zoom will be sent to registrants before each talk. Register for as many or as few talks in the series as you like.

Free and open to the public

Link to register:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-crisis-education-series-tickets-104484473874

]]>
Livestream / Virtual Fri, 29 May 2020 14:52:44 -0400 2020-05-17T20:00:00-04:00 2020-05-17T21:00:00-04:00 Citizens Climate Lobby Livestream / Virtual Photo of wildfire, hurricane and drought
Economy, Policy, and Political Approaches to Vaccines (May 18, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74522 74522-18776715@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 18, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Vaccines are the topic of the first Lecture Video Learning developed for OLLI members. Lecture Video Learning will include videos that give background perspective combined with live presentations that offer timely updates.

Online - Free! No registration needed.
https://umich.zoom.us/j/92098972759

Topic 1 (2:00-3:00): Economic and policy approaches to vaccines: modeling of infectious diseases at the CDC and other organizations for guidance to policy makers and the public; leadership in political eras of low trust.

Dr. David Hutton is an expert in health policy modeling and medical decision making, and has had a nationally recognized influence on national and international hepatitis B policy. He is currently interested in evaluating the cost-effectiveness of: new public health policies, the use of new drugs and devices, chronic and infectious disease interventions, and interventions with uncertain or complex outcomes.

Topic 2 (3:00-4:00): The appropriate role of government in vaccines: power dynamics, priorities, jurisdictions; funding of critical health system infrastructure and preparedness.

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed is a physician, epidemiologist, public health expert, and progressive activist. In 2018, Abdul ran for Governor of Michigan on an unapologetically progressive platform. Prior, he served as Health Commissioner in the City of Detroit, appointed to rebuild the City’s health department after it was privatized during municipal bankruptcy. As a professor at Columbia University's Department of Epidemiology, Abdul became an internationally recognized expert in health policy and health inequalities.

]]>
Class / Instruction Tue, 05 May 2020 11:01:19 -0400 2020-05-18T14:00:00-04:00 2020-05-18T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Lecture Video Learning
“Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen” by Mary Norris (May 19, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70599 70599-17609142@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 19, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Best-selling New York Times author and renowned New Yorker copy editor—the Comma Queen herself—Mary Norris is again delighting readers with her wit, knowledge, and exploration of language in “Greek to Me; Adventures of the Comma Queen” (W.W. Norton; April 2, 2019, hardcover). In this new memoir, Norris relates her life-long love of Greece, her quest to learn the language and master the mythology, and her travels through the Greek Isles in search of herself.

“Greek to Me” is a brilliant, witty, and moving memoir. Norris’s love of words inspires her treks through Greece—both the language and the country. Join her on her journey in “Greek to Me” as she navigates from Alpha to Omega.

Mary Norris worked for the New Yorker as a copy editor and query proofreader for more than thirty years. Her first book, “Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen”, is a New York Times best-selling book about her years at the New Yorker. Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, Norris now lives in New York and Rockaway.

]]>
Class / Instruction Mon, 23 Dec 2019 17:47:14 -0500 2020-05-19T10:00:00-04:00 2020-05-19T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Reads
The Kids are Not All Right: Educational Inequalities in the Time of COVID-19 (May 20, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74605 74605-18851154@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 20, 2020 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

ISR Insights Speaker Series:
The Kids are Not All Right: Educational Inequalities in the Time of COVID-19

Presenter: Pamela Davis-Kean, Professor of Psychology and Research Professor at ISR

Wednesday, May 20
11am
https://umich.zoom.us/j/97584475822

With schools closed due to the COVID19 virus, the teaching and learning environments for children have now merged into one place--the home. With schools being the "great equalizer" for education opportunities, what does it mean for families to provide assistance and much of the teaching during the quarantine and what challenges will schools face if they are able to open in the fall? Dr. Davis-Kean will discuss her research on the inequalities in educational opportunities and what that means for families, schools, and children as this unprecedented crisis is potentially increasing achievement gaps across the country.

This webinar is the first in a continuing series focusing on the research happening at ISR. If there is a topic you would like to see featured or have an idea for a future presentation, please email abeattie@umich.edu.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Thu, 14 May 2020 14:42:52 -0400 2020-05-20T11:00:00-04:00 2020-05-20T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion flyer
Shakespeare in the Arb: Twenty Years of Magic Making (May 20, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74613 74613-18857120@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 20, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Afternoons with OLLI presents: Shakespeare in the Arb: Twenty Years of Magic Making

This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

Kate Mendeloff is a member of the Drama faculty in the UM Residential College and Artistic Director of Shakespeare in the Arb. She will give background and perspective on this popular environmental theater event. She will show several short video clips that capture the process of rehearsal and performance. She also will reflect on the impact of the experience on students, community actors and the larger public. This summer would have been the 20th anniversary of the event, but it has been postponed until summer 2021.

Link to Kate Mendeloff’s talk:
https://umich.zoom.us/j/95355476043
Phone: +1 312 626 6799 or +1 646 876 9923
Webinar ID: 95355476034

]]>
Class / Instruction Fri, 15 May 2020 11:20:57 -0400 2020-05-20T14:00:00-04:00 2020-05-20T15:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Special Online Lectures
A2Zero: A Path Towards a Just Transition to Community-wide Carbon Neutrality in Ann Arbor (May 21, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74625 74625-18882945@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 21, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

Dr. Missy Stults is the Sustainability and Innovations Manager for the City of Ann Arbor. In this role, she works with all city operations, residents, businesses, the University of Michigan, nonprofits, and others to make Ann Arbor one of the most sustainable and equitable cities in America. Prior to joining the City, Missy worked with cities and tribal communities around the nation to advance their climate and sustainability goals, including during her time as the Climate Director at ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability and as a consultant to philanthropic organizations.

Missy has a PhD in urban resilience from the University of Michigan, a Masters in Climate and Society from Columbia University, and undergraduate degrees in Marine Biology and Environmental Science from the University of New England.

Link to Dr. Stults’s talk: https://umich.zoom.us/j/98136605956
Phone: +1 312 626 6799 or +1 646 876 9923
Webinar ID: 98136605956

]]>
Class / Instruction Mon, 18 May 2020 16:17:18 -0400 2020-05-21T10:00:00-04:00 2020-05-21T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Special Online Lectures
The Epidemiology of Pandemics and Vaccines (May 26, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74562 74562-18825097@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 26, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

The epidemiology of pandemics and vaccines: the history and process of vaccine development in the US and globally; rapid response to produce a covid-19 vaccine, and near-term drug and antibody therapies

Speaker Dr. Emily Toth Martin is on the faculty of Epidemiology at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Her research focuses on building a greater understanding of the epidemiology of viral respiratory diseases (including RSV, bocavirus, and influenza) through the use of molecular epidemiology. In particular, her work aims to identify strategies to reduce infections, particularly in individuals with chronic comorbidities and in hospital infectious environments (including MRSA / VRE coinfection).

Online - Free! No registration needed. Link to the 3 sessions: Please use the following link to access the event:
https://umich.zoom.us/j/92098972759

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Mon, 11 May 2020 08:27:08 -0400 2020-05-26T10:00:00-04:00 2020-05-26T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion Special Online Lectures
OLLI Annual Town Hall with Ann Arbor Mayor Christopher Taylor (May 28, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74674 74674-18896898@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 28, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

OLLI will host its annual Town Hall meeting with an update on OLLI’s plans, confirmation of the volunteer members serving on the Leadership Council for the upcoming year, and the opportunity for members to ask questions.

Christopher Taylor, Mayor of Ann Arbor, will be our guest speaker starting at 10:30 am. His talk, "Ann Arbor and COVID-19", will discuss how City Hall looks to improve basic services and enhance quality of life in Ann Arbor in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis. He also looks forward to answering our many questions.

Taylor has served as Ann Arbor’s Mayor since 2014 after serving six years on the City Council. He is a four-time graduate of the University of Michigan and is also a practicing attorney.

Link to the OLLI Annual Town Hall: https://umich.zoom.us/j/98666563916
US: +1 312 626 6799 or +1 646 876 9923
Webinar ID: 986 6656 3916

]]>
Class / Instruction Wed, 20 May 2020 10:44:57 -0400 2020-05-28T10:00:00-04:00 2020-05-28T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Special Online Lectures
'Over There' With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (May 29, 2020 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74675 74675-18896899@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 29, 2020 1:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

Over 2 million Americans served overseas during the First World War. In this presentation Clements Library employee Louis Miller examines the experiences of American soldiers in France during the "war to end all wars." Miller will discuss some of the exceptional and heartbreaking stories from that conflict using original documents and artifacts mostly pulled from Clements Library collections.

Our speaker is Louis Miller, Reading Room Supervisor, Clements Library. Mr. Miller graduated from Kalamazoo College in 2013 with a major in history and minor in religious studies. After working a year at the Bentley Historical Library, he entered the School of Information at the University of Michigan, graduating in 2016 with a Master's specializing in archives and records management. He has worked as a full-time employee at UM William L. Clements Library since January 2016. Miller’s research focuses on the experience of American soldiers during the First World War and the commemoration of that conflict. He lives in Ann Arbor with his wife Claire and their two cats.

Link to Louis Miller’s talk: https://umich.zoom.us/j/93368891769
US: +1 301 715 8592 or +1 312 626 6799
Webinar ID: 933 6889 1769

Recommended books:
Bodies of War; WI and the Politics of Commemoration in America, 1919-1933 by Lisa M. Budreau
Yanks, The Epic Story of the American Army in WWI by John S. D. Eisenhower
Torchbearers of Democracy; African American Soldiers in the WWI Era by Chad L. Williams

]]>
Class / Instruction Wed, 20 May 2020 10:54:42 -0400 2020-05-29T13:30:00-04:00 2020-05-29T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Special Online Lectures
Virtual Climate Crisis Education Series (May 31, 2020 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74545 74545-18793320@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, May 31, 2020 8:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Citizens Climate Lobby

“COVID-19 has exposed the fragility of our societies to global shocks, such as disease or the climate crisis. As we recover, we must build a better future for all. Together, we can protect our planet, improve health, reduce inequality & re-energize struggling economies.” ---UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres

In the spirit of working together to solve these global crises, Ann Arbor Citizens’ Climate Lobby and Washtenaw Climate Reality invite you to join us for this series of presentations:

Sunday, May 10, 8pm: “COVID-19, Health & Climate Change,” Dr. Larry Junck, University of Michigan (Here is a link to the recording of "COVID-19, Health & Climate Change": http://tiny.cc/ClimateCrisisMay10)

Sunday, May 17, 8pm: “Climate Change in the Great Lakes- Challenges & Opportunities,” Kris Olsson, Washtenaw Climate Reality

Sunday, May 31, 8pm: “Climate Strategies- What Actions Will Keep Us at 1.5-2ºC?” Clark McCall & Kunal Joshi, Ann Arbor Citizens’ Climate Lobby

Sunday, June 7, 8pm: “Pollution Pricing as a Climate Justice Tool,” Ann Ellingson, Ann Arbor Citizens’ Climate Lobby

Sunday, June 14, 8pm: Climate Trivia Night-- Join us for a fun evening of climate trivia! Show off your climate knowledge! Organize a team of friends, or play on your own. Prizes! After you sign up for this, you will receive instructions for how to enter your team members.

The presentations will be held as Zoom webinars. Information for connecting to Zoom will be sent to registrants before each talk. Register for as many or as few talks in the series as you like.

Free and open to the public

Link to register:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-crisis-education-series-tickets-104484473874

]]>
Livestream / Virtual Fri, 29 May 2020 14:52:44 -0400 2020-05-31T20:00:00-04:00 2020-05-31T21:00:00-04:00 Citizens Climate Lobby Livestream / Virtual Photo of wildfire, hurricane and drought
Virtual Seminar - "Metabolic engineering strategies: from static to dynamic rewiring of microbial metabolic networks” (June 1, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74728 74728-18952538@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, June 1, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Life Sciences Institute (LSI)

Filipa Pereira, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
European Molecular Biology Laboratory

Link to attend: https://umich.zoom.us/j/93168574796

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Wed, 27 May 2020 10:54:07 -0400 2020-06-01T10:00:00-04:00 2020-06-01T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Life Sciences Institute (LSI) Lecture / Discussion
CCAT Research Review (June 2, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74696 74696-18912800@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 2, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Connected and Automated Transportation

The CCAT Research Review is a bimonthly event that takes a deep-dive on current transportation projects. This discussion is led by Dr. Shan Bao of the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). Dr. Bao will be discussing her project titled, "How Vehicle Connectivity based Eco-Routing Choices Will Impact Driver Decision Making" that proposes methods of assessing and modeling how these choices will impact drivers' decision making when provided with different sources of information. This free webinar will include a Q&A session.

Register for this free event at ccat.eventbrite.com

]]>
Livestream / Virtual Fri, 22 May 2020 10:00:36 -0400 2020-06-02T14:00:00-04:00 2020-06-02T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Connected and Automated Transportation Livestream / Virtual Decorative Image
Webinar: Learning Health Systems in the Time of COVID-19 (June 2, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74564 74564-18825099@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 2, 2020 2:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

This 90-minute webinar is designed to introduce individuals to the overall concept of learning health systems, focusing on core components of learning cycles and infrastructure. It is appropriate for anyone interested in how health systems function, and particularly for individuals working within health systems. We will use examples that span countries and clinical problems, with special emphasis on the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Mon, 11 May 2020 11:05:21 -0400 2020-06-02T14:00:00-04:00 2020-06-02T15:30:00-04:00 Department of Learning Health Sciences Lecture / Discussion Corona virus and Collaboratory logo
Final Decisions (June 3, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74763 74763-18968466@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 3, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

Pre-registration required for access.

This one session online study group will cover a number of topics relating to end of life decisions. They include: Michigan’s laws relating to burial; honest talks with doctors, based in part on Atul Gawande’s book, Being Mortal; choosing time of death; interesting cross-cultural funeral rituals; and options outside of traditional burial such as cremation, green burial, donation to medical schools, reef burial, cryogenics, and bio-urn (ashes planted with a tree seed).

Study group leader Marion Holt has extensive knowledge of this subject and has developed two courses on aging.

Please register by e-mailing olli.info@umich.edu.

]]>
Class / Instruction Fri, 29 May 2020 11:51:51 -0400 2020-06-03T10:00:00-04:00 2020-06-03T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Groups
Motor City at a Standstill: Measuring the Impact of COVID-19 on Detroit (June 3, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74752 74752-18962487@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 3, 2020 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Wednesday, June 3, 2020
11:00am EST
Zoom: https://bit.ly/2Afy5YH

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Detroit has emerged as an epicenter of the crisis. To date, more than 1300 Detroiters have died from a coronavirus infection and 43 percent of city residents have lost their jobs. In this ISR Insights talk, Jeffrey Morenoff (Professor, Sociology and Public Policy; Director, Population Studies Center) and Lydia Wileden (PhD Candidate, Sociology and Public Policy; Population Studies Center trainee) will discuss efforts by the Detroit Metro Area Communities Study -- a panel study of more than 1100 Detroiters -- to capture the real-time experiences of Detroiters and share insights from two survey waves on the dramatic financial precarity facing many Detroit households and the behavioral and economic changes residents are making to get by.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Thu, 28 May 2020 21:12:24 -0400 2020-06-03T11:00:00-04:00 2020-06-03T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion event flyer
Suffrage at 100: Women’s Rights, Civil Rights, and Voting Rights from 1920 to COVID-19 (June 4, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74709 74709-18946562@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 4, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

The links to access this event will be available on the OLLI website the day prior to the event.

The Nineteenth Amendment is popularly celebrated for enfranchising half of all Americans overnight. But who actually gained the ability to vote after the woman suffrage amendment was ratified? In “Suffrage at 100,” Liette Gidlow, Ph.D., explores the “long history” of the Nineteenth Amendment, connecting it to the voting rights struggles of the 1960s and today.

Liette Gidlow is an associate professor of history at Wayne State University and the Mellon-Schlesinger Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, where she is participating in the Long Nineteenth Amendment Project at the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America.

]]>
Class / Instruction Tue, 26 May 2020 14:28:32 -0400 2020-06-04T10:00:00-04:00 2020-06-04T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Special Online Lecture
Virtual Climate Crisis Education Series (June 7, 2020 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74545 74545-18793321@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, June 7, 2020 8:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Citizens Climate Lobby

“COVID-19 has exposed the fragility of our societies to global shocks, such as disease or the climate crisis. As we recover, we must build a better future for all. Together, we can protect our planet, improve health, reduce inequality & re-energize struggling economies.” ---UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres

In the spirit of working together to solve these global crises, Ann Arbor Citizens’ Climate Lobby and Washtenaw Climate Reality invite you to join us for this series of presentations:

Sunday, May 10, 8pm: “COVID-19, Health & Climate Change,” Dr. Larry Junck, University of Michigan (Here is a link to the recording of "COVID-19, Health & Climate Change": http://tiny.cc/ClimateCrisisMay10)

Sunday, May 17, 8pm: “Climate Change in the Great Lakes- Challenges & Opportunities,” Kris Olsson, Washtenaw Climate Reality

Sunday, May 31, 8pm: “Climate Strategies- What Actions Will Keep Us at 1.5-2ºC?” Clark McCall & Kunal Joshi, Ann Arbor Citizens’ Climate Lobby

Sunday, June 7, 8pm: “Pollution Pricing as a Climate Justice Tool,” Ann Ellingson, Ann Arbor Citizens’ Climate Lobby

Sunday, June 14, 8pm: Climate Trivia Night-- Join us for a fun evening of climate trivia! Show off your climate knowledge! Organize a team of friends, or play on your own. Prizes! After you sign up for this, you will receive instructions for how to enter your team members.

The presentations will be held as Zoom webinars. Information for connecting to Zoom will be sent to registrants before each talk. Register for as many or as few talks in the series as you like.

Free and open to the public

Link to register:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-crisis-education-series-tickets-104484473874

]]>
Livestream / Virtual Fri, 29 May 2020 14:52:44 -0400 2020-06-07T20:00:00-04:00 2020-06-07T21:00:00-04:00 Citizens Climate Lobby Livestream / Virtual Photo of wildfire, hurricane and drought
Mentorship Today Impacts the Future (June 9, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74828 74828-19002291@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 9, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

Mentorship plays a valuable role in the development of others. The mentor has a unique perspective on individuals who aspire to develop as a professional and person. This presentation will discuss the importance of mentorship, some considerations on effectively mentoring others, and the value mentorship provides society in developing the next level of productive citizens and professionals.

Speaker Timothy Neal, Assistant Professor and Director of the Athletic Training Program, Concordia University, is a certified athletic trainer and National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) Hall of Fame member. He spent 35 years as a clinical athletic trainer and Adjunct Professor at Syracuse University. He has mentored dozens of athletic training professionals, student-athletes and young coaches.

Link to Timothy Neal's lecture: https://umich.zoom.us/j/98378975260
US: +1 646 876 9923 or +1 301 715 8592
Webinar ID: 983 7897 5260

]]>
Class / Instruction Tue, 02 Jun 2020 14:38:06 -0400 2020-06-09T10:00:00-04:00 2020-06-09T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Distinguished Lecture Series
Great Lakes Threats and Strategies for Protection and Restoration (June 11, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74819 74819-19002282@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 11, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

The Great Lakes region has a strong restoration plan that has secured over $3.1 billion dollars in federal funds to clean up toxic pollution that poses a threat to people and wildlife, reduce polluted runoff that causes harmful algal blooms that poison drinking water, stop invasive species that harm fish and wildlife and outdoor recreation, and reverse habitat destruction that harm the environment and hurt the economy.

Federal investments are producing results in communities across an eight-state region. But serious threats remain, and the Healing Our Waters—Great Lakes Coalition is continuing to advocate for solutions that protect our drinking water, jobs, and way of life.

Speaker Laura Rubin has spent more than 30 years working on environmental protection, policy, and conservation issues. She is currently the Director of the Healing Our Waters—Great Lakes Coalition, which has been harnessing the collective power of more than 160 groups representing millions of people, whose common goal is to restore and protect the Great Lakes. The Coalition has earned a well-deserved reputation as a national leader in securing federal investment in regional ecosystem restoration efforts.

Link to Laura Rubin's lecture:
https://umich.zoom.us/j/97857718001
US: +1 312 626 6799 or +1 646 876 9923
Webinar ID: 978 5771 8001

]]>
Class / Instruction Tue, 02 Jun 2020 14:04:11 -0400 2020-06-11T10:00:00-04:00 2020-06-11T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Thursday Lectures
Virtual Climate Crisis Education Series (June 14, 2020 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74545 74545-18970456@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, June 14, 2020 8:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Citizens Climate Lobby

“COVID-19 has exposed the fragility of our societies to global shocks, such as disease or the climate crisis. As we recover, we must build a better future for all. Together, we can protect our planet, improve health, reduce inequality & re-energize struggling economies.” ---UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres

In the spirit of working together to solve these global crises, Ann Arbor Citizens’ Climate Lobby and Washtenaw Climate Reality invite you to join us for this series of presentations:

Sunday, May 10, 8pm: “COVID-19, Health & Climate Change,” Dr. Larry Junck, University of Michigan (Here is a link to the recording of "COVID-19, Health & Climate Change": http://tiny.cc/ClimateCrisisMay10)

Sunday, May 17, 8pm: “Climate Change in the Great Lakes- Challenges & Opportunities,” Kris Olsson, Washtenaw Climate Reality

Sunday, May 31, 8pm: “Climate Strategies- What Actions Will Keep Us at 1.5-2ºC?” Clark McCall & Kunal Joshi, Ann Arbor Citizens’ Climate Lobby

Sunday, June 7, 8pm: “Pollution Pricing as a Climate Justice Tool,” Ann Ellingson, Ann Arbor Citizens’ Climate Lobby

Sunday, June 14, 8pm: Climate Trivia Night-- Join us for a fun evening of climate trivia! Show off your climate knowledge! Organize a team of friends, or play on your own. Prizes! After you sign up for this, you will receive instructions for how to enter your team members.

The presentations will be held as Zoom webinars. Information for connecting to Zoom will be sent to registrants before each talk. Register for as many or as few talks in the series as you like.

Free and open to the public

Link to register:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-crisis-education-series-tickets-104484473874

]]>
Livestream / Virtual Fri, 29 May 2020 14:52:44 -0400 2020-06-14T20:00:00-04:00 2020-06-14T21:00:00-04:00 Citizens Climate Lobby Livestream / Virtual Photo of wildfire, hurricane and drought
RNA Innovation Seminar, Jeffery Twiss, MD, PhD, Professor, Interim Departmental Chair, SmartState Chair in Childhood Neurotherapeutics, University of South Carolina (June 15, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73583 73583-18263274@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, June 15, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Center for RNA Biomedicine

Jeffery Twiss, MD, PhD, Professor, Interim Departmental Chair, SmartState Chair in Childhood Neurotherapeutics, University of South Carolina

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Thu, 05 Mar 2020 08:43:23 -0500 2020-06-15T16:00:00-04:00 2020-06-15T17:00:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Center for RNA Biomedicine Lecture / Discussion lecture
The Personhood of the Corporation (June 16, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74892 74892-19063475@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 16, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

The links to access this event will be available on the OLLI website the day prior to the event.

This year marks the 10-year anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Citizens United versus the Federal Election Committee, a controversial decision that President Obama declared "reversed a century of law that I believe will open the floodgates for special interests - including foreign corporations - to spend without limit in our elections." When he stated these words during his 2010 State of the Union Address, Justice Samuel Alito famously shook his head, mouthing “not true.”

To understand the Citizens United decision, it helps to understand the string of cases that preceded it and the underlying questions that center on the “personhood of the corporation.” Since the 1880s, courts have wrestled with questions like: Are corporations the same as “human persons”? Do they have rights, such as the right of free speech guaranteed under the first amendment to the US Constitution? Does money equal speech? Does money corrupt? Is there a “compelling state interest” in curtailing money as speech? These are all questions that the Supreme Court considered in rendering its Citizens United judgment. This session will attempt to make you more conversant in the Supreme Court’s reasoning, both in the supporting majority and the dissenting minority, and help you understand the deeper issues affecting our democratic processes.

Speaker Andrew Hoffman is the Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, UM Ross School of Business and UM School for Environment and Sustainability. His research uses organizational behavior models and theories to understand the cultural and institutional aspects of environmental issues for organizations. He has published over 100 articles/book chapters, as well as 16 books, which have been translated into six languages.

]]>
Class / Instruction Wed, 10 Jun 2020 08:50:24 -0400 2020-06-16T10:00:00-04:00 2020-06-16T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Distinguished Lecture Series
Wealth and the Persistence of Racial Inequality (June 17, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74898 74898-19065440@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Wednesday, June 17, 2020
11am EST
https://umich.zoom.us/j/98604209689

As the country grapples with its persistent problem of racial injustice, this ISR Insights talk will focus on one aspect of long-standing racial inequality — gaps in family wealth. Featuring new findings on the depth and persistence of racial wealth gaps, Fabian Pfeffer (Associate Professor, Sociology; Research Associate Professor, Population Studies Center, ISR) will also clarify why rising levels of wealth inequality present a major challenge to the economic prosperity and opportunity of most families in this country.

This webinar is the third in a continuing series focusing on the research happening at ISR.  If there is a topic you would like to see featured or have an idea for a future presentation, please email abeattie@umich.edu.  This talk is being recorded and will be shared widely.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Wed, 10 Jun 2020 15:35:19 -0400 2020-06-17T11:00:00-04:00 2020-06-17T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion flyer
PFAS in the Huron River Watershed (June 18, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74823 74823-19002286@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 18, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

This talk will cover common sources of PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) chemicals to the environment, the associated health risks of exposure, and their status in the Huron River watershed. The recent history of how major sources of PFAS were discovered in the river and its fish, along with what is being done to prevent human exposure, will be discussed.

Speaker Daniel Brown is a Watershed Planner with the Huron River Watershed Council. His work focuses on emerging contaminants, dam removal, the coordination of the Huron River Water Trail, and addressing the effects of climate change. His background is in climatology, and before working with HRWC, he helped institutions and governments across the U.S. and Canada find solutions to environmental challenges.

Link to Daniel Brown's lecture:
https://umich.zoom.us/j/92477979810
US: +1 301 715 8592 or +1 312 626 6799
Webinar ID: 924 7797 9810

]]>
Class / Instruction Tue, 02 Jun 2020 14:14:55 -0400 2020-06-18T10:00:00-04:00 2020-06-18T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Thursday Lectures
A Dialog About the Definition of Sex – Should it Include Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity? (June 22, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74965 74965-19112544@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, June 22, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

Currently the Supreme Court is hearing arguments about the meaning of the word “sex” in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the primary federal law prohibiting discrimination in employment. The Court has been asked to decide whether the definition of sex in U.S. law includes sexual orientation and gender identity.

Join attorneys Maureen Carroll (UM Law Professor) and Angie Peron, JD, MSW, MA, (Executive Director of SAGE Metro Detroit) who familiar with the issues for a panel discussion to learn more about current arguments to the court, and information about a court ruling if a decision is made at the time this class meets.

Join at: https://umich-health.zoom.us/j/96725990606?pwd=MDk3ZE5vNjRxbDJublE0RXRsenpUUT09
US: +1 312 626 6799 or +1 646 558 8656
Webinar ID: 967 2599 0606
Password: 289083

]]>
Class / Instruction Tue, 16 Jun 2020 14:15:26 -0400 2020-06-22T10:00:00-04:00 2020-06-22T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Special Online Lecture
Who Gets Care in a Pandemic? (June 23, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74996 74996-19134138@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 23, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

Recent reports make clear that American hospitals have already had to ration lifesaving treatment for Covid-19 patients. And if cases spike again, the problem could get worse. This talk will explore how doctors should allocate care when resources are scarce. Should they try to save the greatest number possible? Or distribute resources randomly, or on a first-come, first-served basis? And what may they consider when they allocate care: age? disability? the choices that the people who need care have made? the way they've been treated by society in the past? The talk will almost certainly raise more questions than it answers.

Our speaker, Scott Hershovitz is the Thomas G and Mabel Long Professor of Law at the UM Law School and Professor of Philosophy, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.

Link to Scott Hershovitz's lecture: https://umich.zoom.us/j/94568781768
US: +1 301 715 8592 or +1 312 626 6799
Webinar ID: 945 6878 1768

]]>
Class / Instruction Fri, 19 Jun 2020 10:37:43 -0400 2020-06-23T10:00:00-04:00 2020-06-23T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Special Online Lecture
How We Became the “Other”: My Family’s Incarceration Story (June 24, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74967 74967-19112547@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 24, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

What precipitates the scapegoating and “othering” that has occurred throughout US history? What role does it play in galvanizing the nationwide protests in the current moment? Lori Watanabe Saginaw shares the story of the unconstitutional, forced imprisonment of her parents and grandparents during WWII, along with 120,000 others of Japanese descent, and draws a connection to her own anti-racism activism. George Floyd’s murder underscores the impact of white supremacy in American systems and the urgency and to take action. Watanabe Saginaw offers tools for personal action.

An active Ann Arbor community member since 1974, Lori Watanabe Saginaw is a third generation Japanese American, and practitioner and promoter of race dialogue. She served as co-chair of the Task Force that developed recommendations to the Ann Arbor City Council, resulting in the launching in April 2019, of the Independent Community Police Oversight Commission. Lori is inspired by her 98-year-old mother, May Watanabe, an Ann Arbor resident who has given numerous public talks about her own incarceration experience to offer insight, provoke thought, and encourage the challenging of similar injustices.

Link to Lori Watanabe's lecture: https://umich.zoom.us/j/94293118128
US: +1 301 715 8592 or +1 312 626 6799
Webinar ID: 942 9311 8128

]]>
Class / Instruction Tue, 16 Jun 2020 14:25:26 -0400 2020-06-24T10:00:00-04:00 2020-06-24T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Special Online Lecture
Michigan Water Quality Update -- A Panel Discussion (June 25, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74826 74826-19002289@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 25, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

Our panel:

Brian Steglitz is the Manager of Water Treatment Services for the City of Ann Arbor and is responsible for operation of the City’s 50 MGD Water Treatment Plant that serves approximately 125,000 people in the City of Ann Arbor and environs. Mr. Steglitz is a former Vice President of the American Water Works Association, and is currently on the Board of Directors for The Water Research Foundation. Mr. Steglitz has a BA in Economics from Yale University and a MS in Civil/Environmental Engineering from Stanford University.

Curt Wolf serves as Managing Director of the University of Michigan’s Urban Collaboratory. Established in 2016, the Urban Collaboratory connects faculty and students from a variety of fields to work in partnership with city stakeholders to accelerate community progress toward improved health, sustainability, and equity through collaborative research that translates innovation to practice. Mr. Wolf has served in a number of senior management positions for large multinational consulting firms, directing a wide variety of technical disciplines, and providing consulting services to governments, corporations, foundations, institutions and non-profit corporations. Mr. Wolf is a Professional Engineer licensed in several states, and holds a BS in Civil Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from the University of Missouri at St. Louis.

Sara Talpos is an independent science journalist and senior editor at Undark magazine, a science magazine affiliated with MIT. In 2019, she published a feature in Science magazine about how local citizens uncovered PFAS contamination in west Michigan. More recently, she reporter for Undark on a new legal strategy known as “toxic battery” being tested in PFAS cases across the country.

Link to June 25 panel discussion:
https://umich.zoom.us/j/92477979810
US: +1 301 715 8592 or +1 312 626 6799
Webinar ID: 924 7797 9810

]]>
Class / Instruction Tue, 02 Jun 2020 14:25:14 -0400 2020-06-25T10:00:00-04:00 2020-06-25T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Thursday Lectures
How COVID-19 Curbs Demand for MOD: CCAT Lunch & Learn (June 25, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74993 74993-19128256@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 25, 2020 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Connected and Automated Transportation

On-demand mobility has been revolutionizing how people move and transforming public/private partnerships. From calling a Lyft or Uber to hopping on a scooter or bike, mobility has never been easier...then came COVID. These mobility services and the partnerships with cities and transit agencies have each been dramatically impacted. Join us as we assess how the MOD industry is adapting to mobility in the time of Corona and what this might mean for the sustainability of “gig mobility” - especially if investment in infrastructure and transportation help to jumpstart the economy post-COVID-19.

Leading this Lunch & Learn are Amy Ford , Director of the Mobility on Demand Alliance for ITS America, and Sara Davidson, Technical Lead of Smart Systems for ITS America.
-
The Center for Connected and Automated Transportation (CCAT) is the Region 5 University Transportation Center located at the University of Michigan. Consortium members include the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, Akron University, Central State University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Purdue University, and Washtenaw Community College. CCAT aims to advance research in the field of transportation safety, mobility, and sustainability via connected vehicles, connected infrastructure, and autonomous vehicles.

]]>
Livestream / Virtual Thu, 18 Jun 2020 15:01:19 -0400 2020-06-25T11:00:00-04:00 2020-06-25T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Connected and Automated Transportation Livestream / Virtual Decorative Image
White Liberalism and the Illusion of Racial Progress (June 26, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74969 74969-19112549@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 26, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

How does information impact opinions and voting behavior in the case of white liberal progressives? Specifically, does exposure to racial wealth gap data lead to support by white liberals for affirmative action, reparations, and similar programs? These and related issues will be explored.

Speaker Vincent Hutchings is the Hanes Walton Jr. Collegiate Professor of Political Science at UM and a Research Professor at the Institute for Social Research. He received his PhD in 1997 from the University of California, Los Angeles. His research examines the ways in which political campaigns and the media frame information about racial issues in order to activate and make politically relevant the voters’ sympathies and/or antipathies for particular racial groups.

Link to Vincent Hutchings' lecture: https://umich.zoom.us/j/96677902862
US: +1 312 626 6799 or +1 646 876 9923
Webinar ID: 966 7790 2862

]]>
Class / Instruction Tue, 16 Jun 2020 14:37:30 -0400 2020-06-26T10:00:00-04:00 2020-06-26T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Special Online Lecture
What About Weed? The Cannabis Controversy, Past, Present and Future (June 30, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75043 75043-19181232@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 30, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

Weed, pot, marijuana, cannabis. Whatever you call it, the United States has a long, complicated, and conflicted history with this complicated herb. It is evil incarnate, or a panacea for all that ails us. Join us for a lively lecture and discussion as we tackle the cannabis controversy, past, present and future.

Dr. Strobbe is board-certified both in psychiatric and addictions nursing. He was the first Clinical Director of the UM Addiction Treatment Services (UMATS, 2006-2010). He completed his doctoral studies at UM in 2009, with a concentration in bioo-behavioral health. Dr. Strobbe has published nearly 40 peer-reviewed articles, position papers, book chapter and other resources related to substance use and addictions nursing. He is immediate past president (2018-2020) of the International Nurses Society on Addictions. Dr. Strobbe receive UM’s Golden Apple Award in 2015.

Please click the link below to join Dr. Strobbe’s webinar:
https://umich.zoom.us/j/93800202749
US: +1 312 626 6799
Webinar ID: 938 0020 2749

]]>
Class / Instruction Thu, 25 Jun 2020 10:27:07 -0400 2020-06-30T10:00:00-04:00 2020-06-30T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Distinguished Lecture Series
Kate A. Fitzgerald, PhD, Vice Chair, Research, Department of Medicine, (July 13, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74621 74621-18880949@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, July 13, 2020 4:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Center for RNA Biomedicine

Registration link: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_25jkEySCT6q3UWjxfRU13Q

Keywords: lncRNA, Inante Immunity, Interferon, Antiviral

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Wed, 01 Jul 2020 11:22:18 -0400 2020-07-13T16:00:00-04:00 2020-07-13T17:00:00-04:00 Center for RNA Biomedicine Lecture / Discussion speaker photo
Mental Health and Well-being Among Older Americans During the Pandemic: The COVID-19 Coping Study (July 15, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75039 75039-19175351@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 15, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

ISR Insights Speaker Series is a series focusing on the research happening at ISR.

Wednesday, July 15, 1pm
https://umich.zoom.us/j/92804413123

COVID-19 has both immediate and long-term consequences for the health and well-being of Americans. Older adults are not only at higher risk for severe illness from the disease, but may also be especially vulnerable to social and emotional harms associated with the pandemic. In this ISR Insights talk, Jessica Finlay (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Social Environment and Health, ISR) and Lindsay Kobayashi (Assistant Professor, Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health, School of Public Health) will discuss insights from the COVID-19 Coping Study of nearly 7,000 adults aged 55+ from across the country. The talk will share participants’ perspectives and diverse experiences during the first upswing of the pandemic, including major sources of stress and ways of coping.

If there is a topic you would like to see featured or have an idea for a future presentation, please email abeattie@umich.edu.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Thu, 25 Jun 2020 13:59:29 -0400 2020-07-15T13:00:00-04:00 2020-07-15T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion
Combating poverty and inequality amidst a pandemic (July 15, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74921 74921-19079192@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 15, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Policy Talks @ the Ford School

The current public health crisis has further exposed deep inequities in the United States, leaving millions unemployed and straining social services. While many Americans have seen an abrupt drop in income, those already living in poverty are facing additional hardships. Luke Shaefer, Ford School associate dean and director of Poverty Solutions, Alford A. Young Jr, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor in the Department of Sociology and a professor of Afroamerican and African Studies, and Michael S. Barr, dean of the Ford School, will discuss some of the ways that policymakers and communities are attempting to combat poverty during this crisis. How can existing federal, state, and local programs expand to meet rapidly increasing needs? What policy approaches can effectively help those most in need? How can we learn from these extraordinary circumstances in order to more effectively alleviate poverty moving forward?

For more information and to register to attend please visit http://fordschool.umich.edu/events/2020/combating-poverty-and-inequality-amidst-pandemic

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Fri, 26 Jun 2020 10:08:42 -0400 2020-07-15T14:00:00-04:00 2020-07-16T03:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion
Policing and Protest 2020 (July 28, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75046 75046-19183194@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, July 28, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies

Note: The webinar has a Q&A format. We welcome your questions before via email (eihswebinar@umich.edu) and during the webinar via Zoom Q&A. This event will be recorded and available for future viewing online.

***Please register in advance here: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qVR5E3VGRG2x_xJ4AK47AA

The killing of George Floyd, in the wake of the horrific and obscene history of the killings of unarmed black people by the police, has focused attention like never before on the systemic anti-black racism of the criminal-legal system in the United States. To be sure, the massive expansion and militarization of policing and incarceration are in some ways of comparatively recent origin. Yet they also have a much deeper origin in, and are inextricably connected to, a longer history of the judicial and extra-judicial violence against black people in the continent. The racist inequities of the criminal-legal system, indeed, are not a bug, but a feature.

Our panel of experts, scholars of the United States at the University of Michigan, will help us explore, beyond the headlines, the reach of the long arm of the carceral state in society as well as the challenges and opportunities that have been thrown up by the contemporary protests against the systemic violence of the state. The stakes for understanding the working of the carceral state are documented by the Documenting Criminalization and Confinement project of the University of Michigan’s Carceral State Project. However, the momentous protests against anti-Black racism as well as the broad public support they have received both within the United States and across the world—the clamor heard round the world—have also created a novel opportunity for implementing and imagining futures beyond a blatantly rigged carceral framework.

Panelists:
• Melissa Burch, Anthropology, University of Michigan
• Matthew Countryman, Afroamerican and African History, American Culture, History, University of Michigan
• Matthew Lassiter, History, Urban and Regional Planning, University of Michigan
• William D. Lopez, Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan

Moderator:
• Mrinalini Sinha, History, University of Michigan

This event is part of the Thursday Series of the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies. It is made possible by a generous contribution from Kenneth and Frances Aftel Eisenberg.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Tue, 21 Jul 2020 13:07:31 -0400 2020-07-28T16:00:00-04:00 2020-07-28T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies Lecture / Discussion Daniel Lobo, "Brionna Taylor" (public domain)
LHS Collaboratory Webinar - Global LHS for COVID-19 (July 29, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75087 75087-19214577@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 29, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

Please join us for this special webinar session on Wednesday, July 29, 2020 from 10:00 am - 11:30 pm EDT.  Registration: https://umich-health.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wVDWLBm5QYK79DVK8Tb7_w

This 90-minute webinar is designed to share the work of an international collaboration to develop the foundation for a global Learning Health System addressing COVID-19 and future public health crises. Presenters will share lessons learned from Italy, Spain and the United States, including describing a proposed international comprehensive systemic framework for collection, management, and
analysis of high-quality data to inform decisions in managing the clinical response and social measures to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, presenters will discuss how the results of a pilot project currently under development may illuminate a collaborative path forward for local, regional, and national public health stakeholders worldwide.

Perspectives from Italy:  Paolo Stocco

Perspectives from Spain: Borja Sanchez Garcia, Pablo Rivero, Francisco Ros, Esther Gil Zorzo 

Perspectives from the USA: Charles P. Friedman, Rebecca Kush, Joshua C. Rubin, Douglas Van Houweling

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Mon, 29 Jun 2020 15:22:14 -0400 2020-07-29T10:00:00-04:00 2020-07-29T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Learning Health Sciences Lecture / Discussion LHS Collaboratory Logo-globe
Supporting People with Vision Impairments in Automated Vehicles (July 29, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75058 75058-19189082@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 29, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Connected and Automated Transportation

Underserved communities do not have the same level of access to transportation, including those with visual impairments. This can lead to a loss in opportunities for healthcare, education, and employment. This discussion is led by Assistant Professor, Robin Brewer, and Karl E. Weick Collegiate Professor of Information, Nicole Ellison. Professors Brewer and Ellison will be discussing their recently completed project titled, "Supporting People with Vision Impairments in Autonomous Vehicles". They will focus on the perceived barriers and design solutions of autonomous vehicles from the perspective of blind and low vision people. They will also examine the broader transportation ecosystem and how ridesharing services, a proxy to understanding AV use, are experienced by people with vision impairments. This free webinar will include a Q&A session.

]]>
Livestream / Virtual Thu, 16 Jul 2020 15:14:20 -0400 2020-07-29T13:00:00-04:00 2020-07-29T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Connected and Automated Transportation Livestream / Virtual Decorative Image
PENNY STAMPS SPEAKER SERIES + DPTV PRESENT CHIEF JUSTICE BRIDGET MCCORMACK, JOHN DE LANCIE, AND LEN NIEHOFF (July 31, 2020 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75378 75378-19448157@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, July 31, 2020 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

On Friday, July 31 at 8:00 pm ET, tune in at dptv.org or join us on the Penny Stamps Series Facebook page to view a presentation by Chief Justice Bridget McCormack, John de Lancie, and Len Niehoff

This event brings together Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Bridget McCormack, legal scholar and practitioner Len Niehoff, and acclaimed actor John de Lancie to explore the work of the courts and the law; how the human impulse for narrative performance and drama informs the inner workings of the courtroom; and how the courtroom is represented on stage and screen.

Chief Justice Bridget McCormack joined the Michigan Supreme Court in January 2013, and became chief justice in January 2019. As the chief justice, McCormack has promoted statewide initiatives devoted to improving the courts’ service to the public, and in particular delivering on a promise that courts are independent, accessible, engaged with their communities, and efficient. Len Niehoff is a nationally prominent law practitioner, professor, and scholar in three fields: media law and the First Amendment; higher education law; and trial and appellate litigation. Niehoff is working on a book about the Salem witch trials. John de Lancie is best known for his role as “Q” on Star Trek: The Next Generation, however, his credits are numerous and include The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, The Fisher King, Breaking Bad, and The West Wing. He was recently in a national tour of the “Scopes Monkey Trial” with Ed Asner where he played Clarence Darrow, and is the first recipient of the Clarence Darrow Award. De Lancie is currently at work on a play about the 2005 Kitzmiller vs. Dover School District trial.

Presented in partnership with University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA).

https://www.facebook.com/PennyStampsSeries/

https://www.dptv.org/programs/arts-culture/penny-stamps-series/

]]>
Livestream / Virtual Thu, 06 Aug 2020 09:26:19 -0400 2020-07-31T20:00:00-04:00 2020-07-31T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Livestream / Virtual Courthouse
The American National Election Study: History and Insights from Recent Surveys (August 12, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75386 75386-19457966@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 12, 2020 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Wednesday, August 12, 2020, 11:00 a.m. EDT
Join us virtually: https://umich.zoom.us/j/92353673792

Why does America vote as it does on Election Day? Since 1948, the American National Election Studies (ANES) has provided data to inform explanations of election outcomes in the United States. The ANES provides survey data from a nationally representative sample of American adults to give researchers a view of the political world through the eyes of ordinary citizens.

In this ISR Insights talk, Dr. Vincent Hutchings (Professor, Department of Political Science; Research Professor, Center for Political Studies) will discuss the history of ANES and why it remains an essential resource for the social sciences. He will talk about the study’s approach to data collection and instrumentation in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, which includes conducting surveys through a combination of Internet, video, and telephone interviews. Dr. Hutchings will also highlight politically-relevant results from recent studies, including attitudes on the Black Lives Matter movement.

This webinar is part of a continuing series focusing on the research happening at ISR. If there is a topic you would like to see featured or have an idea for a future presentation, please email abeattie@umich.edu. This talk is being recorded and will be shared widely.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Wed, 12 Aug 2020 11:02:54 -0400 2020-08-12T11:00:00-04:00 2020-08-12T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion event flyer
School Mental Health in the Detroit Public Schools Community District (August 25, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75783 75783-19606037@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 25, 2020 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

ISR Insights Speaker Series - School Mental Health in the Detroit Public Schools Community District

August 25, 11am EST: https://umich.zoom.us/j/98456054707
Robin Jacob, PhD, Co-Director Youth Policy Lab
Elizabeth Koschmann, PhD, TRAILS Program Director

In recent years, rates of child and adolescent mental illness have skyrocketed. Nearly half of adolescents in the United States will experience symptoms of a mental illness before age 18, and one in five will be severely impaired by their symptoms. Among youth ages 10-24, suicide has become the second leading cause of death, killing almost 8,000 young people annually. These problems may be acerbated in urban, high poverty schools. There is evidence of higher rates of both mental illness and self-injury and suicidal behavior in communities of color which is hypothesized to reflect the impact of systemic racism, as well as significant racial disparities in access to high quality health and mental health care. Schools are uniquely positioned to identify and respond to students’ mental health care needs, and to reduce widespread inequities in access to effective prevention and early intervention services. However, only limited data is available on the prevalence and pattern of mental health challenges in urban schools or about the school or district resources available to address those challenges.

This study presents data collected as part of a partnership between TRAILS (Transforming Research into Action to Improve the Lives of Students), the Youth Policy Lab, and the Detroit Public Schools Community District. In 2019, our study team collected survey data from nearly 3,500 DPSCD teachers, administrators, school staff, almost 11,000 students, and 800 families. In this talk, Drs. Robin Jacob and Elizabeth Koschmann will share findings on (1) the prevalence of anxiety, depression, and exposure to traumatic events among students, (2) the degree to which these are associated with school engagement, absences, and other behaviors, and (3) the challenges staff and district administrators face in providing mental health services for their students.

This webinar is part of a continuing series focusing on the research happening at ISR. If there is a topic you would like to see featured or have an idea for a future presentation, please email abeattie@umich.edu. This talk is being recorded and will be shared widely.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Tue, 18 Aug 2020 10:29:43 -0400 2020-08-25T11:00:00-04:00 2020-08-25T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion event flyer
The Joseph and Sally Handleman Lecture Series presents Jacqueline Novogratz (September 8, 2020 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76246 76246-19679544@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 8, 2020 4:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Ross

Now is a time to reimagine and rebuild systems that are better and fairer. How can we redefine success from its focus on hegemonic norms like money and power, to prioritize humanity and the sustainability of the earth? Join Dean Scott DeRue, Tuesday, Sept. 8 for a discussion with New York Times best-selling author Jacqueline Novogratz on how we all can make the change using innovative entrepreneurial models.

This event is free and open to the public.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Thu, 27 Aug 2020 15:09:11 -0400 2020-09-08T16:30:00-04:00 2020-09-08T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Ross Lecture / Discussion The Joseph and Sally Handleman Lecture Series presents Jacqueline Novogratz
DCMB / CCMB Weekly Seminar Series (September 9, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76946 76946-19780535@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 9, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Abstract: Birth defects that interfere with craniofacial development can result in cognitive, neurosensory, and neuroendocrine defects that create life-long burdens for care. The forebrain, midbrain, hindbrain, five facial prominences, and pituitary gland develop between the first and second month of gestation in humans. Genetic defects that disrupt these processes cause a spectrum of disorders that range from holoprosencephaly (HPE) and septo-optic dysplasia (SOD) to pituitary hormone deficiencies. We screened a large cohort of Argentinean patients with congenital hypopituitarism and related disorders for mutations in known genes and identified novel pathogenic variants and examples of digenic disease. However, the majority of patients did not receive a molecular diagnosis, indicating the high degree of genetic complexity underlying these disorders and the need for additional gene discovery. The majority of known hypopituitarism genes were discovered through basic research in pituitary cell lines and mutant mice. To identify novel regulatory genes for pituitary organogenesis we analyzed differential binding of a key pituitary-specific transcription factor, POU1F1, in cell lines that represent pituitary progenitors and differentiated cells. We discovered that POU1F1 binding is associated with bZIP transcription factors in progenitors and with bHLH factors in differentiated cells. We also applied single cell RNA sequencing technology to analyze gene expression during pituitary organogenesis and discovered novel transcription factors that are candidates for driving cell specification as well as unique, rare cell types that are likely differentiation intermediates. Bioinformatic analyses have played key roles in advancing our knowledge of neuroendocrine birth defects and normal pituitary organogenesis.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Wed, 09 Sep 2020 08:26:42 -0400 2020-09-09T16:00:00-04:00 2020-09-09T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location DCMB Seminar Series Lecture / Discussion Sally Camper, Ph.D., Margery Shaw Distinguished University Professor of Human Genetics, Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan
RNA Collaborative Seminar featuring: Sue Hammoud, Human Genetics & Justin Colacino, Environmental Health Sciences (September 9, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75865 75865-19615931@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 9, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for RNA Biomedicine

ZOOM REGISTRATION REQUIRED: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GjVNcoWtRG6OkzxSDmfb8A

"Same Same Different: Single cell RNAseq identifies conserved and divergent features of mammalian spermatogenesis"
Sue Hammoud, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Human Genetics
Website: https://hammoud.lab.medicine.umich.edu/

~and~

"Single cell transcriptomic profiling to understand breast stem cell heterogeneity in development and cancer disparities"
Justin Colacino. Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences
Website: https://www.colacinolab.com/

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Wed, 26 Aug 2020 11:44:32 -0400 2020-09-09T16:00:00-04:00 2020-09-09T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for RNA Biomedicine Lecture / Discussion RNA Collaborative
U-M Structure Seminar: Structural and functional characterization of Small Multidrug Resistance (SMR) transporters (September 11, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76010 76010-19653374@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 11, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Structural Biology

Ali Kermani, Ph.D.
Research Fellow, Stockbridge Lab
University of Michigan

]]>
Livestream / Virtual Wed, 26 Aug 2020 15:57:40 -0400 2020-09-11T10:00:00-04:00 2020-09-11T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Structural Biology Livestream / Virtual UM Structure Seminars
Voting Strategies during COVID-19 (September 11, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75628 75628-19550863@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 11, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Many efforts are underway to increase college student voting. This panel of college students will discuss what is happening at U-M, statewide, and nationally to get students registered to vote and committed to voting.

The panel will also discuss what motivated them to get involved with these efforts, what they have learned along the way, and how the pandemic has impacted their work.

The panel will be moderated by Edie Goldenberg, PhD, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at University of Michigan.

Professor Goldenberg is currently the faculty advisor of Turn Up Turnout (TUT), a student organization on campus that works in a nonpartisan way to increase student voting at UM. TUT also works with other universities in the Big Ten Conference, with colleges around the state of Michigan, with more than 50 other universities across the country, and with a number of national organizations.

Previously, Dr. Goldenberg served as founder and faculty director of the Michigan in Washington Program (2004-16), Dean of the College of Literature, Science and the Arts (1989-98), and Director of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy (1987-89)

Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the lecture will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the event.

]]>
Class / Instruction Tue, 11 Aug 2020 11:32:05 -0400 2020-09-11T10:00:00-04:00 2020-09-11T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Urgent and Critical Lectures
Michigan EARTH Virtual Welcome (September 11, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74999 74999-19136101@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 11, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Earth and Environmental Sciences

A Zoom webinar for faculty, staff, and students of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences to introduce new members, make announcements, and share ongoing projects. Login information will be provided when it becomes available.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Wed, 01 Jul 2020 10:33:24 -0400 2020-09-11T16:00:00-04:00 2020-09-11T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Earth and Environmental Sciences Lecture / Discussion
CMENAS Colloquium Series. King of Kings of Africa: Racializing Qaddafi in the Visual Output of the 2011 Libyan Uprisings (September 14, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75753 75753-19598149@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 14, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

The 2020 CMENAS Colloquium Series theme is "The Arab Spring: 10 Years Later."
(Please register at http://myumi.ch/jxDBz; a Zoom link will be emailed to you the day of the event.)

About the Presentation:
During the 2011 popular uprisings in the Arab world, battles unfolded through oppositional image-worlds, in which the incumbent icons of state were mocked via visual forms of humor falling all along the comedic spectrum. In Libya, pictorial forms of ridicule had as their main target the country’s “Brother Leader” Muammar al-Gaddafi. After failing to win support from Arab governments, Gaddafi fashioned himself as a traditional sub-Saharan chief and the “King of Kings of Africa.” His bombastic title, Afro-like hairdo, and eye-catching robes made him an easy target for visual satire, which turned visibly more racist when he began using mercenaries drawn from sub-Saharan Africa to suppress street demonstrations. Throughout the uprisings, members of the opposition—including cartoonists and muralists—sought to degrade Gaddafi through the use of visual stereotypes, revealing that within the particular case of Libya, satirical contentions during the so-called “Arab Spring” were not just transgressive and factional but instrumentally racist as well.

About the Speaker:
Christiane Gruber’s primary field of research is Islamic book arts, paintings of the Prophet Muhammad, and Islamic ascension texts and images, about which she has written two books and edited a volume of articles. She also pursues research in Islamic book arts and codicology, having authored the online catalogue of Islamic calligraphies in the Library of Congress as well as edited the volume of articles, The Islamic Manuscript Tradition. Her third field of specialization is modern Islamic visual culture and post-revolutionary Iranian visual and material culture, about which she has written several articles. She also has co-edited two volumes on Islamic and cross-cultural visual cultures. She recently completed her third book, titled The Praiseworthy One: The Prophet Muhammad in Islamic Texts and Images.

*If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. Contact: Kristin Waterbury at waterbuk@umich.edu*

]]>
Livestream / Virtual Mon, 14 Sep 2020 14:54:03 -0400 2020-09-14T16:00:00-04:00 2020-09-14T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Livestream / Virtual colloquium_poster
The Lasting Impact of Covid-19 -- Health Perspectives on COVID-19 (September 15, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75652 75652-19552872@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 15, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

Three “essential” medical professionals share their unique observations and experiences about caring for Covid-19 patients.

Preeti N. Malani, M.D., MSJ, Chief Health Officer and a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at UM. As chief health officer Dr. Malani, serves as an adviser to the President of the university on matters of health and well-being of the university community, including disease management, public health preparedness and promotion of healthy practices and climate on all three campuses.

Dr. Malani is a graduate of UM. She received her MD degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine. Prior to medical school, she completed a Masters in Journalism at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. She completed her Internal Medicine residency and Infectious Diseases fellowship at UM, where she also received a Master’s Degree in Clinical Research Design and Statistical Analysis.

Dr. Malani completed fellowship training in Geriatric Medicine at the Oregon Health and Science University. She is the director of the National Poll on Healthy Aging based at the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation and an Associate Editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

Joy Ensor, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist Jimena Loveluck, Health Officer, Washtenaw County Health Department, is a licensed psychologist whose career has included public sector service, private practice, and adjunct faculty appointments at Wayne State and Eastern Michigan Universities.

A first- generation American, she grew up in New York City and received her diploma from the Bronx High School of Science, her BA from Sarah Lawrence College, and her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. Dr. Ensor is a Fellow of the Michigan Psychological Association, received its Distinguished Psychologist Award in 2017, and is currently serving as its President.

Jimena Loveluck is the health officer of the Washtenaw County Health Department where she has served since 2017. Prior to joining the Health Department, Ms. Loveluck was the Vice Chair of the Washtenaw County Board of Health and Vice President of Community Research and Innovation for UNIFIED – HIV Health and Beyond. She also served as the president and CEO of the HIV/AIDS Resource Center in Ypsilanti for 15 years.

She has a Master’s Degree focused in Social Work; Community Organization/Social Policy and Planning from Boston College. Loveluck is the first Latinx and first bilingual health officer for Washtenaw County.

Zoom Link to join this programming:
https://umich.zoom.us/j/98073119683
Webinar ID: 98073119683

]]>
Class / Instruction Tue, 11 Aug 2020 17:06:11 -0400 2020-09-15T10:00:00-04:00 2020-09-15T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Urgent and Critical Lectures
LHS Collaboratory Seminar Series Virtual Kick-Off: Academic Medical Centers as Learning Health Systems (September 17, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75856 75856-19615923@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 17, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

Learning Health Systems (LHS) methods are now being implemented in interesting and varying ways by academic health centers and their clinical and translational science institutes across the country.
According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the following are key attributes of Learning Health
Systems:

• Having leaders who are committed to a culture of continuous learning and improvement
• Systematically gathering and applying evidence in real-time to guide care
• Employing IT methods to share new evidence with clinicians to improve decision-making
• Promoting the inclusion of patients as vital members of the learning team
• Capturing and analyzing data and care experiences to improve care
• Continually assessing outcomes, refining processes and training to create a feedback cycle for learning and improvement

The LHS Collaboratory's fall seminar series virtual kick-off event will showcase the LHS experiences of three research-intensive academic centers that have been promoting LHS methods. We will be joined by distinguished senior colleagues from Duke,Vanderbilt, and Washington University, who will describe and discuss their institutions' work in this area. They will discuss strategies employed, investments made, challenges encountered, and successes achieved.

Panelists:
Kevin B. Johnson, MD, MS, FAAP, FACMI, Vanderbilt University
Christopher J. Lindsell, PhD, Vanderbilt University
Philip Payne, PhD, FACMI, Washington University
Michael Pencina, PhD, Duke University
Eric G. Poon, MD, MPH, Duke University

Discussant:
Carol R. Bradford, MD, MS, Executive Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, University of Michigan Medical School, Chief Academic Officer, Michigan Medicine, Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Thu, 20 Aug 2020 09:45:31 -0400 2020-09-17T09:00:00-04:00 2020-09-17T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Learning Health Sciences Lecture / Discussion LHS Collaboratory Logo-blocks
Presidential Impeachment, from Johnson to Trump: What Have We Learned? (September 17, 2020 4:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75859 75859-19615925@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 17, 2020 4:10pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Law School

Please join us for UM's annual commemoration of Constitution Day. Professor Michael Gerhardt (UNC School of Law) and Professor Jonathan Turley (GWU Law School)- two of the four scholars who testified, one on each side, on constitutional standards for impeachment before the House Judiciary Committee during President Trump's impeachment- will debate. MLaw Professor Rich Friedman will moderate.

Join via Zoom at https://umich.zoom.us/j/97622039094

Michael Gerhardt (https://law.unc.edu/people/michael-j-gerhardt/) serves as the Burton Craige Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill School of Law. His teaching and research focuses on constitutional conflicts between presidents and Congress. Gerhardt is the author of seven books, including “Lincoln’s Mentors” (Harper Collins, 2021), and leading treatises on impeachment, appointments, presidential power, Supreme Court precedent, and separation of powers.

Jonathan Turley (https://www.law.gwu.edu/jonathan-turley) is the J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law, the Director of the Environmental Law Advocacy Center, and the Executive Director of the Project for Older Prisoners at the George Washington University Law School. He is a nationally recognized legal scholar who has written extensively in areas ranging from constitutional law to legal theory to tort law.

Read Professor Gerhardt's written testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on “Constitutional Processes for Addressing Presidential Misconduct" at: https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU00/20190712/109768/HHRG-116-JU00-Wstate-GerhardtM-20190712.pdf

Read Professor Turley's written testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on “The Impeachment Inquiry Into President Donald J. Trump: The Constitutional Basis For Presidential Impeachment” at:
https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthelper/6547-jonathan-turley-s-opening-stat/739d3374f20a9ed69157/optimized/full.pdf

Read both Professor Gerhardt's and Professor Turley's prepared statements for the hearing of the Subcommittee on the Constitution for the impeachment of President William Jefferson Clinton at:
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CDOC-106sdoc3/pdf/GPO-CDOC-106sdoc3-20.pdf

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Wed, 19 Aug 2020 14:42:07 -0400 2020-09-17T16:10:00-04:00 2020-09-17T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Law School Lecture / Discussion
Attendee Orientation: ICPSR Data Fair (September 18, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77135 77135-19798503@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 18, 2020 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

In preparation for the conference, the Data Fair committee will host an optional orientation session open to all attendees.

During this session, we will:

- discuss the history of the ICPSR Data Fair,

- answer final questions about attending, and

- allow space for attendees to meet one another!



The first 20 minutes will include a brief history of the Data Fair and time for Q&A. The remaining time will be dedicated to informal socializing and networking. Attendance is optional, but encouraged.

For security purposes, the password to this session will be emailed separately. Attendees will enter the session in a "waiting room" and will be automatically entered into the meeting after being verified as Data Fair attendees.

Please note that this is the only Data Fair session where, if you choose, other attendees will be able to see and hear you. When you enter the Zoom meeting, your microphone will be muted and your camera will be off. Attendees may turn on cameras at any time. The hosts will individually invite attendees to unmute microphones for Q&A following the presentation. If you'd like to review what a Zoom session is like before joining this event, visit https://zoom.us/test

This event is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.

]]>
Presentation Fri, 11 Sep 2020 12:54:16 -0400 2020-09-18T11:00:00-04:00 2020-09-18T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation Attendee Orientation: ICPSR Data Fair
DCMB / CCMB Weekly Virtual Seminar featuring Gioele La Manno, Ph.D. (EPFL Life Sciences Early Independent Research Scholar (ELISIR) (September 18, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77057 77057-19836073@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 18, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

I will present our comprehensive single-cell transcriptome atlas of mouse brain development spanning from gastrulation to birth. In this atlasing effort, we identified almost a thousand distinct cellular states, including the initial emergence of the neuroepithelium, different glioblasts, and a rich set of region-specific secondary organizers that we localize spatially. In this context, I will provide an example of how the spatially-resolved transcriptomic data can be particularly useful to interpret the complexity of such complex atlases.

Continuing in this direction, I will show the approach that we recently proposed as a general way to spatially resolve different types of next-generation sequencing data. We designed an imaging-free framework to localize high throughput readouts within a tissue by combining compressive sampling and image reconstruction. Our first implementation of this framework transformed a low-input RNA sequencing protocol into an imaging-free spatial transcriptomics technique (STRP-seq).

Finally, I will showcase the technique with the profiling of the brain of the Australian bearded dragon Pogona vitticeps. With this analysis, we revealed the molecular anatomy of the telencephalon of this lizard and provided evidence for a marked regionalization of the reptilian pallium and subpallium.

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

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Wed, 16 Sep 2020 11:27:53 -0400 2020-09-18T12:00:00-04:00 2020-09-18T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location DCMB Seminar Series Lecture / Discussion Gioele La Manno, Ph.D. (EPFL Life Sciences Early Independent Research Scholar (ELISIR) École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne ‐ EPFL Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne)
Smith Lecture: Imbalance of carbon production and removal processes in the offshore California Current Ecosystem (September 18, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75001 75001-19136103@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 18, 2020 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Earth and Environmental Sciences

Zoom Meeting ID: 91433095773
Several existing studies suggest that lateral export of nutrients, organic matter, and organisms connects nearshore upwelling regions to offshore oligotrophic environments in the California Current Ecosystem (CCE). Using data from cruises conducted in the CCE between 2006-2017, the trophic state of the surface ocean determined from traditional (grazing) and microbial food webs were compared. The results support a nearshore, net autotrophic region that can transition to an offshore, net oligotrophic region. A small overall net primary production surplus of roughly 42 mmol C m-2 d-1 remained after supporting zooplankton grazing but estimated dissolved organic carbon released by phytoplankton and zooplankton processes was insufficient to support bacterial carbon demand in much of the CCE. Close examination of a westward propagating filament supports the hypothesis that the transport of excess organic matter laterally in mesoscale features may differentially support bacterioplankton and zooplankton communities and explain the observed imbalance in the offshore. Additionally, microbial community composition from amplicon sequencing suggests community progression within the filament. Interactions between members were identified and visualized via microbial correlation networks. These relationships were further evaluated in the context of regional chemotypes as detected by environmental metabolomics. The integration of biogeochemical measurements with community composition enabled us to examine how relationships between primary and secondary producers shifted across gradients in nutrient status and carbon production as the filament was propagated offshore.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Thu, 17 Sep 2020 09:36:30 -0400 2020-09-18T15:30:00-04:00 2020-09-18T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Earth and Environmental Sciences Lecture / Discussion
New Red Order: Never Settle (September 18, 2020 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77318 77318-19840073@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 18, 2020 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

The New Red Order (NRO) is a mutable collective, a “public secret society,” facilitated by three core contributors — brothers Zack and Adam Khalil, who are Ojibway and grew up in northern Michigan, and Jackson Polys, who is Tlingit from Alaska. The collective creates video and performance works that question the desire for indigeneity in dominant culture. Working with an interdisciplinary network of informants, the NRO co-produces video, performance, and installation works that confront settler colonial tendencies and obstacles to Indigenous growth and agency. Their individual and collaborative work has been presented at the Alaska State Museum, Anchorage Museum, Berlinale, LACMA, Museum of Modern Art, Sundance Film Festival, Tate Modern, Toronto Biennial of Art, Walker Art Center, and Whitney Biennial 2019.

This speaker series event includes the screening of two films presented by the artists.

Never Settle: Calling In is a short recruitment video for New Red Order, a public-secret society that simultaneously satirizes and sincerely engages with efforts for solidarity and the desire for Indigenous epistemologies. Delving into the stakes of accompliceship, the video examines dynamic conditions in which the concerns of Indigenous people can be treated as a topic du jour, then co-opted. This video is part of an ambitious, multi-part project that includes a public recruitment campaign and participatory installations that invite prospective recruits to undergo an initiation. Playing with the notion of headhunting, NRO seeks to enlist candidates in their public secret-society, thereby investigating shame and the desire for indigeneity. Never Settle poses the question of how to channel what might be seen as inappropriate urges to merge with indigeneity into paths for the expansion of Indigenous growth and agency.

Adam and Zack Khalil’s debut film INAATE/SE/ [it shines a certain way. to a certain place/it flies. falls./] re-imagines an Anishinaabe story, the Seven Fires Prophecy, which both predates and predicts first contact with Europeans. A kaleidoscopic experience blending documentary, narrative, and experimental forms, INAATE/SE/ explores how the prophecy resonates through the generations in their indigenous community on the Michigan/Canadian border. With acute geographic specificity, and grand historical scope, the film fixes its lens between the sacred and the profane to pry open the construction of contemporary indigenous identity.

Supported by the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) and the Ann Arbor Film Festival.

How to Watch

All speaker series events will be webcast on Fridays at 8 pm EST at http://pennystampsevents.org and at https://www.dptv.org/programs/arts-culture/penny-stamps-series/ starting Friday, September 18. You can also watch the talks and join the conversation on the Penny Stamps Series Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/PennyStampsSeries/.

Notice of uncensored content

In accordance with the University of Michigan’s Standard Practice Guidelines on “Freedom of Speech and Artistic Expression,” the Penny Stamps Speaker Series does not censor our speakers or their content. The content provided is intended for adult audiences and does not reflect the views of the University of Michigan or Detroit Public Television.

]]>
Livestream / Virtual Thu, 17 Sep 2020 15:04:26 -0400 2020-09-18T20:00:00-04:00 2020-09-18T21:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Livestream / Virtual https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/lectures/NRO-STILL-%281%29.jpg
2020 ICPSR Virtual Data Fair (September 21, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68492 68492-17088487@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 21, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Join us for the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, a series of webinars taking place September 21-25, 2020. Data is in the news at a dizzying rate, reminding us that our choices in collecting and sharing data are of great consequence.

At the Data Fair you'll learn from thought leaders who will delve into important topics like:
• data transparency
• data activism
• data in the community
• what to do with data
and more!

All for free, all virtual, and all open to the public.

Please direct any questions to Annalee Shelton, annalees@umich.edu.

]]>
Fair / Festival Wed, 16 Oct 2019 14:58:31 -0400 2020-09-21T09:00:00-04:00 2020-09-21T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Fair / Festival ICPSR logo
Citizen Activism: Driver of A Healthy Democracy (September 21, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75630 75630-19552841@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 21, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Citizen participation is the crucial process through which private individuals and groups work to influence public decisions as part of the democratic process. Organizations ranging from national issue-oriented groups to local broad- based grass roots groups work to enhance citizen participation.

This “bottom up” activity may include advocacy, lobbying, protests, strikes, petition drives, ballot proposals, lawsuits and political campaigning. Citizen activism driven by real community needs and desires can be a powerful transformative force.

Our panelists, Roddy Wares, Lisa Wozniak, Branden Snyder and moderator Karen Bantel will help us understand how the organizations that they represent aid individuals in understanding ideas about citizenship, politics, government and the issues important to their communities and specific organizations.

Roddy Wares has been an active member of the League of Women Voters in the Ann Arbor area since 2016. She leads the committee that registered students in almost all of the Washtenaw County high schools as well as WCC for the past three years and also leads the LWVAAA effort to register seniors. Currently she is working with Voting Access for All Coalition. She has been registering voters in Washtenaw County for at least 30 years!

Lisa Wozniak’s career spans over two decades of environmental and conservation advocacy in the political arena. She is a nationally recognized expert in non-profit growth and management and a leader in Great Lakes protections. Lisa is a three-time graduate from the University of Michigan, with a Bachelor’s Degree and two ensuing Masters Degrees in Social Work and Education.

Before becoming Executive Director in 2006, Wozniak was a member of the Michigan LCV Board and today serves on the boards of the Friends of Rutherford Pool, the Huron River Watershed Council, and the National League of Conservation Voters Education Fund.

Born and raised on Detroit’s East Side, Branden Snyder, executive director of Detroit Action, has been involved in electoral and community organizing projects throughout the U.S. for 10 years. Previously, he was the Deputy Organizing Director in charge of Youth Voting for the Hillary for Michigan 2016 presidential campaign and Director of Organizing for Michigan United, a coalition of faith, labor & civic organizations in Detroit, Flint, Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo. He is a graduate of UM – Ann Arbor with a Master’s Degree in Public Policy from the UM Ford School of Public Policy and a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and Afro-American studies with a minor in Urban Community Studies.

Karen Bantel, Ph.D., was formerly a professor of business strategy and entrepreneurship at the University of Michigan and Wayne State University, and consulted in those areas for many years.

She has facilitated and moderated a number of OLLI offerings, including: Russia, The Retreat of Western Liberalism, A World in Disarray, Can Democracy Survive?, Vaccines Explained, and TED talks.

Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the lecture will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the event.

]]>
Class / Instruction Tue, 11 Aug 2020 12:14:10 -0400 2020-09-21T10:00:00-04:00 2020-09-21T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Urgent and Critical Lectures
Rebuild and Empower: The Public Value of Data-Driven Social Science (September 21, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76009 76009-19649447@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 21, 2020 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Our world faces important challenges at the same time that it has important opportunities for innovation. The social and behavioral sciences offer insights that are not just relevant to these challenges, but are also irreplaceable. This talk will focus on important contributions that data-driven social science is making today. It will also describe new opportunities for social scientists to provide great service to society for years to come.

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.

]]>
Presentation Sun, 23 Aug 2020 23:57:58 -0400 2020-09-21T11:00:00-04:00 2020-09-21T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation Rebuild and Empower: The Public Value of Data-Driven Social Science
IRIS: Five Years of Creating Trusted Independent Data About the Impact of Research (September 21, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76377 76377-19711143@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 21, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

The Institute for Research on Innovation and Science (IRIS) is a member consortium of universities anchored by an IRB-approved data repository hosted at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research. IRIS was founded in 2015 with support from the Alfred P. Sloan and Ewing Marion Kauffman foundations.

IRIS collects record level administrative data from its members to produce a de-identified dataset for research and reporting that will improve our ability to understand, explain and improve the public value of research. Its mission is to be a trusted resource for high quality data that supports independent, frontier research on science and innovation in the service of the public interest.

This year, IRIS created a new tool called the Impact Finder, which allows for easy browsing of our uniquely powerful dataset based on geographic area, subject matter, funding agency, and time period.

The Impact Finder allows non-data-trained users to search our unique database to find story leads that align with your institution's communications priorities.

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.

]]>
Presentation Mon, 31 Aug 2020 12:48:13 -0400 2020-09-21T12:00:00-04:00 2020-09-21T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation IRIS: Five Years of Creating Trusted Independent Data About the Impact of Research
The 2020 Presidential Race Mid-Campaign (September 21, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76116 76116-19663538@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 21, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

A month after the conventions and with six weeks to go, this talk will focus on the state of the contest between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. The background will be the state of public opinion about the state of the country and the impact of Covid 19 on evaluations of the candidates.

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.

]]>
Presentation Tue, 01 Sep 2020 13:53:04 -0400 2020-09-21T13:00:00-04:00 2020-09-21T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation The 2020 Presidential Race Mid-Campaign
Redistricting Math: Using Computers to Stop Gerrymandering (September 21, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76355 76355-19709153@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 21, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

In the last several years, mathematicians and computer scientists have become increasingly involved in the fight against gerrymandering. In particular, they have been using sampling algorithms to generate large collections of district maps, against which to compare a challenged map. If the challenged map is an outlier across several metrics that may be evidence of an unconstitutional gerrymander. These methods have been used in gerrymandering litigation and are expected to play an even bigger part in redistricting lawsuits after the release of the decennial census data next year. In this talk we will look at the basics of some map-sampling techniques as well as the data required for the analysis. We'll also discuss the biggest challenges to data collection and processing in redistricting work.

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair

]]>
Presentation Tue, 01 Sep 2020 14:00:39 -0400 2020-09-21T14:00:00-04:00 2020-09-21T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation Redistricting Math: Using Computers to Stop Gerrymandering
Methods and Analytic Approaches for Physically Disabled Persons Using Administrative Claims Dataset (September 21, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76387 76387-19711155@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 21, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Administrative claims datasets present both challenges and benefits in the analysis of outcomes, cost, and comorbidity burden facing physically disabled individuals. The increasing use of administrative claims represents one of many plausible answers to concerns related to small sample and single institution studies. Longitudinal data analysis as well as outcomes and cost (insurance reimbursement and patient out-of-pocket cost as a form of financial burden) can be carefully studied using administrative claims datasets. In this webinar, we will highlight the strengths and analytic approaches in current work from the IDEAL RRTC. We will also carefully consider potential limitations in using these analytic approaches. Two different case studies will be considered with a cursory treatment of analytic approaches and population identification with inclusion and exclusion criteria with justification and rationale for these decisions. Applications of survival analysis, propensity score matching, and generalized linear models with respect to dichotomous and continuous and skewed outcomes will be discussed within the contexts of these case studies. The webinar will culminate with a summarization of the value of these studies, why they should continue to be pursued, and next steps in the evolution of claims-based research for the disabled population. The presenters, Dr. Elham Mahmoudi and Mr. Neil Kamdar, are both health services researchers with extensive experience working with administrative claims as well as other secondary data sources with a focus on applied econometric and statistical methods.

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.

]]>
Presentation Tue, 01 Sep 2020 14:11:58 -0400 2020-09-21T15:00:00-04:00 2020-09-21T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation Methods and Analytic Approaches for Physically Disabled Persons Using Administrative Claims Dataset
A Quantitative Intersectional Approach to Examining Risk and Resilience Among Young Black Men (September 21, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76481 76481-19719149@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 21, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

This talk focuses on the identity development of young boys and men of color focusing on Blacks in particular. It also focuses on the linkage of identity formation to multiple outcomes throughout their life course.

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.

]]>
Presentation Tue, 01 Sep 2020 12:38:18 -0400 2020-09-21T16:00:00-04:00 2020-09-21T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation A Quantitative Intersectional Approach to Examining Risk and Resilience Among Young Black Men
CMENAS Colloquium Series. The Revolution Within: Islamic Media and the Struggle for the “New Egypt” (September 21, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75966 75966-19629766@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 21, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

The 2020 CMENAS Colloquium Series theme is "The Arab Spring: 10 Years Later."
(Please register at http://myumi.ch/jxDBz; a Zoom link will be emailed to you the day of the event.)

About the Presentation:
The 2011 revolution unleashed passionate public concern about how to create a “New Egypt.” Islamic channels were important sites of these debates as rival television preachers gave media form to their competing visions of what a virtuous life entails and what an ethical polity looks like. Based on fieldwork in Cairo with the “New Preachers” – so named because of their novel styles of Islamic media – this talk explores what these on and off-screen struggles reveal about Islam’s competing theologies and the distinctive media forms they take. It also considers what methodological attunements such contested religious mediations demand of their ethnographers.


About the Speaker:
Yasmin Moll is an assistant professor in the department of anthropology. She is writing a book about new forms of Islamic media and the religious contention they provoke against the backdrop of Egypt’s 2011 revolution. Her fieldwork was supported by numerous national grants, including from the Social Science Research Council, the National Science Foundation and the Fulbright Commission. Her publications include articles in Cultural Anthropology, Public Culture, and Middle East Report, among others. She is also a documentary filmmaker and a former member of the Michigan Society of Fellows.

*If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. Contact: Kristin Waterbury at waterbuk@umich.edu*

]]>
Livestream / Virtual Mon, 14 Sep 2020 14:55:06 -0400 2020-09-21T16:00:00-04:00 2020-09-21T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Livestream / Virtual colloquium_poster
RNA Seminar featuring: Andrey Krasilnikov, Penn State (September 21, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75802 75802-19608017@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 21, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for RNA Biomedicine

ZOOM REGISTRATION REQUIRED: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_obckKUCLT4mXI7kPskzc-Q

KEYWORDS: Ribozymes, RNase P, RNase MRP, ribonucleoprotein complexes, RNA-driven protein remodelling

ABSTRACT: Ribonuclease (RNase) P is a ribozyme-based catalytic ribonucleoprotein complex involved primarily in the maturation of tRNA in all three domains of life. In the course of evolution, the size and complexity of RNase P grew as the catalytic RNA moiety recruited additional protein components. In eukaryotes, the RNase P lineage has split, giving rise to a related RNP enzyme called RNase MRP, which shares multiple structural features (including most of the protein components) with the eukaryotic RNase P, but has a distinct and non-overlapping specificity. We report the recently solved cryo-EM structure of the 450 kDa yeast RNase MRP holoenzyme and compare it with the structure of its progenitor RNP, RNase P. We show that, surprisingly, several of the proteins shared by RNase MRP and RNase P undergo RNA-driven structural remodeling, allowing the same proteins to function in distinct structural contexts. This remodeling, combined with altered peripheral RNA elements, results in the functional diversification of the two closely related RNPs, in spite of the structural conservation of the nearly identical catalytic cores, demonstrating structural underpinnings of the acquisition of new functions by catalytic RNPs.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Thu, 17 Sep 2020 07:12:03 -0400 2020-09-21T16:00:00-04:00 2020-09-21T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for RNA Biomedicine Lecture / Discussion Andrey Krasilnikov, Penn State
2020 ICPSR Virtual Data Fair (September 22, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68492 68492-17088488@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 22, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Join us for the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, a series of webinars taking place September 21-25, 2020. Data is in the news at a dizzying rate, reminding us that our choices in collecting and sharing data are of great consequence.

At the Data Fair you'll learn from thought leaders who will delve into important topics like:
• data transparency
• data activism
• data in the community
• what to do with data
and more!

All for free, all virtual, and all open to the public.

Please direct any questions to Annalee Shelton, annalees@umich.edu.

]]>
Fair / Festival Wed, 16 Oct 2019 14:58:31 -0400 2020-09-22T09:00:00-04:00 2020-09-22T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Fair / Festival ICPSR logo
WCED Panel. Democratic Survival in the Muslim World (September 22, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/71586 71586-19719160@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 22, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies

Moderator: Hanisah Binte Abdullah Sani, WCED visiting associate, U-M, and overseas postdoctoral fellow, National University of Singapore.
Panelists: Jaimie Bleck, associate professor of political science, University of Notre Dame; Lily Zubaidah Rahim, Honorary Fellow, Alwaleed Center for Christian-Muslim Understanding, Georgetown University; Şebnem Yardımcı-Geyikçi, Assistant Professor of Politics, Hacettepe University, WCED visiting associate 2019-20; Mark Tessler, Samuel J. Eldersveld Collegiate Professor of Political Science, U-M.

Democracy has emerged in many Muslim-majority countries in recent decades; but like in many other parts of the world, Muslim-majority democracies have experienced substantial democratic erosion and confront a growing threat of total democratic breakdown. Amid these worrisome global trends, what are the common and specific challenges for democratic consolidation across Muslim-majority countries? Our panel brings together scholars working on the Middle East, sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa, and Southeast Asia to examine the prospects for democratic survival in the Muslim world.

The panel will be broadcast on Zoom. Registration is required at http://myumi.ch/Gkzvm.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to weisercenter@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.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Tue, 01 Sep 2020 16:18:24 -0400 2020-09-22T09:00:00-04:00 2020-09-22T10:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies Lecture / Discussion fatih-yurur
Analyst, Creator, Consultant: Models of Undergraduate Experiential Data Learning (September 22, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76388 76388-19711156@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 22, 2020 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Presenters will describe three successful models for engaging undergraduate students in experiential learning with data at Virginia Tech. Nathaniel Porter will discuss Introduction to Data in Social Context, a general education course that integrates critical data studies with applied data analysis. Tom Ewing will describe Topics in Data in Social Context, an upper-division course where students collaborated with the National Library of Medicine to collect and study alternative data on the 1918 Influenza Epidemic. Anne M. Brown will share the model of DataBridge, a student data consulting program based in the University Libraries that provides research credits for new students interested in working with real-life data and potential employment assisting faculty, students and community members with data. Presentations will focus on the process and challenges of implementing and scaling the models, and time will be reserved for discussion of audience questions.

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.

]]>
Presentation Wed, 02 Sep 2020 08:38:14 -0400 2020-09-22T11:00:00-04:00 2020-09-22T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation Analyst, Creator, Consultant: Models of Undergraduate Experiential Data Learning
Damned Lies and Coronavirus Statistics (September 22, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76390 76390-19711158@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 22, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

A key skill in thinking critically involves understanding that statistics are socially constructed. That is, it is important to ask questions such as: Who counted?; What did they count?; Why did they count?; and How did they go about counting? Interpreting the COVID-19 pandemic illustrates the importance of a constructionist approach, as people continue to struggle with measuring and interpreting the disease's effects.

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.

]]>
Presentation Mon, 31 Aug 2020 14:41:35 -0400 2020-09-22T12:00:00-04:00 2020-09-22T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation Damned Lies and Coronavirus Statistics
Capturing the Lived Experience of Subgroups in the US (September 22, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76394 76394-19711167@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 22, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Join David Thomas, Senior Data Project Manager at ICPSR, for a tour of available data regarding the experience of subgroups in the US including race, gender, income level, and more.

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.

]]>
Presentation Thu, 10 Sep 2020 11:20:05 -0400 2020-09-22T13:00:00-04:00 2020-09-22T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation Capturing the Lived Experience of Subgroups in the US
Quantifying Gender Identities and Behaviors (September 22, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76395 76395-19711168@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 22, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

In this session we will review some of the challenges in creating gender inclusive categories in surveys using real world examples. Key issues include:1) identifying correlations with non-binary gender data (what if your sample has 1 trans person and everyone else is cis male/female, for example?) and 2) challenges related to time order with transgender populations (what it means to be visibly transgender in relation to discrimination can vary so much over the life course, for example). We will also discuss how researchers, particularly grad students and undergrads, are using social media to target distribution of surveys to transgender populations. The methodological implications of these transparent dialogues between researcher and researched populations are fascinating. This topic may actually be the most controversial between positivist-leaning and cultural sociologist attendees. We look forward to audience participation on this one!

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.

]]>
Presentation Fri, 11 Sep 2020 14:49:17 -0400 2020-09-22T14:00:00-04:00 2020-09-22T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation Quantifying Gender Identities and Behaviors
Data in Social Media (September 22, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76399 76399-19711171@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 22, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Hansen will share some insights having taught the use of data and computation to journalists for the last eight years. He will focus on computation-heavy projects, casting data as a kind of source for journalists.

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.

]]>
Presentation Mon, 31 Aug 2020 15:07:07 -0400 2020-09-22T15:00:00-04:00 2020-09-22T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation Data in Social Media
"From Mobility to Accessibility": Transforming Urban Transportation and Land-Use Planning (September 22, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75574 75574-19534980@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 22, 2020 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

The book "From Mobility to Accessibility" flips the tables on the standard models for evaluating regional transportation performance, arguing for an “accessibility shift” whereby transportation planning, and the transportation dimensions of land-use planning, would be based on people’s ability to reach destinations, rather than on their ability to travel fast.

Existing models for planning and evaluating transportation, which have taken vehicle speeds as the most important measure, would make sense if movement were the purpose of transportation. But it is the ability to reach destinations, not movement per se, that people seek from their transportation systems.

While the concept of accessibility has been around for the better part of a century, "From Mobility to Accessibility" shows that the accessibility shift is compelled by the fundamental purpose of transportation. The book argues that the shift would be transformative to the practice of both transportation and land-use planning but is impeded by many conceptual obstacles regarding the nature of accessibility and its potential for guiding development of the built environment.


Author, Jonathan Levine is a professor of urban and regional planning at the University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. He teaches in the areas of transportation, land use, economics of planning, and research design.

Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the lecture will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the event.

]]>
Class / Instruction Sun, 09 Aug 2020 12:00:46 -0400 2020-09-22T15:30:00-04:00 2020-09-22T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Afternoons With OLLI
Topic Data Quality Challenges for Census 2020: How will we know and what can we do? (September 22, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77193 77193-19820177@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 22, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

What are the challenges around data quality of the census in 2020? Join us for a conversation with:

John H. Thompson, former Director of the U.S. Census Bureau

D'Vera Cohn, senior writer, and editor at Pew Research Center

Dr. Joseph Hotz, Distinguished Professor of Economics at Duke University

Moderated by Dr. Mark Hansen, Director of the Brown Institute of Media Innovation at Columbia University

Presented by:

D’Vera Cohn
Senior Writer and Editor at Pew Research Center

D’Vera Cohn is a senior writer and editor at Pew Research Center. She studies and writes about demographics in the United States, especially the census. Cohn was a Washington Post reporter for 21 years, mainly writing about demographics, and was the newspaper’s lead reporter for the 2000 census. Before joining Pew Research Center, she served as a consultant and freelance writer for the Brookings Institution and Population Reference Bureau. Cohn is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College and is a former Nieman Fellow. She is an author of studies on the marriage and birth rates in the United States, migration between the U.S. and Mexico, and U.S. population projections. Cohn manages Pew Research Center’s @allthingscensus Twitter account. She has spoken at national journalism conferences about how reporters can make use of demographic data in stories and often talks about the Center’s findings in print and broadcast media.

Dr. Joseph Hotz
Distinguished Professor of Economics at Duke University

Professor Hotz specializes in the subjects of applied econometrics, labor economics, economic demography, and economics of the family. His studies have investigated the impacts of social programs, such as welfare-to-work training; the relationship between childbearing patterns and labor force participation of U.S. women; the effects of teenage pregnancy; the child care market; the Earned Income Tax Credit; and other such subjects. He began conducting his studies in 1977 and has since published his work extensively in books and leading academic journals. Many of his projects have been funded by grants awarded by the National Institute of Health and the National Science Foundation. He is currently completing a project with Duncan Thomas on, “Preference and Economic Decision-Making” under a grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. His recent works also include, “Tax Policy and Low-Wage Labor Markets: New Work on Employment, Effectiveness, and Administration” with John Karl Scholz and Charles Mullin; and “Designing New Models to Explain Family Change and Variation” with S. Philip Morgan. Along with his duties as an independent researcher, Professor Hotz has also held positions as a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, the National Poverty Center, the Institute for the Study of Labor, and the Institute for Research on Poverty. He is presently a member of the Committee on National Statistics for the National Academy of Sciences’ Research Council.

John H. Thompson
Distinguished Institute Fellow at the University of Virginia and former Director of the U.S. Census Bureau
John H. Thompson is a Distinguished Institute Fellow with the Biocomplexity Institute and Initiative at the University of Virginia. He also is currently an independent consultant with a focus on survey methodology, executive leadership, the Federal Statistical System, and decennial census. Thompson was director of the U.S. Census Bureau, and most recently, the Executive Director of the Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics, an organization whose focus is to advocate for the production and use of high-quality statistics to support good governance and economic growth. Thompson is nationally recognized for his innovative leadership, significant impact on government and academic research, and vision to advance excellence in federal statistics and modernize the federal statistical system.

Thompson spent close to 10 years in two separate, distinctive executive leadership positions with the U.S. Census Bureau. From 1997 to 2002, he was the senior career executive responsible for all aspects of the 2000 Decennial Census and spearheaded the transformation of large-scale complex surveys through innovation. As the executive leader of the 2000 Decennial Census, the U.S. government’s largest peacetime mobilization, he managed a budget of $6.5 billion and a workforce of more than 500,000 people. He received accolades for his outstanding work from the National Academy of Sciences Panel evaluating the census, among others. From 2013 to 2017, Thompson was the director of the Census Bureau where he successfully worked with the executive and legislative branches of the federal government, including the White House and Congress, to transform the Bureau into a forward-looking 21st century statistical agency. His accomplishments include a redesign of the 2020 Decennial Census to achieve great efficiencies through the use of modern geospatial tools, the Internet, and mobile technology; and implementation of a research program to support mission critical activities – both of which have had a profound impact on the federal statistical system.

Thompson was President and Executive Vice President of the (National Opinion Research Center) NORC at the University of Chicago, a national nonprofit organization that conducts high-quality social science research in the public interest. Between 2002 and 2012, he led the organization to nearly 50 percent growth in revenue, implemented new initiatives to improve and advance federal statistics, and oversaw major research projects, including the National Immunization Survey conducted on behalf of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Thompson is a fellow of the American Statistical Association, a member of the 2013 Virginia Tech College of Science Hall of Distinction inaugural class, and received the Presidential Rank Award for Meritorious Executive in 2001. The Department of Commerce recognized his cumulative impact on federal statistics with the bronze medal in 1988, silver medal in 1998, and gold medal in 2000.

Mark Hanson (Moderator)

Director of the David and Helen Gurley Brown Institute for Media Innovation @Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

Mark Hansen is a professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and Director of the David and Helen Gurley Brown Institute for Media Innovation. His special interest is the intersection of data, art, and technology. He adopts an interdisciplinary approach to data science, drawing on various branches of applied mathematics, information theory, and new media arts. Hansen is also a current member of the ICPSR Council. Within the field of journalism, Hansen has promoted coding literacy for journalists.

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.

]]>
Presentation Mon, 14 Sep 2020 10:22:51 -0400 2020-09-22T16:00:00-04:00 2020-09-22T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation Topic Data Quality Challenges for Census 2020: How will we know and what can we do?
Stearns Lecture Series: Zooming through the Stearns Collection: Sharing Instruments, Music & Scholarship (September 22, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76910 76910-19776574@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 22, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Professor Joseph Gascho, director of the Stearns Collection

part of the Virginia Martin Howard Lecture Series

Webinar--registration required: http://bit.ly/stearnslecseries

]]>
Performance Tue, 08 Sep 2020 18:15:06 -0400 2020-09-22T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
2020 ICPSR Virtual Data Fair (September 23, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68492 68492-17088489@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Join us for the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, a series of webinars taking place September 21-25, 2020. Data is in the news at a dizzying rate, reminding us that our choices in collecting and sharing data are of great consequence.

At the Data Fair you'll learn from thought leaders who will delve into important topics like:
• data transparency
• data activism
• data in the community
• what to do with data
and more!

All for free, all virtual, and all open to the public.

Please direct any questions to Annalee Shelton, annalees@umich.edu.

]]>
Fair / Festival Wed, 16 Oct 2019 14:58:31 -0400 2020-09-23T09:00:00-04:00 2020-09-23T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Fair / Festival ICPSR logo
State of the Consortium (September 23, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76439 76439-19717136@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

ICPSR reached a new high of 791 member institutions in June 2020. It’s been a productive year for ICPSR, even amidst the turbulence caused by COVID-19, and another active year is on deck. Join ICPSR Director Maggie Levenstein for a conversation covering the state of ICPSR. We’ll talk about our membership, our challenges, our evolving technological infrastructure, new data projects, and more!

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.

]]>
Presentation Tue, 01 Sep 2020 08:52:05 -0400 2020-09-23T11:00:00-04:00 2020-09-23T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation State of the Consortium
Decennial Census Digitization and Linkage Project (September 23, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76441 76441-19717138@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

ICPSR and the Census Bureau have initiated a joint project to create the largest longitudinal population database in the United States. The Decennial Census Digitization and Linkage project (DCDL) will digitize and link individual records across every census since 1940. The resulting data resource will revolutionize our understanding of human behavior and life in the United States. Staff from ICPSR and the Census Bureau will describe the project's innovative methods of data rescue, record linkage, and restricted data access.

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.

]]>
Presentation Tue, 01 Sep 2020 09:08:33 -0400 2020-09-23T12:00:00-04:00 2020-09-23T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation Decennial Census Digitization and Linkage Project
Augmenting Health Research through Secondary Data Use: the National Neighborhood Data Archive (NaNDA) (September 23, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76443 76443-19717140@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

The National Neighborhood Data Archive (NaNDA) is a repository of neighborhood contextual measures -- place-based data that quantifies the physical, demographic, economic, and/or social environment -- used to understand the role of neighborhood context and resources for population health. Most NaNDA contextual measures are created using publicly available data, such as from the Census Bureau. So why would a researcher use NaNDA instead of going directly to the primary data to obtain or create their own contextual measures? In this session, we will discuss case studies from the NaNDA repository that augment and recombine publicly available data to create novel measures to study the role of neighborhoods for health and health inequities

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.

]]>
Presentation Tue, 01 Sep 2020 09:26:20 -0400 2020-09-23T13:00:00-04:00 2020-09-23T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.
The Real-Life Story of the Just-Released ICPSR Study: New Immigrants Admitted to the United States, Federal Fiscal Years 1972-2000 (September 23, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76445 76445-19717142@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Join us for a unique session that tells the real-life story of how these just-released research data arrived to ICPSR so that they could be shared with our data community! The combined efforts, passion, and funding of a donor, principal investigator (PI), student, and ICPSR leadership came together to gather, curate, and release these important data. Panelists: Andrew Gottesman, Margaret Levenstein, and Sherrie Kossoudji.

And once you have heard the story, you will want to learn all about the data directly from PI, Sherrie Kossoudji, who will describe these data, which include every single person admitted as an immigrant 1972-2000, and give insights into the types of analyses that might be undertaken. Could you be the first to publish using these data?

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.

]]>
Presentation Tue, 01 Sep 2020 09:33:34 -0400 2020-09-23T14:00:00-04:00 2020-09-23T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation The Real-Life Story of the Just-Released ICPSR Study: New Immigrants Admitted to the United States, Federal Fiscal Years 1972-2000
Case Studies in Communicating Data in Higher Education: From Awareness to Action (September 23, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76447 76447-19717143@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Dory and Catherine share a few Case Studies in communicating in complex data- and research-rich environment. They will discuss some ways in which strategic communications planning had an immediate, measurable, and far-reaching impact.

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.

]]>
Presentation Wed, 02 Sep 2020 09:31:21 -0400 2020-09-23T15:00:00-04:00 2020-09-23T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation Case Studies in Communicating Data in Higher Education: From Awareness to Action
A Summer Program Like No Other: A Retrospective on the 2020 ICPSR Summer Program (September 23, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76543 76543-19725090@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

For the first time in its history, the ICPSR Summer Program was fully online. How did the program shift so quickly and drastically, and how did it go? What lessons did the staff learn, and what might those lessons mean for future years and possibly keeping an online portion of the program permanently? Mike Traugott, Summer Program Director, looks back on the recently completed 2020 Summer Program.

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.

]]>
Presentation Wed, 02 Sep 2020 10:04:06 -0400 2020-09-23T16:00:00-04:00 2020-09-23T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation A Summer Program Like No Other: A Retrospective on the 2020 ICPSR Summer Program
DCMB / CCMB Weekly Virtual Seminar (September 23, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77143 77143-19798542@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Talk title: Decision Support System Applications in Dentistry

Dr. Lucia Cevidanes is the Thomas and Doris Graber Professor of Dentistry and Associate Professor at the Department of Orthodontics at the University of Michigan, and a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics. She is a practicing clinician who has published over 150 manuscripts on 3D imaging for which she has received research grants from the American Association of Orthodontics Foundation and the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research. Her work has been recognized by the American Association of Orthodontists Thomas M. Graber Award, the B F Dewel Award, Milo Hellman Award, and the Wuehrmann award from the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology. Her interests include Artificial Intelligence and 3D Imaging to solve difficult clinical problems in dentistry, studying current and new treatment approaches and technical procedures, and understanding treatment outcomes for craniofacial anomalies and dentofacial deformities.

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

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Sep 2020 15:27:53 -0400 2020-09-23T16:00:00-04:00 2020-09-23T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location DCMB Seminar Series Lecture / Discussion Dr. Lucia Cevidanes is the Thomas and Doris Graber Professor of Dentistry and Associate Professor at the Department of Orthodontics at the University of Michigan
2020 ICPSR Virtual Data Fair (September 24, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68492 68492-17088490@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 24, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Join us for the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, a series of webinars taking place September 21-25, 2020. Data is in the news at a dizzying rate, reminding us that our choices in collecting and sharing data are of great consequence.

At the Data Fair you'll learn from thought leaders who will delve into important topics like:
• data transparency
• data activism
• data in the community
• what to do with data
and more!

All for free, all virtual, and all open to the public.

Please direct any questions to Annalee Shelton, annalees@umich.edu.

]]>
Fair / Festival Wed, 16 Oct 2019 14:58:31 -0400 2020-09-24T09:00:00-04:00 2020-09-24T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Fair / Festival ICPSR logo
Positive Links Speaker Series (September 24, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77136 77136-19798541@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 24, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations

Thursday, September 24, 2020
10:00-11:30 a.m. ET
Free, registration required to obtain login information: http://myumi.ch/BoNzQ
Virtual panel discussion

The Positive Links Speaker Series, presented by Michigan Ross’ Center for Positive Organizations, offers inspiring and practical science-based strategies to build and bolster thriving organizations. Attendees learn from leading positive organizational scholars and connect with our community of academics, students, staff, and leaders.

About the Panel:
As the global pandemic drags on and people around the world struggle to find a “new normal,” so many of us find illness, disease, and loss piling on top of natural disasters, financial ruin, and the long-term suffering wrought by systemic racism and injustice. While we feel called to rise to the moment, it’s no wonder that many of us begin to feel hopeless or helpless to do so. This event is designed to renew our capacity to imagine and enact compassion in the face of the widespread suffering we find all around us.

Join us for an exploration of a science-based view of compassion that meets this moment. We bring together a number of experts who study compassion in organizations with practitioners who are leading for compassion now. Each of our panelists will feed our imagination with stories and fuel our capacity for action with small, actionable strategies that you can use right now. Focused on building our capacity for action, this unique panel structure will leave you with a replenished toolkit full of small moves that will help you find ways to rise to the challenges of leading, learning, and teaching with compassion now.

Curators:
Jane Dutton
Robert L. Kahn Distinguished University Emerita Professor of Business Administration and Psychology
University of Michigan
https://positiveorgs.bus.umich.edu/people/jane-dutton/

Monica Worline
Lecturer at the Ross School of Business
University of Michigan
https://positiveorgs.bus.umich.edu/people/monica-worline/

Presenters:
Al'ai (LA) Alvarez, MD
Stanford University
https://profiles.stanford.edu/alvarezzzy

Amy Bunch
University of Michigan
https://positiveorgs.bus.umich.edu/rising-to-the-moment-presenter-bios/

Tiffany D. Johnson
Georgia Institute of Technology
https://www.scheller.gatech.edu/directory/faculty/johnson/index.html

Jason Kanov
Western Washington University
https://cbe.wwu.edu/people/kanovj

Reut Livne-Tarandach
Manhattan College
https://manhattan.edu/campus-directory/rlivnetarandach01

Chris Murchison
Positive Organization Design and Culture Consultant
https://positiveorgs.bus.umich.edu/people/chris-marcell-murchison/

Anne Birgitta Pessi
University of Helsinki
https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/anne-birgitta-pessi

Ace Simpson
Brunel University London
https://www.brunel.ac.uk/people/ace-simpson

Sponsors:
The Center for Positive Organizations thanks Sanger Leadership Center, Tauber Institute for Global Operations, Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, Lisa and David (MBA ‘87) Drews, and Diane (BA ‘73) and Paul (MBA ‘75) Jones for their support of the 2020-21 Positive Links Speaker Series.

Session Sponsor:
Managerial and Organizational Cognition (MOC) Division of the Academy of Management

Promotional Partners:
• Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education at Stanford
University (CCARE)
• Compassion 2.0
• Mindful Futures Network
• Positive Relationships at Work (PRW) Microcommunity

]]>
Livestream / Virtual Fri, 11 Sep 2020 15:10:53 -0400 2020-09-24T10:00:00-04:00 2020-09-24T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations Livestream / Virtual Positive Links Speaker Series
On Why Race Still Matters: Ontological Commitments and Researching Without Numbers (September 24, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76459 76459-19717154@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 24, 2020 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Race and racism will continue to be topics investigated by qualitative research but uncritically explored as factors impacting the inquiry process in and of itself resulting in both being largely invisible and normalized. Critical discussions of race and racism at the interstice of the inquiry process are largely absent but race still matters because we exist in an environment rife with anti-Black racism and White privilege and as human beings we maintain ontological commitments that influence what we study and how. This session will explore the notion of ontological commitments, what they are, why we need to be attentive to them when researching without numbers.

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.

]]>
Presentation Tue, 01 Sep 2020 10:43:22 -0400 2020-09-24T11:00:00-04:00 2020-09-24T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation On Why Race Still Matters: Ontological Commitments and Researching Without Numbers
Segregation within Integrated Schools: Racially Disproportionate Student-Teacher Assignments in Middle Schools (September 24, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76463 76463-19717157@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 24, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Our study examines trends of racially disproportionate assignment of Black and Hispanic students to less experienced teachers than their white counterparts. Specifically, our analysis shows statistically significant trends in the assignment of less experienced teachers to Black and Hispanic students in middle school math over several years. This study is the first in education to measure the cumulative pattern of racially disproportionate student-teacher assignments over time. We introduce the Cumulative Deficit index as a measure of cumulative patterns of racially disproportionate student-teacher assignment. We concluded student race is correlated with exposure to more experienced teachers over time.

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.

]]>
Presentation Tue, 01 Sep 2020 10:52:50 -0400 2020-09-24T12:00:00-04:00 2020-09-24T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation Segregation within Integrated Schools: Racially Disproportionate Student-Teacher Assignments in Middle Schools