Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Race, Health, and Wealth Disparities (February 18, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59562 59562-14752321@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 18, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

RCGD's Winter 2019 Speaker Series, sponsored by PRBA & MCUAAAR

Monday, February 18, 2019
Rm 1430, 3:30-5:00pm, ISR, 426 Thompson St, Ann Arbor, MI

“Perinatal Mental Health: racial disparities and rural mental health needs.”

By Karen Tabb Dina, PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work
University of Illinois

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 10:19:26 -0500 2019-02-18T15:30:00-05:00 2019-02-18T17:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event flyer
Rescheduled: Representatives Debbie Dingell and Fred Upton: Voices from across the aisle (February 18, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60585 60585-14910402@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 18, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Free and open to the public. Reception to follow.

The event will be webstreamed. Please check website for viewing details.

Join the Ford School and WeListen for a Conversations Across Difference event with U.S. Representatives Debbie Dingell (link is external) (D-MI 12th District) and Fred Upton (link is external) (R-MI 6th District) moderated by Brendan Nyhan, professor of public policy at the Ford School. The conversation will consider the opportunities for and obstacles to bipartisan cooperation, while also tackling in thoughtful dialogue some of the most pressing issues currently dividing the two parties, such as immigration policy, the government shutdown, and health care.

Hosted by the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and co-sponsored by WeListen and the Program in Practical Policy Engagement.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Jan 2019 14:44:02 -0500 2019-02-18T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-18T17:20:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Event Picture
The 2nd Annual Data for Public Good Symposium (February 19, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60915 60915-14988672@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 10:00am
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Do you have experience in working alongside community partners in data analysis or program evaluation? Do you want to connect with others who are using their skills for public good? National efforts from organizations such as DataKind, Data Science for Social Good, and Statistics without Borders have been expanding in recent years as more individuals recognize their potential to impact social change. Great things can happen when individuals are empowered to dedicate time, resources, and knowledge to the pursuit of public good. Whether we work in the foreground or the background, we can all contribute to improving the lives of those around us.

Statistics in the Community (STATCOM), in collaboration with the Center for Education Design, Evaluation, and Research (CEDER) and the Community Technical Assistance Collaborative (CTAC), invite you to attend the 2nd Annual Data for Public Good Symposium hosted by the Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS). The symposium showcase the many research efforts and community-based partnerships at U-M that focus on improving humanity by using data for public good. If you are interested in attending, please register in the link below.

Presenters:
- Partners for Preschool: The Added Value of Learning Activities at Home During the Preschool Year, Amanda Ketner, School of Education
- University-Community Partnership to Support Ambitious STEM Teaching: Leveraging University of Michigan expertise in education, research, and evaluation to support innovative, interactive teaching across the S.E. Michigan region and beyond, C. S. Hearn, Center for Education Design, Evaluation, and Research (CEDER)
- Open Data Flint, Stage II, Kaneesha Wallace, MICHR
- Research-Practice Partnerships at the Youth Policy Lab, A Foster, ISR Youth Policy Lab and School of Education
- The LOOP Estimator: Adjusting for Covariates in Randomized Experiments, Edward Wu, Statistics
- Barrier Busters: Unconditional Cash Transfers as a Strategy to Promote Economic Self-Sufficiency, Elise Gahan, School of Public Health
- Implementing Trauma-Informed Care at University Libraries, Monte-Angel Richardson, School of Social Work
- Why did the global crude oil price start to rise again after 2016?, Shin Heuk Kang, Economics
Poverty and economic hardship in Michigan communities: Data from the Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS), Natalie Fitzpatrick, Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy
Understanding Networks of Influence on U.S. Congressional Members’ Public Personae on Twitter, Angela Schopke, Chris Bredernitz, Caroline Hodge, School of Information

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 07 Feb 2019 10:52:27 -0500 2019-02-19T10:00:00-05:00 2019-02-19T16:30:00-05:00 Palmer Commons Michigan Institute for Data Science Conference / Symposium 2nd Annual Data for
Litigating Trump's Environmental Deregulation (February 19, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60985 60985-15000012@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Hutchins Hall
Organized By: Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program

Please join us for the latest installment of the ELPP Lecture Series, featuring Sean Donahue of the law firm Donahue, Goldberg & Weaver, LLP.

This event is free and open to the public.

Sean Donahue, of Donahue, Goldberg & Weaver, LLP, a small DC-based firm whose practice focuses on representing environmental organizations in Clean Air Act and federal climate litigation, as well as cases involving state climate and clean energy initiatives. Donahue will discuss some of the major Trump Administration deregulatory actions in which he and his colleagues are involved: proposed repeal of Clean Power Plan and revision of carbon dioxide standards for new power plants; rollbacks of greenhouse gas emissions standards and fuel economy standards for motor vehicles and withdrawal of California’s authority to adopt and enforce separate greenhouse gas standards, and EPA’s proposed finding that Clean Air Act that regulation of mercury and other hazardous air pollutants from power plants is not appropriate or necessary. Donahue will address recurring legal issues and practical challenges involved in litigating such cases, some cross-cutting features of the Trump Administration’s deregulatory efforts in the environmental area, and what to look for as the Administration’s major initiatives move from agency rulemaking to the courts. While dealing with complex administrative law questions and daunting health and environmental hazards, the talk may be punctuated by moments of uplifting humor and cautious optimism.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 11 Feb 2019 10:05:22 -0500 2019-02-19T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-19T13:00:00-05:00 Hutchins Hall Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program Lecture / Discussion Hutchins Hall
Distinguished Faculty Seminar: A Case-Crossover Study of Adolescents' Activities & Triggers of Gun Assault (February 19, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60185 60185-14846880@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 3:00pm
Location: School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower
Organized By: U-M Injury Prevention Center

Registration is open!

Please join us on Tuesday, February 19, 2019 from 3:00-4:00 PM to hear from Douglas J. Wiebe, PhD, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-funded Penn Injury Science Center, and Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at Perelman School of Medicine.

In this seminar, Dr. Wiebe will focus on how he and his colleagues used GIS-assisted activity path interviews and mapped data of the urban landscape to investigate how situations young people encounter and the places they go over their daily activities relate to the likelihood of violence.

Study subjects were 10-24 year-olds in Philadelphia: 143 assault patients who had been shot with a firearm and 206 assault patients injured with other types of weapons from hospital emergency departments, and 283 controls from the community. This detailed set of data on activity paths and the context of each situation and environment that each subject encountered provided novel opportunities to learn about young peoples’ activities and triggers of violence in the urban landscape.

Please note, attendees may join the seminar in person or via the live webcast. To join via the webcast, please register for the event using the link below and select the ticket type labeled, “live-webcast.” You will receive log-in information prior to the event.

Light refreshments will be served. The event will take place in the Community Lounge (Room 1680) in the U-M School of Public Health, SPH-I.

Please register here: https://seminar_wiebe2019.eventbrite.com

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 22 Jan 2019 10:43:34 -0500 2019-02-19T15:00:00-05:00 2019-02-19T16:00:00-05:00 School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower U-M Injury Prevention Center Workshop / Seminar Doug Wiebe Faculty Seminar
Nam Center Colloquium Series | Looking through the 2018 Winter Olympics: The Complexity of Contemporary Korean Nationalism and National Identity Politics (February 19, 2019 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58072 58072-14401072@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 4:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Nam Center for Korean Studies

Due to the Japanese colonialism, the Korean War and the partition of the nation, the nature of Korean national identity becomes complicated and often incurs a political dispute. The 2018 Winter Olympic Games offers a useful occasion through which this complexity of Korean nationalism can be examined. I observed at least four distinctive discourses on Korean identity being displayed via the winter sporting competition: pan Korean ethno-nationalism, South Korean state patriotism, post-colonialism, and cosmopolitanism. Some of these nationalist views are mutually exclusive, and this situation gave rise to the tensions and divisions between political parties and pressure groups in South Korea during the sports mega-event. This indicates that the characteristics of Korean nationalism are constantly in flux, and each nationalist ideology is continually campaigning for securing a dominant position in Korean culture and politics. This also suggests that it is necessary to consider the intersection between primodialism and constructionism, and between civic and organic national identities in order to draw a more accurate picture of the spectrum of Korean nationalism today. It that sense, I argue that sport is not simply a physical contest between athletes but more importantly is a field of the hegemonic struggle between adherents of different nationalism.

Jung Woo Lee is Programme Director of MSc Sport Policy, Management and International Development, and Lecturer in Sport and Leisure Policy at the University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom. He received a PhD in the sociology of sport from Loughborough University, United Kingdom. He is an editor of Sport in Society Asia Pacific Special Issue.

Dr Lee is also a special contributor to a British current affair magazine, New Statesman. His research interests include sport media and communication, semiotics, sport mega-event studies and globalisation of sport. He has published articles in various peer-reviewed journals, including "Sociology," "International Review for the Sociology of Sport", the "Journal of Sport and Social Issue," the "International Journal of Sport Communication," "Communication and Sport" and "Sport in Society." Recently, he published with two co-editors an edited volume of the "Routledge Handbook of Sport and Politics."

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.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:17:19 -0500 2019-02-19T16:30:00-05:00 2019-02-19T18:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Nam Center for Korean Studies Lecture / Discussion Jung Woo Lee, Lecturer, Sport and Leisure Policy, University of Edinburgh, UK
Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS): Minority Serving Institutions and Student Loans (February 20, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58694 58694-14544797@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 8:30am
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS)

Details to come.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 11 Feb 2019 09:54:18 -0500 2019-02-20T08:30:00-05:00 2019-02-20T10:00:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS) Workshop / Seminar Economics
Third Annual MUSE Conference (February 21, 2019 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58934 58934-14580465@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 21, 2019 12:30pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

The annual MUSE Conference will be held February 21-22, 2019.

The purpose of the conference is to foster connections and new collaborations across the broad suite of sustainability and environment-related research at the University of Michigan. We welcome participation from those advancing knowledge through work in the humanities and the social, physical, natural, and engineering sciences.

Keynote speakers include Perrin Selcer (History), Barry Rabe (Public Policy), and Melissa Stults (Sustainability and Innovations Manager, City of Ann Arbor). The concluding panel will also feature a roundtable with Dean Jonathan Overpeck (SEAS), Dean DuBois Bowman (Public Health), and Jennifer Haverkamp, Director of the Graham Sustainability Institute.

For more information, including the link to register for the conference and RSVP for the public reception, please visit http://muse-initiative.umich.edu/conference/

Please send all inquiries to MUSE-inquiries@umich.edu.

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 18 Jan 2019 17:35:02 -0500 2019-02-21T12:30:00-05:00 2019-02-21T19:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Department of English Language and Literature Conference / Symposium Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
The University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning presents (February 21, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59532 59532-14748091@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 21, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Art and Architecture Building
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

An architect and engineer by training, Professor Carlo Ratti teaches at MIT, where he directs the Senseable City Laboratory, and is a founding partner of the international design and innovation practice Carlo Ratti Associati. A leading voice in the debate on new technologies’ impact on urban life, his work has been exhibited in several venues worldwide, including the Venice Biennale, New York’s MoMA, London’s Science Museum, and Barcelona’s Design Museum. Two of his projects – the Digital Water Pavilion and the Copenhagen Wheel – were hailed by Time Magazine as ‘Best Inventions of the Year’. He has been included in Wired Magazine’s ‘Smart List: 50 people who will change the world’. He is currently serving as co-chair of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Cities and Urbanization, and as special advisor on Urban Innovation to the European Commission.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 10 Jan 2019 20:04:26 -0500 2019-02-21T18:00:00-05:00 2019-02-21T19:30:00-05:00 Art and Architecture Building A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Lecture / Discussion Better Futures Carlo Ratti
The University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning presents Building Better Futures: Innovations in Equitable Development (February 22, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59374 59374-14734948@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 9:00am
Location: Art and Architecture Building
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

Cities have made a remarkable comeback, however large swaths of their populations are being left behind. Developers, lenders, advocates, and policy makers work to mitigate these disparities by creating innovative solutions and opportunity through equitable development. Now more than ever, new approaches are required to make cities places where individuals and families can thrive. At the center of making this work are initiatives that put equity at their core and strive to find the right mix of public, private, nonprofit, and grassroots policies, investments, and strategies that serve the needs of all residents and workers.

In Building Better Futures: Innovations in Equitable Development, U-M Taubman College will convene experts at the forefront of designing, financing, developing and promoting better buildings, better outcomes and better futures for all across race, income, age, ability, household type and geography. This conference will examine the ground-breaking policy mechanisms, design innovations, and financial incentives that connect communities, build wealth, and create frameworks to promote equity across demographics. Join us as we investigate, define, and present solutions for social and equitable development to build better futures.

"Building Better Futures" is organized in partnership with University of Michigan Poverty Solutions, an initiative that combines the assets of the university toward the prevention and alleviation of poverty, with additional support from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 10 Jan 2019 18:57:09 -0500 2019-02-22T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-22T17:00:00-05:00 Art and Architecture Building A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Conference / Symposium Building Better Futures
Third Annual MUSE Conference (February 22, 2019 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58934 58934-14580466@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 9:30am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

The annual MUSE Conference will be held February 21-22, 2019.

The purpose of the conference is to foster connections and new collaborations across the broad suite of sustainability and environment-related research at the University of Michigan. We welcome participation from those advancing knowledge through work in the humanities and the social, physical, natural, and engineering sciences.

Keynote speakers include Perrin Selcer (History), Barry Rabe (Public Policy), and Melissa Stults (Sustainability and Innovations Manager, City of Ann Arbor). The concluding panel will also feature a roundtable with Dean Jonathan Overpeck (SEAS), Dean DuBois Bowman (Public Health), and Jennifer Haverkamp, Director of the Graham Sustainability Institute.

For more information, including the link to register for the conference and RSVP for the public reception, please visit http://muse-initiative.umich.edu/conference/

Please send all inquiries to MUSE-inquiries@umich.edu.

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 18 Jan 2019 17:35:02 -0500 2019-02-22T09:30:00-05:00 2019-02-22T17:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Department of English Language and Literature Conference / Symposium Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Third Annual MUSE Conference (February 22, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58934 58934-14580467@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

The annual MUSE Conference will be held February 21-22, 2019.

The purpose of the conference is to foster connections and new collaborations across the broad suite of sustainability and environment-related research at the University of Michigan. We welcome participation from those advancing knowledge through work in the humanities and the social, physical, natural, and engineering sciences.

Keynote speakers include Perrin Selcer (History), Barry Rabe (Public Policy), and Melissa Stults (Sustainability and Innovations Manager, City of Ann Arbor). The concluding panel will also feature a roundtable with Dean Jonathan Overpeck (SEAS), Dean DuBois Bowman (Public Health), and Jennifer Haverkamp, Director of the Graham Sustainability Institute.

For more information, including the link to register for the conference and RSVP for the public reception, please visit http://muse-initiative.umich.edu/conference/

Please send all inquiries to MUSE-inquiries@umich.edu.

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 18 Jan 2019 17:35:02 -0500 2019-02-22T18:00:00-05:00 2019-02-22T20:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of English Language and Literature Conference / Symposium
Cultural Racism & American Social Structure Speaker Series (February 25, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58202 58202-14441912@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 9:00am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

A winter 2019 interdisciplinary speaker series sponsored by Institute for Social Research Survey Research Center and Rackham Graduate School

All talks are held at the Institute for Social Research (426 Thompson Street) Room 1430 at 9:00-10:30am

"Historical racism & contemporary social structure" by
David Cunningham, Professor, Dept of Sociology
Hedwig Lee, Professor, Dept of Sociology
Geoff Ward, Associate Professor, Dept of African & African American Studies
all of Washington University in St. Louis

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 16 Jan 2019 09:41:38 -0500 2019-02-25T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-25T10:30:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event flyer
Conversation with Lou Fintor, new U.S. State Department Diplomat in Residence, North Central Region (February 25, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61417 61417-15099329@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 11:30am
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Weiser Diplomacy Center

Join us for a Meet and Greet session with Lou Fintor, the Ford School’s new Diplomat in Residence (DIR), a U.S. State Department Foreign Service Officer offering State Department career, internship, and fellowship information.

Joining the Foreign Service in 2002, Fintor served as U.S. Embassy spokesperson in the Middle East, South Asia, and Europe. As Diplomat in Residence, Fintor will offer information on State Department opportunities to students and professionals located throughout the North Central DIR region, which includes Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Michigan. The Ford School serves as one of 16 regional DIR academic host institutions in the United States.

DIRs attend local career fairs for university students, alumni, and professionals, host career information sessions and speak with organizations and groups living in each of the population-based geographic regions they serve. They provide information about Department of State Foreign and Civil Service careers, internships, and fellowships.

In addition to scheduling regular travel to communities and recruitment events throughout assigned geographic areas, DIRs can provide background materials, resources, and referrals to those residing in their regions.

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Meeting Tue, 19 Feb 2019 13:52:00 -0500 2019-02-25T11:30:00-05:00 2019-02-25T12:50:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Weiser Diplomacy Center Meeting
Population Studies Center Brown Bag Series, 2018-2019 (February 25, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59183 59183-14694669@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Brown Bag seminars highlight recent research in population studies.

"Constraints and conventions in African assortative mating"

Monday, February 25, 2019, 12:00 pm to 1:25 pm
Maggie Frye, University of Michigan, Sociology

Location: 1430 ISR - Thompson

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 06 Feb 2019 10:48:21 -0500 2019-02-25T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-25T13:25:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event flyer
Race, Health, and Wealth Disparities (February 25, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59563 59563-14752322@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

RCGD's Winter 2019 Speaker Series, sponsored by PRBA, MCUAAAR, and U-M School of Social Work

Monday, February 25, 2019
Rm 1430, 3:30-5:00pm, ISR, 426 Thompson St, Ann Arbor, MI

“Recruitment and Retention Studies with African American Adults: Lessons Learned.”

By Marvella Ford, PhD
The Medical University of South Carolina

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 10:19:08 -0500 2019-02-25T15:30:00-05:00 2019-02-25T17:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event flyer
Beyond Crisis: Science and Technology Studies in the Age of Emergency (February 25, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61066 61066-15027193@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Science, Technology & Society

Environmental crisis, financial crisis, states of emergency and urgency. Crisis forms the backdrop of contemporary debates about the role of science and technology in society. Is there a "beyond crisis" when the concept itself has shaped so many of the critical tools in the humanities and social sciences? This graduate student panel will consider the insights that STS theories and methods bring to bear on discussions of various political, environmental, and financial crises in the present.

Presenting:
Nick Caverly (Anthropology) "Detroit, Crisis City"
Nishita Trisal (Anthropology) "Managing Risk and Volatility in Kashmir's Economy"
James Arnott (Sustainability and Environment) "The Sustainability Crisis and the Science Crisis"

Discussant:
Sumandro Chattapadhyay, Center for Internet & Society, Delhi, India

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 12 Feb 2019 11:22:13 -0500 2019-02-25T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-25T17:30:00-05:00 Haven Hall Science, Technology & Society Workshop / Seminar Haven Hall
Book Talk and Signing - Sicker, Fatter, Poorer: The Urgent Threat of Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals to Our Health and Future... And What We Can Do About It (February 25, 2019 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61074 61074-15027213@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 4:30pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

The Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center (M-LEEaD) presents a book talk by Dr. Leo Trasande who will be speaking about his recent publication Sicker, Fatter, Poorer: The Urgent Threat of Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals to Our Health and Future... and What We Can Do About It in conversation with Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, author of the 2018 book What the Eyes Don't See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 11 Feb 2019 15:32:02 -0500 2019-02-25T16:30:00-05:00 2019-02-25T18:30:00-05:00 Public Health II Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Lecture / Discussion Book Talk Flyer
Dissonance Event Series: Genetics & Medical Apps: Ethics, Privacy, Law and Policy (February 25, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60952 60952-14990967@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Information Assurance

Each new genetic test or medical app generates or collects more and more detailed health data, but may also raise serious issues for medicine, public health. Under what circumstances should a test be used, and how should it be implemented? Should people be allowed to choose or refuse a test, or should it be mandatory, as newborn screening is in some states? How should the data from these tests be used, and should individuals control access to the results of their tests? If test results are released to third parties, such as employers or insurers, what protections should be in place to protect individuals from unfair treatment based on test results, data collected, or genotype?

This Dissonance series event will take a multi-disciplinary look at these issues from a variety of theoretical and applied perspectives.

Panelists will include:
- Lori Andrews, Professor of Law and Director of the Institute for Science, Law and, Technology at Chicago Kent Law School

- Jodyn Platt, Assistant Professor, U-M Medical School

- Kayte Spector-Bagdady, Assistant Professor, U-M Medical School, Chief of the Research Ethics Service in the Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine (CBSSM)

- Denise Anthony, Professor, U-M School of Public Health

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 20 Feb 2019 16:08:57 -0500 2019-02-25T18:00:00-05:00 2019-02-25T19:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Information Assurance Lecture / Discussion Genetics & Medical Apps Panel Discussion
Forum on Climate Change & Health -- What the Science Says & What We Can Do (February 26, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59580 59580-14754546@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Center for Midlife Science

The program includes: a keynote discussion (3:30-5:00 pm) in Forum Hall followed by a reception concluding the event (5:00-6:00 pm). The keynote panel will be live-streamed and recorded for later viewing.
Register (free) here: https://goo.gl/forms/3uK2Qj8SztrhzK4o2
Keynote Panel Live Stream: https://youtu.be/s9zCthg0G8M
This event is organized by the UM Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD), NIEHS grant P30ES017885 and is co-sponsored by the School of Environment and Sustainability (SEAS), and UM SPH Department of Environmental Health Sciences.
More information is available here:http://mleead.umich.edu/Event_Climate_Change_and_Health_2019.php

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 06 Feb 2019 12:29:18 -0500 2019-02-26T15:30:00-05:00 2019-02-26T18:00:00-05:00 Palmer Commons Center for Midlife Science Workshop / Seminar Climate Change & Health
Bioethics Discussion: Pain (February 26, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49432 49432-11453776@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on what we (don't want to) feel.

Readings to consider:
"The undertreatment of pain"
"Moral agency in pain medicine"
"Suffering and the goals of medicine"
"The unequal burden of pain: confronting racial and ethnic disparities in pain"
"Pain medicine and its models: helping or hindering?"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/026-pain/.

Try not to hurt yourself over at the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 15 Sep 2018 03:32:57 -0400 2019-02-26T19:00:00-05:00 2019-02-26T20:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Pain
Allies for Inclusion: The Ability Exhibit (February 27, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61069 61069-15027198@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 9:00am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Allies for Inclusion: The Ability Exhibit is a traveling exhibit designed to promote the inclusion of people with disabilities through respect for others, comfort during interactions, and awareness of disability issues. Using a multi-media approach to demonstrate respect, comfort and awareness, the
exhibit offers suggestions for becoming disability allies and educators.

It has been twenty years since the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 and almost forty years since the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Both of these laws protect against discrimination of people with disabilities by requiring equal access to employment, education, goods and services.

Americans have progressed in their attitudes and behaviors toward people with disabilities; however, there remain questions and concerns about appropriate communication, comfort level, and inclusive practices.

When it comes to interacting with individuals with disabilities, people ask:
"What should I do?", "How should I respond?", "Is it okay to say that?", "How can I become an ally?"; Allies for Inclusion: The Ability Exhibit will attempt to answer some of these questions.

Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to experience The Ability Exhibit when it visits the Institute for Social Research (426 Thompson St.)

February 27, 9am-4pm
February 28, 8:30am-4pm

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

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Exhibition Mon, 11 Feb 2019 14:14:00 -0500 2019-02-27T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-27T16:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Exhibition Event flyer
Allies for Inclusion: Allies for Inclusion Workshop (February 27, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61071 61071-15027200@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 10:00am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

The Allies for Inclusion is a ninety-minute workshop offered to faculty, staff and students who want to learn more about disability-related issues and are interested in becoming disability allies. Through various interactive activities and presentation, attendees will be able to:
-Demonstrate inclusive language and understand its importance.
-Know the difference between the letter of disability law and the spirit of disability law.
-Understand the concepts of Universal Design, Universal Instructional Design, and Universal Design for Student Development.
-Be able to identify areas of their campuses and communities that are not universally designed or accessible.
-Appreciate and understand the need for ability allies and commit to being an ally for inclusion by advocating for awareness, acceptance and inclusion of people with disabilities.

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

About the speaker:
Karen A. Myers, PhD, is Professor and Director of the Higher Education Administration graduate program at Saint Louis University and co-founder and director of the award-winning international disability education project, Allies for Inclusion: The Ability Exhibit, the Ability Ally Initiative workshops, Ability Allies in Action: Pre-Kindergarten-Eighth Curriculum, and The Ability Institute. She has been a college teacher and administrator since 1979 at nine institutions; is an international disability consultant and trainer, author of numerous journal articles, book chapters, and books; and teaches her self-designed graduate courses, “Disability in Higher Education and Society” and “Disability Administration in Higher Education.” She is co-founder of the ACPA College Student Educators International Coalition on Disability, past ACPA Foundation Trustee, and co-author of the ASHE monograph, Allies for Inclusion: Disability and Equity in Higher Education (Jossey-Bass, 2014).

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 11 Feb 2019 14:13:36 -0500 2019-02-27T10:00:00-05:00 2019-02-27T11:30:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar Event flyer
A World in Disarray (February 27, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58959 58959-14626052@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

These course dates are rescheduled due to earlier cancellation due to weather.

This course is based on the book titled "A World in Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order", by Richard Haass. Due to a range of global challenges, the author describes the end of the Old Order - the rules, policies, and institutions that have guided the world since WWII.
Haass argues for an updated global order and also details how the U.S. should act towards China and Russia, as well as Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Participants will read portions of the book in advance, and bring related materials if available, for discussion during class. The instructor Karen Bantel has facilitated courses for OLLI on Russia, Autocracy, Western Liberalism, and TED talks. She was a professor and consultant of business strategy and entrepreneurship for many years. This Study Group is for those 50 and over and will meet select Wednesdays, 2:00-4:00 p.m., February 27 and March 13, 20 and 27.

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Class / Instruction Sun, 17 Feb 2019 11:05:02 -0500 2019-02-27T14:00:00-05:00 2019-02-27T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Allies for Inclusion: The Ability Exhibit (February 28, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61069 61069-15027199@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 28, 2019 8:30am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Allies for Inclusion: The Ability Exhibit is a traveling exhibit designed to promote the inclusion of people with disabilities through respect for others, comfort during interactions, and awareness of disability issues. Using a multi-media approach to demonstrate respect, comfort and awareness, the
exhibit offers suggestions for becoming disability allies and educators.

It has been twenty years since the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 and almost forty years since the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Both of these laws protect against discrimination of people with disabilities by requiring equal access to employment, education, goods and services.

Americans have progressed in their attitudes and behaviors toward people with disabilities; however, there remain questions and concerns about appropriate communication, comfort level, and inclusive practices.

When it comes to interacting with individuals with disabilities, people ask:
"What should I do?", "How should I respond?", "Is it okay to say that?", "How can I become an ally?"; Allies for Inclusion: The Ability Exhibit will attempt to answer some of these questions.

Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to experience The Ability Exhibit when it visits the Institute for Social Research (426 Thompson St.)

February 27, 9am-4pm
February 28, 8:30am-4pm

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

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Exhibition Mon, 11 Feb 2019 14:14:00 -0500 2019-02-28T08:30:00-05:00 2019-02-28T16:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Exhibition Event flyer
"911, What is your prejudice?": Racial bias and call-driven policing (February 28, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60882 60882-14981922@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 28, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Free and open to the public. Reception to follow.

A call to 911 from a Philadelphia Starbucks’ employee about two black men not making a purchase resulted in their arrest. A call from a Yale University graduate student on a black classmate who fell asleep in a common room led to unnecessary police contact. A call from a tenant in New York City on a former Obama aide moving into his own apartment resulted in a police dispatch. Incidents like these raise concerns about call-driven policing. Please join experts Washtenaw County Sheriff Jerry Clayton; Professor of Law Barry Friedman, New York University; and Jessica Gillooly, PhD candidate of the Ford School, in a panel moderated by Ford School faculty David Thacher for a panel examining racial bias in emergency calls.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 27 Feb 2019 12:17:08 -0500 2019-02-28T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-28T17:20:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion "911, What is your prejudice?"
MUSE Workshop: Climate Assessments: What are the metrics for success? (February 28, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60216 60216-14849117@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 28, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Dana Building
Organized By: Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment Initiative (MUSE)

The MUSE workshop is a Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop that brings together sustainability researchers from across the university to discuss ideas and promote interdisciplinary connections and collaborations.
The workshops are informal gatherings with a facilitator who leads an often wide-ranging discussion.
Workshops occur at least biweekly (with special workshops arising for hot topics). Check out the line up of further speakers

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 22 Jan 2019 15:12:45 -0500 2019-02-28T17:00:00-05:00 2019-02-28T19:00:00-05:00 Dana Building Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment Initiative (MUSE) Workshop / Seminar MUSE workshop
Race, Health, and Wealth Disparities (March 11, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59564 59564-14752323@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 11, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

RCGD's Winter 2019 Speaker Series, sponsored by PRBA & MCUAAAR

Monday, March 11, 2019
Rm 6050, 3:30-5:00pm, ISR, 426 Thompson St, Ann Arbor, MI

“Health Contextualized: Inequalities in Physical and Mental Well-Being at the Intersection of Race, Skin, and Place.”

By Taylor W. Hargrove, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
Faculty Fellow, Carolina Population Center
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 28 Jan 2019 08:59:44 -0500 2019-03-11T15:30:00-04:00 2019-03-11T17:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event flyer
Bioethics Discussion: Mental Health (March 12, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49433 49433-11456547@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on our internal (dys)functions.

Readings to consider:
"The myth of mental illness"
"Distinguishing between the validity and utility of psychiatric diagnoses"
"Diagnostic issues and controversies in DSM-5"
"How stigma interferes with mental health care"
"Identification of a common neurobiological substrate for mental illness"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/027-mental-health/.

Please, consider the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 01 Mar 2019 16:07:55 -0500 2019-03-12T19:00:00-04:00 2019-03-12T20:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Mental health
Free Chelsea Manning (March 13, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62046 62046-15278274@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Diag - Central Campus
Organized By: International Youth and Students for Social Equality

The International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) at the University of Michigan has called a meeting and a demonstration demanding the immediate release of imprisoned whistleblower Chelsea Manning. A rally will be held on Wednesday, March 13 at 12 PM on The Diag in front of Hatcher Graduate Library. A subsequent meeting will take place on Thursday, March 14 at 7 PM in the Michigan League, Room A.

The IYSSE is declaring the imprisonment of Manning an egregious attack on democratic rights and a threat to press freedom. The courageous whistleblower was imprisoned on Friday for refusing to testify before a secret grand jury that is drawing up fabricated charges against WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange on behalf of the Trump administration. Beginning in 2010, Manning exposed major US war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan including the infamous Collateral Murder cockpit video showing a US helicopter in Baghdad gunning down 16 unarmed civilians, including two Reuters journalists.

Wednesday’s demonstration is part of a series of coordinated rallies around the country, with the Socialist Equality Party (US) and the World Socialist Web Site (wsws.org). The perspective of this campaign places the basis of the defense of press freedom and democratic rights on the mobilization of the international working class. More information on the campaign to defend Manning can be found on the website: freechelsea.org

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Rally / Mass Meeting Mon, 11 Mar 2019 18:33:59 -0400 2019-03-13T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-13T13:00:00-04:00 Diag - Central Campus International Youth and Students for Social Equality Rally / Mass Meeting Photo of Chelsea Manning
Democracy: Its History and Its Meaning Today (March 13, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58953 58953-14619832@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

We will explore the history and meaning of the idea of democracy. We will see how the idea of democracy has evolved in response to various historical situations, from its expression in the voice of a small self-governing ancient Greek city state, to the French and American revolutionary attempts to codify popular sovereignty, to becoming a universal aspiration expressed as a United Nations declared human right of the self-determination of peoples. Larry Berlin and John Rowntree will lead the discussions.
"Can Democracy Work" by James Miller (available at Literati Bookstore) will be the text and readings to be supplied. This Study Group is for those 50 and over and will meet Wednesdays, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m., March 13 - April 24.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 26 Dec 2018 15:37:24 -0500 2019-03-13T13:00:00-04:00 2019-03-13T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
The Environment, Human Rights and Immunity at the World Bank (March 14, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60981 60981-15000008@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 14, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Hutchins Hall
Organized By: Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program

Please join us for the latest installment of the ELPP Lecture Series, presented by Professor David Hunter from the American University Washington College of Law. Professor Hunter will discuss the global campaign to hold international financial Institutions like the World Bank accountable for the environmental damage and human rights violations caused by their projects. This will include the implications of Jam v. International Finance Corporation (IFC), a case pending before the US Supreme Court that challenges the World Bank’s claim of immunity. The case was brought by local fishermen in coastal India harmed by a coal-fired power plant. The case reflects one of several strategies for applying minimum environmental and human rights standards to the activities of international organizations.

This event is free and open to the public.

David Hunter is Professor of international and comparative environmental law at American University's Washington College of Law. He currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Accountability Counsel, the Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide-US, and the Project on Government Oversight. He is a Member Scholar of the Center for Progressive Reform and a member of the Organization of American States’ Expert Group on Environmental Law, the InterAmerican Network for Environmental Law’s Advisory Board, and the Strategic Advisors Group for the International Finance Corporation’s Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman. He is co-author of International Environmental Law & Policy (5th ed.) and Climate Change Law (2nd ed.). His research interests include human rights and the environment, environmental standards and accountability mechanisms in international finance, and climate change litigation, law and policy.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 08 Feb 2019 13:08:49 -0500 2019-03-14T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-14T13:00:00-04:00 Hutchins Hall Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program Lecture / Discussion Hutchins Hall
12th Annual Gramlich Showcase of Student Work (March 15, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61172 61172-15045295@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 15, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Free and open to the public.

Join the conversation on Twitter: #fordschoolgramlich

Each spring, Ford School faculty and staff nominate dozens of outstanding student research and service projects for recognition at the Gramlich Showcase of Student Work. Established in 2008 to honor internationally renowned economist and former Ford School dean, Ned Gramlich, this event features exceptional student work on a broad range of local, national, and international policy challenges.

For students, the showcase is an opportunity to share their academic work and service engagement with the broader community – to teach others about major policy challenges, to respond to thought-provoking questions, and to engage in dialogue about complex problems. For guests, the showcase represents an opportunity to learn about contemporary domestic and international problems, and the policy interventions designed to tackle them.

Join the Ford School community for hors d'oeuvres and refreshments as we celebrate the insightful policy work of our talented students. You're sure to learn something new!

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Presentation Wed, 13 Feb 2019 15:46:09 -0500 2019-03-15T14:00:00-04:00 2019-03-15T16:00:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Presentation
Cultural Racism & American Social Structure Speaker Series (March 18, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58203 58203-15335278@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 18, 2019 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

A winter 2019 interdisciplinary speaker series sponsored by Institute for Social Research Survey Research Center and Rackham Graduate School

All talks are held at the Institute for Social Research (426 Thompson Street) Room 1430 at 9:00-10:30am

"Racial liberalism & environmental racism in Flint, Michigan" by Malini Ranganathan, Assistant Professor, School of International Service, American University

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Mar 2019 10:09:05 -0400 2019-03-18T10:00:00-04:00 2019-03-18T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event flyer
Selection into Clinical Trials and Implications for External Validity (March 18, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62199 62199-15311074@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 18, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

A PSC Brown Bag Seminar with Amanda Kowalski.

Dr. Amanda Kowalski will discuss her research around Selection into Clinical Trials and Implications for External Validity.

Location: 1430 ISR - Thompson

BIO:
Amanda Kowalski, the Gail Wilensky Professor of Applied Economics and Public Policy at the University of Michigan Department of Economics, is a health economist who specializes in bringing together theoretical models and econometric techniques to answer questions that inform current debates in health policy.

Professor Kowalski’s recent research advances methods to analyze experiments and clinical trials with the goal of designing policies to target insurance expansions and medical treatments to individuals who will benefit from them the most. Applied to the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment, these methods show that among the individuals who entered a lottery for Medicaid, the individuals most likely to enroll in Medicaid were the individuals who had previously visited the emergency room the most. These individuals were also the most likely to increase their use of the emergency room upon gaining coverage. Her previous research has explored the impact of previous Medicaid expansions, the Affordable Care Act, the Massachusetts health reform of 2006, and employer-sponsored health insurance plans. She has also used cutting-edge techniques to estimate the value of medical spending on at-risk newborns.

Professor Kowalski has been honored with a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation and the Yale Arthur Greer Memorial Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Publication or Research. Her research has received the HCUP Outstanding Article of the Year Award, the Garfield Economic Impact Award, the National Institute of Health Care Management Research Award, and the Zellner Thesis Award. The National Institutes of Health, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the W.E. Upjohn Institute have also supported her research, which has been published in peer-reviewed journals, including the American Economic Review, the Quarterly Journal of Economics, the Journal of Health Economics, and the Journal of Public Economics. Her research has also been featured in the popular press, including The New York Times, NPR, and The Wall Street Journal.

Professor Kowalski holds a PhD in economics from MIT and an AB in economics from Harvard. Previously, she was an Associate Professor of Economics at the Yale Department of Economics. Before joining Yale, she held a post-doctoral fellowship in Health and Aging at the NBER. Her interest in health policy has led her to spend two years in Washington, DC, one as a research assistant in health and labor at the White House Council of Economic Advisers, and another as the Okun Model Fellow at the Brookings Institution. She spent the 2015-2016 academic year as a Visiting Associate Professor at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, and she spent the 2017-2018 academic year as a Visiting Associate Professor at the Princeton Department of Economics and as a Visiting Research Scholar at the Princeton Center for Health and Wellbeing.

RELATED:

https://www.psc.isr.umich.edu/people/profile/1443/Amanda_Kowalski

https://www.nber.org/papers/w25049

https://www.nber.org/papers/w22363

https://www.nber.org/papers/w24834

https://www.nber.org/papers/w24647

https://www.psc.isr.umich.edu/event/10854/selection-into-clinical-trials-and-implications-for-external-validity


PSC Brown Bag seminars highlight recent research in population studies and serve as a focal point for building our research community.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 15 Mar 2019 17:46:43 -0400 2019-03-18T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-18T13:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Amanda Kowalski
Conversations on Europe. Different Pathways, Common Destination? Public Policy and Institutional Changes in Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain during and after the Economic Crisis (March 18, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59375 59375-14734950@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 18, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for European Studies

While Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain slid into economic crisis in the 2010 for different reasons and at different time points and have already started overcoming the crises in a varied manner, there was visible policy convergence among the four countries. There were similar policy responses regarding fiscal, macroeconomic, incomes, welfare and labor relations’ issues. Moreover, despite the fact that the four countries had followed different paths to government reform and administrative modernization before the crisis, they eventually converged towards similar policy responses regarding government organization and public administration. The observed convergence may be interpreted through external constraints imposed by Europe and international organizations and creditors and through the adoption of public management ideas, which prevailed in international and domestic policy networks. Policy shifts were not evenly implemented across the four countries for reasons related to historical legacies of state-society relations and variations in political party systems. Such legacies may also help explain why Greece remained a reform laggard compared to the rest of South European countries.

Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos is visiting scholar at the Center for European Studies, Harvard University, and Onassis Visiting Professor at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (Tufts University) in 2018-19. He is on leave from his post as professor of political science at the University of Athens. In 2003 he was senior research fellow at the Hellenic Observatory of the London School of Economics; in 2009-10 visiting fellow in South East European studies at St. Antony’s College, Oxford; and in the autumn of 2016 visiting fellow at Science Po, Paris. He serves on the editorial boards of "South European Society and Politics," "Journal of Mediterranean Politics," "South East European and Black Sea Studies," "European Political Science Review," and the "Greek Review of Political Science." Sotiropoulos studied law and sociology at the Law School of the University of Athens (LLB), the London School of Economics (MSc), and Yale University (Ph.D., awarded with distinction, 1991). Recent books in English include "Αusterity and the Third Sector in Greece: Civil Society at the European Frontline," (with J. Clarke and A. Huliaras, 2015) and "Socioeconomic Fragmentation and Exclusion under the Crisis" (co-edited with D. Katsikas and M. Zafeiropoulou, 2018).

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 11 Mar 2019 09:14:00 -0400 2019-03-18T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-18T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for European Studies Lecture / Discussion Dimitri Sotiropoulos
Healthier Together: Collaborative Networks of Patients, Clinicians and Researchers Working Together to Transform Care (March 19, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59181 59181-14694667@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

Today’s health system fails to deliver the best possible outcomes. Research takes too long and costs too much, and opportunities to engage the participation and contribution by patients and families are not yet common. What if we could create a better care system by harnessing inherent motivation and collective intelligence of patients, clinicians and researchers? In every part of our lives, networks are having a profound effect. How could networked organizations accelerate progress towards Learning Health Systems? This talk will describe how several large-scale learning health system networks are eliminating the artificial barriers between clinical care, improvement and research while engaging all stakeholders as part of a single health system. The result is faster learning and better outcomes for large populations of patients.

The LHS Collaboratory is co-sponsored by the Department of Learning Health Sciences, the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation and the Office of Research at the University of Michigan.

Please register in advance. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/march-19-2019-lhs-collaboratory-peter-margolis-md-phd-healthier-together-collaborative-networks-of-registration-52022816645

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 14 Feb 2019 15:42:31 -0500 2019-03-19T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-19T13:30:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Department of Learning Health Sciences Workshop / Seminar Peter Margolis, MD
Race, Health, and Wealth Disparities (March 19, 2019 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59565 59565-14752325@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 2:30pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

RCGD's Winter 2019 Speaker Series, sponsored by PRBA, MCUAAAR, & U-M School of Social Work

Monday, March 19, 2019
Rm 1430, 2:30-5:00pm, ISR, 426 Thompson St, Ann Arbor, MI

“Reducing Racial Inequities in Health: Using What We Already Know to Take Action.”

Winkelman Lecture

By David Williams, PhD
Professor of Public Health
Professor of African and African American Studies
Harvard University

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 10:36:02 -0500 2019-03-19T14:30:00-04:00 2019-03-19T17:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event flyer
Humanities & Environments Faculty Panel: "Criminal Justice and the Built Environment" (March 19, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58927 58927-14578313@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 4:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

During our 2018-19 Year of Humanities and Environments, we've organized faculty panels to explore contributions of humanistic inquiry around specific environmental subjects. Today: "Criminal Justice and the Built Environment" with:

Claire Zimmerman (architecture, history of art)
Heather Thompson (history, Residential College)
David Thacher (architecture, public policy)

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 15 Mar 2019 11:41:09 -0400 2019-03-19T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-19T17:30:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion Pacific Ocean Platform Prison Competition Entry
CREES Distinguished Lecture. The Truth about Lies in International Relations: Reflections on the Media in Russia and Beyond (March 19, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59377 59377-14737029@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

Lots of countries lie.

Some call it “winning hearts and minds,” others call it “strategic communications,” still others call it “softening the battlefield.” However it’s described, propaganda is a key component of international relations, a tool employed both by diplomats and warriors. Russia has used propaganda since the 1917 Russian Revolution both to mold the minds of its own citizens and to spread the gospel of Marxism-Leninism around the world. Today’s Russia uses a well-honed media strategy to craft public opinion at home—and to promote the country’s public image abroad.

But the Kremlin also uses propaganda—now turbo-charged by digital advances like artificial intelligence, machine learning and big-data analytics—as a tool of war, a less-costly form of conflict than shedding blood, to undermine and weaken foes.

Jill Dougherty, former CNN Moscow Bureau Chief, examines how Russia uses information, and disinformation, to achieve its strategic objectives.

Jill Dougherty served as CNN correspondent for three decades, reporting from more than 50 countries. She is a Global Fellow at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. and a CNN Contributor who provides expert commentary on Russia and the post-Soviet region. Ms. Dougherty joined CNN in 1983, and was appointed Moscow Bureau Chief in 1997. During nearly a decade in that post, she covered the presidencies of Boris Yeltsin and Vladimir Putin, Russia's post-Soviet economic transition, terrorist attacks, the conflict in Chechnya, Georgia's Rose Revolution and Ukraine's Orange Revolution. After a long career with CNN, Ms. Dougherty pursued academic interests, most recently as a Distinguished Visiting Practitioner at the University of Washington’s Evans School of Public Policy and Governance. An alumna of the University of Michigan, she has a B.A. in Slavic languages and literature, a certificate of language study from Leningrad State University, and a master’s degree from Georgetown University. In addition to writing for CNN.com, her articles on international issues have appeared in the “Washington Post,” "Huffington Post,” and “The Atlantic,” among other publications. Jill Dougherty is also a member of track-two diplomatic initiatives seeking to improve the U.S.-Russia relationship.

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

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 09 Jan 2019 12:08:27 -0500 2019-03-19T17:30:00-04:00 2019-03-19T19:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Lecture / Discussion Jill Dougherty
Cultural Racism & American Social Structure Speaker Series (March 20, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58203 58203-14441913@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 9:00am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

A winter 2019 interdisciplinary speaker series sponsored by Institute for Social Research Survey Research Center and Rackham Graduate School

All talks are held at the Institute for Social Research (426 Thompson Street) Room 1430 at 9:00-10:30am

"Racial liberalism & environmental racism in Flint, Michigan" by Malini Ranganathan, Assistant Professor, School of International Service, American University

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Mar 2019 10:09:05 -0400 2019-03-20T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-20T10:30:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event flyer
Academic Freedom at a Global University: A Transnational Perspective (March 20, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60412 60412-14875272@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Graduate Rackham International

Speakers:

Fiona Lee
(Psychology and Organizational Culture)

Ken Panko
(Bibliothecography and Information Technology)

Ronald Suny
(History and Political Science)


What is academic freedom? Is it relevant in this day and age? What does it mean at a global institution like the University of Michigan? How does the internationalization of higher education affect it? What does it mean to those who hail from abroad? Does academic freedom globalize? How do scholars and students who move across the world attend to its intricacies, obligations, and limitations? These are some of the questions that we will attempt to answer as part of our conversation. Please join us!

The public is welcome!
Lunch will be served.
Please RSVP. This is optional but does help us ensure that we provide enough food for everyone.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Mar 2019 18:07:21 -0400 2019-03-20T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-20T13:20:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Graduate Rackham International Lecture / Discussion stamps
CREES Roundtable. Ukraine Now: What's at Stake? (March 20, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59871 59871-14795177@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

Ukraine is at a crossroads, facing multiple challenges. This roundtable of U-M experts will discuss the ongoing conflict in the east, the current human rights situation in Crimea, and upcoming presidential elections.

Moderator: Geneviève Zubrzycki, CREES director. Presenters: Oksana Malanchuk, senior social science research associate (retired), U-M; Greta Uehling, lecturer of international and comparative studies, U-M; Yuri M. Zhukov, assistant professor of political science, U-M.

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

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 15 Jul 2019 09:50:54 -0400 2019-03-20T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-20T13:20:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
Perspectives on the Future of Paid Family Leave (March 20, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62077 62077-15284750@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Free and open to the public. Reception to follow.

This event will be live webstreamed. Check event website right before the event for viewing information.

Please join us for a Conversation Across Difference as Dr. Andrew Biggs of the American Enterprise Institute and Ford Professor Betsey Stevenson discuss their perspectives on Paid Family Leave.

From the speakers' bios:

Andrew G. Biggs, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), studies Social Security reform, state and local government pensions, and public sector pay and benefits. Before joining AEI, Biggs was the principal deputy commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA), overseeing SSA’s policy research efforts. In 2005, as an associate director of the White House National Economic Council, he worked on Social Security reform. In 2001, he joined the staff of the President’s Commission to Strengthen Social Security. Biggs has published widely in academic publications as well as in daily newspapers such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. He has also testified before Congress on numerous occasions. In 2013, the Society of Actuaries appointed Biggs co-vice chair of a blue ribbon panel tasked with analyzing the causes of underfunding in public pension plans and how governments can securely fund plans in the future. In 2014, Institutional Investor Magazine named him one of the 40 most influential people in the retirement world. In 2016, he was appointed by President Obama to be a member of the financial control board overseeing reforms to Puerto Rico’s budget and the restructuring of the island’s debts. Biggs holds a bachelor’s degree from Queen’s University Belfast in Northern Ireland, master’s degrees from Cambridge University and the University of London, and a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics.

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

Hosted by the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and co-sponsored by the AEI Executive Council at Michigan and WeListen.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 13 Mar 2019 12:38:49 -0400 2019-03-20T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-20T17:20:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Perspectives on the Future of Paid Family Leave
MUSE Workshop: People don't "get used to" wind turbines: understanding public acceptance (March 21, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60218 60218-14849120@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 21, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Dana Building
Organized By: Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment Initiative (MUSE)

The MUSE workshop is a Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop that brings together sustainability researchers from across the university to discuss ideas and promote interdisciplinary connections and collaborations.
The workshops are informal gatherings with a facilitator who leads an often wide-ranging discussion.
Workshops occur at least biweekly (with special workshops arising for hot topics). Check out the line up of further speakers

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 22 Jan 2019 15:19:57 -0500 2019-03-21T17:00:00-04:00 2019-03-21T19:00:00-04:00 Dana Building Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment Initiative (MUSE) Workshop / Seminar MUSE workshop
"Beyond Fordlandia: An Environmental Account of Henry Ford's Aventures in the Amazon" (March 22, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62051 62051-15282556@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 2019 4:00pm
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

Written, directed and produced by Marcos Colón, Beyond Fordlândia (2017, 75 min) presents an environmental account of Henry Ford’s Amazon experience decades after its failure. The story addressed by the film begins in 1927, when the Ford Motor Company attempted to establish rubber plantations on the Tapajós River, a primary tributary of the Amazon. This film addresses the recent transition from failed rubber to successful soybean cultivation for export, and its implication for land usage.

Winner of several awards, including:
>> "Best-Awareness Raising Documentary," World Wildlife Fund, International Environmental Film Festival [FICMA-Barcelona], November 2017.
>> "Best Feature Documentary," Cabo Verde International Film Festival, October 2017.
>>"Award of Excellence, Documentary Feature," Impact DOCS Awards, July 2017.

MARCOS COLÓN is a dissertator in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and a Graduate Student Associate of the Center for Culture, History, and Environment (CHE) of UW-Madison’s Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies. His research focuses on the representation of the Amazon in 20th-Century Brazilian literature from an environmental studies perspective. In particular, he is examining a variety of viewpoints from the post-rubber era Amazon through written texts, oral reports, and films; observing changes in the region, its nature and its people.

"Beyond Fordlandia" will be shown at 4pm. Discussion with filmmaker Marcos Colón will follow.
Refreshments will be served.

Presented by RC faculty member, Jane Lynch, and the Residential College Program in Social Theory and Practice.

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Film Screening Thu, 14 Mar 2019 16:49:46 -0400 2019-03-22T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-22T18:00:00-04:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Film Screening Fordlandia
Cultural Racism & American Social Structure Speaker Series (March 25, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58205 58205-14441914@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 25, 2019 9:00am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

A winter 2019 interdisciplinary speaker series sponsored by Institute for Social Research Survey Research Center and Rackham Graduate School

All talks are held at the Institute for Social Research (426 Thompson Street) Room 1430 at 9:00-10:30am

"Historical trauma: Racial dispossession & Native populations" by Joseph Gone, Professor, Dept of Global Health & Social Medicine, Harvard University

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 16 Jan 2019 09:40:41 -0500 2019-03-25T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-25T10:30:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event flyer
Bioethics Discussion: Eugenics (March 26, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49435 49435-11456548@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on who ought to be here.

Readings to consider:
"Eugenics: its definition, scope, and aims"
"The second international congress of eugenics"
"CC Little renaming resolution"
"Buck v. Bell Supreme Court opinion"
"Moderate eugenics and human enhancement"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Barry Belmont (belmont@umich.edu) or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/028-eugenics/.

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

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 01 Mar 2019 16:10:19 -0500 2019-03-26T19:00:00-04:00 2019-03-26T20:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Eugenics
Children of the Dream: Why School Integration Works (March 27, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62590 62590-15416713@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Free and open to the public. Lunch provided. Please RSVP to help us order food: https://goo.gl/forms/yS61hwJmjn88emi13.

Please join us for a book talk by Rucker C. Johnson (MA '97 Econ, PhD '02 Econ), Associate Professor & NBER, University of California, Berkeley & Goldman School of Public Policy.

About the book:

We are frequently told that school integration was a social experiment doomed from the start. But as Rucker C. Johnson demonstrates in Children of the Dream, it was, in fact, a spectacular achievement. Drawing on longitudinal studies going back to the 1960s, he shows that students who attended integrated and well-funded schools were more successful in life than those who did not — and this held true for children of all races.

Yet as a society we have given up on integration. Since the high point of integration in 1988, we have regressed and segregation again prevails. Contending that integrated, well-funded schools are the primary engine of social mobility, Children of the Dream offers a radical new take on social policy. It is essential reading in our divided times.

For more info, visit https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/rucker-c-johnson/children-of-the-dream.

About the author:

Rucker C. Johnson is an Associate Professor in the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and faculty research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. As a labor economist who specializes in the economics of education, Johnson’s work considers the role of poverty and inequality in affecting life chances.

Johnson was one of 35 scholars to receive the prestigious 2017 Andrew Carnegie Fellowship. His research has appeared in leading academic journals, featured in mainstream media outlets, and he has been invited to give policy briefings at the White House and on Capitol Hill. His forthcoming book, Children of the Dream: Why School Integration Works, will be published by Basic Books & the Russell Sage Foundation Press in April 2019.

Johnson is committed to advance his scholarly agenda of fusing insights from multiple disciplinary perspectives to improve our understanding of the causes, consequences, and remedies of inequality in this country. Johnson earned his Ph.D. in economics at the University of Michigan. At UC-Berkeley (2004-present), he teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in applied econometrics and topical courses in race, poverty & inequality.

Hosted by the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and co-sponsored by Education Policy Initiative.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 27 Mar 2019 14:38:04 -0400 2019-03-27T14:00:00-04:00 2019-03-27T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Rucker C. Johnson
What Michigan Residents Really Care About (March 27, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61579 61579-15143696@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Kellogg Eye Center
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

If you were a member of the Michigan State Legislature, wouldn’t you really want to know what your constituents thought were their most important priorities? How would you find that out? The Center for Michigan has the answers.

The Center, founded by Michigan Regent Phil Power in 2006, works to identify citizen priorities for the state legislature and amplify resident voices straight to Lansing. In 2018, the Center's public engagement team spoke with 8,000 residents at 173 events across the state. Their priorities provide a clear to-do list for Michigan's future.

Personnel from the Center, led by Alexandra Schmidt, the Public Engagement Director for the Center, have been busy sharing results with our Legislature. You will be fortunate to hear from her personally what Michiganders want from the legislature.

Alexandra Schmidt focuses on discerning how state policy impacts residents’ daily lives and amplifying those experiences to achieve stronger public discourse. She holds a bachelor’s degree with high honors and distinction in Urban Studies from the University of Michigan. Before joining the Center for Michigan in 2017, she worked with HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, the Big 10 Network, TBS, and Comedy Central.

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Class / Instruction Sun, 24 Feb 2019 16:05:44 -0500 2019-03-27T19:00:00-04:00 2019-03-27T20:30:00-04:00 Kellogg Eye Center Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction After 5
CJS Noon Lecture Series | Abenomics: Escape from the Lost Two Decades of Japan (March 28, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58690 58690-14544794@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 28, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

The lecture describes and analyze (i) why the Japan suffered from two decades of stagnation and fifteen years of deflation; (ii) how economic policy packages, commonly known as Abenomics, introduced by Prime Minister Abe at the end of 2012 to early 2013 has lifted the economy out of stagnation and deflation in 6 years; and (iii) remaining challenges in Japan, including the failure to achieve 2% inflation target and lack of productivity increases that make possible higher real wage increases.

Takatoshi Ito, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University (since 2015) and Senior Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (since 2016), has taught extensively both in the United States and Japan since finishing his PhD in economics at Harvard University in 1979. He taught at the University of Minnesota (1979-1988), Hitotsubashi University (1988-2002), and the University of Tokyo (2004-2014). He held visiting professor positions at Harvard University, Stanford University, Columbia Business School, and University of Malaya.

He has distinguished academic and research appointments such as President of the Japanese Economic Association in 2004; Fellow of the Econometric Society, since 1992; Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research since 1985. He was awarded by the Government of Japan the National Medal with Purple Ribbon in June 2011 for his excellent academic achievement.

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.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 05 Mar 2019 09:09:16 -0500 2019-03-28T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-28T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Japanese Studies Lecture / Discussion Takatoshi Ito
MUSE Workshop: The Effects of Expanded Refrigeration on Food System Sustainability (March 28, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60219 60219-14849121@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 28, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Dana Building
Organized By: Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment Initiative (MUSE)

The MUSE workshop is a Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop that brings together sustainability researchers from across the university to discuss ideas and promote interdisciplinary connections and collaborations.
The workshops are informal gatherings with a facilitator who leads an often wide-ranging discussion.
Workshops occur at least biweekly (with special workshops arising for hot topics). Check out the line up of further speakers

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 22 Jan 2019 15:22:22 -0500 2019-03-28T17:00:00-04:00 2019-03-28T19:00:00-04:00 Dana Building Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment Initiative (MUSE) Workshop / Seminar MUSE workshop
Human Flow - Film Screening and discussion (March 28, 2019 5:45pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60994 60994-15000023@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 28, 2019 5:45pm
Location: School of Nursing
Organized By: U-M School of Nursing (UMSN) - Office of Global Affairs & WHO/PAHO Collaborating Center

Human Flow Film Screening & Discussion

Over 65 million people around the world have been forced from their homes to escape famine, climate change and war in the greatest human displacement since World War II.
Human Flow, an epic film journey led by the internationally renowned artist Ai Weiwei, gives a powerful visual expression to this massive human migration.
The documentary elucidates both the staggering scale of the refugee crisis and its profoundly personal human impact.

https://www.humanflow.com/

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Film Screening Fri, 08 Feb 2019 16:28:48 -0500 2019-03-28T17:45:00-04:00 2019-03-28T20:45:00-04:00 School of Nursing U-M School of Nursing (UMSN) - Office of Global Affairs & WHO/PAHO Collaborating Center Film Screening Human Flow Film Screening Poster
Bright Lights and Windows: A look behind the curtain of Dutch sex work (March 28, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60980 60980-15000006@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 28, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

Bernice Severin, Social Worker, Veilig Thuis (Safe at Home)

The Red Light District of Amsterdam speaks to our imagination as a symbol of Dutch liberalism, pragmatism, and the normalization of the human experience. Bernice Severin will discuss how, behind the neon lights, hides a deeper, darker culture of exploitation. The audience will come away with an understanding of the history, culture, policy, and economics of Dutch prostitution, as it has expanded beyond canal-front windows to sex farms and storage rooms. Bernice Severin is a social worker with Veilig Thuis (Safe At Home), an advice center and hotline for domestic and child abuse. From 2011 to 2017 she worked for the Amsterdam Coordination Center Against Human Trafficking.

This event is sponsored by the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, the De Vries - VanderKooy endowment, School of Social Work, Institute for the Humanities, Rackham Graduate School, International Institute, Center for European Studies, Netherlands Embassy, Washington D.C., Netherlands America University League

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 08 Feb 2019 12:55:11 -0500 2019-03-28T19:00:00-04:00 2019-03-28T20:30:00-04:00 Michigan League Germanic Languages & Literatures Lecture / Discussion Bernice Severin
4th Annual RNA Symposium (March 29, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59721 59721-14780105@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 29, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Center for RNA Biomedicine

Rachel Green, Johns Hopkins
Howard Chang, Stanford
Alice Telesnitsky, Michigan
Kristen Lynch, Pennsylvania
David Bartel, MIT

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 12 Mar 2019 10:36:50 -0400 2019-03-29T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-29T16:00:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Center for RNA Biomedicine Lecture / Discussion photos
Mending the Gaps - Why do so many people feel left behind? (March 31, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61795 61795-15186439@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 31, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Business+Impact at Michigan Ross

Sister Simone Campbell is the Executive Director of NETWORK – a national group of social justice advocates inspired by Catholic Sisters that lobbies in D.C. to mend the gaps in income and wealth in the U.S. RESULTS is a movement of passionate, committed everyday people.Together we use our voices to influence political decisions that will bring an end to poverty. Come to Bethlehem United Church of Christ to learn more about this religious leader, attorney and poet with extensive experience in public policy and advocacy for systemic change

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 01 Mar 2019 08:57:48 -0500 2019-03-31T14:00:00-04:00 2019-03-31T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Business+Impact at Michigan Ross Lecture / Discussion Sister Simone
Race, Health, and Wealth Disparities (April 1, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59567 59567-14752327@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 1, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

RCGD's Winter 2019 Speaker Series, sponsored by PRBA & MCUAAAR

Monday, April 1, 2019
Rm 1430, 3:30-5:00pm, ISR, 426 Thompson St, Ann Arbor, MI

“Racial Stratification and Health: Patterns, Upstream Drivers and Mechanisms.”

By Tyson Brown, PhD
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Duke University

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 10:43:58 -0500 2019-04-01T15:30:00-04:00 2019-04-01T17:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event flyer
Health Professions Education Day 2019 (April 2, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58107 58107-14426746@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 2, 2019 8:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

This annual event aims to spark interprofessional collaboration, networking, and inspiration for future research and practice for educational efforts across the health professions schools at University of Michigan.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 03 Dec 2018 12:47:54 -0500 2019-04-02T08:00:00-04:00 2019-04-02T13:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Department of Learning Health Sciences Conference / Symposium HPE Day Logo
Over the Hill: Lessons Learned from Science Advocates (April 2, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62055 62055-15282563@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 2, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Life Sciences Institute
Organized By: Engaging Scientists in Policy and Advocacy

Please join ESPA in a roundtable panel discussion! Four trainees who have advocated at the state and national level will discuss how to advocate for science, share helpful resources, and answer audience questions.

Julia Gerson: Postdoctoral Fellow, Neurology, Society for Neuroscience Early Career Policy Ambassador

Lucca Henrion: PhD Candidate, Mechanical Engineering, External Affairs Officer for Rackham Student Goverment

Nocona Sanders: PhD Candidate, Materials Science and Engineering, Rackham Student Government Division II Representative

Seth Wiley: PhD Candidate, Chemical Biology, AAAS CASE Workshop

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 27 Mar 2019 15:07:03 -0400 2019-04-02T18:00:00-04:00 2019-04-02T19:00:00-04:00 Life Sciences Institute Engaging Scientists in Policy and Advocacy Lecture / Discussion Event Flyer
Public Roundtable on Overcoming Challenges to Electric Vehicle Deployment (April 3, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60879 60879-14981918@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 3, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: University of Michigan Energy Institute

Ceres and the Energy Institute at the University of Michigan are partnering to host a Public Presentation to discuss policies and partnerships for accelerating fleet electrification for public and private entities.

In an effort to unlock the benefits and accelerate the deployment of electric vehicles and fleets, these two events will focus on the major stakeholders who could (1) benefit from EVs or fleet electrification and (2) play a key role in accelerating the deployment of EVs. This includes: large fleet operators–companies, institutions and municipalities–along with auto manufacturers, regulators, utilities, and electric vehicle technology and policy experts.

Prior to this event, Ceres and the Energy Institute will interview these key stakeholders, in an effort to answer three primary questions:
-What factors motivate fleet operators to transition to electric vehicles? 

-What are the biggest perceived barriers to fleet electrification or EV procurement? 

-Which policies and/or partnerships can encourage widespread adoption of EVs?

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 06 Feb 2019 14:07:43 -0500 2019-04-03T13:30:00-04:00 2019-04-03T16:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business University of Michigan Energy Institute Workshop / Seminar Energy Institute promo image
ISR Expo (April 4, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61492 61492-15117148@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 4, 2019 11:30am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

You are invited to the Institute for Social Research EXPO:

Enjoy a variety of ​fun food​!​ (while supplies last)

Xplore the rich portfolio of ISR social science research projects​!​

Peruse a variety of training programs for students, postdocs and faculty​!​

Observe the many opportunities for involvement​ and ​engage​!​

Come learn more about the many exciting projects and programs housed within ISR.
Our featured programs and projects include:

Michigan Program in Survey Methodology AND Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques | Michigan Retirement Research Center | Detroit Metro Area Communities Study (DMACS) | IRIS | M-CARES (Michigan Contraceptive Access, Research, and Evaluation Study) | PSC Training Programs | LIFE-M (Longitudinal, Intergenerational Family Electronic Micro-Database | U-M HomeLab | Poverty Solutions | Panel Study of Income Dynamics | Chitwan Valley Family Study (CVFS)/ Program in Society, Population and Environment (SPE) | DACCD & Perspectives | ICPSR | ICPSR Summer Program | Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP) | Program for Research on Black Americans (PRBA) and the Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research (MCUAAAR) ​| Health and Retirement Study | American National Election Studies | Racism Lab | Staples Staff Development Fund

Please contact abeattie@umich.edu with any questions​ or if you need any accommodations to attend this event.​

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Fair / Festival Wed, 06 Mar 2019 13:17:12 -0500 2019-04-04T11:30:00-04:00 2019-04-04T13:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Fair / Festival flyer
Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America's Heartland (April 4, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61342 61342-15088105@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 4, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

In the era of Donald Trump, many lower- and middle-class white Americans are drawn to politicians who pledge to make their lives great again. But, the policies that result actually place white Americans at ever-greater risk of sickness and death.

Physician Jonathan M. Metzl’s quest to understand the health implications of “backlash governance” leads him across America’s heartland. Interviewing a range of everyday Americans, he examines how racial resentment fueled pro-gun laws in Missouri, resistance to the Affordable Care Act in Tennessee, and cuts to schools and social services in Kansas. And he shows these policies’ costs: increasing deaths by gun suicide, rising dropout rates, and falling life expectancies. White Americans, Metzl argues, must reject the racial hierarchies that promise to aid them but in fact lead our nation to demise.

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

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 19 Feb 2019 08:09:03 -0500 2019-04-04T15:00:00-04:00 2019-04-04T16:30:00-04:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Lecture / Discussion book cover "Dying of Whiteness"
Race, Health, and Wealth Disparities (April 8, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59568 59568-14752328@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 8, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

RCGD's Winter 2019 Speaker Series, sponsored by PRBA & MCUAAAR

Monday, April 8, 2019
Rm 1430, 3:30-5:00pm, ISR, 426 Thompson St, Ann Arbor, MI

“Psychosocial Stress, Health Behaviors and Disparities in Cardiovascular Health between African Americans and Afro Caribbeans.”

By Mosi Ifatunji, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
Faculty Affiliate, Institute for African American Research
Faculty Fellow, Carolina Population Center
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 10:48:49 -0500 2019-04-08T15:30:00-04:00 2019-04-08T17:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event flyer
No COP-Out: The Path HoMe from the U.N. Climate Talks (April 8, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62222 62222-15313292@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 8, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: ClimateBlue

Join Climate Blue for its annual Spring Symposium in the Palmer Commons Forum Hall for a discussion of the recent international climate negotiations (COP24) in Katowice, Poland. Following the format of the Talanoa Dialogue, which was originally implemented at COP21 in Paris to facilitate empathy and open dialogue among countries, we will answer these guiding questions about the state of our climate conundrum:

Where are we?
Where do we want to go?
How do we get there?

Hear perspectives from University of Michigan student delegates who attended the climate negotiations as observers. Stay to learn some takeaways from a panel of experts and policymakers on what’s next for climate policy, globally and locally. In between sessions of our facilitated dialogue, we invite you to speak to student and community groups at our organization fair & reception (refreshments provided). Additionally, the call for the COP25 U-M delegation will be announced at this event, opening the spring application period!

5:00 pm:
Opening Remarks
Dr. Avik Basu, SEAS Lecturer, Co-creator of the interdisciplinary UNFCCC course at UM

5:30 - 6:15 pm: “Where are we?”
Delegate presentations, panel discussion, and audience Q&A

6:15 pm - 7:00 pm: “Where do we want to go?”
Delegate presentations, panel discussions, and audience Q&A

7:00 - 8:00 pm:
Organization Fair & Reception with MDining Catering

8:00 pm - 8:45 pm: “How do we get there?”
Delegate presentations, panel discussions, and audience Q&A:

[Panelists Forthcoming]

RSVP on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/431262277620135/

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 15 Mar 2019 18:59:32 -0400 2019-04-08T17:00:00-04:00 2019-04-08T21:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons ClimateBlue Conference / Symposium Event Flyer
Bioethics Discussion: Replicability of Medical Studies (April 9, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49436 49436-11456549@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 9, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on the significance of our results.

Readings to consider:
"Reproducibility in science"
"Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science"
"How many scientists fabricate and falsify research?"
"Is the replicability crisis overblown?"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/029-replicability-of-medical-studies/.

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

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 15 Sep 2018 03:36:18 -0400 2019-04-09T19:00:00-04:00 2019-04-09T20:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Replicability of medical studies
#MeToo: A WeListen Staff Discussion (April 11, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62379 62379-15357471@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 11, 2019 11:30am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: WeListen Staff

#MeToo: A WeListen Staff Discussion

This session of WeListen is open to all UM staff members. All voices and views are welcome and lunch will be provided!

RSVP here: http://myumi.ch/LzEYO

The #MeToo movement has highlighted issues of sexual misconduct across the globe since going viral in October 2017. Initially centered around sexual misconduct in the workplace, the movement has since allowed survivors of sexual harassment and assault to speak about their experiences in broader contexts. The hashtag has reached the entertainment industry, higher education, politics, and more as people like Aziz Ansari, Matt Lauer, Kevin Spacey, Bill Cosby, Larry Nassar, and Brett Kavanaugh have their reputations called into question. Some remain unscathed after public scrutiny while others lose their jobs or are sentenced to prison time.

Have we seen true change in sexual misconduct policy since the hashtag began? Does the #MeToo movement violate the American value of "innocent until proven guilty?" Can allegations of sexual misconduct be managed by the court of public opinion or should all consequences be withheld until a trial has taken place?

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


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

Questions? Email us at welistenstaff@umich.edu.

This event is co-sponsored by the UM Office of DEI and the LSA DEI Implementation Leads. The planning committee includes staff members from the Ginsberg Center, the International Institute, LSA Psychology, the Opportunity Hub, UM Poverty Solutions, and the UM Shared Services Center.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 03 Apr 2019 09:33:47 -0400 2019-04-11T11:30:00-04:00 2019-04-11T13:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) WeListen Staff Lecture / Discussion WeListen Sexual Harassment Flyer
Planet in Peril: Averting Climate Catastrophe Through Law and Social Change (April 11, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62539 62539-15399283@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 11, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Jeffries Hall
Organized By: Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program

The seventh environmental conference presented by Michigan Law's Environmental Law and Policy Program kicks off on Thursday, April 11, with a talk by Jonathan Overpeck, Dean of the UM School for Environment and Sustainability. Dean Overpeck will set the stage for the conference by discussing how best to meet climate challenges.

The conference will continue on Friday, April 12. With climate change accelerating and the window for climate change mitigation and adaptation narrowing, this year we will devote our entire conference to how the legal system can promote meaningful action on climate change and broad-based environmental sustainability efforts. Panels and break out sessions will be held throughout the day on topics as wide-ranging as the Paris Accord, U.S. federal climate policy, and how law and business intersect to address climate change.

This event is free and open to the public. Please see a complete conference schedule at events.law.umich.edu/elpp

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 08 Apr 2019 15:21:08 -0400 2019-04-11T16:00:00-04:00 2019-04-11T17:30:00-04:00 Jeffries Hall Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program Lecture / Discussion
The 2019 Miller Converse Lecture (April 11, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61971 61971-15250103@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 11, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Presenter: Diana Mutz (University of Pennsylvania)

Abstract: Drawing on evidence from her book in progress, Mutz presents survey and experimental evidence on the psychological underpinnings of attitudes toward international trade. Picking up where economic explanations have failed, she argues that people extend what they know about human interaction to understand international relationships. In this respect, globalization runs headlong against the grain of much of basic human psychology, asking us to trust distant, impersonal and often dissimilar others.

A livestream and recording of this event will be available.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 08 Mar 2019 15:44:41 -0500 2019-04-11T16:00:00-04:00 2019-04-11T17:30:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Miller Converse Lecture
US/Brazil Bromance: What's in Store for Us? (April 11, 2019 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62689 62689-15425431@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 11, 2019 4:30pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Weiser Diplomacy Center

PUBLIC LIVE RECORDING OF THE PODCAST: AMERICAN DIPLOMAT

Join the Weiser Diplomacy Center and American Academy of Diplomacy for a live recording of the latest episode of the podcast American Diplomat: The Stories behind the news. Ambassador Peter F. Romero and writer Laura Bennett will host Ambassador Thomas A. Shannon and discuss about current issues in Brazil from the vantage point of two practitioners who have spent decades in this region of the world. What conditions in Brazil gave rise to the election of Jair Bolsonaro? Are there any parallels with the election of Donald Trump? What can we expect from the Trump/Bolsonaro bromance and does this threaten democracy in our two countries?

This event is free and open to the public. Check out the previous episodes of American Diplomat podcast here: https://www.amdipstories.org/ and post your questions in advance by clicking "Send a voice message to The American Diplomat".

Ambassador Thomas A. Shannon, Jr.
brings more than three decades of government service and diplomatic experience to his practice, providing strategic counsel to clients across a range of legislative, foreign policy, and national security issues. Most recently, Ambassador Shannon served as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, the third highest ranking position at the State Department. Holding the personal rank of Career Ambassador, he was the highest ranking member of the United States Foreign Service, the country's professional diplomatic corps. During his tenure as Under Secretary, Ambassador Shannon was in charge of bilateral and multilateral foreign policymaking and implementation, and oversaw diplomatic activity globally and in our missions to international organizations. He managed the State Department during the presidential transition, led bilateral and strategic stability talks with the Russian Federation, worked with our allies to oversee Iranian compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, and expanded US engagement in Central Asia, among other things.

Ambassador Peter F. Romero
For those that know him, Pete Romero delights in listening and telling stories, firmly believing that honing these skills can not only be professionally rewarding, but also life enriching. He was honored to have had a twenty five year career as a diplomat in the US Foreign Service. In his last three postings he was head of our embassy in El Salvador, US Ambassador in Quito, Ecuador and Assistant Secretary of the Western Hemisphere Bureau at the US Department of State. His achievements in some of the world's inhospitable "hot spots" earned him multiple awards for superlative leadership. While in the diplomatic service he initiated the highly successful Plan Colombia, assisted in ending the border war between Peru and Ecuador and was a key player in the implementation of the peace accords between the government and the guerrilla front in El Salvador. Mr. Romero advises private sector clients on problem-solving and winning strategies overseas. He lectures at several of the US military's post-graduate institutions and at the graduate school of foreign service at Georgetown University. He is sought after for his experience and expertise in counter-insurgency strategies and holistic approaches to national security threats. He is a die-hard Seminole, having graduated with a BS and an MA from Florida State University.

Laura Bennett
holds an MFA in film and television production at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, where she was awarded a merit-based Tisch School of the Arts scholarship. She has written, directed, produced and edited short films that have won 11 awards and screened at 35 festivals throughout the United States, including the New Directors/New Films series at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. Laura has written feature scripts including a sophisticated international political thriller, a young-adult dog show crime comedy and a supernatural thriller about an amnesiac ghost on a disappearing island. Laura speaks Spanish, French and English and has traveled in five continents, often solo and working as a volunteer. In addition to filmmaking, Laura has an MBA from the University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business and works as professor and as a strategy consultant on non-profit and government projects aimed at promoting the public good.

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Other Thu, 28 Mar 2019 14:08:09 -0400 2019-04-11T16:30:00-04:00 2019-04-11T18:00:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Weiser Diplomacy Center Other American Academy of Diplomacy
MUSE Workshop: Challenges in Developing Sustainable and Resilient Livestock Interventions to Reduce Childhood Undernutrition (April 11, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60221 60221-14849122@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 11, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Dana Building
Organized By: Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment Initiative (MUSE)

The MUSE workshop is a Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop that brings together sustainability researchers from across the university to discuss ideas and promote interdisciplinary connections and collaborations.
The workshops are informal gatherings with a facilitator who leads an often wide-ranging discussion.
Workshops occur at least biweekly (with special workshops arising for hot topics). Check out the line up of further speakers

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 22 Jan 2019 15:26:56 -0500 2019-04-11T17:00:00-04:00 2019-04-11T19:00:00-04:00 Dana Building Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment Initiative (MUSE) Workshop / Seminar MUSE workshop
Science Advocacy in Action: Letter Writing (April 11, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62650 62650-15416718@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 11, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Engaging Scientists in Policy and Advocacy

Join the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) and Engaging Scientists in Policy and Advocacy (ESPA) for a discussion and letter writing party on the critical role science plays in equitable federal protections.  

We’ll discuss the current state of science in policymaking, review some of the best ways to get attention for the issues, and then write letters that inform the public and your policymakers about those issues. 
 
When: Thursday, April 11, 5-6:30pm 
Where: Earl Lewis Room in the Rackham Graduate School (915 E. Washington Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109) 
What to bring: a laptop and/or notebook and an appetite for science policy and snacks 
Food, drinks, resources and support to write your letters will be provided. 
 
From the proposed rollbacks to the Chemical Facility Safety and air quality rules to inaction on highly fluorinated chemicals (PFAS) at the Environmental Protection Agency, the effects of federal decisions have great bearing on the health and safety of the people of Michigan, particularly
on already overburdened populations. But proactive solutions do exist.  
 
Don’t have time to write a letter?  
Stop by and sign a postcard to your members of Congress and make sure they know their science-loving constituents are counting on them to lead on our health, safety, and environmental protections.

RSVP: https://forms.gle/LcJ3Ei3uCszkvDVR7

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 27 Mar 2019 15:05:13 -0400 2019-04-11T17:00:00-04:00 2019-04-11T18:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Engaging Scientists in Policy and Advocacy Workshop / Seminar Event Flyer
Planet in Peril: Averting Climate Catastrophe Through Law and Social Change (April 12, 2019 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62539 62539-15399284@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 12, 2019 8:45am
Location: Jeffries Hall
Organized By: Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program

The seventh environmental conference presented by Michigan Law's Environmental Law and Policy Program kicks off on Thursday, April 11, with a talk by Jonathan Overpeck, Dean of the UM School for Environment and Sustainability. Dean Overpeck will set the stage for the conference by discussing how best to meet climate challenges.

The conference will continue on Friday, April 12. With climate change accelerating and the window for climate change mitigation and adaptation narrowing, this year we will devote our entire conference to how the legal system can promote meaningful action on climate change and broad-based environmental sustainability efforts. Panels and break out sessions will be held throughout the day on topics as wide-ranging as the Paris Accord, U.S. federal climate policy, and how law and business intersect to address climate change.

This event is free and open to the public. Please see a complete conference schedule at events.law.umich.edu/elpp

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 08 Apr 2019 15:21:08 -0400 2019-04-12T08:45:00-04:00 2019-04-12T17:00:00-04:00 Jeffries Hall Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program Lecture / Discussion
Race, Health, and Wealth Disparities (April 15, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59570 59570-14752329@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 15, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

RCGD's Winter 2019 Speaker Series, sponsored by PRBA & MCUAAAR

Monday, April 15, 2019
Rm 1430, 3:30-5:00pm, ISR, 426 Thompson St, Ann Arbor, MI

“Racism, Racial Identity, and Psychological Health: Developmental Mechanisms During the Transition to Adulthood.”

By Enrique Neblett, PhD
Associate Professor, Clinical Psychology-Child/Family Track, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 10:53:14 -0500 2019-04-15T15:30:00-04:00 2019-04-15T17:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event flyer
Economic Dignity (April 15, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62638 62638-15416697@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 15, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

POLICY TALKS @ THE FORD SCHOOL

Free and open to the public. Reception to follow.

This event will be live webstreamed. Check event website before the event starts for viewing information.

Join the conversation: #policytalks

From the speaker's bio:

The only person to serve as director of the National Economic Council under two Presidents, Gene Sperling provides unique perspective and insights on the intersection between the U.S. and global economy and the most pressing economic policy issues of the day.

From serving as director of the National Economic Council (NEC) for both Barack Obama and Bill Clinton to consulting for four seasons on NBC’s award-winning political drama The West Wing, Sperling is widely respected across the political spectrum as one of the top White House economic advisors with a reputation for merging economic policy and economic analysis to get things done. As NEC director, Sperling was the President’s economic adviser responsible for coordinating economic policy and chairing policy meetings with the economic cabinet. The New York Times has called Sperling "a prolific idea generator." Under President Obama, he served as a key negotiator on fiscal issues and an architect of the payroll tax cut, expansions of tax credits for low-income Americans, the Small Business Jobs Act and the American Jobs Act. Under President Clinton, Sperling was a key architect of the 1993 Deficit Reduction Act and its major expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit and a top negotiator of the 1997 Bipartisan Balanced Budget Act, He also served as senior counselor to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, where he helped navigate the financial crisis and was a member of the President’s Auto Task Force and the Treasury’s point person for the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

Currently, Sperling heads Sperling Economic Strategies and writes as a contributing editor for The Atlantic.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 27 Mar 2019 12:30:33 -0400 2019-04-15T16:00:00-04:00 2019-04-15T17:20:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Gene Sperling
The Threat of Fascism and How to Fight It (April 15, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62736 62736-15453645@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 15, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Youth and Students for Social Equality

Across the world, the far-right occupies positions of power it has not held since World War Two. With social inequality reaching astronomical proportions, the ruling elites are resurrecting all the political filth responsible for the worst crimes of the 20th century.

In Germany, the scene of the holocaust and Hitler’s Nazi movement, fascism is once again rearing its ugly head. A neo-Nazi party, the Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD), is now the main opposition party with high-level support from within the state and academia. Building a mass movement capable of defeating fascism requires learning the lessons of history.

The lessons of the 1930s show that the fight against fascism requires the independent mobilization of the working class against the capitalist system. Learning these critical lessons is the only way to prevent the disaster of Nazism on an even greater scale today.

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Speaker: Christoph Vandreier, German Trotskyist, prominent leader of the fight against fascism and author of “Why Are They Back? Historical Falsification, Political Conspiracy, and the Return of Fascism in Germany.”

Vandreier is Deputy National secretary of the Sozialistiche Gleichheitspartei (Socialist Equality Party, SGP) in Germany, which was placed under state surveillance on advise of the neo-Nazi AfD for its “anti-fascist” and “anti-capitalist” politics.

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Presentation Sun, 31 Mar 2019 22:36:21 -0400 2019-04-15T19:00:00-04:00 2019-04-15T21:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Youth and Students for Social Equality Presentation Public meeting: The Threat of Fascism and How to Fight It – Speaker: Christoph Vandreier, author of Why Are They Back?
Board Fellowship Info Session for Nonprofits (April 16, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61929 61929-15241334@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Business+Impact at Michigan Ross

Are you a nonprofit organization in Southeast Michigan that is curious about the Board Fellowship program? This session provides an overview for prospective organizations interested in participating during the 2018-19 academic year. Lunch is provided.

RSVP for Ann Arbor event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/board-fellowship-information-session-ann-arbor-tickets-58369402454

RSVP for Detroit event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/board-fellowship-information-session-detroit-tickets-58376640102

Business+Impact is all about building relationships. Using our rigorous matchmaking and vetting process, students with the unique skills to work in your organization on your issues will be assigned to your board as non-voting members. You will benefit from their expertise in project management, marketing, business systems, policy analysis, strategic planning, and more. As a result, your nonprofit will gain input on board decisions, business school knowledge and skills, and a new perspective on a project of your choosing.

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Other Thu, 21 Mar 2019 16:24:34 -0400 2019-04-16T17:30:00-04:00 2019-04-16T18:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Business+Impact at Michigan Ross Other Board Fellows
Washtenaw County Consensus Conference: Water Security (April 17, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63212 63212-15593437@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 11:00am
Location:
Organized By: Engaging Scientists in Policy and Advocacy

Across Michigan and throughout Washtenaw County, issues related to water safety, access, and usage have become prominent topics of public discussion. Despite access to 4 out of 5 Great Lakes, the past few years have repeatedly demonstrated challenges in providing safe water to all current and future Michigan residents. These challenges have drawn the attention of policy makers and experts, but a critical component of the discussion on improving water security must be the values and perspectives of impacted community members.

Join us on April 20th for a discussion between community member panelists and experts in various topics of water security, as they discuss the challenges and opportunities that Washtenaw County faces in guaranteeing access to clean water for all of its residents and the steps policy makers should take to improve water security now and into the future.

Please register:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/washtenaw-county-consensus-conference-tickets-59903418738

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 17 Apr 2019 11:34:03 -0400 2019-04-17T11:00:00-04:00 2019-04-17T12:00:00-04:00 Engaging Scientists in Policy and Advocacy Lecture / Discussion Event Flyer
Children of the Dream: Why School Integration Works (April 17, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62590 62590-15407991@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 11:30am
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Free and open to the public. Lunch provided. Please RSVP to help us order food: https://goo.gl/forms/yS61hwJmjn88emi13.

Please join us for a book talk by Rucker C. Johnson (MA '97 Econ, PhD '02 Econ), Associate Professor & NBER, University of California, Berkeley & Goldman School of Public Policy.

About the book:

We are frequently told that school integration was a social experiment doomed from the start. But as Rucker C. Johnson demonstrates in Children of the Dream, it was, in fact, a spectacular achievement. Drawing on longitudinal studies going back to the 1960s, he shows that students who attended integrated and well-funded schools were more successful in life than those who did not — and this held true for children of all races.

Yet as a society we have given up on integration. Since the high point of integration in 1988, we have regressed and segregation again prevails. Contending that integrated, well-funded schools are the primary engine of social mobility, Children of the Dream offers a radical new take on social policy. It is essential reading in our divided times.

For more info, visit https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/rucker-c-johnson/children-of-the-dream.

About the author:

Rucker C. Johnson is an Associate Professor in the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and faculty research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. As a labor economist who specializes in the economics of education, Johnson’s work considers the role of poverty and inequality in affecting life chances.

Johnson was one of 35 scholars to receive the prestigious 2017 Andrew Carnegie Fellowship. His research has appeared in leading academic journals, featured in mainstream media outlets, and he has been invited to give policy briefings at the White House and on Capitol Hill. His forthcoming book, Children of the Dream: Why School Integration Works, will be published by Basic Books & the Russell Sage Foundation Press in April 2019.

Johnson is committed to advance his scholarly agenda of fusing insights from multiple disciplinary perspectives to improve our understanding of the causes, consequences, and remedies of inequality in this country. Johnson earned his Ph.D. in economics at the University of Michigan. At UC-Berkeley (2004-present), he teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in applied econometrics and topical courses in race, poverty & inequality.

Hosted by the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and co-sponsored by Education Policy Initiative.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 27 Mar 2019 14:38:04 -0400 2019-04-17T11:30:00-04:00 2019-04-17T13:00:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Rucker C. Johnson
Fourth Annual DISC Distinguished Lecture. “More Perfect”: A Politics of Empathy in a Challenging American Moment (April 17, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62079 62079-15284751@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

“We, the People, in order to form a more perfect union.” Those are the first eight words of the preamble of our Constitution, the foundation of our system of government and politics. When I ran for Governor in Michigan, I aimed to advance universal healthcare, a sustainable energy system, access to public goods and services, and against corporate capture of our economy. And yet the focus was nearly always on my name, my faith, and my ethnicity—that I could be “first Muslim Governor.” In union halls, living rooms, and town watering holes across Michigan, I had the opportunity to listen to and learn from Michiganders—as a millennial, Muslim-American candidate. In this talk, I reflect on the roles of identity and ideals in our current political moment. I argue for a politics of empathy, that centers our actions on the systems of oppression, rather than its symbols, and embrace the responsibility to speak truth to power, only after we’ve learned to empathize with pain. I center these in what it means to be “more perfect,” advancing mutual aims from diverse perspectives in a pluralistic society.

Named “The new Obama” by The Guardian, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed is a physician and public health expert who ran to be the first Muslim-American governor of Michigan. His campaign excited Americans, with his progressive focus on public health, education, diversity, and dialogue. Before running for governor, El-Sayed served as Health Commissioner in Detroit, where he rebuilt Detroit’s Health Department after it had been privatized during the city’s municipal bankruptcy.

Prior to his work in public service, El-Sayed was tenure-track faculty member at Columbia University’s Department of Epidemiology; director of the Columbia University Systems Science Program, and co-director of Global Research for Population Health. El-Sayed holds a doctorate in public health from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar, as well as an MD from Columbia University. He graduated with Highest Distinction and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Michigan. At graduation, El-Sayed was selected to deliver the Student Commencement Address alongside President Clinton, who said of him, “I just wish every person in the world could have heard you speak today.”

For full bio, visit http://myumi.ch/6k4q8.

The Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum (DISC) aims to provide students with global perspective on Islam and the Muslim world by coordinating an Islamic studies curriculum across the Big Ten via synchronous videoconferencing and distance learning technology. DISC is supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and housed at the U-M International Institute. The Annual DISC Distinguished Lecture features a prominent scholar or public figure speaking about issues related to Islamic studies.

Organized by the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum (DISC), with support from the Global Islamic Studies Center, Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies Seminar, and International Institute.

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

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 02 Apr 2019 16:36:59 -0400 2019-04-17T16:00:00-04:00 2019-04-17T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Global Islamic Studies Center Lecture / Discussion Abdul El-Sayed
Understanding the Social Implications of AI (April 17, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62790 62790-15466656@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

"If we are going to augment humanity with the machine, we need to do it in a way that doesn’t bring along our mistakes of the past."
— Gregory Simpson, Chief Technology Officer for Synchrony Financial

Through mobile phones, the Internet of Things, and web computing, every single day around the globe we create a quintillion bytes of data. Pairing that trove of data with enormous computational power, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is making strides into every aspect of everyday living, from emails and targeted advertising, to healthcare and education. But with great power comes great responsibility. This Dissonance Event Series discussion will take a multidisciplinary look at the social implications of artificial intelligence and consider the promises and potential pitfalls we may look forward too.

Panelists include
- Ella Atkins, Professor, Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering
- Kentaro Toyama, W.K. Kellogg Professor of Community Information, School of Information; Fellow of the Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values, MIT

- Ram Vasudevan, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering

- Michael Wellman, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Lynn A. Conway Collegiate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering,College of Engineering (Moderator)

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 02 Apr 2019 10:05:19 -0400 2019-04-17T18:00:00-04:00 2019-04-17T19:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Information and Technology Services (ITS) Lecture / Discussion Understanding the Social Implications of A.I.
LHS Implementation and Acceleration Symposium (April 18, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62704 62704-15431952@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 18, 2019 8:30am
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

Join us for a dynamic and interactive symposium devoted to accelerating Learning Health Systems (LHS) projects across the University of Michigan campus.

To advance LHS work, the April symposium invites faculty, staff, and students to share their experiences with ongoing LHS-related work, and engage in focused discussions. The emphasis of the event will be on identifying challenges while discovering practical approaches and ways to work together.

Active participation by all attendees will enrich these discussions. Please review the agenda and attend any portion of the event based on your availability. In September 2018, the Collaboratory hosted a successful poster session highlighting 20 LHS projects. We will continue to build on the energy of these efforts to chart a path for our next season of the LHS Collaboratory Seminar Series.

The event will include breakout sessions focused on key challenge areas. We look forward to seeing you at the event!

Register here: https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/lhs/service-outreach/learning-health-system-collaboratory

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 29 Mar 2019 11:32:20 -0400 2019-04-18T08:30:00-04:00 2019-04-18T13:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Department of Learning Health Sciences Workshop / Seminar LHS Learning Cycle
Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS): STEM Careers and the Changing Skill Requirements of Work (April 22, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58703 58703-14544807@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 22, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS)

Details to come.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 22 Apr 2019 13:04:10 -0400 2019-04-22T12:00:00-04:00 2019-04-22T13:30:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS) Workshop / Seminar Economics
Race, Health, and Wealth Disparities (April 22, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59572 59572-14752331@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 22, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

RCGD's Winter 2019 Speaker Series, sponsored by PRBA & MCUAAAR

Monday, April 22, 2019
Rm 1430, 3:30-5:00pm, ISR, 426 Thompson St, Ann Arbor, MI

“Racial Discrimination and Cortisol: One Pathway to Health Disparities among Black Americans.”

By Eleanor K. Seaton, PhD
Associate Professor
Associate Professor, Center for Child and Family Success
Associate Professor, Social and Family Dynamics, T. Denny Sanford School of (SSFD)
Arizona State University

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 10:58:31 -0500 2019-04-22T15:30:00-04:00 2019-04-22T17:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event flyer
Access to Justice (April 23, 2019 3:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63002 63002-15534802@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 3:15pm
Location: Hutchins Hall
Organized By: Law School Problem Solving Initiative

Multidisciplinary teams of graduate and professional students have spent the past term considering the real-world problem of access to the civil justice system.

Students will present solutions that improve access to civil justice in Michigan, drawing on insights from law, information technology, engineering, design, public policy, business, sociology, social work, and other relevant fields.

Proposed solutions to be discussed:

- legal information for migrant farm workers

- representative jury pools

- tenant support in eviction proceedings

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Presentation Wed, 10 Apr 2019 09:25:12 -0400 2019-04-23T15:15:00-04:00 2019-04-23T18:30:00-04:00 Hutchins Hall Law School Problem Solving Initiative Presentation Hutchins Hall
Panel: Viewpoint Diversity and the Future of Intellectual Discourse (April 23, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62901 62901-15492418@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

We live in increasingly polarized times, and partisan animosity is at a high. Against this backdrop, it is tempting to sort ourselves into echo-chambers. What effects might this have on future discourse about important scientific, ethical, and policy matters? How does polarization affect the academy? Can viewpoint diversity increase the quality of research in politically relevant fields like social psychology, sociology, or political philosophy? Join us for a panel discussion with Lee Jussim, Professor of Psychology at Rutgers, and Hrishikesh Joshi, Postdoctoral Fellow at Michigan. All are welcome. Coffee and snacks will be provided!

Hosted by the Freedom and Flourishing Project.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 17 Apr 2019 08:29:14 -0400 2019-04-23T17:00:00-04:00 2019-04-23T19:00:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Department of Philosophy Lecture / Discussion F&F Panel
Reducing Firearm Violence within Urban Communities (April 24, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63003 63003-15534803@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 24, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Jeffries Hall
Organized By: Law School Problem Solving Initiative

Firearm violence is one of the leading causes of death and disability for youth and emerging adults residing in urban settings. Negative firearm-related outcomes include firearm homicides, non-fatal shootings, and access to illegal firearms.

Over the past term, graduate and professional students worked with community leaders, law enforcement, and public health experts to develop solutions aimed at addressing firearm violence.

Students will present their ideas and discuss challenges and opportunities with panelists and audience members.

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Presentation Wed, 10 Apr 2019 09:50:58 -0400 2019-04-24T16:00:00-04:00 2019-04-24T18:00:00-04:00 Jeffries Hall Law School Problem Solving Initiative Presentation
MUSE Workshop: Discussion: ethics, big data, and our response to climate change (April 25, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60222 60222-14849124@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 25, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Dana Building
Organized By: Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment Initiative (MUSE)

The MUSE workshop is a Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop that brings together sustainability researchers from across the university to discuss ideas and promote interdisciplinary connections and collaborations.
The workshops are informal gatherings with a facilitator who leads an often wide-ranging discussion.
Workshops occur at least biweekly (with special workshops arising for hot topics). Check out the line up of further speakers

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 22 Jan 2019 15:31:20 -0500 2019-04-25T17:00:00-04:00 2019-04-25T19:00:00-04:00 Dana Building Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment Initiative (MUSE) Workshop / Seminar MUSE workshop
Board Fellowship Info Session for Nonprofits (May 2, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61929 61929-15355270@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 2, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Business+Impact at Michigan Ross

Are you a nonprofit organization in Southeast Michigan that is curious about the Board Fellowship program? This session provides an overview for prospective organizations interested in participating during the 2018-19 academic year. Lunch is provided.

RSVP for Ann Arbor event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/board-fellowship-information-session-ann-arbor-tickets-58369402454

RSVP for Detroit event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/board-fellowship-information-session-detroit-tickets-58376640102

Business+Impact is all about building relationships. Using our rigorous matchmaking and vetting process, students with the unique skills to work in your organization on your issues will be assigned to your board as non-voting members. You will benefit from their expertise in project management, marketing, business systems, policy analysis, strategic planning, and more. As a result, your nonprofit will gain input on board decisions, business school knowledge and skills, and a new perspective on a project of your choosing.

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Other Thu, 21 Mar 2019 16:24:34 -0400 2019-05-02T12:00:00-04:00 2019-05-02T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Business+Impact at Michigan Ross Other Board Fellows
Global Reproductive and Sexual Health Summer Institute (May 10, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59865 59865-14797313@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 10, 2019 8:00am
Location: School of Nursing
Organized By: U-M School of Nursing (UMSN) - Office of Global Affairs & WHO/PAHO Collaborating Center

May 10th - 11th, 2019: 2-day conference
Title: Beyond #MeToo: A Look at Gender Based Violence and Reproductive Coercion Globally

May 13th – 17th, 2019: 5-day workshop
Title: Designing and Evaluating Culturally Appropriate Interventions to Improve Reproductive & Sexual Health

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 16 Jan 2019 12:11:31 -0500 2019-05-10T08:00:00-04:00 2019-05-10T17:00:00-04:00 School of Nursing U-M School of Nursing (UMSN) - Office of Global Affairs & WHO/PAHO Collaborating Center Conference / Symposium School of Nursing
Opioids: Policy to Practice (Webcast) (May 10, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63211 63211-15593436@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 10, 2019 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation

How can policymakers, insurers, clinicians and community organizations work together to confront the nation’s opioid epidemic, using the latest evidence from research and innovative approaches? A summit event organized by the University of Michigan and Harvard University will bring members of all of these fields together to share best practices and discuss policy and practice changes to address the ongoing crisis. The summit, from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., will feature a keynote address from Admiral Brett Giroir, M.D., Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Registration is free for the summit webcast. Learn more and register: http://opioidsummit.umich.edu/.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 17 Apr 2019 11:27:01 -0400 2019-05-10T08:00:00-04:00 2019-05-10T15:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation Conference / Symposium Opioids: Policy to Practice
Michigan in Tokyo 2019 | Financial Governance in the Reiwa Era: A Conversation with Eisuke Sakakibara, Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University and former Vice-Minister of Finance for International Affairs, & Michael S. Barr, Dean, Ford School of Public Policy (May 15, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63277 63277-15609926@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 15, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

(英語の後に日本語有り)

(Registration is required. For the English-language registration site, go to: https://bit.ly/2UmnDCZ)

● Map to event venue: https://goo.gl/maps/tG3hD94fgBp
● Language: English and Japanese (simultaneous interpretation)

As the Reiwa Era begins, new opportunities and challenges abound in the global economy. The Heisei Era opened at the height of Japan's bubble economy and the US-Japan trade war, followed by the IT bubble in the US and the lost decades in Japan, and then the global financial crisis and Abenomics. What awaits the Japanese, US, and global economies in the Reiwa Era? What types of financial governance mechanisms are needed to foster economic stability and growth? In this Michigan in Tokyo event, two leading experts on financial governance, Dr. Eisuke Sakakibara - a UM alum and former Vice-Minister of Finance for International Affairs, also known as "Mr. Yen" - and Dean Michael S. Barr - Dean of the UM Ford School and a prime architect of the Dodd-Frank Act in the Obama administration - will discuss current trends and prospects in US-Japan economic relations and world financial markets. Moderated by Mr. Akinori Horii - a former Assistant Governor of the Bank of Japan -, they will review areas of promise and vulnerability and discuss policy paths forward in Tokyo, Washington, and elsewhere.

6:30pm
Doors Open

7pm
Welcome & Introduction
Kiyoteru Tsutsui, Director, Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan

Financial Governance in the Reiwa Era
Michael Barr, Dean, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan
Eisuke Sakakibara, Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University and former Vice-Minister of Finance for International Affairs
Moderator: Akinari Horii, Special Advisor and Member of the Board, Canon Institute for Global Studies

8pm
Reception

● Registration:
General $35
University of Michigan Alumni & Friends $15
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● 日英同時通訳付

令和元年となる本年、国際経済は新たな挑戦と可能性に向き合うことになる。平成元年は日本のバブル経済の頂点であり、日米貿易摩擦のピークでもあった。平成の経済はその後、アメリカでのITバブルと日本での失われた20年、さらにリーマンショックとアベノミクスを経験する。令和の時代の日本、アメリカ、そして国際経済はどのように展開するのであろうか。新時代に経済的安定と成長を担保するためには、どのようなファイナンシャル・ガバナンスの仕組みが必要なのか。今年のMichigan in Tokyo シンポジウムでは、ミシガン大学卒業生で大蔵省財務官を務め、「ミスター円」と呼ばれた榊原英資教授と、ミシガン大学フォード公共政策大学院長で、オバマ政権内でドッド・フランク法の起草者でもあったマイケル・S・バー教授、という日米を代表する二人のファイナンシャル・ガバナンスの専門家に、日米の経済関係及び国際経済の最新のトレンドと将来の予測についてお話しいただきます。日本銀行理事を務められた堀井昭成氏をモデレーターにお迎えし、成長の期待される分野及び注意が必要な問題について、また東京、ワシントン、及びその他の世界の金融拠点で、どのような政策展開が必要になってくるかについてじっくり語り合っていただきます。

6:30pm
開場

7pm
開会の挨拶
筒井清輝 (ミシガン大学日本研究センター所長)

特別対談:令和時代のファイナンシャル・ガバナンス
マイケル・S・バー(ミシガン大学フォード公共政策大学院長)
榊原英資(青山学院大学特別招聘教授、元財務官)
モデレーター:堀井昭成 (キャノングローバル戦略研究所理事・特別顧問)

8pm
レセプション(食事・ドリンク付き)

● 参加費
一般:$35
ミシガン大学卒業生・関係者: $15

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 19 Apr 2019 09:29:03 -0400 2019-05-15T19:00:00-04:00 2019-05-15T21:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Japanese Studies Conference / Symposium Michigan in Tokyo 2019
Retracing Steps of Detroit’s ’67 Rebellion (May 27, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58992 58992-14636442@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 27, 2019 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Join us on this day-long journey in Detroit which will put you in touch with the circumstances and sites in the city’s long history that contributed to the events that arose on July 23, 1967.

The tour will take us to Campus Martius Park where the focus will be on the Soldiers and Sailors Monument dedicated in 1867 in honor of Michiganians who fought for the North in the Civil War. Relatively nearby is the early site of the city jail (now Skillman Library) where, in 1833, a Wayne County sheriff was killed in a slavery-related confrontation, reflecting Detroit’s past as home of the slave trade. The tour will touch on the former black neighborhoods of Paradise Valley and Black Bottom and their demise in the name of urban renewal.

A stop will be made at the site of the Algiers Motel incident. The most memorable moment of the tour will be the stop at Clairmont Avenue and 12th Street (now Rosa Parks Boulevard) where the uprising, which lasted five days, broke out. Located at this intersection is Gordon Park, where, on the 50th anniversary of the uprising, a historical marker, “Detroit July 1967,” was unveiled. A stop will be at the Sacred Heart Major Seminary, where the statue of Jesus was painted black in 1967.

Registrants for this trip can attend the pre-trip event, “Viewing of ‘12 and Clairmont’ Documentary Film” on June 26. It’s free but you must be registered for the event.

The price of the trip includes bus transportation, lunch, snacks, and gratuities.

This trip for those 50 and over will take place on Tuesday, July 9 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., however you must register for the trip early and there are no refunds without replacements inside 30 days of trip departure.

Please see the OLLI Web Site for additional information.

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Class / Instruction Sat, 29 Dec 2018 10:45:24 -0500 2019-05-27T08:00:00-04:00 2019-05-27T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Out of Town
Mind, Body, and Spirit . . . Treating the entire athlete: An evidence-based approach to sports medicine and concussion prevention (May 30, 2019 7:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58494 58494-14510815@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 30, 2019 7:30am
Location: Junge Champions Center
Organized By: U-M Injury Prevention Center

Thursday, 5/30, 7:30 am - 5:00 pm
Day 1: Athlete Health and Wellness Summit: From Research to Practice

Friday, 5/31, 7:30 am - 4:45 pm
Day 2: Sport Concussion Summit: From Research to Practice

Welcome and opening remarks begin at 8:00 am both days.

REGISTRATION:
Please note: In-person registration is now closed as we've reached full capacity.

Register today for the FREE live webcast of day 2: https://concussionsummit_livestream_2019.eventbrite.com

SUMMIT DESCRIPTION:

Join local, regional, and nationally renowned speakers in discussing some of the most pressing topics in orthopedics, neurology, sports medicine, injury prevention, and concussion prevention. This two-day event is designed to implement up-to-date guidelines for the diagnosis and management of sports injuries, and present the current state of concussion injury prevention science, highlighting directions for future research and practice.

We welcome and encourage attendance from health care providers serving patients with sport-related injuries, researchers, practitioners, athletic trainers, and students.

Continuing Education Credits
Available for physicians and athletic trainers.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 16 May 2019 14:37:33 -0400 2019-05-30T07:30:00-04:00 2019-05-30T17:00:00-04:00 Junge Champions Center U-M Injury Prevention Center Conference / Symposium May 2019 Summit
Mind, Body, and Spirit . . . Treating the entire athlete: An evidence-based approach to sports medicine and concussion prevention (May 31, 2019 7:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58494 58494-14510816@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 31, 2019 7:30am
Location: Junge Champions Center
Organized By: U-M Injury Prevention Center

Thursday, 5/30, 7:30 am - 5:00 pm
Day 1: Athlete Health and Wellness Summit: From Research to Practice

Friday, 5/31, 7:30 am - 4:45 pm
Day 2: Sport Concussion Summit: From Research to Practice

Welcome and opening remarks begin at 8:00 am both days.

REGISTRATION:
Please note: In-person registration is now closed as we've reached full capacity.

Register today for the FREE live webcast of day 2: https://concussionsummit_livestream_2019.eventbrite.com

SUMMIT DESCRIPTION:

Join local, regional, and nationally renowned speakers in discussing some of the most pressing topics in orthopedics, neurology, sports medicine, injury prevention, and concussion prevention. This two-day event is designed to implement up-to-date guidelines for the diagnosis and management of sports injuries, and present the current state of concussion injury prevention science, highlighting directions for future research and practice.

We welcome and encourage attendance from health care providers serving patients with sport-related injuries, researchers, practitioners, athletic trainers, and students.

Continuing Education Credits
Available for physicians and athletic trainers.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 16 May 2019 14:37:33 -0400 2019-05-31T07:30:00-04:00 2019-05-31T16:45:00-04:00 Junge Champions Center U-M Injury Prevention Center Conference / Symposium May 2019 Summit
Know Your Audience (June 11, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63811 63811-15890349@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 11, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Taubman Library
Organized By: Engaging Scientists in Policy and Advocacy

In this workshop, we will use improv to develop several skills to help you engage in meaningful science advocacy.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 13 Jun 2019 10:03:48 -0400 2019-06-11T16:00:00-04:00 2019-06-11T18:00:00-04:00 Taubman Library Engaging Scientists in Policy and Advocacy Workshop / Seminar Event Flyer
The Punishment Continuum: How Court Actors Sentence and Enforce Monetary Sanctions (June 18, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63727 63727-15833062@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 18, 2019 10:00am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

At this ISR Reads Event, hosted by The Institute for Social Research and the School of Public Health Epidemiology, Professor Alexes Harris will discuss her book “Pound of Flesh: Monetary Sanction as a Punishment for the Poor” (2016 Russell Sage).

The work examines the system of monetary sanctions (fines and fees), how decision-makers interpret the state law, apply the law to people before the court, and monitor their payments. Dr. Harris will also talk about her current five-year study examining the system of monetary sanctions across eight states and discuss policy implications.

Alexes Harris is the Presidential Term Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Washington.

A livestream of the event will be available: https://bluejeans.com/718378010

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

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 28 May 2019 14:35:26 -0400 2019-06-18T10:00:00-04:00 2019-06-18T12:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event flyer
Facts Aren't Enough (June 19, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63809 63809-15890346@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 19, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Taubman Library
Organized By: Engaging Scientists in Policy and Advocacy

This workshop focuses on navigating controversial topics without shutting conversations down, using several techniques from the Know Us Project. Originally crafted for the LGBT+ community, Know Us Project conversations are intended to influence public opinion one conversation at a time.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 13 Jun 2019 10:04:19 -0400 2019-06-19T18:00:00-04:00 2019-06-19T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Library Engaging Scientists in Policy and Advocacy Workshop / Seminar Event Flyer
Understanding Nutrition and Community Health: A Journey from Service to Research to Advocacy (June 26, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62249 62249-15718781@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 26, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Center for the Education of Women
Organized By: CEW+

Presenter: Cindy Leung, ScD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Michigan School of Public Health

During this workshop, attendees will follow Dr. Cindy Leung’s trajectory in public health. Exploring her early work in local food banks with food-insecure populations and her scientific research on the effectiveness of our federal food programs, attendees will then discuss her present-day qualitative research to better understand the lived experiences of food-insecure individuals. Participants will learn about populations affected by food insecurity, including low-income families and college students.

To wrap up the session, attendees will learn how all of this information is being used to design programs and affect future policies to benefit food-insecure populations. A hands-on wellness activity will be presented by the CEW+ Inspire team to complement this workshop.

The discussion will be followed by a networking reception.

Free and open to the public. RSVP on our website: cew.umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 15 May 2019 15:33:12 -0400 2019-06-26T13:00:00-04:00 2019-06-26T14:30:00-04:00 Center for the Education of Women CEW+ Workshop / Seminar Cindy Leung
International Conference on Population, Poverty, and Inequality June 27-29 (June 27, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63510 63510-15767672@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 27, 2019 8:30am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

This conference is organized by the Scientific Panel on Population, Poverty, and Inequality of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) https://iussp.org/en/panel/population-poverty-and-inequality, in collaboration with the Population Studies Center in the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. The conference will feature researchers from a wide range of countries presenting research analyzing the interaction of population with poverty and inequality in low-income and middle-income countries. Schedule will be available on the conference web site when finalized: https://iussp.org/en/iussp-population-poverty-and-inequality-research-conference

All are welcome. No registration required.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 03 Jun 2019 14:24:43 -0400 2019-06-27T08:30:00-04:00 2019-06-27T18:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Conference / Symposium
Story of Self (June 27, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63810 63810-15890347@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 27, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Taubman Library
Organized By: Engaging Scientists in Policy and Advocacy

In this workshop, you will learn the importance of personal narratives to make compelling arguments to non-scientists. These skills are essential for advocating for science and science policy when speaking with policymakers and the public. Story of Self is adapted from the Union of Concerned Scientists.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 13 Jun 2019 10:04:37 -0400 2019-06-27T18:00:00-04:00 2019-06-27T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Library Engaging Scientists in Policy and Advocacy Workshop / Seminar Event Flyer
International Conference on Population, Poverty, and Inequality June 27-29 (June 28, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63510 63510-15767673@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 28, 2019 8:30am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

This conference is organized by the Scientific Panel on Population, Poverty, and Inequality of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) https://iussp.org/en/panel/population-poverty-and-inequality, in collaboration with the Population Studies Center in the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. The conference will feature researchers from a wide range of countries presenting research analyzing the interaction of population with poverty and inequality in low-income and middle-income countries. Schedule will be available on the conference web site when finalized: https://iussp.org/en/iussp-population-poverty-and-inequality-research-conference

All are welcome. No registration required.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 03 Jun 2019 14:24:43 -0400 2019-06-28T08:30:00-04:00 2019-06-28T18:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Conference / Symposium
2019 Place Matters Conference: Unpacking the Flint Water Crisis with a DEI Lens (June 28, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64127 64127-16163577@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 28, 2019 1:00pm
Location: School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower
Organized By: Future Public Health Leaders Program

Have you ever wondered how place matters for good health and longevity? Join us for an in-depth and multi-disciplinary discussion about:
- why place matters for Flint, MI residents living with the ongoing water crisis
- opportunities to shape public policy with an equity, diversity and inclusion framework
- ways to prepare to make a difference in communities like Flint.

WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS
Christy Byks-Jazayeri, U-M MICHR
Dr. Othelia Pryor, U-M Michigan Medicine
Dana Thomas, Public Health Practice

Panel 1: THE FLINT WATER CRISIS: ORIGINS, RESPONSE, RECOVERY & IMPACTS
Aurora Sauceda, Latinos United for Flint
Dr. Laura Sullivan, Kettering University Mechanical Engineering Department
Pastor Gregory Timmons, United Methodist HELP Center
Food Bank of Eastern Michigan Staff

Panel 2: HEALTH EQUITY IN ALL POLICIES
Tamara Brickey, Genesee County Health Department
Kay Doerr, Genesee County Board of Health
Yvonne Lewis, Healthy Flint Research Coordinating Center (HFRCC)
Dr. Lawrence Reynolds, Retired Flint Pediatrician & Genesee County Medical Society

Panel 3: RESPECTFUL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: HOW TO ENTER, SERVE WITH & EXIT FLINT
Dr. Neeraja Aravamudan, U-M Ginsberg Center
Karen Calhoun, U-M MICHR
Dr. Suzanne Selig, UM-Flint Public Health & Health Sciences Department
Yvonne Lewis, HFRCC
Pastor Monica Villarreal, Flint Water Distribution Coordinator

Organized by the Michigan Public Health Flint Initiatives/Future Public Health Leaders Program, Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research (MICHR), and OHEI at Michigan Medicine. Sponsored by a 2019 Michigan Medicine Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Grant.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 27 Jun 2019 08:52:09 -0400 2019-06-28T13:00:00-04:00 2019-06-28T17:00:00-04:00 School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower Future Public Health Leaders Program Conference / Symposium 2019 UM Place Matters Conference Photo
International Conference on Population, Poverty, and Inequality June 27-29 (June 29, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63510 63510-15767674@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, June 29, 2019 8:30am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

This conference is organized by the Scientific Panel on Population, Poverty, and Inequality of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) https://iussp.org/en/panel/population-poverty-and-inequality, in collaboration with the Population Studies Center in the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. The conference will feature researchers from a wide range of countries presenting research analyzing the interaction of population with poverty and inequality in low-income and middle-income countries. Schedule will be available on the conference web site when finalized: https://iussp.org/en/iussp-population-poverty-and-inequality-research-conference

All are welcome. No registration required.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 03 Jun 2019 14:24:43 -0400 2019-06-29T08:30:00-04:00 2019-06-29T15:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Conference / Symposium
Climate Change Negotiation and Policy at Home and Abroad (June 30, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64031 64031-16083343@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, June 30, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Citizens Climate Lobby

Tim Arvan, one of the Climate Blue student delegates to the United Nations COP24 Climate Change Convention, is a recent graduate of the University of Michigan. Drawing on his experiences attending COP24, Tim will address political and economic barriers and opportunities in the current international climate policy landscape. Focusing on the role of carbon pricing in achieving emissions reduction goals, Tim will discuss various market-based policies and their prospects at local to global scales-- including current efforts at U of M.

After the talk, join us for food & further discussion at Seva.

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Lecture / Discussion Sun, 16 Jun 2019 15:09:27 -0400 2019-06-30T18:00:00-04:00 2019-06-30T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Citizens Climate Lobby Lecture / Discussion Tim Arvan Talk
Know Your Audience (July 1, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63811 63811-15890350@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, July 1, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Herbert H. Dow Building
Organized By: Engaging Scientists in Policy and Advocacy

In this workshop, we will use improv to develop several skills to help you engage in meaningful science advocacy.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 13 Jun 2019 10:03:48 -0400 2019-07-01T16:00:00-04:00 2019-07-01T18:00:00-04:00 Herbert H. Dow Building Engaging Scientists in Policy and Advocacy Workshop / Seminar Event Flyer
Story of Self (July 9, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63810 63810-15890348@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, July 9, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Herbert H. Dow Building
Organized By: Engaging Scientists in Policy and Advocacy

In this workshop, you will learn the importance of personal narratives to make compelling arguments to non-scientists. These skills are essential for advocating for science and science policy when speaking with policymakers and the public. Story of Self is adapted from the Union of Concerned Scientists.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 13 Jun 2019 10:04:37 -0400 2019-07-09T18:00:00-04:00 2019-07-09T20:00:00-04:00 Herbert H. Dow Building Engaging Scientists in Policy and Advocacy Workshop / Seminar Event Flyer
The Polarization of Partisanship: A WeListen Staff Discussion (July 26, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/64331 64331-16316439@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, July 26, 2019 11:00am
Location: School of Social Work Building
Organized By: WeListen Staff

This WeListen session is open to all UM staff members. All voices and views are welcome and lunch will be provided!

RSVP here: http://bit.ly/WLJuly19

Polarization has become a buzzword used to describe the current state of U.S. politics, and a perceived lack of dialogue across the political spectrum. People who gravitate toward political extremes tend to dominate news coverage, while the 'exhausted majority' who are more flexible in their views are often forgotten in public discourse.

Are we truly polarized with regard to our political views? Do the media play a role in this divide, whether perceived or real? And how does the two-party system contribute to polarization? Join us for a lively discussion on where we stand and where we're headed.

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

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

Questions? Email us at welistenstaff@umich.edu.

This event is co-sponsored by the UM Office of DEI and the LSA DEI Implementation Leads. The planning committee includes staff members from the Ginsberg Center, the International Institute, LSA Psychology, UM Poverty Solutions, and the UM Shared Services Center.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 16 Jul 2019 13:12:55 -0400 2019-07-26T11:00:00-04:00 2019-07-26T13:00:00-04:00 School of Social Work Building WeListen Staff Lecture / Discussion WeListen July 2019
Shared Summer Reading Discussion (September 4, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64304 64304-16292398@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 4, 2019 7:30pm
Location: Oxford Housing
Organized By: Sustainable Living Experience

Meet in Noble Lounge to discuss the SLE shared summer reading, What The Eyes Don't See by Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha. This book is available online through the U-M Library.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 12 Jul 2019 16:06:11 -0400 2019-09-04T19:30:00-04:00 2019-09-04T20:30:00-04:00 Oxford Housing Sustainable Living Experience Lecture / Discussion
International Diplomacy Challenges: North Korea (September 6, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65917 65917-16670244@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 6, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun discusses U.S. policy and strategy for achieving the denuclearization of North Korea and the transformation of U.S.-North Korean relations. Biegun provides an overview of events since his appointment as Special Representative a year ago and discusses prospects for diplomacy with North Korea going forward.

This event will be live streamed. Please check the event page shortly before the event to watch online.

About the lecture series:

This event forms part of the series in celebration of the launch of the Weiser Diplomacy Center (WDC), housed in the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. WDC is a hub for practical training and policy dialogue on diplomacy and foreign affairs. WDC trains students for careers in international service, provides a meeting point for academics and practitioners, and serves as a bridge between U-M and the foreign policy community. WDC engages Professors of Practice and regular visiting practitioners and aims to be one of the country’s leading loci for the study of foreign affairs.

Hosted as part of the Ford School's Conversations Across Difference Initiative.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 28 Aug 2019 14:30:17 -0400 2019-09-06T13:30:00-04:00 2019-09-06T15:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Stephen Biegun
Environmental Research Seminar "Health & Household-Related Benefits of Weatherizing Low-Income Homes & Affordable Multifamily Buildings" (September 10, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65290 65290-16565509@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 10, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Public Health I (Vaughan Building)
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

The federal government, states, and utilities administer programs to improve the energy efficiency of low-income homes and affordable multifamily buildings. Investments in measures to save energy, as simple as air sealing and insulation, can also yield a broad range of non-energy benefits. This presentation will present research results that show that weatherization can improve health, home conditions, and social determinants of health. The results are drawn from three separate studies that were conducted nationally, regionally (Midwest and Northeast), and in Knoxville, Tennessee. Three3, Inc. conducts research and educational programming to promote the integration of environmental, social, and economic sustainability. The organization particularly focuses on fostering sustainable futures that: provide equitable benefits to low-income and disadvantaged populations (intra-generational equity); meets ethical obligations to future generations (inter-generational equity); and makes best use of the convergence of human knowledge and technology to meet sustainability goals.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 15 Aug 2019 15:56:22 -0400 2019-09-10T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-10T13:00:00-04:00 Public Health I (Vaughan Building) Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Workshop / Seminar 09/10/2019 Bruce Tonn "Health & Household-Related Benefits of Weatherizing Low-Income Homes & Affordable Multifamily Buildings"
Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS): Findings from CIERS climate survey and discussion (September 11, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/66501 66501-16742866@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 11, 2019 8:30am
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 06 Sep 2019 10:52:05 -0400 2019-09-11T08:30:00-04:00 2019-09-11T10:00:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar economics
Michigan in Washington Info Session (September 11, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66299 66299-16725817@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 11, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

Come to ask questions and learn more about Michigan in Washington.

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Presentation Wed, 04 Sep 2019 11:32:21 -0400 2019-09-11T17:00:00-04:00 2019-09-11T18:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Michigan in Washington Program Presentation Haven Hall
Let's Fix Healthcare: Needs (September 12, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61282 61282-15070094@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 12, 2019 11:00am
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Universal Healthcare Group

Join us for a lunchtime discussion on how health should be cared for in our nation.

For more information: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/universal-healthcare-group/

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 24 Apr 2019 13:18:08 -0400 2019-09-12T11:00:00-04:00 2019-09-12T13:00:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Universal Healthcare Group Lecture / Discussion Universal Healthcare Group
Re: Housing: Detroit (September 13, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/65577 65577-16615784@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 13, 2019 9:00am
Location: Art and Architecture Building
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

As North American cities work through the long-term implications of globalization, disinvestment, and post-recession revitalization, affordable housing and community resilience are essential, but often elusive elements of urban life. In its inclusive vision of “A City for All,” Detroit’s unprecedented multi-pronged approach to housing and neighborhood preservation and development offers lessons relevant to both rapidly growing and Rust Belt cities looking to preserve existing housing stock and spark new development.

Re: Housing: Detroit, a symposium held in Detroit and Ann Arbor at the University of Michigan, will convene innovators and researchers across the academy, real estate, architecture, planning, housing advocacy, and the city of Detroit in pursuit of real solutions to Detroit’s “Missing Middle” density housing. Architects and developers working on current projects in Detroit will meet together with others working on similar projects in the US and internationally in the context of the Detroit’s Month of Design and biennial exhibition “Detroit Design 139.” Through panels focused on urban density, domestic arrangements, and development protocols, they will exchange current research and contemporary projects that address the design of inclusive, affordable, medium-density housing.

The symposium is part of a five-year collaboration between the City of Detroit Planning and Development Department and Taubman College, University of Michigan.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Sep 2019 09:50:58 -0400 2019-09-13T09:00:00-04:00 2019-09-13T18:00:00-04:00 Art and Architecture Building A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Lecture / Discussion re- housing detroit
Diplomacy in a New Transatlantic Era (September 13, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66044 66044-16684603@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 13, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Free and open to the public. Reception to follow.

This event will be live-webstreamed. Check the event page right before the event for viewing details.

About the event:

Please join us to celebrate the launch of the Weiser Diplomacy Center with a conversation on U.S. foreign policy and the evolving Transatlantic relationship. Former National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley, former Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Daniel Fried, and President & CEO of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition Liz Schrayer will analyze key challenges facing the United States and its partners in Europe and beyond. They will discuss how effective diplomacy can advance American values and interests in an era when nationalist and authoritarian currents are strong. They will also share insights on the implications for students pursuing careers in international affairs.

About the lecture series:

This event forms part of the series in celebration of the launch of the Weiser Diplomacy Center (WDC), housed in the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. WDC is a hub for practical training and policy dialogue on diplomacy and foreign affairs. WDC trains students for careers in international service, provides a meeting point for academics and practitioners, and serves as a bridge between U-M and the foreign policy community. WDC engages Professors of Practice and regular visiting practitioners and aims to be one of the country’s leading loci for the study of foreign affairs.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 03 Sep 2019 09:58:53 -0400 2019-09-13T16:00:00-04:00 2019-09-13T18:00:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Stephen Hadley and Daniel Fried
A CONVERSATION WITH U.S. REPRESENTATIVE JUSTIN AMASH (September 16, 2019 4:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66312 66312-16727893@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 16, 2019 4:10pm
Location: Jeffries Hall
Organized By: University of Michigan Law School

Please join the UM Office of the Provost and the Michigan Law School as we commemorate Constitution Day by hosting "A Conversation with U.S. Representative Justin Amash."

The Honorable Justin Amash represents Michigan’s Third District in the 116th United States Congress. He was elected to his first term on November 2, 2010. Justin was
born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He received his bachelor’s degree with High Honors in economics from the University of Michigan and his juris doctor from the University of Michigan Law School.

Introduction by Richard Primus, Theodore J. St. Antoine Collegiate Professor of Law

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 04 Sep 2019 12:34:10 -0400 2019-09-16T16:10:00-04:00 2019-09-16T17:30:00-04:00 Jeffries Hall University of Michigan Law School Lecture / Discussion
Michigan in Washington Info Session (September 18, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66299 66299-16725818@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 18, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

Come to ask questions and learn more about Michigan in Washington.

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Presentation Wed, 04 Sep 2019 11:32:21 -0400 2019-09-18T17:00:00-04:00 2019-09-18T18:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Michigan in Washington Program Presentation Haven Hall
Let's Fix Healthcare: Wants (September 19, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61283 61283-15070095@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 19, 2019 11:00am
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Universal Healthcare Group

Join us for a lunchtime discussion on how health should be cared for in our nation.

For more information: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/universal-healthcare-group/

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 24 Apr 2019 13:18:33 -0400 2019-09-19T11:00:00-04:00 2019-09-19T13:00:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Universal Healthcare Group Lecture / Discussion Universal Healthcare Group
Voter Registration Week! (September 23, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67423 67423-16849173@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 23, 2019 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

The Big Ten Voting Challenge team will get you registered to vote!

Visit any of our events across campus, September 23-27. We are nonpartisan, and can get you registered to vote in Michigan, and any other state.

You can also visit umich.turbovote.org to get the registration process started.

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Other Fri, 20 Sep 2019 13:00:07 -0400 2019-09-23T10:00:00-04:00 2019-09-23T13:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Ginsberg Center Other Voter Reg Week
Voter Registration Week! (September 24, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67423 67423-16849174@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 10:00am
Location: Diag - Central Campus
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

The Big Ten Voting Challenge team will get you registered to vote!

Visit any of our events across campus, September 23-27. We are nonpartisan, and can get you registered to vote in Michigan, and any other state.

You can also visit umich.turbovote.org to get the registration process started.

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Other Fri, 20 Sep 2019 13:00:07 -0400 2019-09-24T10:00:00-04:00 2019-09-24T14:00:00-04:00 Diag - Central Campus Ginsberg Center Other Voter Reg Week
Voter Registration Week! (September 24, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67423 67423-16849175@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 11:00am
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

The Big Ten Voting Challenge team will get you registered to vote!

Visit any of our events across campus, September 23-27. We are nonpartisan, and can get you registered to vote in Michigan, and any other state.

You can also visit umich.turbovote.org to get the registration process started.

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Other Fri, 20 Sep 2019 13:00:07 -0400 2019-09-24T11:00:00-04:00 2019-09-24T13:00:00-04:00 Duderstadt Center Ginsberg Center Other Voter Reg Week
BIONIC Lunch: The Quantified Self (September 24, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63776 63776-15873594@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 12:00pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 10
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A lunchtime discussion on big data, tiny electronics, and the ever shifting boundary between what we know about ourselves and how we measure up to others.

Please RSVP: https://forms.gle/tHcf9gDFAF6YeYHt5

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 23 Sep 2019 13:59:34 -0400 2019-09-24T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-24T13:30:00-04:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 10 The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Quantified self
Michigan Program in Survey Methodology and the Joint Program in Survey Methodology Seminar Series (September 25, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66679 66679-16770194@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

Improving Data Quality for Web Surveys in Real Time through Predictive Modeling Using Paradata

Paradata are a rich source of data that are collected through little additional effort by researchers. However, paradata are often underutilized. This study suggests a novel approach to use paradata to alter the survey itself in real time in order to improve data quality.

Through a predictive model, paradata about the responses will be utilized to alter the presentation of the survey questions themselves. First, if respondents straight-line through a grid section of the survey, following grids could be changed to single item questions in order to discourage straight-lining. Second, if respondents display multiple indicators of poor data quality, key questions could be moved forward in the survey to present earlier. This second option reduces survey length, lowers cognitive burden for respondents that are taking short cuts, and prevents drop-offs. Both of these techniques could help to improve data quality.

Though programming a survey to adapt in real time may involve a large effort in the beginning, once employed it could be used across projects for little additional cost. Improving data quality should be a goal of everyone in the survey research community. As web surveys continue to increase in frequency of implementation, the focus on data quality of this mode should be a priority.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 09 Sep 2019 13:22:32 -0400 2019-09-25T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-25T13:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Workshop / Seminar Seminar flyer
Voter Registration Week! (September 25, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67423 67423-16849177@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

The Big Ten Voting Challenge team will get you registered to vote!

Visit any of our events across campus, September 23-27. We are nonpartisan, and can get you registered to vote in Michigan, and any other state.

You can also visit umich.turbovote.org to get the registration process started.

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Other Fri, 20 Sep 2019 13:00:07 -0400 2019-09-25T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-25T14:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art Ginsberg Center Other Voter Reg Week
American Dialogue (September 25, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64611 64611-16396977@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This study group will discuss the ideas in “American Dialogue: The Founders and Us”, by Joseph J. Ellis. Ellis positions our contemporary debates on race, income inequality, jurisprudence, and foreign policy in their historical context through dialogue with four founders—Jefferson, Adams, Madison, and Washington.

Following Ellis, the study group will engage in its own American dialogue between then and now, enabling an interactive process through which we can frame current issues in light of their historical origins and see our founders through a modern lens. The book will be available at Literati Bookstore. Additional readings to be supplied.

This study group for those 50 and over will be led by instructors John Roundtree and Larry Berlin and will meet for two hours on Wednesdays, from September 25 through November 6, (no class on October 9).

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Class / Instruction Thu, 25 Jul 2019 13:49:07 -0400 2019-09-25T13:00:00-04:00 2019-09-25T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Let's Fix Healthcare: Rights (September 26, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61284 61284-15070096@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 26, 2019 11:00am
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Universal Healthcare Group

Join us for a lunchtime discussion on how health should be cared for in our nation.

For more information: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/universal-healthcare-group/

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 24 Apr 2019 13:18:42 -0400 2019-09-26T11:00:00-04:00 2019-09-26T13:00:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Universal Healthcare Group Lecture / Discussion Universal Healthcare Group
Voter Registration Week! (September 26, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67423 67423-16849179@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 26, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

The Big Ten Voting Challenge team will get you registered to vote!

Visit any of our events across campus, September 23-27. We are nonpartisan, and can get you registered to vote in Michigan, and any other state.

You can also visit umich.turbovote.org to get the registration process started.

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Other Fri, 20 Sep 2019 13:00:07 -0400 2019-09-26T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-26T14:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Ginsberg Center Other Voter Reg Week
A Conversation with Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick (September 26, 2019 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65969 65969-16678372@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 26, 2019 4:30pm
Location: Jeffries Hall
Organized By: Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program

Please join us for the first installment of the Environmental Law & Policy Program's 2019-2020 Lecture Series. We are hosting "A Conversation with Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick," including an introduction by Mark D. West, Dean and Nippon Life Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School.

This event is free and open to the public.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 20 Sep 2019 09:54:35 -0400 2019-09-26T16:30:00-04:00 2019-09-26T18:00:00-04:00 Jeffries Hall Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program Lecture / Discussion
Voter Registration Week! (September 27, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67423 67423-16849180@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 27, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

The Big Ten Voting Challenge team will get you registered to vote!

Visit any of our events across campus, September 23-27. We are nonpartisan, and can get you registered to vote in Michigan, and any other state.

You can also visit umich.turbovote.org to get the registration process started.

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Other Fri, 20 Sep 2019 13:00:07 -0400 2019-09-27T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-27T14:00:00-04:00 Shapiro Library Ginsberg Center Other Voter Reg Week
Governor Transition Leaders Panel (September 27, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67557 67557-16892244@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 27, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP)

Want to learn more about how a successful campaign becomes a gubernatorial administration following an election? How Michigan government has evolved over a generation of leadership?

Join Domestic Policy Corps (DPC) and the Center for Local, State and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) for a panel discussion with a generation of Michigan governor transition leaders from 1991 to today. They'll come together to discuss transition process, Lansing's history, and the future of Michigan executive leadership.

The panel includes:

Mark Bernstein (Whitmer transition and UMich Regent)
John Burchett (Granholm transition)
Awenate Cobbina (Whitmer transition)
Rich Baird (Snyder transition)
Anne Mervenne (Snyder and Engler transitions)
Richard McLellan (Engler transition)

Food will be provided. We hope to see you there!

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 23 Sep 2019 14:45:57 -0400 2019-09-27T16:00:00-04:00 2019-09-27T17:30:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) Lecture / Discussion Governor Transition Leaders
Community-Based Participatory Research (Panel Discussion) (October 1, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67624 67624-16907171@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Public Health I (Vaughan Building)
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

Three (3) U-M experts will lead a Panel Discussion on Community-Based Participatory Research, including: Neeraja Aravamudan, PhD (Assoc. Director, Teaching & Research, Ginsberg Center); Barbara Israel, DrPH (Director, Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center); Erica E. Marsh, MD (Director of Community Engagement, MI Institute for Clinical & Health Research). Discussants will share their experiences with creating equitable partnerships between community members and academic researchers, and touch on some of the challenges. There will be time for Q&A too. Please join us for a stimulating discussion, and feel free to bring your lunch.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 25 Sep 2019 11:09:56 -0400 2019-10-01T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-01T12:50:00-04:00 Public Health I (Vaughan Building) Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Lecture / Discussion Community-Based Participatory Research
Health, Nature & Our Built Environment: Change through Radical Collaborations (October 2, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67640 67640-16909312@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 2, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Public Health I (Vaughan Building)
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

The Integrated Health Sciences Core of the Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) presents an Environmental Research Seminar featuring John Spengler, Akira Yamaguchi Professor of Environmental Health and Human Habitation, and Director of the JPB Environmental Health Fellowship Program at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Dr. Spengler has conducted research on personal monitoring, air pollution health effects, indoor air pollution, and a variety of environmental sustainability issues. Several of his investigations have focused on housing design and its effects on ventilation rates, building materials’ selection, energy consumption, and total environmental quality in homes.

Spengler chaired the committee on Harvard Sustainability Principles; and served on Harvard’s Greenhouse Gases Taskforce to develop the University’s carbon reduction goals and strategies, as well as Harvard’s Greenhouse Gases Executive Committee. He serves on the National Academies’ Health and Medicine Division “Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research and Medicine”. Previously he chaired the National Academies’ NRC “Green Schools: Attributes for Health and Learning” committee and the IOM “Effect of Climate Change on Indoor Air Quality and Public Health” committee; and he has served as an advisor to the World Health Organization on indoor air pollution, personal exposure and air pollution epidemiology. He now serves on the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’s Chemistry of Indoor Environments advisory committee.

In 2003, Spengler received a Heinz Award for the Environment; in 2007, the Air & Waste Management Association Lyman Ripperton Environmental Educator Award; in 2008, the Max von Pettenkofer Award for distinguished contributions in indoor air science from the International Society of Indoor Air Quality & Climate’s Academy of Fellows; and in 2015, the ASHRAE Environmental Health Award.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 25 Sep 2019 13:47:35 -0400 2019-10-02T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-02T12:50:00-04:00 Public Health I (Vaughan Building) Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Lecture / Discussion Jack Spengler
Michigan Program in Survey Methodology and the Joint Program in Survey Methodology Seminar Series (October 2, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66680 66680-16770195@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 2, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

Switching away from web surveys: what can we learn from JavaScript "OnBlur" functions about response behavior?

The increase in web surveys allows researchers to collect a variety of paradata alongside traditional survey responses. Some paradata, such as response times, enjoy a long tradition in survey research, but others, such as window/tab switching, are only rarely used in survey research. In this talk, I focus on the usefulness and usability of JavaScript "OnBlur" functions informing about how often and for how long respondents switch away from web surveys. For this purpose, I present the results of two empirical studies: the first study explores the impact of on-device multitasking, such as switching away to check social media notifications, on response behavior. The second study, in contrast, focuses on the consequences of looking up answers online for measuring political knowledge. The talk ends with a discussion of further fields of application for JavaScript "OnBlur" functions in survey research.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 09 Sep 2019 13:29:55 -0400 2019-10-02T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-02T13:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Workshop / Seminar Seminar flyer
Central Bank of the Future Conference (October 2, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63527 63527-15782016@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 2, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Center on Finance, Law, and Policy

Traditionally, central banks have served three policy functions – monetary policy, payments systems oversight, and financial institution supervision. This conference will convene international experts and practitioners to examine how these core functions contribute to financial inclusion, poverty allevation, and a more inclusive economy – and what could be improved.

The conference contributes to a research initiative undertaken by the University of Michigan’s Center on Finance, Law & Policy, in partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to consider how the role of a central bank could evolve in the future and enable central banks to make greater contributions toward financial inclusion. Ultimately, the research intends to identify technologies, processes, or tools that could benefit a central bank in supporting public policy objectives related to inclusion, and consider whether other sectors, including philanthropy, might have a role to play in supporting the development of those tools.

Registration to the event is free. Speakers and attendees will include individuals from standards-setting bodies, central banks and other financial regulators, and policymakers, as well as futurists and technologists, and other financial ecosystem stakeholders.

For more information visit http://financelawpolicy.umich.edu/central-bank-of-the-future-conference

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 23 Sep 2019 11:11:29 -0400 2019-10-02T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-02T17:15:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Center on Finance, Law, and Policy Conference / Symposium Logo
Central Bank of the Future Conference (October 3, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63527 63527-16155523@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 3, 2019 8:30am
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Center on Finance, Law, and Policy

Traditionally, central banks have served three policy functions – monetary policy, payments systems oversight, and financial institution supervision. This conference will convene international experts and practitioners to examine how these core functions contribute to financial inclusion, poverty allevation, and a more inclusive economy – and what could be improved.

The conference contributes to a research initiative undertaken by the University of Michigan’s Center on Finance, Law & Policy, in partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to consider how the role of a central bank could evolve in the future and enable central banks to make greater contributions toward financial inclusion. Ultimately, the research intends to identify technologies, processes, or tools that could benefit a central bank in supporting public policy objectives related to inclusion, and consider whether other sectors, including philanthropy, might have a role to play in supporting the development of those tools.

Registration to the event is free. Speakers and attendees will include individuals from standards-setting bodies, central banks and other financial regulators, and policymakers, as well as futurists and technologists, and other financial ecosystem stakeholders.

For more information visit http://financelawpolicy.umich.edu/central-bank-of-the-future-conference

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 23 Sep 2019 11:11:29 -0400 2019-10-03T08:30:00-04:00 2019-10-03T17:30:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Center on Finance, Law, and Policy Conference / Symposium Logo
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 7, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009755@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 7, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP's Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program ( DCERP) will be accepting applications for Summer 2020 through December 3rd! DCERP students will gain valuable experience while helping community organizations with their research needs. They'll also become part of a dynamic learning community that will get to know about Detroit history, have fun together, and share their passion for social justice. Students will receive a stipend and housing for this 9-week program.

Apply today! http://myumi.ch/erK95

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-07T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-07T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 8, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009756@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP's Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program ( DCERP) will be accepting applications for Summer 2020 through December 3rd! DCERP students will gain valuable experience while helping community organizations with their research needs. They'll also become part of a dynamic learning community that will get to know about Detroit history, have fun together, and share their passion for social justice. Students will receive a stipend and housing for this 9-week program.

Apply today! http://myumi.ch/erK95

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-08T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-08T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Complex Systems Seminar | Modeling Human-Technology Interactions and their Implications for Environmental Sustainability (October 8, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67603 67603-16900793@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 11:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

ABSTRACT
If we could go back to the early 1900s when mass production of the Model T was just beginning to shape our transportation system and society, what would we do differently? What would have happened if we had perfect foresight and understanding of the complex interactions between automotive technology and human behavior, including changes to transportation infrastructure, urban and suburban design, energy use, and American culture?

While we cannot go back in time, we do have the opportunity to explore these types of questions for current emerging technologies that promise to be similarly transformative to society. Estimating human-technology interactions and their associated environmental impacts at an early design stage provides insights into the overall impact of a new technology and offers the greatest opportunities for improvement.

This talk will present methods to integrate concepts from life cycle assessment, diffusion of innovations, and system dynamics to construct future scenarios that identify plausible options for new technology design or policy development. A case study will be explored that evaluates the food-energy-water effects of refrigerated food supply chains (a.k.a. “the cold chain”) introduced within developing countries. The cold chain presents an excellent example to explore sustainable development from a holistic perspective, including advances in technical innovation, changes to underlying infrastructure, and shifts in human behavior and diets.

Dr. Miller’s research interests center around the life cycle impacts of emerging energy systems. Recent work focuses on the non-carbon aspects of biofuels, such as disruptions to the nitrogen cycle and changes in land use. Interests also include advancing Life Cycle Assessment methods to analyze dynamic and emerging systems, such as hydraulic fracturing in the US and electricity grids in developing countries.

Jonathan W. Bulkley Collegiate Professor in Sustainable Systems
Director, Program in the Environment
Associate Professor, School for Environment and Sustainability

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 26 Sep 2019 13:37:36 -0400 2019-10-08T11:30:00-04:00 2019-10-08T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Workshop / Seminar Shelie Miller
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 9, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009757@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 9, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP's Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program ( DCERP) will be accepting applications for Summer 2020 through December 3rd! DCERP students will gain valuable experience while helping community organizations with their research needs. They'll also become part of a dynamic learning community that will get to know about Detroit history, have fun together, and share their passion for social justice. Students will receive a stipend and housing for this 9-week program.

Apply today! http://myumi.ch/erK95

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-09T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-09T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Green New Deal: A WeListen Staff Discussion (October 9, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67660 67660-16909330@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 9, 2019 11:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

This WeListen session is open to all UM staff members. All voices and views are welcome and lunch will be provided!

RSVP here: http://bit.ly/WLOctober19

We will discuss the Green New Deal by learning about the policy itself while examining various perspectives on its content. We'll also consider the economic impact of the proposed policy, and discuss changes to the environment in the state of Michigan, and how the Green New Deal would potentially impact Michiganders.

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

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

Questions? Email us at welistenstaff@umich.edu.

This event is supported by the WeListen Staff Series planning committee with members from the Ginsberg Center, the International Institute, LSA Psychology and UM Poverty Solutions.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 01 Oct 2019 14:52:42 -0400 2019-10-09T11:00:00-04:00 2019-10-09T13:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Ginsberg Center Lecture / Discussion WeListen October 2019
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 10, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009758@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 10, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP's Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program ( DCERP) will be accepting applications for Summer 2020 through December 3rd! DCERP students will gain valuable experience while helping community organizations with their research needs. They'll also become part of a dynamic learning community that will get to know about Detroit history, have fun together, and share their passion for social justice. Students will receive a stipend and housing for this 9-week program.

Apply today! http://myumi.ch/erK95

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-10T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-10T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
CGIS Study Abroad Fair (October 10, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64876 64876-16483057@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 10, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Learn about 140 programs in over 50 countries, ask about U-M faculty-led programs, and figure out which program can help satisfy your major/minor requirements. CGIS has programs ranging from 3 weeks to an academic year! Meet with CGIS advisors, staff from the Office of Financial Aid and the LSA Scholarship Office, CGIS
Alumni, and other on-campus offices who can help you select a program that works best for you.

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Fair / Festival Thu, 15 Aug 2019 13:41:18 -0400 2019-10-10T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-10T16:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Center for Global and Intercultural Study Fair / Festival PHOTO
Reflections on Foreign Policy: Defense, Diplomacy, and Development (October 10, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67635 67635-16909301@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 10, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Weiser Diplomacy Center Launch Series

In conversation with Joan and Sanford Weill Dean Michael Barr.

Free and open to the public. TICKETS REQUIRED.

Update as of 10/10/19 at 8:30 am.
A limited number of tickets will be distributed onsite, and we will fill all empty seats in the auditorium starting at 2:50 pm. In addition, we’ve arranged for overflow livestream viewing on the 4th floor of Rackham Auditorium.
This event will be livestreamed (including into overfill space on the fourth floor of Rackham). Bookmark and visit this link before the event starts to view the stream: http://myumi.ch/dOzNK.

THE REDEMPTION OF A TICKET DOES NOT GUARANTEE A SEAT. Ticket holders are encouraged to arrive for entry at 2:00 p.m. when doors open. Remaining seats unclaimed by ticket holders will be given to the public starting 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time of the event. Seat saving is not permitted. Tickets from third party vendors will not be accepted. Hard tickets from MUTO are the only tickets accepted at the event.

This event forms part of the series in celebration of the launch of the Weiser Diplomacy Center (WDC), housed in the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. WDC is a hub for practical training and policy dialogue on diplomacy and foreign affairs. WDC trains students for careers in international service, provides a meeting point for academics and practitioners, and serves as a bridge between U-M and the foreign policy community. WDC engages Professors of Practice and regular visiting practitioners and aims to be one of the country’s leading loci for the study of foreign affairs.

Hosted as part of the Conversations Across Difference Initiative.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 10 Oct 2019 09:04:16 -0400 2019-10-10T15:00:00-04:00 2019-10-10T17:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Lecture / Discussion Hillary Rodham Clinton
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 11, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009759@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 11, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP's Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program ( DCERP) will be accepting applications for Summer 2020 through December 3rd! DCERP students will gain valuable experience while helping community organizations with their research needs. They'll also become part of a dynamic learning community that will get to know about Detroit history, have fun together, and share their passion for social justice. Students will receive a stipend and housing for this 9-week program.

Apply today! http://myumi.ch/erK95

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-11T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-11T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 12, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009760@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 12, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP's Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program ( DCERP) will be accepting applications for Summer 2020 through December 3rd! DCERP students will gain valuable experience while helping community organizations with their research needs. They'll also become part of a dynamic learning community that will get to know about Detroit history, have fun together, and share their passion for social justice. Students will receive a stipend and housing for this 9-week program.

Apply today! http://myumi.ch/erK95

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-12T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-12T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
5th Annual Purple Run Ann Arbor 5K Fun run/walk event (October 12, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/66997 66997-16794258@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 12, 2019 9:00am
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: University of Michigan Police Department Special Victims Unit

The 5th annual PURPLE RUN will be held on Saturday, OCTOBER 12th, 2019 at the Duderstadt Center (North Campus) - where well be running domestic violence out of town. The 5K fun run/walk is co-sponsored by UM-Police Special Victim's Unit (SVU) and Washtenaw County Prosecutors Office. The SVU helps coordinate this exciting, family friendly event with a mission to bring awareness about domestic violence to our community in addition to raising funds to support the activities and resources provided by SafeHouse Center [www.safehousecenter.org] Purple Run registration starts at 8:00am, race begins at 9:00am - early registration secures a 2019 event T-shirt and finisher medal. There will be live music by an all lawyer band, special guest speakers, police K9s/Motors/Horses, U-M Storm Trooper and much more! You can visit www.purplerunannarbor.org and/or follow the event on Facebook for more details.

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Exercise / Fitness Thu, 12 Sep 2019 09:27:16 -0400 2019-10-12T09:00:00-04:00 2019-10-12T11:00:00-04:00 Duderstadt Center University of Michigan Police Department Special Victims Unit Exercise / Fitness Purple Run
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 13, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009761@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 13, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP's Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program ( DCERP) will be accepting applications for Summer 2020 through December 3rd! DCERP students will gain valuable experience while helping community organizations with their research needs. They'll also become part of a dynamic learning community that will get to know about Detroit history, have fun together, and share their passion for social justice. Students will receive a stipend and housing for this 9-week program.

Apply today! http://myumi.ch/erK95

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-13T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-13T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 14, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009762@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 14, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP's Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program ( DCERP) will be accepting applications for Summer 2020 through December 3rd! DCERP students will gain valuable experience while helping community organizations with their research needs. They'll also become part of a dynamic learning community that will get to know about Detroit history, have fun together, and share their passion for social justice. Students will receive a stipend and housing for this 9-week program.

Apply today! http://myumi.ch/erK95

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-14T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-14T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 15, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009763@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP's Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program ( DCERP) will be accepting applications for Summer 2020 through December 3rd! DCERP students will gain valuable experience while helping community organizations with their research needs. They'll also become part of a dynamic learning community that will get to know about Detroit history, have fun together, and share their passion for social justice. Students will receive a stipend and housing for this 9-week program.

Apply today! http://myumi.ch/erK95

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-15T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-15T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Health Infrastructures and Learning Systems (HILS) PhD/MS OPEN HOUSE (October 15, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55738 55738-16794275@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 5:00pm
Location: V. Vaughan
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

The HILS Program is the first graduate program in the nation to focus on the science and methods of Learning Health Systems with the goal to improve the health of individuals and populations by developing practitioners who design, implement, and evaluate innovative change and continuous improvement.

If you’re interested in learning more about the HILS Program, application requirements, and the curriculum; and speaking with faculty and current students, please consider attending the HILS Open House

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Reception / Open House Thu, 12 Sep 2019 11:08:55 -0400 2019-10-15T17:00:00-04:00 2019-10-15T18:30:00-04:00 V. Vaughan Department of Learning Health Sciences Reception / Open House
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 16, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009764@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP's Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program ( DCERP) will be accepting applications for Summer 2020 through December 3rd! DCERP students will gain valuable experience while helping community organizations with their research needs. They'll also become part of a dynamic learning community that will get to know about Detroit history, have fun together, and share their passion for social justice. Students will receive a stipend and housing for this 9-week program.

Apply today! http://myumi.ch/erK95

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-16T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-16T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 17, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009765@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 17, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP's Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program ( DCERP) will be accepting applications for Summer 2020 through December 3rd! DCERP students will gain valuable experience while helping community organizations with their research needs. They'll also become part of a dynamic learning community that will get to know about Detroit history, have fun together, and share their passion for social justice. Students will receive a stipend and housing for this 9-week program.

Apply today! http://myumi.ch/erK95

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-17T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-17T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 18, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009766@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 18, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP's Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program ( DCERP) will be accepting applications for Summer 2020 through December 3rd! DCERP students will gain valuable experience while helping community organizations with their research needs. They'll also become part of a dynamic learning community that will get to know about Detroit history, have fun together, and share their passion for social justice. Students will receive a stipend and housing for this 9-week program.

Apply today! http://myumi.ch/erK95

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-18T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-18T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
The Community of Food, Society, and Justice Conference (October 18, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63979 63979-16051362@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 18, 2019 8:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

The ways that we meet the nutritional needs of our communities, while also protecting the planet, promoting healthy lives, and ensuring food justice are among the greatest challenges facing our Nation and the world today. Centuries of unsustainable agricultural practices and inequitable food distribution place our food systems in peril. How to address these challenges and feed a hungry population raise transformative issues for our communities and academics committed to sustainability and food justice throughout the world.

The Community of Food, Society & Justice Conference will engage students, faculty, staff, farmers, and the community in rigorous dialogue around these challenges. The conference will be structured around a foundation of interdisciplinary scholarship that agrees that recognizing structural relations of power are necessary in order to confront race, class, and gender privileges on issues such as food justice.

Our keynote speaker is investigative reporter, Tracie McMillan, traciemcmillan.com, author of The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee’s, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table, and “The New Face of Hunger”.

>> CONFERENCE SCHEDULE >>
Friday, October 18:
8:00 am Registration table in EQ Upper Atrium
8:00 am Continental Breakfast EQ Private Dining Room

8:45 am Welcome, Keene Theater
Virginia Murphy, Faculty Director, Residential College East Quad Garden, University of Michigan

9:00- 10:15 am Panel 1: Soil Resistance and Recovery: How Academic Institutions Learn from Farmers
Panel Chair: Jeremy Moghtader, Manager, Campus Farm University of Michigan

> Jennifer Blesh, PhD (Assistant Professor, Soil and Agroecosystems, University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability)
> Tom Zilke (Co-Owner and Operator Zilke Vegetable Farm, and Zilke Farm Kitchen)
> Akello Karamoko (Farmer, Plum Street Market for Keep Growing Detroit) (Invited)

10:30-11:45am Panel 2: Growing Heritage: Reclaiming Indigenous Seeds
Panel Chair: Lisa Young, Lecturer IV, Department of Anthropology
> Shiloh Maples (Program Manager for Food Sovereignty & Wellness Initiatives, American Indian Health & Family Services, Detroit)
> Susan Sekaqueptewa (Assistant Agent for the Federally Recognized Tribal Extension Program, Hopi Tribe and the University of Arizona)
> Jessika Greendeer (Seed Regeneration Manager, Dream of Wild Health

11:45-12:30 pm Complimentary Lunch in East Quad (registration required to receive lunch). Buffet Luncheon prepared by University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program with Food Grown by the University of Michigan Campus Farm!

12:30-1:15pm Student Posters & Research Session Book Sale & Signing

1:15 -2:15 Keynote Speaker: Tracie McMillan, Keene Theater

2:30 - 3:45pm Panel 3: Healthy Food Actionists: Lightning fast discussions about what’s working and why
Panel Chair: Lilly Fink Shapiro, MPH; Program Manager, University of Michigan Sustainable Food Systems Initiative, University of Michigan
> Janee Moore, Food Access Public Health Consultant, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
> Markell Miller, Director of Community Food Programs at Food Gatherers
> Laura Vollmer, Policy Analyst at University of California, Nutrition Policy Institute

3:45 - 5:00pm Panel 4: Community Values: Supporting Local Producers
Panel Chair: Alex Bryan, Manager, Sustainable Food Program, University of Michigan; Co-Owner, Food Field, Detroit, Michigan
> Melvin Parson (Founder and Executive Director of We the People’s Growers Association, Ypsilanti, Michigan)
> Invited: John Vandermeer, PhD (Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan)
> Invited: Student associated with Maize and Blue Cupboard (on campus food pantry founded by students, now a funded university initiative)

5:00 -5:30pm Closing Remarks
Dilip Das, Assistant Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, University of Michigan

5:00 - 5:30 pm Student Poster & Research Sessions
Book sale & signing

>> REGISTRATION is free and required for the conference at the link below.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 24 Sep 2019 12:40:30 -0400 2019-10-18T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-18T17:30:00-04:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Conference / Symposium Conference banner
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 19, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009767@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 19, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP's Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program ( DCERP) will be accepting applications for Summer 2020 through December 3rd! DCERP students will gain valuable experience while helping community organizations with their research needs. They'll also become part of a dynamic learning community that will get to know about Detroit history, have fun together, and share their passion for social justice. Students will receive a stipend and housing for this 9-week program.

Apply today! http://myumi.ch/erK95

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-19T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-19T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 20, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009768@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 20, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP's Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program ( DCERP) will be accepting applications for Summer 2020 through December 3rd! DCERP students will gain valuable experience while helping community organizations with their research needs. They'll also become part of a dynamic learning community that will get to know about Detroit history, have fun together, and share their passion for social justice. Students will receive a stipend and housing for this 9-week program.

Apply today! http://myumi.ch/erK95

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-20T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-20T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 21, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009769@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 21, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP's Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program ( DCERP) will be accepting applications for Summer 2020 through December 3rd! DCERP students will gain valuable experience while helping community organizations with their research needs. They'll also become part of a dynamic learning community that will get to know about Detroit history, have fun together, and share their passion for social justice. Students will receive a stipend and housing for this 9-week program.

Apply today! http://myumi.ch/erK95

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-21T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-21T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
OLLI Reads "What the Eyes Don't See" (October 21, 2019 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/64678 64678-16426885@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 21, 2019 9:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This is the inspiring story of how Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, alongside a team of researchers, parents, friends, and community leaders, discovered that the children of Flint, Michigan, were being exposed to lead in their tap water—and then battled her own government and a brutal backlash to expose that truth to the world. Paced like a scientific thriller, What the Eyes Don’t See reveals how misguided austerity policies, broken democracy, and callous bureaucratic indifference placed an entire city at risk.

And at the center of the story is Dr. Mona herself—an immigrant, doctor, scientist, and mother whose family’s activist roots inspired her pursuit of justice.

OLLI Reads invites OLLI members and others to read together and discuss two books a year. This fall we are collaborating with Great Michigan Read, and other community partners, to enjoy participating in a wider project. Michigan Humanities’ Great Michigan Read creates a statewide discussion each year on the humanities themes of a selected book.

Mona Hanna-Attisha, MD, is the founder and director of the Michigan State University and Hurley Children’s Hospital Pediatric Public Health Initiative. Currently an associate professor of pediatrics and human development at the MSU College of Human Medicine, she has been named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World for her role in uncovering the Flint water crisis and leading recovery efforts.

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute membership is not required to attend this event.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 29 Jul 2019 11:19:40 -0400 2019-10-21T09:30:00-04:00 2019-10-21T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Osher Logo
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 22, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009770@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP's Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program ( DCERP) will be accepting applications for Summer 2020 through December 3rd! DCERP students will gain valuable experience while helping community organizations with their research needs. They'll also become part of a dynamic learning community that will get to know about Detroit history, have fun together, and share their passion for social justice. Students will receive a stipend and housing for this 9-week program.

Apply today! http://myumi.ch/erK95

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-22T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-22T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
BIONIC Lunch: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (October 22, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63777 63777-15873595@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 12:00pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 10
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

Join us for a lunchtime discussion as we assess the computational engines assessing us.

Please RSVP: https://forms.gle/5t6UjXWNA1VSW4fr9

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 23 Sep 2019 14:00:08 -0400 2019-10-22T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-22T13:30:00-04:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 10 The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Prediction Error & Model Evaluation for Space-Time Downscaling: case studies in air pollution during wildfires (October 22, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68191 68191-17026797@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Public Health I (Vaughan Building)
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

ABSTRACT:
Public Health Scientists use prediction models to downscale (i.e., interpolate) air pollution exposure where monitoring data is insufficient. This exercise aims to obtain estimates at fine resolutions, so that exposure data may reliably be related to health outcomes. In this setting, substantial research efforts have been dedicated to the development of statistical models capable of integrating heterogenous information to obtain accurate prediction: statistical downscaling models, land use regression, as well as machine learning strategies. However, when presented with the tasks of choosing between models, or averaging models, we find that our understanding of model performance in the absence of independent statistical replications remains insufficient. This lecture is motivated by several studies of air pollution (PM 2.5 and ground-level ozone) during wildfires. We review the basis for cross validation as a strategy for the estimation of the expected prediction error. As these performance measure play a crucial role in model selection and averaging we present a formal characterization of the estimands targeted by different data subsetting strategies, and explore their performance in engineered data settings. A final analysis and a warning about preference inversion is presented in relation to the a 2008 wildfire event in Northern California.

BIO:
Dr. Telesca is Associate Professor of Biostatistics at the University of California Los Angeles. He received a Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of Washington and spent two years at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center as a postdoctoral fellow. His research interests include Bayesian methods in multivariate statistics, functional data analysis, statistical methods in bio- and nano-informatics. Dr. Telesca is a member of the California NanoSystems Institute, the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and principal data scientist at Lucid Circuit Inc.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 09 Oct 2019 09:51:07 -0400 2019-10-22T13:00:00-04:00 2019-10-22T14:30:00-04:00 Public Health I (Vaughan Building) Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Lecture / Discussion Donatello Telesca Environmental Statistics Day Lecture
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 23, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009771@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP's Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program ( DCERP) will be accepting applications for Summer 2020 through December 3rd! DCERP students will gain valuable experience while helping community organizations with their research needs. They'll also become part of a dynamic learning community that will get to know about Detroit history, have fun together, and share their passion for social justice. Students will receive a stipend and housing for this 9-week program.

Apply today! http://myumi.ch/erK95

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-23T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-23T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Michigan Program in Survey Methodology and the Joint Program in Survey Methodology Seminar Series (October 23, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68015 68015-16983970@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

Institute for Social Research - Room 1070

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 04 Oct 2019 10:57:45 -0400 2019-10-23T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-23T13:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Workshop / Seminar Trent Buskirk
Science, Technology, and Public Policy Graduate Certificate Info Session (October 23, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67933 67933-16969022@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) Program

Join us for an information session about the Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) Graduate Certificate!

Wednesday, October 23rd, 4:00pm-5:00pm
5240 Weill Hall
There will be SNACKS!

Do you want to learn how science and technology policy is made? Are you interested in the social and ethical implications of developments like gene editing and autonomous vehicles? Are you concerned about the increased politicization of science and research funding?

In the STPP graduate certificate program, graduate students from across the University analyze the role of science and technology in the policymaking process, gain experience writing for policymakers, and explore the political and policy landscape of areas such as biotechnology, information technology, energy, and others. Graduates of the STPP certificate have gone on to a range of policy-engaged scientific roles in government, NGOs, and academia.

More information about the program is available at: http://stpp.fordschool.umich.edu/graduate-certificate/

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Presentation Wed, 02 Oct 2019 13:21:49 -0400 2019-10-23T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-23T17:00:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) Program Presentation Information Session promotional slide
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 24, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009772@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 24, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP's Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program ( DCERP) will be accepting applications for Summer 2020 through December 3rd! DCERP students will gain valuable experience while helping community organizations with their research needs. They'll also become part of a dynamic learning community that will get to know about Detroit history, have fun together, and share their passion for social justice. Students will receive a stipend and housing for this 9-week program.

Apply today! http://myumi.ch/erK95

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-24T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-24T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 25, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009773@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 25, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP's Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program ( DCERP) will be accepting applications for Summer 2020 through December 3rd! DCERP students will gain valuable experience while helping community organizations with their research needs. They'll also become part of a dynamic learning community that will get to know about Detroit history, have fun together, and share their passion for social justice. Students will receive a stipend and housing for this 9-week program.

Apply today! http://myumi.ch/erK95

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-25T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-25T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 26, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009774@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 26, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP's Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program ( DCERP) will be accepting applications for Summer 2020 through December 3rd! DCERP students will gain valuable experience while helping community organizations with their research needs. They'll also become part of a dynamic learning community that will get to know about Detroit history, have fun together, and share their passion for social justice. Students will receive a stipend and housing for this 9-week program.

Apply today! http://myumi.ch/erK95

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-26T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-26T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 27, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009775@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 27, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP's Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program ( DCERP) will be accepting applications for Summer 2020 through December 3rd! DCERP students will gain valuable experience while helping community organizations with their research needs. They'll also become part of a dynamic learning community that will get to know about Detroit history, have fun together, and share their passion for social justice. Students will receive a stipend and housing for this 9-week program.

Apply today! http://myumi.ch/erK95

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-27T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-27T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 28, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009776@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 28, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP's Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program ( DCERP) will be accepting applications for Summer 2020 through December 3rd! DCERP students will gain valuable experience while helping community organizations with their research needs. They'll also become part of a dynamic learning community that will get to know about Detroit history, have fun together, and share their passion for social justice. Students will receive a stipend and housing for this 9-week program.

Apply today! http://myumi.ch/erK95

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-28T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-28T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 29, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009777@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP's Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program ( DCERP) will be accepting applications for Summer 2020 through December 3rd! DCERP students will gain valuable experience while helping community organizations with their research needs. They'll also become part of a dynamic learning community that will get to know about Detroit history, have fun together, and share their passion for social justice. Students will receive a stipend and housing for this 9-week program.

Apply today! http://myumi.ch/erK95

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-29T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-29T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
SUMIT_2019 (October 29, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68179 68179-17020463@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 9:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Register today to attend SUMIT 2019! The Security at University of Michigan IT (SUMIT) conference is the university’s flagship event for National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. This free, one-day symposium hosted by Information and Technology Services’ Information Assurance (IA) team is an exciting opportunity to hear recognized experts inform the community on the latest issues, trends, and threats in cybersecurity and privacy.

SUMIT_2019 explores the increasingly diverse topics in privacy and security research and operations

For a complete list of speakers and to register visit the SUMIT_2019 website. Attendance is free, but registration is required.

https://safecomputing.umich.edu/events/sumit/2019

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 08 Oct 2019 17:02:14 -0400 2019-10-29T09:00:00-04:00 2019-10-29T17:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Information and Technology Services (ITS) Conference / Symposium SUMIT_2019 Event banner
Faculty Research for Impact: Addressing UN SDG #1 - Poverty Alleviation (October 29, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67604 67604-16900792@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Executive Residence (Ross Business School)
Organized By: Business+Impact at Michigan Ross

How are Michigan Ross faculty members advancing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals through business research? Each month, Business+Impact hosts an interactive design charette themed around one of these goals. During the month of October, we will address Goal 1: Poverty Alleviation. Four award-winning Ross faculty members will share their research in an informal setting and students will have the opportunity to brainstorm possible next steps for how the research can be applied to real-world applications that make a positive impact.
October's Faculty Experts: Bill Lovejoy, Aneel Karnani, Ted London, and Jerry Davis

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 24 Sep 2019 14:12:18 -0400 2019-10-29T17:00:00-04:00 2019-10-29T19:00:00-04:00 Executive Residence (Ross Business School) Business+Impact at Michigan Ross Workshop / Seminar Lovejoy, London, Karnani and Davis
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 30, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009778@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP's Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program ( DCERP) will be accepting applications for Summer 2020 through December 3rd! DCERP students will gain valuable experience while helping community organizations with their research needs. They'll also become part of a dynamic learning community that will get to know about Detroit history, have fun together, and share their passion for social justice. Students will receive a stipend and housing for this 9-week program.

Apply today! http://myumi.ch/erK95

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-30T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-30T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Michigan Program in Survey Methodology and the Joint Program in Survey Methodology Seminar Series (October 30, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68016 68016-16983972@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

Institute for Social Research
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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 04 Oct 2019 11:08:22 -0400 2019-10-30T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-30T13:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Workshop / Seminar Youjin Lee
13th Annual Susan B. Meister Lecture in Child Health Policy (October 30, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67523 67523-16890090@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Child Health Evaluation And Research Center (CHEAR)

Registration is now open for the 13th annual Susan B. Meister Lecture in Child Health Policy sponsored by the Susan B. Meister Child Health Evaluation and Research (CHEAR) Center.

This year, CHEAR welcomes Robert Gordon, JD, the director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. Director Gordon will speak on the topic of food insecurity and child health.

An open reception and poster session will follow the lecture from 5:30-6:30pm.
This lecture is free and open to all members of the University of Michigan community and the general public, but registration is required.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 23 Sep 2019 09:39:16 -0400 2019-10-30T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-30T18:30:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Child Health Evaluation And Research Center (CHEAR) Lecture / Discussion 13th Annual Susan B. Meister Lecture in Child Health Policy
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 31, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009779@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 31, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP's Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program ( DCERP) will be accepting applications for Summer 2020 through December 3rd! DCERP students will gain valuable experience while helping community organizations with their research needs. They'll also become part of a dynamic learning community that will get to know about Detroit history, have fun together, and share their passion for social justice. Students will receive a stipend and housing for this 9-week program.

Apply today! http://myumi.ch/erK95

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-31T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-31T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (November 1, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009780@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 1, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP's Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program ( DCERP) will be accepting applications for Summer 2020 through December 3rd! DCERP students will gain valuable experience while helping community organizations with their research needs. They'll also become part of a dynamic learning community that will get to know about Detroit history, have fun together, and share their passion for social justice. Students will receive a stipend and housing for this 9-week program.

Apply today! http://myumi.ch/erK95

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-11-01T08:00:00-04:00 2019-11-01T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
NERS Colloquium: Sarah Mills, UM Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy (November 1, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68940 68940-17197042@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 1, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Cooley Building
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

Abstract: In this talk, Sarah will highlight findings from her recent research examining the disparate community responses to wind energy projects to extrapolate lessons that might apply to the nuclear industry. She'll talk about the importance of procedural justice in the planning process and the dangers of project proponents over-promising and under-delivering. She'll also discuss her research finding that there are some communities where wind energy is likely to be opposed, even when developers do everything right. And she'll discuss how public policy - including tax policy and siting authority - can alter a community's willingness to accept a wind project.

Bio: Sarah Mills is a Senior Project Manager at the Graham Sustainability Institute and at the Ford School's Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP). Her Ford School research focuses on how renewable energy development impacts rural communities (positively and negatively) and how state and local policies facilitate or hinder renewable energy deployment. At Graham, she leads a grant from the Michigan Office of Climate and Energy to help communities across the state incorporate energy in their land use planning, zoning, and other policymaking. Sarah has a PhD in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Michigan, an MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development from Cambridge University, and a Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from Villanova University.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Oct 2019 14:07:25 -0400 2019-11-01T16:00:00-04:00 2019-11-01T17:00:00-04:00 Cooley Building Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Lecture / Discussion flyer of 11-01-19 NERS Colloquium: Sarah Mills, UM Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
Dia De La Muertos (November 1, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68327 68327-17046007@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 1, 2019 5:30pm
Location: School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower
Organized By: MENA ( Middle Eastern and North African) Public Health

You are cordially invited to this year’s “Dia de Los Muertos” event taking place on November 1st from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM in the School of Public Health’s Community Room 1680. MENA (Middle Eastern and North African) Public Health, La Salud, and PHSAD (Public Health Students of African Descent) have partnered to present a Dia de Los Muertos event which is meant to commemorate all the lives lost to any discrimination or racism in the U.S. and internationally.

Dia de Los Muertos stems from Mexican traditions and originates from Aztec practices. We use this day to celebrate, not mourn, the lives of our beloved departed and rejoice by sharing ofrendas that remember the individual as they were in life. Although this festive occasion is meant to welcome our loved ones, there are many lives that were forgotten both in life and death. These lives were victimized, racialized, and prosecuted during life as a result of structural racism and exclusion. This year, we hope to raise awareness for the lives that were silenced and empower future practitioners to advocate for these communities and prevent future injustices.
We celebrate in community to provide space for the living and dead, and invite you to join us for an evening of activities, dialogue, food and performances! Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

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Reception / Open House Fri, 11 Oct 2019 16:17:19 -0400 2019-11-01T17:30:00-04:00 2019-11-01T19:30:00-04:00 School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower MENA ( Middle Eastern and North African) Public Health Reception / Open House Dia De Los Muertos Event Flyer
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (November 2, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009781@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 2, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP's Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program ( DCERP) will be accepting applications for Summer 2020 through December 3rd! DCERP students will gain valuable experience while helping community organizations with their research needs. They'll also become part of a dynamic learning community that will get to know about Detroit history, have fun together, and share their passion for social justice. Students will receive a stipend and housing for this 9-week program.

Apply today! http://myumi.ch/erK95

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-11-02T08:00:00-04:00 2019-11-02T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (November 3, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009782@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 3, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP's Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program ( DCERP) will be accepting applications for Summer 2020 through December 3rd! DCERP students will gain valuable experience while helping community organizations with their research needs. They'll also become part of a dynamic learning community that will get to know about Detroit history, have fun together, and share their passion for social justice. Students will receive a stipend and housing for this 9-week program.

Apply today! http://myumi.ch/erK95

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-11-03T08:00:00-05:00 2019-11-03T23:00:00-05:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (November 4, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009783@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 4, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP's Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program ( DCERP) will be accepting applications for Summer 2020 through December 3rd! DCERP students will gain valuable experience while helping community organizations with their research needs. They'll also become part of a dynamic learning community that will get to know about Detroit history, have fun together, and share their passion for social justice. Students will receive a stipend and housing for this 9-week program.

Apply today! http://myumi.ch/erK95

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-11-04T08:00:00-05:00 2019-11-04T23:00:00-05:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
+Impact Studio Lightning Info Sessions (November 4, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68586 68586-17103250@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 4, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Business+Impact at Michigan Ross

Are you looking to find out more about the work being done in the new +Impact Studio at Ross? Are you interested in finding out about the +Impact Studio course (BA670)? Do you wonder just what the space is being utlized for? Sign up for a lightning info session to learn about that and more from faculty and staff. Each 20-person info session lasts a half an hour.

Register for a time here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050548afa92da0fa7-impact

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Other Fri, 18 Oct 2019 11:41:59 -0400 2019-11-04T13:00:00-05:00 2019-11-04T15:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Business+Impact at Michigan Ross Other +Impact Studio
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (November 5, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009784@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 5, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP's Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program ( DCERP) will be accepting applications for Summer 2020 through December 3rd! DCERP students will gain valuable experience while helping community organizations with their research needs. They'll also become part of a dynamic learning community that will get to know about Detroit history, have fun together, and share their passion for social justice. Students will receive a stipend and housing for this 9-week program.

Apply today! http://myumi.ch/erK95

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-11-05T08:00:00-05:00 2019-11-05T23:00:00-05:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (November 6, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009785@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 6, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP's Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program ( DCERP) will be accepting applications for Summer 2020 through December 3rd! DCERP students will gain valuable experience while helping community organizations with their research needs. They'll also become part of a dynamic learning community that will get to know about Detroit history, have fun together, and share their passion for social justice. Students will receive a stipend and housing for this 9-week program.

Apply today! http://myumi.ch/erK95

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-11-06T08:00:00-05:00 2019-11-06T23:00:00-05:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (November 7, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009786@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 7, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP's Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program ( DCERP) will be accepting applications for Summer 2020 through December 3rd! DCERP students will gain valuable experience while helping community organizations with their research needs. They'll also become part of a dynamic learning community that will get to know about Detroit history, have fun together, and share their passion for social justice. Students will receive a stipend and housing for this 9-week program.

Apply today! http://myumi.ch/erK95

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-11-07T08:00:00-05:00 2019-11-07T23:00:00-05:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (November 8, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009787@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 8, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP's Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program ( DCERP) will be accepting applications for Summer 2020 through December 3rd! DCERP students will gain valuable experience while helping community organizations with their research needs. They'll also become part of a dynamic learning community that will get to know about Detroit history, have fun together, and share their passion for social justice. Students will receive a stipend and housing for this 9-week program.

Apply today! http://myumi.ch/erK95

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-11-08T08:00:00-05:00 2019-11-08T23:00:00-05:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (November 9, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009788@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 9, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP's Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program ( DCERP) will be accepting applications for Summer 2020 through December 3rd! DCERP students will gain valuable experience while helping community organizations with their research needs. They'll also become part of a dynamic learning community that will get to know about Detroit history, have fun together, and share their passion for social justice. Students will receive a stipend and housing for this 9-week program.

Apply today! http://myumi.ch/erK95

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-11-09T08:00:00-05:00 2019-11-09T23:00:00-05:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Dispossessing Detroit: How the Law Takes Property (November 9, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/69002 69002-17211735@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 9, 2019 8:00am
Location: Hutchins Hall
Organized By: University of Michigan Law School

The goals of this Symposium are to provide historical and political context for current issues of property dispossession and to consider how governments, private industry, and private citizens can together seek reform. We are excited to bring together voices from law, policy, city government, community organizations, and more to engage the audience on this critical topic! Whether your interests are in tax foreclosure, bankruptcy, or Detroit's story of dispossession, we hope you will join us.

Please RSVP at https://dispossessingdetroitsymposium.com/rsvp-comment/

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 31 Oct 2019 11:03:58 -0400 2019-11-09T08:00:00-05:00 2019-11-09T17:00:00-05:00 Hutchins Hall University of Michigan Law School Conference / Symposium Hutchins Hall
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (November 10, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009789@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 10, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP's Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program ( DCERP) will be accepting applications for Summer 2020 through December 3rd! DCERP students will gain valuable experience while helping community organizations with their research needs. They'll also become part of a dynamic learning community that will get to know about Detroit history, have fun together, and share their passion for social justice. Students will receive a stipend and housing for this 9-week program.

Apply today! http://myumi.ch/erK95

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-11-10T08:00:00-05:00 2019-11-10T23:00:00-05:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Dispossessing Detroit: How the Law Takes Property (November 10, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/69002 69002-17211736@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 10, 2019 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Law School

The goals of this Symposium are to provide historical and political context for current issues of property dispossession and to consider how governments, private industry, and private citizens can together seek reform. We are excited to bring together voices from law, policy, city government, community organizations, and more to engage the audience on this critical topic! Whether your interests are in tax foreclosure, bankruptcy, or Detroit's story of dispossession, we hope you will join us.

Please RSVP at https://dispossessingdetroitsymposium.com/rsvp-comment/

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 31 Oct 2019 11:03:58 -0400 2019-11-10T10:00:00-05:00 2019-11-10T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Law School Conference / Symposium
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (November 11, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009790@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 11, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP's Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program ( DCERP) will be accepting applications for Summer 2020 through December 3rd! DCERP students will gain valuable experience while helping community organizations with their research needs. They'll also become part of a dynamic learning community that will get to know about Detroit history, have fun together, and share their passion for social justice. Students will receive a stipend and housing for this 9-week program.

Apply today! http://myumi.ch/erK95

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-11-11T08:00:00-05:00 2019-11-11T23:00:00-05:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
STS Speaker. We Are All Well - A Partial History of Public Information Infrastructures after Disasters (November 11, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66685 66685-16770200@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 11, 2019 4:00pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Science, Technology & Society

When an earthquake happens in California today, residents may look to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) for online maps that show the quake's epicenter, turn to Twitter for government bulletins and the latest news, check Facebook for updates fromfriends and family, and hope to count on help from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). This information order articulates a particular epistemic experience of earthquake for some Americans.

In this talk, I discuss how people produce and circulate information in earthquake publics using a comparative historical lens. I analyze the institutions, policies, and technologies that shape today's post-disaster information landscape, paying close attention to not only the circulationof knowledge, but also to the production of ignorance.

Bio: Megan Finn is the author of Documenting Aftermath (2018) with MIT Press. She teaches information policy and ethics at University of Washington's School of Information where she is an assistant professor. Megan is a faculty member of the DataLab at the Information School, and at the eScience Institute where, as a part of the data science studies group, she convenes a talk series called Data Then and Now. She is currently working on an NSF-sponsored project on ethical practices in computer security research.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 09 Sep 2019 14:04:35 -0400 2019-11-11T16:00:00-05:00 2019-11-11T17:30:00-05:00 North Quad Science, Technology & Society Lecture / Discussion North Quad
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (November 12, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009791@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 12, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP's Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program ( DCERP) will be accepting applications for Summer 2020 through December 3rd! DCERP students will gain valuable experience while helping community organizations with their research needs. They'll also become part of a dynamic learning community that will get to know about Detroit history, have fun together, and share their passion for social justice. Students will receive a stipend and housing for this 9-week program.

Apply today! http://myumi.ch/erK95

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-11-12T08:00:00-05:00 2019-11-12T23:00:00-05:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Bioethics Discussion: Body/Politics (November 12, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52721 52721-12974153@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 12, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A discussion on government.

Readings to consider:
1. Bioethics as Politics
2. ‘Fat Ethics’: The Obesity Discourse and Body Politics
3. HB 481
4. A Man, Burning: Communicative Suffering and the Ethics of Images

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit http://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/035-body-politics/.

Be it resolved that the policy of this group is to read the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 13 Aug 2019 10:52:51 -0400 2019-11-12T19:00:00-05:00 2019-11-12T20:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Body/politics
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (November 13, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009792@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP's Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program ( DCERP) will be accepting applications for Summer 2020 through December 3rd! DCERP students will gain valuable experience while helping community organizations with their research needs. They'll also become part of a dynamic learning community that will get to know about Detroit history, have fun together, and share their passion for social justice. Students will receive a stipend and housing for this 9-week program.

Apply today! http://myumi.ch/erK95

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-11-13T08:00:00-05:00 2019-11-13T23:00:00-05:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Veterans Week - Global War on Terrorism Veteran Panel (November 13, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57207 57207-17071644@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 11:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Veteran and Military Services

9/11, New York and Washington D.C.,  Iraq,  Afghanistan, Syria, Africa ...  These major events and deployments continue to shape the modern military and those who serve in it,  Soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and coast guard members are stationed on every contentment and every sea to protect the homeland from attack and to help defend America's allies.  We have been on a wartime footing for 17 years, longer than any other time in our nations history.  Come and hear from those who served during this time.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 17 Oct 2019 10:40:51 -0400 2019-11-13T11:00:00-05:00 2019-11-13T12:30:00-05:00 Michigan League Veteran and Military Services Lecture / Discussion US Military on patrol
Authority, Accountability, and Responsibility: Translating Military Leadership Lessons for Business and Policy Leaders (November 13, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68916 68916-17194955@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

An armchair conversation between Secretary Donald Winter and Mike Barger, Executive Director, Office of Strategy and Academic Innovation at the Ross School of Business.

Donald C. Winter served as the 74th Secretary of the Navy from January 2006 to March 2009. As Secretary of the Navy, he led America’s Navy and Marine Corps Team and was responsible for an annual budget in excess of $125 billion and almost 900,000 people. Previously, Dr. Winter held multiple positions in the aerospace and defense industry as a systems engineer, program manager and corporate executive. From 2010 to 2012, Dr. Winter served as chair of the National Academy of Engineering Committee charged with investigating the causes of the Deepwater Horizon Blowout for the Secretary of the Interior.

He is currently an Independent Consultant and a Professor of Engineering Practice at the University of Michigan. At the University of Michigan, he teaches graduate level courses on Systems Engineering, Space Systems, and Maritime Policy. Dr. Winter received a doctorate in physics from the University of Michigan. In 2009, he received the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service.

Michael Barger is a professor of business administration and executive director, office of strategy and academic innovation, at University of Michigan’s Stephen M. Ross School of Business.
Dr. Barger served as officer in the United States Navy for 13 years. He spent his naval career in pilot education highlighted by a tour as a student, and chief instructor at the Navy Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN). He was a founding member of JetBlue Airway after leaving the navy in 1999, creating JetBlue University. He served as senior pilot on JetBlue aircrafts, was senior leader responsible for all Flight Operations, Maintenance Operations, Talent Management and Enterprise Strategy. Following his 13-year career with JetBlue, Dr. Barger served as chief operating officer of CorpU for six years.

Dr. Barger received a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Michigan and a Master’s Degree in Learning Leadership and a Doctor of Education from the University of Pennsylvania.

Co-sponsored by the Ross School of Business, College of Engineering, and the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Oct 2019 11:29:01 -0400 2019-11-13T17:30:00-05:00 2019-11-13T18:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (November 14, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009793@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 14, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP's Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program ( DCERP) will be accepting applications for Summer 2020 through December 3rd! DCERP students will gain valuable experience while helping community organizations with their research needs. They'll also become part of a dynamic learning community that will get to know about Detroit history, have fun together, and share their passion for social justice. Students will receive a stipend and housing for this 9-week program.

Apply today! http://myumi.ch/erK95

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-11-14T08:00:00-05:00 2019-11-14T23:00:00-05:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (November 15, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009794@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 15, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP's Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program ( DCERP) will be accepting applications for Summer 2020 through December 3rd! DCERP students will gain valuable experience while helping community organizations with their research needs. They'll also become part of a dynamic learning community that will get to know about Detroit history, have fun together, and share their passion for social justice. Students will receive a stipend and housing for this 9-week program.

Apply today! http://myumi.ch/erK95

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-11-15T08:00:00-05:00 2019-11-15T23:00:00-05:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP