Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Genomics & Antibiotic Resistance: a new paradigm (October 20, 2017 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/45039 45039-10072850@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 20, 2017 9:00am
Location: School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower
Organized By: MAC-EPID

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

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

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 25 Sep 2017 14:43:29 -0400 2017-10-20T09:00:00-04:00 2017-10-20T15:00:00-04:00 School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower MAC-EPID Conference / Symposium Flyer
"Beating Multiple Sclerosis: A Story of B-cells, from Bench to Bedside and Back Again" (October 20, 2017 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/45782 45782-10276755@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 20, 2017 10:00am
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute

The A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute’s 2017 symposium will feature the presentation of the $100,000 Taubman Prize to University of California-San Francisco physician-scientist Stephen L. Hauser, M.D., in recognition of his decades of research which led to the first-ever drug therapy for patients with advanced multiple sclerosis.
Hauser will deliver his keynote talk, “Beating Multiple Sclerosis: A Story of B-cells, From Bench to Bedside and Back Again,” at the symposium, which will be held on Friday, Oct. 20.
The symposium will also feature a commemoration of the Taubman Institute’s 10th anniversary since its founding by late philanthropist A. Alfred Taubman.
Light refreshments, networking and a poster session will be held from 9 a.m. - 10 a.m. in the BSRB lobby. The lecture and Taubman tribute will be held from 10 a.m. – noon in the Kahn Auditorium of BSRB.
All Michigan Medicine community members are welcome to attend and no registration is required.
The Taubman Institute looks forward to seeing you there!

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 13 Oct 2017 15:57:58 -0400 2017-10-20T10:00:00-04:00 2017-10-20T12:00:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute Lecture / Discussion
Athena Award Presentation and Alumnae Council Fall Meeting (October 21, 2017 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/45721 45721-10265460@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 21, 2017 10:00am
Location: Alumni Center
Organized By: Alumnae Council

The University of Michigan Alumnae Council will present its Athena award to Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, a University of Michigan graduate who helped expose the Flint water crisis and its effects on the children of that city. The Athena award is bestowed on outstanding alumnae who have distinguished themselves in professional and humanitarian endeavors. Dr. Cathleen Connell, Interim Dean, School of Public Health will give the keynote address.

The Alumnae Council meeting begins at 10:00 a.m. with the award program and presentation scheduled for 11:30 a.m. A luncheon will follow.

For more information and to RSVP: alumnaecouncil@umich.edu.

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Other Thu, 12 Oct 2017 17:07:11 -0400 2017-10-21T10:00:00-04:00 2017-10-21T13:00:00-04:00 Alumni Center Alumnae Council Other Alumni Center
English Minor Info & Networking Event (October 23, 2017 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/45446 45446-10183925@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 23, 2017 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Learn more information about the NEW English minor! There will be a brief presentation followed by networking with English student groups. English advisors will also be available to declare anyone who has already taken English 298. Food will be served.

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Other Thu, 05 Oct 2017 10:23:44 -0400 2017-10-23T16:00:00-04:00 2017-10-23T17:30:00-04:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Other
Interprofessional Student Town Hall (October 26, 2017 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/44414 44414-9911845@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 26, 2017 6:00pm
Location: Munger Graduate Residences
Organized By: Center for Interprofessional Education

U-M students in health-related fields are invited to join leaders from across the health professions and schools for this annual event. Learn what's happening with interprofessional education (IPE) and opportunities, and student groups @ U-M. Share your ideas to shape the future. Meet new people and network! Free food, not pizza....

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Reception / Open House Wed, 20 Sep 2017 12:06:53 -0400 2017-10-26T18:00:00-04:00 2017-10-26T20:00:00-04:00 Munger Graduate Residences Center for Interprofessional Education Reception / Open House Munger Graduate Residences
Clean Heat & Energy Justice: assessing equitable transitions to clean air in NYC (Environmental Research Seminar) (October 31, 2017 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46163 46163-10407019@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 31, 2017 12:00pm
Location: School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower
Organized By: Center for Midlife Science

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

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 25 Oct 2017 10:59:39 -0400 2017-10-31T12:00:00-04:00 2017-10-31T13:00:00-04:00 School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower Center for Midlife Science Workshop / Seminar Oct 31 Seminar D.Hernandez
22nd Annual U-M Department of Psychiatry Waggoner Lecture on Ethics & Values in Medicine (November 1, 2017 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/44774 44774-9977680@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 1, 2017 4:00pm
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Eisenberg Family Depression Center

Bridgette Ann Carr, J.D., B.A. will give the U-M Department of Psychiatry’s 22nd Annual Raymond W. Waggoner Lecture on Ethics & Values in Medicine. Carr will give a talk focused on human trafficking victims and the advancement of comprehensive domestic and international anti-trafficking policies. This lecture will be held on Wednesday, November 1 at 4:00 p.m. at Ford Auditorium in University Hospital.

Professor Carr’s work focuses on driving paradigm shifts in the way human trafficking victimization is perceived and addressed, and helping reintegrate victims by developing legal solutions that address the complex issues of coercion and victimization around compelled service and its aftermath.

As the founding director of the U-M Law School’s Human Trafficking Clinic (the first clinical law program solely devoted to addressing this issue comprehensively), Professor Carr, her colleagues, and a new generation of trainees have provided free legal services to victims since 2009, supporting the wide-ranging needs of men, women, and children, both foreign nationals and U.S. citizens, who have been victimized by a range of trafficking crimes.

Using the U-M clinic as a model, Professor Carr is working with university partners around the world to develop similar programs to combat human trafficking and train law students, and has helped establish university law clinics in Mexico, Ethiopia, and Brazil to broaden the network of legal experts who can address the issues of compelled service that transcend international borders. She is the lead author of the first casebook on human trafficking law and policy, which examines the cross-section of criminal justice, civil and human rights, immigration, and international law that frames these issues.

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

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



For further information, please contact:

Debra Pinals, M.D.
734-232-0352
dpinals@med.umich.edu

or

Sandra Glover
Administrative Assistant Senior
University of Michigan Department of Psychiatry
734-232-0352
sandig@med.umich.edu

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 21 Sep 2017 10:50:18 -0400 2017-11-01T16:00:00-04:00 2017-11-01T17:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Eisenberg Family Depression Center Lecture / Discussion Headshot of Bridgette Carr
Alumni Connections: Bill Muir (Change Healthcare) (November 3, 2017 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46390 46390-10475470@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 3, 2017 12:00pm
Location: LSA Building
Organized By: LSA Opportunity Hub

Bill Muir, a UM Alum, is currently the Senior Vice President for Change Healthcare - a healthcare technology solutions company that seeks to create a stronger, more collaborative, and efficient health system by improving patient interactions with their healthcare provider. Bill is an enthusiastic Wolverine who regularly visits Michigan to recruit new talent.

Join him this Friday, November 3rd to learn insider tips on for interacting with employers at on-campus career fairs.

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Careers / Jobs Tue, 31 Oct 2017 11:28:56 -0400 2017-11-03T12:00:00-04:00 2017-11-03T13:00:00-04:00 LSA Building LSA Opportunity Hub Careers / Jobs LSA Building
SLE at Friends of the Campus Farm Workday (November 3, 2017 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/38406 38406-9969027@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 3, 2017 4:00pm
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Organized By: Sustainable Living Experience

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

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Community Service Tue, 31 Jan 2017 11:45:02 -0500 2017-11-03T16:00:00-04:00 2017-11-03T18:00:00-04:00 Matthaei Botanical Gardens Sustainable Living Experience Community Service
Bioethics Discussion: Universal Healthcare (November 7, 2017 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/43718 43718-9832707@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 7, 2017 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL)
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on the (inevitable?) end of medicine.

Essays to consider:
"Bubbles under the wallpaper"
"Uncertainty and welfare economics of medical care"
"Barack Obama speech to joint session of Congress, September 2009"

For more information and to receive a copy of the essays, please contact belmont@umich.edu

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 06 Sep 2017 16:29:09 -0400 2017-11-07T19:00:00-05:00 2017-11-07T20:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL) The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Universal healthcare
Impact on Inequality (November 9, 2017 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/35924 35924-5374860@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 9, 2017 10:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: UMich200

The University of Michigan has long been a leader in social science research on the many dimensions of social inequality. This bicentennial symposium will highlight these contributions by focusing on the work of distinguished social scientists who were trained at the University of Michigan. An illustrious group of Michigan graduates from fields such as economics, education, political science, psychology, public policy, social work, sociology, and women’s studies will discuss past, present, and future research on issues related to gender, race, poverty, inequality, and economic mobility.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 23 Oct 2017 08:52:56 -0400 2017-11-09T10:00:00-05:00 2017-11-09T18:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) UMich200 Conference / Symposium ISR Bicentennial Image
Ross Business+Impact Vision Session (November 9, 2017 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/44618 44618-9934438@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 9, 2017 5:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Center for Social Impact

During the 2017-18 academic year, there will be a series of engaging, participatory events with the goal of answering this question: How can the Michigan Ross community—students, faculty, alumni, and partners—become the most progressive source of business solutions to the world’s biggest challenges?

This event is by invitation only.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 09 Nov 2017 08:44:20 -0500 2017-11-09T17:00:00-05:00 2017-11-09T20:30:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Center for Social Impact Conference / Symposium Business+Impact Visioning Session
Ross Business+Impact Vision Session (November 10, 2017 7:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/44618 44618-9934439@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 10, 2017 7:30am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Center for Social Impact

During the 2017-18 academic year, there will be a series of engaging, participatory events with the goal of answering this question: How can the Michigan Ross community—students, faculty, alumni, and partners—become the most progressive source of business solutions to the world’s biggest challenges?

This event is by invitation only.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 09 Nov 2017 08:44:20 -0500 2017-11-10T07:30:00-05:00 2017-11-10T17:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Center for Social Impact Conference / Symposium Business+Impact Visioning Session
Impact on Inequality (November 10, 2017 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/35924 35924-5374861@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 10, 2017 9:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: UMich200

The University of Michigan has long been a leader in social science research on the many dimensions of social inequality. This bicentennial symposium will highlight these contributions by focusing on the work of distinguished social scientists who were trained at the University of Michigan. An illustrious group of Michigan graduates from fields such as economics, education, political science, psychology, public policy, social work, sociology, and women’s studies will discuss past, present, and future research on issues related to gender, race, poverty, inequality, and economic mobility.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 23 Oct 2017 08:52:56 -0400 2017-11-10T09:00:00-05:00 2017-11-10T16:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) UMich200 Conference / Symposium ISR Bicentennial Image
Be a Hero at the Big House (November 12, 2017 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/46101 46101-10392841@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 12, 2017 8:00am
Location: Michigan Stadium
Organized By: Wolverines for Life

Be a Hero at the Big House is the largest single-day campus blood drive in the University of Michigan's history. The event kicks off the Blood Battle against Ohio State University, while simultaneously encouraging individuals to join the organ donor registry and bone marrow registry.

This event is hosted at Michigan Stadium in the Jack Roth Stadium Club. Stop by to take a photo with one of our special guests, or take a selfie from the 4th floor with the football field as a backdrop! We will have snacks, t-shirts, games for the kids, giveaways, and more!

Make your appointment for the blood drive ahead of time! Click the following link
(http://www.redcrossblood.org/give/drive/driveSearchList.jsp?zipSponsor=goblue&range=10&zipFormat=false&sd=11%2F12%2F2017&ed=11%2F12%2F2017&dt=WB%3ADR%3APL&&_requestid=204330#) or visit www.redcrossblood.org and enter sponsor code "goblue."

Wolverines for Life is a partnership between the University of Michigan community, Michigan Medicine, the American Red Cross of Southeast Michigan, Be The Match, Gift of Life Michigan, and Eversight Michigan. We advocate for blood, bone marrow, organ, and tissue donation.

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Reception / Open House Mon, 23 Oct 2017 18:15:58 -0400 2017-11-12T08:00:00-05:00 2017-11-12T17:00:00-05:00 Michigan Stadium Wolverines for Life Reception / Open House Be a Hero Social Media Poster
Social Justice and Tobacco Control: Impact on Underserved Populations (November 14, 2017 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46156 46156-10407013@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 14, 2017 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: MHealthy

A panel of experts in the field of tobacco treatment, policy, and control will discuss tobacco industry practices that target underserved populations, such as minority groups, the LGBTQ community, low income communities, and others. The discussion will also focus on tobacco-related health disparities and what can be done to help reduce these inequities.

Attend this panel discussion if you are a professional or student interested in healthcare, addiction, and social justice, or if you are simply interested in learning more about how the tobacco industry targets marginalized populations.

Panelists include:
• Lincoln Mondy, Progressive Communication Strategist, and Creator, Black Lives/Black Lungs
• Cliff Douglas, Vice President for Tobacco Control, American Cancer Society (ACS); Director, ACS Tobacco Control Center; Director, U-M Tobacco Research Network; and Adjunct Professor, U-M School of Public Health
• Kate Donaldson, Health Educator/Public Information Officer, District Heath Department #10
• Lilianna Reyes, Program Services Director, Affirmations

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 07 Nov 2017 11:53:42 -0500 2017-11-14T17:00:00-05:00 2017-11-14T20:00:00-05:00 Public Health II MHealthy Lecture / Discussion Social Justice and Tobacco Control: Impact on Underserved Populations Panel Discussion
Ethical Legal & Social Implications of Learning Health Systems (ELSI-LHS) Symposium (November 15, 2017 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/44206 44206-9897585@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 8:00am
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: School of Public Health

The University of Michigan is a leader in the national charge to configure a health system that can continuously learn from the knowledge it generates. This year's symposium focuses on responsible data and knowledge sharing, with presentations from Peter Embi, Kenneth Goodman, Warren Kibbe, Debra Mathews, Elizabeth Pike, Peter Singleton, John Wilbanks, Joon-Ho Yu and more. Register at elsilhs.org.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 12 Sep 2017 10:39:17 -0400 2017-11-15T08:00:00-05:00 2017-11-15T16:00:00-05:00 Palmer Commons School of Public Health Conference / Symposium The ELSI-LHS Symposium will be Nov. 15 from 8 to 4 at Palmer Commons.
Global Course Connections (GCCs) Open Advising! (November 15, 2017 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46521 46521-10524135@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 1:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Join CGIS for an open advising event where students can come speak to Intercultural Program Advisors about all of our 2018 GCC offerings in Brazil, China, Italy, India, Israel/Palestine, Peru, Tanzania, and Thailand!

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Social / Informal Gathering Sat, 04 Nov 2017 12:51:37 -0400 2017-11-15T13:00:00-05:00 2017-11-15T16:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Global and Intercultural Study Social / Informal Gathering GCC
Public Health Major Info Sessions (November 15, 2017 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/41583 41583-9367007@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 3:00pm
Location: School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower
Organized By: School of Public Health

Learn more about the public health major and requirements for admission. Why should you study public health at Michigan?

What public health degrees does Michigan offer and what careers can you find after graduation?

These 30-minute interactive presentations are followed by time for questions and discussion. Register online at sph.umich.edu/undergrad.

Public health refers to all organized measures—both public and private—that promote health, prevent illness and disease, and prolong the quality and years of life for the population as a whole. Public health creates conditions under which people can live a healthy lifestyle and, when treatment is necessary, it ensures equitable access to safe and effective health care.

At the University of Michigan School of Public Health, we offer engaged learning opportunities through interdisciplinary education with top faculty, access to innovative laboratory and field settings, and community-based and entrepreneurial training. We provide Michigan students with the knowledge and skills you need to succeed as leaders in the field of public health

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Presentation Tue, 18 Jul 2017 14:56:58 -0400 2017-11-15T15:00:00-05:00 2017-11-15T16:00:00-05:00 School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower School of Public Health Presentation Public health students researching, planning, serving
WDI Global Impact Speaker Series (November 15, 2017 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46158 46158-10407014@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 5:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: William Davidson Institute

WDI welcomes Maria Cavalcanti, president and CEO of Pro Mujer – a nonprofit finance organization that has disbursed more than $3 billion in loans to mainly women-owned enterprises in Latin America – to its Global Impact Speaker Series at the University of Michigan next month.

Cavalcanti will discuss Pro Mujer’s business model, which is centered on gender equity, and take questions from attendees beginning at 5:30 p.m., Nov. 15 in room 1560 of Blau Hall at the Ross School of Business. The event is free and open to the public.

Pro Mujer was founded by Lynne Patterson and Carmen Velasco in Bolivia in 1990 to use microloans to support women-owned businesses. Today, the organization works with entrepreneurs in that country as well as Argentina, México, Nicaragua and Peru. In 2015 alone, Pro Mujer reported providing $330 million in loans to more than 250,000 clients. Operating mainly in urban areas and regions just outside major cities, Pro Mujer also provides direct and indirect health care services through a series of centers and clinics. Services include non-communicable disease detection, dental care and ultrasound diagnostics.

Cavalcanti In early 2016, Cavalcanti was named president and CEO of Pro Mujer. She has ambitious plans to expand the organization.

“As we look ahead, we are focused on amplifying our services and expanding our footprint,” Cavalcanti said in an interview with NextBillion.net, WDI’s affiliated media site focused on business solutions in low- and middle-income economies. “By leveraging partnerships and technology, we are building Pro Mujer as a platform capable of serving millions at a time; a one-stop shop for empowerment for women in the region.”

Cavalcanti holds an MBA from the University of Texas in Austin, a master of science in Information Science from Columbia University in New York, and a bachelor of arts from Universidade Federal do Ceará in Brazil. She is based in New York City, where Pro Mujer is headquartered.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 25 Oct 2017 09:05:07 -0400 2017-11-15T17:30:00-05:00 2017-11-15T18:30:00-05:00 Ross School of Business William Davidson Institute Lecture / Discussion Pro Mujer
INFORMATION SESSION: DESIGN FOR GLOBAL HEALTH ACADEMIC PROGRAM- 11/15, 6-7PM (November 15, 2017 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46513 46513-10512731@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 6:00pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Center for Socially Engaged Design

Come learn about the Global Health Design Initiative's Design for Global Health Academic Program! Applications are currently open on MCompass. This program consists of a summer fieldwork experience in Michigan, Ethiopia, Ghana, or Kenya to inform a novel design project to be completed during Fall 2018. Participants will gain extensive design experience and exposure to health care practices in low-resource settings. This opportunity is open to engineering and non-engineering students with senior standing by Fall 2018.

The information session will be held on Wednesday, November 15 from 6-7pm in 3360 GG Brown.

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Careers / Jobs Fri, 03 Nov 2017 16:22:43 -0400 2017-11-15T18:00:00-05:00 2017-11-15T19:00:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Center for Socially Engaged Design Careers / Jobs GG Brown Laboratory
Bioethics Discussion: Family in Medicine (November 21, 2017 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/43720 43720-9832708@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 21, 2017 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL)
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on love, blood, and responsibility.

Essays to consider:
"The abnormal child"
"Life past reason"
"Treatment decisions regarding infants, children and adolescents"

For more information and to receive a copy of the essays, please contact belmont@umich.edu.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 21 Nov 2017 10:19:34 -0500 2017-11-21T19:00:00-05:00 2017-11-21T20:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL) The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Family in medicine
Application Deadline for Interprofessional Leadership Fellows (November 22, 2017 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/46557 46557-10547326@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 22, 2017 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Interprofessional Education

The 3rd cohort of this faculty development program in the Health Sciences is open to applications from faculty across the U-M health sciences.

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Other Mon, 06 Nov 2017 15:03:52 -0500 2017-11-22T00:00:00-05:00 2017-11-22T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Interprofessional Education Other IPL Fellows at Train the Trainer national workshop.
Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Symposium (November 27, 2017 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46867 46867-10658850@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 27, 2017 3:00pm
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Office of the Executive VP of Medical Affairs

The 2017 Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Symposium, co-hosted by the National Academy of Medicine and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, will focus on how challenges associated with managing acute and chronic pain have led to an explosion in the abuse of prescription pain medications and a nationwide epidemic. Panelists will consider how to inform health care policies that impact the opioid epidemic by asking:

• How can we use the wealth of epidemiological, clinical, and basic science information about the biology of pain and addiction to stem the opioid epidemic?
• What can be done now?
• What should be done in the longer term?

Pioneering pain researcher, Dr. Allan Basbaum, Professor and Chair of the Department of Anatomy at the University of California, San Francisco, and member of the National Academy of Medicine, will describe the current understanding of the neurobiology of pain and discuss opportunities to translate knowledge about basic research into treatments for various types of pain, as the country continues to confront real life challenges.

The plenary lecture will be followed by a panel of University of Michigan faculty who will address various facets of the opioid epidemic across a wide range of disciplines.

• Dr. John Traynor, Edward F Domino Research Professor; Associate Chair for Research, Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan
• Dr. Shelly B. Flagel, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry Research Associate Professor, Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Institute; Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan
• Dr. Chad M. Brummett, Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology; Director, Clinical Anesthesia Research; Co-Director, Michigan Opioid Prescribing Engagement Network (Michigan OPEN); University of Michigan
• Dr. Richard Miech, Research Professor; Principal Investigator, Monitoring the Future, Survey Research Center, University of Michigan

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 16 Nov 2017 16:03:10 -0500 2017-11-27T15:00:00-05:00 2017-11-27T17:30:00-05:00 Taubman Center Office of the Executive VP of Medical Affairs Lecture / Discussion
INFORMATION SESSION: DESIGN FOR GLOBAL HEALTH ACADEMIC PROGRAM- 11/28, 6-7PM (November 28, 2017 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46516 46516-10512735@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 28, 2017 6:00pm
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: Center for Socially Engaged Design

Come learn about the Global Health Design Initiative's Design for Global Health Academic Program! Applications are currently open on MCompass. This program consists of a summer fieldwork experience in Michigan, Ethiopia, Ghana, or Kenya to inform a novel design project to be completed during Fall 2018. Participants will gain extensive design experience and exposure to health care practices in low-resource settings. This opportunity is open to engineering and non-engineering students with senior standing by Fall 2018.

The information session will be held on Tuesday, November 28 from 6-7pm in the Shapiro Design Lab (1st floor UGLi).

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Careers / Jobs Fri, 03 Nov 2017 16:21:45 -0400 2017-11-28T18:00:00-05:00 2017-11-28T19:00:00-05:00 Shapiro Library Center for Socially Engaged Design Careers / Jobs Shapiro Library
A Nobel Symposium (November 30, 2017 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46388 46388-10475471@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 30, 2017 1:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

Six U-M scholars discuss the work, impact, and personality of one of this year's 6 Nobel laureates. U-M English professor Peter Ho Davies on the novels of Kazuo Ishiguro (literature); U-M-Dearborn biological chemistry professor Michael Cianfrocco on Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank, & Richard Henderson (chemistry); U-M information professor Erin Krupka on Richard Thaler (economic sciences); U-M mathematics professor Daniel Forger on Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash, & Michael Young (physiology or medicine); U-M political science professor Barbara Koremenos on the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (peace); and U-M physics professor Keith Riles on Rainer Weiss, Barry Barish, & Kip Thorne (physics).

This event will be held on the 10th floor of the newly renovated Weiser Hall.


Come for one or come for all. Here is the Schedule:


1:10PM WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS - Charlie Doering
1:15PM LITERATURE Peter Ho Davies, English Language and Literature
2:00PM CHEMISTRY Michael Cianfrocco, Life Sciences, BioChem, Med School
2:45PM ECONOMIC SCIENCES Erin Krupka, School of Information
3:30PM MEDICINE & PHYSIOLOGY Daniel Forger, Mathematics, Med & Bioinformatics
4:15PM PEACE Barbara Koremenos, Political Science
5:00PM PHYSICS Keith Riles, Physics

This event is free and open to the public.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 27 Nov 2017 13:45:41 -0500 2017-11-30T13:00:00-05:00 2017-11-30T17:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Conference / Symposium Poster for Nobel Symposium
Ross Business+Impact Vision Session (November 30, 2017 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/44618 44618-9934440@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 30, 2017 5:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Center for Social Impact

During the 2017-18 academic year, there will be a series of engaging, participatory events with the goal of answering this question: How can the Michigan Ross community—students, faculty, alumni, and partners—become the most progressive source of business solutions to the world’s biggest challenges?

This event is by invitation only.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 09 Nov 2017 08:44:20 -0500 2017-11-30T17:00:00-05:00 2017-11-30T20:30:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Center for Social Impact Conference / Symposium Business+Impact Visioning Session
Ross Business+Impact Vision Session (December 1, 2017 7:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/44618 44618-9934441@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 1, 2017 7:30am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Center for Social Impact

During the 2017-18 academic year, there will be a series of engaging, participatory events with the goal of answering this question: How can the Michigan Ross community—students, faculty, alumni, and partners—become the most progressive source of business solutions to the world’s biggest challenges?

This event is by invitation only.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 09 Nov 2017 08:44:20 -0500 2017-12-01T07:30:00-05:00 2017-12-01T17:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Center for Social Impact Conference / Symposium Business+Impact Visioning Session
Michigan Cannabis Leaders Summit (December 3, 2017 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46924 46924-10700260@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, December 3, 2017 3:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Students for Sensible Drug Policy

Come join Students for Sensible Drug Policy and Green Wolverine as we host the movers and shakers of the cannabis industry! Informative discussions will be held on the intersections of medical cannabis, business, law and policy.

Confirmed Speakers include:
- State Rep. Yousef Rabhi
- Jeff Irwin, former State Rep. and political director of Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol
- Mark Passerini, owner of Om of Medicine
- Stephen Goldner, attorney and toxicologist
- Dennis Hayes, attorney
- Ben Rosman, CEO of PSI Labs
- Nicholas Tennant, founding partner of Precision Extraction Solutions
- Nick Zettell, assistant campaign manager for MI Legalize
- Kevin Boehnke, Ph.D. candidate in University of Michigan School of Public Health
- Dr. Lev Spivak-Birndorf, MS, PhD.: co-founder of PSI Labs; recipient of NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship
- Danny Victor, JD: member of Bureau of Medical Marijuana Regulation; CEO at Gulfstream Gardens
- Tom Lavigne, JD.: Partner at Cannabis Counsel, PLC; cannabis attorney; member of Bureau of Medical Marijuana Regulation

Event will include food and refreshments, giveaways, interactive seminars and discussions, and networking opportunities. This is an event you will not want to miss!

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 30 Nov 2017 18:14:34 -0500 2017-12-03T15:00:00-05:00 2017-12-03T18:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Students for Sensible Drug Policy Conference / Symposium Summit Banner
RNA in Neuroscience (December 4, 2017 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47180 47180-10810944@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 4, 2017 3:00pm
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Center for RNA Biomedicine

David Turner, Ph.D.
Associate Research Professor & Associate Professor
Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Institute & Dept. of Biological Chemistry

“microRNAs, microRNA targets, and neuron formation during mammalian retinal development”

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Robert Thompson, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Research Associate Professor, Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Institute

“Regulation of the astrocyte transcriptome”

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 30 Nov 2017 10:27:47 -0500 2017-12-04T15:00:00-05:00 2017-12-04T16:00:00-05:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Center for RNA Biomedicine Lecture / Discussion flyer
Bioethics Discussion: Death (December 5, 2017 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/43721 43721-9832709@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 5, 2017 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL)
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on our ends.

All are encouraged to come, though in time all will be met.

For more information, please contact belmont@umich.edu.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 21 Nov 2017 10:22:09 -0500 2017-12-05T19:00:00-05:00 2017-12-05T20:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL) The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Death
SLE at Friends of the Campus Farm Workday (December 8, 2017 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/38406 38406-9969028@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 8, 2017 4:00pm
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Organized By: Sustainable Living Experience

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

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Community Service Tue, 31 Jan 2017 11:45:02 -0500 2017-12-08T16:00:00-05:00 2017-12-08T18:00:00-05:00 Matthaei Botanical Gardens Sustainable Living Experience Community Service
STS Speaker. Dissonant Infrastructures: Tensions between Science and Public Health Embedded in Sickle Cell Disease in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil (December 11, 2017 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42861 42861-9672385@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 11, 2017 4:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Science, Technology & Society

Epistemic authority for knowledge production about sickle cell disease (SCD) in Brazil lay mostly at the feet of elite scientists associated with established institutions. These gatekeepers often focus on the biological and medical processes that take place within the body. SCD activists embedded in the public health infrastructure in Salvador, discursively deem the interest from scientists to be based in a paradigm that treats the person living with SCD as a commodity to clinical science. What occurs when social infrastructures that “emphasize the durability and permanence of social systems within which biomedical knowledge production and labor occur,” (Dent, 2016) are at odds with each other? What takes place when the social milieu of place erodes these infrastructures? This presentation will explore the ways in which activists in the municipal public health department for Salvador circumvent modes of elite knowledge production and reconfigure how SCD is defined by situating the discourse from “inside the body” to “outside” and from biological to cultural.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 30 Aug 2017 14:10:11 -0400 2017-12-11T16:00:00-05:00 2017-12-11T17:30:00-05:00 Tisch Hall Science, Technology & Society Lecture / Discussion Melissa Creary
A Global Leader in Data Access, Stewardship and Training: ICPSR (December 12, 2017 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47395 47395-10888278@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 2:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Linda Detterman will discuss why ICPSR matters to you:

• How is ICPSR assisting scientists from over and research projects from over 40 disciplines to demonstrate research impact?

• Why do over 51,700 unique data users download over 2.5 million datasets from among the 76,000 datasets available (8,200 studies) available from ICPSR in a typical year?

• Why do nearly 1,000 participate in ICPSR’s Summer Program each year?

• Why are 763 institutions members of ICPSR paying an annual fee?

• Why do over 20 agencies, foundations, journals, and research projects utilize ICPSR’s infrastructure to share their on-demand and restricted-use data?

ANSWER:
Data Curation – ICPSR’s data are organized, described, cleaned, enhanced, and preserved by ICPSR Staff for future use by scientists today and years from today. Curated data are monitored, tracked, and linked to research works inspired by those data. This session will introduce how it’s done and provide additional answers to the questions above.

Refreshments provided!

BIO:
Linda Detterman, ICPSR’s Marketing and Membership Director. In this role, she plans and manages outreach and product development activities of the ICPSR with the goal of increasing membership value and use of ICPSR data. Linda came to ICPSR from MORPACE International, a market research and consulting firm located in Farmington Hills, MI, where she was a Vice President of Planning and Research. She has also held marketing and strategic planning positions at Doner Advertising and The Los Angeles Times. She received her MBA from The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University and BA from Alma College.

All Welcome. Hosted by the ISR DACD Perspectives Committee.

If you need accommodations to participate in this event or have any questions, please contact abeattie@umich.edu.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 07 Dec 2017 12:19:14 -0500 2017-12-12T14:00:00-05:00 2017-12-13T03:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion event poster
Public Health Major Info Sessions (December 13, 2017 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/41583 41583-9367008@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 13, 2017 2:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: School of Public Health

Learn more about the public health major and requirements for admission. Why should you study public health at Michigan?

What public health degrees does Michigan offer and what careers can you find after graduation?

These 30-minute interactive presentations are followed by time for questions and discussion. Register online at sph.umich.edu/undergrad.

Public health refers to all organized measures—both public and private—that promote health, prevent illness and disease, and prolong the quality and years of life for the population as a whole. Public health creates conditions under which people can live a healthy lifestyle and, when treatment is necessary, it ensures equitable access to safe and effective health care.

At the University of Michigan School of Public Health, we offer engaged learning opportunities through interdisciplinary education with top faculty, access to innovative laboratory and field settings, and community-based and entrepreneurial training. We provide Michigan students with the knowledge and skills you need to succeed as leaders in the field of public health

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Presentation Tue, 18 Jul 2017 14:56:58 -0400 2017-12-13T14:00:00-05:00 2017-12-13T15:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall School of Public Health Presentation Public health students researching, planning, serving
First Step Sessions (December 14, 2017 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47537 47537-10942726@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 14, 2017 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

In order to participate in a CGIS program, you must attend a session where you will learn about programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, courses in your major, and credit transfer. Additional sessions will be held the first two weeks of school from 12-12:30pm in Suite 255, Weiser Hall.

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Meeting Tue, 12 Dec 2017 15:49:11 -0500 2017-12-14T12:00:00-05:00 2017-12-14T12:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Global and Intercultural Study Meeting FirstStep
Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan (December 14, 2017 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/44932 44932-10012462@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 14, 2017 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Retirees Association (UMRA)

Dr. Shaefer has been working to asist poverty-stricken families since his student days at Oberlin College. He called landlords and utility companies, trying to keep people in their homes with working electricity. His impassioned interest led to a master's and doctorate in social service administration. Now, he is serving as the director of the new multidisciplinary University initiative called Poverty Solutions.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 22 Sep 2017 11:42:59 -0400 2017-12-14T14:00:00-05:00 2017-12-14T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Retirees Association (UMRA) Lecture / Discussion
LHS Collaboratory Seminar Series (December 15, 2017 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46688 46688-10581044@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 15, 2017 12:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

The U-M Department of Learning Health System, the Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation and Office of Research welcome participants from across the university to the LHS Collaboratory: a hub for advancing interdisciplinary research and development of learning health systems at U-M.

Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/december-15-2017-lhs-collaboratory-seminar-series-tickets-37317515694

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Presentation Thu, 09 Nov 2017 14:51:11 -0500 2017-12-15T12:00:00-05:00 2017-12-15T13:30:00-05:00 Michigan League Department of Learning Health Sciences Presentation
Bioethics Discussion: Abortion (January 9, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/43722 43722-9832710@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 9, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL)
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion "going there" respectfully.

Essays to consider:
"Abortion and health care ethics"
"Abortion and infanticide"
"A defense of abortion"

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

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 21 Nov 2017 10:22:57 -0500 2018-01-09T19:00:00-05:00 2018-01-09T20:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL) The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Abortion
Science as Art Contest Submission Deadline (January 19, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/48786 48786-11308870@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 19, 2018 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

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

Deadline for submissions is Wednesday February 5th!

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

For full information, visit: tinyurl.com/scienceasart2020

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-01-23T17:00:00-05:00 2018-01-23T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
Bioethics Discussion: Assisted Reproduction (January 23, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/43723 43723-9832711@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 23, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL)
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion for the bravest in the new world.

A few essays to consider:
"The ethics of uterus transplantation"
"Assisted reproduction in same sex couples"
"Multiple gestation and damaged babies"

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

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 21 Nov 2017 10:23:41 -0500 2018-01-23T19:00:00-05:00 2018-01-23T20:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL) The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Assisted reproduction
Quantifying the Self: Three Lectures on Human Instruments (January 24, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49030 49030-11364401@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 24, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A series of three lectures on the methods and consequences of measuring our biomedical conditions.

Topics include:
Jan 24 – "For the heart, life is simple" – Cardiovascular dynamics as measured by pressures, volumes, and flows

Feb 7 – "I sing the body electric" – Electrophysiology of the brain, the heart, the muscles, the eyes, and the gut

Mar 14 – "Health lies in action" – Next generation physiological monitoring: wearables, therables, and capturing physiology when and where it happens.

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Lecture / Discussion Sun, 21 Jan 2018 15:16:20 -0500 2018-01-24T13:30:00-05:00 2018-01-24T15:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Quantifying the Self
ITiMS application due, March 1! (January 24, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386635@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 24, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

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

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

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

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

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

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-01-24T17:00:00-05:00 2018-01-24T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
Global Health Design Internship Information Session (January 24, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47969 47969-11159793@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 24, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: Global Health Design Initiative

Join the Global Health Design Initiative at an information session to learn more about the Design for Global Health Internship! The Design for Global Health Internship is a full-time, 4-month paid summer internship. Interns apply design ethnography techniques to define global health challenges and conceptualize, prototype, and evaluate design solutions. Interns divide their time between the Laboratory for Global Health Technology (LIGHT) at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI and at a resource constrained clinical or community setting in Michigan, Ethiopia, Ghana, or Kenya.

This internship is open to University of Michigan students from all departments who currently have sophomore, junior, senior, or Master's level standing or recent graduates who received their Bachelor's degree within the last 3 years.

Please feel free to visit https://globalhealthdesign.engin.umich.edu/ or contact globalhealthdesign@umich.edu for more information.

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Careers / Jobs Tue, 02 Jan 2018 14:11:55 -0500 2018-01-24T18:00:00-05:00 2018-01-24T19:00:00-05:00 Shapiro Library Global Health Design Initiative Careers / Jobs GHDI logo
ITiMS application due, March 1! (January 25, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386636@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 25, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

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

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

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

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

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

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-01-25T17:00:00-05:00 2018-01-25T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
Trans Health Activism in Detroit: Moving Forward Together (January 26, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46759 46759-10622861@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 26, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

Detroit transgender and gender nonconforming communities are leading a movement to demand safety, opportunity, and access to health and wellness services. This panel will discuss the work being done as part of that movement at the Ruth Ellis Center, a youth social services agency that serves LGBTQ youth experiencing homelessness and residential instability. Speakers will include leaders from the Ruth Ellis community, as well as members of the medical and behavioral health teams. This event is part of the University's annual MLK Symposium.

Panelists:
Amara Marley
Brandi Smith
Lance Hicks, MSW
Tyffanie Walton, EIS

​Maureen Connolly, MD (Moderator)
Department of Pediatrics
Henry Ford Health System

Venue Accessibility:
Accessible entrance with power doors at South side, near the circle drive. Take elevator to 2nd floor. A gender neutral restroom is located on the 3rd floor, room #343T.

Questions? Contact irwg@umich.edu

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 14 Dec 2017 14:11:50 -0500 2018-01-26T14:00:00-05:00 2018-01-26T16:00:00-05:00 Michigan League Institute for Research on Women and Gender Lecture / Discussion Satrise Tillman, a leader in transgender health activism in Detroit, at the Ruth Ellis Health and Wellness Center.” (courtesy of the Ruth Ellis Health and Wellness Center)
ITiMS application due, March 1! (January 26, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386637@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 26, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

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

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

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

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

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

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-01-26T17:00:00-05:00 2018-01-26T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
RIME Hacks Information Session (January 26, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/48936 48936-11331182@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 26, 2018 8:00pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Engineering Office of Student Affairs

Interested in helping organize a Fall 2018 Hackathon?
Come to our Mass Meeting!
RIME is recruiting students interested in helping organize the University of Michigan's premiere Biomedical Innovation Hackathon.

Interested but can't make the mass meeting? Contact us at rime-eboard@umich.edu

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Meeting Thu, 18 Jan 2018 15:36:35 -0500 2018-01-26T20:00:00-05:00 2018-01-26T21:00:00-05:00 North Quad Engineering Office of Student Affairs Meeting North Quad
ITiMS application due, March 1! (January 27, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386638@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 27, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-01-28T17:00:00-05:00 2018-01-28T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
When Elephants Fight (January 29, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/48595 48595-11254300@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 29, 2018 4:00pm
Location: School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower
Organized By: Center for Midlife Science

Directed by Michael Ramsdell and narrated by Robin Wright. This film explores the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is minerally rich, and yet these very minerals, necessary to sustain today's technology, contribute to ongoing strife and conflict-related gender based violence in the DRC.

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Film Screening Thu, 11 Jan 2018 15:04:08 -0500 2018-01-29T16:00:00-05:00 2018-01-29T18:00:00-05:00 School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower Center for Midlife Science Film Screening When Elephants Fight
ITiMS application due, March 1! (January 29, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386640@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 29, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 29 Jan 2018 19:12:00 -0500 2018-01-30T12:00:00-05:00 2018-01-30T13:00:00-05:00 School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower Center for Midlife Science Lecture / Discussion Metal exposure to mine workers in Congo
ITiMS application due, March 1! (January 30, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386641@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 30, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-01-31T17:00:00-05:00 2018-01-31T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
ITiMS application due, March 1! (February 1, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386643@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 1, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-02-02T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-02T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
ITiMS application due, March 1! (February 3, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386645@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 3, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-02-04T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-04T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
A Bioethical Lunch on Life-Preserving Technologies (February 5, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49416 49416-11453756@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 5, 2018 11:00am
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 10
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

Please stop by for free food, open discussion, and profound thoughts on the methods and consequences of life-preserving technologies. We will be joined by emergency medicine physician Scott VanEpps M.D., Ph.D who will help lead us in this discussion.

Though not required, please RSVP here so that we order enough food: https://umich.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c64208f3635399f1f8fa6df2c&id=3aeb74e9f7&e=1a21bb9afa

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 29 Jan 2018 16:20:47 -0500 2018-02-05T11:00:00-05:00 2018-02-05T12:00:00-05:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 10 Biomedical Engineering Lecture / Discussion Life-preserving technologies
Life-Preserving Technologies (February 5, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49031 49031-11364404@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 5, 2018 11:00am
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 10
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A lunchtime discussion with Scott VanEpps, M.D., Ph.D., on the ethical implications of our ever greater capacity to preserve life. Sponsored by the Biointerfaces Research Group (BIRG).

Come for free food, profound thoughts, open discussion.

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Lecture / Discussion Sun, 21 Jan 2018 15:25:27 -0500 2018-02-05T11:00:00-05:00 2018-02-05T12:00:00-05:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 10 The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Life-Preserving Technologies
ITiMS application due, March 1! (February 5, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386647@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 5, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

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

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

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

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

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

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-02-05T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-05T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
LRCCS Tuesday Lecture Series | Who is the 'Common' in the 'Common Good'? Public Health, Global Health, and the Bifurcation of Service and Governance in Urban China (February 6, 2018 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/48425 48425-11233235@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 11:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

In this talk, Dr. Mason will examine the reinvention of the Chinese public health system that took place following the SARS epidemic of 2003, and the implications of this transformation both for the health of China's population and for global health and public health systems more broadly.

Katherine A. Mason is a medical anthropologist who has conducted ethnographic fieldwork in China and the U.S. Her research addresses issues in medical anthropology, population health, global health, bioethics, China studies, reproductive health, and mental health. Her first book, "Infectious Change: Reinventing Chinese Public Health after an Epidemic," based on fieldwork she conducted in southeastern China on the professionalization and ethics of public health in China following the 2003 SARS epidemic, was published by Stanford University Press in 2016. She is currently working on a multi-sited ethnographic field project that examines family experiences of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders in the U.S. and China. She is also a core consultant on the AmeRicans’ Conceptions of Health Equity Study (ARCHES), funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Dr. Mason is affiliated with Brown's Population Studies and Training Center, and the Program in Science and Technology Studies, and she has served as an adviser in the Engaged Scholars Program. Her research has been funded by the Social Science Research Council, Wenner-Gren Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, U.S. Fulbright program, and Association for Asian Studies. She has previously held positions as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health and Society Scholar (2013-2015) and a Lecturer in the Health and Societies program at the University of Pennsylvania (2011-2013). She received her PhD in Social Anthropology from Harvard University in 2011.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 16 Jan 2018 14:05:44 -0500 2018-02-06T11:30:00-05:00 2018-02-06T12:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion Katherine Mason, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Brown University
ITiMS application due, March 1! (February 6, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386648@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

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

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

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

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

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

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-02-06T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-06T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
Bioethics Discussion: Prenatal Screening (February 6, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/43724 43724-9832712@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL)
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on early looks and tough decisions.

A few essays to consider:
"Prenatal diagnosis and selective abortion"
"Genetics and reproductive risk"
"Sex selection and preimplantation genetic diagnosis"

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

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 21 Nov 2017 10:24:20 -0500 2018-02-06T19:00:00-05:00 2018-02-06T20:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL) The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Prenatal screening
Quantifying the Self: Three Lectures on Human Instruments (February 7, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49030 49030-11364402@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 7, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A series of three lectures on the methods and consequences of measuring our biomedical conditions.

Topics include:
Jan 24 – "For the heart, life is simple" – Cardiovascular dynamics as measured by pressures, volumes, and flows

Feb 7 – "I sing the body electric" – Electrophysiology of the brain, the heart, the muscles, the eyes, and the gut

Mar 14 – "Health lies in action" – Next generation physiological monitoring: wearables, therables, and capturing physiology when and where it happens.

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Lecture / Discussion Sun, 21 Jan 2018 15:16:20 -0500 2018-02-07T13:30:00-05:00 2018-02-07T15:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Quantifying the Self
ITiMS application due, March 1! (February 7, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386649@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 7, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

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

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

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

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

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

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-02-07T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-07T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
ITiMS application due, March 1! (February 8, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386650@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 8, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

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

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

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

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

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

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-02-08T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-08T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
ITiMS application due, March 1! (February 9, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386651@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 9, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-02-12T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-12T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
LRCCS Tuesday Lecture Series | Between Blood and Sex: The Contradictory Impact of Transnational AIDS Institutions on State Repression in China, 1989-2013 (February 13, 2018 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/48657 48657-11265183@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 13, 2018 11:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

Do external interventions matter? Existing research has focused on the extent to which transnational efforts compel recalcitrant governments to reduce levels of domestic repression, but few have considered how such interventions might also provoke new forms of repression. Using a longitudinal study of repression against AIDS activism in China between 1989 and 2013, Professor Long will propose that transnational institutions’ provision of material resources and reshaping of organizational rules can transform a domestic repressive apparatus in specific policy areas. The intervention of transnational AIDS institutions in China not only constrained traditional violent coercion, but also generated new forms of “diplomatic repression” that inadvertently contributed to expanded mobilization for urban gay men but demobilization for others. She will conclude by discussing the implications of these findings for understanding authoritarian innovation and sustainability.

Yan Long is an Assistant Professor of International Studies and Sociology at Indiana University, Bloomington. She is a cultural and organizational sociologist interested in the evolution of technocratic governance as a transnational institutional model and its impact on existing forms of domination and resistance. Yan’s current book project, "Side Effects: The Transnational Doing and Undoing of AIDS Politics in China" (under contract, Oxford Studies in Culture and Politics), concerns the transformation of China’s infectious disease control driven by the conflict between transnational AIDS institutions, the state, and local activist groups. This book stems from her dissertation that won the 2014 ASA Dissertation Award. Yan was previously a postdoctoral fellow at the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society after obtaining her PhD in Sociology and Women’s Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 16 Jan 2018 14:06:10 -0500 2018-02-13T11:30:00-05:00 2018-02-13T12:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion Yan Long, Assistant Professor of International Studies and Sociology, Indiana University, Bloomington
ITiMS application due, March 1! (February 13, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386655@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 13, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-02-14T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-14T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
ITiMS application due, March 1! (February 15, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386657@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 15, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

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

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

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

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

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

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-02-15T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-15T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
A More Human Dwelling Place: Reimagining the Racialized Architecture of America (February 16, 2018 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/48424 48424-11233230@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 16, 2018 9:30am
Location: Hutchins Hall
Organized By: University of Michigan Law School

Presented by the Michigan Journal of Race & Law, "A More Human Dwelling Place: Reimagining the Racialized Architecture of America" is a symposium happening on February 16 and 17 at the University of Michigan Law School.

Over two days, we will examine five archetypal spaces in America: homes and neighborhoods, schools, courthouses, prisons, and borders. The symposium endeavors to consider the ways in which these spaces have become increasingly racialized, diagnose how that racialization impedes their basic functioning, and reimagine these spaces at their best, and our world as a more human dwelling place. James Baldwin gave us this name, embedded in his imperative “to illuminate that darkness, blaze roads through vast forests, so that we will not, in all our doing, lose sight of its purpose, which is, after all, to make the world a more human dwelling place.”

The symposium will bring together individuals working to better these spaces, hailing from many disciplines, including law, history, sociology, journalism, literature, architecture, urban planning, and visual art. Together, we hope to conceptualize forgotten or not yet dreamed of alternatives. Through discussions of projects already realized and ideas not yet concrete, we will collectively inch toward the world we wish to inhabit.

The symposium is free and open to the public. All are welcome.

Please register to attend at https://madeleine-jennings.squarespace.com/register/.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 09 Jan 2018 14:43:28 -0500 2018-02-16T09:30:00-05:00 2018-02-16T17:00:00-05:00 Hutchins Hall University of Michigan Law School Conference / Symposium Hutchins Hall
ITiMS application due, March 1! (February 16, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386658@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 16, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

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

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

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

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

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

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-02-16T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-16T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
A More Human Dwelling Place: Reimagining the Racialized Architecture of America (February 17, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/48424 48424-11233231@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 17, 2018 8:00am
Location: Hutchins Hall
Organized By: University of Michigan Law School

Presented by the Michigan Journal of Race & Law, "A More Human Dwelling Place: Reimagining the Racialized Architecture of America" is a symposium happening on February 16 and 17 at the University of Michigan Law School.

Over two days, we will examine five archetypal spaces in America: homes and neighborhoods, schools, courthouses, prisons, and borders. The symposium endeavors to consider the ways in which these spaces have become increasingly racialized, diagnose how that racialization impedes their basic functioning, and reimagine these spaces at their best, and our world as a more human dwelling place. James Baldwin gave us this name, embedded in his imperative “to illuminate that darkness, blaze roads through vast forests, so that we will not, in all our doing, lose sight of its purpose, which is, after all, to make the world a more human dwelling place.”

The symposium will bring together individuals working to better these spaces, hailing from many disciplines, including law, history, sociology, journalism, literature, architecture, urban planning, and visual art. Together, we hope to conceptualize forgotten or not yet dreamed of alternatives. Through discussions of projects already realized and ideas not yet concrete, we will collectively inch toward the world we wish to inhabit.

The symposium is free and open to the public. All are welcome.

Please register to attend at https://madeleine-jennings.squarespace.com/register/.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 09 Jan 2018 14:43:28 -0500 2018-02-17T08:00:00-05:00 2018-02-17T14:00:00-05:00 Hutchins Hall University of Michigan Law School Conference / Symposium Hutchins Hall
ITiMS application due, March 1! (February 17, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386659@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 17, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-02-18T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-18T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
CSAAW Group Meeting (February 19, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49865 49865-11555025@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 19, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

In this study, we investigate the role of network structure for voluntary cooperation on networks. Numerous public goods experiments have shown that many people contribute more to the public good than pure self-interest can easily explain. Correspondingly, there exists a large body of experimental evidence and behavioral explanations. As a natural extension, we deploy the standard linear public goods game in a network setting, where only connected neighbors on the network can contribute to and benefit from the same collection of public goods. In the proposed experiment, we utilize a series of locally tree-like regular graphs to examine if the network structure will affect learning and other-regarding preferences (social preferences). Building upon the various network structures in the experiment, we would like to employ structural models that characterize the patterns of local interactions and calibrate the empirical population distribution of such characteristics. Lastly, the experimental evidence will support the construction of ”Empirical agent-based models,” which we plan to use for ”out of sample prediction.” Based on our understanding of local interactions, we are now ready to explore the provision of public goods in networks with other typologies — be it of larger size or different characteristics.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 14 Feb 2018 17:18:58 -0500 2018-02-19T12:00:00-05:00 2018-02-19T13:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Workshop / Seminar Linfeng Li headshot
ITiMS application due, March 1! (February 19, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386661@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 19, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

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

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

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

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

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

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-02-19T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-19T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
LHS Collaboratory (February 20, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49578 49578-11476287@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 20, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

The U-M Department of Learning Health Sciences, the Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation and Office of Research welcome participants from across the university to the LHS Collaboratory: a hub for advancing interdisciplinary research and development of learning health systems at U-M.

Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/february-20-lhs-collaboratory-seminar-series-tickets-38768129519

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Feb 2018 07:56:14 -0500 2018-02-20T12:00:00-05:00 2018-02-20T13:30:00-05:00 Palmer Commons Department of Learning Health Sciences Lecture / Discussion
ITiMS application due, March 1! (February 20, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386662@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 20, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

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

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

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

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

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

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-02-20T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-20T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
Biomedical Research (February 21, 2018 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49924 49924-11577480@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 21, 2018 10:30am
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: U-M School of Dentistry

Lawrence A. Tabak, DDS, PhD, is the Principal Deputy Director of NIH and the Deputy Ethics Counselor of the agency. He will lead a policy discussion on "Opportunities in Biomedical Research: A View from NIH" in the Forum Hall at Palmer Commons from 10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. From 1 p.m.-2 p.m., in Kellogg Auditorium at the School of Dentistry, Tabak will be the Research Day keynote speaker on the topic, "Why the World is Sugar-Coated."

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 09 Feb 2018 13:07:13 -0500 2018-02-21T10:30:00-05:00 2018-02-21T11:30:00-05:00 Palmer Commons U-M School of Dentistry Lecture / Discussion Dr. Lawrence Tabak
Structural Racism and the Broken Academic Pipeline (February 21, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50101 50101-11642055@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 21, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Award-winning investigative reporter, Nikole Hannah-Jones will be speaking on structural racism, educational segregation, and racial inequities in educational opportunities in the US. Her keynote will be followed by a conversation and moderated discussion with both Nikole Hannah-Jones and Tabbye Chavous, Director of the National Center for Institutional Diversity and Professor of Education and Psychology at the University of Michigan. This event is generously sponsored by the University of Michigan Survey Research Center and organized by RacismLab.

Please email our organizing committee at racismlab@umich.edu with any questions.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 15 Feb 2018 09:45:37 -0500 2018-02-21T13:30:00-05:00 2018-02-21T16:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event Flyer
War, Medicine, and Cultural Diplomacy (February 21, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/48390 48390-11230554@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 21, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Department of History

Simone P. Kropf (Oswaldo Cruz Foundation/Fiocruz, Brazil)
Joel D. Howell (University of Michigan)

The United States and Brazil became close allies in World War II, not only in political, economic and military issues, but also in social and cultural ones, including science. Inter-American cultural diplomacy aimed to promote “hemispheric solidarity” against Nazism created channels through which scientific ideas and technologies could circulate. This talk is about one of those flows, between the University of Michigan Medical School and Brazilian physicians engaged in the study and treatment of heart disease. Frank Wilson was a pioneer in electrocardiography who trained many Latin Americans in his laboratory at the University of Michigan. In 1942, he made an extended wartime visit to Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo sponsored by the US Department of State as part of Roosevelt’s Good Neighbor Policy. The visit brought Wilson together with a group of physicians engaged in constructing the specialty of cardiology in Brazil. This initiative strengthened an academic network that would benefit both sides. While affiliation with the “Wilson school” advanced the cause of Brazilian cardiologists who sought to establish themselves as specialists, cooperation with those “neighbors from the South” and the identity as a scientific ambassador to Latin America benefited Wilson in his pursuit of international recognition for his ECG innovations. Wilson’s relationship to Brazilian cardiology illustrates close relations between science, technology and politics in a context of wartime cultural diplomacy, as well as the dynamics of the transnational circulation of scientific knowledge and practices.

This research was supported by the UM Brazil Initiative at the Center of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (LACS) (website: https://www.ii.umich.edu/lacs/brazil-initiative.html), the Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) and the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz, Brazil).

Simone P. Kropf holds a PhD in History from the Universidade Federal Fluminense, in Brazil, and is a professor in the Graduate Program of the History of Sciences and Health in Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, in Rio de Janeiro. She is currently pursuing a postdoctoral research visit at the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (LACS). She has written about the history of biomedical sciences in Brazil in the 20th century. She is currently doing research on the cultural and educational exchanges between the University of Michigan and Latin American countries between 1938 and 1945, in the context of the Pan-Americanism movement and the Good Neighbor Policy.

Joel D. Howell, MD, PhD is a faculty member in the Department of History and Internal Medicine, and is the Victor C. Vaughan Professor of History of Medicine at the University of Michigan. His primary research interest is in the use of medical technology in the 19th and 20th centuries.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 24 Jan 2018 14:34:40 -0500 2018-02-21T16:00:00-05:00 2018-02-21T17:30:00-05:00 Tisch Hall Department of History Lecture / Discussion Tisch Hall
ITiMS application due, March 1! (February 21, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386663@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 21, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

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

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

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

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

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

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-02-21T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-21T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
Film Screening | Before the Flood (February 21, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49441 49441-11456557@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 21, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Central Student Government Sustainability Commission

The CSG Sustainability Commission will be hosting a screening of the 2016 documentary Before the Flood, presented by National Geographic and narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio. The documentary explores issues surrounding climate change through conversations with scientists, activists, and world leaders. A brief panel discussion will follow the screening. Coffee and vegan desserts from the Cupcake Station will be provided!

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Film Screening Mon, 29 Jan 2018 18:42:03 -0500 2018-02-21T19:00:00-05:00 2018-02-21T21:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Central Student Government Sustainability Commission Film Screening Before the Flood movie poster
ITiMS application due, March 1! (February 22, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386664@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 22, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-02-27T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-27T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
Mixed Methods Research and Intervention Designs Workshop (February 28, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/48924 48924-11331167@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 28, 2018 8:00am
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 18
Organized By: U-M Department of Family Medicine

Are you interested in...
How mixed methods is used to develop interventions?
How mixed methods can identify the outcomes of interventions that are most meaningful to your patients, clients, students, and customers?
How mixed methods is used to evaluate interventions to both look at outcomes and hear the voices of your participants?

We will explore these topics and help you design your mixed methods grant, proposal, or study with direct feedback from MMP faculty including: John W. Creswell, PhD, Michael D. Fetters, MD, MPH, MA, Timothy C. Guetterman, PhD, Melissa DeJonckheere, PhD, Jane H. Forman, ScD, MHS & Arden M. Morris, MD, MPH.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
The workshop targets researchers, faculty, staff, and students motivated to design or working on a mixed methods research project using intervention design.

WHAT TO EXPECT:
Work on your mixed methods proposal, research study, or manuscript
Improve your project with rigorous methodology using an interactive format
Refine your project through group consultation with leading methodologists and group feedback

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 18 Jan 2018 12:58:48 -0500 2018-02-28T08:00:00-05:00 2018-02-28T17:00:00-05:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 18 U-M Department of Family Medicine Workshop / Seminar North Campus Research Complex Building 18
ITiMS application due, March 1! (February 28, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386670@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 28, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

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

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

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

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

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

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-02-28T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-28T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
Mixed Methods Research and Intervention Designs Workshop (March 1, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/48924 48924-11331168@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 1, 2018 8:00am
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 18
Organized By: U-M Department of Family Medicine

Are you interested in...
How mixed methods is used to develop interventions?
How mixed methods can identify the outcomes of interventions that are most meaningful to your patients, clients, students, and customers?
How mixed methods is used to evaluate interventions to both look at outcomes and hear the voices of your participants?

We will explore these topics and help you design your mixed methods grant, proposal, or study with direct feedback from MMP faculty including: John W. Creswell, PhD, Michael D. Fetters, MD, MPH, MA, Timothy C. Guetterman, PhD, Melissa DeJonckheere, PhD, Jane H. Forman, ScD, MHS & Arden M. Morris, MD, MPH.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
The workshop targets researchers, faculty, staff, and students motivated to design or working on a mixed methods research project using intervention design.

WHAT TO EXPECT:
Work on your mixed methods proposal, research study, or manuscript
Improve your project with rigorous methodology using an interactive format
Refine your project through group consultation with leading methodologists and group feedback

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 18 Jan 2018 12:58:48 -0500 2018-03-01T08:00:00-05:00 2018-03-01T17:00:00-05:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 18 U-M Department of Family Medicine Workshop / Seminar North Campus Research Complex Building 18
ITiMS application due, March 1! (March 1, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 49197-11386671@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 1, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)

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

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

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

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

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

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Other Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:20:06 -0500 2018-03-01T17:00:00-05:00 2018-03-01T18:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) Other Flyer
Mixed Methods Research and Intervention Designs Workshop (March 2, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/48924 48924-11331169@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 2, 2018 8:00am
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 18
Organized By: U-M Department of Family Medicine

Are you interested in...
How mixed methods is used to develop interventions?
How mixed methods can identify the outcomes of interventions that are most meaningful to your patients, clients, students, and customers?
How mixed methods is used to evaluate interventions to both look at outcomes and hear the voices of your participants?

We will explore these topics and help you design your mixed methods grant, proposal, or study with direct feedback from MMP faculty including: John W. Creswell, PhD, Michael D. Fetters, MD, MPH, MA, Timothy C. Guetterman, PhD, Melissa DeJonckheere, PhD, Jane H. Forman, ScD, MHS & Arden M. Morris, MD, MPH.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
The workshop targets researchers, faculty, staff, and students motivated to design or working on a mixed methods research project using intervention design.

WHAT TO EXPECT:
Work on your mixed methods proposal, research study, or manuscript
Improve your project with rigorous methodology using an interactive format
Refine your project through group consultation with leading methodologists and group feedback

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 18 Jan 2018 12:58:48 -0500 2018-03-02T08:00:00-05:00 2018-03-02T17:00:00-05:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 18 U-M Department of Family Medicine Workshop / Seminar North Campus Research Complex Building 18
Bioethics Discussion: LGBTQ Health (March 6, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/43726 43726-9832714@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 6, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL)
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion including inclusion and finding ourselves.

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

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

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 21 Nov 2017 10:25:36 -0500 2018-03-06T19:00:00-05:00 2018-03-06T20:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL) The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion LGBTQ health
A Systems Approach to Tackling Cardiovascular Non-Communicable Diseases in Western Kenya (March 7, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50357 50357-11721663@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 7, 2018 12:00pm
Location: School of Nursing
Organized By: School of Nursing

Dr. Bloomfield's research interests are in the epidemiology of heart failure and cardiovascular risk factors in sub-Saharan Africa. He has led studies of heart failure epidemiology, cardiovascular effects of indoor air pollution, genetic associations with cardiovascular disease and cardiovascular risk factors among HIV+ patients at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute’s Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Disease Center of Excellence at Moi University in Eldoret, Kenya.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 22 Feb 2018 09:13:27 -0500 2018-03-07T12:00:00-05:00 2018-03-07T13:00:00-05:00 School of Nursing School of Nursing Lecture / Discussion School of Nursing
Compassionate Healthcare and Leadership with Intelligent Kindness: Raising Awareness of Mental Health in Global Settings (March 7, 2018 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50420 50420-11736253@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 7, 2018 2:30pm
Location: School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower
Organized By: Office of Global Public Health

Join us for a free screening of multi-award winning feature film BRIDGE and panel discussion with filmmaker, Dr. Amit Biswas.

March 7th, Room 1690 SPH I
2:30 pm Introduction of filmmaker and screening of film excerpt
3:30 pm A discussion with Dr. Amit Biswas
4:00 pm Q&A with Dr. Amit Biswas

March 8th, Room 1755 SPH I
5:30 pm Introduction of filmmaker and full screening of BRIDGE
7:20 pm Q&A with Dr. Amit Biswas
*free popcorn with film screening*

BRIDGE (NR, 125 min), is the life-affirming story of the chance meeting of two suicidal strangers on a bridge over the Ganges, both experiencing immense emotional distress. Their meeting initially brings great challenges but eventually, 'healing' and wholeness to both lives.

Dr. Amit Biswas, a UK-based neuro-psychiatrist who specializes in mental health issues in South Asia, has been working to raise awareness about mental health related diseases globally. Amit is also a filmmaker, and has recently made BRIDGE, an award-winning film that deals with these issues. Dr. Biswas hopes to foster dialogue for mental health research and awareness, compassionate healthcare, leadership, and the importance of intelligent kindness in dealing with such issues.

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Film Screening Fri, 23 Feb 2018 15:23:55 -0500 2018-03-07T14:30:00-05:00 2018-03-07T17:00:00-05:00 School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower Office of Global Public Health Film Screening BRIDGE film
The Opiod Epidemic (March 8, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/44935 44935-10012467@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 8, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Retirees Association (UMRA)

The opiod epidemic has received much publicity in the past year. Ms. Waller has been intimately involved with this epidemic on the local, state and national level. She will speak about the past, present and future and what is being done to curb and control this epidemic.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 22 Sep 2017 11:58:12 -0400 2018-03-08T14:00:00-05:00 2018-03-08T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Retirees Association (UMRA) Lecture / Discussion
Canceled - Early Life Adversity, Biological Adaptation, and Human Capital (March 8, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49983 49983-11611144@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 8, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Economic Development Seminar

This Economic Development Seminar is CANCELED.

Please stay tuned for more information about next week's seminar featuring PAUL NIEHAUS from UC San Diego.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 08 Mar 2018 08:16:01 -0500 2018-03-08T16:00:00-05:00 2018-03-08T17:30:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Economic Development Seminar Workshop / Seminar
Compassionate Healthcare and Leadership with Intelligent Kindness: Raising Awareness of Mental Health in Global Settings (March 8, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50420 50420-11736254@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 8, 2018 5:30pm
Location: School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower
Organized By: Office of Global Public Health

Join us for a free screening of multi-award winning feature film BRIDGE and panel discussion with filmmaker, Dr. Amit Biswas.

March 7th, Room 1690 SPH I
2:30 pm Introduction of filmmaker and screening of film excerpt
3:30 pm A discussion with Dr. Amit Biswas
4:00 pm Q&A with Dr. Amit Biswas

March 8th, Room 1755 SPH I
5:30 pm Introduction of filmmaker and full screening of BRIDGE
7:20 pm Q&A with Dr. Amit Biswas
*free popcorn with film screening*

BRIDGE (NR, 125 min), is the life-affirming story of the chance meeting of two suicidal strangers on a bridge over the Ganges, both experiencing immense emotional distress. Their meeting initially brings great challenges but eventually, 'healing' and wholeness to both lives.

Dr. Amit Biswas, a UK-based neuro-psychiatrist who specializes in mental health issues in South Asia, has been working to raise awareness about mental health related diseases globally. Amit is also a filmmaker, and has recently made BRIDGE, an award-winning film that deals with these issues. Dr. Biswas hopes to foster dialogue for mental health research and awareness, compassionate healthcare, leadership, and the importance of intelligent kindness in dealing with such issues.

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Film Screening Fri, 23 Feb 2018 15:23:55 -0500 2018-03-08T17:30:00-05:00 2018-03-08T20:00:00-05:00 School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower Office of Global Public Health Film Screening BRIDGE film
Microbiome & Population Health: challenges & opportunities (March 9, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49192 49192-11386629@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 9, 2018 9:00am
Location: Public Health I (Vaughan Building)
Organized By: MAC-EPID

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

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

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

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 23 Jan 2018 16:00:19 -0500 2018-03-09T09:00:00-05:00 2018-03-09T15:00:00-05:00 Public Health I (Vaughan Building) MAC-EPID Conference / Symposium Flyer
Teach Out Series: Sleep Deprivation: Habits, Solutions, and Strategies (March 12, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/45202 45202-11484670@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 12, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

Sleep deprivation is a silent epidemic. Since the invention of the light bulb, we have obtained less sleep than our ancestors, prioritizing work, school, socializing, sports, screen time – just about everything – over sleep. Sleep is viewed as compressible, something that can be made up at any time, but rarely is. Most believe this poses little risk. Unfortunately, they could not be more wrong.

The truth is, an adequate amount of good-quality sleep is critical to good health. Lack of sleep leads to deadly crashes, reduces productivity, and harms quality of life. Insufficient or disordered sleep can increase risk for ADHD, depression, heart attack, stroke, arrhythmia, heart failure, and early death.

This Teach-Out can be your first step in doing something about sleep deprivation. Learn how sleep works, why it is important, and what bad sleep habits are. Hear solutions you can start tonight to sleep better for the rest of your life. Understand strategies to help family and friends improve their sleep. Learn to advocate for the sleep health of your community. This Teach-Out is intended to connect learners worldwide to the University of Michigan in conversation around sleep deprivation.

A Teach-Out is:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:25:15 -0500 2018-03-12T00:00:00-04:00 2018-03-12T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach Out Series
VegWeek 2018 at the University of Michigan (March 12, 2018 6:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50525 50525-11791013@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 12, 2018 6:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Well-being Sun, 11 Mar 2018 20:03:40 -0400 2018-03-12T06:00:00-04:00 2018-03-12T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP) Well-being VegWeek 2018
Clinical Trials (March 12, 2018 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50800 50800-11870497@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 12, 2018 12:30pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 10
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

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

Come for free food, profound thoughts, open discussion.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 07 Mar 2018 11:48:58 -0500 2018-03-12T12:30:00-04:00 2018-03-12T13:30:00-04:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 10 The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Clinical trials
Teach Out Series: Sleep Deprivation: Habits, Solutions, and Strategies (March 13, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/45202 45202-11484671@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 13, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

Sleep deprivation is a silent epidemic. Since the invention of the light bulb, we have obtained less sleep than our ancestors, prioritizing work, school, socializing, sports, screen time – just about everything – over sleep. Sleep is viewed as compressible, something that can be made up at any time, but rarely is. Most believe this poses little risk. Unfortunately, they could not be more wrong.

The truth is, an adequate amount of good-quality sleep is critical to good health. Lack of sleep leads to deadly crashes, reduces productivity, and harms quality of life. Insufficient or disordered sleep can increase risk for ADHD, depression, heart attack, stroke, arrhythmia, heart failure, and early death.

This Teach-Out can be your first step in doing something about sleep deprivation. Learn how sleep works, why it is important, and what bad sleep habits are. Hear solutions you can start tonight to sleep better for the rest of your life. Understand strategies to help family and friends improve their sleep. Learn to advocate for the sleep health of your community. This Teach-Out is intended to connect learners worldwide to the University of Michigan in conversation around sleep deprivation.

A Teach-Out is:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:25:15 -0500 2018-03-13T00:00:00-04:00 2018-03-13T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach Out Series
Depression on College Campuses Conference Opening Keynote Address: How Can Digital Technologies Help Us? (March 13, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50290 50290-11701597@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 13, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Eisenberg Family Depression Center

Please join the U-M Depression Center on Tuesday, March 13 from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. for the Depression on College Campuses conference opening keynote lecture. This lecture will coincide with the annual John F. Greden Scholar in Residence Lecture which honors Dr. John Greden, the former chair of the U-M Department of Psychiatry and the current executive director of the U-M Depression Center. This talk will be given by Dr. Tom Insel, former director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Dr. Insel is now co-Founder and president of Mindstrong Health, which was founded to solve a hard and meaningful problem: how to measure neurocognitive function unobtrusively, continuously, and remotely to help cure neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders. Dr. Insel’s talk is titled, “How Can Digital Technologies Help Us?”

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 20 Feb 2018 15:14:34 -0500 2018-03-13T13:00:00-04:00 2018-03-13T14:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Eisenberg Family Depression Center Conference / Symposium Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
The 17th Annual Horace W. Davenport Lecture in the Medical Humanities presents... (March 13, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50842 50842-11881901@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 13, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Hutchins Hall
Organized By: Center for the History of Medicine

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

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

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 08 Mar 2018 12:06:31 -0500 2018-03-13T15:00:00-04:00 2018-03-13T17:00:00-04:00 Hutchins Hall Center for the History of Medicine Lecture / Discussion Hutchins Hall
VegWeek 2018 at the University of Michigan (March 13, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50525 50525-11791010@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 13, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Dana Natural Resources Building
Organized By: University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Well-being Sun, 11 Mar 2018 20:03:40 -0400 2018-03-13T19:00:00-04:00 2018-03-13T20:30:00-04:00 Dana Natural Resources Building University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP) Well-being VegWeek 2018
Teach Out Series: Sleep Deprivation: Habits, Solutions, and Strategies (March 14, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/45202 45202-11484672@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

Sleep deprivation is a silent epidemic. Since the invention of the light bulb, we have obtained less sleep than our ancestors, prioritizing work, school, socializing, sports, screen time – just about everything – over sleep. Sleep is viewed as compressible, something that can be made up at any time, but rarely is. Most believe this poses little risk. Unfortunately, they could not be more wrong.

The truth is, an adequate amount of good-quality sleep is critical to good health. Lack of sleep leads to deadly crashes, reduces productivity, and harms quality of life. Insufficient or disordered sleep can increase risk for ADHD, depression, heart attack, stroke, arrhythmia, heart failure, and early death.

This Teach-Out can be your first step in doing something about sleep deprivation. Learn how sleep works, why it is important, and what bad sleep habits are. Hear solutions you can start tonight to sleep better for the rest of your life. Understand strategies to help family and friends improve their sleep. Learn to advocate for the sleep health of your community. This Teach-Out is intended to connect learners worldwide to the University of Michigan in conversation around sleep deprivation.

A Teach-Out is:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:25:15 -0500 2018-03-14T00:00:00-04:00 2018-03-14T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach Out Series
Quantifying the Self: Three Lectures on Human Instruments (March 14, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49030 49030-11364403@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A series of three lectures on the methods and consequences of measuring our biomedical conditions.

Topics include:
Jan 24 – "For the heart, life is simple" – Cardiovascular dynamics as measured by pressures, volumes, and flows

Feb 7 – "I sing the body electric" – Electrophysiology of the brain, the heart, the muscles, the eyes, and the gut

Mar 14 – "Health lies in action" – Next generation physiological monitoring: wearables, therables, and capturing physiology when and where it happens.

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Lecture / Discussion Sun, 21 Jan 2018 15:16:20 -0500 2018-03-14T13:30:00-04:00 2018-03-14T15:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Quantifying the Self
The Google of Healthcare: Making Big Data Work for—As Opposed to Against—Our Patients’ Best Interest (March 14, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49456 49456-11462133@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Emergent Research Group

Our data are collected at every turn: where we drive, who we email, what we google, what we buy. Perhaps a last bastion of expected privacy protections surrounds our health data—but while some systems (like healthcare providers) have stringent governance, others (like wellness apps) do not. Ready access and linkage of medical information can help us provide better care to our patients, but it can also serve to harm, alienate, and erode trust. This talk will explore how health data are currently being collected and by who, as well as ways we can both serve and protect our patients in the future.

Kayte Spector-Bagdady, JD, MBE, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Michigan Medical School and the Service Chief of the Research Ethics Service in the Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine (CBSSM). She is a former drug and device attorney and Associate Director of President Obama’s Presidential Commission for the study of Bioethical Issues.

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Presentation Tue, 30 Jan 2018 09:37:05 -0500 2018-03-14T14:00:00-04:00 2018-03-14T15:30:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Emergent Research Group Presentation Hatcher Graduate Library
Depression on College Campuses Conference Closing Keynote Address: Strategic Engagements: UCLA Depression Grand Challenge & Resilience Peer Network (March 14, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50344 50344-11713030@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Eisenberg Family Depression Center

In the past decade, UCLA has developed a network of services to support student wellness across an array of domains extending far beyond health and mental health. Despite these efforts, the steady rise in mental health service demands has continued to exert pressure on CAPS services leading to reduced appointment availability and lengthy wait-times for students needing less than crisis or emergent care. The UCLA Depression Grand Challenge is partnered with Campus & Student Resilience to train and engage students in a Resilience Peer Network to support the delivery of a robust evidence based internet cognitive behavioral therapy to students screened for mild to moderate depression and anxiety. This talk provides a preliminary overview of our findings, and describes our successes in bringing a scalable screening, early intervention, treatment, and resilience-building program embedded in research to our students.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 21 Feb 2018 15:38:39 -0500 2018-03-14T15:00:00-04:00 2018-03-14T16:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Eisenberg Family Depression Center Conference / Symposium Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
VegWeek (Mar 14): Forks Over Knives Movie Screening & Q&A with Marc Ramirez (March 14, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50551 50551-11796692@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Dana Building
Organized By: University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP)

This event is part of VegWeek, a series of talks on the health, environmental, and ethical benefit of a plant-based diet. This screening is in partnership with UM Sustainable Food Program's Movie Series, which highlights an array of sustainable food topics.

The event will be accompanied with catering from Jerusalem garden!

Forks Over Knives empowers people to live healthier lives by changing the way the world understands nutrition. As science has shown, chronic conditions like heart disease and type 2 diabetes can be prevented, halted, and often reversed by making one change that requires no prescription and is accessible to all: leaving animal-based and highly refined foods off the plate and adopting a whole-food, plant-based diet instead.

The documentary will be accompanied by a Q&A with Marc Ramirez, a former UM Football Player whose life was drastically changed after watching the film. Through the power of food, Marc reversed his type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, erectile dysfunction, psoriasis, frequent heartburn, and lost 70 pounds.

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Well-being Sun, 11 Mar 2018 20:06:02 -0400 2018-03-14T19:00:00-04:00 2018-03-14T21:00:00-04:00 Dana Building University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP) Well-being VegWeek 2018
VegWeek 2018 at the University of Michigan (March 14, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50525 50525-11791012@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Dana Building
Organized By: University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Well-being Sun, 11 Mar 2018 20:03:40 -0400 2018-03-14T19:00:00-04:00 2018-03-14T21:00:00-04:00 Dana Building University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP) Well-being VegWeek 2018
Teach Out Series: Sleep Deprivation: Habits, Solutions, and Strategies (March 15, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/45202 45202-11484673@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 15, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

Sleep deprivation is a silent epidemic. Since the invention of the light bulb, we have obtained less sleep than our ancestors, prioritizing work, school, socializing, sports, screen time – just about everything – over sleep. Sleep is viewed as compressible, something that can be made up at any time, but rarely is. Most believe this poses little risk. Unfortunately, they could not be more wrong.

The truth is, an adequate amount of good-quality sleep is critical to good health. Lack of sleep leads to deadly crashes, reduces productivity, and harms quality of life. Insufficient or disordered sleep can increase risk for ADHD, depression, heart attack, stroke, arrhythmia, heart failure, and early death.

This Teach-Out can be your first step in doing something about sleep deprivation. Learn how sleep works, why it is important, and what bad sleep habits are. Hear solutions you can start tonight to sleep better for the rest of your life. Understand strategies to help family and friends improve their sleep. Learn to advocate for the sleep health of your community. This Teach-Out is intended to connect learners worldwide to the University of Michigan in conversation around sleep deprivation.

A Teach-Out is:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:25:15 -0500 2018-03-15T00:00:00-04:00 2018-03-15T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach Out Series
ASC 10th Anniversary Symposium. ASC: The First Decade and Beyond (March 15, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/48668 48668-11265196@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 15, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: African Studies Center

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 12 Mar 2018 22:30:45 -0400 2018-03-15T14:00:00-04:00 2018-03-15T19:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) African Studies Center Conference / Symposium asc10-image
Brazil Initiative Lecture. Dr. Celina Turchi on the Zika Crisis in Brazil: A Case Study of Interdisciplinary Approaches to Public Health (March 15, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50249 50249-11690345@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 15, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

In 2015, a mysterious increase in the incidence of microcephaly in northeast Brazil alarmed health authorities, physicians, scientists, and the public. The spike in the number of mothers who gave birth to babies with this profound neonatal malformation was mostly concentrated in the poorest areas of the country. Responding to a request from the Ministry of Health, Celina Turchi, a physician and epidemiologist at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), the leading institution of biomedical sciences and public health in Brazil, immediately organized a collaborative network of epidemiologists, infectious diseases specialists, clinicians, reproductive healthcare practitioners, pediatricians, neurologists and biologists to identify the causes of the epidemic. These studies established the connections between microcephaly and infection by the Zika virus, a virus transmitted by the Aedes genus, mainly Aedes aegypti, and passed from a pregnant woman to her fetus. In 2016, the World Health Organization declared the Zika virus to be the cause of a global public health emergency.

The response Turchi led to the Zika crisis offers a model of how collaborative groups of scientists and interdisciplinary research can meet the needs of the population, especially the most vulnerable, in societies stratified by social and economic inequality. Her leadership has been internationally recognized. In 2016, she was considered by Nature International Weekly Journal of Science as one of the ten most important scientists in the world; and in 2017, Time magazine listed Turchi a pioneer in her field and one of the world's 100 Most Influential People.

In her talk at the University of Michigan, Turchi will discuss her experience in addressing the Zika crisis, including her ongoing work with the interdisciplinary Microcephaly Epidemics Research Group.

For more information or to contact Dr. Turchi, please email Elizabeth (Bebete) Martins at bmartins@umich.edu

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Mar 2018 17:51:29 -0500 2018-03-15T16:00:00-04:00 2018-03-15T18:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Lecture / Discussion celina_image
Economic Development Seminar: Authentication and Targeted Transfers: Experimental Evidence from India. (March 15, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50481 50481-11779664@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 15, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Department of Economics

In developing countries, the state often has limited capacity to effectively target transfers. We examine the effects of enhanced authentication technology on the de facto performance of India’s largest targeted transfer scheme, the Public Distribution System. We conduct an experiment at scale with the state government of Jharkhand, randomizing the rollout of biometric authentication in large units and within a representative sample. In contrast with press coverage, we find that this reform did not significantly or substantially reduce legitimate beneficiaries access’ to benefits on average, though it did raise transaction costs slightly. In (instructive) contrast with our own work elsewhere, however, we also find little evidence that better authentication reduced leakage.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 27 Feb 2018 09:31:36 -0500 2018-03-15T16:00:00-04:00 2018-03-15T17:30:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Economics
VegWeek 2018 at the University of Michigan (March 15, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50525 50525-11791014@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 15, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Dana Building
Organized By: University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Well-being Sun, 11 Mar 2018 20:03:40 -0400 2018-03-15T19:00:00-04:00 2018-03-15T20:30:00-04:00 Dana Building University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP) Well-being VegWeek 2018
Teach Out Series: Sleep Deprivation: Habits, Solutions, and Strategies (March 16, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/45202 45202-11484674@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 16, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

Sleep deprivation is a silent epidemic. Since the invention of the light bulb, we have obtained less sleep than our ancestors, prioritizing work, school, socializing, sports, screen time – just about everything – over sleep. Sleep is viewed as compressible, something that can be made up at any time, but rarely is. Most believe this poses little risk. Unfortunately, they could not be more wrong.

The truth is, an adequate amount of good-quality sleep is critical to good health. Lack of sleep leads to deadly crashes, reduces productivity, and harms quality of life. Insufficient or disordered sleep can increase risk for ADHD, depression, heart attack, stroke, arrhythmia, heart failure, and early death.

This Teach-Out can be your first step in doing something about sleep deprivation. Learn how sleep works, why it is important, and what bad sleep habits are. Hear solutions you can start tonight to sleep better for the rest of your life. Understand strategies to help family and friends improve their sleep. Learn to advocate for the sleep health of your community. This Teach-Out is intended to connect learners worldwide to the University of Michigan in conversation around sleep deprivation.

A Teach-Out is:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:25:15 -0500 2018-03-16T00:00:00-04:00 2018-03-16T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach Out Series
Michigan India Conference (March 16, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49512 49512-11490348@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 16, 2018 9:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan Ross Global Initiatives

Michigan India Conference helps to highlight Indian success in business, healthcare, consulting, and many other fields, and where there growth will lead them in the future!

https://www.umichindiausinitiative.com/

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 01 Feb 2018 19:08:29 -0500 2018-03-16T09:00:00-04:00 2018-03-16T20:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Michigan Ross Global Initiatives Conference / Symposium Michigan India Conference 2018 Flyer
ASC 10th Anniversary Symposium. ASC: The First Decade and Beyond (March 16, 2018 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/48668 48668-11265197@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 16, 2018 9:30am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: African Studies Center

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 12 Mar 2018 22:30:45 -0400 2018-03-16T09:30:00-04:00 2018-03-16T18:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) African Studies Center Conference / Symposium asc10-image
Building Capacity for Women’s Health: Peer Reviewer Training (March 16, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49683 49683-11495913@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 16, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

- Registration for this training is now closed -

Are you a U-M graduate student in a health-related field? Do you want to support faculty and researchers in low-income countries who work in women’s health?

Apply to become a peer reviewer for Dr. Ella August’s “Building Capacity for Women’s Health” program. You’ll receive training on how to be an effective peer reviewer for manuscripts targeted for scientific journals. After your training, you’ll provide follow-up writing support to faculty and researchers in low-income countries who have undergone initial training on scientific writing and publishing.

Requirements to participate in the training:
- You must be a doctoral level student or MPH student in public health or other related discipline
- You must have some scientific writing experience

Requirements to become a peer reviewer for Building Capacity for Women’s Health:
- You must attend a short orientation and a separate one-day training session
- You must agree to review at least one scientific manuscript after you complete training
- You must agree to protect confidentiality of the material that you review

2-Day Training Session:
Friday, March 16 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Friday, March 23 10:00am - 3:00pm

Apply online at tinyurl.com/umich-qualtrics

Graduate student peer reviewers will be paid a small stipend for participating. Lunch provided on 3/23. For more information, contact Ella August at eaugust@umich.edu.

Workshop Instructor:
Ella August, PhD is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Michigan. Dr. August has nearly two decades of experience in research, and has been teaching scientific writing for over a decade. She specializes in helping STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) faculty, scientists and students to effectively and persuasively communicate scientific ideas. Her teaching approach encourages writers to reflect on the connection between their discipline’s values and modes of communication, and to consider how these forces shape writing in their field. She teaches publication, writing and critical thinking courses and workshops internationally and domestically.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 12 Mar 2018 12:55:48 -0400 2018-03-16T15:00:00-04:00 2018-03-16T16:30:00-04:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Workshop / Seminar globe with abstract medical symbols
VegWeek (Mar 16): Eating for World Peace + Free Sustainable Dinner (Dr. Will Tuttle) (March 16, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50566 50566-11802358@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 16, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Dana Building
Organized By: University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Well-being Sun, 11 Mar 2018 20:03:40 -0400 2018-03-16T17:00:00-04:00 2018-03-16T19:30:00-04:00 Dana Building University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP) Well-being VegWeek 2018
Teach Out Series: Sleep Deprivation: Habits, Solutions, and Strategies (March 17, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/45202 45202-11484675@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 17, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

Sleep deprivation is a silent epidemic. Since the invention of the light bulb, we have obtained less sleep than our ancestors, prioritizing work, school, socializing, sports, screen time – just about everything – over sleep. Sleep is viewed as compressible, something that can be made up at any time, but rarely is. Most believe this poses little risk. Unfortunately, they could not be more wrong.

The truth is, an adequate amount of good-quality sleep is critical to good health. Lack of sleep leads to deadly crashes, reduces productivity, and harms quality of life. Insufficient or disordered sleep can increase risk for ADHD, depression, heart attack, stroke, arrhythmia, heart failure, and early death.

This Teach-Out can be your first step in doing something about sleep deprivation. Learn how sleep works, why it is important, and what bad sleep habits are. Hear solutions you can start tonight to sleep better for the rest of your life. Understand strategies to help family and friends improve their sleep. Learn to advocate for the sleep health of your community. This Teach-Out is intended to connect learners worldwide to the University of Michigan in conversation around sleep deprivation.

A Teach-Out is:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:25:15 -0500 2018-03-17T00:00:00-04:00 2018-03-17T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach Out Series
ASC 10th Anniversary Symposium. ASC: The First Decade and Beyond (March 17, 2018 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/48668 48668-11265198@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 17, 2018 9:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: African Studies Center

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 12 Mar 2018 22:30:45 -0400 2018-03-17T09:30:00-04:00 2018-03-17T20:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall African Studies Center Conference / Symposium asc10-image
Teach Out Series: Sleep Deprivation: Habits, Solutions, and Strategies (March 18, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/45202 45202-11484676@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 18, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

Sleep deprivation is a silent epidemic. Since the invention of the light bulb, we have obtained less sleep than our ancestors, prioritizing work, school, socializing, sports, screen time – just about everything – over sleep. Sleep is viewed as compressible, something that can be made up at any time, but rarely is. Most believe this poses little risk. Unfortunately, they could not be more wrong.

The truth is, an adequate amount of good-quality sleep is critical to good health. Lack of sleep leads to deadly crashes, reduces productivity, and harms quality of life. Insufficient or disordered sleep can increase risk for ADHD, depression, heart attack, stroke, arrhythmia, heart failure, and early death.

This Teach-Out can be your first step in doing something about sleep deprivation. Learn how sleep works, why it is important, and what bad sleep habits are. Hear solutions you can start tonight to sleep better for the rest of your life. Understand strategies to help family and friends improve their sleep. Learn to advocate for the sleep health of your community. This Teach-Out is intended to connect learners worldwide to the University of Michigan in conversation around sleep deprivation.

A Teach-Out is:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:25:15 -0500 2018-03-18T00:00:00-04:00 2018-03-18T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach Out Series
Teach Out Series: Sleep Deprivation: Habits, Solutions, and Strategies (March 19, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/45202 45202-11484677@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 19, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

Sleep deprivation is a silent epidemic. Since the invention of the light bulb, we have obtained less sleep than our ancestors, prioritizing work, school, socializing, sports, screen time – just about everything – over sleep. Sleep is viewed as compressible, something that can be made up at any time, but rarely is. Most believe this poses little risk. Unfortunately, they could not be more wrong.

The truth is, an adequate amount of good-quality sleep is critical to good health. Lack of sleep leads to deadly crashes, reduces productivity, and harms quality of life. Insufficient or disordered sleep can increase risk for ADHD, depression, heart attack, stroke, arrhythmia, heart failure, and early death.

This Teach-Out can be your first step in doing something about sleep deprivation. Learn how sleep works, why it is important, and what bad sleep habits are. Hear solutions you can start tonight to sleep better for the rest of your life. Understand strategies to help family and friends improve their sleep. Learn to advocate for the sleep health of your community. This Teach-Out is intended to connect learners worldwide to the University of Michigan in conversation around sleep deprivation.

A Teach-Out is:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:25:15 -0500 2018-03-19T00:00:00-04:00 2018-03-19T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach Out Series
Teach Out Series: Sleep Deprivation: Habits, Solutions, and Strategies (March 20, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/45202 45202-11484678@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 20, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

Sleep deprivation is a silent epidemic. Since the invention of the light bulb, we have obtained less sleep than our ancestors, prioritizing work, school, socializing, sports, screen time – just about everything – over sleep. Sleep is viewed as compressible, something that can be made up at any time, but rarely is. Most believe this poses little risk. Unfortunately, they could not be more wrong.

The truth is, an adequate amount of good-quality sleep is critical to good health. Lack of sleep leads to deadly crashes, reduces productivity, and harms quality of life. Insufficient or disordered sleep can increase risk for ADHD, depression, heart attack, stroke, arrhythmia, heart failure, and early death.

This Teach-Out can be your first step in doing something about sleep deprivation. Learn how sleep works, why it is important, and what bad sleep habits are. Hear solutions you can start tonight to sleep better for the rest of your life. Understand strategies to help family and friends improve their sleep. Learn to advocate for the sleep health of your community. This Teach-Out is intended to connect learners worldwide to the University of Michigan in conversation around sleep deprivation.

A Teach-Out is:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:25:15 -0500 2018-03-20T00:00:00-04:00 2018-03-20T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach Out Series
LHS Collaboratory (March 20, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49579 49579-11476288@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 20, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

The U-M Department of Learning Health Sciences, the Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation and Office of Research welcome participants from across the university to the LHS Collaboratory: a hub for advancing interdisciplinary research and development of learning health systems at U-M.

Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/march-20-lhs-collaboratory-seminar-series-tickets-38768264924

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Feb 2018 07:55:46 -0500 2018-03-20T12:00:00-04:00 2018-03-20T13:30:00-04:00 Michigan League Department of Learning Health Sciences Lecture / Discussion
Bioethics Discussion: Vaccination (March 20, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/43727 43727-9832715@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 20, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL)
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on public health and individual choice.

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

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

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 21 Nov 2017 10:26:12 -0500 2018-03-20T19:00:00-04:00 2018-03-20T20:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL) The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Vaccination
Teach Out Series: Sleep Deprivation: Habits, Solutions, and Strategies (March 21, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/45202 45202-11484679@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 21, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

Sleep deprivation is a silent epidemic. Since the invention of the light bulb, we have obtained less sleep than our ancestors, prioritizing work, school, socializing, sports, screen time – just about everything – over sleep. Sleep is viewed as compressible, something that can be made up at any time, but rarely is. Most believe this poses little risk. Unfortunately, they could not be more wrong.

The truth is, an adequate amount of good-quality sleep is critical to good health. Lack of sleep leads to deadly crashes, reduces productivity, and harms quality of life. Insufficient or disordered sleep can increase risk for ADHD, depression, heart attack, stroke, arrhythmia, heart failure, and early death.

This Teach-Out can be your first step in doing something about sleep deprivation. Learn how sleep works, why it is important, and what bad sleep habits are. Hear solutions you can start tonight to sleep better for the rest of your life. Understand strategies to help family and friends improve their sleep. Learn to advocate for the sleep health of your community. This Teach-Out is intended to connect learners worldwide to the University of Michigan in conversation around sleep deprivation.

A Teach-Out is:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:25:15 -0500 2018-03-21T00:00:00-04:00 2018-03-21T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach Out Series
Teach Out Series: Sleep Deprivation: Habits, Solutions, and Strategies (March 22, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/45202 45202-11484680@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 22, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

Sleep deprivation is a silent epidemic. Since the invention of the light bulb, we have obtained less sleep than our ancestors, prioritizing work, school, socializing, sports, screen time – just about everything – over sleep. Sleep is viewed as compressible, something that can be made up at any time, but rarely is. Most believe this poses little risk. Unfortunately, they could not be more wrong.

The truth is, an adequate amount of good-quality sleep is critical to good health. Lack of sleep leads to deadly crashes, reduces productivity, and harms quality of life. Insufficient or disordered sleep can increase risk for ADHD, depression, heart attack, stroke, arrhythmia, heart failure, and early death.

This Teach-Out can be your first step in doing something about sleep deprivation. Learn how sleep works, why it is important, and what bad sleep habits are. Hear solutions you can start tonight to sleep better for the rest of your life. Understand strategies to help family and friends improve their sleep. Learn to advocate for the sleep health of your community. This Teach-Out is intended to connect learners worldwide to the University of Michigan in conversation around sleep deprivation.

A Teach-Out is:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:25:15 -0500 2018-03-22T00:00:00-04:00 2018-03-22T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach Out Series
Better Health Through Better Partnerships (March 22, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50644 50644-11841981@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 22, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation

Fourth Annual Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation Director's Lecture

Livestreaming available.

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Lecture / Discussion Sun, 04 Mar 2018 20:38:48 -0500 2018-03-22T14:00:00-04:00 2018-03-22T15:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Economic Development Seminar: How does the efficiency of skilled labor vary across rich and poor countries? An analysis using industry and trade data (March 22, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50482 50482-11779665@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 22, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Department of Economics

This paper estimates the relative efficiency of skilled and unskilled workers across countries using a new method that relies on disaggregated industry and trade data. I document that the share of exports in skill-intensive industries rises sharply with income levels. Interpreted through the lens of a gravity model, this pattern suggests that rich countries have low relative unit production costs in skill-intensive industries. For standard trade elasticities, the implied differences in the effective costs of skilled labor services across countries cannot be rationalized by differences in the skilled wage premia, which leads me to infer that skilled labor is relatively efficient in rich countries compared to in poor countries. Integrating these findings into a development accounting exercise for the manufacturing sector, I find that accounting for skill-specific efficiency differences reduces the size of skill-neutral labor efficiency differences: the difference in skill-neutral TFP differences between rich and poor countries in manufacturing falls from a factor of 4.3 to a factor of 2.6.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 27 Feb 2018 09:36:33 -0500 2018-03-22T16:00:00-04:00 2018-03-22T17:30:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Economics
Public Health Undergraduate Major Information Session (March 22, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50386 50386-11724605@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 22, 2018 4:00pm
Location: School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower
Organized By: SPH Office of Undergraduate Education

Join us at the Undergraduate Information Session to learn more about the new public health major and admission requirements. This 30 minute interactive presentation will be followed by time for questions and discussion. Please register here: https://umich.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2nlX3r4L9fO1Xbn

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Presentation Thu, 22 Feb 2018 15:43:22 -0500 2018-03-22T16:00:00-04:00 2018-03-22T17:00:00-04:00 School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower SPH Office of Undergraduate Education Presentation SPH UG Info Session Flyer
Teach Out Series: Sleep Deprivation: Habits, Solutions, and Strategies (March 23, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/45202 45202-11484681@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 23, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

Sleep deprivation is a silent epidemic. Since the invention of the light bulb, we have obtained less sleep than our ancestors, prioritizing work, school, socializing, sports, screen time – just about everything – over sleep. Sleep is viewed as compressible, something that can be made up at any time, but rarely is. Most believe this poses little risk. Unfortunately, they could not be more wrong.

The truth is, an adequate amount of good-quality sleep is critical to good health. Lack of sleep leads to deadly crashes, reduces productivity, and harms quality of life. Insufficient or disordered sleep can increase risk for ADHD, depression, heart attack, stroke, arrhythmia, heart failure, and early death.

This Teach-Out can be your first step in doing something about sleep deprivation. Learn how sleep works, why it is important, and what bad sleep habits are. Hear solutions you can start tonight to sleep better for the rest of your life. Understand strategies to help family and friends improve their sleep. Learn to advocate for the sleep health of your community. This Teach-Out is intended to connect learners worldwide to the University of Michigan in conversation around sleep deprivation.

A Teach-Out is:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:25:15 -0500 2018-03-23T00:00:00-04:00 2018-03-23T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach Out Series
Building Capacity for Women’s Health: Peer Reviewer Training (March 23, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49683 49683-11495914@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 23, 2018 10:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

- Registration for this training is now closed -

Are you a U-M graduate student in a health-related field? Do you want to support faculty and researchers in low-income countries who work in women’s health?

Apply to become a peer reviewer for Dr. Ella August’s “Building Capacity for Women’s Health” program. You’ll receive training on how to be an effective peer reviewer for manuscripts targeted for scientific journals. After your training, you’ll provide follow-up writing support to faculty and researchers in low-income countries who have undergone initial training on scientific writing and publishing.

Requirements to participate in the training:
- You must be a doctoral level student or MPH student in public health or other related discipline
- You must have some scientific writing experience

Requirements to become a peer reviewer for Building Capacity for Women’s Health:
- You must attend a short orientation and a separate one-day training session
- You must agree to review at least one scientific manuscript after you complete training
- You must agree to protect confidentiality of the material that you review

2-Day Training Session:
Friday, March 16 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Friday, March 23 10:00am - 3:00pm

Apply online at tinyurl.com/umich-qualtrics

Graduate student peer reviewers will be paid a small stipend for participating. Lunch provided on 3/23. For more information, contact Ella August at eaugust@umich.edu.

Workshop Instructor:
Ella August, PhD is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Michigan. Dr. August has nearly two decades of experience in research, and has been teaching scientific writing for over a decade. She specializes in helping STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) faculty, scientists and students to effectively and persuasively communicate scientific ideas. Her teaching approach encourages writers to reflect on the connection between their discipline’s values and modes of communication, and to consider how these forces shape writing in their field. She teaches publication, writing and critical thinking courses and workshops internationally and domestically.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 12 Mar 2018 12:55:48 -0400 2018-03-23T10:00:00-04:00 2018-03-23T15:00:00-04:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Workshop / Seminar globe with abstract medical symbols
“Moving Beyond the Clinic: A Journey to Health Advocacy” (March 23, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49705 49705-11498723@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 23, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Medical Science Unit I
Organized By: Center for Interprofessional Education

This interprofessional workshop will build the skills of future health professionals to advocate for better health policies, systems, and practices. The two main speakers will provide insights on improving healthcare systems and outcomes. Presented by the U-M Health Policy Student Association in partnership with the Interprofessional Health Student Organization, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement-Open School, and the Michigan Center for Interprofessional Education. RSVPs required. Please address questions to HPSA-ExecBoard@umich.edu.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 07 Mar 2018 15:48:46 -0500 2018-03-23T14:00:00-04:00 2018-03-23T16:00:00-04:00 Medical Science Unit I Center for Interprofessional Education Lecture / Discussion Health Advocacy flier
Teach Out Series: Sleep Deprivation: Habits, Solutions, and Strategies (March 24, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/45202 45202-11484682@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 24, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

Sleep deprivation is a silent epidemic. Since the invention of the light bulb, we have obtained less sleep than our ancestors, prioritizing work, school, socializing, sports, screen time – just about everything – over sleep. Sleep is viewed as compressible, something that can be made up at any time, but rarely is. Most believe this poses little risk. Unfortunately, they could not be more wrong.

The truth is, an adequate amount of good-quality sleep is critical to good health. Lack of sleep leads to deadly crashes, reduces productivity, and harms quality of life. Insufficient or disordered sleep can increase risk for ADHD, depression, heart attack, stroke, arrhythmia, heart failure, and early death.

This Teach-Out can be your first step in doing something about sleep deprivation. Learn how sleep works, why it is important, and what bad sleep habits are. Hear solutions you can start tonight to sleep better for the rest of your life. Understand strategies to help family and friends improve their sleep. Learn to advocate for the sleep health of your community. This Teach-Out is intended to connect learners worldwide to the University of Michigan in conversation around sleep deprivation.

A Teach-Out is:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:25:15 -0500 2018-03-24T00:00:00-04:00 2018-03-24T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach Out Series
Gupta Family Hackathon for Health Communication (March 24, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50274 50274-11698730@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 24, 2018 8:00am
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation

As CNN’s medical correspondent, Sanjay Gupta, M.D. has covered many disasters, medical discoveries, epidemics and catastrophes – enough to see the crucial role of effective and timely communication of health information.

On March 23-25, he and his wife Rebecca will team up with U-M to host an innovation event aimed at generating new ideas and tools to improve health communication.

The marathon weekend event, called the Gupta Family Hackathon, will include more than 200 students and professionals from the worlds of health, digital technology, design, communication and information science. Teams will form, work over the weekend, and present their prototypes for judging, competing for a chance to develop their ideas further with the help of U-M mentors.

The application to participate opens this month, and applicants will be selected on a rolling basis until March 1. There is no cost to participate, and food and team working space will be provided.

Organized by the U-M Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, the event is co-supported by a gift from the Guptas and by Michigan Medicine, U-M’s academic medical center.

Learn more and apply at https://guptahacks.org/.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 20 Feb 2018 09:46:01 -0500 2018-03-24T08:00:00-04:00 2018-03-24T23:00:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation Conference / Symposium Gupta Family Hackathon banner
Gupta Family Hackathon for Health Communication (March 25, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50274 50274-11698731@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 25, 2018 12:00am
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation

As CNN’s medical correspondent, Sanjay Gupta, M.D. has covered many disasters, medical discoveries, epidemics and catastrophes – enough to see the crucial role of effective and timely communication of health information.

On March 23-25, he and his wife Rebecca will team up with U-M to host an innovation event aimed at generating new ideas and tools to improve health communication.

The marathon weekend event, called the Gupta Family Hackathon, will include more than 200 students and professionals from the worlds of health, digital technology, design, communication and information science. Teams will form, work over the weekend, and present their prototypes for judging, competing for a chance to develop their ideas further with the help of U-M mentors.

The application to participate opens this month, and applicants will be selected on a rolling basis until March 1. There is no cost to participate, and food and team working space will be provided.

Organized by the U-M Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, the event is co-supported by a gift from the Guptas and by Michigan Medicine, U-M’s academic medical center.

Learn more and apply at https://guptahacks.org/.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 20 Feb 2018 09:46:01 -0500 2018-03-25T00:00:00-04:00 2018-03-25T16:00:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation Conference / Symposium Gupta Family Hackathon banner
Teach Out Series: Sleep Deprivation: Habits, Solutions, and Strategies (March 25, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/45202 45202-11484683@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 25, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

Sleep deprivation is a silent epidemic. Since the invention of the light bulb, we have obtained less sleep than our ancestors, prioritizing work, school, socializing, sports, screen time – just about everything – over sleep. Sleep is viewed as compressible, something that can be made up at any time, but rarely is. Most believe this poses little risk. Unfortunately, they could not be more wrong.

The truth is, an adequate amount of good-quality sleep is critical to good health. Lack of sleep leads to deadly crashes, reduces productivity, and harms quality of life. Insufficient or disordered sleep can increase risk for ADHD, depression, heart attack, stroke, arrhythmia, heart failure, and early death.

This Teach-Out can be your first step in doing something about sleep deprivation. Learn how sleep works, why it is important, and what bad sleep habits are. Hear solutions you can start tonight to sleep better for the rest of your life. Understand strategies to help family and friends improve their sleep. Learn to advocate for the sleep health of your community. This Teach-Out is intended to connect learners worldwide to the University of Michigan in conversation around sleep deprivation.

A Teach-Out is:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:25:15 -0500 2018-03-25T00:00:00-04:00 2018-03-25T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach Out Series
Teach Out Series: Sleep Deprivation: Habits, Solutions, and Strategies (March 26, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/45202 45202-11484684@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 26, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

Sleep deprivation is a silent epidemic. Since the invention of the light bulb, we have obtained less sleep than our ancestors, prioritizing work, school, socializing, sports, screen time – just about everything – over sleep. Sleep is viewed as compressible, something that can be made up at any time, but rarely is. Most believe this poses little risk. Unfortunately, they could not be more wrong.

The truth is, an adequate amount of good-quality sleep is critical to good health. Lack of sleep leads to deadly crashes, reduces productivity, and harms quality of life. Insufficient or disordered sleep can increase risk for ADHD, depression, heart attack, stroke, arrhythmia, heart failure, and early death.

This Teach-Out can be your first step in doing something about sleep deprivation. Learn how sleep works, why it is important, and what bad sleep habits are. Hear solutions you can start tonight to sleep better for the rest of your life. Understand strategies to help family and friends improve their sleep. Learn to advocate for the sleep health of your community. This Teach-Out is intended to connect learners worldwide to the University of Michigan in conversation around sleep deprivation.

A Teach-Out is:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Find new opportunities at teach-out.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:25:15 -0500 2018-03-26T00:00:00-04:00 2018-03-26T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach Out Series
UNshaken: Subnational Actors Step Up at the Global Climate Talks (March 29, 2018 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50867 50867-11887880@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 29, 2018 4:30pm
Location: Cooley Building
Organized By: ClimateBlue

Join us for a discussion of the recent international climate negotiations in Bonn, Germany! Hear perspectives from University of Michigan student delegates who were there as observers. Stay to learn some takeaways from a panel of experts and policymakers on what’s next for climate policy, globally and locally now that the U.S. has submitted intent to withdraw from the Paris Agreement and subnational action is building momentum. After the delegate talks and the expert panel we invite you to speak to student and community groups at our organization fair & reception. Additionally, the call for the COP24 U-M delegation will be announced at this event, opening the spring application period!

RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/unshaken-subnational-actors-step-up-at-the-global-climate-talks-tickets-44007843645

NOTE: Cooley room capacity is capped at 80 attendees and food provided will match the attendance cap of 80 people, so first come first served at the reception (with ticket)! Attendees without rsvp tickets will still be let in to talk with organization representatives.

Schedule:
Opening Remarks: 4:30 pm Beth Gibbons, Executive Director of American Society of Adaptation Professionals (Cooley Building G906)

Introduction to UNFCCC: 4:45 pm Dr. Avik Basu, SEAS Lecturer, Co-creator of the interdisciplinary UNFCCC course at UM (Cooley Building G906)

Delegate Talks: 5 pm - 6 pm (Cooley Building G906)

Expert Panel: 6:10 pm - 6:50 pm (Cooley Building G906)

Organization Fair & Reception: 7 pm - 8:00 pm (Pierpont, East Room), Refreshments will be served

This event is co-sponsored by the Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering Department, the School for Sustainability and Environment and the University of Michigan Energy Institute.



Expert panel:

Moderator:
Michael Lerner, Political Science PhD student, COP 23 Delegate, MUSE leadership

Panelists:
Alicia Douglas, Cities Rising, CEO of Water Rising Institute

J.C. Kibbey, Midwest Outreach and Policy Advocate, Union for Concerned Scientists

Nathan Geisler, Energy Analyst, City of Ann Arbor

Noah Deich, Director and Co-Founder of the Center for the Carbon Removal

Dr. Trish Koman, Environmental epidemiologist (UM), Climate Reality leader (Washtenaw County Chapter)



Organizations:

Climate Blue
Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering Department (CLaSP)
Climate Reality
Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL)
Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments Center (GLISA)
People of the Global Majority in the Environment
Sierra Club Beyond Coal
Students Sustainability Initiative (SSI)
Sustainability Without Borders (SWB)
Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 27 Mar 2018 11:28:39 -0400 2018-03-29T16:30:00-04:00 2018-03-29T20:00:00-04:00 Cooley Building ClimateBlue Conference / Symposium UNshaken word graphic.
Angels in America: Millennium Approaches (March 29, 2018 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42737 42737-9653754@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 29, 2018 7:30pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

a drama by Tony Kushner
Dept. of Theatre & Drama
Directed by Daniel Cantor

The Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning first installment of Kushner’s epic tale of AIDS and homosexuality in the Reagan era.

This play contains strong language, sexual content and nudity. Recommended for mature audiences.

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Performance Mon, 19 Mar 2018 12:15:13 -0400 2018-03-29T19:30:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
Third Annual RNA Symposium "Advancing Basic RNA Biosciences into Therapeutics” (March 30, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49703 49703-11498722@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 30, 2018 8:30am
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Center for RNA Biomedicine

MORNING WELCOME & INTRODUCTION:
Martin Philbert, PhD
Dean, School of Public Health, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Professor of Toxicology

• Jonathan Weissman, PhD
HHMI Investigator
Professor • Cellular and Molecular Medicine • University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine

• Eric Fearon, MD, PhD
Emanuel N. Maisel Professor of Oncology
Director • University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
Professor • Departments of Internal Medicine, Human Genetics, and Pathology • University of Michigan

• Melissa Moore, PhD
Eleanor Eustis Farrington Chair in Cancer Research
Professor • RNA Therapeutics Institute and Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology • University of Massachusetts Medical School
Chief Scientific Officer • Moderna mRNA Research Platform

AFTERNOON WELCOME &INTRODUCTION :
Bishr Omary, MD, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer of Michigan Medicine, Professor, Molecular & Integrative Physiology, H Marvin Pollard Professor of Gastroenterology Professor, Internal Medicine

• Roy Parker, PhD
Cech-Leinwand Endowed Chair of Biochemistry
Professor • University of Colorado Boulder

• Anastasia Khvorova, PhD
Professor • RNA Therapeutics Institute and Program in Molecular Medicine • University of Massachusetts Medical School

PANEL DISCUSSION moderated by:
Bradley Martin, PhD, Fast Forward Medical Innovation

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 26 Mar 2018 15:50:31 -0400 2018-03-30T08:30:00-04:00 2018-03-30T16:00:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Center for RNA Biomedicine Conference / Symposium Flyer
Angels in America: Millennium Approaches (March 30, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42737 42737-9653755@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 30, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

a drama by Tony Kushner
Dept. of Theatre & Drama
Directed by Daniel Cantor

The Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning first installment of Kushner’s epic tale of AIDS and homosexuality in the Reagan era.

This play contains strong language, sexual content and nudity. Recommended for mature audiences.

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Performance Mon, 19 Mar 2018 12:15:13 -0400 2018-03-30T20:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
Angels in America: Millennium Approaches (March 31, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42737 42737-9653756@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 31, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

a drama by Tony Kushner
Dept. of Theatre & Drama
Directed by Daniel Cantor

The Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning first installment of Kushner’s epic tale of AIDS and homosexuality in the Reagan era.

This play contains strong language, sexual content and nudity. Recommended for mature audiences.

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Performance Mon, 19 Mar 2018 12:15:13 -0400 2018-03-31T20:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
Angels in America: Millennium Approaches (April 1, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42737 42737-9653757@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 1, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

a drama by Tony Kushner
Dept. of Theatre & Drama
Directed by Daniel Cantor

The Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning first installment of Kushner’s epic tale of AIDS and homosexuality in the Reagan era.

This play contains strong language, sexual content and nudity. Recommended for mature audiences.

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Performance Mon, 19 Mar 2018 12:15:13 -0400 2018-04-01T14:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
Voter Registration Week! (April 2, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51449 51449-12112467@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 2, 2018 11:00am
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 18
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

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

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

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Other Mon, 02 Apr 2018 14:53:44 -0400 2018-04-02T11:00:00-04:00 2018-04-02T13:30:00-04:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 18 Ginsberg Center Other Big Ten Voting Challenge
Fair Housing Act: Discussing Housing Discrimination from Past to Present Times (April 2, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51367 51367-12086794@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 2, 2018 4:00pm
Location: School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower
Organized By: Poverty Solutions

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Fair Housing Act (FHA) of 1968. The FHA prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, disability, families with children and national origin, when an individual or family tries to buy, rent, lease, sell or finance a home.

Join us for a conversation with Margaret Brown, Executive Director at the Fair Housing Center of Metropolitan Detroit, Shannon Ackenhausen, Assistant U.S. Attorney at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan and Roshanak Mehdipanah, Assistant Professor at the School of Public Health. They will share the historical events leadings up to the passing of the FHA, an overview of the FHA and the different enforcement strategies used to address housing discrimination cases today both in Ann Arbor and Detroit.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 26 Mar 2018 11:04:16 -0400 2018-04-02T16:00:00-04:00 2018-04-02T18:00:00-04:00 School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower Poverty Solutions Lecture / Discussion Image of the three speakers
Health Professions Education Day (April 3, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49538 49538-11473472@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 3, 2018 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 the University of Michigan.

Schedule
7:30 - 8:00 a.m.: Poster Set-up

8:00 - 8:30 a.m.: Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 - 8:45 a.m.: Welcome and Introduction

8:45 - 10:15 a.m.: Poster, demonstration and display session

10:15 - 10:30 a.m.: Break

10:30 - 11:45 a.m.: Plenary: Molly Cooke, MD, MACP, Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, Inaugural James O. Woolliscroft lecture: How much difference can one teacher make?

11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Topic Tables and Lunch

Register to attend: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2018-health-professions-education-day-tickets-40033199377?aff=eac2

More information: https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/lhs/news-events/annual-events/health-professions-education-day

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 12 Mar 2018 11:50:33 -0400 2018-04-03T08:00:00-04:00 2018-04-03T13:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Department of Learning Health Sciences Conference / Symposium HPE Day
Voter Registration Week! (April 3, 2018 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51449 51449-12112468@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 3, 2018 10:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

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

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

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Other Mon, 02 Apr 2018 14:53:44 -0400 2018-04-03T10:30:00-04:00 2018-04-03T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Ginsberg Center Other Big Ten Voting Challenge
Joanne Murabito, MD, ScM presents "Genetics of Menopause Timing: Findings from ReproGen Consortium" (April 3, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51282 51282-12032778@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 3, 2018 12:00pm
Location: School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower
Organized By: Center for Midlife Science

Abstract: The timing of reproductive aging events including age at natural menopause (ANM) is associated with a range of impactful health conditions later in life that extend beyond reproductive health to type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, breast cancer, and overall mortality. ANM is also associated with epigenetic age and may be a useful phenotype to unravel mechanistic insights into aging. Within the ReproGen consortium, we conducted genetic association studies and identified genetic loci for ANM including a common variant in BRCA1, variants in/near genes associated with delayed puberty, and enrichment in genes in the DNA damage response pathway. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) followed by Mendelian randomization analyses to assess causal influences on later life outcomes will further our understanding of how reproductive traits impact the overall health of women.
About Dr. Murabito: Dr. Murabito is Director of the Clinic at the Framingham Heart Study and she is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine. Her research interests include the epidemiology and genetics of longevity, healthy aging, reproductive aging and peripheral artery disease. Dr. Murabito is a member of the Genetics of Longevity Consortium and the ReproGen Consortium.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 21 Mar 2018 14:14:35 -0400 2018-04-03T12:00:00-04:00 2018-04-03T13:00:00-04:00 School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower Center for Midlife Science Lecture / Discussion Joanne Murabito presents 2018 MaryFran Sowers Memorial Lecture
Voter Registration Week! (April 3, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51449 51449-12112469@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 3, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

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

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

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

A roundtable discussion about the maze and the pathway.

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

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

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

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 21 Mar 2018 09:33:28 -0400 2018-04-03T19:00:00-04:00 2018-04-03T20:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL) The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Regulation
Voter Registration Week! (April 4, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51449 51449-12112470@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 4, 2018 11:00am
Location: Diag - Central Campus
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

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

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

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Other Mon, 02 Apr 2018 14:53:44 -0400 2018-04-04T11:00:00-04:00 2018-04-04T16:00:00-04:00 Diag - Central Campus Ginsberg Center Other Big Ten Voting Challenge
The Affordable Care Act: Where do we go from here? (April 4, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51130 51130-11976204@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 4, 2018 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 details.

Join the conversation: #policytalks

Panelists:

Gail Wilensky, economist and senior fellow at Project HOPE

Jonathan Cohn, Senior National Correspondent at HuffPost

John Ayanian, Alice Hamilton Collegiate Professor of Medicine; Professor of Internal Medicine; Professor of Health Management and Policy; Director for Healthcare Policy and Innovation; Professor of Public Policy at the U-M Ford School

Moderator:

Paula Lantz, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; Professor of Public Policy at the U-M Ford School

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 26 Mar 2018 09:11:23 -0400 2018-04-04T16:00:00-04:00 2018-04-04T17:30:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Wilensky, Cohn, Ayanian
Voter Registration Week! (April 5, 2018 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51449 51449-12112471@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 5, 2018 10:30am
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

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

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

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Other Mon, 02 Apr 2018 14:53:44 -0400 2018-04-05T10:30:00-04:00 2018-04-05T12:30:00-04:00 Duderstadt Center Ginsberg Center Other Big Ten Voting Challenge
CGIS Open Advising (April 5, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47710 47710-11002084@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 5, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Join us for an open advising event that will be held at CGIS, where advisors will be accepting walk-ins. Come in and speak to advisors about CGIS programs with a September 15th deadline, the application process, scholarship and financial aid, and more! Popcorn & punch will be provided and make sure to check in at the front desk when you arrive.

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Rally / Mass Meeting Fri, 16 Mar 2018 19:39:40 -0400 2018-04-05T13:00:00-04:00 2018-04-05T16:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Global and Intercultural Study Rally / Mass Meeting Cristina
Silent Spring Revisited: Reading Rachel Carson in a Time of Climate Emergency (April 5, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51523 51523-12132452@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 5, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 30 Mar 2018 14:48:55 -0400 2018-04-05T13:00:00-04:00 2018-04-05T14:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion Sandra Steingraber
The Inaugural Community Action and Research Symposium (April 5, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50761 50761-11861944@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 5, 2018 2:00pm
Location: School of Social Work Building
Organized By: School of Social Work Community Action and Research Learning Community (CARLC @ SSW)

April 5, 2018 - 2:00pm to 5:30pm

The Community Action and Research Learning Community invites three activist engaged scholars from different fields who will provide their perspectives on Community Action and Research in their work. Here are some details about the speakers:

Dr. Sharon Egretta Sutton is professor emerita of architecture, urban design and planning, and social work at the University of Washington, where she served on the faculty 1998-2016. She became an architecture educator in 1975, having taught at Pratt Institute, Columbia University, the University of Cincinnati, and the University of Michigan where she became the first African American woman to become a full professor in an accredited architectural degree program.

Prof. Monica White is Professor of Environmental Justice at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.Her research engages communities of color and grassroots organizations that are involved in the development of sustainable community food systems as a strategy to respond to issues of hunger and food inaccessibility. Her publications include, "Sisters of the Soil: Urban Gardening as Resistance Among Black Women in Detroit" and "D-Town Farm: African American Resistance to Food Insecurity and the Transformation of Detroit."

Prof. Kevin Nadal is Professor of Psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the Graduate Center (CUNY). His main areas of research have been Microaggressions, Gender & Sexuality Issues, Filipino American issues and Systemic Oppression in Criminal Justice. ​Nadal has served in many other leadership roles in the greater psychology community, as well as in organizations committed to uplifting communities of color and LGBTQ people.


RSVP Here

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 28 Mar 2018 21:31:44 -0400 2018-04-05T14:00:00-04:00 2018-04-05T17:30:00-04:00 School of Social Work Building School of Social Work Community Action and Research Learning Community (CARLC @ SSW) Conference / Symposium Event Flyer
Voter Registration Week! (April 5, 2018 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51449 51449-12170482@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 5, 2018 2:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

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

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

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Other Mon, 02 Apr 2018 14:53:44 -0400 2018-04-05T14:30:00-04:00 2018-04-05T17:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Ginsberg Center Other Big Ten Voting Challenge
Angels in America: Millennium Approaches (April 5, 2018 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42737 42737-9653758@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 5, 2018 7:30pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

a drama by Tony Kushner
Dept. of Theatre & Drama
Directed by Daniel Cantor

The Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning first installment of Kushner’s epic tale of AIDS and homosexuality in the Reagan era.

This play contains strong language, sexual content and nudity. Recommended for mature audiences.

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Performance Mon, 19 Mar 2018 12:15:13 -0400 2018-04-05T19:30:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
Voter Registration Week! (April 6, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51449 51449-12112472@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 6, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Diag - Central Campus
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

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

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

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

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

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

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Other Mon, 02 Apr 2018 14:53:44 -0400 2018-04-06T14:30:00-04:00 2018-04-06T17:00:00-04:00 Hutchins Hall Ginsberg Center Other Big Ten Voting Challenge
Angels in America: Millennium Approaches (April 6, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42737 42737-9653759@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 6, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

a drama by Tony Kushner
Dept. of Theatre & Drama
Directed by Daniel Cantor

The Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning first installment of Kushner’s epic tale of AIDS and homosexuality in the Reagan era.

This play contains strong language, sexual content and nudity. Recommended for mature audiences.

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Performance Mon, 19 Mar 2018 12:15:13 -0400 2018-04-06T20:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
Angels in America: Millennium Approaches (April 7, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42737 42737-9653760@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 7, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

a drama by Tony Kushner
Dept. of Theatre & Drama
Directed by Daniel Cantor

The Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning first installment of Kushner’s epic tale of AIDS and homosexuality in the Reagan era.

This play contains strong language, sexual content and nudity. Recommended for mature audiences.

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Performance Mon, 19 Mar 2018 12:15:13 -0400 2018-04-07T20:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
Angels in America: Millennium Approaches (April 8, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42737 42737-9653761@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 8, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

a drama by Tony Kushner
Dept. of Theatre & Drama
Directed by Daniel Cantor

The Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning first installment of Kushner’s epic tale of AIDS and homosexuality in the Reagan era.

This play contains strong language, sexual content and nudity. Recommended for mature audiences.

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Performance Mon, 19 Mar 2018 12:15:13 -0400 2018-04-08T14:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
Economic History, Economic Development Seminar: Swords into Bank Shares: Financial Innovations and Innovators in Mitigating Political Violence. (April 10, 2018 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50483 50483-11779666@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 2:30pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:

The failure to align the incentives of conflictual groups in favor of peaceful coexistence and beneficial reforms is often seen as a major cause of persistent underdevelopment around the world. However, much less is known about strategies that have been successful at overcoming such political economy challenges. One approach that holds much promise, and in fact appears to have had some historical success, is the provision of financial assets that align the interests of winners and potential losers from reform by providing claims on the future.

This project analyzes the promise and limitations of financial instruments as a means for fostering broad political coalitions that favor peace and beneficial reforms. It takes as a departure point the benchmark theory of portfolio choice, in which all agents hold the same (market) portfolio of risky assets. This may also align political incentives, as all individuals can gain from policies that improve the returns or lower the risks of the market portfolio, including risks stemming from political instability and conflict. The project then analyzes a range of historical cases in which the introduction of financial assets have succeeded or failed at making politics less conflictual over time, focusing on three revolutionary states that subsequently led the world in economic growth: England, the early United States and Meiji Japan. Next the project exploits a field experiments to test whether financial mechanisms can help raise support for peace in contemporary settings, beginning with the case of Israel. Finally, the project draws upon the theory, the historical cases and the field experiments to assess the promise and limitations of financial approaches in solving political economy challenges more generally.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 04 Apr 2018 10:23:45 -0400 2018-04-10T14:30:00-04:00 2018-04-10T16:00:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Economics
Expanding Your Biostatistics Toolkit for Biomedical Research (April 10, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51843 51843-12262993@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Office of Global Public Health

This workshop will expand attendees’ biostatistical toolkit and provide individuals with the knowledge to conduct preliminary biostatistical analysis and to write the methods section of a grant or paper.

The workshop will take place at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, 1415 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI 48109.

The registration fee is $300. This fee includes a continental breakfast for each day of the workshop. This fee cannot be refunded, but can be transferred to another individual.

The deadline to apply is April 27th, 2018.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 10 Apr 2018 15:17:01 -0400 2018-04-10T15:00:00-04:00 2018-04-10T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Office of Global Public Health Workshop / Seminar STATCORE Workshop
What female economists learned bringing research to White House policy making (April 11, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51484 51484-12121101@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 11, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Education Policy Initiative

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

About our panelists:

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

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

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

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 29 Mar 2018 09:25:27 -0400 2018-04-11T16:00:00-04:00 2018-04-11T17:30:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Education Policy Initiative Workshop / Seminar April 11 2018
Changing Cleavages and Coalitions in American Politics 1972-2016: The Rise of Polarization and Populism (April 12, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50610 50610-11816523@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 12, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

What are the dimensions of political contestation in American politics today?  How has party-sorting and party activism contributed to political polarization and populism?  

During the 1950’s and 1960’s, American politics reflected the difference between the Democratic and Republican parties on economic issues (the “New Deal” cleavage) with an overlay, mostly within the Democratic Party, of differences on race (the “North-South” cleavage).  A mini-realignment among African American voters started in the 1930s in the northern cities, and it was accelerated by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 which extended the realignment to the countryside and the South so that African Americans switched to the Democrats from the Party of Lincoln and Southern whites switched to the Republican Party. The between-party New Deal economic policy cleavage was highly correlated with income, occupation, and union membership. Religion did not play a major role in American politics as white evangelicals had few overtly political interests, and they identified with both the Republican and Democratic parties. 

Starting in the 1970s with the Supreme Court's Roe vs. Wade (1973) decision and with the playing out of the consequences of the Civil Rights Acts of the mid 1960s, a two-dimensional cleavage structure arose comprising the traditional New Deal economic cleavage based upon income and occupation and a new social issues cleavage between the parties based upon religious attendance and moral conservatism. Although African Americans voted reliably for Democrats and many whites in the south began to vote for Republicans, the racial cleavage seemed largely submerged beneath the economic and social issues dimensions. Unlike economic policy where budgetary compromises were possible, concerns with social issues such as abortion, prayer in the schools, and gay rights presented problems where compromise was very difficult if not impossible.  In addition, conservatives sorted into the Republican Party and liberals into the Democratic Party. The result was an increasingly polarized politics.

Has this structure changed once again?   Are we now witnessing the emergence of a new dimension in American politics based upon xenophobia, racism, and nationalist sentiments? Was this dimension always there but obscured by other issues such as economics and moral conservatism? How does this dimension relate to the New Deal dimension and to social issues? How does it relate to America's long-term struggle with its legacy of slavery?

Using American National Election Studies and other data from the 1970s and earlier, this talk examines spatial diagrams over time to map out the changing coalitional structure of the parties, to investigate the possible emergence of a new xenophobic dimension, and to better understand populism and polarization in American politics.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 02 Mar 2018 13:10:52 -0500 2018-04-12T16:00:00-04:00 2018-04-12T17:30:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Henry Brady
Taubman Institute Emerging Scholars Symposium (April 13, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51649 51649-12182156@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 13, 2018 8:30am
Location: Brehm Tower
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute

Please join us for this biannual showcase of groundbreaking research from the laboratories of the Taubman Institute Scholars. Each presentation will be followed by an interactive Q&A session.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 03 Apr 2018 14:04:24 -0400 2018-04-13T08:30:00-04:00 2018-04-13T12:30:00-04:00 Brehm Tower A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute Conference / Symposium Emerging Scholars Symposium flyer
CSAAW presents "Smoking and depression co-morbidity: modeling prevalence, disparities, and intervention" (April 16, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51891 51891-12283032@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 16, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

Abstract:

Smoking and mental illness are leading contributors to mortality and morbidity in the U.S. They are also significantly associated with each other, with substantially higher rates of smoking among people with mental illness compared to the general population. Depression in particular is a commonly occurring mental disorder. Research shows that comorbidity of smoking and depression are subject to feedback effects, as depression is known to predict future smoking, while smoking also predicts future depression. To date, there has been little evidence on the health gains associated with interrupting this dynamic through interventions that target patients with depression. If implemented, cessation treatment for smokers with depression could lead to even greater improvements to population health. However the population benefit of integrating cessation treatment into mental health care has not yet been estimated. I develop the first joint model of smoking and depression co-morbidity in the US, projecting future patterns of smoking and depression through 2050.This model can analyze the independent and synergistic effects of intervention strategies on smoking, depression, and mortality outcomes.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 13 Apr 2018 09:43:41 -0400 2018-04-16T12:00:00-04:00 2018-04-16T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Workshop / Seminar CSAAW GRAPHIC
Healthcare Delivery in Emerging Markets (April 16, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51400 51400-12098138@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 16, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: William Davidson Institute

Join us as student teams from the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business, School of Public Health, School of Nursing and School of Information share in-country project summaries of their work with healthcare organizations in Ethiopia, India, Peru, Rwanda and Sri Lanka.

The graduate student presenters are enrolled in the International Business Immersion course which is designed to enhance the students global leadership capabilities, awareness of diverse business issues on the current international landscape, and on-the-ground experience in a specific country. This will be a great opportunity for you to learn more about this course, the students' work and their experiences abroad.

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Presentation Tue, 27 Mar 2018 16:49:15 -0400 2018-04-16T17:00:00-04:00 2018-04-16T18:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business William Davidson Institute Presentation Students speaking with a physician from Addis Ababa
Bioethics Discussion: Posthumanity (April 17, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/43729 43729-9832717@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL)
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on our end.

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

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

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

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 21 Mar 2018 09:34:57 -0400 2018-04-17T19:00:00-04:00 2018-04-17T20:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL) The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Posthumanity
Public Health Undergraduate Major Information Session (April 18, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50389 50389-11724606@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 18, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: SPH Office of Undergraduate Education

Join us at the Undergraduate Information Session to learn more about the new public health major and admission requirements. This 30 minute interactive presentation will be followed by time for questions and discussion. Please register here: https://umich.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b1QfAlomgVSLdvD

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Presentation Thu, 22 Feb 2018 15:45:56 -0500 2018-04-18T15:00:00-04:00 2018-04-18T16:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall SPH Office of Undergraduate Education Presentation SPH UG Info Session Flyer
A Better Understanding: Discussing Addiction from Multiple Perspectives (April 19, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51234 51234-12021448@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 19, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Scientists for Outreach on Addiction Research

Addressing substance abuse requires coordinated efforts across basic science, clinical and law enforcement professionals. Experts from pre-clinical research, psychiatric treatment, social work, and law enforcement will come together to discuss the most prevalent research and news on addiction. The panel will be followed by a Q&A open to the public as well as a small reception.

RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdaP2HTMq9KesrvH3QfVEWbu1Dmrw563H01eUMIMD6dO76RmA/viewform

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 21 Mar 2018 15:46:55 -0400 2018-04-19T17:00:00-04:00 2018-04-19T19:00:00-04:00 Michigan Union Scientists for Outreach on Addiction Research Lecture / Discussion SOAR Flier
Changing the Global E-Waste Cycle (April 24, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50026 50026-11622340@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 24, 2018 8:30am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Exposure Research Laboratory

Join us for an in-depth look at informal electronic waste recycling communities in Ghana, Thailand, and Chile.

During this all-day public event, experts in sustainability, population health, policy, and design processes will lead discussions on the complex issues surrounding global production and transportation of electronic waste and its impact on vulnerable communities around the world.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 13 Feb 2018 12:47:29 -0500 2018-04-24T08:30:00-04:00 2018-04-24T17:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Exposure Research Laboratory Conference / Symposium Electronic Waste Recycling Logo
Human Trafficking Symposium (April 25, 2018 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51892 51892-12283033@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 25, 2018 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Division of Public Safety and Security DPSS

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

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

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

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

We hope to see you there!

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 20 Apr 2018 16:12:05 -0400 2018-04-25T11:30:00-04:00 2018-04-25T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Division of Public Safety and Security DPSS Conference / Symposium Stop Human Trafficking FBI
Summit on the Prevention of Campus Sexual Assault (May 2, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50727 50727-11859074@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 2, 2018 8:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: U-M Injury Prevention Center

Webcast registration is open for the University of Michigan Injury Prevention Center Summit on the Prevention of Campus Sexual Assault to be held on Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at Rackham Graduate School in Ann Arbor, MI.

Nationally renowned experts will present their research and review the current science of sexual assault prevention for college and university campuses.

We invite practitioners in the sexual assault field (physicians, social workers, psychologists, other public health professionals), researchers, faculty, and campus stakeholders, including students to join us.

Dr. Mary Sue Coleman, the President of the Association of American Universities, will jump start the day with a keynote presentation and followed by outstanding presentations by leading experts in the field of campus sexual assault prevention. Morning and afternoon sessions will cover epidemiology, risk factors and special populations, and intervention approaches.

Following this Summit, attendees will be able to use information regarding the prevalence and epidemiology of campus sexual assault to enhance screening efforts in their practices, identify key risk factors for and populations at risk for sexual assault among college students in their practice, and recommend evidence-based interventions for prevention of campus sexual assault.

Please share this information with others.

Questions? Email bmarieb@med.umich.edu or call us at 734-615-3044.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 26 Apr 2018 14:58:58 -0400 2018-05-02T08:00:00-04:00 2018-05-02T17:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) U-M Injury Prevention Center Conference / Symposium Summit on the Prevention of Campus Sexual Assault
Michigan Meeting - Ending Gender-Based Violence (May 3, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50230 50230-11687523@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 3, 2018 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Sociology

Gender-based violence among adolescents and young adults is an intractable problem. Though much work has been done to end gender-based violence, the scope of the problem can still feel daunting. The 2018 Michigan Meeting will bring together scholars, practitioners, and activists from across disciplines to share strategies and develop Innovative ideas for moving forward.

Please join this dynamic 3-day event that aims to inspire research and inform policy, pedagogy, and practice. The agenda will highlight activist, survivor and student perspectives. Using an intersectional lens, we will attend to the broad range of inequalities that are experienced in school, work and personal life.

This event is made possible by the sponsorship of the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies at the University of Michigan. The Michigan Meetings are a series of annual inter-disciplinary meetings on topics of broad interest and contemporary importance to both the public and the academic community.

The planning group has partnered with the University of Michigan’s Injury Prevention Center, who will be hosting a one-day summit on May 2 on campus sexual assault prevention.

For more information, please contact Dr. Elizabeth A. Armstrong (elarmstr@umich.edu).

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 19 Feb 2018 12:13:45 -0500 2018-05-03T08:00:00-04:00 2018-05-03T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Sociology Conference / Symposium photo
Michigan Meeting - Ending Gender-Based Violence (May 4, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50230 50230-11687524@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 4, 2018 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Sociology

Gender-based violence among adolescents and young adults is an intractable problem. Though much work has been done to end gender-based violence, the scope of the problem can still feel daunting. The 2018 Michigan Meeting will bring together scholars, practitioners, and activists from across disciplines to share strategies and develop Innovative ideas for moving forward.

Please join this dynamic 3-day event that aims to inspire research and inform policy, pedagogy, and practice. The agenda will highlight activist, survivor and student perspectives. Using an intersectional lens, we will attend to the broad range of inequalities that are experienced in school, work and personal life.

This event is made possible by the sponsorship of the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies at the University of Michigan. The Michigan Meetings are a series of annual inter-disciplinary meetings on topics of broad interest and contemporary importance to both the public and the academic community.

The planning group has partnered with the University of Michigan’s Injury Prevention Center, who will be hosting a one-day summit on May 2 on campus sexual assault prevention.

For more information, please contact Dr. Elizabeth A. Armstrong (elarmstr@umich.edu).

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 19 Feb 2018 12:13:45 -0500 2018-05-04T08:00:00-04:00 2018-05-04T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Sociology Conference / Symposium photo
Michigan Meeting - Ending Gender-Based Violence (May 5, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50230 50230-11687525@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, May 5, 2018 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Sociology

Gender-based violence among adolescents and young adults is an intractable problem. Though much work has been done to end gender-based violence, the scope of the problem can still feel daunting. The 2018 Michigan Meeting will bring together scholars, practitioners, and activists from across disciplines to share strategies and develop Innovative ideas for moving forward.

Please join this dynamic 3-day event that aims to inspire research and inform policy, pedagogy, and practice. The agenda will highlight activist, survivor and student perspectives. Using an intersectional lens, we will attend to the broad range of inequalities that are experienced in school, work and personal life.

This event is made possible by the sponsorship of the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies at the University of Michigan. The Michigan Meetings are a series of annual inter-disciplinary meetings on topics of broad interest and contemporary importance to both the public and the academic community.

The planning group has partnered with the University of Michigan’s Injury Prevention Center, who will be hosting a one-day summit on May 2 on campus sexual assault prevention.

For more information, please contact Dr. Elizabeth A. Armstrong (elarmstr@umich.edu).

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 19 Feb 2018 12:13:45 -0500 2018-05-05T08:00:00-04:00 2018-05-05T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Sociology Conference / Symposium photo
Expanding Your Biostatistics Toolkit for Biomedical Research (May 7, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51843 51843-12262988@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 7, 2018 9:00am
Location: Public Health I (Vaughan Building)
Organized By: Office of Global Public Health

This workshop will expand attendees’ biostatistical toolkit and provide individuals with the knowledge to conduct preliminary biostatistical analysis and to write the methods section of a grant or paper.

The workshop will take place at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, 1415 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI 48109.

The registration fee is $300. This fee includes a continental breakfast for each day of the workshop. This fee cannot be refunded, but can be transferred to another individual.

The deadline to apply is April 27th, 2018.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 10 Apr 2018 15:17:01 -0400 2018-05-07T09:00:00-04:00 2018-05-07T16:00:00-04:00 Public Health I (Vaughan Building) Office of Global Public Health Workshop / Seminar STATCORE Workshop
Expanding Your Biostatistics Toolkit for Biomedical Research (May 8, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51843 51843-12262989@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 8, 2018 9:00am
Location: Public Health I (Vaughan Building)
Organized By: Office of Global Public Health

This workshop will expand attendees’ biostatistical toolkit and provide individuals with the knowledge to conduct preliminary biostatistical analysis and to write the methods section of a grant or paper.

The workshop will take place at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, 1415 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI 48109.

The registration fee is $300. This fee includes a continental breakfast for each day of the workshop. This fee cannot be refunded, but can be transferred to another individual.

The deadline to apply is April 27th, 2018.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 10 Apr 2018 15:17:01 -0400 2018-05-08T09:00:00-04:00 2018-05-08T16:00:00-04:00 Public Health I (Vaughan Building) Office of Global Public Health Workshop / Seminar STATCORE Workshop
Expanding Your Biostatistics Toolkit for Biomedical Research (May 9, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51843 51843-12262990@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 9, 2018 9:00am
Location: Public Health I (Vaughan Building)
Organized By: Office of Global Public Health

This workshop will expand attendees’ biostatistical toolkit and provide individuals with the knowledge to conduct preliminary biostatistical analysis and to write the methods section of a grant or paper.

The workshop will take place at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, 1415 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI 48109.

The registration fee is $300. This fee includes a continental breakfast for each day of the workshop. This fee cannot be refunded, but can be transferred to another individual.

The deadline to apply is April 27th, 2018.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 10 Apr 2018 15:17:01 -0400 2018-05-09T09:00:00-04:00 2018-05-09T16:00:00-04:00 Public Health I (Vaughan Building) Office of Global Public Health Workshop / Seminar STATCORE Workshop