Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Scientist in the Forum (September 21, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63861 63861-16482933@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 21, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Check at the Welcome Desk for other scheduled times.
Join a University of Michigan researcher in the Science Forum for a special peek into cutting-edge research. Interactive presentations last about 15 minutes, with time for conversation afterwards. Presentations are appropriate for ages 5 and up.

Schedule subject to change.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 05 Aug 2019 09:40:38 -0400 2019-09-21T13:00:00-04:00 2019-09-21T13:15:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum of Natural History Lecture / Discussion Biological Sciences Building
Scientist in the Forum (September 22, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63861 63861-16482938@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 22, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Check at the Welcome Desk for other scheduled times.
Join a University of Michigan researcher in the Science Forum for a special peek into cutting-edge research. Interactive presentations last about 15 minutes, with time for conversation afterwards. Presentations are appropriate for ages 5 and up.

Schedule subject to change.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 05 Aug 2019 09:40:38 -0400 2019-09-22T13:00:00-04:00 2019-09-22T13:15:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum of Natural History Lecture / Discussion Biological Sciences Building
Shaping Future Cities: An evening discussing Urban Tech in Detroit (September 23, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66900 66900-16785540@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 23, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

Urban transformation is increasingly driven by technological innovation, which is changing the game in areas ranging from housing and mobility to development and construction. Dean Jonathan Massey invites you to join us for an alumni event in Detroit centered around the uses and possibilities of Urban Tech, including the new technologies and development practices that are transforming cities operationally, socially and spatially.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 11 Sep 2019 10:30:50 -0400 2019-09-23T17:30:00-04:00 2019-09-23T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Conference / Symposium Shaping Future Cities
Design-Based Analysis of Survey Data (September 24, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/66470 66470-16736454@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 9:00am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Please join instructor Brady T. West of the University Of Michigan's Program in Survey Methodology, as he conducts a half-day workshop titled "Design-Based Analysis of Survey Data". This workshop is designed for survey data analysts of all skill levels, and will present theoretically appropriate methods of analyzing survey data collected from complex sample designs. Dr. West will also present the implications of incorrect analyses based on his research findings from a meta-analysis of analytic error, while also providing examples of proper design-based data analysis techniques using SAS and Stata. As always, this workshop is free and open to the public.

Topics include:

• Overview of theoretically appropriate design-based analysis of survey data collected from complex samples

• Case studies in analytic error (including findings from a meta-analysis of recent scientific publications), and the implications of using incorrect analysis methods

• Appropriate use of survey weights and design-based methods of variance estimation for population inference related to descriptive parameters and regression models

• Examples of proper design-based data analysis techniques using SAS and Stata (attendees are also welcome to ask about similar methods in other software packages)

BIO:

Dr. West's current research interests include the implications of measurement error in auxiliary variables and survey paradata for survey estimation, survey nonresponse, interviewer variance, and multilevel regression models for clustered and longitudinal data. He is the lead author of the book Linear Mixed Models: A Practical Guide Using Statistical Software and co-author of the book Applied Survey Data Analysis.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 05 Sep 2019 17:09:44 -0400 2019-09-24T09:00:00-04:00 2019-09-24T13:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar poster for Design-Based Analysis of Survey Data
ISR CoderSpace with Paul Schulz (September 24, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67427 67427-16849187@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 10:00am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Paul Schulz is a senior consulting statistician and data scientist for ISR's Population Dynamics and Health Program. He specializes in statistical methods and computing, including hypothesis testing, data analysis and modelling, sampling (including weight creation and adjustment), and power calculation), as well as the use of secure computing enclaves (SRCVDI, Likert cluster, and Flux/Great Lakes). Paul writes code in Stata and SAS for general purpose desktop computing, and R and Python for selected applications, such as data visualization and web scraping/automation, among other uses.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 01 Nov 2019 10:06:55 -0400 2019-09-24T10:00:00-04:00 2019-09-24T11:30:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar CoderSpaces at ISR
Complex Systems Seminar | Statistical Mechanics of Microbiomes (September 24, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63981 63981-16051364@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 11:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

Abstract: Next-generation sequencing, high-throughput metabolomics and other measurement technologies have opened vast new horizons for collecting data on the structure and function of microbial communities. But it remains unclear how to leverage this data for effective intervention in medical and agricultural applications. We do not know which quantities can be reliably predicted, which are hopelessly contingent, and what the predictors are for the former. In this talk, I will draw on conceptual tools from Statistical Physics, which were designed to answer precisely these sorts of questions. In particular, I will argue that the key features of community structure are encoded in a susceptibility matrix, which contain the response of species population sizes to small changes in growth rates. I will show how to estimate this matrix in different scenarios from existing data sets, and then explain how it can be used to cluster species into functionally redundant groups for enhanced predictability of community composition.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 18 Sep 2019 15:55:41 -0400 2019-09-24T11:30:00-04:00 2019-09-24T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Workshop / Seminar Robert Marsland Photo
BIONIC Lunch: The Quantified Self (September 24, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63776 63776-15873594@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 12:00pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 10
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

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

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

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 23 Sep 2019 13:59:34 -0400 2019-09-24T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-24T13:30:00-04:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 10 The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Quantified self
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar: Fantastic fishes and where to find them - using historical natural history data and robots to explore deep sea fish biodiversity (September 24, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64996 64996-16501295@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

The deep ocean is frequently assumed to be a homogeneous system lacking the same diverse natural history found in shallower waters. However, as our methods for exploring the deep ocean improve, common assumptions about dispersal, reproduction and behavior are constantly being challenged. With the immense amount of data collected and stored in natural history collections to highlight historical distributions of fishes we can now use these data in concert with modern sampling methods like remote operated vehicles (ROVs) and precision netting to learn more about one of the planets most extreme systems. Join Randy as he takes you on a journey from the highest shelves of museum collections to the extreme depths of the ocean in a quest to learn more about fishes, and where to find them.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 20 Sep 2019 09:50:00 -0400 2019-09-24T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-24T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Museum fish specimen on display
Rowena Matthews Lectureship in Biological Chemistry (September 24, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65273 65273-16563500@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Medical Science Unit II
Organized By: Biological Chemistry

Dr. Wilfred van der Donk will present the 2nd annual Rowena Matthews Lectureship in Biological Chemistry on Tuesday September 24th, 2019. The title of this talk is "Natural Product Biosynthesis by Post Translational Modification." The lecture will be held in Medical Science Unit II from 12:00pm to 1:00pm.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 18 Sep 2019 06:17:48 -0400 2019-09-24T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-24T13:00:00-04:00 Medical Science Unit II Biological Chemistry Lecture / Discussion Wilfred van der Donk, Ph.D.
Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series (September 24, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67552 67552-16892242@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 4:00pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Mechanical Engineering

Speaker: Amy Marconnet - Associate Professor at Purdue University

Abstract
Nanostructuring material s allows independent control of multiple material s properties. High conductivity material s such as carbon nanotube forests are useful as thermal interface materials (TIMs) for dissipating power in electronic devices, while low conductivity material s like nanoporous silicon for thermal barrier coatings and enhanced thermoelectric performance. Beyond thermal transport, storage of thermal energy is critical for effective heat removal for applications involving
highly-transient heat fluxes, and during material processing. Often to achieve the desired functionality, multiples material s are combined together to form heterogeneous composites. For example, in lithium-ion batteries, the particulate active material s (with micro- and nano-scale features) are sandwiched between metal electrodes and polymer-based separators with microscale thicknesses to form macroscale battery cells. This seminar will discuss methods to understand and
control thermal transport and development of accurate and reliable experimental and analytical techniques for thermal characterization across multiple length scales. Further, I will highlight the integration of material synthesis with thermal property measurements and physics-based analysis to provide new avenues for improved material s and device performance.

Bio
Amy Marconnet i s an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University. She received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wi Wisconsin – Madison in 2007, and an M.S. and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University in 2009 and 2012, respectively. She then worked briefly as a postdoctoral associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology before joining the faculty at Purdue University in 2013. Research in the Marconnet Thermal and
Energy Conversion (MTEC) Lab integrates metrology and analysis of underlying transport mechanisms with design and development of nanostructured material s for heat transfer and energy conversion applications.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 23 Sep 2019 14:27:34 -0400 2019-09-24T16:00:00-04:00 2019-09-24T17:00:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Mechanical Engineering Lecture / Discussion Amy Marconnet
UROP Intro to Spreadsheet Workshop (September 24, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66508 66508-16744942@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

This workshop is intended to support UROP students in addressing skills needed in Excel and Google Sheets to meet the needs of their UROP Project.

Students must register as space is limited

In this introductory workshop, we'll use Microsoft Excel 2016 to explore the basic functionality of spreadsheets. Topics covered will include navigation & terminology, formatting, basic formulas and functions, sorting, filtering, and basic data visualization.

In this introductory workshop, we'll use Google Sheets to explore the basic functionality of spreadsheets. Topics covered will include navigation & terminology, formatting, basic formulas and functions, sorting, filtering, and basic data visualization.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 06 Sep 2019 12:44:27 -0400 2019-09-24T16:00:00-04:00 2019-09-24T17:30:00-04:00 Shapiro Library UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Workshop / Seminar UROP Excel Registration QR Code
UROP Working with Google Scholar Workshop (September 24, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66538 66538-16744987@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Did you know that Google is by far the most popular and search engine but most people are not aware of all the search features Google offers? This workshop will improve your understanding of different search features and make you a much faster and effective researcher. Come learn how to use Google Scholar for literature searches, connect Google with the U-M Library, fully utilize Google Images, and how to evaluate different types of sources.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 06 Sep 2019 15:18:07 -0400 2019-09-24T16:00:00-04:00 2019-09-24T17:30:00-04:00 Shapiro Library UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Workshop / Seminar UROP Google Scholar Workshop Registration QR Code
Michigan Program in Survey Methodology and the Joint Program in Survey Methodology Seminar Series (September 25, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66679 66679-16770194@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

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

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

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

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

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 09 Sep 2019 13:22:32 -0400 2019-09-25T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-25T13:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Workshop / Seminar Seminar flyer
Sandwiches and Science: Training (for) Better Presentations Graduate Speaker Series (September 25, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59651 59651-16787733@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Herbert H. Dow Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

**Fall 2019 KICK-OFF WORKSHOP SEPTEMBER 23RD**

Sandwiches and Science: Training (for) Better Presentations marks the third run of the professional development event hosted by Tau Beta Pi aimed at providing Michigan Engineering graduate students the opportunity to enhance their scientific communication skills. The series will be co-hosted/sponsored by TBP and the graduate societies of MSE, ECE, ChE, and MACRO and also sponsored by the Office of Student Affairs! As "learning-by-practice" event, it aims to help students learn how to effectively convey the "big picture" value of their research to a diverse audience, while also engaging a dialog of science and engineering research among graduate students across the entire College of Engineering. The event is aimed primarily at graduate students planning to take their candidacy exam, but anyone is welcome to participate! We will host 7-10 events each term, and event dates/times will be announced on a rolling basis.

Each session is structured to have student speakers (2-3 per session) make a timed (15-20 min) presentation on their graduate research to a broad engineering audience and a communications expert panel (3-4 panelists). Our expert panelists will provide constructive feedback to the speakers (and the audience), highlighting the positive aspects of each presentation and also indicating opportunities for improvement. This structure will allow for the speakers to receive specific feedback on their communication skills, while also providing the audience with generalized guidelines for good scientific communication.

If you would like to participate as a speaker/audience, please fill out the links below. We will follow-up with you with scheduling details. NOTE: The event is open to ALL CoE students, regardless of TBP membership status.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 03 Dec 2019 14:20:21 -0500 2019-09-25T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-25T13:00:00-04:00 Herbert H. Dow Building Tau Beta Pi Workshop / Seminar TBP Speaker Series
Precision Health Seminar: Sept. 2019 (September 25, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65102 65102-16517518@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 1:30pm
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Precision Health

Presenters:
Amy Bohnert, PhD, MHS, Associate Professor, Psychiatry, and Co-PI of Precision Health mental health research project

Corey Lester, MS, PhD, PharmD, Research Assistant Professor, Pharmacy

Srijan Sen, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Psychiatry; Associate Chair for Research and Research Faculty Development; Frances and Kenneth Eisenberg Professor of Depression and Neurosciences; and Co-PI of Precision Health mental health research project

More than any other advancement that has emerged in the past four decades, mobile technology has the potential to address the dual problems of limited clinical capacity and inadequate and untimely data in mental health care. As part of Precision Health at the University of Michigan, this project will test wearable and mobile technology as a means to reduce mental health symptoms among patients waiting for mental health care. Furthermore, data derived from mobile technology, genomics, and patient reports will be used to predict response to clinic-based treatments.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 23 Aug 2019 15:40:16 -0400 2019-09-25T13:30:00-04:00 2019-09-25T14:30:00-04:00 University Hospitals Precision Health Workshop / Seminar Precision Health Seminar Series
DCMB Seminar, "Bioinformatics in Drug Discovery" (September 25, 2019 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66407 66407-16734206@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 2:30pm
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Abstract:
She’ll be describing the technologies and datasets her team uses to study human disease and develop new and improved treatments for their clients. She’ll cover the applications of traditional transcriptional profiling and sequence analysis as well as datasets and tools developed specifically for therapeutics development including CMap, Project Achilles, PRISM, functional CRISPR screening and others. She’ll also touch on topics like biomarker development, patient selection/stratification and gene therapy development. Along the way, she’ll describe what it’s like to work as a consultant, and how it differs from academic work or direct employment in the pharmaceutical industry.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 05 Sep 2019 11:01:32 -0400 2019-09-25T14:30:00-04:00 2019-09-25T15:30:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building DCMB Seminar Series Lecture / Discussion
Let's Fix Healthcare: Rights (September 26, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61284 61284-15070096@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 26, 2019 11:00am
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Universal Healthcare Group

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

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

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 24 Apr 2019 13:18:42 -0400 2019-09-26T11:00:00-04:00 2019-09-26T13:00:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Universal Healthcare Group Lecture / Discussion Universal Healthcare Group
Genes, mechanisms and the possibility of interventional therapies in common craniofacial malformations (September 26, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67496 67496-16866599@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 26, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute
Organized By: Office of Research School of Dentistry

Oral Health Sciences Seminar Series

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Presentation Fri, 20 Sep 2019 14:10:04 -0400 2019-09-26T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-26T13:00:00-04:00 Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute Office of Research School of Dentistry Presentation Timothy Cox
E-Hour Speaker Series (September 27, 2019 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67534 67534-16890102@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 27, 2019 12:30pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: Center for Entrepreneurship

The weekly Entrepreneurship Hour speaker series is back every Friday during the academic year, free and open to the public to attend.

Friday's speaker is Bret Kugelmass, an American technology entrepreneur who’s turned his focus to climate and energy advocacy. One of the early pioneers in commercializing drones (Airphrame – acq. 2017) for environmental surveys and emergency response he’s experienced first-hand market growth within complex technical, regulatory, and public opinion framework. Motivated by the climate crises he moved to DC to set up a research initiative (Energy Impact Center) focused on exploring nuclear power and its role in deep decarbonization.

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Presentation Mon, 23 Sep 2019 10:25:29 -0400 2019-09-27T12:30:00-04:00 2019-09-27T13:20:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center Center for Entrepreneurship Presentation BRET KUGELMASS HEADSHOT
The Science of Yogic Breathing - workshop for student wellness (September 27, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65926 65926-16670254@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 27, 2019 3:00pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Barger Leadership Institute

Breathing regulation is one of the key practices within the Yoga discipline. Often called Pranayama or Yogic breathing this practice is gaining increasing importance in the Western world. The availability of ancient literature and modern scientific evidence is sparse on this subtopic of Yoga. Dr. Sundar Balasubramanian is a pioneer in the area of salivary biomarkers combining Pranayama practice. He has been researching techniques related to Pranayama from the ancient and unique Siddha tradition. He has published scientific research papers and book on Thirumanthiram, written by Saint Thirumoolar. This workshop consisting of both theoretical and practical components is unique in combining ancient wisdom with modern science based on the teacher’s first-hand experience and research. The attendees will be able to,

1. Get acquainted with the ancient literary excerpts on Yogic breathing
2. Get to practice key breathing exercises from an ancient tradition
3. Understand the physiological, emotional and biological mechanisms of Pranayama based on the research work done by the presenter
4. Learn the clinical and social applications of Pranayama

This program is designed for students of all levels. Participants can learn easy exercises to relieve day-to-day stress, and to improve overall wellness. No need for Yoga mats or Yoga attire. Participants can practice seated on chairs with campus/office attire. No large meal within 2 hours prior to the session. Drink adequate fluid.

Session timings: Lecture - First 30 minutes; Q/A-10 minutes; Practice-50 minutes (questions allowed if they are about the exercises being practiced).

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 19 Sep 2019 12:06:41 -0400 2019-09-27T15:00:00-04:00 2019-09-27T16:30:00-04:00 North Quad Barger Leadership Institute Workshop / Seminar Yogic Breathing
How Does a Single Protein Molecule Cause an Array of Diseases? The Story of the Magic Protein NLRP3 (September 27, 2019 3:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64660 64660-16410958@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 27, 2019 3:15pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

In some cases, the malfunction of a signal molecule in our body causes diseases. Here the protein NLRP3 will be taken as an example. The course will first provide the basic background of molecular cell biology, such as the concepts of cell and its building blocks; then introduce NLRP3, its function in the normal condition and its relations with diseases, such as auto-inflammatory disorders, type 2 diabetes, gout, Alzheimer disease, etc.
The goal of this course is to bring science to the community and highlight the importance of basic biological research in medicine. Jie Xu, instructor, has a Ph.D. in neuroscience and has worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Michigan Medical School since 2018. This Study Group is for those 50 and over and meets Fridays, 3:15–4:45 pm on September 27 – October 4.

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Class / Instruction Sat, 27 Jul 2019 09:54:46 -0400 2019-09-27T15:15:00-04:00 2019-09-27T16:45:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Friday Night AI (September 27, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66385 66385-16734110@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 27, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

Join us for an evening of AI to engage with University of Michigan experts as they discuss the implications of using AI for mental health care:

-How will AI and personalized technologies fit into the mental health care system?
-Who benefits? How?
-How do we measure outcomes?
-Are we heading towards an AI-based mental health care system?
-What are the benefits of using AI for mental health?
-How efficient are virtual therapists?

Michigan AI’s Prof. Emily Mower Provost and Prof. Melvin Mcinnis, Director of the Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Program, will address these and other open questions in this public AI event.

This event is free and open to the public.
Registration is open now: http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/friday-night-AI

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 05 Sep 2019 09:07:18 -0400 2019-09-27T19:00:00-04:00 2019-09-27T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Lecture / Discussion Friday Night AI speakers
Scientist in the Forum (September 28, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63861 63861-16482934@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 28, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Check at the Welcome Desk for other scheduled times.
Join a University of Michigan researcher in the Science Forum for a special peek into cutting-edge research. Interactive presentations last about 15 minutes, with time for conversation afterwards. Presentations are appropriate for ages 5 and up.

Schedule subject to change.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 05 Aug 2019 09:40:38 -0400 2019-09-28T13:00:00-04:00 2019-09-28T13:15:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum of Natural History Lecture / Discussion Biological Sciences Building
Scientist in the Forum (September 29, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63861 63861-16482939@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 29, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Check at the Welcome Desk for other scheduled times.
Join a University of Michigan researcher in the Science Forum for a special peek into cutting-edge research. Interactive presentations last about 15 minutes, with time for conversation afterwards. Presentations are appropriate for ages 5 and up.

Schedule subject to change.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 05 Aug 2019 09:40:38 -0400 2019-09-29T13:00:00-04:00 2019-09-29T13:15:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum of Natural History Lecture / Discussion Biological Sciences Building
The Premodern Colloquium. Reading Storied Ground in Medieval Rome (September 29, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65741 65741-16651984@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 29, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS)

This paper argues that medieval Romans read elements in the city-scape to discover the evidence of sacred history. I use three case studies linked to saints Peter and Paul: divots in the Forum’s paving, an ancient Roman votive offering, and some springs at the church of Tre Fontane. The divots in the Forum’s pavement were damage, which Romans read as as signs of Christian history, claiming them as the knee prints left by Peter and Paul when they prayed for Simon Magus’ defeat. The votive offering is a pair of sculpted footprints. By the thirteenth century, ignoring this origin, Romans read them as Jesus’s footprints, left on the spot where he greeted Peter at the walls of Rome. Both cases display a dominant factor in medieval people’s material imagination: the ability to read the stories they knew in the things they saw. The springs at Tre Fontane are a third kind of thing, a natural phenomenon, and they add a new kind of reading. Tre Fontane was taken as the site of Paul’s decapitation, after which his head bounced three times, each bounce creating a spring. This story differs from the preceding cases in that it was the product of reading both the landscape and images of Paul’s martyrdom, which together suggested information absent from text. Taken together, the three cases indicate that medieval Romans read their city’s urban and natural features in creative, sophisticated and contingent ways.

For more information, please email willette@umich.edu.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 16 Sep 2019 09:00:51 -0400 2019-09-29T16:00:00-04:00 2019-09-29T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) Workshop / Seminar The Origins of Tre Fontane
Precision Health Analytics Platform Roadshow (September 30, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66952 66952-16787744@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 30, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Precision Health

Are you a health researcher looking for genetic and clinical data, or do you need assistance in data analysis?

Precision Health’s new Analytics Platform is a suite of tools, services, and datasets available to researchers across campus--resources previously available only to Michigan Medicine faculty and other level-two password holders. The platform provides campus-wide access to research tools such as DataDirect and services such as consultation with scientific facilitators.

Attend a roadshow to learn how to access the platform and what you can do with it:

• Perform cohort discovery on a database of 4M+ patients
• Query a de-identified, structured dataset of ~60K patients
• Submit queries through the self-serve tool DataDirect
• Access output via a secure, HIPAA-compliant environment
• Request access to linked genetic data (with IRB approval)

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Presentation Tue, 24 Sep 2019 14:05:28 -0400 2019-09-30T15:30:00-04:00 2019-09-30T16:30:00-04:00 Michigan League Precision Health Presentation DataDirect
"RNA Therapeutics: The Future of Human Medicine" (September 30, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65135 65135-16539446@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 30, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Center for RNA Biomedicine

Please join us immediately after Anastasia's talk for a welcome reception in Palmer Commons Atrium (4th floor).


ABSTRACT: With the first drugs approved, oligonucleotides are rising to become a new, major class of therapeutic modalities on par with small molecules and biologics.
RNAi enables simple and specific modulation of gene expression when the chemical architecture supporting efficient delivery in vivo is defined. Currently, in liver, a single subcutaneous administration supports a year of clinical efficacy, changing our vision of how medicine will be practiced in the future.
The unprecedented duration of effect relies on oligonucleotide endocytosis and entrapment within endosomal/lysosomal compartments. These naturally formed, intracellular deposits provide a continuous release of compounds for RISC loading and productive silencing, supporting multi-month efficacy. Of course, this approach is dependent on extensive and complex chemical stabilization that ensures the survival of the oligonucleotides in highly aggressive biological environments.
In the context of fully stabilized compounds, we have used diverse chemical engineering to define the rules driving oligonucleotide distribution, efficacy, and toxicity. At this point, efficient modulation of gene expression in multiple extrahepatic tissues is possible (muscle, heart, fat, placenta, etc). One of our engineering efforts resulted in the identification of a di-branched chemical scaffold that enables potent and durable gene silencing in the brain and spinal cord. Using huntingtin – the causative gene in Huntington disease – as a model, we demonstrate that CNS-active RNAi induces potent protein silencing (~ 90%) in all brain regions tested in both rodents and non-human primates. Silencing persists for at least six months, with the degree of gene modulation correlating to the level of the guide strand tissue accumulation.
Demonstration of extrahepatic activity, in particular the development of a CNS-active RNAi scaffold, is opening other tissues and the brain for RNAi-based modulation of gene expression and establishing a path toward the development of new cures for genetically-defined neurodegenerative disorders.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 13 Sep 2019 13:47:57 -0400 2019-09-30T16:00:00-04:00 2019-09-30T17:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Center for RNA Biomedicine Lecture / Discussion speaker photo
STS Workshop. Reflections on Modeling (September 30, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66602 66602-16767942@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 30, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Science, Technology & Society

We will host a conversation on the tensions between observers and modelers in the environmental sciences.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 09 Sep 2019 08:54:43 -0400 2019-09-30T16:00:00-04:00 2019-09-30T17:30:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Science, Technology & Society Workshop / Seminar Tisch Hall
ISR CoderSpace with Paul Schulz (October 1, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67427 67427-16849188@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 10:00am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Paul Schulz is a senior consulting statistician and data scientist for ISR's Population Dynamics and Health Program. He specializes in statistical methods and computing, including hypothesis testing, data analysis and modelling, sampling (including weight creation and adjustment), and power calculation), as well as the use of secure computing enclaves (SRCVDI, Likert cluster, and Flux/Great Lakes). Paul writes code in Stata and SAS for general purpose desktop computing, and R and Python for selected applications, such as data visualization and web scraping/automation, among other uses.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 01 Nov 2019 10:06:55 -0400 2019-10-01T10:00:00-04:00 2019-10-01T11:30:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar CoderSpaces at ISR
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar: Imperiled plants of tropical rivers: Phylogeny, biogeography, and systematics of Podostemaceae (October 1, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64998 64998-16501296@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Please join us for our weekly brown bag lunch seminar

Abstract
The riverweed family (Podostemaceae) is the largest strictly aquatic family of flowering plants and provides important habitats and food sources for many fishes and aquatic invertebrates. Highly unusual for flowering plants, species grow directly attached to rocks in river-rapids and waterfalls. Podostemaceae species exhibit high phenotypic plasticity and have highly modified growth forms, both of which contribute to taxonomic confusion. Many of the estimated 300 riverweed species are narrowly distributed and incompletely known, and evolutionary relationships within the family are uncertain. Unfortunately, many species are of conservation concern and risk extinction due to the expansion of hydroelectric dams and massive reservoirs. This talk will detail the progress on a collaborative project to better understand the phylogeny, biogeography, and systematics of Podostemaceae. In particular, we aim to better understand the biogeographical history of neotropical riverine organisms and the role that major river capture events during the Cenozoic have played in their distribution. The project includes significant fieldwork, monographic work, and an investigation of the structural organization of the family’s plastid genome. Finally, we are also developing a new online resource designed to broadly disseminate information on the family as well as a new tool for the systematics community to more easily manage monographic data for publication.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 24 Sep 2019 14:24:34 -0400 2019-10-01T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-01T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Riverweed
STEM Research Scholarships for Sophomores & Juniors-Central Campus (October 1, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67420 67420-16960537@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 4:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF)

Join ONSF Director, Henry Dyson, on Tuesday, October 1 from 4-5 pm in the LSA Honors Program, 1330 Mason Hall to learn about STEM Research Scholarships. The U-M STEM Research Career Award, Goldwater, and Astronaut Scholarships provide $5000, $7500 and $10,000 respectively to sophomores and juniors who plan to pursue research careers in STEM fields. Students may apply for all three scholarships through a unified application process. For more information: https://lsa.umich.edu/onsf/scholarships/stem-biomedical.html

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Presentation Tue, 01 Oct 2019 15:28:55 -0400 2019-10-01T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-01T17:00:00-04:00 Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF) Presentation ONSF Logo
The Clean Energy Revolution is (Finally) Here, Dan Kammen (October 1, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65484 65484-16898627@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: School for Environment and Sustainability

Dr. Daniel M. Kammen is a Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, with parallel appointments in the Energy and Resources Group where he serves as Chair, the Goldman School of Public Policy where he directs the Center for Environmental Policy, and the department of Nuclear Engineering. Kammen is the founding director of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL; http://rael.berkeley.edu), and was director of the Transportation Sustainability Research Center from 2007 – 2015.

He was appointed by then Secretary of State Hilary Clinton in April 2010 as the first energy fellow of the Environment and Climate Partnership for the Americas (ECPA) initiative. He began service as the Science Envoy for U. S. Secretary of State John Kerry in 2016, but resigned over President Trump’s policies in August, 2017. He has served the State of California and US federal government in expert and advisory capacities, including time at the US Environmental Protection Agency, US Department of Energy, the Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Office of Science and Technology Policy.

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Lecture / Discussion Sun, 29 Sep 2019 19:30:24 -0400 2019-10-01T18:00:00-04:00 2019-10-01T20:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) School for Environment and Sustainability Lecture / Discussion Dan Kammen
Michigan Program in Survey Methodology and the Joint Program in Survey Methodology Seminar Series (October 2, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66680 66680-16770195@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 2, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

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

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

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 09 Sep 2019 13:29:55 -0400 2019-10-02T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-02T13:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Workshop / Seminar Seminar flyer
Positive Links Speaker Series (October 2, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65987 65987-16678390@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 2, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations

Positive Links Speaker Series
Labor of Love: Lessons in Keeping Creativity Alive
Teresa M. Amabile

Wednesday, October 2, 2019
4:00-5:00 p.m.
Free and open to the public.

Register here: http://myumi.ch/Boomq

Michigan Ross Campus
Ross Building
701 Tappan
Robertson Auditorium
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1234

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

Positive Links sessions take place at Michigan Ross, and are free and open to the public.

About the talk:
Creativity is responsible for all human progress. Unfortunately, powerful forces in most classroom, workplace, and home environments can kill the motivation for creativity. In this interactive session, Harvard Professor Teresa Amabile will describe the science underlying these discoveries, as well as the science behind keeping creativity alive. The audience will leave with tips and tools for nurturing their own creativity and facilitating creative growth in their children, students, and work colleagues.

About Amabile:
Teresa Amabile has researched and written about creativity for over 40 years. Beginning with a series of papers in the 1970s and 1980s, she was instrumental in establishing the social psychology of creativity – the study of how the social environment can influence creative behavior, primarily by influencing motivational state.

Amabile’s research has examined individual creativity and productivity, team creativity, and organizational innovation. This program of research has yielded a comprehensive theory of creativity and innovation; methods for assessing creativity, motivation, and the work environment; and a set of prescriptions for maintaining and stimulating both individual creativity and organizational innovation.

Her more recent research investigated how everyday life inside organizations can influence people and their performance by affecting inner work life, the confluence of motivation, emotion, and perceptions. She is currently studying retirement and post-employment life, including the impact of creative activities on attitudes toward aging and experiences in later life.

Amabile’s scholarly work has appeared in a variety of psychology and organizational behavior journals, as well as her 2011 book (with Steven Kramer), The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work. She has presented her work to audiences in a variety of settings, including Pixar, Genentech, TEDx Atlanta, Apple, and The World Economic Forum in Davos.

In 2018, Amabile received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Organizational Behavior Division of the Academy of Management, the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Israel Organizational Behavior Conference, and the Distinguished Scholar Award from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. In 2011 and 2013, she was named to the global Thinkers50 list.

Amabile holds a BS in Chemistry from Canisius College and a PhD in psychology from Stanford University.

Host:
Julia Lee, Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations

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

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 29 Aug 2019 14:34:05 -0400 2019-10-02T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-02T17:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations Lecture / Discussion Teresa M. Amabile
Special Joint Lecture (MICHR and DCMB) (October 2, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67257 67257-16829032@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 2, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Abstract: Dr. Haendel’s vision is to weave together healthcare systems, basic science research, and patient generated data through development of data integration technologies and innovative data capture strategies. The Monarch Initiative is an international consortium dedicated to integrating human and organismal genotype-phenotype data and the development of deep phenotyping techniques. This talk will focus on the use of ontologies to support knowledge and data integration across disciplinary boundaries. Strategies for how to reconcile different terminologies and examples of harmonized semantic structures for anatomy, phenotype, and disease will be discussed. Finally, we will discuss the use of these ontological resources to populate graph structures and their use to aid mechanism discovery and rare disease diagnosis.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 16 Sep 2019 11:53:44 -0400 2019-10-02T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-02T17:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons DCMB Seminar Series Lecture / Discussion
Behind the Scenes Tour of the Clements Library (October 4, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61827 61827-15808591@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 4, 2019 11:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Join us for a tour to learn more about the Clements Library and its collections. Tours begin with a presentation behind-the-scenes to share the story of our collections and our renovated 1923 building. Tours conclude with a visit to the Avenir Foundation Reading Room to view the current exhibits.

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Presentation Tue, 20 Aug 2019 11:43:24 -0400 2019-10-04T11:00:00-04:00 2019-10-04T12:30:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Presentation Postcard of the Clements Library
MCDB Seminar: RNA Binding Proteins, Cancer-Induced Cachexia--Potential Therapy (October 4, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67346 67346-16839903@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 4, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Mohammed Akaaboune

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 17 Sep 2019 15:29:02 -0400 2019-10-04T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-04T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar collage of micrographs with MCDB letters
Behind the Scenes Tour of the Clements Library (October 4, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61827 61827-15808592@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 4, 2019 2:00pm
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Join us for a tour to learn more about the Clements Library and its collections. Tours begin with a presentation behind-the-scenes to share the story of our collections and our renovated 1923 building. Tours conclude with a visit to the Avenir Foundation Reading Room to view the current exhibits.

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Presentation Tue, 20 Aug 2019 11:43:24 -0400 2019-10-04T14:00:00-04:00 2019-10-04T15:30:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Presentation Postcard of the Clements Library
Behind the Scenes Tour of the Clements Library (October 4, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61827 61827-15808593@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 4, 2019 4:00pm
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Join us for a tour to learn more about the Clements Library and its collections. Tours begin with a presentation behind-the-scenes to share the story of our collections and our renovated 1923 building. Tours conclude with a visit to the Avenir Foundation Reading Room to view the current exhibits.

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Presentation Tue, 20 Aug 2019 11:43:24 -0400 2019-10-04T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-04T17:30:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Presentation Postcard of the Clements Library
Scientist in the Forum (October 5, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66401 66401-16734186@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 5, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Check at the Welcome Desk for schedule.

Join a University of Michigan researcher in the Science Forum for a special peek into cutting-edge research. Interactive presentations last about 15 minutes, with time for conversation afterwards. Presentations are appropriate for ages 5 and up.

Schedule subject to change.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 05 Sep 2019 10:55:59 -0400 2019-10-05T13:00:00-04:00 2019-10-05T13:15:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum of Natural History Lecture / Discussion Biological Sciences Building
Scientist in the Forum (October 6, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66401 66401-16734190@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 6, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Check at the Welcome Desk for schedule.

Join a University of Michigan researcher in the Science Forum for a special peek into cutting-edge research. Interactive presentations last about 15 minutes, with time for conversation afterwards. Presentations are appropriate for ages 5 and up.

Schedule subject to change.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 05 Sep 2019 10:55:59 -0400 2019-10-06T13:00:00-04:00 2019-10-06T13:15:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum of Natural History Lecture / Discussion Biological Sciences Building
Open Workshop for Pre-Med Students (October 6, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67768 67768-16941436@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 6, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Mason Hall
Organized By: Pre-Med Hub

Calling all pre-meds: wondering how to find and contact University of Michigan physicians and professors that would allow you to research or shadow with them? Meet us Sunday, Oct 6 (5-7 PM) at Mason Hall Room 2448 for our Research and Resume Workshop, run by peer advisors of the organization Pre-Med Hub.

In this first workshop of the year, we will be covering how to write a basic cover letter to introduce yourself to faculty conducting research or clinical practice that you may be interested in working with or shadowing. Shadowing is crucial before applying to medical school, and it can be difficult to find physicians that allow undergraduates to shadow. Research, although not required, is one of the most common pre-med extracurricular especially at such a big research university, and there are many different types of labs that you will be able to get involved with.

We hope to see you all at the workshop! To learn more about our organization, visit premedhubumich.edu and post on our open forum or email premedhub@umich.edu with questions or concerns.

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Workshop / Seminar Sun, 29 Sep 2019 11:27:50 -0400 2019-10-06T17:00:00-04:00 2019-10-06T19:00:00-04:00 Mason Hall Pre-Med Hub Workshop / Seminar Mason Hall
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 7, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009755@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 7, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

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

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

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-07T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-07T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Brown Bag: "Environmental History and Military Metabolism in the War of Independence" (October 7, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65581 65581-16619782@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 7, 2019 12:00pm
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

In this Brown Bag lunch talk, Dr. David Hsiung will discuss his current research at the Clements Library as recipient of the Faith and Stephen Brown Fellowship. A U-M grad (PhD in History 1991), he is now the Charles and Shirley Knox Professor of History at Juniata College in Pennsylvania. Dr. Hsiung is working on a book tentatively titled “One If By Land: An Environmental History of the Birth of American Independence and Its Consequences.”

Attendees are welcome to bring a lunch and eat during the presentation.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 19 Sep 2019 15:37:24 -0400 2019-10-07T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-07T13:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Workshop / Seminar Seat of war in the environs of Philadelphia (1777)
RNA Innovation Seminar, Keith Slotkin, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, University of Missouri Columbia (October 7, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65136 65136-16539447@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 7, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Center for RNA Biomedicine

Keith Slotkin, Member and PI, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center,  Associate Professor, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri Columbia

Abstract: The field of epigenetic silencing is replete with labs studying how transcriptional silencing is epigenetically maintained, or in some cases re-targeted, across cell divisions and generations. On the other hand, the initiation of that silencing in the first place, especially for DNA that is “new” to the genome, is not well understood. Although the propagation of epigenetic silencing is based on the chromatin level, our data in the powerful model plant Arabidopsis demonstrates that de novo initiation of transposable element and transgene silencing is based on RNA, and utilizes a host of small RNA classes that function specifically in the initiation of silencing to guide the first round of DNA methylation. I plan to present my ongoing work on the molecular mechanisms of silencing initiation, focusing on the key RNA-dependent processes necessary to initiate epigenetic silencing.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 25 Sep 2019 10:57:47 -0400 2019-10-07T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-07T17:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Center for RNA Biomedicine Lecture / Discussion flyer
STS Speaker. Change Over Time? Fracture and Reconciliation in Natural Science Infrastructure (October 7, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66596 66596-16767936@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 7, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Science, Technology & Society

Scientists in the natural histories create the frameworks, calendars and infrastructures that allow us to understand and grapple with "deep time" -- but they do so within their own temporally complex scholarly settings: they draw on classification systems that are constantly facing revision and methodological revolution; database systems that simultaneously face forced obsolescence and true decay; and data collections in need of maintenance and migration. In this talk, I consider the rhythms of fracture and reconciliation in the data infrastructure in the natural sciences. This talk draws on Thomer's on-going work with the “Transforming Taxonomic Interfaces” and “Migrating Research Data Collections” projects.

Bio: Andrea Thomer is an assistant professor of information at the University of Michigan School of Information. She conducts research in the areas of data curation, museum informatics, earth science and biodiversity informatics, information organization, and computer supported cooperative work. She is especially interested in how people use and create data and metadata; the impact of information organization on information use; issues of data provenance, reproducibility, and integration; and long-term data curation and infrastructure sustainability. She is studying a number of these issues through the "Migrating Research Data Collections" project - a recently awarded Laura Bush 21st Century Librarianship Early Career Research Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Dr. Thomer received her doctorate in Library and Information Science from the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign in 2017.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 09 Sep 2019 08:23:44 -0400 2019-10-07T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-07T17:30:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Science, Technology & Society Lecture / Discussion Tisch Hall
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 8, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009756@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

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

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

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-08T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-08T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
ISR CoderSpace with Paul Schulz (October 8, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67427 67427-16849189@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 10:00am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Paul Schulz is a senior consulting statistician and data scientist for ISR's Population Dynamics and Health Program. He specializes in statistical methods and computing, including hypothesis testing, data analysis and modelling, sampling (including weight creation and adjustment), and power calculation), as well as the use of secure computing enclaves (SRCVDI, Likert cluster, and Flux/Great Lakes). Paul writes code in Stata and SAS for general purpose desktop computing, and R and Python for selected applications, such as data visualization and web scraping/automation, among other uses.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 01 Nov 2019 10:06:55 -0400 2019-10-08T10:00:00-04:00 2019-10-08T11:30:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar CoderSpaces at ISR
Great Lakes Seminar - Dr. Joannes Westerink - Tuesday, October 8, 10:30-11:30 am (October 8, 2019 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67919 67919-16966899@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 10:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR)

Please join us for a Great Lakes Seminar!
Tuesday, October 8, 10:30-11:30 am

NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
4840 S State Rd, Ann Arbor

Remote participation via webinar is available: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/5551628124438203405

Presenter: Joannes Westerink, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame

Title: Towards Heterogeneous Process, Scale, and Model Coupling in Simulating the Hydrodynamics of the Coastal Ocean

About the speaker:
Joannes Westerink is the Joseph and Nona Ahearn Professor of Computational Science and Engineering and the Henry J. Massman Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences at the University of Notre Dame. He obtained his B.S. (1979) and M.S. (1981) degrees in Civil Engineering at the State University of New York at Buffalo and Ph.D. (1984) degree in Civil Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Westerink develops high resolution heterogeneous unstructured mesh, multi-physics, multi-scale hydrodynamic codes and models for the hydrodynamics of the coastal ocean and has successfully transitioned these to practitioners for a wide range of applications including the analysis and design of major flood control projects and coastal ocean water level forecasting systems. Westerink has pioneered the successful use of global to channel scale highly heterogeneous unstructured mesh coastal ocean models with mesh resolution varying by up to four orders of magnitude. This encompasses the optimization of algorithms; development of high performance codes in vector and parallel computing environments; the linkages of circulation models to weather and short wind wave models; model verification, validation, and uncertainty quantification; and the application of codes to oceans, continental shelf regions, estuaries, rivers, and coastal flood plains. Westerink is the co-developer, with Rick Luettich of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Clint Dawson of the University of Texas at Austin, of the widely used ADCIRC finite element based shallow water equation code. ADCIRC has evolved into a community based coastal hydrodynamics code with wide ranging applications within academia, government, and the private sector worldwide. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration all use ADCIRC in support of coastal water level and flooding analyses and forecasts.

Westerink was a team co-lead in the U.S. Army’s Interagency Performance Evaluation Taskforce (IPET) investigation of the Hurricane Katrina (2005) flooding failures in Louisiana. He led ADCIRC storm surge model development for the USACE’s New Orleans and vicinity Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System. He also led the ADCIRC model development for the FEMA Flood Insurance Studies in coastal Louisiana and Texas. He served as a commissioner on the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority and has served as an advisor for the UNESCO Joint WMO-IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology on Enhancing Forecasting Capabilities for North Indian Ocean Storm Surges. He currently serves as an International Advisory Board Member of CIGIDEN, Chile’s National Research Center for Integrated Natural Disaster Management.

Westerink’s current research includes: the development of high order h-p adaptive Discontinuous Galerkin based coastal circulation codes; incorporating phase resolving wave processes including run-up directly into circulation codes; understanding resonant basin and shelf modes and shelf dissipation processes; incorporating local rainfall and small scale channel routing capabilities into shallow water based codes; sea ice interaction with wind waves and circulation; and downscaling global ocean models into global high resolution coastal models to account for baroclinicity and sea level fluctuations. Current applications regions include developing the next generation of ESTOFS water level forecast models for NOAA focusing on Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands; the U.S. East and Gulf coasts, and Alaska.

About the presentation:
Hurricane wind wave, storm surge, and current environments in the coastal ocean and adjacent coastal floodplain are characterized by their high energy and by their spatial variability. These processes impact offshore energy assets, navigation, ports and harbors, deltas, wetlands, and coastal communities. The potential for an enormous catastrophic impact in terms of loss of life and economic losses is substantial.

Computational models for wind waves and storm driven currents and surge must provide a high level of grid resolution, fully couple the wind wave and long wave processes, and perform quickly for risk assessment, flood mitigation system design, and forecasting purposes. In order to accomplish this, high performance scalable codes are essential. To this end, we have developed an MPI based domain decomposed unstructured grid framework that minimizes global communications, efficiently handles localized sub-domain to sub-domain communication, applies a local inter-model paradigm with all model to model communications being kept on identical cores for sub-domains, and carefully manages output by assigning specialized cores for this purpose. Continuous Galerkin (CG) and Discontinuous Galerkin (DG) implementations are examined. Performance of explicit and implicit implementations of the wave-current coupled system on up to 32,000 cores for various platforms is evaluated.

The system has been extensively validated with an ever increasing amount of wave, water level and current data that has being collected for recent storms including Hurricanes Katrina (2005), Rita (2005), Gustav (2008), Ike (2008), and Sandy (2012). The modeling system helps understand the physics of hurricane storm surges including processes such as geostrophically driven forerunner, shelf waves that propagate far away from the storm, wind wave – surge interaction, surge capture and propagation by protruding deltaic river systems, the influence of storm size and forward speed, and frictionally controlled inland penetration.

These models are being applied by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in the development of the recently completed hurricane risk reduction system in Southern Louisiana as well as for the development of FEMA Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRMS) for Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and other Gulf and Atlantic coast states. NOAA applies the models in extra-tropical and tropical storm surge forecasting.

Current development is focused on incorporating a wider range of physics affecting coastal and inland water levels as well as forces on infrastructure including large scale baroclinically driven processes, rainfall runoff in upland areas and on the coastal floodplain, and wave run-up. This is accomplished with an interleafing framework in which heterogeneous models focused on a select range of processes are coupled over the same domain and/or specific targeted equations that are dynamically assigned to changing portions of the domain as appropriate to the prevailing flow conditions. This is all done in a dynamically load balanced framework. Algorithmic development is focused on DG solvers, ideally suited for the associated strongly advective flows, allow super-parametric elements for p=1 and p=2 and iso-parametric elements for p=3 in order to achieve improved convergence rates and overall runtime efficiency, and allow for the selection of localized physics on the elemental level.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 02 Oct 2019 10:43:17 -0400 2019-10-08T10:30:00-04:00 2019-10-08T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR) Workshop / Seminar Seminar flyer
The Power Family Program for Inuit Art: Tillirnanngittuq​ (October 8, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58826 58826-14563543@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

An exhibition celebrating the exceptional gift of 20th-century Inuit art to the Museum by the Power family

Two fascinating stories converge in one very special exhibition: One tracks the development and subsequent worldwide acclaim of contemporary Inuit art from the Canadian Arctic. The other traces the Power family’s seminal role in supporting Inuit art and introducing it to a U.S. audience. Seventy years ago, neither the Inuit artists nor the Power family could have foreseen the tremendous popularity that this work would come to enjoy. Taking its title from the Inuktitut word for “unexpected,” this stirring exhibition showcases 58 works from the collection of Philip and Kathy Power, most from the very early contemporary period of the 1950s and 60s. Included are exquisite sculptures of ivory, bone, and stone, as well as stonecut and stencil prints, some from the first annual Inuit print collection in 1959. Among the renowned Inuit artists featured in this historic survey are Kenojuak Ashevak, Lucy Qinnuayuak, Niviaksiak, Osuitok Ipeelee, Kananginak Pootoogook, and Johnny Inukpuk.

The exhibition also serves as a promising launch pad for future groundbreaking research, exhibitions, and programming related to Inuit art and culture at the University of Michigan, thanks to the generosity of the Power family.

This exhibition inaugurates the Power Family Program for Inuit Art, established in 2018 through the generosity of Philip and Kathy Power.

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Exhibition Mon, 07 Oct 2019 12:17:39 -0400 2019-10-08T11:00:00-04:00 2019-10-08T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/LTL2018_5_7%2520%25281%2529.jpg
Complex Systems Seminar | Modeling Human-Technology Interactions and their Implications for Environmental Sustainability (October 8, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67603 67603-16900793@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 11:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

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

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

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

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

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

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 26 Sep 2019 13:37:36 -0400 2019-10-08T11:30:00-04:00 2019-10-08T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Workshop / Seminar Shelie Miller
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar: Fuel treatments change forest structure and spatial patterns of fire severity in dry western forests (October 8, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64999 64999-16501297@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Please join us for our weekly brown bag lunch seminar.

Abstract
Fuel reduction treatments are often designed to achieve multiple resource management objectives in addition to reducing potential fire hazard. Many studies have documented reduced fire severity for a standard set of fuel treatments, but the range of variability in fuel treatment effectiveness for alternative treatment designs is poorly understood. We used nonlinear mixed-effects modeling to estimate the distance into the treated area at which fire severity decreases and randomization tests to compare forest structure. The range of variability in observed-distance high-severity fire effects persist into the treated area and, in conjunction with estimated relationships between posttreatment forest structure and severity, can inform the design of alternative fuel treatment prescriptions with various target prescriptions. Our study will inform decision makers on the size of treatments required to accomplish management objectives.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 04 Oct 2019 10:34:29 -0400 2019-10-08T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-08T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar View from above of forest fire and unburned area and land beyond
Sandwiches and Science: Training (for) Better Presentations Graduate Speaker Series (October 8, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59651 59651-16898651@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

**Fall 2019 KICK-OFF WORKSHOP SEPTEMBER 23RD**

Sandwiches and Science: Training (for) Better Presentations marks the third run of the professional development event hosted by Tau Beta Pi aimed at providing Michigan Engineering graduate students the opportunity to enhance their scientific communication skills. The series will be co-hosted/sponsored by TBP and the graduate societies of MSE, ECE, ChE, and MACRO and also sponsored by the Office of Student Affairs! As "learning-by-practice" event, it aims to help students learn how to effectively convey the "big picture" value of their research to a diverse audience, while also engaging a dialog of science and engineering research among graduate students across the entire College of Engineering. The event is aimed primarily at graduate students planning to take their candidacy exam, but anyone is welcome to participate! We will host 7-10 events each term, and event dates/times will be announced on a rolling basis.

Each session is structured to have student speakers (2-3 per session) make a timed (15-20 min) presentation on their graduate research to a broad engineering audience and a communications expert panel (3-4 panelists). Our expert panelists will provide constructive feedback to the speakers (and the audience), highlighting the positive aspects of each presentation and also indicating opportunities for improvement. This structure will allow for the speakers to receive specific feedback on their communication skills, while also providing the audience with generalized guidelines for good scientific communication.

If you would like to participate as a speaker/audience, please fill out the links below. We will follow-up with you with scheduling details. NOTE: The event is open to ALL CoE students, regardless of TBP membership status.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 03 Dec 2019 14:20:21 -0500 2019-10-08T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-08T13:30:00-04:00 Tau Beta Pi Workshop / Seminar TBP Speaker Series
Writing a Competitive Research Grant Proposal (October 8, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66545 66545-16744999@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: OVPR Office of Research Development

This workshop discusses writing grant proposals for various sponsors, including federal agencies (e.g., NIH, NSF) and foundation funders.
Topics include:
-Resources at U-M to help you find funding opportunities and develop proposals
-Self-assessment
-Analyzing sponsors
-How the review process works
-How to write various proposals sections
-General writing tips

Email Jill Jividen at jjgoff@umich.edu with questions.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 09 Sep 2019 08:55:34 -0400 2019-10-08T13:00:00-04:00 2019-10-08T16:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research OVPR Office of Research Development Workshop / Seminar
STEM Research Scholarships for Sophomores & Juniors-Central Campus (October 8, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67420 67420-17020447@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Mason Hall
Organized By: Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF)

Join ONSF Director, Henry Dyson, on Tuesday, October 1 from 4-5 pm in the LSA Honors Program, 1330 Mason Hall to learn about STEM Research Scholarships. The U-M STEM Research Career Award, Goldwater, and Astronaut Scholarships provide $5000, $7500 and $10,000 respectively to sophomores and juniors who plan to pursue research careers in STEM fields. Students may apply for all three scholarships through a unified application process. For more information: https://lsa.umich.edu/onsf/scholarships/stem-biomedical.html

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Presentation Tue, 01 Oct 2019 15:28:55 -0400 2019-10-08T14:00:00-04:00 2019-10-08T15:00:00-04:00 Mason Hall Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF) Presentation ONSF Logo
STEM Research Scholarships for Sophomores & Juniors-North Campus (October 8, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67421 67421-16849165@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF)

Join Honors Engineering Advisor, Rachel Armstrong, and ONSF Director, Henry Dyson, on Tuesday, October 8 from 4-5:30 pm in 3358 Duderstadt to learn about STEM Research Scholarships. The U-M STEM Research Career Award, Goldwater, and Astronaut Scholarships provide $5000, $7500 and $10,000 respectively to sophomores and juniors who plan to pursue research careers in STEM fields. Students may apply for all three scholarships through a unified application process. For more information: https://lsa.umich.edu/onsf/scholarships/stem-biomedical.html

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Presentation Wed, 18 Sep 2019 15:07:13 -0400 2019-10-08T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-08T17:30:00-04:00 Duderstadt Center Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF) Presentation ONSF Logo
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 9, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009757@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 9, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

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

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

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-09T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-09T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
The Power Family Program for Inuit Art: Tillirnanngittuq​ (October 9, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58826 58826-14563544@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 9, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

An exhibition celebrating the exceptional gift of 20th-century Inuit art to the Museum by the Power family

Two fascinating stories converge in one very special exhibition: One tracks the development and subsequent worldwide acclaim of contemporary Inuit art from the Canadian Arctic. The other traces the Power family’s seminal role in supporting Inuit art and introducing it to a U.S. audience. Seventy years ago, neither the Inuit artists nor the Power family could have foreseen the tremendous popularity that this work would come to enjoy. Taking its title from the Inuktitut word for “unexpected,” this stirring exhibition showcases 58 works from the collection of Philip and Kathy Power, most from the very early contemporary period of the 1950s and 60s. Included are exquisite sculptures of ivory, bone, and stone, as well as stonecut and stencil prints, some from the first annual Inuit print collection in 1959. Among the renowned Inuit artists featured in this historic survey are Kenojuak Ashevak, Lucy Qinnuayuak, Niviaksiak, Osuitok Ipeelee, Kananginak Pootoogook, and Johnny Inukpuk.

The exhibition also serves as a promising launch pad for future groundbreaking research, exhibitions, and programming related to Inuit art and culture at the University of Michigan, thanks to the generosity of the Power family.

This exhibition inaugurates the Power Family Program for Inuit Art, established in 2018 through the generosity of Philip and Kathy Power.

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Exhibition Mon, 07 Oct 2019 12:17:39 -0400 2019-10-09T11:00:00-04:00 2019-10-09T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/LTL2018_5_7%2520%25281%2529.jpg
Precision Health Analytics Platform Roadshow (October 9, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66953 66953-16787745@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 9, 2019 12:00pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 10
Organized By: Precision Health

Are you a health researcher looking for genetic and clinical data, or do you need assistance in data analysis?

Precision Health’s new Analytics Platform is a suite of tools, services, and datasets available to researchers across campus--resources previously available only to Michigan Medicine faculty and other level-two password holders. The platform provides campus-wide access to research tools such as DataDirect and services such as consultation with scientific facilitators.

Attend a roadshow to learn how to access the platform and what you can do with it:

• Perform cohort discovery on a database of 4M+ patients
• Query a de-identified, structured dataset of ~60K patients
• Submit queries through the self-serve tool DataDirect
• Access output via a secure, HIPAA-compliant environment
• Request access to linked genetic data (with IRB approval)

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Presentation Wed, 18 Sep 2019 12:33:01 -0400 2019-10-09T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-09T13:30:00-04:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 10 Precision Health Presentation DataDirect
Biology DEI Event (October 9, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68088 68088-17009817@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 9, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: MCDB Graduate Student Council - MCDB-GSC

As part of Biology Week, the MCDB and EEB DE&I Committees will be hosting an information session on summer research opportunities for undergraduate students. We will also have a presentation from the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) organization. In addition, we will be hosting a Draw a Scientist Activity where we invite all undergrads, graduate students, postdocs, and even faculty to draw cartoon versions of themselves as scientists. These drawings will be displayed during our outreach events later in the week.
There will be free pizza at this event.

Room and Time: 1010 BSB, 1:30pm - 2:30pm

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 07 Oct 2019 10:14:26 -0400 2019-10-09T13:30:00-04:00 2019-10-09T14:30:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building MCDB Graduate Student Council - MCDB-GSC Workshop / Seminar Biological Sciences Building
Department of Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics Weekly Wednesday Seminar (October 9, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68092 68092-17009821@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 9, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Talk Title: "Controlling dynamic ensembles: From cells to societies"

Abstract: Natural and engineered systems that consist of populations of isolated or interacting dynamical components exhibit levels of complexity that are beyond human comprehension. These complex systems often require an appropriate excitation, an optimal hierarchical organization, or a periodic dynamical structure, such as synchrony, to function as desired or operate optimally. In many application domains, e.g., neurostimulation in brain medicine and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and imaging in quantum control, control and observation can only be implemented at the population level, through broadcasting a single input signal to all the systems in the population and through collecting aggregated system-level measurements of the population, respectively. These limitations give rise to challenging problems and new control paradigms involving underactuated manipulation of dynamic ensembles. This talk will address theoretical and computational challenges for targeted coordination of both isolated and networked ensemble systems arising in diverse areas at different scales. Both model-based and data-driven approaches for learning, decoding, control, and computation of dynamic structures and patterns in ensemble systems will be presented. Practical control designs, including synchronization waveforms for pattern formation in complex networks and optimal pulses in quantum control, will be illustrated along with their experimental realizations. Lastly, future directions and opportunities in Systems and Controls will be discussed.

3:45 p.m. - Light Refreshments Served
4:00 p.m. - Lecture

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 07 Oct 2019 10:26:01 -0400 2019-10-09T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-09T17:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons DCMB Seminar Series Lecture / Discussion
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 10, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009758@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 10, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

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

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

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-10T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-10T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
The Power Family Program for Inuit Art: Tillirnanngittuq​ (October 10, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58826 58826-14563545@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 10, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

An exhibition celebrating the exceptional gift of 20th-century Inuit art to the Museum by the Power family

Two fascinating stories converge in one very special exhibition: One tracks the development and subsequent worldwide acclaim of contemporary Inuit art from the Canadian Arctic. The other traces the Power family’s seminal role in supporting Inuit art and introducing it to a U.S. audience. Seventy years ago, neither the Inuit artists nor the Power family could have foreseen the tremendous popularity that this work would come to enjoy. Taking its title from the Inuktitut word for “unexpected,” this stirring exhibition showcases 58 works from the collection of Philip and Kathy Power, most from the very early contemporary period of the 1950s and 60s. Included are exquisite sculptures of ivory, bone, and stone, as well as stonecut and stencil prints, some from the first annual Inuit print collection in 1959. Among the renowned Inuit artists featured in this historic survey are Kenojuak Ashevak, Lucy Qinnuayuak, Niviaksiak, Osuitok Ipeelee, Kananginak Pootoogook, and Johnny Inukpuk.

The exhibition also serves as a promising launch pad for future groundbreaking research, exhibitions, and programming related to Inuit art and culture at the University of Michigan, thanks to the generosity of the Power family.

This exhibition inaugurates the Power Family Program for Inuit Art, established in 2018 through the generosity of Philip and Kathy Power.

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Exhibition Mon, 07 Oct 2019 12:17:39 -0400 2019-10-10T11:00:00-04:00 2019-10-10T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/LTL2018_5_7%2520%25281%2529.jpg
LSI Seminar Series: Hanchuan Peng, Ph.D., Allen Institute for Brain Science (October 10, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67683 67683-16917832@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 10, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Life Sciences Institute (LSI)

Abstract:
Despite substantial advancement in the automatic tracing of brain cells' 3D morphology in recent years, it is challenging to apply existing algorithms to very large image datasets containing billions or more voxels, especially for applications such as morphometry of single neurons at the whole-brain scale. We have developed a new platform combining several newly developed technologies including Vaa3D, TeraFly, UltraTracer, and TeraVR (Nature, 2019), to attempt this challenge. Particularly, we have used TeraFly to invoke Vaa3D to quickly visualize the whole mouse brain image volume and manage the thousands of billions of voxels in each of the brain volume. We then used UltraTracer to wrap several efficient base tracers to trace such massive data volumes. Finally, we combined virtual reality and machine learning into a tool called TeraVR for efficient proofreading and editing of such reconstructed neuron morphology. We are further improving the integration of these tools for more scalable and accurate single neuron morphometry.

Speaker:
Hanchuan Peng is the director of the SEU-ALLEN Joint Center and director of advanced computing at the Allen Institute for Brain Science. His lab develops revolutionary technologies to generate, manage, visualize, analyze and understand massive-scale structure and function data related to brains. Peng also led the Big Image Mining team at Janelia, HHMI. Peng is a highly cited inventor of a number of new algorithms and software/hardware systems, including Vaa3D - a widely adopted high-performance platform for very large multi-dimensional images, BrainAligner, SmartScope, mRMR, etc. He built and co-worked the first digital maps for several widely used model systems at single cell/neurite resolution, and led the “BigNeuron” initiative. Peng was inducted into AIMBE in 2019, is a co-recipient of USA National Academy of Sciences’ Cozzarelli Prize (2013), and a recipient of the DIADEM award (2010). His work has been featured in Nature, Science, NPR, and NBC, among others.

Lunch will be provided.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 26 Sep 2019 13:13:18 -0400 2019-10-10T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-10T13:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Life Sciences Institute (LSI) Lecture / Discussion LSI Seminar Series
2019 EER Prospective Student Open House (October 11, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/65464 65464-16603590@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 11, 2019 8:00am
Location: School of Education
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

We invite students from all institutions to attend the University of Michigan Engineering Education Research (EER) graduate student open house!

Attendees will be eligible for an application fee waiver.

(Note: Applicants to the EER program must have Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in a traditional engineering discipline.)

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 20 Aug 2019 10:11:11 -0400 2019-10-11T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-11T16:30:00-04:00 School of Education Engineering Education Research Workshop / Seminar EER Logo
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 11, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009759@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 11, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

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

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

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-11T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-11T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Horror & Enchantment (October 11, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/65467 65467-16603594@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 11, 2019 9:00am
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Department of History

We are fascinated by what we fear. Misery appalls and magnetises. Creation means possibility but also beckons dissolution and catastrophe. Change – perhaps most radically projected as “conversion” – is at once an exhilarating and menacing prospect. When meanings are destabilised and predictabilities lost, experiences of opportunity and of awe jostle with feelings of anxiety and insignificance. Even love casts its shadows, turning what is intimate and familiar into the province of comfort but also dread. Revered ancestors become ghosts, dear neighbours witches. There is desire in absence, monster in treasure, chaos in awe.

A distinguished, international selection of scholars from across the humanities and social sciences gathers in Ann Arbor to explore the entwinement of horror and enchantment – amidst the intrusions and disturbances that characterised the medieval and early modern worlds – in an array of the post-colonial settings and cultural imaginations they helped to set in motion – and in a recognition of the fact that to investigate the coincidence of horror and enchantment in the past is also to inquire into ourselves, and into the volatilities and predicaments of our own times and places.

convened by:
Kenneth Mills, University of Michigan
Kris Lane, Tulane University
Ato Quayson, Stanford University

Featuring:
Josiah Blackmore, Harvard
Clifton Crais, Emory
Harry Garuba, Capetown
Helen Hills, York (UK)
Megan Holmes, Michigan
Kris Lane, Tulane
Paul Christopher Johnson, Michigan
Anne Lester, Johns Hopkins
Jeff Malpas, Tasmania
Kenneth Mills, Michigan
Marcy Norton, Pennsylvania
Katrina B. Olds, San Francisco
Helmut Puff, Michigan
Ato Quayson, Stanford
Heidi Victoria Scott, Massachusetts, Amherst
Sylvia Sellers-García, Boston College
Dale Shuger, Tulane
Zeb Tortorici, New York

Free and open to the public

Guests must register in order to gain access to pre-circulated papers. Please register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdOSnnYd5CRZdCbI39lAKXMaJthptUwtttXDrsiocOZbyh5RQ/viewform?usp=sf_link


Conference Schedule:

Friday, 11 October – 1014 Tisch Hall
Introductory Remarks
9-9:15

Session 1. Dark Detections
9:20-9:40
Dale Shuger, Tulane. This Early Modern Spanish Life: Podcasts from the Archives

Clifton Crais, Emory. Into the Dark: Nightmares of World History

9:40-9:50 Hayley Bowman, Michigan
9:50-10:10: discussion

Session 2. Matter and Form in Motion
10:10-10:40
Anne Lester, Johns Hopkins. Exceptional Matter and the Enchantment of the Frame: Traces, Translations, and a Techne for Ecologies of Devotion

Megan Holmes, Michigan. Enchanted Figuration and Performative Artifice in the Making and Unmaking of Demons in Early Modern European Painting

Marcy Norton, Pennsylvania. Enchantment and the Columbian Exchange

10:40-10:50 Hayley Bowman, Michigan
10:50-11:10: discussion

Break
11:10-11:20

Session 3. Enlightening Shadows
11:20-11:50
Heidi Victoria Scott, Massachusetts, Amherst. Between Horror and Enchantment in an Eighteenth-Century Mining Manual from Spanish America

Katrina Olds, San Francisco. The Picaresque Enlightenment – A Preliminary Précis

11:50-12:00 Richard Hoffman Reinhardt, Michigan
12:00-12:20: discussion

Session 4. Summoned from Storystores
12:20-12:40
Josiah Blackmore, Harvard. Monsters of the Sky and Other Notable Things: Portugal and the Satisfaction of the Wise

Paul Christopher Johnson, Michigan. “Creature-Feeling”: Religion, Apparatus, and the Laboratory of the Human

Kris Lane, Tulane. Tales of Potosí Revisited: Horror, Enchantment, and the Origins of Andean Gothic


12:40-12:50 Richard Hoffman Reinhardt, Michigan
12:50-1:10: discussion

2:30-3:20 A group visit to the University of Michigan Museum of Art for a brief presentation by Megan Holmes on a work in the collection that resonates with the symposium's theme


Session 5. Fable, Fashion and Fate
3:30-3:50
Helen Hills, York (UK). Colonial Materiality: Silver's Alchemy of Trauma and Salvation
Zeb Tortorici, New York. Fabricated Fictions of Morality: The “Oral Pear” and Popular Perceptions of the Inquisition

3:50-4:00 RIW discussant TBA
4:00-4:20: discussion


Saturday, 12 October – 1014 Tisch Hall

Introductory Remarks
10:00-10:05

Session 6. Damage and Deferral
10:05-10:35
Sylvia Sellers-García, Boston College. Three Dismemberments

Helmut Puff, Michigan. Waiting in the Antechamber

Harry Garuba, Capetown. Horror and Enchantment in the Postcolony: Wole Soyinka’s Madmen and Specialists and the Disfiguring of Metaphor

10:35-10:45 RIW discussant TBA, Michigan
10:45- 11:00: discussion

Coffee Break

Session 8. Roundtable
11:10-12:00
Josiah Blackmore, Clifton Crais, Anne Lester, Sylvia Sellers-García, Dale Shuger

11:30-12:00 Discussion

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 10 Oct 2019 07:27:19 -0400 2019-10-11T09:00:00-04:00 2019-10-11T16:20:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Department of History Conference / Symposium H&E
The Power Family Program for Inuit Art: Tillirnanngittuq​ (October 11, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58826 58826-14563546@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 11, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

An exhibition celebrating the exceptional gift of 20th-century Inuit art to the Museum by the Power family

Two fascinating stories converge in one very special exhibition: One tracks the development and subsequent worldwide acclaim of contemporary Inuit art from the Canadian Arctic. The other traces the Power family’s seminal role in supporting Inuit art and introducing it to a U.S. audience. Seventy years ago, neither the Inuit artists nor the Power family could have foreseen the tremendous popularity that this work would come to enjoy. Taking its title from the Inuktitut word for “unexpected,” this stirring exhibition showcases 58 works from the collection of Philip and Kathy Power, most from the very early contemporary period of the 1950s and 60s. Included are exquisite sculptures of ivory, bone, and stone, as well as stonecut and stencil prints, some from the first annual Inuit print collection in 1959. Among the renowned Inuit artists featured in this historic survey are Kenojuak Ashevak, Lucy Qinnuayuak, Niviaksiak, Osuitok Ipeelee, Kananginak Pootoogook, and Johnny Inukpuk.

The exhibition also serves as a promising launch pad for future groundbreaking research, exhibitions, and programming related to Inuit art and culture at the University of Michigan, thanks to the generosity of the Power family.

This exhibition inaugurates the Power Family Program for Inuit Art, established in 2018 through the generosity of Philip and Kathy Power.

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Exhibition Mon, 07 Oct 2019 12:17:39 -0400 2019-10-11T11:00:00-04:00 2019-10-11T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/LTL2018_5_7%2520%25281%2529.jpg
MCDB Seminar: Temperature Sensing and Preference in Drosophila (October 11, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67350 67350-16839923@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 11, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Monica Dus

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 17 Sep 2019 16:11:36 -0400 2019-10-11T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-11T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar cartoon of large Drosophila fly and city in flames
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 12, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009760@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 12, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

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

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

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-12T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-12T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Horror & Enchantment (October 12, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/65467 65467-17035289@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 12, 2019 10:00am
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Department of History

We are fascinated by what we fear. Misery appalls and magnetises. Creation means possibility but also beckons dissolution and catastrophe. Change – perhaps most radically projected as “conversion” – is at once an exhilarating and menacing prospect. When meanings are destabilised and predictabilities lost, experiences of opportunity and of awe jostle with feelings of anxiety and insignificance. Even love casts its shadows, turning what is intimate and familiar into the province of comfort but also dread. Revered ancestors become ghosts, dear neighbours witches. There is desire in absence, monster in treasure, chaos in awe.

A distinguished, international selection of scholars from across the humanities and social sciences gathers in Ann Arbor to explore the entwinement of horror and enchantment – amidst the intrusions and disturbances that characterised the medieval and early modern worlds – in an array of the post-colonial settings and cultural imaginations they helped to set in motion – and in a recognition of the fact that to investigate the coincidence of horror and enchantment in the past is also to inquire into ourselves, and into the volatilities and predicaments of our own times and places.

convened by:
Kenneth Mills, University of Michigan
Kris Lane, Tulane University
Ato Quayson, Stanford University

Featuring:
Josiah Blackmore, Harvard
Clifton Crais, Emory
Harry Garuba, Capetown
Helen Hills, York (UK)
Megan Holmes, Michigan
Kris Lane, Tulane
Paul Christopher Johnson, Michigan
Anne Lester, Johns Hopkins
Jeff Malpas, Tasmania
Kenneth Mills, Michigan
Marcy Norton, Pennsylvania
Katrina B. Olds, San Francisco
Helmut Puff, Michigan
Ato Quayson, Stanford
Heidi Victoria Scott, Massachusetts, Amherst
Sylvia Sellers-García, Boston College
Dale Shuger, Tulane
Zeb Tortorici, New York

Free and open to the public

Guests must register in order to gain access to pre-circulated papers. Please register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdOSnnYd5CRZdCbI39lAKXMaJthptUwtttXDrsiocOZbyh5RQ/viewform?usp=sf_link


Conference Schedule:

Friday, 11 October – 1014 Tisch Hall
Introductory Remarks
9-9:15

Session 1. Dark Detections
9:20-9:40
Dale Shuger, Tulane. This Early Modern Spanish Life: Podcasts from the Archives

Clifton Crais, Emory. Into the Dark: Nightmares of World History

9:40-9:50 Hayley Bowman, Michigan
9:50-10:10: discussion

Session 2. Matter and Form in Motion
10:10-10:40
Anne Lester, Johns Hopkins. Exceptional Matter and the Enchantment of the Frame: Traces, Translations, and a Techne for Ecologies of Devotion

Megan Holmes, Michigan. Enchanted Figuration and Performative Artifice in the Making and Unmaking of Demons in Early Modern European Painting

Marcy Norton, Pennsylvania. Enchantment and the Columbian Exchange

10:40-10:50 Hayley Bowman, Michigan
10:50-11:10: discussion

Break
11:10-11:20

Session 3. Enlightening Shadows
11:20-11:50
Heidi Victoria Scott, Massachusetts, Amherst. Between Horror and Enchantment in an Eighteenth-Century Mining Manual from Spanish America

Katrina Olds, San Francisco. The Picaresque Enlightenment – A Preliminary Précis

11:50-12:00 Richard Hoffman Reinhardt, Michigan
12:00-12:20: discussion

Session 4. Summoned from Storystores
12:20-12:40
Josiah Blackmore, Harvard. Monsters of the Sky and Other Notable Things: Portugal and the Satisfaction of the Wise

Paul Christopher Johnson, Michigan. “Creature-Feeling”: Religion, Apparatus, and the Laboratory of the Human

Kris Lane, Tulane. Tales of Potosí Revisited: Horror, Enchantment, and the Origins of Andean Gothic


12:40-12:50 Richard Hoffman Reinhardt, Michigan
12:50-1:10: discussion

2:30-3:20 A group visit to the University of Michigan Museum of Art for a brief presentation by Megan Holmes on a work in the collection that resonates with the symposium's theme


Session 5. Fable, Fashion and Fate
3:30-3:50
Helen Hills, York (UK). Colonial Materiality: Silver's Alchemy of Trauma and Salvation
Zeb Tortorici, New York. Fabricated Fictions of Morality: The “Oral Pear” and Popular Perceptions of the Inquisition

3:50-4:00 RIW discussant TBA
4:00-4:20: discussion


Saturday, 12 October – 1014 Tisch Hall

Introductory Remarks
10:00-10:05

Session 6. Damage and Deferral
10:05-10:35
Sylvia Sellers-García, Boston College. Three Dismemberments

Helmut Puff, Michigan. Waiting in the Antechamber

Harry Garuba, Capetown. Horror and Enchantment in the Postcolony: Wole Soyinka’s Madmen and Specialists and the Disfiguring of Metaphor

10:35-10:45 RIW discussant TBA, Michigan
10:45- 11:00: discussion

Coffee Break

Session 8. Roundtable
11:10-12:00
Josiah Blackmore, Clifton Crais, Anne Lester, Sylvia Sellers-García, Dale Shuger

11:30-12:00 Discussion

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 10 Oct 2019 07:27:19 -0400 2019-10-12T10:00:00-04:00 2019-10-12T13:00:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Department of History Conference / Symposium H&E
The Power Family Program for Inuit Art: Tillirnanngittuq​ (October 12, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58826 58826-14563547@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 12, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

An exhibition celebrating the exceptional gift of 20th-century Inuit art to the Museum by the Power family

Two fascinating stories converge in one very special exhibition: One tracks the development and subsequent worldwide acclaim of contemporary Inuit art from the Canadian Arctic. The other traces the Power family’s seminal role in supporting Inuit art and introducing it to a U.S. audience. Seventy years ago, neither the Inuit artists nor the Power family could have foreseen the tremendous popularity that this work would come to enjoy. Taking its title from the Inuktitut word for “unexpected,” this stirring exhibition showcases 58 works from the collection of Philip and Kathy Power, most from the very early contemporary period of the 1950s and 60s. Included are exquisite sculptures of ivory, bone, and stone, as well as stonecut and stencil prints, some from the first annual Inuit print collection in 1959. Among the renowned Inuit artists featured in this historic survey are Kenojuak Ashevak, Lucy Qinnuayuak, Niviaksiak, Osuitok Ipeelee, Kananginak Pootoogook, and Johnny Inukpuk.

The exhibition also serves as a promising launch pad for future groundbreaking research, exhibitions, and programming related to Inuit art and culture at the University of Michigan, thanks to the generosity of the Power family.

This exhibition inaugurates the Power Family Program for Inuit Art, established in 2018 through the generosity of Philip and Kathy Power.

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Exhibition Mon, 07 Oct 2019 12:17:39 -0400 2019-10-12T11:00:00-04:00 2019-10-12T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/LTL2018_5_7%2520%25281%2529.jpg
Scientist in the Forum (October 12, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66401 66401-16734187@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 12, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Check at the Welcome Desk for schedule.

Join a University of Michigan researcher in the Science Forum for a special peek into cutting-edge research. Interactive presentations last about 15 minutes, with time for conversation afterwards. Presentations are appropriate for ages 5 and up.

Schedule subject to change.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 05 Sep 2019 10:55:59 -0400 2019-10-12T13:00:00-04:00 2019-10-12T13:15:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum of Natural History Lecture / Discussion Biological Sciences Building
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 13, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009761@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 13, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

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

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

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-13T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-13T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
The Power Family Program for Inuit Art: Tillirnanngittuq​ (October 13, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58826 58826-14563548@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 13, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

An exhibition celebrating the exceptional gift of 20th-century Inuit art to the Museum by the Power family

Two fascinating stories converge in one very special exhibition: One tracks the development and subsequent worldwide acclaim of contemporary Inuit art from the Canadian Arctic. The other traces the Power family’s seminal role in supporting Inuit art and introducing it to a U.S. audience. Seventy years ago, neither the Inuit artists nor the Power family could have foreseen the tremendous popularity that this work would come to enjoy. Taking its title from the Inuktitut word for “unexpected,” this stirring exhibition showcases 58 works from the collection of Philip and Kathy Power, most from the very early contemporary period of the 1950s and 60s. Included are exquisite sculptures of ivory, bone, and stone, as well as stonecut and stencil prints, some from the first annual Inuit print collection in 1959. Among the renowned Inuit artists featured in this historic survey are Kenojuak Ashevak, Lucy Qinnuayuak, Niviaksiak, Osuitok Ipeelee, Kananginak Pootoogook, and Johnny Inukpuk.

The exhibition also serves as a promising launch pad for future groundbreaking research, exhibitions, and programming related to Inuit art and culture at the University of Michigan, thanks to the generosity of the Power family.

This exhibition inaugurates the Power Family Program for Inuit Art, established in 2018 through the generosity of Philip and Kathy Power.

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Exhibition Mon, 07 Oct 2019 12:17:39 -0400 2019-10-13T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-13T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/LTL2018_5_7%2520%25281%2529.jpg
Scientist in the Forum (October 13, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66401 66401-16734191@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 13, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Check at the Welcome Desk for schedule.

Join a University of Michigan researcher in the Science Forum for a special peek into cutting-edge research. Interactive presentations last about 15 minutes, with time for conversation afterwards. Presentations are appropriate for ages 5 and up.

Schedule subject to change.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 05 Sep 2019 10:55:59 -0400 2019-10-13T13:00:00-04:00 2019-10-13T13:15:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum of Natural History Lecture / Discussion Biological Sciences Building
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 14, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009762@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 14, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

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

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

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-14T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-14T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Scholar Sprints (October 14, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/65490 65490-16605650@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 14, 2019 9:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

Are you working on an instructional, research, or outreach project that would benefit from two intense days of collaboration with U-M Library specialists? Are you available to join us on October 14-15, 2019?

If your answers are yes and yes, we invite you to apply to U-M library’s 2019 Scholar Sprints. Sprints offer U-M faculty, instructors, graduate students and graduate fellows the opportunity to partner with a unique team of assembled U-M Library experts to get over a hurdle in their work. Up to four selected projects will receive a $200 award. Scholar Sprints are sponsored by U-M Library Connected Scholarship. The deadline for 2019 Sprints applications is September 16.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 20 Aug 2019 13:46:16 -0400 2019-10-14T09:00:00-04:00 2019-10-14T14:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Workshop / Seminar Researchers working at Scholar Sprints
RNA Innovation Seminar, Ailong Ke, Cornell University (October 14, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65137 65137-16539448@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 14, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Center for RNA Biomedicine

Ailong Ke PhD, Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University

Abstract: CRISPR-Cas serves as an RNA-based adaptive immunity system in prokaryotes. The diverse CRISPR systems can be categorized into two major classes and multiple types therein. Type I CRISPR-Cas (or CRISPR-Cas3) belongs to Class 1 and is the most prevalent CRISPR system found in nature. It features a sequential target-searching and degradation process. First, the target-searching complex Cascade (CRISPR associated complex for antiviral defense) uses its guide RNA to find the complementary dsDNA target, and opens a special structure called R-loop at the target site. Its helicase-nuclease fusion enzyme Cas3 is then specifically recruited to the Cascade/R-loop site to processively degrade long-stretches of double-stranded DNA nearby. I will give a comprehensive explanation of CRISPR-Cas3 based interference mechanism, based on the high-resolution biochemistry and structural biology work from my lab. I will further explain CRISPR-Cas3 based genome editing applications, and give perspectives on its therapeutic potential.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 25 Sep 2019 10:55:45 -0400 2019-10-14T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-14T17:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Center for RNA Biomedicine Lecture / Discussion flyer
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 15, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009763@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

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

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

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-15T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-15T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Scholar Sprints (October 15, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/65490 65490-16605651@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 9:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

Are you working on an instructional, research, or outreach project that would benefit from two intense days of collaboration with U-M Library specialists? Are you available to join us on October 14-15, 2019?

If your answers are yes and yes, we invite you to apply to U-M library’s 2019 Scholar Sprints. Sprints offer U-M faculty, instructors, graduate students and graduate fellows the opportunity to partner with a unique team of assembled U-M Library experts to get over a hurdle in their work. Up to four selected projects will receive a $200 award. Scholar Sprints are sponsored by U-M Library Connected Scholarship. The deadline for 2019 Sprints applications is September 16.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 20 Aug 2019 13:46:16 -0400 2019-10-15T09:00:00-04:00 2019-10-15T14:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Workshop / Seminar Researchers working at Scholar Sprints
ISR CoderSpace with Paul Schulz (October 15, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67427 67427-16849190@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 10:00am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Paul Schulz is a senior consulting statistician and data scientist for ISR's Population Dynamics and Health Program. He specializes in statistical methods and computing, including hypothesis testing, data analysis and modelling, sampling (including weight creation and adjustment), and power calculation), as well as the use of secure computing enclaves (SRCVDI, Likert cluster, and Flux/Great Lakes). Paul writes code in Stata and SAS for general purpose desktop computing, and R and Python for selected applications, such as data visualization and web scraping/automation, among other uses.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 01 Nov 2019 10:06:55 -0400 2019-10-15T10:00:00-04:00 2019-10-15T11:30:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar CoderSpaces at ISR
The Power Family Program for Inuit Art: Tillirnanngittuq​ (October 15, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58826 58826-14563549@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

An exhibition celebrating the exceptional gift of 20th-century Inuit art to the Museum by the Power family

Two fascinating stories converge in one very special exhibition: One tracks the development and subsequent worldwide acclaim of contemporary Inuit art from the Canadian Arctic. The other traces the Power family’s seminal role in supporting Inuit art and introducing it to a U.S. audience. Seventy years ago, neither the Inuit artists nor the Power family could have foreseen the tremendous popularity that this work would come to enjoy. Taking its title from the Inuktitut word for “unexpected,” this stirring exhibition showcases 58 works from the collection of Philip and Kathy Power, most from the very early contemporary period of the 1950s and 60s. Included are exquisite sculptures of ivory, bone, and stone, as well as stonecut and stencil prints, some from the first annual Inuit print collection in 1959. Among the renowned Inuit artists featured in this historic survey are Kenojuak Ashevak, Lucy Qinnuayuak, Niviaksiak, Osuitok Ipeelee, Kananginak Pootoogook, and Johnny Inukpuk.

The exhibition also serves as a promising launch pad for future groundbreaking research, exhibitions, and programming related to Inuit art and culture at the University of Michigan, thanks to the generosity of the Power family.

This exhibition inaugurates the Power Family Program for Inuit Art, established in 2018 through the generosity of Philip and Kathy Power.

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Exhibition Mon, 07 Oct 2019 12:17:39 -0400 2019-10-15T11:00:00-04:00 2019-10-15T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/LTL2018_5_7%2520%25281%2529.jpg
NO EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar today (October 15, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65000 65000-16501299@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Have a good fall study break. See you next week!

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 05 Sep 2019 16:32:06 -0400 2019-10-15T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-15T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Biological Sciences Building background, UM EEB logo and text reading EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminars
UROP Intro to Lab Safety Workshop "OSEH" (October 15, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67443 67443-16855674@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Undergraduate Science Building
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Registration for this workshop is required, as space is limited.

The workshop is designed to provide general training on the topic of laboratory health and safety to UROP students who will be working in laboratory or shop spaces that have research hazards. This course does not meet the training requirements for employees (required to take BLS025W). Beyond this training lab directors, instructors, professors, or supervisors of students must provide lab-specific safety and health training focused on the hazards and materials present.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 19 Sep 2019 08:53:35 -0400 2019-10-15T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-15T17:30:00-04:00 Undergraduate Science Building UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Workshop / Seminar UROP lab safety QR registration code
Health Infrastructures and Learning Systems (HILS) PhD/MS OPEN HOUSE (October 15, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55738 55738-16794275@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 5:00pm
Location: V. Vaughan
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

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

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

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Reception / Open House Thu, 12 Sep 2019 11:08:55 -0400 2019-10-15T17:00:00-04:00 2019-10-15T18:30:00-04:00 V. Vaughan Department of Learning Health Sciences Reception / Open House
13th Annual Prechter Lecture featuring Pete Earley (October 15, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64741 64741-16442904@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Eisenberg Family Depression Center

› Keynote speaker Pete Earley, author of CRAZY
› Panel discussion about:
*mental health care in the justice system
*the present & future of research in bipolar disorder
› Reception -- Book signing during the reception with books available for purchase.

› This is a FREE event, but we ask that you pre-register via this link: https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/prechter-program/events/201910/13th-annual-prechter-lecture-featuring-pete-earley


Praise for Pete Earley's book:

“Parents of the mentally ill should find solace and food for thought in [this book’s] pages.”
- Publishers Weekly

“Explores the mind-boggling mess that America’s mental health system has become and champions the case for reform.”
- Rocky Mountain News

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 31 Jul 2019 10:55:05 -0400 2019-10-15T18:00:00-04:00 2019-10-15T21:00:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Eisenberg Family Depression Center Lecture / Discussion author Pete Earley
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 16, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009764@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

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

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

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-16T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-16T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
The Power Family Program for Inuit Art: Tillirnanngittuq​ (October 16, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58826 58826-14563550@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

An exhibition celebrating the exceptional gift of 20th-century Inuit art to the Museum by the Power family

Two fascinating stories converge in one very special exhibition: One tracks the development and subsequent worldwide acclaim of contemporary Inuit art from the Canadian Arctic. The other traces the Power family’s seminal role in supporting Inuit art and introducing it to a U.S. audience. Seventy years ago, neither the Inuit artists nor the Power family could have foreseen the tremendous popularity that this work would come to enjoy. Taking its title from the Inuktitut word for “unexpected,” this stirring exhibition showcases 58 works from the collection of Philip and Kathy Power, most from the very early contemporary period of the 1950s and 60s. Included are exquisite sculptures of ivory, bone, and stone, as well as stonecut and stencil prints, some from the first annual Inuit print collection in 1959. Among the renowned Inuit artists featured in this historic survey are Kenojuak Ashevak, Lucy Qinnuayuak, Niviaksiak, Osuitok Ipeelee, Kananginak Pootoogook, and Johnny Inukpuk.

The exhibition also serves as a promising launch pad for future groundbreaking research, exhibitions, and programming related to Inuit art and culture at the University of Michigan, thanks to the generosity of the Power family.

This exhibition inaugurates the Power Family Program for Inuit Art, established in 2018 through the generosity of Philip and Kathy Power.

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Exhibition Mon, 07 Oct 2019 12:17:39 -0400 2019-10-16T11:00:00-04:00 2019-10-16T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/LTL2018_5_7%2520%25281%2529.jpg
Department of Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics Weekly Seminar (October 16, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68138 68138-17011980@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Talk Title: "3D genome structure as a tool to understand the impact of somatic and germline sequence variants"

Abstract: The 3-dimensional organization of DNA inside of the nucleus impacts a variety of cellular processes, including gene regulation. Furthermore, it is apparent that somatic structural variants that affect how chromatin is organized in 3D can have a major impact on gene regulation and human disease. However, such structural variants in the context of cancer genomes are abundant, and predicting the consequence of any individual somatic mutation on 3D genome structure and gene expression is challenging. In addition, we are severely limited with regard to tools that can be used to study 3D folding of the genome in vivo in actual human tumor or tissue samples. Our lab has developed several approaches to address these challenges. We have taken a pan-cancer approach to identify loci in the genome that are affected by structural variants that alter 3D genome structure, and we have identified numerous loci with recurrent 3D genome altering mutations. We have also used genome engineering to create novel structural variants to better understand what types of mutations are actually capable of altering 3D genome structure and gene regulation. Finally, we have also developed novel tools to study 3D genome structure in vivo in complex tissue samples. We believe that these approaches will be critical for improving our understanding of how non-coding sequence variants can affect 3D genome structure and gene regulation, with the ultimate goal of understanding how these events affect human physiology.

3:45 pm - Light Refreshments Served
4:00 pm - Lecture

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 07 Oct 2019 16:39:45 -0400 2019-10-16T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-16T17:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons DCMB Seminar Series Lecture / Discussion
Science Café (October 16, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66191 66191-16719565@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Hidden in the feathers of museum specimens of birds is information on the air quality of past decades - very detailed information. These specimens also contain evidence of the impacts of recent climate change on birds. What do these birds have to say? Join Shane DuBay and Ben Winger of the U-M Museum of Zoology to discuss what bird specimens can tell us about air quality, climate change impacts, and what we can all do to help rapidly declining bird populations now.

Science Cafés provide an opportunity for audiences to discuss current research topics with experts in an informal setting. Hors d’oeuvres at 5:30 p.m.; program 6:00-7:30 p.m. Seating is limited—come early.


Sponsored by Andrea and Dave Scott

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 04 Oct 2019 12:18:49 -0400 2019-10-16T17:30:00-04:00 2019-10-16T18:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Museum of Natural History Lecture / Discussion Photocredit-Carl Fuldner and Shane DuBay
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 17, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009765@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 17, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

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

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

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-17T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-17T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
The Power Family Program for Inuit Art: Tillirnanngittuq​ (October 17, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58826 58826-14563551@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 17, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

An exhibition celebrating the exceptional gift of 20th-century Inuit art to the Museum by the Power family

Two fascinating stories converge in one very special exhibition: One tracks the development and subsequent worldwide acclaim of contemporary Inuit art from the Canadian Arctic. The other traces the Power family’s seminal role in supporting Inuit art and introducing it to a U.S. audience. Seventy years ago, neither the Inuit artists nor the Power family could have foreseen the tremendous popularity that this work would come to enjoy. Taking its title from the Inuktitut word for “unexpected,” this stirring exhibition showcases 58 works from the collection of Philip and Kathy Power, most from the very early contemporary period of the 1950s and 60s. Included are exquisite sculptures of ivory, bone, and stone, as well as stonecut and stencil prints, some from the first annual Inuit print collection in 1959. Among the renowned Inuit artists featured in this historic survey are Kenojuak Ashevak, Lucy Qinnuayuak, Niviaksiak, Osuitok Ipeelee, Kananginak Pootoogook, and Johnny Inukpuk.

The exhibition also serves as a promising launch pad for future groundbreaking research, exhibitions, and programming related to Inuit art and culture at the University of Michigan, thanks to the generosity of the Power family.

This exhibition inaugurates the Power Family Program for Inuit Art, established in 2018 through the generosity of Philip and Kathy Power.

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Exhibition Mon, 07 Oct 2019 12:17:39 -0400 2019-10-17T11:00:00-04:00 2019-10-17T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/LTL2018_5_7%2520%25281%2529.jpg
Complex Systems/MICDE Seminar | Numerical Simulations of Turbulence in Heated Fluids (October 17, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67601 67601-16900791@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 17, 2019 11:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

This seminar is co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Complex Systems and the Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering

Abstract:
Turbulent systems are all around us, from waves crashing on our beaches, to smoke rising from the fires in our mountains, to the air that can disrupt our smooth airline flights. But, turbulent systems are not well understood. Rayleigh-Benard Convection is a more simplified system which captures some of the key features of turbulence, including thermal plumes, thin boundary layers and large-scale flow. In Rayleigh-Benard convection, an enclosed fluid is bounded by horizontal parallel plates kept at a constant temperature difference. Results from numerical simulations of the equations which describe Rayleigh-Benard convection will be discussed and compared to experimental and theoretical results. These include flows in air and liquid metals in confined containers in addition to more horizontally extended systems.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 11 Oct 2019 11:54:18 -0400 2019-10-17T11:30:00-04:00 2019-10-17T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Workshop / Seminar Janet Scheel
ASC Event. 2019 UMAPS Colloquium Series (October 17, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67788 67788-16949883@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 17, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: African Studies Center

This series features the UMAPS fellows and their scholarly work. The talks prepared and presented by each visiting scholar are designed to promote dialogue on topics, and to share their research with the larger U-M community.

Meseret Desta, University of Gondar, Ethiopia
“Women’s Participation in Agroforestry Practices in Maytemeko Watershed, Northwestern Ethiopia”

Nonhlanhla Mbatha, University of Cape Town, South Africa
“Plural Conservation Governance Systems and Tural Coastal Communities in the Western Indian Ocean Region of South Africa”

Hayal Yimer, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
“Integrated Assessment of Ecosystem Services, Livelihood Dependency and Anthropogenic Pressures on Lake Ziway, Ethiopia”

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Presentation Fri, 04 Oct 2019 13:14:10 -0400 2019-10-17T15:00:00-04:00 2019-10-17T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall African Studies Center Presentation umaps_banner
Fall Health Communicators Forum (October 17, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67814 67814-16952011@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 17, 2019 3:00pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 10
Organized By: Center for Interprofessional Education

Speakers giving short presentations include:

Kelly B. Sexton, Ph.D., Associate Vice President for Research, Technology Transfer and Innovation

Chris Fick, Ph.D., Senior Director, Business Engagement Center

April Pepperdine, Conflict of Interest Manager, U-M Office of Research

June Anne Insco, Conflict of Interest Manager, U-M Medical
School

Rsvp at https://doodle.com/poll/87zzk4u9txbp2m8u

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 30 Sep 2019 14:57:47 -0400 2019-10-17T15:00:00-04:00 2019-10-17T16:30:00-04:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 10 Center for Interprofessional Education Lecture / Discussion science translation and communication
U-M Native American Studies Presents: Against Hungry Listening with Dylan Robinson (October 17, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68115 68115-17011955@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 17, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

How are settler colonial and Indigenous listening practices different? How can listening be extractive, a way to access and use Indigenous resources? What are alternative listening practices that connect listener and song-life rather than make a distinction between them? This presentation provides an overview of forms of extractive or “hungry” perception, and alternatives to these that emerge from Indigenous sensory engagement. 

Dylan Robinson is a xwélméxw artist and writer (Stó:lō Nation, Sqwa), and the Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Arts at Queen’s University. His current work focuses on the re-connection of Indigenous songs with communities who were prohibited by law to sing them as part of Canada’s Indian Act from 1882-1951. Robinson’s previous publications include the edited volumes Music and Modernity Among Indigenous Peoples of North America (2018); Arts of Engagement: Taking Aesthetic Action in and Beyond the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (2016); and Opera Indigene (2011). His monograph, Hungry Listening, is forthcoming with Minnesota University Press in early 2020. Additionally, Robinson is curator of the Ka’tarohkwi Festival of Indigenous Arts in Kingston, and along with Candice Hopkins, is curator of the internationally touring exhibition Soundings featuring “scores for decolonial action” by Indigenous artists.

This program is organized by the U-M Department of Native American Studies and co-sponsored by the Department of American Culture, History of Art, the Humanities Collaboratory, Multi Ethnic Student Affairs (MESA), and the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA).

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Performance Thu, 10 Oct 2019 12:17:28 -0400 2019-10-17T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-17T17:30:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
UROP - Keeping a Laboratory Notebook Workshop (October 17, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67697 67697-16918023@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 17, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

This workshop is for current UROP and MRADS students only.
Registration is required: https://myumi.ch/QARMq

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 26 Sep 2019 15:47:33 -0400 2019-10-17T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-17T17:30:00-04:00 Shapiro Library UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Workshop / Seminar UROP Lab Notebook QR Registration Code
UROP - Laboratory Math Workshop (October 17, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67926 67926-16966908@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 17, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Undergraduate Science Building
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

This workshop will introduce UROP students to Laboratory Math, including converting between units, and making and diluting solutions.

Registration is required: https://myumi.ch/ZQ0kE

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 02 Oct 2019 11:17:28 -0400 2019-10-17T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-17T17:30:00-04:00 Undergraduate Science Building UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Workshop / Seminar Lab Math Workshop Registration QR Code
UROP - SPSS Workshop (October 17, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67927 67927-16966909@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 17, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

This workshop introduces UROP students to SPSS in 90 minutes. Specifically, this workshop briefly covers each of the following:
- Managing and importing your data (i.e., loading your data into SPSS)
- Compute new variables (e.g., compute mean scores across multiple variables, recode and label categorical variables)
- Visualize data (e.g., boxplots, scatterplots, histograms)
- Compute summary statistics (e.g., means, standard deviations, medians) and correlations
- Compare means with t-tests
-Analyze relationships among multiple variables with linear regression (i.e., like Y = mx + b but fancier)

Importantly, you'll leave with materials to review these skills on your own.

Register at: https://myumi.ch/erv9m

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 11 Feb 2020 14:41:34 -0500 2019-10-17T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-17T17:30:00-04:00 Shapiro Library UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Workshop / Seminar SPSS Workshop Registration Code
UROP Finding and Understanding Data Workshop (October 17, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67831 67831-16958327@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 17, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Registration required: https://myumi.ch/XeGn0
Workshop for UROP and MRADS students only

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 01 Oct 2019 10:02:26 -0400 2019-10-17T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-17T17:30:00-04:00 Public Health II UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Workshop / Seminar Finding and Understanding Data Registration QR Code
UROP Intro to Statistical Concepts Workshop (October 17, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67861 67861-16960519@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 17, 2019 4:00pm
Location: School of Education
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Statistics Basics for UROP Students.
Registration Required: https://myumi.ch/3qWB7

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 01 Oct 2019 13:31:37 -0400 2019-10-17T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-17T17:30:00-04:00 School of Education UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Workshop / Seminar Statistical Concepts QR Code for Registration
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 18, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009766@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 18, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

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

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

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-18T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-18T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
The Power Family Program for Inuit Art: Tillirnanngittuq​ (October 18, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58826 58826-14563552@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 18, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

An exhibition celebrating the exceptional gift of 20th-century Inuit art to the Museum by the Power family

Two fascinating stories converge in one very special exhibition: One tracks the development and subsequent worldwide acclaim of contemporary Inuit art from the Canadian Arctic. The other traces the Power family’s seminal role in supporting Inuit art and introducing it to a U.S. audience. Seventy years ago, neither the Inuit artists nor the Power family could have foreseen the tremendous popularity that this work would come to enjoy. Taking its title from the Inuktitut word for “unexpected,” this stirring exhibition showcases 58 works from the collection of Philip and Kathy Power, most from the very early contemporary period of the 1950s and 60s. Included are exquisite sculptures of ivory, bone, and stone, as well as stonecut and stencil prints, some from the first annual Inuit print collection in 1959. Among the renowned Inuit artists featured in this historic survey are Kenojuak Ashevak, Lucy Qinnuayuak, Niviaksiak, Osuitok Ipeelee, Kananginak Pootoogook, and Johnny Inukpuk.

The exhibition also serves as a promising launch pad for future groundbreaking research, exhibitions, and programming related to Inuit art and culture at the University of Michigan, thanks to the generosity of the Power family.

This exhibition inaugurates the Power Family Program for Inuit Art, established in 2018 through the generosity of Philip and Kathy Power.

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Exhibition Mon, 07 Oct 2019 12:17:39 -0400 2019-10-18T11:00:00-04:00 2019-10-18T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/LTL2018_5_7%2520%25281%2529.jpg
CRO+MA Lab Research Showcase (October 18, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57168 57168-17028943@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 18, 2019 11:30am
Location: BBB
Organized By: Michigan Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

Come see student-led Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) research at the Crowds and Machines (CRO+MA) Lab Research Showcase. There will be posters and demos of cutting edge research, as well as opportunities to network, forge new collaborations, and learn more about undergraduate research opportunities in the CRO+MA Lab.

Undergraduates interested in research opportunities in Computer Science and HCI are encouraged to attend!

Lunch will be provided!

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Reception / Open House Wed, 09 Oct 2019 13:29:19 -0400 2019-10-18T11:30:00-04:00 2019-10-18T13:30:00-04:00 BBB Michigan Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Reception / Open House CROMA_Lab_Logo
AIM Research (October 18, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67293 67293-16831270@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 18, 2019 12:00pm
Location: School of Education
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

Join us on Friday, October 18 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Tribute Room in the School of Education for the first AIM Research talk of the 2019-2020 academic year. Maggie Safronova, Associate Director of the Center for Innovative Teaching, Research, and Learning at UC Santa Barbara, will share insights gained from running ECoach in foundational courses. Lunch will be provided. Please register for this event below if you plan to attend.

AIM Research (formerly AIM Analytics) is a monthly seminar series for researchers across U-M who are interested in research and learning analytics. The field of learning analytics is a multi and interdisciplinary field that brings together researchers from education, learning sciences, computational sciences and statistics, and all discipline-specific forms of educational inquiry.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 16 Sep 2019 16:48:07 -0400 2019-10-18T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-18T13:30:00-04:00 School of Education Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion AIM Research
MCDB Seminar: Monoterpene Volatile Biosynthesis in Rose Scented Geranium (October 18, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67356 67356-16839924@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 18, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Eran Pichersky

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 17 Sep 2019 16:19:55 -0400 2019-10-18T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-18T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Glandular trichomes Pelargonium graveolens
Precision Health Analytics Platform Roadshow (October 18, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66954 66954-16787746@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 18, 2019 12:00pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 16
Organized By: Precision Health

Are you a health researcher looking for genetic and clinical data, or do you need assistance in data analysis?

Precision Health’s new Analytics Platform is a suite of tools, services, and datasets available to researchers across campus--resources previously available only to Michigan Medicine faculty and other level-two password holders. The platform provides campus-wide access to research tools such as DataDirect and services such as consultation with scientific facilitators.

Attend a roadshow to learn how to access the platform and what you can do with it:

• Perform cohort discovery on a database of 4M+ patients
• Query a de-identified, structured dataset of ~60K patients
• Submit queries through the self-serve tool DataDirect
• Access output via a secure, HIPAA-compliant environment
• Request access to linked genetic data (with IRB approval)

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Presentation Wed, 18 Sep 2019 12:20:05 -0400 2019-10-18T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-18T13:00:00-04:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 16 Precision Health Presentation DataDirect
2019 Borer Lecture: Laurie Goodyear, PhD (October 18, 2019 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65756 65756-16654032@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 18, 2019 2:30pm
Location: Brehm Tower
Organized By: School of Kinesiology

This year's Katarina T. Borer Lectureship in Exercise Endocrinology and Metabolism guest speaker is Laurie Goodyear, PhD, Professor of Medicine and Section Head, Joslin Diabetes Center, at Harvard Medical School. She will present "Why Moms and Dads Should Exercise: Molecular Discoveries of the Beneficial Effects of Parental Exercise on Offspring Health."

Friday, October 18, at 2:30pm
Brehm Tower, Oliphant-Marshall Auditorium (1st floor)
1000 Wall St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Reception to follow

RSVP at http://myumi.ch/errk2!

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 26 Aug 2019 16:54:36 -0400 2019-10-18T14:30:00-04:00 2019-10-18T17:30:00-04:00 Brehm Tower School of Kinesiology Lecture / Discussion Borer Lectureship: Laurie Goodyear, PhD
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 19, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009767@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 19, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

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

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

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-19T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-19T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Language and Rhetorical Studies Conference (October 19, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/65765 65765-16654000@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 19, 2019 8:00am
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Join us for a conference on "Language, Rhetoric, and Digital Publics: Making Space for All."

Cheryl Ball, Director of the Digital Publishing Collaborative at Wayne State University, and Erika Sparby, Assistant Professor of English at Illinois State University, will present keynote talks.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 18 Sep 2019 13:56:58 -0400 2019-10-19T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-19T21:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Conference / Symposium
Michigan AI Symposium 2019 - "AI for Society" (October 19, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/66547 66547-16745004@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 19, 2019 8:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

Join us for a day of AI: research talks, posters, demos, and plenty of networking opportunities.

The symposium aims to bring together participants from both academia and industry who are interested in the foundations or real-life applications of artificial intelligence.

The symposium is free and open to the general public. Registration required.

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 06 Sep 2019 16:45:05 -0400 2019-10-19T08:30:00-04:00 2019-10-19T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Conference / Symposium AI Symposium
Scientist Spotlight (October 19, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/66189 66189-16719564@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 19, 2019 10:00am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Visit with University of Michigan scientists and participate in engaging, hands-on activities to learn about their cutting-edge research! These researchers are Science Communication Fellows with the U-M Museum of Natural History's Portal to the Public program and represent various scientific fields. Suitable for upper elementary through adult audiences.

Saturday, October 19, 2019
10:00–4:00 p.m.
at the U-M Museum of Natural History

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Presentation Wed, 18 Sep 2019 07:41:50 -0400 2019-10-19T10:00:00-04:00 2019-10-19T16:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum of Natural History Presentation UMMNH Scientist Spotlight
The Power Family Program for Inuit Art: Tillirnanngittuq​ (October 19, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58826 58826-14563553@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 19, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

An exhibition celebrating the exceptional gift of 20th-century Inuit art to the Museum by the Power family

Two fascinating stories converge in one very special exhibition: One tracks the development and subsequent worldwide acclaim of contemporary Inuit art from the Canadian Arctic. The other traces the Power family’s seminal role in supporting Inuit art and introducing it to a U.S. audience. Seventy years ago, neither the Inuit artists nor the Power family could have foreseen the tremendous popularity that this work would come to enjoy. Taking its title from the Inuktitut word for “unexpected,” this stirring exhibition showcases 58 works from the collection of Philip and Kathy Power, most from the very early contemporary period of the 1950s and 60s. Included are exquisite sculptures of ivory, bone, and stone, as well as stonecut and stencil prints, some from the first annual Inuit print collection in 1959. Among the renowned Inuit artists featured in this historic survey are Kenojuak Ashevak, Lucy Qinnuayuak, Niviaksiak, Osuitok Ipeelee, Kananginak Pootoogook, and Johnny Inukpuk.

The exhibition also serves as a promising launch pad for future groundbreaking research, exhibitions, and programming related to Inuit art and culture at the University of Michigan, thanks to the generosity of the Power family.

This exhibition inaugurates the Power Family Program for Inuit Art, established in 2018 through the generosity of Philip and Kathy Power.

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Exhibition Mon, 07 Oct 2019 12:17:39 -0400 2019-10-19T11:00:00-04:00 2019-10-19T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/LTL2018_5_7%2520%25281%2529.jpg
Scientist in the Forum (October 19, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66401 66401-16734188@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 19, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Check at the Welcome Desk for schedule.

Join a University of Michigan researcher in the Science Forum for a special peek into cutting-edge research. Interactive presentations last about 15 minutes, with time for conversation afterwards. Presentations are appropriate for ages 5 and up.

Schedule subject to change.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 05 Sep 2019 10:55:59 -0400 2019-10-19T13:00:00-04:00 2019-10-19T13:15:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum of Natural History Lecture / Discussion Biological Sciences Building
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 20, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009768@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 20, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

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

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

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-20T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-20T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
The Power Family Program for Inuit Art: Tillirnanngittuq​ (October 20, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58826 58826-14563554@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 20, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

An exhibition celebrating the exceptional gift of 20th-century Inuit art to the Museum by the Power family

Two fascinating stories converge in one very special exhibition: One tracks the development and subsequent worldwide acclaim of contemporary Inuit art from the Canadian Arctic. The other traces the Power family’s seminal role in supporting Inuit art and introducing it to a U.S. audience. Seventy years ago, neither the Inuit artists nor the Power family could have foreseen the tremendous popularity that this work would come to enjoy. Taking its title from the Inuktitut word for “unexpected,” this stirring exhibition showcases 58 works from the collection of Philip and Kathy Power, most from the very early contemporary period of the 1950s and 60s. Included are exquisite sculptures of ivory, bone, and stone, as well as stonecut and stencil prints, some from the first annual Inuit print collection in 1959. Among the renowned Inuit artists featured in this historic survey are Kenojuak Ashevak, Lucy Qinnuayuak, Niviaksiak, Osuitok Ipeelee, Kananginak Pootoogook, and Johnny Inukpuk.

The exhibition also serves as a promising launch pad for future groundbreaking research, exhibitions, and programming related to Inuit art and culture at the University of Michigan, thanks to the generosity of the Power family.

This exhibition inaugurates the Power Family Program for Inuit Art, established in 2018 through the generosity of Philip and Kathy Power.

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Exhibition Mon, 07 Oct 2019 12:17:39 -0400 2019-10-20T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-20T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/LTL2018_5_7%2520%25281%2529.jpg
Scientist in the Forum (October 20, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66401 66401-16734192@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 20, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Check at the Welcome Desk for schedule.

Join a University of Michigan researcher in the Science Forum for a special peek into cutting-edge research. Interactive presentations last about 15 minutes, with time for conversation afterwards. Presentations are appropriate for ages 5 and up.

Schedule subject to change.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 05 Sep 2019 10:55:59 -0400 2019-10-20T13:00:00-04:00 2019-10-20T13:15:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum of Natural History Lecture / Discussion Biological Sciences Building
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 21, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009769@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 21, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

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

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

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-21T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-21T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
CEW+ Advocacy Symposium: Redefining Leadership (October 21, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67526 67526-17128444@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 21, 2019 11:00am
Location:
Organized By: CEW+

Join CEW+ for its annual fall symposium focused on redefining leadership. The 2019 Symposium includes a diverse group of scholars, community practitioners and international activists who embody leadership in varied ways as they advocate for change. This year Shannon Cohen and Stephanie Land will kick off the Symposium during the Mullin Welch Lecture where they will discuss how nontraditional leadership strategies can enhance advocacy work with a focus on self-care, resilience, and systemic change.

This working symposium is free and open to all activists, advocates, and allies from all U-M campuses (students, staff, faculty) as well as the local community.

RSVP now: http://www.cew.umich.edu/events/cew-advocacy-symposium-redefining-leadership

The CEW+ Advocacy Symposium is organized in partnership with Barger Leadership Institute and Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan with funding from CEW+’s Frances & Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund and the CEW+ Mullin Welch Fund.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 21 Oct 2019 11:25:50 -0400 2019-10-21T11:00:00-04:00 2019-10-21T12:00:00-04:00 CEW+ Conference / Symposium blue hand holding megaphone with the CEW+ logo on it, with maize and blue ribbons coming out of it, text underneath that says CEW+ Advocacy Symposium: Redefining Leadership. October 29th, 2019
Complex Systems - Quant. Bio Seminar | Stochastic Turing patterns in oceans, brains and biofilms (October 21, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68409 68409-17080044@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 21, 2019 12:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

A special seminar co-hosted by Quantitative Bio. Seminars & CSCS. The first of two talks Professor Goldenfeld will be giving in two days at the University of Michigan

ABSTRACT
Why are the patterns of plankton in the ocean so patchy? Why do frequently described geometrical hallucinations tend to fall into one of four different classes of pattern? Why don't we see hallucinations all the time? And why do populations in ecosystems tend to have noisy cycles in abundance? This talk explains how these phenomena all arise from the discreteness of the underlying entities, be they the on-off states of neurons or the numbers of bacteria in a fluid volume of ocean, or the number of signaling molecules in a biofilm. I explain how tools from statistical mechanics can yield insights into these phenomena, and report on a range of studies that include the operation of the primate visual cortex, the behavior of signalling molecules in a forward-engineered synthetic biofilm, and the fluctuating patterns and populations of marine organisms.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 15 Oct 2019 15:45:09 -0400 2019-10-21T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-21T13:00:00-04:00 West Hall The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Workshop / Seminar Swanlund Professor of Physics Nigel Goldenfeld
Cognitive Science Seminar Series (October 21, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67487 67487-16864386@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 21, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science

Dr. Mara Bollard, Assistant Director of the Weinberg Institute, will present "In defense of distinctively moral anger."

ABSTRACT

Anger is thought by many philosophers to be central to morality. Anger often occurs as a response to wrongdoing and seems to play an important role in the blaming and punishing of wrongdoers. As such, it’s neither uncommon nor surprising for anger to be referred to as a moral emotion, though what precisely is meant by the term “moral anger” is not always clear: does generic, garden variety anger, which is likely familiar to us from computer malfunctions or heavy traffic, also show up in the moral domain, perhaps as a morally appropriate, fitting, or epistemically reliable response to (certain features of) wrongdoing? Or is there a distinctive psychological state of moral anger that is differentiable from generic anger, and from other emotion types? I defend the claim that there is a distinctively moral kind of anger. I argue that moral anger counts as distinctively moral primarily in virtue of its action tendencies, which are typically triggered by perceived injustice against oneself or others and aim to satisfy two moral goals: a communicative goal, and a retributive goal.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 16 Oct 2019 13:21:06 -0400 2019-10-21T15:00:00-04:00 2019-10-21T16:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
RNA Innovation Seminar, Ruslan Afasizhev, Boston University Medical Campus (October 21, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65138 65138-16539449@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 21, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Center for RNA Biomedicine

Ruslan Afasizhev, PhD, Professor, Molecular & Cell Biology, Boston University Medical Campus

Abstract: Parasitic protist Trypanosoma brucei causes African human and animal trypanosomiasis, a spectrum of diseases affecting the population and economy in sub-Saharan Africa. These digenetic hemoflagellates belong to Kinetoplastea, a taxonomic class distinguished by possession of a kinetoplast. This nucleoprotein body contains mitochondrial DNA of two kinds: ~25 maxicircles (each ~23kb) encoding ribosomal RNAs, two guide RNA (gRNAs), ribosomal proteins and subunits of respiratory complexes, and approximately 5000 of ~1kb minicircles bearing the majority of gRNA genes. Relaxed maxicircles and minicircles are interlinked and packed into a dense disc-shaped network by association with histone-like proteins. Both maxicircle and minicircle genomes are transcribed by a phage-like RNA polymerase from multiple promoters into 3′-extended precursors which undergo 3′-5′ exonucleolytic trimming. To function in mitochondrial translation, pre-mRNAs must further proceed through 3′ adenylation, and often gRNA-directed uridine insertion/deletion editing, and 3′ A/U-tailing. Ribosomal and guide RNAs are typically 3′ uridylated. Historically, the fascinating phenomenon of RNA editing has attracted major research efforts, but more recent developments provided insights into pre- and post-edited processing events and identified key players in transforming primary precursors into functional RNAs and regulating their turnover. I will present a forward-looking model that integrates known modalities of mitochondrial RNA metabolism.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 25 Sep 2019 10:59:39 -0400 2019-10-21T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-21T17:00:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Center for RNA Biomedicine Lecture / Discussion flyer
Cancelled-Info Session: James C Gaither Junior Fellows Program (October 21, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68234 68234-17028952@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 21, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Mason Hall
Organized By: Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF)

Event cancelled. If interested, please contact ONSF Director, Henry Dyson, at hdyson@umich.edu. The James C. Gaither Junior Fellows Progam offers one-year fellowships ($37,000 plus benefits) to work as research assistants to the Carnegie Endowment's senior associates in one of the following primary areas: Democracy, Nuclear Policy, Energy and Climate, Middle East, South Asia, China Studies (Asia Program), Japan Studies (Asia Program), Southeast Asia Studies (Asia Program), Economics (Asia Program), and Russia/Eurasia. More detailed information available at https://lsa.umich.edu/onsf/fellowships/public-policy-programs/james-c-gaither-fellows.html

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Presentation Mon, 21 Oct 2019 11:42:41 -0400 2019-10-21T17:00:00-04:00 2019-10-21T18:00:00-04:00 Mason Hall Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF) Presentation ONSF Logo
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 22, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009770@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

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

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

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-22T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-22T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
ISR CoderSpace with Paul Schulz (October 22, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67427 67427-16849191@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 10:00am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Paul Schulz is a senior consulting statistician and data scientist for ISR's Population Dynamics and Health Program. He specializes in statistical methods and computing, including hypothesis testing, data analysis and modelling, sampling (including weight creation and adjustment), and power calculation), as well as the use of secure computing enclaves (SRCVDI, Likert cluster, and Flux/Great Lakes). Paul writes code in Stata and SAS for general purpose desktop computing, and R and Python for selected applications, such as data visualization and web scraping/automation, among other uses.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 01 Nov 2019 10:06:55 -0400 2019-10-22T10:00:00-04:00 2019-10-22T11:30:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar CoderSpaces at ISR
The Power Family Program for Inuit Art: Tillirnanngittuq​ (October 22, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58826 58826-14563555@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

An exhibition celebrating the exceptional gift of 20th-century Inuit art to the Museum by the Power family

Two fascinating stories converge in one very special exhibition: One tracks the development and subsequent worldwide acclaim of contemporary Inuit art from the Canadian Arctic. The other traces the Power family’s seminal role in supporting Inuit art and introducing it to a U.S. audience. Seventy years ago, neither the Inuit artists nor the Power family could have foreseen the tremendous popularity that this work would come to enjoy. Taking its title from the Inuktitut word for “unexpected,” this stirring exhibition showcases 58 works from the collection of Philip and Kathy Power, most from the very early contemporary period of the 1950s and 60s. Included are exquisite sculptures of ivory, bone, and stone, as well as stonecut and stencil prints, some from the first annual Inuit print collection in 1959. Among the renowned Inuit artists featured in this historic survey are Kenojuak Ashevak, Lucy Qinnuayuak, Niviaksiak, Osuitok Ipeelee, Kananginak Pootoogook, and Johnny Inukpuk.

The exhibition also serves as a promising launch pad for future groundbreaking research, exhibitions, and programming related to Inuit art and culture at the University of Michigan, thanks to the generosity of the Power family.

This exhibition inaugurates the Power Family Program for Inuit Art, established in 2018 through the generosity of Philip and Kathy Power.

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Exhibition Mon, 07 Oct 2019 12:17:39 -0400 2019-10-22T11:00:00-04:00 2019-10-22T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/LTL2018_5_7%2520%25281%2529.jpg
Complex Systems Seminar | (Soft) Matter of Life and Death: Biophysical Consequences of Death and Reproduction in Bacterial Biofilms (October 22, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68311 68311-17045990@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 11:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

Biofilms are surface attached communities formed by bacteria and other microbes. Biofilms that form in nature typically feature different taxa, species, and multiple strains of the same species. These cells compete for nutrients and space. Due to the broad prevalence of biofilms, bacteria have evolved various competitive strategies, many of which are antagonistic. This includes a number of complex toxin delivery systems, which kill competitors but not kin. Because biofilms are densely packed, cell death and reproduction hold emergent mechanical consequences. When a cell dies and lyses, the biofilm may partially ‘cave-in;’ when a cell reproduces, it pushes other cells out of its way. This deadly competition creates a feedback loop. Death and reproduction modify biofilm structure; structural changes impact subsequent death and reproduction. In this talk, I will explore the intertwined relationship between intercellular killing and biofilm materials properties, explaining both the new physics that arises and its biological impact.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 11 Oct 2019 14:48:50 -0400 2019-10-22T11:30:00-04:00 2019-10-22T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Workshop / Seminar Peter Yunker
BIONIC Lunch: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (October 22, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63777 63777-15873595@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 12:00pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 10
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

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

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

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 23 Sep 2019 14:00:08 -0400 2019-10-22T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-22T13:30:00-04:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 10 The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar: Phenotypic and genotypic changes in the evolution of antibiotic resistance after decades of relaxed selection (October 22, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65001 65001-16501300@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Please join us for our weekly brown bag lunch seminar.

Abstract
Populations often encounter environmental changes that remove selection for the maintenance of certain phenotypic traits. The resulting decay of these traits under relaxed selection reduces an organism’s fitness in its prior environment. However, how these traits subsequently evolve upon restoration of selection is not well-understood. We addressed this question using Escherichia coli strains from the long-term evolution experiment (LTEE) that have been independently evolving for multiple decades in the absence of antibiotics. We confirmed that these derived strains have typically become more sensitive to various antibiotics during this time. We then asked how readily the bacteria could overcome these losses of intrinsic resistance through subsequent evolution when challenged with these same drugs. In our study, we focused on the role that genetic background plays in this process, with attention to the tension between evolutionary repeatability and contingency. We found that idiosyncratic responses in evolvability dominated over trends of diminishing returns, such that the potential to evolve increased resistance was hampered on some derived genetic backgrounds. We further subjected a time-series of clones from one LTEE population to tetracycline and showed that evolutionary constraint occurred early in its history. Taken together, our results indicate that the evolution and diversification of a single species in an antibiotic-free environment can render resistance evolution unpredictable, even for closely related strains. Current work is now centered on characterizing the genomic changes underlying resistance to address whether the same genes are the focus of selection when strains have evolved for decades in the absence of antibiotics.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 15 Oct 2019 11:47:45 -0400 2019-10-22T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-22T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar petri dishes with colorful filter effect
Complex Systems & Soft Matter Group Seminar | The life and death of turbulence (October 22, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68414 68414-17080052@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 3:00pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 10
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

A special seminar co-hosted by the Center for the Study of Complex Systems and the Soft Matter Group - Chemical Engineering to be held at the North Campus Research Center

ABSTRACT:
Turbulence is the last great unsolved problem of classical physics. But there is no consensus on what it would mean to actually solve this problem. In this colloquium, I propose that turbulence is most fruitfully regarded as a problem in non-equilibrium statistical mechanics, and will show that this perspective explains turbulent drag behavior measured over 80 years, and makes predictions that have been experimentally tested in 2D turbulent soap films. I will also explain how this perspective is useful in understanding the laminar-turbulence transition, establishing it as a non-equilibrium phase transition whose critical behavior has been predicted and tested experimentally. This work connects transitional turbulence with statistical mechanics and renormalization group theory, high energy hadron scattering, the statistics of extreme events, and even population biology.

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To get to the research auditorium, enter via Building 18 Visitors entrance, show ID, up stairs to the right (the big granite egg)

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 15 Oct 2019 21:31:16 -0400 2019-10-22T15:00:00-04:00 2019-10-22T16:00:00-04:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 10 The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Workshop / Seminar Swanlund Professor of Physics Nigel Goldenfeld
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 23, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009771@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

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

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

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-23T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-23T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
The Power Family Program for Inuit Art: Tillirnanngittuq​ (October 23, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58826 58826-14563556@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

An exhibition celebrating the exceptional gift of 20th-century Inuit art to the Museum by the Power family

Two fascinating stories converge in one very special exhibition: One tracks the development and subsequent worldwide acclaim of contemporary Inuit art from the Canadian Arctic. The other traces the Power family’s seminal role in supporting Inuit art and introducing it to a U.S. audience. Seventy years ago, neither the Inuit artists nor the Power family could have foreseen the tremendous popularity that this work would come to enjoy. Taking its title from the Inuktitut word for “unexpected,” this stirring exhibition showcases 58 works from the collection of Philip and Kathy Power, most from the very early contemporary period of the 1950s and 60s. Included are exquisite sculptures of ivory, bone, and stone, as well as stonecut and stencil prints, some from the first annual Inuit print collection in 1959. Among the renowned Inuit artists featured in this historic survey are Kenojuak Ashevak, Lucy Qinnuayuak, Niviaksiak, Osuitok Ipeelee, Kananginak Pootoogook, and Johnny Inukpuk.

The exhibition also serves as a promising launch pad for future groundbreaking research, exhibitions, and programming related to Inuit art and culture at the University of Michigan, thanks to the generosity of the Power family.

This exhibition inaugurates the Power Family Program for Inuit Art, established in 2018 through the generosity of Philip and Kathy Power.

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Exhibition Mon, 07 Oct 2019 12:17:39 -0400 2019-10-23T11:00:00-04:00 2019-10-23T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/LTL2018_5_7%2520%25281%2529.jpg
AIM Spotlight (October 23, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67294 67294-16831271@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

Join us on Wednesday, October 23 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Vandenberg Room at the Michigan League for an AIM Spotlight as we welcome in Dragan Gasevic, Professor of Learning Analytics in the Faculty of Information Technology at Monash University. Lunch will be provided. Please register for this event below if you plan to attend.

AIM Spotlight is an all new speaker series hosted by the Center for Academic Innovation. This series will feature speakers external to the University of Michigan, focused on topics center around innovation in higher education and is tailored to a broad audience. Topics may include but are not limited to online learning, residential learning, research, technology, extended reality (XR), and diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 16 Sep 2019 16:47:28 -0400 2019-10-23T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-23T13:30:00-04:00 Michigan League Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion AIM Spotlight
Michigan Program in Survey Methodology and the Joint Program in Survey Methodology Seminar Series (October 23, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68015 68015-16983970@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

Institute for Social Research - Room 1070

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 04 Oct 2019 10:57:45 -0400 2019-10-23T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-23T13:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Workshop / Seminar Trent Buskirk
43rd Annual Macro Symposium (October 23, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66819 66819-16779014@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Macromolecular Science & Engineering

The Macromolecular Science and Engineering Program at the University of Michigan is pleased to announce its 43rd Annual Symposium, Polymer Design Interfaces taking place on October 23rd and 24th, 2019.

October 23rd: Professional Development Short Courses
This half-day series of talks is intended for both undergraduate and graduate students. Speakers will present on a variety of topics including research engagement, non-traditional career pathways, mental health, and science & education outreach. An evening networking dinner will be held following the talks to which all symposium registrants are invited.

October 24th: Polymer Design Interfaces
The symposium features invited talks by faculty and students. The poster session is open to all students as well as post-doctoral researchers, and covers research in all areas of polymer science and engineering. Industry sponsors will have booth space during the poster sessions to connect with students.

For more information and to register, please visit https://macro.engin.umich.edu/symposium/

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 10 Sep 2019 14:52:35 -0400 2019-10-23T13:00:00-04:00 2019-10-23T18:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Macromolecular Science & Engineering Conference / Symposium
Department of Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics Weekly Seminar Series (October 23, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68168 68168-17020453@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 4:00pm
Location:
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Talk Title: "Chromatin accessibility signatures of immune system aging"

Abstract: Aging is linked to deficiencies in immune responses and increased systemic inflammation. To unravel regulatory programs behind these changes, we profiled peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from young and old individuals (n=77) using ATAC-seq and RNA-seq technologies and analyzed these data via systems immunology tools. First, we described an epigenomic signature of immune system aging, with simultaneous systematic chromatin closing at promoters and enhancers associated with T cell signaling. This signature was primarily borne by memory CD8+ T cells, which exhibited an aging-related loss in IL7R activity and IL7 responsiveness. More recently to uncover the impact of sex on immune system aging, we studied PBMCs from 194 healthy adults (100 women, 94 men) ranging from 22-93 years old using ATAC-seq, RNA-seq, and flow cytometry technologies. These data revealed a shared epigenomic signature of aging between sexes composed of declines in naïve T cell functions and increases in monocyte and cytotoxic cell functions. Despite similarities, these changes were greater in magnitude in men. Additionally, we uncovered male-specific decreases in expression/accessibility of B-cell associated loci. Trajectory analyses revealed that age-related epigenomic changes were more abrupt at two timepoints in the human lifespan. The first timepoint was similar between sexes in terms of timing (early forties) and magnitude. In contrast, the latter timepoint was earlier (~5 years) and more pronounced in men (mid-sixties versus late-sixties). Unexpectedly, differences between men and women PBMCs increased with aging, with men having higher monocyte and pro-inflammatory activity and lower B/T cell activity compared to women after 65 years of age. Our study uncovered which immune cell functions and molecules are differentially affected with age between sexes, including the differences in timing and magnitude of changes, which is an important step towards precision medicine in older adults.

3:45 pm - Light refreshments served
4:00 pm - Lecture

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 08 Oct 2019 15:12:18 -0400 2019-10-23T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-23T17:00:00-04:00 DCMB Seminar Series Lecture / Discussion
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 24, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009772@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 24, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

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

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

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-24T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-24T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
43rd Annual Macro Symposium (October 24, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/66819 66819-16779015@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 24, 2019 8:30am
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 18
Organized By: Macromolecular Science & Engineering

The Macromolecular Science and Engineering Program at the University of Michigan is pleased to announce its 43rd Annual Symposium, Polymer Design Interfaces taking place on October 23rd and 24th, 2019.

October 23rd: Professional Development Short Courses
This half-day series of talks is intended for both undergraduate and graduate students. Speakers will present on a variety of topics including research engagement, non-traditional career pathways, mental health, and science & education outreach. An evening networking dinner will be held following the talks to which all symposium registrants are invited.

October 24th: Polymer Design Interfaces
The symposium features invited talks by faculty and students. The poster session is open to all students as well as post-doctoral researchers, and covers research in all areas of polymer science and engineering. Industry sponsors will have booth space during the poster sessions to connect with students.

For more information and to register, please visit https://macro.engin.umich.edu/symposium/

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 10 Sep 2019 14:52:35 -0400 2019-10-24T08:30:00-04:00 2019-10-24T16:00:00-04:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 18 Macromolecular Science & Engineering Conference / Symposium North Campus Research Complex Building 18
The Power Family Program for Inuit Art: Tillirnanngittuq​ (October 24, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58826 58826-14563557@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 24, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

An exhibition celebrating the exceptional gift of 20th-century Inuit art to the Museum by the Power family

Two fascinating stories converge in one very special exhibition: One tracks the development and subsequent worldwide acclaim of contemporary Inuit art from the Canadian Arctic. The other traces the Power family’s seminal role in supporting Inuit art and introducing it to a U.S. audience. Seventy years ago, neither the Inuit artists nor the Power family could have foreseen the tremendous popularity that this work would come to enjoy. Taking its title from the Inuktitut word for “unexpected,” this stirring exhibition showcases 58 works from the collection of Philip and Kathy Power, most from the very early contemporary period of the 1950s and 60s. Included are exquisite sculptures of ivory, bone, and stone, as well as stonecut and stencil prints, some from the first annual Inuit print collection in 1959. Among the renowned Inuit artists featured in this historic survey are Kenojuak Ashevak, Lucy Qinnuayuak, Niviaksiak, Osuitok Ipeelee, Kananginak Pootoogook, and Johnny Inukpuk.

The exhibition also serves as a promising launch pad for future groundbreaking research, exhibitions, and programming related to Inuit art and culture at the University of Michigan, thanks to the generosity of the Power family.

This exhibition inaugurates the Power Family Program for Inuit Art, established in 2018 through the generosity of Philip and Kathy Power.

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Exhibition Mon, 07 Oct 2019 12:17:39 -0400 2019-10-24T11:00:00-04:00 2019-10-24T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/LTL2018_5_7%2520%25281%2529.jpg
Undergraduate Research Panel (October 24, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64438 64438-16349019@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 24, 2019 5:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Psychology Undergraduates

Come learn more about the STAR Scholars Program from several program alumni who have gained research experience since participating in the program. Free pizza! RSVP at https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/4361

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 09 Oct 2019 12:02:44 -0400 2019-10-24T17:00:00-04:00 2019-10-24T18:30:00-04:00 East Hall Psychology Undergraduates Workshop / Seminar Research Panel
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 25, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009773@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 25, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

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

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

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-25T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-25T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Behind the Scenes Tour of the Clements Library (October 25, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61827 61827-15808594@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 25, 2019 11:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Join us for a tour to learn more about the Clements Library and its collections. Tours begin with a presentation behind-the-scenes to share the story of our collections and our renovated 1923 building. Tours conclude with a visit to the Avenir Foundation Reading Room to view the current exhibits.

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Presentation Tue, 20 Aug 2019 11:43:24 -0400 2019-10-25T11:00:00-04:00 2019-10-25T12:30:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Presentation Postcard of the Clements Library
The Power Family Program for Inuit Art: Tillirnanngittuq​ (October 25, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58826 58826-14563558@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 25, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

An exhibition celebrating the exceptional gift of 20th-century Inuit art to the Museum by the Power family

Two fascinating stories converge in one very special exhibition: One tracks the development and subsequent worldwide acclaim of contemporary Inuit art from the Canadian Arctic. The other traces the Power family’s seminal role in supporting Inuit art and introducing it to a U.S. audience. Seventy years ago, neither the Inuit artists nor the Power family could have foreseen the tremendous popularity that this work would come to enjoy. Taking its title from the Inuktitut word for “unexpected,” this stirring exhibition showcases 58 works from the collection of Philip and Kathy Power, most from the very early contemporary period of the 1950s and 60s. Included are exquisite sculptures of ivory, bone, and stone, as well as stonecut and stencil prints, some from the first annual Inuit print collection in 1959. Among the renowned Inuit artists featured in this historic survey are Kenojuak Ashevak, Lucy Qinnuayuak, Niviaksiak, Osuitok Ipeelee, Kananginak Pootoogook, and Johnny Inukpuk.

The exhibition also serves as a promising launch pad for future groundbreaking research, exhibitions, and programming related to Inuit art and culture at the University of Michigan, thanks to the generosity of the Power family.

This exhibition inaugurates the Power Family Program for Inuit Art, established in 2018 through the generosity of Philip and Kathy Power.

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Exhibition Mon, 07 Oct 2019 12:17:39 -0400 2019-10-25T11:00:00-04:00 2019-10-25T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/LTL2018_5_7%2520%25281%2529.jpg
MCDB Seminar: Telomerase RNA Biogenesis: Human Genetics to Therapeutic Prospects (October 25, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67357 67357-16839925@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 25, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: JK Nandakumar

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 17 Sep 2019 16:28:46 -0400 2019-10-25T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-25T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar micrograph of teleomeres
Heather Igloliorte: Inuit Art Futures (October 25, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64160 64160-16171649@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 25, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Heather Igloliorte is an Inuk scholar, curator, and art historian, leading the field of contemporary Inuit art curatorial practice and working to develop the next generation of Inuit leaders. Join us on Friday, October 25, to hear her public talk that kicks off the 2019 Inuit Art Society Annual Meeting on the last weekend of UMMA's exhibition The Power Family Program for Inuit Art: Tillirnanngittuq.

 

Heather Igloliorte holds the University Research Chair in Circumpolar Indigenous Arts at Concordia University, where she leads the Inuit Futures in Arts Leadership Partnership Grant and Co-Directs the Initiative for Indigenous Futures Cluster (IIF) in the Milieux Institute for Arts, Culture and Technology with Professor Jason Edward Lewis. Igloliorte currently serves as the Co-Chair of the Indigenous Circle for the Winnipeg Art Gallery, working on the development of the new national Inuit Art Centre; and sits on the Board of Directors for the Native North American Art Studies Association, the Inuit Art Foundation, and the Nunavut Film Board, among others. 

Please join us for a reception and opportunity to see the exhibition at 5:30 p.m. More information about the Inuit Art Society Annual Meeting can be found on their website at www.inuitartsociety.org.

 

 

 

This exhibition inaugurates the Power Family Program for Inuit Art, established in 2018 through the generosity of Philip and Kathy Power.

The Inuit Art Society Annual Meeting is organized by the Inuit Art Society with generous funding from the University of Michigan Museum of Art and the Consul General of Canada, Detroit office.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 25 Oct 2019 18:18:03 -0400 2019-10-25T19:00:00-04:00 2019-10-25T20:30:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Lecture / Discussion Museum of Art
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 26, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009774@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 26, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

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

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

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-26T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-26T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
The Power Family Program for Inuit Art: Tillirnanngittuq​ (October 26, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58826 58826-14563559@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 26, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

An exhibition celebrating the exceptional gift of 20th-century Inuit art to the Museum by the Power family

Two fascinating stories converge in one very special exhibition: One tracks the development and subsequent worldwide acclaim of contemporary Inuit art from the Canadian Arctic. The other traces the Power family’s seminal role in supporting Inuit art and introducing it to a U.S. audience. Seventy years ago, neither the Inuit artists nor the Power family could have foreseen the tremendous popularity that this work would come to enjoy. Taking its title from the Inuktitut word for “unexpected,” this stirring exhibition showcases 58 works from the collection of Philip and Kathy Power, most from the very early contemporary period of the 1950s and 60s. Included are exquisite sculptures of ivory, bone, and stone, as well as stonecut and stencil prints, some from the first annual Inuit print collection in 1959. Among the renowned Inuit artists featured in this historic survey are Kenojuak Ashevak, Lucy Qinnuayuak, Niviaksiak, Osuitok Ipeelee, Kananginak Pootoogook, and Johnny Inukpuk.

The exhibition also serves as a promising launch pad for future groundbreaking research, exhibitions, and programming related to Inuit art and culture at the University of Michigan, thanks to the generosity of the Power family.

This exhibition inaugurates the Power Family Program for Inuit Art, established in 2018 through the generosity of Philip and Kathy Power.

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Exhibition Mon, 07 Oct 2019 12:17:39 -0400 2019-10-26T11:00:00-04:00 2019-10-26T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/LTL2018_5_7%2520%25281%2529.jpg
Scientist in the Forum (October 26, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66401 66401-16734189@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 26, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Check at the Welcome Desk for schedule.

Join a University of Michigan researcher in the Science Forum for a special peek into cutting-edge research. Interactive presentations last about 15 minutes, with time for conversation afterwards. Presentations are appropriate for ages 5 and up.

Schedule subject to change.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 05 Sep 2019 10:55:59 -0400 2019-10-26T13:00:00-04:00 2019-10-26T13:15:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum of Natural History Lecture / Discussion Biological Sciences Building
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 27, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009775@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 27, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

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

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

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-27T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-27T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
The Power Family Program for Inuit Art: Tillirnanngittuq​ (October 27, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58826 58826-14563560@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 27, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

An exhibition celebrating the exceptional gift of 20th-century Inuit art to the Museum by the Power family

Two fascinating stories converge in one very special exhibition: One tracks the development and subsequent worldwide acclaim of contemporary Inuit art from the Canadian Arctic. The other traces the Power family’s seminal role in supporting Inuit art and introducing it to a U.S. audience. Seventy years ago, neither the Inuit artists nor the Power family could have foreseen the tremendous popularity that this work would come to enjoy. Taking its title from the Inuktitut word for “unexpected,” this stirring exhibition showcases 58 works from the collection of Philip and Kathy Power, most from the very early contemporary period of the 1950s and 60s. Included are exquisite sculptures of ivory, bone, and stone, as well as stonecut and stencil prints, some from the first annual Inuit print collection in 1959. Among the renowned Inuit artists featured in this historic survey are Kenojuak Ashevak, Lucy Qinnuayuak, Niviaksiak, Osuitok Ipeelee, Kananginak Pootoogook, and Johnny Inukpuk.

The exhibition also serves as a promising launch pad for future groundbreaking research, exhibitions, and programming related to Inuit art and culture at the University of Michigan, thanks to the generosity of the Power family.

This exhibition inaugurates the Power Family Program for Inuit Art, established in 2018 through the generosity of Philip and Kathy Power.

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Exhibition Mon, 07 Oct 2019 12:17:39 -0400 2019-10-27T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-27T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/LTL2018_5_7%2520%25281%2529.jpg
Scientist in the Forum (October 27, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66401 66401-16734193@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 27, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Check at the Welcome Desk for schedule.

Join a University of Michigan researcher in the Science Forum for a special peek into cutting-edge research. Interactive presentations last about 15 minutes, with time for conversation afterwards. Presentations are appropriate for ages 5 and up.

Schedule subject to change.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 05 Sep 2019 10:55:59 -0400 2019-10-27T13:00:00-04:00 2019-10-27T13:15:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum of Natural History Lecture / Discussion Biological Sciences Building
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 28, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009776@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 28, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

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

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

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-28T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-28T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Webinar: Accessing and Using Two Disability/Rehabilitation Studies for Secondary Analysis: Boston RISE and Early Intervention - Colorado (October 28, 2019 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68236 68236-17028954@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 28, 2019 10:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

This webinar will highlight two studies in the Archive of Data on Disability to Enable Policy and research (ADDEP) at ICPSR:

1) Boston Rehabilitative Impairment Study of the Elderly (Boston RISE) (https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ADDEP/studies/37045)

2) Early Intervention -- Colorado Study (EI-CO) (https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ADDEP/studies/37320)

PIs and research team members from Boston RISE and EI-CO will discuss the collection and organization of their archived data, and how the data can be used for secondary analysis. The audience will have the opportunity to ask questions to both research teams.

Register at http://bit.ly/323qu8u.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 09 Oct 2019 17:05:12 -0400 2019-10-28T10:30:00-04:00 2019-10-28T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Workshop / Seminar Webinar announcement for Accessing and Using Two Disability/Rehabilitation Studies for Secondary Analysis: Boston RISE and Early Intervention - Colorado
Conversation about Open Access (October 28, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68407 68407-17077950@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 28, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

Please join Kathleen Folger, Raya Samet, Nabeela Jaffer, Charles Watkinson, Bryan Skib and others at the U-M Library for a conversation about Open Access. The conversation will cover a range of topics, including open monographs and TOME, transformative agreements for journals, Open Infrastructure, Open Educational Resources, and faculty engagement. We look forward to an active exchange regarding these topics — please come with questions and a willingness to share your insights into Open Access at U-M.

Coffee and tea will be provided. After the open conversation and some time for Q&A, we plan to leave approximately thirty minutes for informal conversation among colleagues. We hope to see you there!

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 15 Oct 2019 13:17:24 -0400 2019-10-28T14:00:00-04:00 2019-10-28T16:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Lecture / Discussion Hatcher Graduate Library
DANG! Meeting (October 28, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68540 68540-17096933@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 28, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Taubman Library
Organized By: Data Analysis Networking Group

The Data Analysis Networking Group (DANG!) is a forum for post-docs, grad students, and other researchers at the University of Michigan to discuss how to analyze, present, and visualize their data. Monthly meetings cover requested topics or specific problems & solutions that we have encountered. Don’t know how to visualize your results? Come to DANG!, and hopefully as a group we can come up with a method. Did you recently discover an amazing R package or script? Come to DANG!, and share with us how you accomplished that. Our hope is that these meetings & discussions will foster new ideas within our respective fields.

https://um-dang.github.io/

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 17 Mar 2020 23:04:03 -0400 2019-10-28T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-28T17:00:00-04:00 Taubman Library Data Analysis Networking Group Workshop / Seminar DANG!
RNA Innovation Seminar, Luis Batista, Washington University in St. Louis (October 28, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65140 65140-16539450@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 28, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Center for RNA Biomedicine

Luis Batista, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Developmental Biology, Washington University in St. Louis

Abstract: The overarching goal of the Batista lab is to understand the regulation and function of telomerase in tissue fitness, disease, and cancer. The Batista laboratory uses genome-wide methods to uncover alterations that drive cellular failure upon critical telomerase dysfunction, using the targeted differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells to tissues of clinical relevance as a primary model. We combine in vitro biochemical and mechanistic studies with our ability to generate and differentiate pluripotent cells towards different fates to better understand the importance of correct ribonucleoprotein assembly and function in tissue fitness and to determine the events that lead from impaired RNA-protein assembly to disease in humans.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 25 Sep 2019 11:00:45 -0400 2019-10-28T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-28T17:00:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Center for RNA Biomedicine Lecture / Discussion flyer
INFORMATION SESSION: HEALTHCARE DELIVERY IN EMERGING MARKETS (October 28, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68480 68480-17088477@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 28, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: William Davidson Institute

This course provides students with the unique opportunity to examine business models for healthcare delivery in emerging markets. Join us at this information session to learn about the winter 2020 projects and travel locations!

For more information, please email BA685-Healthcare@umich.edu

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Meeting Thu, 17 Oct 2019 10:25:29 -0400 2019-10-28T17:30:00-04:00 2019-10-28T18:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business William Davidson Institute Meeting BA685 Students from the Kisii Eye Hospital Team in Kenya
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 29, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009777@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

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

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

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-29T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-29T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
CEW+ Advocacy Symposium: Redefining Leadership (October 29, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67526 67526-16890095@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 8:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: CEW+

Join CEW+ for its annual fall symposium focused on redefining leadership. The 2019 Symposium includes a diverse group of scholars, community practitioners and international activists who embody leadership in varied ways as they advocate for change. This year Shannon Cohen and Stephanie Land will kick off the Symposium during the Mullin Welch Lecture where they will discuss how nontraditional leadership strategies can enhance advocacy work with a focus on self-care, resilience, and systemic change.

This working symposium is free and open to all activists, advocates, and allies from all U-M campuses (students, staff, faculty) as well as the local community.

RSVP now: http://www.cew.umich.edu/events/cew-advocacy-symposium-redefining-leadership

The CEW+ Advocacy Symposium is organized in partnership with Barger Leadership Institute and Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan with funding from CEW+’s Frances & Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund and the CEW+ Mullin Welch Fund.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 21 Oct 2019 11:25:50 -0400 2019-10-29T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-29T19:00:00-04:00 Michigan League CEW+ Conference / Symposium blue hand holding megaphone with the CEW+ logo on it, with maize and blue ribbons coming out of it, text underneath that says CEW+ Advocacy Symposium: Redefining Leadership. October 29th, 2019
SUMIT_2019 (October 29, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68179 68179-17020463@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 9:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

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

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

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

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

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 08 Oct 2019 17:02:14 -0400 2019-10-29T09:00:00-04:00 2019-10-29T17:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Information and Technology Services (ITS) Conference / Symposium SUMIT_2019 Event banner
ISR CoderSpace with Paul Schulz (October 29, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67427 67427-16849192@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 10:00am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Paul Schulz is a senior consulting statistician and data scientist for ISR's Population Dynamics and Health Program. He specializes in statistical methods and computing, including hypothesis testing, data analysis and modelling, sampling (including weight creation and adjustment), and power calculation), as well as the use of secure computing enclaves (SRCVDI, Likert cluster, and Flux/Great Lakes). Paul writes code in Stata and SAS for general purpose desktop computing, and R and Python for selected applications, such as data visualization and web scraping/automation, among other uses.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 01 Nov 2019 10:06:55 -0400 2019-10-29T10:00:00-04:00 2019-10-29T11:30:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar CoderSpaces at ISR
Complex Systems Seminar | Stephanie Forrest 'The Biology of Software: Evolution, Robustness, Diversity' (October 29, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68316 68316-17045998@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 11:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

**Please note, if this room's capacity is exceeded, there will be a simulcast into the next room of talk slides and audio**

Stephanie Forrest is Professor of Computer Science at Arizona State University, where she directs the Biodesign Center for Biocomputation, Security and Society. Her research focuses on the intersection of biology and computation, including cybersecurity, software engineering, and biological modeling.

Abstract:
Software today is a complex adaptive system. Although we think of computer programs as the products of intelligent design, they also evolve inadvertently through the actions of many individual programmers, often leading to unanticipated consequences. Similarly, economic and political incentives produce arms races between competitors and adversaries, which in turn have shaped the cyber landscape.

The talk will give examples of evolution, robustness and diversity in the context of software, describing how these concepts provide new insights and suggest new approaches to problems such as repairing software bugs and cybersecurity. It will present recent results on the mutational robustness of software and describe a new algorithm for bug repair that leverages neutral mutations.


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Prior to joining ASU in 2017, Professor Forrest was at the University of New Mexico and served as Dept. Chair 2006-2011. She is a member of the Santa Fe Institute External Faculty and 2013-2014 served at the U.S. Dept. of State as a Senior Science Advisor for cyberpolicy. She was educated at St. John's College (B.A.) and the University of Michigan (M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science).

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 28 Oct 2019 13:11:45 -0400 2019-10-29T11:30:00-04:00 2019-10-29T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Workshop / Seminar Stephanie Forrest
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar: The ecosystem consequences of wildfire activity over space and time: a field station perspective (October 29, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65002 65002-16501301@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Recent changes in ecosystem properties highlight major uncertainties about how disturbances will interact with ongoing climate change. Shifting fire regimes may lead to long-lasting directional changes or shifts in biogeochemical states, potentially impacting carbon and nitrogen balance over large spatial and temporal scales. However, data have been lacking to test these ideas over longer timescales – and to consider their implications for future projections – until only recently. A network of paleoecological records will document the role of climate in past fire-regime variability, and the potential for changing biogeochemical impacts will be evaluated. Combined with inferences from ecosystem and Earth system models, these results characterize how disturbances shape biogeochemical dynamics across a range of spatial and temporal scales. The important role of biological stations in catalyzing cutting-edge research, education, and outreach will also be explored.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 28 Oct 2019 11:24:40 -0400 2019-10-29T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-29T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Ecosystem Wildfire - McLauchlan
Restoring Movement via Electrodes Implanted in the Brain (October 29, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64669 64669-16420901@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

The dream of using signals from the brain to restore motor control in people with paralysis or amputation is getting closer to reality. Electrodes that monitor or send signals to neurons in the brain have been reduced in size until they are no bigger than the neurons themselves, and arrays can interface with hundreds of individual neurons.
The course will discuss this area of research and highlight one such application, where 8-µm carbon electrodes implanted in the finger control areas of the brain are being developed to control movement of individual fingers. Cynthia Chestek, instructor, is an associate professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Michigan, where she runs the Cortical Neural Prosthetics Laboratory. This Study Group is for those 50 and over and meets Tuesday, 1:30–3:00 pm on October 29.

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Class / Instruction Sun, 28 Jul 2019 16:09:46 -0400 2019-10-29T13:30:00-04:00 2019-10-29T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
9th Annual Thomas D. Gelehrter M.D. Lecture in Medical Genetics (October 29, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65874 65874-16662158@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Department of Human Genetics

Helen H. Hobbs, M.D., is an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and a Professor of Internal Medicine and Molecular Genetics at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Among Dr. Hobbs’ honors was her election to the National Academy of Medicine in 2004 and National Academy of Sciences in 2007. She received the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences and Passano Award (with Jonathan Cohen) in 2016 and the Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine in 2018. Dr. Hobbs is recognized for her contributions to the development of new lipid-lowering strategies by identifying genetic variants of large effect in humans. Importantly, her work created a new strategy using human genetics to identify new therapeutic targets for the treatment of complex cardiovascular and metabolic disorders.

This lecture honors Thomas D. Gelehrter, M.D., active emeritus professor and former Chair of the Department of Human Genetics at the University of Michigan.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 27 Aug 2019 16:59:30 -0400 2019-10-29T14:00:00-04:00 2019-10-29T17:00:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Department of Human Genetics Lecture / Discussion Dr. Helen H. Hobbs
UROP - Keeping a Laboratory Notebook Workshop (October 29, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67697 67697-16918024@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Undergraduate Science Building
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

This workshop is for current UROP and MRADS students only.
Registration is required: https://myumi.ch/QARMq

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 26 Sep 2019 15:47:33 -0400 2019-10-29T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-29T17:30:00-04:00 Undergraduate Science Building UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Workshop / Seminar UROP Lab Notebook QR Registration Code
UROP Intro to Lab Safety Workshop "OSEH" (October 29, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67443 67443-16855675@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Registration for this workshop is required, as space is limited.

The workshop is designed to provide general training on the topic of laboratory health and safety to UROP students who will be working in laboratory or shop spaces that have research hazards. This course does not meet the training requirements for employees (required to take BLS025W). Beyond this training lab directors, instructors, professors, or supervisors of students must provide lab-specific safety and health training focused on the hazards and materials present.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 19 Sep 2019 08:53:35 -0400 2019-10-29T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-29T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Workshop / Seminar UROP lab safety QR registration code
UROP Intro to Spreadsheet Workshop (October 29, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66508 66508-16744943@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

This workshop is intended to support UROP students in addressing skills needed in Excel and Google Sheets to meet the needs of their UROP Project.

Students must register as space is limited

In this introductory workshop, we'll use Microsoft Excel 2016 to explore the basic functionality of spreadsheets. Topics covered will include navigation & terminology, formatting, basic formulas and functions, sorting, filtering, and basic data visualization.

In this introductory workshop, we'll use Google Sheets to explore the basic functionality of spreadsheets. Topics covered will include navigation & terminology, formatting, basic formulas and functions, sorting, filtering, and basic data visualization.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 06 Sep 2019 12:44:27 -0400 2019-10-29T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-29T17:30:00-04:00 Shapiro Library UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Workshop / Seminar UROP Excel Registration QR Code
UROP Intro to Statistical Concepts Workshop (October 29, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67861 67861-16960520@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Undergraduate Science Building
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Statistics Basics for UROP Students.
Registration Required: https://myumi.ch/3qWB7

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 01 Oct 2019 13:31:37 -0400 2019-10-29T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-29T17:30:00-04:00 Undergraduate Science Building UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Workshop / Seminar Statistical Concepts QR Code for Registration
UROP Introduction to R Workshop (October 29, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66533 66533-16744981@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

This workshop will introduce strategies for working with data and basic statistics using R. The workshop will also cover basic data visualization techniques utilizing R. No experience with R is required as we will provide an introductory overview of the software.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 06 Sep 2019 14:59:55 -0400 2019-10-29T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-29T17:30:00-04:00 Shapiro Library UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Workshop / Seminar UROP R Workshop Registration QR Code
UROP Matlab Workshop (October 29, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66528 66528-16744973@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP students learn the basics of Matlab to support their UROP mentor's project requirements.

Students are encouraged to bring their own laptop to the workshop.

Students can download the Matlab program for free:
https://www.mathworks.com/academia/tah-portal/university-of-michigan-820543.html

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 06 Sep 2019 14:35:38 -0400 2019-10-29T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-29T17:30:00-04:00 Public Health II UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Workshop / Seminar UROP Matlab Registration QR Code
UROP - SPSS Workshop (October 29, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67927 67927-16966910@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

This workshop introduces UROP students to SPSS in 90 minutes. Specifically, this workshop briefly covers each of the following:
- Managing and importing your data (i.e., loading your data into SPSS)
- Compute new variables (e.g., compute mean scores across multiple variables, recode and label categorical variables)
- Visualize data (e.g., boxplots, scatterplots, histograms)
- Compute summary statistics (e.g., means, standard deviations, medians) and correlations
- Compare means with t-tests
-Analyze relationships among multiple variables with linear regression (i.e., like Y = mx + b but fancier)

Importantly, you'll leave with materials to review these skills on your own.

Register at: https://myumi.ch/erv9m

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 11 Feb 2020 14:41:34 -0500 2019-10-29T18:00:00-04:00 2019-10-29T19:30:00-04:00 Shapiro Library UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Workshop / Seminar SPSS Workshop Registration Code
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 30, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009778@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

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

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

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

Institute for Social Research
Room 1070

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 04 Oct 2019 11:08:22 -0400 2019-10-30T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-30T13:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Workshop / Seminar Youjin Lee
2019 Ta-You Wu Lecture in Physics | Generating High-Intensity, Ultrashort Optical Pulses (October 30, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64676 64676-16426883@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Department Colloquia

With the invention of lasers, the intensity of a light wave was increased by orders of magnitude over what had been achieved with a light bulb or sunlight. This much higher intensity led to new phenomena being observed, such as violet light coming out when red light went into the material. After Gérard Mourou and I developed chirped pulse amplification, also known as CPA, the intensity again increased by more than a factor of 1,000 and it once again made new types of interactions possible between light and matter. We developed a laser that could deliver short pulses of light that knocked the electrons off their atoms. This new understanding of laser-matter interactions, led to the development of new machining techniques that are used in laser eye surgery or micromachining of glass used in cell phones.

You may find more details: lsa.umich.edu/physics/special-lecture

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Sep 2019 15:38:46 -0400 2019-10-30T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-30T17:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Department Colloquia Lecture / Discussion Donna Strickland, Professor of Physics, University of Waterloo and 2018 Nobel Laureate
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (October 31, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009779@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 31, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

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

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

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-10-31T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-31T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
UROP - Creating Effective Presentations using PowerPoint or Google Slides Workshop (October 31, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67114 67114-16803014@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 31, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP students probably already know how to make slides in PowerPoint or Google Slides, but do you know how to create a presentation that will keep your audience's attention, as well as clearly communicate your message? This workshop will examine principles that support more effective communication, regardless of the software you use. We'll talk about visual design guidelines, how to ensure better audience comprehension, and other things to keep in mind when putting together a presentation. We'll also talk about a few lesser-known features of presentation software that will make it easier to build a useful and consistent presentation.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 13 Sep 2019 09:28:24 -0400 2019-10-31T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-31T17:30:00-04:00 Shapiro Library UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Workshop / Seminar PowerPoint for Presentations Registration
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (November 1, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009780@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 1, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

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

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

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-11-01T08:00:00-04:00 2019-11-01T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Behind the Scenes Tour of the Clements Library (November 1, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61827 61827-16629892@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 1, 2019 11:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Join us for a tour to learn more about the Clements Library and its collections. Tours begin with a presentation behind-the-scenes to share the story of our collections and our renovated 1923 building. Tours conclude with a visit to the Avenir Foundation Reading Room to view the current exhibits.

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Presentation Tue, 20 Aug 2019 11:43:24 -0400 2019-11-01T11:00:00-04:00 2019-11-01T12:30:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Presentation Postcard of the Clements Library
MCDB Seminar: UTI Pathogenesis, Host-Pathogen Interface, Antibiotic-sparing therapeutics (November 1, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67348 67348-16839904@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 1, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Matt Chapman

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 17 Sep 2019 15:23:11 -0400 2019-11-01T12:00:00-04:00 2019-11-01T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar high resolution micrograph of pathogenic bacteria binding to tissue
Sandwiches and Science: Training (for) Better Presentations Graduate Speaker Series (November 1, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59651 59651-16898652@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 1, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Herbert H. Dow Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

**Fall 2019 KICK-OFF WORKSHOP SEPTEMBER 23RD**

Sandwiches and Science: Training (for) Better Presentations marks the third run of the professional development event hosted by Tau Beta Pi aimed at providing Michigan Engineering graduate students the opportunity to enhance their scientific communication skills. The series will be co-hosted/sponsored by TBP and the graduate societies of MSE, ECE, ChE, and MACRO and also sponsored by the Office of Student Affairs! As "learning-by-practice" event, it aims to help students learn how to effectively convey the "big picture" value of their research to a diverse audience, while also engaging a dialog of science and engineering research among graduate students across the entire College of Engineering. The event is aimed primarily at graduate students planning to take their candidacy exam, but anyone is welcome to participate! We will host 7-10 events each term, and event dates/times will be announced on a rolling basis.

Each session is structured to have student speakers (2-3 per session) make a timed (15-20 min) presentation on their graduate research to a broad engineering audience and a communications expert panel (3-4 panelists). Our expert panelists will provide constructive feedback to the speakers (and the audience), highlighting the positive aspects of each presentation and also indicating opportunities for improvement. This structure will allow for the speakers to receive specific feedback on their communication skills, while also providing the audience with generalized guidelines for good scientific communication.

If you would like to participate as a speaker/audience, please fill out the links below. We will follow-up with you with scheduling details. NOTE: The event is open to ALL CoE students, regardless of TBP membership status.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 03 Dec 2019 14:20:21 -0500 2019-11-01T12:00:00-04:00 2019-11-01T13:30:00-04:00 Herbert H. Dow Building Tau Beta Pi Workshop / Seminar TBP Speaker Series
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (November 2, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009781@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 2, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

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

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

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

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

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

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-11-03T08:00:00-05:00 2019-11-03T23:00:00-05:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Scientist in the Forum (November 3, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67972 67972-16977463@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 3, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Check at the Welcome Desk for schedule.

Join a University of Michigan researcher in the Science Forum for a special peek into cutting-edge research. Interactive presentations last about 15 minutes, with time for conversation afterwards. Presentations are appropriate for ages 5 and up.

Schedule subject to change.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 03 Oct 2019 12:24:06 -0400 2019-11-03T13:00:00-05:00 2019-11-03T13:15:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum of Natural History Lecture / Discussion Biological Sciences Building
Scientist Spotlight (November 3, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67839 67839-16958338@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 3, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Visit with University of Michigan scientists and participate in engaging, hands-on activities to learn about their cutting-edge research! These researchers are Science Communication Fellows with the U-M Museum of Natural History's Portal to the Public program and represent various scientific fields. Suitable for upper elementary through adult audiences.

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Presentation Tue, 01 Oct 2019 11:25:07 -0400 2019-11-03T13:00:00-05:00 2019-11-03T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Museum of Natural History Presentation Scientist Spotlight
Meet Me at UMMA: A Museum Arts Experience for Persons with Mild Memory Loss and Their Care Partners (November 3, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65665 65665-16629874@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 3, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Meet Me at UMMA invites people with mild memory loss to enjoy a guided gallery experience along with family members or care partners. This program is designed for people who live at home and their companions.

If you or someone you care about is experiencing mild memory loss, research has shown that the visual and expressive arts can be good for your mind. In addition, great enjoyment is to be found in seeking out the sights, sounds, textures, and good feelings that come with looking at, learning, and sharing feelings about paintings, music, and other creative arts.

UMMA's trained docents will accompany small groups for a guided tour and provide the opportunity for everyone to experience different kinds of art and share their responses.

Meet Me at UMMA is generously supported by the Monroe-Brown Foundation Discretionary Fund for Outreach to the State of Michigan and individual donors. 

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Social / Informal Gathering Fri, 01 Nov 2019 18:16:55 -0400 2019-11-03T15:00:00-05:00 2019-11-03T16:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Social / Informal Gathering Museum of Art
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (November 4, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009783@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 4, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

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

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

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-11-04T08:00:00-05:00 2019-11-04T23:00:00-05:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Breakfast with Kristina Palm (November 4, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68787 68787-17147193@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 4, 2019 8:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Barger Leadership Institute

The BLI and OS are thrilled to welcome Kristina Palm to U-M. Kristina is visiting the University from KKTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Karolinska Instiutet and Karlstad University.

Kristina has a PhD in Industrial work science from KTH. She currently conducts research at Karolinska Institutet on leadership, work environment, project work etc. She is a guest researcher at Karlstad Universitet and associate professor at the department Sustainable production development at KTH. Board member of Tom Tits Experiment and Lundbergsstiftelsen.

Her subject areas for teaching are: leadership, group development, stress and sustainable work, change management, and organisation. Kristina teaches undergraduate courses at KTH and KI and sometimes as guest lecturer in other universities, in commissioned education at KTH and in post-graduate education at KI. An overall perspective that can summarize her educational standpoint is what she wants to accomplish with my teaching. She wants to create an interest in her topic and give undergraduate students opportunities to become good leaders, and thus create sustainable jobs, i.e. work that is sustainable from both economic and human perspectives.

This is a casual event is designed for OS and BLI students to meet Kristina and get a behind the curtain view of her leadership journey.

Read Kristina's full bio here: https://staff.ki.se/people/krpalm

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Social / Informal Gathering Wed, 23 Oct 2019 16:08:36 -0400 2019-11-04T08:30:00-05:00 2019-11-04T09:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Barger Leadership Institute Social / Informal Gathering Kristina Palm
The Annual Bernard W. Agranoff Lectureship in Neuroscience (November 4, 2019 3:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68666 68666-17136728@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 4, 2019 3:15pm
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Michigan Neuroscience Institute

This annual lectureship features a pre-eminent neuroscientist and honors Bernard W. Agranoff, a leader in biochemistry and an internationally recognized expert in the neurosciences. Dr. Agranoff is a graduate of the University of Michigan who returned as a faculty member in 1960. He served as the Director of Mental Health Research Institute (now known as the Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Institute) from 1985 to 1995 and was the Neuroscience Laboratory Building Director from 1983-2002. His scientific career helped establish that long-term memory formation requires de novo protein synthesis and also enhanced our understanding of the processes involved in nerve regeneration. The Lectureship builds upon a career dedicated to promoting excellence in research, education, and mental health care and is an enduring legacy to those seeking to improve our understanding of the brain and apply that knowledge to help those with brain disorders.

Dr. Richard Huganir is the 2019 Agranoff Lecturer. Dr. Huganir is a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience and Psychological and Brain Sciences and Director of the Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. His career has focused on synapses in the brain. His research has shown that the regulation of receptor function is a major mechanism for the regulation of neuronal excitability and connectivity in the brain and is critical for many higher brain processes, including learning and memory, and is a major determinant of behavior. Moreover, dysregulation of these mechanisms underlies many neurological and psychiatric diseases including Alzheimer’s, ALS, schizophrenia, autism, intellectual disability, PTSD as well as in chronic pain and drug addiction. Dr. Huganir is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Institute of Medicine and the National Academy of Sciences.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 22 Oct 2019 10:00:19 -0400 2019-11-04T15:15:00-05:00 2019-11-04T16:30:00-05:00 University Hospitals Michigan Neuroscience Institute Lecture / Discussion Dr. Richard Huganir
STS Speaker. Working Things Out: Design-STS Transitions from Technical Formalization to Critical Imagination. (November 4, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66903 66903-16785542@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 4, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Science, Technology & Society

This talk will explore the notion that the fields of design and science and technology studies (STS) offer distinct but mutually enriching traditions of research and practice, and that at their nexus we may discover opportunities for critical and creative engagements with both technologies and the built environment. Drawing from the author’s recent efforts, including media archaeological, data-ethnographic, historiographic, and pedagogical explorations, the talk will articulate ways to mobilize STS themes and methods towards questions of design — broadly understood to encompass a diversity of conceptual and practical approaches to the production of artificial environments. It will show what we may gain by, on the one hand, creating the conditions for technologies to be formulated inquisitively to interrogate or renegotiate sociotechnical relations and, on the other, cultivating an interpretive attitude construing digital environments and human-machine entanglements as new and exciting sites of sociotechnical inquiry in the processes of designing and making. The picture that emerges is one of design as both a crucial phenomenon by which to understand and a sociotechnical ecology by which to thoughtfully re-imagine, intervene, and explore.

Bio: Daniel Cardoso Llach is an architecture and design scholar working on social and historical aspects of automation in design, the politics of representation and participation in software, and new methods for visualizing design as a socio-technical phenomenon. His book Builders of the Vision: Software and the Imagination of Design (Routledge, 2015) uses STS methods and themes to show how postwar era research on computer-aided design (CAD) and numerically controlled manufacturing shaped a technological imaginary of design shaping present-day architectural ideas and labors.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 23 Oct 2019 08:05:24 -0400 2019-11-04T16:00:00-05:00 2019-11-04T17:30:00-05:00 Tisch Hall Science, Technology & Society Lecture / Discussion Tisch Hall
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (November 5, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009784@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 5, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

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

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

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-11-05T08:00:00-05:00 2019-11-05T23:00:00-05:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
ISR CoderSpace with Paul Schulz (November 5, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67427 67427-16849193@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 5, 2019 10:00am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Paul Schulz is a senior consulting statistician and data scientist for ISR's Population Dynamics and Health Program. He specializes in statistical methods and computing, including hypothesis testing, data analysis and modelling, sampling (including weight creation and adjustment), and power calculation), as well as the use of secure computing enclaves (SRCVDI, Likert cluster, and Flux/Great Lakes). Paul writes code in Stata and SAS for general purpose desktop computing, and R and Python for selected applications, such as data visualization and web scraping/automation, among other uses.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 01 Nov 2019 10:06:55 -0400 2019-11-05T10:00:00-05:00 2019-11-05T11:30:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar CoderSpaces at ISR
Complex Systems Seminar | Network reconstruction and community detection from dynamics (November 5, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68329 68329-17046008@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 5, 2019 11:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

The observed functional behavior of a wide variety large-scale systems is often the result of a network of pairwise interactions between individual elements. However, in many cases these interactions are hidden from us, either because they are impossible to be measured directly, or because their measurement can be done only at significant experimental cost. In such situations, we are required to infer the network of interactions from the observed functional behavior.

In this talk, I will present a scalable nonparametric Bayesian method to perform network reconstruction from observed functional behavior, that at the same time infers the modular structure (or "communities") present in the network. I will show how the joint reconstruction with community detection has a synergistic effect, where the edge correlations used to inform the existence of communities are also inherently used to improve the accuracy of the reconstruction which, in turn, can better inform the uncovering of communities. I will illustrate the use of the method with observations arising from epidemic models and the Ising model, both on synthetic and empirical networks, as well as on data containing only functional information.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 30 Oct 2019 09:25:09 -0400 2019-11-05T11:30:00-05:00 2019-11-05T13:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Workshop / Seminar Tiago Peixoto
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar: Using mechanistic experiments, macroecology, and the Michigan Biological Station to understand biodiversity in a changing world (November 5, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65003 65003-16501302@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 5, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Please join us for our weekly brown bag lunch seminar.

In this talk, I'll summarize our work aimed at understanding the factors that shape biodiversity, from m2 quadrats to the globe. In particular, I will highlight how our work blends macroecological approaches, physiological experiments in the lab, and experimental manipulations in the field, mostly on ants. My view is that this synthetic approach, across scales, is the best way to understand and predict how biodiversity responds to global change drivers. Field stations are perfect launching pads for this kind of research and for introducing students, across disparate disciplines, to biodiversity and the services and functions it provides. Field stations can also be hubs for interdisciplinary collaborations and provide opportunities to ask, and address, pressing and fundamental questions across fields. The UMBS has been both a launching pad and hub for decades and is poised for continued growth and success.

View YouTube video of seminar: https://youtu.be/ND2ttvGjZ7U

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 02 Apr 2020 13:06:58 -0400 2019-11-05T12:00:00-05:00 2019-11-05T13:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Experimental manipulations in the field, mostly on ants.
Sandwiches and Science: Training (for) Better Presentations Graduate Speaker Series (November 5, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59651 59651-16900773@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 5, 2019 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

**Fall 2019 KICK-OFF WORKSHOP SEPTEMBER 23RD**

Sandwiches and Science: Training (for) Better Presentations marks the third run of the professional development event hosted by Tau Beta Pi aimed at providing Michigan Engineering graduate students the opportunity to enhance their scientific communication skills. The series will be co-hosted/sponsored by TBP and the graduate societies of MSE, ECE, ChE, and MACRO and also sponsored by the Office of Student Affairs! As "learning-by-practice" event, it aims to help students learn how to effectively convey the "big picture" value of their research to a diverse audience, while also engaging a dialog of science and engineering research among graduate students across the entire College of Engineering. The event is aimed primarily at graduate students planning to take their candidacy exam, but anyone is welcome to participate! We will host 7-10 events each term, and event dates/times will be announced on a rolling basis.

Each session is structured to have student speakers (2-3 per session) make a timed (15-20 min) presentation on their graduate research to a broad engineering audience and a communications expert panel (3-4 panelists). Our expert panelists will provide constructive feedback to the speakers (and the audience), highlighting the positive aspects of each presentation and also indicating opportunities for improvement. This structure will allow for the speakers to receive specific feedback on their communication skills, while also providing the audience with generalized guidelines for good scientific communication.

If you would like to participate as a speaker/audience, please fill out the links below. We will follow-up with you with scheduling details. NOTE: The event is open to ALL CoE students, regardless of TBP membership status.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 03 Dec 2019 14:20:21 -0500 2019-11-05T12:00:00-05:00 2019-11-05T13:30:00-05:00 Tau Beta Pi Workshop / Seminar TBP Speaker Series
Finding Research: Using the Psychology Research Opportunity Tool (November 5, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68186 68186-17026794@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 5, 2019 5:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Psychology Undergraduates

The Psychology Department has a new online tool for helping students find research. This interactive workshop will teach you how the tool works and provide tips for making a competitive profile. Bring your laptop to actively work on your profile during this session. There will also be FREE PIZZA! Please RSVP to help us order enough: https://myumi.ch/jxgrN

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 09 Oct 2019 08:37:23 -0400 2019-11-05T17:00:00-05:00 2019-11-05T18:00:00-05:00 East Hall Psychology Undergraduates Workshop / Seminar Obtaining a research position flyer
The “Irrepressible Conflict”: Slavery, the Civil War and America’s Second Revolution (November 5, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69096 69096-17244687@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 5, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: International Youth and Students for Social Equality

LECTURE 2 OF A 3-PART SERIES

The “Irrepressible Conflict”: Slavery, the Civil War and America’s Second Revolution – Speaker: Eric London
• The origins of the Civil War
• The role of white workers in the abolition of slavery
• How did Marx view the Civil War?
• Reconstruction, the emergence of the working class, and the origins of Jim Crow


Eric London is a member of the National Committee of the Socialist Equality Party and writer for the World Socialist Web Site with a focus on US politics, immigration, US history, Latin America, workers struggles and democratic rights. He is also the author of the recently released book Agents: The FBI and GPU Infiltration of the Trotskyist Movement.

The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) in the US and its youth and student movement, the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE), is holding a series of meetings on “Race, Class and the Fight for Socialism: Perspectives for the Coming Revolution in America.”

This series is the socialist answer to the New York Times “1619 Project,” which has been accompanied by an unprecedented publicity blitz, including at schools and campuses throughout the country. The occasion they cite for the publication of this project is the 400th anniversary of the arrival of 20 African slaves at Port Comfort, Virginia.

The Times project raises the question: Is race the driving force of history, as the Times insists? Or, as Karl Marx analyzed, is it class? Is “anti-black racism … in the very DNA of this country” as the Times writes? Or is the history of the United States fundamentally the history of class struggle? As social inequality reaches record levels, is America heading toward race war or socialist revolution?

The promotion of the 1619 Project takes place under conditions of expanding class struggle internationally and a growing interest in socialism among workers and youth in the United States. Its aim is to block the development of a united movement of workers across all races by cultivating racial divisions.

These meetings will refute the historical falsifications advanced in the 1619 Project, explain their underlying political motivations and present the strategy for socialist revolution in America today.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 04 Nov 2019 12:59:04 -0500 2019-11-05T19:00:00-05:00 2019-11-05T21:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) International Youth and Students for Social Equality Lecture / Discussion "Effect of the Proclamation, Freed Negroes Coming Into Our Lines at New Bern, North Carolina" (Harper's Weekly, 1863)
Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (November 6, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68084 68084-17009785@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 6, 2019 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

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

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

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:36:28 -0500 2019-11-06T08:00:00-05:00 2019-11-06T23:00:00-05:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
BLI Capstone: Build a Team (November 6, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68279 68279-17037506@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 6, 2019 12:00pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Barger Leadership Institute

What would you do with an idea and $10,000?

The Capstone Experience at the Barger Leadership Institute (BLI) supports undergraduate students in designing and implementing evidence-based, collaborative projects that seek to bring about small (and big) wins for the complex, ambiguous problems that exist in our deeply interconnected world.

Join us at one of the sessions to learn about Capstone and meet like-minded students with ideas and skills to collaborate with. Teams, individuals, BLI members or those just interested in learning more are all welcome! Each session is broken into two parts: first, learn about the Capstone Experience; second, engage in a speed-dating exercise to meet other undergraduates interested in building a team.

This event is perfect for: people who want to learn more about the Capstone Experience; people who have an idea or project but need partners; people who have a passion but not a project; people who have skills that would benefit a team but no team.

Question? Reach out to BLI Academic Program Manager Fatema Haque, haque@umich

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Presentation Mon, 21 Oct 2019 15:16:16 -0400 2019-11-06T12:00:00-05:00 2019-11-06T13:30:00-05:00 North Quad Barger Leadership Institute Presentation Capstone Build a Team Event